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Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5
(AP) - Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.
The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna, which hopes to begin offering two kid-sized shots by summer.
Pfizer has had a bumpier time figuring out its approach. It aims to give tots an even lower dose — just one-tenth of the amount adults receive — but discovered during its trial that two shots didn’t seem quite strong enough for preschoolers. So researchers gave a third shot to more than 1,600 youngsters — from age 6 months to 4 years — during the winter surge of the omicron variant.
In a press release, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said the extra shot did the trick, revving up tots’ levels of virus-fighting antibodies enough to meet FDA criteria for emergency use of the vaccine with no safety problems.
Preliminary data suggested the three-dose series is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, the companies said, but they cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April. The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available.
The companies already had submitted data on the first two doses to the FDA, and BioNTech’s CEO, Dr. Ugur Sahin, said the final third-shot data would be submitted this week.
“The study suggests that a low, 3-microgram dose of our vaccine, carefully selected based on tolerability data, provides young children with a high level of protection against the recent COVID-19 strains,” he said in a statement.
What’s next? FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks has pledged the agency will “move quickly without sacrificing our standards” in evaluating tot-sized doses from both Pfizer and Moderna.
The agency has set tentative dates next month for its scientific advisers to publicly debate data from each company.
Moderna is seeking to be the first to vaccinate the littlest kids. It submitted data to the FDA saying tots develop high levels of virus-fighting antibodies after two shots that contain a quarter of the dose given to adults. The Moderna study found effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 was 40% to 50% during the omicon surge, much like for adults who’ve only had two vaccine doses.
Complicating Moderna’s progress, the FDA so far has allowed its vaccine to be used only in adults.
The FDA is expected to review Moderna’s data on both the youngest age group, plus its study of teens and elementary-age children. Other countries already have expanded Moderna’s shot to kids as young as 6.
While COVID-19 generally isn’t as dangerous to youngsters as to adults, some children do become severely ill or even die. And the omicron variant hit children especially hard, with those under 5 hospitalized at higher rates than at the peak of the previous delta surge.
It’s not clear how much demand there will be to vaccinate the youngest kids. Pfizer shots for 5- to 11-year-olds opened in November, but only about 30% of that age group have gotten the recommended initial two doses. Last week, U.S. health authorities said elementary-age children should get a booster shot just like everyone 12 and older is supposed to get, for the best protection against the latest coronavirus variants.
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The caller, who said he wanted to buy a pair of joggers, was not being allowed into the shop and so called West Yorkshire Police on 999.
A security guard was refusing the man entry, although the exact reason why is not revealed in the video.
He says: "I'm stood outside Primark. There's a security lad. Obviously I wanna buy some joggers, I've got money. And he's obviously, well I want you to come to the store so you can report him or do something, you know what I mean?
"He's refusing to let me in for a pair of joggers."
The operator replies to say it's not a police matter, and explains to him the security guard is within his rights to prevent the caller from entering the store, and advises him to go through Primark's complaints system.
The caller then says: "He's not doing his job," and calls him a rude word.
The force said: "This is just one example of the inappropriate calls that we've had to our 999 emergency line. On average, we receive 120 calls a day to our 999 line that are not a life or death emergency.
"One is too many." | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/primark-shopper-rings-999-to-complain-he-isnt-being-allowed-into-the-shop-to-buy-some-joggers-3704817 | 2022-05-23T11:10:07Z | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/primark-shopper-rings-999-to-complain-he-isnt-being-allowed-into-the-shop-to-buy-some-joggers-3704817 | true | 2 |
Tata Motors has hiked the prices of its EV lineup by Rs 25,000. The hike will be effective on all variants of Nexon EV and Tigor EV currently on sale in India. Nexon EV, which is available in five variants XM, XM PLus, XZ Plus, XZ Plus Dark Edition, now comes at a starting price of Rs 14.79 lakh whereas the base XE variant of Tigor EV is priced at Rs 12.49. Tigor EV's lineup also features XM, XZ PLus and XZ Plus Dual-tone.
The latest price revision comes after Tata Motors recently announced a hike of up to Rs 22,500 on its select diesel and petrol cars. Tata Safari had the most significant hike of Rs 22,500 followed by Altroz which became dearer by Rs 20,000 compared to its previous price list. Tata Harrier prices were up by Rs 18,400 whereas the prices of Nexon's standard models saw an increase of Rs 17,000. Tata Tiago and Tigor rates saw an increase of up to Rs 15,000 depending upon the model.
The latest price hike on Tata's EV lineup also follows the launch of Nexon EV Max. Powered by a bigger 40.5 kWh Lithium-ion battery pack, the new Max variant of the sub-four-meter electric SUV offers 33 percent better battery capacity compared to the standard Nexon EV and comes with an ARAI certified range of 437 km. The car's engine is tuned to deliver an output of 105 kW (143 PS) of power and 250 Nm of peak torque. Nexon EV Max can go from 0 to 100 kmph in less than 9 seconds.
Tata is offering Nexon EV Max with two options of chargers- a 3.3 kW charger or a 7.2 kW AC fast charger which can be installed at home or at the workplace. The car can juice up its battery in 6.5 hours with fast charging options. The EV also supports a faster charging time of 0 - 80% in just 56 mins from any 50 kW DC fast charger.
Read all the Latest News , Breaking News and IPL 2022 Live Updates here. | https://www.news18.com/amp/news/auto/tata-nexon-ev-and-tigor-ev-get-a-price-hike-of-rs-25000-details-here-5189803.html | 2022-05-23T11:13:26Z | https://www.news18.com/amp/news/auto/tata-nexon-ev-and-tigor-ev-get-a-price-hike-of-rs-25000-details-here-5189803.html | false | 2 |
Total attendance at this summer’s Women’s Euro in England is expected to comfortably exceed the levels at Euro 2017 in Holland, according to a new report.
Over 700,000 tickets are available for the finals and a pre-tournament impact report compiled by Ernst & Young projects a range between 435,000 and 525,000 will be sold.
Even the lowest of those figures would shatter the 2017 total of 240,055 fans.
The EY report also predicts £54million of economic activity across the nine host cities.
Legacy groups in those host cities are working to provide 500,000 new opportunities for women and girls to participate in grassroots football.
Football Association quarterly research from March of last year found 57 per cent of girls aged between five and 13 currently play football and that the vast majority of girls who did not would like to do so.
Sport England’s 2021 Active Lives survey found just 0.7 per cent of women aged 16 and over played some form of football regularly compared to 5.2 per cent of men, highlighting the potential for growth.
Baroness Sue Campbell, a Women’s Euro board member and director of women’s football at the FA, said: “With less than 50 days to go until the tournament gets under way, this report highlights what we can achieve with a continued focus on capitalising on the opportunities offered by the Women’s Euro and importantly how we can measure our success.
“Our aim is twofold – to deliver a record-breaking tournament and to leave a tangible legacy to grow the women’s game.
“By inspiring fans at home and abroad, and by committing to provide playing opportunities to girls in every school and club across the country, I am confident we can deliver on both aims.” | https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2022/05/23/womens-euro-2022-expected-to-shatter-attendance-records/ | 2022-05-23T11:15:16Z | https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/uk-sports/2022/05/23/womens-euro-2022-expected-to-shatter-attendance-records/ | false | 9 |
Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of COVID-19 again rose in the Chinese capital.
Numerous residential compounds in the city have restricted movement in and out, although conditions remain far less severe than in Shanghai, where millions of citizens have been under varying degrees of lockdown for two months.
Beijing on Monday reported an uptick in cases to 99, rising from a previous daily average of around 50.
In total, China reported 802 new cases Monday, marking a steady decline interrupted only by small-scale localized outbreaks.
Despite that, the government has hewed to strict quarantine, lockdown and testing measures under its “zero-COVID" approach, even while the outside world is opening up.
Shanghai reported 480,000 people were still confined to their homes, while 1.59 million were permitted to move around their neighborhoods and 21.2 million were under lighter restrictions.
The reopening of transport links out of Shanghai created an exodus of migrant workers and foreigners, desperate to escape shortages of food, medicine and daily necessities.
Among those who remain, many were still restricted to one hour of shopping time, entrusted with bringing home supplies for their entire building.
Read all the Latest News , Breaking News and IPL 2022 Live Updates here. | https://www.news18.com/amp/news/world/beijing-extends-work-from-home-for-workers-students-as-covid-cases-rise-5229355.html | 2022-05-23T11:18:18Z | https://www.news18.com/amp/news/world/beijing-extends-work-from-home-for-workers-students-as-covid-cases-rise-5229355.html | true | 11 |
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Biden-Yoon Summit Love Fest
Visit underscores extended deterrence
By: Shim Jae Hoon
Ending two days of summit talks in Seoul with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, US President Joe Biden has renewed a commitment that the US would use nuclear weapons and missiles in the event North Korea starts another war on the peninsula.
Biden’s pledge paraphrased the commitment enshrined in the mutual defense treaty existing between the two countries. Reasserting that commitment amounted to a powerful new message to the Kim Jong Un regime as it threatens to restart missile and nuclear test.
Reaffirming this security commitment was a focal point of their two-day talks, at the insistence of President Yoon, elected only 11 days before, replacing a regime considered soft on North Korea’s nuclear threats. In an exceptionally detailed communique issued at the end of the talks on 21 May, Yoon and Biden agreed to resume combined field exercises and hold them more regularly as part of better preparedness.
For the first time in five years, the two allies made it clear that there should be no light between Seoul and Washington over tough responses they should take on Kim Jong Un’s aggressive behavior.
Probably at the insistence of Yoon, Biden also agreed to reactivate what the communique described as a high-level Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group at the earliest date. It responded to Seoul’s insistence that their alliance should produce a credible deterrence formula. What exactly that should be was left unspecified, except that Korean officials mentioned deployment of strategic assets in emergency, such as long-distance bombers and navy carrier assets. The central message directed at North Korea was that it should not test the US resolve to defend South Korea with all its military capability.
Yoon sought to allay concern over his earlier hawkish stand on North Korea’s threats. He stepped backward from his earlier threat he would respond with missile attacks of his own if the North threatened with ICBM tests. He told Biden Seoul is ready to reward the North with an “audacious” economic aid package if it accepts denuclearization. He and Biden also offered to provide Covid-19 vaccines as the North was hit by waves of the pandemic in recent weeks. No reply came from Pyongyang.
Biden displayed expected caution in connection with the north that wasn’t on display by his predecessor Donald Trump, who flew to the DMZ to meet with Kim. “Whether I Would mee with the leader of North Korea, that would depend on whether he was sincere, whether he was serious,” the president told reporters.
Yoon’s new defense minister Lee Jong Sup is understood to have given firm assurance that a key US missile base at Songju south of Seoul is to be cleared for permanent basing, by forcibly removing a variety of hurdles set up by local protest groups. The US has been complaining about the lack of “unfettered access” to the base area with local protesters placing roadblocks demanding withdrawal.
The base, formerly a golf course, will now be fully readied for basing High Altitude Interceptor Missiles called THAAD. That amounted to a firm rejection of China’s repeated warnings that THAAD missiles constitute a strategic threat to China.
China figured implicitly in a variety of ways during the talks. South Korean officials, long frustrated over China’s refusal to restrain the North, are now lobbying for the restoration of a nuclear “coverage,” meaning the US bringing back some tactical nuclear weapons it had removed from South Korea in 1992 under the nuclear disarmament pact with the then Soviet Union. While this development paved the way for North Korea to secretly start its own nuclear program, China hasn’t been helpful in restraining the North’s ambition.
Yoon and Biden devoted considerable attention to the new agenda of economic security, an idea developing from global supply chain crisis resulting not only from growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific region, but also from Russian invasion of Ukraine. An idea close to US interests, President Biden underscored Washington’s commitment to this issue by making a visit to Samsung Electronics plant his first destination on arrival.
The two leaders toured the world’s largest chipmaking plant at Pyongtaek, not far from the airport, where Samsung chairman Lee Jae Yong unveiled a plan to invest US$7 billion at its Texas plant. Samsung remains the world’s biggest memory chip maker but is reliant on US designs and equipment. The plant visit held an implicit idea that as far as semiconductors are concerned, the US wants to keep its upper hand, not allowing China to overwhelm this area.
Biden and Yoon were in agreement as to how their respective industrial power and prowess should be protected by an alliance shaped on democratic and free market values. Under discussion for sharing respective economic roles were not only semiconductor chips but also new technology involving electric vehicle batteries, artificial intelligence, cyber, climate and nuclear energy technology.
Seoul remains especially keen to collaborate with the US on nuclear power technology as it leads in the global market for small module nuclear reactor for producing cheap and clean energy. Separate from these movements, Hyundai Motor – South Korea’s biggest carmaker – has announced a new US$10 billion investment in the US state of Georgia for producing electric vehicles and components. The Korean business community was on a show of massive support for US investments. President Biden was so delighted he personally sought out Hyundai Motor chairman Chung to thank him.
All in all, it was a show of grand alliance emerging from the ashes of war that the US and Europe together had helped to repel North Korea in 1950. Biden welcomed Yoon’s proposal to seek membership in the US-sponsored Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. But the prospects for Seoul entering the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, an anti-China alliance shaping up with Japan, India, Australia and the US, appear dim at this stage.
China was clearly resentful on all these initiatives, with the official media periodically reminding that South Korea owes its biggest export market to China, and thus it is laying itself vulnerable to economic reprisals. It is doubtful if such big-brother attitude would achieve anything after three decades of China’s refusal to restrain the Pyongyang regime.
South Korea under Yoon has set its eye fixed on repairing relations with Tokyo under its new diplomatic alignment keyed to value-oriented international relations. Yoon will be going to NATO Summit in Madrid in late June. | https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/biden-yoon-summit-love-fest | 2022-05-23T11:23:05Z | https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/biden-yoon-summit-love-fest | true | 1 |
Life’s inconveniences don’t only happen between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Too often, illnesses and injuries occur in the evenings, overnight or on weekends.
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When situations like this occur, we’re faced with uncertainty about where to go for care, especially if pain is involved.
Knowing when to seek treatment from your primary care provider, convenient care or the emergency department can be tricky.
“We often see patients in the ER who could actually receive care at a walk-in clinic or their primary care doctor,” said Destinee DeLemos, M.D., co-medical director of Genesis Medical Center, Davenport Emergency Department. “Recognizing when to go to the ER versus convenient care can be confusing since most people feel injuries and illnesses need to be addressed quickly. However, there are clear differences in the level of care provided at each.”
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Emergency rooms are staffed and equipped for more complex and critical care or life-threatening conditions, such as chest pain, shortness of breath, head, neck and eye injuries, sudden numbness, weakness, speech difficulty or vision changes, severe abdominal pain, seizures, coughing up or vomiting blood or uncontrolled bleeding.
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Stephanie Carmichael is a senior corporate communications specialist for Genesis Health System. | https://qctimes.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/start-the-week-off-right-get-the-right-health-care-at-the-right-time/article_cba7ae43-921b-5598-a296-0de4fc5667a0.html | 2022-05-23T11:24:57Z | https://qctimes.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/start-the-week-off-right-get-the-right-health-care-at-the-right-time/article_cba7ae43-921b-5598-a296-0de4fc5667a0.html | true | 1 |
With environmental groups taking to courts as never before, the energy transition is boom time for lawyers
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May 20 - Earlier this month, environmental groups announced plans to sue the Canadian government after it approved the $12 billion Bay du Nord offshore oil project in the Atlantic Ocean.
An environment assessment concluded that the project, which will see a floating platform drill an oil field estimated to hold up to one billion barrels of oil, wouldn’t cause any significant adverse effects.
Equinor, the Norway-based energy company behind the project, claims it will be the lowest carbon intensity oil project in Canada. "We strongly believe that this can be an important project with high value creation, a low carbon footprint and strong economic value for the region," an Equinor spokesperson said.
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But environmental groups, including Sierra Club Canada, said that federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, failed to take into account the international impact of the greenhouse gas emissions the project will generate.
Just a few years ago, such cases were rare, but now litigation is becoming an increasingly important tool when it comes to holding companies and governments to account over their contribution to global warming.
According to the Grantham Institute’s 2021 Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation Policy Report, the number of climate change-related cases has more than doubled since 2015. Between 1986 and 2014, just over 800 cases were filed, but since then a further 1,000 have been brought before the courts.
The impetus for many of these cases came in 2019, when the Dutch sustainable transition non-profit Urgenda won a landmark claim against the government of the Netherlands, successfully arguing that the state was taking insufficient action to address climate change, which was an abnegation of its responsibility to protect human rights.
April Williamson, a lawyer at ClientEarth, an environmental charity that uses the law to fight for system change, says: “When you have positive precedents, it really starts to create a proliferation of cases, and people start to get really excited because there's more of a chance that arguments that have been used in another case can be used again (successfully).”
It has taken time for national laws to be adopted around the Paris Agreement, she says, but now they are “providing new avenues for people to hold governments to account if they aren’t able to meet their climate targets”.
It is not just governments that are in the sights of groups such as ClientEarth. In May last year, the Netherlands was the legal battleground for another landmark ruling, with the courts judging that Shell must cut its emissions by 45% by 2030 against a 2019 baseline, including the emissions associated with the use of its product, known as Scope 3.
Shell’s directors are now appealing, describing the obligation to reduce Scope 3 emissions as “unreasonable”. The company also points to its energy transition strategy, with targets to cut Scopes 1 and 2 emissions, which Shell says are consistent with the 1.5C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, along with a target to become a net zero emission energy business by 2050.
In March, ClientEarth took the battle to the UK courts, starting legal action against the company’s 13 executive and non-executive directors. It is the first ever case seeking to hold company directors personally liable for failing to properly prepare for the energy transition.
ClientEarth argues that the board’s failure to adopt and implement a climate strategy that truly aligns with the Paris Agreement is a breach of their duties under the UK Companies Act.
Asked during a media call this month about the law suit, Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden said the company was “making strong progress” on its energy transition strategy, which had been supported by 89% of its shareholders.
He said few companies could match its commitments to cut scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and reduce the carbon intensity of its operations by 2.5%. “We are well ahead of society to that extent. These targets, we firmly believe, are in line with the Paris Agreement.”
U.S.-based non-profit Earthjustice has been using the courts to challenge fossil fuel projects since 1971, working with frontline organisations and communities that are already being impacted by climate change. But rather than taking on a government’s broader failings to act, it opts to work on individual cases.
The organisation recently celebrated a judgment by the South Africa High Court that recognised poor air quality in the Mpumalanage Highveld region as a breach of residents’ constitutional right to a healthy environment. A Greenpeace study had laid the blame for the toxic air at the feet of the large number of coal-powered power stations in the area.
“It is those project-by-project cases and challenges that have made the difference,” explains international programme director Martin Wagner.
But winning isn’t everything, he adds, and just having their day in court can have an impact. While corporations have always been adept at finding loopholes in laws and regulations, often “slow playing” things to delay and stall proceedings, when it comes to climate change, this can work in favour of groups such as Earthjustice.
“Delaying a carbon-emitting development can mean it never gets built, simply because greener technologies are moving so quickly, that it's no longer necessary. Delay is actually our friend,” he says. “Litigation also draws the attention of the government and the public to the corporation's behaviour,” which can deter potential investors and alert regulators.
“If we are able to shift the minds of government decision makers in a broader way... or if we can shift the public perception so that they are paying attention to what the government is approving... then that's a victory,” he says.
Litigation is also being used to obstruct climate policy. In another high-profile Dutch case in the Grantham Institute report, the Germany-based utility company RWE is suing the Netherlands government for introducing policies that they say haven’t given them enough time or resources to move away from fossil fuels.
While companies face potential reputational damage for making such challenges, they also believe they need to defend themselves and claim the compensation they feel is due, explains the report's co-author Joana Setzer.
In the U.S., the coal-rich state of West Virginia has threatened legal action against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent proposals to mandate companies to disclose their climate risk. The state’s Attorney General said this would amount to a “federal regulation compelling speech in violation of the First Amendment” and would “compel costly and unjustified collection and disclosure of information solely to satisfy activists”.
Then there is the growing number of just transition cases covering issues such as, jobs lost as a result of fossil fuel investments being wound down, and the location of wind farms.
Last year, Norway’s supreme court stripped two wind farms of their operating licences after indigenous Sami reindeer herders successfully argued that the sound of the turbines frightened their animals and jeopardised age-old traditions. The decision has put the future of Europe’s biggest wind farm in question, along with Norway’s plans to transition to a green economy. read more
One thing is for certain, this trend towards litigation will only grow. When it comes to jobs in the energy transition, there will be no shortage of opportunities for lawyers. | https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/with-environmental-groups-taking-courts-never-before-energy-transition-is-boom-2022-05-23/ | 2022-05-23T11:25:24Z | https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/with-environmental-groups-taking-courts-never-before-energy-transition-is-boom-2022-05-23/ | false | 1 |
Squad togetherness
The feeling of Everton's unity has reverberated around all aspects of the club over the last few weeks. Many have rightly pointed out that it played a huge part in the Blues managing to survive relegation in dramatic fashion in the penultimate game of the season.
Frank Lampard has tapped into those messages of positivity from the fans, but has also urged his squad to band together in these times as well. Against Arsenal, despite Everton's season effectively being over thanks to their exploits on Thursday evening, that was still evident as the players got off the team coach.
Nathan Patterson and Ben Godfrey travelled with their team-mates despite both carrying injuries that would rule them out of involvement in the match itself. Jordan Pickford was also not involved, but was seen getting off the team bus and was in attendance to support the rest of the squad.
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Keeping that sense of togetherness is something that Evertonians have been desperate to uphold in the business end of the campaign, and that's something that needs to be maintained when the club reconvenes for the 2022/23 term as well.
Arsenal fans sing for club legend
In the early minutes of the game one chant was prominent from the Arsenal supporters. On several occasions they appeared to break into chants of 'Viera'.
While Patrick Viera is one of their club legends the song was likely inspired less by his heroics for the Gunners and more by the events at Goodison Park on Thursday, when the now Crystal Palace boss was involved in an incident on the pitch with an Everton supporter during the post-match celebrations.
Dele wind up
What came as no surprise to anyone in the Emirates was the ire directed towards Dele Alli. The midfielder earned his first start for the Blues after his second-half heroics proved crucial in sparking the comeback that guaranteed the club's survival.
Until January he was a Tottenham Hotspur player and, after the home fans quickly realised Norwich City would give them no reason to celebrate, they maintained a chorus of boos for Alli every time he touched the ball.
But, even after all that, the England international was clearly keen to give some back, too. After attempting to shield the ball out for a goal kick in the first half, it turned out there wasn't enough power on the rolling ball and Granit Xhaka was able to knock it against the Everton man to instead win a corner.
As the pair walked into the box to get into position for the set-piece, they could be seen exchanging words, with Dele having a quite large smile etched on his face. The Switzerland international, meanwhile, was pretty angry despite his side winning the match at the time.
Perhaps the Everton man was saying something about the Gunners' Champions League hopes, as his former club Spurs romped to victory away to Norwich to confirm their place in Europe's elite competition.
Hearts and minds beyond north London
It was clear from the beginning both Arsenal and Everton supporters had their attention on games beyond the one being played out at the Emirates. Some of the away fans' biggest celebrations came when news filtered through Wolves had taken the lead at Anfield, and then when it emerged Manchester City had come from behind to take the lead against Aston Villa.
Meanwhile, the home fans needed a Tottenham defeat to create an opportunity for them to take fourth. But they fell silent when Spurs went ahead at Norwich.
Lime Street party continues
Getting off the train both on the way to the game and coming home late at night was quite the experience. It was as if the party had continued for a good 12 hours and beyond for supporters.
Disembarking at Euston, Evertonians were met with a number of other groups of fans. Notably, there were Wrexham supporters on their way to Wembley in very high spirits ahead of their FA Trophy final against Bromley, and they had something of a contest to see who could sing louder between themselves and the Blues.
And, despite what was a long, long day for a round trip to north London, Everton fans were still in extremely high spirits when they got off the train in the city again. They loudly sang Spirit Of The Blues as they spilled out of Lime Street train station and into Liverpool at around 10:45pm, making sure the party atmosphere right the way through to the end. | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dele-winds-up-granit-xhaka-24035094 | 2022-05-23T11:25:55Z | https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dele-winds-up-granit-xhaka-24035094 | false | 1 |
UK fines US AI firm £7.5m over mass image collection
Clearview AI Inc has trawled the internet and social media platforms to collect more than 20 billion images of people's faces
Britain announced Monday it had fined US facial recognition company Clearview AI Inc more than £7.5 million ($9.4 million, 8.8 million euros) for amassing online images of people without their knowledge.
The UK's data watchdog also ordered the company to stop obtaining personal data of UK residents available on the internet and to delete the data of UK residents from its systems.
The action by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) follows a joint investigation with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Clearview AI Inc has a database of more than 20 billion images of people's faces culled from the internet and social media platforms without telling people how their information was being collected.
The company's customers -- including the police -- can then upload an image of a person to an app, which checks its database for a match.
"Clearview AI Inc has collected multiple images of people all over the world, including in the UK, from a variety of websites and social media platforms, creating a database with more than 20 billion images," said UK Information Commissioner John Edwards.
"The company not only enables identification of those people, but effectively monitors their behaviour and offers it as a commercial service. That is unacceptable."
The ICO found that Clearview AI Inc breached UK data protection laws by failing to use the information of people in Britain in a "fair and transparent" way and for failing to prevent the data being retained indefinitely.
Earlier this month Clearview AI agreed to limit access to its controversial facial recognition database in the United States, settling a lawsuit filed by privacy advocates, according to a court filing. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10845045/UK-fines-US-AI-firm-7-5m-mass-image-collection.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-23T11:29:51Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-10845045/UK-fines-US-AI-firm-7-5m-mass-image-collection.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false | 3 |
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy is a not-so-secret key ingredient in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s recipe for success in the playoffs.
The reigning Conn Smythe Trophy recipient won his fifth straight postseason game Sunday, stopping 34 of 35 shots to help the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 and move to the brink of another trip to the Eastern Conference final.
“It all starts with him,” forward Nick Paul said after Vasilevskiy stood tall again in shutting down the high-scoring Panthers, who had the NHL’s best record while averaging a league-high four goals per game during the regular season.
The Presidents’ Trophy winners have three goals in three games against the Lightning, who have a commanding 3-0 series lead and are within one victory of advancing to the conference final for the sixth time in eight years.
“There’s a whole ton of things that go into it,” coach Jon Cooper said of Tampa Bay’s defensive effort.
“But we’re committed to play D, and I think it’s helped in some of these times that we’ve had the lead. … But we have a plan, and the guys are executing and playing hard, ” Cooper added. “We feel like we’ve got a recipe going here, and we just have to stick with it. It’s hard, though, because they’re a hell of a team.”
Steven Stamkos scored two goals and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists for the Lightning, who are in the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons under Cooper.
Game 4 is Monday night at Amalie Arena, where Tampa Bay has won three of four games this postseason.
“We’re pleased with what’s going on here. But you know, we haven’t done anything yet,” Cooper said. “Until you start checking off that fourth win, there’s nothing we can sit and hang our hat on. We’re inching our way closer, but this is far from over.”
Corey Perry got the Lightning off to a strong start with his 50th career playoff goal and Erik Cernak also scored.
Vasilevskiy, meanwhile, allowed just one goal for the fourth straight game after allowing at least three in each of Tampa Bay’s first six games this postseason.
The 6-foot-3 goaltender, nicknamed “Big Cat,” was helped again Sunday by teammates who combined to block 19 shots.
“We’re down 3-0, so obviously we’re not happy with the results,” Panthers star Jonathan Huberdeau said.
“But we’re playing probably the best goalie. He’s making some saves. We’re having chances. We’re not getting bounces, too, right now,” Huberdeau added. “Credit to them, too, they’re blocking every shot. They’re a good team. You can see why they won two Stanley Cups.”
Sam Reinhart scored Florida’s lone goal Sunday, snapping a puzzling 0-for-25 start to the playoffs for the Panthers’ power play.
Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 of 34 shots, with Perry and Cernak both scoring only moments after Florida killed off penalties in the first and second periods. Stamkos’ one-timer off a pass from Kucherov made it 3-1 midway through the second.
Kucherov and Stamkos added empty-net goals in the final four minutes after the Panthers removed Bobrovsky in favor of an extra attacker.
“The expectation coming into every game is to win,” Stamkos said, looking ahead to Game 4. “But we realize the challenge ahead.”
Perry, who signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent after being part of teams that lost to the Lightning in each of the past two Stanley Cup Finals, re-directed Ryan McDonagh’s shot past Bobrovsky to give the defending champs an early lead.
The Panthers, 0-for-25 on the power play through their first nine playoff games, finally broke through to tie it 1-all with Huberdeau and Aleksander Barkov setting up Reinhart to beat Vasilevskiy from in front of the net.
Ultimately, though, Florida paid for its inability to capitalize on other opportunities.
Barkov just missed answering Cernak’s goal that put the Lightning ahead 2-1, sending a shot from the right circle off the post. The Panthers also narrowly missed pulling even during a second-period power play that produced several chances, including Huberdeau’s wide-open look that McDonagh deflected up over the net with his stick.
Florida finished 1-for-3, dropping to 1-for-28 in man-advantage situations this postseason.
“Not a lot of puck luck, and lots of credit to them,” Florida interim coach Andrew Brunette said.
“We fall behind, they’re a tough team to come back on. We kind of fell behind here this whole series and we haven’t found that extra gear from behind, which we found all year,” Brunette added. “But you have to play one game to bring it home and keep it alive.”
NOTES: With his 50th career playoff goal, Perry moved ahead of Brad Marchant and Patrick Bergeron into sole possession of sixth place among active career playoff goal leaders. … The Lightning are 9-0 in best-of-seven series in which they’ve won the first two games, including last year’s first-round victory over the Panthers. … Lightning C Brayden Point missed his third consecutive game because of a lower body injury suffered during Tampa Bay’s Game 7 victory over Toronto in the first round.
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Fizzling legislative agenda leaves Democrats wondering about midterms
Democrats once hailed Build Back Better as the policy that could help them win the midterms.
But as even the possibility of a scaled-back version of President Biden’s signature legislation fizzles in the 50-50 Senate, some are wondering if the president will have anything comparable to campaign on as the election season inches closer.
The White House considers the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law passed last fall as a major legislative accomplishment. They also see Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill as a win. And they say the fight over some version of Build Back Better isn’t over.
But some in the party question whether those feats are enough to energize voters, particularly after Democrats spent months last year talking about lowering childcare costs, paid leave, and extending the now-expired temporary expansion of the child tax credit as an answer to the pressures families are feeling from inflation.
“It gives them fewer weapons in the fight to retain the control of the House and Senate going into the midterms,” said Basil Smikle, a Democratic strategist and director of the public policy program at Hunter College.
Another Democratic strategist added: “For the longest time, all they talked about was Build Back Better and how it would be this incredible thing. And guess what? It imploded and now what do we have? Infrastructure?”
Other Democrats insist the party has plenty to tout on the campaign trail in the coming months and should focus on those legislative wins.
“Between the Recovery Act and the bipartisan infrastructure bill, there are a lot of great policy wins in those bills,” said Democratic strategist Rodell Mollineau, referring first to the coronavirus relief package. “We just need to deconstruct it because most people don’t remember what was accomplished.”
“I would urge lawmakers to not bitch about what wasn’t in the bill but to celebrate and promote what is in the bill. We tend to obsess on what we did not get done,” Mollineau said.
“In Washington, D.C., I think the sentiment will be ‘You have the White House, the Senate and the House and you couldn’t pass the entirety of your agenda,’” he added. “Outside D.C., it’s not as if the American people are waiting with bated breath but they do want to see policies that are going to help them.”
White House officials say they haven’t given up on passing Biden’s signature domestic proposal. But even Democrats who have been optimistic about passing some version of Build Back Better are losing hope as the November midterms draw nearer.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki singled out the failure to pass Build Back Better as one of her disappointments during a Christian Science Monitor breakfast with reporters earlier this month just before she left the West Wing.
“There are things you would have liked to have seen done that are not done yet. There were many moments, as you all know, where we thought Build Back Better, the reconciliation package, our plan to lower costs – whatever you want to call it – would have been done,” Psaki said. “Getting that done, yes, would have felt really good. Obviously hopefully we’ll still do it.”
During a Center for American Progress event Friday, White House senior adviser Gene Sperling expressed regret at the inability for Democrats to pass another extension of the child tax credit — which they envisioned as part of the Build Back Better bill.
“I’m heartbroken that at this point we haven’t extended what was done in the American Rescue Plan and will not give up hope,” he said. “But what did we show? We showed that we could deliver a monthly child tax credit.”
The White House has made a deliberate effort this year to focus on touting what Congress has passed under Biden’s watch – the COVID-19 relief package and bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Biden is getting out on the road regularly to sell his accomplishments, something he has acknowledged he regrets not doing more.
Biden told a group of supporters at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser last month that he was repeating a mistake from the Obama years by not talking enough about what the administration has done.
“I remember saying to Barack after we passed the Affordable Care Act, I said, ‘Let’s take a victory lap.’ He said, ‘We don’t have time. We don’t have time,’” Biden told the group in Portland, Ore. “But guess what? No one knew what was in it. They didn’t know why they had what they had.”
Biden will sometimes reference pieces of Build Back Better in public speeches, but they’re rarely the central focus of his remarks. Administration officials have done away with the “Build Back Better” branding entirely, instead opting for a “Building a Better America” tagline that encapsulates Biden’s policy agenda, including the infrastructure bill.
For the time being, the White House is eyeing another immediate bipartisan legislative win – a bill aimed at boosting domestic production of semiconductors.
Different versions of the bill passed the House and Senate and it recently went to conference. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this week she hoped Congress would pass the legislation, the Competes Act, before the July 4 recess.
“‘Competes’ is a cost-cutting bill,” Pelosi said at a Thursday press conference.
The Build Back Better agenda was envisioned as getting to Biden’s desk through a complicated budgetary process that would have prevented a GOP filibuster. It was torpedoed when Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he’d oppose it in December over inflation worries. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), another Democratic centrist, had also been an impediment because of her opposition to higher taxes as part of the plan.
Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have continued to talk, but there’s little optimism a deal will be reached.
Democrats express a mixture of regret and helplessness over its fate.
“There is a lot of stuff in Build Back Better that is extremely popular, that we said we would pass and wanted to campaign on,” said Democratic strategist Eddie Vale. “And it’s not just progressive members. There’s a ton in here every part of our caucus wants in their districts.
“But there’s really nothing most of us can do right now except yell serenity now because it’s basically just up to Manchin and Sinema at this point,” Vale said. “And if nothing else passes we do have a pretty good list of things that have been done so far and then the main thing left to do is how much Biden get done with executive orders after BBB is officially dead.”
Vale pointed to Biden’s former partner as proof: “Obama got quite a lot done when he picked up his pen, as he liked to say.”
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Estate agent helps to raise over £10,000 for Norfolk cancer charity
- Credit: Joanna McIntyre
The director of an estate agency which operates across Norfolk and Suffolk has helped to raise over £10,000 for the Big C cancer charity after hiking a marathon in a day with friends and family.
Joanna McIntyre, who is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer, took part in 'Marriott's Way - A Marathon Hike In A Day' on Saturday, May 14, along with friends and organisers Joanna Guyton and Rachel Hall, whose lives have also been affected by cancer.
The event led participants on a 26-mile walk from Aylsham in north Norfolk, to Dereham Road in Norwich, where the Big C's new centre is being built. The money will go towards the Big C's Woodland Garden project, which will provide a valuable outside space for cancer patients and families to visit.
Joanna, director of Musker McIntyre estate agents and a member of Norwich & District Association of Estate Agents, was diagnosed with breast cancer in November last year. She described the walk as the "most incredible day and very humbling."
“I just feel it is so important to be open about cancer as it affects so many people sadly,” she said. “The cancer charities all play a phenomenally important role when one is diagnosed and going through cancer treatment, and take some of the strain off the NHS – who of course are incredible.”
The Big C began building work at its new centre on Dereham Road in Norwich in July last year, and will deliver services in conjunction with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, as well as provide tranquil outdoor spaces for patients and families to visit.
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Big night on Saint Mobhi Road for book launch of Sky Blue legend
A full house at Na Fianna. The rain was teeming down outside. Inside, the applause rose for Jimmy Gray.
John Horan was present to launch Jimmy’s autobiography, Under the Bluest Sky. Michael O’Grady wrote it. He’d be travelling with Jimmy to matches and he’d be enchanted by the stories he was hearing.
“You have to write a book,” said Michael, repeatedly. “You must be joking,” came the reply. Repeatedly.
Eventually, the great man relented. On one condition. That Michael would write it with him.
It began during the lockdown. A phone call every night. Usually for an hour. Then, when restrictions eased, and if the weather was good, they’d meet at the Papal Cross. Michael would bring a table and two chairs. And the coffee.
When the script was finished, Michael explained how he went over the proofs seven times. “It was hard work, but I enjoyed it. I’m glad it’s done. It’s my first, and last, book!”
Jim Gavin and many Dubs of the 70s were there. David Hickey spoke. “Jimmy Gray changed everything for us. Previously, there were days when we’d be playing for Dublin in Croke Park and there would be more seagulls than spectators.”
John Horan became President of the GAA. Saying that he had learned everything from Jimmy.
The publisher is Liam Hayes of Hero Books. Memories of the Dublin and Meath four-in-a-row when Jimmy was the chairman of the Leinster Council.
Jimmy Gray’s autobiography is packed with funny stories. Michael O’Grady shared a couple of them at the Launch.
It was the era of the Ban. Jimmy, Kevin Heffernan and Paddy Donnelly were going to Dalymount Park to watch Shamrock Rovers play the famous Manchester United Busby Babes in the European Cup.
A member of the GAA’s Vigilance Committee, stopped them: “Where are you going?” he asked.
“To the Bohemian Cinema,” they replied. They carried on walking, aware that the man was still behind them.
They paid into the cinema, waited for a few minutes before leaving and heading on to Dalymount.
Then there was Jimmy’s first meeting with Christy Ring. Jimmy, in the back of the net with Christy towering over him, having given the Dublin goalkeeper a hefty shoulder.
Many years later, the pals met again. Christy was looking to get his niece a job where Jimmy worked at The Sugar Company.
“Remember the first time we met,” quipped Christy. “Well, if she doesn’t get the job, it will happen to you again!”
Seán Drummond. A highly respected Cuala senior footballer. A most diligent defender.
Sadly, an accident in London in March 2019 changed his life.
Happily, after a long, testing road, he’s now back home. And the Cuala club continue to be there with him. Support4Drummo is the great initiative. The number 4 highlighting the jersey he graced so well.
AIG and Dublin GAA have now also joined in Sean’s recovery programme. The official announcement came at Hyde Park. Cian and Con O’Callaghan were there. Plus their Cuala colleague, Sinéad Wylde, and St Vincent’s Aisling Maher.
This month, Dublin teams are wearing the Support4Drummo logo on their jerseys. The move will raise the profile of the campaign even more. And there couldn’t be a better one.
A young man that gave his all to the jersey. Showing the same resolve that he does today. To donate to the Seán Drummond Trust: www.gofundme.com/f/support4drummo
All is set for ‘An Afternoon with the Stars’ this Friday at The Green Isle Hotel (2.0).
St Mary’s and Commercials have come together to raise funds for their juvenile sections.
The line-up includes Kerry footballer, Tomás Ó Sé, Kilkenny’s Eddie Brennan, Offaly’s Michael Duignan, and Seán Power of Commercials and the Dubs. Impersonator, Aidan Tierney, will perform.
There will be a four-course meal. A table of ten costs €1,000.
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Spot-prizes welcome. “It’s going to be a great event,” states Eddie Brennan. | https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/dublin-gaa/dublins-glory-days-in-the-1970s-were-inspired-by-jimmy-gray-41678588.html | 2022-05-23T11:32:37Z | https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/dublin-gaa/dublins-glory-days-in-the-1970s-were-inspired-by-jimmy-gray-41678588.html | true | 1 |
DALLAS — The NBA’s two best players are facing off in the Western Conference finals. Steph Curry, a revolutionary star with championship pedigree, is tasked with holding young superstar Luka Dončić away from his throne.
National pundits eager to usher in the next wave of stars crowned Dončić the top dog before Game 1 even tipped off. But Curry is making it known, loud and clear: He’s not giving up the throne. Not even a little.
That much became crystal clear after the Warriors 109-100 win in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. Their win in Dallas gave Golden State a 3-0 series lead and served as a reminder that Curry’s work and sacrifice to build a dynasty isn’t as easy as he’s made it look.
A playoff series against Curry has made Dončić, who plays mature beyond his 23 years, realize how much he’s yet to learn. He nearly waved a white flag after Sunday’s game.
“I’m still learning,” Dončić said. “I think after this season is done, whatever we are, I think we’re going to look back and learn a lot of things. It’s my first time in the Conference Finals in the NBA, so I’m 23, man, I’m still learning a lot.”
Curry heard all that noise.
“Y’all know, I hear everything,” Curry said. “That’s not the motivation though. The motivation is the fact that we are back on this stage with the opportunity to chase a Finals appearance again after two year hiatus.”
Curry has this whole playoff run thing down. He led the team with 31 points on Sunday with five 3-pointers, shooting 10-of-20 from the field. It was a particularly aggressive performance for Curry, who has been sneaking into Warriors’ wins with some of the most efficient fourth quarter performances in the NBA.
He’s shooting 46% from the field and averaging a team-leading six points in the clutch — those seven games the Warriors have played in the playoffs that come down to within five points with less than five minutes remaining. Overall, Curry is averaging 27 points, third only to Dončić (32) and Miami’s Jimmy Butler (28) of players remaining in the playoffs.
Some of Dončić’s frustration boiled over after Curry hit and celebrated a no-look 3-pointer to erase a Dallas lead late in the first half. Dončić spat a few words at him, and both teams convened mid-court to share some “playoff words,” as Curry put it.
Dončić acknowledged himself the difference between his stardom and Curry’s comes down to maturity. And Curry’s maturity both stands out as he leads the charge in close games and lays low as he works to get his teammates their best looks, too.
Draymond Green has played plenty of playoff games with Curry. He’s seen how his brilliance keeps these Warriors’ teams unflappable.
“He’s being extremely, extremely aggressive, and that’s what we need,” Green said. “I think he’s always been aggressive. I don’t really see any difference other than maturity. You know what they expect now. You know how to win. You know all of these things. So I think the biggest thing I see is maturity, just being ready and knowing what it takes in these situations.”
While he’s dissected opposing teams mostly in the fourth quarter so far these playoffs, Curry came out blazing in Game 3.
His first points looked like some of his best fourth-quarter points — taking advantage of center Dwight Powell early by getting to the rack for a quick layup, plus a foul. Powell was removed from the game soon after. He hit four more of his first-half points driving to the paint, but also hit three 3-pointers in the half. His bread and butter.
“He just knows where to get his shots off,” Klay Thompson said. “He makes our offense go obviously, and I think his ability to finish around the rim. He’s the best at that when it comes to point guards, and he’s just doing what he always does, and that’s just amazing to all of us.”
Granted, Dončić is no slouch. He scored a game-high 40 points shooting 11-for-23 from the field. Truth is, Dončić could top his daily score every day and it may not be enough to win. Golden State throwing the kitchen sink defensively at the Mavericks, plus Dallas’ inability to hit 3-pointers, has nullified Dončić’s elite performances.
Curry’s legacy has grown, in part, by making his teammates better — directly and indirectly. For example, Wiggins’s standout playoff performance gained steam in the regular season, where Curry’s gravity allowed Wiggins space to find his role. The No. 1 overall pick who could never find a home settled into a role that earned him an All-Star nod. Confidence at its peak in the playoffs, he’s defending Dončić to tee and adding insult by throwing down poster dunks over the star.
“I don’t know, man, I think the Warriors are playing incredible,” Dončić said. “Everybody knows their role. Everybody just stays together. They’re a long-built team. They’ve been together for a long time, and I think they’re playing good basketball, so that’s what I think is going to be really difficult, and these past three games it’s been very difficult.”
The narrative might be calling for a changing of the guard. But their chosen incumbent is saying outright this takeover isn’t so simple.
This conversation is irrelevant to the Warriors, Curry in particular. At 34, he’s literally running circles around his opponents. His team one win away from the Finals again, Curry is just looking forward.
“Being back with our core but with a new cast of characters, it’s an opportunity to do something special,” he said. “I don’t need any extra motivation. It’s just trying to take advantage of the opportunity knowing they are not going to come — you shouldn’t take it for granted. There’s a limit to how this goes.” | https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/05/23/steph-curry-wont-be-giving-up-his-throne-to-luka-doncic-anytime-soon/ | 2022-05-23T11:32:48Z | https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/05/23/steph-curry-wont-be-giving-up-his-throne-to-luka-doncic-anytime-soon/ | false | 11 |
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Austrian ex-foreign minister Karin Kneissl, who once danced with Russian President Vladimir Putin at her wedding, has quit her board position at Russian oil giant Rosneft, the company said Monday.
Kneissl has submitted a letter of resignation effective from Friday, Rosneft said in a statement.
The 57-year-old made headlines when she invited Putin to her wedding in 2018 and was photographed dancing with him during the event.
She left the Austrian government the following year and joined the board of Rosneft as an independent director in June 2021
Her resignation comes after Rosneft announced Friday that German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was leaving the board after five years, a day after Germany stripped him of official perks over ties with Russia.
On Friday, Kneissl told AFP that she intended to stay on for her one-year mandate but had told Rosneft in March that she would not seek a further term on the board.
Kneissl's personal website includes several interviews with RT, a Russian state-funded news organization, the latest two days before Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Rosneft in its statement thanked Kneissl for her work during the "complex" international situation, saying it was counting on future collaboration with her as an expert. | https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/23/austrian-ex-minister-who-danced-with-putin-quits-rosneft-a77772 | 2022-05-23T11:36:08Z | https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/23/austrian-ex-minister-who-danced-with-putin-quits-rosneft-a77772 | false | 2 |
Made This With a Lot of Love: Wizkid Excites Fans As He Confirms the Completion of Album ‘More Love Less Ego’
- Nigerian music star Wizkid has announced the completion of his 5th album More Love Less Ego, which is expected to be released in the summer
- Wizkid made this known as he gave the update via his Instagram story over the weekend while assuring fans of the best while appreciating those that helped put the album together
- The singer also shared reactions from some of his fans from different parts of the world who were excited over the release of his next project
Nigerian international artist Ayo Balogun, known as Wizkid, is prepping his fans and followers up for his 5th album, dubbed More Love Less Ego (MLLE).
Wizkid took to his Instastory to reveal the completion of his album, adding that he wrote the songs on the new album with a lot of love.
Na dem dey feature Star Boy: FC excited as Chris Brown announces that Wizkid will be on his new upcoming album
Wizkid wrote:
“I made this one with a lot of love. Opoju!! (It’s plenty) #MLLE.”
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In another post, the singer appreciated those who worked with him on the completion of the album.
He wrote:
“Special thanks to everyone that helped me put this together. Y’all got a special place in my heart. #MLLE.”
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In another series of posts that followed, Wizkid shared messages he got from fans from different parts of the world who are anticipating the release of the album, which has been tipped to be out in the summer.
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More Love Less Ego (MLLE) will be Wizkid’s 5th music album after the release of Made In Lagos, which went viral within and outside the country and was nominated for a Grammy at the 64th edition.
Chris Brown announces Wizkid will be on his next album
Popular American singer, Chris Brown, listed the names of artistes that will feature on his upcoming Breezy album.
The singer took to his Instagram story channel to mention the names one after the other and it is interesting to know that Nigerian superstar, Wizkid's name came first on his list.
Other stars that will be collaborating on the project include, Yung Bleu, Ella Mai, H.E.R., Lil Wayne, BLXST, Anderson Paak, Jack Harlow, Fivio Foreign, Tory Lanez and EST Gee.
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DETROIT, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of the 22nd annual North American Automotive OEM - Supplier Working Relations Index® (WRI®) Study were released today by Plante Moran. The study shows in spite of supply chain shortages and production volatility, transition pains to electric vehicles, logistics constraints, and increasing raw material costs impacting automakers and suppliers, two of the six major U.S. OEMs made substantial improvement in their WRI® scores and two held steady, while two others fell – one significantly.
Toyota, in the top position, dropped 2 points to 345, while Honda gained 18 points and rose to 334, narrowing the gap between first and second to 11 points. GM fell 2 points to 287, maintaining its gap to Toyota while increasing its lead over Ford as Ford fell 7 points to 242. Nissan improved 8 points to 219, closing in on the top four OEMs. Stellantis dropped 42 points to 128 (see Figure 1).
Most improved overall this year were Honda and Nissan. The spread from highest (Toyota 345) to lowest (Stellantis 128) was 217 points, the greatest since 2008 spread of 206 between the same two automakers. But the numbers don't tell the whole story.
"The industry was hit with unprecedented challenges this past year that created tensions with suppliers that will only get worse if they're not resolved," said Dave Andrea, Principal in Plante Moran's Strategy and Automotive & Mobility Consulting Practice, which conducts the annual study. "Combine the supply chain disruptions with the accelerating shift to EVs that will negatively impact many suppliers, and OEM supplier relations could become unnecessarily strained unless this transition is handled in an open and honest manner."
TRUST AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION KEY
The key to mutual success in OEM-supplier relations is trust, said Andrea, and trust is based on three factors: setting realistic expectations; delivering on commitments; and sharing information.
Trust goes both ways, he said. "Companies get out what they put in. In the new world of scarce resources with numerous customer opportunities, the supplier has to ask himself: who would I rather do business with, my customer of choice? And the answer comes down to three questions: Who do I trust? Where will I get the best return on investment? And, what is the prospect for future business? And the OEMs are equally dependent on suppliers they can trust."
"The OEMs really need to focus on more transparency and better communication. They need to better align purchasing, engineering, and manufacturing to achieve the same goals – improved communication, efficiency and speed – in order to take cost and time out of the entire supply chain while helping suppliers achieve their cost and financial performance goals as well. These processes must become more agile and streamlined to benefit both the OEM and supplier. If done property, it's win-win, and setting realistic goals, fulfilling commitments, and sharing information openly and honestly doesn't cost any money."
FASTER RESOLUTION OF ISSUES
Andrea listed areas of on-going concern to suppliers that could be resolved if given priority and if resolved would greatly benefit both the suppliers and the automakers. They include:
- Eliminating lengthy delays on piece part and tooling price disputes: This year showed there is likely to be more, not fewer, price disputes. These will require better methods to close disputes more quickly to enable OEMs and suppliers to understand cash flow implications and deal with production and launch issues. Key issue: the need for local autonomy and decision making to speed the process.
- Handling volatile production schedules: Supply chain shortages, as well as emerging build-to-order strategies, will require new capabilities to make long-term contracts and production release systems accommodate more flexible production. Key issue: Purchasing contracts and production scheduling need to align with "war room production optimization" decisions.
- Sharing price and other market risks: Volatile market conditions for both common and more exotic materials such as lithium, cobalt, etc., increase risk for both parties and are taxing conventional contractual processes and traditional industry practices such as the annual "productivity" ask. Key issue: Misalignment between purchasing, finance, logistics, manufacturing, and other functions that creates friction rather than minimizing risk.
- Developing bench strength: High turnover among OEM purchasing staffs and buyers cause unnecessary delays in decision-making, approvals, and changes requiring other OEM function buy-in. Key issue: executive rotation may have unintended consequences when decisions are required so frequently that knowledge and familiarity outweigh the risk of "being too friendly."
- Recognizing supplier relations is everyone's responsibility: OEMs that increased or maintained their WRI scores in the chaos of 2021 had the cooperation of engineering to support material substitution, finance to support constrained cash flows, and manufacturing to accommodate required logistics patterns. Key issue: supplier relations is not the responsibility of only purchasing. Like quality, it is "everyone's" job, and poor supplier relations often indicates structural and process problems at the OEM.
"All of these typical problems can be resolved"," said Andrea. "Look how fast and successfully automakers switched to the production of Covid face masks and respirators. When there's corporate commitment, things get done – fast. These are not complicated issues. And if resolved, the automakers will be more profitable, improve vehicle launches, reduce warranty claims and recalls, and better positioned to transition to EVs."
The WRI is important because it measures the OEM purchasing organization's capacity and capability not only to handle day-to-day business, but also their ability to respond to unexpected market disruptions like those faced by automakers this past year. The OEM buyer is on the front line here, but so is the supplier.
HONDA EXCELS IN PURCHASING EFFECTIVENESS
Honda built its gains on "purchasing effectiveness" which involves timely communi-cation, resolving issues, and buyer accessibility among other characteristics shown in Table 1. In Overall OEM Purchasing Organization Effectiveness Honda lead in six of the seven categories with a composite average score of 3.45. Toyota remained in second, tying its last year score of 3.30; GM dropped slightly but remained in third place with 3.20; Ford remained in fourth at 2.86. Nissan was up slightly at 2.79; and Stellantis dropped significantly to 2.23.
In additional detail behind the Purchasing Organization Effectiveness factors, suppliers identified Honda's gain came with buyer improvements in commercial knowledge, communication of business strategy, and buyer accessibility. Toyota buyers dropped slightly in timely communication, resolving unanticipated material cost increases, and buyer knowledge. Toyota offset these dips with small gains in effective involvement in product development, resolving tooling payment issues, and buyer effectiveness in resolving issues. GM buyers fell slightly in three key areas: knowledge of supplier products and services, sharing information in a timely manner, and timely resolution of issues. Ford buyers dropped significantly in commercial knowledge, sharing long-term purchasing strategy, and timely resolution of issues. And Nissan gained in three areas: buyer commercial knowledge, sharing OEM's strategy, and integrity.
"The automakers will have to continue building on these fundamentals to survive near-term parts shortages like the scarcity of microchips, and truly deepen supplier relations to support the transition to electric vehicles which could involve taking more technologies in-house, making new acquisitions or forming partnerships to gain technical capability or to manufacture parts and components. These industry challenges put more pressure suppliers and on OEMs to respond and resolve issues faster."
WRI CORNERSTONE: OEM-SUPPLIER TRUST AND COMMUNICATION
The Study has shown the cornerstone of good working relations to be trust and communication, particularly important factors in the current uncertain business environment with billions of dollars and thousands of jobs at stake. Figure 2 shows Trust of the company in general, and substantial gains for Honda and Nissan with Ford down slightly and Stellantis down substantially. Note how the Trust rankings track the overall WRI rankings.
Figure 3 show supplier trust of the Buyer where Nissan, Honda and Toyota made gains. Off a significant gain in 2021, GM was down in 2022 but is still rated above its 2020 level. Ford has been down each year since 2020, while Stellantis was also down significantly.
BUYERS PLAY A KEY ROLE
Continuing the focus on the key role of buyers in the overall WRI score, the Buyer Characteristics Index (see Figure 4) specifically ranks their performance. The BCI™ focuses on key attributes such as the buyer's knowledge, communication, and overall working characteristics such as integrity and trust. Organizational changes can affect this measure, as does the pressure of the changing business environment. Even so, Honda and Toyota were ranked one and two and are improving, while GM was in third place and trending down. There was a significant gap to the next group of Ford and Nissan, with Ford trending significantly downward and Nissan on the upswing. "The buyers, while always on the front line, play an essential role in improving communication frequency, transparency and accuracy"," said Andrea.
PURCHASING AREA WRI®
The rankings in the overall WRI® provide high-level insight, but the study also delves deeply into OEMs' specific purchasing areas. By examining each specific area, management can determine where improvements are needed. As shown in Table 2 above, Toyota ranks best in five of the eight specific purchasing areas, with Honda best in the other three. It is especially noteworthy that in the two most important areas going forward -- autonomous vehicles and EVs -- Toyota ranked highest in EV & Hybrid Powertrain and in Electrical & Electronics.
For years, Toyota has led the industry in supplier relations. As Table 3 shows, Toyota was first in three of four indexes – but Honda is moving up. Toyota is also the automaker that suppliers prefer to work with, and receives the benefits that go with that preference. But Toyota's WRI line has essentially been flat since 2015. That could change, with Honda showing new commitment to improving its WRI ranking, said Andrea.
About the Working Relations Index® Study
Now in its 22nd year, the 2022 North American Automotive OEM-Tier 1 Supplier Working Relations Index® Study was conducted by Plante Moran from mid-February to mid-April. Respondents are salespersons from Tier-1 suppliers serving the Top 3 Detroit and Top 3 Japanese automakers. The annual study tracks supplier perceptions of working relations with their automaker customers in which they rate them across the eight major purchasing areas broken down into 20 commodity areas. The results of the study are used to calculate the WRI® which can then be used to calculate the economic value of working relations based on a proprietary economic model.
Respondents were 673 salespersons from 436 Tier-1 suppliers, representing about 50% of the six OEMs' annual buy. The sales personnel provided data on 2,226 buying situations (e.g., supplying brake systems to Ford, tires to Toyota, seats to GM). Demographically, the supplier-respondents represent 41 of the Top 50 NA suppliers and 71 of the Top 100 NA suppliers.
The study was founded in 2001 by Dr. John Henke, CEO of Planning Perspectives, Inc., and acquired by Plante Moran in 2019. The study is watched carefully by automakers because their supplier relations rating on the Working Relations Index® (WRI®) is highly correlated to the benefits that the OEM receives from its suppliers, including better pricing, more investment in innovation and technology, more sharing of technology, and better supplier support, all of which contribute to the OEM's operating profit and competitive strength.
About Plante Moran: Recognized as a leader in automotive and mobility strategy, Plante Moran is among the nation's largest accounting, tax and consulting firms and provides a full line of services to organizations across many industry segments. Plante Moran is among the nation's largest accounting, tax, consulting, and wealth management firms and provides a full line of business analytics and data management services to private and public sector organizations. Plante Moran has a staff of more than 3,300 professionals throughout the United States with international offices in Shanghai, China; Monterrey, Mexico; Mumbai, India; and Tokyo, Japan. Plante Moran has been recognized by a number of organizations, including Fortune magazine, as one of the country's best places to work. For more information, visit plantemoran.com.
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US delegation sends warning to government over unilateral Northern Ireland Protocol plans
The UK Government has been warned unilaterally removing the Northern Ireland Protocol “will not work”.
A delegation of politicians from the United States is visiting the island or Ireland.
Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee urged Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to engage in face-to-face negotiations with Brussels to resolve the outstanding issues.
Last week she set out plans to put in place legislation to circumvent parts of the protocol.
It comes as the bipartisan US congressional delegation is due to meet Irish premier Micheál Martin on Monday in Dublin.
Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald will also meet the group.
The delegation, led by senior Democrat Richard Neal, is visiting Ireland and Northern Ireland this week amid ongoing tensions caused by the post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Mr Kildee met with Ms Truss over the weekend.
“It’s important, and we stress this, that the (UK Government) negotiate and that they not take unilateral action,” Mr Kildee told RTE Morning Ireland.
“I think that was the very first point that was pressed by our delegation, most particularly Richie Neal.
“The only way we can come to agreement, the only way we protect the incredible progress that’s represented with the Good Friday Agreement, is face-to-face negotiation.
“It is disappointing to see unilateral action being considered, we stressed that that was not the approach that we recommend, but again, difficult to determine their motivation.
“We don’t believe that is the proper path. We think unilateral solutions will not work, face-to-face negotiation to work out some of these technical questions can be achieved and that’s what we currently recommend.”
He said there was no indication the government intends to “change course”.
“The purpose of the meeting was to make sure it was very clear to them what our position is and has been the position of chairman Neal, Nancy Pelosi, and the American government in general supports that we don’t believe that will lead to a positive outcome,” he added.
“We think it’s best, whenever there is a difference, to sit down across the table and negotiate toward a common purpose.
“It’s interesting that is the history that we celebrate when we think about the incredible benefits of the Good Friday Agreement, a very difficult, long-standing dispute resolved through negotiation.
“That’s a lesson that not only the rest of the world should learn, but we would hope that the parties involved now, the UK Government would recognise that’s the way to resolve these differences.”
The group repeated a warning that there will not be a US-UK trade agreement if any damage is caused to the Good Friday Agreement as a result of unilateral action.
“That’s been articulated by the speaker and now having had both Democratic and Republican members of Congress, who don’t agree on everything, there are many things we disagree on but we agree on that point and we’ve made it very clear to each and every person that we’ve met with on this delegation trip,” Mr Kildee added.
Meanwhile, DUP Economy Minister Gordon Lyons said his party would be stressing the difficulties the Northern Ireland Protocol is causing during meetings with a US delegation this week.
Mr Lyons told the BBC: “Rather than protecting the Good Friday Agreement and successor agreements, the protocol actually damages them.
“It is causing economic difficulty, it is causing societal problems and it is very clearly causing divergence of trade, and of course it is causing political instabilities.
“So we need to get that message across that the protocol is not protecting the Good Friday Agreement and that is why we need this issue dealt with quickly.”
Mr Lyons added: “I know that is not going to be an easy task. I previously met with Congressman Neal in Washington and reminded him and Nancy Pelosi of the problems with the protocol.
“I think it’s fair to say that they weren’t interested. We are going to have a particular challenge with Congressman Neal.”
He also accused Mr Neal of having a “one-sided” view of Northern Ireland.
Mr Lyons said: “He very clearly takes a different view than unionists would on many things.
“He has worked closely together with Friends Of Sinn Fein in America, attending their events.
“He has planted trees in memory of hunger strikers and spoken glowingly about them. He commended President (Michael D) Higgins for not attending a service to commemorate the centenary of Northern Ireland.
“He has said he is hopeful there will be a united Ireland in his lifetime.
“So, yet again we are dealing with more American politicians who are very much one-sided.
“That adds to the challenge, but we are up for that, and letting them know about the issues that the protocol is causing.”
There has been controversy over the Northern Ireland Protocol since its inception.
Created to avoid the return of checkpoints along the Irish border, after years of negotiation it was agreed that new Brexit regulatory and customs processes would be placed along the Irish Sea.
Both London and Brussels agreed to this as part of the final Brexit negotiations.
Since its implementation in early 2021, the EU and UK agree that the protocol does not work as smoothly as it should, and both sides engaged in further negotiations.
Grace periods were introduced for some new Brexit trade rules in the protocol, meaning retailers and exporters do not yet have to adhere to all the checks and standards required. | https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2022-05-23/government-warned-over-unilateral-ni-protocol-action | 2022-05-23T11:48:20Z | https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2022-05-23/government-warned-over-unilateral-ni-protocol-action | true | 9 |
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that his government would hold an all-party meeting on a state-specific census of castes that could be held later this week.
The opposition and the ruling JDU in the state have been on the same page on caste census - as they argue that having knowledge of the caste will lead to better policies to help all the communities.
When asked if the meeting will be held on May 27, Nitish Kumar said, "Many parties have agreed to the date. But we must have consent of all parties for holding the meeting on any particular date."
The JD(U) leader, whose ally BJP has of late grown ambivalent over the issue, expressed confidence that all parties in the state will back the proposed move before clearance is given by the cabinet.
"There should be no problem since both houses of legislature in the state have twice passed resolutions favouring a caste census", Kumar pointed out.
The BJP's recent indifference has followed the Narendra Modi government's refusal to conduct a caste census nationally. Last year, Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav had also met PM Modi to press for a caste census.
This has evoked allegations from opposition parties like the RJD that the BJP, which derives its support base from, primarily, among the upper castes, did not care much for the OBCs for whom gains are expected from a headcount of all castes.
Of late there have been attempts by BJP leaders in Bihar, especially those from backward classes, that it was "never" opposed to a caste census even though the Union government might not have taken it up for "practical reasons".
(agencies inputs)
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Study met all primary safety and efficacy endpoints for the Cordella™ PA Pressure Sensor System for the treatment of NYHA class III heart failure patients
LISLE, Ill., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Endotronix, Inc., a digital health and medical technology company dedicated to advancing the treatment of heart failure (HF), today announced positive data from the SIRONA 2 clinical trial evaluating safety and efficacy of its Cordella™ Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor System (Cordella Sensor) in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III heart failure patients. The prospective, multi-center trial met all primary safety and efficacy endpoints and resulted in low rates of HF hospitalization, further validating pulmonary artery (PA) pressure-guided HF management as standard of care for NYHA class III heart failure patients. Data from the SIRONA 2 trial was presented in a late-breaking session at European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) Heart Failure Association (HFA) 2022 annual conference in Madrid, Spain on May 22nd.
"In addition to achieving the primary safety and accuracy endpoints, the SIRONA 2 trial demonstrated a consistently high level of patient compliance with daily readings of PA pressure and physiologic data with a strong preference for performing PA pressure measurements from a seated position," stated Cardiologist Prof. Dr. Wilfried Mullens at Hospital Oost-Limburg in Genk and University Hasselt, Belgium. "The daily measurements provided a comprehensive clinical picture of the patient's health over time which supported guideline directed medical therapy (GDMT) resulting in excellent clinical outcomes with low heart failure hospitalization (HFH) rates."
The open-label, single-arm SIRONA 2 trial included 70 patients who were successfully implanted with the Cordella Sensor at seven European sites across Ireland, Belgium and Germany. The results confirmed a strong safety profile with no PA sensor failures, only one device / system related complication (DSRC = 1.3%) and 0% mortality at 90 days. The primary efficacy endpoint of accuracy, comparing Cordella Sensor with the gold standard fluid-filled reference catheter accuracy at 90 days, was also met. In addition, the study demonstrated a low 6-month HF hospitalization event rate (0.16) with the majority of patients improving their NYHA classification (67.5%). Compliance with daily readings of PA pressure, weight, blood pressure, heart rate and blood oxygen were consistently above 93% over 6 months. Moreover, patients overwhelmingly found the system easy to use (94%) and were knowledgeable about their normal range of daily measurements (67%).
Key SIRONA 2 findings
- Excellent safety outcome without any PA sensor failures and 0% mortality at 90 days
- Equivalent accuracy of PA pressure measurement with gold standard fluid-filled reference catheter (Swan-Ganz) using two one-sided t-test (TOST) (p=0.003)
- Low heart failure hospitalization event rates per patient at 3 and 6 months (0.11 and 0.16, respectively)
- 65.7% of patients had improved NYHA classification at 90 days
- Consistent high patient compliance with daily patient measurements - 93% compliance at 180 days
- 84% of patients preferred PA pressure reading in the seated position instead of lying flat
"The presentation of the SIRONA 2 data is an exciting milestone for Endotronix and builds on the findings from our first-in-human trial to further validate the safety and efficacy of the Cordella Sensor," said Katrin Leadley, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Endotronix. "We are encouraged by the meaningful improvement in patient outcomes the study demonstrated. This expands our clinical experience to a larger population and is a positive precursor for PROACTIVE-HF, our pivotal trial, which is expected to complete enrollment later this year."
PROACTIVE-HF is the first global IDE study for PA pressure-guided heart failure management and is currently enrolling patients to further validate the clinical findings from SIRONA 2.
About Endotronix
Endotronix, Inc., a medical technology company, delivers an integrated platform that provides comprehensive, reimbursable health management innovations for patients suffering from advanced heart failure. Their solution, the Cordella™ Heart Failure System, includes a cloud-based disease management data system and at home hemodynamic management with a breakthrough implantable wireless pulmonary artery pressure sensor for early detection of worsening heart failure. Learn more at www.endotronix.com.
The Cordella System, without the sensor, is available for commercial use in the U.S. and E.U. and is currently in cardiology centers across the U.S. The Cordella PA Sensor is currently under clinical investigation and is not currently available for commercial use in any geography.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain predictions, estimates or other information that might be considered forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance.
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SPRIG Consulting, LLC
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BofA Securities lowered the price target for the Upstart Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:UPST) stock from “a Buy” to “a Neutral”. The rating was released on May 11, 2022, according to finviz. The research report from Atlantic Equities has downgraded the stock from Overweight to Neutral, with a price target set at $45. The stock was downgraded by Stephens, who disclosed in a research note on May 10, 2022, from Equal-Weight to Underweight and set the price objective to $28. In their research brief published May 10, 2022, Piper Sandler analysts downgraded the Upstart Holdings Inc. stock from Overweight to Neutral with a price target of $44.
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The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The share price of Upstart Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:UPST) dipped -13.34% to close Friday’s market session at $44.70, lower as compared to yesterday’s close. The stock price fluctuated between $40.13 and $50.44 throughout the trading session with the volume trading being 23474060 shares, which represented a significant variation when compared to the three months average volume of 13.40 million shares. The firm’s stock price fluctuated 17.23% within the last five trades and -40.64% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price decreased -80.25% in the last 6 months and -65.63% was subtracted to its value over the previous 3 months. UPST stock is trading at a margin of -30.40%, -48.67% and -74.76% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
As of the close of trading, UPST deals in the Financial domain. The stock is trading -88.87 percent below its 52-week high and 75.78 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is -69.3. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does Upstart Holdings Inc.’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 16.00 percent and the profit margin is 15.80 percent, and the company has reported a gross margin of 85.10 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $4.37 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for Upstart Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:UPST) is 27.11. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 18.36. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 4.38 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 4.29, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
Almost all investors and traders prefer to invest in shares controlled by the management of a corporation as a management company will be more likely to run the business itself and to never conduct things against the management’s desires and will always try to do what is best for their shareholders. Currently, 1.00 percent of Upstart Holdings Inc. shares are owned by insiders, and 47.80 percent are held by financial institutions. Nicoll Alison, the General Counsel and Secretary at Upstart Holdings Inc. (UPST) has sold 7,500 shares of firm on May 18 at a price of $48.75 against the total amount of $0.37 million. In another inside trade, Nicoll Alison, General Counsel and Secretary of Upstart Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:UPST) sold 6,900 shares of the firm on May 17 for a total worth of $0.29 million at a price of $42.60. An inside trade which took place on May 16, General Counsel and Secretary of Upstart Holdings Inc. Nicoll Alison sold 600 shares of firm against total price of $24052.0 at the cost of $40.09 per share. | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/05/23/upstart-holdings-inc-nasdaqupst-stock-posted-gross-margin-of-85-10-percent-in-last-year-is-justifiable/ | 2022-05-23T11:51:06Z | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/05/23/upstart-holdings-inc-nasdaqupst-stock-posted-gross-margin-of-85-10-percent-in-last-year-is-justifiable/ | false | 16544 |
MADISON (WKOW) -- While thousands of pounds of baby formula arrived in the US over the weekend, it may still take time to get families the food they need to feed their babies.
Many are turning to alternatives to keep bellies full, including breast milk donations.
On social media sites, some moms are offering to give others their milk in an effort to help out.
But experts at UW Health say there are some things you should consider beforehand.
"You don't know that individual very well you don't know their situation. You don't know if they might be on a medication that could be potentially harmful you to your infant, you don't know if they have a sickness that could impact the quality of their breast milk," said Camila Martin, UW Health Certified Lactation Specialist and Registered Dietitian.
If you choose to go the milk donation route, Martin suggests going through a milk bank.
"Lots of milk banks will pasteurize it, which will like remove any harmful bacteria from it. So that would be the safest way to to get donor milk to your infant," she explained.
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- Includes thermostabilized Ebola vaccines
- Includes nanoemulsion adjuvant compatible with lyophilization
PRINCETON, N.J. , May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for the patent application titled "Compositions and Methods of Manufacturing Trivalent Filovirus Vaccines." The allowed claims are directed to unique, proprietary compositions and methods directed to combinations of glycoprotein antigens with nanoemulsion adjuvants comprising sucrose fatty acid esters prior to lyophilization. The described vaccine platform has previously been successfully applied to filovirus vaccines (as mono-, bi- and tri-valent candidates for Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus) as well as a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
The candidate filovirus vaccines have been previously shown to protect non-human primates (NHPs) from subsequent infection, and represent the only recombinant subunit vaccines that have demonstrated efficacy against Zaire ebolavirus and other filoviruses in NHPs. Lyophilization of the antigens within monovalent vaccine formulations has also been demonstrated to thermostabilize the antigens at temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for up to 12 weeks, enabling storage at ambient temperature. No currently licensed lyophilized vaccine that contains an adjuvant is presented in a single vial format and there are few reports of successfully using nano-emulsions in lyophilized formulations. Previous work has demonstrated the use of a single vial platform to co-lyophilize antigen(s) and a nanoemulsion adjuvant, CoVaccine HT™, maintaining key adjuvant stability characteristics including particle size and colloidal stability, as well as maintaining immunogenicity. This most recent milestone confirms that, in the context of lethal challenge with Sudan ebolavirus, complete protection is maintained with the thermostabilized formulation.
"Filoviruses such as Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus are some of the most lethal viruses known, and they are endemic in areas of the world where the power supply and distribution network can be uncertain. There are no vaccines for either Sudan or Marburg viruses, while approved vaccines for Zaire ebolavirus are constrained by cold chain logistics. Availability of a single-vial, heat stable vaccine would significantly enhance global public health preparedness or response to a new outbreak, at its source," stated Axel Lehrer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaiʽi at Mānoa (UHM). "Our work to date has demonstrated the feasibility of rapid and efficient manufacturing, as well as the ability to thermostabilize multiple antigens that can then be stored at temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Having a vaccine platform such as this available has the potential to accelerate worldwide vaccination campaigns addressing future health emergencies, including other global pandemics as seen with COVID-19."
"Our next generation combined vaccine platform includes three major components: a robust protein manufacturing process that has been demonstrated on multiple protein antigens, a novel nanoemulsion adjuvant which induces broad immunity and a formulation procedure which enables thermostabilization of the combination of adjuvant and antigen in a single vial," stated Oreola Donini, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Soligenix. "Elements of this vaccine platform have been utilized in our ricin toxin, filovirus and COVID-19 vaccine candidates, indicating its broad applicability. The ability to package more than one vaccine candidate in a single vial platform further adds to their developability, whether as a multivalent or individual monovalent vaccine, particularly against Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus where there are currently no available vaccines."
Work to date has demonstrated the compatibility of lyophilizing both antigen and adjuvant in the same vial, with reconstitution with sterile water for injection immediately prior to use. This simple delivery format, as well as the compatibility with ambient storage, significantly reduces logistical hurdles when vaccinating large groups of individuals as required for example when addressing a global pandemic or for the deployment of vaccines in outbreaks occurring in remote areas or with unreliable power supply.
Under the Company's Public Health Solutions business segment, ongoing collaborations with Dr. Lehrer, have demonstrated the feasibility of developing thermally-stable subunit protein vaccine formulations for filoviruses. The thermostabilized filovirus vaccine program is continuing to advance with the support of a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant R01-AI132323 (awarded to the University of Hawaii) and a Small Business Innovation Research grant (#1R44AI157593-01; awarded to Soligenix).
About Filovirus Infection
Ebola Virus Disease is caused by one of six species of Ebolavirus, four of which are known to cause disease in humans, including its best-known member, Zaire ebolavirus (Ebola virus), with Sudan ebolavirus being the second-most common cause of human infection in this family. All species of ebolavirus belong to the Filoviridae family, a family that further contains the equally human pathogenic Marburg virus. Filoviruses are believed to be harbored in various animal species in Africa, particularly bats, although the specific reservoir host for many of these viruses is still unknown. There have been several known Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease outbreaks since 1967, with the largest outbreak starting in 2014 in Western Africa, and involved over 26,000 confirmed/probable/suspected cases with an estimated death toll of over 11,000 people according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These numbers also include some cases of virus introduction and limited spread in Europe and the United States.
Transmission of filoviruses requires direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person or contact with infected animals. The mortality rates following filovirus infections are extremely high, and, in the absence of wide availability of effective therapeutics, are affected by the quality of supportive care available with a focus on early initiation of treatment. Resolution of the disease largely depends on the patient's own immune system. There are limited treatment options for Ebola Virus Disease and no available treatments for Sudan Virus or Marburg Virus Disease, although steady progress has also been made in development of immunotherapeutics for filoviruses beyond Zaire ebolavirus. There are approved vaccines for Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus), requiring stringent ultra-low cold-chain storage, but no efficacious vaccines are yet available for Marburg virus (Marburg marburgvirus) or Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus).
Filoviruses are one of the virus families identified as having the ability to cause pandemics. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US government is accelerating its investment in pandemic preparedness, including having "the ability to rapidly make vaccines effective against any virus family." Specific initiatives have been spear-headed by the White House and Biden-Harris administration, as evidenced by the "American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming Our Capabilities" white paper released in September 2021.
About John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
The John A. Burns School Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is one of the leading medical institutions and one of the most ethnically diverse institutions in the United States. For more than a decade, JABSOM has ranked in the top 10% of allopathic medical schools for graduate retention with one of our UH-sponsored residency programs. Hawaiʻi's cultural diversity and geographical setting affords JABSOM an unique research environment to excel in research directed at eliminating diseases that disproportionately affect people in Hawaii and the Pacific region. JABSOM faculty bring in extramural funds of $46 million into the state, annually. In addition, JABSOM was the first U.S. medical school to create a clinical department dedicated to the health and well-being of an indigenous population, Native Hawaiians.
About Soligenix, Inc.
Soligenix is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need. Our Specialized BioTherapeutics business segment is developing and moving toward potential commercialization of HyBryte™ (SGX301 or synthetic hypericin) as a novel photodynamic therapy utilizing safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). With a successful Phase 3 study completed, regulatory approval is being sought and commercialization activities for this product candidate are being advanced initially in the U.S. Development programs in this business segment also include expansion of synthetic hypericin (SGX302) into psoriasis, our first-in-class innate defense regulator (IDR) technology, dusquetide (SGX942) for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including oral mucositis in head and neck cancer, and proprietary formulations of oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate (BDP) for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders characterized by severe inflammation including pediatric Crohn's disease (SGX203).
Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes active development programs for RiVax®, our ricin toxin vaccine candidate, and SGX943, our therapeutic candidate for antibiotic resistant and emerging infectious disease, and our vaccine programs targeting filoviruses (such as Marburg and Ebola) and CiVax™, our vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2). The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax®. To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
For further information regarding Soligenix, Inc., please visit the Company's website at https://www.soligenix.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @Soligenix_Inc.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect Soligenix, Inc.'s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities, including but not limited to, potential market sizes, patient populations and clinical trial enrollment. Statements that are not historical facts, such as "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," "hopes," "intends," "plans," "expects," "goal," "may," "suggest," "will," "potential," or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, these statements, such as experienced with the COVID-19 outbreak. Soligenix cannot assure you that it will be able to successfully develop, achieve regulatory approval for or commercialize products based on its technologies, particularly in light of the significant uncertainty inherent in developing therapeutics and vaccines against bioterror threats, conducting preclinical and clinical trials of therapeutics and vaccines, obtaining regulatory approvals and manufacturing therapeutics and vaccines, that product development and commercialization efforts will not be reduced or discontinued due to difficulties or delays in clinical trials or due to lack of progress or positive results from research and development efforts, that it will be able to successfully obtain any further funding to support product development and commercialization efforts, including grants and awards, maintain its existing grants which are subject to performance requirements, enter into any biodefense procurement contracts with the U.S. Government or other countries, that it will be able to compete with larger and better financed competitors in the biotechnology industry, that changes in health care practice, third party reimbursement limitations and Federal and/or state health care reform initiatives will not negatively affect its business, or that the U.S. Congress may not pass any legislation that would provide additional funding for the Project BioShield program. In addition, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of any of its clinical/preclinical trials. Despite the statistically significant result achieved in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, there can be no assurance that a marketing authorization from the FDA or EMA will be successful. Notwithstanding the result in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and the Phase 1/2 proof-of-concept clinical trial of SGX302 for the treatment of psoriasis, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of the clinical trials of SGX302 for the treatment of psoriasis. Further, there can be no assurance that RiVax® will qualify for a biodefense Priority Review Voucher (PRV) or that the prior sales of PRVs will be indicative of any potential sales price for a PRV for RiVax®. Also, no assurance can be provided that the Company will receive or continue to receive non-dilutive government funding from grants and contracts that have been or may be awarded or for which the Company will apply in the future. These and other risk factors are described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Soligenix's reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Unless required by law, Soligenix assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.
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Samsung isn’t a new name in the PC business. The company has been selling laptops, just like many other things, for a long time. It did even in India before it decided to discontinue this product category almost a decade ago. But given the demand of the PC market, and the number of new brands experimenting with their luck, Samsung is back again. Maybe, just like Apple, Samsung is also trying to create its own ‘Galaxy’ ecosystem. But will it succeed and is the Galaxy Book2 Pro worth the money?
First look at this machine and I can feel the Samsung touch everywhere -- right from the design to the screen to the power onboard. The Galaxy Book2 Pro looks ultra-premium. I won’t mind calling it an ‘elitebook’ but the name’s already been taken by HP. This 13-inch laptop has a wedge design (remember the iPad Air) with the sleekest point measuring 11.2mm, which also contributes to making it feel feather-light at 870 grams. And yet, Samsung hasn’t compromised on any ports. All the ports, right from USB-C ports on the left (includes two - one for charging, another supporting Thunderbolt 4) to full USB port, HDMI, microSD card slot and a 3.5mm jack, all neatly tucked into the sides. Even the 13.3-inch display has very sleek bezels on the sides and the top, and a slightly thicker one at the bottom.
Samsung has spilt its screen magic on this machine too – and with a 1920 x 1080 AMOLED display that looks stunning and colours pop out. And the keyboard is well spaced with nice travel between the keys that makes it super convenient to type. The trackpad supports finger gestures. For security unlocking the machine, a fingerprint scanner has been added to the top right of the keyboard. While the laptop embeds basic hardware the software security features (latter from Microsoft), the addition of Samsung’s military-grade Knox would have been great. I loved the new Burgundy colour Samsung showcased during the product launch, however, it is yet to come to India. My review unit was dipped in Silver, which looked nice as it was neither matte nor shiny.
Contrary to the sleek design, the innards of this machine are power-packed. Running Windows 11 Home, the machine is powered by 12th Gen Intel Core i7 processor with 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD and Iris Xe integrated graphics, which handled my workload including multiple Chrome tabs (approximately 25 across multiple windows), image and video editing, heavy downloads, streaming videos and long hours of video conferencing without any hiccups.
It is good for casual gaming (titles such as Dota 2, and Dead or Alive). There were no freezing issues but the machine was warm after about 20 minutes of gaming. But it won’t be able to handle GTA V. Unlike most companies who ship laptops with just one month free trial of Office 365, this one comes with a lifetime licence to use Office Suite valid (only on the machine). Plus, there are some additional apps such as Samsung Studio Plus for video editing. And then there are some more apps such as Samsung Notes, Samsung Recovery, Samsung Switch, etc. that can come in handy. The full-HD camera for video calls is impressive. The only letdown was the downward-facing AKG Stereo Speakers that were not loud, and during some of the video meetings, it became hard to hear what the other person was saying.
Looking at the hardware and the company’s vision, Samsung is aiming to offer an ecosystem experience, just the way Apple does. Seamless sync between devices, and secure share among others. I am addicted to the Apple ecosystem, working on Notes that sync across iPhone, Mac and even iPad. And also the AirDrop for sharing files and links between these devices and any other Apple device. Along the same lines is Samsung’s QuickShare which I used for sharing files and videos from the Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Galaxy Notebook 2 Pro.
Yes, unlike the Galaxy flagship smartphones and now the S8+ tablet, this one is accompanied by a 63W charger. Matching the laptop’s profile, the charger is compact in comparison to most laptop chargers and only slightly bigger than Samsung’s smartphone adapter. I used the Galaxy Book2 Pro as my primary machine for over a month, without any complaints. The battery lasted me around seven hours of work and juiced up to 100 % in less than two hours.
While the Galaxy Book2 Pro is a stylish yet powerful machine, but it doesn’t support a touchscreen. It that’s a must, Samsung also has a 360 variant where the display goes back converting it into a tablet, which is also accompanied by an S Pen that comes in handy to write notes, draw and sketch or even highlight documents.
Specs: 13.3-inch fullHD AMOLED, 60Hz, 16:9 aspect ratio, 12th Gen Intel i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SDD, Windows 11 Home, HDMI, USB A, USB C x 2, microSD card slot, 3.5mm, 63W charger, Windows Office 365 lifetime, 870 grams, 304.4 x 199.8 x 11.2 mm
Price: Rs 1,14,990
Colour: Silver
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Is Larry Hogan Living in a Fantasy World?
The Maryland governor is on a crusade to bring back Reaganism when his party’s embrace of Trumpism has never looked stronger.
Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of Maryland, gave a speech this month at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, in which he declared that the GOP was “desperately in need of a course correction.” He called on the so-called Party of Reagan to end its dependency on Donald Trump and return to the heyday of the 40th president, Hogan’s hero. “America can once again be that shining city on a hill that Reagan talked about,” he told a politely nodding assembly of a few hundred guests. He spoke with an aura of sentimental duty, in the shadow of the same Air Force One that Reagan had ridden 660,000 miles on as president. He mentioned Big Tent conservatism, after-hours drinks with Tip O’Neill, the whole bit.
Oh, bless your heart, governor.
At almost that precise hour in Cincinnati, Ohio’s just-declared Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, J. D. Vance, was engulfing his favorite former president in a rhetorical bear hug. “They wanted to write a story that this campaign would be the death of Donald Trump’s America First agenda,” said Vance, the Hillbilly Elegy author who had previously likened Trump to “cultural heroin” but was now quite obviously hooked himself. “It ain’t the death of the America First agenda,” Vance said, fulminating against “the clowns out there in political world” and singling out Trump, Tucker Carlson, and Marjorie Taylor Greene for special thanks. There would be no course correction in Ohio, in other words—unless you counted the one that Vance himself had undergone.
You can linger on the split screen of this: the juxtaposition between the still-raucous spirit of Trumpism on display in Vance’s Ohio and Hogan’s longing for the mythical Gipper to descend from that museum-piece Air Force One. Or maybe split screen is a misnomer, as it implies a fair fight between events of comparable weight and attention.
In reality, few outside a handful of political hard cores even knew that Hogan was giving his address, part of a speaker series the library has hosted this year for a parade of Republicans of national stature, many of them—including Hogan—potential 2024 presidential candidates. The party is grappling with “truly existential questions,” said Roger Zakheim, the Washington director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, as he introduced Hogan. It is a “time for choosing,” he said, invoking the famous career-launching address that Reagan delivered in 1964 on behalf of Barry Goldwater.
But in the present context, “time for choosing” would seem to imply, dubiously, that Republicans have not been “choosing” Trump and Trumpism for nearly six years now. This is the great puzzle about Larry Hogan: If the governor thinks the GOP can become the party of Reagan again—and that Hogan himself can lead it there—don’t the continued ascendancies of the J. D. Vances suggest, at the very least, an impossibly uphill battle? Is Hogan just living in a shining city on a hill of wishful thinking? I wondered, in so many words, why he was even bothering.
I asked Hogan about this a week later, in his office in Annapolis, where he was finishing out the final months of his final term. “I think it got way too much attention, frankly,” he said of Vance’s victory. Vance, Hogan pointed out, had received less than a third of the GOP vote, while Ohio’s incumbent Republican governor, Mike DeWine, whom Trump has repeatedly trashed (“a terrible, terrible guy”), received nearly half in his own blowout that night. “Okay, so Trump got one,” Hogan said dismissively. “He’s still going to lose a lot of races this year.” And when he does, Hogan believes, Trump’s perceived stranglehold over the party will weaken.
In fact, Trump-endorsed candidates have achieved convincing victories across several states this year. Last week, the devout MAGA-man Doug Mastriano easily won the Republican gubernatorial primary in Pennsylvania, and in North Carolina, the Trump-endorsed Ted Budd won the party’s Senate nomination by more than 30 points. Even more striking has been how the dark markers of Trumpism—denial of the 2020 election results and sympathy for (if not outright complicity with) the January 6 insurrectionists—have become only more entrenched inside the party. Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator, attended the “Stop the Steal” rally that led to the ransacking of the Capitol. Budd, a U.S. representative, voted against certifying the 2020 presidential-election results.
Hogan’s only point was that, after the Republican primaries are over, Trump’s won-lost record will be a mixed bag. Assessing broader trend lines, and not getting caught up so much in individual races, will be more important, he said.
“I’m not trying to say that Donald Trump is not still the 800-pound gorilla in the party,” Hogan told me. “But I think it’s much less than where it was in November of 2020, and much, much less than after January 6. I just see him on a downward slide, and that will just accelerate this year.”
As with any claim that Trump’s dominance of the GOP is waning, deep suspicion is warranted.
“I think you just have to be clear-eyed about where the party is right now, which is still an extraordinarily Trump-centric environment,” says Sarah Longwell, an anti-Trump Republican strategist who conducts regular focus groups with voters across the political spectrum. These exercises, she told me, have allowed her to be realistic and not engage in “fantasy politics” when assessing the Republican electorate. “I just see no evidence whatsoever that our voters want to go back to a kind of sunny, bipartisan Reagan vision,” Longwell said.
Longwell knows and admires the Maryland governor a great deal, she told me. But none of the voters she’s spoken with appears to be craving Larry Hogan.
Hogan, who has a bald, sloping head and resembles an accountant in a meatpacking plant, speaks in an aggressively bland monotone. He will readily cop to being boring, even offers this as proof of his serious, unflashy bona fides. “I don’t come from the performative-arts school of politics; I come from the get-to-work-and-get-things-done school of politics,” Hogan told me. He has this studied sheepishness down. “And it turns out that’s what people want,” he said, “which is why I have a 76 percent approval rating in a blue state and why Trump is no longer president.” (In most recent polls, Hogan’s approval has been in the high 60s or low 70s.)
Hogan will happily denigrate the former president, which makes him something of an outlier among elected Republicans. It has also gotten Hogan a fair amount of attention, at least among a constituency of national media and political geniuses who don’t live in Iowa or Ohio. At the very least, this has been good for business, as Hogan will be term-limited out of his job soon and is eager to raise his national profile.
He is also, probably, going to run for president in 2024. Or at least talk a lot about it, which Hogan has been doing for three solid years now, dating back to the previous election, when a bunch of anti-Trump Republican donors and commentators (who also don’t live in Iowa or Ohio) urged him to undertake a primary challenge against Trump. Hogan ostentatiously flirted with the idea for months, found his way to Iowa and New Hampshire—wow, interesting!—and reaped the requisite and perhaps excessive press attention that potential presidential candidates draw. (I have contributed to the Hogan-mention bubble myself, starting in 2019 and as recently as a few weeks ago.)
Hogan opted not to run in 2020, saying he had no interest in launching a suicide mission against Trump. It would be a different calculation in 2024, however. If Trump runs again, Hogan said, he will be much more vulnerable to a presidential-primary opponent. Trump will be more of a known quantity, and his presidency will be remembered, even by a great many Republicans, as an ordeal. Hogan offers himself as a potential island for what he calls “the exhausted majority of voters” of both parties.
Various other “Trump alternatives” have attempted to make this case, including those who implicitly tout their fealty to “the Trump agenda.” What’s distinct about Hogan among non-Trump Republicans is that he is devoting real effort to trying to hasten the neutering of the 800-pound gorilla. He has campaigned and raised money for the likes of DeWine, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and a selection of Republican House members whose willingness to defy the former president (by voting to impeach or other such blasphemies) has landed them in the MAGA crosshairs.
In addition to helping with the mechanics of campaigning and fundraising, Hogan can at least model brave behavior, his allies say. “I think people get caught up in the bad things that happen to Republicans who Trump decides to go after,” says Michael Steele, a former lieutenant governor of Maryland and Republican National Committee chair who has become a vocal Trump critic, and has known Hogan for 30 years. “Larry can send a message to the other people who are scared of the bully.”
Hogan invokes similar language, envisioning himself as a kind of political bodyguard. “I’m just saying, ‘Hey, stop trying to steal their lunch money,’” he told me. At minimum, Hogan is hoping to make the Republican Party a safer schoolyard. “I think we’re coming closer to a time where a Republican attacking Trump is no longer seen as a kiss of death,” Hogan said. “Once his candidates lose a bunch of races this year, I think more Republicans will suddenly get up a dose of courage.”
“Courage,” of course, has never been in great abundance among the putative Republican “leaders” of the Trump era, including (or especially) those who harbor private doubts about or even contempt for the Almighty 45th. Their reluctance to cross Trump has created a leadership vacuum that Trump and his various acolytes have continued to fill.
“Look, I don’t want to be a pundit here,” Hogan is constantly saying—usually right before launching into punditry. First off, he believes that Trump will not run in 2024. “In spite of what he says, Trump knows he lost to Joe Biden, and his ego couldn’t take losing again,” Hogan told me. “I think he’s enjoying playing golf, having people come down to Mar-a-Lago, kiss his ring.” Trump will milk the possibility of running again, Hogan believes, and then say at the last minute that he isn’t.
Even if Trump does run, Hogan says that would have no bearing on his own decision. “If anything, Trump running might encourage me to run,” Hogan said. More punditry: He believes that there will be a “lane” in 2024 for candidates who are decidedly anti-Trump, for candidates who want to assume the Trump mantle, for candidates who might want to assume parts of the Trump mantle but are offering something different—including a lane for him, potentially. “I believe there is a pretty large lane for sane Republicans,” Hogan told CNN’s Jake Tapper earlier this year. “And they’re looking for a voice.”
Again skepticism abounds. “There is no ‘anti-Trump-lane’ in this GOP,” the former Republican House member Joe Walsh tweeted in response to these comments. “There is no ‘sane NeverTrump lane.’ It doesn’t exist.”
Even Hogan occasionally feels the need to give Trump some due. The governor said he mostly objected to the former president’s style in office, but allowed, “I like some of his policies.” This is a familiar feint among even Republicans who otherwise dislike Trump. When I pressed Hogan, though, he said that he supported Trump’s tax cuts but offered no other real areas of approval. He mentioned that he was happy when Trump said he was going to focus on infrastructure, “which is a passion of mine,” but conceded that Trump achieved nothing on this (Biden did). Likewise, he conceded that Trump’s immigration and COVID policies were disasters, with the exception of the Operation Warp Speed program to develop vaccines.
Hogan also mentioned that he was one of the only Republican officeholders who publicly called for Trump to resign after January 6 and to let Vice President Mike Pence finish out the final days of the term. “No, I don’t think Trump was a good president,” the governor said when I asked directly.
For now, Hogan said his focus remains his current job, which ends January 18. “I want to land the plane, run through the tape, and complete the job,” he said, among other variants of the “finish strong” cliché. The next eight months will also include a number of forays on behalf of several non-Maryland Republicans, as well as two visits to New Hampshire and a stop at the Iowa State Fair this summer.
As Hogan prepared to depart his office for an evening reception with a group of firefighters, he reiterated that he remains an optimist, in the finest Reagan tradition. “He doesn’t have to happen again,” Hogan said of Trump, as we ended the interview. “We just have to make sure he doesn’t happen again,” he added as I left him to his twilight in Annapolis, if not Morning in America. | https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/larry-hogan-2024-trump-election-influence/629942/?utm_source=feed | 2022-05-23T12:00:12Z | https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/larry-hogan-2024-trump-election-influence/629942/?utm_source=feed | false | 1 |
NEW YORK (AP) — In 1983, producer Jerry Bruckheimer was flipping through the May issue of California magazine when he was struck by a story. “Top Guns” read the headline, with a large photograph from inside the cockpit of an F-14 fighter jet. The story opened: “At Mach 2 and 40,000 feet over California, it’s always high noon.”
“I saw that cover and I said, ‘We gotta do this. This looks great,'” recalls Bruckheimer. “It’s ‘Star Wars’ on Earth.”
And at the box office, “Top Gun” did nearly reach “Star Wars” proportions. It was the No. 1 film of 1986, a rocket-boosted, testosterone-fueled sensation that established the then 24-year-old Tom Cruise as a major star. It made Bomber jackets, Aviator sunglasses and playing homoerotic games of beach volleyball in jeans hip just as it did military service. In the jingoist Reagan-era ’80s, “Top Gun” was about as American as it gets. The Navy set up recruitment tables in theaters. Enlistments soared.
If all of that — the go-go patriotism, a star-led blockbuster, magazines — sounds like a like time ago, it was. But almost four decades later, and after sitting on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, “Top Gun: Maverick” is flying full throttle into a new world.
In the film, directed by Joseph Kosinski, there’s a new mission to win and dogfights to wage. But this time, the task of “Top Gun” feels even weightier. It’s here to, in a CGI, Marvel world, prove that a propulsive brand of moviemaking fueled by star power, practical effects and filmmaking prowess can, still, summon the need for speed.
“I wanted it to have that old-school experience,” says Kosinski, director of “Tron: Legacy” and “Oblivion.“ Just as Maverick is going back to Top Gun, I wanted to take the audience back to that type of filmmaking.”
Paramount Pictures, which held off on pushing “Top Gun: Maverick” to streaming, has put a military-grade push behind the sequel. After kicking off aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego ( where Cruise arrived by helicopter ) a worldwide promotional tour has included stops at the Cannes Film Festival ( where Cruise received an honorary Palme d’Or ) and a royal premiere in London. The film, finally, opens in theaters Friday.
But where countless decades-later sequels have crashed and burned, “Top Gun: Maverick” may be a retro-blockbuster that succeeds — and maybe even rivals the original. The film has certain advantages, most notably the seemingly agelessness of its 59-year-old star.
But “Top Gun: Maverick,” in which a middle-aged Maverick returns to the elite aviation training program to train a new generation of flying aces (among them Goose’s hot-head son Rooster, played by Miles Teller), is an action adventure that recaptures a high-flying moviemaking style with modern-day technology. With visceral aerial scenes filmed inside the cockpit and a surprisingly emotional storyline soaked through with memory and loss, “Top Gun: Maverick” rekindles a daredevil spirit for digital times.
Early in the film, a skeptical general played by Ed Harris tells Maverick his kind is headed for extinction, a relic soon to replaced by automation. Maverick replies, with a smirk, “Not today.”
“In the film, he’s talking about him as an aviator. But watching it last week, it did feel like Tom Cruise is talking about the movie business,” says Kosinski. “In the age of streaming, he’s still making a really, really strong case for the theatrical experience.”
But does a new “Top Gun” fit as seamlessly into today as the original did the Reagan ’80s? The original “Top Gun” wasn’t a hit with critics. Pauline Kael called it a “shiny homoerotic commercial,” a thread that Quentin Tarantino picked in 1994′s “Sleep With Me” when he, as an actor, called it “a story about a man’s struggle with his own homosexuality.”
Others saw a Pentagon-backed recruitment film with pumped up patriotism, and a portrait of American individualism set against a faceless, country-less enemy. Much of that is still present in “Maverick” — there’s no shortage of disobeyed orders and the bad guys remain a blank slate. But Kosinski approached the film as foremost about the close-knit culture of aviators.
“I do feel like the theme of the first film and the theme of the first film is not really about politics. It really is about friendship, camaraderie, competition, sacrifice,” says Kosinski. “That’s what we wanted to do on this film very purposefully. We designed a fictional antagonist. The mission itself is one about keeping the world safe. It’s not about invasion. It’s really about the relationship between Maverick and Rooster.”
In 2012, momentum was starting to gather for a sequel. The original film’s director, Tony Scott, was meeting with Bruckheimer at the Naval Fighter Weapons School known as Top Gun in Nevada. Scott killed himself days later.
“We certainly were doubtful that it was going to happen,” says Bruckheimer. “But we still had interest in trying to get the movie made.”
Bruckheimer brought in Kosinski, who had directed Cruise in the sleek 2013 science-fiction adventure “Oblivion.” Knowing from that experience what Cruise would respond to, Kosinski focused his pitch to the actor on character and emotion. He and Bruckheimer flew to Paris to meet with Cruise while he was shooting a “Mission: Impossible” film. The director, who came with a poster adorned with the title “Top Gun: Maverick,” had 20 minutes to make his case.
“At the end of that meeting, Tom stood and he walked over to the phone and he called the head of the studio and said, ‘We’re making this film,’” says Kosinski. “I mean, that’s a real movie star who can greenlight a movie with a phone call.”
Cruise had a few stipulations. One was that Val Kilmer, who has difficulty speaking after throat cancer and numerous trachea surgeries, return to play Iceman. (The actor appears briefly but poignantly.) Another was that all the actors playing pilots be trained to ride in F-16s and withstand higher G-forces. On the original, only Cruise managed it.
“Tom devised a way to train the actors. In the first one, when they put them up in the air with one camera in the cockpit, everybody threw up. We had no usable footage. Their eyes were rolling back in their heads,” says Bruckheimer. “Tom said, ‘Listen, we have to figure out a way to put our actors up there so they can handle the G-forces.’”
It took 15 months, Bruckheimer says, to work out with the Navy, lawyers and the film crew how to have six cameras in the cockpit. Actors playing pilots — Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Greg Tarzan Davis, Danny Ramirez, Lewis Pullman and Jay Ellis — were trained over three months to prepare for the velocity of F-18 flights.
“Some actors said, ‘I won’t do it. I’m afraid of flying.’ So we lost some talented people who just couldn’t commit to making the movie in the way we did it,” Bruckheimer says. “The majority of the pilots that we worked with on this current movie said they joined the military because they joined the first ‘Top Gun.’”
So “Top Gun” has already proved that it can have a lasting effect in the real world. “Top Gun: Maverick” is hoping to show that, when done well, big Bruckheimer-styled blockbusters can still outrace anything else in theaters, or at home.
“This film is looking to the future,” says Kosinski. “Not only the past.”
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Rise Network 04 October , 2022 RESOURCES1 CommentRead original text in Japanese (PDFs here and here ) Since launch…, which seeks not... Court ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As the sun set over the Rio Grande, about 120 Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans who waded through waist-deep water stepped into Border Patrol vehicles, soon to be released in the United States to pursue their immigration cases.
Across the border in the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, Honduran families banded together in a section of downtown with cracked sidewalks, narrow streets and few people, unsure where to spend the night because city’s only shelter was full.
The opposite fortunes illustrate the dual nature of U.S. border enforcement under pandemic rules, known as Title 42 and named for a 1944 public health law. President Joe Biden wanted to end those rules Monday, but a federal judge in Louisiana issued a nationwide injunction that keeps them intact.
The U.S. government has expelled migrants more than 1.9 million times under Title 42, denying them a chance to seek asylum as permitted under U.S. law and international treaty for purposes of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
But Title 42 is not applied evenly across nationalities. For example, Mexico agrees to take back migrants from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. For other nationalities, however, high costs, poor diplomatic relations and other considerations make it difficult for the U.S. to fly migrants to their home countries under Title 42. Instead, they are typically freed in the U.S. to seek asylum or other forms of legal status.
Hondurans in Piedras Negras ask Cubans arriving at the bus station for money, knowing Cubans will have no use for pesos because they will go directly across the border. While Mexico agreed in April to take some Cubans and Nicaraguans expelled under Title 42, the vast majority are released in the U.S.
“It was in an out,” Javier Fuentes, 20, said of his one-night stay in a rented house in Piedras Negras. On Sunday morning, he and two other Cuban men walked across the Rio Grande and on a paved road for about an hour until they found a Border Patrol vehicle in Eagle Pass, a Texas town of 25,000 people where migrants cross the river to the edge of a public golf course.
Overnight rains had raised water to about neck-level for most adults, a possible explanation for the absence of groups numbering in the dozens, even over 100, that frequent the area many days.
“Slow start to the morning,” a Border Patrol agent said as he greeted Texas National Guard troops watching four Peruvians, including a 7-month-old boy who crossed with his parents after several days crammed into a rented room in Piedras Negras with 17 migrants.
As the water dropped again to waist-level, about three dozen migrants gathered at a riverfront public park that also drew local residents in Piedras Negras, which considers itself the birthplace of nachos. Infants and young children joined a largely Honduran crowd to cross. One Honduran woman was eight months’ pregnant in obvious pain.
Eagle Pass, a sprawling town of warehouses and decaying houses that many major retailers have overlooked, is one of the busiest spots in the Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector, which includes about 250 miles (400 km) of sparsely populated riverfront. Last year, about 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, assembled in nearby Del Rio, which isn’t much larger than Eagle Pass. Grain fields are about all that separates either town from San Antonio, about a three-hour drive to the east.
The relative ease of crossing — migrants walk across the river within a few minutes, often without paying a smuggler — and a perception that it is relatively safe on the Mexican side has made the remote region a major migration route.
Texas’ Rio Grande Valley has long been the busiest of nine Border Patrol sectors on the Mexican border, but Del Rio has surged to a close second this year. Yuma, Arizona, another spot known for relative safety and ease of crossing, has jumped to third-busiest.
Del Rio and Yuma rank sixth and seventh in the number of agents among the nine sectors, a reflection of how Border Patrol staffing has long lagged shifts in migration flows.
Other parts of the border are less patrolled than Del Rio, a plus for migrants trying to elude capture, but are more rugged and remote, said Jon Anfinsen, president of the National Border Patrol Council’s Del Rio sector chapter.
Anfinsen calls the Del Rio sector “sort of a happy medium” for migrants seeking to balance the appeal of remote areas with safety.
Cristian Salgado, who sleeps on streets of Piedras Negras with his wife and 5-year-old son after fleeing Honduras, said the Mexican border town is “one of the few places where you can more or less live in peace.”
But his excitement about the Biden administration’s plans to lift Title 42 on Monday evaporated with the judge’s ruling. “Now there is no hope,” he said.
Hondurans were stopped nearly 16,000 times on the border in April, with slightly more than half resulting in expulsion under Title 42. The rest could seek asylum in the U.S. if they expressed fear of returning home.
But Cubans fared far better. They were stopped more than 35,000 times in April, and only 451, or barely 1%, were processed under Title 42.
“Cubans get in automatically,” said Joel Gonzalez, 34, of Honduras, who tried eluding agents for three days in Eagle Pass before getting caught and expelled. Agents told him asylum the U.S. was no longer available.
Isis Peña, 45, had turned down an offer from a fellow Honduran woman to cross the river. The woman called from San Antonio, saying she was freed without even being asked if she wanted to claim asylum. The woman now lives in New York.
Peña tried crossing herself the next day, an experience she doesn’t want to repeat for fear of drowning. After about four hours in custody, an agent told her, “There is no asylum for Honduras.”
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WASHINGTON, May 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vantage Market Research’s recent analysis of the Global Spinal Interbody Fusion Market finds that the increasing prevalence of spinal deformities is expediting market growth. Primarily driven by growing number of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, the total Global Spinal Interbody Fusion Market is estimated to reach USD 8.6 Billion by the year 2028.
The Global Market revenue stood at a value USD 7.1 Billion in the year 2021 and is forecasted to grow exhibiting a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.4%.
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Increasing Prevalence of Spinal Abnormalities to Drive the Market Growth
The increasing prevalence of spinal deformities are anticipated to augment the growth of the Spinal Interbody Fusion Market within the estimated period. This is owing to the rising geriatric population along with improper diet, nutrition and poor posture and fractures. According to the World Health Organization statistics, the proportion of the world's population aged 60 and up will nearly double from 12% to 22% between 2015 and 2050. By 2050, 80% of the world's elderly would live in low- and middle-income countries. The population is aging at a considerably higher rate than in the past. Every country faces significant hurdles in ensuring that their health and social systems are prepared to take advantage of this demographic change. This aged population is more prone to various disorders including spinal deformities owing to decrease in physical and mental capacity. This is expected to increase the demand for spinal inter body fusion treatments in the years to come.
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- Type
- Cervical Fixation Devices
- Interbody Fusion Devices
- Thoracolumbar Devices
- Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Open Spine Surgery
- End User
- Hospitals
- Specialty Clinics
- Others
- Region
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Middle East & Africa
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Growing Number of Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Stimulate Market Growth
The increasing number of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers is anticipated to augment the growth of the Spinal Interbody Fusion Market in the years to come. This is owing to the rising number of spinal surgeries that are done at hospitals. Furthermore, in developing countries like India, increasing government measures to improve healthcare infrastructure and increase in the middle-class population are resulting in increased demand for excellent healthcare services offered by hospitals, assisting market growth. Also, the use of ambulatory surgery centers also helps in reducing the costs required which is further likely to augment the growth of the market.
COVID-19 Impact Analysis:
The COVID-19 outbreak has affected various industries worldwide. Governments across the world implemented strict lockdown measures and social distancing norms in order to restrict the swift spread of the pandemic. Manufacturing facilities around the world were shut down during the initial stages of the pandemic. Moreover, the economic crisis after the pandemic might lead to a significant delay in the commercial roll-out of the healthcare industry. Small and medium-scale companies are the backbone of technology providers and are witnessing a steep drop in revenue since the emergence of the pandemic in 2020. Hence, market players faced numerous challenges as disruptions in the supply chain were observed. However, things will improve in the second half of 2022 as more supplies will come online. The impact of COVID-19 on the market demand is considered while estimating the current and forecast market size and growth trends of the market for all the regions and countries based on the following data points:
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- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Middle East & Africa
- Quarterly Market Revenue Forecast by Asia Pacific 2020 & 2021
- Key Strategies Undertaken by Companies to Tackle COVID-19
- Long Term Dynamics
- Short Term Dynamics
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Asia Pacific to Witness Fastest Growth in the Global Spinal Interbody Fusion Market
Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a fastest Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) during the forecast period and is likely to continue the same trend. This is attributable to the rising medical tourism in the region. Furthermore, increasing government initiatives along with rising healthcare expenditure in developing economies such as India and China is also likely to support the growth of the market. Additionally, the growing target population is also expected to support the regional growth of the market in near future.
List of Prominent Players in Spinal Interbody Fusion Market:
- Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.
- Alphatec Holdings Inc.
- B. Braun Melsungen AG
- Exactech Inc.
- Globus Medical Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Medtronic PLC
- Nuvasive Inc.
- Orthofix International N.V.
- Stryker Corporation
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Recent Developments:
April, 2022: Choice Spine LLC, a privately-held spinal device manufacturer based in Knoxville, TN, announced the launch of its next-generation Harrier SA ALIF System. Harrier SA provides surgeons an excellent Stand-Alone Solution for ALIF procedures.
December, 2021: Spine Wave announced the immediate launch of both the Defender Anterior Cervical Plate, and the Stronghold C 3D Titanium Interbody Device featuring Ti Cell 3D advanced surface technology.
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According to the Associated Press, three graduating cadets in the United States Air Force will not be commissioned as military officers because they refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19. ‘ They will not be commissioned into the United States Air Force as long as they are not vaccinated,’ said spokesman Dean Miller to the Associated Press. Even so, the three cadets will receive a bachelor’s degree.
The Air Force Academy did not immediately reply to Insider’s request for comment, but Miller told the AP that a fourth student who first refused the vaccination received it and will graduate and be commissioned. Miller went on to say that the Air Force secretary would decide whether the three cadets must compensate the US for their school expenses.
Last Monday, Air Force officials warned the Associated Press that the four cadets would not graduate and might have to pay tuition. The expenses might easily exceed $200,000. The Department of Defense required that all US military members get the COVID-19 immunization last year. | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/05/23/the-air-force-will-not-commission-cadets-after-they-refuse-to-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19.html | 2022-05-23T12:12:40Z | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/05/23/the-air-force-will-not-commission-cadets-after-they-refuse-to-be-vaccinated-against-covid-19.html | true | 1 |
This partnership will streamline evidence management and enable real-time situational awareness for public safety
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global leader in connected public safety technologies, and Skydio, the leading US drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, today announced that public safety agencies flying Skydio drones and using Axon Respond, Axon's real-time operations platform, will now have the ability to access drone live-streams to provide more comprehensive views of incidents.
The partnership between Axon and Skydio delivers a paradigm shift in how public safety agencies can leverage small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for real-time situational awareness and evidence management. The integration with Axon Respond will allow command staff and 911 dispatchers to combine the livestreaming capabilities of Axon body-worn and in-car cameras with the Skydio drone's aerial perspective — all within the same network.
In addition to wireless livestreaming and digital evidence management, Skydio drone-captured imagery will live alongside corresponding body-worn camera video in Axon's digital evidence management platform, Axon Evidence and Skydio evidence can be securely and efficiently managed and shared like any other digital asset in Axon Evidence, as announced last year.
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Robert Goldman, Harvard Kennedy School
(THE CONVERSATION) The war crimes trial of a Russian soldier in Ukraine - which concluded on May 24, 2022 with a conviction and life sentence for the defendant - was permissible under international law. And with the eyes of the world on them, Ukrainian authorities would have wanted the proceedings to be played entirely by the book.
But nonetheless, conducting a war crimes trial during active hostilities, and by a civilian court, is not normal. Nor may it be wise.
As an expert on what I call the law of war - that is, the set of international legal protocols and conventions that set out the rules of what is allowed during conflicts - I am concerned that trying a prisoner of war in such circumstances is problematic for several reasons. Further, it could set a disturbing precedent. While the Ukrainian trial may well have been conducted under due process of law, the same may not be true if Russia decides to follow suit.
The right time to prosecute war crimes
There are, of course, advantages to holding a trial so close to an alleged crime - in this case, the shooting death of an unarmed civilian in the Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on Feb. 28, 2022. For example, it makes it easier to gather evidence because the crime scene is still fresh and eyewitness memories more recent. Such trials could also provide timely justice for the loved ones of civilians killed.
Moreover, Ukraine has the moral high ground here. The country is the victim of clear-cut aggression from Russia. And rights experts have detailed a pattern of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.
Rules governing war crimes trials are set out in the Geneva Conventions - a set of treaties and additional protocols that establish accepted conduct in wars and the duties to protect civilians. Both Russia and Ukraine are signatories to the convention, and Ukraine is also bound to its commitments to the European Convention on Human Rights.
There is nothing in international law prohibiting war crimes trials taking place during hostilities. Nonetheless, some commentators have expressed concerns about the practice. In one of its commentaries on the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross expressly warned against war crimes proceeding during wartime. The commentaries, which collectively are seen as the authorities on interpreting the conventions, note that it is difficult for an accused person “to prepare his defense during hostilities,” adding:
“It seems to be a good rule, therefore, that the trial of a person accused of war crimes should not take place at a time when it is impossible for him to adduce proofs which could lessen his responsibility or disprove it.”
In fact, it is very hard to think of an example in which a war crimes trial has been conducted during hostilities other than one case involving a soldier during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s.
‘Direct part of hostilities’
The trial in Ukraine is unusual for another reason that I find concerning: It is taking place in a civilian court, not a military one.
The Third Geneva Convention is pretty clear on this point:
“A prisoner of war shall be tried only by a military court, unless the existing laws of the Detaining Power expressly permit the civil courts to try a member of the armed forces of the Detaining Power in respect of the particular offense alleged to have been committed by the prisoner of war.”
The Russian soldier was prosecuted under a part of the Ukrainian criminal code that addresses conduct during war. And the issue is muddied by the detaining power, Ukraine, having abolished military courts in 2010.
But the problem hinted at in the Geneva Conventions’ strong desire to have war crimes trial only in military courts is that international humanitarian law is a highly specialized area. Military court officials will have the training required to understand the nuances in a way that civilian courts will, by and large, not.
And an issue central to the Russian soldier’s case - whether the civilian killed could be seen as a legitimate target - is a highly technical area that only an expert of the law of war will understand.
Under protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, a treaty added in 1977, a civilian loses immunity when he or she directly participate in hostilities.
And this is where it gets tricky. If the Russian soldier believed that the civilian he shot posed an immediate threat, say by reporting his position to Ukrainian military, then it would not be unreasonable for the defense to argue that the civilian was a legitimate target. Indeed, in the current trial, the court heard that the Russian soldier was ordered to shoot the man for that very reason - his superior believed the civilian may have been using a cellphone to give away their location.
Discerning when a civilian takes a “direct part in hostilities” is highly situational; that is, it depends on the circumstances of the case. The conventions state that civilians lose immunity when they are preparing for, in the act of or returning from participation in hostilities. For example, if a civilian picks up a gun or a Molotov cocktail - and as such show intent to participate in hostilities - they lose immunity.
But other examples may appear less clear cut. For example, a munitions worker manufacturing weapons in Detroit for use in conflict overseas would not be seen as taking a “direct part” in hostilities. But someone in Iraq making improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, to be used by others would be.
It may well be the case that the court would not have accepted the argument that by simply being on a cellphone, the Ukrainian civilian was taking a “direct part” in the war. But the fact that the Ukrainian man was apparently using a cellphone opens up a line of defense that doesn’t appear to have been argued in court.
Bolstering the view that it should have at least been entertained as a defense is 2009 guidance on the issue of when a civilian becomes a “direct part of hostilities” under humanitarian law issued by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It notes that “an unarmed civilian sitting in a restaurant using a radio or mobile phone to transmit tactical targeting intelligence to an attacking air force would probably have to be regarded as directly participating in hostilities.”
Vadim Shishimarin, the 21-year-old Russian soldier accused in the case, has pleaded guilty. But the optics of him being tried during wartime by a detaining authority engaged in conflict raises questions over the confession.
The Geneva Conventions are explicit in that no form of coercion can be used to extract a confession of guilt - and there is no evidence to suggest that Shishimarin was forced into confessing.
Show trials and Russian justice
But there is a broader concern with how this case is being presented. Even if observers accept that the soldier was given adequate counsel and the trial was conducted entirely by the book, that isn’t how it is likely to be presented to the Russian people.
And Russia is reportedly preparing war crime trials of its own for Ukrainian soldiers captured in the conflict.
The treatment of dissidents and opponents of President Vladimir Putin suggests that the concept of rule of law has been eroded. And with around 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers from Mariupol currently in Russian custody, there are concerns that show trials could be on the way.
Of course, there is a propaganda aspect to Ukraine’s prosecution too. Anything that underscores the view that Russian forces are engaged in war crimes will serve Ukrainian interests.
But there is nothing in the propaganda of the trial in itself that is unlawful. Under international law, a line is only crossed when the the detaining authority fails to meet the minimum standards of due process - say, by coercing confession, refusing the right to appeal or not providing counsel for the accused.
No one is suggesting that has been the case in Ukraine’s war crimes trial. But in holding the trial during hostilities, Ukraine runs the risk of Russia doing likewise - and subjecting its prisoners of war to Russian justice.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/war-crimes-trial-of-russian-soldier-was-perfectly-legal-but-that-doesnt-make-it-wise-183586. | https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/War-crimes-trial-of-Russian-soldier-was-perfectly-17191820.php | 2022-05-23T12:22:16Z | https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/War-crimes-trial-of-Russian-soldier-was-perfectly-17191820.php | true | 14 |
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Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems – Part IV: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards
The conversation between Aseni, whiz kid in economics, and her Grandpa, Sarath Mahatthaya, an ex-official of the Finance Ministry, on currency board systems continues. Their previous conversation focused on why colonial Ceylon established a currency board in 1884, its performance during 1884-1950, and why independent Ceylon replaced it with a central bank, while Singapore chose to retain it. (Access them here. Today, they examine the role of a modern-day crusader of inflation tracking and currency boards, Steve Hanke, an economics Don at the Johns Hopkins University in USA.
Aseni: Grandpa, Steve Hanke has been releasing a tracker of global inflation and marked Sri Lanka’s inflation as the second highest at 131%. But some Sri Lankan economists have disputed Hanke and said that they do not agree with his inflation calculation. Their views have been published by a local English daily and could be accessed here. What is this dispute?
Sarath: Economics is a science, and the main feature of science is that its theories can be questioned by other scientists with proper validation. Science has advanced because of this specific feature. Therefore, there is nothing wrong in the local economists questioning what Hanke has been doing. These disputes and debates surely add to our knowledge. Hanke is a disciplined economist. Therefore, he will certainly welcome such criticisms if they are substantiated by valid facts. But what the newspaper has published is some sweeping statements attributable to those local economists for the benefit of its readers who love to read sensational stories. We must therefore dissect those statements, remove the sensational part, and see how far they have provided a fair criticism of Hanke’s work.
Aseni: I understand. But is there any validity in what the critics say?
Sarath: What critics say is that Sri Lanka calculates inflation in the same way as other countries do. It implies that there cannot be any deficiency in inflation numbers because Sri Lanka follows the global best practices. That global practice is to collect prices of select commodities from the market, assign weights for each commodity which are simply a measure of the importance of those commodities in a typical consumer’s basket, and incorporate those weighted prices into a consumer price index to see by how much the basket value has gone up.
The consumer price index so calculated reveals the average cost of living of a typical consumer. If the basket value goes up, we say that the cost of living has gone up. If it goes down, the cost of living is eased. When the increase happens for several months, we call it inflation. The opposite is the deflation. The data for computing the consumer price index are collected through periodical surveys conducted by special data agents. There are several deficiencies in this method.
Aseni: What are those deficiencies? I thought that they are globally accepted methods.
Sarath: All economic numbers that we get are estimates and not actual numbers. Estimations have their own deficiencies. Price indexes that we compile also have several deficiencies. One involves the data collection errors. The price data are collected by special data collection agents, and they can make errors by omission or by commission. A second one is the assignment of wrong weights to different commodities in the basket used for compiling the indexes. This is specifically relevant to Sri Lanka today.
In the Colombo Consumers’ Price Index or CCPI, food category has been given the weight of 28% based on a survey done by the Census Department during 2012 through 2013. These weights may have changed by now, but they have not been revised. There is another change visible after the country was attacked by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. That is, due to the non-availability of non-food goods in the market, consumers now spend a bigger portion of their income on food items. Hence, inflation measured by that index is broadly underestimated. For example, in CCPI, the food category has increased by 47% by the end of April 2022, but the inflation rate is recorded as 29.8% because of the low weight given to the food category.
The third deficiency is the more alarming one. That is, governments might manipulate the indexes to show a low inflation rate to demonstrate the success of their policies. It is now well established that Argentina had manipulated inflation numbers during 2007 to 2015 to show a lower inflation than the actual one. But Argentina is not the only country which has resorted to this practice. Hanke’s work has exposed these countries.
Aseni: How does Hanke’s inflation tracker become superior to inflation measured by compiling price indexes?
Sarath: Hanke uses a different methodology. Instead of using price indexes, he tracks it from a macro point. It is quicker, more convenient, and less costly. When calculating money supply numbers, we use a similar method. Money supply is the stock of money in the hands of the public. Instead of trying to find out the stock of money by getting the data from people, we use the balance sheets of the central bank and commercial banks to extract the needed numbers. That method is more reliable and less costly. Hanke uses the purchasing power parity or PPP theory to calculate inflation. That theory was first presented by Swedish economist Gustav Cassel in a paper published in 1916. In fact, this theory has so far not been refuted but further developed by subsequent economists like Bela Balassa.
It is the basic principle underlying this theory that has been used by the UNDP, World Bank, and the University of Pennsylvania to compute the purchasing power parity concept of GDP calculation. Hence, Hanke does it from the top using the macroeconomic relationships at the aggregate level, while government authorities do it from the bottom collecting data at the micro level. He bases his case for currency boards on these aggregate inflation numbers.
Aseni: Why is this PPP inflation calculation superior to normal inflation that we calculate through the construction of price indexes?
Sarath: What Cassel said was that if there are two inflation rates between two countries and if there is free flow of goods between the two countries, exchange rate should adjust upward or downward to make the two prices equal or to maintain the purchasing power parity between the two countries. This is based on the concept of the law of one price that is brought into existence by market interactions. Suppose, for example, the price of a shirt in Sri Lanka is Rs. 100 and that in USA is $ 5 and the exchange rate is Rs. 10 per dollar. It is more profitable for Sri Lankans to spend Rs. 50 to buy $ 5, buy a shirt from USA and sell it at Rs. 100 in the local market. Then, at the given exchange rate, he will buy $ 10 and bring in two shirts which he can now sell for Rs. 200. This is called arbitraging, that is, buying from a low-priced market and selling at a high-priced market, and it is quite a legitimate activity.
What Cassel said was that to remove the arbitraging profits, the exchange rate should adjust itself to Rs. 20 per dollar. This means that if inflation rate in Sri Lanka is higher than the inflation rate in the benchmark country, Sri Lanka rupee should depreciate to maintain the purchasing power parity between the two countries. Though Hanke’s working is complex, in simple terms, if we know the inflation rate in USA and exchange rate depreciation in Sri Lanka, we can work back and estimate the underlying inflation rate in Sri Lanka. This is the basis of Hanke’s inflation dashboard. Unlike the consumer price indexes which cover a select number of goods and services with weights assigned to each good or service, estimation of inflation at the aggregate level covers practically all the goods and services in the economy. Therefore, it is not necessarily confined to a given consumer.
Aseni: But for Hanke’s inflation estimation to be of relevance, we should have an economy fully exposed to international trade, shouldn’t we?
Sarath: But today’s economies are fully exposed to international transactions. Even if we produce goods locally purely for local consumption, we use a fair quantity of imported inputs. To the extent they are used, the depreciation of currency should raise their costs and consequently prices. Take for example, the production of rice. We use imported fertilisers, pesticides, seeds, tractors and other farm machinery, fuel or electricity to operate them, etc. If the currency depreciates, it increases input costs delivering a supply shock. If money is printed continuously, that shock becomes permanent by increasing money aggregate demand.
Now the link is clear. To avoid depreciation, one should avoid inflation. To avoid inflation, one should curb money printing. To curb money printing, central banks should not be given discretionary powers. To remove discretionary powers, money printing should be done according to a rule. Such a rule can be enforced effectively only by a currency board and not by a central bank. This is the crux of Hanke’s argument.
Aseni: I now understand it. What it means is that politicians should not be given a free hand to abuse central bank’s money printing power and central bank managements should not be given discretionary powers which they use at times to please their political masters. But do we have evidence to prove it?
Sarath: The most recent example is that IMF in its report on Article IV consultations had recommended that that Sri Lanka should refrain itself from funding the Government through bank financing, commonly known as money printing, as a pre-condition for affording a bailout package to the country. The Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe tried to adhere to this recommendation by increasing the rates on Treasury bills and bonds significantly and meeting the Government’s funding requirements by borrowing from savers in the market. This was thwarted by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by announcing that he will permit money printing because he has no money to pay even the salaries of Government servants.
As a result, in the Treasury bill auction held on 18 May 2022, the Central Bank had offered Rs. 90 billion to the market but was able to borrow only Rs. 16 billion from the market even at the going rates. This has left a funding gap of Rs. 74 billion which should naturally be funded by the Central Bank. That is the curse of the discretionary powers given to the Central Bank management. Instead of trying to develop a permanent funding line through sustainable tax systems, politicians are now turning to the easy method of getting money from the Central Bank.
Aseni: Has Hanke found evidence to prove this phenomenon?
Sarath: Yes. He has been working on monetary policy, central banking, and currency boards for some time. He is said to have been fascinated by the idea of currency boards when he learned in early 1980s that Hong Kong had stabilised its currency by setting up a currency board. He set himself on a long research program on the subject and found that even John Maynard Keynes had designed a currency board for Archangel in Northern Russia when the country had been engulfed in civil war following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
Though Keynes had agreed to loosen the strict rules pertaining to currency issues under currency board systems, the adhesion to strict rules had helped the Northern Russia to have a stable and a convertible currency. What is important is that very same Keynes later recommended money printing as the way out for countries to come out of economic recessions. But later in 1990s, Hanke’s work on hyperinflation in several countries made him the present-day crusader of currency boards.
Aseni: This Keynes’ following of the strict monetary rules, known as monetary orthodoxy, is news to me. So, what are those other cases which Hanke handled in resolving monetary crises in 1990s?
Sarath: He was actively engaged in setting up currency boards in several countries in 1990s. Apart from Argentina which is a Latin American country, his engagement was mainly in countries that belonged to the former Soviet bloc. They were not pure currency boards but some variations. He helped establish such variations in Estonia in 1991, Lithuania in 1993 through 1994, and Bulgaria in 1997. In Estonia, inflation rate before the establishment of the currency board amounted to more than 1000%. But by 1995, it fell to 29%. By 2003, it was just 1%. Lithuanian inflation rate was 72% in 1994 but fell to 1% by 2004. In Bulgaria, inflation was running above 2,000% in the first quarter of 1997 before the currency board was set up. But it fell to 1% in 1998. Hence, overall, in these former Soviet bloc countries, currency board arrangements have helped stabilise prices.
Once this target has been attained, it is up to the government to set the country concerned on a long-term real growth path. Currency boards can bring in stability in prices, exchange rates and stability in the foreign sector. Those are nominal achievements which are necessary but not sufficient to attain prosperity and wealth which are real sector attainments. If the government does not seize the opportunity and create an environment conducive for real sector growth, the mere establishment of a currency board does not help a country.
These success stories of currency boards have prompted Hanke to recommend this prescription to other countries with either hyperinflation or galloping inflation. Sri Lanka is one such case and he has been arguing that the country should replace its central bank with a currency board. In fact, this is not a novelty to Sri Lanka because it had a currency board system before the establishment of the central bank.
Aseni: Is his case for a currency board system in Sri Lanka validated?
Sarath: Sri Lanka’s politicians had not been very prudent in handling the money printing power of the Central Bank. Instead of developing a viable and sustainable revenue generation system, they have resorted to borrowing from the Central Bank first and from commercial banks later to finance their profligate expenditure programs. It has been a common practice in Sri Lanka that politicians have promised various free goods to people without having a proper funding base.
When they are faced with the problem of money, they invariably resort to borrowing from the Central Bank. This has been practiced to an extreme level by the Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration during the past two-and-a-half-year period. Borrowings from the banking sector by the Government has increased by Rs. 3.7 trillion or 132%. Consequently, the money stock has increased by Rs. 4 trillion or 52%. Inflation is rising at 30% according to official sources. But according to Hanke’s inflation tracker, it is rising by 131%. Sri Lanka has lost almost the entirety of its foreign reserves disabling it to undertake the essential import program. Hence, according to Hanke, this is the best opportunity for Sri Lanka to go for a currency board system.
Aseni: Thanks Grandpa. Let’s discuss it further.
(To be continued.)
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Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.
The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna, which hopes to begin offering two kid-sized shots by summer.
Pfizer has had a bumpier time figuring out its approach. It aims to give tots an even lower dose — just one-tenth of the amount adults receive — but discovered during its trial that two shots didn’t seem quite strong enough for preschoolers. So researchers gave a third shot to more than 1,600 youngsters — from age 6 months to 4 years — during the winter surge of the omicron variant.
In a press release, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said the extra shot did the trick, revving up tots’ levels of virus-fighting antibodies enough to meet FDA criteria for emergency use of the vaccine with no safety problems.
Preliminary data suggested the three-dose series is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, the companies said, but they cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April. The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available.
The companies already had submitted data on the first two doses to the FDA, and BioNTech’s CEO, Dr. Ugur Sahin, said the final third-shot data would be submitted this week.
“The study suggests that a low, 3-microgram dose of our vaccine, carefully selected based on tolerability data, provides young children with a high level of protection against the recent COVID-19 strains,” he said in a statement.
What’s next? FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks has pledged the agency will “move quickly without sacrificing our standards” in evaluating tot-sized doses from both Pfizer and Moderna.
The agency has set tentative dates next month for its scientific advisers to publicly debate data from each company.
Moderna is seeking to be the first to vaccinate the littlest kids. It submitted data to the FDA saying tots develop high levels of virus-fighting antibodies after two shots that contain a quarter of the dose given to adults. The Moderna study found effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 was 40% to 50% during the omicon surge, much like for adults who’ve only had two vaccine doses.
Complicating Moderna’s progress, the FDA so far has allowed its vaccine to be used only in adults.
The FDA is expected to review Moderna's data on both the youngest age group, plus its study of teens and elementary-age children. Other countries already have expanded Moderna's shot to kids as young as 6.
While COVID-19 generally isn’t as dangerous to youngsters as to adults, some children do become severely ill or even die. And the omicron variant hit children especially hard, with those under 5 hospitalized at higher rates than at the peak of the previous delta surge.
It’s not clear how much demand there will be to vaccinate the youngest kids. Pfizer shots for 5- to 11-year-olds opened in November, but only about 30% of that age group have gotten the recommended initial two doses. Last week, U.S. health authorities said elementary-age children should get a booster shot just like everyone 12 and older is supposed to get, for the best protection against the latest coronavirus variants.
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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s former top law enforcement officer, who served jail time for leaking secret investigative files and lying about it, is due in court Monday, facing the prospect of more time behind bars after she was arrested for drunken driving in March.
Kathleen Kane, the first woman and first Democrat to be elected attorney general in the state, awaits a hearing in Montgomery County Court on an alleged probation violation. She will appear before the same judge who sentenced her in the original leak case.
Once a rising star in Pennsylvania politics, Kane resigned as attorney general after being convicted in 2016 of perjury, obstruction and other counts for leaking grand jury material to embarrass a rival prosecutor. She served eight months of a 10-to-23-month sentence before being released in 2019.
On March 12, police in Scranton were called to the scene of a two-car crash and said they found Kane behind the wheel of an Audi.
Kane told responding officers she was a designated driver, but surveillance video showed Kane herself had been drinking alcohol at a Scranton restaurant shortly before the crash, according to an affidavit.
Kane had watery, bloodshot eyes and slurred her words — police said she had trouble saying the word “designated” — and failed a field sobriety test, the documents said.
Kane was charged with drunken driving and careless driving. Four days later, a Montgomery County judge issued a bench warrant for her arrest on the alleged probation violation. Kane is on probation until October 2025.
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“Willie Nelson – It’s Hard to Be Humble” – by Des Kelly
Another Kelly-Klassic. Willie Nelson (will he or won’t he)?, one of the last remaining Country Greats, sings a song that proves he is not only good at what he does, he provides a much needed chuckle from those who are backing him, as he sings & plays his old, beat-up acoustic guitar which he named Trigger, and stores, in a well guarded bank, because, believe it or not, it was bought in 1969 for $450, but is presently worth close to $10.000, being the personal property of the great Willie Nelson, himself.
Willie Nelson is the only Vocalist I know, that can sing, completely out of musical cadence, and yet correct this, to finish his song in perfect rhythm. He is also a superb guutarist, and I feel sure that our e’Lanka members will love this one. He does not even know the meaning of the word
“Egotistical”, yet, here he is. HUMBLE WILLIE NELSON.
Desmond Kelly.
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LONDON (AP) — A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed WHO’s emergencies department, said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals.
“We know monkeypox can spread when there is close contact with the lesions of someone who is infected, and it looks like sexual contact has now amplified that transmission,” said Heymann.
That marks a significant departure from the disease’s typical pattern of spread in central and western Africa, where people are mainly infected by animals like wild rodents and primates and outbreaks have not spread across borders.
To date, WHO has recorded more than 90 cases of monkeypox in a dozen countries including Britain, Spain, Israel, France, Switzerland, the U.S. and Australia.
Madrid’s senior health official said on Monday that the Spanish capital has recorded 30 confirmed cases so far. Enrique Ruiz Escudero said authorities are investigating possible links between a recent Gay Pride event in the Canary Islands, which drew some 80,000 people, and cases at a Madrid sauna.
Heymann chaired an urgent meeting of WHO’s advisory group on infectious disease threats on Friday to assess the ongoing epidemic and said there was no evidence to suggest that monkeypox might have mutated into a more infectious form.
Monkeypox typically causes fever, chills, rash, and lesions on the face or genitals. It can be spread through close contact with an infected person or their clothing or bedsheets, but sexual transmission has not yet been documented. Most people recover from the disease within several weeks without requiring hospitalization. Vaccines against smallpox, a related disease, are also effective in preventing monkeypox and some antiviral drugs are being developed.
The disease can be fatal in about 10% of infections, but no deaths have been reported among the current cases.
WHO said the outbreak is “atypical” and said the fact that cases are being seen in so many different countries suggests the disease may have been silently spreading for some time. The agency’s Europe director warned that as summer begins across the continent, mass gatherings, festivals and parties could accelerate the spread of monkeypox.
Other scientists have pointed out that it will be difficult to disentangle whether it is sex itself or the close contact related to sex that has driven the recent spread of monkeypox across Europe.
“By nature, sexual activity involves intimate contact, which one would expect to increase the likelihood of transmission, whatever a person’s sexual orientation and irrespective of the mode of transmission,” said Mike Skinner, a virologist at Imperial College London.
On Sunday, the chief medical adviser of Britain’s Health Security Agency, Dr. Susan Hopkins, said she expected more monkeypox cases to be identified in the country “on a daily basis.”
U.K. officials have said “a notable proportion” of the cases in Britain and Europe have been in young men with no history of travel to Africa and who are gay, bisexual or have sex with men. Authorities in Portugal and Spain also said their cases were in men who mostly had sex with other men and whose infections were picked up when they sought help for lesions at sexual health clinics.
Heymann, who is also a professor of infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the monkeypox outbreak was likely a random event that might be traceable to a single infection.
“It’s very possible there was somebody who got infected, developed lesions on the genitals, hands or somewhere else, and then spread it to others when there was sexual or close, physical contact,” Heymann hypothesized. “And then there were these international events that seeded the outbreak around the world, into the U.S. and other European countries.”
He emphasized that the disease was unlikely to trigger widespread transmission.
“This is not COVID,” he said. “We need to slow it down, but it does not spread in the air and we have vaccines to protect against it.” Heymann said studies should be conducted rapidly to determine if monkeypox could be spread by people without symptoms and that populations at risk of the disease should take precautions to protect themselves. | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/monkeypox-likely-spread-by-sex-at-2-raves-in-europe-expert-says/ | 2022-05-23T12:41:34Z | https://www.fox44news.com/news/national-world-news/monkeypox-likely-spread-by-sex-at-2-raves-in-europe-expert-says/ | true | 28 |
TORONTO — At the end of a cul-de-sac, a 15-minute ride west on the GO Train from Toronto’s Union Station downtown, lies what Joey Votto calls “sacred” ground.
Votto’s been gone a long time, absent from Manchester Park so long that the line of seven pine trees that separate the park from the duplexes on Burlington Street in the Mimico neighborhood of Etobicoke weren’t there when he remembers playing in this park. They now tower over the two-story homes, 25-30 feet high.
But some things never change, and some memories never fade.
“Right here,” he said as he squatted in a catcher’s crouch at the exact spot where his father once planted his feet, day after day. When Votto says it, he looks over to the small hill where he’d stand, pitching off a natural mound to his father, and smiles.
It’s the smile of a time and place long past. The smile of familiarity and comfort. It is the smile of time with those no longer with us. It is the smile of being at peace, of being at home, back in his old neighborhood, back in the park where he spent so much time.
Before Votto, now 38, journeyed to Toronto’s Rogers Centre for what may be the last time in his Hall of Fame career this weekend, he returned to Manchester Park, where he was forged as a baseball player decades before. Manchester Park is a green space with two parks connected by a small wooded path running beside the tracks of a metropolitan commuter train. It is just 11 kilometers — and two train stops — from the Rogers Centre. It is in that park where a young Joey Votto dreamed of playing down the road for his beloved Toronto Blue Jays. It’s where the young Joey Votto would stand and pitch to his father, Joseph, nearly every day from when he was 9 to when he was 12 or 13.
“He would love to catch the ball,” Votto said of his father, his smile coming through again in the timbre of his voice.
The time away has changed many things. The Blue Goose Tavern down the road, in business for more than 60 years, is being redeveloped into condos; the painting on the side of the three-story building still offers the outline of a goose and the reminders that it was once the only pub to win four categories of the Etobicoke’s Guardian’s Reachers Choice Awards for best pool hall, best wines, best sports bar and best pub.
Home prices in the once-blue-collar neighborhood are far, far higher than they were when Votto was growing up here. There are apartment complexes on the other side of Manchester Tennis Courts, the place where Votto would occasionally play tennis as a kid and then street hockey in the winter when the nets came down. Now young people walk their purebreds in the park; this past week, a Schnauzer named Bonsi chased down a tennis ball on the same grass where Votto once did much the same.
A young Joey would stand atop a small hill. Joseph Votto would squat, some distance less than 60 feet, 6 inches away, on the other side of a paved walkway that leads to the tennis courts.
Joey would pitch to his dad. It was their time together, just the two of them.
“He loved the precision of it, he loved that I got better,” Votto said. “He loved being a part of the process. He enjoyed getting into a crouch. He enjoyed calling pitches. He enjoyed watching his son get stronger, more athletic and more precise.”
At 13, the younger Votto’s elbow started hurting. He gave up pitching.
“It was actually probably the best thing that’s ever happened in my life,” Votto said. “And at the time, it was a disaster, because my father, it meant so much to him, me pitching that I basically told him I couldn’t pitch anymore because of my elbow.”
His dad didn’t want to give it up. Reflecting on that, Joey thinks his dad, who died in 2008 — after his son’s big-league debut but before he became the National League Most Valuable Player or established himself as one of the greats in the history of the game’s oldest team — enjoyed it as much, or maybe even more than he did.
Joseph Votto would egg on his son to try again, to give pitching a go. But every time Joey tried to pitch, his elbow hurt.
“Whether it was because I was growing or I was throwing too hard for my age — I wasn’t throwing terribly hard, but maybe my body didn’t have the ability to handle it,” Votto said. “It was right in my elbow.”
It was then that Joey Votto, right-handed pitcher, turned into Joey Votto, left-handed hitter, and the rest was history.
Still, it’s that image of the park at the end of the cul-de-sac that Votto counts as dear to his heart as any place in the world. Votto has had a painting commissioned of the site.
Talking about Toronto as he returned this week for what may be the final time in his storied career — he has one guaranteed year left on his contract, and the Reds may not return in that time — it’s easy to hear the pride Votto has in his hometown. He’s excited to hear his teammates and players from other teams compliment him on the city. The Reds, as a whole, were seemingly gushing about the place all week. Air Canada, which just re-started its nonstop flight from CVG to Toronto’s Pearson Airport, would be wise to capitalize on the newfound Canadaphiles who inhabit Great American Ball Park.
Driving to the ballpark from his offseason home west of downtown before the weekend series — where he played the hero in Sunday’s game, calling his shot for the go-ahead home run in a 3-2 victory — Votto said he got goosebumps as he drove in. His childhood home is about halfway between his current home and the ballpark. He stopped there Friday on his way.
From Mimico to Rogers Centre by way of the Gardiner Expressway that runs along the shore of Lake Ontario, Votto pointed out the tennis club where his father worked as a chef and then toward the islands across from the Rogers Centre where his father later worked. As part of his father’s contract with the yacht club, Joey and his younger brother Tyler, had sailing lessons every summer. The two would come downtown with their father and every day, he’d see the Rogers Centre (then SkyDome) where the Blue Jays won back-to-back World Series in his childhood.
He didn’t have a favorite player from those teams, although his dad’s favorite was Tony Fernández, the slick-fielding shortstop who was part of the trade that brought Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter to Toronto, but then returned to Toronto in 1993, winning the World Series.
For Joey, it was really the entire team. He can go through the lineup of that 1993 team: Rickey Henderson, Devon White, Paul Molitor, Carter, John Olerud, Alomar, Fernández, Ed Sprague, Pat Borders.
“I remember sitting in the upper section and taking in the game and there’s something about a Toronto spring and summer, I felt it driving in, it’s so refreshing to pay your dues all winter and all of a sudden the sun kicks and blue skies,” Votto said this past week. “I remember experiencing a beautiful day and getting to play baseball. It’s the exact same stadium I’m in now. I feel very much like I’m a kid still.”
Memories are strange that way, the smallest things — the way the sun hits, a scent, the whistle of the robins flying in and out of the buckeye trees that marked the entrance to the park.
It was by those buckeye trees, where the ground leveled out, that he’d stand as he made his brother Tyler, five years younger, go out day after day and throw him Wiffle balls. Votto would save up money to buy buckets of used Wiffle balls.
“I would drag him outside and hit buckets and buckets of Wiffle balls every day off of him every day in the spring and summer,” Votto said. “And he fucking hated it. Hated it. He would throw balls and it was really good batting practice and I would just hit. I smashed balls and break the balls and then have to buy new ones or just hit the broken ones. I would just keep hitting for years and years and years.”
Tyler Votto would complain all the time about his brother’s demands. “He would cry about it and I made him do it,” Joey Votto said.
Looking back, Votto is both amused and appreciative that his little brother would always throw to him.
“I remember telling him, ‘c’mon if you do this, I’ll buy you a car one day,’” Votto said. “Yeah, I’ve bought him cars, but that was a lie. That was a blatant lie. I didn’t think about that. I was just like, ‘throw the flippin’ ball.’”
It was this place, now with more trees but no less life, that shaped Votto. It was here that he fell in love with the game, playing the game, throwing, hitting — all of it.
On this sunny day, Votto’s SUV is parked in the cul-de-sac and he walks over to his old house and looks up. It’s on the left side of the duplex, two stories with a doorway and then a big window downstairs. On the second floor are a pair of windows. Votto points up at the window on the right, that was his room. As easily as he could look out and see the train, he could hear it and feel it. One westbound every half-hour during the day and another eastbound every half-hour.
As he tells of the way the sound of the train didn’t bother him, but soothed him, he chuckles. His current house, like this one, is close to a train station and abuts a park. He said he hadn’t thought about it until then, but it’s a setup he’s comfortable with, that makes him feel at ease. As much as we can sometimes try to get away from where we grew up, we always carry that place with us. And here, it’s a park with the sounds of kids from the adjacent school playing during recess. It is, simply, home.
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MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman was arrested Friday in Miami-Dade County after it was reported she allegedly stole over $437,000 from a hospitalized elderly cancer patient.
WPLG reported Ana Nunez posed as the 70-year-old patient’s daughters in order to visit her in the hospital. During that visit, Nunez allegedly manipulated the patient into signing documents giving her power of attorney.
According to WPLG, the patient signed over everything she owned to Nunez, including her house and bank accounts.
Nunez’s son, Pablo Figueroa, was arrested earlier in May for his involvement in the scheme.
Nunez was arrested on charges of organized fraud, exploitation of the elderly and theft from the elderly of more than $50,000.
Nunez has prior convictions, including grand theft and forging documents.
Elderly people are a common target of scammers and fraudsters. Senior citizens were scammed out of nearly $1 billion in 2020, according to FBI data.
“Each year, millions of elderly Americans fall victim to some type of financial fraud or internet scheme, such as romance scams, tech support fraud, and lottery or sweepstake scams,” the FBI said in its report. Criminals gain their targets’ trust or use tactics of intimidation and threats to take advantage of their victims. Once successful, scammers are likely to keep a scheme going because of the prospect of significant financial gain.”
Not only are they targeted more frequently, the elderly are also more likely to be scammed out of larger sums of money compared to younger age groups, according to Consumer Affairs.
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India, US sign investment incentive agreement. Here's why it matters
The IIA agreement will replace the Investment Incentive Agreement signed between the government of India and the government of the United States of America in the year 1997. Since the signing of the earlier IIA in 1997, numerous notable developments have taken place. These include the creation of a new agency called DFC.
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New Delhi: An Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) has been signed between the government of India and the government of the United States of America at Tokyo, Japan. The IIA was signed on Monday by India Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) CEO Scott Nathan.
The IIA agreement will replace the Investment Incentive Agreement signed between the government of India and the government of the United States of America in the year 1997. Since the signing of the earlier IIA in 1997, numerous notable developments have taken place. These include the creation of a new agency called DFC, a development finance agency of the US government.
DFC invests in development projects primarily in lower- and middle-income countries. It is a successor agency of the former Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) after the enactment of a recent legislation of USA, the BUILD Act 2018.
What is the significance of IIA?
The IIA has been signed to keep pace with the additional investment support programmes offered by the DFC, such as debt, equity investment, investment guarantee, investment insurance or reinsurance, feasibility studies for potential projects and grants.
The latest agreement is the legal requirement for DFC to continue providing investment support in India. It is worth mentioning here that DFC or their predecessor agencies, active in India since 1974, have so far provided investment support worth $5.8 billion of which $2.9 billion is still outstanding.
DFC has offered investment support in India in sectors that matter for development like Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing, healthcare financing, renewable energy, SME financing, financial inclusion, infrastructure etc.
Further, it is expected that signing of IIA agreement would lead to enhanced investment support provided by DFC in India, which in turn would lead to India’s development.
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Bitcoin Bounces Back Above $30,000 as Cryptos Recover
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Bitcoin steadied on Monday to hover above $30,000 after the world’s most valuable digital token, by market value, had dropped for seven straight weeks.
The price of Bitcoin (ticker: BTCUSD) rose 2.61% over the past 24 hours to $30,310 according to CoinDesk.
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Tyson Fury achieves another goal of getting Netflix documentary made about amazing life
BOXING champ Tyson Fury is fulfilling another of his life’s ambitions — having a Netflix documentary about his life.
The Gypsy King is cashing in after successfully defending his WBC title against Dillian Whyte last month.
Tyson, 33, has a crew following him for an insight into his unique life — and he gave them plenty to record this week on holiday in Cannes in the south of France.
He arrived in an £18,000-a-night yacht before angrily kicking out at a taxi when the driver refused to give him a ride.
Then he caught a flight back to the UK on budget airline Jet2.
A TV insider said: “The creators of this doc want to provide a real behind-the-scenes glimpse into what Tyson’s life is like — as a boxer, a husband and dad of six.
"The cameras will be observing him and his family and doing interviews.”
In March, Tyson was discussing quitting the sport.
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He said: “I want to retire on top, unbeaten heavyweight champion of the world.
"I want to do a Netflix documentary, a Hollywood movie and be a good husband, father and son.”
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DUBAI, UAE, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AEX Global has announced that it will host a Texas Hold'em tournament on May 23 to reward new and old users with USDT rewards. The theme of the event is "No Deposit to Play Texas Hold'em Poker, 34,000 USDT to be Won!". When interacting with the game, users do not need any recharge and other additional expenses. They only need to invest in the competition. The players with the most ranking points will be rewarded, and the daily winner will receive a prize worth 2,000 USDT.
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Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.
These survivors, and other concerned Southern Baptists, repeatedly shared allegations with the SBC’s Executive Committee, “only to be met, time and time again, with resistance, stonewalling, and even outright hostility from some within the EC,” said the report.
The seven-month investigation was conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee after delegates to last year’s national meeting pressed for a probe by outsiders.
“Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely controlled the EC’s response to these reports of abuse … and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC,” the report said.
“In service of this goal, survivors and others who reported abuse were ignored, disbelieved, or met with the constant refrain that the SBC could take no action due to its polity regarding church autonomy – even if it meant that convicted molesters continued in ministry with no notice or warning to their current church or congregation,” the report added.
The report asserts that an Executive Committee staffer maintained a list of Baptist ministers accused of abuse, but there is no indication anyone “took any action to ensure that the accused ministers were no longer in positions of power at SBC churches.”
The most recent list includes the names of hundreds of abusers thought to be affiliated at some point with the SBC. Survivors and advocates have long called for a public database of abusers.
SBC President Ed Litton, in a statement Sunday, said he is “grieved to my core” for the victims and thanked God for their work propelling the SBC to this moment. He called on Southern Baptists to lament and prepare to change the denomination’s culture and implement reforms.
“I pray Southern Baptists will begin preparing today to take deliberate action to address these failures and chart a new course when we meet together in Anaheim,” Litton said, referring to the California city that will host the SBC’s national meeting on June 14-15.
Among the report’s key recommendations:
— Form an independent commission and later establish a permanent administrative entity to oversee comprehensive long-term reforms concerning sexual abuse and related misconduct within the SBC.
—Create and maintain an Offender Information System to alert the community to known offenders.
— Provide a comprehensive Resource Toolbox including protocols, training, education, and practical information.
—Restrict the use of nondisclosure agreements and civil settlements which bind survivors to confidentiality in sexual abuse matters, unless requested by the survivor.
The interim leaders of the Executive Committee, Willie McLaurin and Rolland Slade, welcomed the recommendations, and pledged an all-out effort to eliminate sex abuse within the SBC.
“We recognize there are no shortcuts,” they said. “We must all meet this challenge through prudent and prayerful application, and we must do so with Christ-like compassion.”
The Executive Committee is set to hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the report.
The sex abuse scandal was thrust into the spotlight in 2019 by a landmark report from the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News documenting hundreds of cases in Southern Baptist churches, including several in which alleged perpetrators remained in ministry.
Last year, thousands of delegates at the national SBC gathering made clear they did not want the Executive Committee to oversee an investigation of its own actions. Instead they voted overwhelmingly to create the task force charged with overseeing the third-party review. Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Alabama, appointed the panel.
The task force had a week to review the report before it was publicly released. The task force’s recommendations based on Guidepost’s findings will be presented at the SBC’s meeting in Anaheim.
The report offers shocking details on how Johnny Hunt, a Georgia-based pastor and past SBC president, sexually assaulted another pastor’s wife during a beach vacation in 2010. In an interview with investigators, Hunt denied any physical contact with the woman, but did admit he had interactions with her.
On May 13, Hunt, who was the senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the North American Mission Board, the SBC’s domestic missions agency, resigned from that post, said Kevin Ezell, the organization’s president and CEO. Ezell said, before May 13, he was “not aware of any alleged misconduct” on Hunt’s part.
The report details a meeting Hunt arranged a few days after the alleged assault between the woman, her husband, Hunt and a counseling pastor. Hunt admitted to touching the victim inappropriately, but said “thank God I didn’t consummate the relationship.”
Among those reacting strongly to the Guidepost report was Russell Moore, who formerly headed the SBC’s public policy wing but left the denomination after accusing top Executive Committee leaders of stalling efforts to address the sex abuse crisis.
“Crisis is too small a word. It is an apocalypse,” Moore wrote for Christianity Today after reading the report. ”As dark a view as I had of the SBC Executive Committee, the investigation uncovers a reality far more evil and systemic than I imagined it could be.”
According to the report, Guidepost’s investigators, who spoke with survivors of varying ages including children, said the survivors were equally traumatized by the way in which churches responded to their reports of sexual abuse.
Survivors “spoke of trauma from the initial abuse, but also told us of the debilitating effects that come from the response of the churches and institutions like the SBC that did not believe them, ignored them, mistreated them, and failed to help them,” the report said.
It cited the case of Dave Pittman, who from 2006 to 2011 made phone calls and sent letters and emails to the SBC and Georgia Baptist Convention Board reporting that he had been abused by Frankie Wiley, a youth pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church when he was 12 to 15 years old.
Pittman and several others have come forward publicly to report that Wiley molested and raped them and Wiley has admitted to abusing “numerous victims” at several Georgia Southern Baptist churches.
According to the report, a Georgia Baptist Convention official told Pittman that the churches were autonomous and there was nothing he could do but pray.
The report also tells the story of Christa Brown, who says she was sexually abused as a teen by the youth and education minister at her SBC church.
When she disclosed the abuse to the music minister after months of abuse, she was told not to talk about it, according to the report, which said her abuser also went on to serve in Southern Baptist churches in multiple states.
Brown, who has been one of the most outspoken survivors, told investigators that during the past 15 years she has received “volumes of hate mail, awful blog comments, and vitriolic phone calls.”
After reading through the report, Brown told The Associated Press that it “fundamentally confirms what Southern Baptist clergy sex abuse survivors have been saying for decades.”
“I view this investigative report as a beginning, not an end. The work will continue,” Brown said. “But no one should ever forget the human cost of what it has taken to even get the SBC to approach this starting line of beginning to deal with clergy sex abuse.” | https://www.fox21news.com/news/national/top-southern-baptists-stonewalled-sex-abuse-victims-investigation-finds/ | 2022-05-23T12:49:52Z | https://www.fox21news.com/news/national/top-southern-baptists-stonewalled-sex-abuse-victims-investigation-finds/ | true | 55 |
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Release Date: Wed 25 May
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
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After two years of delays, Tom Cruise zips back into his flight suit when Top Gun: Maverick finally roars into cinemas.
The sequel to the 1986 action original, will see Cruise back in the pilot’s seat as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Val Kilmer reprise his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, while Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connolly, Miles Teller and Glen Powell join the cast.
Delayed time and time again because of the Covid pandemic, Cruise will be back to teach a new group of Navy recruits a thing of two about flying planes, including Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, the son of Anthony Edwards’ Goose from the first film.
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- Dedicated to the memory of original Top Gun (1986) director Tony Scott, who was in the process of developing a version of this sequel before his death.
- Tom Cruise's involvement in this movie was predicated on the condition that real aircraft be used in the aerial sequences, not CGI.
- At the insistence of Tom Cruise, there are no green screen or CGI aerial shots in the film, and even the close-up cockpit shots are taken during real in-flight sequences. This meant that much of the cast had to undergo extensive G-force training sessions, to withstand the physical demands of the G-force pressures during flights.
- The one F/A-18E Super Hornet, that was used as the hero fighter plane for Maverick, is about to be used for the Navy aerobatic team The Blue Angels to replace the older models for the 2021 air show season.
- Due to Covid-19 restrictions the film was sent over to the UK for post-production and editing so it would be ready for a 2021 release. However constant delays have hampered the release meaning by the time the film finally gets a theatrical release the final cut of the film will have been sat on the shelf for nearly two years.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials remain perplexed by mysterious cases of severe liver damage in hundreds of young children around the world.
The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn’t known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids. That virus was detected in the the blood of stricken children but — oddly — it has not been found in their diseased livers.
“There’s a lot of things that don’t make sense,” said Eric Kremer, a virus researcher at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier, in France.
As health officials in more than a dozen countries look into the mystery, they are asking:
— Has there been some surge in the stomach bug — called adenovirus 41 — that is causing more cases of a previously undetected problem?
— Are children more susceptible due to pandemic-related lockdowns that sheltered them from the viruses kids usually experience?
— Is there some mutated version of the adenovirus causing this? Or some other not-yet-identified germ, drug or toxin?
— Is it some kind of haywire immune system reaction set off by a past COVID-19 infection and a later invasion by some other virus?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and investigators around the globe are trying to sort out what’s going on.
The illnesses are considered rare. CDC officials last week said they are now looking into 180 possible cases across the U.S. Most of the children were hospitalized, at least 15 required liver transplants and six died.
More than 20 other countries have reported hundreds more cases in total, though the largest numbers have been in the U.K. and U.S.
Symptoms of hepatitis — or inflammation of the liver — include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, light-colored stools, joint pain and jaundice.
The scope of the problem only started to become clear last month, though disease detectives say they have been working on the mystery for months. It’s been maddeningly difficult to nail a cause down, experts say.
Conventional causes of liver inflammation in otherwise healthy kids — the viruses known as hepatitis A, B, C, D and E — didn’t show up in tests. What’s more, the children came from different places and there seemed to be no common exposures.
What did show up was adenovirus 41. More than half of the U.S. cases have tested positive for adenovirus, of which there are dozens of varieties. In a small number of specimens tested to see what kind of adenovirus was present, adenovirus 41 came up every time.
The fact that adenovirus keeps showing up strengthens the case for it playing a role, but it’s unclear how, Dr. Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director for infectious diseases, told The Associated Press.
Many adenoviruses are associated with common cold symptoms, such as fever, sore throat and pink eye. Some versions — including adenovirus 41 — can trigger other problems, including inflammation in the stomach and intestines. Adenoviruses previously have been linked to hepatitis in children, but mostly in kids with weakened immune systems.
Recent genetic analysis has turned up no evidence that a single new mutant version of the virus is to blame, said Dr. Umesh Parashar, chief of the CDC group focused on viral gut diseases.
Adenovirus infections are not systematically tracked in the U.S., so it’s not clear if there’s been some recent surge in virus activity. In fact, adenoviruses are so common that researchers aren’t sure what to make of their presence in these cases.
“If we start testing everybody for the adenovirus, they will find so many kids” that have it, said Dr. Heli Bhatt, a pediatric gastroenterologist who treated two Minnesota children with the liver problems.
One was a child who came in nearly five months ago with liver failure. Doctors couldn’t figure why. Unfortunately, “not having a cause is something that happens,” Bhatt said. Roughly a third of acute liver failure cases go unexplained, experts have estimated.
Bhatt said the second child she saw got sick last month. By that time, health officials had been drawing attention to cases, and she and other doctors began going back and reviewing unexplained illnesses since October.
Indeed, many cases added to the tally in the last few weeks were not recent illnesses but rather earlier ones that were re-evaluated. About 10% of the U.S. cases occurred in May, Butler said. The rate seems to be relatively flat since the fall, he added.
It’s possible that doctors are merely discovering a phenomenon that’s been going on for years, some scientists said.
Another possible explanation: COVID-19.
The CDC recently estimated that, as of February, 75% of U.S. children had been infected by the coronavirus.
Only 10% to 15% of the children with the mysterious hepatitis had COVID-19, according to nasal swab tests given when they checked into a hospital, health officials say.
But investigators are wondering about previous coronavirus infections. It’s possible that coronavirus particles lurking in the gut are playing a role, said Petter Brodin, a pediatric immunologist at Imperial College London.
In a piece earlier this month in the medical journal Lancet, Brodin and another scientist suggested that a combination of lingering coronavirus and an adenovirus infection could trigger a liver-damaging immune system reaction.
“I think it’s an unfortunate combination of circumstances that could explain this,” Brodin told the AP.
Butler said researchers have seen complex reactions like that before, and investigators are discussing ways to better check out the hypothesis.
He said it was “not out of the realm of plausibility, at all.”
A Case Western Reserve University preprint study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, suggested children who had COVID-19 had a significantly higher risk of liver damage.
Dr. Markus Buchfellner, a pediatric infectious diseases doctor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was involved in the identification of the first U.S. cases in the fall.
The illnesses were “weird” and concerning, he said. Six months later, “we don’t really know exactly what we’re dealing with.” | https://www.klfy.com/national/theories-emerge-on-mysterious-liver-illnesses-in-kids/ | 2022-05-23T12:52:56Z | https://www.klfy.com/national/theories-emerge-on-mysterious-liver-illnesses-in-kids/ | true | 55 |
- Includes thermostabilized Ebola vaccines
- Includes nanoemulsion adjuvant compatible with lyophilization
PRINCETON, N.J. , May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for the patent application titled "Compositions and Methods of Manufacturing Trivalent Filovirus Vaccines." The allowed claims are directed to unique, proprietary compositions and methods directed to combinations of glycoprotein antigens with nanoemulsion adjuvants comprising sucrose fatty acid esters prior to lyophilization. The described vaccine platform has previously been successfully applied to filovirus vaccines (as mono-, bi- and tri-valent candidates for Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus) as well as a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.
The candidate filovirus vaccines have been previously shown to protect non-human primates (NHPs) from subsequent infection, and represent the only recombinant subunit vaccines that have demonstrated efficacy against Zaire ebolavirus and other filoviruses in NHPs. Lyophilization of the antigens within monovalent vaccine formulations has also been demonstrated to thermostabilize the antigens at temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for up to 12 weeks, enabling storage at ambient temperature. No currently licensed lyophilized vaccine that contains an adjuvant is presented in a single vial format and there are few reports of successfully using nano-emulsions in lyophilized formulations. Previous work has demonstrated the use of a single vial platform to co-lyophilize antigen(s) and a nanoemulsion adjuvant, CoVaccine HT™, maintaining key adjuvant stability characteristics including particle size and colloidal stability, as well as maintaining immunogenicity. This most recent milestone confirms that, in the context of lethal challenge with Sudan ebolavirus, complete protection is maintained with the thermostabilized formulation.
"Filoviruses such as Zaire ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus are some of the most lethal viruses known, and they are endemic in areas of the world where the power supply and distribution network can be uncertain. There are no vaccines for either Sudan or Marburg viruses, while approved vaccines for Zaire ebolavirus are constrained by cold chain logistics. Availability of a single-vial, heat stable vaccine would significantly enhance global public health preparedness or response to a new outbreak, at its source," stated Axel Lehrer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaiʽi at Mānoa (UHM). "Our work to date has demonstrated the feasibility of rapid and efficient manufacturing, as well as the ability to thermostabilize multiple antigens that can then be stored at temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Having a vaccine platform such as this available has the potential to accelerate worldwide vaccination campaigns addressing future health emergencies, including other global pandemics as seen with COVID-19."
"Our next generation combined vaccine platform includes three major components: a robust protein manufacturing process that has been demonstrated on multiple protein antigens, a novel nanoemulsion adjuvant which induces broad immunity and a formulation procedure which enables thermostabilization of the combination of adjuvant and antigen in a single vial," stated Oreola Donini, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of Soligenix. "Elements of this vaccine platform have been utilized in our ricin toxin, filovirus and COVID-19 vaccine candidates, indicating its broad applicability. The ability to package more than one vaccine candidate in a single vial platform further adds to their developability, whether as a multivalent or individual monovalent vaccine, particularly against Sudan ebolavirus and Marburg marburgvirus where there are currently no available vaccines."
Work to date has demonstrated the compatibility of lyophilizing both antigen and adjuvant in the same vial, with reconstitution with sterile water for injection immediately prior to use. This simple delivery format, as well as the compatibility with ambient storage, significantly reduces logistical hurdles when vaccinating large groups of individuals as required for example when addressing a global pandemic or for the deployment of vaccines in outbreaks occurring in remote areas or with unreliable power supply.
Under the Company's Public Health Solutions business segment, ongoing collaborations with Dr. Lehrer, have demonstrated the feasibility of developing thermally-stable subunit protein vaccine formulations for filoviruses. The thermostabilized filovirus vaccine program is continuing to advance with the support of a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant R01-AI132323 (awarded to the University of Hawaii) and a Small Business Innovation Research grant (#1R44AI157593-01; awarded to Soligenix).
About Filovirus Infection
Ebola Virus Disease is caused by one of six species of Ebolavirus, four of which are known to cause disease in humans, including its best-known member, Zaire ebolavirus (Ebola virus), with Sudan ebolavirus being the second-most common cause of human infection in this family. All species of ebolavirus belong to the Filoviridae family, a family that further contains the equally human pathogenic Marburg virus. Filoviruses are believed to be harbored in various animal species in Africa, particularly bats, although the specific reservoir host for many of these viruses is still unknown. There have been several known Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease outbreaks since 1967, with the largest outbreak starting in 2014 in Western Africa, and involved over 26,000 confirmed/probable/suspected cases with an estimated death toll of over 11,000 people according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These numbers also include some cases of virus introduction and limited spread in Europe and the United States.
Transmission of filoviruses requires direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected person or contact with infected animals. The mortality rates following filovirus infections are extremely high, and, in the absence of wide availability of effective therapeutics, are affected by the quality of supportive care available with a focus on early initiation of treatment. Resolution of the disease largely depends on the patient's own immune system. There are limited treatment options for Ebola Virus Disease and no available treatments for Sudan Virus or Marburg Virus Disease, although steady progress has also been made in development of immunotherapeutics for filoviruses beyond Zaire ebolavirus. There are approved vaccines for Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus), requiring stringent ultra-low cold-chain storage, but no efficacious vaccines are yet available for Marburg virus (Marburg marburgvirus) or Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus).
Filoviruses are one of the virus families identified as having the ability to cause pandemics. On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US government is accelerating its investment in pandemic preparedness, including having "the ability to rapidly make vaccines effective against any virus family." Specific initiatives have been spear-headed by the White House and Biden-Harris administration, as evidenced by the "American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming Our Capabilities" white paper released in September 2021.
About John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
The John A. Burns School Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is one of the leading medical institutions and one of the most ethnically diverse institutions in the United States. For more than a decade, JABSOM has ranked in the top 10% of allopathic medical schools for graduate retention with one of our UH-sponsored residency programs. Hawaiʻi's cultural diversity and geographical setting affords JABSOM an unique research environment to excel in research directed at eliminating diseases that disproportionately affect people in Hawaii and the Pacific region. JABSOM faculty bring in extramural funds of $46 million into the state, annually. In addition, JABSOM was the first U.S. medical school to create a clinical department dedicated to the health and well-being of an indigenous population, Native Hawaiians.
About Soligenix, Inc.
Soligenix is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need. Our Specialized BioTherapeutics business segment is developing and moving toward potential commercialization of HyBryte™ (SGX301 or synthetic hypericin) as a novel photodynamic therapy utilizing safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). With a successful Phase 3 study completed, regulatory approval is being sought and commercialization activities for this product candidate are being advanced initially in the U.S. Development programs in this business segment also include expansion of synthetic hypericin (SGX302) into psoriasis, our first-in-class innate defense regulator (IDR) technology, dusquetide (SGX942) for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including oral mucositis in head and neck cancer, and proprietary formulations of oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate (BDP) for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders characterized by severe inflammation including pediatric Crohn's disease (SGX203).
Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes active development programs for RiVax®, our ricin toxin vaccine candidate, and SGX943, our therapeutic candidate for antibiotic resistant and emerging infectious disease, and our vaccine programs targeting filoviruses (such as Marburg and Ebola) and CiVax™, our vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2). The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax®. To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
For further information regarding Soligenix, Inc., please visit the Company's website at https://www.soligenix.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @Soligenix_Inc.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect Soligenix, Inc.'s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities, including but not limited to, potential market sizes, patient populations and clinical trial enrollment. Statements that are not historical facts, such as "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," "hopes," "intends," "plans," "expects," "goal," "may," "suggest," "will," "potential," or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, these statements, such as experienced with the COVID-19 outbreak. Soligenix cannot assure you that it will be able to successfully develop, achieve regulatory approval for or commercialize products based on its technologies, particularly in light of the significant uncertainty inherent in developing therapeutics and vaccines against bioterror threats, conducting preclinical and clinical trials of therapeutics and vaccines, obtaining regulatory approvals and manufacturing therapeutics and vaccines, that product development and commercialization efforts will not be reduced or discontinued due to difficulties or delays in clinical trials or due to lack of progress or positive results from research and development efforts, that it will be able to successfully obtain any further funding to support product development and commercialization efforts, including grants and awards, maintain its existing grants which are subject to performance requirements, enter into any biodefense procurement contracts with the U.S. Government or other countries, that it will be able to compete with larger and better financed competitors in the biotechnology industry, that changes in health care practice, third party reimbursement limitations and Federal and/or state health care reform initiatives will not negatively affect its business, or that the U.S. Congress may not pass any legislation that would provide additional funding for the Project BioShield program. In addition, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of any of its clinical/preclinical trials. Despite the statistically significant result achieved in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, there can be no assurance that a marketing authorization from the FDA or EMA will be successful. Notwithstanding the result in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and the Phase 1/2 proof-of-concept clinical trial of SGX302 for the treatment of psoriasis, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of the clinical trials of SGX302 for the treatment of psoriasis. Further, there can be no assurance that RiVax® will qualify for a biodefense Priority Review Voucher (PRV) or that the prior sales of PRVs will be indicative of any potential sales price for a PRV for RiVax®. Also, no assurance can be provided that the Company will receive or continue to receive non-dilutive government funding from grants and contracts that have been or may be awarded or for which the Company will apply in the future. These and other risk factors are described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Soligenix's reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Unless required by law, Soligenix assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.
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If there’s one thing to love about Book Riot, it’s that contributors and editors around here are excellent at covering censorship and book banning attempts. From historical topics like the history of Nazi book burning, to heartwarming attempts to rectify wrongs like the Brooklyn Library offering teens across the U.S. access to banned ebooks, to comprehensive guides on fighting book bans with this anti-censorship tool kit, there are many places to start around here.
In my years of experience arguing with people on the internet about censorship (this is not a satisfying or recommended activity), one of the most important things I’ve learned is that nearly 100% of people think other people are trying to silence their points of view. Around 4% think that “their side” is trying to do the same.
Of course, the reality is that while I would argue that one side is guiltier than the other, they’re all guilty. Plenty of guilt to go around! In this rundown of nonfiction books about censorship, I’ve tried to bring different perspectives and various formats. While some of the books on this list were written decades ago, the methods and results of censorship continue.
Nonfiction Books About Censorship
Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate by Greg Lukianoff
If you’re a leftist atheist like the author of this oft-discussed book on censorship in the world of academia, you will likely cheer on his takedowns of various people and institutions on the right trying to prevent students from voicing their “radical” opinions. But hold on to your trucker hats there, folks, because he’s coming around for us, too. If you think that all accusations of “political correctness run rampant” are worthy of nothing more than a good old-fashioned eye roll, I encourage you to check this book out because it will challenge some of your assumptions.
Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship by Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen was both the first woman and the youngest person to ever lead the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU is often referred to as a liberal organization, but the truth is that they are on the side of free speech, full stop. That is why they once filed suit to allow the KKK to hold a demonstration, and it is why Strossen argues that trying to shut up conversation views through censorship is not the answer. This book argues against the idea of separating “free speech” from “hate speech” and instead suggests vigorous debate and discussion of the views one finds offensive.
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book: An Anatomy of a Book Burning by Lawrence Hill
Lawrence Hill knows quite a bit about censorship, thanks to a group in the Netherlands who burned his novel, The Book of Negroes. In Dear Sir, a short 56-page book or long 56-page essay, depending on how you look at it, Hill discusses his experience being censored. He also delves into his opinions on censorship in general, the control of publication and distribution of books, and many examples of books that have been censored or banned and the eventual outcome of those actions.
Banned Books: Challenging Our Freedom to Read by Robert P. Doyle
This invaluable resource is updated every three years and organizes information into three challenged/banned book indices: Title, geographic, and topical. If you are looking to delve deeper into the large number of challenged books each year, this is the place to start. Whether you want to find books banned due to a particular topic, the most challenged book in a particular reason, or you want to look up a specific book by its title, it has you covered.
The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book by Peter Finn translated by Petra Couvée
If you like your nonfiction to read like a true thriller, then this is a book for you. Learn how Boris Pasternak, a Russian poet, smuggled out his now-famous first (and only) novel, Dr. Zhivago. He knew his novel was unlikely to be published in soviet-era Russia and enlisted the help of an Italian publisher to get the book to the foreign masses. When the CIA got a copy of the novel, they had it translated to Russian and smuggled right back to the USSR — and this is just the beginning of a truly extraordinary true-life story.
Stifled Laughter: One Woman’s Story About Fighting Censorship by Claudia Johnson
Claudia Johnson, best known as a literary scholar for her work about To Kill a Mockingbird, spent much of her life from 1986 to 1988 fighting censorship in Lake City, Florida. A playwright and graduate student at the time, she wrote this often funny and always frustrating memoir to show the public just what it’s like to try to speak truth to power when power hasn’t even read the damn book. Though this book was written nearly 30 years ago, it unfortunately still rings all too true.
Books Under Fire: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children’s Books by Pat R. Scales
For those interested not only in nonfiction books about censorship but children’s literature in particular, Pat R. Scales has compiled an impressive resource. Updated every few years, Books Under Fire deals both with banned and challenged contemporary works as well as historical, out of print books that were deemed too hot for school in their own time period. For each book listed, the author provides a basic summary, discusses the reasons it was banned, and includes information on any awards the author may have won for the work.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
Part memoir, part excellent reading list, and 100% moving. this book tells the story of one teacher who secretly met with students to read the Western classics they weren’t allowed to read in school. If you’ve ever wondered if literature really has the power to change the world, this book will show you that it does. Of course, the fact that organizations and governments want to censor books at all is all the evidence I need!
Stay tuned to Book Riot to learn about other upcoming nonfiction books about censorship, including Wake Now In The Fire, a graphic nonfiction book written by Jarrett Dapier and illustrated by AJ Dungo. Planned as a 2023 release, the book follows a group of Chicago teens as they fight back against the banning of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. | https://bookriot.com/nonfiction-books-about-censorship/ | 2022-05-23T13:04:03Z | https://bookriot.com/nonfiction-books-about-censorship/ | false | 1 |
UK's Boris Johnson awaits judgment of 'partygate' report
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been shadowed by career-threatening scandal for months — but so far has escaped unscathed
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been shadowed by career-threatening scandal for months — but so far he has escaped unscathed.
This week he faces one more threat to his political future: a comprehensive report into lockdown-breaching parties in government offices that is expected to be published within days.
Senior civil servant Sue Gray is due to release her findings on “partygate,” the scandal over more than a dozen gatherings in Johnson’s No. 10 Downing St. residence and nearby buildings that took place when coronavirus restrictions barred people in Britain from mixing with others.
Claims that Johnson and his staff enjoyed illegal office parties while millions in the country stuck to strict COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 and 2021 have dogged Johnson’s Conservative government since they first surfaced late last year. Critics, including some within Johnson’s own ranks, have called for him to resign.
Police investigated and said last week they had issued a total of 126 fines to 83 people. Most are thought to be junior staffers, but one 50-pound ($60) fine went to Johnson, for attending a surprise birthday party thrown for him in June 2020. That made him the first British prime minister ever found to have broken the law while in office.
Johnson apologized, but insisted that he didn't knowingly break the rules, saying “it did not occur to me” that the brief gathering was a party — a claim that drew derision from many.
Police didn't identify those who were fined, but Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, as well as Johnson’s wife, Carrie, have said they also paid fines for attending Johnson’s birthday party.
While “partygate” threatened to topple Johnson’s leadership earlier this year, he has clung on to power, partly because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine diverted public and political attention.
He got a reprieve when the Metropolitan Police told him last week that he wouldn't be getting any further fines, even though he attended several of the events under investigation.
Treasury minister Simon Clarke defended the prime minister on Monday, saying Johnson “had a fine for a slice of cake between meetings.”
He said the context of the parties was a government under “extraordinary” pressure during the pandemic with people “working on questions of literally life and death” and operating under “exhausting strain.”
Gray’s full report could renew pressure on Johnson if it heavily criticizes him and senior officials, or contains photos and other vivid evidence of Downing Street socializing.
The government says it will publish Gray’s report in full once it is handed in.
A partial version of the Gray report was published in January after police requested her to leave out details to avoid prejudicing police inquiries. The partial report didn't name individuals, but it did criticize “failures of leadership and judgment” that allowed the parties to take place.
About 30 people, including Johnson, have been contacted by Gray’s team over the past few days to warn them of the contents of the report before its publication.
While the Gray report is closely watched, the civil servant’s scope for censuring Johnson is limited — and it’s unclear the extent to which its publication will help restore public trust in the Conservative government.
On Friday, new questions were raised after British media reported that Johnson and Gray had met several weeks ago — though what exactly the two discussed is unclear.
Defending Johnson on Sunday, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said Gray is conducting an “independent” investigation.
“The prime minister has made it very clear that he has never intervened or will seek to intervene or interfere with the investigation,” Zahawi told the BBC.
Opposition parties urged Johnson to explain why he held a “secret meeting” with Gray.
“Public confidence in the process is already depleted, and people deserve to know the truth,” said Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the opposition Labour Party.
Johnson also faces a separate inquiry by lawmakers about whether he knowingly lied to Parliament when he told lawmakers earlier that no laws had been broken at Downing Street. Ministers found to have done so are generally expected to resign. | https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/uks-boris-johnson-awaits-judgment-partygate-report-84905923 | 2022-05-23T13:06:18Z | https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/uks-boris-johnson-awaits-judgment-partygate-report-84905923 | true | 40 |
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More than 6.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion in late February, the U.N. refugee agency said.
Since Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, 6,538,998 refugees have left Ukraine, with the majority of them entering Poland.
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Amber Heard accuses her assistant of having her actor stolen her personal abuse story during the course of her court testimony.
The former assistant, Kate James worked for Ms Heard from 2012 to 2015 and under questioning by Sasha Wass, she claimed, “I'm a sexual violence survivor and that's very, very serious to take that stance if you are not one and I am one. That's the reason I'm here, because I take offense.”
She issued her accusation on the stand and claimed, “Ms. Heard referred to a conversation we had about me being violently raped at machete point in Brazil and she used it as her own story.”
Before concluding she even accused the actor of having deleted entire message threads that reeked of abuse towards her and explained, “I was using a phone that was logged into her [Heard's] iCloud account.”
So “When she terminated my employment, she deleted all of the texts from the cloud - only texts that were abusive. She saved the ones that weren't.”
Kriti Sanon marks eight year in Bollywood, announces career shift to fitness business on Instagram
Meghan Markle accused of causing an ‘embarrassing fail’ with Prince Harry after ‘wiping’ his face in public
Hugo met Prince William - her favourite royal - and the Duchess of Cambridge Catherine when they were in Australia
Details into the identity of Amber Heard’s daughter Oonagh Paige Heard revealed
Machine Gun Kelly and his fiancé Megan Fox attended Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's wedding Italy
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Sam Neill and Laura Dern dished on their 19-year age gap in the hit movie Jurassic Park in which they romanced each other as Dr. Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler.
During a conversation with The Sunday Times, the Marriage Story star said that playing the love interest of Neill in the science fiction movie felt “completely appropriate” at the time.
"I am 20 years older than Laura!" the Peaky Blinders actor said to the outlet. "Which at the time was a completely appropriate age difference for a leading man and lady!”
He added, “It never occurred to me until I opened a magazine and there was an article called 'Old Geezers and Gals.' People like Harrison Ford and Sean Connery acting with much younger people. And there I was, on the list. I thought, 'Come on. It can't be true.'"
"Well, it felt completely appropriate to fall in love with Sam Neill,” stated Dern. “And it was only now, when we returned in a moment of cultural awareness about the patriarchy, that I was, like, 'Wow! We're not the same age?'"
The duo will be reprising their roles after 30 years in Jurassic World Dominion, which is set to be released in June 2022.
Meghan Markle accused of causing an ‘embarrassing fail’ with Prince Harry after ‘wiping’ his face in public
Hugo met Prince William - her favourite royal - and the Duchess of Cambridge Catherine when they were in Australia
Details into the identity of Amber Heard’s daughter Oonagh Paige Heard revealed
Machine Gun Kelly and his fiancé Megan Fox attended Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's wedding Italy
Amber Heard has officially been hit with a major accusation that has taken social media by storm
Kim Kardashian is not minding the distance as she sent a sweet honour to Pete Davidson from Italy | https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/960115-laura-dern | 2022-05-23T13:09:30Z | https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/960115-laura-dern | true | 1 |
Opinion: With overdoses spiking, we need a different approach
We are living in a triple crisis of opioid overdoses, the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism.
Bergman is co-founder and executive director of A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing) and lead organizer of the Moms United to End the War on Drugs national campaign. She lives in Rancho Santa Fe.
Drug-induced homicide refers to the crime of delivering drugs that result in a death. There is a recent outcry about charging drug dealers with murder when someone dies of an overdose. But, after over 50 years of failed drug war tactics, we know that policies based on retribution and punishment exacerbate our society’s problems with drug use, substance use disorders and the overdose death crisis.
Moms United to End the War on Drugs representatives are speaking out for sane and effective drug policies. Twenty states have drug-induced homicide laws on their books, and as the opioid overdose crisis continues to escalate, with many of these deaths related to fentanyl, more prosecutors are looking at implementing these dangerous and destructive laws.
The Drug Policy Alliance says that “Prosecutors and legislators claim harsh penalties for drug-induced homicide will deter drug selling, and thus reduce drug use. Yet research consistently shows that neither increased arrests nor increased severity of criminal punishment for drug law violations results in less use (demand) or sales (supply).”
And treating drug use as a criminal behavioral issue goes against medical science.
Since we know that punitive sentences for drug offenses don’t have a deterrent effect, then one might argue that a parent or family member would experience relief that justice was served. With this “eye for an eye” mentality, someone must pay for our pain or loss. Yet we know that nothing can take away the grief of an unnecessary and tragic loss of life. Scapegoating a “dealer” is a slippery slope, as we also know that many drug users are buying, selling and trading drugs with friends.
My two sons were addicted to heroin for decades. They are survivors of a punitive criminal justice system and accidental overdose. I understand that my sons could have just as easily been seen as the dealer or the victim.
Many who support these harsh laws will say that they don’t target the average user, just the bad guys and the cartels who sell drugs like fentanyl to unsuspecting individuals for financial gain. But, from what I have heard from relatives of substance users and colleagues, a majority of criminal charges are going to people who seek medical assistance for overdose victims, such as family and friends, and to people who sell small amounts to support their own drug dependence. I fail to see how losing two lives (one to incarceration and the other to overdose death) solves anything. Instead, it means that two families suffer greatly; yet there is no resolution. And any policy that makes people fearful of calling 911 for help in overdose situations will lead to more unnecessary overdose fatalities.
The lingering question is what should be done with drug dealers who aren’t drug dependent themselves, who knowingly circulate tainted drugs for profit. 50-plus years of the failed war on drugs challenges us to find new solutions. Legalizing and regulating all drugs would take away the profit motivation that drives crime. It would also allow for funneling of resources away from criminal justice and into treatment and recovery services.
We are living in a triple crisis of opioid overdoses, the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racism. We know that the “war on drugs” has disproportionately targeted Black and Latino communities, and drug-induced homicide prosecutions do the same, continuing the legacy of discrimination.
Fentanyl has been used in hospital settings for years. It is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and was developed for pain management of cancer patients. Unfortunately, it is being added to heroin to increase its potency and laced in other drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamines. Over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the drug is not an enemy to be demonized, neither is the individual struggling with an opioid use disorder.
Moms United to End the War on Drugs is a national collaborative campaign with representatives in 35 states working for drug policy reform and promoting strategies that reduce the harms associated with drug use and substance use disorders. Mothers across the nation are distributing Narcan, a safe drug that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose.
In San Diego County alone, our organization A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment & Healing) has 2,225 reported lives saved since we began this program in 2014. Information on our overdose prevention trainings can we found on https://www.anewpath.org/naloxone-distribution.
I believe we should be looking forward and focusing on these types of positive actions, rather than looking backwards and pouring resources into punitive criminal justice measures. We need to be putting all of our positive energy into seeking solutions to this public health problem, providing harm reduction strategies and support, and practicing tolerance and compassion in order to save lives and heal our communities.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Police searching for an unidentified man who shot and killed another passenger on a moving New York City subway train asked for the public's help Monday.
“We need all eyes on this,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said on Twitter. She posted two surveillance camera photographs of the unidentified suspect, a burly man dressed in a hoodie on a hot day.
The shooter fled after the Q train arrived at the Canal Street station in Manhattan late Sunday morning. He shot and killed 48-year-old Daniel Enriquez of Brooklyn.
Enriquez had worked for Goldman Sachs’ global investment research division since 2013. Goldman chair and CEO David Solomon said Enriquez was a dedicated and beloved employee and that the company was devastated. Enriquez "epitomized our culture of collaboration and excellence,” Solomon said in a prepared statement.
Witnesses told police the gunman was pacing the last car of the train, “and without provocation, pulled out a gun and fired it at the victim at close range,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey told reporters Sunday.
The shooting came more than a month after a man opened fire inside a Brooklyn subway train, scattering random shots that wounded 10 people. The person charged in that attack, Frank James, had posted dozens of online videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness. | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Police-searching-for-NYC-subway-gunman-seek-17191870.php | 2022-05-23T13:15:56Z | https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/Police-searching-for-NYC-subway-gunman-seek-17191870.php | false | 10 |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Rogers will speak at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference at 9 a.m. ET on Friday, June 3, 2022, in New York City.
A live audio webcast will be available the day of the event at ir.truist.com under Events & Presentations. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website for 30 days.
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In the last trading session, 1.21 million Babylon Holdings Limited (NYSE:BBLN) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0. With the company’s per share price at $1.07 changed hands at -$0.09 or -7.76% during last session, the market valuation stood at $483.00M. BBLN’s last price was a discount, traded about -1395.33% off its 52-week high of $16.00. The share price had its 52-week low at $1.07, which suggests the last value was 0.0% down since then. When we look at Babylon Holdings Limited’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.15 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 731.09K.
Analysts gave the Babylon Holdings Limited (BBLN) stock a consensus recommendation rating of an Overweight, calculated at a mean rating of 2.20. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 3 recommended BBLN as a Hold, 3 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Babylon Holdings Limited’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -$0.26.
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Babylon Holdings Limited (NYSE:BBLN) trade information
Instantly BBLN was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -7.76%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The drop to weekly highs of 1.2500 on Friday, 05/20/22 subtracted -7.76% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -81.65%, with the 5-day performance at -7.76% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Babylon Holdings Limited (NYSE:BBLN) is -71.08% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 0.26 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 0.24 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $4.75, meaning bulls need an upside of 77.47% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, BBLN’s forecast low is $1.50 with $8.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -647.66% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -40.19% for it to hit the projected low.
Babylon Holdings Limited (BBLN) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 199.40% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 3 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $234.55 million. 3 analysts are of the opinion that Babylon Holdings Limited’s revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2022 will be $239.52 million.
The 2022 estimates are for Babylon Holdings Limited earnings to decrease by -97.30%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 4.97% per year.
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Babylon Holdings Limited is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June.
Babylon Holdings Limited (NYSE:BBLN)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 44.15% of Babylon Holdings Limited shares while 32.38% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 57.98%. There are 32.38% institutions holding the Babylon Holdings Limited stock share, with Kinnevik AB (publ) the top institutional holder. As of Mar 30, 2022, the company held 16.41% of the shares, roughly 54.94 million BBLN shares worth $213.73 million.
AMF Tjanstepension AB holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 1.79% or 6.0 million shares worth $23.34 million as of Mar 30, 2022.
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COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5: Pfizer says 3 small doses offer strong protection
Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots.
The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.
The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna, which hopes to begin offering two kid-sized shots by summer.
Pfizer has had a bumpier time figuring out its approach. It aims to give tots an even lower dose — just one-tenth of the amount adults receive — but discovered during its trial that two shots didn’t seem quite strong enough for preschoolers. So researchers gave a third shot to more than 1,600 youngsters — from age 6 months to 4 years — during the winter surge of the omicron variant.
RELATED: Why are vaccines still important if so many kids have already had COVID-19?
In a press release, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said the extra shot did the trick, revving up tots’ levels of virus-fighting antibodies enough to meet FDA criteria for emergency use of the vaccine with no safety problems.
Preliminary data suggested the three-dose series is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, the companies said, but they cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April. The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available.
The companies already had submitted data on the first two doses to the FDA, and BioNTech’s CEO, Dr. Ugur Sahin, said the final third-shot data would be submitted this week.
"The study suggests that a low, 3-microgram dose of our vaccine, carefully selected based on tolerability data, provides young children with a high level of protection against the recent COVID-19 strains," he said in a statement.
What’s next? FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks has pledged the agency will "move quickly without sacrificing our standards" in evaluating tot-sized doses from both Pfizer and Moderna.
The agency has set tentative dates next month for its scientific advisers to publicly debate data from each company.
RELATED: White House flags at half-staff to mark one-million US COVID deaths
Moderna is seeking to be the first to vaccinate the littlest kids. It submitted data to the FDA saying tots develop high levels of virus-fighting antibodies after two shots that contain a quarter of the dose given to adults. The Moderna study found effectiveness against symptomatic COVID-19 was 40% to 50% during the omicon surge, much like for adults who’ve only had two vaccine doses.
Complicating Moderna’s progress, the FDA so far has allowed its vaccine to be used only in adults.
The FDA is expected to review Moderna's data on both the youngest age group, plus its study of teens and elementary-age children. Other countries already have expanded Moderna's shot to kids as young as 6.
While COVID-19 generally isn’t as dangerous to youngsters as to adults, some children do become severely ill or even die. And the omicron variant hit children especially hard, with those under 5 hospitalized at higher rates than at the peak of the previous delta surge.
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There was a two-minute notice of Erik ten Hag's arrival and as soon as the door swung open, his entrance was expected. Ten Hag strode in merrily and gladhanded the nearest journalist sitting in the front row. That was unexpected.
Club staff had advised the dedicated correspondents to sit in the front rows and it soon became clear why. Ten Hag, dressed in a white shirt and summery sand-coloured suit with a pocket square, pressed the flesh with around a dozen journalists, most of them scheduled to cover Manchester United's pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia in July. The broad smile across Ten Hag's face never dropped.
To those sat further back, Ten Hag offered a wave and repeatedly assured it was 'nice to meet you all'. United could not wait to draw a line under a chastening season and will hope Ten Hag's sunny exterior ushers in an era of positivity.
Read more: Ten Hag breaks silence on Ronaldo's United future
It was a personable start as part of United's own reset in the communications department. In Holland, the suggestion is Ten Hag lacks charisma. Though he did not exude it, Ten Hag was comfortable and more open to greeting journalists than some of his permanent predecessors.
Ten Hag was introduced in the same press conference room Ralf Rangnick was five-and-a-half months earlier. The No.7 suite was reserved for Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but the press conference room has since been renovated.
The acting director of communications invited Ten Hag to make some opening remarks and he described United as his 'home'. Ten Hag had already posed pensively on the pitch and met some of the staff in the Megastore.
At the age of 52, it was Ten Hag's first-ever visit to Old Trafford, though he stressed United were his favourite English club as a boy.
"I have been in Manchester but this is the first time in Old Trafford. I'm impressed, it feels like my home already and I cannot wait for the first match when the stands are full and it will be an exciting experience.
"I have seen a lot [of Man United] in the past, big teams from Man United, they had a lot of generations that were really successful and there was a fantastic ambience always at Old Trafford and really looking forward to getting that experience.
"Were they my favourite club? Serious - for England. In every country, I had a favourite club. In England: Man United."
From Ten Hag's address to the final question, the press conference lasted a compact 18 minutes with all bases covered. Ten Hag is not as loquacious as Rangnick and his bluntness is more succinct.
"That is on the club," he replied when asked if he endorsed Rangnick's consultancy role. Their first in-person rendezvous could be brief.
Observing Ten Hag at Selhurst Park, he has already perfected the stoic expression that is mandatory for a United manager. The mood among staff and officials visibly improved against Crystal Palace, doubtless due to the turnaround at the Etihad Stadium and Brighton's defeat of West Ham. Ten Hag gave little away even when he posed for selfies. At Old Trafford, he remained coy.
Did Cristiano Ronaldo have a role to play next season? "Of course."
What would he bring? "Goals."
Perhaps surprisingly, Ten Hag was complimentary about Harry Maguire when the issue of the captaincy was raised. Maguire endured a horrendous season and certain teammates were indiscreet in voicing their own reservations about his quality.
"I have to repeat: next season is a different season," Ten Hag stressed, "but I think he did a great job. He is a great player, he achieved a lot, also the contribution to Man United. So I'm looking forward to working with him."
Solskjaer's soft man-management let players slip into their comfort zones whereas Ten Hag has already kept Maguire on his toes, whilst offering a generous compliment. There is no promise the armband will be strapped to his bicep come the Liverpool friendly in Bangkok on July 12.
The most stirring comment came in response to the mention of Manchester City and Liverpool, an unbreakable duopoly in the last five years, despite United finishing second twice in that time.
"In this moment, I admire them both," Ten Hag said of Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp. "They play really fantastic football, both Liverpool and Man City. But you always see an era can come to an end and I'm looking forward to battling with them.
"And I am sure all the other clubs in the Premier League want to do that."
When asked if Guardiola and Klopp's dominance could end with them in situ , Ten Hag replied: "I think, yeah." Less is more. It is that concise and committed rhetoric that United will hope the supporters will invest in with Ten Hag. | https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-united-erik-ten-hag-24036707 | 2022-05-23T13:20:48Z | https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-united-erik-ten-hag-24036707 | false | 1 |
Zelensky tells Davos: send us weapons, stop Russia trade
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on a giant screen during his address by video conference as part of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 23, 2022. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
(AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used the Davos summit on Monday to appeal for more weapons for his country and "maximum" sanctions against Moscow.
Speaking by videolink, Zelensky told the World Economic Forum that tens of thousands of lives would have been saved if Kyiv had received "100 percent of our needs at once back in February" when Russia invaded Ukraine.
"This is why Ukraine needs all the weapons that we ask (for), not just the ones that have been provided," said Zelensky, flanked by Ukrainian flags and wearing an olive green T-shirt.
Zelensky called for an oil embargo on Russia, punitive measures against all its banks and the shunning of its IT sector, adding that all foreign companies should leave the country.
"There should not be any trade with Russia," he told the gathering of the world's political and business elites.
"I believe there are still no such sanctions against Russia -- and there should be."
While the United States, Britain and Canada have moved to ban Russian oil and gas, the European Union has been divided over imposing similar measures. EU members such as Germany and Hungary are heavily dependent on energy supplies from Russia.
The war in Ukraine is dominating the discussions in Davos, the first WEF meeting in more than two years. The Covid pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2021 in-person event and the postponement of this year's confab until May.
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Who made the first zoo? – Veronica, age 11, Accokeek, Maryland
The truth is historians don’t know who built the first zoo, or when it was built. But we can be confident it happened a very long time ago.
Human fascination with animals goes back as far as humans do. In the oldest cave paintings discovered, some of which are up to 40,000 years old, there are more images of animals than people.
At some point, humans began to capture and hold animals so they could look at them up close whenever they wanted.
Zoos for the lucky few to enjoy
The first known collections of exotic animals were held by royalty – and were not open to the public.
Archaeological digs in the ancient Egyptian city of Nekhen have found buildings from around 3500 B.C. containing the remains of captive hippos, baboons and elephants – animals not native to Egypt. But life wasn’t easy for these animals. They probably had short lives, and their remains show evidence of severe injuries.
The tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Sahure, who died around 2500 B.C., includes realistic images of Syrian bears wearing collars and leashes. It’s thought they had been brought back from a trading expedition. How long the bears lived is anyone’s guess.
Public zoos open to all
The first public exhibit of animals may have been created by Egypt’s Queen Hapshepsut around 1480 B.C. Researchers think the zoo was started with animals brought home from an expedition the queen sent to a far-off land known as Punt, which may have been modern-day Eritrea. It’s unclear why she built the zoo, but it might have been to show off her wealth and right to rule. Keeping dangerous and exotic animals in captivity has sometimes been a way for rulers to demonstrate how powerful they are.
Early zoos are found all over the world. In China, Emperor Wen-Wang is said to have built a “Garden of Intelligence” around 1060 B.C. It included deer, birds and many fish.
In England, King Henry I set up a menagerie in about 1110 as part of the royal estate at Woodstock, in Oxfordshire. His collection included tigers, camels, lions and porcupines. This collection eventually moved to the Tower of London in 1235, around the time King Henry III was given three lions by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. The Tower animal collection stayed at that location for 600 years.
If you visit the Tower today, you can see some of the cages: They are bare stonework with metal bars. It is hard to imagine that animals had good lives there. The king of France sent an elephant in 1255. Even though it had its own special housing, it died after only a couple years. The collection once included a polar bear that was allowed to swim in the Thames River on a long chain. At one time, the cost of admission for public visitors was either a small fee or a stray dog or cat to feed to the lions.
In the Americas, Montezuma II had a zoo in Tenochtitlan, now known as Mexico City, in the late 1500s. It included numerous birds, carnivorous mammals and snakes. This zoo was so large that 300 people were employed to take care of the animals. The emperor personally gave a tour of the zoo to the first visitors from Europe. The Spanish soldiers, led by Hernán Cortés, wrote about how much they admired the zoo even though they went on to destroy it during the conquest of Tenochititlan in 1591.
The oldest continuously operating zoo in the world – still open in the same place – is the Schönbrunn Zoo, which was built in Vienna in 1752. The zoo is famous for being the first to use many design innovations, such as keeping animals in naturalistic settings and putting several species together in one enclosure.
Zoos have come a long way, especially in how they care for animals. In fact, many of today’s zoos are also conservation organizations, focused on protecting endangered animals.
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- Customers Volvo, Pepsi, ADT, Telus and FreddieMac to share Cloud Modernization success with IDMC at Informatica's annual customer conference
- Informatica deepens partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Snowflake and Databricks to accelerate cloud migrations with IDMC
- IDMC powered by Informatica's AI engine, CLAIRE processes 32 trillion transactions per month on the cloud
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Informatica (NYSE:INFA), an enterprise cloud data management leader will be kicking off its annual customer conference, Informatica World as a hybrid event in Las Vegas today with over 60-plus global customers presenting how the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud® (IDMC) has accelerated their cloud journeys and driven better business outcomes.
IDMC was launched at Informatica World 2021 as the industry's first end-to-end data management platform designed to help businesses truly innovate with their data on any system, any cloud, multi-cloud and multi-hybrid and for all users across the enterprise. IDMC is a comprehensive, AI-powered, cloud data management platform offering over 200-plus intelligent cloud services to help organizations reimagine and redefine how they can innovate business functions from customer experience, e-commerce, supply chain, manufacturing to analytics and data science, with a mission to create a world where every organization's data is poised for greatness and empowered to deliver outcomes.
Since its launch last year, IDMC has been recognized as a leader in iPaaS, 2021's best new product of the year by the Business Intelligence group and also recognized in Fast Company's most innovative list in the enterprise category. Informatica's cloud annual recurring revenue has grown 43% year-over-year as of March 31, 2022 with global customers across a wide variety of industry verticals investing in the IDMC platform. CLAIRE, Informatica's AI engine powers the IDMC platform to process over 32 trillion transactions (as of March 31, 2022) on the cloud each month and that number is doubling every six to 12 months.
At Informatica World this week, the company will be unveiling new industry-verticalized capabilities for IDMC to help customers in the financial services, healthcare and life sciences address industry-specific data management and governance needs. With over $1Billion in investments in R&D over the last six years, Informatica has designed and delivered an iPaaS cloud platform that is helping customers like Pepsi, Volvo, ADT, Telus, FreddieMac, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City and Hershey, modernize to the cloud with IDMC. Over 3,000 attendees joining the hybrid event will hear from these customers at Informatica World on how IDMC is helping with their data-led business transformation.
Informatica's rich ecosystem of partners which include all the major hyperscalers, AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, Snowflake, Databricks as well as GSI partners like Accenture, Deloitte, CapGemini, Wipro and Infoverity has deep integrations with the IDMC platform to bring best-of-breed cloud data management solutions to joint customers. The company will be announcing deeper product integrations with major hyperscalers this week at Informatica World and will also be featuring Scott Guthrie, SVP, Cloud +AI Group, Microsoft; Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud; Matt Garman, SVP, Sales, Marketing and Global Sales at AWS as keynote speakers.
"When we embarked on the company's transformation six years agao, we completely rearchitected our entire product portfolio to be cloud-first, cloud-native,"said Amit Walia, CEO, Informatica. "Today with IDMC, we bring an unparalleled cloud data management platform that is helping our customers build an intelligent data enterprise to stay competitive in a digital-first economy. I am very excited to see the fantastic lineup of speakers including our customers across multiple industries and our global partners talking about how they are driving business value and transforming how they run their business with IDMC, at Informatica World."
Join Informatica World virtually to listen to cloud and data industry leaders and visionaries at www.informaticaworld.com
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Gold for RGP Civilian
One of the stars of the Gibraltar Football Team at the Special Olympics got a welcome return to New Mole House on Monday.
Gianni Ochello, who works as an assistant in the RGP Stores, joined the Commissioner of Police Richard Ullger to show off his Gold Medal.
The team were unbeaten throughout the competition in Malta and finished off with an impressive 9-0 victory against Austria.
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Dear Editor,
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent selection of New York 19th District Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-Rhinebeck, to assume the post of lieutenant governor and become her running mate makes an already uncertain election even more uncertain.
The race to succeed Delgado in the House will begin with a special election to finish out the rest of his current term, and continue with the general election in November. Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who was already set to challenge Delgado for the seat, will presumably run in both contests. Democrats don’t have a clear front-runner, but Ulster county Executive Pat Ryan and state Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, are expected to run.
Complicating matters further, the district is in the process of being redrawn. How it is redrawn is likely to have a decisive impact on who wins. Adding more of the Hudson Valley and areas around Albany to the district would give Democrats the advantage, but extending the district farther out into central New York would benefit Republicans.
The maps have to be redrawn by May 24, and the new primary date for the general election is Aug. 23rd. It’s possible the special election would be held on that day as well depending on when Delgado officially resigns.
Fasten your seat belts; it’s likely to be a nervous and bumpy ride!
Paul Kolderie
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SKYWAY, Wash. (AP) — Deputies have launched an investigation after a burglary attempt ended with a fatal shooting in south King County on Monday morning.
Police received a call shortly after 3 a.m. from a homeowner saying an intruder broke into their house in Skyway, KOMO-TV reported. The homeowner interrupted the burglar, according to reports.
One person was dead with a gunshot wound, but deputies were not immediately sure of the identity of the victim at the home, located between 80th Ave South between South 124th Street and South 125th Street. The home borders Dimmitt Middle School. | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Burglary-attempt-ends-with-1-dead-of-gunshot-wound-17191937.php | 2022-05-23T13:32:15Z | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Burglary-attempt-ends-with-1-dead-of-gunshot-wound-17191937.php | false | null |
A woman sustained life-threatening injuries after a serious crash in east Cornwall. Last Friday, May 20, two cars crashed on the A390 near Lostwithiel.
The green Ford Fiesta and white Citroen DS collided on the A390 at West Taphouse near Braddock Church at 3pm on Friday afternoon. The busy main road was immediately closed and emergency services rushed to the scene.
An air ambulance had to be called after the Citroen driver, a woman in her 50s from Liskeard, was badly hurt. She was airlifted to Derriford Hospital.
Read more: Missing mother of six has been found
Meanwhile, a woman in her 30s from Looe who was driving the Ford was also hurt and taken to Royal Cornwall Hospital. The road remained closed until around 11.30pm on Friday, as police investigated the crash site. The road is a key link between St Austell and the Liskeard area, with traffic significantly impacted across Friday evening.
Now, Devon and Cornwall Police have issued a plea for anyone who might have information about the crash. They have also asked to speak to a specific witness to the scene - a retired or off duty fireman. This fireman, the police has said, stopped to help and left before police could thank them.
A police spokesperson said: "Police investigating a serious road traffic collision on the A390 at Lostwithiel are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. The police would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information or dashcam footage that could help them with their enquiries.
"Officers would also like to speak to a retired/off duty fireman, who stopped to assist and may be a witness but left before police could thank them. They are asked to call 101, quoting the log number.
"Please email 101@dc.police.uk or call 101, quoting log number 486 of 20/05/2022." | https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/lostwithiel-a390-crash-lands-liskeard-7116366 | 2022-05-23T13:32:52Z | https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/lostwithiel-a390-crash-lands-liskeard-7116366 | false | 1 |
Spring brings buds and blooms — but it also brings moles, voles and gophers.
The small mammals bring gardeners to their knees to peer down tunnels, set traps and toss in everything from kitty litter to gum. They wage war against the critters before they know what they’re fighting, which can lead to frustration.
“How you deal with them depends on what you have,” said Dana Sanchez, a wildlife specialist for Oregon State University’s Extension Service. “The traps are different and so are the baits you would use.”
Moles, voles and gophers all create tunnels and are active underground, but what they eat and the damage they cause varies. They all improve the soil by aerating it and mixing nutrients, but sometimes their habits get them in trouble with gardeners.
Gophers favor bulbs and roots. Voles go for grass, but also gnaw on shrubs and stems near their holes and runways. Moles, which are rarely seen, prefer non-plant food.
“People say moles are eating my garden, but moles are adapted for swimming through the soil to hunt prey,” Sanchez explained. “They just tunnel through looking for worms, grubs and insects.”
Mole tunnels can cause damage to plants, though, when the runways create paths around roots. And the mounds of dirt drive homeowners crazy and interfere with mowing.
Gophers — about the size of ground squirrels — will eat whole plants.
“If you see a plant disappear,” Sanchez said, “it’s a gopher. They’re famous for pulling things below ground.”
Though voles live in little tunnels, they spend time above ground eating grass and nibbling on other plants. The mouse-size voles leave a lot of small holes and connecting runways through the damaged grass they’ve been dining on.
You can tell you have a mole if the mounds in your yard or garden take on a volcanic, rounded shape. Gopher mounds are flatter on top and fan-shaped with the hole off to the side.
“The important part is for people to assess the level of damage with the level of control,” Sanchez said. “Is having a few holes in the lawn enough of a problem that you need to take action?”
For those who choose combat, stick to research-based controls, she advised. Gadgets and homemade recipes have not been shown scientifically to work. And body-gripping traps are illegal in most cases in Washington.
In raised beds, you can repel moles and gophers by using a barrier of welded wire on the bottom. Tilling in rows between crops may also help. Using baits is an option, Sanchez said, but will be dangerous to pets and other animals. As with all pesticides, read the label carefully, she added.
Learn more about moles in the OSU Extension guide Controlling Moles (bit.ly/3Ls0MRa).
Can I grow tomatoes in a 5-gallon container?
Q: I purchased a Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato plant. Can I grow this in a 5-gallon bucket with stakes/support? Online information says they grow to 5 feet. I have never successfully grown my own tomatoes.
And other question: Why don’t seed and plant tags include how deep the roots grow? I am told how tall they’ll get and how far apart to plant them, but not how deep the soil needs to be. Is there somewhere to get this info?
A: You can successfully grow this type of tomato in a 5-gallon bucket. When planting, you want to pick off all of the side branches up to just the top few inches. Then plant it deep in the bucket, so that your start is only a few inches high with a few leaves exposed. All of those little hairlike structures on the main branch will develop into roots and provide a good system to absorb water and keep the plant stable over the summer.
With this size container, you will have to provide daily water when it gets a bit warmer and watch out for things like blossom end rot, which happen more frequently on potted tomatoes.
I grow most of my tomatoes in pots every year since I plant a lot of early-season crops that take up all of my garden space before the tomatoes are ready to be planted.
— Chrissy Lucas, OSU Extension agricultural outreach coordinator
Is there help for this rose tree?
Q: We have a double Knockout rose tree that is 10 years old. I started noticing spots on the branches. The leaves are also wilting on one specific branch, but not all of them. The spots are also on eight other double Knockout roses we have, but only one branch on a tree has wilted leaves that die. We have also cut off two branches that have suffered the same thing. What could this be?
A: It looks like you may have a canker disease on some of your canes. We have had a very wet spring, which can be good for the spread of disease. There are multiple types of pathogens that can cause cankers, and pruning them out as you have been doing is the best solution. Cut out the cankers below where you see wilting/discolored tissue and above a node. Also, cut the stem at an angle so water does not pool on the cut.
— Heather Stoven, OSU Extension horticulturist
Can you regrow carrots by replanting the tops?
Q: There is conflicting information on the internet about regrowing carrots from tops. I know you can grow the greens, however, can you grow the actual root vegetable again? And if not, what is the scientific reason why not?
A: You are correct that you can cut off the top of a carrot and regrow the leaves only. Once the taproot (carrot) is removed, it cannot grow another. When cut from the top, the growing point for the taproot is removed, however the growing tip for new leaves is not. The growing tip (meristem) that forms the leaves can also grow new adventitious roots (fibrous roots), but not a taproot. You would need to allow the top to flower and go to seed, and then plant the seeds in order to get another carrot with a taproot.
— Heather Stoven, OSU Extension horticulturist
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Babylon’s Fall Content After Season 2 Delayed to ‘re-evaluate’ its Future
Following the announcement of Season 2 of Babylon's Fall, it's been revealed that there will be a delay on this content to re-evaluate the game's future. For now, it's been confirmed that the game will not receive any new content during the extension and will continue to run the same content introduced with the upcoming second season until November 29, 2022.
As we talked about before, Season 2 will bring a visual overhaul to Babylon's Fall. The new season will also bring a new weapon type alongside a focus outside of the Tower of Babylon. However, after the improvements brought by the game's second season were revealed, Square Enix also announced that the game will not receive any further updates until at least November.
A blog post on the official Babylon's Fall web page says as follows:
The seasons in BABYLON’S FALL have been planned to run in cycles of around three months, but based on the feedback we have received from our players, we feel that we need a period to re-evaluate the game’s future operating roadmap and accordingly have decided to extend Season 2 by three months, meaning it will now run until Tuesday, November 29, 2022.
What does this mean for the game? We don't know, exactly. We don't have much to go off from outside of PlatinumGames using the additional three months of drought to develop the next content update. The first Season 2 update is planned to be released on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Afterward, the second season will run until November 29, 2022.
Babylon's Fall had a rocky start for its live service, to say the least. The game received a negative critical reception and has subsequently bled its player base numbers. At one point, the game had only one person playing it. Not even the collaboration with NieR: Automata helped bring back player interest. We'll have to keep track of the game's future developments to see whether this re-evaluation helps the team create a new vision for the game.
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Health is the #1 Aspiration for American Dieters Who Are Considering Weight Loss
ROCHESTER, Minn., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Mayo Clinic Diet, the official dietary program developed by the Mayo Clinic, today released key findings from its "Diet Mindset Assessment," a survey of over 200,000 consumers in the U.S. about their mindsets when beginning a new diet program. The data was compiled and reviewed by Digital Wellness, a world-leading digital health platform that powers the world's most renowned and trusted weight loss brands.
Here are some key findings of the survey:
- Health is a key motivator. Approximately 83% of participants valued health above all other aspirations, which follows a global trend of health and wellness self-care, post COVID.
- Health surpassed physical appearance as an aspiration by over 5x—a finding that is consistent within the survey in which respondents reported they are more intrinsically motivated to achieve a healthy weight rather than by external factors.
- Over 55% of participants had dieted at least six times during their lifetime, indicating that Americans are seeking sustainable and sensible solutions to healthy weight management.
"It's rather a unique survey because of its large scale, and that it explores the psychology of a dieter's mindset," said Donald D. Hensrud, MD, Medical Editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet." "We wanted to learn more about the motivations and aspirations around weight loss, and if a stage of readiness or sense of identity played a role in a diet program's results."
A total of 209,269 people completed the mindset questionnaire. Most were females (86%) who were between the ages of 31 and 70 years old, with an average age of 52 years. The average body mass index (BMI) of people who completed the questionnaire was 32.3, with 30% being classified as overweight and 56% as obese. In this sample, 40% had dieted 1-5 times in their lifetime and 22% had dieted 6-10 times. The survey was commissioned by Digital Wellness in collaboration with Mayo Clinic Press.
"The survey indicates that people are ready for a lifestyle change for good reasons—mainly to improve their health. That's good news," said Hensrud. "It means a lifestyle-changing dietary program—like the New Mayo Clinic Diet—will be a good fit for them and is more likely to have positive results that will last for a long time."
As a healthy lifestyle change program, the New Mayo Clinic Diet reflects the latest advances in dietary research, and also provides new tools that make following its simple steps easier than ever. Members can choose from flexible meal plans that include Vegetarian, Mediterranean, High Protein, and a new Healthy Keto program.
The program is built on an all-new digital platform from Digital Wellness, which has tools and trackers to help members lose 3x more weight. Exclusive tools—such as a Habit Optimizer—help members make lasting meaningful changes in their behavior. The program also includes unlimited access to a private Facebook Group that helps members connect and support each other. It can also be used in conjunction with other resources, such as Mayo Clinic Press's "Cook Smart, Eat Well" cookbook, where members can prepare their meals more efficiently by using simple, healthier, ingredients.
The New Mayo Clinic Diet is based on the #1 New York Times best-selling book series and online program that consistently ranks as a U.S. News & World Report 'Best Diet.'
To learn more about the New Mayo Clinic Diet, and to sign up for the program, visit: https://diet.mayoclinic.org/us/
About The New Mayo Clinic Diet:
The New Mayo Clinic Diet is the only weight loss program that features a comprehensive, whole-health menu program developed and approved by Mayo Clinic. It features flexible meal plans that fit into any lifestyle as well as easy-to-prepare recipes. The New Mayo Clinic Diet has been designed to help participants make lasting, meaningful changes to their behavior so they can lead a healthier life.
About Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to innovation in clinical practice, education and research, and provides compassion, expertise and answers to everyone who needs healing. Visit the Mayo Clinic News Network for additional Mayo Clinic news.
For information on COVID-19—including Mayo Clinic's Coronavirus Map tracking tool, which has 14-day forecasting on COVID-19 trends—visit the Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Resource Center.
About Digital Wellness:
For over 15 years, the accredited professional healthcare experts at Digital Wellness have delivered exceptional outcomes to both consumers and enterprise, establishing Digital Wellness as one of the most published, respected and empowering health platforms in the world.
Founded by Scott Penn – and reinforced by partnerships that include one with the Mayo Clinic – Digital Wellness has a strong history of investing in health and wellness research and innovations.
In addition to powering the New Mayo Clinic Diet, Digital Wellness works with pharmaceutical companies, corporations, and the government to provide chronic disease management programs.
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With inflation, rising prices, and unavailability of many goods, Egyptians of different social classes and ages have been panicking about the future of the country, unaware of how to save up money to sustain themselves and their families. Many families are currently worried about maintaining their status within different social classes, and various reports have noted that youth in the country prefer saving rather than spending. Amid a rising cloud of uncertainty, several entertainment means remain possible at largely affordable prices.
To offer cost-effective options for most people, we gathered a list of outings that you can enjoy, without having to travel out of Greater Cairo, and only having to spend a miraculous maximum of EGP 5.
Japanese Botanical Garden
Unknown to most of the population, the Japanese-themed garden is located in Helwan. This attractive green venue was designed and built in 1917 by Egyptian architect Zulfaqar Pasha. From unique Buddha statues, to fish ponds and trees, the park was one of Helwan’s most popular attractions until the 1960s.
Whether for a picnic or a promenade, the park’s entrance fee is EGP 5.
Aisha Fahmy Palace
Designed by Italian architect Antonio Lasciac, the palace was built in 1907 for Princess Aisha, the daughter of Ali Basha Fahmy, the head of the army during King Fouad’s reign. Covering an area of 2,700 square meters by the Nile River in Zamalek, the spacious palace consists of European oil paintings, textile art, and delicately designed European furniture.
Between the garden of the palace and the ornate halls and rooms inside, there is a lot to see in this Zamalek gem, and the entrance is for free.
Al Mu’izz Street
Located in the heart of old Cairo, Al Mu’izz Street is a one-of-a-kind destination for exploring Islamic civilization in Cairo. Named after Al-Mu’izz li-Din Allah, the fourth caliph of the Fatimid Dynasty, the street stretches between Cairo’s old city walls, from Bab Al-Futuh in the north to Bab Zuweila in the south. From local crafts stores to souvenir shops and ancient mosques, this free pedestrian street is your ideal destination to enjoy Islamic art and architecture.
Giza Zoo
A family outing to the zoo never goes out of habit. Children always love to visit the zoo to feed the animals and play with them. Even for adults, it can be a nice change to one’s weekly outings. The zoo is home to many animal, bird, and plant species, which are now extinct in Egypt.
The entrance fee for Egyptians is for EGP 5, with children entering for free until the age of four.
Qasr El Nil and Zamalek
Go for a stroll by Qasr El Nil bridge, and enjoy the beauty of Cairo at night, with the lights from felucca boats adorning the water. To get the full experience, you can also buy corn on the cob or sweet potato from street vendors, each for EGP 5 only.
From Qasr El Nil, continue walking to Zamalek. Although walking by the Nile river is enjoyable, there’s more to Zamalek than just that. The Cairo neighborhood is adorned with several antique shops and art galleries. If you’re a fan of arts and culture, take a stroll in Zamalek’s antique shops and art galleries and connect with the past, without spending a pound from your pocket. | https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/05/23/6-outings-in-cairo-for-only-5-egyptian-pounds/ | 2022-05-23T13:34:11Z | https://egyptianstreets.com/2022/05/23/6-outings-in-cairo-for-only-5-egyptian-pounds/ | false | 1 |
NAIROBI, Kenya May 23-Terry Ramadhani has officially taken over as the Chief Executive Officer at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).
Terry, a professional management services and corporate re-engineering expert, was appointed to the position last week following a competitive recruitment undertaken by the board.
She assumed the CEO’S position on Monday after receiving office instruments from the immediate former Acting Chief Executive Officer, John Kabuchi.
Speaking moments after assuming office and following a familiarisation tour of the KEMSA Commercial Street offices, Terry said she would maintain a consultative management approach and foster partnerships with all stakeholders.
She paid tribute to KEMSA staff, and operating stakeholders for their commitment to ensuring the Authority transforms into an effective Health Products and Technologies (HPTs) supply chain agency.
“I have taken over as the CEO of KEMSA, and I am conscious of the immense duty and responsibility ahead. I pay tribute to the team running the show for their passion and dedication to duty. They have set a solid foundation for KEMSA transformation. I intend to accelerate the pace of reforms through a consultative, results-focused management approach with all our stakeholders from staff, suppliers, donor partners and clients,” she said.
While handing over the office instruments, Kabuchi confirmed that KEMSA had made positive reform strides to ensure its effectiveness. He confirmed that KEMSA has managed to reduce the order turnaround time (TAT) from 46 days in February 2021 to 14 days at the end of April 2022 with plans for further improvement.
While announcing Ramadhani’s appointment last week, KEMSA Chairperson Mary Mwadime said: “In Ramadhani, the KEMSA Board is confident that the organisational transformation agenda will be sustained and professionally executed. The Board is united in its resolve to facilitate the proper positioning of KEMSA as an effective Health Products and Technologies (HPTs) supply chain provider in the local public health space.” | https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2022/05/terry-ramadhani-takes-over-as-kemsa-ceo/ | 2022-05-23T13:37:02Z | https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2022/05/terry-ramadhani-takes-over-as-kemsa-ceo/ | true | 2 |
NEW YORK, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world's largest IT infrastructure services provider, announced today that it has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® May 2022 "Magic Quadrant for Managed Mobility Services, Global"1 report, which evaluates vendors based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. A complimentary copy of the full report is available here.
Per Gartner, "managed mobility services (MMS) comprise the vendor-provided IT and business process services required to plan, procure, provision, activate, manage, secure and support mobile devices, related mobile management systems and mobile applications." According to the report, "managed mobility services maintain two central sourcing themes – one on logistics, one on full outsourcing – often across a wide geographic region. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders combine technical, commercial and operational requirements to identify a best-fit provider."
"We believe our position as a Leader is a testament to our advanced technology, deep skills, strategic partnerships and data-driven approach to the complete device management lifecycle," said Ivan Dopplé, General Manager, Kyndryl Digital Workplace Global Practice. "We feel our industry-leading digital experience solutions allow us to effectively manage, measure and continuously optimize hybrid workplace environments for our important customers around the world."
Kyndryl provides advisory, implementation and management services across the entire product lifecycle to deliver an optimized consumer-like experience with advanced security capabilities for employees – customized for any connected device or hybrid workplace environment. Implementing a single management method for various end-user interfaces, operating systems and ownership models, Kyndryl's mobility solutions are designed to simplify the complexities of managing enterprise apps, data and devices across cloud-based, on-premises and hybrid delivery models.
For additional information on Kyndryl's Digital Workplace Services, visit https://www.kyndryl.com/us/en/services/digital-workplace.
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Since human communities first formed, members have gathered on the eve of some transitional event — a battle, a relocation — to tell “hero tales,” the stories of some ancestor or elder whose strengths inspire listeners as they face the challenge ahead.
In that tradition, universities bestow honorary degrees on today’s heroes and tell their stories to young people on the day they leave college behind them. At commencement this month, Montana State University told the stories of two Montanans, Chuck Johnson and Sid Thomas. (Full disclosure: I’m related to one and friendly with both.)
Chuck calls Helena home; Sid, Billings by way of Bozeman. Johnson studied journalism and, later, history at the University of Montana. Thomas completed his bachelor’s degree at MSU before graduating from UM’s law school.
Despite differing career paths, the similarities between the two are striking. Both have legendary work ethics. From the time he covered Montana’s constitutional convention as a fledgling reporter to the day he retired as Lee Newspapers’ State Bureau Chief, Chuck put in long hours to get the story. Over a 45-year career, he got the stories of 22 Montana legislative sessions, seven governors, nine U.S. senators and 10 U.S. representatives — among others.
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Sid knew long days as a lawyer and continues to know them as a judge on the Ninth Circuit. So far he’s heard 11,572 appeals during his 26 years on the bench. He introduced efficiencies that cut the time to process appeals by 30%. As Chief Justice, he went the extra mile to televise proceedings so that anyone anywhere could watch the nation’s largest circuit court in action.
Both men’s stories center on stories. As a journalist, Chuck’s job was to write what is aptly described as the first draft of history. As a jurist, Sid’s role is to write the conclusion for countless stories that quarreling co-authors simply cannot agree to end.
A university education laid the intellectual foundation for both men to do this work well. In addition to knowledge of their respective crafts, they needed broad knowledge in mathematics, technology, the sciences and the humanities, depending on the story du jour. What they didn’t know, they had to teach themselves. They honed all those abilities at a Montana university.
Like most Renaissance men, both can go nerdy on you. Who but Chuck Johnson would gush about this estate-sale “find” — the three-volume transcripts of a U.S. Senate subcommittee inquiry into clearcutting practices on national timberlands? And who but Sid Thomas would spend months painstakingly researching which ballpark seats would offer the best opportunity for a boy to catch a foul ball at a Giants game?
Both men care deeply about their profession and nurture the people who practice it. Colleagues regard them with respect, trust and gratitude.
Finally, both men love Montana. Chuck Johnson is a walking encyclopedia on the subject. Writing the first draft of Montana’s last half-century has never been enough for him. He’s deeply immersed in all the other drafts too.
As for Sid Thomas, although his court meets in San Francisco, he’s accumulated some 2.5 million frequent flyer miles in the last 26 years to raise his children as he was raised — in a Montana town, attending Montana schools and a Montana university.
The success of both men is measured not in the accumulation of wealth but in contributions to the public good. Their success is our success. Back in the day, Montana taxpayers paid the lion’s share of the cost of the university education that was their ticket to ride. Because we did, both graduated without the crushing debt that now forces so many students to seek more lucrative employment elsewhere.
On May 13, over 2,250 graduates in sapphire robes and saffron caps listened to one of these two hero tales before setting off to write their own. I’m confident their tales, too, will inspire others someday. Cock-eyed optimism? Consider this: I know a boy who sat in a carefully researched seat at AT&T Stadium and caught not just one foul fly, but two! With the right preparation, good things just come your way.
Congratulations to all Montana’s new college graduates. May only good things come your way.
Mary Sheehy Moe retired as Deputy Commissioner of Higher Education in 2010. Since then she has been a school board trustee, a state senator, and a city commissioner in Great Falls. She writes from Missoula. | https://mtstandard.com/opinion/columnists/mary-sheehy-moe-hero-tales/article_299baf8e-12db-5869-9076-7e4a4206d069.html | 2022-05-23T13:38:06Z | https://mtstandard.com/opinion/columnists/mary-sheehy-moe-hero-tales/article_299baf8e-12db-5869-9076-7e4a4206d069.html | true | 2 |
16 historic properties designated as landmarks during Palm Beach winter season
With a bigger budget to work with, landmarks consultants Emily Stillings and Janet Murphy studied nearly two dozen of the town's historic properties for potential landmark designation this season.
Of those, 16 were approved for designation by the Town Council, Stillings told the Landmarks Preservation Commission at its meeting Wednesday.
During a presentation to commissioners, Stillings said the town researched and wrote 23 designation reports during the landmark-designation season, which runs from November to May. Another six properties that were deferred from last season also were reviewed for potential designation, Stillings said.
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Stillings and Murphy were given the green light last year by the Town Council to double the number of properties they approved to study for potential designation.
"Typically, the town's budget has allowed for the study of approximately 10 properties a year," Stillings said. "This last fiscal year, which started in October, they increased the budget to allow for the study of approximately 20 structures. We were able to write reports for 23 properties."
Combined with deferrals from last season, Stillings and Murphy studied a total of 29 structures, with 18 being approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The Town Council approved 16 of those for official designation, with the final three of those properties earning approval at the council's May 12 meeting.
Those structures are: 137 Kings Road; 300 Clarke Ave.; 425 Seabreeze Ave.; 215 Seaspray Ave.; 12 Lagomar Road; 1568 S. Ocean Blvd.; 250 Algoma Road; 266 Atlantic Ave.; 4 Ocean Lane; 287 Pendleton Ave.; 215 Mediterranean Road; 345 Pendleton Lane; 200 Algoma Road; 4 S. Lake Trail; 357 Crescent Drive; and 2155 Ibis Isle Road.
Eleven other properties were deferred until next season at the owners' request, Stillings said.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission recommends buildings for landmark protection to the council each year, and also considers development applications for historically significant buildings. This designation was created to discourage owners from tearing down older houses that aren’t landmarked, but still contribute to the charm and character of their neighborhoods.
For a building to qualify as historically significant, it must be at least 50 years old; located within a designated historic conservation district approved by the council; and meet at least one of four criteria as determined by a town expert in historic preservation.
Since the historically significant building program was created in August 2020, 37 properties have been studied for designation, Stillings said. Of those, 35 have been approved.
Historically significant buildings, like landmarked buildings, are exempt from flood-elevation Florida Building Code requirements. But there are several key distinctions between the two categories of buildings.
They include:
• Designation as a historically significant building can only be requested by the property owner.
• Designation of historically significant buildings is determined by the historical preservation planner for the town, with assistance from the town's landmarks consultant, Murphy Stillings LLC.
• Proposed projects for historically significant buildings are reviewed under guidelines for the landmarks board, but are not held to the same standards as a landmarked property.
• Outside of preserving the historic character of a property, neighborhood and town, the only incentive available for historically significant buildings is relief from the requirement to elevate an existing building in a flood-prone area when renovation costs exceed 50 percent of the approved value of the property.
• Historically significant buildings are not protected from demolition. Proposals for all demolitions are reviewed by the architectural commission.
Additionally, proposed projects on historically significant buildings must meet federal Interior Department standards for rehabilitating historic properties.
Landmarked properties are not subject to those standards unless they are part of a tax abatement project. More than 350 landmarked properties, sites and vistas are protected under the town's Historic Preservation Ordinance.
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Company Strategically Expands to One of Realtor.com's Top Housing Markets for 2022
CHICAGO, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Western, the largest national private source of distressed residential investment properties, announced today the opening of its first office in Illinois. This most recent geographic expansion to the Windy City is New Western's 43rd office location and its 19th state. Realtor.com lists Chicago as one of the Top Housing Markets Positioned for Growth in 2022.
"Chicago is the third-largest city in America and is a rapidly growing market. This is a big milestone and important market in our nationwide expansion with our latest office opening in the Prairie State," said Kurt Carlton, co-founder and president of New Western. "Providing affordable housing, especially in large markets like Chicago, is vital. When we help bring distressed properties back to the market, it's up to 31% less expensive than a new construction home. We pride ourselves on being specialists in providing exclusive inventory for real estate investors to evaluate and purchase in a matter of days and believe our presence in Chicago will positively impact the community."
New Western brings market insight and an exclusive marketplace with distressed investment property inventory to help real estate investors acquire fixer-upper properties. The company's agents are helping to address the affordable housing crisis by revitalizing distressed homes across the U.S., with nearly three million aged properties in the Chicago area alone, and 87.7% of them built before 2001.
Richard Randall is the general manager (GM) and managing broker leading the new Chicago office, located at 1 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 300, in Westchester. As GM, Randall is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and leading his team to revitalize $543 million in residential properties in the Chicago market over the next five years.
"There is a disconnection in Chicago between what investors need and the properties that are available. Our business model works incredibly well in this environment," said Randall. "Investors are hungry for properties that are ideal for fixing and flipping, and our agents are the conduit that uncovers these gems."
Randall began his career with New Western in 2015 in its Fort Worth office as a sales agent and quickly moved his way up, becoming an acquisition agent, then sales manager. In 2019 the company asked him to open its new Kansas City office and serve as its GM and managing broker.
New Western is the largest private source of investment properties in the nation. Since 2008, New Western has bought and sold nearly $12 billion in residential real estate.
New Western makes real estate investing more accessible for more people. Operating in most major cities, our marketplace connects more than 100,000 local investors looking to rehab houses with sellers. As the largest private source of investment properties in the nation, we buy a home every 13 minutes. New Western delivers a new opportunity for all—a fresh start for sellers, exclusive inventory for investors, and affordable housing for buyers. For more information, visit www.newwestern.com.
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7 die in Philippine ferry fire; over 120 rescued from water
A ferry carrying more than 130 people caught fire in the northeastern Philippines on Monday, killing seven passengers and forcing many survivors to jump into the sea where they were rescued by other vessels.
The fire rapidly spread from the engine room to the upper passenger deck of the M/V Mercraft 2 while it was approaching a port in Real, town administrator Filomena Portales said. It had been en route to the town in Quezon province from Polillo Island.
Many of the 134 passengers and crew jumped into the water and were plucked from the sea by motorboats and cargo vessels, coast guard officials said.
"Fishing boats and other vessels were able to approach quickly and everybody helped, so the rescue was fast," Portales said by telephone, adding that many of those rescued were in shock and had to be treated for burns and bruises and given dry clothes and shoes.
Pictures released by the coast guard showed fire engulfing the ferry and dark smoke billowing from it. Injured survivors on stretchers were taken to waiting ambulances while a rescuer tried to revive an unconscious survivor by pressing on his chest.
The coast guard said everyone on the ferry had been accounted for and 24 people who were injured were taken to a hospital.
Portales said seven passengers died from burns and drowning and one possibly had a heart attack while floating in the water.
Investigators were looking into the fire, and other ferries operated by the owner of Mercraft 2 would likely be suspended from operating while undergoing safety inspections, officials said. The wreckage was towed to shore in Real.
Sea accidents are common in the Philippine archipelago because of frequent storms, badly maintained boats, overcrowding and weak enforcement of safety regulations. In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
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Newest Mother Cruncher Sandwich Now Available at Limited Locations
TAMPA, Fla., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Checkers & Rally's, an iconic and innovative drive-thru restaurant chain known for its bold and flavorful food at an exceptional value and its people-first attitude, brings the (Brew)house down with its Mother Cruncher chicken sandwich that infuses both bacon and beer cheese flavor sauce for that party-in-your-mouth taste.
Now available for a limited time, Checkers & Rally's new Bacon Brewhouse Mother Cruncher features a crispy all-white meat chicken breast topped with its new savory beer cheese flavor sauce topped with real bacon pieces, two strips of smoky bacon, spicy pickles and crispy onion tanglers served on a toasted bakery-style bun – all for $5.99.
"Look no further if you're ready to be blown away by our newest chicken sandwich with no equal," said Ryan Joy, Senior Director of Development at Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. "While the sandwich is made complete with beer cheese flavor sauce, we assure everyone it's safe to enjoy in our drive-thru behind the wheel. The only thing you might be under the influence of is the crazy amount of flavor found in every bacon-infused bite."
The Bacon Brewhouse Mother Cruncher pairs perfectly with Checkers & Rally's Famous Seasoned Fries, recognized as the #1 Most Craveable Fries in America*. The new burger can also be ordered as part of a small, medium or large combo meal, which includes fries and a drink.
For more information, hours of operation, or to find a Checkers or Rally's location near you, please visit www.checkers.com.
*Technomic Ignite Consumer Data (2020), published by Restaurant Business.
About Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.
Based in Tampa, Fla., Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc., an iconic and innovative drive-thru restaurant chain known for its bold, craveable food, famous fries, exceptional value, and people-first attitude, operates and franchises both Checkers® and Rally's® restaurants. With 850 restaurants and room to grow, Checkers & Rally's is a proven brand with flexible building formats that is aggressively expanding across the country. Checkers & Rally's is dedicated to being a place where franchisees and employees who work hard can create opportunities for themselves, their families, and their communities. In recent years, the brand has earned several of the industry's most prestigious awards including: "#1 Most Craveable Fries" by Restaurant Business 2020 and 2018; Best Franchise Deal and "Best Drive-Thru in America" by QSR Magazine; Top Food and Beverage Franchise by Franchise Business Review; the "Hot! Again" award from Nation's Restaurant News and has consistently been ranked on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500.
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Company Strategically Expands to One of Realtor.com's Top Housing Markets for 2022
CHICAGO, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New Western, the largest national private source of distressed residential investment properties, announced today the opening of its first office in Illinois. This most recent geographic expansion to the Windy City is New Western's 43rd office location and its 19th state. Realtor.com lists Chicago as one of the Top Housing Markets Positioned for Growth in 2022.
"Chicago is the third-largest city in America and is a rapidly growing market. This is a big milestone and important market in our nationwide expansion with our latest office opening in the Prairie State," said Kurt Carlton, co-founder and president of New Western. "Providing affordable housing, especially in large markets like Chicago, is vital. When we help bring distressed properties back to the market, it's up to 31% less expensive than a new construction home. We pride ourselves on being specialists in providing exclusive inventory for real estate investors to evaluate and purchase in a matter of days and believe our presence in Chicago will positively impact the community."
New Western brings market insight and an exclusive marketplace with distressed investment property inventory to help real estate investors acquire fixer-upper properties. The company's agents are helping to address the affordable housing crisis by revitalizing distressed homes across the U.S., with nearly three million aged properties in the Chicago area alone, and 87.7% of them built before 2001.
Richard Randall is the general manager (GM) and managing broker leading the new Chicago office, located at 1 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 300, in Westchester. As GM, Randall is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and leading his team to revitalize $543 million in residential properties in the Chicago market over the next five years.
"There is a disconnection in Chicago between what investors need and the properties that are available. Our business model works incredibly well in this environment," said Randall. "Investors are hungry for properties that are ideal for fixing and flipping, and our agents are the conduit that uncovers these gems."
Randall began his career with New Western in 2015 in its Fort Worth office as a sales agent and quickly moved his way up, becoming an acquisition agent, then sales manager. In 2019 the company asked him to open its new Kansas City office and serve as its GM and managing broker.
New Western is the largest private source of investment properties in the nation. Since 2008, New Western has bought and sold nearly $12 billion in residential real estate.
New Western makes real estate investing more accessible for more people. Operating in most major cities, our marketplace connects more than 100,000 local investors looking to rehab houses with sellers. As the largest private source of investment properties in the nation, we buy a home every 13 minutes. New Western delivers a new opportunity for all—a fresh start for sellers, exclusive inventory for investors, and affordable housing for buyers. For more information, visit www.newwestern.com.
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Series will bring new, unmatched inventory to collectors - with 3D and animated interpretations of Sports Illustrated covers of iconic athletes like Wayne Gretzky
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eBay, a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world, announced the launch of a series of exclusive NFTs through a strategic partnership with OneOf, a premier green NFT platform for communities across music, sports, and lifestyle. Through this partnership, eBay combines its global reach and unmatched inventory – and OneOf's eco-conscious Web3 technology – to continue to bring a seamless experience that allows enthusiasts to buy and sell high passion and high value items with confidence.
"NFTs and blockchain technology are revolutionizing the collectibles space, and are increasingly viewed as an investment opportunity for enthusiasts," said Dawn Block, VP Collectibles, Electronics and Home at eBay. "Through our partnership with OneOf, eBay is now making coveted NFTs more accessible to a new generation of collectors everywhere. This builds upon our commitment to deliver high passion, high value items to the eBay community of buyers and sellers."
eBay's first-ever "Genesis" NFT Collection will feature 3D and animated interpretations of the iconic athletes featured on Sports Illustrated covers over the years, the first of which – available beginning today at eBay.com/oneofgretzkynft – features record-breaking Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.
"Forty years ago, I was grateful to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, it was a monumental moment in my life," says Wayne Gretzky, Sportsman of the Year. "I'm honored to bring this collectible experience to my hockey fans who have followed my career for decades."
The collection includes thirteen limited-edition digital collectibles as green, gold, platinum, and diamond tier NFTs, with up to 299 editions each in the green tier, to a highly coveted 15 editions only in the diamond tier. Priced for the everyday fan starting at $10, each NFT contains a 3D rendering or animation of Gretzky making a signature move on the ice. Throughout 2022, additional drops of OneOf's sports legends NFT series will take place in partnership with eBay, reinterpreting iconic Sports Illustrated covers in the era of Web3.
"We are excited to partner with eBay, the largest and most trusted e-commerce platform in the world, to introduce NFTs and the power of the blockchain to eBay's community of enthusiasts through a dynamic, user-friendly experience," said Lin Dai, CEO, OneOf. "You don't have to be a crypto expert to buy, sell, and collect NFTs. OneOf and eBay are bringing transformative Web3 technology to the next 100M non-crypto-native mass consumers."
The surge in the collectibles market has fueled this first-ever collaboration between eBay and an NFT seller. As a global commerce leader, eBay has connected its 142 million buyers and millions of sellers all over the world, bringing incredible inventory to enthusiasts and fostering new economic opportunities through community building. Its collaboration with OneOf is driven by the collective goal of maintaining an open marketplace and making high value collectibles more accessible.
A longtime leader in the collectibles space, eBay continues to introduce new tech capabilities and greater confidence to enthusiasts. In 2021, eBay introduced industry-leading tools including Price Guide and Collection and Image Scan. This year, eBay expanded its Authenticity Guarantee service to trading cards and soon will launch the eBay vault: a secure storage facility and digital marketplace for trading cards that will foster fractionalization and allow users to transfer ownership from seller to buyer in a matter of seconds, with no need to re-authenticate, or ship the item anywhere.
To shop the collection, visit eBay.com/oneofgretzkynft and follow the conversation with @eBayCollectibles on Instagram or @eBay on Twitter, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook.
About eBay
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) is a global commerce leader that connects people and builds communities to create economic opportunity for all. Our technology empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world, providing everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, California, eBay is one of the world's largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. In 2021, eBay enabled over $87 billion of gross merchandise volume. For more information about the company and its global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.
About OneOf
Deeply committed to a sustainable blockchain future, OneOf is an NFT platform that supports NFTs on multiple energy-efficient blockchains, to create sustainable, creator-and-fan-friendly experiences. Minting an NFT on OneOf's platform uses up to over 2 million times less energy than proof-of-work networks, and for its users, purchasing NFTs costs $0 in blockchain gas fees. OneOf aims to bring the next 100 million non-crypto-native fans into Web3 by removing the technical frictions and allowing fans to pay for their NFTs with credit/debit cards as well as major cryptocurrencies. Committed to diversity, over 80% of the collections featured on OneOf come from minority or female creators. In addition, OneOf donates portions of proceeds from every NFT collection to its artist or athlete partner's preferred charity.
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A man accused of murdering his mother and sister three years ago in a gruesome plot in the family’s Għaxaq home has been jailed for 36 years after admitting to killing them instead of undergoing trial.
Joseph Bonnici, now 41, murdered his mother Maria Lourdes and sister Angele on March 26, 2019, and then got back into bed.
Prosecutors had described in court how the accused had allegedly planned the double-murder down to the very last detail, building his own makeshift gun, complete with silencer and even bought a pressure washer to clean up the traces of his crime.
After shooting his relatives at close range, he later dumped their bodies in a field where they were unearthed by scene-of-crime officers.
The bodies, unrecognisable due to the injuries, had their bleeding heads wrapped in garbage bags.
All throughout the compilation of evidence, Bonnici pleaded not guilty.
Proceedings before the Magistrates’ Court were wrapped up and a bill of indictment was subsequently issued.
Even then, the accused had stuck to his not guilty plea and his lawyers filed preliminary pleas to the trial.
Bonnici stood accused of a series of offences including wilful homicide, unlicensed possession of a weapon, covering up the traces of the crime, and hiding the victims’ bodies.
However, following a plea bargaining exercise, the Attorney General and Bonnici’s lawyers filed a joint application before the Criminal Court, suggesting a term of 36 years imprisonment.
After taking note of that application and duly warning the accused of the consequences of his admission, the Court, presided over by Mr Justice Aaron Bugeja, declared Bonnici guilty and condemned him to a 36-year jail term.
He was also fined €18,909.91.
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The WSL Asia Qualifying Series will once again return to Indonesia's premier righthander in Lagundri Bay in Nias this year with the event being upgraded to a QS5000 event for both men and women in 2022. The Nias Pro QS5000 will take place from June 22 to 28 and is expected to attract over 120 competitors to the world famous wave. Like the Krui Pro, the Nias event will also play host to a Pro Junior event with points going to up and comers in the Asia region.
"Returning to such an iconic wave for a Qualifying Series event is really exciting for the World Surf League," said WSL APAC Tour Manger Ty Sorati. "Nias, and Lagundri Bay have so much history in world surfing and holding an event there further legitimises the pathway to the Challenger Series for the up and coming competitors in the region. We'd like to thank our partners at the Asian Surf Cooperative along with the Nias Government for their continued support."
With the event being co-sanctioned across the WSL Asia and the WSL Australia / Oceania regions, the 2022 Nias Pro is expected to attract over 120 of the best up and coming surfers from nearly 10 countries in the region. This will be of massive economic benefit to the region which has been severely affected by the lack of tourism due to the global pandemic.
Arya Subyakto, President of the Indonesia Surfing Federation (PSOI):
"Of course I'm very stoked that we are having not only one but two high level World Qualifying Series competitions here in Indonesia, the Nias Pro and the Krui Pro. After two plus years of not being able to have international events here, it's going to be a great opportunity for our Indonesian surfers to compete with a great field of international surfers at two iconic wave locations here in Indonesia. WSL events are always the best tools to use to promote the best surfing venues in the world, and I hope that our top Indonesian surfers can get the support they need to be able to travel to these events and participate in this great opportunity."
Tipi Jabrik, head of ASC had this to say about the event returning in 2022;
"Nias is one of the most famous righthanders in the world, and that is why the ASC is so excited to have this WSL QS5000 event as we know that many surfers are also excited to come, all the top pro's in the Asian and the Australia-Oceania regions including the Juniors. We hope that Nias will always be on the WSL tour map, as it's such an iconic wave and location, and we sincerely thank Pak Bupati Dr. Hilarius Duha and Ibu Anggreani Dachi for all their efforts and support to make this event happen again after more than two years of waiting. The ASC is proud to work with the government of South Nias and the WSL to make these QS events happen, and we're looking forward to having more great events in the future."
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News flash: You don't need a huge salary to retire a multimillionaire. Don't get me wrong -- amassing a $2 million nest egg isn't easy. If it were, everyone would be living the good life in retirement. But saving up an impressive nest egg is possible, and I'm going to tell you how.
First, know that you'll have to forgo some indulgences in your working life. This doesn't mean you can't eat out or subscribe to Netflix. But you will spend more conservatively than most people you know. And you might need extra resolve to listen politely to friends' stories of new cars, kitchen remodels, and tropical vacations.
The good news is that these roles will switch later in life. Stick to your wealth plan and you'll be living your best life in retirement. And the friends who were less disciplined about saving will likely have less freedom and security.
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If you can accept a more conservative lifestyle today for a richer one tomorrow, then let's get into the details of how to retire with $2 million on a $60,000 salary.
1. Contribute twice as much as everyone else
According to a study by Fidelity Investments, the average total contribution rate in workplace retirement accounts was 13.9% in 2021. That total includes the employee's paycheck deferrals plus employer matching contributions.
On your $60,000 salary, a 13.9% contribution equates to $8,340 annually or $695 monthly. That's a good contribution level, but it won't get you to the $2 million target. You must do more than the average -- specifically, you must double it.
This is easier when you have employer match to help you out. If you don't have employer match, the onus is on you to save the full 27.8% of your salary. If that feels impossible, create a budget to identify the maximum you can save. Something is better than nothing. And you can always raise your contributions later.
2. Invest in the market
Investing $1,395 monthly for most of your career should carry you to a $2 million nest egg. This assumes your investments grow in line with the stock market's historic annual average of 7% after inflation. It's reasonable to expect this return rate long-term from a broad market index fund, like the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (NYSEMKT: VOO).
To avoid extreme volatility, pair your equity index fund with a fixed-income fund that's more stable. If you're young, you might invest 10% of your contribution in fixed income. As you near retirement, gradually raise that percentage.
3. Don't overthink the timeline
According to a compound interest calculator (like this one), you'll reach the $2 million mark in about 33 years under the assumptions above.
Three decades is a long time to wait. It's so long that you can easily get discouraged and give up -- or not even start. You'll have to resist that line of thinking. Instead, focus on making your retirement contributions a habit. Commit to investing your $1,395 (or whatever amount) each month, no matter what.
4. Check in, but not too often
In the early years of this plan, it can be a mistake to check your account balance too often. Your wealth momentum takes time to build -- especially when the market's going through a rough patch. If you expect to see immediate results, you may be disappointed.
Checking in once or twice a year should be sufficient in the beginning. At those check-ins, compare your investment performance to the market average in the same period. If you're in a broad index fund, your returns should be similar to the market's returns. Any underperformance is likely related to high fund fees or high account fees.
High fees can be problematic in 401(k)s, especially if you work for a small company. You can move some of your investing to another account where the fees are lower -- but only do this after you've maxed out your employer match.
You should also double-check your asset mix regularly. As your equity fund grows in value, it will comprise an increasing percentage of your balance. The larger that percentage gets, the more volatility you'll see in your account. You may need to adjust periodically, by selling some of your equity fund and using it to buy more of your fixed-income fund.
This way to a $2 million retirement
The road to a $2 million retirement is long, but it's not super complicated. Invest a sizable percentage of your salary in the stock market monthly for the foreseeable future. Check in on your progress occasionally in the early years, and more often later. And keep the faith that you'll be rewarded amply for your efforts.
If your motivation to stick with your plan wanes, picture the retirement you want. See yourself living comfortably in your work-free years -- enjoying the great life you've created.
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Beshear: Kentucky posts its lowest-ever unemployment rate
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky posted its lowest-ever unemployment rate in April, offering more proof of the state's unprecedented economic momentum, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday. The state's seasonally adjusted, preliminary jobless rate fell to 3.9% in April, the Democratic governor said. It's the lowest rate ever recorded...
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Vodafone Idea launches international roaming packs as int'l travel resumes
Vi post-paid customers travelling to business and holiday destinations such as UAE, UK, USA, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Australia, Thailand, and Brazil can opt for Vi Unlimited International Roaming packs, starting from Rs 599 offering 24 hour validity to Rs 5999 pack that comes with 28 days validity. | https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/vodafone-idea-launches-international-roaming-packs-as-intl-travel-resumes/91743597 | 2022-05-23T13:55:09Z | https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/vodafone-idea-launches-international-roaming-packs-as-intl-travel-resumes/91743597 | true | null |
US Domestic News Roundup: U.S. Southern Baptists release scathing report on sexual abuse; Citing shootings, NY fund urges votes against Twitter and Meta directors and more
Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs.
U.S. Southern Baptists release a scathing report on sexual abuse
For decades, complaints of sex abuse by pastors and staff in the largest U.S. Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, were either ignored or covered up by top clergy, according to an internal report released on Sunday. The nearly 300-page report details how complaints were kept as "closely guarded secrets" within the church to avoid liability, "to exclusion of all other considerations," it said.
Citing shootings, NY fund urges votes against Twitter and Meta directors
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is calling for votes against directors at Twitter Inc and at Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc at their upcoming annual meetings, saying both companies failed to enforce their standards against harmful content including from a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. on May 14. In letters seen by Reuters and sent to each company's boards ahead of events both scheduled for May 25, Thomas DiNapoli, who oversees New York's pension fund, cited the companies did not remove video clips and screenshots of the shooter's Livestream, and his alleged racist manifesto, from their platforms.
First baby formula shipment arrives in U.S. from Europe
A military cargo plane carrying the first shipment of infant formula from Europe to help address a critical shortage in the United States landed in Indianapolis on Sunday, and the White House said a second flight had been arranged. A Feb. 17 recall by top baby formula maker Abbott Laboratories and the closing of its manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan during an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has created one of the biggest infant formula shortages in recent history for U.S. families.
Third possible case of monkeypox found in the U.S
Health authorities said they may have found a third case of the monkeypox virus in the United States and are running tests on a patient in South Florida to confirm if the person has contracted the disease, which is staging a rare outbreak outside of Africa. The case in Broward County, Florida, is "related to international travel," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Florida Department of Health said in a statement on Sunday, "and the person remains isolated."
White House weighs use of emergency diesel reserve to ease supply crunch
The White House is weighing an emergency declaration to release diesel from a rarely used stockpile in a bid to address a major supply crunch and blunt rising prices, an administration official said on Monday. U.S. President Joe Biden has declared that tackling inflation and high gas prices is the priority of his administration ahead of congressional elections in November. Republicans seeking to regain control of Congress have used the surge in prices to bludgeon Democrats.
Man fatally shot on New York City subway in latest random attack
A 48-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest while riding on a New York City subway car on Sunday in the latest in a series of random attacks in the city's transit system. The unidentified gunman fled when the train pulled into the next station, in Manhattan, and remained at large on Sunday night, Kenneth Corey, NYPD's chief of department, said at a news briefing.
U.S. Task Force to consider routine kidney disease screening
An influential U.S. panel has added screening for chronic kidney disease (CKD) to its list of preventive services under active consideration, the group's chair told Reuters, a move that could help identify patients eligible for new drugs that treat the disease earlier. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) last addressed the issue in 2012, finding insufficient evidence to assess routine screening for CKD in asymptomatic adults. That conclusion does not reflect the latest science and is now inactive, Dr. Carol Mangione, chair of the government-backed panel, said in an email.
Migrants in Mexico are dismayed by the continuation of U.S. border policy that restricts asylum
For thousands of migrants who have waited for months in northern Mexico, Monday was supposed to mark the moment when the U.S. government finally dropped a pandemic-era policy that has largely prevented them from seeking asylum in the United States.
Instead, May 23 marked the latest setback for many migrants, after a federal judge in Louisiana blocked U.S. authorities from lifting the sweeping policy, known as Title 42, which since March 2020 has empowered U.S. agents to quickly turn back over a million migrants to Mexico and other countries.
Factbox: Seven races to watch in Georgia, Alabama midterm primaries, Texas run-offs
Voters in Georgia and Alabama will pick candidates for the U.S. Congress and other offices in Tuesday primaries testing former President Donald Trump's power over his Republican Party ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Arkansas will also hold nomination contests while Texas will hold run-off elections for races that were unresolved in that state's March 1 primaries. Here are seven races to watch:
Democratic Senator Van Hollen says he has left the hospital after a minor stroke
Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Sunday that he had returned home after a minor stroke a week ago landed him in the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. "It's great to be back home after a long week. I'm grateful for the generous outpouring of support from everyone and the dedicated care I received from the team at GW," Van Hollen said in a post on Twitter.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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NHS mental health trust sets up food bank for staff
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A food bank has been set up by an NHS mental health trust over fears its staff are struggling with price rises.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) said it was "concerned about the impact of the cost of living crisis".
It said it had set up a food bank to support those "who may be struggling to afford increasing household costs including food and bills".
Other trusts in eastern England have also started similar initiatives.
NSFT provides mental health and learning disability care for people in more than 50 locations with main bases at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich, Wedgwood House in Bury St Edmunds and the Woodlands Unit in Ipswich.
A spokesman said it would "keep talking to our staff about how best we can support them and do everything we are able to to help".
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which covers Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans, said it was about to launch an Essentials Hub for staff and the local community which would provide food and necessities in an initiative led by the Watford and West Herts Chamber of Commerce and Sewa Day charity.
"We will ask people to pay what they can afford," it said.
It added that trust had provided a package of ongoing support to staff since the start of the pandemic, which included subsidised meals, free transport between sites, and access to wellbeing support and financial management advice.
Figures released last month by the Trussell Trust, which supports 1,200 food banks across the UK, showed food banks in its network provided more than 2.1 million food parcels to people in the past year - a 14% increase compared to the same period in 2019-20.
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Couple pleads not guilty to killing 4-year-old Euclid boy
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The man and woman accused in in the murder of a four-year-old Euclid boy were arraigned Monday in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
Dyneshia Anderson and Devin Hall each pleaded not guilty to the charges of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault and endangering children.
Euclid police said officers responded to the Parkside Gardens apartment complex in the 1400 block of East 260th Street on May 5 for an unresponsive child.
Musiah Wadud was pronounced dead later that day at a local hospital, said police.
A Cuyahoga County prosecutor said the little boy had over 100 marks on his body; including skull fractures, ligature marks in various stages of healing, numerous bruises and lacerations.
According to family, Anderson is Wadud’s aunt and Hall is her boyfriend. Anderson had legal custody of Wadud.
Both are being held on a $1 million bond at the Cuyahoga County Jail and will be back in court on May 27.
Police said three other children, who are 10 years old or younger, were removed from Anderson and Hall’s apartment for their safety.
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American music entrepreneur Norman Dolph, who produced and recorded Velvet Underground’s first studio album, has died at the age of 83. In a statement issued on Friday, Planetary Group confirmed that Dolph died on May 11 in New Haven, Connecticut, after a battle with cancer.
The statement read:
“Touring galleries with someone who knew most of the artists personally was a privilege few people are lucky enough to experience.”
Invisible Hands Music owner Charles Kennedy in a statement said:
“I will miss Norman greatly but his friendship and the wisdom he imparted along the way is an endless well that I will cherish forever.”
Norman Dolph produced and recorded the first album for Velvet Underground
Norman was working at Columbia Records in the late ‘60s and bought Studiotime. He supervised the recording and the remix of the album that went on to become The Velvet Underground & Nico. The album did not rise to fame instantly and was rejected by Dolph’s colleagues at Columbia Records.
The acetate on which the album was recorded was returned to Norman Dolph who gave it to artist Andy Warhol, who had discovered the band and later became their manager. The album later surfaced on eBay and was sold for over $20,000. It is one of the most expensive collectable discs in history.
The album later went on to become one of the most influential and critically acclaimed rock albums.
The tracks Norman recorded at the Scepter Record studios in New York included All Tomorrow’s Parties, European Son, Femme Fatale, Run Run Run, I’ll Be Your Mirror, and The Black Angel’s Death Song. The tracks ended up on the The Velvet Underground and Nico LP and were eventually released on Verve.
More about Norman Dolph
Norman Dolph was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 11, 1939. The polymath graduated from Yale with an electrical engineering degree in 1960, and moved to New York City. He led one of America’s first mobile discos in the ‘60s where he performed at midnight arts events after which he began his career in record labels.
Dolph began writing lyrics and publishing songs in 1972. He garnered two major chart recordings, including Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) performed by Reunion, and Stay the Night sung by Jane Olivor. Dolph also authored a column for a success magazine in the 1980s and 1990s. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-who-norman-dolph-early-velvet-underground-producer-dies-83 | 2022-05-23T14:00:37Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-who-norman-dolph-early-velvet-underground-producer-dies-83 | true | 1 |
Basketball Wives Season 10 returned last week, and fans can’t get enough of the show. After an intense premiere episode, the ladies return with a brand new episode this Monday on VH1.
The previous season ended in March 2021. The reality TV show is about the drama-filled lives of wives, former spouses, and girlfriends of professional and popular basketball players. The latest season promises to be filled with extra doses of entertainment, drama, fights, and lavish parties.
The cast of Basketball Wives Season 10 includes Shaunie O’Neal, Jackie Christie, Malaysia Pargo, Jennifer Williams, Brandi Maxiell, DJ Duffey, Angel Brinks, Brittish Williams, Brooke Bailey, Nia Dorsey, and Noria Dorsey-Taggart.
When will Basketball Wives Episode 2 air?
Basketball Wives Season 10 Episode 2 is all set to air on Monday, May 23 at 8:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on VH1. Viewers can also watch the episode on Paramount Plus or on VH1’s website after it airs on the channel.
Those who don’t have the channel can opt for multiple TV service providers. Some of the most popular live streaming services include Sling, Fubo TV, DirecTV Stream, Philo, and YouTube TV.
What to expect from the new episode?
The second episode of Basketball Wives Season 10 promises to be an emotional rollercoaster. Brandi and Malaysia will be seen dealing with their fallout after three years of not speaking to each other.
The official synopsis of Basketball Wives Season 10 Episode 2 reads:
“Duffey finds herself torn between choosing her DJ career or family, while Brandi and Malaysia deal with the fallout from their former friendship in their own ways; Brooke hosts a fabulous party for her birthday.”
This season, Duffey's storyline will revolve around her decision to choose between her career and family. The description on the network’s website hinted at the possibility of a feud between Duffey and her fiancé Iman Shokuohizadeh.
The description reads:
“DJ Duffey has made her way back since Season 5 and is still engaged to basketball agent Iman Shokuohizadeh. After several tours with rap superstar French Montana, the new mom is faced with Iman's ultimatum to quit DJing and stay home. Will she choose family over career, or will her independence force a wedge between her and her fiancé?”
Only time will tell what the future holds for Duffey.
Episode 1 recap
Basketball Wives Season 10 premiered on Monday, May 16, on VH1 at 8.00 PM. It featured all the ladies under one roof, but not all were comfortable being in the same space.
The synopsis of the previous episode read:
“Jackie and Doug celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary, Angel shares exciting news with the ladies, and emotions run high when Malaysia and Brandi discuss their falling out.”
While Jackie and Doug walked down the aisle again to celebrate their 26 years of marriage, Angel shared that she was pregnant. Amidst the exciting news, a fight broke between Malaysia and Brandi.
The two were not on speaking terms for three years, so Brandi decided to talk to Malaysia in episode 1. As soon as their greetings were finished, Brandi asked the latter whether she knew that Brandi’s father Wolf passed away a month ago. Malaysia looked surprised and said no.
In response, Brandi stated that they had mutual friends, so Malaysia must know of Wolf's passing. As Brandi kept accusing Malaysia of lying, the latter left Jackie’s party. The two locked horns once again at Jackie’s get-together. The episode ended on a cliffhanger with the ladies fighting.
Viewers will find more details about their love-hate relationship in the upcoming episode. Basketball Wives Season 10 airs new episodes every Monday on VH1 at 8:00 PM ET. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-time-will-basketball-wives-season-10-episode-2-air-vh1-plot-release-date-reality-series | 2022-05-23T14:00:50Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/what-time-will-basketball-wives-season-10-episode-2-air-vh1-plot-release-date-reality-series | false | 1 |
Starbucks leaving Russian market
Published: May. 23, 2022 at 9:33 AM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
(AP) - Starbucks is pulling out of the Russian market.
In a memo to employees Monday, Starbucks said it decided to close its 130 stores and no longer have a brand presence in Russia. Starbucks said it will continue to pay its nearly 2,000 Russian employees for six months and help them transition to new jobs.
The stores are owned and operated by Alshaya Group, a Kuwait-based franchise operator.
Seattle-based Starbucks had suspended all business activity in Russia on March 8 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At least five people were killed when a 10-story commercial building still under construction collapsed Monday in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, state TV reported.
There were fears the casualty toll could be much higher as more than 80 people were still believed trapped under the rubble after the Metropol building toppled, burying shops and even some cars in the surrounding streets, the report said.
ٍEhsun Abbaspour, the Abadan regional governor, told state TV that there were 27 injured in the collapse on Amir Kabir Street, some in critical condition.
The report gave no reason for the collapse, which happened during a sandstorm, but the owner of the building as well as the project manager of the construction company that built it have been arrested.
People lined up at the local blood transfusion center to donate blood for the injured.
“I thought it was an earthquake at first,” said Ahmad, a shop owner in the neighborhood who gave only one name because he was not authorized to talk to the media. He said angry residents assaulted the city's mayor, Hossein Hamidpour, when he visited the scene.
Videos on social media showed angry protesters gathering at the site as rescue teams were still working to retrieve casualties and clear the rubble. Rescue workers from neighboring cities rushed to Abadan to help.
No further information was immediately available and authorities said the incident was under investigation.
The collapse reminded many of the 2017 fire and collapse of the iconic Plasco building in the capital of Tehran that claimed dozens of lives.
In 1978, a fire in Abadan's Rex movie theater killed hundreds. Abadan hosts the Middle East's oldest oil refinery, which went online in 1912. | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Building-collapse-kills-5-people-injures-many-in-17191904.php | 2022-05-23T14:06:36Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Building-collapse-kills-5-people-injures-many-in-17191904.php | false | 11 |
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