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HANGZHOU, China and SHAOXING, China, June 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis"), today announces the expansion of management team with appointment of Mr. John P. Gargiulo, former North America President and CEO of Daiichi Sankyo, as Chief Business Officer. Mr. John P. Gargiulo will lead Ascletis' corporate business development and alliance management in this new role and report to Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, PhD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
Mr. John P. Gargiulo has over 30 years of successful experience in marketing strategies, business integration and commercial operations in global pharma/biotech industry. He has held various senior positions with increasing responsibility for 18 years at Daiichi Sankyo, where he made a transformative contribution in driving Daiichi Sankyo's U.S. business from the very beginning to an established pharma when he served as North America President and CEO of Daiichi Sankyo.
"John is a veteran in our industry. His proven track record in business development and commercial operation will further strengthen our management team. We are very excited to have his on-board as Ascletis is advancing in the frontiers with a focus on viral diseases, NASH/PBC and oncology. Together with the collaborations we already built globally, this new appointment will further accelerate Ascletis' next stage of growth as we expect to launch multiple commercial products in the next three years," said Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, PhD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
"Ascletis has achieved an impressive growth under the leadership of Dr. Jinzi J. Wu. I'm very glad to join the management team, and expect to maximize the value of Ascletis through its robust pipeline and more strategic collaborations," said Mr. John P. Gargiulo, Chief Business Officer of Ascletis.
Mr. John P. Gargiulo earned an MBA Degree and graduated as Fuqua Scholar from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He graduated Magna cum Laude from Boston College with a Bachelor Degree of Economics.
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (HBV functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11(oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
For more information, please visit www.ascletis.com.
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WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, June 12, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
439 PM PDT Sun Jun 12 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Modoc
County through 515 PM PDT...
At 438 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles south of Alturas, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Alturas, Pepperdine Campground, Soup Spring Campground and Mill Creek
Falls Campground.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 299 in California between mile markers 35 and 40.
US 395 in California between mile markers 6 and 25.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4128 12071 4150 12066 4153 12022 4137 12013
4127 12012 4121 12007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 275DEG 43KT 4137 12059
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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(AP) – An Ohio couple climbed through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol and livestreamed a video of themselves inside. A Texas mortgage broker posed for a selfie in front of rioters breaching the building. An Indiana hair salon owner celebrated on Facebook a day after she joined the pro-Donald Trump mob.
Federal prosecutors did not seek prison time for any of them after they pleaded guilty to petty offenses for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
The judge had other ideas.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan put them all behind bars, describing it as the appropriate punishment for their participation in the riot that halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, sent lawmakers running for their lives and left dozens of police officers beaten and bloodied.
As the number of people sentenced for crimes in the insurrection nears 200, an Associated Press analysis of sentencing data shows that some judges are divided over how to punish the rioters, particularly for the low-level misdemeanors arising from the attack.
“We’re asking judges to do what they think is right, and they don’t agree on what’s right,” said Greg Hunter, a lawyer defending several Jan. 6 defendants.
A House committee that held it first public hearing on Thursday cast a wide net in its investigation of the insurrection, examining how President Trump and his allies tried to undermine the election results. So far, the Justice Department’s criminal investigation has focused primarily on the hundreds of Trump supporters who broke through police barricades, shattered windows, attacked officers and stormed into the Capitol.
Chutkan, a former assistant public defender who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama, has consistently taken the hardest line against Jan. 6 defendants of any judge serving on Washington’s federal trial court, which is handling the more than 800 cases brought so far in the largest prosecution in Justice Department history.
Chutkan has handed out tougher sentences than the department was seeking in seven cases, matched its requests in four others and sent all 11 riot defendants who have come before her behind bars. In the four cases in which prosecutors did not seek jail time, Chutkan gave terms ranging from 14 days to 45 days.
Overall, the 20 judges who have sentenced riot defendants have given lighter sentences than prosecutors were seeking in nearly three-fourths of the cases. The judges have exceeded prosecutors’ recommendation for about only 10% of the defendants, according to AP’s analysis.
Most judges — appointed by presidents of both political parties — have gone easier on defendants than prosecutors wanted in most or all of their cases so far. While some judges have sentenced few Jan. 6 defendants, no other judge besides Chutkan has exceeded prosecutors’ recommended punishment in most of the cases assigned to them.
“Depending on the judge you get, the same facts could get you anything from probation to months in jail,” said Hunter, the defense lawyer. “When you can literally look at who the judge is, who has been assigned to a case, and know that every defendant is going to get more time or less time because of the judge they drew … that doesn’t promote respect for the law,” he added.
In one case, two friends from Indiana, Dona Sue Bissey and Anna Morgan-Lloyd, both pleaded guilty to the same misdemeanor offense for engaging in essentially the same conduct inside the Capitol. Prosecutors did not seek jail time for either, noting their lack of a criminal record.
Chutkan sentenced Bissey to 14 days in jail. A different judge sentenced Bissey’s friend to probation.
While Judge Royce Lamberth did not send Morgan-Lloyd to jail, he has also been among the toughest judges on defendants. In one case, Lamberth, who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan, gave a Pennsylvania man two months behind bars for a misdemeanor when prosecutors were seeking only two weeks.
More than 300 people have pleaded guilty in connection with the insurrection to crimes ranging from misdemeanors to felony seditious conspiracy. Five others have been convicted at trial. A judge decided two other cases without a jury, acquitting one defendant and partially acquitting the other.
The Jan. 6 cases pose a unique challenge for judges in that even though the riot was unlike anything the country has seen before, hundreds of people were charged only with misdemeanors such as illegal entry that typically do not land first-time offenders behind bars.
Some judges have criticized prosecutors for what they see as disparities in prosecutors’ charging decisions across the cases and their recommendations for punishment. Chief Judge Beryl Howell, an Obama nominee, has sharply questioned whether prosecutors are letting some rioters off too easy with misdemeanor plea deals even as they describe the insurrection as an attack on democracy.
To be sure, every case and defendant is different. Also, judges must weigh a slew of factors, including the seriousness of the crime, the person’s criminal history, whether the defendant admitted guilt and showed remorse and what sentences similarly situated defendants have received in order to avoid unwarranted disparities.
In the case of a Maryland man who sprayed a fire extinguisher at officers defending the Capitol, prosecutors sought more than four years in prison.
But Judge Randolph Moss sentenced Matthew Ryan Miller to less than three years, noting that the man was just 22 years old on Jan. 6, 2021, was intoxicated when he stormed the Capitol and has shown remorse.
Before handing down the punishment, Moss said he believes judges have done a good job at ensuring the punishments are consistent while also weighing the individual factors of each case.
“When one looks at these sentencing decisions that have been made by this court across many judges, it’s remarkable how consistent sentencing has been,” said Moss, an Obama nominee. “When I see differences, I’m able to go back through the record and look at it and understand the basis for those differences.”
In case after case, Chutkan has expressed her belief that prison can be a powerful deterrent against the threat of another insurrection.
“Every day we’re hearing about reports of anti-democratic factions of people plotting violence, the potential threat of violence, in 2024,” she said before sentencing a Florida man who attacked police officers to more than five years behind bars — the longest sentence so far in the attack.
“It has to be made clear that trying to violently overthrow the government, trying to stop the peaceful transition of power and assaulting law enforcement officers in that effort is going to be met with absolutely certain punishment,” she said.
Of the more than 190 defendants sentenced so far, about 20 admitted to felony charges, including nine who assaulted police officers. The rest pleaded guilty to misdemeanors punishable by no more than one year imprisonment. Prosecutors recommended prison terms in more than 70% of the cases. Judges have agreed to prison in about 45% of them, with terms ranging from nine days to more than five years.
In one case, prosecutors sought a month in prison for California bartender Kevin Cordon, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated by Trump, said jail time was not appropriate given his lack of criminal record.
“In my experience as a judge and former prosecutor, it’s almost unheard of for someone who is essentially a first-time offender to get jail time for a nonviolent misdemeanor,” McFadden said. “I think it’s important that I’m consistent in sentencing, not only compared with other judges in Jan. 6 cases but also with an eye to how misdemeanors are handled more generally outside of this politically fraught event.”
McFadden has condemned the Jan. 6 riot as a “national embarrassment,” while also suggesting that the Justice Department was being too hard on those who broke into the Capitol compared with the people arrested during racial injustice protests following George Floyd’s 2020 murder.
Without naming her colleague, Chutkan slammed McFadden’s suggestion days later.
“People gathered all over the country last year to protest the violent murder by the police of an unarmed man. Some of those protesters became violent,” Chutkan said during an October hearing.
“But to compare the actions of people protesting, mostly peacefully, for civil rights, to those of a violent mob seeking to overthrow the lawfully elected government is a false equivalency and ignores a very real danger that the Jan. 6 riot posed to the foundation of our democracy.”
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Shoppers Say This Jelly Cleanser Is a ‘Holy Grail’ Product for Hormonal Acne
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Many of Us deal with different forms of acne, but for the majority of shoppers, hormonal acne tends to be the biggest problem. It's actually the most common skin issue according to the Cleveland Clinic , with nearly 80% of the population experiencing it at one point or another. These pimples may pop up during a certain time of the month for women, or because of increased stress that may cause the clogging of pores .
This influx of excess oil can be hard to manage, but it can be far easier when you have the right skincare routine set up. Shoppers say that if you want to keep hormonal acne at bay, this cleanser from Hero Cosmetics may be able to completely transform your skin!
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Julie Allemand played her final game in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball season with Lyon Asvel Feminin on June 4. Six days later, she was in Connecticut to play for the Sky.
In her debut, Allemand played only seven minutes but was able to grab two rebounds.
In the two days she spent with her new team before the Sky’s 88-86 win over the Liberty on Sunday in New York — sealed with Courtney Vandersloot’s three-pointer with 0.9 seconds left — she completed workouts and studied film but did not participate in a full practice.
“She’s been studying our plays for the last six to eight weeks, she just hasn’t been here,” Sky coach/general manager James Wade said. “She had just gotten off the plane for the Connecticut game. When we went to her in the second half of that game, I thought she ran us pretty well.”
In her first two games, Allemand has been playing behind Courtney Vandersloot, despite Wade insisting before Allemand arrived that he would use the two guards in tandem. Against the Liberty, Wade played Allemand when he typically would use Dana Evans.
Allemand’s speed was on full display, but she wasn’t effective beyond managing the offense. Wade said it will take some time to get her acclimated, but finally having his entire 11-player roster together is critical for the team’s development.
Allemand finished with two points, one assist and one rebound in 11 minutes. Meanwhile, Evans didn’t see the floor until the third quarter and played just three minutes.
“I’m just glad we have 11 players that can play,” Wade said. “You can’t play 11 players. Playing time isn’t part of our lingo. We’re going to do what’s best for the team. Everyone’s bought into that.”
Emma Meesseman and Vandersloot each scored 20 points as part of double-doubles.
Vandersloot added 10 assists and six rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Meesseman had 11 rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks. Allie Quigley had 16 points, three assists and two rebounds. Kahleah Copper had 13 points.
“Making the extra pass, the right play [is something we emphasize],” Vandersloot said. “That’s our identity offensively.”
Defensively, the Sky struggled against the Liberty’s playmaking guards through three quarters, getting beat off the dribble with little help-side defense. Sabrina Ionescu had the fastest triple-double in WNBA history, accomplishing the feat by the end of the third quarter. She finished with 27 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists.
Trailing by six entering the fourth quarter, the Sky — who lead the league in fourth-quarter points — outscored the Liberty 29-21. Vandersloot had nine points and five assists in the fourth, including the game-winning basket.
“When you win games like this, you don’t feel great,” Wade said. “You feel good, but you feel like you have things to improve on. Those are the best lessons when you don’t have that sour taste of losing in your mouth, but you’re not satisfied because you know you could have won by more.” | https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky-and-wnba/2022/6/12/23164881/julie-allemand-putting-in-work-with-sky-as-she-makes-quick-turnaround-from-france | 2022-06-13T01:12:42Z | https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky-and-wnba/2022/6/12/23164881/julie-allemand-putting-in-work-with-sky-as-she-makes-quick-turnaround-from-france | false | 2 |
Thousands of Kiwi children who don't have their own bed to sleep in end up in hospital every year - and a leading New Zealand charity is worried the flu and continuing Covid-19 pandemic will only make it worse this winter.
Susan Glasgow, CEO of Variety - the Children's Charity, says one in 10 children in the poorest communities don't have their own bed, while every year 28,000 young Kiwis are hospitalised, many with respiratory illnesses caused by poor sleeping conditions.
"This year could be even worse," she says. "Our worry is this situation will be exacerbated because immunity to the flu may be lower in the community - and new strains of Covid may spread as the border re-opens."
To try and alleviate this crisis Variety has launched its winter appeal seeking to raise $400,000 for the Healthy Home Initiative (HHI) to provide new beds and bedding for 1100 kids who would otherwise have to sleep on the floor or share a bed.
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Advertise with NZME."This is double the number of children we helped last year," Glasgow says. "There is huge need out there and we could easily help twice as many as this. We are limited only by the amount of funding we receive."
She says many children are forced to share a bed with other family members or take turns at sleeping on the couch, the floor or a mouldy mattress.
"This makes them prone to contagious respiratory illnesses (such as pneumonia, bronchitis and strep throat) often leading to life-threatening illnesses like asthma and rheumatic fever," she says. "These frequently require hospital admissions for treatment. Ironically, it is in hospital they do get to be in a warm bed.
"If a child is sick or in hospital it can have a ripple effect with more days off school, more visits to the doctor. It also has an impact on their care-givers who may have to take days off work to look after them."
Glasgow says a bed and bedding pack (duvet cover, sheets and pillow-cases) costs $343 and a bunk with bedding pack $688. A bedding pack on its own is $80 and a blanket $45.
"We urgently need help because children in poverty bear the brunt of winter illnesses," she says.
Nik Gregg, co-founder of an HHI provider, Sustainability Options, says the partnership with Variety has made a massive difference for children and their families.
"The spread and impact of colds, flus, strep throat, skin infections and other illnesses are enhanced by close face contact which in turn is exacerbated by children and whanau sleeping in one location," he says.
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Advertise with NZME."New beds with new mattresses have not been populated by dust, dust mites, bacteria, dampness or mould spores and enable us to give children the best possible start to a healthy sleeping environment where they benefit from their own 'face space'.
"It's important that each family member have their own sleeping 'face space' when unwell so that illness cannot be easily transmitted," he says. "We do fear new versions of the flu that may be more free-ranging will greatly impact whanau."
Gregg says the social impact of having their own bed is also important to the safety, security and growth of a child.
"Beds are a wonderfully practical way of demonstrating we care and of providing children their own safe zone. The delight we see when a child has their own bed is truly heart-warming; it is something many of us take for granted but is hugely appreciated by those who don't have their own bed."
Glasgow says those who urgently need beds and bedding before winter include:
- Two little brothers who share a blanket and sleep on a particle board floor in a damp, cold room. Both have skin infections, constantly have colds and often complain about feeling damp. One brother has been in and out of hospital with recurring lung infections.
- Two children, one of whom sleeps with grandparents, the other on a broken bed with a mouldy mattress.
- A 14-year-old boy who has been sharing a trundle bed with his brother. The bed recently broke and he has since been sleeping on the floor in a shared room or in the lounge. His mother often finds him asleep sitting up on the floor.
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Ukraine must not be pressured into a bad peace deal, says UK PM Johnson
LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy must not be pressured by world powers into accepting a bad peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his top team of ministers on Tuesday.
At the cabinet meeting, British foreign minister Liz Truss also said London was readying further sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Johnson's spokesman told reporters.
Johnson, who survived a confidence vote brought by his lawmakers on Monday, told his ministers Britain would "remain at the forefront" of support for Ukraine, the spokesman added.
"He said it was vital that President Zelenskiy was not pressured into accepting a bad peace, noting that bad peace deals do not last. He said the world must avoid any outcome where Putin's unwarranted aggression appears to have paid off," the spokesman said.
Reporting by Alistair Smout, writing by Elizabeth Piper; editing by William James
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It had been when you find yourself she try doing psychology An effective-height you to Alison Graham came across Borderline Character Disease (BPD) for the first time.
“Two of my pals told you: ‘Never to getting imply, however, that it does appear to be you …’,” Graham remembers. Brand new teenager regarding Peterborough had sustained a particularly erratic adolescence: swift changes in moods, anger, self-destructive thoughts. She would become reducing by herself once the she is a dozen or thirteen. And from now on right here is her reputation – when you look at the a textbook.
Dilemmas got started very early. Graham says she is the child of a disappointed relationships, having a father exactly who ate and you can a mother or father whom suffered from despair. She is several whenever her dad remaining, 13 when the separation and divorce emerged compliment of. She been self-hurting, traveling into the feeling tantrums, blowing up relationships into slightest pretext. D fret.
She did well in her GSCEs, however, turned a lot more unstable during the sixth form, and flunked the lady A great-membership. Their first committing suicide sample arrived at the 18. “I experienced quite a lot of money to have my personal 18th birthday and fundamentally We consumed it,” she states. To your New Year’s Eve in 2018 she wound up in the AE. “I told you I happened to be planning to jump-off a creating, thus somebody called an enthusiastic ambulance.”
Immediately after which, immediately after numerous years of seeking accept the woman reputation, and you may searching for exactly what you to definitely standing was, a physician verified the woman suspicions. “She considered me personally and you will said ‘ever heard off BPD?’” She is delivered to possess an evaluation and you can detected in the February past 12 months.
Brand new mental health issues that stay in the brand new shadows
Perceptions on a number of intellectual ailments have been certainly switched regarding the set-up business for the past age bracket, since men and women have exposed about their depression and you will nervousness, advised by the trustworthiness of frank superstars.
In the tincture was a cluster away from problems that remain to face strong discrimination: schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and BPD. BPD particularly is amongst the minimal-known intellectual conditions, however, yet it’s among the many most difficult to help you think that have. (People dislike the term a whole lot that they like to refer in order to mentally unstable character disorder.)
The individuals inspired may go through dizzying highs and lows, and paranoia, impulsiveness, fixation, frustration, disastrous black colored-and-light considering, term drama and you can a failure to help you care about-relieve. Promiscuity, recklessness, self-ruin, drug abuse, broken dating and you can homelessness are typical area of the region.
Particular quotes place prevalence within https://sugardaddydates.net/sugar-daddies-canada/saskatoon/ around dos% of one’s populace, whether or not really metrics relating to the extent out of rational afflictions is calculate. A projected one out of 10 those with BPD get her lives – and you will a far huge cohort will attempt to take action.
Certain physicians trust what number of those with the issue may end up being broadening. Dr Ajeng Puspitasari, a great psychologist in the Mayo Infirmary for the Minnesota, states she is dealing with a lot more clients with BPD than simply she is a couple of years ago.
“Young adulthood is typically where symptoms may emerge,” she says. “Discover very common periods, persistent suicide ideation or effort. Enough clients have a problem with mind-burns off, burning, reducing. Of a lot struggle with habits, drug use, frantic operate to deal with the distress.”
A condition regarding the shadows: lifestyle with borderline personality disease
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Tin foil plays an important role in the kitchen - and the chances are you've been using it incorrectly for years, according to the Liverpool Echo. Used to wrap up food as well as in the cooking process, it can be invaluable, but a chef has pointed out that there is a right and a wrong way to use it.
Tom Kerridge left people surprised when he explained how to use it properly during a slot on TV. It made many people realise that they had been using it incorrectly.
Tom said: "There are two sides to tin foil - there's the shiny side and the not so shiny side. Always remember dull side up, shiny side down, it's the reflective side.
"That's going to reflect as much heat back as possible. Just cooks a little bit more efficiently."
After Tom explained the trick, people took to Twitter in surprise. One person said: "Shiny side down for tin foil!! Just literally said ‘I never knew that!’ out loud to the TV."
Another said: "Well, you learn something new every day. Today’s is that shiny side on tin foil goes towards food and dull side goes up. Not sure how I’ve got to 52 without knowing "
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SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, June 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high-quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that the results of high-dose cohorts in a phase 1 clinical trial of mazdutide (IBI362), a glucagon-like petide-1 (GLP-1) and glucagon receptor dual agonist, in Chinese adults with overweight or obesity are presented as an on-demand poster (ODP014) at ENDO 2022.
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multiple-ascending-dose study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04440345) evaluated the safety, tolerability and PK/PD characteristics of mazdutide in Chinese participants with overweight or obesity. Twelve participants in each of the five cohorts were randomized 2:1 to receive subcutaneous 1.0-2.0-3.0 mg (cohort 1), 1.5-3.0-4.5 mg (cohort 2), 2.0-4.0-6.0 mg (cohort 3), 2.5-5.0-7.5-10.0 mg (cohort 4) or 3.0-6.0-9.0 mg (cohort 5) mazdutide or placebo once weekly, with each dose level administered for 4 weeks. Each cohort of participants received administration for 12 weeks in total except that participants in cohort 4 received administration for 16 weeks.
- In cohort 1-3 (low-dose), mazdutide demonstrated favorable tolerability and a safety profile, with mean percent reduction from baseline in body weight of up to 6.4% for participants receiving mazdutide at week 12. Meanwhile, improvements in BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, lipid and serum uric acid were observed in participants receiving mazdutide. The results have been published in EclinicalMedicine1.
- Results of cohort 4 and 5 (high-dose) were firstly presented at ENDO 2022. The mean reduction (percent reduction) from baseline in body weight were 7.62 kg (9.5%) for participants receiving mazdutide at week 16 in cohort 4, and 9.23 kg (11.7%) for participants receiving mazdutide at week 12 in cohort 5. Four participants (50%) receiving mazdutide in each cohort achieved ≥10% weight loss and two (25%) receiving mazdutide in each cohort achieved ≥15% weight loss during the study. Improvements in BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, lipid and serum uric acid were similar with those observed in the low-dose cohorts.
- Mazdutide up-titrated to 10 mg and 9 mg showed a similar safety profile with that of low-dose cohorts. No participant discontinued the study due to adverse events. No dose adjustment of mazdutide was made. No serious adverse event was reported.
Professor Linong Ji, the Principal Investigator of the Study, Peking University People's Hospital, stated: "The obese population in China exceeded 100 million. Most patients failed to achieve weight loss goals by lifestyle intervention, underlying the urgent need for safe and highly efficacious weight loss treatments. We are delighted to see high-dose mazdutide showed a similar safety profile as low-dose mazdutide, while demonstrated more robust weight loss efficacy, as well as multiple benefits in metabolic parameters. High-dose mazdutide may offer bariatric surgery-equivalent weight loss and potentially provides an encouraging treatment option for patients with severe obesity. Based on the current data and R&D progress, I believe that mazdutide has the full potential to become an innovative anti-obesity drug buster. I am also confident that mazdutide will achieve a great success in the phase III clinical studies scheduled in the second half of this year. I hope that mazdutide can be approved and launched-to-market and benefit patients in the foreseeable future."
Dr. Lei Qian, Vice President of Clinical Development of Innovent, said "High-dose mazdutide showed favorable safety, tolerability, and robust efficacy on weight loss in Chinese adults with overweight or obesity. Mazdutide is the only molecule that achieve a 12-week weight loss by more than 11.5% among single-agent anti-obesity molecules approved or under development. This result demonstrates the superiority of GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonists over GLP-1 receptor mono-agonists in terms of weight loss efficacy. Meanwhile, this study further validated the multiple metabolic benefits offered by mazdutide to patients with overweight or obesity. We will continue to develop high-dose mazdutide in overweight or obesity and other potential indications and expect more exciting results."
1Ji L, Jiang H, An P, et al. (2021) IBI362 (LY3305677), a weekly-dose GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist, in Chinese adults with overweight or obesity: A randomised, placebo-controlled, multiple ascending dose phase 1b study. EClinicalMedicine 39: 101088. 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101088
China has the largest obese population in the world, with a gradual increasing trend. Obesity can lead to a range of complications or related diseases that impact life expectancy and lead to a decrease in quality of life. In more severely obese patients, the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain cancer increase significantly. Obesity is a chronic disease that requires long-term management, and there is a lack of long-term effective and safe treatments. Lifestyle intervention is the first choice and the most basic treatment for patients with overweight or obesity. However, a considerable number of patients cannot achieve the desired weight loss goal due to various reasons and may use medications. Traditional anti-obesity drugs are associated with limited weight-loss effects and safety concerns.
Innovent entered into a licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) for the development and potential commercialization of OXM3 (also known as IBI362, LY3305677 or mazdutide), a GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist, in China. In parallel, Lilly is developing OXM3 outside China. mazdutide is a long-acting synthetic peptide related to mammalian oxyntomodulin (OXM), which uses a fatty acid side chain to prolong the duration of action and allow once-weekly administration. Mazdutide is thought to exert its biological effects by activating GLP-1 receptor and glucagon receptor in human beings, which is estimated to improve glucose tolerance and induce weight loss, mimicking the effects of endogenous oxyntomodulin.
In addition to the effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on promoting insulin secretion, lowering blood glucose and reducing body weight, mazdutide may also increase energy expenditure and improve hepatic fat metabolism through the activation of glucagon receptor. The treatment of metabolic diseases by activating multiple metabolism-related targets simultaneously is currently the worldwide trend in drug development.
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent's mission is to develop, manufacture and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing and commercializing high-quality innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 32 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) , Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor) and olverembatinib (BCR-ABL TKI) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab), 2 asset under NMPA NDA review, 4 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 19 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with advanced talent in high-end biological drug development and commercialization, including many global experts. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hanmi and other international partners. Innovent strives to work with many collaborators to help advance China's biopharmaceutical industry, improve drug availability and enhance the quality of the patients' lives. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com. and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
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TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO®, and HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Eli Lilly). Cyramza® was discovered by Eli Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
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- This indication is still under clinical study, which hasn't been approved in China.
- Innovent does not recommend any off-label usage.
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Reality TV star, Mercy Eke, has replied those who keep critcising her decision to opt for plastic surgery to enhance her body shape, saying she has no regret working on her body and going under the knife to give herself the “right shape.”
The winner of the BBNaija ‘Pepper Dem’ Season 4 has been subjected to online bashing in the last few days with online trolls after the death of one Port Harcourt big girl who was said to have died of alleged botched plastic surgery.
Despite heavy criticisms from some of her followers, Eke is not bothered as she maintained that “I am responsible for my life and I am not answerable to anyone trying to demonise me.” Eke insisted that many people who criticise her do worse things that don’t get to the public domain.
While some celebrities condemned the act of body enhancement which is now common, Eke said those who spoke against it were entitled to their opinion, insisting that she opted for plastic surgery because she needed to put her body in the right shape so that she could sell her fashion brand.
The reality TV star, who has been in the limelight for more than three years maintained that: “I did it for myself. I did it to enhance my confidence. I wanted to look good in what I wear. I’m into fashion. I have to have a certain type of body for myself.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/i-dont-regret-opting-for-plastic-surgery-mercy-eke-replies-critics/ | 2022-06-13T01:36:54Z | https://tribuneonlineng.com/i-dont-regret-opting-for-plastic-surgery-mercy-eke-replies-critics/ | false | 1 |
SUZHOU, China, and ROCKVILLE, MD, June 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that it has released results from a Phase I study of the company's novel Bcl-2-selective inhibitor lisaftoclax (APG-2575) in Chinese patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r NHL) at the 2022 European Hematology Association Hybrid Congress (EHA 2022).
The EHA Congress is the largest gathering of the hematology field in Europe. It showcases the most cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art innovative therapies, attracting over 10,000 clinical experts and researchers from more than 100 countries every year.
The data presented at this year's EHA Congress show that lisaftoclax was well tolerated at doses of up to 800 mg/day, without evidence of tumor lysis syndrome (TLS). In addition, lisaftoclax demonstrated preliminary efficacy in a range of relapsed/refractory hematologic malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), marginal zone lymphoma (MZL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and T-cell NHL, having achieved 4 complete responses (CRs) and 8 partial responses (PRs) in 32 efficacy evaluable patients.
In the 11 efficacy evaluable patients with CLL (all of whom were heavily pretreated and had failed prior therapies such as chemoimmunotherapies and Bruton's tyrosine kinase [BTK] inhibitors, and the majority had at least 1 type of adverse prognostic factors such as 17p deletion/TP53 mutation), there were 8 efficacy evaluable patients in cohorts received 200 mg or higher doses, including 3 CRs and 4 PRs, thus demonstrating an ORR of 87.5%. In the 6 efficacy evaluable patients with MCL, the ORR was 33.3% (1 CR). In the 4 efficacy evaluable patients with MZL, the ORR was 50%. In the 3 efficacy evaluable patients with T-cell NHL, the ORR was 33.3%.
Lisaftoclax is a novel, orally administered small-molecule Bcl-2-selective inhibitor being developed by Ascentage Pharma to treat hematologic malignancies and solid tumors by selectively blocking the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 and hence restoring the normal apoptosis process in cancer cells. Lisaftoclax is the first Bcl-2 inhibitor developed and entering clinical development in China, and is also the second such agent entering pivotal trials globally. Lisaftoclax is being studied in multiple clinical studies encompassing a range of solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, and has shown high clinical potential.
Dr. Yifan Zhai, Chief Medical Officer of Ascentage Pharma, commented, "Lisaftoclax is a key drug candidate in Ascentage Pharma's apoptosis-targeted pipeline. It has shown favorable tolerability and efficacy in multiple clinical studies in patients with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies. The drug candidate's therapeutic potential was further validated by the data released at EHA 2022. We will press ahead with the clinical development of lisaftoclax in efforts to bring a much-needed new treatment option to patients."
Highlights of this abstract on lisaftoclax are as follows:
Preliminary Results of a Phase 1 Study of Novel Bcl-2 Inhibitor Lisaftoclax (APG-2575) in Chinese Patients (pts) with Relapsed or Refractory (r/r) Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas (NHLs)
Abstract: #P1106
Highlights:
- This multicenter, single-agent, Phase I trial consists of a dose escalation and a dose expansion and is the first-in-human study of lisaftoclax in adults with R/R NHL in China. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and preliminary efficacy of lisaftoclax in Chinese patients with R/R NHL.
- Patients were dosed with lisaftoclax orally once daily in 28-day cycles. A daily ramp-up schedule was used in patients with CLL or NHL with medium/high-risk TLS.
- As of January 1, 2022, 40 patients had been treated with lisaftoclax (dose range 20-800 mg), including 20 who remain in the trial. NHL subtypes included: 12 CLL, 9 follicular lymphoma (FL), 7 MCL, 4 MZL, 4 T-cell lymphoma, 2 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and 2 Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
- With a median treatment duration of 4 cycles, 4 of 32 evaluable patients achieved CR and 8 achieved PR, resulting in an ORR of 37.5%. In the 11 evaluable patients with CLL, the ORR was 63.6%, the CR rate was 27.3%, and the PR rate was 36.4%. In patients with CLL treated at doses ≥ 200 mg, the ORR was 87.5%. In the 6 evaluable patients with MCL, 1 patient achieved CR and 1 achieved PR. In the 4 evaluable patients with MZL, 2 achieved PR. In the 3 evaluable patients with T-cell NHL, 1 achieved PR.
- Lisaftoclax was generally well tolerated. Most treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were grade 1-2 (67.5%). Dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and laboratory/clinical TLS were not observed in any of the dose cohorts, and there were no dose-reduction or discontinuation due to intolerance.
Conclusions:
Lisaftoclax showed promising antitumor activity and favorable responses in subtypes of NHL including CLL/SLL, MZL, MCL, T-cell NHL. In addition, lisaftoclax demonstrated a favorable safety profile, with no TLS or DLT observed during the dose ramp-up from 20 mg - 800 mg/day.
About Ascentage Pharma
Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK) is a globally focused biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B, and age-related diseases. On October 28, 2019, Ascentage Pharma was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code 6855.HK.
Ascentage Pharma focuses on developing therapeutics that inhibit protein-protein interactions to restore apoptosis, or programmed cell death. The company has built a pipeline of eight clinical drug candidates, including novel, highly potent Bcl-2, and dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors, as well as candidates aimed at IAP and MDM2-p53 pathways, and next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Ascentage Pharma is also the only company in the world with active clinical programs targeting all three known classes of key apoptosis regulators. The company is conducting more than 50 Phase I/II clinical trials in the US, Australia, Europe, and China. Olverembatinib, the company's core drug candidate developed for the treatment of drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), was granted Priority Review status and a Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and is already approved for the indication. In addition, olverembatinib was also granted an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and a Fast Track Designation (FTD) by the US FDA, and an Orphan Designation by the EU. To date, Ascentage Pharma has obtained a total of 15 ODDs, 2 FTDs, and 2 Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designations from the FDA and 1 ODD from the EU for four of the company's investigational drug candidates. Ascentage Pharma has been designated for multiple Major National R&D Projects, including 5 National Major New Drug Discovery and Manufacturing projects, 1 New Drug Incubator status, 4 Innovative Drug Programs, and 1 Major Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
Leveraging its robust R&D capabilities, Ascentage Pharma has built a portfolio of global intellectual property rights and entered into global partnerships with numerous renowned biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and research institutes such as UNITY Biotechnology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Merck, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer. The company has built a talented team with global experience in discovering, developing, launching, and commercializing innovative drugs and is setting up world-class commercial manufacturing and Sales & Marketing teams. One pivotal aim of Ascentage Pharma is to continuously strengthen its R&D capabilities and accelerate its clinical development programs, in order to fulfil its mission of addressing unmet clinical needs in China and around the world for the benefit of more patients.
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The so-called “deadlock” over resolving the global food crisis is just as artificially manufactured as its origins since Kiev has now officially declared that it won’t resume wheat exports by sea to the Global South unless it receives anti-ship missiles first.
Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar officially demanded weapons in exchange for resuming wheat exports by sea in what amounts to the blatant blackmailing of the Global South in the midst of the artificially manufactured food crisis.
He said that “Effective security guarantees are required for maritime shipments to resume. These guarantees must be provided through the supply of appropriate weapons to Ukraine to protect its coasts from maritime threats and the involvement of the navies of third countries in protecting the relevant part of the Black Sea.” This comprehensively debunks the US-led Western Mainstream Media’s (MSM) fake news that Russia is the one that’s supposedly holding the Global South hostage by allegedly blockading Ukrainian ports.
The background context is that Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya already explained the artificially manufactured origins of the global food crisis late last month. In short, he blamed it on the economic consequences caused by the West’s response to COVID (particularly with respect to spiking inflation and influencing food demand); Ukraine’s mining of its own ports; and the anti-Russian sanctions.
President Putin later reiterated these causes in a TV interview that he gave a little over a week later on the same day that he met with Macky Sall, the Chairman of the African Union. His guest extended credence to the Kremlin’s explanation by declaring that “Anti-Russia sanctions have made this situation worse and now we do not have access to grain from Russia, primarily to wheat.”
All the while and in spite of the artificially manufactured origins of the food crisis that lie entirely beyond Russia’s control, Moscow has been doing its utmost to encourage Kiev to at the very least resume its wheat exports to the Global South. To that end, it proposed four potential corridors: the Azov Sea; the Black Sea; overland through Belarus en route to Baltic ports; and across Western Europe. Suffice to say, Kiev has flat-out refused to employ any of these means, though it’s also worth noting that Nebenzya mentioned in his speech late last month that Russia has “reasonable suspicions” to believe that Kiev is exporting wheat to those Western European countries that already have copious reserves of this commodity in exchange for arms exactly as happened with the Central Powers near the end of WWI.
This suggests that the EU is stockpiling wheat that it doesn’t even need in order to keep it off the global market, perhaps in order to later “reward” compliant governments across the Global South with a few scraps in exchange for them offering it privileged access to their natural resources that the bloc is scrambling to replace from Russia after the US coerced it into unilaterally “decoupling” from that country. Be that as it may, Kiev could still in theory simply export its wheat via the newly Russian-controlled Azov Sea but refuses to do so unless it receives anti-ship missiles. The reason why it’s making that demand at this particular moment in time is because talks between Russia and Turkey on creating a so-called “grain corridor” in the Black Sea seem to be making progress.
The reported plan that hasn’t yet been officially confirmed is for Turkey to help Kiev demine the waters near Odessa and will then escort its vessels with grain to international waters, after which Russian warships will escort them to the Bosporus. In fact, many believe that it was precisely this plan that prompted Foreign Minister Lavrov to visit Turkey on Wednesday in order to more intimately discuss its most sensitive details. After their talks concluded, he said that Russia agreed to ensure the security of Ukrainian grain vessels but expressed pessimism about Kiev’s willingness to go through with this proposal. Nevertheless, it’s intriguing to point out that the Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister announced just the day prior that Kiev agreed to give his country a 25% discount on wheat.
This hints that Kiev might indeed be seriously countenancing this proposal, though its unexpected public demand for weapons in exchange for resuming the export of wheat by sea could mean that it believes that the deal is close enough for someone in the US-led West to give it what it wants in order to make that happen. It should be said, however, that there’s no objective connection between anti-ship missiles and resuming the export of wheat by sea since the proposed plan calls for NATO-member Turkey to escort Kiev’s ships to international waters, after which they’ll be escorted by Russian warships to the Bosporus. There’s no credible scenario wherein Russia would attack Turkey, especially not after cooperating with it to reach this deal, so Kiev doesn’t actually need anti-ship missiles for its security.
The takeaway is that the so-called “deadlock” over resolving the global food crisis is just as artificially manufactured as its origins since Kiev has now openly declared that it won’t resume wheat exports by sea to the Global South unless it receives anti-ship missiles first. Everything that the US-led Western MSM had claimed about Russia holding developing countries hostage is actually true for its proxies in Kiev, which African Union Chairman Sall had already realized, hence why he extended credence to the Kremlin’s claims that it isn’t responsible for this crisis. Now that Kiev is officially holding the Global South hostage, those countries have no reason to ever trust its Western patrons again after they approved their proxy weaponizing food exports to developing countries.
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Baz Luhrmann has commented on Harry Styles in a new interview, saying the singer “embodies so much of Elvis”.
The director’s biopic about the king of rock’n’roll will be released in cinemas in the UK on June 24 and is simply called Elvis.
Speaking to The Times about the new movie – which stars Austin Butler in the titular role – Luhrmann observed that Elvis had “incredible style”. “Before people talked about [gender] fluidity, he had knitted bolero tank tops with his midriff hanging out, truck driver sideburns, make-up and dyed black hair,” he said. “He wore what would have been called, in the 19th century, dandy clothes.”
When Styles was mentioned to him as the modern version of that, the filmmaker replied: “I know Harry well. He sent me a video of him impersonating Elvis as a six-year-old. Harry embodies so much of Elvis. He has the nail polish, feather boa and sparkly jumpsuit. Yet he’s incredibly masculine. Mick Jagger? Same thing. But Elvis did it first, in terms of the white performers.”
The pop star had auditioned to play Elvis in the new film, but the director felt he wasn’t quite right for the role. “Harry is a really talented actor,” Luhrmann explained during a recent Australian radio interview. “I would work on something with him… but the real issue with Harry is, he’s Harry Styles. He’s already an icon.”
He added: “Harry and I came to a place, genuinely I mean, he was just desperate to put the suit on and explore. He’s such a great spirit and I have nothing but great things to say about Harry Styles.”
Elvis also stars Tom Hanks as Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker, Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley, Kelvin Harrison Jr as B.B. King, Alton Mason as Little Richard and more. The soundtrack, meanwhile, features contributions from the likes of Doja Cat, Måneskin, Eminem, Tame Impala and more. | https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/film/baz-luhrmann-harry-styles-embodies-so-much-elvis-3245586 | 2022-06-13T01:41:49Z | https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/film/baz-luhrmann-harry-styles-embodies-so-much-elvis-3245586 | true | 3 |
Four arrested for ATM robbery
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During the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, futuristic farming simulator Lightyear Frontier has confirmed it will launch in 2023, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass from day one.
While no specific release date has been confirmed just yet, Lightyear Frontier is set to launch in spring 2022 and will be available on Xbox and PC platforms. Beyond sharing a release window, developer Frame Break has also revealed that Lightyear Frontier will be added to Xbox Game Pass on the same day it launches.
Discussing Lightyear Frontier, Frame Break Ceo Joakim Hedström shared that the studio is “beyond excited to share what we feel is a fresh take on the farming genre, taking aspects from what’s normally quite hectic games like shooters and survival games and recontextualising them in a chill and peaceful experience.”
As to what that experience will entail, Lightyear Frontier’s Steam page describes it as “a peaceful open-world farming adventure on a planet at the far edge of the galaxy.”
“Start your new home on a distant planet with up to three friends as you farm alien crops, build your own homestead, and explore the untamed wilderness of the world,” the page added.
Fans won’t have to wait long for more information on Lightyear Frontier, as publisher Amplifier Game Invest’s head of publishing, Denis Ferrier, said that more details will be announced during Gamescom in August.
Besides Lightyear Frontier, this last week has been crammed with a slew of major announcements, new trailers, and more. From PC ports for Persona 5 and The Last Of Us to a campaign reveal for Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, there’s a lot to catch up on. If you need a hand staying on top of every new trailer, visit our Summer of Games 2022 page. | https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/gaming-news/sci-fi-farming-simulator-lightyear-frontier-confirms-2023-release-date-3245846 | 2022-06-13T01:44:45Z | https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/gaming-news/sci-fi-farming-simulator-lightyear-frontier-confirms-2023-release-date-3245846 | true | 2 |
Senate negotiators announce a deal on guns, breaking logjam
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate bargainers on Sunday announced the framework of a bipartisan response to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy but limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and stepped-up efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs.
The proposal falls far short of tougher steps long sought by President Joe Biden and many Democrats. Even so, the accord was embraced by Biden and enactment would signal a significant turnabout after years of gun massacres that have yielded little but stalemate in Congress.
Biden said in a statement that the framework “does not do everything that I think is needed, but it reflects important steps in the right direction, and would be the most significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress in decades.”
Given the bipartisan support, “there are no excuses for delay, and no reason why it should not quickly move through the Senate and the House,” he said.
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Leaders hope to push any agreement into law rapidly — they hope this month — before the political momentum fades that has been stirred by the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas. Participants cautioned that final details and legislative language remain to be completed, meaning fresh disputes and delays might emerge.
In Jan. 6 cases, 1 judge stands out as the toughest punisher
An Ohio couple climbed through a broken window of the U.S. Capitol and livestreamed a video of themselves inside. A Texas mortgage broker posed for a selfie in front of rioters breaching the building. An Indiana hair salon owner celebrated on Facebook a day after she joined the pro-Donald Trump mob.
Federal prosecutors did not seek prison time for any of them after they pleaded guilty to petty offenses for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
The judge had other ideas.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan put them all behind bars, describing it as the appropriate punishment for their participation in the riot that halted the certification of President Joe Biden's victory, sent lawmakers running for their lives and left dozens of police officers beaten and bloodied.
As the number of people sentenced for crimes in the insurrection nears 200, an Associated Press analysis of sentencing data shows that some judges are divided over how to punish the rioters, particularly for the low-level misdemeanors arising from the attack.
'MJ,' Patti LuPone, Jesse Tyler Ferguson win at Tony Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — “MJ,” a bio musical of Michael Jackson stuffed with the King of Pop’s biggest hits, nabbed three early Tony Awards, as did a gender-switched revival of “Company,” including earning Patti LuPone the third Tony of her illustrious musical theater career.
LuPone won best featured actress in a musical for her work in the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company,” and she thanked COVID-19 safety officials in her acceptance speech. “Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson won the Tony for best featured actor in a play for his work in the revival of “Take Me Out.”
“Mom, Dad, thank you for letting me move to New York when I was 17,” said Ferguson, who also thanked his understudy and his husband.
Sam Mendes won the Tony Award for best direction of a play for helming “The Lehman Trilogy,” a play about what led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers. He praised the season for its “rampant creativity.”
Marianne Elliott made Tony history by becoming the only woman to have won three Tonys for directing, the latest for “Company.” She thanked the late composer Sondheim for letting her put a woman “front and center.” She dedicated her award to everyone fighting to keep theaters open.
Jan. 6 panelists: Enough evidence uncovered to indict Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The committee announced that Trump's campaign manager, Bill Stepien, is among the witnesses scheduled to testify at a hearing Monday that focuses on Trump's effort to spread his lies about a stolen election. Stepien was subpoenaed for his public testimony.
As the hearings unfold, Rep. Adam Schiff said he would like the department to “investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump.” Schiff, D-Calif., who also leads the House Intelligence Committee, said that ”there are certain actions, parts of these different lines of effort to overturn the election that I don’t see evidence the Justice Department is investigating.”
The committee launched its public hearings last week, with members laying out their case against Trump to show how the defeated president relentlessly pushed his false claims of a rigged election despite multiple advisers telling him otherwise and how he intensified an extraordinary scheme to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
Additional evidence is to be released in hearings this week, Democrats say, that will demonstrate that Trump and some of his advisers engaged in a “massive effort” to spread misinformation, pressured the Justice Department to embrace his false claims, and urged then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject state electors and block the vote certification on Jan. 6, 2021.
US: Pfizer COVID-19 appears effective for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Sunday that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be safe and effective for kids under 5, a key step toward a long-awaited decision to begin vaccinating the youngest American children.
The Food and Drug Administration posted its analysis of the Pfizer shot ahead of a Wednesday meeting where outside experts will vote on whether the shots are ready for the nation’s 18 million babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Kids under 5 are the only group not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S.
Late last week the FDA posted a similar analysis of Moderna’s shots for children under 6.
If regulators clear the shots by one or both companies, vaccinations could begin as soon as next week with the drugmakers ready to rapidly ship doses ordered by the government. Parents have been pressing federal officials for months for the opportunity to protect their smallest children as more adults shed masks and abandon other public health precautions.
While only about 3% of U.S. COVID cases are in the age group 6 months to 4 years, hospitalization and death rates in that group are higher than those for older children, according to the FDA’s analysis — one reason experts have said protecting this group is important.
Backpack, laptop found where pair went missing in Amazon
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Divers from a local Brazilian firefighters corps found a backpack and laptop Sunday in the remote Amazon area where Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and freelance British journalist Dom Phillips went missing a week ago, firefighters said.
The backpack was tied to a tree that was half-submerged, a firefighter with the fire corps in Amazonas state told reporters in Atalaia do Norte, the closest city to the search area, which is near the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory. It is the flood season in the region and part of the forest is flooded.
Officers with the Federal Police brought the items by boat to Atalaia do Norte later in the afternoon.
The local Indigenous association, with which Pereira was working at the time of his disappearance, confirmed that firefighters’ divers found a backpack but said it could not immediately say to whom it belonged. The area has only poor riverside communities, where equipment like laptops are rare.
Orlando Possuelo, a member of the Indigenous association, known as UNIVAJA, told reporters that Indigenous volunteers also found a tarp that had been in the boat used by the missing men and a T-shirt that belonged to Pereira near the site of the backpack.
Brookings president resigns amid FBI foreign lobbying probe
The president of the Brookings Institution resigned Sunday amid a federal investigation into whether he illegally lobbied on behalf of the wealthy Persian Gulf nation of Qatar.
Retired Gen. John Allen wrote in a letter to the think tank that he was leaving with a “heavy heart" but did not offer a direct explanation.
“I know it is best for all concerned in this moment,” Allen's letter said.
A retired four-star Marine general who led U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Allen's announcement came less than a week after the Associated Press was first to report on new court filings that showed the FBI had seized Allen’s electronic data as part of the lobbying probe.
Allen has not been charged with any crimes and, through a spokesman, has denied any wrongdoing.
Patriot Front leader among those arrested near Idaho Pride
After the arrest of more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group near a northern Idaho pride event, including one identified as its founder, LGBTQ advocates said Sunday that polarization and a fraught political climate are putting their community increasingly at risk.
The 31 Patriot Front members were arrested with riot gear after a tipster reported seeing people loading up into a U-Haul like “a little army” at a hotel parking lot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, police said.
Among those booked into jail on misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot was Thomas Ryan Rousseau of Grapevine, Texas, who has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as the 23-year-old who founded the group after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. No attorney was immediately listed for him and phone numbers associated with him went unanswered Sunday.
Also among the arrestees was Mitchell F. Wagner, 24, of Florissant, Missouri, who was previously charged with defacing a mural of famous Black Americans on a college campus in St. Louis last year.
Michael Kielty, Wagner’s attorney, said Sunday that he had not been provided information about the charges. He said Patriot Front did not have a reputation for violence and that the case could be a First Amendment issue. “Even if you don’t like the speech, they have the right to make it,” he said.
Moscow-backed officials try to solidify rule in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kremlin-installed officials in occupied southern Ukraine celebrated Russia Day on Sunday and began issuing Russian passports to residents in one city who requested them, as Moscow sought to solidify its rule over captured parts of the country.
At one of the central squares in the city of Kherson, Russian bands played a concert to celebrate Russia Day, the holiday that marks Russia’s emergence as a sovereign state after the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti.
In the neighboring Zaporizhzhia region, Moscow-installed officials raised a Russian flag in Melitopol’s city center.
Ukrainian media reported that few, if any, local residents attended the Russia Day festivities in the two cities.
Russia Day was also celebrated in other occupied parts of Ukraine, including the ravaged southern port of Mariupol, where a new city sign painted in the colors of the Russian flag was unveiled on the outskirts and Russian flags were flown on a highway leading into the city.
French projections: Macron's centrists will keep a majority
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance is expected to keep its parliamentary majority after the first round of voting Sunday, but will likely have far fewer seats than five years ago, according to projections.
Projections based on partial election results showed that at the national level, Macron’s party and its allies got about 25%-26% of the vote. That was neck-and-neck with estimates for a new leftist coalition composed of hard-left, Socialists and Green party supporters. Yet Macron’s candidates are projected to win in a greater number of districts than their leftist rivals, giving the president a majority.
More than 6,000 candidates, ranging in age from 18 to 92, ran Sunday for 577 seats in France's National Assembly in the first round of the election.
France's two-round voting system is complex and not proportionate to the nationwide support for a party. For races that did not have a decisive winner on Sunday, up to four candidates who got at least 12.5% support each will compete in a second round of voting on June 19.
Following Macron’s reelection in May, his centrist coalition was seeking an absolute majority that would enable it to implement his campaign promises, which include tax cuts and raising France’s retirement age from 62 to 65.
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Election Day on the High Plains: June 7, 2022
Only a few weeks after the May 24 elections on the High Plains, New Mexico is set to host its 2022 Primary Election Day on June 7. Information on races and their candidates for each New Mexico county can be found here. Results from the elections will update in this article as they’re reported. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2628897307392/election-day-on-the-high-plains-june-7-2022 | 2022-06-13T01:52:51Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2628897307392/election-day-on-the-high-plains-june-7-2022 | false | null |
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A look at what’s happening around baseball Monday:
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HOTLANTA
After another slow start to the season, the reigning World Series champion Braves are surging like an October contender once again, riding an 11-game winning streak into a series at Washington.
It’s the club’s best stretch since winning 14 straight from July 26 to Aug. 9, 2013. Atlanta has outscored opponents 74-30 with 22 homers during the run, and the pitching staff has a 2.32 ERA over the same span.
Braves right-hander Ian Anderson (5-3, 4.53 ERA) has two victories in that time, although he also has a 5.25 ERA his past two starts — Atlanta scored 13 runs behind him in each game. He’ll face Nats righty Josiah Gray (6-4, 4.33) to start the series.
LYNN IS IN
Lance Lynn will return from the injured list and pitch for the White Sox a day earlier than planned after manager Tony La Russa shuffled his rotation in response to Michael Kopech’s injury Sunday.
Kopech left a start against Texas after 13 pitches with right knee discomfort, and La Russa ended up using Johnny Cueto — Monday’s projected starter — in relief. Kopech was optimistic he’ll return soon, and La Russa said the right-hander could be back by next Sunday.
Lynn was slated to return Tuesday but instead will take Cueto’s vacated spot for the opener of a series at Detroit. Lynn had right knee surgery during spring training and has yet to pitch this season. The 35-year-old was 11-6 with a 2.69 ERA over 28 starts last year.
MASTERFUL MARLIN
Miami right-hander Sandy Alcantara tries to keep up his impressive run when he starts against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
The 26-year-old Alcantara (6-2, 1.61 ERA) has allowed just three earned runs in 48 innings over his last six starts.
Aaron Nola (4-4, 3.50) pitches for Philadelphia, which had its nine-game winning streak end Sunday with a loss to Arizona.
BACK TO WRIGLEY
The Cubs return home with a season-high six-game losing streak as lefty Justin Steele (1-5, 4.79 ERA) takes on Yu Darvish (5-3, 3.61) and the Padres.
Chicago got hammered 18-4 on Sunday at Yankee Stadium, and was outscored 28-5 while getting swept in a three-game series.
The Cubs fell to 4-23 overall against the Yankees, including a pair of World Series sweeps in the 1930s by New York teams starring Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. The Cubs are 0-12 in the Bronx.
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Legendary Candy Maker Frederick (Fred) Germain Hermann Passes
Frederick Germain Hermann (Fred), 93, of Evansville, peacefully passed away on June 4, 2022, at the Linda E. White Hospice House with his family by his side. On January 5, 1929, he was born in Evansville to the late Walter and Edna Irma (Fuchs) Hermann. Fred graduated from Reitz...
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SHANGHAI and NANJING, China and SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IASO Biotherapeutics ("IASO Bio"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in discovering, developing, and manufacturing innovative cell therapies and antibody products, and Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent," HKEX: 01801), today jointly announced that the updated data from phase 1/2 study of Equecabtagene Autoleucel (IASO Bio R&D code: CT103A, Innovent R&D code: IBI326), a fully-human anti-B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM), was presented in the form of an oral presentation at the 27th European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Meeting in Vienna on June 9-12, 2022.
Presentation Title: Updated Phase 1/2 Data of the Safety and Efficacy of CT103A, Fully-Human BCMA-Directed CAR-T Cells in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Session Title: Relapsed/refractory myeloma: BCMA-directed therapies
Abstract Code: EHA-S187
Session date and Time: Sunday, June 12, 2022, at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CEST
Place: Vienna, Austria or online
Speaker: Chunrui Li, MD, Ph.D., from Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
The updated data from the Phase 1/2 study with a longer duration of follow-up in more patients has showed durable and deepening efficacy, manageable safety and long-term in vivo persistence, indicating that Equecabtagene Autoleucel has the potential to be a breakthrough therapy for patients with R/R MM.
The updated data is from the 14 clinical sites involved in the Phase 1/2 clinical study of Equecabtagene Autoleucel (ChiCTR1800018137, NCT05066646) in the treatment of patients with R/R MM. As of the data cutoff date of January 21, 2022, 79 patients received recommended phase 2 dose(RP2D)of 1.0×106 CAR-T cells/kg with the median follow-up of nine months (range 1.2, 19.6) and median prior five lines of therapy(range 3,23). Among the 79 patients, 34.2% (27/79) had high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities, 34.2%(27/79)had extramedullary multiple myeloma (EMM), and 15.2%(12/79)had received prior CAR-T therapy.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel demonstrated a favorable and manageable safety profile: Among the 79 patients, 94.9% (75/79) experienced cytokine release syndrome (CRS). The majority experienced 1~2 CRS, and no patient experienced grade 3 CRS. The median time to CRS onset was six days after infusion, and the median duration of CRS was five days. Only two patients experienced immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), including one patient who experienced grade 1 ICANS and one who experienced grade 2 ICANS. All patients with CRS or ICANS have recovered.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel showed favorable and durable efficacy: Among the 79 patients, the overall response rate (ORR) was 94.9% (75/79), with 89.9 (71/79) of those patients achieving very good partial response (VGPR) or deeper responses, and the complete response/stringent complete response (CR/sCR) rate was 68.4% (54/79). Equecabtagene Autoleucel also demonstrated favorable efficacy in 10 patients with EMM, achieving an ORR of 100% (10/10) and a CR/sCR rate of 90.0% (9/10). In all 79 patients, 92.4% (73/79) achieved minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity, all CR/sCR subjects achieved MRD negativity, and the median duration of MRD negativity was not reached.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel demonstrated favorable efficacy in patients who had received prior CAR-T therapy: Among the 12 patients who previously received CAR-T therapy, the ORR was 75.0% (9/12), with 41.7% (5/12) of those patients achieving CR/sCR.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel demonstrated robust expansion and prolonged persistence: The expansion of Equecabtagene Autoleucel in peripheral blood reached the peak at a median of 12 days, with a median Cmax of 92,000 copies/ug DNA. Equecabtagene Autoleucel was still detectable in 62.3% (38/61) and 53.3% (8/15) of the subjects who completed 6-months and 12-month follow-ups after infusion. Soluble BCMA in peripheral blood of patients rapidly declined after Equecabtagene Autoleucel infusion and persistently remained below the detectable limit.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel has low immunogenicity: 16.5% (13/79) of the subjects tested anti-drug antibody (ADA)-positive after Equecabtagene Autoleucel infusion. Among them,1.3% (1/79) tested ADA-positive before Equecabtagene Autoleucel infusion, and 2.5% (2/79) tested ADA-positive within three months.
"Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy is a revolutionary new pillar in cancer treatment. In our previous studies, Equecabtagene Autoleucel has shown excellent efficacy and manageable safety profiles. Its CAR structure contains fully human single-chain fragment variables (scFvs) to bypass potential anti-CAR immunogenicity of the host while retaining antitumor activity. At the 27th EHA conference, we updated the data on the efficacy and safety of Equecabtagene Autoleucel in R/R MM patients with longer median follow-up extended to 9.0 months, the CR/sCR deepened to 68.4%, compared with the CR/sCR of 58.2% with a median follow-up of 7.0 months, which were released at 63rd ASH conference in 2021. The updated data showed long-lasting safety and deepening efficacy of Equecabtagene Autoleucel. We are glad that Equecabtagene Autoleucel also shows favorable efficacy on patients who have relapsed after receiving prior CAR-T therapy. This has meaningful clinical value and is worthy of further exploration in the clinic to potentially bring forth new hope to patients with R/R MM." Prof. Chunrui Li, MD, PhD, from Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology.
Multiple Myeloma is a deadly blood cancer that often infiltrates the bone marrow causing anemia, kidney failure, immune problems, and bone fractures. For multiple myeloma patients, common first-line drug treatments include proteasome inhibitors, immunomodulatory drugs, and alkylating agents. While treatment may result in remission, most patients will inevitably enter the relapsed or refractory stage as there's currently no cure. As a result, there is a significant unmet need for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. In the United States, MM accounts for nearly 2% of new cancer cases and more than 2% of all cancer-related deaths. According to Frost & Sullivan, the number of new MM cases in the United States rose from 30,300 in 2016 to 32,300 in 2020 and is expected to increase to 37,800 by 2025. Additionally, the total number of patients diagnosed with MM increased from 132,200 in 2016 to 144,900 in 2020 and is expected to rise to 162,300 by 2025. In China, the number of new MM cases rose from 18,900 in 2016 to 21,100 in 2020 and is expected to increase to 24,500 by 2025. The total number of patients diagnosed with MM in China increased from 69,800 in 2016 to 113,800 in 2020 and is expected to rise to 182,200 by 2025.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel is an innovative therapy co-developed by Innovent and IASO Bio, with a fully-human anti- BCMA CAR-T cell therapy which uses lentivirus as a gene vector to transfect autologous T cells. The CAR contains a fully-human scFv, CD8a hinge and transmembrane, and 4-1BB-mediated co-stimulation and CD3ζ activation domains. Based on rigorous screening and comprehensive in vivo and in vitro evaluation, Equecabtagene Autoleucel is proven to have potent and rapid anti-myeloma activity and outstanding safety, efficacy, and persistence results.
Equecabtagene Autoleucel was granted "Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD)" by the NMPA kn February 2021 and was granted "Orphan Drug Designation (ODD)"by the Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February 2022. The NMPA has accepted the New Drug Application for Equecabtagene Autoleucel for the Treatment of Relapsed and/or Refractory Multiple Myeloma in June 2022.
In addition to multiple myeloma, the NMPA has accepted the investigational new drug (IND) application of Equecabtagene Autoleucel for a new expanded indication of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD).
IASO Bio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of novel cell therapies for oncology and autoimmune diseases. Leveraging its proprietary fully-human antibody discovery platform (IMARS), high-throughput CAR-T drug priority platform, and proprietary manufacturing processes, IASO Bio is developing a rich clinical-stage pipeline of multiple autologous and allogeneic CAR-T and biologics product candidates. This includes a diversified portfolio of 10 novel pipeline products, including IASO's leading asset, Equecabtagene Autoleucel, an innovative anti-BCMA CAR-T cell therapy under pivotal study for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM), which received NDA acceptance of the China NMPA. Equecabtagene Autoleucel was granted "Breakthrough Therapy Designation" by the NMPA in February 2021 and granted "Orphan Drug Designation (ODD)" by the Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February 2022. In addition to multiple myeloma, the NMPA has accepted its IND application for the new extended indication of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD). In addition, the company's in-house developed fully-human CD19/CD22 dual-targeted CAR-T cell therapy has entered phase 1/2 registrational clinical trial for the treatment of CD19/CD22-positive relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (r/r B-NHL). It was also granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2021. For more information on IASO Bio, please visit www.iasobio.com and www.linkedin.com/company/iasobiotherapeutics/.
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action" Innovent's mission is to develop and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing, and commercializing high-quality, innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune, and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which that includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development, and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 32 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology, and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) , Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor), and olverembatinib (BCR-ABL TKI) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab) , 2 assets under NMPA NDA review, 4 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 19 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with expertise in cutting-edge biological drug development and commercialization. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Roche, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hanmi and other international partners. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO®, and HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Eli Lilly). Cyramza® was discovered by Eli Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
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Geneva: Members of the fishing community from several coastal areas of India on Sunday protested against the World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal to curb fishery subsidies as it was not responsive to the demands of the developing nations. According to them, the draft does not adequately address the concerns on food security and livelihood of small fishers while including provisions that could help advanced countries perpetuate their huge dole for long-distance fishing.
During the 12th World Trade Organisation ministerial meet that began on June 12, fishermen from across India assembled outside the United Nations Office, Geneva and protested against the proposed cut and explained how huge fishing giants from Europe and China are responsible for the depletion of marine resources. To protect the interest of the Indian fisher population a group of 34 fishers from India has arrived at Geneva, representing Gujarat (5), Maharashtra (6), Goa (1), Karnataka (2), Kerala (6), Tamil Nadu (5), Andhra Pradesh (4) and West Bengal (5) states of India.
‘If subsidy stops for traditional fishermen, their lives and livelihood will be stopped. So this should not be against the traditional fishermen, if the subsidy discipline is required it should be for industrial fishermen. This is our main demand’, said Biman Jana, from West Bengal. ‘I am a ninth-generation fisherman and my family has been involved in fishing for ages. The fishing boats from developed nations like China and Europe catch thousands of tonnes of fish, freeze them on the boat and they take it away’, said a protesting fisherman from Maharashtra.
Indian fishermen need this subsidy for their survival. India has an 8,118 KM coastline with an Exclusive Economic Zone of 2.08 Million SqKm. According to the CMFRI Census 2016, the total marine fisher folk population is 3.77 million comprising 0.90 million families. They reside in 3,202 fishing villages (DoF, GoI Statistics Data). Nearly 67.3% of the fishermen’s families were under the BPL category. The average family size was 4.63 and the overall sex ratio was 928 females per 1000 males. India is in favour of stopping IUU (illegal, unreported, unregulated) fishing and supporting sustainable fishing by checking harmful subsidies.
Another Indian fisherman protesting said that they pick up plastic from the sea as plastic pollution leads to depletion of fisheries. He said that no other country does this (picking up plastics). However, the text is tilted heavily towards advanced fishing nations letting them maintain their subsidies for high-sea fishing. At the same time, developing countries are denied adequate carve-outs that could hurt both livelihood and food security interests. In the ongoing talks on curbing fishery subsidies, negotiations are taking place under three categories — IUU, over-fished (where stock is already declared as overfished) and over-fishing and over-capacity. As the standards are set by advanced fishing countries, it is easy for them to follow. Developing nations, on the other hand, may not be in a position to immediately show those standards.
Traditional fisheries involve fishing households (as opposed to commercial companies), using a relatively small amount of capital and energy, relatively small fishing vessels usually about 20 meters in overall length, making short fishing trips, close to shore. It is also called small-scale fisheries. The marine fishery in India is small-scale and provides food security to millions of people. There is no industrial fishing in India. Industrial fishing by developed nations involves large fishing vessels conducting fishing activities in High Seas beyond EEZ and also within EEZ and is detrimental to fish stock. There are around 2 lakh fishing crafts in Indian waters of which 59,000 (37 per cent) are mechanised and the remaining are non-motorized fishing crafts.
The Indian boat type ranges from the traditional catamarans, masula boats, plank-built boats, dug-out canoes, machwas, dhonis to the present-day motorized fibre-glass boats, mechanized trawlers and gillnetters. The traditional and sustainable fishing practices by Indian fishers are being practised for thousands of years and it is only subsistence fishing. The Indian fisheries’ resources are conserved and protected well by the fishers by their traditional and cultural beliefs. Sustainable fisheries are supported by the Government by means of a declaration of fishing holidays for a period of 61 days and implementation of fisheries regulation act by the concerned states.
India is not a major fishery subsidy provider. Meanwhile, China, the EU and the US offer an annual fishery subsidy of USD 7.3 billion, USD 3.8 billion and USD 3.4 billion, respectively, India offered just USD 277 million in subsidies in 2018 to small fishers. Subsidy assistance to fishers helps them to venture into fishing for supporting their livelihood and protection of their family. The stoppage of subsidy assistance to fishers in India will ultimately affect millions of fishers and their families and will lead to poverty. | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/06/13/wtos-proposal-to-curb-fishery-subsidies-indian-fishermen-conduct-protests-in-geneva.html | 2022-06-13T02:07:09Z | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/06/13/wtos-proposal-to-curb-fishery-subsidies-indian-fishermen-conduct-protests-in-geneva.html | false | 3 |
Josef Newgarden held off Indianapolis 500 champion Marcus Ericsson on Sunday to win the Sonsio Grand Prix at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Newgarden, driver of the No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet, started from second position and led 26 of the 55 laps. He took the lead for good during Lap 43 while other drivers pitted, and he held on during two cautions over the final 10 laps.
"I was just trying to stay focused on what I had to do," Newgarden said. "Just an unbelievable job by everybody at Team Penske."
It marked the 23rd IndyCar win of the 31-year-old's career.
After his early-season victories at Texas Motor Speedway and on the streets of Long Beach, Calif., Newgarden earned a $1 million bonus for becoming the first driver to win on all three types of circuits (road, street and oval) this season. Half of the money is shared with charities of Newgarden's choice.
"To finally get it done and most importantly to give that money to charity, half of that money is going to charity with SeriousFun Network and Wags and Walks Nashville," Newgarden said. "I hope they're happy about it. That's a lot of money coming their way."
Though Ericsson didn't win, he earned enough points to overtake Will Power as the series points leader (293 to 266). Ericsson finished 3.371 seconds behind Newgarden, who is now in third in the points race.
Alexander Rossi, Romain Grosjean and Colton Herta rounded out the top five.
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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
On the night of the massacre at Robb Elementary School, President Biden called on Congress to pass gun safety legislation, as he has many times before.
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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: It's time to turn this pain into action.
PFEIFFER: Without Congress, Biden has taken numerous executive actions to address gun violence over the past year, but advocates say it isn't enough. So what more could the president do? NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith reports.
TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Ten days ago, as he returned from consoling families devastated by the last headline-grabbing mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., President Biden was asked if there were executive actions he could take to help.
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BIDEN: Not much on executive action. I've got to convince the Congress that we should go back to what I passed years ago.
KEITH: Biden was talking about the assault weapons ban he shepherded through Congress in the 1990s. It sunsetted a decade later, and he readily admits such legislation would be difficult now.
ROBIN LLOYD: It's the No. 1 killer of children.
KEITH: That is, gun violence. Robin Lloyd is the managing director of Giffords, a gun safety organization. She says there need to be more people at high levels of government fully dedicated to solving this.
LLOYD: Gun safety is a public health issue. Who's that person at the Department of Health and Human Services? That person doesn't exist. Should that person exist? Is gun violence a tremendous public health issue in this country? Absolutely.
KEITH: Some gun safety advocates are pushing for the creation of an Office of Gun Violence Prevention to harness the power of the federal government to address a problem that has only gotten worse in recent years. White House officials insist the approach they have now is working, housing administration efforts in the Domestic Policy Council. Stefanie Feldman is a senior advisor on the council, and coordinating gun violence prevention is part of her portfolio.
STEFANIE FELDMAN: You need criminal justice experts at the table, you need education experts at the table, you need mental health experts at the table in order to figure out how to move all the different pieces of the puzzle to address the issue. And the way you bring all those people to the table is through the power of the Domestic Policy Council at the White House.
KEITH: Since early on, the Biden administration has taken numerous actions aimed at reducing gun violence and gun suicides, including cracking down on untraceable ghost guns, pushing for secure storage of weapons and funding community violence intervention programs. But Igor Volsky of Guns Down America says advocates have provided the Biden administration with a long list of additional actions they could be taking, as recently as after the Buffalo mass shooting.
IGOR VOLSKY: I, frankly, think it's embarrassing that after 19 children died, the White House has chosen to underscore all that they have done and to somehow imply that that's enough.
KEITH: The nation's largest gun safety organization, Everytown, says what the Biden administration has done is making a difference. But Nick Suplina, the group's senior vice president for law and policy, says he'd also like to see Biden issue an executive order defining who is engaged in the business of selling firearms.
NICK SUPLINA: This is a vagary in the law - that the president can issue an executive order that would cut illegal guns off at the source by clearly defining who needs to be licensed to sell guns based on how many guns they sell or whether they're selling on commercial marketplaces.
KEITH: The White House's Feldman says the administration is looking at its options.
FELDMAN: We are going to build on the actions we've taken in the months ahead and look to find additional actions we can take, but we're not starting from square one here. We are driving forward.
KEITH: Though she didn't get into the details of what is being considered.
Tamara Keith, NPR News.
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After a school shooting like this week's in Uvalde, Texas, we immediately focus on the people who were physically harmed - the children and adults killed and injured. Our next guest spends a lot of time thinking about the broader impact of that violence, how it damages children who were not physically hurt but were at or near the incident.
John Woodrow Cox is a reporter for The Washington Post and author of the book "Children Under Fire." John, thank you for coming on the program.
JOHN WOODROW COX: Thanks so much for having me.
PFEIFFER: John, for about the past five years, you have almost exclusively covered children who are affected by gun violence in the United States. That made me wonder whether when you hear about a shooting like this week's, you react to it differently than the rest of us do because you are so immersed in it.
COX: I - Tuesday was a hard day. You know, it - I felt nauseated. I really did in those early minutes. I think for me, the weight of everything that I've written about, all the stories that I've done, the kids I've interviewed through all these years comes back. And time after time after time, you realize that the scope of this epidemic is so much broader than we think because we do only think of the children who die, the children who are maimed. But the reality is that there are hundreds of thousands, even millions of children who are directly impacted by gun violence in this country. And their lives are fundamentally changed because of it.
PFEIFFER: And tell us more about those ripple effects. What have you found?
COX: So the origin really of that line of reporting that's defined the last five years of my career, much of it began in a little town in South Carolina where there was a school shooting that no one remembers. This was the basis of much of my book. A teenager pulled up to a playground, opened fire on a group of first-graders. And he killed one little boy, and then his gun jammed. And that's why people haven't heard of him.
But I spent a lot of time with the children who were just on the playground that day, and that shooting was six years ago. And those kids are still struggling profoundly. One of them in particular could never go back to school. She's on anti-psychotics and antidepressants. She's harmed herself. You know, when she heard the news about what happened this week, she broke down completely.
And, you know, I know survivors from Columbine who are still - in their 40s - and they're still dealing with enormous amounts of trauma and PTSD. And again, none of these people were physically harmed. So we just have not grasped how far this extends in this country.
PFEIFFER: Well, you're making me realize, I mean, it's certainly devastating for adults even to read or hear about it. But when you're a child and this happens, you're at a more formative stage of life.
COX: Right.
PFEIFFER: And that's - I imagine that's partly why you're finding that this impact is so enormous.
COX: Yes, that's absolutely true. And the younger that the kids are and the more their sort of sense of the world is shattered, the harder it's going to be to recover. Another thing that many of them deal with is guilt. I've talked to so many young children, elementary-age kids who've been through shootings, who think that they should have saved the kids who died. They should have done something to save their friend, and they couldn't do it. And they deal with survivor's guilt. And it's really hard to talk them out of that. It's hard to convince them that this wasn't their fault.
PFEIFFER: John, at the Washington Post, where you work, there's a database you've created that tracks gun violence. And I believe the current tally is that since the shooting at Columbine in 1999, more than 300,000 students have experienced school shootings at school during the school day. That gives us a sense of how exponential the impact is because those 300,000 may have siblings, family, parents, and all of those people are affected.
COX: Yes, it's an enormous group. And it was really Townville, that little school in South Carolina, that inspired me to launch this database. There was one child in particular who stuck with me. He was a fifth-grader. He was in the upper floor of this school and had not heard the shooting, hadn't seen it, didn't even know it was going on when he went into lockdown. But in the months afterward, he became convinced that the shooter had come to the school to kill him personally. And that is not an unusual reaction. In all these years I've covered this, kids - that fear can linger with them for a very long time. And so of that 300,000-plus kids who've been through this, a meaningful percentage of them will deal with the trauma of those incidents for the rest of their lives.
PFEIFFER: We often hear people say children are resilient; they will ultimately be OK. Is that your experience?
COX: You know, that is a phrase that I've come to despise, that children are resilient, because I think it's a way for adults to be dismissive of what children have gone through. And it's also because children have a hard time articulating their struggle. If a kid is suddenly having outbursts, they can't link that to the fact that they just survived a school shooting. They struggle to say, here's why I'm feeling what I'm feeling.
What I like to say is that children can be resilient, but it is incumbent on the adults in their lives to make that possible - to provide therapy, to provide help, to provide support, to be patient. Because it can take children years to work through events like these.
And, you know, I think, too, there's an important thing to understand that even that 300,000 number is not really capturing the scope because there's a whole other group of children who have been through lockdowns in this country - and that's not lockdown drills, actual lockdowns. We did an analysis of one school year and found that between 4 and 8 million children in a normal year go through a lockdown. Most of those - vast majority of those are caused by the threat of a gun, either somebody saying, I'm going to come to your school and shoot it up or a shooting down the street. Those children are deeply affected by what they endure. They've soiled themselves. They've wept. They've texted their parents goodbye. One child I interviewed wrote a will saying who he wanted his toys to go through when he died in his school. These kids are not legally considered victims of gun violence by any measure because there wasn't even gun violence on their campus. But it speaks to how this looming threat reaches virtually every student in this country in one way or another.
PFEIFFER: You mentioned that adults need to help children be resilient and try to get through this. What did you learned that adults can possibly do to try to help a child recover after they've experienced this?
COX: Well, we know that the most important thing for a child to overcome trauma is having an adult in their life who loves them. Research shows us that. And that doesn't have to be a parent. It doesn't have to be a grandparent. It can be a teacher or a coach. It can be anybody, any adult in their life who loves them. So that's the starting point.
They also need access to therapy. That is a thing, after these shootings, that everybody thinks, oh, well, surely they're going have therapists and access to therapy. That is often not the case. So it's incumbent on the state and these cities and towns and all of us to make sure that any child who needs access to therapy has it.
And, you know, one thing I hear a lot is people will ask the survivors, well, what do you need? Kids don't know what they need. Not even the adults know what they need. So people who - from other places that have endured this have to come in and say, here's what we think you'll need. And that's one thing that I wish there was more of, is a network where when these schools go through this, they hear from other schools and they hear from even, you know, children like the kids in Sandy Hook, who are finally reckoning with what they went through to say, here's what helped us.
PFEIFFER: John Woodrow Cox is a reporter for The Washington Post and author of the book "Children Under Fire." And John, thanks for your reporting on this. It's a beat, I'm sure, that can take a real toll on the reporter covering it, which is you. So thank you.
COX: Thank you.
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KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens the country's economic recovery.
Despite lifting a Covid-19 freeze on recruiting foreign workers in February, Malaysia has not seen a significant return of migrant workers due to slow government approvals and protracted negotiations with Indonesia and Bangladesh over worker protections, say industry groups, companies and diplomats.
The export-reliant Southeast Asian nation, a key link in the global supply chain, relies on millions of foreigners for factory, plantation and service sector jobs shunned by locals as dirty, dangerous and difficult.
Manufacturers, who make up nearly one-fourth of the economy, fear losing customers to other countries as growth picks up.
"Despite the greater optimism in outlook and increase in sales, some companies are gravely hampered in their ability to fulfil orders," said Mr Soh Thian Lai, president of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, which represents over 3,500 companies.
Palm oil growers are at breaking point, said Mr Carl Bek-Nielsen, chief executive director of oil palm grower United Plantations.
"The situation is dire and very much like having to play a game of football against 11 men but only being allowed to field seven," he said.
Malaysia lacks at least 1.2 million workers across manufacturing, plantation and construction, a shortage worsening daily as demand grows with an easing of the pandemic, industry and government data show.
Manufacturers say they are short 600,000 workers, construction needs 550,000, the palm oil industry reports a shortage of 120,000 workers, chipmakers lack 15,000 and cannot meet demand despite a global chip shortage, and medical glovemakers say they require 12,000 workers.
Malaysia's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index dropped to 50.1 in May from 51.6 in April, barely remaining in expansion, as the sector shed the most jobs since August 2020, according to data from S&P Global.
Chipmakers are turning away customers, locals are not interested in working in the industry and many who do join leave in less than half a year, says Mr Wong Siew Hai, president of the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association.
The palm oil industry, which contributes 5 per cent to Malaysia's economy, warns 3 million tonnes of crop could be lost this year as fruit rots unpicked, meaning losses of more than US$4 billion (S$5.6 billion).
The rubber glove industry estimates US$700 million of lost revenue this year if the labour shortage persists.
Workers' rights
Malaysia's Ministry of Human Resources, which is responsible for approving the intake of foreign workers, did not respond to Reuters queries for comment on the labour crunch and its economic impact.
In April, Minister M. Saravanan said companies had asked to hire 475,000 migrant workers but the ministry had approved just 2,065, rejecting some for incomplete information or lack of compliance with regulations.
Diplomats from Indonesia and Bangladesh, two of Malaysia's biggest sources of foreign labour, told Reuters that workers' rights were part of the hold-up in sourcing migrant workers.
Bangladesh signed an agreement in December to send workers, but implementation was delayed after Dhaka protested Malaysia's proposed hiring process, citing fears the plan could lead to increased costs for the workers and debt bondage, said a Bangladeshi diplomatic source.
"Our main focus is our workers' welfare and rights," said Bangladesh's expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister, Mr Imran Ahmed.
"We're making sure they get standard wages, they have proper accommodation, they spend minimum cost for migration and they get all other social security."
He told Reuters that Dhaka does not "want workers to end up falling into a cycle of debt trap", adding that Malaysia wants to hire 200,000 Bangladeshi workers within a year.
The United States has banned seven Malaysian companies over the last two years over what Washington called forced labour.
Malaysia's Saravanan, who was in Dhaka early this month, said Malaysia had given the Bangladesh government reassurances that it would ensure better salaries and protection of workers'welfare. He has denied claims that the hiring process was flawed.
Mr Saravanan said last week the government was finalising technical matters, recruitment procedures and agreements with some source countries.
Indonesia's ambassador to Malaysia, Mr Hermono, who like many Indonesians goes by a single name, said concerns over worker protection came up in recent bilateral talks. | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-firms-turn-down-orders-as-migrant-labour-shortage-hits | 2022-06-13T02:35:13Z | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-firms-turn-down-orders-as-migrant-labour-shortage-hits | false | 13 |
Fight escalates into fatal shooting in Decatur Sunday, officials say
DECATUR, Ga. (CBS46) - An investigation is underway after a fight between two groups of people escalated into a fatal shooting in Decatur Sunday night, officials told CBS46 News.
Police responded to the 4900 block of Flat Shoals Parkway around 8:30 p.m. after reports of shots fired.
One person later died from gunshot wounds, according to officials.
CBS46 News cameras spotted investigators and other officials at a parking lot in a shopping plaza.
It is unclear what led up to the shooting and if anyone else was injured at this time.
There is no further information at this time.
Stay with CBS46 News as we continue to provide updates.
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Dawn Protocol (DAWN) traded 6.1% lower against the U.S. dollar during the one day period ending at 22:00 PM E.T. on June 12th. One Dawn Protocol coin can now be bought for $0.90 or 0.00003477 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Dawn Protocol has a total market cap of $65.77 million and $7.01 million worth of Dawn Protocol was traded on exchanges in the last day. Over the last week, Dawn Protocol has traded down 27.5% against the U.S. dollar.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day:
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded down 9% against the dollar and now trades at $25,751.61 or 1.00000000 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded down 0.1% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003887 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded 0.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00003884 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00001941 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 9.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.48 or 0.00001849 BTC.
About Dawn Protocol
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Tuivasa-Sheck, Perofeta get All Blacks call-ups, TJ left out
Former rugby league standout Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and his Super Rugby team mate Stephen Perofeta were included in the All Blacks squad for the July series against Ireland on Monday, but there was no room for experienced halfback TJ Perenara.
Tuivasa-Sheck and Perofeta were among six uncapped players in the squad along with prop Aidan Ross, loose forward Pita Gus Sowakula, scrumhalf Folau Fakatava and outside back Leicester Fainga'anuku.
Livewire Fakatava's inclusion along with Aaron Smith and Finlay Christie meant there was no place for Brad Weber or Perenara, who has been almost ever-present in the New Zealand set-up since 2014.
"We've had five nines playing really well," said coach Ian Foster.
"So narrowing that down, we just feel that with Folau and Finlay, they offer something a bit different and a chance to see how we can incorporate that into an All Blacks game."
Tuivasa-Sheck made the switch to the 15-man code with the intent of making the All Blacks squad for next year's World Cup in France and his inclusion is another step towards that goal for the fleet-footed centre.
"We've been delighted with his progress, particularly in the last four or five weeks," Foster added.
"It's a chance to get him in and have a look at him. While he's earned his spot in there, there's a lot to learn."
With Damian McKenzie ineligible after his sabbatical in Japan, Perofeta - also a goal-kicking fullback who can slot in at flyhalf - gets his reward for his fine form with the Auckland Blues.
Openside flanker Sam Cane was retained as captain in a loose forward selection that included the popular Sowakula, who was perhaps the beneficiary of the shoulder injury to the similarly versatile Ethan Blackadder.
Ireland beat the All Blacks 29-20 in Dublin last November, one of two defeats on New Zealand's end-of-year tour that rang alarms bells back home.
The series opens at Auckland's Eden Park on July 2 with tests in Dunedin and Wellington following over the next two Saturdays.
Ireland will also play the Maori All Blacks in a tour match in Hamilton on June 29.
Squad:
Forwards: Codie Taylor, Samisoni Taukei'aho, Dane Coles, Nepo Laulala, Ofa Tuungafasi, Angus Ta'avao, Karl Tu'inukuafe, George Bower, Aidan Ross, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Josh Lord, Tupou Vaa'i, Scott Barrett, Sam Cane (captain), Pita Gus Sowakula, Ardie Savea, Dalton Papalii, Akira Ioane, Hoskins Sotutu
Backs: Aaron Smith, Folau Fakatava, Finlay Christie, Beauden Barrett, Stephen Perofeta, Richie Mo'unga, Rieko Ioane, Jack Goodhue, Quinn Tupaea, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, David Havili, Leicester Fainga'anuku, Caleb Clarke, Sevu Reece, Jordie Barrett, Will Jordan | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/tuivasa-sheck-perofeta-get-all-blacks-call-ups-tj-left-out-2743031?cid=cna_flip_070214 | 2022-06-13T03:05:30Z | https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/tuivasa-sheck-perofeta-get-all-blacks-call-ups-tj-left-out-2743031?cid=cna_flip_070214 | true | 7 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
0-5-5-0, Fireball: 3
(zero, five, five, zero; Fireball: three)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
0-5-5-0, Fireball: 3
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
4-1-0-9
(four, one, zero, nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
4-1-0-9
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s Jewish ghetto is considered the first in Europe and one of the first in the world, and a new effort is underway to preserve its 16th-century synagogues for the Jews who have remained and tourists who pass through.
For nearly two years, restorers have been peeling away paint and discovering the original foundations of three of the ghetto’s synagogues, which are considered the only Renaissance synagogues still in use, art historian David Landau said.
Landau is spearheading the fundraising effort to restore the synagogues and nearby buildings both for Venice’s small Jewish community, which numbers around 450 people, and for tourists who can visit them on a guided tour through the Jewish Museum of Venice.
“I was really deeply offended by the state of the synagogues,” said Landau, a Renaissance specialist who bought a home in Venice 12 years ago. “I felt that the synagogues were in very bad condition. They had been altered beyond recognition over the centuries, and needed to be kind of cared for and loved.”
He has secured about 5 million euros to date and expects workers can complete the restoration process by the end of 2023 if the rest of the funding comes through, although the original outstanding 4 million euros has now ballooned to 6 million euros because of soaring building costs.
Venice’s ghetto dates from 1516, when the republic forced the growing numbers of Jews into the district where the old foundries, or “geti” as they were known, had been located. The area, which was locked down at night, became what is considered Europe’s first ghetto and remains the hub of Venice’s Jewish community in the Cannaregio area.
The first synagogue dates from 1528 and was built by German Ashkenazi Jews. Others followed and served different groups, including one for Spanish Sephardic Jews and one for Italian Jews.
None is visible from the street, as strict rules imposed by Venice’s rulers didn’t allow Jews to practice their faith openly. All the synagogues are hidden away on the top floors of seemingly normal buildings that on the lower levels held cramped living spaces for Jewish families.
The synagogues have remained operational continuously, except for the years of World War II during the German occupation.
The head of Venice’s Jewish community, Dario Calimani, said the restoration project was necessary both to maintain the religious and cultural life of Venice’s Jews today and to preserve the community’s history.
“They are a testimony to the life that it was, to the history of our community, small community,” he said. | https://www.wtnh.com/news/international/renaissance-synagogues-being-restored-in-venices-ghetto/ | 2022-06-13T03:10:33Z | https://www.wtnh.com/news/international/renaissance-synagogues-being-restored-in-venices-ghetto/ | true | 37 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Triple Crown veteran Todd Pletcher had simple advice Saturday for jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. before the Belmont Stakes.
“Be patient,” Pletcher said. “I think you have the best last quarter of any horse in the race.”
Sometimes, less is Mo.
Mo Donegal pulled away down the home stretch and held off filly Nest to win the Belmont Stakes, giving Pletcher a 1-2 finish and his sixth Triple Crown victory, including four at this track on the outskirts of New York City.
“To be honest with you, we were a little confident going into the race today,” Donegal Racing CEO and co-owner Jerry Crawford said. “When he turned for home, I was like, forget about it. I know Todd thought he could get a strong last quarter mile, and he surely did.”
Rich Strike, a stunning Kentucky Derby winner at 80-to-1 odds, was sixth.
Mo Donegal rounded the 1 1/2-mile distance in 2 minutes, 28.28 seconds, three lengths ahead of Nest — ridden by Ortiz’s brother, José. Pletcher, who lives on Long Island, adds another Belmont title following wins with Rags to Riches in 2007, Palace Malice in 2013 and Tapwrit in 2017.
Mo Donegal beat an eight-horse field without a clear favorite. We the People, a monster in the mud, opened at 2 to 1 amid a rainy forecast but reached 7 to 2 by race time as showers held off.
Mo Donegal entered the gate the betting favorite at 5 to 2. We the People led for much of the race, but Mo Donegal and Ortiz took charge coming out of the final turn.
The 3-year-old colt paid $7.20, $3.80 and $3. Nest — who nearly became Pletcher’s second filly to win Belmont after Rags to Riches — paid $5.30 and $4.10. Skippylongstocking was third and returned $5.60 to show. We the People finished fourth.
Rich Striker owner Rick Dawson and trainer Eric Reed held the Kentucky Derby winner out of the Preakness with an eye on Belmont, the first healthy horse to skip Pimlico after winning the Triple Crown’s first even since 1985.
Reed said the team encouraged jockey Sonny Leon to try pushing Rich Strike from the outside, but the horse kept trying to get back inside — where he made a late charge past 19 horse to win at Churchill Downs. Rich Strike spent much of the race in last place and couldn’t recover.
“I think we just made a tactical error,” Reed said.
Just like Rich Strike, Mo Donegal was at the back of the pack at the Derby, but the colt didn’t have enough kick at Churchill Downs. He found it Saturday, winning the 154th running of the $1.5 million race.
Mo Donegal made a winner out of co-owner Mike Repole, a local entrepreneur known around the track as “Mike from Queens.” Repole also co-owns Nest.
“This is New York’s biggest race and to win it here, with my family and friends and 70 people here, this will be a big winner’s circle,” he said.
It’s the fourth straight year the Triple Crown contests were won by three different horses, a first for the sport since 1926-29.
The race marked a return to form for Belmont itself after the 2020 Stakes were closed to the public due to the pandemic and the 2021 event was limited to 11,238 spectators by virus restrictions.
Capacity was capped again, this time at 50,000, because of congestion concerns stemming from the newly built arena next door for the NHL’s New York Islanders. Still, fans crammed into cars on the Long Island Rail Road and breathed life into the 117-year-old track with floral headwear, pastel suits and the unmistakable musk of booze and cigars.
The reported attendance of 46,103 fell far short of the grounds record 120,139 set in 2004. Not much of a surprise, given the shaky weather forecast and the lack of a Triple Crown contender.
The field was sparse, too. No horse ran all three Triple Crown legs this year, heightening concern that three races in five weeks may be too tight a schedule to keep the horses healthy.
Preakness winner Early Voting was sidelined, likely to prepare for the $1.25 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 27. Epicenter, the runner-up at the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, also skipped.
In the $500,000 Acorn for 3-year-old fillies, Matareya romped to a 6 1/4-length victory. Favorite Echo Zulu scratched at the post on the advice of the track veterinarian.
Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Flavien Prat, Matareya ($2.60) ran the mile in 1:35.77, winning for the fifth time in eight career starts.
Heavily favored Flightline got off a step slow, overcame an early traffic issue and cruised to a six-length victory in the $1 million Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Mile.
The victory kept the 4-year-old Tapit colt undefeated in four career starts. This was the first one he did not win by double-digit lengths. Flightline ($2.90) was also ridden by Prat and trained by John Sadler.
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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
In the race to build electric vehicles, most automakers are chasing Tesla. Now Ford is making its biggest splash yet as it starts to deliver an electric version of its F-150 pickup truck, the country's bestselling vehicle. The stakes are huge, not just for Ford, but for the future of electric vehicles in the U.S. NPR's Brittany Cronin has more.
BRITTANY CRONIN, BYLINE: Nick Schmidt was at home when he got the call. The electric pickup truck that he reserved over a year ago, the F-150 Lightning, was finally ready to be picked up.
NICK SCHMIDT: When the dealership called me, they were just as excited as I was. I remember coming up to the parking lot, and they were all, like, gathered around. Everybody came outside.
CRONIN: And this wasn't just any F-150 Lightning. It was the very first one to be delivered. Schmidt lives in Standish, Mich., a town of 1,500. His whole family farms, and pickup trucks are kind of, like, their lifeblood.
SCHMIDT: Oh, yeah. Yeah. F-150s, 250s - I mean, they're literally tools for most of my family.
CRONIN: Schmidt works in clean energy. He loved his gas-powered F-150, but he wanted something electric. He says the Lightning is just as powerful and dependable as his conventional F-150. He uses it to haul dirt and lumber around and to tow his Airstream. And the acceleration is unlike anything he's ever experienced.
SCHMIDT: It's fast. I mean, for a big, full-sized pickup truck, it'll do, I think, 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds or something, which is unheard of.
CRONIN: It was a big moment for Schmidt, but maybe an even bigger one for Ford. Ford and other automakers are desperately trying to catch up to Tesla, which dominates the electric car market. Sam Abuelsamid at Guidehouse Insights says automakers are spending close to $200 billion over the next five years just on electric vehicles.
SAM ABUELSAMID: There's a lot of money at stake. And if they're going to build millions of EVs now and try to convert the entire industry to electric, they have to have products that people actually want to buy.
CRONIN: And that means pickup trucks. GM is rolling out an electric Silverado next year. The Ram truck is also going electric. And automakers are watching Ford's launch to see if this gamble will pay off. Still, Ford couldn't be sure that fans of its salt-of-the-earth classic American truck would embrace an electric version, so Ford went big on advertising. They even got Jimmy Fallon to evangelize about the frunk in a spoof music video.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JUNK IN MY FRUNK")
JIMMY FALLON: (Rapping) When the trunk's in the front, then the truck's got frunk. So I store my stuff in the...
CRONIN: The glitz and glam of late night aside, Ford and other automakers are in a tough spot right now. After years of buildup, Americans are clamoring for electric vehicles, and automakers don't have them. Shortages, rising costs, COVID factory shutdowns - the auto industry has been up against all of it. And even if you can get your hands on an electric car, they're really expensive. Schmidt paid about a hundred grand for his. Plus, charging is still a big issue.
SCHMIDT: We took it on a - basically a 300-and-so-mile trip the first weekend we got it and ran into an issue, like, where we couldn't find a charger.
CRONIN: He worries that public charging infrastructure just isn't ready for long trips. And while Schmidt is all in on electric, he thinks about his family on the farm, and he's not sure they're there yet.
SCHMIDT: I'm still waiting for that moment when, you know, my Aunt Jean comes down the road in an EV, and she's enjoying it, and it's just something that she felt comfortable to buy.
CRONIN: It's the Aunt Jeans of the world the automakers need to get electric vehicles to take off.
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A MARTINEZ, HOST:
Good morning. I'm A Martinez. A Bay Area teen stepped in for Pearl Jam's drummer after he caught COVID.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
EDDIE VEDDER: Everybody, this is Kai. Kai, this is everybody.
MARTINEZ: It had to be on Kai Neukerman's wish list to play with Pearl Jam. Frontman Eddie Vedder made him the man of the hour after seeing a clip from his band, The Alive. Kai left the Oakland Arena saying it felt surreal but also with a little bit of immortality. If it had been me, I swear I would have forgotten to just breathe. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wvtf.org/2022-05-17/a-bay-area-teen-stepped-in-for-pearl-jams-drummer-after-he-got-covid-19 | 2022-06-13T03:21:34Z | https://www.wvtf.org/2022-05-17/a-bay-area-teen-stepped-in-for-pearl-jams-drummer-after-he-got-covid-19 | false | null |
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India must have a Uniform Civil Code: VHP resolution
There has to be stern action against forcible religious conversions and India must have a uniform civil code, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a right-wing organisation, demanded in a resolution on Sunday.
The organisation of mostly Hindu monks also resolved to strengthen the joint family system and vowed to work to free temples from government control at its biannual central advisory board meeting in the holy city of Haridwar.
These resolutions were passed during the concluding session of the meeting of the VHP, which is affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), at Ñishkam Sewa Trust ashram.
Ascetics and seers from across the country, including representatives of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad — the apex body of Hindu monastic orders — took part in the meeting.
Some participants expressed concern over the violent protests by members of the Muslim community after Friday prayers in various parts of the country against controversial statements against Prophet Mohammed by non-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Central and state governments should take legal action against those who instigated mobs, said Jagadguru Shankaracharya Vasudevanand Saraswati.
“Muslim brothers should not make mosque or prayer meetings a platform to carry out nefarious designs of antisocial elements or those involved in religious hate propaganda,” said Swami Chidanand Muni of Parmarth Ashram in Rishikesh.
The participating seers also raised issues related to the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi and Shahi Eidgah mosque in Mathura that are being heard in various courts, expressing confidence that truth will prevail and claims of Hindus will be recognised.
“Scientific, archaeological, historical and mythological findings will play a vital role in the legal outcome and we have full faith in courts in this regard,” VHP national general secretary Milind Parande said.
During a television debate on May 28, Sharma made controversial remarks about Prophet Mohammad. On June 5, the BJP suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their derogatory remarks escalated, and some Muslim countries protested. The BJP also issued a statement saying that “it respects all religions and strongly denounces insults of any religious personality”.
Speaking on the controversy, Parande said Sharma has apologised and has been suspended by the BJP. “But owing to a broader conspiracy, she is being unduly targeted and threatened,” he said.
There is a need of “reviving joint family tradition, inculcating morality based values among children to make the society and world as a whole a global family in line with the concept of vasudev kutumbkam (world is one big family)”, he said.
“Our discussion was predominantly on having uniform civil code in the country, non-interference of government in the management of temples, and a strict legislation against religious conversion by force or luring,” Swami Kailashanand Giri of Niranjani Akhada, a monastic order, said on Saturday when the two-day meeting started.
“We want to live with harmony,” he said. “We hope there will be good outcome from this two-day meeting.”
During the meeting, participants also lauded the BJP-led Uttarakhand government for acting on the implementation of the uniform civil code weeks after forming the government in the state in March this year.
The VHP holds its central advisory board meeting every two years and invites seers and ascetics from across the country to discuss religious, social and spiritual issues. Resolutions are passed that are later raised at the VHP executive working committee and dialogue is initiated with the government on these resolutions. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-must-have-a-uniform-civil-code-vhp-resolution-101655062080193.html | 2022-06-13T03:35:09Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-must-have-a-uniform-civil-code-vhp-resolution-101655062080193.html | false | 2 |
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It didn't take long for the pandemic to arrive on Whidbey Island. That pastoral slice of the Pacific Northwest meanders through the upper reaches of Puget Sound, coming within just 30 miles of downtown Seattle. It was this corner of the country that alerted Americans to the reality that a virus doesn't abide by international borders and a global pandemic had made landfall in the U.S.
The very first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was here, in Washington state. And by early March of 2020, the virus had torn through a nursing home in a quiet suburb on the eastern edges of Lake Washington. That outbreak marked some of the very first known U.S. deaths of the pandemic. As ambulances shuttled those patients to a nearby hospital, the rest of the country was left to wonder: When would those scenes of panic and disease reach their hometowns, their hospitals, their parents, siblings and spouses?
Not long after, the virus had caught a ride to Whidbey Island, home to about 70,000 residents. And there, too, the daily rhythms of life changed almost instantly. The place enjoys a strange kind of isolation. It runs 55 miles north to south and is counted among the longest islands in the U.S. On the map, Whidbey could almost pass as a peculiar peninsula, suspended in the jumble of waterways and small islands that dot the region.
In reality, though, it is severed from the mainland. A strait, known as Deception Pass, runs between Whidbey and neighboring Fidalgo Island, which nearly touches the eastern shores of the Sound. Other than by air, there are only two ways on and off: by taking a short ferry ride; or braving a two-lane, steel bridge that soars 180 feet above the water before depositing travelers in a forest nearly two hours north of Seattle.
The story of the coronavirus pandemic is often told in extremes. An avalanche of patients overwhelming a hospital in New York. Refrigerated trucks serving as makeshift morgues in Texas. Bodies stacked to the ceiling at funeral homes in Florida.
That is not Whidbey Island.
As with everywhere, people there have lost family, friends, jobs and futures. But those who care for the community talk of a more subtle, persistent erosion, one that's jeopardizing the well-being of the most vulnerable.
WhidbeyHealth Medical Center seems to embody this unfolding crisis. With 25 beds, the island's only hospital is on tenuous footing. The pandemic only compounded years of financial stress. It's a familiar predicament for health care in rural America. Losing the hospital would be losing a lifeline. Patients would have to travel farther for life-saving care. Others would be left behind. This is what's at stake for Whidbey Island in this precarious moment.
When the virus first washed over the island, photojournalist Lynn Johnson was there. Now, two years and a million deaths later, we go back to see how the island and its people are finding their way through the pandemic that has quietly but indelibly altered the place they call home.
Tony Johnson, Longtime Island Resident
At first, Tony Johnson thought he'd emerged from a deep, deep sleep.
He didn't know that just a week earlier the doctors had told his wife he'd likely never wake up. He didn't know the nurses had played rock and roll for him while he was unconscious. He didn't know that he'd soon need to relearn how to breathe and swallow. And he had no idea that COVID-19 would take even more from him than it already had during those nine days on a ventilator.
When he first moved to Whidbey Island more than two decades ago, Johnson says it was a low-key place, populated by a bunch of "old hippies." That appealed to him. So did the waterfront, the arts and crafts fair and the street dance that was held every year. Some of that charm is very much alive there, but over time Johnson felt a shift. New people arrived, and so did developers. It became more expensive. His family could only get by thanks to thrift stores and Walmart.
Eventually, he and his wife moved to Oak Harbor. It's a military town on the north end of the island with a humming naval base. After years of steady work, Johnson lost his job at the bank.
"Suddenly you find yourself isolated in a small community and there is no work," he says. "That made it really tough."
Just a few years ago, their mobile home was condemned. The water system was contaminated. Johnson had even fallen ill from an E. coli infection. Later, his wife fell through the decaying porch floor. She had to be rescued by a neighbor.
In March of 2020, the virus gained a foothold in the Whidbey nursing home, where Johnson was living at the time. Soon he was one of the very first COVID-19 patients on the island. He was high risk, diabetic and over 60. Somehow he survived, though he'd come off the ventilator with blood clots in his feet.
He was moved off the island as he recovered. But his wounds weren't healing well – weeks went by without anyone tending to them. Infection set in, consuming his toes and feet. A vascular surgeon was able to restore blood flow in one leg. The other one could not be salvaged, though. "They said, 'You can either die from gangrene or we can amputate your leg,'" Johnson recalls. "It was not that hard of a decision."
Johnson says he doesn't miss the island so much anymore. By then, his home there was gone, just a graveled lot now. Still, he talks with remarkable ease about all that COVID-19 took from him. There are even some surprising flashes of humor. "You can bury it deep or you can just let it out," he says. "It's better to let it out, so it doesn't eat you up the same way."
Delores Jetton, hospice aide
There's only one time when Delores Jetton refers to her work as a "job." And it's when she tells you, "I love my job." In her warm voice, she speaks of it more like a devotional practice — one she can only perform with deliberate hands and unceasing curiosity. She bathes people, people who are dying, at home, in hospice. "Some make me laugh, some make me cry," Jetton says. "I still love them all the same." Working with the aging has always appealed to her. After all, they have the best stories. Her mantra? All you have to do is ask them one good question. "You better make it count," she chuckles.
The intimacy of her work underwent a strange transformation during the pandemic. Suddenly, she was shrouded, head to toe with a gown, gloves and mask. People would sometimes ask to see her face. She'd finish bathing them, step outside and peel off her layers. Then she'd stand at their window and smile. Others don't care about seeing her face. They simply want to feel her hand on their arm or have her rub their feet.
Jetton has spent many years on the island. She moved there from Maryland because her daughter was stationed at the base there. Her daughter left, but she stayed. The weather was nice and so was the connectedness, a sense that everyone knows each other even if they're from different sides of the island: "I have yet to run into any rude people."
Before Jetton enters the home of a new patient, she pauses and says a prayer. She'll tell you the hands she uses to wash people, people who are on the edge of life, don't quite belong to her. "I ask the Lord to lead me, to make me sensitive to their needs and show me what you want me to do with them," she says.
Tabitha Sierra, nurse manager
Tabitha Sierra does well during a crisis. She had studied public health in California, and then went on to train as an emergency trauma nurse. Eventually, she'd found her way to Whidbey to take a job at the hospital. She liked the idea of her kids growing up on the island.
The pandemic gave her clarity of purpose, a moment to put her years of training in epidemiology to use. Masks, tests and vaccines were part of her trade. She knew the island was vulnerable. It had a high concentration of retirees and seniors, and then there were the people living on the margins, some even off grid.
So she got to work, combing the island for anyone who needed her: "There was a job to do and there was an answer: You helped people," says Sierra.
She remembers how the hospital filled up in those early days of the pandemic, when the virus spread through the local nursing home, just a stone's throw away. "We had people who we'd known for a very long time that were coming in, and they were in our ICU," she says. Those who did survive lingered there, even after they recovered, because they simply "had nowhere else to go."
As the adrenaline faded, Sierra started to notice the ripple effects of living with COVID-19, the fraying web of care and connection on the island. "Humans depend on hope. We get through things, because we know on the other side of them it will be okay," she says. "I don't know that I hear a lot of hope from people anymore."
Health clinics had closed. The pool of caregivers for the aging and homebound shrank. And the hospital was struggling to stay afloat. Soon there was talk of cutting the labor and delivery unit — the only one on the island — where Sierra had taken over as nurse manager. If that happened, there would be nowhere for a woman who was pregnant to get hospital care on the island.
Sierra imagined what would happen when things went wrong — how precious minutes would be squandered trying to get off the island to the nearest hospital. She did the math: at least four infants would have died in the past year alone, and "probably more mothers than that, if we had not been here right when they needed us."
For now, labor and delivery remains open. The hospital administrators say they've backed off from the idea, after considering the repercussions. But with money tight, nothing is certain quite yet.
Doug Neal, paramedic
Suddenly, all the calls seemed to just stop. Doug Neal wasn't quite sure what to make of it. He had worked on the island for more than two decades as a paramedic. "The streets were bare," says Neal. "Rarely did we roll out."
The lockdown — and the specter of catching the virus — had kept even some of the sickest people from calling 911 in those early days of the pandemic. Many had medical problems that went untended, sometimes for months or longer. Eventually, Neal would see those patients. And then it would be a true emergency: "Instead of calling earlier, when they know that they're going to need some help, they'd call too late, sometimes."
All that had changed by the second year of the pandemic. Calls started pouring in. In 2021 alone, his emergency medical services crew transported 1,000 more people than ever before. "That's just an astronomical number," he says.
Some of the patients had COVID; others were scared they did and didn't know how else to get an answer. These days, he's spending a lot of time simply looking for a place to bring his patients. Sometimes the hospitals don't have enough nurses on staff, or the right equipment, or enough beds. "You're on the phone trying to figure out where to take someone and everybody's saying, 'No, we're full. We can't take it.'"
Whidbey only has so many ambulances. A journey off the island to the nearest hospital can take at least 30 minutes, if you're running lights with sirens blaring. The more ambulances that leave the island in search of a hospital, the fewer people are left to care for those still there. "It happens, at times, when we're all busy on calls, and there's not another rig available."
Richard West, therapist and crisis responder
Richard West knows he can't get away from his work — not that he wants to. Maybe, it'll happen at the grocery store or a gas station. "We are in a small community and the chances of us sharing the same space is really high," he says. Invariably, he will run into someone he's dealt with as a therapist and crisis responder. That's the reality of living on Whidbey Island, a place where the need for mental health care eclipses the services actually available. But that's partly why he's there. The small town feel works for him. Sometimes it even reminds West of where he grew up in Oklahoma, as a tribal member of the Muscogee Creek Nation.
Before becoming a therapist, West spent years as a probation and parole officer. When he moved to the island, he saw that sometimes there would be nowhere to send people who needed mental health treatment. If they wanted help, they'd often need to go to Seattle. That meant some people didn't get any help at all. So, he decided to open up his own practice. If people need to see him, maybe because of a court order or a crisis, he tries to see them, even if they can't pay. And when the pandemic came to Whidbey, West didn't go remote. He stayed out there — doing what he does best: connecting with people, talking them down, finding them help. Sometimes he'd tag along with police officers, trying to prop up the fraying safety net in his community.
"I've just seen so much grief and fear and uncertainty," he says. "That just causes some people to kind of unravel at the seams." There's one patient he remembers who'd worked with him for several years. One day, that person killed themself. Others died by overdose. "Those who already had some struggles, it just became magnified," he says.
Even now, West feels the tailwinds of the pandemic in his own practice: "People are just a little more angry and a little more on the edge, and even a little more unforgiving." Family ties are strained or shattered. And the island's capacity to respond is flagging. The mental health infrastructure has withered. Clinics and counselors shut down because of COVID-19. Some have never reopened. West tries to fill in the gaps. "I just try to be a man of my word and offer what we can," he says. "There are so many that aren't getting any help."
Peyton Wischmeier and Chrysalis Kendall, speech therapist, occupational therapist
Peyton Wischmeier has always had a waitlist. There are few other options on the island for families who need a speech therapist, especially if they don't have much money or good health insurance. She doesn't have that problem. WhidbeyHealth Medical Center is a public hospital, so she can take anyone, regardless of what they can pay. That's a good thing, but it leaves Wischmeier with a sense that she can never get to everyone as fast as she'd like, or maybe at all: "It feels like if I am unable to see a child, other opportunities are just really nonexistent."
The pandemic has only underscored how fundamental it is to have this one-on-one time. In a world of masks, visual cues are hard to come by for children who are learning how to move their mouths and make the right sounds. It's no surprise they're seeing an uptick in delayed speech skills, says Chrysalis Kendall, an occupational therapist who works hand-in-hand with Wischmeier. "I call it a sensory hangover," says Kendall, who moved to the island five years ago.
Often the kids who work with Kendall already struggle with how to interpret other people's feelings. The pandemic was profoundly disorienting for them. "Suddenly, all they can see are your eyes," says Kendall, "and that for a kid on the spectrum is the hardest place on your face to look at." And it goes well beyond masks. Kendall still sees the aftershocks of all that social isolation and online learning. "We have these kids who really rely on their external resources for regulation and they're not sure where to go for that," she says.
Lisa Toomey, oncology nurse
Lisa Toomey never downplayed the coronavirus, even when it was just a seemingly distant news story from overseas. It wasn't her first pandemic. About 40 years ago, Toomey confronted the HIV/AIDS crisis at the start of her nursing career. She still remembers the fear, how even some doctors and nurses wouldn't touch their own patients. With this new virus, Toomey wasn't going to take any chances with those under her care. Their immune systems were too fragile, suppressed from cancer treatments. She says that's why her oncology unit, "the MAC" for short, locked down before the rest of the hospital.
Soon, it was virtually unrecognizable. They'd always taken extra care to keep their patients safe. Nurses would wear gloves and chemo gowns, but COVID-19 ushered in an entirely new way of doing cancer care. No more hugging and holding hands. Family members were prohibited. The laughter and smiles seemed to fade. "We just felt like we jumped over a cliff and we were cut off from each other," she says. "The lifeline was our masks and our gloves, that was our lifeline to continue to hold onto one another." Being on Whidbey meant they knew most of their patients, these were their neighbors and friends. "We got very, very protective, and that's why no one got sick," she says.
In those early days, Toomey says the oncology nurses made a pact: to keep their patients safe, they would have to live like them. No traveling. They hit the brakes on their social lives. Even Toomey's own family was kept at a distance initially: "I'd come home and I didn't hug my kids and my wife for months."
At work, the nurses would take care not to fall back into old habits. They'd eat lunch in their cars by themselves. Toomey had spent years teaching younger nurses how to do the job. Now she found herself learning again. She discovered how to offer that same comfort to her patients, using only her eyes and tone of voice. And when vaccines arrived, she took on yet another role: the "scheduling queen." She booked countless vaccine appointments for her patients.
Now, at long last, they're finally back to hugging. Family members have just started to trickle in again. Toomey wouldn't call it a return to normal. That probably will never happen. "And that's okay," she says. "We talk about how fragile life is, and how it can change so fast, and how we really appreciate what we have – being able to wake up every day, being able to gather together. That appreciation, that will never be forgotten."
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Pune: An explosion was reported in a flat of a housing society in the Bhawani Peth area of Pune, informed police on Sunday. The intensity of the explosion was low and took place while repairing a washing machine.
While repairing the washing machine a gas blow torch was being used and due to excess heat and pressure, an explosion took place. The police were informed following the incident and the officials said that there was no need to panic.
‘No casualties have been reported in the incident. Nothing Suspicious, investigation is on’, Police Commissioner (Pune), Amitabh Gupta said. The person staying in the flat has been taken to the local police station for an enquiry. | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/06/13/explosion-occurs-while-repairing-a-washing-machine-in-pune.html | 2022-06-13T03:40:44Z | https://www.eastcoastdaily.in/2022/06/13/explosion-occurs-while-repairing-a-washing-machine-in-pune.html | false | null |
THERE are expectations that interbank rates would move in mixed directions amid marginal inflow of matured bills.
Dealers said Open Market Operation (OMO) worth N20 billion would mature via the secondary market while the Nigeria Treasury Bills (NTB) worth of N12.66 billion would also mature this week.
Meanwhile, in assessing Nigeria’s debt sustainability, analysts at Afrinvest (West) Africa estimate that debt-to-GDP ratio rose to 23.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 (previously 22.8 per cent).
This, they said, is below Debt Management Office’s (DMO’s) sustainable benchmark (40.0 per cent of GDP) and IMF’s threshold for emerging economies (55.0 per cent of GDP).
Notwithstanding, the analysts frowned at the persistent build up in public debt (up 2.4x since 2016) describing it as worrisome given revenue underperformance (2021 Actual – ₦4.4 trillion vs 2021 Budgeted – ₦8.1 trillion).
Also, the nation’s fiscal position worsened as fiscal deficit-to-GDP is estimated to rise to 4.0 per cent in Q1:2022 (previously 3.4 per cent) on account of slower economic growth and an uptick in fiscal deficit.
On the other hand, debt-to-revenue ratio is estimated at 893.1 per cent in Q1:2022 slightly lower than the Financial Year (FY):2021 level (899.5 per cent).
Likewise, the estimate of debt service-to-revenue moderated to about 85.8 per cent over the past four quarters (previously: 96.0 per cent) due to modest improvement in non-oil receipts.
“Although both debt-to-revenue and debt service-to-revenue ratios improved, the metrics continue to teeter in a precarious zone as almost all of FG’s revenue is deployed towards debt servicing,” the analysts stated in a note to clients. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/interbank-rates-to-move-in-mixed-directions-on-marginal-inflow-of-matured-bills/ | 2022-06-13T03:50:47Z | https://tribuneonlineng.com/interbank-rates-to-move-in-mixed-directions-on-marginal-inflow-of-matured-bills/ | false | 1 |
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
The writer Jhumpa Lahiri is known for her stories about the immigrant experience, books like "Interpreter Of Maladies" and "The Namesake," rich fictional stories from and of two worlds. Lahiri is less known for the other kind of writing she does - translation. For the last several years, the author and Princeton professor has been translating works from Italian to English, including her own work. And in a new essay collection titled "Translating Myself And Others," Lahiri explores what draws her to translation. She joins me now. Jhumpa Lahiri, welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm glad to speak with you again.
JHUMPA LAHIRI: Thank you so much.
KELLY: Clear the air, if you would, on something that I gather annoys you, which is the notion that translation is somehow a lesser form of writing than creative writing.
LAHIRI: Yes. It annoys me because what I've come to realize is that translation is nothing but a form of writing. If anything, it's more of a pure form of writing, if you will, because it's language that is at the center of every choice that's being made. And there's so much creativity and imagination that goes into arriving at the best solution from the translator's point of view.
KELLY: Although, take on the critics who will be listening and saying, but hold on, it's - there's got to be less creativity, less imagination involved. You can't just change the story whole cloth if you're trying to be truthful to the original.
LAHIRI: Well, that is sort of another layer, if you will, another dimension of what a text is, right? I mean, it has the - if we're talking about fiction, we're talking about the characters, the plot, the details. The choices that the author makes is governed by language, right? So language is actually at the center of the text and translation is making that extremely clear.
KELLY: It's kind of like the words are all you've got, which is true of writing in any event. But other choices melt away. And it's just - you're just wrestling with the language, pure and simple. Is that something close to it?
LAHIRI: Yes, it is. And I would say that when you're just wrestling, just, I would say, you know...
KELLY: There's a lot in that just, yeah.
LAHIRI: Yes, there's a lot in that just, but when we're wrestling with language, we realize how infinite the playing field is.
KELLY: I mean, I can hear both that you enjoy it and that it's hard, that it's demanding. And having done some translation myself, that has certainly been my experience. Do you find it makes you a better writer in both languages that you're grappling with?
LAHIRI: Absolutely. Absolutely. I think that my experience translating Italian literature made me a better writer in Italian because it exposed me to ways of constructing sentences, words, rhythms, turns of phrase, what have you that I was only getting by virtue of translating amazing authors such as Domenico Starnone or Calvino or whomever. Translation embeds you inside of the text, and so you also learn things about all of these other aspects of fiction writing.
KELLY: So I want to apply all this to your novel, "Whereabouts," which I got to interview you about when it came out last year, when it came out in English, I should say, because you wrote it in Italian. The Italian title was "Dove Mi Trovo." And then you translated it from Italian into English, which I know you were really resisting. Why?
LAHIRI: Well, I resisted it many years ago when my first Italian book came out, in other words, in English, because in that moment, I felt that I had to remain absolutely disciplined inside of English and sort of create the false notion that I only had one language, which, of course I didn't and I never have. But I wanted all of the energy I had to remain inside of thinking, reading and writing in Italian. By the time I wrote "Dove Mi Trovo," my relationship to Italian had changed. You know, the roots were deeper. I trusted it more. And I felt that working in English was not going to somehow unravel the Italian that I was building and cultivating in my system, in my brain, in my life.
KELLY: So you now have the original Italian. You have the work that you have translated that is in English that I read. You've now gone back and made changes - what? - an updated Italian version. Does it like three separate books? How do you think of it?
LAHIRI: They were very subtle changes, but they are there, so I don't think of it as a different book at all. But I do think of it as a, you know, that it went through another round of - in the edit cycle. And I think what translating myself opened up was the fact that - and I feel this very keenly now with my new book, which I've just finished in Italian - that self-translation is now for me the most rigorous and effective form of editing.
KELLY: Well, and I suppose it circles us back to where we began, which is your strong view that the act of translation makes you a better writer of fiction. You know, to go back to "Whereabouts," you're on version three of self-editing, and you feel like it's getting better. It's helping it.
LAHIRI: Yes, exactly. I mean, it's just constantly moving it toward the book you want it to be. It's very heady stuff, you know. I mean, but it's also destabilizing because, you know, one would like to think, OK, I wrote the book. It's done. It's out. It's in the bookstore. It's done. Let's forget about it. But that's kind of a myth in a way, you know. I mean, of course, we can always go back, and we can always question why we structured a sentence a certain way, why we chose one adjective as opposed to another. You know, and I think that self-translation insists on the fact that writing is really very open-ended. And what I think is really wonderful about the art and craft of translation is that it calls for other translations. And, I mean, every time someone translates something, it's almost like an invitation or even a challenge to say, you, too, could translate this. Let's see what you could do with this. There's simply no such thing as a definitive translation.
KELLY: I love that way of thinking about it. Well, may I wish you many more translations of this book and your others - that would be perfect - by the time you're on version 17?
LAHIRI: Thank you. Yeah. It's a hall of mirrors. But it's a new way of thinking about the literary enterprise, it really is.
KELLY: Well, Jhumpa Lahiri, this has been yet again a pleasure. Thanks so much for talking to us.
LAHIRI: It was my pleasure. Thank you for having me.
KELLY: That is the author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri. Her new essay collection is "Translating Myself And Others." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-05-18/jhumpa-lahiri-on-how-she-fell-in-love-with-translating-and-how-it-shapes-her-writing | 2022-06-13T03:59:06Z | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-05-18/jhumpa-lahiri-on-how-she-fell-in-love-with-translating-and-how-it-shapes-her-writing | false | 5 |
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Which Victorinox luggage is best?
Initially gaining fame thanks to its line of high-quality Swiss Army knives, the Victorinox brand has expanded to become one of the most well-respected names in the world of luggage. Victorinox luggage has combined elegance, security and functionality from small to large capacity bags to create numerous sought-after luggage collections. With various sizes, styles and built-in features, Victorinox is a worthwhile luggage choice for anyone who values a high-end design and high-quality construction. If you are in the market for a protective suitcase with an elegant design, the top choice is the Victorinox Swiss Army VX Avenue Medium Hardside Spinner Suitcase.
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Modern features
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Depending on the size and features, you can expect to spend anywhere from $150-$900 on Victorinox luggage.
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How do I know if my Victorinox luggage counts as a carry-on?
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What’s the best Victorinox luggage to buy?
Top Victorinox luggage
Victorinox Swiss Army VX Avenue Medium Hardside Spinner Suitcase
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What you should consider: The dimensions of this bag do not meet the carry-on guidelines of most airlines.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
Top Victorinox carry-on luggage
Victorinox Swiss Army Nova 2.0 Soft Side Frequent Flyer Carry-on
What you need to know: Designed to combine modern features and high-quality construction, this bag is the ideal carry-on for any traveler.
What you’ll love: Constructed using water-resistant fabric and high-grade aluminum, this bag is built to last. With a large capacity and zippered interior pockets, there is plenty of space to pack all your travel essentials. The large, 360-degree spinner wheels and aircraft aluminum handle make transport a breeze. The built-in USB charging port, ID tray and TSA-approved combo lock offer on-the-go security and convenience.
What you should consider: This bag does not have a hard exterior, so it may not be ideal for consumers who prefer the optimal travel protection.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
Top Victorinox luggage for the money
Victorinox Swiss Army VX Avenue Soft Side Weekender Duffel
What you need to know: This multipurpose bag is perfect for short-term travel.
What you’ll love: The water and tear-resistant fabric provide complete protection for your belongings. With multiple interior and exterior zippered pockets, this bag offers plenty of variety when it comes to packing. The lockable zippers ensure extra security for expensive electronics and personal items. The molded handle makes it easy to carry.
What you should consider: This bag is for short-term travel, so it is not as spacious as other options.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
What can we learn from reports of UFOs? The Pentagon is investigating what are now referred to as UAPs - or unexplained aerial phenomena.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
SCOTT BRAY: We have detected no emanations within the UAP task force that would suggest it's anything non-terrestrial in origin.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Naval intelligence official Scott Bray testified last week at the first public congressional hearing into UFOs - UAPs in a half-century. In human speak, he's saying, there's no proof of aliens swooping into our atmosphere.
CAROL CLELAND: I think, for them to concede there was evidence of non-terrestrial origin, they'd have to come down and say hi.
INSKEEP: Carol Cleland directs the Center for the Study of Origins at the University of Colorado Boulder and says we need to see all the government's 400 UAP files before making a final conclusion.
CLELAND: The preliminary assessment just gives a report. It says, well, they're traveling really fast. And they're stopping cold. And they're moving against heavy winds and doing all of this stuff that we can't explain by natural processes.
INSKEEP: Now, Cleland believes that life could be out there. So more experts, she says, should weigh in.
CLELAND: I think that there is probably extraterrestrial civilizations out there. The question is, are they close enough? Because given current physics, traveling between stars, even the nearest star to us, takes light years. It's not easy to get between stars.
FADEL: Cleland is also a professor of philosophy who wonders whether worlds beyond our scientific reach will have escaped the self-destructive perils that planet Earth seems determined to flirt with.
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Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the nation faces shortages amid an unprecedented economic crisis, its prime minister has said.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in an interview with the Associated Press news agency on Saturday, said he would first look to other sources, but would be open to buying more crude from Moscow.
The country is in the midst of its worst financial crisis in seven decades and severely strapped for dollars to pay for critical imports including food, fuel and medicine.
Long lines, sometimes kilometers long, are a common sight near petrol stations across the country, which has also been hit by rolling power cuts.
While Washington and its allies are trying to cut financial flows supporting Moscow’s war effort, Russia is offering its crude at a steep discount, making it extremely enticing to a number of countries.
Wickremesinghe, who is also Sri Lanka’s finance minister, also indicated he would be willing to accept more financial help from China, despite the island nation’s mounting debts.
Sri Lanka’s current predicament was of “its own making”, he said, and the war in Ukraine was making it even worse adding that dire food shortages could continue until 2024.
He said Russia had also offered wheat to Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka was also trying to get oil and coal from its traditional suppliers in the Middle East.
Officials are negotiating with private suppliers, but Wickremesinghe said one issue they face is that “there is a lot of oil going around which can be sourced back informally to Iran or to Russia.”
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Services for Gregory “Greg” Dean Chapman, 63, of Kempner, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sneed-Carnley Funeral Chapel in Lampasas. Interment will follow at Smith Cemetery in Kempner.
Mr. Chapman died June 11, 2022, at Advent Health Central Texas in Killeen.
He was born Jan. 25, 1959, in Fort Sill, Okla., to Raymond and Bobbie Christine Chapman.
Greg graduated from Copperas Cove High School in 1977. He graduated from Central Texas College Police Academy on June 10, 1994, and began his career with the Lampasas Police Department, working from 1994 to 2002. After that, he went to work with the Lampasas County Sheriff’s Department from 2002 to 2013, ending his tenure as a sergeant. In 2013, he was elected as Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 in Lampasas County and had plans to retire at the end of this year.
He enjoyed doing any work with his hands, especially woodworking, and he was an avid fisherman. He also spent a lot of time with the Boy Scouts, mentoring many youths to obtain their Eagle Scout rank. Greg was also a Mason and a member of the lodge in Eunice, La.
Mr. Chapman was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Clyde Chapman; and brothers, Darren Jay Chapman, Douglas Wade Chapman and Lorne Alen Chapman.
He is survived by his wife, Deborah Chapman; mother, Bobbie Christine Chapman; daughters, Ashley Michele Mellon and husband Quentin, and Jacqueline Eve Hanke and husband Justin; step-daughters, Ashli, Adriana and Alyssa; sister, Cynthia Chapman Stone and husband Stephen; grandchildren, Braxton Dean Mellon, Brock Nathanial Mellon, Major Jeb Hanke, Nolan Lyle Hanke and Luke Jacob Hanke; mother-in-law, Juline Smith; brother-in-law, Coleman Smith and wife Laura; nephews, Logan Alen Chapman and wife Alex, James Kyler Imhoff, Shane Thomas Stone, and Samuel Stone; and great-nephew Leo Alen Chapman.
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AILSA CHANG, HOST:
It was two years ago today that a police officer killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner, setting off global, racial justice protests. Derek Chauvin is in prison for murder. And even though the three other former officers who were on duty with him are likely to face prison time as well, many Minneapolis residents say the systemic changes needed to prevent such tragedies are still far from reality. Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio reports.
MATT SEPIC, BYLINE: At the intersection where George Floyd was killed, cars and trucks trickle through a makeshift roundabout that encircles a Black Power fist sculpted of steel. Soon after the murder, people from around the world began coming here to pay their respects to Floyd, and they're still coming. LaMyra Sanders (ph) of Columbia, S.C., says she's hopeful that the racial justice movement sparked here will bring a fundamental shift in American policing.
LAMYRA SANDERS: There is a place of sadness that still looms here, and it is our prayer that one day that justice will be served and that this will not be a problem, you know? There's plenty work to be done.
SEPIC: While countless numbers of people have visited George Floyd Square over the last two years, Marcia Howard (ph) has been a constant presence here, leading a protest occupation of about a dozen people who keep the area tidy and watch for trouble.
MARCIA HOWARD: Make sure if you are signed up...
SEPIC: At a meeting earlier this week, they discussed how to handle the crowds expected for the anniversary, starting with tonight's candlelight vigil.
HOWARD: You make sure that you don't overextend yourself. We said that a year ago. You know, there were people who were doing 14-hour days out here in the sun.
SEPIC: Minneapolis city leaders hope to build a permanent memorial here as part of a plan to rebuild the intersection. But Howard, a Black, 49-year-old high school English teacher and retired Marine, vows not to let that happen until there are substantive improvements in the way police treat people of color.
HOWARD: The only thing that seems to change anything in the city of Minneapolis is collective action. We're standing in place, in situ, where a Black man was lynched in public, and we're saying, we're not moving.
SEPIC: But Howard says little has fundamentally changed. She points to February's police killing of 22-year-old Amir Locke during a no-knock raid at the Minneapolis apartment where he was sleeping. Locke, who was Black, was holding a gun, but he was not suspected of a crime, nor was he named in the search warrant. But calls for police reform were loudest in the weeks just after Floyd's murder, when council member Jeremiah Ellison stood on a stage at a park with eight of his colleagues. At their feet in large, block letters were the words, defund police.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
JEREMIAH ELLISON: They're telling me to say it again. This council is going to dismantle this police department.
(SOUNDBITE OF CROWD CHEERING)
SEPIC: That did not happen. The council has continued to fund new recruit classes to replace the 300 officers who've left the force, which is plagued by low morale. And despite a poll showing deep mistrust of the MPD, last November, 56% of voters rejected a proposal to replace it with a new safety agency that would have included law enforcement, quote, "if necessary." Kami Chavis, who leads the criminal justice program at Wake Forest University's law school, says the plan was bold, but its lack of details likely scared off voters.
KAMI CHAVIS: I think it was probably just a bridge too far for some people to say, well, wait a minute. We're going to do away with what we have, and we're not sure what this new thing is you're proposing.
SEPIC: Chavis says any transformational shift will come by court order. A U.S. Justice Department investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department is expected to result in judicial oversight through a consent decree. Mayor Jacob Frey has made some tweaks to policing policy, including banning chokeholds, low-level traffic stops and no-knock raids. But critics point out that the latest police labor contract does not include tougher disciplinary procedures. While calls for significant, lasting change are widespread, momentum has been uneven. Meanwhile, Marcia Howard and her fellow activists say they'll continue to honor Floyd's memory, not only with rallies and vigils, but by being present here for as long as it takes to bring meaningful change to policing. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepic in Minneapolis. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wknofm.org/2022-05-25/minneapolis-residents-want-the-reforms-that-were-promised-after-george-floyds-death | 2022-06-13T04:20:58Z | https://www.wknofm.org/2022-05-25/minneapolis-residents-want-the-reforms-that-were-promised-after-george-floyds-death | true | 11 |
ANAHEIM ― Life coaching and defensive positioning rarely overlap neatly, but for the Angels’ Tyler Wade, taking a step backward was the best way forward Sunday.
Getting his first start of the season in center field, Wade was caught flat-footed in a pivotal moment. With Brandon Nimmo on first base and the Angels trailing the New York Mets by a run in the third inning, Starling Marte scorched a line drive to center field at 100 mph off the bat. The ball landed over the head of Wade, who was late to react.
Marte cruised into second base and Nimmo scored the Mets’ second run in an eventual 4-1 victory before the announced crowd of 36,598 at Angel Stadium.
That wasn’t the Angels’ only defensive miscue Sunday; they made two other errors behind starter Patrick Sandoval (3-2) and three relief pitchers. Although the hit was scored as a double for Marte, Wade’s mistake was perhaps the most costly mistake in the field. The Angels never led again on a night when their lineup went cold after the first inning.
By losing three of four to the Mets, the Angels fell to 29-32 with 100 games remaining on the schedule. They fell to third place in the American League West for the first time since the season’s first week, a half-game behind the Texas Rangers.
The afternoon sun was a formidable obstacle for outfielders and hitters on both sides. But interim manager Phil Nevin was in no mood for making excuses.
“We both play on both sides,” Nevin said. “They were just better today.”
Mets starter Taijuan Walker (4-2) threw 20 pitches in the first inning without inducing a swing-and-miss. The Angels rattled off four hits against the Yucaipa native, striking first when leadoff hitter Brandon Marsh doubled and scored on a single by Mike Trout.
Leading 1-0 early, it seemed as if the Angels were poised to pick up where they left off Friday night, when they hit five home runs in an eventual 11-6 win.
Walker had other plans. The right-hander did not allow a run over the next five innings. He generated 18 swings and misses while striking out 10 batters. The Angels recorded only two hits over the final eight innings.
“Four o’clock games. Not gonna make any excuses, but it’s tough to see,” Trout said. “It’s a grind when you feel so good up there, then it’s just tough seeing.”
Nevin elected to give Trout a turn at designated hitter while starting Marsh in left field, Wade in center and Juan Lagares in left.
Marsh became the Angels’ primary center fielder in 2021 after Trout suffered a season-ending calf injury. He was worth two outs above average in 70 games, according to Statcast.
Wade had played only three innings in center field this season prior to Sunday. He started 10 games at the position last year for the New York Yankees, where Nevin was the team’s third-base coach. Wade was also on the field early Sunday afternoon shagging fly balls.
All of this was enough to inform Nevin’s lineup decision, but it couldn’t coax Marte’s sharp liner into Wade’s glove.
“That combination of shadows, not being able to see the ball off the bat, those are tough,” Wade said. “Regardless of if you’re out there every single day. … You can’t practice those. That’s an instinctual play. That’s why I’m out there working. It’s just experience under my belt.”
“It’s a line drive right at him,” Nevin said. “It’s a very tough play for an older guy, for a guy who’s been in center field all the time.”
The blunder mattered little in the end. The Mets got two more runs on solo homers by J.D. Davis and Pete Alonso. Davis’ home run in the fourth inning, on a first-pitch fastball, was the first Sandoval had allowed after 51 homerless innings to start the 2022 season.
“Finally,” he quipped. “I was waiting.”
Sandoval allowed two runs on eight hits across six innings. He walked two batters and struck out eight.
The Angels had one last chance to even the score in the eighth inning. Closer Edwin Diaz entered the game with one out and Marsh on first base. The right-hander blew a 100-mph fastball past Trout for the second out. After walking Anthony Rendon, Diaz threw a 101.6-mph fastball past Jared Walsh ― who hit for the cycle one day earlier ― to end the inning. It was the fastest pitch Diaz has thrown in 2022.
The Angels struck out 16 times in all. Walsh and right fielder Juan Lagares (0 for 4) were responsible for three each.
“I think everyone knows the shadows are tough and it’s tough to see there,” Wade said. “You try to jump on ‘em early. Both of our guys pitched well. We got the short end of the stick.”
After losing three of four to the Mets, the Angels (29-33) have a day off Monday before playing the Dodgers Tuesday and Wednesday in Los Angeles. | https://www.presstelegram.com/2022/06/12/angels-struggle-in-the-field-and-at-the-plate-in-loss-to-mets/ | 2022-06-13T04:22:43Z | https://www.presstelegram.com/2022/06/12/angels-struggle-in-the-field-and-at-the-plate-in-loss-to-mets/ | true | 8 |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-9-1
(four, nine, one)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
4-9-1
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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
Alabama has a primary tomorrow. Republican candidates up and down the ballot are trying to prove they're aligned with former President Donald Trump by denying the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. It's a full-on embrace of Trump's big lie. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.
DEBBIE ELLIOTT, BYLINE: Watching the ads running up to Alabama's Republican primary, you might think it was still 2020 - like this one from Governor Kay Ivey's reelection campaign...
(SOUNDBITE OF POLITICAL AD)
KAY IVEY: The fake news, big tech and blue-state liberals stole the election from President Trump. But here in Alabama, we're making sure that never happens.
ELLIOTT: ...Or this one from Congressman Mo Brooks, who's running for Senate. It opens with his speech before the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
(SOUNDBITE OF POLITICAL AD)
MO BROOKS: America does not need any more weakling, cowering, wimpy Republican congressmen and senators.
On January 6, I proudly stood with President Trump in the fight against voter fraud.
ELLIOTT: Brooks, wearing body armor under his jacket at the time, urged the crowd to, quote, "start taking down names and kicking ass." The congressional committee investigating January 6 has subpoenaed Brooks to testify, after he declined to cooperate. President Trump at first endorsed Brooks in the Senate race but then withdrew his support in March after Brooks fell in polls behind candidates Katie Britt and Mike Durant. The race has since tightened, with Brooks close behind Britt. She's the former chief of staff to longtime Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, who is retiring, opening up this battle for his seat. Durant is a political newcomer. He's a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and POW in the incident that was the subject of the book and movie "Black Hawk Down." He, too, is an election denier.
(SOUNDBITE OF POLITICAL AD)
MIKE DURANT: The American people were robbed in 2020.
ELLIOTT: For her part, Katie Britt stopped short of calling the 2020 election stolen but advocates for a forensic audit. Governor Kay Ivey, pressed on the matter, doesn't sound as sure as she does in her campaign ad.
IVEY: Nothing's ever been proven about that, but it sure seems like there was some monkey business going on.
ELLIOTT: Regardless, the message resonates with voters like 80-year-old Wayne King of Brewton. He says he's already cast an absentee ballot for Ivey and, in the Senate race...
WAYNE KING: Mo Brooks - he's had a lot of experience.
ELLIOTT: King said he's not dissuaded by the fact that Donald Trump pulled his support from Brooks.
KING: Well, that's Donald Trump, but he has done a very good job. He just tweets too much, and he's got too much ego.
ELLIOTT: King and other conservative voters bring up the notion that Mike Durant was coaxed by liberals to enter the race, though there's no evidence of that. Durant, a government contractor, has lagged in recent polls despite outspending his opponents, fueled mostly with his own money.
MELISSA ROBINSON: I don't know about Mike Durant.
ELLIOTT: That's Republican voter Melissa Robinson of Evergreen, Ala. She's not necessarily a fan of Mo Brooks, either. She's a Trump supporter but did not approve of the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
ROBINSON: I thought, what is this country coming to?
ELLIOTT: Robinson says she's leaning toward Britt, in part because of the ads she's seen, where Britt talks about her faith and her opposition to abortion rights.
ROBINSON: I think she's a strong, strong Christian.
ELLIOTT: Britt, who is 40, most recently worked as head of the Alabama Business Council. She has financial backing from a super PAC affiliated with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, one that's aggressively attacking Mo Brooks. Eighteen-year-old Jake Moore from Clanton, Ala., will be voting for the first time in Tuesday's Republican primary. He's already weary from the political divisiveness he sees coming out of Washington and is looking for a reset. Moore says Katie Britt could help foster that.
JAKE MOORE: A balance between bipartisanship and selling out, you know? She's strong, stands by her values, but she's a reasonable person. I think she's got my vote.
ELLIOTT: If no one gets a majority of votes, the Republican Senate race would go to a runoff next month. Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Evergreen, Ala. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-05-23/republican-candidates-in-alabama-primary-are-embracing-big-lie-to-align-with-trump | 2022-06-13T04:30:25Z | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-05-23/republican-candidates-in-alabama-primary-are-embracing-big-lie-to-align-with-trump | false | 21 |
Indonesian singer-songwriter Jinan Laetitia has dropped her debut album, ‘One’, and a music video for ‘Vanilla’.
The LP’s tracklist features 10 songs, including the singles ‘Forgive’ and ‘Mannequin’, as well as the single ‘Favorite’, which Laetitia dropped earlier this March. ‘Timeless’, her collaboration with Pamungkas, features on ‘One’ as its third track. Meanwhile, the record’s opener, ‘Welcome Back’, is a rework of the singer’s debut single, which she first recorded as a freshman in college.
Listen to ‘One’ here:
Alongside the album’s release, the Jakarta singer-songwriter also shared a striking tarot-themed video for the cut ‘Vanilla’. Watch it below:
‘One’s’ tracks were previously released in three preceding EPs, which Jinan dropped across 2021 and 2022. These included ‘The Mirror’, ‘The More’ and ‘The Picture’. In an interview with NME earlier this March, Jinan described ‘One’ as “me, but as a piece of music”.
“I believe the important duty of an artist is to offer a different point of view about life. If something is expressed in the same way over and over again, the message will be lost,” she further added about her music in the interview.
Laetitia first made her debut in 2020 with a three-track EP entitled ‘POV: The Prelude’, before she signed with Warner Music Indonesia. In 2020, she also put out a slew of singles, including ‘Jaket Merah’, ‘Tug Of War’ and ‘WHENEVER’. | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/jinan-laetitia-drops-debut-album-one-and-tarot-themed-video-for-vanilla-3243215 | 2022-06-13T04:39:46Z | https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/jinan-laetitia-drops-debut-album-one-and-tarot-themed-video-for-vanilla-3243215 | false | 1 |
File image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
(Photo: PTI)
The Delhi Police on the morning of Monday, 13 June, detained several Congress leaders amid sloganeering in support of Rahul Gandhi ahead of his scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Visuals from Delhi showed Congress workers being taken away in buses after they participated in sloganeering in support of the leader.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to appear before the ED on Monday, 13 June, in connection with the National Herald case.
Security has also been ramped up outside the Congress headquarters in Delhi as well as Gandhi's residence.
Speaking to the media, Congress leader TS Singh Deo on Monday said that Congress leaders would stay united.
"Police are being used for a different purpose, but we will continue to carry forward our work," Singh Deo told news agency ANI.
Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the 'Satya ka Sangram' would continue under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.
"Even the British could not suppress the voice of Congress during the freedom struggle, then how can this ruling government," Surjewala asked.
Holding a press conference on Monday, Surjewala said that the party would hold a "peaceful protest march to the ED office under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi."
"We're the protectors of the Constitution, we will not bow down or be scared. By deploying a large police force, it has been proven that Modi government is shaken by Congress," he added.
The Congress on Sunday held a series of press conferences – Sachin Pilot in Lucknow, Vivek Tankha in Raipur, Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal, Sanjay Nirupam in Shimla, Ranjeet Ranjan in Chandigarh, Pawan Khera in Ahmedabad, and Alka Lamba in Dehradun – to express solidarity with Rahul Gandhi.
The party accused the ruling BJP of indulging in vendetta politics and asserted that the former party chief "won't back down."
The Congress decided that all its top leaders and MPs would take out a protest march to the agency headquarters and stage a "satyagraha" against what the party termed "misuse" of the ED by the Centre.
"Keeping in view the present communal situation in Delhi and heavy law and order/ VVIP movements in the jurisdiction of New Delhi district, the said rally could not be permitted in the jurisdiction of New Delhi district," Deputy Commissioner of Police Amrutha Guguloth said in a letter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
The Congress was requested to cooperate with the police. However, the party decided to go ahead with its planned protest march.
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Everyone keeps asking when Russia is going to launch the cyberwar. It's been more than three months since Putin invaded Ukraine, but the digital destruction that experts promised seems to be missing - or is it? Software giants like Microsoft might have the answer. NPR's cybersecurity correspondent Jenna McLaughlin went to Seattle to find out.
JENNA MCLAUGHLIN, BYLINE: Tom Burt says there's absolutely a cyberwar going on in Ukraine right now.
TOM BURT: If you are Ukrainian, this has been a relentless, unending cyberwar that has been launched in correspondence with the physical war, in what is clearly the world's first major hybrid war.
MCLAUGHLIN: I spoke to Burt inside Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, part of a sprawling tech metropolis surrounded by woods and mountains just east of downtown Seattle. On the wall, he had a massive map of Ukraine to show us where the cyberattacks are happening.
BURT: So we're just looking at a map of Ukraine, and...
MCLAUGHLIN: Burt leads a team of analysts who work with the sleuths in the Digital Crimes Unit. In a quiet room humming with servers, he tells us about a fresh wave of attacks that they haven't spoken about publicly before.
BURT: We've seen a number of cyberattacks going, targeting specifically railways. And at the same time, there have been bombing attacks on railways.
MCLAUGHLIN: As the war drags on, Russia's targeting transportation so Ukrainians can't move vital supplies. But this is just the latest of a series of attacks that date back to even months before the Russian invasion.
BURT: So in February, as the forces were marshaling on the border of Ukraine, we had seen a number of cyber events already. In January, we saw destructive attacks against a number of Ukrainian government agencies.
MCLAUGHLIN: In a cyberwar, it's often private companies that have the most insight into what's happening - even more than the U.S. government. Microsoft isn't the only game in town, but pretty much everybody has at least one Microsoft product running on their phone or computer.
BURT: We receive, every day, 24 trillion signals that come in from our environment.
MCLAUGHLIN: The night of February 24, the world watched in horror as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in a prerecorded address. For most, that marked the beginning of a full-scale invasion.
BURT: Well, from our viewpoint, it really started February 23. About 10 hours before the missiles were launched and the tanks rolled across the border, there was a huge wiper attack across 300 different systems in government agencies and private-sector companies in Ukraine.
MCLAUGHLIN: A wiper attack is designed to literally wipe away all the data. While Burt says his team can't be sure Russian hackers are coordinating their attacks directly with the soldiers and the tanks, there has been a lot of overlap between physical and cyberattacks.
BURT: So you might see, for example, espionage attacks into government agencies in a particular town just before that town is hit by missiles.
MCLAUGHLIN: The goal is to damage important public institutions and their ability to function. That includes the media, too.
BURT: And so they bombed, you know, radio towers. They physically invaded and seized media companies. And at the same time, they were engaged in cyberattacks on media companies.
MCLAUGHLIN: The attacks have been relentless, but it's not all bad news.
BURT: They've been attacked by the Russians for so many years, and the work that they've done to be resilient has really paid off. It's enabled them to be fast, be able to defend well and to be able to recover when they are attacked.
MCLAUGHLIN: Burt's team is facing challenges they've never seen before. One instance in particular jumps to mind - when his team was trying to alert one Ukrainian company about a cyberattack.
BURT: And we got a response back that was, yes, but we can't do anything with it right now. There's tanks outside the gates.
MCLAUGHLIN: Tom Burt is aware that, sitting here in Seattle, he is far away from the front lines, even as his team works constantly to battle Russian cyberattacks.
BURT: We're back here in the United States, where we're safe. Our families are not at risk. We are not personally at risk. But the Ukrainians are. There are tanks, and there's missiles, and there's guns.
MCLAUGHLIN: They're doing everything they can to help, says Burt, but they're not the ones in the trenches.
Jenna McLaughlin, NPR News, Seattle, Wash.
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A bipartisan group of senators unveiled an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation Sunday, providing an overview of a forthcoming package of reforms to address one of the nation's most pressing and divisive issues in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas.
One of the biggest factors still to be sorted out in the framework agreement is how the legislation will be written. The announcement includes the support of 10 Republican senators, which would give the proposal enough support to overcome the Senate filibuster -- but maintaining it through the legislative process will be a massive challenge for lawmakers to accomplish before the next congressional recess in two weeks.
Still, Democrats have an ambitious goal: draft the bill and keep Republicans on board before the next recess, aides tell CNN. Many of the details in the plan are still unsettled, according to one aide, who also provided CNN with a more detailed rundown as of Sunday on how some of the proposed provisions would work.
Here is what the lawmakers included in the framework and what they left out.
Reforms included in the agreement
'Red flag' laws
One of the most significant pieces of the framework is helping states create and implement so-called red flag laws, which are aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others. This legislation would provide significant funding to help states create new red flag laws, but the 19 states -- and Washington, DC -- that already have these laws on the books would also be eligible for funding to improve the effectiveness of their established programs.
Mental health and telehealth investment
The proposal also includes "major investments to increase access to mental health and suicide prevention programs; and other support services available in the community, including crisis and trauma intervention and recovery."
Members are going to be messaging these provisions carefully over the next several weeks because while Democrats view them as important, they want to emphasize that most people who struggle with mental illnesses are not violent.
Closing the so-called boyfriend loophole
The senators said the legislation will address the so-called boyfriend loophole, which deals with whether unmarried partners could keep guns if they were found guilty of violence against a dating partner.
Earlier this year, the Senate negotiators involved in the Violence Against Women Act dropped the provision because of objections from the National Rifle Association, dealing a huge blow to Democrats. But its inclusion in this framework signals that at least 10 Republicans are willing to buck the nation's largest gun lobby on an issue where they have a long-held position.
Currently, only a person who has been married to, lived with or had a child with a partner they've been convicted of abusing are blocked from having a gun. Closing the loophole would mean that anyone who was deemed to have been in a serious dating relationship and convicted of domestic violence would no longer be eligible to own a gun.
Enhanced review process for buyers under 21
The other major change in the legislation is issuing a more thorough review process for people between ages 18 and 21 who go to buy a gun like an AR-15. Under a background check review, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System would have to also contact state and local law enforcement to search for any disqualifying mental health or juvenile records, according to the Democratic aide.
NICS would have to call the appropriate agency that adjudicates mental health records in each state. NICS would have up to 3 days to conduct the search, but it could be extended another seven days if the initial review raises concerns, meaning the process could take a total of 10 days.
It is not an established waiting period since each individual's review could be vastly different from just a matter of hours to up to 10 days.
Clarifying the definition of a Federally Licensed Firearm Dealer
The language for this provision is still being debated, but it would require more firearm sellers who are proven to be "engaged in the business of selling firearms" to be put on notice that they need to register to become Federally Licensed Firearm dealers. It's significant because it means those dealers have to conduct background checks under federal law.
School security resources
The legislation would address an area Republicans have focused on in recent weeks: school security. The lawmakers said in their release that the proposal provides money "to help institute safety measures in and around primary and secondary schools," while also supporting "school violence prevention efforts" and training for school employees and students.
What lawmakers left out
Expanded background checks
Notably, the agreement doesn't include a provision that would expand background checks for all firearm sales or transfers in the country. Currently, background checks are not required for gun sales and transfers by unlicensed and private sellers.
Democrats have long supported such a requirement, and last year the House passed gun legislation that would expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, marking the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress.
Assault weapons ban
Also left out is a federal ban on military-style assault weapons, another measure Democrats have been pushing in recent years, citing mass shootings that have involved such weapons.
Higher minimum age of purchase
Additionally, the agreement doesn't include a change to the age at which a person needs to be to purchase an assault-style weapon. Democrats, including West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the chamber's most conservative Democrat, have said the age to purchase assault weapons must be raised from 18 to 21.
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Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel. In the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, people around the country have stepped up and offered resources and support to those in need. H-E-B, the beloved Texas grocery chain, is no exception. Yesterday the company announced it will be donating $500,000 to those affected by the shooting. The company is also giving people the option to donate via its website or through its delivery app. The company's nonprofit arm, the Spirit of Giving Fund, will then disburse those donations. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-05-26/texas-grocery-chain-donates-500-000-to-those-affected-by-the-uvalde-shooting | 2022-06-13T04:53:14Z | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2022-05-26/texas-grocery-chain-donates-500-000-to-those-affected-by-the-uvalde-shooting | true | null |
In his 2010 short documentary Last Address, filmmaker Ira Sachs streamed images of the exteriors of the houses, apartments, and lofts where New York City artists had lived at the time of their deaths from AIDS-related complications. When Alex Fialho saw the elegiac film as a young curator in his mid-20s, it struck him as a powerful meditation on loss, and a statement about the ongoing presence of these artists in memory and history.
Having just moved to New York, Fialho says he was inspired to visit these sites himself. "Keith Haring's address at 542 LaGuardia Place, Felix Gonzales-Torres's address at London Terrace on W. 23rd Street," Fialho recalls, "That personal ritual of remembrance really gave me a sense of the lived experience of these artists who I greatly admired."
As programs director of the nonprofit arts organization Visual AIDS (a position now held by Kyle Croft), Fialho wanted to make that experience public, so he started approaching cinemas and museum partners to hold "Last Address" tribute walks in neighborhoods across the city, events to collectively memorialize key AIDS-related sites and recognize the ongoing presence, contributions, and impact of queer artists.
Beginning in 2014, tribute walks took place in the East Village, then Chelsea (2015), the Lower East Side (2016), the West Village (2017), the Meatpacking District (2018), and Times Square (2019). Before the pandemic forced a pause, Fialho says the walks grew from year to year. "At our last event, in Times Square, we had over a hundred people."
When Last Address resumes this year, on Saturday, May 28, the approach will be a little different. The location, Harlem, was suggested by the poet and activist Pamela Sneed, who points out that Black artists have always led AIDS activism, but their losses and contributions have often been overlooked or erased from AIDS narratives. At the same time, Sneed notes that Harlem's queer legacy hasn't been fully recognized, "You would go to Lenox Lounge, and even though you knew it was a Black queer spot, you wouldn't think of it as such."
Blake Paskal, who's affiliated with Visual AIDS and the Studio Museum in Harlem, says both organizations have been planning the 2022 tribute walk for a year. In addition to conventional archival research, they sought input from Black LGBTQ+ elders such as Antionettea "Dreadie" Etienne, Luna Luis Ortiz, and Lee Soulja Simmons, and used oral histories, conversations, personal correspondence, and photographs to document people and places of creativity, community, and care.
As in past years, Harlem's Last Address tribute walk will kick off with a screening of Sachs' film, which will be followed by opening remarks from Sneed. Doorstep tributes will commence along an established route, led by those who have a close relationship with the site or artist.
Ballroom icons Tracey "Africa" Norman and David Ultima will speak at the former site of the Elks Lodge, one of the central locations in the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning, paying tribute to a venue that fostered identity, community, and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Historian Michael Henry Adams will speak at the former address of Lenox Lounge, where greats such as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane once performed, spotlighting how the iconic jazz club also became a significant LGBTQ+ social spot in the early 2000s.
The writer Robert E. Penn will also honor their late friend B.Michael Hunter outside the home in Malcolm Shabazz Gardens where he died in 2001 with his husband Johnny and other loved ones at his side. Penn and Hunter became friends as members of Other Countries, a close-knit collective of Black gay writers founded by Daniel Garrett in 1986. Also known as Bert, B.Michael Hunter edited the group's work for publication, including the 1993 Lamda Literary award-winning anthology "Sojourner: Black Gay Voices In the Age of AIDS."
Penn says they were particularly impressed by B.Michael Hunter's 1991 poem "Bridgetown." "He was basically talking about intersectionality 20 years before it became a term that lots of people recognize and can discuss," Penn says. Speaking of his nom de plume, they explain, "It makes sense that B.Michael is 'Be Michael': Be Michael to the fullest you can be, be Michael authentically, be Michael without needing to explain yourself."
Saturday's route will stretch for more than a mile, yet Sneed says it only represents a fraction of the history that Visual AIDS and the Studio Museum have mapped. She describes the tribute walk as a starting point for mourning loss and recovering legacy.
Daonne Huff, Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement explains, "For a lot of people, when we think of Harlem we think of art, when we perhaps think of queer art histories it stops in the Harlem Renaissance. I think this project was an opportunity to really spotlight the fact that queer creatives never left."
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AVTA Notified That Work Stoppage Will End and Service Will Resume on June 9, 2022
Lancaster – Late Monday evening, June 6, AVTA executive management was notified by their contractor, Transdev that the Teamsters Local 848 had agreed to return to work. According to executive management at Transdev, Teamsters Local 848 made an unconditional offer to return to work on behalf of striking workers. Transdev accepted...
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Betenbough Homes is giving away a new home in West Texas
Starting June 14th, 2022, follow the Betenbough Homes Midland Facebook page to vote on six semi-finalists and help choose three finalists.
WEST TEXAS, Texas (KOSA) - In case you missed the big news! Betenbough Homes Midland is giving away a brand-new home in the new Greenwood or Pecan Grove community.
Only one Midland or Ector County family will win this new Betenbough home valued at over $350,000 with an included two-year comprehensive home warranty.
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GM Defense Announces New Entity to Drive International Expansion
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Defense is taking an important step to further expand its offerings across the globe by announcing a newly formed entity, GM Defense International. The new entity will extend GM Defense's reach into global markets in support of U.S. allies and partners' transition to a more electric, autonomous and connected future. GM Defense will continue to operate as a subsidiary of its parent company, General Motors, reporting into GM President Mark Reuss.
Powered by GM, GM Defense leverages proven commercial technologies to develop highly agile, customized solutions to enhance warfighter capability. With reach into GM's world-class manufacturing and global supply chain, GM Defense can scale to nearly any level of production while providing its customers access to maintenance and support on a global scale. GM Defense will also leverage GM's $35 billion investment in transformational technologies to support its global defense and government customers' use of electrification, autonomy and connected vehicles across the battlespace.
"Forming GM Defense International will drive our continued expansion as we leverage GM's rich legacy of innovation in support of global defense and government customers," said Steve duMont, president of GM Defense. "As a non-traditional entrant to the defense market, we continue to receive positive feedback on our ability to bring commercial technologies forward at the speed that our customers require in these complex times. As we continue to explore opportunities across North America, Europe, the Middle East, the Indo Pacific region and beyond, we look forward to leveraging commercial technology to modernize the mobility capabilities of allied armed forces around the world."
The creation of GM Defense International enables GM to expand its global presence across international defense and government markets. Establishing a well experienced and proven team to build and nurture customer relationships, GM Defense International will focus on the unique requirements of its global customers operating in dynamic and evolving environments.
GM Defense will be showcasing its capabilities and demonstration vehicles at Eurosatory from June 13-17 in booth D588 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. For the latest GM Defense news, please visit www.gmdefensellc.com and follow GM Defense on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About GM Defense LLC
GM Defense delivers integrated vehicles, power and propulsion, and mobility and autonomy solutions to global defense, security, and government markets. The exceptional reliability of GM Defense's technologies results from decades of proven performance and billions of dollars spent in independent research and development by its parent, General Motors, a world leader in global design, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities. For more information, please visit www.gmdefensellc.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Roddy Ricch is facing gun charges after being arrested on his way to perform at a concert Saturday night.
According to police, the 23-year-old rapper was arriving at Citi Field on Saturday evening when a private security firm operating a checkpoint noticed a firearm in the vehicle he was riding in. The Los Angeles-based Ricch was scheduled to perform at the Governors Ball Music Festival.
A loaded firearm was recovered from the car along with nine rounds of ammunition and a large capacity magazine, police said.
Police charged Ricch, whose real name is Rodrick Moore, and two other men in the car — 46-year-old Michael Figueroa of Brooklyn and 57-year-old Carlos Collins of Eastchester, New York — with criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device and unlawful possession of the device.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver One Resources Inc. (TSXV: SVE) (OTCQX: SLVRF) (FSE: BRK1) - "Silver One" or the "Company") has identified new targets and continues to expand ground holdings at its flagship property, the past-producing Candelaria Silver Mine in Nevada. Recent and historical work, including geology, rock and soil geochemical sampling, IP and 3D magnetic data modelling, have revealed new exploration targets and expanded previously known targets. As a result, the Company has staked an additional 336 claims in the north and western part of the property (see Figure 1). To date, the Company controls 20,376 acres (8,246 hectares) of patented and Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") ground covering the areas of historic mining, leach pads, new targets and potential along-strike extensions to the known mineralized systems. Silver One is also continuing its metallurgical diamond drilling program in anticipation of an update to the historical resource completed by Silver Standard in 2001 (visit the Company's website at www.silverone.com) and the Company's first economic study.
Highlights:
- New zones of surface copper oxide mineralization found west of the Georgine Pit. Four rock chip samples report between 0.7% to over 1% copper in brecciated jasperoids at the Red Hill target (See Figure 2 and Photos 1 and 2 below).
- New zones of skarn related copper mineralization found to the south of the Georgine Pit. Here soil and surface rock sampling have identified anomalous copper (>500 ppm), silver and gold covering a 500 m x 1,000 m area. This is near Silver One's drill holes SO-C-21-076 and SO-C-21-080 that encountered skarn mineralization with anomalous copper (including 0.17% Cu over 18 meters from 208.79 meters depth in hole SO-C-21-080), as well as near the Vanderbilt tunnel dump where a grab sample of chalcopyrite rich material returned values to 2.76% copper, 24 g/t silver and 0.67 g/t gold (see Company news releases of October 15, 2020 and July 15, 2021 and Photo 3).
- Metal Factor ("MF" – associated high IP chargeability and low resistivity) anomalies detected beneath the Northern Belle and Mount Diablo silver-oxide pits. These anomalies continue down-dip from the pits as well as eastwards and westwards covering significant copper showings at Green Nick to the east, and Red Hill to the west. These geophysical anomalies extend for over 10 kilometers east-west (See Figure 2).
- A second Metal Factor anomaly identified in the northwest part of the property is buried under volcanic cover (See Figure 2).
- Magnetization Vector Inversion ("MVI") anomalies generally coincide with MF anomalies and, in the highest priority targets, with copper, silver and gold geochemical anomalies (see Figures 2-5).
- Recently staked claims cover new targets identified by geophysics and surface geochemistry.
- Metallurgical diamond drilling continues in the area of the past producing silver-oxide open pits in anticipation of an upcoming historical in-situ resource update and economic study. The company is still awaiting assay results from the recently completed 7,500 m reverse circulation drill program completed marginal to the open pits (see Company news release of April 22, 2022).
Greg Crowe, President and CEO of Silver One Resources commented, "The geophysical and geochemical surveys completed by Silver One, in combination with historical data, strongly validate the potential for porphyry-related copper-silver-gold zones beneath and along strike from the known silver oxide mineralization at Candelaria. The implications of this are a significant increase in the potential for the discovery of new mineralized systems at Candelaria. The most promising targets to date occur beneath the two past-producing silver-oxide pits, at Red Hill to the west, and Green Nick to the east. Additionally, an area of identified skarn mineralization occurs both at surface and in recent drilling near the Georgine Pit. These will be assessed in future exploration programs.
The Company also continues to aggressively evaluate the potential for recovery of silver from the historic leach pads and/or in combining this leach pad material with near-surface, fresh mineralization marginal to the past producing open pits. To date, Silver One has completed over 25,000 meters of diamond and reverse circulation drilling. This information, along with the metallurgical information obtained from the ongoing diamond drilling program, will be used in an upcoming resource update and in the Company's first economic study. Additional drilling is also planned to examine the potential for higher-grade oxide and/or sulphide silver mineralization down-dip from both the Northern Belle and Mount Diablo open pits."
In addition to the reverse circulation (RC) drilling completed in April (see Company's news release of April 25, 2022) and the ongoing core drilling program for metallurgical testing, Silver One has been busy conducting other important surveys at Candelaria. Over the last few months, the company reprocessed, and 3D modeled detailed airborne magnetic data, conducted an induced polarization (IP) survey over the entire extent of the property, and conducted extensive surface sampling as well as expanded geological mapping along highly prospective areas of interest.
Coincidental geophysical anomalies and other geological/geochemical features represent four potentially mineralized areas within the property (Figure 2). These include, in order of priority, the area beneath the past producing open pits, the recently discovered Red Hill copper showings, the area of surface skarn mineralization to the south of the Georgine Pit and the Green Nick showings to the east of the Mount Diablo open pit. All have coincidental IP (Metal Factor) and magnetization vector inversion (MVI) anomalies together with strongly elevated copper, silver and gold in select rocks and/or soil samples. Another area of coincidental, anomalous IP (Metal Factor) and MVI anomalies is located 3 kilometers north of the Georgine pit and comprises deep targets (500-1000 meters depth) under post-mineral volcanic cover.
Magnetic Data 3D Modelling
Airborne gradient magnetic data from a detailed survey commissioned by Silver One in 2019 was reprocessed and modeled using Magnetization Vector Inversion (MVI). This process has been effective in mineral exploration and has been especially successful in modelling porphyry copper deposits in the Americas. The technique has been refined and utilized at Candelaria to identify magnetic bodies and alteration areas potentially associated with productive intrusive bodies. It has also been useful in identifying structures which can typically control the silver and other mineralization in the district.
The modelling reveals a series of anomalies interpreted as apophyses (near-surface extensions to potentially mineralized, larger intrusive bodies at depth) and alteration possibly associated with porphyry-style mineralized systems. Depth of these anomalies are interpreted by the geophysical MF and MVI data to vary from near surface (100 m) to over 1,000 meters.
The modelling has also been used to characterize the Candelaria silver-oxide and deeper oxide-sulphide mineralization, which is well known between the Mount Diablo and Northern Belle pits. The identified features have then been utilized to search for similar characteristics elsewhere on the property, revealing anomalies often associated with the top of apophyses and/or margins of interpreted alteration/intrusive zones. These anomalies also form part of the targets shown in Figure 2. MVI anomalies were followed up with additional geophysics and were the focus of the IP surveys that cover the entire property.
Induced Polarization ("IP") surveys
An IP survey was conducted to further investigate the magnetic anomalies and revealed strong metal factor (MF) anomalies, (low resistivity and high chargeability) around the Candelaria historical resource area. MF anomalies persist down-dip from the mineralized pits, suggesting continuity of the mineralization beyond the limits of the historic Mount Diablo and Northern Belle pits and beyond the area of Silver One's recent drilling. Despite the fact that the majority of the mineralization mined at Candelaria is oxidized, a strong metal factor anomaly persists around the resource area and may be representative of more sulphide-rich mineralization at depth. Similar MF values continue east and west from the Northern Belle and Diablo pits to the Green Nick prospect to the east, to the area south of the Georgine pit, and to the Red Hill showing to the west of the pits (see Figure 2).
Sampling
Extensive (over 1300 samples) surface rock and soil sampling conducted by Silver One and SSR reveal several clusters of high silver, gold, copper and other trace elements which delineate significant anomalies. These anomalies, in combination with coinciding geophysical anomalies, are considered promising drilling targets (Fig. 2, 3, 4, and 5).
Around the historic pits, the surface assays have expanded the footprint of the mineralization about a kilometer east and west of the Mt. Diablo and Northern Belle pits, and around 400 meters west of Georgine pit. Additionally, Silver One's recently completed 7,500 m reverse circulation drilling has visually further expanded the area of the historic resource mineralization 300 meters east of the Mt. Diablo pit. The total expansion gained with all Silver One's drilling to date is approximately 500 meters west and 400 meters east of the Mt. Diablo pit. Assays from the 7,500 program are pending.
Other relevant targets identified to date include the Red Hill target (where four rock chip samples report copper grades between 0.7% and 1.5% over widths between 1 to 1.5 meters), the Green Nick target (where multiple assays from select rock chip samples report highly anomalous gold between 0.20 to 0.88 g/t, silver between 84 to 585 g/t, and copper between 397 to 1,526 ppm), and the Georgine target located south of the Georgine pit (with gold values between 0.55 to 2.78 g/t, silver between 215 to 557 g/t and copper between 0.1 to 4.5%).
Soil sampling has been conducted in the Georgine and Red Hill areas where assays results reveal anomalous values generally coinciding with rock geochemistry anomalies.
Analytical Details
Grab and chip samples collected by Silver One varied from 1 kg to 5 kg and were assayed by American Assay Laboratories ("AAL") in Sparks, NV, USA (ISO accredited Laboratory, ISO/IEC 17025:2017). Samples were analyzed for thirty-seven elements by ICP-MS. Over limit copper, lead and zinc were analyzed by ore-grade volumetric analysis. Silver One inserted commercial standard and blanks in the sample batches. AAL inserts blanks, standards and includes duplicate analyses to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment calibration.
About Candelaria
Candelaria was historically the highest-grade silver producer in the state of Nevada, averaging over 1,250 g/t AgEq (40 oz/ton AgEq) from high-grade vein mining between the mid-1800s and the mid-1900s. Open pit mining operations were undertaken in the 1970s through 1998 by several companies, including Nerco Inc. and Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross"). Kinross closed the open pit and leach operation in 1998 due to low silver prices. Leaching of the historic pads was not fully completed, leaving a substantial amount of silver unprocessed. It is estimated that the property has produced over 68 million ounces of silver. Historical information was obtained from "Geology of the Candelaria Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, 1959, Nevada Bureau of Mines, Bulletin 56", and the 2001 SSR Mining Inc. technical report titled "Candelaria Project".
Qualified Person The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Robert M. Cann, P. Geo, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About Silver One
Silver One is focused on the exploration and development of quality silver projects. The Company holds an option to acquire a 100%-interest in its flagship project, the past-producing Candelaria Mine located in Nevada. Potential reprocessing of silver from the historic leach pads at Candelaria provides an opportunity for possible near-term production. Additional opportunities lie in previously identified high-grade silver intercepts down-dip and potentially increasing the substantive silver mineralization along-strike from the two past-producing open pits.
The Company has staked 636 lode claims and entered into a Lease/Purchase Agreement to acquire five patented claims on its Cherokee project located in Lincoln County, Nevada, host to multiple silver-copper-gold vein systems, traced to date for over 11 km along-strike.
Silver One holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Silver Phoenix Project. The Silver Phoenix Project is a very high-grade native silver prospect that lies within the "Arizona Silver Belt", immediately adjacent to the prolific copper producing area of Globe, Arizona.
For more information, please contact:
Silver One Resources Inc.
Gary Lindsey - VP, Investor Relations
Phone: 604-974–5274
Mobile: (720) 273-6224)
Email: gary@strata-star.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date of this news release. These statements reflect management's current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations. They are not guarantees of future performance. Silver One cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and that actual performance may be affected by a number of material factors, many of which are beyond Silver One's control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to Silver One's limited operating history, ability to obtain sufficient financing to carry out its exploration and development objectives on the Candelaria Project, obtaining the necessary permits to carry out its activities and the need to comply with environmental and governmental regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, Silver One undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information.
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World Bank dims outlook for global economy amid Russia war
WASHINGTON — (AP) — The World Bank has sharply downgraded its outlook for the global economy, pointing to Russia’s war against Ukraine, the prospect of widespread food shortages and concerns about the potential return of “stagflation” — a toxic mix of high inflation and sluggish growth unseen for more than four decades.
The 189-country anti-poverty agency predicted Tuesday that the world economy will expand 2.9% this year. That would be down from 5.7% global growth in 2021 and from the 4.1% it had forecast for 2022 back in January.
“For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid," said David Malpass, the World Bank's president.
The agency doesn't foresee a much brighter picture in 2023 and 2024: It predicts just 3% global growth for both years.
For the United States alone, the World Bank has slashed its growth forecast to 2.5% this year from 5.7% in 2021 and from the 3.7% it had forecast in January. For the 19 European countries that share the euro currency, it downgraded the growth outlook to 2.5% this year from 5.4% last year and from the 4.2% it had expected in January.
In China, the world’s second-biggest economy after the United States, the World Bank expects growth to slow to 4.3% from 8.1% last year. China’s zero-COVID policies, involving draconian lockdowns in Shanghai and other cities, brought economic life to a standstill. The Chinese government is providing aid to ease the economic pain.
Emerging market and developing economies are collectively forecast to grow 3.4% this year, decelerating from a 6.6% pace in 2021.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has severely disrupted global trade in energy and wheat, battering a global economy that had been recovering robustly from the coronavirus pandemic. Already-high commodity prices have gone even higher as a result, threatening the availability of affordable food in poor countries.
“There’s a severe risk of malnutrition and of deepening hunger and even of famine,’’ Malpass warned.
The World Bank expects oil prices to surge 42% this year and for non-energy commodity prices to climb nearly 18%. But it foresees oil and other commodity prices both dropping 8% in 2023. It likened the current spike in energy and food prices to the oil shocks of the 1970s.
“Additional adverse shocks,’’ the agency warned in its new Global Economic Prospects report, “will increase the possibility that the global economy will experience a period of stagflation reminiscent of the 1970s.’’
The prospect of stagflation poses a dilemma for the Federal Reserve and other central banks: If they continue to raise interest rates to combat inflation, they risk causing a recession. But if they try to stimulate their economies, they risk driving prices higher and making inflation an even more intractable problem.
The World Bank noted that the previous period of stagflation required rate increases so steep that they tipped the world into recession and led to a series of financial crises in the poor countries of the developing world.
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After weeks of intense negotiations, European Union leaders have agreed to punish the Kremlin for invading Ukraine by banning most Russian oil imports. The bloc's newest sanctions on Moscow have been held up by some countries, such as Hungary, that are heavily reliant on Russian oil. Earlier, we spoke with NPR's Rob Schmitz in Berlin.
ROB SCHMITZ, BYLINE: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen estimates this embargo will apply to around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of this year. But other EU leaders and generally facts on the ground show that it's actually closer to two-thirds, at least in the short term. When this round of sanctions was announced a month ago, von der Leyen said the EU would ban all Russian oil. But these past few weeks have really been filled with squabbling among EU member states about all these details.
MARTINEZ: All right. So on that squabbling, who is holding up these sanctions and why?
SCHMITZ: For the most part, it was Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary and friend of Vladimir Putin, who threatened to tank the entire sanctions package. And that would have been a big embarrassment for the EU. He was concerned because Hungary receives more than 60% of its oil from Russia via pipeline. But Carnegie Europe's Judy Dempsey told me that Orban has many reasons to block the EU's actions on Russia, including weakening the EU itself from within.
JUDY DEMPSEY: You just wonder how so many of the member states tolerate this kind of maverick politician who's very devious and who has intentions to weaken the EU, which suits Russia.
SCHMITZ: So in the end, Orban dug in his heels and forced the EU to weaken what should have been a total ban on Russian oil to a ban only on sea shipments of that oil. Pipeline oil from Russia, which benefits countries like Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, will continue to flow.
MARTINEZ: OK. now let's get into what the EU did actually agree on. Oil's just really one part of these sanctions.
SCHMITZ: Yeah, that's right. This sixth round of sanctions includes an asset freeze and travel ban on individuals close to the Kremlin. It also removed Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, from SWIFT, the global financial transfer system. Three big Russian-state-owned broadcasters will also be prevented from distributing their content within the EU. The bloc also agreed on providing Ukraine with nearly $10 billion worth of assistance to help rebuild the country's economy.
MARTINEZ: Now, on the oil, Rob, as we mentioned, I mean, not a total embargo on oil, but by the end of the year, most oil from Russia will be banned. It sounds significant. How significant is it?
SCHMITZ: Well, the EU gets more than a quarter of all of its oil from Russia, 2.4 million barrels a day. So this embargo will mean that most of that will be impacted. And Europe will now have to import its oil from other countries. And that does not appear to be a problem in the short run. A tougher task, though, will be for Europe to wean itself off of Russian natural gas. The EU depends on Russia for around 40% of its natural gas and will need to continue importing that gas because its economy really depends on it. Individual countries are working hard to wean themselves off this gas supply, but that could take years.
MARTINEZ: All right. That's NPR international correspondent Rob Schmitz joining us from Berlin. Rob, as always, thanks.
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'Heropanti', 'Baaghi' sequels were not organic: Director Sabbir Khan
The director believes making a remake is tough as there is a preset benchmark and that his previous films were not made with an intent to turn them into a franchise.
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MUMBAI: Filmmaker Sabbir Khan, best known for Tiger Shroff-led action entertainers "Heropanti" and "Baaghi", believes franchise stemming from both the films didn't work as the sequels were not "organic". Shroff's debut movie "Heropanti" and 2016's "Baaghi" were remake of Allu Arjun's 2008 film "Parugu" and Prabhas's 2004 movie "Varsham", respectively.
Khan said both the films were not made with an intent to turn them into a franchise. "When we made the films initially we did not make it as a franchise. They were organic films... For me a sequel is something where you take the story and characters forward. If you are making a completely different story then it is different film. It is just a business move to use the title. I was not leaning towards that," Khan told PTI in an interview.
"I have not seen those films (the sequels of 'Heropanti' and 'Baaghi'). It has lost its audience," he added. Khan's next directorial venture is "Nikamma", a Hindi remake of 2017 Telugu film "Middle Class Abbayi", starring Nani.
The director believes making a remake is tough as there is a preset benchmark. "When you remake a film it is very tough because the original has worked and there is a benchmark set. I liked the core story of original but the screenplay is mine. We have added our touch and flavour to the story. For me as a director, this is slightly different film from my past work. Apart from action, it has a strong story and family values," he added.
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Astronomers say a meteor shower is possible Monday night into early Tuesday.
On Monday night, Earth will travel through the debris trails of a broken comet named 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann or SW3, for short, according to a NASA blog.
"Will a new #meteorshower, the tau Herculids, put on a spectacular show the night of May 30-31? Maybe, maybe not," NASA's planetary science division tweeted.
Will a new #meteorshower, the tau Herculids, put on a spectacular show the night of May 30-31? Maybe, maybe not. But if you have clear weather, the moonless sky should be beautiful for stargazing anyway.
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Those in North America have the best shot at seeing the shower at about 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast, according to the NASA blog. The meteor shower can also be viewed via the Virtual Telescope Project.
"We can't be certain what we'll see," Lee Mohon wrote on NASA's Watch The Skies blog. "We can only hope it's spectacular."
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Varun Dhawan never misses a chance to interact with fans. Pictures and videos of the actor posing with fans and taking their blessings are often shared on social media. A clip of Varun with a differently-abled fan has been doing rounds on the internet leaving people in awe of the actor’s down-to-earth nature. The video was shared on Instagram on Sunday. In the now-viral clip, the fan was seen giving a peck on Varun’s cheek as they met.
In the video, Varun first poses with the fan, seconds later, the fan gives him a kiss on his cheek. In return, Varun kisses his hand and keeps the other hand over his head affectionately. Reacting to the adorable clip, fans flooded the comment section adoring Varun’s down-to-earth nature. One of the fans wrote, “Varun is one of the kindest actors in Bollywood", while another stated, “This made my day." “You are so kind to your fans, we are proud to be your fans," a third commented.
Meanwhile, Varun is currently busy with the promotions of his upcoming film, JuggJugg Jeeyo. Helmed by Raj Mehta, the comedy-drama is produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta. Alongside Varun, the film stars Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor, and Neetu Kapoor in the lead roles. Prajakta Kalongside oli and Manish Paul are also a part of the film, which is slated to release on June 24, 2022.
The actor has another interesting release this year, in the form of Bhediya. Directed by Amar Kaushik and produced by Dinesh Vijan, Varun and Kriti Sanon will be seen playing the lead rolesin the film. This is not it, actors Janhvi Kapoor and Flora Saini will be reprising their roles from the previous installments Roohi and Stree. Bhediyaa is slated to release in November 25, 2022.
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CMU alumni have earned 58 Tonys to date—onstage, behind-the-scenes and more
NEW YORK and PITTSBURGH, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the hallowed stage of Radio City Music Hall, the Tony Awards just delivered one of the most robust productions of its 75-year history. The four-hour celebration of Broadway's finest kicked off with an exclusive Paramount+ stream and transitioned to a national/international telecast on CBS.
The 75th Annual Tony Awards honored performances and productions from 2021-2022 and marked a return to the pre-pandemic tradition of recognizing the best of Broadway each June.
Following the star-studded, performance-packed ceremony, Carnegie Mellon University and its School of Drama had several reasons to celebrate:
2022 CMU Alumni Tony Award Winners
Jamie deRoy, 1967 School of Drama alumna, Producer
Best Play for "The Lehman Trilogy"
Best Revival of a Musical for "Company"
Kevin Emrick, 2007 School of Drama alumnus, Producer
Best Play for "The Lehman Trilogy"
Best Musical for "A Strange Loop"
Best Revival of a Musical for "Company"
Billy Porter, 1991 School of Drama alumnus, Producer
Best Musical for "A Strange Loop"
Also during the ceremony, Carnegie Mellon and the Tony Awards presented the 2022 Excellence in Theatre Education Award to Roshunda Jones-Koumba, a drama teacher from G.W. Carver Magnet High School in Houston, Texas. Jones-Koumba was honored for her exemplary drama curriculum, her steadfast commitment to improving the lives of her students and the monumental impact she's had on her community.
A panel of theatre experts from The American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League and Carnegie Mellon University selected Jones-Koumba from a nationwide call for entries. The annual Excellence in Theatre Education Award was co-created by the Tonys and CMU and has been presented since 2015.
CMU alumna, trustee, and Tony Award-winner Tamara Tunie (actor, director, producer) served on this year's Excellence in Theatre Education Award judges' panel. Tunie, along with CMU president Farnam Jahanian, presented Jones-Koumba with her award during the Tony Awards ceremony. Another CMU alumnus, Telly Leung (actor, singer, songwriter), announced Jones-Koumba's selection during the live CBS telecast.
"Congratulations to CMU's Tony Award winners and to all the nominees," said Farnam Jahanian, president of Carnegie Mellon University. "More than ever this season, performing arts and theatre education has demonstrated its power to bring people together, and to inspire and uplift us even during challenging times. We applaud the artists—and the teachers—who are leading the way."
CMU has a long tradition of producing top talent onstage and behind-the-scenes. CMU's School of Drama is the oldest degree-granting drama school in the country and consistently ranks as one of the world's best drama schools.
Carnegie Mellon is the exclusive higher education partner of the Tony Awards. For more information about CMU and the Tony Awards, visit cmu.edu.
About Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 13,000 students in the university's seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.
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WASHINGTON, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Defense is taking an important step to further expand its offerings across the globe by announcing a newly formed entity, GM Defense International. The new entity will extend GM Defense's reach into global markets in support of U.S. allies and partners' transition to a more electric, autonomous and connected future. GM Defense will continue to operate as a subsidiary of its parent company, General Motors, reporting into GM President Mark Reuss.
Powered by GM, GM Defense leverages proven commercial technologies to develop highly agile, customized solutions to enhance warfighter capability. With reach into GM's world-class manufacturing and global supply chain, GM Defense can scale to nearly any level of production while providing its customers access to maintenance and support on a global scale. GM Defense will also leverage GM's $35 billion investment in transformational technologies to support its global defense and government customers' use of electrification, autonomy and connected vehicles across the battlespace.
"Forming GM Defense International will drive our continued expansion as we leverage GM's rich legacy of innovation in support of global defense and government customers," said Steve duMont, president of GM Defense. "As a non-traditional entrant to the defense market, we continue to receive positive feedback on our ability to bring commercial technologies forward at the speed that our customers require in these complex times. As we continue to explore opportunities across North America, Europe, the Middle East, the Indo Pacific region and beyond, we look forward to leveraging commercial technology to modernize the mobility capabilities of allied armed forces around the world."
The creation of GM Defense International enables GM to expand its global presence across international defense and government markets. Establishing a well experienced and proven team to build and nurture customer relationships, GM Defense International will focus on the unique requirements of its global customers operating in dynamic and evolving environments.
GM Defense will be showcasing its capabilities and demonstration vehicles at Eurosatory from June 13-17 in booth D588 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. For the latest GM Defense news, please visit www.gmdefensellc.com and follow GM Defense on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About GM Defense LLC
GM Defense delivers integrated vehicles, power and propulsion, and mobility and autonomy solutions to global defense, security, and government markets. The exceptional reliability of GM Defense's technologies results from decades of proven performance and billions of dollars spent in independent research and development by its parent, General Motors, a world leader in global design, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities. For more information, please visit www.gmdefensellc.com.
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ALAPPUZHA: Within seven months of its launch, the budget tour packages of Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) have become a big hit. The cash-strapped corporation has operated more than 1,400 trips and got an income of more than `5.5 crore in the period.The corporation is planning to introduce such tourism services across the state and has appointed coordinators in all districts.
N K Jacob Sam Lopez, chief traffic manager of KSRTC Budget Tourism Cell (BTC), said the corporation has gained a reasonable revenue from the services and people are being attracted to the services. “Now, domestic tourists are approaching the corporation. We are planning to attract tourists from other states and abroad as well. The availability of buses is a problem to conduct more services. So, we are planning to take private buses on lease for the services,” he said.
“Now the corporation is conducting services connecting various hill stations and tourism spots in the state. Most of the them are one-day tours costing approximately `1,000 per person, including food,” said Prasanth V, state coordinator of BTC.
The corporation is organising tours in association with the tourism and forest and wildlife departments to Munnar, Malakkappara, Nelliampathy, Munroethuruthu and Munnar-Wagamon, besides trips for Wayanad Jungle Safari, Kochi Sagararani, Kothamangalam Jungle Safari and in and around Alappuzha.
Alappuzha district coordinator Shafeeq Ibrahim said 91 trips have been arranged from various depots in the district so far. “As many as 28 trips have been arranged from Haripad depot — the highest — followed by Mavelikkara, Alappuzha, Kayamkulam, Cherthala and Chengannur depots. Major destinations from Alappuzha are Malakkappara (Thrissur), Arippa (Kollam), Munnar, Munroethuruthu (Kollam), Bhoothathankettu (Ernakulam), Inchathotty (Ernakulam), Wonderla amusement park (Kochi), and Sagar Rani in Kochi including the travel in sea on Nefertiti, a cruiseliner of Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation. We are also planning to start pilgrimage tourism connecting various centres of the district. In addition, packages connecting places like Thrikunnappuzha lighthouse and beach, Pallana Kumaran Asan Memorial, Krishnapuram Palace and R Shankar Memorial Cartoon Museum at Krishnapuram are also being planned. Hence, we plan to conduct monsoon trips for them as they have comparatively more free time during the season,” Shafeeq said. | https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/12/tour-packs-earn-big-for-ksrtc-fetch-rs-55-crore-in-seven-months-2464573.html | 2022-06-13T05:49:00Z | https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/jun/12/tour-packs-earn-big-for-ksrtc-fetch-rs-55-crore-in-seven-months-2464573.html | false | 1 |
[Funding alert] Mobile POS startup QueueBuster raises Rs 63.3 Cr in Series A
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, on Monday, raised Rs 63.3 crore (~$8.16 million) in a Series A funding round led by Chiratae Ventures, Omidyar Network India, and Flourish Ventures.DMI Alternative Investment Fund (the Sparkle Fund) and Unaprime Investment Advisors (an exclusive banker to QueueBuster) also participated in this round. The startup will focus on merchant growth, product enhancements, and scaling of its distribution network.
In a statement, QueueBuster said it will use the funding to drive merchant growth, product enhancements, and scaling of distribution networks.
TCM Sundaram, Founder and Vice Chairman, Chiratae Ventures, said, "QueueBuster team has over 8 years of experience in the Android POS industry. They have developed a very comprehensive solution for MSMEs in terms of features, user experience and cost-effectiveness. Their resolve to provide the best after-sales support to the MSMEs will be a cornerstone to succeed in the MSME market."
With QueueBuster, merchants can manage their entire business operations with ease. Our aim is to reach at least 10 million merchants by the year 2025."
“Aligning with our vision to improve the financial health and resilience of MSMEs, QueueBuster provides affordable technology solutions to small merchants through partnerships with banks and payment companies. In a rapidly digitising world, QueueBuster is helping these small merchants digitise business-critical processes thereby increasing the efficiency of their day-to-day operations,” added Amol Warange, Director, Omidyar Network India.
Founded in 2016 by a team of second-time entrepreneurs led by Varun Tangri, QueueBuster is a full-stack mobile POS application to manage billing, inventory, khata (daily ledger), online dukaan, and customers and loyalty programmes all from a single application.
The SaaS application is designed for a wide range of businesses from kirana and retail, to restaurants and fashion and apparel, to automobiles and more.
Varun said, “Merchants in today’s time are overwhelmed by a plethora of stand-alone applications for every small or big requirement of theirs. Unfortunately, none of those applications provide them with a holistic set of features to manage their end-to-end operations effectively. Merchants are forced to use multiple applications which decreases their efficiency even further.
The platform runs on all Android devices, including the recently introduced Android-based credit/debit card swiping machines.
“Our investment in QueueBuster aligns with our investment thesis to empower merchants of all scales and sizes to benefit from the fast growing digital economy,” said Harsh Gupta, an investment associate at Flourish Ventures.
QueueBuster claims to have over 20,000 merchants on-boarded on its platform across multiple industries ranging from neighbourhood kirana stores to enterprises like HUL, Tata, and ITC.
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Gardai are to help the grief-stricken family of murdered Seema Banu to visit her graves and those of her children in Ireland.
Seema, 37 and her daughter Asfira Riza, 11 and son Faizan Syed, 6 were strangled to death at their home in Llewellyn Court, Rathfarnham, south Dublin in October 2020.
Evil Sameer Syed, 38 was due to stand trial for the three deaths this week but took his own life in his cell in Portlaoise last Thursday.
Read more: Pain is 'constant' for family of woman and her two kids who died tragically
Seema’s family were unable to travel to Ireland for the funerals due to lockdown rules, but gardai have now offered to help them come and pay their respects now the pandemic is over.
Seema’s nephew Kashief Ahmed told the Mirror/Star: “It is our tradition that it is not allowed to repatriate the bodies so that is why we were trying to bring them back before burial. We tried a lot to get the bodies home. That was very hurtful to the family.
“The police in Dublin have supported us and they have said they will try to arrange some of the family members to visit the graves.
“Some of them would be happy, at least it could ease the pain.”
We can also reveal on the day that Syed took his own life, Seema’s family had applied for visas to come over for the end of the trial.
The gardai had been assisting them and being financially supported because they come from a poor background.
Asked how the family were doing yesterday, Kashief said: “Everyone is still just grieving and in shock that we can’t get justice.”
IT expert Syed decided that his family would be buried in the Muslim section of Newcastle cemetery in Dublin.
He had denied all involved in his wife and children’s deaths and following their funerals he said he wished he could turn back time and that he wakes every day thinking of his family’s deaths, describing them as a horrible nightmare.
However, he was later caught because the ‘burner’ phone he was carrying on the day of the murders had previously connected with the wifi at his wife’s home.
Seema’s nephew has also revealed how his tragic aunt was planning to flee Ireland and return to her family in India with her children after suffering mental and emotional torture at the hands of her twisted husband who tried to strangle her twice before.
Six months before their deaths, Syed carried out a violent assault on his late wife, and he was due to come before Dublin Circuit on May 16, 2020.
In the meantime, he had been ordered to stay away from the family home and had moved to a new address in Rathmines, south Dublin.
Seema’s nephew told this paper, Syed had attacked her in India and Ireland, and she was planning on returning to her native country.
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Gabriele Carrabotta champion of Sicily 2022
Bologna, 7 June 2022 – Gabriele Carrabotta is the new one Show jumping champion of Sicily 2022. The rider from Catania of the New Eagles Club won the title last June 5th, in the competition that took place at the excellent ADIM facilities in Augusta, special guest of the three-day FISE...
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REV Group (NYSE:REVG – Get Rating) had its price target lowered by Credit Suisse Group from $11.00 to $10.00 in a research report released on Friday, Stock Target Advisor reports. The firm currently has an underperform rating on the stock.
A number of other analysts have also recently issued reports on REVG. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of REV Group from $15.00 to $13.00 in a research note on Thursday. StockNews.com cut shares of REV Group from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 8th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of REV Group from $13.00 to $12.00 and set an equal weight rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 18th. TheStreet cut shares of REV Group from a b- rating to a c+ rating in a research note on Thursday, March 24th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of REV Group from $14.00 to $12.00 in a research note on Tuesday, June 7th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of $11.70.
Shares of REV Group stock opened at $10.50 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $660.89 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.87 and a beta of 2.17. The company’s 50 day moving average is $12.14 and its 200 day moving average is $13.35. REV Group has a twelve month low of $9.50 and a twelve month high of $18.35. The company has a quick ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 1.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 30th will be paid a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 29th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.90%. REV Group’s payout ratio is currently 64.52%.
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its holdings in shares of REV Group by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 20,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $287,000 after acquiring an additional 770 shares during the last quarter. Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL lifted its holdings in shares of REV Group by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL now owns 36,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $515,000 after acquiring an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Strs Ohio lifted its holdings in shares of REV Group by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Strs Ohio now owns 48,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $683,000 after acquiring an additional 900 shares during the last quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of REV Group by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 40,475 shares of the company’s stock worth $573,000 after acquiring an additional 1,337 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Martingale Asset Management L P lifted its holdings in shares of REV Group by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Martingale Asset Management L P now owns 68,705 shares of the company’s stock worth $921,000 after acquiring an additional 1,608 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.18% of the company’s stock.
REV Group Company Profile (Get Rating)
REV Group, Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes specialty vehicles, and related aftermarket parts and services in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation. The Fire & Emergency segment provides fire apparatus equipment under the Emergency One, Kovatch Mobile Equipment, Ferrara, Spartan Emergency Response, Smeal, and Ladder Tower brands; and ambulances under the American Emergency Vehicles, Horton Emergency Vehicles, Leader Emergency Vehicles, Road Rescue, and Wheeled Coach brands.
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Yen slides to 24-year low against dollar
The yen plunged to its lowest level against the dollar since 1998 on Monday as sky-high US inflation fuels a widening monetary policy gap between Japan and the world's largest economy.
Japan's currency has been weakening for months, accelerated by the US Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary tightening to tackle soaring inflation caused by the war in Ukraine and other factors.
But unlike the Fed, the Bank of Japan has said it will stick with its long-standing monetary easing programme which it hopes will lead to stable growth.
The increasingly polar policies have strengthened the greenback, and on Monday one dollar bought 135.19 yen.
It's a level not seen since October 1998 during the Asian currency crisis, and marks a dramatic drop from January rates of around 115 yen per dollar.
"The ongoing backdrop to the yen's fall is the growing gap between long-term interest rates in Japan and the United States," Takahide Kinouchi, executive economist at Nomura Research Institute, said in a recent commentary.
And as higher oil prices fuel US inflation, "expectations are growing stronger that aggressive US monetary tightening will continue for the time being, causing US yields to rise further."
US consumer prices for May hit a new four-decade high, rising 8.6 percent and topping what economists thought was the peak in March.
In Japan however, inflation has only just hit the central bank's long-term target of two percent.
And while the figure represents a seven-year high, the BoJ sees current inflationary pressures as temporary, and believes its monetary policy is necessary to produce more long-lasting growth.
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As the war in Ukraine pressures global fuel and food prices, household brands from Uniqlo to 7-Eleven have anounced price hikes, with budget sushi chain Sushiro causing shock when it said it would no longer offer plates for 100 yen ($0.75).
But BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda said last week that "monetary tightening is not at all a suitable measure" for Japan, whose economy is still recovering from the pandemic, according to Kyodo News.
He also pointed to the benefits of a weaker yen for Japanese exporters, whose overseas profits are inflated when they are repatriated and have seen their stock prices rise in recent months.
The weaker yen could also be a boon for the tourism sector, with Japan cautiously reopening to foreign visitors now allowed in on group tours.
"The weak yen helps to support Japan's export sector directly, and a weaker exchange rate also contributes to looser monetary conditions domestically," said Alvin Tan, head of Asia forex strategy at RBC Capital Markets in Singapore.
"These will help drive the economic recovery further," he told AFP.
Although "higher import prices will negatively affect consumers" and the weaker yen will contribute to inflation, particularly given Japan's reliance on energy imports, this could also be "seen as a positive", he said.
"It could help to deepen more persistent inflation expectations in a country that has suffered under deflation for so many years."
The yen's trajectory may depend on how the US Fed acts in its September meeting, with worse-than-expected inflation figures for May raising expectations of further rate hikes.
But "there is still a lot of time left until then," said Kinouchi, and other factors may also be at play including energy prices rising further after a European Union ban on most Russian oil imports.
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SAN DIEGO and ADELAIDE, Australia, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioCina, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) today announced that the company has expanded its CDMO service offering to include the manufacture of plasmid DNA (pDNA) in a new dedicated GMP suite. The suite is equipped with up to 300 L single use fermentation capacity and suitably scaled downstream processing equipment. To complement GMP manufacturing, a broad range of analytical methods have been developed to support in-process, release and stability testing of pDNA products. This is a very important and timely addition that will best enable BioCina to work with its industry partners to further develop RNA vaccines and therapeutics as well as cell and gene therapies.
BioCina's decision to expand its service offering into pDNA development and manufacturing was driven by the global increase in demand for GMP grade pDNA fueled by the exponential growth in vaccines and therapies on the RNA platform as well as strong growth in the cell and gene therapy markets. These factors, combined with the CDMO industry's dearth of capacity and access to high-quality cGMP pDNA manufacturing expertise, made this a clear path forward underscored by BioCina's depth of experience in microbial manufacturing.
"With our extremely strong history of quality in manufacturing, an exemplary regulatory inspection history, and our customer-centric business approach, BioCina is in a strong position to add significant value to companies working in the RNA and gene and cell therapy space that are struggling to find reliable and collaborative outsourcing partners. The addition of GMP pDNA services is a natural extension of our existing traditional biologics offering and provides another avenue for growth by supporting the development and manufacturing of these innovative vaccines and therapies," said Ian Wisenberg, Chief Executive Officer of BioCina.
BioCina Chairman, Rick Hancock added "With its well established expertise in the production of microbial derived biologics, BioCina is ideally suited to address the increasing global demand for GMP plasmid DNA. Whether used as a raw material in the production of viral vectors or mRNA vaccines, or as the active ingredient for plasmid gene therapy or DNA vaccines, we look forward to partnering with innovators to assist in progressing many exciting therapies."
About BioCina
BioCina Pty Ltd. is a multi-product biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), focused on the development and cGMP manufacture of microbial-based biological pharmaceuticals, including proteins, pDNA, mRNA, vaccines and biosimilars, from early development through to commercialization. The BioCina Adelaide facility, formerly the Pfizer/Hospira plant, has a physical footprint of almost 60,000 ft2 for GMP manufacturing, process development, warehouse, and administration. The team has over 35 years of experience and extensive capabilities in microbial process development and manufacturing, with expertise from early process development to commercial manufacturing. BioCina has an enviable history manufacturing biological products approved for commercial use by the US-FDA, EMA and Health Canada, including the manufacturing of API for use in all stages of clinical trials. Licensed for GMP manufacture by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), BioCina is the only GMP manufacturing facility of its kind in Australia that has successfully passed a US-FDA inspection. BioCina is a Bridgewest Group portfolio company.
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Ian Wisenberg, CEO BioCina: iwisenberg@biocina.com / +61 4 7919 6225 or +1 858 722-2552
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Sensex, Nifty Nosedive Amid Global Selloff
(RTTNews) - Indian shares crashed on Monday, mirroring weak global cues as an unexpected jump in U.S. consumer inflation added to concerns about faster policy tightening and an impending recession.
The rupee fell to a new record low of 78.15 against the greenback and India's benchmark 10-year bond yield rose to its highest in more than three years amid expectations the Federal Reserve will keep raising rates through the September meeting and beyond.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex plunged 1,463 points, or 2.7 percent, to 52,839 in early trade, while the broader NSE Nifty index was down 423 points, or 2.6 percent, at 15,778.
Financials, auto and metal stocks succumbed to selling pressure, with ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, Bajaj Finance, Hindalco and Bajaj FinServ losing 4-5 percent.
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Wall Street, global markets fall in wake of bond sell-off
NEW YORK — (AP) — Stocks are falling at the open on Wall Street Tuesday as anxiety about a possible U.S. economic slowdown triggered by a bond sell-off Monday sent investors looking for shelter. The S&P 500 is down 0.8% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 0.7%, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite is down 1.2%. Shares in retailer Target are plunging at the open after it said it was cancelling orders and slashing prices to clear out inventory, moves that will hurt its profits. Jam maker J.M. Smucker and restaurant-arcade chain Dave & Buster's Entertainment jumped on solid quarterly earnings. Treasury yields rose slightly.
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Wall Street is pointing to a lower open Tuesday after a bond sell-off fueled anxiety about a possible U.S. economic slowdown, as well as more potentially adverse news from a major retailer.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7% and futures for the S&P 500 dipped 0.8%. Global markets mostly declined.
The market price of a 10-year Treasury bond fell, increasing its yield, or the difference between the day’s price and the payout at maturity.
The difference between short- and long-term Treasury yields is narrowing, which makes economists nervous because it suggests investors think a U.S. recession is more likely, said Jeffrey Halley of Oanda in a report.
“I don’t think the U.S. is at stagflation yet,” or a period with high inflation and low growth, “but if oil stays above $120.00 a barrel, it might soon be,” Halley said.
Adding to the anxiety, shares of Target fell about 9% in premarket trading after the retailer said it was canceling orders from suppliers, particularly for home goods and clothing, to clear out amassed inventory ahead of the critical fall and holiday shopping seasons. The Minneapolis company said it would slash prices to clear its inventory. Target said the maneuvers would hurt its bottom line in the current quarter.
The actions come after a faster-than-expected spending shift by Americans as they move away from putting money into their homes to spend it instead on travel, dining and other activities that were riskier during the pandemic.
Markets are swinging between gains and losses as investors weigh evidence about whether the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes can cool inflation that is running at a four-decade high without tipping the U.S. economy into recession.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury, or the difference between the market price and the payout if held to maturity, jumped back above 3% to 3.03%, up from 2.95% late Friday.
The Treasury yield is moving toward its levels from early and mid-May. Then, it reached its highest point since 2018 amid expectations for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively.
Bond buyers usually want a higher payout in exchange for tying up their money for longer periods. A flattening of the yield curve, or the long-term payout falling to match short-term bonds, is seen as an indicator of a possible recession because it shows investors expect economic conditions to be worse than they are now.
In midday trading, Frankfurt’s DAX fell 1.1% and the CAC in Paris tumbled 1%. The FTSE 100 in London dipped 0.2%.
In Asia, the Shanghai Composite Index lost less than 0.1% to 3,234.77 after Chinese authorities further eased anti-virus restrictions that shut down businesses in Shanghai and other major cities.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 0.1% to 27,943.95 while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 0.8% to 21,481.75.
Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 sank 1.6% to 7,091.50 after the Australian central bank raised a key interest rate by 0.5 percentage points, its biggest margin in 22 years, to cool inflation that is at a two-decade high.
The Kospi in Seoul tumbled 1.6% to 2,628.88 and India's Sensex fell 1.2% to 54,992.34. New Zealand and Singapore declined while Jakarta advanced.
The yen, trading at two-decade lows, fell to 132.87 to the dollar from Monday's 132.01.
The yen has weakened because Japanese interest rates have stayed near record lows while U.S. and European rates rise. That helps Japanese exporters making their goods cheaper abroad but pushes up prices of imports for consumers and manufacturers.
The euro fell to $1.0662 from $1.0691.
Benchmark U.S. crude fell 35 cents to $118.15 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 37 cents on Monday to $118.50. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, lost 44 cents to $119.07 per barrel in London. It lost fell 21 cents the previous session to $119.51.
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Orange Sunshine Cake
Orange sunshine cake with pineapple frosting — perfect for spring!
Orange sunshine cake with pineapple frosting — perfect for spring!
This is a great cake that I made for Easter. I made it in a 9 x 13" pan, due to the fact that someone mentioned that the layer version might slide, and I had to travel with it. It was moist, and the flavor was great. I did make the pudding first and did not add the dry mix to the whipped topping, so thank you to the reviewer for the advice. Additionally, the stores are now selling a "reduced sugar" yellow and chocolate mix. I used the yellow reduced sugar mix, and it was great. I also used fat-free, sugar-free vanilla pudding and light whipped topping. I don't think anyone eating it had any idea, either!
Read MoreA nice change from the same old thing. Not as good as the reviews led me to believe, though.
Read MoreThis is a great cake that I made for Easter. I made it in a 9 x 13" pan, due to the fact that someone mentioned that the layer version might slide, and I had to travel with it. It was moist, and the flavor was great. I did make the pudding first and did not add the dry mix to the whipped topping, so thank you to the reviewer for the advice. Additionally, the stores are now selling a "reduced sugar" yellow and chocolate mix. I used the yellow reduced sugar mix, and it was great. I also used fat-free, sugar-free vanilla pudding and light whipped topping. I don't think anyone eating it had any idea, either!
This has been my favorite cake since I was a kid! The only problem with it is that I can't stop eating it! When I make this to take somewhere, I make it as a sheet cake, and frost it after I get there. (sometimes if you make it as a double layer, the top layer will slide off when transporting it) I would recommend this for anyone...it's an incredible cake!
Great cake, disgusting frosting! I think I must have taken the difections too literally, because I folded the pudding mix right into the cool whip, which made it all gritty; it was like having granulated sugar all through the frosting! I must say that I'm the only one in the house who thought that, though; my husband and daughter gobbled it up. I frosted two cakes separately; one with this frosting and one with a cream cheese frosting that I added some pineapple and orange extract to, and I thought that was delicious! The cake itself was to die for, and I'm definitely making it again. I did vary it slightly by adding a little grated orange peel to the cake, which gave it a little more orange flavor. Yummy! I'd really like to try this as a bundt cake with an orange glaze drizzled over it!
This cake tastes EVEN BETTER when you use the Duncan Hines Orange Supreme cake mix in place of the yellow cake mix. It's not available in all stores, but if you can find it the cake tastes even more fabulous. (If using the orange cake mix, omit the orange extract from the recipe). Either way though..this cake is perfect for summer and is to die for. Definitely one to take to family functions or potlucks..you will get rave reviews and tons of compliments. Be prepared to share the recipe, because everyone will be asking for it :)
My family loves this cake at Easter!! I do it with a bit of tinted green toasted coconut, Peeps and jelly beans on the top...too cute! I am not a fan of frozen whipped topping and my family is. I beat an 8 oz. package of SOFTENED cream cheese with the pineapple and then the whipped topping. It doesn't taste nearly as fake that way!
This has become my signature dessert. Everyone always asks me to make this cake. It's perfect in the summertime. Light and fruity and not too sweet. Delicious! And it's easy to make!
mmm...awesome! I have made this a few times. And my audience is mostly people who are trying to lose weight or maintain theirs. I make the cake with egg whites and applesauce and it tastes AWESOME...and i use fat free cool whip. I have even done a double layered with two cakes for a baby shower- one yellow one green..it was a raving hit!
This was a nice simple way to spice up an ordinary cake mix. Tasted like it was from scratch. I didn't use the frosting recipe, and I substituted french vanilla pudding and cake mixes. Tasted very good!
Excellent. I followed suggestions of others and made the frosting out of 8 oz softened cream cheese, 8oz whiped topping and i lessened the crushed pinapple by half. Lessening the pinapple helped the consistancy by keeping it thick and easy to spread and not so runny-like. Also, this cake is three layers and is baked in 3 seperate pans so it cooks quicker! Toothpicks came out clean after 18 minutes.
I can't speak personally as I didn't get to eat any. It was wolfed down in minutes at a 4th of July cookout! Almost followed the recipe completely, but I accidentally got the 8oz container of Cool Whip. I was afraid I didn't have enough icing for 3 layers, but it worked wonderfully and wasn't too sweet! I will say the instructions aren't very clear when making the frosting. I learned the hard way. Don't make the pudding to fold into the whipped topping & pineapple. Just fold in the pudding mix. I had to end up with 1 batch of liquid icing to figure that out :)
A nice change from the same old thing. Not as good as the reviews led me to believe, though.
I first had this cake at a baby shower and HAD to have the recipe! I made it for 4th of July. We were having a pool party and I wanted something light and enjoyable! I topped the cake with strawberries and blueberries to make the American flag! Everyone loved it! It was beautiful and tasted great! Really a winner!
This is wonderful!! Moist, moist,cake. Light and fluffy. Refreshing taste
awsome cake-very moist made some changes, not a fan of orange. i used french vanilla cake mix and banana pudding for cake and wipped topping with vanilla pudding with banana slices on top. and used vanilla extract instead of orange.
This cake had excellent flavor, but was a bit heavier than what I was looking for. It's more like a pound cake. The frosting was very tasty, but I added about 3oz of cream cheese to give it alittle substance.
I recently made this for a girls luncheon. They all wanted the recipe. It is very easy and so delicious!!!
I made this cake for a co-worker and the office was filled with "sunshine". They loved it and keep asking when I'm going to make it again.
Made this for a church function and got a lot of compliments. It is so easy to make and was absolutlely delish! The only thing I did different was to use Duncan Hines Orange Supreme Cake Mix. It came out perfect! Thanks for this great recipe!
Best cake ever made! Perfect for any summer event, party, or whenever. So easy to make. Big winner at church potucks. =)Thanks for sharing!
Make the cake by box directions but add the drained oranges(I substitute a 15-20oz can & put at least 2/3-3/4 of the oranges in the cake, it just depends on how much you want in your cake, set the remainder aside(whole segments) for garnish if you'd like & omit the orange extract. It's easier to make & serve for family gatherings, in a 9 x 13 pan lined with parchment paper or Reynold's pan-lining paper. For the topping I substitute with a 12oz container of whipped topping, 1 large(5.1oz) box of instant pudding, & a 15oz can of undrained crushed pineapple. To combat the grittiness that a lot of reviewers referred to, I combine the pudding mix with the undrained pineapple until well blended(I don't recommend an electric mixer as the pineapple gets wrapped all around the beaters) with no lumps remaining and allow to sit covered at room temperature for at least 15 minutes, stirring occassionally. Gently stir in( yes, stir) about 1/3 of the whipped topping to lighten the pudding mixture. Gently fold in the remainder of the whipped topping, cover & chill about 30 minutes to firm up a little. Once your cake has cooled, frost as desired and garnish with the remaining orange segments. Keep refrigerated.
This cake recipe (not the frosting) was used in some of the layers of my daughter's wedding cake last weekend. It was so moist and wonderful. There were several compliments on this cake. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
One of the best
Delicous! The pineapple whipped cream frosting is so light and yummy and the tiny bits of orange in the cake batter make it so pretty!
My family really enjoyed the Sunshine Cake and I loved it,too. Plan to make it again real soon. It is especially great in summer.
This cake is fantastic! You've just got to try it! My husband and daughter loves it and they're very picky!
This recipe has been a family favorite for years. I do not use pudding mix in the batter - it all goes in the frosting. Let the frosting sit for a while before topping the cake for better texture. I make two layers and slice them to make four layers in all.
great lighter dessert...great for office parties when you want something different than just a regular cake...
This cake was delicious, and very moist. However, I did follow the suggestion of another reviewer in regards to the frosting. She folded the pudding into the undrained pineapples, then added the whip cream. I also added some coconut flakes, just because I happen to have some. I was not disappointed.
I loved the cake... followed someone’s recipes and added instant vanilla pudding and orange extract. But I used coconut oil 1/2 cup only. Also added 1/4 cup of coconut to the batter and icing. Put the batter in a 9 by 13 pan!
My family all make this recipe but when finished we pop it in the freezer for a bit to let it get slightly chilled (not frozen but more than you would get from the fridge) and it makes it much better. It also makes it easier if you have to transport if you make a layer cake. You can't beat this cake! YUMMY!!
I think it's wonderful. My family loves citrusy cakes and cookies. This is so very easy. I wonder if new-cooks might need to know to use picks to hold the layers together. The frosting - I took a rounded table spoon of crushed pineapple, drained it real well before adding to the frosting mixture. I also creamed a small container of cream cheese and mixed it with the cool whip until it was the consistency I wanted. I wanted it to be a very pale orange/peach color so added just and drop of food coloring. Sprinkle a few toasted slivered almonds on top. Stick a nice big flower on top. I always wrap the stem in foil or use a thin bud vase. I'm sure there is a proper name for them, but bud vase is all I know. You can decorate it however you want or not at all. I love small fresh flowers at the base. It is a heavenly creation.
Absolutely delish! I followed it to a T except I did in a 13x9 cake pan and adjusted the time. The word at work was "its delightful"
This was great!!! So moist and very flavorful! Used a cream cheese icing instead, and everyone enjoyed it.
My husband really liked this cake but I on the other hand thought it was too sweet. I think I'll leave out the orange extract next time and see if that is the trick to lessen the sweetness.
I made the recipe for this cake with the icing from another recipe. The cake is DELICIOUS! I love cakes that start with a boxed mix and have yummy ingredients added to give it some spunk. :) The icing I made is similar to this recipe, but it has cream cheese and powdered sugar added to it.
I didn’t have exactly the right amounts of things but it turned out super moist and delicious! Cake rises really high in the oven but otherwise everything went smoothly.
Overall this cake was a pleaser. It wasn't the most amazing dessert I've ever made. My hubby did love it and said it reminded him of the orange hostess cupcakes. Like other reviews, I thought the frosting was just weird. It was gritty! I highly recommend the "whipped cream mousse frosting" from here on allrecipes. It has similar ingredients, but instead you whip heavy cream and vanilla pudding together, and then fold it into the cool whip!!
Lost my original recipe from a local church recipe book, this one is essentially the same. I used real whipped cream instead of Cool Whip as we avoid it and It turned out good. I added a tsp of meringue powder to the whipped cream, it stayed put but not sure if it soaked in well. Will make topping without it next time and see. Took a quart of cream whipped to ice a sheet cake. I know this as Pig Eating Cake, that’s what the church member who submitted it called it and frankly that name seems more appropriate to me.
Added a little tangerine rind in frosting and this cake is awesome!
I've tried a few revisions (spreading orange marmalade between the layers, poking holes and drizzling oj into holes, adding strawberries between the layers and as garnish on top) all work well.
A definite crowd pleaser! I made it as a sheet cake and the whole thing was gone soon after the first bite.
Not impressed. I had high hopes for this cake, since my mother raved about it when it was served to her by a friend; but I did not think it was that good. As another reviewer said, I also found the frosting a little gritty, and the cake itself was a little gummy. I don't know if this was a result of the oranges or the pudding, but I did not care for this cake.
This recipe was such a good spring time recipe. Very light cake and so good! I didn't use the vanilla pudding in the cake mix. I also didn't use the orange extract. I used the orange cake mix as suggested by other reviewers. It came out great! I also didn't have the vanilla pudding for the frosting so I used lemon and it was still very good. It was a nice citrusy taste. Everyone went back for seconds with this one. Will make again!
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Criminal group making large purchases with stolen credit cards in the South, FBI says
SPARTANBURG, S.C. ( WSPA ) – A criminal group operating in the South is making large purchases with stolen credit cards and then hiring unsuspecting people online to transport the merchandise, according to the FBI’s Charlotte Division.
So far this year, the group has used stolen credit cards to make purchases at more than 100 businesses in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, West Virginia, and Kentucky, said Shelley Lynch, public affairs specialist with FBI Charlotte Division.
“The main red flag of it is that they’re calling over the phone and just giving a credit card number. So since businesses are not seeing these people in person and they can’t verify that that credit card belongs to that person by verifying that I.D.,” she said.
In the scheme, tire stores, furniture stores, lumber companies, trailer businesses, and appliance stores have been scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, she said.
Do you have unclaimed money in Indiana?“They’re posting job sites online and they are hiring people to drive to these businesses, pick up these large purchases, sometimes transfer them to other states, and then they’re paying them with a cash app. And the people who are driving and picking these up, these items don’t even know that they have picked up items that weren’t paid for properly and legally,” she said.
Before the credit card transaction is flagged as fraudulent, the group pays someone to pick it up and take it to another state to be resold, she said.
Days later, the victimized businesses learn the sales were fraudulent, she said.
“In each case, we believe the same group of criminals are using stolen credit cards. They’re calling over the phone to different types of businesses that typically will sell like large ticket items — so high ticket items. And they will make a large purchase and then hire someone to go pick up that purchase before the businesses realize that the credit card numbers are stolen,” said Lynch.
The thieves are hiring people to transport the stolen goods across state lines with large utility trailers and trucks.
In addition to businesses being targeted, individuals who have credit card numbers stolen are seeing large purchases on their bills. Typically, they can work with their own credit card company to get that reversed, she said.
Another red flag, according to Lynch, is if someone is trying to hire you for a transportation job that sounds too good to be true or strange, it could be the criminal group, she said.
Raskin says Jan. 6 panel has found more on Trump than ‘incitement’“Some of the things that are kind of odd about [the transportation] jobs, the job ad [posted by thieves] specifically, is that they’re asking these folks to go and either rent a box truck so that they can go get a large shipment of items,” she said. “They’re asking them in some cases to use their own vehicles, and so that is another kind of red flag that it doesn’t seem like maybe it’s necessarily a legitimate job.”
The FBI is warning businesses about this scheme because, at this point, it’s already been seen more than a hundred times across eight states in just a few months, she said.
FBI Charlotte is working with several local law enforcement agencies on the investigation. Businesses with similar unsolved crimes should call, FBI Charlotte at 704-672-6100 or fill out a complaint online at tips.fbi.gov .
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Ukraine-Russia war LATEST: Claims Vladimir Putin is ‘preparing to starve much of the world’ in order to win
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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin plans to starve some countries as part of his efforts to win the war in Ukraine, claims a Yale historian.
Timothy Snyder published a lengthy Twitter thread on Saturday explaining how he believes Putin is using food insecurity to his advantage.
He called the Russian tyrant's move the "latest chapter of hunger politics."
"Russia has a hunger plan. Vladimir Putin is preparing to starve much of the developing world as the next stage in his war in Europe," Snyder, a professor at Yale University and expert on authoritarianism, said.
"If the Russian blockade continues, tens of millions of tons of food will rot in silos, and tens of millions of people in Africa and Asia will starve," Snyder added.
Lastly, he said Putin wanted to use mass starvation as a "backdrop for a propaganda contest."
"When the food riots begin, and as starvation spreads, Russian propaganda will blame Ukraine, and call for Russia's territorial gains in Ukraine to be recognized, and for all sanctions to be lifted," Snyder said.
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Ukraine: Russia can continue war ‘at current pace for another year’
Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate believes that Russia can continue its war at its current pace “for another year”.
It warned that Russia has the economic resources to continue its attack.
“The Kremlin leadership probably will try to freeze the war for a while in order to convince the West to lift sanctions, but then continue the aggression,” it said in a Telegram post.
“Russia’s economic resources will allow the occupying country to continue the war at its current pace for another year.”
Claims Putin is 'preparing to starve much of the world' in order to win
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin plans to starve some countries as part of his efforts to win the war in Ukraine, claims a Yale historian.
Timothy Snyder published a lengthy Twitter thread on Saturday explaining how he believes Putin is using food insecurity to his advantage.
He called the Russian tyrant's move the "latest chapter of hunger politics."
"Russia has a hunger plan. Vladimir Putin is preparing to starve much of the developing world as the next stage in his war in Europe," Snyder, a professor at Yale University and expert on authoritarianism, said.
"If the Russian blockade continues, tens of millions of tons of food will rot in silos, and tens of millions of people in Africa and Asia will starve," Snyder added.
Lastly, he said Putin wanted to use mass starvation as a "backdrop for a propaganda contest."
"When the food riots begin, and as starvation spreads, Russian propaganda will blame Ukraine, and call for Russia's territorial gains in Ukraine to be recognized, and for all sanctions to be lifted," Snyder said.
British soldier who fell in Ukraine honoured as 'a hero'
The family of Jordan Gatley, who left the British Army in March before heading to Ukraine to help defend the country from Russia, has paid tribute to the fallen soldier.
Heartbroken Dean Gatley, from Derbyshire, said Jordan went to Ukraine after "careful consideration" after Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin sent his troops in.
Dean shared an emotional tribute from the family on Facebook to confirm the tragic news.
He wrote: "I didn’t think that Id ever use social media in this way but Sally, Adam and I would like to share some family news with all our friends, but there are just too many people to contact.
"Yesterday (10/06/22) we received the devastating news that our son, Jordan, has been shot and killed in the city of Severodonetsk, Ukraine.
"Jordan left the British Army in March this year to continue his career as a soldier in other areas.
"The war against Europe had begun so, after careful consideration, he went to the Ukraine to help."
Russia continues to recruit new troops, ministry of defence says
The Ministry of Defence has given Brits an update on the current state of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The organisation claims that Russia is seeking to generate more combat units, in order to form a third battalion. They will have to rely on new recruits to do this.
Moreover, if Russia does deploy three battalion's simultaneously, it is likely that the longterm staying power of their army will be weakened.
Russian politician claims death penalty for Brits is justified
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that the country is right to hand three Brits death sentences, claiming they committed crimes worthy of the punishment.
His comments came after a pro-Russian separatist court handed down the sentences to the UK nationals Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and the Moroccan national Brahim Saadoun on Thursday.
They were captured by Russian forces in April.
BBC News reports that the court that handed out the sentences in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic which is not recognised internationally.
We must not make allowances for Russia, claims France
France will not make concessions to Russia and wants Ukraine to win the war against Moscow, a French presidential official has told Al-Jazeera, as Paris seeks to assuage anxieties over its position in the conflict.
President Emmanuel Macron made this statement after being criticised by Ukraine for saying NATO does not need to "humiliate Russia" .
“As the president has said, we want a Ukrainian victory. We want Ukraine’s territorial integrity to be restored,” the official confirmed.
“There is no spirit of concession towards Putin or Russia in what the president says. When he speaks to him directly, it is not compromise, but to say how we see things.”
Russia hits Chemical plant in Severodonetsk, leaving 800 stranded
Reports have emerged that Russian forces have hit a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, where hundreds of civilians had found shelter.
"The Azot chemical plant has been under heavy shelling for hours," Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian media on Saturday
"Our soldiers are winning in street fights, but, unfortunately, the enemy's artillery is simply dismantling - floor-by-floor - the houses used by our troops as shelters.
"So, when we push the enemy out of one street, they start using their tanks and artillery to destroy the area house-by-house," the Luhansk regional head said.
Putin given ‘urgent medical help’
VLADIMIR Putin was given “urgent medical assistance” earlier this week after being struck down by a “sharp sickness”, according to Kremlin insiders.
Russia‘s president has reportedly been ordered by his doctors not to make any “lengthy” public appearances.
Vlad is said to have fallen ill while talking to his military chiefs and suffered “sharp sickness, weakness and dizziness” as he got up from his desk after a 90-minute virtual session.
The claims appeared on the General SVR channel on the messaging app Telegram, which is purportedly run by a Kremlin insider.
It said that Putin “needed urgent medical assistance” from doctors.
The channel said this sudden “dizziness” spell was the real reason Vlad’s annual “Direct Line” live broadcast had been postponed with no plans for rescheduling.
Rolls Royce provides 'super-powered generators' to Ukraine
In a bid to aid Ukraine in its conflict against Russia, the German branch of Rolls Royce has provided a set of generators to the nation.
The company hopes these will be used to power buildings such as hospitals and schools.
“One such generator is capable of providing the work of not only one building, but all the buildings, if it is a large regional hospital," said the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.
Ukraine once again calls for EU membership
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the European Union to put his country on track to membership.
In a video address yesterday to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, Mr Zelenskyy said the EU should act quickly.
Mr Zelenskyy also urged the EU to show “that its words about the Ukrainian people being part of the European family aren’t a hollow sound”.
He deplored that “there are still some political skeptics who doubt whether we should be allowed to move to join the EU”.
10,000 dead: New report outlines Ukraine's fallen soldiers
The callous and unjustified invasion of Ukraine has caused a heavy toll on the nation's military, a new report has suggested.
According to an advisor to the Ukrainian President, over 10,000 soldiers have died since the invasion began in February.
He added: “200 to 300 die, no less.”
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£10 — text SUN£10Head of NATO plays down hopes of resolution to dispute with Turkey
The head of NATO has appeared to play down hopes of an early resolution of a dispute with Turkey.
The dispute concerns the planned admission to the alliance of Finland and Sweden.
Jens Stoltenberg said its summit in Madrid at the end of this month had never been a deadline.
Speaking at a news conference alongside the Finnish president, Sauli Niinisto, Stoltenberg repeatedly stressed that Turkey's concerns about alleged support for Kurdish militants must be taken seriously.
"We have to address the security concerns of all allies, including Turkish concerns about the terrorist group PKK," Stoltenberg said.
Grain storage facility left in ruins
A grain storage facility located in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv has been shelled causing huge devastation according to Ukrainian authorities.
Local media say the shelling hit a warehouse where sunflower meal was stored.
Piles of sunflower seed meal could still be seen smouldering in the harbour a week after the shelling, after media access was granted access to the facility today.
Inside ‘most depressing city on Earth’
A GRIM city dubbed "the most depressing on Earth" is so remote it can't be reached by road and so polluted life expectancy is ten years lower than the national average.
The most northerly city in the world, the remote Russian mining town of Norilsk is dark for two months of the year and has a truly chilling past.
Home to over 170,000 people, the small city in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Siberia, eastern Russia, is one of the most remote cities on the planet.
Norilsk is just under 1,800 miles from Moscow and more than 930 miles north of the regional capital Krasnoyarsk.
No roads lead to Norilsk. One freight railway line runs in and out of the city, and the port city of Dudinka 40 miles away provides a route to the city by sea - although it is frozen over in the winter.
It is so cut off that when locals leave the city they joke that they are "going to the mainland".
Sweden and Finland rehearse for an INVASION
Sweden and Finland have joined troops from 14 Nato countries for major war games amid invasion fears after Vladimir Putin's threat to "reclaim" territory.
Some 7,000 troops and 45 ships took part in the military drills alongside the two countries in defiance of a chilling warning from Russia that it could nuke the regions in "ten seconds".
The training tasks included air drops and amphibious landings on Gotland, an island strategically located in the middle of the southern part of the Baltic Sea.
Swedish Armed Forces have been practicing with US troops how to defend the island of 58,000 people - and how to take it back from a foreign aggressor.
It comes amid heightened tensions as Putin's war in Ukraine rages on and just weeks after both Finland and Sweden confirmed they would be applying for Nato membership.
Ukraine establishes export routes to combat food crisis
Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain.
The move will help avert a global food crisis, Kyiv's deputy foreign minister, Dmytro Senik, has said.
He said global food security was at risk because Russia's invasion had halted Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports.
Ukraine was in talks with Baltic states to add a third corridor for food exports, Senik said.
"Those routes are not perfect because it creates certain bottlenecks, but we are doing our best to develop those routes," he told Reuters.
Russia launches new 'Tasty' McDonald's replacement
Crowds of people queued outside the former McDonald's flagship restaurant in central Moscow for the opening of Russia's rebrand of the American restaurant chain.
McDonald's pulled out of the country over its invasion of Ukraine.
The stores have new branding and a new name "Vkusno i tochka" or "Tasty and that's it'".
The chief executive, Oleg Parov, said the new name had only been decided on yesterday.
McDonald's flagship Big Mac is missing, but other popular items are on sale.
Putin’s ‘pregnant’ lover flanked by all-female ‘bodyguards’
VLADIMIR Putin's alleged mistress has been spotted out for the first time since she was stung by sanctions over the tyrant's war in Ukraine.
Former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva - rumoured to be pregnant with Putin's child - was flanked by all female "bodyguards" in St Peterburg as the Russian president hosted a summit.
The 39-year-old flew into the city ahead of the key economic forum Putin is using in a bid to save his country from the crippling impact of Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.
Reclusive gold medal winner Alina is suspected to have a secret family with the Kremlin leader, and was seen for the second time in a week amid rumours of his failing health.
She was pictured with grim-faced female companions on a “private tour” of the city’s Mikhail Vrubel in the Russian Museum.
An eyewitness said she was prevented from getting closer to Kabaeva by the women - possibly plain-clothed bodyguards - who were with her, reported Fontanka.
Ukraine: Russia can continue war ‘at current pace for another year’
Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate believes that Russia can continue its war at its current pace “for another year”.
It warned that Russia has the economic resources to continue its attack.
“The Kremlin leadership probably will try to freeze the war for a while in order to convince the West to lift sanctions, but then continue the aggression,” it said in a Telegram post.
“Russia’s economic resources will allow the occupying country to continue the war at its current pace for another year.”
British soldier who fell in Ukraine honoured as 'a hero'
The family of Jordan Gatley, who left the British Army in March before heading to Ukraine to help defend the country from Russia, has paid tribute to the fallen soldier.
Heartbroken Dean Gatley, from Derbyshire, said Jordan went to Ukraine after "careful consideration" after Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin sent his troops in.
Dean shared an emotional tribute from the family on Facebook to confirm the tragic news.
He wrote: "I didn’t think that Id ever use social media in this way but Sally, Adam and I would like to share some family news with all our friends, but there are just too many people to contact.
"Yesterday (10/06/22) we received the devastating news that our son, Jordan, has been shot and killed in the city of Severodonetsk, Ukraine.
"Jordan left the British Army in March this year to continue his career as a soldier in other areas.
"The war against Europe had begun so, after careful consideration, he went to the Ukraine to help."
Russia continues to recruit new troops, ministry of defence says
The Ministry of Defence has given Brits an update on the current state of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The organisation claims that Russia is seeking to generate more combat units, in order to form a third battalion. They will have to rely on new recruits to do this.
Moreover, if Russia does deploy three battalion's simultaneously, it is likely that the longterm staying power of their army will be weakened.
Russian politician claims death penalty for Brits is justified
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that the country is right to hand three Brits death sentences, claiming they committed crimes worthy of the punishment.
His comments came after a pro-Russian separatist court handed down the sentences to the UK nationals Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and the Moroccan national Brahim Saadoun on Thursday.
They were captured by Russian forces in April.
BBC News reports that the court that handed out the sentences in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic which is not recognised internationally.
We must not make allowances for Russia, claims France
France will not make concessions to Russia and wants Ukraine to win the war against Moscow, a French presidential official has told Al-Jazeera, as Paris seeks to assuage anxieties over its position in the conflict.
President Emmanuel Macron made this statement after being criticised by Ukraine for saying NATO does not need to "humiliate Russia" .
“As the president has said, we want a Ukrainian victory. We want Ukraine’s territorial integrity to be restored,” the official confirmed.
“There is no spirit of concession towards Putin or Russia in what the president says. When he speaks to him directly, it is not compromise, but to say how we see things.”
Russia hits Chemical plant in Severodonetsk, leaving 800 stranded
Reports have emerged that Russian forces have hit a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, where hundreds of civilians had found shelter.
"The Azot chemical plant has been under heavy shelling for hours," Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian media on Saturday
"Our soldiers are winning in street fights, but, unfortunately, the enemy's artillery is simply dismantling - floor-by-floor - the houses used by our troops as shelters.
"So, when we push the enemy out of one street, they start using their tanks and artillery to destroy the area house-by-house," the Luhansk regional head said. | https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18804673/ukraine-news-russia-war-live-putin-health/ | 2022-06-13T06:21:06Z | https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18804673/ukraine-news-russia-war-live-putin-health/ | false | 3 |
Research analysts at StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Enzo Biochem (NYSE:ENZ – Get Rating) in a research note issued to investors on Monday. The firm set a “hold” rating on the medical research company’s stock.
Separately, TheStreet downgraded shares of Enzo Biochem from a “c-” rating to a “d+” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 17th.
Enzo Biochem stock opened at $2.39 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $2.56 and a 200-day moving average of $3.00. Enzo Biochem has a one year low of $2.17 and a one year high of $4.15. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 2.55 and a quick ratio of 2.02. The company has a market cap of $116.41 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -18.38 and a beta of 0.81.
Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in Enzo Biochem by 66.9% in the second quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 13,551 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 5,432 shares in the last quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC purchased a new position in Enzo Biochem in the third quarter valued at about $38,000. VIEX Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Enzo Biochem by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. VIEX Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,510,401 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $5,347,000 after buying an additional 11,499 shares in the last quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP lifted its stake in shares of Enzo Biochem by 459.7% during the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Advisers LP now owns 193,100 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $684,000 after buying an additional 158,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Agate Pass Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Enzo Biochem during the 4th quarter worth approximately $78,000. Institutional investors own 59.64% of the company’s stock.
About Enzo Biochem (Get Rating)
Enzo Biochem, Inc, an integrated diagnostics, clinical lab, and life sciences company, researches, develops, manufactures, and markets diagnostic and research products based on genetic engineering, biotechnology, and molecular biology. It operates through three segments: Life Sciences Products, Clinical Laboratory Services, and Therapeutics.
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Parents of children injured and killed during last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, implored members of the House Oversight Committee to act quickly on gun control measures.
"If after hearing from me and the other people testifying here today does not move you to act on gun laws, I invite you to my home to help me to clean Zaire's wounds so that you may see up close the damage that has been caused to my son and my community," said Zeneta Everhart, mother of Zaire Goodman, a survivor of the Buffalo shooting.
The shooting in a Buffalo grocery store left 10 dead and three injured. The shooting in a Uvalde elementary school left 17 injured and 21 dead, including 19 children.
Kimberly and Felix Rubio, parents of Lexi Rubio, one of the students who died at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, testified virtually, calling for members to ban assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, to raise the age to purchase assault weapons from 18 to 21 years of age, to implement red flag laws and to strengthen background checks and to repeal gun manufacturers liability immunity. The policy suggestions mirror President Biden's list of proposals.
And Miah Cerrillo, a fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School, testified in a prerecorded video to members that she used her friend's blood to pretend to be dead while calling 911 for help. She said she fears another incident will happen again.
"He shot my friend Elizabeth and I thought he was going to come back into the room so I grabbed the blood and I put it all over me," she said. Miah's father testified in person, asking for some sort of action to help protect kids in schools, noting how difficult it has been for his family since the shooting.
And Dr. Roy Guerrero, the president of Uvalde Memorial Hospital, recounted his experience of being at the hospital as children were being transported and parents were needing answers.
"I raced to the hospital to find parents outside yelling children's names in desperation and sobbing as they begged for any news related to their child," he said. "Those mothers' cries I will never get out of my head."
Meanwhile, Lucretia Hughes of the DC Project and Women for Gun Rights, the witness put forward by Republicans, came forward to argue that more laws will not make a difference in reducing rates of gun violence.
"Y'all are delusional if you think it's going to keep us safe," said Hughes, who lost her own teenage son in gun-related incident. "At Women for Gun Rights, we believe that education is the key to safety, not ineffective legislation."
Members of Congress have spent the last few days listening to testimony of those affected by recent mass shootings. Wednesday's hearing came as House members are expected to vote on a package of bills Wednesday afternoon that would expand federal gun regulations. Despite calls for action from parents who lost children, the House measures are expected to stall in the Senate as lawmakers there move forward with separate negotiations on a narrow set of proposals.
But lawmakers in both chambers are moving ahead with their talks, despite proposals unlikely to pass both chambers and make it to the president's desk.
"We are not going to surrender our policy power and responsibility to the Senate," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who sits on the Judiciary panel that advanced the bills the House is looking to pass, told NPR. "We're going to legislate in a way that meets the immensity and gravity of the problem. ... If the Senate comes back with something diluted or inferior to that, we'll have to reckon with that as a part of the process."
Following the House testimony Wednesday, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., told reporters that he has hope a deal can be reached despite the ideological splits.
"There is always the possibility of hope," he told NPR. "And maybe hearing this testimony some of my colleagues will actually do the right thing."
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The first draft of new math standards for Nebraska schools is a tweak, not an overhaul, of existing ones, according to state education officials.
The draft, which went out for public comment this spring, would put greater emphasis on number sense, data and statistics, but don’t expect sweeping changes, they said.
Instead, the standards are a refinement on the 2015 set they would replace.
“We didn’t want a dramatic shift,” said Matt Blomstedt, the state’s education commissioner.
Standards are what students are expected to know and be able to do in an academic subject.
State law requires the Nebraska State Board of Education to adopt standards every seven years in core areas, including math. Within a year after adoption, local districts must either adopt the state standards or their own of at least equal rigor.
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Local districts select their own curriculum — books, online resources and other materials — to teach the standards.
Blomstedt said the state has been encouraging districts to adopt high-quality instructional materials aligned with state standards and didn’t want to introduce a dramatically different set of standards.
Instructional materials are an important part of improving math achievement statewide, he said.
“We didn’t want a major shift because we started that work after the last standards adoption,” he said. “We see more improvements where people use the adoption of those instructional materials in alignment with our standards.”
The pandemic has disrupted state testing, making it difficult to gauge how the state’s kids have been doing in math the last couple of years. A World-Herald examination found math achievement took a hit.
A national math test, the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress, provides insight on how Nebraska kids measured up to peers in other states before COVID-19.
The test measures both mathematics knowledge and the students’ ability to apply their knowledge in problem-solving situations.
In eight states, fourth graders had a better average score on NAEP math than Nebraska fourth graders. In eighth grade, 15 states scored higher.
Forty-five percent of Nebraska fourth graders scored proficient or above on the test compared to 40% nationwide.
Thirty-seven percent of Nebraska eighth graders tested proficient or above, while 33% did so nationwide.
Blomstedt said he believes that the draft standards reflect the proper level of rigor in each grade, and that the state is not pushing too much content into lower grades.
Teachers have sometimes complained that the youngest students are getting overwhelmed by the academic demands.
Cory Epler, the department’s academic officer, said the writers of the initial draft wanted to make sure that data, probability and statistics were included in K-12 math, not just high school.
That’s done in an age-appropriate way, for instance, asking kindergartners to simply sort and classify objects by size, shape and color. An example, he said, would be putting all the triangles together.
Another emphasis in the draft is “number sense,” making sure that foundational skills are mastered in elementary and middle school, Epler said.
Number sense can be described various ways: knowing what numbers mean, the ability to see patterns and relationships between numbers, how number systems work.
In K-5 grades, Epler said, it would include basics like counting, understanding base 10, and area and perimeter.
Under the draft, a student who has a conceptual understanding of the K-8 standards should be ready for algebra I in high school, he said.
A student who masters algebra I skills should be ready for more advanced math, he said.
“We don’t think every kid needs to be learning calculus,” Epler said. “We do think students need to be learning things like statistics and probability and, some might say, the more applied courses in mathematics.”
Heather Phipps, associate superintendent of education services in Millard Public Schools, said the 2015 standards were a step up in rigor and the draft is at least as rigorous.
Phipps said the standards are more concise, which will help teachers understand them.
Asked if the standards will make Nebraska kids better at math, Phipps said having rigorous standards are just part of what’s needed.
Districts must ensure they have quality instructional materials aligned to the standards, she said.
Students have to be regularly tested on their progress to determine which students have mastered the standards and who needs more instruction.
“All of those things working together will help Nebraska kids be better at math,” she said.
Nebraska educators from prekindergarten to postsecondary, including public and nonpublic schools, helped develop the draft. Approval is expected in the fall.
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"It's 10 P.M. Do You Know Where Your Cat Is?" That was the headline of an article that recently appeared in Hakai Magazine about the fairly recent phenomenon in some Icelandic towns of banning or limiting cats being outside. Those for it say that outdoor cats are a public nuisance or threaten birds and ecosystems. Some cat supporters, meanwhile, have opposed it.
Joining us now from Reykjavik, Iceland, to tell us more is journalist Egill Bjarnason, who wrote the piece. Welcome.
EGILL BJARNASON: Hi. Great to be here.
RASCOE: So can you set the stage for this debate by talking about, like, how popular cats are in Iceland? Iceland is a place that's really with a lot of cat people, right?
BJARNASON: Yeah. Reykjavik is sometimes called the city of cats, and it has a reason going back to the 20th century ban on dogs. The city banned dogs until 1984, considering them farm animals. So a lot of people grew up with cats instead.
RASCOE: So there's, like, a cat curfew. What does that actually look like in practice, and why would cats need a curfew?
BJARNASON: A couple of years ago, there was a really novel or radical idea to propose that cats should be solely indoors. But in the past year or two, it's become kind of a strong movement. And the reasons are cats are just seen as a nuisance animal and people don't want them in their backyard. And the second is that, again and again, reports showing that most seabird species are struggling. You may have seen in the media these sort of farewell articles to the puffin, and that is just one example of a bird that has been struggling in the past couple of years. And cats are not to blame for it, but they are adding to the problem by attacking chicks and nests. And the main reason is changes in the oceans for food system, which may be linked to climate change. But that is kind of a stronger ecological reasoning for the cat curfew.
RASCOE: So in one city that initially voted to ban outdoor cats entirely, that measure faced some real serious opposition, and then they softened it to a nighttime curfew that will go into effect next year. Do you know how widespread these curfews and bans are and, like, what type of opposition do they face?
BJARNASON: So, so far, we have two towns and two smaller islands that have a curfew on cats. But Akureyri, which you referred to, has become sort of battleground for this idea. You know, the city council voted to place this total cat curfew, but they faced opposition from cat supporters all over the country who, you know, threatened to boycott the famous dairy products from the town and made all kinds of noise. And just some weeks before, the city council decided to reverse the ban or soften it into a nighttime curfew.
RASCOE: Based on your reporting, like, have you found that bans and curfews are actually effective at protecting birds and wildlife? Like, are there other things that people can do?
BJARNASON: Ecologists, they don't agree whether if we would ban cats entirely throughout the country where we would see a dramatic increase in bird population. We don't really know. But what would happen is that there would be more backyard birds. And I have a cat myself, and I have a lot of birds in my yard. And I see it happen. You know, even if I do my best to prevent the cat from being able to catch birds, they would still be able to catch chicks and attack nests. So I've sort of stopped tolerating that.
RASCOE: Egill Bjarnason, journalist and cat owner, thank you so much for joining us.
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NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Monday, June 13, 2022
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
133 AM EDT Mon Jun 13 2022
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS...
The areas affected include...
Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT / Port Jefferson NY...
At 131 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms, capable
of producing winds to around 30 knots. These thunderstorms were
located along a line extending from near Long Neck Point to near
Eastchester Bay, moving east at 30 knots. These thunderstorms will
be moving across Western Long Island Sound within the next hour,
until 230 AM.
Locations impacted include...
Norwalk Islands, Long Neck Point, Smithtown Bay, Stamford Harbor,
Captain Harbor, Cold Spring Harbor, Stratford Shoal, Huntington Bay,
Hempstead Harbor and Penfield Reef.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Mariners can expect gusty winds to around 30 knots...locally higher
waves...lightning strikes...and heavy downpours. Boaters should seek
safe harbor immediately until these storms pass.
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Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA – Get Rating) – Equities researchers at Small Cap Consu reduced their Q2 2023 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Vera Bradley in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, June 8th. Small Cap Consu analyst E. Beder now forecasts that the textile maker will post earnings of ($0.05) per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.06. The consensus estimate for Vera Bradley’s current full-year earnings is $0.41 per share. Small Cap Consu also issued estimates for Vera Bradley’s Q3 2023 earnings at $0.10 EPS, FY2023 earnings at $0.36 EPS and FY2024 earnings at $0.57 EPS.
Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, June 8th. The textile maker reported ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.16) by ($0.03). Vera Bradley had a net margin of 2.46% and a return on equity of 4.74%. The company had revenue of $98.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $109.87 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted ($0.05) earnings per share. Vera Bradley’s revenue for the quarter was down 9.7% on a year-over-year basis.
Shares of Vera Bradley stock opened at $5.34 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $6.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $7.57. Vera Bradley has a 52 week low of $5.30 and a 52 week high of $12.90. The company has a market capitalization of $173.25 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.43 and a beta of 1.78.
Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in shares of Vera Bradley by 20.8% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 153,558 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $1,177,000 after purchasing an additional 26,451 shares during the last quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vera Bradley by 42.3% in the first quarter. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 42,572 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $326,000 after purchasing an additional 12,646 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Vera Bradley by 2.0% in the first quarter. State Street Corp now owns 869,226 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $6,667,000 after purchasing an additional 17,024 shares during the last quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP increased its stake in Vera Bradley by 48.3% during the first quarter. Engineers Gate Manager LP now owns 18,369 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $141,000 after acquiring an additional 5,985 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Vera Bradley by 7.7% during the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 515,651 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $3,955,000 after acquiring an additional 36,713 shares during the last quarter. 70.79% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Vera Bradley (Get Rating)
Vera Bradley, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells women's handbags, luggage and travel items, fashion and home accessories, and gifts. It operates through three segments: Vera Bradley Direct, Vera Bradley Indirect, and Pura Vida. The company offers bag products, such as totes, crossbodies, satchels, clutches, backpacks, baby bags, and lunch bags; accessories, including wallets, wristlets, eyeglass cases, scarves, and various technology accessories; bracelets, rings, and necklaces under Pura Vida brand name; and travel products consisting of rolling luggage, cosmetics, and travel and packing accessories, as well as travel bags comprising duffel and weekend bags.
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CALGARY, Canada / ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sproule, a leading global energy advisory firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Veegeo. Veegeo is a Rotterdam-based geothermal advisory firm providing operational management and consulting services to geothermal companies, investors, and governmental agencies.
Veegeo has been involved in the majority of geothermal projects in the Netherlands since its founding in 2012 and has an established reputation for providing wells production management, project realization support, and consulting services in the burgeoning Dutch geothermal market.
“This acquisition will strengthen Sproule’s ability to help our clients navigate geothermal opportunities globally. We anticipate that geothermal energy will be a key component in the energy mix of many markets as they strive towards net zero and we are pleased to add this expertise to our team, knowing that Veegeo and Sproule’s combined knowledge will make a powerful combination to best support our clients,” says Jim Chisholm, President and CEO, Sproule.
The acquisition combines Veegeo’s significant geothermal expertise with Sproule’s broader Energy Advisory business. “Joining forces with Sproule will allow us to leverage a larger global platform and network to better serve our current clients and diversify our project portfolio, both through operational excellence and strategic advisory services in the geothermal market,” says Floris Veeger, Founder and Managing Director, Veegeo.
“Veegeo adds to our growing expertise across the energy value chain. This is critical in helping our clients understand value and risk in increasingly complex energy markets,” says Christoffer Mylde, SVP Corporate Development, Sproule. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/13/2460838/0/en/Sproule-Acquires-Dutch-Geothermal-Advisory-Firm-Veegeo.html | 2022-06-13T06:35:35Z | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/06/13/2460838/0/en/Sproule-Acquires-Dutch-Geothermal-Advisory-Firm-Veegeo.html | false | 2 |
Flagstaff wildfire forces evacuations, steadily grows
FLAGSTAFF — Evacuations are in effect in parts of northern Arizona as a wildfire about 6 miles north of Flagstaff steadily grew Sunday, June 12, authorities said.
Coconino National Forest officials said the wildfire was reported at 10:15 a.m. by a fire lookout. The fire has produced a noticeable plume of smoke.
Coconino County Sheriff’s officials said the Arizona Snowbowl and people living in the area of the west Schultz Pass Road area must evacuate. People living in Doney Park and the area near Mt. Elden should be prepared.
Euelda King and her family evacuated their home for the second time this year because of wildfires. She hadn’t settled back in from a springtime blaze before leaving again Sunday, this time able to grab photographs and clothing she didn’t get earlier.
“Here we go again,” she said.
The family of 11 is planning to stay at the Navajo Nation casino, which is offering assistance to tribal members who have evacuated.
The family was waiting in a parking lot ahead of road closure signs, watching smoke billow through the air and aircraft flying overhead.
“The winds are high, and I think they’re going to have a little bit of a battle with it,” she said.
Wind gusts were sweeping the smoke through Schultz Pass toward Doney Park and authorities said recreationists were being told to leave immediately, especially those in the Schultz Pass area.
American Red Cross Arizona has opened a shelter at Sinagua Middle School for residents who have evacuated.
“With this thing going as fast as it is, it could get much closer, of course hoping it doesn’t,” King said.
Authorities said one hotshot firefighting crew was headed to the wildfire along with a bulldozer, one water tender, three patrol units and six engines.
They said four air tankers and one helicopter also has been ordered along with an Incident Management Team that is scheduled to being arriving over the next few days.
The Arizona Department of Transportation has closed U.S. Route 89. The department said in a Twitter post that there is no estimated time to reopen the road.
The cause of the wildfire wasn’t immediately known.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, June 13, 2022
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240 AM EDT Mon Jun 13 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southeast New York, including the following
county, Suffolk.
* WHEN...Until 445 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Overflowing poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 240 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Commack, Huntington Station, Huntington, Stony Brook, Port
Jefferson, Northport, Smithtown, Rocky Point, Mount Sinai,
Centerport, Cold Spring Harbor, East Northport, Kings Park,
Setauket, Greenlawn, St. James, Ridge, Miller Place, Elwood
and Fort Salonga.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday rejected Amazon's plea challenging the decision of fair trade regulator CCI to suspend the approval for the e-commerce major's deal with Future Coupons.
A two-member bench comprising Justice M Venugopal and Ashok Kumar Mishra, upheld the findings of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and directed it to pay the penalty of Rs 200 crore imposed on Amazon by the fair trade regulator within 45 days from Monday.
"This appellate tribunal is in complete agreement" with the CCI, the two-member bench said.
In December last year, CCI had suspended the approval given by it in 2019, for Amazon's deal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Future Coupons Pvt Ltd (FCPL).
The regulator had said that Amazon suppressed information while seeking clearances for the transaction back then and also slapped a fine of Rs 202 crore on the company.
FCPL is a promoter of Future Retail Ltd (FRL).
Amazon had opposed FRL's deal to sell assets to Reliance Retail as part of a Rs 24,713-crore deal, which has now been called off.
The deal was opposed by the e-commerce major on the basis of its 2019 transaction, whereby it had acquired the 49 per cent stake in FCPL.
NCLAT concluded its hearing in April this year, over Amazon's plea. All parties had filed revised notes of submissions along with relevant citations before the registry.
On Monday, apart from Amazon's plea, the appellate tribunal had also reserved the order on two other petitions in the matter filed by Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF).
FRL was part of the 19 group companies operating in retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing segments, which were supposed to be transferred to Reliance Retail as part of a Rs 24,713 crore deal announced in August 2020.
The deal was called off by the billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd in April.
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