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Ashish Valentine joined NPR as its second-ever Reflect America fellow and is now a production assistant at All Things Considered. As well as producing the daily show and sometimes reporting stories himself, his job is to help the network's coverage better represent the perspectives of marginalized communities.
Dozens of civil and human rights groups wrote a letter to Biden urging him to help secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. She's remained in a Russian jail since February on drug charges.
Vladyslav Krasnoshchok describes himself as a "geopolitical surrealist" painter. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, he's been photographing the war with a vintage Olympus 35 mm camera. | https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/2022-06-23/russias-economy-is-weathering-sanctions-but-tough-times-are-ahead | 2022-06-23T20:48:03Z | https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/2022-06-23/russias-economy-is-weathering-sanctions-but-tough-times-are-ahead | true | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Thursday:
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Agnes’ landfall in the northeast which caused widespread flooding in the greater Latrobe area and along the East Coast.
Derry, Ligonier and Latrobe would spend 36 hours waiting to see if dams and reservoirs would hold through more than 12 inches of rain that fell over the tail end of the storm.
The 1972 storm was considered one of the largest to hit the East Coast in terms of the number of states affected and amount of flooding that took place over the week.
The storm began June 19, 1972, as a category one hurricane in the Caribbean Sea, losing steam as it made its way over the Florida panhandle, Georgia and the Carolinas. But as it made its way out to the Atlantic Ocean, Agnes regained its strength to a tropical storm before making landfall in New York and Pennsylvania.
In the early morning hours of June 23, 400 residents along McGee Run in Derry were evacuated to the West Derry Elementary School and Derry Area Senior High School. Residents huddled in blankets as they waited to see if the dams at Chestnut Ridge would hold.
Derry firemen and members of the Pennsylvania National Guard had worked through the night to reinforce the area with sandbags and kept a watchful eye throughout the 36 hours of rainfall. Their efforts would prove successful.
Rainfall flooded streets with more than a foot of water in some areas, cutting Ligonier off from the surrounding communities. There, firemen and members of the National Guard worked to evacuate around 60 residents from flooded homes, taking them to makeshift shelters at the Ligonier National Guard Armory and fire halls.
While water began to recede on June 24 for many areas, Ligonier would keep watch on the Loyalhanna Creek that stayed at its highest level for another day.
In Latrobe, 30 tractor trailers were stranded as Route 30 and Idlewild were completely under water. Then mayor Anthony Angelo declared a state of emergency on June 23 and ordered residents on Water Street to evacuate out of fear the Loyalhanna Creek would rise above the banks.
Latrobe firefighters and borough employees worked to reinforce the area with sandbags as they watched the creek rise at a rate of 18 inches an hour.
While rumors circulated throughout Derry and Latrobe that dams were bursting and homes were underwater, the structures held through the worst of it.
But, other communities in the area weren’t as lucky. The entire community of Dorothy was underwater after the rain slowed. New Florence was also cut off from the surrounding area when the Clark Shade Creek overflowed. Youngstown was left without water as soon as the storm began hitting the area.
Throughout the 36 hours, the communities pulled together to safeguard homes and perform daring rescues.
Firemen from Derry Township rescued a man on a raft found floating down a stream near Meadowbrook Trailer Court.
On the Loyalhanna Creek, two men became stranded when their raft capsized. One of the men was pulled from the water by two PennDOT employees in the area.
The other man found himself stuck in a tree. Members of Latrobe, Darlington and Greensburg fire departments arrived on the scene but were unable to reach him with their aerial ladder truck.
Firefighters at the end of the ladder threw a rope and safety jacket to the man. Once secured, he swung out of the tree and was reeled in.
While assisting with the rescue, Latrobe fireman Robert Himler suffered a heart attack but was reported to be in fair condition the following day.
Over the week of non-stop rain across the East Coast, 122 people would lose their lives to the storm — 50 in Pennsylvania.
Ligonier Township Supervisor John R. Luther suffered a heart attack while attempting to open a clogged water line. He was pronounced dead when he arrived at McGinnis Hospital. Luther was 49 years old.
As the rain ended, many began the process of recovery and cleanup. Damages from the storm around the country were estimated to be around $3.1 billion — more than $17 billion in today’s dollars. A costly weather event — monetarily and in lives lost — that was lessened by those who worked to save their neighbors and communities.
Then Latrobe Fire Chief Earl Dalton reflected on the communities’ efforts from the previous two days in a June 24 statement to The Bulletin.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
5-3-3
(five, three, three)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
5-3-3
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Divers recover body of boater who fell into Worcester lake
WORCESTER, MASS. (WHDH) - Divers recovered the body of a boater in Worcester after he and another man fell overboard Saturday, officials said. Police and...
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The trial for a man charged with multiple felonies for allegedly trying to kill police officers in a shootout in the summer of 2020 on the lawn of a Warren County home has been continued again.
Officer Dennis Jordan of the Middletown Division of Police and suspect Christopher J. Hubbard were shot shortly before 5 p.m. Aug. 31, 2020, after a pursuit that began in the area of 18th Avenue in Middletown and ended in the 2600 block of Mason-Montgomery Road in Turtlecreek Twp.
Hubbard, 36, was indicted Dec. 21, 2020 by a Warren County grand jury for attempted murder and felonious assault for allegedly shooting Jordan; attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault for allegedly shooting at Butler County Sheriff’s deputy Mike Barger; and attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault for allegedly shooting at Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper Brett Lee. The charges also contain gun specifications that add to a sentence if Hubbard is found guilty.
Hubbard was found competent to stand trial in March 2021 following a psychological evaluation. His trial was scheduled to begin Oct. 25, 2021 was moved to April 4, 2022. That trial date then was continued to June 27 because of expert testimony issues.
Today in what was to be a pre-trial to record testimony of an expert who could not be at the trial, Judge Tim Tepe reluctantly continued the trial until Sept. 26.
Tepe said there were “snags” when a defense witness who was ordered by the court to provide a report did not do so until yesterday. That does not leave time for the prosecution to review and rebut the report.
The judge said it took a subpoena, a phone call and a separate order from the court to get the witness to appear with the report.
“Almost a hostile situation,” Tepe said.
An investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Investigation indicated Hubbard shot first, striking Jordan, and that eight officers returned fire. Hubbard was hit between 10 and 13 times. Video evidence made the sequence of events clear, according to prosecutors.
Hubbard, who was sent back to prison shortly after the incident, is now being held on $1 million bond in the Warren County Jail. He requested a bond reduction, but it was denied by the judge.
Jordan was shot in the arm, finger and right leg. He was released from the hospital a day later and returned to duty.
Hubbard said at a hearing last summer charges against him are hard to prove.
“I have combed through my discovery packet with a fine tooth comb,” Hubbard said, adding he doesn’t know where the prosecution will get the evidence at trial to prove the charges against him. “One officer was shot. But I can show you by paper work on this table that other law enforcement did that and I didn’t.”
Assistant Prosecutor Steve Knippen responded saying the incident started because Hubbard fled from a police.
“The only reason that his vehicle was stopped, it is the state’s understanding, is because it ran over Stop Sticks which damaged his tires,” Knippen said. “He pulled over into the front yard of the residence. I can tell you in terms of evidence, there are two videos .... they definitively show the defendant shooting first at officers where he fires multiple shots and an officer was struck multiple times. So there is evidence that supports the charges.”
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — WorkForce West Virginia Thursday warned residents that scammers claiming to be associated with its Job Jumpstart Program are sending fraudulent texts with links to a dangerous website.
The agency said the messages read:
WORKFORCE WEST VIRGINIA: Your Back-to-work payment of $4,200.00 is now available, click on to receive payment.
Fraudlent text being sent to West Virginians.
WorkForce West Virginia said it does not send texts to Job Jumpstart applicants or claimants, so if you get a text like that, do not respond to it or click on the link, because the website it will take you to is dangerous.
Commissioner Scott Adkins said WorkForce West Virginia’s fraud unit is on the case.
“The WorkForce West Virginia fraud unit is working diligently to stop this fraudulent text message from reaching more people,” Adkins said. “The WorkForce West Virginia fraud unit is coordinating with relevant authorities, and will continue to be vigilant for other schemes to defraud West Virginians.”
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The company that owned a candle factory destroyed by tornadoes last December is investing in the area.
Mayfield Consumer Products is investing $33.3 million and plans to employ more than 500 full-time workers over the next five years in Grayson County.
"Following last year's devastating storm in Western Kentucky, we are glad to see jobs returning to the area," Gov. Andy Beshear said in a news release. "This reinvestment by Mayfield Consumer Products is good news for Graves County and the surrounding region as they work to rebuild and recover from the deadliest tornadoes in our state's history."
Gov. Beshear announced Mayfield Consumer Products LLC will invest a total of $33.3 million and employ more than 500 people full-time over the next five years as the company builds back following last December’s destructive tornado outbreak.Read more: https://t.co/A6m35TJZfj pic.twitter.com/cjKZs7jUq8
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) June 23, 2022
Construction on a 40,000 square-foot expansion has already begun. It includes a $2.3 million investment.
According to a news release, Mayfield Consumer Products LLC also plans for an additional 63,000 square-foot expansion committing $31 million to expand its space at Hickory Industrial Park to 300,000 square-feet.
"MCP's resolve to rebuild here and to play a central role in helping to restore the place we call home has been a top priority since the morning of Dec. 11, 2021," Mary Propes, founder of Mayfield Consumer Products, said in a news release. "This community has a bright future, and we are committed to being a big part of that progress."
The company said the expansion will consolidate operations in Graves County after the other factory was destroyed. It's expected to be completed by next year.
Mayfield Consumer Products was founded in 1998. It makes candles and other home fragrance products.
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- The EUA in Taiwan allows Novavax to begin fulfilling its commitment to the COVAX Facility
GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for Nuvaxovid™ (NVX-CoV2373) COVID-19 vaccine in individuals aged 18 years and over.
Novavax and Taiwan have executed a supply agreement and the doses for Taiwan would represent the first shipment of Nuvaxovid to a country participating under the COVAX Facility. COVAX was established to allocate and distribute vaccines equitably to participating countries and economies.
"Today's authorization in Taiwan is a testament to our continued global efforts to ensure access to diversified vaccine options," said Stanley C. Erck, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novavax. "As we continue to see surges of COVID-19, we believe that additional vaccine options will bolster the global vaccination rate and help reduce the impact of COVID-19."
The EUA was based on the totality of preclinical, manufacturing and clinical trial data submitted for review. This includes two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials: PREVENT-19, which enrolled approximately 30,000 participants aged 18 years and older in the U.S. and Mexico and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM); and a UK-based trial with almost 15,000 adult participants, also published in NEJM. In both trials, the vaccine demonstrated efficacy with a reassuring safety and tolerability profile.
Serious and severe adverse events were low in number and balanced between vaccine and placebo groups. The most common adverse reactions observed during clinical studies (frequency category of very common ≥1/10) were headache, nausea or vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, injection site tenderness/pain, fatigue, and malaise. Novavax will continue to collect and analyze real-world data, including the monitoring of safety and the evaluation of variants, as the vaccine is distributed.
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations has provided critical support to Novavax, including the commitment of approximately $400 million to advance early clinical development and manufacturing scale-up around the globe.
Nuvaxovid has received authorization for use in individuals aged 18 and over from more than 40 countries in addition to Emergency Use Listing from the World Health Organization.
Authorization in the U.S.
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (NVX-CoV2373) has not yet been authorized for use in the U.S. and the trade name Nuvaxovid™ has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Important Safety Information
- Nuvaxovid is contraindicated in persons who have a hypersensitivity to the active substance, or to any of the excipients.
- Events of anaphylaxis have been reported with administration of COVID-19 vaccines. Appropriate medical treatment and supervision should be available in case of an anaphylactic reaction following the administration of the vaccine. Close observation for at least 15 minutes is recommended and a second dose of the vaccine should not be given to those who have experienced anaphylaxis to the first dose of Nuvaxovid.
- Anxiety-related reactions, including vasovagal reactions (syncope), hyperventilation, or stress‐related reactions may occur in association with vaccination as a psychogenic response to the needle injection. It is important that precautions are in place to avoid injury from fainting.
- Vaccination should be postponed in individuals suffering from an acute severe febrile illness or acute infection. The presence of a minor infection and/or low-grade fever should not delay vaccination.
- Nuvaxovid should be given with caution in individuals receiving anticoagulant therapy or those with thrombocytopenia or any coagulation disorder (such as haemophilia) because bleeding or bruising may occur following an intramuscular administration in these individuals.
- The efficacy of Nuvaxovid may be lower in immunosuppressed individuals.
- Administration of Nuvaxovid in pregnancy should only be considered when the potential benefits outweigh any potential risks for the mother and foetus.
- The effects with Nuvaxovid may temporarily affect the ability to drive or use machines.
- Individuals may not be fully protected until seven days after their second dose. As with all vaccines, vaccination with Nuvaxovid may not protect all vaccine recipients.
- The most common adverse reactions observed during clinical studies were headache, nausea or vomiting, myalgia, arthralgia, injection site tenderness/pain, fatigue, and malaise.
For more information on Nuvaxovid, please visit the Novavax global authorization website.
About NVX-CoV2373
NVX-CoV2373 is a protein-based vaccine engineered from the genetic sequence of the first strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. The vaccine was created using Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle technology to generate antigen derived from the coronavirus spike (S) protein and is formulated with Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M™ adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. NVX-CoV2373 contains purified protein antigen and can neither replicate, nor can it cause COVID-19.
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is packaged as a ready-to-use liquid formulation in a vial containing ten doses. The vaccination regimen calls for two 0.5 ml doses (5 mcg antigen and 50 mcg Matrix-M adjuvant) given intramuscularly 21 days apart. The vaccine is stored at 2°- 8° Celsius, enabling the use of existing vaccine supply and cold chain channels. Use of the vaccine should be in accordance with official recommendations.
Novavax has established partnerships for the manufacture, commercialization and distribution of NVX-CoV2373 worldwide. Existing authorizations leverage Novavax' manufacturing partnership with Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume. They will later be supplemented with data from additional manufacturing sites throughout Novavax' global supply chain.
About the NVX-CoV2373 Phase 3 Trials
NVX-CoV2373 continues being evaluated in two pivotal Phase 3 trials.
PREVENT-19 (the PRE-fusion protein subunit Vaccine Efficacy Novavax Trial | COVID-19) is a 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of NVX-CoV2373 with Matrix-M adjuvant in 29,960 participants 18 years of age and over in 119 locations in the U.S. and Mexico. The primary endpoint for PREVENT-19 was the first occurrence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, moderate or severe) COVID-19 with onset at least seven days after the second dose in serologically negative (to SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. The statistical success criterion included a lower bound of 95% CI >30%. A secondary endpoint was the prevention of PCR-confirmed, symptomatic moderate or severe COVID-19. Both endpoints were assessed at least seven days after the second study vaccination in volunteers who had not been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. In the trial, NVX-CoV2373 achieved 90.4% efficacy overall. It was generally well-tolerated and elicited a robust antibody response after the second dose in both studies. Full results of the trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The pediatric expansion of PREVENT-19 is a 2:1 randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded trial to evaluate the safety, effectiveness, and efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 with Matrix-M adjuvant in 2,247 adolescent participants 12 to 17 years of age in 73 locations in the United States, compared with placebo. In the pediatric trial, NVX-CoV2373 achieved its primary effectiveness endpoint (non-inferiority of the neutralizing antibody response compared to young adult participants 18 through 25 years of age from PREVENT-19) and demonstrated 80% efficacy overall at a time when the Delta variant of concern was the predominant circulating strain in the U.S. Additionally, immune responses were about two-to-three-fold higher in adolescents than in adults against all variants studied.
Additionally, a trial conducted in the U.K. with 14,039 participants aged 18 years and over was designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, observer-blinded study and achieved overall efficacy of 89.7%. The primary endpoint was based on the first occurrence of PCR-confirmed symptomatic (mild, moderate or severe) COVID-19 with onset at least seven days after the second study vaccination in serologically negative (to SARS-CoV-2) adult participants at baseline. Full results of the trial were published in NEJM.
About Matrix-M™ Adjuvant
Novavax' patented saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant has demonstrated a potent and well-tolerated effect by stimulating the entry of antigen-presenting cells into the injection site and enhancing antigen presentation in local lymph nodes, boosting immune response.
About Novavax
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is a biotechnology company that promotes improved health globally through the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative vaccines to prevent serious infectious diseases. The company's proprietary recombinant technology platform harnesses the power and speed of genetic engineering to efficiently produce highly immunogenic nanoparticles designed to address urgent global health needs. NVX-CoV2373, the company's COVID-19 vaccine, has received conditional authorization from multiple regulatory authorities globally, including the European Commission and the World Health Organization. The vaccine is currently under review by multiple regulatory agencies worldwide and will soon be under review in the U.S. for use in adults, adolescents and as a booster. In addition to its COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax is also currently evaluating a COVID-seasonal influenza combination vaccine candidate in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which combines NVX-CoV2373 and NanoFlu*, its quadrivalent influenza investigational vaccine candidate, and is also evaluating an Omicron strain-based vaccine (NVX-CoV2515) as well as a bivalent Omicron-based / original strain-based vaccine. These vaccine candidates incorporate Novavax' proprietary saponin-based Matrix-M adjuvant to enhance the immune response and stimulate high levels of neutralizing antibodies.
For more information, visit www.novavax.com and connect with us on LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements herein relating to the future of Novavax, its operating plans and prospects, its partnerships, the timing of clinical trial results, the ongoing development of NVX-CoV2373, a COVID-seasonal influenza investigational combination vaccine candidate, the scope, timing and outcome of future regulatory filings and actions, including Novavax' plans to supplement existing authorizations with data from the additional manufacturing sites in Novavax' global supply chain, the potential impact and reach of Novavax and NVX-CoV2373 in addressing vaccine access, controlling the pandemic and protecting populations, and the efficacy, safety and intended utilization of NVX-CoV2373 are forward-looking statements. Novavax cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, challenges satisfying, alone or together with partners, various safety, efficacy, and product characterization requirements, including those related to process qualification and assay validation, necessary to satisfy applicable regulatory authorities; difficulty obtaining scarce raw materials and supplies; resource constraints, including human capital and manufacturing capacity, on the ability of Novavax to pursue planned regulatory pathways; challenges meeting contractual requirements under agreements with multiple commercial, governmental, and other entities; and those other risk factors identified in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of Novavax' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We caution investors not to place considerable reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this press release. You are encouraged to read our filings with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov and www.novavax.com, for a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this document, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of the statements. Our business is subject to substantial risks and uncertainties, including those referenced above. Investors, potential investors, and others should give careful consideration to these risks and uncertainties.
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LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency. But some experts say the WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.
Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the U.N. health agency considers the outbreak to be an “extraordinary event” and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders, possibly requiring a global response. It would also give monkeypox the same distinction as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.
The WHO said it did not expect to announce any decisions made by its emergency committee before Friday.
Many scientists doubt any such declaration would help to curb the epidemic, since the developed countries recording the most recent cases are already moving quickly to shut it down.
Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the recent monkeypox epidemic identified in more than 40 countries, mostly in Europe, as “unusual and concerning.” Monkeypox has sickened people for decades in central and west Africa, where one version of the disease kills up to 10% of people infected. The version of the disease seen in Europe and elsewhere usually has a fatality rate of less than 1% and no deaths beyond Africa have so far been reported.
“If WHO was really worried about monkeypox spread, they could have convened their emergency committee years ago when it reemerged in Nigeria in 2017 and no one knew why we suddenly had hundreds of cases,” said Oyewale Tomori, a Nigerian virologist who sits on several WHO advisory groups. “It is a bit curious that WHO only called their experts when the disease showed up in white countries,” he said.
Until last month, monkeypox had not caused sizeable outbreaks beyond Africa. Scientists haven’t found any mutations in the virus that suggest it’s more transmissible, and a leading adviser to the WHO said last month the surge of cases in Europe was likely tied to sexual activity among gay and bisexual men at two raves in Spain and Belgium.
To date, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed more than 3,300 cases of monkeypox in 42 countries where the virus hasn’t been typically seen. More than 80% of cases are in Europe. Meanwhile, Africa has already seen more than 1,400 cases this year, including 62 deaths.
David Fidler, a senior fellow in global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the WHO’s newfound attention to monkeypox amid its spread beyond Africa could inadvertently worsen the divide between rich and poor countries seen during COVID-19.
“There may be legitimate reasons why WHO only raised the alarm when monkeypox spread to rich countries, but to poor countries, that looks like a double standard,” Fidler said. He said the global community was still struggling to ensure the world’s poor were vaccinated against the coronavirus and that it was unclear if Africans even wanted monkeypox vaccines, given competing priorities like malaria and HIV.
“Unless African governments specifically ask for vaccines, it might be a bit patronizing to send them because it’s in the West’s interest to stop monkeypox from being exported,” Fidler said.
The WHO has also proposed creating a vaccine-sharing mechanism to help affected countries, which could see doses go to rich countries like Britain, which has the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa — and recently widened its use of vaccines.
To date, the vast majority of cases in Europe have been in men who are gay or bisexual, or other men who have sex with men, but scientists warn anyone in close contact with an infected person or their clothing or bedsheets is at risk of infection, regardless of their sexual orientation. People with monkeypox often experience symptoms like fever, body aches and a rash; most recover within weeks without medical care.
Even if the WHO announces monkeypox is a global emergency, it’s unclear what impact that might have.
In January 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 an international emergency. But few countries took notice until March, when the organization described it as a pandemic, weeks after many other authorities did so. The WHO was later slammed for its multiple missteps throughout the pandemic, which some experts said might be prompting a quicker monkeypox response.
“After COVID, WHO does not want to be the last to declare monkeypox an emergency,” said Amanda Glassman, executive vice president at the Center for Global Development. “This may not rise to the level of a COVID-like emergency, but it is still a public health emergency that needs to be addressed.”
Salim Abdool Karim, an epidemiologist and vice chancellor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, said the WHO and others should be doing more to stop monkeypox in Africa and elsewhere, but wasn’t convinced that a global emergency declaration would help.
“There is this misplaced idea that Africa is this poor, helpless continent, when in fact, we do know how to deal with epidemics,” said Abdool Karim. He said that stopping the outbreak ultimately depends on things like surveillance, isolating patients and public education.
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Company achieves public sustainability goals launched in 2017
Details progress toward ESG goals to 2025 and beyond, including key emissions
targets to drive the Company's journey to a net-zero carbon future
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar Solutions" or "the Company"), a leading global commodity and specialty chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added specialty services, today released its 2021 ESG report, which is available through the Univar Solutions website at https://www.univarsolutions.com/sustainability.
The report tracks Univar Solutions' progress against its ESG targets over the past year, including the successful completion of its initial five-year goals, launched in 2017, and ongoing progress toward its recently launched ESG goals to 2025 and beyond. Among other 2021 metrics, the Company reported the following:
- Reduced global Scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity by 39 percent (from a 2016 baseline), exceeding its reduction target of 15 percent;
- Continued enhancement of its industry-leading safety practices, resulting in 41 percent fewer recordable injuries, despite increased distribution volumes and warehouse activity;
- Reduced hazardous waste intensity by 45 percent through waste handling improvements throughout the year (as compared to 2016 baseline), significantly exceeding the reduction target set from our 2016 baseline;
- Introduction of environmental and social considerations into its supplier assessment process;
- EcoVadis engagement to assist with driving environmental and social improvements in its supply chain;
- A 36 percent reduction (from 2016) of significant releases, a tremendous outpacing of its original goal; and
- An increased number of Employee Resource Networks (ERNs), committed to empowering employees as part of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) actions.
"2021 was a particularly significant year in our sustainability journey as we marked major milestones in environmental sustainability, social impact and good governance, and met our first public sustainability goals set through this year," said David Jukes, president and chief executive officer. "Looking ahead, we intend to measure our steady progress toward our new set of goals for 2025 and beyond, as part of our continued efforts to build a better tomorrow for future generations. We remain steadfast in our commitment, and I'm pleased to see our business making such a strong start in the new, yet challenging and ambitious, chapter on our future sustainability journey."
Throughout 2021, Univar Solutions accelerated the integration of its new ESG goals across the Company globally. By incorporating sustainability into its operating strategies, processes and culture, Univar Solutions is well positioned to meet its future goals. Other notable highlights include mapping out, for the first time, Scope 3 emissions for its entire supply chain, thereby setting the path for broader emissions reduction actions; being recognized as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, after achieving a score of 100 of the HRC Foundation's Corporate Equality Index; and increasing on-site generation of renewable electricity as part of the Company's commitment to achieve net-zero operational emissions by 2050.
"As a Company, we understand the importance of a measurable commitment to ESG, making a positive impact on the world around us," said Jen McIntyre, chief people & culture officer and executive ESG lead at Univar Solutions. "Managing ESG risks and opportunities is fundamental to our ability to adapt and grow, and we are proud to have consistently demonstrated our commitment to transparency and continuous improvement over the years."
"Our team has set an ambitious strategy to challenge our business and supply chain to create collective benefit in our value chain," said Liam McCarroll, global sustainability director. "Through our ESG goals to 2025 and beyond, and together with our employees, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders, we will strive to deliver meaningful change for a more sustainable world."
For a complete review of Univar Solutions' progress to a more sustainable future, please see the full sustainability report at: https://www.univarsolutions.com/sustainability
About Univar Solutions
Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR) is a leading global commodity and specialty chemical and ingredient distributor representing a premier portfolio from the world's leading producers. With the industry's largest private transportation fleet and technical sales force, unparalleled logistics know-how, deep market and regulatory knowledge, formulation and recipe development, and leading digital tools, the Company is well-positioned to offer tailored solutions and value-added services to a wide range of markets, industries, and applications. While fulfilling its purpose to help keep communities healthy, fed, clean and safe, Univar Solutions is committed to helping customers and suppliers innovate and focus on Growing Together. Learn more at univarsolutions.com.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alabama Metal Industries Corporation (AMICO) is proud to announce the launch of SPEED BEAD – a new patent pending self-adhering weather resistant casing bead with built-in backer rod.
This highly innovative product creates a weatherproof seal around windows, doors and openings which eliminates the need for caulk on veneer stone and stucco applications.
SPEED BEAD can save contractors up to 40% on labor in addition to several tubes of caulk per opening. This patent pending design incorporates our high tech SPEED BOND adhesive which is specifically designed for bonding plastics in extreme temperature outdoor applications ranging from -40 to 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Similar materials are utilized in the automotive and aerospace industries where critical bonding, thermal expansion and excellent weathering and sealing properties are required.
SPEED BEAD also features the latest in flexible bulb technology. A contoured adhesion surface combined with a variable wall thickness design works in concert to provide a solid adhesion to the bonding surface.
"We are extremely happy to launch SPEED BEAD", said Gary Baltz II, AMICO's Vice President of Global Marketing and Product Development. "Our goal throughout this development process has been to create a world class product allowing builders and contractors to save time and money, ultimately reducing overall project cost. The keys are in the patent pending bulb technology combined with our proprietary SPEED BOND adhesive. We believe it is the best on the planet for this type of application. Every contractor using this product raves about the time and material savings and is amazed by the incredible bonding capabilities of the SPEED BOND adhesive."
SPEED BEAD has been independently lab tested to exceed ASTM E330/E330M-14 (load test), ASTM E331-00 (Water Resistance), and ASTM E283-04 (Air Infiltration). SPEED BEAD is available in three colors, white, tan and gray to match a wide variety of finishes.
Cut it, Peel it, Stick it – it's that fast.
Founded in 1939, Alabama Metal Industries Corporation (AMICO) is an industry leader in manufacturing, steel fabrication and material transformation. AMICO produces and distributes high-quality expanded and perforated metals; architectural metal systems; building products; and security products worldwide. The company's mission is to provide the best engineered products and solutions to residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attacking midfielder Erik Thommy, veteran of German club Bundesliga, has been signed by Sporting Kansas City, the club announced Thursday.
The 27-year-old comes to Kansas City after playing professionally for nine years in Germany, his home country.
Officially Thommy will be added to the roster once the Major League Soccer secondary transfer window opens July 7.
“This is a big step for me in my career,” Thommy said in a news release. “I have had very good conversations with Peter Vermes and I am excited to join MLS, a league that has developed a lot in the last few years. This club has great fans, great facilities and a great stadium. I want to give my best for the team and I am ready for the challenge.”
Throughout his time in Germany, Thommy has recorded 42 goals and 33 assists.
His extensive resume includes time with FC Augsburg, FC Kaiserslautern, Jahn Regensburg, VfB Stuttgart and Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Most recently with Bundesliga, Thommy was able to show off his skills on the wing and the midfield. He also led the team through a dramatic 2021-22 campaign to narrowly miss relegation on the final day of the season.
Thommy has signed an MLS contract through 2024 with an option to occupy an international roster spot in 2025, as long as he acquires a P1 visa or International Transfer Certificate.
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NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.41 per share.
The cash dividend is payable August 15, 2022, to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 15, 2022.
Since the company's inception in 2013, AbbVie has increased its dividend by more than 250 percent. AbbVie is a member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, which tracks companies that have annually increased their dividend for at least 25 consecutive years.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
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House payment affordability is a daunting challenge for many more home shoppers. Fixed-rate mortgages increased more than 2 full percentage points since the beginning of the year, hitting 5.81% this week, according to Freddie Mac data.
Bidding wars are largely over. Buyers have stopped begging to be the chosen ones. More homes are lingering on the market for several weeks, instead of selling in hours, minutes, or seconds.
Broker associate Doug Ward of Regency Real Estate thought he had a deal for his Mission Viejo buyers at $1.25 million. Sellers countered at $1.265 million, trying to squeeze another $15,000 from the buyers.
“We refused,” said Ward. Several days later the sellers agreed to the $1.25 million.
“There aren’t a lot of sellers willing to pull the plug. They are afraid to go back to market with rates higher,” said Tish Arciniega, broker owner of San Jacinto-based Main Street Realty.
Full disclosure: I do business with Ward and Arciniega.
Jordan Levine, chief economist at the California Association of Realtors, sees a shifting market.
“Statewide homes are on the market twice as long at 26 days as they were last month,” he said. “We expect prices to soften. We are leaning toward a modest recession in 2023.”
And good riddance to nightmare seller demands for buyers, such as waiving their appraisal and mortgage contingencies as a condition of offer acceptance.
“Buyers have more choices. They are not having to waive the loan approval contingencies,” said Ward.
Something else. If the appraisal comes in lower than the sales price, buyers should now consider renegotiating the price. Why overpay in a softening market? There’s more pressure on the seller now to say yes.
Last week, I had a buyer offer to split the difference with the seller when the appraisal came in low. Seller agreed. Deal stayed together. It closes next week.
Unreasonably short timelines for loan approval and appraisal had been another sometimes-untenable obstacle. Get it down in X days to avoid risking the ugly notice to perform demand.
The residential purchase agreement, or RPA, commonly used by California real estate professionals, doesn’t contain boiler-plate language for unforeseen issues like appraisal delays, late answers to homeowner association questionnaires (called seller’s HOA) or even delays in getting loan approvals. (The best-priced lenders always have the longest turn times.)
The contract requires loan and appraisal contingencies to be removed within 17 days, shortened from 21 days in earlier versions, according to Arciniega.
Sellers’ agents and their transaction coordinators pepper loan originators and their processors with phone calls, texts and emails demanding the buyers remove their contingencies or else. Or else means release the contingencies or we’ll cancel escrow.
But if contingencies are released and the loan doesn’t get approved, the earnest money deposit is potentially at risk. A 3% deposit on a $1 million sales price is $30,000.
According to Fullerton real estate attorney Jim Stearman, the seller isn’t entitled to the deposit unless the following conditions are met:
- Buyers and sellers failed to resolve the matter through mediation.
- Sellers are awarded the deposit either from arbitration or a civil court judge.
“It’s not uncommon to end up in a fight, (although) it is uncommon to go to mediation,” said Stearman. “Waiving contingencies upfront is dangerous.”
If you are a buyer, especially with a complicated loan file, or you are buying in a rural area with hard-to-find appraisers, consider asking your agent to add “seller will allow additional time so long as buyer is making best efforts” language to the appraisal and financing timelines.
Or remove the seller’s ability to keep the earnest money deposit based on deadlines.
The best thing any buyer can do is find a level-headed, mature real estate professional who can properly negotiate terms and conditions upfront that are in your best interest, now that the shoe is on the other foot.
Freddie Mac rate news: The 30-year fixed rate averaged 5.81%, 3 basis points higher than last week and the highest rate since November 2008. The 15-year fixed rate averaged 4.92%, 11 basis points higher than last week.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a 4.2% increase in mortgage application volume from the previous week.
Bottom line: Assuming a borrower gets the average 30-year fixed rate on a conforming $647,200 loan, last year’s payment was $1,066 less than this week’s payment of $3,802.
What I see: Locally, well-qualified borrowers can get the following fixed-rate mortgages without points: A 30-year FHA at 4.875%, a 15-year conventional at 4.625%, a 30-year conventional at 5.375%, a 15-year conventional high-balance ($647,201 to $970,800) at 5.25%, a 30-year conventional high-balance at 5.625% and a 30-year jumbo purchase loan at 5.375%.
Eye catcher loan of the week: A 30-year jumbo purchase mortgage, locked for the first 10 years at 4.375%, with 0.75-point cost.
Jeff Lazerson is a mortgage broker. He can be reached at 949-334-2424 or jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com. His website is www.mortgagegrader.com. | https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/06/23/market-shift-opens-door-for-buyers-to-make-demands-of-sellers/ | 2022-06-23T21:10:15Z | https://www.dailybulletin.com/2022/06/23/market-shift-opens-door-for-buyers-to-make-demands-of-sellers/ | true | 11 |
Relief Is On The Way
From Chief Meteorologist David Paul in the 4Warn Storm Center:
SYNOPSIS – Triple-digit heat returns Friday, but some relief will follow. A few stray showers and thunderstorms are possible for the afternoon hours, with better rain chances for Saturday. Temperatures will ease for the weekend, with highs in the lower to middle 90s.
TONIGHT – Clear. Low near 77°. Winds NW at 5 mph.
TOMORROW – Partly cloudy, isolated PM showers and thunderstorms. High near 100°. Winds NW at 5-15 mph.
TOMORROW NIGHT – Partly cloudy. Low near 76°. Winds SE at 5 mph.
EXTENDED
SAT: Partly cloudy, scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low: 75° High: 94° 60%
SUN: Partly cloudy, slight rain chance. Low: 74° High: 95° 20%
MON: Partly cloudy, slight rain chance. Low: 73° High: 95° 20%
TUE: Partly cloudy, scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low: 74° High: 95° 40%
WED: Partly cloudy, scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low: 73° High: 92° 60%
THU: Partly cloudy, scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low: 73° High: 93° 40%
COASTAL FORECAST FRIDAY – Moderate Chop on Coastal Lakes and Bays. Winds W at 15 kts. Seas offshore 2-3 feet.
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BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — In Gee Chun breezed to an 8-under 64 on Thursday to jump out to a big early lead in the first round of the Women's PGA Championship.
While most of the field slogged through the day on the wet Blue Course at Congressional, Chun birdied seven of eight holes during one stretch. She was seven shots better than anyone else who started in the morning, making her a threat to break the record for the largest 18-hole lead in a women's major — set by Mickey Wright, who led this tournament by five shots after 18 in 1961.
“I don’t know what golf course In Gee is playing,” defending champion Nelly Korda said after finishing her round of 71.
Chun was playing the same course as everyone else — one that went through a full restoration last year. There was heavy rain in the area overnight and more precipitation during play Thursday morning. That softened the course but also made Congressional’s length — 6,809 yards for this first round — more of a factor.
No big deal for Chun, a two-time major winner.
“The course, after a lot of rain, feels longer,” the 27-year-old South Korean said. “At the same time, greens were softer. So I think it was just a balance.”
Although there was plenty of golf left to play, Chun's early seven-shot lead certainly turned heads.
“I can’t stop staring at the leaderboard,” Justin Thomas tweeted. “Leading by 7 halfway thru day 1!!!!”
Hye-Jin Choi was 3 under through 11 holes in the afternoon, one of several players who threatened to shrink Chun's lead — but not by much.
Chun, who started on the back nine, birdied Nos. 15, 16, 17 and 18. After a bogey on No. 1, she rebounded with three more birdies in a row.
Chun set a major championship record — male or female — when she won the Evian Championship in 2016 at 21 under. She also won the U.S. Women's Open the previous year.
Korda was part of a group at 1 under, along with playing partner Brooke Henderson. One example of how challenging the course was: Korda hit driver, hybrid and 7-wood while making par on the 587-yard ninth hole.
“That’s the longest par 5 I’ve ever played,” she said. “I was happy to play the front nine even.”
Chun hit all 14 fairways and said she passed the time by discussing non-golf topics with caddie Dean Herden.
“We talk about the kiwis because I love to eat kiwis on the course,” she said. “It’s really tough to find a good kiwi from the supermarket. Luckily, we have a good Korean supermarket near here, so I got a good gold kiwi from there.”
If Chun keeps playing like this, she might find it easy to relax on the course, but she'll have a talented group of challengers chasing her. Jennifer Kupcho, who won her first major at the Chevron Championship earlier this year, was 1 under. Pornanong Phatium aced the second hole and was 2 under through eight.
All those players could feel pretty close to the lead — if not for Chun.
“I feel like I played really well. The course is really hard,” Kupcho said. “I don’t really know how In Gee is 8 under right now. That’s definitely an outlier.”
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The Latest on the Supreme Court ruling on New York's gun law:
The American Medical Association has called the ruling a “harmful and deeply disturbing decision.’’
"Firearm violence is a public health crisis, and easier access to weapons and fewer restrictions on who can carry them — and where they can be carried — are dangerous steps in the wrong direction," Dr. Jack Resneck, the AMA’s president, said in a written statement. "Overturning decades of reasonable firearm regulations will cost more lives.’’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom also called the ruling “dangerous" in a tweet, among other labels such as “shameful” and “a dark day in America.”
“This is a dangerous decision from a court hell bent on pushing a radical ideological agenda and infringing on the rights of states to protect our citizens from being gunned down in our streets, schools, and churches,” he wrote.
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MORE ON THE DECISION:
— Supreme Court expands gun rights, striking New York limits
— States with strict gun-permitting laws consider next steps
— NY leaders vow new gun limits after Supreme Court ruling
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NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights leader whose National Action Network is headquartered in New York City, condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday as “devastating and potentially dangerous.”
“This ruling could not have come at a worse time, as we have been working to deescalate gun violence in the city,” Sharpton said. “It has never been more important for Congress to pass meaningful legislation to combat the epidemic that is gun violence in this nation.”
One big concern is the ability of people to carry guns in public spaces such as neighborhoods, streets and subways.
Paige Graves, the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s general counsel, said in a statement that “the presence of guns within a sensitive place like New York’s transit system is an unacceptable risk.”
“Considering this Supreme Court decision, we have begun drafting appropriate rules to keep dangerous weapons out of our subways, buses and commuter trains,” Graves said.
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday’s Supreme Court decision “defies common sense” and “defies logic.”
Harris said she was “deeply concerned and troubled by the Supreme Court’s ruling,” which follows her recent visit to Buffalo where she attended a funeral for one of the victims of the May 14 shooting that killed 10 and injured three. She also referenced the many other recent shootings.
“We can go on down the list about why it, yet again, is on the front pages, so to speak, of the concern of the American people about what we can and what we have a responsibility to do in terms of reasonable gun safety laws,” Harris said.
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NEW YORK — Several Republicans in New York cheered Thursday’s ruling.
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Long Island Republican running for governor, who has supported the lawsuit, said the decision marked “a historic, proper, and necessary victory for law abiding citizens of New York, whose Second Amendment rights have been under constant attack.”
Nick Langworthy, chair of the New York state GOP and a congressional candidate, called the ruling a win for the public over politicians.
“Today’s Supreme Court ruling is exactly as it should be — a final authority that protects the constitutional rights of citizens against a dictatorial government,” Langworthy said.
Langworthy, Zeldin and other Republicans criticized Democrats for what they see as threatening new restrictions on gun owners rather than passing tougher crime laws.
Sen. George Borrello, a Republican from western New York, called the ruling “a validation of the Second Amendment and a victory for law-abiding gun owners in our state.”
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WASHINGTON — The two parties’ leaders in the U.S. House are offering contrasting reactions to Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling.
House minority GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, of California, welcomed the ruling, saying it “rightfully ensures the right of all law-abiding Americans to defend themselves without unnecessary government interference.”
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi, also of California, issued a statement saying the ruling gutted the authority of states to keep public spaces safe from gun violence.
“It is unfathomable that, while families in Uvalde, Buffalo and countless other communities mourn their loved ones stolen by gun violence, a supermajority of the Supreme Court has chosen to endanger more American lives,” Pelosi said in the statement.
The decision was made by a “radical, Republican-controlled Court” using “twisted logic,” Pelosi said.
She promised Democrats will continue efforts toward preventing gun violence.
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NEW YORK — New York City officials insist nothing will change immediately following Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling.
They note that the high court sent the case back to a lower court for further proceedings that could iron out implementation details.
Officials in the nation’s most populous city immediately began reviewing its gun permit application process and pondering how they now might legally define “sensitive locations” where civilians wouldn’t be allow to bring guns.
“There is no place in the nation that this decision affects as much as New York City,” Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference. “And we are prepared to set an example that will lead the country as to: how do we fight back on this decision?”
Adams, a Democrat and former police captain, raised the specter of everyday disputes turning into shootouts in New York’s crowded streets and subways. He suggested that police officers would face greater danger, as well as a greater burden of distinguishing between legal and illegal guns in public places.
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NEW YORK — In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling Thursday, at least one advocacy group urged lawmakers to avoid passing regulations that continue to make it too hard for members of Black and brown communities to own guns.
“New York’s gun licensing regulations have been arbitrarily and discriminatorily applied, disproportionately ensnaring the people we represent, the majority of whom are from communities of color, in the criminal legal system,” the Legal Aid Society said in a statement released by the nonprofit’s spokesperson Redmond Haskins.
The group recognized the ruling as “an affirmative step toward ending arbitrary licensing standards that have inhibited lawful Black and Brown gun ownership in New York,” stating that criminalization of gun ownership by people of color “has never prevented violence and serves only to further marginalize and incarcerate people from BIPOC communities.”
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut’s former longtime attorney general and a key participant in the bipartisan gun violence legislation negotiations, called Thursday’s ruling “deeply destructive” in a tweet.
He predicted it “will unleash even more gun violence on American communities.”
Blumenthal said the ruling will put more guns in public spaces instead of “upholding commonsense safeguards to reduce gun violence” This, he said in the tweet, will “open the floodgates to invalidate sensible gun safety laws in more states.”
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, said his office will examine Thursday’s ruling to determine its impact on Maryland and “continue to fight to protect the safety of Marylanders.
“Today’s decision means more deaths and more pain in a country already awash in gun violence,” Frosh said in a statement.
In the statement, Frosh contends people carrying firearms in public places is a dangerous thing to have become the norm.
“The epidemic of gun violence sweeping our nation demonstrates daily the folly of introducing more guns into this boiling cauldron,” he said.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says he’s “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling striking down New York state’s century-old restrictions on the concealed carry of firearms.
In a statement, the president said the ruling “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all.” He added that after mass shootings across the U.S., the country should be doing more, not less, to rein in firearm availability.
As Congress appears set to approve modest gun law changes, Biden urged states to go further and “enact and enforce commonsense laws to make their citizens and communities safer from gun violence.”
“I call on Americans across the country to make their voices heard on gun safety. Lives are on the line,” he added.
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NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams released a statement Thursday criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
He stated the ruling puts New Yorkers “at further risk of gun violence.”
Adams said the city has and will continue efforts to mitigate risks of gun violence in the city, including reviews of defining license application processes and “sensitive locations” where guns are banned.
“We will work together to mitigate the risks this decision will create once it is implemented, as we cannot allow New York to become the Wild West,” the statement said.
“This decision may have opened an additional river feeding the sea of gun violence, but we will do everything we can to dam it,” he added.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Democratic state Rep. Robert Craven said Thursday he wasn’t surprised by the ruling.
“I see the court headed in that direction,” he said. “It’s taking a stricter interpretation that the Second Amendment is absolute — it says what it says, you have a right to bear arms.”
Craven, an attorney and chair of the state's House Judiciary Committee, questioned whether the court will now use that same thought process for cases about banning military-style weapons.
For concealed carry permits, New York’s requirements are more onerous than Rhode Island’s are. Craven said he represented the city of East Providence, Rhode Island in three cases where permit denials were challenged in the past decade, and the city prevailed in all three at the state Supreme Court.
Craven said he’ll read the opinion in the New York case to determine whether or not it creates a concern that Rhode Island’s requirements could be challenged, and whether that can be remedied by state legislation.
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NEW YORK — New York's members of Congress reacted to Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that struck down a state gun law. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik applauded the ruling and said it “correctly declares New York’s shameful attempt to shred Second Amendment rights of New Yorkers unconstitutional.” Stefanik is a Republican and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump,
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called the ruling “irresponsible” and “downright dangerous.”
“Our nation is in the middle of a gun violence epidemic and instead of working to protect our communities, this court has made it even easier for potentially dangerous people to carry concealed handguns in public spaces,” the Democrat said.
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NEW YORK — Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York gun law requiring people to demonstrate a particular need for carrying a gun in order to get a license to carry one in public has no immediate impact on other laws, including rules on background checks and age requirements for gun purchases.
That’s according to Alex McCourt, the director of legal research for the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
McCourt said that instead, courts will reevaluate the laws, determining whether they violate the Second Amendment.
“It’s possible that these laws will face a new challenge, and that’s particularly true for any laws governing the public use of guns which was not previously considered part of the Second Amendment,” McCourt said.
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Poly (NYSE: POLY), a global outfitter of professional-grade audio and video technology, today announced that its stockholders voted to approve the merger agreement pursuant to which Poly will be acquired by HP Inc.
Based on preliminary results, over 80% of Poly's outstanding common stock was voted in favor of the approval of the merger agreement. The final voting results will be filed on a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar 2022, subject to receipt of required regulatory clearances and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
Poly (NYSE: POLY) creates premium audio and video products so you can have your best meeting -- anywhere, anytime, every time. Our headsets, video and audio-conferencing products, desk phones, analytics software and services are beautifully designed and engineered to connect people with incredible clarity. They're pro-grade, easy to use and work seamlessly with all the best video and audio-conferencing services. Poly MeetingAI delivers a broadcast quality video conferencing experience with Poly DirectorAI technology which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver real-time automatic transitions, framing and tracking, while NoiseBlockAI and Acoustic Fence technologies block-out unwanted background noise. With Poly (Plantronics, Inc. – formerly Plantronics and Polycom), you'll do more than just show up, you'll stand out. For more information visit www.Poly.com.
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OTTAWA — Patrick Brown’s campaign manager has left to help Michelle Rempel Garner with her possible bid to lead the United Conservative Party in Alberta.
Brown’s Conservative leadership campaign says Sean Schnell has stepped away to follow Rempel Garner, who announced last week she was leaving her role as Brown’s national co-chair.
Rempel Garner is considering a run to replace Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in his job as leader of the provincial party, following his decision to resign after narrowly surviving a leadership review last month.
Schnell had worked for Rempel Garner’s office before either leadership race began.
Chisholm Pothier, a spokesman for Brown, said Schnell stuck around for a few days after deciding to go with Rempel Garner so that he could help the team through the transition.
Pothier says Fred DeLorey, who served as the federal party’s national campaign manager for the 2021 federal election, remains on the team as the executive chairman.
Rempel Garner has yet to declare whether or not she’s going to enter the contest, but was recently granted an enabling waiver because UCP rules require candidates to have been a party member for at least six months.
Over the past month, Brown has lost the support of two Conservative MPs — Ontario’s Kyle Seeback and Dan Muys — to his main rival for the leadership, Ottawa-area MP Pierre Poilievre.
Brown’s campaign has brushed off their decisions, saying it counts for just two votes out of the more than 150,000 new members it says he signed up.
Poilievre has said he sold nearly 312,000 memberships — a record-breaking number — and asked the party to validate those figures, which it has declined to do.
With the party looking at having a voting base of more than 600,000 members, it is working to get a national list of their names to campaigns no later than July 4.
But at least one campaign is calling for a voter list to be released in the interim.
Mike Coates, the chairman of Jean Charest’s leadership campaign, wrote earlier in the week to the head of the party’s leadership election organizing committee asking for it to release a list of the members it has to date.
“We know that because of the significant processing delays at headquarters, many people purchased a duplicate membership because they did not receive a confirmation that they were a member and eligible to vote in the leadership race,” Coates wrote in a letter, which Charest posted to Twitter on Wednesday.
In this letter Coates went on to cite “worrisome” reports that membership sales numbers have been inflated.
“We trust party headquarters’ ability to weed out duplicates and ineligible members, but we also believe the campaigns need transparency on where these duplicates originated.”
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently approved an All Small Mentor Protégé agreement between SBG Technology Solutions, Inc. (SBG) and Eleven09, L.L.C. (Eleven09). SBG and Eleven09 have subsequently formed a Joint Venture, King Street Technology Partners, L.L.C. (KSTP). KSTP provides customers comprehensive and mature IT and engineering professional services through small business set-aside acquisitions.
SBG, a subsidiary of DSS Inc., is a nationwide provider of professional engineering, IT modernization, IT governance, cyber security, and artificial intelligence services to federal and commercial clients. A representative sample of SBG's clients includes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Defense Health Agency (DHA), the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army National Guard, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Eleven09 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) IT Services and Solutions provider for both state and federal customers. At Eleven09, customer service and satisfaction will always be our priority. Each solution that is presented to the customer is derived directly from their needs and is anchored in our core belief of acting in our client's best interest above all else. Our primary customer is the Department of Veterans' Affairs (VA) where we constantly strive to improve outcomes for our nation's Veterans and their families. Eleven09 has been and always will be committed to improving the journey of the American veteran as they transition from their respective branch of service to their lifetime agency, the VA.
KSTP's core competency is delivering Scaled Agile (SAFe®)-based program and portfolio management. For over fifteen years our subject matter experts have advised Federal stakeholders on critical matters, ranging from enterprise Agile DevSecOps to legacy systems modernization, to clinical workflow governance. We automate portfolio management at scale using Business Intelligence and Dashboarding to enable data-driven decision making. Examples include the Department of Veterans Affairs Enterprise Program Management Office (ePMO), Vista Evolution PMO, and the Electronic Health Record Modernization PMO.
Additionally, KSTP specializes in large-scale COTS Cloud Integrations. Currently, we are one of the largest mobility management vendors in the Federal government, overseeing half a million Android, IoS, Macintosh, and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality (VR/AR) devices between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Health Agency. We handle all aspects of Cloud operations, security, credentialing, and integration with partner programs.
Other key areas of support include Healthcare Information technology providing highly tailored solutions for healthcare-specific problems such as claims processing or Electronic Health Record modernization. We serve in this role by supporting the VA Office of Community Care, Office of Technical Integration, and the Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization.
In all areas of support, KSTP experts advise stakeholders and deliver cybersecurity solutions including Risk Management Framework (RMF) policy and program services for the VA and the Defense Health Agency
According to Kyle White, the Co-founder of Eleven09,
"Eleven09 has always been committed to our nation's Veterans and their families. We are passionate about improving all aspects of a Veteran's journey but recognized that there is only so much we could accomplish as a single company. I learned a long time ago that nothing is impossible if you have the right team around you and I believe SBG is the perfect teammate and one that can help us further our impact at the VA as well as aiding our mutual growth in a meaningful and responsible manner. We are excited anout the partnership with SBG and leveraging our mutual experience to better serve our Nation's Veterans."
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If you look up the topic #HairTutorial on TikTok, you’ll find nearly 23 billion views — yes, billion. And the majority of tutorials within that hashtag appear to be blow drying tips. And for good reason — blow drying hair is burdensome. “It’s difficult,” acknowledges Cedric Celik, owner of Cedric Salon in Midtown New York. “It’s a juggling act because you’re holding a heavy dryer in one hand, a brush in the other, and attempting to achieve a sleek, smooth, and voluminous blowout with your arms in the air — it’s difficult, even for some professional stylists,” he says.
How Long Does It Take to Blow Dry Hair
Also, it seems to take forever to give yourself a good blowout. But how long is forever? Anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour is the standard amount of time it takes to successfully blow dry hair, says Rob Peetoom Salon stylist, Emily Knapton. “It depends on thickness, density, and texture,” she says. A few things can quickly speed up the process though, including a priming product and a nozzle attachment.
The Products You’ll Need to Blow Dry Your Hair At Home for a Salon-Worthy Look
While you don’t need many hair styling tools to master an at-home blowout, styling products are definitely a must. And other styling tools, although not totally necessarily, will make the overall process easier and faster, while upping the wow factor for the final result. Our experts recommend a handful of products for prep, during, and post-blow dry.
Preparation for Hair Blow Drying
Heat Protectant
A heat protectant, or blow-dry cream as it is often called, can come in many forms, from sprays to serums to creams. Despite the differing textures, they mostly all perform the same goal: protecting the hair from extreme heat. “A blow-dry cream hydrates, adds shine, and protects against heat damage, so why wouldn’t you want to use one prior to blowing out your hair?” asks celebrity colorist and DpHue co-founder, Justin Anderson. He loves his brand’s new Color Fresh Blow Dry Creme, which is a heat protectant cream formulated with hydrating argan oil and shea butter to restore moisture and add shine. “It’s also formulated with a UV absorber to protect against UV color fading, as well as heat and humidity protection to fight heat damage, and even color dulling and frizz,” he adds.
A great blow-dry cream can even help you speed up trying time, like René Furterer’s Style Blowout Balm. It helps you achieve a straighter and more frizz-free finish, and also helps to cut down on blow dry time.
DpHue Color Fresh Blow Dry Creme
René Furterer Style Blowout Balm
Products to Use During Your At-Home Blow Out
Blow Dryer
Trust us: Invest in a blow dryer, especially if you’re using it frequently. Yet, that doesn’t mean you have to purchase the most expensive — but in our opinion, totally worth it — Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer. “It’s the best blow dryer on the market; the heat output options, plus the wind speeds help to expedite the blow drying process,” says celebrity stylist Adam Maclay.
But there are plenty of incredible, affordable options, even under $100. Most important when searching for a heat tool is the basic performance. Find a “good blow dryer with consistent airflow and heat settings,” says Bianca Garcia, stylist and educator at Bumble and Bumble’s Meatpacking Salon. That’s it. (Here’s a shortcut though if you’re still on the hunt: We uncovered the best hair dryers.)
Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer
Attachment Nozzle
You might be tempted to toss the accompanying concentrated, flat vent attachment — but seriously don’t. This under-appreciated tool focuses the flow of the air, allowing you to target sections of the hair. “A blow dry nozzle to concentrate where the air is blowing helps so much,” says Knapton. “The air should always be pushing the cuticle down.” This helps to deliver a much smoother, sleeker look without any additional effort on your end.
Utilizing a brush during a blowout is the fastest and most effective way to make your hair look salon-worthy. It is a bit of a juggling act though, having to hold the dryer in one hand, while manipulating the brush with your other hand. This process will take practice, says Cedric, who adds that it takes stylists years to perfect their technique, but a brush is absolutely mandatory for getting that perfect blowout. Which brush though? Well, that depends on the final result you’re after.
Round brushes are the most commonly used brush shape by stylists and professionals. The smaller the brush barrel, the curlier it’ll make your hair. A large round brush barrel will deliver plenty of body, but without super defined curls. If you’re looking for a straight blowout, a paddle brush will help you achieve that smooth texture quickly.
Another factor to consider when it comes to brushes is their material.
- Vented, ceramic/metal round brushes: These are great for speeding up the entire process (especially if you have a lot of hair or curls). It works like a heat conductor, helping you speed up the drying time. “It works similar to a curling iron because the barrel heats up, but it’s less damaging,” says Knapton. This Ghd Natural Bristle Round Brush is a solid option.
- Boar bristle brushes: A more luxurious option best suited for detangling long, wavy or curly hair without snagging. If you’re looking for volume, a boar bristle round brush, like this one from Y.S. Park, is your secret weapon. These Japanese-made brushes are healthier for hair than their synthetic counterparts, and they last a lifetime.
- Mixed bristle brushes: Usually a combination of nylon and natural bristles, this type of brush will get you the ‘90s ultra-glam look stat. These bristles create a lot more tension when pulling through the hair, giving you serious lift at the root and all-over body.
Ghd Natural Bristle Round Brush
Y.S. Park Black Carbon Tiger Styler Round Brush
Products to Use Post-Blow Dry
You’ve done the hard work, now here’s what you’ll need to do to make it last.
To seal in the look and get rid of pesky flyaways, try an oil on the ends of your hair. Garcia loves using the smallest drop of the Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil to keep hair glossy.
Bumble and Bumble Hairdresser’s Invisible Oil
Spritzing on a texture spray adds a touch of volume and that je ne sais quoi style, so you can fully mimic salon results at home. Try the award-winning and universally beloved Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray.
Or, if you already have dry shampoo lying around, utilize that. “Dry shampoo is going to add instant volume and texture to your blowout,” says Maclay. The good thing about using dry shampoo for texture is that you can be generous with your usage, spraying with abandon from roots to ends, without worrying about destroying your blowout with too much product. Plus, it will deliver that texture as it soaks up any excess oil. Just spray, let it sit for a few minutes, and then massage it into the roots and ends.
Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray
Klorane Volumizing Dry Shampoo with Organic Flax
Velcro Rollers
Velcro rollers aren’t necessary for your blowout, but they’ll give you a whole lot of volume without a lot of effort. After blow drying a section, set the hair around a large roller and secure it with a clip. Allow it to cool for a few minutes then let the hair out. It gives major va-va-voom to any blowout.
Now that you’re prepped, let’s get to the main event: Here’s every step, tip, and tool you’ll need to perfectly achieve a DIY blowout, from the comfort of your own home.
How to Blow Dry Your Hair
1. Shampoo and Condition Your Hair
A successful blowout starts in the shower. Start with a good cleanse using a shampoo and conditioner that best fits your hair type and blowout goals, whether you’re looking for volume, hydration or softness.
A good-quality hydrating shampoo and conditioner are particularly helpful for curly hair, as it’s usually washed less frequently to keep the curls healthy and moisturized. Try Jvn Hair Nurture Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner, which was designed to lock in moisture and reduce frizz for all hair types, but especially those with wavy or curly hair.
For fine to medium hair types, Maclay recommends a volumizing shampoo and conditioner to add body to the hair. He loves the Bumble and Bumble Thickening Volumizing Shampoo and Conditioner. And if your hair is on the coarse side, a smoothing cleanser and conditioner will help soften the hair cuticle, giving you a shortcut to a polished blowout, says Maclay. He suggests the Living Proof No Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner.
Once you’ve found the products best suited to your hair type, focus on the scalp while sudsing up to gently cleanse (and also dislodge any product buildup). Then apply conditioner starting at the mid-length, which usually hits right around the tops of your ears, and rinsing through the ends. Avoid getting conditioner on the scalp, especially for those with fine hair, which often leads to limp, oily locks. Most importantly, make sure you thoroughly rinse all the product out of your hair.
Jvn Hair Nurture Hydrating Shampoo
Jvn Hair Nurture Hydrating Conditioner
Bumble and Bumble Thickening Volume Shampoo
Bumble and Bumble Thickening Volume Conditioner
Living Proof No Frizz Shampoo
Living Proof No Frizz Conditioner
2. Towel Dry Your Hair
Not all towels are created equal. Hair towels, like our favorite the YoulerTex Microfiber Hair Towel, are designed to protect and dry hair faster than a standard bath towel. Not only is a dedicated hair towel better for wet hair, but it also helps prevent breakage and frizz (less rubbing and friction equals smoother, happier hair). Another popular brand, Aquis, makes their hair towels out of a specially designed water-wicking material to absorb water from strands even faster. Their Rapid Dry Lisse D’Air Lightweight Travel Hair Wrap is easy to use and impossibly lightweight.
No matter your towel choice, the goal is to be as gentle as possible with minimal rubbing, as all hair types are at their most vulnerable when wet. This is doubly important for curly hair, as roughed up curls are a one-way ticket to frizz city. Plus, the drier your hair is, the less heat you have to use. So allow the towel to absorb excess water for at least 10 minutes.
YoulerTex Microfiber Hair Towel
Aquis Hair Wrap
Aquis Rapid Dry Lisse D’Air Lightweight Travel Hair Wrap
3. Protect, Then Detangle
Now that hair is damp and towel-dried, it’s time to detangle. “Start with towel-dried hair and apply products before you detangle,” says Knapton. “The brush will glide through easier, preventing damage.”
A heat protectant or leave-in conditioner will protect the delicate cuticles and strands from intense heat styling. We like the new Olaplex No. 9 Bond Protector Nourishing Hair Serum, which not only defends hair from intense heat — up to 450 degrees — but also detangles, increases shine, tamps down on frizz and ensures a faster dry time. Yet if your hair needs a deep dose of TLC, reach for the professional-grade K18 Hair Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask. It’s beloved by stylists for a reason: The styling treatment/leave-in mask works immediately to revitalize and strengthen hair. You’ll notice bouncier, shinier and softer hair right away — we promise.
Once you’ve pulled the protector through your mid-length and ends, massage it gently into the roots. This ends to root technique ensures that the product goes where it is needed the most — the ends — and the leftover product on your hands is just about all the scalp needs.
Next, reach for a brush. If you have curls, grab a Denman brush. This best-selling brand is celebrated by curlies worldwide because it gently detangles without the need for tugging. If you have fine or medium texture hair, a wide-tooth comb will do just fine. Try Pattern by Tracee Ellis Ross Wide Tooth Comb, which is a solid, universal tool for all hair types. For those with thicker or fine hair, or just a texture that is often in knots, opt for a Wet Brush for a bit more oomph to easily comb through any tangles.
Olaplex No. 9 Bond Protector Nourishing Hair Serum
K18 Hair Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask
Denman Power Paddle Hair Brush
Pattern by Tracee Ellis Ross Wide Tooth Comb
Wet Brush Original Detangler Hair Brush
4. Additional Products to Use for Drying Your Hair
“For fine to medium hair strands, I love using the Oribe Maximista Thickening Spray, coupled with a volumizing mousse,” says Maclay. He applies mousse, like the René Furterer Style Sculpting Mousse, to the roots and then the thickening spray from the roots to ends.
For more coarse to thick hair, Maclay recommends the ColorWow Dream Coat Anti-Frizz Treatment. This frizz-resistant styler is having a moment right now, thanks to ColorWow spokesman and Kim Kardashian’s stylist, Chris Appleton‘s viral TikTok showing how it literally repels water from the hair. Luckily, you don’t need to be a celebrity stylist to know how to use it; simply apply the treatment from root to ends, saturating the hair completely. The results last for up to four washes, so using just once or twice a month will do the trick.
If you have curls, you’ll want to add in a bit more moisture with Jvn Hair’s Complete Instant Recovery Serum, which is lightweight enough to work as a daily treatment to reduce breakage and increase hydration and shine.
Oribe Maximista Thickening Spray
René Furterer Style Sculpting Mousse
ColorWow Dream Coat Anti-Frizz Treatment
Jvn Hair Complete Instant Recovery Serum
5. Rough Dry Your Hair
Before you start to blow dry, you want your hair to be about 60 percent dry. You can let it air dry to that point if you have the time, but if not, you’ll need to rough dry with a hair dryer. This process is simple: Using your fingers only, gently tousle your hair around the hair dryer’s air stream.
Some pros like to flip the head upside down for extra volume, while others say just do whatever you find easiest. There aren’t many rules to rough drying, other than to quickly dry hair. Beyond just protecting the hair, rough drying will save you a ton of time — and arm strength as well. (After all, holding a blow dryer in one arm and corralling hair with a hairbrush in the other arm is difficult enough, no need to juggle it with too-wet hair.)
6. Section Your Hair
Now that hair is about 60 percent dry, section your hair like the pros. This will help you stay focused on one part at a time. Jordan Luger, a hair stylist at the Jenna Perry Hair Studio in New York, prefers to section hair into three parts: bottom, middle and top. If you have more hair, you can also organize your hair into smaller, more workable sections.
Once you’ve made your parts, twist up each section up into a small bun and use a hair clip, like this Briogeo option, to keep each area separate. When you’re ready to blow dry, start with the section closest to the nape of your neck.
Briogeo Grip & Clip
7. Brush and Dry
Using your desired brush, take a one- to two-inch section of hair (depending on the density of your hair) from the bottom section and start blow drying. “Round the hair around the brush at an equal elevation to create tension,” says Garcia. “Once the section is dry, release in a twisting motion.”
If you have really wavy or curly hair, hairdresser Kiley Fitzgerald suggests working in smaller sections. She also recommends using a lot of tension with your brush. If you’d like more body, Knapton likes to lift the brush 90 degrees from the root for super bouncy volume. But no matter your angle, keep working in small sections until the bottom section is completely done.
Most importantly, “really take your time,” cautions Fitzgerald. Once each section is fully dry, seal the cuticle with a shot of cool air. Maclay prefers to switch on the cold button while the hair is still wrapped around the brush to lock in the curl, wave or volume.
8. Pin It
If you have stubborn hair or fine locks that don’t hold curls well, Maclay swears by this 80s trick. While blow drying the top section, including your crown and front pieces, shock stands with a cold blast, then wrap small sections of hair, end to root, onto a large velcro roller and secure with a clip or bobby pin. He likes the Drybar High Tops Self-Grip Rollers because they have great grip and stay in the hair easily. He continues this process, working all along the top of the head and sides, directing the hair up to the sky. “That direction and tension are going to add the maximum volume to your roots,” he says. Allow the hair to fully dry in the rollers (for as long as possible), then take them out and give your head a good shake.
9. Protect and Lock It In
Now that hair is dry and lifted, seal in all that hard work with a frizz-protectant hairspray or cream. Luger suggests a serum or cream-based finishing product on the mid to ends of hair to help protect it.
For curls and thicker hair, the ColorWow Pop and Lock Gloss Serum can be applied to either wet or dry hair to help maintain frizz-free locks. If you prefer more of an undone, tousled look, reach for the René Furterer Style Texture Spray to add a bit of grittiness. For fine hair, a light hairspray, like DpHue Color Fresh Touchable Hairspray, will provide hold, as well as UV and color protection. For a stronger hold, Bumble and Bumble’s Spray De Mode will maintain the hair’s volume and shape.
To make your blowout really last, Maclay suggests applying dry shampoo to the roots two or three days post-blowout. This will soak up oil and grease while delivering a fresh jolt of volume and bounce. Follow his technique by spraying generously into roots and let it sit for a few minutes before combing through or massaging the product into roots in small circular motions.
How to Blow Dry Your Hair Fast
Only have 10 minutes? Here’s how to blow dry hair fast: Spritz a blow-drying styler, like Bumble and Bumble’s Heat Shield Blow Dry Accelerator, which Garcia says can help with any hair density. Then rough dry until all hair is nearly dry. Next, Fitzgerald suggests grabbing the section of hair directly behind the top of your head and round brushing it fully dry. This will quickly give the root some height and make hair look fuller without spending a ton of time on it. Then blow dry the front two side sections on each side of the face using a round brush, pulling it up and back with the brush for tension.
Bumble and Bumble Spray De Mode
DpHue Color Fresh Touchable Hairspray
Bumble and Bumble Heat Shield Blow Dry Accelerator
Meet the Experts
- Emily Knapton is a stylist for Rob Peetoom Williamsburg Salon. Rob Peetoom started his salon over 50 years ago in Holland, helping to innovate techniques still used today. The Brooklyn location opened in 2018 and has served as the US flagship for the ultra-chic salon.
- Justin Anderson is a celebrity colorist and the co-founder of haircare brand DpHue. He’s known for his vibrant, yet natural highlights, particularly blondes. His clients include Kristin Cavallari, Brie Larson, and Gwyneth Paltrow. His haircare line, DpHue, is centered around improving the overall health of color-treated hair.
- Kiley Fitzgerald is a celebrity stylist with an A-list client roster including Addison Rae, Maddie Ziegler, and Margaret Qualley. She specializes in effortless, healthy hair that never looks too ‘done.’
- Adam Maclay is an editorial and celebrity stylist whose work can be seen in L’Officiel, Elle, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit. His signature is the always-in-demand sexy-undone look.
- Bianca Garcia is a stylist and educator at Bumble and Bumble’s Meatpacking salon. Since starting in 1977 in New York City, Bumble and Bumble has become a leader in the haircare and salon industry. Their first ever product, Brilliantine (a hydrating styling cream) launched in 1991 and is still one of the brand’s best sellers today.
- Jordan Luger is a hair stylist at the Jenna Perry Hair Studio. Know a cool girl with impossibly chic hair? She probably goes to Jenna Perry Hair Studio, where Jenna and her crew of stylists create some of the coolest cuts and colors in the city.
Meet the Author
Kristin Limoges is a New York-based beauty and wellness freelance editor. Previously, she created the beauty and wellness vertical for Domino Magazine where she served as the lifestyle editor for both print and digital content. In addition to all things beauty, she also covers travel and wellness. She can usually be found hair masking, face masking, and body masking simultaneously in her Chinatown apartment. | https://wwd.com/shop/shop-beauty/how-to-blow-dry-hair-1235210424/ | 2022-06-23T21:29:05Z | https://wwd.com/shop/shop-beauty/how-to-blow-dry-hair-1235210424/ | false | 1 |
Amy Tinkler calls for action against abusers in wake of Whyte Review
By Jamie Gardner, PA Chief Sports Reporter23/06/2022
Gymnastics will not be safe until action has been taken against the perpetrators of the abuse identified by the Whyte Review, Olympic bronze medallist Amy Tinkler has said.
The review found athletes were subjected to systemic abuse, and that British Gymnastics enabled a toxic culture where profit and medals were prioritised over safeguarding.
Anne Whyte QC identified a reluctance from the governing body to intervene over weight-management techniques, which she described as the “tyranny of the scales”.
Tinkler said she was a victim of weight-shaming and, in September 2020, shared an e-mail chain in which her weight was discussed by a coach and a nutritionist.
Tinkler, who won a floor exercise bronze at the Rio Games in 2016, published a statement on social media welcoming the review but calling for clarity on what British Gymnastics and funding body UK Sport would now do with the evidence of abuse that had been gathered.
“It feels good to have affirmation that I, and others, are telling the truth,” she wrote.
“Since taking the decision to inform British Gymnastics of my experience two and a half years ago I’ve been made to feel like an outcast, a liar. Society knows we shouldn’t treat whistleblowers like this and I hope BG starts to engage with us, rather than keeping us at arm’s length.
“We’re not the enemy, we’re the ones that want to make sure gymnastics is a safe, secure and spectacular sport for all. Talk to us.
“There is no way such a volume of abuse could occur without there being abusers. I am concerned as to why there are no reports of actions or remedies taking place in regards to the abusers, whether they be coaches or support staff, they need to be removed from the sport.
“So I ask BG, UK Sport and Sport England to urgently update the gymnastics community on whether any actions have been taken against the abusers reported in the Whyte Review.
“Otherwise how am I to know, or any gymnast or parent of a gymnast, whether the same abusers will still be in the gym the next time we go in there?
“Until we have clarity on this I don’t see how we can move forward as a sport in a safe, secure and enjoyable way.”
Former England gymnast Nicole Pavier, who suffered abuse at two clubs in different parts of the country, called for a more open approach to safeguarding and suggested clubs should hold a register listing any allegations that had been made against coaches working there.
“We are potentially setting families up for a fall with them not having the knowledge and the power to make those decisions,” she said. | https://pa.media/blogs/pa-editors-picks/amy-tinkler-calls-for-action-against-abusers-in-wake-of-whyte-review/ | 2022-06-23T21:29:12Z | https://pa.media/blogs/pa-editors-picks/amy-tinkler-calls-for-action-against-abusers-in-wake-of-whyte-review/ | true | 11 |
ROME (AP) — A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta will be airlifted to a Spanish island on Thursday for a procedure to prevent infection because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances, the woman’s partner said.
Jay Weeldreyer told The Associated Press by phone from a hospital in the island nation that his partner, Andrea Prudente, is at risk of a life-threatening infection if the fetal tissue isn’t promptly removed.
Prudente, 38, experienced heavy bleeding on June 12, followed by a premature rupture of the amniotic sac and the separation of the placenta, according to Weeldreyer, 45. While the hospital is carefully monitoring her for any sign of infection, the facility cannot perform the surgery to complete the miscarriage, he said.
Malta is the only European Union member nation that outlaws abortions for any reason.
Contacted by The AP, Mater Dei Hospital, where Prudente is being treated, said it wasn’t allowed to give out patient information due to privacy regulations.
“The miscarriage is 80% complete,” Weeldreyer said. ”Her waters are broken, the placenta has separated, but because of a (fetal) heartbeat,” the fetus cannot be removed, he said.
In separate comments to other news outlets, the couple described the placenta as being partially detached.
The couple from Issaquah, Washington, a town near Seattle, arrived in Malta on June 5 for a long-awaited vacation. Prudente started bleeding and was hospitalized a week later, her partner said. He indicated she was 16 weeks pregnant when the bleeding began.
Along with worrying about the infection risk, the two fear Prudente might resume hemorrhaging during the medical evacuation flight they have arranged for Thursday evening to take them to Mallorca.
Like Malta, Mallorca is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Originally, the couple aimed for a medical evacuation to Britain, but were told flying the longer distance was too risky.
“That entire time that you’re traveling, if anything goes wrong, it could end up being catastrophic,” Weeldreyer said in a subsequent, video interview with AP. “So our choices are, effectively: stay in Malta and be exposed to the risk of catastrophic and unstoppable infection that could set in at any point in time or take this risk in travel where you might bleed out.”
What had started out on what the couple thought would be a “babymoon” vacation was transformed into that dilemma, the “worst of all possible worlds where there is no good choice,” said Weeldreyer.
According to their plans, an ambulance will take Prudente to Malta’s airport. After the flight arrives in Mallorca, another ambulance will whisk her to a hospital that told the couple it could provide the care she needs.
Under Spanish law, abortion is permitted upon request through the 14th week of pregnancy and up to the 22nd week when a woman’s life or health is in danger.
Malta’s Mater Dei Hospital “has done a good job within the realm of what they are allowed to do” under that country’s law, Weeldreyer said. His partner is receiving antibiotics and being closely monitored for signs of infection, he said.
The Women’s Rights Foundation in Malta filed a legal protest in court last week that demanded the legalization of abortion in the tiny island nation.
Lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic, an activist with the foundation, said abortion rights supporters in Malta have closely monitored the situation in the United States. Some states have enacted laws severely limiting or outlawing abortion that could be triggered if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that recognized an individual’s right to choose abortion.
“We (in Malta) can’t be any worse, as we have a total ban, but we’re starting to see situations like in Poland and now America, where there is a reversal of laws, a stripping of women’s own bodily autonomy, that is heartrending,” Dimitrijevic said in a phone interview.
Poland, like Malta a traditionally Catholic country, tightened its abortion law in 2020.
The lawyer described the Washington state couple as ”very brave to go public with this.” Since their case was publicized in Maltese media, “more women are coming forward to speak of their experience or that of family members.”
On Wednesday, an anti-abortion group in Malta, Doctors for Life, issued a statement on the Prudente case, saying it “firmly believes that the life of the mother always needs to be protected.”
It said that in similar cases, “careful assessment is made to assess the severity of the condition” and that if serious bleeding or infection occurs, “then the uterus is always evacuated” upon consultation with two experts.
If delivery is deemed necessary, “then this is done, even if the fetus is too young to survive outside the womb,” the organization said, defending Malta’s abortion policy.
Earlier this year, the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner said Malta’s blanket ban on abortion puts women’s rights at “significant risk” and urged the nation’s authorities to repeal provisions that make abortion a crime.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Stung by stubbornly high inflation, Mexico’s Central Bank announced Thursday that it made a thre-quarter-point increase in its prime interest rate, to boost it to 7.75%.
The Banco de Mexico said in the announcement that domestic inflation hit an annualized rate of 7.88% in the first half of June, and it doesn’t expect to achieve its 3% inflation rate target until the second half of 2024.
The bank said global inflation continues to grow and the rate hike may not be the last increase.
Moody’s Analytics Director Alfredo Coutiño said in a report that “Mexico’s policy rate will continue to tighten in an environment of increasing risk of expectations deterioration and persistent market volatility.”
Mexico's economy grew 1% in the first three months of the year, accelerating somewhat after registering meager 0.2% growth in the previous quarter. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Mexico-s-central-bank-hikes-its-prime-lending-17261580.php | 2022-06-23T21:32:35Z | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Mexico-s-central-bank-hikes-its-prime-lending-17261580.php | true | null |
LONDON (AP) — British police on Thursday charged a man and a woman with conspiring to bring a child to the U.K. in order to harvest organs.
London’s Metropolitan Police force said Nigerian nationals Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, are accused of conspiracy to arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation, “namely organ harvesting.”
They are being held in custody and are due to appear in a London court later Thursday.
Police said a child had been taken to safety.
The force said detectives launched an investigation after they were alerted to potential modern slavery offenses in May.
The suspects share the names and ages of a former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate and his wife. The former deputy Senate president’s office had no immediate comment. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/2-nigerians-charged-in-uk-over-alleged-organ-harvesting-plan/ | 2022-06-23T21:33:28Z | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/2-nigerians-charged-in-uk-over-alleged-organ-harvesting-plan/ | false | null |
WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 23, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service RENO NV
101 PM PDT Thu Jun 23 2022
...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...
WHAT:
* Showers and strong thunderstorms are blooming across western
Nevada, the Sierra Nevada, and northeast California.
LOCATIONS:
* Western Nevada, the Sierra Nevada, and northeastern California.
WHEN:
* Through 4 PM PDT, Thursday, June 23, 2022.
HAZARDS:
* Deadly cloud-to-ground lightning.
* Wind gusts up to 55 mph.
* Heavy rainfall.
* Possible flash flooding and debris flows near recent burn scars.
* Blowing dust with visibility reductions.
* Small hail.
* Rapid temperature drops.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS:
* If you are outdoors, you should consider ending your activities
now before thunderstorms form. If you hear thunder or see
lightning, seek shelter inside a sturdy structure immediately.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away or more from a thunderstorm.
* Blowing dust can be hazardous with visibility drops possible. If
near blowing dust, delay travel.
* Stay away from recent burn scars as heavy rainfall can create
dangerous debris flows.
* Continue to monitor social media, weather.gov/reno, and local
media for more information.
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Addressing the Mental Health Impact of the COVID Pandemic on Healthcare Workers
No. 4 in Series: Spiritual Care Association Committed to Developing Resources, Tools for Chaplains to Become Better Educated in Mental, Behavioral Health Issues
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, June 23, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In the early days of the COVID pandemic, healthcare workers were hailed as heroes by grateful friends and neighbors in cities and towns across the nation. But after multiple waves of infection, rampant medical misinformation, and over a million American lives lost, the appreciation and gratitude have faded. As COVID grinds on into year three, the burden of the pandemic has taken its toll on the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of healthcare workers. They have been overwhelmed by the staggering number of cases, frustrated by the lack of PPE and other essential medical equipment, dogged by the fear of catching the disease and transmitting it to loved ones, and they have faced hostility, abuse, and acts of violence when the disease and its treatments became politicized. At the time of this writing, the CDC’s COVID Tracker website records almost 940,00 cases of COVID infections in healthcare workers in the country since the beginning of the pandemic and over 2,600 deaths (1).Healthcare workers suffer from the same mental health issues as other members of society as a result of the pandemic. Many report increased levels of stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and loss of sleep, and are at increased risk for substance use and suicidal ideation (2). Even before the pandemic, a survey of physicians found that one out of 15 had thoughts of taking their own life (3). Many of the pandemic’s impacts on healthcare workers will be felt for years to come. Elsevier recently released its Clinician of the Future Report 2022, in which nearly 3,000 clinicians from 111 countries imagine what healthcare will look like in the future. The report finds that clinicians today are stretched thin with competing responsibilities, and it details many ways in which they believe work pressures will increase in the next 10 years. Respondents identified clinician wellbeing as a priority crucial to overcoming burnout and workforce shortages, with only 57% reporting a good work-life balance (4).
Significant numbers of healthcare workers are now planning to leave their profession all together (5). One of the main reasons they cite in study after study is burnout. Before the pandemic, the National Academy of Medicine found that burnout had reached “crisis levels,” with 35-54% of nurses and physicians and 45-60% of medical students and residents reporting symptoms (6). In recent recognition of this crisis, a Surgeon General’s Advisory (SGA) has been published titled Addressing Health Worker Burnout (7). This advisory details a range of societal, cultural, structural, and organizational factors that contribute to burnout among healthcare workers at all levels. It defines burnout as “an occupational syndrome characterized by a high degree of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (i.e., cynicism), and a low sense of personal accomplishment at work” (SGA p.7).
Feelings of burnout in healthcare workers can be heightened by moral distress. The Advisory notes that moral distress in healthcare can occur “when health workers know the best health care decision to make, but feel helpless and unable to act due to limited resources or circumstances beyond their control” (SGA p.8). Sustained moral distress can lead to moral injury, which has been linked to feelings of profound guilt, shame, anger, and other psychological impacts (8). Some individuals have also suffered moral injury from false accusations and misinformation spread on the internet that alleges wrongdoing and malicious intent by healthcare providers and biomedical scientists.
The national shortage of healthcare providers may directly impact quality and access of care to all Americans as well as increasing stress and anxiety for those still on the job. A recent American Medical Association-led study found that one in 5 physicians and two in 5 nurses intend to quit the practice of medicine (5). The Surgeon General’s Advisory estimates that half a million nurses are ready to retire by the end of this year, while over a million new nurses are needed to meet demand. It also predicts a shortage of up to 139,000 physicians by 2033, mostly in primary care and rural communities. Within 5 years, the Advisory estimates the nation will face a shortage of 3 million low-paid health workers in all sectors (SGA p.8). These shortages will cause untold stresses on the healthcare workers that remain.
As experts in our fields of spiritual care and mental health, we are convinced that well-educated professional healthcare chaplains and other properly trained spiritual care providers can play an important role in the healing of healthcare workers who are suffering mental and emotional distress due to the pandemic. As we have written elsewhere, “the scope of practice of board-certified chaplains explicitly states that they provide spiritual and emotional support for the health care providers with whom they work” (9). The Spiritual Care Association is committed to developing resources and tools chaplains need to be become better educated around issues of mental health.
References
(1) https://covid.cdc.gov/COVID-data-tracker/#health-care-personnel_healthcare-deaths
(2) Uphoff, E., Lombardo, C., Johnston, G., et al. (2021). Mental health among healthcare workers and other vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic and other coronavirus outbreaks: A rapid systematic review. PLOS1 16(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254821
(3) Shanafelt, T. D., Dyrbye, L. N., West, C. P., Sinsky, C.,Tutty, M., Carlasare, L. E., Wang, H., & Trockel, M. (2021). Suicidal ideation and attitudes regarding help seeking in US physicians relative to the US working population. Mayo Clinic proceedings, 96(8): 2067–2080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.01.033
(4) https://www.elsevier.com/connect/clinician-of-the-future
(5) Christine A. Sinsky, Roger L. Brown, Martin J. Stillman, Mark Linzer, COVID-Related Stress and Work Intentions in a Sample of US Health Care Workers, Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, Volume 5, Issue 6, 2021, Pages 1165-1173,ISSN 2542-4548, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2021.08.007
(6) National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee on Systems Approaches to Improve Patient Care by Supporting Clinician Well-Being. (2019). Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being. National Academies Press. Retrieved from https://nam.edu/systems-approaches-to-improve-patient-care-by-supporting-clinician-well-being/
(7) https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/health-worker-burnout/index.html
(8) Williamson, V., Murphy, D., Phelps, Forbes, & Greenberg, N. (2021). Moral injury: the effect on mental health and implications for treatment, The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(6): 453- 455.
(9) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2019.04.011
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LONDON (AP) — The airport lines are long, and lost luggage is piling up. It’s going to be a chaotic summer for travelers in Europe.
Liz Morgan arrived at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport 4 1/2 hours before her flight to Athens, finding the line for security snaking out of the terminal and into a big tent along a road before doubling back inside the main building.
“There’s elderly people in the queues, there’s kids, babies. No water, no nothing. No signage, no one helping, no toilets,” said Morgan, who is from Australia and had tried to save time Monday by checking in online and taking only a carry-on bag.
People “couldn’t get to the toilet because if you go out of the queue, you lost your spot,” she said.
After two years of pandemic restrictions, travel demand has roared back, but airlines and airports that slashed jobs during the depths of the COVID-19 crisis are struggling to keep up. With the busy summer tourism season underway in Europe, passengers are encountering chaotic scenes at airports, including lengthy delays, canceled flights and headaches over lost luggage.
Schiphol, the Netherlands’ busiest airport, is trimming flights, saying there are thousands of airline seats per day above the capacity that security staff can handle. Dutch carrier KLM apologized for stranding passengers there this month. It could be months before Schiphol has enough staff to ease the pressure, Ben Smith, CEO of airline alliance Air France-KLM, said Thursday.
London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports are asking airlines to cap their flight numbers. Discount carrier easyJet is scrapping thousands of summer flights to avoid last-minute cancellations and in response to caps at Gatwick and Schiphol. North American airlines wrote to Ireland’s transport chief demanding urgent action to tackle “significant delays” at Dublin’s airport.
Nearly 2,000 flights from major continental European airports were canceled during one week this month, with Schiphol accounting for nearly 9%, according to data from aviation consultancy Cirium. A further 376 flights were canceled from U.K. airports, with Heathrow accounting for 28%, Cirium said.
It’s a similar story in the United States, where airlines canceled thousands of flights over two days last week because of bad weather just as crowds of summer tourists grow.
“In the vast majority of cases, people are traveling,” said Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO of the Advantage Travel Group, which represents about 350 U.K. travel agents. But airports have staff shortages, and it’s taking a lot longer to process security clearances for newly hired workers, she said.
“They’re all creating bottlenecks in the system,” and it also means “when things go wrong, that they’re going drastically wrong,” she said.
The Biden administration scrapping COVID-19 tests for people entering the U.S. is giving an extra boost to pent-up demand for transatlantic travel. Bue-Said said her group’s agents reported a jump in U.S. bookings after the rule was dropped this month.
For American travelers to Europe, the dollar strengthening against the euro and the pound is also a factor, by making hotels and restaurants more affordable.
At Heathrow, a sea of unclaimed luggage blanketed the floor of a terminal last week. The airport blamed technical glitches with the baggage system and asked airlines to cut 10% of flights at two terminals Monday, affecting about 5,000 passengers.
“A number of passengers” may have traveled without their luggage, the airport said.
When cookbook writer Marlena Spieler flew back to London from Stockholm this month, it took her three hours to get through passport control.
Spieler, 73, spent at least another hour and a half trying to find her luggage in the baggage area, which “was a madhouse, with piles of suitcases everywhere.”
She almost gave up, before spotting her bag on a carousel. She’s got another trip planned to Greece in a few weeks but is apprehensive about going to the airport again.
“Frankly, I am frightened for my well being. Am I strong enough to withstand this?” Spieler said by email.
In Sweden, lines for security at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport have been so long this summer that many passengers have been arriving more than five hours before boarding time. So many are showing up early that officials are turning away travelers arriving more than three hours before their flight to ease congestion.
Despite some improvements, the line to one of the checkpoints stretched more than 100 meters (328 feet) Monday.
Four young German women, nervous about missing their flight to Hamburg while waiting to check their bags, asked other passengers if they could skip to the front of the line. Once there, they bought fast-track passes to avoid the long security queue.
Lina Wiele, 19, said she hadn’t seen quite the same level of chaos at other airports, “not like that, I guess,” before rushing to the fast-track lane.
Thousands of pilots, cabin crew, baggage handlers and other aviation industry workers were laid off during the pandemic, and now there’s not enough to cope with the travel rebound.
“Some airlines are struggling because I think they were hoping to recover staffing levels quicker than they’ve able to do,” said Willie Walsh, head of the International Air Transport Association.
The post-pandemic staff shortage is not unique to the airline industry, Walsh said at the airline trade group’s annual meeting this week in Qatar.
“What makes it difficult for us is that many of the jobs cannot be operated remotely, so airlines have not been able to offer the same flexibility for their workforce as other companies,” he said. “Pilots have to be present to operate the aircraft, cabin crew have to be present, we have to have people loading bags and assisting passengers.”
Laid-off aviation workers “have found new jobs with higher wages, with more stable contracts,” said Joost van Doesburg of the FNV union, which represents most staff at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. “And now everybody wants to travel again,” but workers don’t want airport jobs.
The CEO of budget airline Ryanair, Europe’s biggest carrier, warned that flight delays and cancellations would continue “right throughout the summer.” Passengers should expect a “less-than-satisfactory experience,” Michael O’Leary told Sky News.
Some European airports haven’t seen big problems yet but are bracing. Prague’s Vaclav Havel international airport expects passenger numbers to swell next week and into July, “when we might experience a lack of staffers, especially at the security checks,” spokeswoman Klara Diviskova said.
The airport is still short “dozens of staffers” despite a recruitment drive, she said.
Labor strife also is causing problems.
In Belgium, Brussels Airlines said a three-day strike starting Thursday will force the cancellation of about 315 flights and affect some 40,000 passengers.
British Airways check-in staff and ground crew at Heathrow voted Thursday to strike over pay. Dates haven’t been set, but their unions said it would be this summer.
Two days of strikes hit Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport this month, one by security staff and another by airport personnel who say salaries aren’t keeping pace with inflation. A quarter of flights were canceled the second day.
Some Air France pilots are threatening a strike Saturday, warning that crew fatigue is threatening flight security, though Smith, the airline CEO, said it’s not expected to disrupt operations. Airport personnel vow another salary-related strike July 1.
Still, the airport problems are unlikely to put people off flying, said Jan Bezdek, spokesman for Czech travel agency CK Fischer, which has sold more holiday packages so far this year than before the pandemic.
“What we can see is that people can’t stand waiting to travel after the pandemic,” Bezdek said. “Any problems at airports can hardly change that.”
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Corder reported from The Hague. AP reporters Aleksandar Furtula in Amsterdam, Karel Janicek in Prague, Karl Ritter in Stockholm, Angela Charlton in Paris, Samuel Petrequin in Brussels and David Koenig in Dallas contributed.
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Australian businesses connected in days not weeks
By Rob Chambers, Total Telecom
Thursday 23 June 22
ADVA’s edge technology is helping Telstra Wholesale’s customers to rapidly activate new business services and grow revenue opportunities
Telstra Wholesale’s communication service provider (CSP) customers are now able to provision ethernet connectivity in just days, and whilst fibre is still be provisioned, thanks to new capabilities offered by ADVA&rsquo…
Telstra Wholesale’s communication service provider (CSP) customers are now able to provision ethernet connectivity in just days, and whilst fibre is still be provisioned, thanks to new capabilities offered by ADVA’s Rapid Mobile Activation service.
The wholesale part of the Telstra Mobile Network is using the ADVA edge solution with zero-touch provisioning to enable instant revenue generation by deploying services in days instead of weeks or months.
Glenn Osborne of Telstra InfraCo explained “Our new Rapid Mobile Activation is changing the way our customers deliver business internet and other services. Using the power of our mobile network and the LTE capabilities of ADVA’s edge solution, we’re making it quick and easy for CSPs to meet booming demand for enterprise connectivity. We’re also creating another layer of redundancy for enhanced availability”.
Across Australia CSP’s can now install their customer premises equipment using ethernet over mobile, giving users access to services before the fibre is even provisioned, and then once fibre is in place, the mobile service becomes a backup in the event of a fibre outage.
Osborne went on to stress the benefits to businesses “that are moving locations or need connectivity sooner and value the added resilience of mobile backup, which will prove invaluable as they digitize their operations.”
Erik Lindberg, VP of sales, APAC at ADVA said “Telstra Wholesale is streamlining activation processes while also making connectivity more robust. At a time when IoT technology is coming into its own, the new service will open-up a world of opportunities across a wide range of industries.”
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The Denver Broncos are signing rookie defensive lineman Eyioma Uwazurike to a four-year contract, the team announced Thursday. Uwazurike is now set to earn $4,561,612 over the next four years, according to OverTheCap.com, an average of $1,140,403 per season.
The Broncos picked Uwazurike in the fourth round of the NFL draft out of Iowa State in April. Uwazurike totaled 146 tackles (34.5 behind the line), 15 sacks, three pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and one defensive touchdown in five years (55 games) with the Cyclones.
In Denver, Uwazurike will presumably get a chance to replace Shelby Harris, who was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in March as part of the Russell Wilson trade. Uwazurike will have to compete for a starting job, though.
Dre’Mont Jones and D.J. Jones seem likely to win two of the three starting spots on the Broncos’ defensive line, potentially leaving Uwazurike to compete with DeShawn Williams and Mike Purcell (among others) for the third starting gig.
Even if Uwazurike doesn’t begin his rookie season as a starter, he will likely be a key rotational player for Denver this fall.
The Broncos have now signed every member of their 2022 draft class.
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5 Ways Biden’s New Title IX Rules Will Eviscerate Due Process on Campus
June 23, 2022 | Tags: Civil Liberties, REASON
Today, on the 50th anniversary of Title IX's implementation, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education is getting a radical overhaul that will gut critical due process protections for students accused of sexual misconduct.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona touted the new proposals as necessary revisions to Trump-era rules that reasserted the need for colleges and universities to treat both parties to a sexual misconduct dispute fairly and equally. The Biden administration has apparently embraced the idea—one promoted by many progressive victims' advocacy groups—that the rules propagated by previous Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made it too difficult to file sexual misconduct claims; Cardona's proposals would substantially revert Title IX compliance to the Obama-era standards, under which hundreds of students allege that they were wrongfully expelled from college following adjudication procedures that were manifestly unfair.
"Our goal was to give full effect to the law's reach and to deliver on its promise to prevent all students from sex-based harassment," said Cardona in a statement. "Our proposed changes would fully protect students from all forms of sex discrimination, instead of limiting some protections to sexual harassment alone, and make those protections include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity."
Here are five revisions to Title IX sexual misconduct procedures under the new rules:
1. The definition of sexual harassment is substantially broadened. The DeVos rules had established two types of sexual harassment: "quid pro quo" harassment, in which an individual was asked to perform sexual favors in exchange for employment or some other favor; and "unwelcome conduct." Quid pro quo harassment only had to occur once to count as harassment, but unwelcome conduct harassment had to be "so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access" to their education—a definition that came straight out of case law (Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education in particular).
Under the new rules, the bar is much lower: Cardona would define unwelcome conduct harassment as "conduct that is sufficiently severe or pervasive, that, based on the totality of the circumstances and evaluated subjectively and objectively, denies or limits a person's ability to participate" in their education. This would open the door to Title IX investigations of speech that is sexual in nature and subjectively offensive to another person, without it needing to be severe and pervasive. The free speech implications are significant; legitimate classroom speech that was subjectively offensive and occurred repeatedly could now become a matter for the campus Title IX cop.
2. Schools no longer need to provide hearings for accused students to cross-examine their accusers. One of the most fundamental improvements of the DeVos rules was the establishment of cross-examination. A representative for the accused student—such as an attorney—had the right to scrutinize an accuser's claim during an actual hearing to adjudicate the dispute. Under the new rules, this is no longer the case.
3. The single-investigator model is back. Instead, colleges and universities may once again use a "single-investigator model," in which an administrator questions various parties privately and reaches a conclusion, often without any sort of hearing taking place at all. The new rules assert that investigators may engage in "individual meetings with the parties" where the parties never interact or pose questions to one another.
KC Johnson, a professor of history at Brooklyn College and expert on campus Title IX procedures, says that the resurrection of the single-investigator model is the most alarming aspect of the new rules.
"The possibility of wrongful findings, almost always biased against the accused, dramatically increases under such a procedural regime," he says.
4. Accused students aren't guaranteed access to the evidence against them. Under the DeVos rules, both the accused and the accusers were entitled to "inspect and review any evidence obtained as part of the investigation." Not so under the new rules: parties will only be guaranteed access to a "description of the relevant evidence." This description need not be written down; administrators can provide it "orally or in writing."
This is a significant revision that could substantially derail a student's efforts to prove their side of the story. An administrator could summarize the other party's claims incorrectly, giving the accused a wrongful impression about the case against them. In many of the cases adjudicated under the Obama-era standards, accused students did not even fully understand the accusations; some had to guess who their accusers were, and what they had said. The new rules would once again create situations where accused students would have to rely on the accuracy of statements made by the very investigators charged with determining their guilt.
5. University personnel would be required to report suspected sexual misconduct, even if the purported victim opposes this. The DeVos rules clarified that postsecondary educators were not required to report suspected sexual misconduct, following several cases where a Title IX investigation occurred despite the alleged victim's contention that she had not suffered misconduct. A university official cannot declare someone a victim; that person, the alleged victim, must initiate the investigation by filing a complaint.
Not so under the new rules.
"The Department's current view is that it is necessary to amend its Title IX regulations to clarify a recipient's obligation to take prompt and effective action to end all sex-based harassment, to help ensure that Title IX's protections are fully enforced, and to avoid recipients' use of Federal funds to support discriminatory practices," the new proposal reads.
University personnel would once again have to report rumored sexual misconduct to the Title IX office, whether or not this comports with the purported victim's view of the situation.
These are dire revisions to the campus sexual misconduct adjudication code. The new rules will substantially weaken accused students' rights, undoing the hard-fought but vital work of the previous administration.
"The Department of Education's proposed regulations seek to erase essential due process protections that are required by the Department's current Title IX regulations," says Joe Cohn, legislative and policy director at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. "They authorize institutions to forego live hearings, returning to a single investigator model that is incompatible with the basic requirements of fundamental fairness. In allowing a return to the single investigator model, the proposed regulations also eliminate the right to meaningful cross-examination, and thus the current right to have legal counsel conduct a cross-examination. It's clear that students accused of sexual misconduct cannot rely on this Department of Education to ensure their basic rights are respected."
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In a video released Friday, June 23, 2022, Steve Isdahl claimed that he received a letter from a fan who pointed out that another Youtube channel (June Miller's UFO Over London) discovered a strange object in one of his videos recorded in December, 2021 (Steve does not indicate which video, sadly, but I believe that it was filmed in Vancouver Island possibly during his YouTube suspension).
“I got [a] text message that said, Hey, go to nine minutes and whatever seconds on X amount of video and check out what's behind you. Wait for it. So I did, like, “Holy Sh-t! What the hell's that?” So I loaded it on the edit program, slowed it down to 50 percent and then slowed it down to 25 percent the original speed.
Whatever it is, it is going dead straight 90 degrees. There's no additional colors to it...I noticed there is a shadow of it on the river the whole time. I believe, I thought it was pulsing at first. I thought it was like a pulse, which would also possibly be a wing beat but I thought it was pulsing to a reflection and no reflection in a couple spots of video. Maybe it is, maybe it doesn't. This is really bizarre especially when the ducks, the diving birds, they're usually coming in, they're diving down, landing or rising up and usually making noises as they flutter by, whether it be verbal or wings, you can always see a duck's wings beating...or their colorful heads or other colors in their body, not just a white thing like that going dead perfect straight as an arrow in silence.”
Steve noted that he had other strange experiences in that same location over the years. “I find it a lot more interesting because, interestingly enough, all of you noticed things being thrown at me in that exact same location roughly, around the same time too, actually, and I do remember hearing something hitting the bike behind me but I don't recall. I felt weird there a few times in a spot, as well. I believe I have recorded some voices across the river there, as well.”
Transcribed source: The Facts By Howtohunt.com Youtube Channel - “What The Hell Got Caught On Video? This Is Seriously Bizarre” Uploaded 22 Jun 2022
NOTE: Watch the video, it quite interesting. Is it a craft or something else? Possibly a bird? Lon
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Neste: Regional commercial aircraft takes flight with 100% SAF
On June 21, regional aircraft manufacturer ATR, Swedish airline Braathens Regional Airlines and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplier Neste collaborated to enable the first ever 100 percent SAF-powered test flight on a commercial regional aircraft. The test flight further supports aviation’s decarbonization targets and acceleration of SAF certification. When used in neat form Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions over its life cycle by up to 80 percent compared to fossil jet fuel use.
This historic test flight took place in Sweden and is part of the 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) certification process of ATR aircraft that started in September 2021 in cooperation with Braathens and Neste and should be completed by 2025. It has been the latest in a series of successful ground and flight tests on the ATR 72-600 prototype aircraft performed at the beginning of 2022, including flights with 100 percent SAF in one engine, and today was the first time it was done with 100 percent SAF in two engines.
ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli said, “Today is a historic day for aviation. After more than a century of commercial flights powered by kerosene, we are at the dawn of a new era. In recent months, we carried out a series of successful flights with sustainable aviation fuel in one engine. We now decided it was time to perform the first test flight with 100 percent SAF in both engines. This helps us to certify our aircraft to fly solely on sustainable aviation fuels faster and to enable more sustainable connections as a result. The flight represents a true milestone for the entire aviation industry as it shows that this technology works and can be promptly adopted by many in our industry to speed up the transition to low-emission aviation.”
“SAF plays a key role in achieving aviation’s emission reduction goals,” said Jonathan Wood, Neste’s Vice President Europe, Renewable Aviation. “When used in neat form, at 100 percent concentration as on this test flight, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions over its life cycle by up to 80 pecent compared to fossil jet fuel use, and provides additionally non-CO2 benefits through significantly reduced particulate emissions, among others. As a drop-in fuel, it can be used in existing aircraft engines and is compatible with current airport fuel infrastructure. Test flights like this show it is possible to safely fly on 100 pecent SAF and help accelerate the adoption of SAF in aviation.”
Per G Braathen, chairman of Braathens Regional Airlines stated: “As a leading Swedish domestic airline, our sustainability focus started long before any other airline, and this milestone is one of the main pillars and represents a real innovation for the industry. It proved that 100 percent SAF is the most immediate and effective option we have to reduce CO2 emissions and move faster to a decarbonized industry.”
Achieving the milestone was also made possible by Swedavia enabling the SAF to be uplifted to the ATR aircraft at Malmö airport and Pratt & Whitney, closely working together with ATR and Braathens in the preparations of this milestone flight.
“This milestone affirms the opportunity that SAF plays in the aviation industry and is indicative of the strong commitment Pratt & Whitney has made to powering more sustainable aviation,” said Maria Della Posta, president of Pratt & Whitney Canada. “We have worked closely with ATR and Braathens to ensure today’s successful flight test with 100 precent SAF.”
Today’s flight is proof that speeding up the transition to net-zero carbon emissions can only be achieved when all stakeholders within aviation work closely together. It is a milestone not just for Sweden but globally showing that the technology is available and has significant benefits to aviation, today and in the future.
Chief ATR pilot Cyril Cizabuiroz, Jean-Marie Marre, co-pilot, and Pascal Daussin, Flight Test Mechanic, flew the Braathens’ aircraft from Malmö a coastal city in southern Sweden to Bromma near Stockholm, which took around 1 hour and 20 minutes. The results of today’s flight will be analyzed and released at a later date. | https://biomassmagazine.com/articles/19089/neste-regional-commercial-aircraft-takes-flight-with-100-saf | 2022-06-23T22:00:07Z | https://biomassmagazine.com/articles/19089/neste-regional-commercial-aircraft-takes-flight-with-100-saf | true | 2 |
Glassman Wealth Services lifted its stake in shares of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE:SPGI – Get Rating) by 61.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 339 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 129 shares during the quarter. Glassman Wealth Services’ holdings in S&P Global were worth $139,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in SPGI. Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of S&P Global during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Carolinas Wealth Consulting LLC boosted its holdings in S&P Global by 714.3% in the fourth quarter. Carolinas Wealth Consulting LLC now owns 57 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Dixon Hughes Goodman Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in S&P Global in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA acquired a new position in S&P Global in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. acquired a new position in S&P Global in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $38,000. 94.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
In other S&P Global news, EVP Nancy Luquette sold 2,287 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.74, for a total value of $763,263.38. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 5,667 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,891,304.58. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Dimitra Manis sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $336.53, for a total value of $673,060.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 4,839 shares in the company, valued at $1,628,468.67. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 3rd. The business services provider reported $2.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.00 by ($0.11). The firm had revenue of $2.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.04 billion. S&P Global had a net margin of 40.43% and a return on equity of 31.07%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.39 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that S&P Global Inc. will post 12.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 26th will be issued a $0.85 dividend. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.03%. S&P Global’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 24.53%.
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SPGI. Raymond James lowered their price target on S&P Global from $497.00 to $475.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 7th. UBS Group lowered their price target on S&P Global from $441.00 to $407.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, June 6th. StockNews.com began coverage on S&P Global in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. initiated coverage on S&P Global in a research note on Wednesday, March 2nd. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $480.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Barclays cut their price target on S&P Global from $450.00 to $385.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, June 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $429.60.
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WFO SEATTLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, June 26, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
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219 PM PDT Thu Jun 23 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 11 PM PDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Hot conditions with high temperatures in the mid to upper
80s. Overnight low temperatures will likely only cool into the
low 60s for many locations Saturday night into Sunday morning.
This will pose a moderate risk of heat-related illness.
* WHERE...North Coast and Central Coast.
* WHEN...From noon Saturday to 11 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Hot conditions will increase the risk of heat-related
illnesses for those who are sensitive to heat, especially those
without effective cooling or adequate hydration.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A significant increase in cold- and high-
water related incidents is possible. Recent rains and late
snowmelt has lead to high, fast and cold flows on area
waterways. Cold water shock can lead to life-threatening
hypothermia within minutes. Use extreme caution if recreating
near water, wear a life jacket, and supervise children closely.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
For sheltering information and other human services in your area,
dial 2 1 1 during business hours or visit wa211.org anytime.
MONDAY...
80s on Saturday, and low 90s on Sunday and Monday. Overnight low
temperatures will likely only cool into the low 60s for many
locations Saturday night and again Sunday night. This will pose
a moderate risk of heat-related illness.
* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Washington.
* WHEN...From noon Saturday to 11 PM PDT Monday.
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The first UP Dark Sky Park opens in the Keweenaw
The park allows for open viewing of the Keweenaw night sky without light pollution interference.
COPPER HARBOR, Mich. (WLUC) - One Keweenaw resort is now internationally recognized as a location to view the night sky.
The area surrounding the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge near Copper Harbor has become an official International Dark Sky Park.
“This past Monday, the International Dark Sky Association designated the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge and the surrounding areas as the Keweenaw Dark Sky Park,” said Lodge Event and Education Specialist Tom Oliver.
The International Dark Sky Association establishes dark sites to preserve night sky views from light pollution.
The lodge applied for this designation last year and had to meet a few requirements to qualify.
“What we needed to do was to demonstrate that we were willing to adjust our lighting strategy on the premise,” continued Oliver. “As well as provide educational programs and foster that information to the surrounding communities and guests.”
The park has over 550 acres of land, including areas surrounding Brockway Mountain Drive. Serving as the park’s headquarters, the lodge even has designated stargazing spots.
“You’re welcome to come onto the lodge, anybody in the general public, 24 hours a day,” said Lodge Outdoors Activities Lead Chris Guibert. “So the lodge grounds are open for stargazing, and for lodge guests, we do have a telescope lending program. All they have to do is sign up, and can either call or email us.”
The lodge is looking forward to adding more activities and hopes other communities will join the dark sky endeavor.
“We just wanted to spearhead the program. We’re hoping that other local communities will adopt some of the Dark Sky principles and that the park just keeps growing,” continued Guibert.
The park hopes people will enjoy gazing at the night sky without worrying about light pollution interference.
For more information on the program and dark sky activities at the lodge, click here.
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BayCare Receives Recognition for its Minimally Invasive Transcatheter Valve Procedures
BayCare Receives Recognition for its Minimally Invasive Transcatheter Valve Procedures
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CLEARWATER, Fla., June 23, 2022
CLEARWATER, Fla., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The structural heart programs at BayCare's Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater and St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa recently received the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Transcatheter Valve Certification.
The certification recognizes each program's expertise and commitment to excellence in treating patients receiving transcatheter valve repair and replacement procedures.
"Our team at Morton Plant Hospital is proud to receive this prestigious certification from the ACC," said Joshua Rovin, MD, FACS, cardiovascular surgeon and medical director, for the Center for Advanced Valve and Structural Heart Care at Morton Plant Hospital. "It recognizes our commitment to continually improving our knowledge and skills to ensure each patient who comes to us with aortic stenosis has the best hope for a successful outcome."
Aortic stenosis is a disease that affects the aortic valve. In late stages of the disease, the valve does not open and close properly. This causes the heart to work harder to push blood through the calcified aortic valve. Eventually the heart's muscles weaken, increasing the patient's risk of heart failure.
Before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), the primary solution for patients suffering from aortic stenosis was open heart surgery, which was not an option for many people. The introduction of TAVR, a minimally invasive alternative, has helped thousands of patients suffering from severe aortic stenosis regain the quality of life that once seemed impossible.
"Receiving the ACC's TAVR Certification is a testament to the highly skilled team at St. Joseph's Hospital's Structural Heart and Valve Program," said Phillips Harrington, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, and director of the St. Joseph's Hospital Structural Heart program. "We continually pursue excellent outcomes, so we can provide the best possible care for each patient we treat."
In addition to the two hospitals, BayCare also began a structural heart program at the Bostick Heart Center at Winter Haven Hospital in 2020. The team approach employed and the collaboration between those teams make BayCare's structural heart programs stand out in the region. A cardiologist, a heart surgeon and one or two nurse practitioners work together to assess each patient. The surgeons and cardiologists then meet weekly to discuss each case and decide the best option for the patient. The medical professionals at all sites regularly collaborate to ensure patients throughout the region receive outstanding care closest to their home.
"As part of BayCare, we collaborated with doctors who had been doing TAVR procedures for many years at Morton Plant and St. Joseph's. They invested their time and energy in our program to ensure we met our health system's high standards," said David Dodd, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon and medical director of structural heart program at the Bostick Heart Center. "Our patients have benefitted from the evidence-based approaches employed by the BayCare structural heart teams."
The ACC's Transcatheter Valve Certification is an external review and certification process that pairs with established national clinical databases to monitor patient safety and real-world outcomes. Participation in established national clinical databases is required for hospitals interested in achieving Transcatheter Valve Certification.
The certification uses established national clinical measures to support clinical decisions and links process improvement to patient outcomes. Hospitals that achieve the certification learn best practices for implementing evidence-based medicine to support patient-centered decision-making and can track key performance metrics to better identify opportunities for improvement.
For more information on BayCare's TAVR services, visit our website.
About BayCare Health System
BayCare is a leading not-for-profit health care system that connects individuals and families to a wide range of services at 15 hospitals and hundreds of other convenient locations throughout the Tampa Bay and central Florida regions. The system is West Central Florida's largest provider of behavioral health and pediatric services and its provider group, BayCare Medical Group, is one of the largest in the region. BayCare's diverse network of ambulatory services includes laboratories, imaging, surgical centers, BayCare Urgent Care locations, wellness centers and one of Florida's largest home care agencies, BayCare HomeCare. It's Medicare Advantage insurance, BayCarePlus, is among the region's few 5-star-rated plans and the system is ranked in the top 20 percent by IBM Watson Health® Top Health Systems. BayCare's mission is to improve the health of all it serves through community-owned, health care services that set the standard for high-quality, compassionate care.
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The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, according to a proposed settlement in a Trump-era lawsuit.
The agreement filed Wednesday in San Francisco federal court would automatically cancel federal student debt for students who were enrolled at one of more than 150 colleges and later applied for debt cancellation because of alleged misconduct by the schools.
Almost all the schools involved are for-profit colleges. The list includes DeVry University, the University of Phoenix and other chains still in operation, along with many that have folded in recent years, including ITT Technical Institute.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement that the settlement would resolve the claims “in a manner that is fair and equitable for all parties.”
The deal has yet to be approved by a federal judge. A hearing on the proposal is scheduled for July 28.
If approved, it would mark a major step in the Biden administration’s efforts to clear a backlog of claims filed through the borrower defense program, which allows students to get their federal loans erased if their schools made false advertising claims or otherwise misled them.
The class-action suit was initially filed by seven former students who argued that President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, had intentionally stalled the borrower defense process while she rewrote its rules. When the suit was filed, no final decision had been made on any claims for more than a year.
When the department under DeVos started deciding claims months later, it issued tens of thousands of denials, often without any explanation. At the time, the judge overseeing the case blasted DeVos for the “blistering pace” of rejections, saying her approach “hangs borrowers out to dry.”
Tens of thousands of borrowers were still in limbo when the Biden administration took over and started negotiating a settlement in 2021, according to court documents. The latest federal data shows there are more than 100,000 pending claims for borrower defense.
Under the proposed settlement, anyone who attended an eligible school and applied for cancellation as of Wednesday would get their federal student loans and interest fully forgiven. They would also get refunds for past payments made on those loans.
An additional 68,000 plaintiffs who did not attend eligible schools will get a “streamlined review” of their claims. The oldest claims will get reviewed first, while the most recent ones will get a decision within 2½ years.
All borrowers who were caught up in DeVos’ flurry of denials will have their rejections revoked and their claims will be treated as if they have been pending since the date they were originally filed.
The Project on Predatory Student Lending, which represented students in the suit, said the agreement will help create a “fair, just and efficient for future borrowers.”
“This momentous proposed settlement will deliver answers and certainty to borrowers who have fought long and hard for a fair resolution of their borrower defense claims after being cheated by their schools and ignored or even rejected by their government,” said Eileen Connor, director of the project.
Borrower defense claims are typically reviewed individually, but the Education Department decided to grant automatic cancellation in this case because of “common evidence of institutional misconduct” at the schools in question, according to the settlement.
At some schools, there was already proof of “substantial misconduct,” while others were included because of high rates of claims coming from their former students, according to the deal.
The borrower defense process was started by Congress in 1994 but was rarely used until the collapse of the Corinthian Colleges chain in 2015. The for-profit company closed its campuses amid widespread findings of fraud, prompting thousands of students to apply for debt cancellation.
That led the Obama administration to expand the program and create clearer rules. It became the centerpiece of the administration’s efforts to crack down on for-profit colleges that lied or used high-pressure tactics to recruit students. Students at Corinthian and other chains said they enrolled on promises that they would land high-paying jobs, only to graduate with few job prospects.
Earlier this month the Biden administration agreed to cancel federal student debt for anyone who attended a Corinthian school from the company’s founding in 1995 to its collapse two decades later. The action will erase $5.8 billion in debt for more than 560,000 borrowers, the largest single discharge in the Education Department’s history.
The settlement adds to the administration’s effort to cancel student debt for certain groups of borrowers. It has erased billions of additional dollars in debt from other former for-profit college students, along with borrowers who have severe disabilities and those with jobs in public service.
Biden has also faced mounting pressure to pursue mass student debt cancellation. The White House recently signaled that it is considering canceling $10,000, but no decision has been reached.
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Management appointments announced this week:
C3 Metals president and CEO Kevin Tomlinson stepped down.
Electra Battery Materials appointed David Marshall as VP, engineering.
Garry Flowers was named president of International Battery Metals.
Jasper Mining announced a new management team, led by Tim de Freitas as president and CEO, Kent Busby as VP production, Greg Feltham as VP exploration, and Mark Smith as VP finance and CFO.
Nevada Vanadium Mining appointed Zula Kropivnitski as its new CFO.
Daniel Limpitlaw is the new president and CEO of Pasofino Gold. He replaces Ian Stalker.
Trojan Gold appointed Sarah Morrison as COO.
White Metal Resources named Wesley Hanson president and CEO.
Board moves include:
Kevin Tomlinson resigned as a director of C3 Metals.
Eastern Platinum announced the departures of Diana Hu and Michael Cosic from the board. Their positions will be filled by Changyu Liu and Lisa Ng.
Excellon Resources added Zoya Shashkova to its board.
William Hayden was elected to the board of Nevada King Gold.
New Break Resources appointed Andrew Frederic De Paula Malim as a director. Nigel Lees, director and non-executive chairman, resigned.
Daniel Limpitlaw replaced John Sanders on the board of Pasofino Gold.
Torex Gold director Frank Davis retired.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials approved a $725 million bond sale on Thursday to help finance construction of two supersize prisons, housing up to 4,000 inmates each, as part of a building plan that also relies on a portion of the state’s pandemic relief dollars.
The Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, which is chaired by Gov. Kay Ivey, met briefly at the Alabama Capitol to approve the sale of the bonds. That money will be added to $135 million in state funds and $400 million in pandemic relief dollars that the state already agreed to put toward the project.
Alabama officials are pursuing construction of new prisons to replace aging facilities, calling that a partial solution to the state's longstanding troubles in corrections. The U.S. Department of Justice has an ongoing lawsuit against the state over prison conditions.
Critics of the construction plan argue the state is ignoring the bigger issues — prison staffing levels and leadership — to focus on buildings. State officials maintain the new facilities will replace aging and expensive-to-maintain prisons and provide a safer environment for both inmates and staff.
“We are not adding beds. We are not adding, rather we are replacing and modernizing with facilities that will utilize modern design to meet modern prison standards We will have enhanced health care and mental health facilities. We will have enhanced vocational facilities," Finance Director Bill Poole told reporters after the meeting. He said the state will go to the bond market next week.
Alabama lawmakers approved the construction plan in October, including tapping $400 million from the state’s share of American Rescue Plan funds to help pay for the work.
The two new prisons are to be located in Elmore and Escambia counties. Some site work has gotten underway using the available funds. “We have some simple dirt work underway with the projects and we’ll be excited to move up with the ground-up construction as soon as possible," Poole said.
The approval comes after the construction plan — which was pursued under two different administrations — hit various snags over the years. An earlier version of the plan would have seen the state lease prisons built and owned by private companies. But that fell through after underwriters withdrew under pressure from activists to not be involved with private prison companies.
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Alabama over a prison system it says is riddled with prisoner-on-prisoner and guard-on-prisoner violence. The Justice Department noted in an earlier report that dilapidated facilities were a contributing factor to the unconstitutional conditions but wrote “new facilities alone will not resolve” the matter because of problems in culture, management deficiencies, corruption, violence and other problems. | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Alabama-OKs-725M-bond-sale-to-build-2-supersize-17261724.php | 2022-06-23T22:12:33Z | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Alabama-OKs-725M-bond-sale-to-build-2-supersize-17261724.php | true | 12 |
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Police have arrested D’Anglo Patterson, 29, a supplier of “large quantities of Fentanyl and cocaine in the Rockford area,” according to the Winnebago County Sheriff.
According to police, the Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit was investigating Patterson after receiving tips from the community.
Earlier today, police executed a search warrant at Patterson’s home in the 1800 block of 23rd Street.
Authorities said they found 30 grams of Fentanyl, 40 grams of crack cocaine, two loaded handguns – one stolen – and a large amount of US currency.
Patterson was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine, Possession with Intent to Deliver Fentanyl, Armed Habitual Criminal, Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Delivery of a Controlled Substance, and Resisting an Officer.
He was booked into the Winnebago County Jail. | https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/police-arrest-suspect-in-large-quantity-drug-sales/ | 2022-06-23T22:13:38Z | https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/police-arrest-suspect-in-large-quantity-drug-sales/ | true | null |
13 minutes of CPR by co-workers, first responders help save man’s life, doctors say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Doctors in Las Vegas are praising the work of several people who came to the rescue of a man who went into cardiac arrest.
According to officials at the University Medical Center in Southern Nevada, Las Vegas native Dan Oberlander suffered a heart attack on June 15, and his co-workers jumped in along with calling first responders.
KVVU reports Oberlander’s fellow workers and paramedics performed 13 minutes of CPR, ultimately bringing him back from the dead and saving his life.
“He was dead. The odds of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, especially if it’s prolonged, are extremely low. What saved his life was high-quality CPR,” said Dr. Colonel Jeremy Kilburn.
Paramedics rushed Oberlander to the hospital, where his emergency care continued.
“We took him to the lab, opened the blocked artery, and did the necessary supportive measures. Thankfully, he came around and got his consciousness back. We were able to get him out of the ventilator machine,” said Dr. Chowdhury Ahsan.
Oberlander was ultimately released from the UMC, and doctors said they would continue to work with him to improve his heart health.
“I’m very blessed and thankful that I work with good people that thought enough to save me,” Oberlander said. “The ironic thing is my wife teaches CPR. I think everyone should take the opportunity and get a CPR class.”
Copyright 2022 KVVU via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/06/23/13-minutes-cpr-by-co-workers-first-responders-help-save-mans-life-doctors-say/ | 2022-06-23T22:14:26Z | https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/06/23/13-minutes-cpr-by-co-workers-first-responders-help-save-mans-life-doctors-say/ | false | 12 |
Armed with binoculars, Peter and Ann Withers were among the spectators in the stands on Thursday as the men’s and women’s 100 metre competition got underway at the Bell Canadian Track and Field Championships at Langley’s McLeod Athletic Park.
The Abbotsford couple’s reason for attending was sitting next to them – their grandson Ethan Wilkie, who competed in the men’s 400 meter earlier that morning.
“I made my semis, so I race tomorrow [Friday] morning,” Wilkie said.
Wilkie grew up in Langley and Abbotsford, attending St. Catherine’s Elementary in Brookswood and St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary in Abbotsford.
Raised in Langley and Abbotsford, Wilkie is now a masters student at the University of New Brunswick, competing for the St. John Reds.
Coming home was a great opportunity for his grandparents to watch him compete, but also let him check out all the changes to McLeod in recent years.
“It’s definitely surreal,” said Wilkie, who recalled seeing the track and field complex being built when he was a child. “It’s great to see how much money they have put into the stadium.”
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Ann and Peter Withers were excited to get to see their grandson race.
“With COVID, we haven’t been able to visit very much,” Peter noted.
Ann said Wilkie has always been athletic.
“He’s been doing it for a long time,” she said.
Peter noted that he wasn’t quite so tall when he started out, though.
There were multiple events taking place at the McLeod Athletic Park track and field complex on Thursday, including finals in several events for the decathlon and heptathlon, finals in 100m wheelchair races, and javelin finals for both senior and para-athletes.
There were also qualifying heats for the 400m and 100m for both adult and U20 athletes, and qualifiers for the U20 1500m and the senior men’s and women’s 800m races.
The competition began Wednesday and wraps up Sunday, June 26.
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Premier Mark McGowan and Climate Action and Environment Minister Reece Whitby have announced today that Western Australia will be committing to a whole-of-government reduction target in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 80 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. This commitment goes beyond that currently contained in the Western Australian Climate Policy. At this point, there is no indication that industry will be expected to commit to the same targets. However, we expect this commitment to send a strong signal to the broader economy and may influence regulator expectations.
The target will apply to emissions from all government agencies across the State, including transport, health and education, and emissions generated by government trading enterprises.
To help achieve this target, a range of initiatives to reduce the net emissions of Government will be pursued, including energy efficiency measures, procurement of renewable energy, reduced emissions in the Government vehicle fleet and the use of local offsets.
This commitment follows last week's announcement that Collie's two State-owned coal plants will close by late 2029 as part of a transition to cleaner energy, with Collie Power Station to close in late-2027 and Muja D in late-2029. State-owned Synergy will exit coal-fired power generation by 2030. Synergy is responsible for 98 per cent of the State Government's emissions. Assuming a smooth transition away from coal-fired power in the State, Synergy's carbon emissions will be reduced by 80 per cent by 2030, making the WA Government's new target for government agency emissions reduction eminently achievable.
The State Government has also committed to not building any new natural gas-fired power stations on the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) after 2030. Instead, an estimated $3.8 billion will be invested in new green power infrastructure in the SWIS – including wind generation and storage – to ensure continued supply stability and affordability.
What does this mean for industry?
There is currently no specific legislation in WA that mandates GHG emissions reductions for industry, with the government policy position largely delivered through Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) (EP Act), administered by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Revised draft guidance from the EPA is expected imminently on its expectations for GHG emissions from major projects requiring environmental impact assessment. Those expectations are currently set out in the Environmental Factor Guideline: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (EFG). The development of sectoral emissions reduction strategies (SERS) by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation will also continue.
Today's announcement has been made in the context of continued and rapidly evolving climate change policy and law in Australia. It is another clear signal to business and industry in Western Australia that climate action and emissions reduction is a priority for the State Government and that Western Australia is open for investment in renewable energy generation.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances. | https://www.mondaq.com:443/australia/renewables/1205206/new-80-per-cent-reduction-by-2030-commitment-for-wa-government-emissions | 2022-06-23T22:17:49Z | https://www.mondaq.com:443/australia/renewables/1205206/new-80-per-cent-reduction-by-2030-commitment-for-wa-government-emissions | false | 1 |
WFO RENO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 23, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The East Dixie and Beckwourth burn scars. in...
Plumas County in northern California...
* Until 515 PM PDT.
* At 221 PM PDT, A trained weather spotter reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain over the East Dixie and Beckwourth burn
scars. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected
rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. Flash flooding is
ongoing.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar is resulting in debris flow
moving through the East Dixie and Beckwourth burn scars. The debris
flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around
the East Dixie and Beckwourth burn scars.
SOURCE...Trained spotter reported.
IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the East Dixie and
Beckwourth burn scars.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Frenchman Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause
extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks...streams...and
ditches in the East Dixie and Beckwourth burn scars. Severe debris
flows can also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may
be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters...climb to
safety.
A Flash Flood Warning for a recent burn area means that flooding
and/or debris flows are imminent or occurring. Residents living in
or immediately downstream should take immediate precautions to
protect life. Quickly move away from the burn area only if it is
safe to do so, otherwise shelter in place and move to a second story
or the highest location in your home to stay out of the path of
fast-moving water and debris flows.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates has stirred emotions over a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms and raised questions about whether the billionaire shares the state’s values.
The state's attorney general has asked the trust that acquired the land to explain how it plans to use it in order to meet rules outlined in the state's archaic anti-corporate farming law. It prohibits all corporations or limited liability companies from owning or leasing farmland or ranchland, with some exceptions.
“I don't know that it's quite as volatile a situation as some have depicted,” North Dakota Republican Attorney General Drew Wrigley told The Associated Press Thursday. “It's taken off, it's all over the planet, but it's not me sticking a finger in the eye of Bill Gates. That's not what this is.”
Meanwhile, the state's Agriculture Commissioner, Republican Doug Goehring, told a North Dakota TV station that many people feel they are being exploited by the ultra-rich who buy land but do not necessarily share the state’s values. Goehring, who is currently on a state-sponsored trade mission to the United Kingdom, did not immediately respond to a list of questions emailed by the AP.
“I’ve gotten a big earful on this from clear across the state, it’s not even from that neighborhood,” Goehring told KFYR-TV. “Those people are upset, but there are others that are just livid about this.”
Charles V. Zehren, a spokesman for Gates' investment firm, declined Thursday to comment to the AP.
Wrigley said the corporate farming inquiry goes out "as a matter of course” when his office is notified of farmland sales, in this case Red River Trust's $13.5 million purchase of property in two counties from wealthy northeastern North Dakota potato growers Campbell Farms. Phone calls to Campbell Farms went unanswered.
“It's meant to get everybody up to speed on what the ownership arrangement is and what are their intentions are for the land,” Wrigley said. “If it complies with state law, the matter goes forward. If not, they're informed they're going to have to divest of the land.”
Corporations are exempted from the law if the land is necessary "for residential or commercial development; the siting of buildings, plants, facilities, industrial parks, or similar business or industrial purposes of the corporation or limited liability company; or for uses supportive of or ancillary to adjacent non agricultural land for the benefit of both land parcels,” the law reads.
It’s not the first test for a statute that was passed in 1932. A federal judge in 2018 ruled the law constitutional after a conservative farm group argued that it limits business options for producers and interferes with interstate commerce by barring out-of-state corporations from being involved in North Dakota’s farm industry.
North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, a former Microsoft executive whose campaign received $100,000 from Microsoft co-founder Gates when Burgum first won in 2016, declined to comment on the farmland sale. The Republican governor stayed down the middle when asked his opinion of the anti-corporate farming law, which he and the Legislature expanded in 2019 to allow second cousins in the mix of ownership.
“The governor strongly supports family farms and is open to discussions about cutting red tape that puts North Dakota farmers at a disadvantage compared with neighboring states and ensuring that our ranchers and farmers can succeed and grow their operations, helping rural communities to thrive,” Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki said.
Gates is considered the largest private owner of farmland in the country with some 269,000 acres across dozens of states, according to last year’s edition of the Land Report 100, an annual survey of the nation’s largest landowners. He owns less than 1 percent of the nation's total farmland. | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/North-Dakota-farmland-purchase-tied-to-Gates-17261817.php | 2022-06-23T22:21:51Z | https://www.trumbulltimes.com/news/article/North-Dakota-farmland-purchase-tied-to-Gates-17261817.php | false | 15 |
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Brad Miller hit a two-run single against his former team as the Texas Rangers beat the Philadelphia Phillies for the ninth time in a row. The Rangers won 4-2 on Wednesday to hand Zack Wheeler his first loss in two months. Kole Calhoun also drove in two runs for Texas, including a tiebreaking RBI single in the third. Kyle Schwarber extended his career-best on-base streak to 26 games for the Phillies with a two-run homer in the third inning. Jon Gray, the opening day starter for the Rangers, has won consecutive starts for the first time this season. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2641183393629/vazquez-goal-lifts-cincinnati-into-1-1-draw-with-union | 2022-06-23T22:23:58Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2641183393629/vazquez-goal-lifts-cincinnati-into-1-1-draw-with-union | false | null |
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BOSTON (AP) — A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, has been returned to his tribe after being housed for decades in a museum at Harvard University.
Members of the Ponca tribes in Nebraska and Oklahoma visited the Massachusetts university on June 3 for the ceremonial return of the artifact, the tribes said in a recent announcement.
Standing Bear had originally gifted the pipe-tomahawk to one of his lawyers after winning the 1879 court case that made him one of the first Native Americans granted civil rights.
The tomahawk changed hands several times before being acquired by Harvard in 1982.
“This is a good homecoming and a good step in the many steps we have to do to get back to our identity, to our ways of our people,” Angie Starkel, a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska who made the trip to Cambridge, said in a statement.
Stacy Laravie, a descendant of Standing Bear who is also the historic preservation officer for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, agreed.
“We talk about generational trauma, but we don’t talk about generational healing, and that’s what we’re doing now,” she said in a statement. “This is healing.”
Jane Pickering, director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, said the tomahawk’s return reflects the institution’s desire to repair past harms.
“The Peabody directly benefited from collecting practices that we acknowledge today ignored the wishes and values of families and communities,” she said in a statement.
Harvard and the museum have faced criticism over the pace of repatriating Native American remains and other significant objects to tribes, as required under federal law.
The museum and tribes have been working on the tomahawk’s return for more than a year; tribal members were slated to travel to campus before pandemic-related restrictions last year delayed it.
The Ponca tribes say they will announce plans to exhibit the tomahawk at a later date.
They were among many forcibly relocated from their homelands to other territories by the federal government in the 1800s.
Standing Bear was arrested 1878 for leaving the tribe’s Oklahoma reservation in order to fulfill a promise he made to bury his eldest son back in their tribe’s homeland in Nebraska’s Niobrara River Valley.
In his landmark federal trial, he successfully argued for the recognition of Native Americans as persons entitled to rights and protection under law. | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Harvard-returns-Standing-Bear-s-tomahawk-to-17261712.php | 2022-06-23T22:25:30Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Harvard-returns-Standing-Bear-s-tomahawk-to-17261712.php | false | 14 |
Newswise — During Pride Month, it’s easy to find rainbow-colored health and wellness products—from bandages, to mouthwash, to fitness trackers—in stores or online. But actual health care that meets the needs of members of the LGBTQ community can be harder to get.
A new qualitative study by Zachary Ramsey—a doctoral candidate in the West Virginia University School of Public Health—suggests sexual and gender minorities may face unique barriers to health care, most particularly in rural areas.
His findings appear in the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services.
“Research into sexual and gender minorities is growing quickly, but mainly in large urban centers,” he said. “There are a lot of differences between urban and rural populations for a general population, so it stands to reason that there would be a lot of differences between urban and rural LGBTQ individuals. Without more studies of LGBTQ rural individuals specifically, these differences will not be known, and policies and rural LGBTQ Center programming can only use an urban population for guidance.”
Ramsey’s study is the first-of-its-kind to explore researchers’ perspectives on the health needs of LGBTQ individuals.
He interviewed five researchers who study the LGBTQ population. The researchers were faculty members at universities in California, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas.
He also spoke with five physicians who practiced in the Appalachian regions of Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
“Interviewing researchers and providers allows for an examination of the population with a much smaller sample size because each researcher and provider can speak to multiple LGBTQ individuals, while an LGBTQ individual that is not a provider or researcher can only speak to their experience as an individual,” he said.
Each interview comprised open-ended questions about the priority health needs of sexual and gender minorities.
For example, Ramsey asked every participant what they believed were the most pressing health issues that the LGBTQ community faces.
Four issues dominated the participants’ answers:
- The interconnectedness of physical, mental and social health.
- The harm that discrimination causes.
- Heteronormativity or the belief that a heterosexual and cisgender identity is the only “normal” one.
- Health care system barriers, such as insurance plans that do not cover necessary treatments and health care providers who have not been trained to handle LGBTQ concerns.
These issues may seem abstract, but their implications for LGBTQ individuals are anything but.
For instance, “having a heteronormative worldview puts a lot of pressure on the patient to disclose information when the provider is not asking the correct things or is making assumptions,” Ramsey said.
Imagine a 45-year-old patient who was born female, identifies as male, but has not undergone gender-affirmation surgery. Mammograms could reduce his risk of death from breast cancer, but he may not get them if his doctor assumes he is a cisgender male and underestimates his breast cancer risk.
Now imagine that the patient is a cisgender male. He has sexual partners of multiple genders but is reticent about it because he lives in a small, rural, socially conservative town where stigma lingers around same-sex experiences. Breast cancer screenings may not benefit him, but if he can’t speak candidly to his doctor, he may miss out on screenings for cancers related to the human papillomavirus—cancers that are more common in men who have sex with men.
“A provider who is open and does not assume aspects of their patient can show the patient that they are receptive to expansive sexualities and genders beyond heterosexual and cisgender,” Ramsey said. “This takes the pressure off of the patient and relieves the stress of dealing with the fear that the provider will not be receptive to their sexuality or gender.”
Real-life examples abounded in the interviews Ramsey and his colleagues conducted, transcribed and analyzed.
One participant mentioned that if sexual and gender minorities grow up in families that don’t accept them, the rejection can cause mental health problems that persist into adulthood.
Other participants brought up that violence—and the resulting post-traumatic stress—can be of critical concern for LGBTQ individuals.
Still others noted that sexual and gender minorities have higher rates of suicide and suicidal ideation and that medical school training often excludes the trans community from its curriculum.
And they noted that insurance companies might decline to pay for treatments if, at first glance, they don’t seem gender appropriate.
Rurality can present its own difficulties. Participants pointed out that neither LGBTQ social networks nor doctors familiar with LGBTQ concerns are likely to proliferate in rural areas. The resulting isolation can sabotage the health of sexual and gender minorities.
“Bringing more providers into rural areas would be a great benefit, not only to the individuals who have to drive a few hours to see an endocrinologist for hormones, but to the general population that can sometimes struggle to find appropriate services,” Ramsey said.
Consider this: 20% of Americans live in rural areas, but according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, only 11% of physicians practice there. Three out of five federally designated health professional shortage areas are in rural regions.
In addition, trainings that prepare health care providers to talk with LGBTQ patients could be advantageous. That is particularly true in rural areas, where providers may have relatively little experience with patients who are “out.”
“Breaking down that stigma and removing the pressure from the patients to inform and educate their provider can greatly increase the access by simply making the providers who are around approachable,” Ramsey said.
“Issues such as social and geographic isolation, provider and medical system shortages, and transportation barriers are especially pronounced in rural areas,” said Danielle Davidov, an associate professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and part of the research team. “These disparities in access to health and supportive services, coupled with risks of discrimination and stigma, may place LGBTQ patients in rural locations at a greater disadvantage when it comes to finding quality healthcare.” | https://www.newswise.com/articles/wvu-research-finds-lgbtq-people-face-barriers-to-health-care-especially-in-rural-areas?sc=rsln | 2022-06-23T22:29:34Z | https://www.newswise.com/articles/wvu-research-finds-lgbtq-people-face-barriers-to-health-care-especially-in-rural-areas?sc=rsln | false | 6 |
Chavis stars with bat, defense, Pirates edge Cubs in 10
PITTSBURGH -- Michael Chavis hit a tying home run in the eighth before pulling off a defensive gem and delivering a game-ending single in the 10th, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs 8-7 Thursday.
Chavis' solo homer made it 7-all after the Cubs scored five times in the top of the eighth.
In the 10th, Chavis charged a slow grounder by Jason Heyward toward first base and threw out Patrick Wisdom at the plate. The call stood after a Chicago challenge.
In the bottom half, Chavis blooped a single to right off Scott Effross (1-3) and automatic runner Ke'Bryan Hayes scored in a collision with catcher Wilson Contreras. Hayes remained down for a few moments before walking off under his own power.
Hayes homered earlier in the game.
Chris Stratton (4-3) pitched the 10th.
Alfonso Rivas capped Chicago's big eighth with a pinch-hit, two-run single up the middle that put the Cubs ahead 7-6. Wisdom had an RBI single and Nico Hoerner hit a grounder that deflected off shortstop Oneil Cruz for a two-run single.
Cruz, on the verge of a third straight strikeout with an 0-2 count, hit an RBI double in the sixth and later scored for a 6-2 lead.
Pirates starter José Quintana allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts in six innings.
Justin Steele gave up six runs and seven hits with eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings for the Cubs.
Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead 1-0 in the first with his team-leading 12th home run.
Earlier in the inning, there was a six-minute delay after Cubs manager David Ross went from the dugout to speak with plate umpire Cory Blaser, halting play as trainers ran out to the Chicago bullpen. No update was provided.
Hayes hit his third homer of the season, a two-run shot that put gave Pittsburgh a 3-2 lead in the bottom half.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Ethan Roberts, who had been on a rehab assignment for right shoulder inflammation, will require Tommy John surgery. A date for the procedure has not been determined. '» LHP Daniel Norris was placed on the 15-day injured list with left index finger strain. RHP Adrian Sampson was recalled from Triple-A Iowa in a corresponding move.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-6, 5.43) will start as Chicago heads to St. Louis on Friday for the first of a three-game series against the Cardinals. He gave up six runs in 4 1/3 innings his last outing, a 6-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
Pirates: RHP Mitch Keller (2-5, 4.72) will take the mound for the start of a three-game set on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday. Keller has allowed seven runs (six earned) in 22 1/3 innings his past four starts.
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UNIQLO X MARNI COLLAB LAUNCHES
You can get a piece of Marni at an affordable price as the Italian luxury fashion brand's collaboration with Uniqlo drops in stores today.
Expect lots of colour. Staples from Uniqlo provide a blank canvas for Marni to bring its distinctive use of colour and visual language. Gingham prints are updated in a yellow palette, while stripes get colourblock treatment.
The silhouettes, too, are fresh, with a play on proportions - seen in balloon tops and skirts, and a cocoon-silhouette Blocktech coat. The relaxed shirt-and-pants co-ords in three vibrant colourways are sure to be a hit.
The collection includes nine items for women and 10 for men. Prices start at $29.90 for T-shirts and $39.90 for dresses, blouses and bottoms, and go up to $199.90 for outerwear.
Info: The full collection is available at Uniqlo stores at Orchard Central, Ion Orchard and VivoCity, and at uniqlo.com
SUMMER FRAGRANCES FROM CHANEL, GUERLAIN
Light and fresh scents are back in season and these new luxury launches will keep you smelling on point.
From Chanel's Les Eaux de Chanel collection - inspired by places that were significant to founder Gabrielle Chanel - comes the latest scent Paris-Paris ($220 for 125ml).
Boasting notes of damascena rose, pink peppercorn extract, citrus and patchouli, this fresh, spicy floral pays homage to Paris.
Meanwhile, Guerlain has added another scent to its Aqua Allegoria range of light fragrances designed as an ode to nature. Nerolia Vetiver ($231 for 125ml) is a green, fruity-woody blend of neroli, vetiver, fresh basil and fig accord that pays tribute to the Mediterranean.
The new scent features a reformulation for the entire range, which now contains up to 95 per cent ingredients of natural origin, and alcohol from organic farming.
Also given an eco-friendly revamp is the bottle - now refillable ($277 for a 200ml refill) via the spray that can be unscrewed, and made from 15 per cent recycled glass.
Info: Available at Chanel Fragrance and Beauty boutiques, the Takashimaya counter, and sg-eshop.chanel.com; and at the Guerlain Ion Orchard store, Guerlain counters and Sephora stores
TAKE PART IN GREEN WORKSHOPS AT ION ORCHARD
Till next month, take part in a variety of tours, workshops and events themed around sustainability at Ion Orchard as part of the mall's Love Our World campaign.
Ion Orchard is rewarding shoppers with green points - its eco rewards programme - when they sign up for tours and workshops from participating brands.
From today to Sunday, get your coffee fix at Nespresso and create simple coffee recipes while learning how to upcycle coffee capsules.
You can also learn to craft your own recycled leather key charms out of surplus leathers with Bynd Artisan (July 15 to 17), join a fashion swop at In Good Company (July 23 to 24) and upcycle pre-loved clothing into coasters at Muji (July 29 to 31).
For a free activity, the mall has partnered with the Breast Cancer Foundation to present Ahead Of Time, a photo exhibition featuring 25 breast cancer survivors with their children - as part of Cancer Survivor Month this month.
On show at Ion Art Gallery, the photographs are printed on sustainable fine art paper made from 100 per cent cotton rags, with recyclable frames.
Info: Go to ionorchard.com/campaign/love-our-world
DEALS ON PAULA'S CHOICE SKINCARE
American skincare brand Paula's Choice is celebrating 27 years of skin science.
Tilll Thursday next week, shop five anniversary kits of its bestselling products - curated for different skin types and needs.
If you have been wanting to try the brand's iconic Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant ($48), now is your chance to get it at a bundle discount price. It is included in the Pot Of Glow Kit, $139 (retail price $186), which is for all skin types and comes with a vitamin C booster and niacinamide booster; as well as the Tighten & Reshape Kit, $125 (retail price $163), which is suitable for normal to oily skin and comes with a balancing toner and its Clinical Niacinamide 20% Treatment.
Until Sunday, get up to 25 per cent off anniversary kits and fan favourites for dry to normal skin. With a minimum spend of $160, receive a free Hydra Max Party Pack of mini skincare (worth $86) and a limited-edition reusable BPA-free tumbler.
Info: Go to paulaschoice.sg
PAMPER YOURSELF WITH ORIBE BODY CARE
If you love the smell of luxury haircare brand Oribe's products, you will be pleased to know you can wear it on your body too.
The brand, which claims to be the first to have used a fine fragrance in its hair products, has introduced a new body and fragrance collection expanding on its signature scent, the amber-floral Cote d'Azur - which runs through its haircare line and is also available as an eau de parfum.
Two new fragrances join the signature: Valley Of Flowers, a lush, floral scent with notes of Bulgarian rose; and Desertland, an aromatic green scent with crisp notes of juniper berry, desert wildflowers and Texas cedarwood.
The new scents are available as eau de parfum ($48 for 10ml and $176 for 75ml) as well as the Replenishing Body Wash ($68) and Restorative Body Creme ($92).
Info: Available at Oribe salons and retailers. Go to oribe.com | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/style/style-news-42 | 2022-06-23T22:31:28Z | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/style/style-news-42 | false | 1 |
On June 21, 2022, PTO Director Katherine Vidal issued a memorandum setting forth her interim procedure for discretionary denials in AIA post-grant proceedings with parallel district court litigation, found here ("Memo"). The interim procedures, which go into effect immediately, should eliminate the uncertainty that many IPR petitioners currently face regarding whether the PTAB will consider their petitions on the merits, or exercise its discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) to deny them because of parallel litigation involving the patent in question.
As background, in 2020 the PTAB designated as precedential its decision in Apple Inc. v. Fintiv Inc., IPR2020-00019, Paper 11 (PTAB Mar. 20, 2020) (precedential) (Fintiv), which identifies a non-exclusive list of factors parties may address when there is a related, parallel proceeding involving the patent to determine whether such proceeding provides a basis for the PTAB to discretionarily deny institution of an IPR without addressing the merits of the petition. The factors include:
- Whether the court granted a stay or evidence exists that one may be granted if a proceeding is instituted;
- proximity of the court's trial date to the PTAB's projected statutory deadline for a final written decision;
- investment in the parallel proceeding by the court and the parties;
- overlap between issues raised in the petition and in the parallel proceeding;
- whether the petitioner and the defendant in the parallel proceeding are the same party; and
- other circumstances that impact the PTAB's exercise of discretion, including the merits.
Under Fintiv, the PTAB takes a "holistic view" in evaluating the factors in deciding whether "efficiency and integrity" are best served by denying or instituting review.
The application of the Fintiv factors resulted in a spike of IPR petition denials based on parallel proceedings. In most situations, the PTAB primarily focused on the proximity of the scheduled trial date in the parallel proceeding. When the trial date was before the date on which the PTAB's final written decision would be due if the IPR were instituted, the PTAB would often deny institution on the theory that it would be inefficient for both the court and the PTAB to consider the same invalidity arguments.
This practice has been controversial. First, it resulted in the PTAB almost always discretionarily denying IPR petitions when the parallel proceeding was before the International Trade Commission because ITC investigations proceed under a fast-paced schedule. This was so even though ITC findings of patent invalidity have no preclusive effect, which caused many to question why the PTAB would defer questions of invalidity to the ITC. Second, it is often the case that in practice a district court trial date does not hold. Instead, the parties frequently ask for and receive extensions of time in the case schedule, or the court on its own shifts the schedule, such that an originally-set trial date is delayed by many months. Because of this, in practice, the PTAB was refusing to consider meritorious IPR petitions based on a speculative trial date that frequently would be pushed back beyond the deadline for when the PTAB's final written decision would otherwise be due.
Director Vidal's interim procedure addresses these issues head-on. The Director notes that, in response to the PTO's request for comments on the PTAB's approach to discretionary denials, the PTO received 822 comments from a wide range of stakeholders, and as such is preparing to explore potential rulemaking on the issue. In the interim, "several clarifications need to be made to the PTAB's current application of Fintiv to discretionary institution when there is parallel litigation." Memo at 2.
First, when an IPR petition presents compelling evidence of invalidity, the PTAB will no longer rely on the Fintiv factors to discretionarily deny institution. The Director considers this new policy to be consistent with the objectives of Congress in establishing post-grant review procedures to improve and ensure patent quality by providing "quick and cost-effective alternatives to litigation" for challenging issued patents. Memo at 3, quoting H.R. Rep. No. 112-98, pt. 1 at 48. Compelling challenges are "those in which the evidence, if unrebutted in trial, would plainly lead to a conclusion that one or more of the claims are unpatentable by a preponderance of the evidence." Memo at 4. As the Director notes, the "patent system and the public good benefit from instituting compelling unpatentability challenges." Memo at 5.
Second, because ITC invalidity findings have no preclusive effect, see Tandon Corp. v. U.S.I.T.C, 831 F.2d 1017, 1019 (Fed. Cir. 1986), the PTAB will no longer discretionarily deny IPR petitions based on applying Fintiv to a parallel ITC proceeding. Memo at 6-7. In establishing this policy, the Director clarifies that the Fintiv factors on their face are directed at district court litigation, not ITC proceedings, and accordingly the PTAB should not have extended the Fintiv factors to IPRs involving a parallel ITC investigation.
Third, the PTAB will not discretionarily deny institution based on a parallel litigation if the petitioner stipulates not to pursue in a parallel district court proceeding the same grounds as in the petition or any grounds that could have reasonably been raised in the petition. Memo at 7. Such a stipulation has come to be known as a Sotera stipulation (see Sotera Wireless, Inc. v. Masimo Corp., IPR2020-01019, Paper 12 (PTAB Dec. 1, 2020)). It had become a relatively common practice of petitioners to offer a Sotera stipulation in the face of a patent owner asserting that the Fintiv factors should be relied on to deny institution of an IPR. While the PTAB has increasingly relied on Sotera stipulations to reject a patent owner's Fintiv arguments, the Director's mandate now ensures that a petitioner who submits a Sotera stipulation will no longer face any uncertainty that the PTAB could still rely on the Fintiv factors to discretionarily deny institution. As the Director states, with a Sotera stipulation in place, there are no concerns that the PTAB and the district court will unnecessarily duplicate efforts or render inconsistent opinions regarding the same prior art. Memo at 7.
Fourth, the PTAB will no longer take at face value a case's trial schedule when considering Fintiv factor two (the proximity of the court's trial date to the Board's statutory deadline for a final written decision). Memo at 8. The Director points out that "scheduled trial dates are unreliable and often change." Id. Accordingly, when other Fintiv factors "weigh against exercising discretion to deny institution or are neutral, the proximity to trial should not alone outweigh all of those other factors." Id. The parties should present evidence regarding the most recent statistics on median time-to-trial for civil cases in the relevant district court (see here) and the PTAB will also consider additional factors such as the number of cases before the specific judge in the parallel litigation and the speed and availability of other case dispositions. Memo at 9.
In sum, the Director's interim procedures bring much-needed clarity to the issue of Fintiv-based discretionary denials in IPR proceedings. The PTAB will not deny institution of an IPR or PGR under Fintiv when (1) a petition presents compelling evidence of unpatentability; (2) a request for denial under Fintiv is based on a parallel ITC proceeding; or (3) a petitioner stipulates not to pursue in a parallel district court proceeding the same grounds as in the petition or any grounds that could have reasonably been raised in the petition. Further, when the PTAB is applying Fintiv factor two, the PTAB will consider the speed with which the district court case may come to trial and be resolved and will weigh this factor against exercising discretion to deny institution under Fintiv if the median time-to-trial is around the same time or after the projected statutory deadline for the PTAB's final written decision.
Finally, the Director reminds us that even if the PTAB does not deny institution under Fintiv, it retains the right to deny institution for other reasons under 35 U.S.C. §§ 314(a), 324(a), and 325(d). For example, the PTAB may deny institution if other pertinent circumstances are present, such as abuse of process by a petitioner. See Memo at 9.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances. | https://www.mondaq.com:443/unitedstates/patent/1205106/pto-director-vidal-issues-interim-procedure-regarding-discretionary-denials-under-fintiv | 2022-06-23T22:38:02Z | https://www.mondaq.com:443/unitedstates/patent/1205106/pto-director-vidal-issues-interim-procedure-regarding-discretionary-denials-under-fintiv | true | 1 |
Heaven help them.
A Florida couple has lost their multi-year fight to place a miniature white cross on their front lawn after a housing association deemed it a prohibited “lawn ornament,” according to a report.
Wayne and Bonnie Anderson, of Tamarind Grove in The Villages, were initially ordered to remove the tiny symbol in 2019 after community officials received an anonymous complaint, Villages News reported.
The couple, whose primary home is in Wisconsin, have fought the prohibition for three years, arguing that it violates their rights under the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
But Judge Michelle Morley recently ruled in favor of the local Community Development District 8 after the body argued that local rules explicitly prohibit “lawn ornaments.”
The Andersons, who’ve been ticketed for thousands of dollars in violations for their refusal to remove the cross, assert that they’ve been targeted for “selective enforcement” and that other small lawn displays — including crosses — are left undisturbed.
The couple pointed to a Florida law that bars any “substantial” impediment to the exercising of one’s religious beliefs.
But several boards and judges have found that the removal of the cross does not qualify as a “substantial” burden and that the area’s lawn ornament ban is a clear rule.
The religiously-charged battle has become a divisive community issue, with a local church defiantly passing out 200 crosses last year and asking parishioners to place them in their yards.
Anderson called the push to uproot the symbol “absurd” in 2020.
“We’ve got a pandemic going on and The Villages is obsessed with ripping crosses out of our yards,” he said. “This is insanity.”
The couple now has 30 days to challenge the most recent ruling against them.
They couldn’t be immediately reached for comment on the case. | https://nypost.com/2022/06/23/florida-couple-barred-from-putting-small-cross-on-lawn/ | 2022-06-23T22:44:09Z | https://nypost.com/2022/06/23/florida-couple-barred-from-putting-small-cross-on-lawn/ | true | 1 |
Independence honoring a famous citizen by rededicating a park and school named in his honor
Hiram Young was a former slave that became a free man and made a fortune as a wheelmaker in the 1800s
Hiram Young was a former slave that became a free man and made a fortune as a wheelmaker in the 1800s
Hiram Young was a former slave that became a free man and made a fortune as a wheelmaker in the 1800s
The city of independence is honoring one of its famous residents on Thursday, Hiram Young.
At Hiram Park, they’re holding a ceremony to rededicate the location after several improvements.
Of course, former president Truman is the most famous person to come from Independence, Missouri, but Young did plenty to leave his mark on this town.
The former slave became a free man and made a fortune as a wheelmaker in the 1800s.
Residents and some city officials came out Thursday morning for the rededication ceremony at the park on the corner of Noland road. They spoke of the significance of remembering Young's mark on Independence.
The park has been around for years but was not being maintained. Now the wheel in the middle of the park has been spruced up and is once again a place for the community to be proud of.
“He has a legacy like Buck O’Neil, in my opinion. He really does. I’m really just excited and happy and thankful that they got it repaired and we could do this rededication,” Independence resident Freddye Smith said.
It was a beautiful ceremony, and the pride the community takes in Young was on full display.
His legacy will definitely live on.
Young also founded a church as well as the first all-black school in Independence. That school has also been recently renovated and is slated to be rededicated later on Thursday as well. | https://www.kmbc.com/article/independence-rededicating-park-school-hiram-young/40396722 | 2022-06-23T22:50:34Z | https://www.kmbc.com/article/independence-rededicating-park-school-hiram-young/40396722 | true | 1 |
Ticketing Platform TodayTix Relocating to 10K SF in Paramount Building
By Nicholas Rizzi June 23, 2022 3:44 pm
reprintsTodayTix, a digital ticketing platform founded by two Broadway producers, inked a deal to relocate its headquarters to the Paramount Building, Commercial Observer has learned.
The firm signed a long-term lease for 9,567 square feet at the historic Times Square building at 1501 Broadway, according to landlord brokers Newmark. Asking rent for the 13th-floor space was $65 per square foot, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.
TodayTix is currently located at 32 Avenue of the Americas and plans to move into its new digs by early next year, the source said.
The firm was one of several companies to lease space recently at the 32-story tower, which used to be the headquarters for Paramount Pictures. Life sciences technology firm TandemAI took 7,634 square feet, real estate investment firm Bridgerock Capital nabbed 3,325 square feet, and No Guarantees, the company of Broadway producer Christine Schwarzman, leased 2,791 square feet, according to Newmark.
The 850,000-square-foot property was built in 1926, and owner Paramount Leasehold finished a $50 million renovation of the property in 2020 that added a slew of prebuilt office suites and a third-floor lounge with a coffee and wine bar.
Newmark’s Matthew Leon, Stephen Gordon and Nathan Kropp represented the landlord in the deal, while Jamie Katcher and Sebastian Infante, who were employed at Cushman & Wakefield at the time but currently work at Raise, represented TodayTix. Katcher did not respond to a request for comment.
“Ownership was successful in leasing these units by constructing stunning, high-quality, amenitized prebuilt units to accommodate the needs of today’s workforce,” Gordon said in a statement. “We expect continued robust leasing to a diverse array of tenants due to the property’s new design-focused prebuilt suites, extensive upgrades and superior location right in the heart of Times Square.”
Nicholas Rizzi can be reached at nrizzi@commercialobserver.com. | https://commercialobserver.com/2022/06/todaytix-lease-paramount-building/ | 2022-06-23T22:50:44Z | https://commercialobserver.com/2022/06/todaytix-lease-paramount-building/ | false | 1 |
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Over 2,300 people in North Central West Virginia were left without power after a brief but severe thunderstorm swept through the area Wednesday night.
Harrison County had just over 20 outages Thursday morning primarily in the Reynoldsville area, but counties around Harrison were hit much harder by Wednesday evening’s storm.
“We probably had about five trees down, and the urban flooding was the big thing — the runoff. It comes quick and goes quick,” said Pegi Bailey, director of the Harrison County Office of Emergency Management.
“Taylor County got it pretty hard. ... They had a little more of a wind event than we had. We just got wet,” Bailey said. “We had an odd side to it. It just kind of crept around us and went elsewhere. Nothing major at all.”
Mon Power got to work Thursday and began rapidly restoring power after the storm knocked out thousands of customers’ power, going from about 20,000 to about 3,200 by mid-afternoon.
“As of 9 p.m. last night, 4,100 customers were out of power in Marion County. That number now stands at 1,170 with 951 of those in Fairmont," said Todd Myers, senior communication representative with First Energy, at about 2 p.m. Thursday. "We should have the majority of those customers back on by (Friday) at 11 p.m., although many will have their power restored sooner than that as our crews continue their round-the-clock work."
“We have brought in about 20 contracted line workers to help our local Mon Power crews get the lights back on in this area,” Myers added.
Monongalia County was also tended to quickly as Wednesday night’s 700 outages were reduced to about 50 by mid-afternoon.
Most of the outages were the result of trees along roadways falling into power lines, Myers said.
“The nature of the damage from last night’s storms is very scattered across many communities and counties. Many of the remaining outages have small customer counts, but lots of repairs needed to get customers back in service,” Myers said.
“We tackle the outages impacting the greatest number of customers first, and then move on to the smaller outages. What is typically left near the end of a storm restoration effort are pockets of outages with just a few customers, often even one,” Myers said.
As far as flooding, Harrison County saw isolated incidents as a result of the quick downpour that swept through the area.
“As much rain as we had, everything’s full. Our water table is quite high. The ground was nice and saturated, so it doesn’t need any more water, so it just passes off,” Bailey said.
“We did have a water rescue, but someone drove through the water on E.B. Saunders Way. Turn around, don’t drown,” Bailey said. | https://www.wvnews.com/theet/news/wednesday-night-storm-leaves-thousands-without-power-in-north-central-west-virginia/article_5af3d55c-f30c-11ec-9b36-eb91f3c0bc98.html | 2022-06-23T22:54:05Z | https://www.wvnews.com/theet/news/wednesday-night-storm-leaves-thousands-without-power-in-north-central-west-virginia/article_5af3d55c-f30c-11ec-9b36-eb91f3c0bc98.html | false | 1 |
The NFL is in a very frustrating predicament at the moment because of Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder. His organization, and the man himself, faces countless allegations of a toxic workplace that include disturbing claims of sexual harassment.
The situation has risen to a level where the United States Congress is getting involved. Commissioner Roger Goodell testified this week, while Snyder was nowhere to be seen. That may change soon given a subpoena that will force him to testify or face legal consequences.
It is casting a dark cloud over the entire NFL. The league is already dealing with negative stories surrounding Deshaun Watson along with Brian Flores and his ongoing lawsuit. However, things are different when the owner is the one causing the problems.
Snyder cannot just be paid or silenced to make this issue go away. He allowed it to rise all the way to Congress and the biggest professional sports league in America, is being dragged into this. At this point, it makes no sense for his fellow owners to take his side.
Enough has to be enough with Dan Snyder
The allegations against the Commanders go back well over a decade. It just took until now for the government to get involved and make this a prominent issue. This means fellow NFL owners have likely known Snyder could be a problem for quite some time.
So why protect him all these years and not boot him out? Well, ganging up on an owner and forcing them out could create a slippery slope. No other owner wants to lose their team, so everyone just goes about their business as long as the money keeps coming in.
For example, would owners vote to remove Stephen Ross from the Miami Dolphins for his alleged tanking actions? Probably not, as the league itself can handle this issue of competition. Snyder's goes beyond the game of football and creates an image where working in the NFL is an unsafe place for women and all employees. That cannot be tolerated by a league so concerned about upholding a wholesome image.
Yes, booting the Commanders owner can set a new precedent that may spook fellow NFL owners. But maybe that is a good thing as it will discourage any more of these unsafe work practices from taking place. Snyder being vengeful and leaking sensitive information would only continue to damage his name and whatever is left of his legacy.
Ultimately, football is a game and should never be something that Congress has to get involved with. That simple fact should be a wake-up call to the rest of the NFL. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/there-reason-nfl-protect-dan-snyder | 2022-06-23T22:56:48Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/there-reason-nfl-protect-dan-snyder | false | 1 |
BY WALLY HIAMBOHN
Revitalising the Department of Finance was a key priority when Dr Ken Ngangan joined as Secretary in 2014.
He understood from the beginning that the department’s strategies are filtered through its culture and ensuring positive change and improvements would require the right culture and team in place.
“When I started with department of Finance, I wanted everyone to understand that we are not just managing the nation’s finances but building a better government for our country.
I knew that we can only succeed if our work environment embedded the right values and you need to invest in people to make this happen.
“As Secretary, I need to ensure that all our staff can build their career, staff working outside Vulupindi Haus also had opportunities to connect and we represented the diversity of our country’s collective culture and people.
“For any Finance Department, the people’s perception of its image and integrity are paramount.
Building and protecting this reputation is never easy and as a leader of a central government agency.”
Dr Ngangan had no other choice but accept this responsibility.
A number of initiatives started immediately and this included taking stock of our Governments public financial management practices in comparison with other countries.
This has led to a public finance reform program and an ambitious Corporate Plan that continues to this day.
“You need to lead by example, this isn’t limited to me or the senior management team, but how we as a department, government and country compare with public finance practices internationally.
A culture grows positively and stronger when there is an active interest in striving to emulate the best,” said Dr Ngangan.
“The workspaces and offices of Vulupindi Haus were remodeled and staff uniforms were redesigned with a fresh look.
“How you ‘live’ in your corporate culture influences change and these changes allow for people to show pride in the department as well as build positive workplace relationships with colleagues in other departments.
Small but powerful everyday influences like these can help to create a work environment where positivity and productivity flourish and this is the type of department that any talented person would want to join.
“Another important change was to transition to a Learning Department and Dr Ngangan has made two important changes to make this happen.
Firstly, partnering with universities including a new professional pathway – the Bachelor of Public Financial Accounting with University of PNG. Secondly, the establishment of a registered association, the Papua New Guinea Association of Government Accountants & Public Finance Managers.
“The association promotes professional development and provides networking opportunities for all accounting and related practitioners working in the public service.
“Leadership is also making it clear to staff the importance of learning and helping them visualise their future in the department.
You can’t ask your staff to step up their efforts if you don’t provide them the steps to enable them to climb.
It is also not just technical skills andundertaking an organisational restructure but also taking personal accountability in our roles,” says Dr Ngangan.
Eight years on, Dr Ngangan is proud of what has been achieved and that the Department has put in the work to climb at the top of its game in public financial management.
Staff morale is on a high and there is a restored positive reputation.
“It hasn’t been easy. We are ambitious in achieving public financial management excellence and its with our staff achieving their individual excellence that we can realise this.
I don’t recognise this as the same department I joined,” Dr Ngangan said of this rebuilding exercise.
“I wanted to change our image from the start by changing minds, attitudes and behaviours.
With the support of my dedicated management team we have been able to restore staff morale to a level that has ensured happy, enthusiastic and harmonious working relationships which has resulted in a higher productivity and engagement.
“I see a department where systems and control process are far more robust and timely. I see a department with a significant, and more broader base of responsibilities as a result of growing reputation for delivering outcomes for the government.
“I see a department that has an enhanced capacity to respond to emerging policy and operational pressures and I see a department where staff are motivated and a genuine appetite to ‘do things right’ and to ‘get the job done’.”
With this foundation, the Ngangan team is poised to take on new challenges as the country prepares for a new government in August. | https://postcourier.com.pg/image-is-everything-at-vulupindi-haus/ | 2022-06-23T22:59:52Z | https://postcourier.com.pg/image-is-everything-at-vulupindi-haus/ | false | 1 |
Bank of South Carolina Corporation Declares Dividend
CHARLESTON, S.C., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Board of Directors of Bank of South Carolina Corporation, (NASDAQ: BKSC) the parent company for The Bank of South Carolina, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share to shareholders of record July 5, 2022, payable July 29, 2022. This represents the 131st quarterly cash dividend paid to shareholders.
Fleetwood S. Hassell, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "With the ongoing market volatility, we are pleased, once again, to declare this quarterly dividend."
About Bank of South Carolina Corporation
The Bank of South Carolina Corporation is the holding company of The Bank of South Carolina ("The Bank"). The Bank is a South Carolina state-chartered bank with offices in Charleston, North Charleston, Summerville, Mt. Pleasant, and the West Ashley community and has been in continuous operation since 1987. Our website is www.banksc.com. Bank of South Carolina Corporation currently trades its common stock on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol "BKSC".
SOURCE Bank of South Carolina Corporation | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bank-of-south-carolina-corporation-declares-dividend-301574273.html | 2022-06-23T23:04:44Z | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bank-of-south-carolina-corporation-declares-dividend-301574273.html | true | 12 |
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Frankie Montas of the Oakland Athletics has lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the eighth inning on a single by Seattle’s Adam Frazier.
Frazier lined a clean single to left field on Thursday at the Coliseum.
The 29-year-old Montas began the game with a 3-7 record and a 3.53 ERA.
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The Chicago White Sox continue to have injury problems as they open a four-game series against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night.
Not only did the White Sox fail to complete a three-game sweep of their series with the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, falling 9-5, but three Chicago players left the contest because of injuries.
The Orioles, meanwhile, are coming off a 7-0 home victory on Wednesday night against the Washington Nationals that was shortened to six innings by rain. Baltimore’s Austin Hays hit for the cycle.
Chicago shortstop Danny Mendick injured his right knee in the second inning against Toronto and was helped off the field after a collision in foul territory with left fielder Adam Haseley, who made the catch.
According to White Sox manager Tony La Russa, Mendick’s right knee banged against his left knee.
“He’s got a pretty good-sized bruise,” La Russa said.
Chicago right fielder Adam Engel left the fourth with a sore right hamstring, an ailment that La Russa said is “concerning.”
Mendick and Engel will be re-evaluated on Thursday.
White Sox center fielder Luis Robert was removed in the eighth inning due to sore legs, but he could play on Thursday.
“We’ve got to track Luis, his legs,” La Russa said. “It was a good time to get him out of there.”
Robert failed to go to second base in the sixth inning even though his RBI single bounced past Toronto left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr.
“When he doesn’t go to second, you know he’s feeling some ouchies there,” La Russa said.
Robert extended his hitting streak to 13 games, during which he is 20-for-57 (.351) with three doubles, one home run, 16 RBIs and 10 runs.
Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson did not play on Wednesday, two games after he returned from a groin injury that had put him on the injured list. He is being monitored.
“My cop-out is, this is a doctor-required day off,” La Russa said. “I don’t mind taking the heat for the decision.”
Chicago’s Andrew Vaughn went 3-for-5 on Wednesday. He is batting .455 (15-for-33 in his past seven games with three doubles, one home run and two RBIs.
Baltimore will start right-hander Dean Kremer (1-1, 2.35 ERA) on Thursday, his first career appearance against the White Sox.
Right-hander Johnny Cueto (1-3, 2.95 ERA) will start for Chicago. He is 0-2 with an 8.00 ERA in three career starts against Baltimore.
With rain predicted for the Wednesday game, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde had a simple strategy: “I think when you know rain’s coming, you definitely want to try to score first and score often.”
The plan worked with help from Hays, who became the sixth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle and the first since Jonathan Villar in 2019. Hays also threw out a runner at third base from center field in the first inning.
Hays had an infield single in the first inning, a home run in the third, a triple in the fourth and a double in the sixth. He is the first Oriole to hit for the cycle in the first six innings of a game.
“That’s incredible,” Hyde said. “What a special night. Beyond incredible to do something like that.”
The Orioles got some good news outside of the game, too. Infielder Ramon Urias, sidelined since June 10 due to a left oblique strain, resumed baseball activities Wednesday.
“This is the first day getting him going back on track,” Hyde said.
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Baz Luhrmann's musical biopic, Elvis, stars Austin Butler as a hip-swiveling Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his devious, exploitive manager "Col." Tom Parker.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Senior Airman John Gebremariam, a services specialist with the 118th Force Support Squadron in Nashville, Tennessee, is living a life that he couldn’t imagine as a young man. Going to school to become an aviation mechanic, and serving in the Air National Guard.
Born in Eritrea, he fled as a refugee to neighboring Ethiopia at a young age. Gebremariam and his family stayed in an overcrowded refugee camp for years. The constant struggle in the refugee camp to access even basic necessities was difficult. Just finding water during the dry season was a challenge.
“We had plenty of water from the river and drilled wells during the rainy season,” said Gebremariam. “But during the summer we would have to get up at 3:00 a.m., grab our water bucket, and stand in line for several hours just for a little water. If the river had water we could go down there and take a shower, but sometimes it would dry up.”
The difficulties didn’t end there. Gebremariam and his family were dependent on humanitarian aid to survive. Since they had little documentation, they were not allowed to work. If they needed something the humanitarian agencies couldn’t provide, they simply couldn’t get it.
After four years in the camp an opportunity presented itself. A nongovernment organization presented Gebremariam and his family the option to move to the United States. They were all excited to leave the refugee camp and jumped at the opportunity. However, coming to the US was a big culture shock.
Their US resettlement agency only provided six months of aid, meaning Gebremariam and his family had to quickly learn English, get jobs, and become self-sufficient. At sixteen years old Gebremariam now had to deal with the struggles of being a new immigrant.
“It was difficult coming from Ethiopia and then to a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada,” said Gebremariam. “You know how kids can be. Sometimes they pick on you.”
Gebremariam was able to overcome several challenges, graduate high school and begin attending college in Iowa. With dreams of becoming an aircraft mechanic, he looked into joining the Tennessee Air National Guard. The aviation mechanic school he wanted to attend was in Nashville. By joining the Tennessee ANG, it would give him the opportunity to serve his new country, and grant him a path to US citizenship, all while still attending school. It was the perfect fit for him.
“My family was happy for me, and proud that I joined,” said Gebremariam. “America has given so much to me, I wanted to give back.”
April 22, 2022 marked another big day in Gebremariam’s journey. He raised his right hand again, not to enlist, but to become an American citizen.
“It’s a great feeling to be a citizen now. It was a really good day,” said Gebremariam.
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Detroit police search for gunman seen on video threatening man holding baby
DETROIT — Shocking video from inside a gas station in Detroit shows a man pointing a gun at a man holding a baby before backing out of the store.
Detroit police shared the video on social media in the hopes of identifying the gunman, seen in the video wearing a tan bucket hat and a white shirt.
The video, which begins outside the gas station, shows the man walking up to the business and opening the door. The video then switches to show the inside of the store, where a man with long hair is holding a baby while smoking a cigarette. The man in the tan hat reveals a gun and points it at the man holding the child. The two struggle briefly before the suspect leaves the store and the man with a baby stays inside.
Detroit police told WJBK that the video is part of an aggravated assault investigation, and that both men had walked to the gas station after an argument. Police told the station that when the father waved his arms he managed to hit the gun, which may have caused the firearm to jam.
The suspect took off after leaving the gas station, WXYZ reported.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on a San Francisco subway train Wednesday that ended in the city’s historically LGBTQ neighborhood just days before Pride celebrations, police said.
The shooting occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on a commuter train as it pulled away from a residential station toward the station in the city’s Castro neighborhood. There, officers found two victims, one dead at the scene. The other person, a bystander, was taken to a hospital with an injured knee, said San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar, whose district includes the residential Forest Hill station.
She said witnesses reported three or four shots and a “heated verbal argument” between the suspect and deceased victim. She said the suspect ran out with other passengers when the train stopped.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the Castro District, said the victim and suspect appeared to know each other.
“It’s cold comfort, but it does not appear that this was random,” he said. “It was not someone who, you know, got on the train and just started shooting, which would have been even more horrible. This was horrible enough.”
While authorities said the shooting was not connected to upcoming Pride events, the death cast a glum start to the celebrations at a time when members of the LGBTQ community are experiencing heightened threats, including protests at libraries where drag queens read to children. The station where the suspect ran out is at the heart of San Francisco’s famous Castro neighborhood, which is internationally known for its LGBTQ activism.
“There have been horrible incidents around the country and even in the Bay Area. So people are nervous, and I’m sure this doesn’t help. People should be alert,” said Mandelman.
Police provided few details Wednesday on what happened or how many people were on the train, although Melgar initially said on social media that the train was packed. They have not released information on the victims or the suspect but said the public was not at risk.
The shooting is believed to have been the first ever on a train with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency — also known as Muni. The agency operates most public transit in the city, including trains, buses, streetcars and San Francisco’s iconic cable cars.
“The incident that took place this morning is unnerving and yet another reason why we need to do more to prevent gun violence,” Melgar said in a statement. “There are too many guns out in our society, escalating a verbal argument into a senseless death of a young life.”
Erica Kato, a spokeswoman for the transit agency, said she did not know how many passengers were on board but noted that overall ridership is about half of what it was before the pandemic. She said ridership to San Francisco’s downtown core is even less.
The shooting comes just four days before San Francisco’s Pride parade, which typically draws thousands of people from around the world.
Still, sidewalk traffic was light Wednesday morning.
“Never heard of anything like this over here,” said Deeno Nasher, manager of the Castro Smoke House. “It’s kind of concerning for this neighborhood because Pride is this weekend and they try to be safe and secure as possible, and for something like this to happen, kind of puts them on edge.”
Police were looking for a man described only as wearing dark clothes and a dark hooded jacket.
San Francisco police spokeswoman Officer Kathryn Winters said all Muni trains and subway stations have cameras, and police were reviewing the footage.
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Tuesday’s race at FanDuel Horse Racing rescheduled due to heat
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – A popular Tuesday tradition at FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing has been rescheduled due to the heat.
This week’s Horse Hooky has been postponed from 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in an effort to keep their horses safe from the heat and humidity.
“It’s just better when the sun goes down. We have 1,100-pound equine athletes out there. We don’t want them getting heat stroke or anything crazy running in this heat,” said Alex Bodo, the race marketing manager at FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing. “So it’s just a better decision all the way around to move the post time.”
They’re also taking other precautions to keep their horses safe.
Here’s the best time to see 5 planets align in a rare parade this week“We’re definitely keeping them cool. We try to keep them back there as long as possible during race days and then we move the workout times early,” Bodo said. “So now they’re out at 6 a.m. rather than 7 or 8. So they try to get all their workouts in before the sun gets too hot.”
After the horses finish their race, they are immediately cooled back down.
“Whenever the winner comes in the winner’s circle, they’ll come there and get hosed down and any of the other horses, they’ll go down to the barn area and also get hosed down just to make sure they’re doing okay. They have plenty of water and stuff in the barns,” Bodo said.
With triple-digit heat index readings for Tuesday, this will be more comfortable for everyone involved.
“Like I said, the horses are our first priority. People obviously are right up there with them, but we definitely want to make sure that they’re running in the best conditions possible,” he said.
Bodo said they may adjust the post time again; it just depends on the forecast and how this is received. He knows Horse Hooky Tuesdays are an institution in this area but it’s better to play it safe.
You can see the FanDuel Sportsbook races from your computer, tablet, or phone. FOX 2 streams them every Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. Check this page for live video of each race .
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Comedian Khaby Lame has become the king of TikTok -- all without uttering a word.
With more than 142.9 million followers, Lame has dethroned teen dancer and content creator Charli D'Amelio to become the most-followed person on the platform.
Lame, 22, who was born in the West African nation of Senegal and now lives in Italy, creates videos in which he reacts wordlessly to absurd life hacks, racking up millions of views and likes with each post.
In the past few weeks, his fans launched a social media effort to push him past D'Amelio on TikTok. On Instagram, Lame has 78.3 million followers compared with D'Amelio's 48.8 million.
Lame, (prounouced Lah-MAY), started posting videos after he lost his job as a factory worker in Italy in the early days of the pandemic in 2020. He spent his days holed up at his parents' home in the Italian city of Chivasso, looking for jobs. One day, he downloaded TikTok and started tinkering with it in his bedroom, posting videos of himself under the name Khaby Lame.
At first, like a lot of TikTokers, he created clips of himself dancing, watching video games or doing comedy stunts. In early 2021, he began making fun of the life-hack videos that flood social media platforms -- reacting to them with a wordless shrug or a look of exasperation.
"I came up with the idea because I was seeing these videos circulating, and I liked the idea of bringing some simplicity to it," Lame told CNN late last year. " I thought of a way to reach as many people as possible. And the best way was not to speak."
In addition to the life hack videos, Lame also posts short comedy skits that feature his expressive reactions -- but no words.
His reactions personify the term "shaking my head," or SMH in internet shorthand. After his common-sense approach to a task, Lame extends his arms with his palms facing upward, as if to say, 'duh.' Sometimes he throws in an eye roll or a shake of the head.
These silent but expressive reactions have made him one of the most recognizable digital creators on social media.
"You don't need to speak to be seen or understood," Christina Ferraz, founder of Houston-based public relations agency Thirty6five, told CNN. "His exasperation is relatable, and feelings are universal."
Lame's deadpan humor has attracted fans from all over the world, who regularly send him videos of people performing simple tasks in complicated ways.
His stoic facial expressions have also turned him into a meme star -- with his face reposted in reaction videos on social media.
Lame did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment on his new reign as the most-followed TikTok account. But he told CNN last year that he does not post the videos to gain fame.
"I don't care if I'm first or second or fourth most popular on TikTok. I started making videos because I wanted to make people laugh in that period of lockdown," he said. "And I keep making videos with the same ideals. I'm happy about my accomplishments, but those are not my main things."
Lame has said one of his goals is to work with his favorite movie star, Will Smith.
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Emma Chamberlain is reacting to Jack Harlow’s comments about their viral interaction at the Met Gala. On Wednesday, the YouTuber appeared on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonand reflected on the moment the “First Class” rapper told her he loved her during the pre-Met Gala red carpet.
After the internet personality told the “What’s Poppin” emcee she would see him inside, Harlow replied, “Can’t wait. Love ya. Bye.” Chamberlain quickly said “love ya” back before making one of the most hilarious faces the internet has even seen.
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During Chamberlain’s appearance, Fallon played back his interview with Harlow, who compared the moment to a work of art. “That’s like a piece of art because there’s so many ways to interpret that,” Harlow said in May. “Everyone has a different take on what was going on through her head. So, I’ll leave it up to interpretation.”
Harlow also added that he didn’t just throw the “love ya,” around lightly. “Only if I love them,” he quipped. “I have a lot of warmth to share.”
“That's sweet,” Chamberlain told Fallon after watching the clip. “I love it.”
Chamberlain confirmed to the host that there was simply nothing to interpret. “Can I be honest,” she shared with Fallon. “Like, when I’m doing these interviews, blank up here. Like, I have no thoughts. And when I go home, and I watch the interviews again, I'm, like, watching a completely different person. I have no idea I'm not thinking about anything and then I'm, like, reacting to myself.”
Despite that moment being one of her highlights of the night, Chamberlain confessed that she thought the clip of her saying Shawn Mendes’ name in a funny New Jersey accent would be the one that caught the most buzz.
“That's the one that I thought was the most funny,” she told Fallon after he played the clip. “Like, I thought something was going to happen with that one when I watched it because I was like, ‘Why did I do that?’ But then, the Jack one was the one.”
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American Airlines ending service to three cities due to pilot shortage
American Airlines will eliminate service for three cities following the Labor Day holiday weekend as a result of staffing shortages, marking the latest hiccup for the airline industry amid thousands of cancellations and cuts in recent months.
An airline spokesperson said the company will drop service to Toledo, Ohio; Ithaca, N.Y.; and Islip, N.Y., on Sept. 7 in response to a “regional pilot shortage.”
“We’re extremely grateful for the care and service our team members provided to our customers in Islip, Ithaca and Toledo, and are working closely with them during this time,” the spokesperson said in an email to The Hill. “We’ll proactively reach out to customers scheduled to travel after this date to offer alternate arrangements.”
Travel demand has surged, with large numbers of Americans taking trips for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The Transportation Security Administration said it screened about 2.44 million people at airports on Friday, a total greater than any other day since Nov. 28, 2021.
Meanwhile, airlines have struggled to keep up with rising demand after shedding millions of jobs at the height of the pandemic, driving prices higher.
Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed this past weekend ahead of Father’s Day and Juneteenth.
Delta Air Lines cut 100 flights from its daily schedule between July 1 and Aug. 7, and the company’s pilots wrote an open letter to customers published Thursday saying they were flying a “record amount” of overtime to reduce the high number of cancellations.
Other airlines have cut back on their schedules as well. Southwest Airlines cut 20,000 flights this summer, The Dallas Morning News reported.
American is also making changes to eight other routes, which the airline spokesperson said is to better match the current demand environment. All of those routes include one of the airline’s hub airports as an origin or destination city.
Three regional carriers wholly owned by American — PSA Airlines, Envoy Air and Piedmont Airlines — recently announced contract agreements with American that include “significant pay increases” as part of efforts to attract and retain pilots, according to the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), a pilot union that represents the employees.
Pilots working at PSA Airlines, which operates 800 daily flights for American, will receive an additional 50 percent pay raise for two years.
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- Zoom One is a new offering that brings together options for persistent chat, phone, meetings, whiteboard, and more into a single, secure and scalable package
- All-new translation feature allows meetings to be translated between English and any of the 10 languages, or from those languages into English
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) is updating a press release issued on June 22, 2022 to clarify that Unlimited Regional Calling is an optional add-on feature for Zoom One Enterprise and Enterprise Plus customers. Complete corrected text follows.
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today unveiled the latest evolution of its communications platform with the introduction of Zoom One, a new offering that brings together persistent chat, phone, meetings, whiteboard, and more into secure and scalable packages. Additionally, Zoom also launched an all new translated and multi-language captions feature.
“Simplicity is at the core of everything we do. As the Zoom platform has evolved from a meeting app to a comprehensive communications platform, it was clear that introducing new packaging like Zoom One was the next step in the company’s evolution,” said Greg Tomb, President, Zoom. “By bringing together chat, phone, meetings, whiteboard, and more in a single offering, we are able to offer our customers solutions that are simple to manage, so they can focus on business issues that matter most.”
“Businesses continue to realize the time and cost saving a single provider can offer. According to Omdia’s latest end user survey, 40% of organizations are prioritizing investments around eliminating multiple cloud-based UC solutions that may be deployed within their organizations,” states Brent Kelly, Principal Analyst, Omdia Research. “The need to simplify business operations is a market trend that we see as being increasingly important, and Zoom One’s tiered bundles and common management console aligns well to this customer demand."
Zoom One’s intuitive experience
Purpose-built to work together, Zoom One’s intuitive experience offers customers the choice between six tiered offerings according to their business needs.
- Zoom One Basic provides free 40-minute Zoom Meetings for up to 100 attendees, persistent Zoom Chat for team messaging, limited Zoom Whiteboard for synchronous and asynchronous work, and real-time transcription.
- Zoom One Pro provides everything Zoom One Basic offers without Meeting time limits, plus cloud recording.
- Zoom One Business provides everything Zoom One Pro offers, plus Zoom Meetings for up to 300 attendees and unlimited Zoom Whiteboards.
- Zoom One Business Plus provides everything Zoom One Business offers, plus Zoom Phone Pro with unlimited regional calling and Zoom’s all-new translation feature.
- Zoom One Enterprise and Zoom One Enterprise Plus are similar to Zoom One Business, with larger meeting capacity and additional features, like Zoom Webinars, to help modern businesses scale. Unlimited Regional Calling is an optional add-on feature for Zoom One Enterprise and Enterprise Plus.
Zoom One Basic, Pro, Business and Business Plus plans are available for purchase online today. To purchase Zoom One Enterprise or Enterprise Plus, customers can speak to an account executive directly. For more information, visit https://zoom.us/pricing.
“If you provide a complete suite of reliable and easy-to-use communication tools that people can use to do their jobs, they are less likely to be using one-off solutions outside of our offerings – which in turn simplifies our support and delivery model,” said Rob Kerr, chief information officer at Cooley, a global law firm with 3,300 employees in 17 offices across the United States, Asia, and Europe. “Zoom’s secure portfolio of unified video, chat, whiteboarding, and telephony solutions aligns our global teams and allows Cooley to better serve its clients.”
For more information on the new, simplified offerings or to find the plan that is best suited for your business, visit the Zoom blog.
Introducing translated & multi-language captions
Launching first in Zoom One Business Plus and Zoom One Enterprise Plus packages, Zoom’s translated captions will allow users to view captions translated into the language of their choice. At launch, translations will be available between English and 10 additional languages, or from any of the 10 languages to English. The ability to translate directly to and from English is known as bi-directional translation. Translated captions display at the base of the screen while in a Zoom Meeting.
The bi-directional translations are available in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
To access the translated captions feature, Zoom One customers must upgrade to either the Zoom One Business Plus or Zoom One Enterprise Plus packages (in applicable countries).
Zoom also extended its automated captioning – the ability to caption in real-time what a speaker is saying in the same language as the one spoken – to include 10 additional languages. Automated captions previously were supported in English, but now can be displayed in the additional 10 languages referenced above. Multi-language automated captions are available in Business Plus, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus packages with additional support for other plans coming soon.
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Brazil's government mulls increase in welfare program, senator says
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government is mulling a measure to increase its Auxilio Brasil welfare program, in addition to raising the amount paid in gas vouchers and creating an fuel aid for truckers, the government's leader in the Senate said on Thursday.
The increase in the program - to 600 reais ($114.96) - would be part of a strategy by President Jair Bolsonaro's government to boost social spending ahead of elections in October. The latest opinion poll showed Bolsonaro with 28% of voters' support compared with 47% for former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
"There is a discussion about the possibility of increasing the welfare program by 200 reais temporarily until the end of the year," said Senator Carlos Portinho in an interview after a meeting with party leaders.
According to Portinho, the intention is to allow those expenditures to bypass a constitutional spending cap due to the war in Ukraine and rising fuel prices, which are pressuring double-digit inflation in Latin America's largest economy.
The government is willing to put 30 billion reais on the table - a figure that would initially be used to compensate states for state fuel taxes they decided to cut, the senator said.
($1 = 5.2191 reais)
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Scales Elementary welcomes Ranesa Shipman as new principal
Murfreesboro City Schools announced the appointment of Ranesa Shipman as principal for Scales Elementary School. Shipman will replace Maria Johnson, who is transitioning to an administrative position at MCS.
“Ranesa is an incredible motivator and brings a wealth of talent to MCS," said Trey Duke, MCS district director. "She is committed to excellence and has a passion for students. I look forward to the creativeness she will bring to Scales Elementary and our district.”
Shipman comes to MCS from Wilson County Schools, where she has garnered more than a decade of experience as a teacher and assistant principal. She has served as an administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Shipman received her educational specialist degree from Middle Tennessee State University. She is currently a doctoral candidate at MTSU and projected to graduate in 2023.
She received her master’s in education from Cumberland University and her bachelor’s degree from Alabama A&M.
Shipman's skills have focused on differentiated learning content to promote inclusive learning for students and staff with diverse learning abilities. Her background includes curriculum management, continuous improvement, and operational management.
Scales Elementary School, one of the largest in the city, is a K-6 school opened in 2005 with a current population of nearly 1,000 students.
“Scales has a rich history within the community, and I am honored to follow the legacy of the administrators that served before me,” Shipman said. “This is a tremendous school and I’m looking forward to meeting the staff, students and families that are the Scales Superstars.”
Shipman will join the leadership team of Murfreesboro City Schools beginning July 2022.
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U.S. bond exchange traded fund trading volumes have surged to record highs as more investors turned to the nifty investment vehicle to access the fixed-income markets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision.
U.S. fixed-income ETF turnover rates hit $58 billion on June 13, a single-day record that surpassed the previous record of $53 billion back in March 2020 when the financial markets plunged at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Financial Times reported.
“The record volume is a sign that investors are increasingly using fixed-income ETFs as their vehicle of choice during times of market stress,” Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, told the Financial Times.
Yields on two-year U.S. Treasuries have increased amid the renewed trading frenzy in fixed-income markets, bringing the rise in yields so far this year to 252 basis points and reflecting the ongoing shift in investors’ expectations over the Fed’s monetary policy tightening outlook.
Among the most popular fixed-income ETF trades, the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp Bond ETF (HYG) saw $9 billion worth of trades on June 13, or more than double its daily average trading volume for the past 20 trading days, while the SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) registered a record $4 billion for the same day.
“Trading volumes have increased across ETFs as markets have become more volatile. It reflects investors’ desire to source liquidity via ETFs as they adjust portfolios to the reality of an aggressive Fed,” Matthew Bartolini, head of SPDR Americas research at State Street Global Advisors, told the Financial Times.
However, large discrepancies also appeared in the prices of some fixed-income ETFs compared to the underlying value of their constituent bonds. The results may reflect the greater demand for using ETFs as a trading vehicle, compared to the underlying debt securities.
“Not every high-yield bond trades every day or with the same frequency as a fixed income ETF. So the net asset value of a bond can be more stale than the price of the ETF, particularly given the rapid changes in the bond market,” Rosenbluth added.
The overall activity is reflective of the increased usage and popularity of fixed-income ETFs, along with ongoing investor trends.
“Credit ETF prices are often a leading indicator for the [rest of the] bond market. In times of market stress, bond ETFs have consistently provided price discovery and the ability for investors to express their differing investment views in real time,” Carolyn Weinberg, global head of product for iShares and index investments at BlackRock, told the Financial Times.
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Trump attempted to corrupt his own Justice Dept, Jan 6 committee finds
Washington: Donald Trump attempted to corrupt his own Justice Department by pushing top law enforcement officials to cast doubt on the 2020 election and give battleground states a false pretence to prevent Joe Biden’s victory, a Congressional hearing has been told.
In its fifth public hearing into the violent attack by Trump supporters on the US Capitol, the January 6 investigating committee also revealed that multiple Republican members of Congress requested pardons in the days after the riot. This included far-right congressman Matt Gaetz, Alabama representative Mo Brooks, and Pennsylvania conservative Scott Perry.
The hearing zeroed in on the pressure Trump applied to then acting attorney-general Jeffrey Rosen, which included a threat to replace him with a department underling when Rosen wouldn’t do the then-president’s bidding.
Rosen headed the department at the time of last year’s riot, after Trump’s attorney-general Bill Barr resigned in December, having told the then-president that he believed his claims of election fraud were “bullshit”.
As one of the day’s key witnesses, Rosen detailed Trump’s “persistent” attempt to stay in power, partly through an elaborate plot to use fake electors who could create phoney voting certificates for him in crucial states where Biden had legitimately won.
In one phone conversation, according to handwritten notes taken by Rosen’s deputy, Richard Donoghue, who also testified, Trump directed the Justice Department to “just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R (Republican) congressman.”
In another phone call on Christmas Eve, Trump told Rosen the department needed to lift its game by doing more to investigate what he insisted was widespread electoral fraud.
“I had told him that our reviews had not shown that to be the case,” Rosen said he told Trump, consistent with the advice given by countless others after the election.
Much of the hearing centred on a little-known and inexperienced department lawyer called Jeffrey Clark who had taken an active role in pushing Trump’s election fraud lie – and who Trump, in turn, had wanted to install as head of the department.
Part of this role involved Clark drafting a letter to members of the Georgia state legislature claiming there were irregularities in the vote and suggesting that state politicians convene to select their own slate of electors to hand Trump a win.
“We have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states, including the State of Georgia,” the draft letter said without offering evidence.
Rosen and Donoghue had refused to sign the letter, while top White House lawyer Eric Herschmann told the committee in a recorded deposition the plan would be tantamount to “committing a felony”.
Donoghue testified that he warned Clark that what he was doing would have “grave consequences for the country” and could lead to a “constitutional crisis.”
“I wanted to make sure that he understood the gravity of the situation because he didn’t seem to really appreciate it,” he said.
Nonetheless, Clark persisted, backed by Trump allies such as Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani previously told the committee in recorded evidence that he wanted an official in charge of the department “who isn’t frightened of what’s going to be done to their reputation”.
The pressure campaign on the department came to a head at a heated meeting at the White House on January 3 – three days before the Capitol insurrection – when Trump met with Rosen, Donoghue and Steven Engel, another senior department official who was working as a lawyer in the Office of Legal Counsel.
By that stage, Trump had already offered Clark the role of acting attorney-general. According to Rosen’s testimony, the president opened that meeting by saying: “One thing we know is you, Rosen, aren’t going to do anything. You don’t even agree with the claims of the election fraud and this other guy might actually do something.”
Rosen said he told Trump: “Mr President, you’re right. I’m not going to allow the Justice Department to do anything to try to overturn the election, that’s true, but the reason for that is because that’s what’s consistent with the facts and the law.
“That’s what’s required under the Constitution. So that’s the right answer and a good thing for the country, and therefore, it’s the right thing for you, Mr President.”
Trump ended up backing down on his attempt to install Clark after Rosen, Donoghue, and Engel, threatened to resign and warned that many of the department’s lawyers would also quit en masse, sending shockwaves through the bureaucracy and sparking yet another political crisis.
“I said: Mr President, within 48 to 72 hours there’s going to be hundreds of resignations to the leadership of your Justice Department, because of your actions,” Donoghue testified. “What is that going to say about you?”
Engel, who is an important figure due to his longstanding loyalty to Trump, also issued a similar warning, telling the leader: “I can’t be a part of this”.
He also warned Trump about the optics, telling him in that meeting: “The story is not going to be that the Department of Justice has found massive corruption that would have changed the election. It’s going to be the disaster of Jeff Clark.”
Clark pleaded the Fifth Amendment more than 125 times when the committee tried to question him about his role in the attempt to subvert the election.
However, in a sign that federal investigators may be starting to close in on people within Trump’s orbit, the FBI raided Clark’s home in Virginia on Wednesday in connection with a Justice Department inquiry – separate to the January 6 probe – into the effort to overturn the election.
Among the observers in the room for this hearing was Hollywood actor Sean Penn, who sat with current and former police officers to watch proceedings.
There are two more expected public hearings into the attack, which left several people dead, about 150 police officers injured and a nation divided.
They were due to wrap up by the end of this month however the committee announced this week that it would stretch its schedule into July following a trove of fresh evidence.
Among it is potentially explosive footage from documentary-maker Alex Holder, who had full access to Trump and his family before and after the insurgency. There are also new documents from the National Archives and a flood of new tips that have come in during the first round of hearings.
This may result in additional public hearings followed by a final report in September, two months before the crucial midterm elections.
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A man who sliced through his hand with a saw says he has been left in limbo after his operation was cancelled twice.
Mohammad Aghababaei, from Cheetham Hill, was working in Prestwich when the horrifying accident happened last Wednesday.
In a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding, he wrapped a bandage from the first aid kit in his van around his hand and was raced to A&E at Oldham Hospital by his wife.
He says doctors told him his hand needed surgery because he had cut through 70% of the tendon in his hand, a connective tissue that attaches muscles to the bone. He says he was sent on his way and told to return the following morning for surgery - which never happened, reports the Manchester Evening News.
Mohammad, 42, said: "It was so painful and bleeding, so I used the first aid kit in my van and my wife drove me to A&E at Oldham Hospital. They checked my hand, and the doctor said it was serious and needed surgery.
"They wrapped it up with a bandage, told me to go home and not eat anything or move my hand. I was given pain killers and they said they would call me the next morning.
"The doctor said to me I may have to go to physiotherapy for my hand movements afterwards. I would be out of work for at least a month, which is hard because I am an engineer and my hands are so important to me. They are my life and my income.
"I couldn't sleep and didn't eat anything until around 11am on the Thursday morning, when they called me and said the operation had been cancelled and they would contact me again as soon as possible. The day after was the same, I was just waiting and waiting in so much pain."
Mohammad said he was then called again over the weekend and informed his operation had been moved to Rochdale Hospital and would be taking place the following week, on Wednesday (June 22.) After arriving at the infirmary for 11.30am, Mohammad claims he was sat waiting, only to be told at 6pm his operation had been cancelled for a second time.
He admitted he is now worried he may lose the use of his hand altogether, which is vital for him to work and earn a living to provide for his family. He says he was told again by staff at the hospital to go home, and that he would be contacted in due course.
The hospital trust contacted Mohammad for a third time on Thursday (June 23) and offered him another time for his operation, which is now set to take place on Saturday morning, (June 25) at 8am.
He added: "I couldn't move my hand at all and was struggling to do normal things, I was really worried. Then a few days ago they called me again saying my operation would be on Wednesday at Rochdale Hospital, a week after I first went to A&E, and they told me again to not eat anything from the night before.
"I arrived at Rochdale for 11.30 in the morning for the appointment and I sat there all day until 6pm. Then they came out and told me that my operation had been cancelled again.
"I asked them what I was supposed to do. I explained I was in so much pain and that I am so worried I could completely lose the use of my hand. I am an engineer and I couldn't work or get any income, how could I continue with my life?
"I just want someone to hear me. I have a family and have worked hard all my life and pay my taxes, and should at least have the NHS to rely on in times like this."
David Jago, Chief Officer at Oldham Care Organisation later confirmed that patient Mohammad has been contacted again and had his surgery reorganised for this weekend. There was no explanation given for the reason for the cancellations.
He said: “We would like to apologise to Mr Mohammad Aghababaei and his family for any inconvenience caused by the cancellation of his surgery, a member of our clinical team has contacted him today and we have reorganised the surgery for this weekend.”
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- (AP) — Oakland starter Frankie Montas took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, then reliever A.J. Puk threw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches with two outs in the ninth that gave the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 win over the Athletics on Thursday.
The Mariners loaded the bases with three walks and rallied on Puk's wayward tosses to complete a three-game sweep. Seattle won with two hits, both in the eighth.
Before the wild ninth, it seemed the 29-year-old Montas would be the story of the day.
Montas didn’t allow a hit until Adam Frazier lined a clean single to left field with two outs in the eighth. Montas gave up another hit and was pulled after the inning.
Montas struck out eight in a season-high eight innings, and exited with a 1-0 lead — he has received either one or zero runs of support in 11 of his 15 starts. He is expected to be among the starting pitchers available as the Aug. 2 trade deadline approaches.
With regular closer Dany Jimenez out with a shoulder injury, Zach Jackson (1-2) entered for the ninth and walked two before Puk entered with two outs and two on.
Puk walked pinch-hitter Kevin Padloa to load the bases before throwing wild pitches that Dylan Moore and Jesse Winker score.
Paul Sewald retired the A’s in order in the bottom of the ninth for his fifth save. The Mariners have won 11 of their past 12 at the Oakland Coliseum.
The A’s are 3-16 in June and have the AL's worst record at 23-48.
Seattle ace Robbie Ray limited the A’s to four hits and struck out six over six innings. Oakland scored in the first when Christian Bethancourt hit an RBI single to snap a 0-for-12 slump.
Reliever Diego Castillo (4-1) got the win.
Mariners first baseman Ty France, enjoying an All-Star caliber first half of the season, left the game in the bottom of the fifth when he collided with Oakland's Sheldon Neuse while taking a throw at the bag.
France’s left hand bent back and his glove came off as he made contact with Neuse, causing France to fall to the ground in pain.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: Seattle announced that C Tom Murphy (dislocated left shoulder) will have surgery and miss the rest of the season. He’s been sidelined since getting injured May 7 on a play at the plate. “He tried to do everything he could to get back,” manager Scott Servais said. “He did a PRP injection, he did a number of different treatments to try to get it back and going. It just wasn’t taking.”
Athletics: OF Stephen Piscotty (strained left calf) will play a third rehab game Friday for Triple-A Las Vegas. Manager Mark Kotsay said reports have been good but did not give a timetable for Piscotty’s return to the active roster.
ROSTER MOVE
The A’s activated LHP Sam Moll from the COVID-19 list. RHP Domingo Tapia, who threw 2 1/3 innings of relief Wednesday night, was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.
UP NEXT
RHP Chris Flexen (2-8, 4.23) takes the ball for Seattle in Friday’s series opener in Anaheim against the Angels. The A’s begin a 10-game road trip at Kansas City with LHP Cole Irvin (2-4, 3.14) on the mound.
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Summer treat? Ketchup-flavored popsicles available in Canada at select pop-up locations
Published: Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:37 PM EDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
(CNN) - One of the world’s most popular condiments is getting a new gig.
French’s Ketchup is offering a limited-edition ice pop called the “Frenchsicle.”
The ketchup brand said its new treat has a savory tomato flavor balanced with a hint of salty sweetness, and it will be available at pop-up locations in Canada until June 24 at no charge.
The brand created the popsicles with the Canadian ice pop brand Happy Pops.
Previously, French’s also offered mustard ice cream and mustard beer.
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WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 23, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
341 PM PDT Thu Jun 23 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Alpine
County through 415 PM PDT...
At 341 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lookout Peak, or near Lake Alpine, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Accumulating pea to dime sized hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Lake Alpine, Bear Valley and Lookout Peak.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3862 11998 3860 11992 3848 11985 3837 11989
3845 12004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 011DEG 11KT 3853 11995
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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DENVER, June 23, 2022 /CNW/ - (TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF) Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. ("Charlotte's Web" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results from its 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders held on June 22, 2022 via live audio webcast (the "Meeting"). Each of the matters voted upon at the Meeting is discussed in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 28, 2022, a copy of which is available on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
The total number of votes cast at the Meeting was 47,203,015, representing 32.51% of the total number of votes attached to the outstanding voting shares of the Company. According to the proxies received, the results of the vote for the election of directors were as follows:
Detailed results of the matters considered at the Meeting are reported in the Report of Voting Results as filed on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
About Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc.
Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc., a Certified B Corporation headquartered in Denver, is the market leader in innovative hemp extract wellness products under a family of brands which includes Charlotte's Web™, CBD Medic™, CBD Clinic™, and Harmony Hemp™. Charlotte's Web branded premium quality products start with proprietary hemp genetics that are 100-percent American farm -grown using organic and regenerative cultivation practices. The Company's hemp extracts have naturally occurring botanical compounds including cannabidiol ("CBD"), CBC, CBG, terpenes, flavonoids, and other beneficial compounds. Charlotte's Web product categories include full-spectrum hemp CBD oil tinctures (liquid products), CBD gummies (sleep, stress, exercise recovery), CBD capsules, CBD topical creams and lotions, as well as CBD pet products for dogs. Through its vertically integrated business model, Charlotte's Web maintains stringent control over product quality and consistency with 20+ product lot testing for quality assurance. Charlotte's Web products are distributed to more than 15,000 retail, over 8,000 health care practitioners, and online through the Company's website at www.CharlottesWeb.com.
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Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent management's current expectations, estimates and projections regarding the future of our business, future plans, strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of this news release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Important factors that could cause actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking information include, among others, the factors discussed throughout the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's most recently filed annual information form available on www.SEDAR.com and in the Company's most recently filed Form 10, as amended, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available on www.SEC.com. Except as required by applicable securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking information, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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At its first public hearing, the Jan. 6 committee teased that multiple Republican lawmakers had asked then-President Donald Trump for pardons for their roles in the effort to overturn the 2020 election.
On Thursday, the panel named names and offered specific details about how those requests were made.
The list comprised Trump's closest congressional allies: Republican Reps. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Louie Gohmert of Texas, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
Perry denied asking for a pardon.
Five days after the Capitol attack, Brooks sent an email to White House officials with the subject line: "Pardons."
Brooks said that he had been instructed by Trump to send the letter and that it was "pursuant to a request" from Gaetz for pardons for those two and other lawmakers.
"I recommend that President give general (all purpose) pardons to the following groups of people: ... Every Congressman and Senator who voted to reject the electoral college vote submissions of Arizona and Pennsylvania," Brooks wrote to the White House.
On Jan. 6, 2021, 127 Republicans voted to object to Arizona's election results; 145 Republicans voted to object to Pennsylvania's results.
A Trump White House lawyer, Eric Herschmann, said he specifically remembered Gaetz’s seeking a pardon.
“The general tone was: We may get prosecuted because we were defensive of, you know, the president’s positions on these things,” Herschmann said in recorded testimony played during Thursday's hearing. “The pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could describe. …
"He mentioned Nixon. And I said Nixon’s pardon was never nearly that broad.”
Another Trump White House official, Cassidy Hutchinson, testified that the band of conservative lawmakers seeking pardons was made up largely of the same people who attended a now-infamous Dec. 21, 2020, meeting at the White House with Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, a former member of Congress, as they strategized how to overturn Joe Biden's election victory and keep Trump in power.
In recorded testimony, Hutchinson rattled off several lawmakers by name, including Gaetz, Brooks, Biggs and Gohmert.
Another, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, "talked about congressional pardons, but he never asked me for one," Hutchinson testified.
Instead, she said, "it was more for an update on whether the White House was going to pardon members of Congress."
Jordan was the face of Trump's congressional defense during his two impeachment proceedings. Nearly all are members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, formerly led by Meadows and closely aligned with Trump.
Hutchinson testified that Perry, who played a critical role in Trump's election plot, also asked for a pardon; Greene, who had called Jan. 6 "our 1776 moment," asked then-White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin for a pardon, Hutchinson said.
John McEntee, who was personnel director for Trump's White House, testified in a previous deposition about discussions about a blanket pardon for Trump family members and anyone else involved in Jan. 6.
"Umm, I know [Trump] had hinted at a blanket pardon for the January 6th thing for anyone," McEntee said, "but I think he had for all the staff and anybody involved."
Revelations that more than a half-dozen GOP lawmakers sought presidential pardons from Trump suggest that they were aware they were potentially breaking the law, committee members argued.
"The only reason I know to ask for a pardon is because you think you’ve committed a crime," said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., a vocal Trump critic who played a prominent role in Thursday's hearing.
At an earlier hearing, the Jan. 6 panel revealed that conservative attorney John Eastman, the architect of the Trump effort to overturn the election, also had requested a pardon from the president.
Neither Eastman nor any of the GOP lawmakers ultimately got pardons.
Perry said in a statement that he never asked for a pardon for himself or other lawmakers.
“At no time did I speak with Miss Hutchinson, a White House scheduler, nor any White House staff about a pardon for myself or any other Member of Congress — this never happened,” he said.
Asked for comment, a Gaetz spokesman pointed to a tweet by Gaetz: "The January 6 Committee is an unconstitutional political sideshow."
As the hearing ended, Brooks issued a statement saying he would voluntarily testify before the panel if five conditions are met, including that his testimony be made in public and that only members of Congress be permitted to ask questions.
After the hearing, Greene tweeted the clip of Hutchinson saying she had heard she had asked for a pardon.
"Saying 'I heard' means you don’t know," Greene said. "Spreading gossip and lies is exactly what the January 6th Witch Hunt Committee is all about."
Later, Greene tweeted: "You know who needs to be pardoned? Julian Assange and Edward @Snowden."
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By Chris King • 24 June 2022 • 1:45
Image of a fishing boat in Andalucia. Credit: [email protected]
As announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development, from this Thursday, June 23, it will open a period of 15 business days to request aid for the fishing sector.
On the one hand, it offers aid for the fishing sector affected by the proliferation of the invasive algae ‘Rugulopterix okamurae‘; and on the other, to shellfishing professionals who have suffered damages due to the closure of production areas as a result of the presence of toxins.
The budget for this call, as published by the Official Bulletin of the Andalusian Government (BOJA) – which is financed with the Andalucian Government’s own funds – is close to €955,000.
Carmen Crespo, the acting counsellor, underlined that: “since the appearance and proliferation of the alga ‘Rugulopterix okamurae’ in the Andalucian fishing grounds and counting these new subsidies, the Government of Juanma Moreno has already put on the table two calls for aid endowed with regional funds to support fishing and shellfishing professionals who, unfortunately, have seen their productivity reduced for reasons totally beyond their control”.
In 2021, the Ministry of Fisheries made subsidies available to the Andalucian fishing sector for €1.5 million, from which 326 vessels benefited. “Therefore, adding this allocation from last year to the new aid for 2022, the total amount that the Andalucian Government has mobilised to support those affected by the invasive algae is around €2.5 million” Crespo highlighted.
“This proactive attitude of the Andalucian Executive contrasts with the inaction of the State”, lamented Ms Crespo, who explained that the fishermen “are still waiting for the mandatory action plan that the central government must present after including the ‘Rugulopterix okamurae’ in the catalogue of invasive species.
The specific objective of this aid is to compensate for the loss of income suffered between January 1 and December 31, 2021, by the Andalucian fishing boats that fish in fishing grounds with a large presence of invasive algae and the shellfish fleets of Malaga and Cadiz. These are the production zones that were closed from October 15, 2021, to February 25, 2022.
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HJSC Receives LR AIP for 7,700 TEU LNG-fueled Containership
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded approval in principle (AIP) to HJ Shipbuilding and Construction Co. Ltd (HJSC) – formerly Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction – for its 7,700 TEU liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled containership.
The AIP follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and joint development project (JDP) agreement between the two companies signed on November 24, 2021. Under the MOU, HJSC has delivered the concept and the design of the vessel, with LR reviewing and approving the design drawings, in accordance with LR Class Rules and Regulations.
The 272-meter containership will be equipped with LNG propulsion and a 6,000 m3 GTT Mark III membrane type tank, enabling it to reach a 22-knot maximum speed. Furthermore, the design of the LNG storage tank has been optimized to minimize the impact on cargo capacity, with the tank being located below accommodation. The LNG tank structure was also verified according to LR’s gas-fuel rules, as well as the revised IGF code.
Lloyd’s Register North-East Asia Area Manager, Sung-Gu Park, said, “LR is focused on innovating to improve efficiency and safety. We are delighted to have reached another important stage in our collaboration with HJSC on this key project. There are many applications of LNG technologies in shipbuilding, on different types of vessels, and LR is keen to enhance competencies.”
HJSC, Marketing Director, Young-Joon Jean, said, “This is a great milestone JDP for HJSC as we are gearing up for the first-ever LNG fueled containership new construction project. the AIP will no doubt facilitate HJSC to demonstrate its capability as a full-fledged future ship provider and resume the fame of the containership new build. The collaboration with LR would also imply the design integrity and advanced technology to resonate market presence together with such a best-seller design which is also scalable towards market demand.” | https://www.marinelink.com/news/hjsc-receives-lr-aip-teu-lngfueled-497153 | 2022-06-23T23:57:03Z | https://www.marinelink.com/news/hjsc-receives-lr-aip-teu-lngfueled-497153 | true | 1 |
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LNG Carrier Spot Charter Rates Hit Record Highs
Spot-market rates for liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers this week set annual records as traders bid up available vessels to meet rising global demand for the chilled gas, according to brokers.
Soaring demand for LNG and buyers shunning Russian cargoes and vessels over its invasion of Ukraine have led to more long-term charters, limiting the supply of vessels to the spot market, said shipbroker and LNG consultancy Poten & Partners.
The fire that knocked out the Freeport LNG gas-processing and export terminal has not affected the increase in spot rates, he said. The plant is out of operation through at least month's end.
Spot rates for transporting 160,000 cubic meters of LNG in the Atlantic Basin is $100,000 per day, and $85,000 per day for Asia, or the East-of-Suez, cargoes, said Poten's head of business intelligence Jason Feer.
Both prices are up substantially compared to the average for the year, with year-date average for Asia of $49,000 per day. Day rates bottomed in March and have been very strong since May.
"There has been a substantial increase in long-term charters," said Feer, taking capacity off the spot market. "We've seen some 10-year charters that we hadn't seen for many years previous," he said, declining to name the long-term charterers.
Buyers who were caught short of transport in the last two winters turned to long-term charters. Fewer vessels will be coming off charters in the coming months, keeping supply tight, he said.
"It (the Freeport LNG outage) should have had an impact. A loss of supply anywhere implies a loss of demand, but we didn't see it," said Feer. Instead, spot cargo rates last week rose 4% to 30% depending on the vessel size and location.
(Reuters - Reporting by Gary McWilliams; Editng by Mark Porter) | https://www.marinelink.com/news/lng-carrier-spot-charter-rates-hit-record-497348 | 2022-06-24T00:01:16Z | https://www.marinelink.com/news/lng-carrier-spot-charter-rates-hit-record-497348 | false | 6 |
Signature food dishes are essential to any ethnic culture, and Black people are very familiar with soul food staples like macaroni and cheese, sweet potato pie and the glorious combination of collard greens with fried chicken, just to name a few.
Unfortunately, that cultural fact can and has been used by bigots as material for racist jokes and comments, which one insurance agency in Millinocket, Maine attempted to pull recently after being forced to closed in recognition of Juneteenth.
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Many social media users like the one seen above took notice of the sign outside of Harry E Reed Insurance Inc., which read, “Juneteenth ~ it’s whatever… we’re closed. Enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens.” [sic] The outcry from locals caused mainstream insurance companies like Progressive and AllState to end relationships with the agency according to NPR, which also reports that a mass amount of people have began leaving one-star reviews under their business pages on Google and Yelp. Their current Google reviews rating currently puts them at 1.5 stars.
Read a quote below from Progressive spokesperson Jeff Sibel that was sent out in an email from the company in response to all the controversy:
“At Progressive, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) are fundamental to our Core Values. We’re committed to creating an environment where our people feel welcomed, valued and respected and expect that anyone representing Progressive to take part in this commitment.
The sign is in direct violation of that commitment and doesn’t align with our company’s Core Values and Code of Conduct.”
Millinocket Town Council Chairman Steve Golieb shared similar sentiments in his own statement released this past Tuesday, writing, “It is deeply saddening, disgraceful and unacceptable for any person, business, or organization to attempt to make light of Juneteenth and what it represents for millions of slaves and their living descendants.” He went on to add, “There is no place in the Town of Millinocket for such a blatant disregard of human decency.”
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Allstate’s response was a bit more direct, telling NPR, “We are terminating our contract with this independent agent. Our commitment to Inclusive Diversity and Equity is non-negotiable and we take action when individuals violate our code of conduct.”
While it’s unfortunate that something like this had to occur on the first-ever Juneteenth recognized as a paid holiday, it’s also comforting to see action being taken so swiftly that will prove behavior like this can no longer be tolerated on a passive aggressive level.
Hope you all had a Happy Juneteenth!
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SISTERSVILLE, W.Va. (WTRF) – The roles are reversed in Tyler County.
While the students enjoy their summer break—it’s the bus drivers who are taking a test.
For decades now, the School Bus Road-E-O has been a chance for them to get together, show off their driving skills and have fun.
Obstacles were set up in the high school parking lot that forced them to squeeze into a tight clearance space, turn around barrels and pull up to a precise spot—all in front of judges.
A lot of people think the bus driver comes to work, is there for about an hour to two hours, drops the students off and leaves. There’s a lot that goes behind our job that people don’t see and people don’t know.
Martin Parrish, School Bus Road-E-O Coordinator
Dozens of drivers from all around the state were ranked on a point system for their mastery of the challenges—all of which a driver could realistically face on their route.
It doesn’t matter which county you go to, we all have those roads that are just barely wider than the bus that we’re traveling.
Jimmy Lacy, VP, West Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation
And it goes without saying—it isn’t easy.
Some of the competitors are veterans…but more than half are first-timers that sometimes give the old guard a run for their money.
So it’s training, it’s fun and it’s competitive, people come to win the trophy to win it, so they can say, ‘I’m the state champion.’
Jimmy Lacy, VP, West Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation
But more than just a way to keep their skills sharp, the competition is also to show the public how seriously they take their job.
Safety of the kids is number one. Because if we don’t keep the kids safe, then they don’t get their education.
Martin Parrish, School Bus Road-E-O Coordinator
So breathe a sigh of relief when you drop your kid off at the bus stop—their ride to school in is in expert hands.
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is turning down the air conditioning at its stores in order to save cash, according to Bank of America analysts who conducted channel checks and store visits.
Other measures the company is taking include reducing store hours, with locations opening at 11am rather than 10am, cutting worker hours and canceling or postponing store remodels.
“[W]e believe that Bed Bath & Beyond is trying to quickly trim expenses to align costs with comp declines,” analysts led by Jason Haas wrote in a note published Wednesday.
MarketWatch reached out to Bed Bath & Beyond, which did not comment on any cost-saving steps.
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“We don’t believe comps have since improved,” Bank of America said.
Analysts also highlight elevated promotions, including up to 50% off of bedding and free same-day shipping, which usually costs $10.
Bank of America also raised liquidity concerns.
“In FY23, we expect Bed Bath & Beyond will burn another $300 million of cash and pay down its $300 million 3.749% notes due August 2024. This will leave Bed Bath & Beyond with total liquidity of roughly $439 million by the end of FY23. Assuming another $300 million of cash burn in FY24, this would imply $139 million of liquidity by the end of FY24,” analysts said.
“Bed Bath & Beyond’s liquidity could dry up more quickly if performance worsens faster than expected, management doesn’t cut capex or vendors shorten payable terms.”
Bank of America rates Bed Bath & Beyond stock underperform with a $3 price objective, down from $8.
Bank of America was one of at least three research groups to cut Bed Bath & Beyond’s price target.
UBS moved its price target down to $5 from $12 and maintained its sell stock rating.
“We believe rapid inflation, falling consumer sentiment, demand pull-forward, and
supply disruption likely drove significant pressure on Bed Bath & Beyond’s 1Q results,” analysts led by Michael Lasser said.
Analysts, who also conducted their own checks, say more markdowns could be on the way as inventory levels climb.
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“[W]e see significant uncertainty on the business’s near and intermediate term earnings power in light of macro and other challenges. This will likely keep the stock under pressure for the foreseeable future, in our view,” UBS said.
Bed Bath & Beyond stock is down nearly 68% over the past three months, trading at $7.09 on Thursday afternoon.
“While free cash flow pressure should ease in the 2H as inventories normalize, this benefit could prove less material should Bed Bath & Beyond instead find itself over-inventoried amid slowing demand,” wrote Wedbush analysts led by Seth Basham.
Bed Bath & Beyond had been under pressure from activist investor Ryan Cohen and RC Ventures LLC to explore alternatives for the Buy Buy Baby chain. The two have since reached a “cooperation agreement.”
Wedbush warns that selling Buy Buy Baby would yield a steep tax liability. UBS says it will be looking for an update on Buy Buy Baby, while Bank of America says a sale of the chain is “increasingly unlikely.”
A company spokesperson called attention to the launch on Thursday of Welcome Rewards, a loyalty program that spans the namesake banner, Buy Buy Baby and Harmon. Shoppers can join for free, or pay $29 annually to move to the Welcome Rewards+ tier, which offers enhanced discounts, points and delivery benefits. | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bed-bath-beyond-is-reducing-store-hours-and-turning-down-the-air-conditioning-to-cut-costs-analysts-say-11656005808 | 2022-06-24T00:13:42Z | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bed-bath-beyond-is-reducing-store-hours-and-turning-down-the-air-conditioning-to-cut-costs-analysts-say-11656005808 | true | 2 |
Sean Hannity Tells Biden FDA to 'Come and Arrest Me' in Response to E-Cigarette Ban
Fox News host Sean Hannity vowed to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on Juul electronic cigarettes ahead of the agency’s announcement of the move Thursday.
“They ban it and I’ll do it live on TV and they can come and arrest me,” Hannity said Wednesday night on live TV, holding up a Juul e-cigarette. “How’s that?”
“They ban it, I’ll do it live on TV. They can come and arrest me. How’s that?” @seanhannity promises to throw down over proposed Juul ban. pic.twitter.com/mcYigcc3YJ
— Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) June 23, 2022
“While the Biden FDA wants to stop vaping, many Democratic-run cities and states, they have no problem decriminalizing even hard drugs, even as overdose deaths are spiking,” Hannity continued.
Hannity made his comments after Fox News reporter Trace Gallagher briefed Hannity on a Wednesday report from the Wall Street Journal that foretold the Thursday ban.
On Thursday, the FDA announced that it had ordered Juul to “stop selling and distributing” all its products sold in the United States.
“Today’s action is further progress on the FDA’s commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public health standards,” FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf said in the agency’s news release.
“The agency has dedicated significant resources to review products from the companies that account for most of the U.S. market. We recognize these make up a significant part of the available products and many have played a disproportionate role in the rise in youth vaping,” Califf added.
The FDA clarified that its ban on Juul products extended only to the “commercial distribution, importation and retail sales” of the products and did not cover “individual consumer possession or use.”
“[T]FDA cannot and will not enforce against individual consumer possession or use of JUUL products or any other tobacco products,” the agency said.
The FDA said it decided to impose the ban after Juul’s premarket tobacco product applications failed to convince the agency that the products would be in line with public health protection concerns.
“In particular, some of the company’s study findings raised concerns due to insufficient and conflicting data — including regarding genotoxicity and potentially harmful chemicals leaching from the company’s proprietary e-liquid pods,” the FDA said.
When getting approval for tobacco products in the U.S., the burden of proving the product meets regulatory standards is on the approval-seeking company.
“As with all manufacturers, JUUL had the opportunity to provide evidence demonstrating that the marketing of their products meets these standards,” FDA Center for Tobacco Products acting Director Michele Mital said, according to the news release.
“However, the company did not provide that evidence and instead left us with significant questions,” Mital continued. “Without the data needed to determine relevant health risks, the FDA is issuing these marketing denial orders.”
Juul has the possibility of appealing the decision. However, the process of appealing the ban would be long and expensive.
The company responded to the FDA decision in a Thursday statement, insisting that it had provided adequate information on the products’ compliance with FDA standards to the agency.
“We intend to seek a stay and are exploring all of our options under the FDA’s regulations and the law, including appealing the decision and engaging with our regulator,” Juul Chief Regulatory Officer Joe Murillo said, according to the news release.
“We remain committed to doing all in our power to continue serving the millions of American adult smokers who have successfully used our products to transition away from combustible cigarettes, which remain available on market shelves nationwide,” Murillo added.
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