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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) _ Esperion Therapeutics Inc. (ESPR) on Tuesday reported a loss of $56.7 million in its first quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company said it had a loss of 93 cents.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 96 cents per share.
The biopharmaceutical company posted revenue of $18.8 million in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $15.5 million.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (AQUA) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $7.3 million.
On a per-share basis, the Pittsburgh-based company said it had net income of 6 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, came to 20 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 18 cents per share.
The company posted revenue of $426.7 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $409.8 million.
Evoqua Water expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.64 billion to $1.7 billion.
Evoqua Water shares have declined 9.5% since the beginning of the year. The stock has climbed 48% in the last 12 months.
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SMU professor Barbara Minsker once sent her civil engineering students to compare neighborhoods and their infrastructure, directing them to two wealthy Dallas neighborhoods and two low-income neighborhoods. The students had two questions to answer: How do we define an “infrastructure desert?” What do you see that looks like an infrastructure desert to you?
“They came back and they said, ‘Well, you just know it when you see it,’” Minsker recalled.
There’s a lot to see.
During the last couple of months I was with our sister publication, People Newspapers, I wrote two stories about maps. Those two maps are only peripherally connected—mostly because they each address things the city needs to do to make this a more equitable place for all of its residents to live.
Minsker’s civil engineering students worked on a project to map the inequities in Dallas’ infrastructure, using machine-learning models, good old-fashioned shoe leather, and plenty available data to examine 12 types of neighborhood infrastructure at the census-block level. It then used that framework to evaluate and compare nearly 800 Dallas neighborhoods.
After looking at everything from gathering spots to tree canopies to sidewalks to access to broadband internet, Minsker’s team identified 62 infrastructure deserts in Dallas.
Not long after they rolled out their project, the city’s Planning and Urban Design department launched its Social Pinpoint map, which is designed to allow Dallasites (and people who work in Dallas) the opportunity to weigh in on what specific neighborhoods and areas need as the city works on updating its ForwardDallas Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
“Prior to this — at events and other similar mapping exercises—those were very localized,” said ForwardDallas project manager Lawrence Agu, adding they often involved paper maps and people gathered around a conference room. “But with the Social Pinpoint map, we can do two things at once — we get to focus people’s attention to their neighborhoods, but then they can also see what other neighborhoods are saying at the same time.”
But it also (albeit unintentionally) demonstrates one of the infrastructure inequities in the city. Looking at this map from Minsker’s team, you can see huge swaths of the city that get internet upload speeds of less than 200kbps in at least one direction.
Now, look at this screen capture of the Social Pinpoint map.
As you can see, there are far fewer people engaging with the map in areas where there is spotty-to-no broadband internet. We also know from the other maps Minsker’s team has created (as well as the city’s own comprehensive housing policy racial equity assessment), that there are definitely things that need to be addressed in the city’s land use plan.
The Social Pinpoint map is great and it’s probably allowing more people to talk about what the city needs. But it also isn’t completely mobile phone-friendly and takes a bit of bandwidth to use on a computer, too.
And this isn’t just insight gleaned from a map. The city’s own 2019 Equity Indicators report found that 27.32 percent of Black households and 20.7 percent of Hispanic households lacked access at higher rates than White households (5.96 percent).
If anything, the scramble to get students connected to reliable internet during the earliest months of the pandemic threw into sharp relief the disparity.
And to its credit, the city isn’t just relying on this map to get public input. Staff is meeting with communities as well, Agu told me.
District 6 Councilman Omar Narvaez said keeping his ear to the ground has been helpful in gathering that information, too. He gets a lot of information from neighborhood associations and crime watch groups, as well as at events the district holds.
“We also get a lot of information from our rec centers and libraries because they hear from the patrons,” he said. “And we’re very lucky here in West Dallas now that we have the West Dallas Multipurpose Center, and we hear a lot of information from them as well.”
But there is a big difference between marking something on your calendar and making plans to attend. The city is competing with your Amazon order, hoping that you’ll take the time to point out that somehow the city often misses filling in a big divot on the outer edge of northbound Preston Road near St. Mark’s School of Texas, and if your car hits it just right, it sounds like your wheel is being stripped right off the axle.
Perhaps the biggest infrastructure deficit of them all in Dallas is convenience.
And that quality of life component to infrastructure is important, Minsker told me in March. Yes, access to safe, driveable streets, good sidewalks and crosswalks, and even noise buffering from highways are important things. But all 11 of the items her team considered “infrastructure” speak to how well residents are living in Dallas, including access to banking, food, and medical care.
Things like parks and recreation centers and high-speed internet access, which can sometimes be seen as frivolous expenditures, are important pieces of infrastructure and community building.
“So in some of these places, there are no community gathering places for your community to gather,” Minsker said. “And so if you don’t know your neighbors when the next disaster strikes, whether it’s a pandemic or a tornado or an economic downturn, you don’t have anyone to turn to. The way we meet our neighbors is by standing out on the sidewalk and meeting them at a playground, those kinds of things. Having these spaces that are safe and nice where people can gather as a community is a really important piece of the fabric for resilience.
“That’s what a lot of this is,” she said, “infrastructure supports that fabric.”
The Dallas City Council’s approval of adding racial equity components to its Comprehensive Housing Policy is a start, but only if it results in a policy that actually addresses historical inequities in substantive ways.
Just about every single infrastructure desert Minsker’s team identified has always been so. Many were redlined, and you can, she said, “still see the pattern there.”
Minsker said that newer, yet-to-be-released research compares Dallas to other large cities.
“We compare Dallas with Chicago, LA, and New York City, and Dallas has the worst infrastructure and the most inequity of any of those cities,” she said. “We have a hypothesis that when we look at the maps of those four cities in terms of neighborhoods that are predominantly Black, predominantly White, predominantly Hispanic, or none of those, Dallas has far more segregation—even though it’s no longer official — than the other three cities do.”
But the city has historically been hung up on equal spending, not equitable spending. It isn’t doing enough to ameliorate the failures of the past, Minsker said.
“It’s actually interesting on the bond money—it’s pretty much split as an equal amount of investment in every council district,” Minsker said. “So what that means is that the council districts that have been neglected never get to catch up because the money is always, as someone said to me, spread like peanut butter across the whole city.”
“We have to understand that if we want to level the playing field, it’s not about spreading resources equally,” said southeast Dallas Councilman Jaime Resendez during last week’s city council meeting. “We need significant financial investment focused on infrastructure and really addressing the opportunity gaps in southern Dallas, a place that has been historically neglected.”
A recent white paper looked at nine of the city’s 14 city council districts that are mostly south of I-30, (although part of the area considered was just north of I-30 and included part of West Dallas). It determined the area contains about 64 percent of the city’s population but only 10 percent of its total property value.
“Segregation in Dallas and under-investment in the southern section of Dallas have deep historical roots,” wrote J.H. Cullum Clark, director of the George W. Bush Institute – SMU Economic Growth Initiative. “Dallas was the first city in Texas to impose explicit housing segregation by race, in 1916. Decades of redlining, policies to promote northward development, “urban renewal” initiatives, and construction of highways and other infrastructure running through the middle of historically Black and Hispanic neighborhoods have left a lasting imprint on the economic geography of southern Dallas.”
The council’s vote to add 11 tasks to City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s plate when it comes to making sure the city’s housing policy is equitable is an ambitious list of things designed to change the city’s collective amygdala when it comes to racial equity in housing. It will need to quit fighting the things that actually create equity. It aims to address the infrastructure deserts in southern Dallas, improve economic mobility, address NIMBYism that’s blocking affordable housing, and creating dedicated funding streams to support that housing.
Councilman Casey Thomas, who led the initiative to amend the housing policy as chair of Dallas’ Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee, was optimistic Wednesday.
“We are serious about moving forward with this, and this is only one piece,” he said, adding that the council should be getting a briefing on a citywide racial equity plan in August.
“The one thing we must do is focus on southern Dallas,” said Far North Dallas Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn. “The city can’t continue moving forward while leaving southern Dallas behind.”
But even before the city addresses the policy that will result from the council’s directive, Narvaez told me that the pandemic has helped kick into gear City Hall’s attempt to address the issue of broadband internet connectivity.
“One of the big things that we’ve already started—we’re adding internet wifi access into certain street lamps, into the poles. So certain streets that have no access, those neighborhoods will have free wifi that they can access from the comfort of their homes,” he said. “And that’s a really big victory.”
The city is also working to make sure that recreation centers and parks can also provide internet access.
“We’re not done yet, but we’re working on building our own grid to get to the places that don’t have it,” he said. “All the companies are working with us so we can get this right.” | https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2022/05/the-tale-of-dallas-inequities-can-be-told-with-these-two-maps/ | 2022-05-03T12:15:43Z | https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2022/05/the-tale-of-dallas-inequities-can-be-told-with-these-two-maps/ | false |
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PEG) on Tuesday reported a loss of $2 million in its first quarter.
The Newark, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.33 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.11 per share.
The parent company of PSEG Power and Public Service Electric & Gas Co. posted revenue of $2.31 billion in the period, falling short of Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.54 billion.
PSEG expects full-year earnings in the range of $3.35 to $3.55 per share.
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DTEN ONboard and DTEN Mate both received the prestigious international honor, citing hybrid collaboration technology, intuitive use, and distinctive design.
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DTEN, the fast-growing provider of all-in-one video collaboration solutions, is the 2022 winner of two Red Dot Awards for Product Design. DTEN ONboard and DTEN Mate both received the respected international award that spotlights the most inventive, user-friendly, and aesthetically pleasing new products.
"DTEN is committed to providing best-in-class collaboration solutions that are well-designed, easy-to-use, and superior in quality," says the company's founder and CEO, Wei Liu. "Being honored with prestigious 2022 Red Dot Awards, for DTEN ONboard and DTEN Mate, recognizes our continued dedication to innovation and excellence."
In fact, good design and innovation are the guiding principles considered by the jury who selected the Red Dot winners. This year's judges consisted of 48 members from 23 countries, all distinguished by their design expertise as professors, consultants, industrial designers, or journalists. With approximately 20,000 submissions, the Red Dot Award is one of the largest design competitions in the world. DTEN winners for 2022 are:
DTEN ONboard, Designed For The New Zoom Advanced Whiteboard – 2022 Red Dot Award Winner
DTEN ONboard is recognized as a "digital hub for inclusive collaboration, an interactive display designed to maximize team innovation from anywhere in the world." Perfected for the hybrid workplace, DTEN ONboard gives remote and in-office participants equal access to the shared whiteboard. The touch-driven device offers a persistent canvas inspiring engagement before, during, and after a meeting. Native to the new Zoom Advanced Whiteboard, DTEN ONboard also easily works with other major collaboration platforms. It can also be easily configured for receptions, interactive kiosks, and presentations. For more information, visit https://www2.dten.com/onboard-notify.
DTEN Mate, Optimizing The Zoom Rooms Experience – 2022 Red Dot Award Winner
DTEN Mate is distinguished for delivering "easy access and control for Zoom Rooms, regardless of hardware." The lightweight and ergonomic controller allows users to spend less time managing meeting logistics and more time participating in collaborations. Completely wireless, it allows meeting leaders to always remain in full view for remote participants. Additionally, DTEN Mate is the only wireless, touchscreen compatible appliance to support Zoom Rooms Controller (ZRC). It may be also used as a Zoom Rooms Scheduling Display, to reserve spaces, check room availability, and streamline bookings. For more information, visit https://dten.com/dten-mate-dock.
"In this year of the competition, I have been particularly struck by the exceptional creativity shown by the award-winning products," said Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of Red Dot. "It is really impressive and praiseworthy that there are still designs out there that can surprise us with their form and functionality."
In recent years, DTEN has also received Red Dot Awards for the DTEN D7 and DTEN ME.
About Red Dot
The Red Dot Design Award is one of the biggest design competitions in the world. In three disciplines, participants submit products, communication projects and brands as well as prototypes and concepts. The distinction "Red Dot" is an internationally recognized seal of excellent design.
About DTEN
DTEN is changing the way people connect and collaborate through immersive, video-first devices and subscription services. Our solutions are found in businesses, schools, homes, and hybrid environments worldwide, delivering intuitive, high-quality, and real-life video conference experiences for every meeting space. As recipient of multiple international awards, DTEN is recognized for plug-and-play simplicity, superior audiovisual clarity, and fluent, elegant designs. DTEN was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Jose, California; Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is an investor. Find more at www.DTEN.com.
For more information, please contact smckenzie@tropospheremarketing.com or pr@dten.com.
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Decades ago, during my service as a law clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court, a friend who was also a reporter called me at my desk, rushed through a question about a rumor flying around the city, and then added breathlessly, “Of course I’ll protect you as my source.”
I do not, as a rule, like leakers. Leakers are liars.
Among such lying leakers I include whoever provided Politico with what is apparently a draft of a majority opinion by Justice Samuel Alito overturning the court’s almost half-century old precedent in Roe v. Wade. Whatever our views of Roe, or of the sphere of choice generally, none of us should be celebrating the leak.
Don’t get me wrong. A lie in a good cause can be excused, but a culture of leaking (as Washington has become) is no better than a culture of lying.
Why are leaks so bad?
Let’s consider how a leak occurs. The leaker, to have something to leak, must have a job in which secrets are entrusted to employees. Thus, whether or not the leaker has actually signed an NDA, the leaker is in a relationship of mutual trust and confidence with both supervisors and fellow employees.
The leaker surely assumes that the costs of the leak, whatever they are, will be outweighed by the benefits. But as the legal scholar Mark Fenster points out in his book “The Transparency Fix,” even years later, the balance can be difficult to judge.
What makes the leaker a liar is that the leaker intends to bear none of the costs. They might fall on the institution the leaker works for, they might fall on the person the leak implicates, but the leaker expects to remain trusted.
Thus the leaker is engaging in a classic lie of omission, concealing the leaker’s own conduct. The leaker is also committing a lie of commission, presenting a false front to coworkers. A leaking law clerk or other staffer in effect wants to continue to enjoy both the prestige of the post and the trust of the justices and of other court employees. The only way to gain this end is to continue presenting in the workplace the image of one who would never dream of leaking.
Is there news so vital to the nation that not leaking would count as irresponsible? Of course. Witnessing a justice take a bribe, for example. The draft of a possibly forthcoming opinion just doesn’t measure up.
Let’s imagine two scenarios.
First, the law clerk leaks the draft because the clerk is a careless braggart, whose already sky-high senses of self-importance and self-importance are puffed even further by the ability to share an inside truth. In this case, the law clerk is a person who should not be trusted with a single confidence.
Second, and more charitably, the law clerk is a person of great discretion who ordinarily keeps every confidence, but who is so upset by the knowledge of what is about to occur that the leak seems like the only way to try to stop it. In this case, the law clerk centrally misunderstands why there’s a Supreme Court at all. If we believe that the justices ought to be swayed not by each other’s arguments but by an angry public, much of the work the left so admires might never have happened.
I include in this judicial work Roe v. Wade itself. Many historians see the abortion decision as the straw that broke the back of a dissenting Christian right that had previously preached a strong separation of church and state – including the many congregations that believed one shouldn’t vote – and led to the election of Ronald Reagan. Had the opinion been leaked in advance, the public firestorm that followed would instead have arisen before the decision was announced. Yet had such a firestorm changed a single vote, all who believe in the Supreme Court’s work would surely have been mortified.
The Politico leak is far from the first ever to trickle down from Mount Justuvius. The best remembered occurred in 2012, three days after the court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, when CBS News reported that the Chief Justice had switched sides. Less recalled is 1919, when a law clerk to a senior justice leaked the result of a pending railroad case to a group of friends, who traded ahead of the news and made a tidy little profit. (They were indicted.)
So, no, I don’t think the sky is going to fall. I’m quite sure, however, that none of the clerks it was my privilege to know so long ago at the Supreme Court would have dreamed of committing such an offense. To do so would have been contemptible. Breaking our implied promise to keep the justices’ confidences would damage the trust necessary to the operation of the institution we served.
More from Bloomberg Opinion:
• A Defining Moment for the Roberts Court: Michael R. Bloomberg
• Abortion Case Leak Shows the Supreme Court Is Broken: Noah Feldman
• Paid Maternity Leave Saves Lives: Joia Crear-Perry
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Stephen L. Carter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of law at Yale University and was a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. His novels include “The Emperor of Ocean Park,” and his latest nonfiction book is “Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster.”
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TORONTO (AP) _ Restaurant Brands International (QSR) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $183 million.
On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had profit of 59 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 64 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 61 cents per share.
The operator of Burger King and Tim Hortons restaurant chains posted revenue of $1.45 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.42 billion.
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A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times is scheduled to be executed.
Carman Deck would be just the fifth U.S. inmate to be executed this year if his lethal injection goes ahead Tuesday evening.
He was sentenced to death three times since 1998, but that sentence was overturned each time.
His hopes for a reprieve were all but dashed on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court turned aside an appeal and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined Deck’s clemency request, though he could file new appeals.
"Mr. Deck has received due process, and three separate juries of his peers have recommended sentences of death for the brutal murders he committed," Governor Parson said in a statement.
Deck was convicted in the 1996 deaths of James and Zelma Long at their home in De Soto.
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ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: PTNR) (TASE: PTNR), a leading Israeli communications operator, announced today that the Company's financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 will be released on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 10.00 a.m. Eastern Time / 5.00 p.m. Israel Time.
Please dial the following numbers (at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time) in order to participate:
International: +972.3.918.0687
North America toll-free: +1.888.281.1167
A live webcast of the call will also be available on Partner's Investors Relations website at: http://www.partner.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby
If you are unavailable to join live, the replay of the call will be available from May 24, 2022 until June 7, 2022, at the following numbers:
International: +972.3.925.5921
North America toll-free: +1.888.254.7270
In addition, the archived webcast of the call will be available on Partner's Investor Relations website at the above address for approximately three months.
About Partner Communications
Partner Communications Company Ltd. is a leading Israeli provider of telecommunications services (cellular, fixed-line telephony, internet and television services). Partner's ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™ and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).
For more information about Partner see: http://www.partner.co.il/en/Investors-Relations/lobby
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Biogen is looking for a new CEO less than a year after the launch of its Alzheimer’s drug largely fizzled.
The company said Tuesday that current CEO Michel Vounatsos will continue to lead the company until a successor is found.
Aduhelm was the first new Alzheimer’s drug introduction in nearly two decades. Initially priced at $56,000 a year, it was expected to quickly become a blockbuster drug that would generate billions for Biogen.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company has since slashed the price in half — to $28,000 a year — and Aduhelm’s rollout has been disastrous.
The federal government imposed tight Medicare coverage restrictions on the drug, which brought in $2.8 million in sales in the recently completed first quarter.
Biogen said Tuesday it booked about $275 million in charges from Aduhelm inventory write-offs in the quarter, and it would “substantially eliminate” its commercial infrastructure supporting the drug. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Change-at-the-top-at-Biogen-after-struggles-with-17143877.php | 2022-05-03T12:21:19Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Change-at-the-top-at-Biogen-after-struggles-with-17143877.php | false |
Just one year after successfully demonstrating lab-scale production of human insulin using synthetic biology techniques, rBIO recently concluded a successful optimization project with Washington University in St. Louis, and firms its path toward commercialization and large-scale production.
SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- rBIO, an early-stage synthetic biology company focused on reducing the cost of increasingly costly biologic therapies, announced refinement of its bacteria-based production of insulin. rBIO's synthetic manufacturing process now yields twice the volume of insulin compared with legacy recombinant manufacturing techniques and positions the company for commercial-scale production of insulin using a proprietary process developed in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis.
This readiness for market positions rBIO for future protein and peptide pipeline candidate development and production. In the near term, rBIO will enter the market sooner than anticipated and will achieve entry with a goal of reducing the cost of prescription insulin by one-third.
rBIO collaborated on this research and development project with Washington University in St. Louis, a team led by Dr. Sergej Djuranovic, associate professor of cell biology and physiology at the university's School of Medicine.
Over the past year, Dr. Djuranovic's team has focused on optimizing and scaling up a proprietary process that applies recent breakthroughs in genetics and synthetic biology science to design new strains of genetically modified bacteria capable of expressing a wide variety of peptide hormones. Earlier, Dr. Djuranovic's laboratory had discovered coding motifs used to decrease the expression of certain proteins in cancer cells. The team leveraged this prior work: focusing on how analogous motifs could increase expression — thereby accelerating rBIO in its quest to increase pharmaceutical yields.
"The production of recombinant proteins has traditionally been complex, expensive, and time-consuming. Being able to show these results opens the possibility to increase production yields and drive down the cost of certain pharmaceutical proteins," said Dr. Djuranovic. "We've begun research into other molecules of interest that may open the door to other verticals in addition to peptide hormones such as insulin."
"The team spent a year determining how much we could increase yields by driving higher expression of insulin. We are thrilled to announce that our process now yields human insulin at twice the rate of legacy recombinant methods," said microbiologist Cameron Owen, the CEO and co-founder of rBIO. "With this type of biological power, we're eager to scale up and commence industrial-scale production — and make this crucial hormone available at a lower cost to the millions of Americans suffering from diabetes."
About rBIO
rBIO Corp. is a biotech startup focused on applications within synthetic biology to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. Our goal is to re-shore insulin manufacturing to the USA and make this crucial hormone available at a lower cost for the millions of Americans suffering from diabetes. rBIO was formed by a team from Johns Hopkins and UCSD, whose backgrounds include genetics, bioengineering, and bioinformatics. Based in San Diego, rBIO is privately funded. For more information, visit rbio.com.
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Rare 50p coins are being sold online for around 300 times their original value.
With 210,000 of the coins in circulation, the 50p Kew Gardens release of 2009 is fetching roughly £150 on the auction site, eBay.
Why were the coin minted?
Around 210,000 coins were formed to commemorate 250 years of the opening of Kew Gardens in 1759.
On the tails side of the coin, the famous Chinese Pagoda at the Royal Botanic Garden is featured, whilst the Queen's head is on the reverse.
One of the rare 50p coins, listed a starting price of 99p, sold for 300 times its value on eBay recently.
The item was described on the site as a "Kew Gardens 50p genuine 2009 circulated Great Condition Fifty Pence RARE".
Change checking website, Coin Hunter, puts the average price range for the Kew gardens 50p to be between £150.89 and £161.50, but there have been occasions where the coin sold up to £200.
People are being warned to check the issue date, however, as the coins minted in 2019 have less value with the coins regularly selling on eBay for between £70 and £80.
Are other coins just as valuable?
50ps coins are one of the most collectable in Britain, according to the Royal Mint.
Other valuable 50ps include a series of Olympic sport-themed coins released in 2011 celebrating the London 2012 Games and ones released in 2018 featuring the Beatrix Potter characters Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny.
NationalWorld has a list of some valuable coins currently in circulation. | https://www.lep.co.uk/lifestyle/money/the-rare-50p-fetching-ps150-on-ebay-how-to-tell-if-your-coin-is-valuable-3678240 | 2022-05-03T12:23:28Z | https://www.lep.co.uk/lifestyle/money/the-rare-50p-fetching-ps150-on-ebay-how-to-tell-if-your-coin-is-valuable-3678240 | true |
A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
Carman Deck, 56, would be just the fifth U.S. inmate to be executed this year if his lethal injection goes ahead. His hopes for a reprieve were all but dashed on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court turned aside an appeal and Republican Gov. Mike Parson declined Deck’s clemency request, though he could file new appeals.
Deck, who was from the St. Louis area, was a friend of the grandson of James and Zelma Long and knew they kept a safe in their home De Soto, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) southwest of St. Louis, according to court records.
In July 1996, Deck and his sister stopped at the home under the guise of asking for directions. Deck told a detective that he wasn’t surprised to be invited inside by the couple, who were in their late 60s.
“They’re country folks,” Deck said, according to court records. “They always do.”
Once inside, Deck pulled a gun from his waistband. At Deck’s command, Zelma Long opened the safe and removed jewelry, then got $200 from her purse and more money hidden in a canister.
Deck ordered the couple to lie on their stomachs on their bed. Court records said Deck stood there for 10 minutes deciding what to do, then shot James Long twice in the head before doing the same thing to Zelma Long.
A tip alerted police to Deck and he was arrested later that night outside his sister’s apartment building in St. Louis County. The decorative tin canister from the Long home was in his car.
Prosecutors said Deck later gave a full account of the killings. He was sentenced to death in 1998, but the Missouri Supreme Court tossed the sentence due to errors by Deck’s trial lawyer.
He was condemned to death a second time, but the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the sentence in 2005, citing the prejudice caused by Deck being shackled in front of the jury.
He was sentenced to death for a third time in 2008, but U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry overturned that sentence nine years later after she determined that “substantial” evidence arguing against the death penalty during Deck’s first two penalty phases was unavailable for the third because witnesses had died, couldn’t be found or declined to cooperate.
In October 2020, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored the death penalty, ruling that Deck should have raised his concern first in state court, not federal court. Appeals of that ruling were unsuccessful.
Deck’s clemency petition said he suffered sexual abuse and beatings as a child, and that he and his siblings were often left alone without food.
But Parson wasn’t swayed, explaining his rationale for rejecting the petition in a news release: “Mr. Deck has received due process, and three separate juries of his peers have recommended sentences of death for the brutal murders he committed.”
The number of executions in the U.S. has declined significantly since peaking at 98 in 1998. The drop has coincided with a decline in public support for capital punishment that has fallen from a high of 80% in 1994 to 54% in 2021, according to Gallup polls. Since the mid-1990s, opposition to capital punishment has risen from under 20% to about 45%.
Just four people have been executed in 2022 — Donald Anthony Grant and Gilbert Ray Postelle in Oklahoma, Matthew Reeves in Alabama and Carl Wayne Buntion last month in Texas. All four were convicted killers who were put to death by injection. Eleven people were executed in the U.S. last year, which was the country’s fewest executions since 1988.
Use of the death penalty has become concentrated mostly in a few Southern and Plains states. Last year, Texas executed three inmates, Oklahoma executed two, and one each were put to death in Alabama, Mississippi and Missouri. Three federal inmates were executed in January 2021, toward the end of President Donald Trump’s administration.
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CVS Health promoted Dr. Sree Chaguturu to be the company’s top physician as the retail drugstore chain and health insurance giant emphasizes the importance of primary care.
Chaguturu, who is 44 years old, is now the executive vice president and chief medical officer reporting to CVS president and chief executive officer Karen S. Lynch and will “be responsible for advancing the highest possible clinical quality standards, increasing access to care, improving patient outcomes and reducing overall health care costs across the enterprise,” the company said in announcing Chaguturu’s promotion Tuesday. He replaces Troyen Brennan who retired.
Chaguturu, who was previously chief medical officer for the company’s pharmacy benefit management (PBM) business, CVS Caremark, will now oversee an array of medical affairs for the Aetna health insurance business, CVS Caremark, CVS Pharmacy, MinuteClinic, women’s health and genomics, patient safety, health equity, data and analytics, the company said.
“Since joining CVS Health in 2019, Sree has been an influential and respected clinical leader, serving as a trusted advisor for clients, members, and colleagues,” Lynch said. “He played a critical role in the company’s pandemic response, including leading Return Ready, our employer COVID-19 testing and vaccination offering."
CVS, which is already known for its MinuteClinics staffed by nurse practitioners, will be broadening its strategy into a “nationally-scaled next generation primary care model,” company executives said last December at the company’s annual investor day.
CVS has already been working on an enhanced version of its HealthHUB locations which dedicate more than 20% of the store to health services that include new durable medical equipment, supplies and various new product and service combinations. CVS is also adding thousands of new personal care items as well as additional services at its MinuteClinics in the health hub stores.
The moves come as CVS rivals Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walmart push deeper into healthcare services, expanding available items in their stores and adding primary care services to their stores. Walgreens last year invested another $5.2 billion in VillageMD to escalate the expansion of doctor-staffed clinics across the U.S. under a new “Walgreens Health” business.
CVS executives believe they have the model that will continue to attract more customers.
"CVS Health is uniquely positioned to build upon its existing capabilities and extensive reach to improve the health care experience for millions of people,” Chaguturu said in the statement announcing his new role. “Our exceptionally talented Medical Affairs organization will help align, integrate and enhance our health care services and assets to help address the needs that exist in our health care system today.” | https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2022/05/03/cvs-taps-new-chief-medical-officer-as-primary-care-takes-off/ | 2022-05-03T12:30:23Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2022/05/03/cvs-taps-new-chief-medical-officer-as-primary-care-takes-off/ | true |
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A top European Union official is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour Tuesday of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia’s energy dominance in the region.
Charles Michel, who heads the European Council, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leaders of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and non-NATO member Serbia at the Greek port of Alexandroupolis. An LNG import terminal near the port city is due to start operation next year.
“This is not just an energy project. It will change the energy map of Europe,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said. “The Balkans is a region of 65 million people, and we can do so much more.”
Russia last week cut off natural gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland over a demand to guarantee payment in rubles, in an escalating dispute triggered by the invasion of Ukraine.
The European Union is racing to secure alternative supplies, placing priority on global LNG imports from countries that include major producers like Algeria, Qatar and the United States.
Also present at the meetings were North Macedonian Premier Dimitar Kovachevski and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/business/balkan-leaders-meet-to-support-gas-project-rivaling-russia/ | 2022-05-03T12:31:57Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/business/balkan-leaders-meet-to-support-gas-project-rivaling-russia/ | false |
WASHINGTON — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday.
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections. But it's unclear if the draft represents the court’s final word on the matter — opinions often change in ways big and small in the drafting process.
Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the court’s secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” the draft opinion states. It was signed by Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority who was appointed by former President George W. Bush.
The document was labeled a “1st Draft” of the “Opinion of the Court” in a case challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks, a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The court is expected to rule on the case before its term ends in late June or early July.
The draft opinion in effect states there is no constitutional right to abortion services and would allow individual states to more heavily regulate or outright ban the procedure.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” it states, referencing the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey that affirmed Roe’s finding of a constitutional right to abortion services but allowed states to place some constraints on the practice. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
A Supreme Court spokeswoman said the court had no comment and The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which dates from February.
Politico said only that it received “a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document.”
The draft opinion strongly suggests that when the justices met in private shortly after arguments in the case on Dec. 1, at least five voted to overrule Roe and Casey, and Alito was assigned the task of writing the court's majority opinion.
Votes and opinions in a case aren't final until a decision is announced or, in a change wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, posted on the court's website.
The report comes amid a legislative push to restrict abortion in several Republican-led states — Oklahoma being the most recent — even before the court issues its decision. Critics of those measures have said low-income women will disproportionately bear the burden of the new restrictions.
The leak jumpstarted the intense political reverberations that the high court’s ultimate decision was expected to have in the midterm election year. Already, politicians on both sides of the aisle were seizing on the report to fundraise and energize their supporters on either side of the hot-button issue.
An AP-NORC poll in December found that Democrats increasingly see protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government.
Other polling shows relatively few Americans want to see Roe overturned. In 2020, AP VoteCast found that 69% of voters in the presidential election said the Supreme Court should leave the Roe v. Wade decision as is; just 29% said the court should overturn the decision. In general, AP-NORC polling finds a majority of the public favors abortion being legal in most or all cases.
Still, when asked about abortion policy generally, Americans have nuanced attitudes on the issue, and many don’t think that abortion should be possible after the first trimester or that women should be able to obtain a legal abortion for any reason.
Alito, in the draft, said the court can't predict how the public might react and shouldn't try. “We cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work,” Alito wrote in the draft opinion, according to Politico.
People on both sides of the issue quickly gathered outside the Supreme Court waving signs and chanting on a balmy spring night, following the release of the Politico report.
Reaction was swift from elected officials in Congress and across the country.
In a joint statement from Congress' top two Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past fifty years — not just on women but on all Americans.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat, said people seeking abortions could head to New York. “For anyone who needs access to care, our state will welcome you with open arms. Abortion will always be safe & accessible in New York,” Hochul said in a tweet.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in a statement, “We will let the Supreme Court speak for itself and wait for the Court’s official opinion.” But local officials were praising the draft.
“This puts the decision making back into the hands of the states, which is where it should have always been,” said Mississippi state Rep. Becky Currie.
Congress could act, too, though a bill that would write Roe's protections into federal law stalled in the Senate after passing the House last year with only Democratic votes.
At Supreme Court arguments in December, all six conservative justices signaled that they would uphold the Mississippi law, and five asked questions that suggested that overruling Roe and Casey was a possibility.
Only Chief Justice John Roberts seemed prepared to take the smaller step of upholding the 15-week ban, though that too would be a significant weakening of abortion rights.
Until now, the court has allowed states to regulate but not ban abortion before the point of viability, around 24 weeks.
The court's three liberal justices seemed likely to be in dissent.
It's impossible to know what efforts are taking place behind the scenes to influence any justice's vote. If Roberts is inclined to allow Roe to survive, he need only pick off one other conservative vote to deprive the court of a majority to overrule the abortion landmark.
Twenty-six states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank the Guttmacher Institute. Of those, 22 states already have total or near-total bans on the books that are currently blocked by Roe, aside from Texas. The state's law banning it after six weeks has already been allowed to go into effect by the Supreme Court due to its unusual civil enforcement structure. Four more states are considered likely to quickly pass bans if Roe is overturned.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia, meanwhile, have protected access to abortion in state law.
This year, anticipating a decision overturning or gutting Roe, eight conservative states have already moved to restrict abortion rights. Oklahoma, for example, passed several bills in recent weeks, including one that goes into effect this summer making it a felony to perform an abortion. Like many anti-abortion bills passed in GOP-led states this year, it does not have exceptions for rape or incest, only to save the life of the mother.
Eight Democratic-leaning states protected or expanded access to the procedure, including California, which has passed legislation making the procedure less expensive and is considering other bills to make itself an “abortion sanctuary” if Roe is overturned.
The draft looked legitimate to some followers of the court. Veteran Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal, who worked as a clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer and therefore has been in a position to see drafts, wrote on Twitter: “There are lots of signals the opinion is legit. The length and depth of analysis, would be very hard to fake. It says it is written by Alito and definitely sounds like him.”
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CMS Energy Announces Strong First Quarter Results, Reaffirms 2022 Adjusted EPS Guidance
Published: May. 3, 2022 at 6:30 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
JACKSON, Mich., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CMS Energy announced today reported earnings per share of $1.21 for the first quarter of 2022, compared to $1.21 per share for the same quarter in 2021. The company's adjusted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2022 were $1.20, compared to $1.09 per share for the same quarter in 2021.
CMS Energy reaffirmed its 2022 adjusted earnings guidance of $2.85 to $2.89* per share (*See below for important information about non-GAAP measures) and reaffirmed long-term adjusted EPS growth of 6 to 8 percent, with continued confidence toward the high end of the adjusted EPS growth range.
"The settlement agreement recently filed for our 2021 Integrated Resource Plan strengthens our financial outlook and serves as a proof point of our plan for net zero carbon emissions by 2040 in our electric business. As one of the first utilities in the country to eliminate coal generation by 2025, we are leading the clean energy transformation," said Garrick Rochow, President and CEO of CMS Energy and Consumers Energy.
CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) is a Michigan-based energy provider featuring Consumers Energy as its primary business. It also owns and operates independent power generation businesses.
CMS Energy will hold a webcast to discuss its 2022 first quarter results and provide a business and financial outlook on Tuesday, May 3 at 9:00 a.m. (EDT). To participate in the webcast, go to CMS Energy's homepage (cmsenergy.com) and select "Events and Presentations."
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Lawmakers in 19 states want legal refuge for trans youth
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California’s lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families.
The coordinated effort being announced Tuesday by the LGBTQ Victory Institute and other advocates comes in response to recent actions taken in conservative states. In Texas, for example, Gov. Gregg Abbott has directed state agencies to consider placing transgender children in foster care, though a judge has temporarily blocked such investigations. And multiple states have approved measures prohibiting gender-affirming health care treatments for transgender youth.
To combat such moves, lawmakers in both Minnesota and New York recently filed refuge state legislation modeled after the bill proposed in March by state Sen. Scott Wiener in California. Democrats in 16 other states plan to follow suit, though about half of their legislatures are out of session or not currently accepting new bills.
Wiener said he immediately began hearing from other states after coming forward with his bill, which would reject any out-of-state court judgments removing children from their parents’ custody because they allowed gender-affirming health care. It also would make arrest warrants based on alleged violation of another state’s law against receiving such care the lowest priority for California law enforcement.
“We’re sick of just playing defense against what these red states are doing,” Wiener said in an interview Monday. “We’re going on offense, we’re going to protect LGBTQ kids and their families and we’re going to build a rainbow wall to protect our community.”
Also joining the effort are LGBTQ lawmakers in Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.
Annise Parker, president and CEO of the Victory Institute, acknowledged that the legislation likely will fail in some states but said it was time to stand against the onslaught of bills targeting the LGBTQ community.
“This is our opportunity to drive the conversation and the debate, and to call on our allies proactively to step up instead of allowing ourselves to be targeted,” said Parker, who was the first openly LGBTQ mayor of a major American city when she led Houston for six years.
“We would love to see these bills in states where there are more progressive legislatures,” she said. “But we also think it’s important that trans kids and their families out there see and hear legislators from our community standing up and defending them.”
Wiener said it is despicable that any family would have to consider moving to a new state to protect a child, but if that happens, he hopes as many states as possible will welcome them.
“When your kid is being threatened with removal from your home, families are going to consider a lot of different options, and we just want to be clear that if you decide that’s the option for you, we’re going to do everything we can do to welcome you and protect you,” he said.
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A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections. But it's unclear if the draft represents the court’s final word on the matter — opinions often change in ways big and small in the drafting process.
Twenty-six states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank the Guttmacher Institute. Of those, 22 states already have total or near-total bans on the books that are currently blocked by Roe, aside from Texas. The state's law banning it after six weeks has already been allowed to go into effect by the Supreme Court due to its unusual civil enforcement structure. Four more states are considered likely to quickly pass bans if Roe is overturned.
Here is the list. The 13 states with an asterisk are those with trigger bans -- laws on the books that would allow the ban to go into effect immediately or in short order if Roe is overturned.
States with abortion bans
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas*
- Georgia
- Idaho*
- Iowa
- Kentucky*
- Louisiana*
- Michigan
- Mississippi*
- Missouri*
- North Dakota*
- Ohio
- Oklahoma*
- South Carolina
- South Dakota*
- Tennessee*
- Texas*
- Utah*
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming*
States likely to ban abortion
- Florida
- Indiana
- Montana
- Nebraska
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Benefit brokers segment outpaced industry with 16% sales growth last year over 2020
AVON, Conn., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefit brokers — brokers who primarily sell core or employer-funded insurance products but also sell voluntary coverage —continued to build their share of the voluntary market last year. The segment generated more than $5.5 billion in sales in 2021, up 16% over 2020, according to Eastbridge's annual U.S. Voluntary/Worksite Sales Report. That jump outpaced the voluntary industry's overall strong growth of 11.3% in 2021 for a total of $8.307 billion.
Benefit brokers are responsible for two-thirds of sales in the voluntary/worksite market. Career agents, those who work primarily for a single company selling its products, continue to have the second-highest share of the market at 12%. However, this segment's sales of just more than $1 billion declined 4% in 2021 compared to 2020. Classic worksite brokers who focus on voluntary sales and worksite specialists — large marketing organizations that focus on voluntary sales — combined for a little more than $1.6 billion in sales last year. Classic broker sales grew 9% for a 10% market share, while worksite specialist sales grew 13% for a 9% market share.
"Most distribution channels saw a positive rebound last year compared to 2021," said Nick Rockwell, Eastbridge president. "Our research indicates this trend is likely to continue in 2022 as the industry returns to pre-pandemic levels of sales and historical growth rates in the future."
2021 Sales Mix by Distribution Segment
The annual U.S. Voluntary/Worksite Sales Report estimates sales for the entire voluntary industry, with detailed data on the performance of 67 group and individual carriers. The report represents the largest number of carriers included in any sales report for the industry.
Carriers interested in participating in next year's study can email Eastbridge at info@eastbridge.com. All participants receive a free copy of the complete findings, including company-specific results.
About Eastbridge Consulting Group
Eastbridge Consulting Group, Inc. is a marketing advisory firm serving companies focused on the voluntary/worksite benefits market in the United States and Canada.
CONTACT: Bonnie Brazzell
EMAIL: bbrazzell@eastbridge.com
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First major traditional online brokerage to offer crypto trading
NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Firstrade Securities, a leading commission-free online brokerage, launched crypto trading on its app through Firstrade Crypto LLC. It is available in all U.S. states starting today.
Cryptocurrency markets continue to flourish as traders are increasingly looking to alternative investment opportunities. Likewise, the maturation of the crypto investor has drawn many to seek out more traditional investments and diversify their portfolios. Firstrade's newly integrated platform allows interoperability among all investment types. By offering stocks/ETFs, options, mutual funds, fixed income and crypto trading within one platform, Firstrade brokerage account holders can easily manage their investments at the lowest cost. Crypto is available for trading 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
The powerful Firstrade trading app has a simple and easy-to-use layout with stocks and crypto quickly identifiable for even the greenest of crypto traders. Firstrade's free crypto research also supports smart decision-making with real-time quotes, profiles, historical charts and live news. The web version will be available soon following the mobile launch.
Firstrade offers 37 of the most popular crypto pairings, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB), Stellar (XLM), Decentraland (MANA) and Solana (SOL) among others. New coins will be added on a monthly basis.
Firstrade customers can buy or sell fractions or whole coins of crypto at a $1 minimum with instant settlement allowing them to receive funds immediately.
"Crypto assets are fast approaching widespread acceptance among financial institutions and investors. Our mission is to provide one platform with unlimited opportunities. It's become increasingly clear that our customers want to consolidate all their investment products in one place," said John Liu, CEO of Firstrade. "We'll continually develop more products and services to help our customers successfully manage their wealth."
About Firstrade Securities
Firstrade is a leading online brokerage offering commission-free trading on stocks, ETFs, options, mutual funds and fixed income through its mobile apps and web platform. It offers a full line of investment products, no-fee IRA retirement services and advanced tools to help self-directed investors take control of their financial future and has the lowest cost among other brokerages. Since 1985, Firstrade has been a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). For more information, visit http://www.firstrade.com
Cryptocurrency trading is offered by Apex Crypto LLC. Cryptocurrencies are not securities and are not FDIC or SIPC insured. Cryptocurrency execution and custody services are provided by Apex Crypto LLC (NMLS ID 1828849) through a software licensing agreement between Apex Crypto LLC and Firstrade Crypto LLC. Please understand the risks before trading: apexcrypto.com/legal.
Firstrade is available to download now on iOS and Android.
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Plum Creek Garden Market Expands to Serve Colorado Gardeners
DENVER, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gardening enthusiasts are preparing for a fruitful season and Plum Creek Garden Market is ready to provide quality plants which include perennials, annuals, vegetables, fruits, herbs, and of course, gorgeous hanging baskets. Plum Creek has opened six locations this spring to serve Front Range gardeners, boasting more than 700 varieties of plants.
Plum Creek founder Jeremy Friedman started with one seasonal garden market in 2013 and has grown the business to include six locations in 2022, with the Boulder location as the newest. In recent years, longstanding retail garden centers have closed due to a variety of reasons, leaving customers without places to buy their plants and flowers.
"It feels great that we can help fledgling as well as experienced gardeners fulfill their vision for their outdoor space," said Friedman. "Gardening is such a personal endeavor and brings so much joy to people young and old. Each year we look forward to helping our Front Range customers by providing quality plants, flowers and other garden support."
Locations for spring 2022 are listed below.
BOULDER
2851 Valmont
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 870-1537
CASTLE ROCK
1506 S. Wilcox St.
Castle Rock, CO 80104
(720) 630-1461
DENVER
8510 Northfield Boulevard
Denver, CO 80238
(720) 682-2977
ERIE
130 Wells St.
Erie, CO 80516
(720) 693-0544
GOLDEN
17204 S. Golden Rd.
Golden, CO 80401
(720) 692-8153
LITTLETON
AT THE ASPEN GROVE SHOPPING CENTER
7301 S. Santa Fe Dr.
Littleton, CO 80120
(720) 693-1161
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German investigators on Tuesday raided the Frankfurt offices of US bank Morgan Stanley in a probe related to "cum-ex" fraud schemes that cost European governments billions of euros in tax income, prosecutors said.
The Cologne prosecutors office was "carrying out searches" at the offices of a bank in Frankfurt, it said in a statement.
Morgan Stanley confirmed to Bloomberg News that its premises were being searched.
As well as offices, investigators had "searched the private homes of two suspects", prosecutors said.
The raids were related to "cum-ex transactions and related tax-evasion models" and aimed to secure "emails and written correspondence" related to the affair.
Several law enforcement agencies including "around 75 investigators from the Dortmund criminal police" took part in the operation.
First exposed in 2017, the "cum-ex" scam involved numerous participants swiftly exchanging company shares amongst themselves around dividend day, in order to claim multiple tax rebates on a single payout.
Used across Europe, the scheme is estimated to have left a multi-billion-euro hole in Germany's public finances. The Handelsblatt financial daily has put the figure as high as €30 billion.
In Germany, a change to the tax law in 2012 closed the loophole that enabled the practice.
Dozens of people have been indicted over the scandal in Germany, including bankers, stock traders, lawyers and financial consultants.
German lawyer Hanno Berger, the alleged mastermind behind the scandal, went on trial in Germany at the beginning of April.
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Benjamin Britten to be honoured with statue in Lowestoft
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A fundraising campaign for a statue to commemorate composer Benjamin Britten in the town of his birth has started.
Almost £100,000 is needed to be raised for the sculpture of the composer as a boy, that will look out to sea at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
It will be made by Ian Rank-Broadley, who created the one of Diana, Princess of Wales, at Kensington Palace.
Broadcaster Zeb Soanes, who came up with idea during lockdown, said it would "inspire the town's children".
Britten, who died in 1976, was born at what is now a guesthouse at 21 Kirkley Cliff Road on 22 November 1913 and the statue will be placed near that address.
Mr Soanes said the Britten as a Boy project wanted the statue to not only commemorate the "town's greatest son" but also to "inspire the town's children to achieve their ambitions".
He said they decided the statue should represent him as a 14-year-old boy as that was when his mother took him to the Norwich and Norfolk Festival and introduced him to the composer Frank Bridge who "spotted Britten's talent and encouraged him".
"We thought that was the perfect moment to capture Britten, just when his life was about to change," said Mr Soanes.
Watch @zebsoanes launch the maquette of @BrittenAsABoy by @RankBroadley at the composer’s childhood home in #Lowestoft | Find out more and donate at https://t.co/qInuNu2PRQ pic.twitter.com/OdgvcL4NFJ
— Britten as a Boy (@BrittenAsABoy) May 2, 2022
A maquette of the statue was unveiled on Saturday and will be on display at the First Light Festival in Lowestoft in June.
Mr Soanes said the actual statue would be 9ft (2.7m) and would be a life-sized figure of Britten as a boy, sitting on top of a wooden groyne.
He said the fundraising team had given themselves a year to raise the £96,000 needed.
Benjamin Britten
- Benjamin Britten was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1913
- He went to Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, before entering the Royal College of Music in 1930
- Began writing documentary music for the GPO film unit in 1935
- He met tenor Peter Pears in 1937, beginning a lifelong creative and personal partnership
- Britten founded the annual Aldeburgh Festival at the church in Snape in 1948
- In 1965 he came up with the idea of using one of the old maltings buildings in Snape as a concert hall
- His celebrated works include Peter Grimes, War Requiem and The Turn of The Screw
- Maggi Hambling's Scallop sculpture on Aldeburgh beach commemorates Britten
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Crime gang members jailed for £1m Peterhead cannabis operation
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Four members of a foreign crime gang have been jailed for their involvement in a major cannabis operation.
Justas Brazinskas, 26, Arturas Litkinas, 32, Romualdas Galdikas, 43, and Tadas Jurjonas, 45, were caught after raids in Peterhead last year.
Police Scotland said the potential value was up to £1m.
Brazinskas was jailed for three years and four months, Litkinas and Jurjonas for two years and eight months each, and Galdikas for two years.
A court previously heard the wholesale cost of the cannabis was about £300,000, but that the street value was much higher.
Prosecutor Bill McVicar said: "This case involves a large scale, sophisticated and high valued organised crime venture.
"It was operated by a group from Lithuania who came to Peterhead to participate in cannabis cultivation and supply with a substantial street value."
Surveillance was carried out between January and March last year.
Police kept watch on a number of properties in the town which had been converted into drug factories and used to produce hauls of cannabis, and drugs were later recovered.
The court also heard Litkinas had 300 cannabis plants in his car when he was stopped on the A90 at Stracathro, Angus.
Engaged in criminal activity
Mr McVicar said the ultimate value at street level would be far higher, although no figure was given.
The four each admitted separate charges of being concerned in the supply of cannabis.
At the High Court in Stirling on Tuesday, Lord Mulholland said they all had limited or non-existent criminal records prior to the offence.
He said: "You all came to this country and instead of working hard and taking advantage of the opportunities afforded to you, you engaged in criminal activity, growing and trafficking a controlled drug.
"This is a criminal offence in this country, as it is in your own, and you did this for profit."
Det Insp Robin Sim, of Police Scotland, said: "These arrests were part of an intelligence-led operation that had been lengthy and complex.
"We hope this sends a clear message to anyone who is involved in the supply of drugs on to the streets of Scotland that if you expect to profit from other people's misery, expect to be targeted by law enforcement. No-one is untouchable."
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NaviDKD™ proactive screening technology for kidney health from Journey Biosciences confirmed in type 2 diabetes population.
LEBANON, N.H., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Journey Biosciences, Inc. A new study recently published in the journal Diabetes Care continues to validate the role that specific biomarkers - advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) - in predicting if a person with diabetes will develop kidney disease. This personalized assessment builds on the developing field of precision medicine in diabetes.
The study looked at more than 1,500 patients with type 2 diabetes in both the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) and Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial (VADT) trials and determined the presence of a higher AGE score was associated with greater eGFR decline, independent of HbA1c. Journey Biosciences Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Paul Beisswenger, is a lead author of the study.
The study used two large cohorts of patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing intensive glucose-lowering therapies over a significant period of time to determine if AGEs were predictive of diabetic kidney disease. The investigators found that the primary endpoint of a 30%
reduction in kidney function (eGFR) was significantly associated with a higher AGE score. This result was independent of the patient's study arm, sex, ethnicity, age, or baseline HbA1c. The study found that the duration of diabetes was the only factor dependent on the endpoint.
"We continue to build clinical evidence in this large, ethnically diverse study that supports the predictive nature of our NaviDKD technology, and we are excited to be able to apply these findings in both the type 1 and type 2 populations. The ability to predict one's risk years ahead of the development of any signs or symptoms provides a critical head start to stop kidney disease from progressing," said Adam Graybill, President and CEO of Journey Biosciences. "This finding supports the utilization of newer tools, such as SGLT-2 inhibitors, to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the exorbitant costs spent on treating diabetes-related complications in the U.S."
About Journey Biosciences, Inc.
Journey Biosciences is a biotechnology company utilizing blood-based predictive biomarkers to proactively identify risk factors associated with complications from diabetes, starting with kidney disease. Founded by Dr. Paul Beisswenger, a 40-year practicing endocrinologist and Professor Emeritus at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Journey Biosciences' clinically validated, patented, laboratory-developed test (LDT) NaviDKD diagnostic screening technology is the first of its kind, and Journey Biosciences is the only company currently focused on diagnostic screening for kidney complications associated with diabetes.
Journey Biosciences' mission is to fundamentally improve diabetes care by providing health care professionals and people with diabetes the necessary diagnostic screening tools to proactively manage and prevent high-risk complications associated with diabetes.
To learn more visit https://www.journeybio.life/.
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Global Endoscopes Market Growth Factors to 2022, Up-to-Date Trends and Forecasts to 2030
The rising demand for innovative endoscopy devices and minimally invasive procedures is helping in the endoscopes market’s growth.
NEWARK, UNITED STATES, May 3, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global endoscopes market is expected to grow from USD 15.8 Billion in 2021 to USD 32.1 Billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period 2022-2030. The increasing geriatric population globally is boosting the growth of the market. The geriatric population is more prone to chronic diseases such as orthopedic disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, and ophthalmic disorders which need endoscopes for the examination as well as treatment of these diseases. As per a report, the geriatric population is increasing by 2.6% per year which is driving the growth of the endoscopes market. The use of endoscopes for the diagnosis and treatment of several diseases is increasing as these devices require no incision for the diagnosis. They can be inserted in the body through any opening such as the mouth.
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The flexible endoscopes led the market with a market value of around USD 7.7 billion in 2021.
The product type segment is divided into disposable, flexible, and rigid. The flexible segment led the market with a market value of around 7.7 billion in 2021. This high share was due to its cost-effectiveness and high efficiency. The flexible endoscopes are used in several surgical procedures such as gastrointestinal endoscopy, laryngoscopy, laparoscopy, urology endoscopy, and many others that are boosting the growth of the segment.
The Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 10.2% over the forecast period.
The application segment is divided into gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, laryngoscopy, obstetrics/gynecology endoscopy, laparoscopy, otoscopy, arthroscopy, bronchoscopy, urology endoscopy (cystoscopy), mediastinoscopy, and other applications. Over the forecast period, the gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 10.2%. The increasing geriatric population is driving the growth of the segment as the endoscopes are largely used for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
The hospitals’ segment dominated the market, accounting for around USD 8.3 billion of global revenue
The end-user segment is divided into ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), clinics, and hospitals. In 2021, the hospitals’ segment dominated the market, accounting for around USD 8.3 billion of global revenue. Hospitals have a large of patients for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases because the favorable infrastructure is driving the market growth.
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Regional Segmentation Analysis:
The market is analyzed based on five regions namely North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. North America region emerged as the largest market for the endoscopes market with USD 6.6 billion of the market revenue in 2021. The rising expenses on better healthcare facilities and infrastructure are driving the growth of the market in this region. North America also has a large geriatric population that needs better endoscopy treatments for chronic diseases.
Competitive Analysis:
Key players are Artherx Inc., Boston Scientific Corporation, Conmed Corporation, Cook Medical, Olympus Corporation, Fujifilm Holding Corporation, Hoya Corporation, Covidien PLC., Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic PLC.
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There are faces galore to recognise in these 9 reminders from 2006 and they include a music session, netball, football practice and an exercise class.
Can you spot someone you know? Take a look because there are faces galore in our archive collection.
Fun with exercise
A flashback to 2006 but who do you recognise?
Photo: CL
Musical memories
Budding musicians at the school. Is there someone you know in this photo?
Photo: CL
On court in 2006
Out on the netball court 16 years ago.
Photo: CL
Friends together
Making friends in the playground.
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FORT MILL, S.C., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global industrial and automotive supplier Schaeffler was honored by the Bearing Specialists Association (BSA) with the 2021 "Bearing Manufacturer Excellence of Innovation in Product Design Award" for its breakthrough OPTIME condition monitoring device. This prestigious award recognizes BSA member companies for excellence in product design or technology, with the added objective of informing end-use customers about the innovative products, technologies and services that BSA member companies are continuously developing to support their businesses.
A condition monitoring breakthrough – powered by Schaeffler expertise
OPTIME is an easily scalable condition monitoring system that consists of wireless, battery-powered vibration sensors, a cellular gateway and an app to visualize the resulting data. Able to be installed and deployed without any prior condition monitoring expertise, OPTIME is designed to provide advance warning of potential damage to machines such as electric motors, fans and pumps. It also offers early notification of imbalance, misalignment and loose-fitting components.
Data captured by OPTIME's sensors is analyzed using proprietary algorithms that draw on Schaeffler's technical expertise, its extensive library of physical models developed and refined over many decades, and the experience in condition monitoring that Schaeffler has built up in the course of its bearing servicing operations.
"We greatly value our longstanding membership in the Bearing Specialists Association, and we very much appreciate the BSA's recognition of our OPTIME innovation that is already transforming the wireless condition monitoring landscape," said Kevin Kozlowski, vice president – Industrial Distribution Americas. "Finally – an intuitive, easy-to-use 'Plug. Play. Predict.' sensor that meets our customers' expectations for monitoring key assets within their manufacturing facilities. OPTIME is a key product from our portfolio of Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions, whose mission – to simplify maintenance with an excellent user experience and a full suite of industrial services and solutions for the machine's complete lifetime – drives our overall value proposition to our customers and distribution partners," explained Kozlowski.
Schaeffler received the award at the BSA's 2022 Convention, which took place April 30 - May 3 in Indian Wells, Calif. OPTIME's win represents the second Manufacturer Excellence Award for Schaeffler, which was honored by the BSA for its SmartCheck™ condition monitoring device in 2016.
More information on OPTIME is available here.
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Schaeffler Group – We pioneer motion
As a leading global supplier to the automotive and industrial sectors, the Schaeffler Group has been driving forward groundbreaking inventions and developments in the fields of motion and mobility for over 75 years. With innovative technologies, products and services for CO₂-efficient drives, electric mobility, Industry 4.0, digitalization and renewable energies, the company is a reliable partner for making motion and mobility more efficient, intelligent and sustainable. The technology company manufactures high-precision components and systems for powertrain and chassis applications as well as rolling and plain bearing solutions for a large number of industrial applications. The Schaeffler Group generated sales of approximately EUR 13.9 billion in 2021. With around 83,000 employees, Schaeffler is one of the world's largest family companies. Moreover, with over 1,800 patent applications filed in 2021, Schaeffler is Germany's third-most innovative company according to the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).
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UK's Johnson joins final push to convince Arm to list in London -FT
Adds comment from a UK government spokesperson
May 3 (Reuters) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined a final push to try to convince SoftBank Group Corp-backed 9984.T chip designer Arm to list in London, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Johnson has written to SoftBank executives as part of the last-ditch effort, the report said, adding ministers and executives from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) are trying to persuade the Japanese conglomerate to rethink their preference for listing in New York.
Arm declined to comment on the matter, while the LSE and SoftBank did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
"Following last year’s record number of tech IPOs in London, we continue to work hard to support and encourage all firms to list here. We hope Arm will continue to build its business here, drawing on the UK’s unrivalled mix of skills and capital," a UK government spokesperson told Reuters by email.
Digital minister Chris Philp and Minister for Investment Gerry Grimstone, who lead the lobbying efforts, are expected to meet SoftBank executives in the coming weeks, according to the report.
However, two people familiar with SoftBank's thinking said there was very little possibility of changing plans and listing in London, the FT added.
SoftBank in February shelved the sale of Arm Ltd to U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp NVDA.O in a deal valued at up to $80 billion, citing regulatory hurdles, and instead decided to list the company.
(Reporting by Anirudh Saligrama, Maria Ponnezhath, Sneha Bhowmik and Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru Editing by Uttaresh.V and Mark Potter)
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Anne Robison has announced that she will be stepping down from her role on Countdown after hosting the show for a year.
The 77-year-old presenter became the first female host of the Channel 4 quiz show last year.
After recording 265 episodes of the show, Robinson has decided it is time for her to step down.
Anne became known for her role as host on The Weakest Link but the cutthroat presenter has had quite the journey when it comes to her career and family life.
From battles with booze to costly divorces, Anne has been through a lot, but the presenter has opened up about issues in her private life.
Is Anne Robinson still married?
Anne Robinson is no longer married. The Weakest Link star is twice divorced from two fellow journalists.
Robinson married Scottish journalist Charles Wilson in 1968 but the pair split after five years.
After the divorce, Anne lost a custody battle for her daughter, Emma, who was just two at the time.
In 1980 Anne married again, this time to journalist John Penrose but after 27 years of marriage, the couple announced their split in 2007.
As part of the divorce, Robinson was forced to make a £20million divorce payout to Penrose, which was reportedly a third of her fortune at the time.
Anne Robinson’s battle with booze
Robinson has opened up about her alcoholism a number of times and in 2017 she told the Mail: "By my mid-30s, I got to the point where I probably had about six weeks to live,"
"I suffered from a really bad drink problem and my weight dropped down to about six stone."
Anne became known for her heavy drinking during her early career as a newspaper journalist, but the presenter continued to struggle for many years.
Her issues with booze reportedly contributed to her first divorce as well as her loss of custody of her daughter, who was taken off Anne by social services after she was ruled an “unfit mother”.
But in 1978 Anne gave up alcohol for good and joined Alcoholics Anonymous, she has since turned her life around and has a good relationship with her daughter.
What is Anne Robinson’s net worth?
Despite her costly divorces and issues with alcohol that threatened her career, Anne Robinson has managed to rack up a massive net worth as a successful TV presenter and host.
According to Celebrity Net Worth Anne is currently worth £32million.
Anne has bagged her millions during a successful career that started in the newspaper industry.
The now TV presenter started her career as a trainee journalist with the Daily Mail but made the shift to TV in 1982 as an occasional panellist on BBC's Question Time.
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5 things to watch in the Ohio and Indiana primaries
By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN
Voting ends Tuesday in Ohio and Indiana, kicking off a busy primary month that will set up some of the key races for this year’s midterms.
Ohio’s primary on Tuesday will offer an early window into the direction of the Republican Party, and a test of former President Donald Trump‘s status as its most influential figure, as November’s midterm elections approach.
The state’s Republican contest for an open Senate seat is the marquee match-up of the day — and the first in a series of heated GOP clashes that will unfold in May, with races in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia and more set for the following weeks.
Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is heavily favored to survive challenges from the right that criticized his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, while Democrats will choose between two former mayors for the governor’s race.
In both Indiana and Ohio, voters will pick their nominees in newly redrawn congressional districts. In the Cleveland area, that means a Democratic rematch that could offer a window into the strength of the party’s progressive wing more than a year into Joe Biden‘s presidency.
Here are five things to watch Tuesday:
The wide-open Senate primary
The seven-candidate GOP race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman features a huge swath of undecided primary voters choosing from a series of options: the candidate Trump endorsed; one of several who tried to emulate him; or the one who represents a break from Trumpism.
Polls show that Trump-backed J.D. Vance, the “Hillbilly Elegy” author and venture capitalist, and Josh Mandel, the former state treasurer who has embraced Trump’s cultural battles and campaigned with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, are at the front of the field.
There are some indications, though, that state Sen. Matt Dolan is a late riser. Dolan, whose family owns Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians, is the only candidate who has not parroted Trump’s lies about election fraud. Multiple polls have shown him moving into third place, behind Vance and Mandel, and consolidating the support of moderate Republicans. Offering another hint that Dolan had become a factor in the race, Trump issued a statement blaming him for the Cleveland Guardians dropping their former Indians moniker.
The other Republican Senate candidates, self-funding businessman Mike Gibbons and former state GOP chairwoman Jane Timken, Portman’s preferred candidate, have faded in polls in the race’s final stretch. But with about one-quarter of the state’s likely Republican electorate undecided and no candidate breaking away in any public polls, the race appeared wide open headed into what’s expected to be a low-turnout Election Day.
Test of Trump’s influence
Mandel’s campaign signs say he is “pro-God, pro-guns, pro-Trump.” Gibbons offered himself as a businessman, not a politician, in the Trump mold. Timken touted Trump’s role in elevating her to become state GOP chairwoman in 2017.
But the former President eschewed all of them and endorsed Vance, who in 2016 was a vocal opponent of Trump but has since recanted that criticism. Trump’s decision infuriated many Ohio Republicans and confused some GOP voters, who were being bombarded at once by pro-Vance ads touting Trump’s support and anti-Vance ads that showed him saying he might vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and that some Trump supporters “voted for (Trump) for racist reasons.”
Ten days before the primary, Trump made a forceful case for Vance at a rally north of Columbus, telling the crowd that he’d moved past Vance’s 2016 criticism and insisting that Vance stood the best chance in November against the likely Democratic nominee, Rep. Tim Ryan.
“I want to pick somebody that’s going to win, and this man is going to win,” Trump said then.
Eight days later, he appeared to have forgotten Vance’s name. At a rally in Nebraska on Sunday, Trump said of Ohio: “We’ve endorsed J.P., right? J.D. Mandel, and he’s doing great.”
The biggest question Tuesday — one with implications through the rest of the 2022 primary calendar and for Republicans considering 2024 presidential runs — is whether GOP voters will follow Trump’s lead or forget about his endorsement.
A Vance victory would show that Trump is still the party’s primary mover. If Vance loses, though, it would at once weaken Trump and embolden groups like the conservative Club for Growth, which pumped millions into TV ads backing Mandel even after Trump waded into the race. It could turn Ohio into a playbook to Republicans in other states, including Pennsylvania, who are trying to win without Trump’s support.
Tim Ryan looks for room in Ohio
Ryan’s Democratic Senate primary against attorney Morgan Harper is largely a forgone conclusion. How Ryan positions himself in the general election — and what his run will say about the future of Democrats in the state — will be anything but inevitable.
Ryan is looking to do something that has eluded all Democrats not named Sen. Sherrod Brown for years: Win a statewide race in Ohio. No Democrat other than Brown has won nonjudicial statewide office in Ohio since 2008, and President Barack Obama was the last Democratic presidential nominee to win Ohio in 2012. Ryan is also trying to accomplish this feat at a particularly difficult time for Democrats as the party faces historical and economic headwinds.
Ryan, in a recent interview with CNN, said that the average Ohio voter’s perception of the Democratic Party is “much different” now than it was when he first ran for Congress in 2002, forcing him to address the fact that Democrats “have not done a good job as a party of letting people know that we’re fighting for them” and, in turn, distance himself some of the national Democratic messaging that has hurt the party the state.
“I’ve got my own record,” Ryan said. “I’ve been doing this a while, and so I’m not as tied to the Biden agenda only because I’ve got a 20-year record of doing things. … I’ve got a really good story to share with the Ohio voters that’s not tied to Biden. And so, I’ve got some room.”
Ryan’s race, and how he runs it with Democrats in control of the White House, Senate and House, will be the latest test of whether a Democrat focused on economic populism can overcome Ohio’s rightward shift and the answer will determine whether the state is anywhere near the key political bellwether it once was.
Battle for the soul of the Democratic Party — again
For the second time in less than a year, Democrats Shontel Brown, now a House member, and Nina Turner are facing off in a tight race to be their party’s nominee in the state’s 11th Congressional District.
Though Brown is now the incumbent, which has brought with it more support from Capitol Hill, progressives are again waging a fiery campaign to claim the heavily Democratic seat — as they seek to assure that, come what may in November, the House Democrats are a more progressive group in the next Congress. Turner has the backing of leading progressives from around the country and, like last year, the editorial board of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland.
On Brown’s side are President Joe Biden, who endorsed her in late April, along with a handful of top Democratic officials and moderate-friendly outside groups like the Democratic Majority for Israel’s super PAC, which says it spent more than $1.1 million on her campaign.
Turner, a former Ohio state senator who rose to national prominence as a close aide to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during his presidential bids, and her supporters are hopeful that the newly drawn district lines — which include more of Cleveland, where Turner outpaced Brown even in defeat last year — and higher turnout will swing the vote her way.
The Republican primary clash that wasn’t
There was a time when incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine appeared vulnerable to a challenge from Trump-aligned candidates running to his right.
Not anymore.
DeWine, who has spent decades in federal and statewide office, is a conservative establishment titan in Ohio, but even as the state has moved right, DeWine — both temperamentally and politically — has remained in the middle of the GOP. Despite some backlash from the base over his aggressive initial handling of Covid-19 (statewide restrictions didn’t last long), DeWine’s top opponent, former US Rep. Jim Renacci, never gained much steam — in part because he is splitting the anti-incumbent vote with a little known farmer, Joe Blystone.
Victory for DeWine in an Ohio campaign season dominated by the GOP’s wild Senate primary would also underscore the unique difficulties facing right wing candidates either aligned or backed by Trump in statewide elections, where a degree of moderation appears to hold more appeal than in federal races.
Trump, who campaigned in Ohio for Vance, never endorsed any of the three allies running against DeWine despite hinting he might do so in November 2020. The GOP winner would face either former Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley or former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley in November.
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Thomas Mueller has extended his contract with Bayern Munich until 2024, it was announced on Tuesday, with the Germany international set to spend his entire professional career at the Bundesliga champions, who he joined as a 10-year-old.
"The journey we have taken together since I joined the youth team in 2000 has been a fantastic success story so far," said Mueller, 32, who won a record 11th league title with the Bavarians this season.
"So let's continue it together," added the 2014 World Cup winner, who has made 112 appearances for Germany since his international debut in 2010.
Mueller as well as top-scorer Robert Lewandowski, Bayern captain Manuel Neuer and winger Serge Gnabry, were due to be out of contract in 2023.
He is the first of the quartet to extend their deals amid speculation Lewandowski could leave at the end of the season with Barcelona reportedly a possible destination.
Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn describes Mueller as "an identification figure who carries the emblem of our club in his heart.
"He's someone who takes leadership, plus he's an important character with his manner in the dressing room," Kahn added.
Since turning pro with Bayern in 2008, Mueller has made 624 appearances, scoring 226 goals and creating 242 more.
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KYIV, Ukraine — The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment that is holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol has confirmed to The Associated Press that Russian forces have started to storm the plant on Tuesday.
The move comes almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered its military not to storm the plant, but rather block it off.
Asked about the reports in Ukrainian media that the huge steelworks — the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in a city otherwise controlled by Moscow’s forces — was being stormed, Sviatoslav Palamar told the AP that “it is true.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Mariupol patrol police chief Mykhailo Vershinin was quoted by Ukrainian television as saying that the Russian military “have started to storm the plant in several places.”
The reports come amid a U.N. effort to evacuate civilians from the plant, which helped scores of people escape the sprawling facility.
According to Denys Shlega, commander of the 12th Operational Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard who is also currently at Azovstal, 200 civilians including two children remain at the plant.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told reporters Tuesday that about 150 civilians have been taken from Azovstal and a few hundred remain at the plant. “We need a few more days to continue this operation,” Vereshchuk said.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
— Aid workers prepare to receive civilians evacuating from Mariupol steel plant
— Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile
— Pope Francis offers to meet Putin, but hasn’t heard back
Follow all AP stories on Russia’s war on Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged her visiting Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, to try to influence Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
“Putin has to stop this war,” Frederiksen said Tuesday, adding immediately, “I hope that India will influence Russia.”
India’s neutral stance in the war has raised concerns in the West and earned praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who lauded India for judging “the situation in its entirety, not just in a one-sided way.”
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Ukraine’s parliament that their country has achieved the “greatest feat of arms of the 21st century” by repelling Russia’s attempt to capture Kyiv.
Johnson addressed lawmakers in Ukraine’s legislature, the Verkhovna Rada, by video link on Tuesday. He is the first world leader to do so since Ukraine was invaded on Feb. 24.
Johnson, one of Ukraine’s most prominent international supporters, announced a new 300 million pound ($375 million) package of military aid to Ukraine, including radar, drones and armored vehicles.
Johnson said Ukraine had “exploded the myth of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s invincibility,” and expressed confidence Ukraine would win the war.
The British leader said Western allies had not done enough to stop Russia after it annexed Crimea and triggered a conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014, and said Ukraine’s allies should not press it to give up territory to make peace.
He said “you are the masters of your fate, and no-one can or should impose anything on Ukrainians. We in the U.K. will be guided by you and we are proud to be your friends.”
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The Russian military says they have resumed strikes on the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol.
Vadim Astafyev, a Defense Ministry spokesman, said Tuesday Ukrainian fighters holed in at the plant “came out of the basements, took up firing positions on the territory and in the buildings of the plant.” Astafyev said Russian forces along with rebel forces from Donetsk were using “artillery and aircraft … to destroy these firing positions.”
The steel plant is the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in a city that is otherwise controlled by Moscow’s forces. More than 100 civilians, including small children, were making their way out of the steelworks in an evacuation effort overseen by the United Nations and the Red Cross.
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TIRANA, Albania – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated his call on the world to shut Russia out of all international financial and trade systems.
In an online Zoom speech to the Albanian Parliament Tuesday, Zelenskyy called on Europe and the world to stop buying oil from Russia, shut Russian banks out, stop trading with Russia, close ports to Russian ships and limit the arrival of Russian tourists “because you don’t know who is coming, a killer in the prisons or Mariupol’s hangmen.”
“It is simply unfair,” Zelenskyy said of the United Nations buying some $2.5 billion of materials from Russia for its humanitarian operations.
He thanked the tiny Western Balkan country for its full support, especially at the United Nations Security Council, where it is a temporary member.
“Our history when half a million Albanians were forcefully deported in an ethnic cleansing from their land in Kosovo, and found shelter in Albania, helps us feel from far away Ukraine’s heavy pain,” Prime Minister Edi Rama said.
A bloody 1998-1999 conflict between Serbia and ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo, then a Serbian province, left more than 12,000 dead and forced almost a million Kosovars to flee their homeland.
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BERLIN — The leaders of Finland and Sweden have indicated that their governments haven’t yet decided whether to join NATO, but stressed close security cooperation with other European countries in the face of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
Speaking Tuesday after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz near Berlin, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said “Russia’s attack on Ukraine has changed our security environment completely” and there was “no going back.”
“We have to decide on whether to apply for NATO membership or continue on our current path,” she said. “That is the discussion we are having now in our national parliament.”
Her Swedish counterpart, Magdalena Andersson, said the Nordic nation’s parliament is conducting a security review that will be presented on May 13.
“The analysis includes future international defense partnerships for Sweden, including a discussion on NATO, and all options are on the table,” she said.
“While our respective security arrangements are of course decided nationally, we coordinate very closely with Finland,” Andersson added.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said both countries would be welcomed if they decide to join the 30-nation military organization and could become members quite quickly.
The foreign ministers of NATO’s member countries are scheduled to meet in Berlin on May 14-15.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — A group of 20 children from an orphanage in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine has arrived in Slovenia where they will stay until the end of the war.
Officials said Wednesday that the children are mostly toddlers who travelled together with orphanage staff, doctors, nurses and their families.
The group will be staying near the western town of Postojna and will be granted temporary protection status in the small European Union country.
Local civil protection commander Sandi Curk says “the arrival was quite emotional.” Curk says there have been no problems along the route and that the trip lasted for 24 hours.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s energy minister says the country is not ready to join a European Union embargo on imports of Russian oil as part of a new package of sanctions to be imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Slovakia is almost fully dependent of Russian oil it receives through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. Economy Minister Rchard Sulik told reporters Tuesday that the sole Slovak refiner, Slovnaft, cannot immediately switch from Russian crude to any different oil. To change the technology would take several years, he said.
“We will insist on the exemption, for sure,” Sulik said.
European Union leaders are debating Tuesday new proposals for sanctions, which could include a phased-in embargo on oil. The 27 member countries are likely to start debating the plans on Wednesday, but it could be several days before the measures enter force.
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STRASBOURG, France — Italian Premier Mario Draghi is calling for Europe to move more rapidly toward greater defense integration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Draghi told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg on Tuesday that European defense spending “is a deeply inefficient distribution of resources, that blocks the construction of a true European defense.” He called for a conference to improve coordinated of defense spending.
Draghi praised the European Council’s ambitious plan of action to strengthen the EU’s security and defense policy by 2030, but said “it is necessary to go quickly beyond these first steps and construct an efficient coordination among defense systems.”
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization’s incident manager for Ukraine says evacuees from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol “are on the way” toward government-controlled areas away from the most intense combat zones where Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting.
Dr. Dorit Nitzan, speaking by video to reporters in Geneva from government-controlled Zaporizhzhia, said WHO teams have been among workers from the U.N. and other aid groups who have deployed to help dozens of evacuees — up to 100 — from the plant.
“Things are moving,” she said Tuesday. “We know that they are on the way.”
Nitzan said the U.N. health agency was not clear what kind of health needs that the evacuees would present but that hospitals nearby and trauma teams were on standby to help the arriving evacuees.
The United Nations humanitarian aid coordinator and the International Committee of the Red Cross were leading the evacuation, after securing agreement from Ukrainian and Russian authorities in recent days.
Nitzan said about 100 people have been trickling out in their own vehicles from Mariupol in recent days.
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LVIV, Ukraine — The British military says it believes the Russian military is now “significantly weaker” after suffering losses in its war on Ukraine.
The British Defense Ministry made the comment Tuesday in its daily statement on Twitter regarding the war.
It said: “Russia’s military is now significantly weaker, both materially and conceptually, as a result of its invasion of Ukraine. Recovery from this will be exacerbated by sanctions. This will have a lasting impact on Russia’s ability to deploy conventional military force.”
The ministry added while Russia’s defense budget has doubled from 2005 to 2018, the modernization program it undertook “has not enabled Russia to dominate Ukraine.”
“Failures both in strategic planning and operational execution have left it unable to translate numerical strength into decisive advantage,” the ministry said.
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LVIV, Ukraine — Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show nearly 50 Russian military helicopters at a base close to the Ukrainian border.
The image captured Monday by Planet Labs PBC shows the helicopters in Stary Oskol, Russia, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
The helicopters are stationed on the tarmac, runway and grass of the otherwise civilian airport. Military equipment is stationed nearby to support the aircraft.
Russia has been using its military attack helicopters in its war on Ukraine, flying low to the ground to try to avoid anti-aircraft missiles.
Meanwhile, another satellite image showed a bridge repeatedly targeted by Moscow near the Black Sea port city of Odesa still standing as of around noon Monday. That strategic bridge connects Odesa to the wider countryside and would be key to defending the area.
A breakaway region of neighboring Moldova home to Russian troops nearby has seen a series of mysterious explosions in recent days, raising concerns about the conflict widening.
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ROME — Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he offered to travel to Moscow to meet the Russian president about three weeks into the invasion, but that he has not received a response.
Francis was quoted Tuesday by Corriere della Sera as saying his offer to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow was made through the Vatican’s No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 20 days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He said, “Of course, it would be necessary for the leader of the Kremlin to make available some window of opportunity. But we still have not had a response and we are still pushing, even if I fear that Putin cannot and does not want to have this meeting at this moment.”
Francis said he spoke with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, for 40 minutes by videoconference and for the first half “with paper in hand, he read all of the justifications for the war. I listened and told him: I don’t understand any of this. Brother, we are not clerics of the state, we cannot use language of politics, but that of Jesus. … For this we need to find the paths of peace, to stop the firing of arms.”
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KYIV, Ukraine — Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod says his visit to Ukraine’s capital showed “the full support from the Danish side” on transfer of weapons, sanctions on Russia, but also humanitarian assistance.
Kofod reopened the Danish embassy in Kyiv and met with his counterpart Dymtro Kuleba and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday. His meetings come as Denmark’s neighbors, Sweden and Finland, are debating joining NATO. Denmark is a founding member.
Moscow has warned that such a move would have consequences, without giving specifics. Yet on Friday, a Russian military plane violated Swedish and Danish airspace.
“I have to say to Russia that it’s a sovereign right of each country to arrange themselves when it comes to security. Denmark is not threatening anybody. Sweden, Finland is not threatening anybody,” Kofod told The Associated Press. “It’s totally unjustified if Russia or anybody else is trying to, in a way, violate our airspace (…) or doing some kind of other hybrid attacks on us, this is totally unjustified. And we will, of course, protect ourselves against that.”
Earlier in the day, Kofod visited Irpin in the suburbs of Kyiv to witness firsthand the destruction and devastation.
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OTTAWA — Ukraine’s ambassador-designate to Canada says Russia must be held accountable for its troops committing sex crimes, including against children.
Yulia Kovaliv told a Canadian House of Commons committee Monday that Russia is using sexual violence as a weapon of war and said rape and sexual assault must be investigated as war crimes.
She said Russia also has kidnapped Ukrainian children and taken them to Russian-occupied territories and now Russia itself. Ukraine is working with partners to find the children and bring them back.
“Russians, a few days ago, killed a young mother and taped her living child to her body and attached a mine between them,″ the ambassador said. She said the mine detonated.
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Column: Indiana University, IU Health focused on making more money, not serving Hoosiers
In high school I never considered any other college than Indiana University. It was “our university,” a school founded to educate Indiana students at a reasonable cost. Both the students and the state benefited.
Now I perceive IU as a business based on education. Programs benefiting students and public are dropped if they lose money, such as the former pairing of physical therapy students with physically impaired individuals. Programs are expanded which attract foreign students paying higher tuition. I provided data upon request to an Asian SPEA graduate student researching veterans’ affairs funding but refused to write her paper “Because my English is not too good.” I also lost respect for an IU with compromised educational standards.
What also upsets me as an IU graduate is the formerly honorable Indiana University name being more sullied by incorporation into Indiana University Health. What shocks me is the blatant and evidently unrepentant presence of IU management officials on the board of IUH. Not just a conflict of interest, complicit. I am also shocked by the IU acceptance of the $416 million donation from IUH and the lack of meaningful explanation.
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The United States has the world’s highest annual per capita health care expenditure at $12,531 but ranks 22nd in health care quality. Life expectancy has dropped to 26th among the 35 industrialized countries. The lack of a national health care system has not been efficient nor effective for the United States, but it has kept the door open for corporate profit and for questionable donations.
For Indiana University Health quality of care is secondary, a means to an end. “Indiana University Health, the state’s largest hospital system, has the highest prices – about 50% above the national average.” (Wall Street Journal). Making money is the goal, with huge salaries to executives who are not directly involved in health care; rather in marketing, financial management, and a professional apologist. The latter explained away part of their billion dollars average profit as needed to cover increasing costs of charity care. IUH has spread through Indiana by absorbing local hospitals, eliminating their competition. The charity patients have fewer places to go other than to an IUH hospital ER.
To plead increasing charity cases require more income is like a man who killed his parents pleading for mercy because he was an orphan. All those billions of excess profit dollars came from patients and insurance. Profit from disease. Hard to negotiate a better deal if you are suffering.
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Our family physician — empathetic, professional, and positively reviewed — is leaving her practice next month. She can no longer tolerate working for IU Health. Our former podiatrist works for IU Health. His needless surgery on my left foot resulted in a permanent impairment but more money for IU Health. When the same symptom began in my right foot, I went to a podiatrist who had refused to join IU Health. He told me to get wider shoes. Symptom disappeared.
The only reasonable conclusion is IU Health was desperate to preserve their “not-for-profit” status in order to avoid corporate income taxes by showing reduced after-expenses income, and IU was a willing co-conspirator in order to get more money. Sadly, GOP-dominated Indiana government underfunds higher education. Don’t forget IU Health “after expenses income” also means after the expenses of huge salaries for executive management. Sadly, Internal Revenue Service staffing has been gutted by the GOP. The decision makers of IU Health and IU protect their personal incomes.
What did Joseph Welch ask Joe McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings? Oh, I remember: “Have you no decency, sir?”
Have you no decency, Indiana University Health?
Have you no decency, Indiana University?
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Alicia McBride, an expert on empaths like herself, has written the international best-seller I Feel Too Much
READING, Pa., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Is there someone in your life that cries at the drop of a hat? Is overwhelmed, anxious or depressed? Are you tired of not knowing what to do for them? Alicia McBride, author of two books on empaths — people who pick up the energy and feelings of others — says such people are often poorly understood by themselves and others. As she will explain, if an empath encounters someone who is sad they will become sad; if it is someone who is in pain, they will be in pain too.
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SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) _ Sabre Corp. (SABR) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $47.4 million.
On a per-share basis, the Southlake, Texas-based company said it had profit of 12 cents. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 29 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 38 cents per share.
The provider of technology services to the travel industry posted revenue of $584.9 million in the period.
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This article is part of our Minor League Barometer series.
Two rather highly touted neophytes got the call this week with Jose Miranda and MJ Melendez joining their respective clubs due to injuries. With Miguel Sano and Kyle Garlick both heading to the Injured List for the Twins, Miranda received a promotion primarily to add depth to the batting order. Meanwhile, Melendez hit primetime due to Kansas City backup catcher Cam Gallagher getting hurt. It would appear Miranda has the greater chance at a more immediate impact given that Salvador Perez is directly ahead of Melendez at the position. That being said, both Melendez and Miranda should see some at-bats at DH, at least until their squads get healthier. Opportunity knocks, so let's see who'll take advantage.
Here are some other movers and shakers in this week's Minor League Barometer.
UPGRADE
Blake Walston, P, ARI – Everyone wants to talk about Arizona's organizational hitting depth, and rightfully so. However, Drey Jameson, Ryne Nelson and Walston have all gotten off to fast starts on the mound. Walston is a 6-5 southpaw with a lethal curveball who posted a 2.55 ERA and 27:7 K:BB in just 17.2 innings at High-A before getting a quick bump to Double-A. His four-pitch arsenal misses bats, and he likely can add some beef to his lanky frame for a few extra ticks on his fastball. Despite being only 20, Walston purportedly has the mental makeup and the athleticism to handle older, more experienced hitters. 2022 may not go so well for the big club, but 2023 and beyond looks to
Two rather highly touted neophytes got the call this week with Jose Miranda and MJ Melendez joining their respective clubs due to injuries. With Miguel Sano and Kyle Garlick both heading to the Injured List for the Twins, Miranda received a promotion primarily to add depth to the batting order. Meanwhile, Melendez hit primetime due to Kansas City backup catcher Cam Gallagher getting hurt. It would appear Miranda has the greater chance at a more immediate impact given that Salvador Perez is directly ahead of Melendez at the position. That being said, both Melendez and Miranda should see some at-bats at DH, at least until their squads get healthier. Opportunity knocks, so let's see who'll take advantage.
Here are some other movers and shakers in this week's Minor League Barometer.
UPGRADE
Blake Walston, P, ARI – Everyone wants to talk about Arizona's organizational hitting depth, and rightfully so. However, Drey Jameson, Ryne Nelson and Walston have all gotten off to fast starts on the mound. Walston is a 6-5 southpaw with a lethal curveball who posted a 2.55 ERA and 27:7 K:BB in just 17.2 innings at High-A before getting a quick bump to Double-A. His four-pitch arsenal misses bats, and he likely can add some beef to his lanky frame for a few extra ticks on his fastball. Despite being only 20, Walston purportedly has the mental makeup and the athleticism to handle older, more experienced hitters. 2022 may not go so well for the big club, but 2023 and beyond looks to bring a lot more promise, and Walston could be one of the main reasons.
Michael Harris, OF, ATL – Harris has been tormenting the opposition so far at Double-A by slashing .333/.396/.586 with four home runs, 19 RBI and nine stolen bases in 21 games. All of his homers have come in the last seven contests, including two on Sunday. The recent power surge is particularly noteworthy, as Harris already offers plus speed and an excellent hit tool. If power is indeed another skill in his arsenal, he could emerge as an elite offensive player. Even with only mediocre power, Harris has an extremely bright future and could hit the big leagues alongside Ronald Acuna as early as 2023.
Ezequiel Tovar, SS, COL – Tovar is just 20, but he's already at Double-A for the beloved Hartford Yard Goats and is scorching batting .342/.432/.658 with five home runs, 14 RBI and seven steals in 20 games. Perhaps most impressively, he's already drawn 10 walks after only collecting 17 in 104 last year. Already boasting that intriguing power/speed combination, Tovar's value could skyrocket if he continues to show patience at the dish.
Caleb Kilian, P, CHC – Kilian's meteoric rise has continued into 2022 and is now in Triple-A. Through four outings, the former Giants draftee has posted a 1.72 ERA and 17:6 K:BB with opposing batters hitting just .200 against while being able to keep the ball down even more so than last season. Kilian is athletic, repeats his delivery and has added velocity to his fastball since entering the minors. The Cubs are desperate for starting pitching currently 27th in starting pitcher ERA. Kilian could certainly help the cause, and should see the big leagues sometime this summer.
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Jose Ramos, OF, LAD – Ramos is yet another Dodgers hitting prospect who could be on the cusp of notoriety hitting .307/.398/.627 with five home runs, 17 RBI and two steals in 18 games at High-A. Strikeouts remain a concern fanning 26 times over that span. Ramos may not be as highly thought of as fellow outfielder and organization mate Andy Pages, but he remains firmly on the prospect radar.
Brandon Walter, P, BOS – Walter may be on the older side in terms of prospecting, but the former reliever has been wildly successful since transitioning back into a starting role. The 25-year-old lefty has produced a 29:0 K:BB through the first four starts at Double-A. Yes, you read that correctly. Walter also hasn't allowed a single walk over 23 innings. In 58.1 frames as a starter at High-A in 2021, he punched out an impressive 86 hitters while only issuing 14 free passes. Rotation mate Brayan Bello gets the pub due to his youth, but Walter is missing bats at an incredibly high rate while showing elite control.
Coby Mayo, 3B, BAL – Mayo has clubbed four homers in his last five outings for High-A Aberdeen, and now has 20 RBI in 19 for the IronBirds. He's powerful and fairly polished at the dish, making him an intriguing future piece for the O's. Mayo just turned 20 during the offseason, so there's no need for Baltimore to rush him to the bigs. Instead, he will continue to get reps in the minors while the perpetually rebuilding organization attempts to finally field a winning squad.
DOWNGRADE
Rece Hinds, OF, CIN – Hinds has been a disappointment since being drafted by the Reds in the second round back in 2019 only playing in 74 games since his selection and off to a rocky start at High-A slashing a mere .143/.239/.270 with two home runs, four RBI and two steals in 17 contests. He's struggled to make any sort of consistent contact, striking out a staggering 35 times while taking just six walks. Hinds is still only 21 and has had such little on-field experience in the minors partly due to COVID, but the fact remains he's simply looked underwhelming at best.
Kyren Paris, SS, LAA – It has been a brutal start to the season for Paris, arguably the top hitting prospect in the Halos system as he's batting .180/.315/.262 with six RBI and six steals. He continues to struggle with strikeouts having fanned 31 times in 17 games. For a player with limited power, this isn't a positive development. Much like Hinds above, Paris has rather low in-game experience at this point of his professional career. He also doesn't appear to offer one elite tool, but rather shows generally solid all-around skills. Even if Paris realizes his potential, he may end up being a better actual player than fantasy asset. | https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article.php?id=63409 | 2022-05-03T13:30:01Z | https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article.php?id=63409 | true |
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Abortion Surges as Election Issue With Roe Precedent on Brink
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,(Bloomberg) -- Abortion rights suddenly emerged as an issue that could reshape the battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of Congress, following a report that conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court were poised to strike down the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent.
Politico reported Monday night that it had obtained the initial draft majority opinion, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, that overturns the landmark 1973 Roe ruling that made the choice to seek an abortion a constitutional right for women nationwide. Such a decision would hand Republicans a long-sought victory yet could galvanize Democrats who’ve been bracing for the prospect of losing their House and Senate majorities this November.
“This decision will put women’s rights and abortion rights front and center in the elections,” said Geoff Garin, a pollster who advises Senate Democrats. “Up until now, many voters did not take the threat to legal abortion seriously or believe that Roe would be overturned, but now the reality of that threat will be crystal clear.”
Democrats had been heading into the midterm elections hobbled by soaring inflation, the lingering coronavirus pandemic and President Joe Biden’s sagging approval ratings, all topics that Republicans have been keen to play up in their campaigns.
It’s unclear how a decision invalidating Roe would play among voters, especially in suburban House districts and the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire and Georgia where control of the Senate will be determined. It remains to be seen whether a politically seismic abortion ruling could eclipse inflation and other issues that had been central in the contest.
“Midterm elections are generally about turnout and this type of ruling could energize the base of both parties,” said Doug Sosnik, White House political director under President Bill Clinton.
Striking down Roe will reverberate in the midterm elections and the 2024 presidential campaign. It would also magnify attention on gubernatorial and legislative races around the country, as the court’s decision could return abortion rights policy to the states, where it was before Roe.
“Make no mistake: reproductive rights will be on the ballot and this midterm election is more important now than ever before,” the Democratic National Committee said in a statement on Monday night. “Voters will make their voices heard, we will fight back with everything we have, and Republicans will have to answer for their party’s relentless attacks on Americans’ rights.”
The decision is one that has been sought by many Republicans in the decades since Roe was decided. Donald Trump vowed during his original campaign for White House that he would appoint justices to overturn the ruling. In office he did just that, appointing three justices who solidified the conservative majority on the court, though it’s not clear how they voted.
The abortion issue is likely to resonate in the nation’s suburbs, which have become the linchpin of U.S. politics as rural areas are solidly Republican and urban areas are dominated by Democrats. Democrats gained 41 seats House seats and took control of the chamber in 2018 as suburban voters turned against Trump. In 2020, Joe Biden won 54% of the suburban vote, according to the Pew Research Center, and that played a decisive role in the five states he carried by the narrowest margins.
“The House races that matter are in the suburbs,” Sosnik said.
Democrats had rallied with a massive fundraising haul in 2020 in the weeks after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And they intend to use a decision that overturns Roe to similar effect.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a joint statement, said if the Politico report is accurate, such a ruling would be “one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history.”
Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico other Democrats called for an end to the Senate’s filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to advance most legislation, as a way to protect abortion rights. But in the 50-50 Senate, that still may not be enough to pass any abortion-related legislation.
Republicans reacted to the leak of the draft opinion as much as the substance of it.
Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, who has urged the Supreme Court to overturn Roe in an amicus brief, said on Twitter that “the left continues its assault on the Supreme Court with an unprecedented breach of confidentiality, clearly meant to intimidate. The justices mustn’t give in to this attempt to corrupt the process.
“Stay strong,” he added, though there’s no evidence so far of where the leak came from.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly refused to say whether he would allow a vote on any Biden Supreme Court pick if the GOP takes the majority in November and another vacancy occurs.
McConnell more than anyone else helped engineer the conservative majority on the verge of overturning the landmark ruling. He has pointed to blocking President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland in 2016 as among his biggest accomplishments, followed up four years later by confirming Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg shortly before the 2020 election.
McConnell in 2017 rallied Republicans to overturn the 60-vote rule to overcome filibusters of Supreme Court justices to confirm Neil Gorsuch, and later presided over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh.
A majority of the public has consistently supported keeping abortion legal in all or at least some cases since the mid-1970s, according to Gallup data, while only about one in five Americans say the procedure should be illegal under all circumstances. Other polls show similar trends. A Marquette University poll earlier this year found that 72% of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Margin Expansion Drives Strong Earnings Growth
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN) today announced results for the 2022 first quarter that ended March 31, 2022.
The first quarter earnings release can be viewed here as well as on the company's website at https://investors.cerner.com/financial-releases.
About Cerner
Cerner's health technologies connect people and information systems at thousands of contracted provider facilities worldwide dedicated to creating smarter and better care for individuals and communities. Recognized globally for innovation, Cerner assists clinicians in making care decisions and assists organizations in managing the health of their populations. The company also offers a connected clinical and financial ecosystem to help manage day-to-day revenue functions, as well as a wide range of services to support clinical, financial and operational needs, focused on people. For more information, visit Cerner.com, Cerner Perspectives, connect on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or join the discussion on Cerner's podcast Perspectives on Health & Tech. Nasdaq: CERN.
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LONDON (AP) _ CNH Industrial NV (CNHI) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $333 million.
The London-based company said it had profit of 24 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 28 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 25 cents per share.
The truck, tractor and bus maker posted revenue of $4.64 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.61 billion.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with acute power shortages affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels.
Supplies of coal at many thermal power plants are running perilously low, spawning daily power outages in several states. The shortages are sparking scrutiny of India’s long reliance on coal, which produces 70% of the country’s electricity.
The situation highlights India’s pressing need to diversify its energy sources, as demand for electricity is expected to increase more than anywhere else in the world over the next 20 years as the densely populated country develops, according to the International Energy Agency.
The shortages hit as blisteringly high temperatures are sweeping over parts of the country, prompting authorities to close schools, sparking fires at gigantic landfills and shriveling crops as a cool spring turned suddenly into unrelenting heat.
India recorded its hottest March since 1901, and average temperatures in April in northern and central pockets of the country were the highest in 122 years, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Temperatures breached 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in 10 cities last week, although cloudy skies and rain could bring some relief soon.
Climate change is making severe temperatures hotter and more frequent, with heat waves likely to strike India about once every four years instead of every five decades in the past, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London. India urgently needs to prepare for record increases in power consumption as a result.
Current power cuts are hurting economic activity, which had been rebounding after pandemic shutdowns, and could disrupt essential services such as hospitals, experts warn. Many states including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan are experiencing blackouts of up to seven hours.
On Friday, the railways ministry canceled more than 750 passenger train services to allow more freight trains to move coal from mines to the power plants.
Out of India’s 165 coal plants, 94 are facing critically low coal supplies while 8 are not operational as of Sunday, according to data from the Central Electricity Authority. This means stocks have dropped below 25% of normal levels.
Government rules mandate that power plants maintain 24 days’ worth of coal stocks, but many routinely don’t, said Vibhuti Garg, an energy economist at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Much of India had a cool spring this year before temperatures rose quickly and dramatically. “Then suddenly the demand started picking up and the inventories started declining much, much faster than anticipated,” Garg said. “And this becomes a kind of panic situation that they’ll start running out of coal pretty soon.”
But the power outages are less the result of a dearth of coal than inadequate forecasts of demand and plans for transporting it in time, experts said.
“We don’t have enough resources to do proper forecasting. The hike in demand should not have come as a surprise,” Garg said.
“There is enough coal, but a lack of anticipation and planning” caused problems, said Sunil Dahiya, an analyst at the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air. “This could have been avoided.”
Some of the shortfall could also have been met with imported coal, Garg said. But global prices have shot up since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reaching $400 per ton in March, putting it out of reach for perennially cash-strapped power distribution companies.
Analysts expect demand to dip in the coming weeks, especially if the heat subsides, but it is likely to surge again in July and August, driven by rising humidity and the planting season in some Indian states. It is also the start of the monsoon, when heavy rains can flood coal mines and disrupt both mining and supply.
A similar energy crisis occurred last October following unusually heavy rains that flooded several mines.
The freeing up of freight trains to transport coal is likely to ease the situation and provide some relief, but it isn’t a long-term solution, experts said.
With climate change exacerbating heat waves, energy shortfalls will become more routine and demand will only rise further. But the answer is not to open new mines or add more coal to India’s energy mix, because that will increase greenhouse gases that in turn will trap more heat, experts said.
“We need to aggressively focus on bolstering renewable energy and making it more reliable. Otherwise, the same issues will keep occurring, because we are too reliant on this one source of fuel,” Dahiya said.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday urged her visiting Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, to try to influence Russia to end the war in Ukraine.
“Putin has to stop this war,” Frederiksen said, adding immediately, “I hope that India will influence Russia.”
India’s neutral stance in the war has raised concerns in the West and earned praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who lauded India for judging “the situation in its entirety, not just in a one-sided way.”
Frederiksen later said that the West should offer India an alternative to Russia.
“In fact, it is quite obvious that we in the West have a completely unequivocal interest in getting India as close to us as at all possible,”” Frederiksen told reporters.
″(We need) to strengthen our cooperation with other democracies and it does not matter where those democracies are located,” she said. “We need to strengthen our cooperation, especially because there are obviously some very big players who do not recognize democracy at home or globally.”
At the start of Modi's two-day visit to the Scandinavian country, Denmark and India signed several bilateral agreements focused on green energy and clean water.
Later Tuesday, Modi is to attend a banquet in his honor with Queen Margrethe, Denmark’s figurehead monarch, at the downtown Amalienborg Palace. On Wednesday, Modi will attend an Indo-Nordic Summit in Copenhagen and also hold separate bilateral talks with the leaders of Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland.
It was the first visit by an Indian leader to Denmark in 20 years.
Modi came to Denmark from Berlin, where Germany and India on Monday signed a series of bilateral agreements focused on sustainable development that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy.
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Old Harrovian and his brother who starred in ITV reality show 'Life on Marbs' attacked a PR boss at exclusive Mayfair club when 'women started dancing in their private booth'
- Adam and Jeffrey Graham became 'annoyed' as uninvited guests joined party
- Adam 'gently ushered away' a woman but Jacob Bohbot took exception to this
- Jeffrey then struck Mr Bohbot in the face, Westminster Magistrates' Court told
- Adam is then seen joining in the attack on CCTV, prosecutors told the court
- The brothers both received 12-month community orders and unpaid work orders
Two brothers who starred in ITV reality show 'Life on Marbs' attacked a PR boss at an exclusive Mayfair club when women started dancing in their private booth, a court heard.
Old Harrovian Adam Graham, 32, and brother Jeffrey, 30, appeared on the twelve-episode series, which followed the lives of the glamorous residents living in the popular Spanish resort, in 2015.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard the brothers became 'annoyed' when members of the public starting dancing in their private area at the celebrity haunt.
The pair believed they had booked an area of the Maddox Club - which counts Prince Harry amongst its past famous guests - for friends and family, but uninvited guests started joining their party.
Tom Heslop, prosecuting, said: 'The two defendants began to get annoyed with members of the public dancing in their space.'
Old Harrovian Adam Graham, 32, and brother Jeffrey, 30, appeared on the twelve-episode series, which followed the lives of the glamorous residents living in the popular Spanish resort, in 2015
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard the brothers became 'annoyed' when members of the public starting dancing in their private area at the celebrity haunt. Pictured: Adam Graham
The pair believed they had booked an area of the Maddox Club (pictured) - which counts Prince Harry amongst its past famous guests - for friends and family, but uninvited guests started joining their party
He said the victim, PR manager Jacob Bohbot, was sat at a table with a group of women close to the Graham family.
The brothers thought the women were 'getting in their space' and complained to security about them dancing in their area, the court heard.
Adam claimed he 'gently ushered away' a woman who kept entering the area and Mr Bohbot remonstated to Jeffrey about her treatment. Jeffrey then struck Mr Bohbot in the face.
'The victim then felt multiple hands hit him,' said Mr Bohbot.
'The victim was at the time uncertain as to who was hitting him, but Jeffrey and Adam were both punching as shown on CCTV. Jeffrey Graham begins the assault, he instigated it, and Adam joins in.'
George Dugbo, defending, said: 'They went to the club after a family event.
'They had reserved a private seating area and a female member of the public interfered with their personal space.
'They referred this to the security guard a number of times before Adam gently ushered the female member of public away.'
Mr Dugbo said there was a 'spur of the moment, emotional reaction' from Jeffrey initially with Adam acting instinctively to protect his brother.
He said the brothers have written a 'letter of apology and have taken steps of reaching out to the complainant.
The pair recently set up a new luxury concierge business, the court heard.
Adam (pictured) claimed he 'gently ushered away' a woman who kept entering the area and Mr Bohbot remonstated to Jeffrey about her treatment
Jeffrey Graham (pictured) then struck Mr Bohbot in the face, the court was told
Magistrate Claire Harris said: 'This would have been a very frightening incident not just for the victim but for other people there that night.
'This is a serious incident where there are four types of injury. We hear there was a chipped tooth which is a lasting injury for some time.
But she added: 'We have also taken into account your good character and remorse. We hope to never see you in court again.'
The Graham brothers, both of Willow Park Way, Aston-on-Trent, near Derby, admitted assault by beating.
Adam Graham received a 12-month community order with 80 hours unpaid work, whilst Jeffrey Graham, received a 12-month community order with 120 hours unpaid work.
Each brother was also ordered to pay £100 compensation to the victim, as well as £180 in court costs and fees.
They were also banned from the Maddox Club for the duration of their community orders.
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World's largest robotics competition with more than 28,000 attendees from 36 nations celebrates hands-on STEM education through robotics.
GREENVILLE, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation's 15th annual VEX Robotics World Championship will be coming home to Dallas for the first in-person event in two years. Students compete year-round to attend this event with the goal of being crowned world champions. This year, more than 20,000 students from 49 states and 36 countries, and their custom-built robots, will compete in timed matches and make adjustments on-the-fly in race car-like pits.
The largest robotics community in the world will all unite both in person and remotely to celebrate STEM excellence and compete in heart-pounding competition matches. Student-led teams ranging from elementary to university age groups will showcase their game strategy, design, and teamwork skills at this global event. The competition will take place May 3 - 12 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, TX and remotely via vexworlds.tv.
The REC Foundation's VEX Competitions make up the largest and fastest growing robotics engineering platform consisting of the following programs: the VEX IQ Challenge (Elementary & Middle School), the VEX Robotics Competition (Middle School & High School) and VEX U (College/University). More than 20,500 robotics teams from 49 states and 47 countries compete in these programs on a local level throughout the year. Out of this group 3,000 teams qualify to attend the REC Foundation's VEX Robotics World Championship based on their success at the state and regional championships.
"The REC Foundation provides an impactful combination of STEM education, robotics competitions and workforce development initiatives to increase student interest in technology and pursuing technology careers," said Dan Mantz, CEO of the REC Foundation. "This competition will be our most exciting event yet, as we have waited two years to bring our diverse group of extraordinary students back together in-person."
"Students have certainly faced a number of challenges throughout the past few years, but their commitment to robotics and the competition never wavered," said Tony Norman, Co-Founder and President of VEX Robotics. "We are thrilled to be welcoming the students back to compete in person and know that this year's competition will showcase the remarkable ingenuity, passion and talent that makes them the innovative problem solvers of tomorrow."
The REC Foundation's VEX Robotics World Championship 2022 is presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation. Other global sponsors that support the program year-round and this event include: Autodesk, Google, Mathworks, Microchip, NASA, Texas Instruments, and USAF Special Warfare.
More information about this event can be found at vexworlds.com.
About the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation
The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation's mission is to increase student interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging students in hands-on, affordable, and sustainable robotics engineering programs.
About VEX Robotics
VEX Robotics is a leading provider of educational and competitive robotics products to schools, universities, and robotics teams all around the world. The VEX 123, GO, IQ, V5, V5 Workcell and VEXcode VR product lines span from elementary school all the way through college with accessible, scalable, and flexible robotics solutions. Beyond science and engineering principles, a VEX Robotics project encourages teamwork, leadership, and problem solving among groups. It allows educators to easily customize projects to meet the level of students' abilities as they inspire and prepare the STEM problem-solvers of tomorrow.
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GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $662 million.
The Glenview, Illinois-based company said it had net income of $2.11 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.07 per share.
The equipment manufacturer for the transportation, power, food and construction industries posted revenue of $3.94 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.77 billion.
Illinois Tool Works expects full-year earnings to be $9 to $9.40 per share.
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Sinn Fein eyes milestone election victory in push for Irish unity
By Amanda Ferguson and Clodagh Kilcoyne
BELFAST, May 3 (Reuters) - Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, is on course to become the biggest party in Northern Ireland's government after Thursday's election, a milestone in its quest for a united Ireland.
The one-time political pariah has an 8-point advantage ahead of the May 5 election for the Northern Ireland Assembly, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday.
An Irish nationalist party coming out on top for the first time in the British-run province would represent an historic shift 24 years after the Good Friday peace accord ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed. It also moves Sinn Fein closer to becoming the lead party in government on both sides of the Irish border.
Though a referendum that could result in unity with the neighboring Republic of Ireland is likely to be years away, Sinn Fein senses growing momentum.
"We are in a decade of opportunity, a decade of opportunity to bring about that change," Sinn Fein's leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill told Reuters at its 'Time For Real Change' election manifesto launch.
"I'm less fixated about dates (for a referendum) and more concerned about the planning, the work needs to happen and the constitutional change conversation must be had."
Sinn Fein is led by a younger generation of politicians with fewer links to the IRA and Northern Ireland's "Troubles" when 3,600 people were killed. They want the government in Dublin to start planning for the possibility of a border poll.
A pre-election canvass in the patchwork constituency of north Belfast suggests breaking away from Britain is not at the top of voters' minds.
While Sinn Fein campaigners are greeted by some houses flying Irish tricolors and another with a sign reading 'céad míle fáilte' - the Irish for welcome - the rocketing cost of living and a struggling health service are the chief concerns.
"Sinn Fein has run quite a nuanced campaign which is a pitch to the persuadables and middle ground," Chris Donnelly, a political commentator and former Sinn Fein candidate said of the party's restrained push on the doorstep for a united Ireland.
Irish unity takes up just one page in the 17-page manifesto.
It is a similar case in the Republic of Ireland where an even wider Sinn Fein lead in opinion polls ahead of national elections in three years time is not a signal that Irish unity is top of the agenda.
Sinn Fein shocked the political establishment there in 2020 by securing more votes than any other party, forcing Ireland's two dominant center-right parties to join forces for the first time to keep their left wing rivals out of power.
An exit poll showed a years-long housing crisis and problems in the health service were the most important issues for 60% of those who cast their vote. Pollsters did not consider it worthwhile including Irish unity as one of the 10 options in the exit poll.
UNIONISTS WORRIED
Pro-British parties are nevertheless using Sinn Fein's push to withdraw Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom of England, Scotland and Wales to galvanize support.
"I think unionists are very concerned about what a Sinn Fein victory would mean in terms of their divisive border poll plans," Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the biggest pro-British party, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), told Reuters.
A collapse in support over the last 18 months for the DUP is the main reason why it is poised to lose the office of Northern Ireland first minister to Sinn Fein under a structure where the main nationalist and unionist rivals are obliged to share power.
Unionists captured less than half of the seats for the first time at the last election in 2017 and polls suggest that anger over post-Brexit checks introduced between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK is set to spilt that share more widely among unionist parties this time around.
Monday's poll showed that the cross-community Alliance Party could catch the DUP, an unthinkable prospect five years ago.
While Brexit also gave the debate about a United Ireland a boost after a majority in Northern Ireland voted to remain in the European Union, the requirement to share power with unionist rivals will limit what Sinn Fein can actually do about it.
It is also solely up to the British government under the terms of the 1998 peace deal to call a referendum if they believe a "yes" majority looks likely. Opinion polls have consistently shown most voters in Northern Ireland favor the status quo.
Still, analysts believe a Sinn Fein victory on Thursday could be a watershed moment.
"It would be significant where a party committed to the change of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to a United Ireland became the largest representative party," said Donnelly, the political commentator. (Writing by Padraic Halpin. Editing by Jane Merriman) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10778373/Sinn-Fein-eyes-milestone-election-victory-push-Irish-unity.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-03T13:46:36Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10778373/Sinn-Fein-eyes-milestone-election-victory-push-Irish-unity.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
VW embeds Qualcomm chips in autonomous driving software plans
FRANKFURT, May 3 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's Cariad on Tuesday said it will source chips from U.S. semiconductor maker Qualcomm to develop autonomous driving software, which the German carmaker has made the backbone of its future strategy.
Qualcomm will supply so-called system-on-chips (SoCs) for Cariad's platform that aims to enable automated driving up to Level 4 standards, in which the car can handle all aspects of driving in most circumstances with no human intervention.
No financial details were disclosed.
"We will get system-on-chips (SoCs) designed to enable assisted and automated driving functions up to Level 4 from Qualcomm, an expert in chip design with over 140,000 patents," Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said on LinkedIn.
"The chips of Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride portfolio will be used in all Group vehicles with the unified Cariad Software generation starting in the middle of the decade," Diess added.
Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, would also expand its existing partnership with Intel Corp's MobilEye and was already in talks to do so, he said.
Diess took over responsibility for Cariad on the carmaker's management board after a tussle with labour representatives, calling it "the most ambitious project of our entire industry to tap into the most relevant profit pools of the future".
Responding to reports about delays at Cariad, Diess said it would take two lifecycles to realise the project: "So I would like to say to the critics within the group: it is better to work together on progress than just to complain." (Reporting by Christoph Steitz, Editing by Miranda Murray and Alexander Smith) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10778503/VW-embeds-Qualcomm-chips-autonomous-driving-software-plans.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-03T13:48:13Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10778503/VW-embeds-Qualcomm-chips-autonomous-driving-software-plans.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
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Pope Francis said he’s offered to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in an interview published Tuesday that included his firmest condemnation yet of Putin, comparing the violence Putin has overseen during Russia’s war with Ukraine to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Key Facts
The Vatican told Russia the Pope wants a meeting in Moscow with Putin, Pope Francis said to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, but has yet to hear a response about the meeting, according to Reuters’ translation of his comments.
In the interview, Pope Francis called the “brutality” exhibited by Russian forces during the war under Putin’s watch the “same thing” he witnessed in Rwanda in 1994 when an estimated one million Tutsi were killed.
Over 3,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed thus far during the war, according to the United Nations’ latest estimates, and Russia has been accused of committing genocide against Ukrainians President Joe Biden, among others.
This is the first time Pope Francis addressed Putin by name since Russia invaded Ukraine and the Pope has mostly expressed neutrality on the conflict while strongly condemning the violence.
Crucial Quote
"I fear that Putin cannot, and does not, want to have this meeting at this time. But how is it possible to not stop such brutality? Twenty-five years ago, we lived through the same thing with Rwanda," Pope Francis said according to a translation from AFP.
Tangent
The TASS state-run Russian news agency published an article Tuesday covering Pope Francis’ comments, focusing on his stated intentions to go to Moscow and not Kyiv as an apparent way to insinuate the Pope is siding with Russia, despite the damning nature of his comments. TASS did not include the Pope’s reference to Rwanda or any negative comments about Putin.
Surprising Fact
Pope Francis faced strong backlash last month over plans to include a meditation written jointly by Russian and Ukrainian families as part of a Good Friday celebration in Rome to signal unity. The meditation was later removed from the service after Ukrainian clergy said the prayer downplayed Russia’s role as the aggressor.
Further Reading
Pope wants to meet Putin, compares Ukraine war to Rwanda (France 24)
The pope may pray for Putin — but he’s clinging to neutrality on Ukraine (Politico)
Pope’s Russia-Ukraine ‘Good Friday’ Plan Draws Kyiv’s Ire (Bloomberg) | https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/05/03/pope-seeks-putin-meeting-and-compares-russian-brutality-to-rwandan-genocide/ | 2022-05-03T13:58:47Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/05/03/pope-seeks-putin-meeting-and-compares-russian-brutality-to-rwandan-genocide/ | false |
Tina D’Agostin is CEO of Alcatraz AI, a leader in physical security technologies using facial authentication for autonomous access control.
At Apple’s September 2017 Apple Event, the maker of the iPhone and other ubiquitous technologies made a significant change to its flagship product: It introduced Face ID. This feature allowed users to forgo traditional fingerprint readers, instead using their faces to access their iPhones and other sensitive information, enhancing security and usability in the process.
Today, facial recognition technology is more expansive and integrated than ever before. Facial recognition has been implemented by big banks, credit card companies, technology platforms and even Major League Baseball.
It’s showing up in our professional lives as well. During the pandemic, many businesses retrofitted their access control systems by replacing badge or fingerprint readers with systems harnessing facial recognition. This has become especially important in a decentralized environment where companies are responsible for enhancing worker safety and security in less populated workspaces.
Collectively, the facial recognition market is soaring. In 2020, the technology’s market size approached $4 billion, a number expected to quadruple by 2030 as businesses and forward-thinking individuals look to upgrade their physical security and access control solutions in the years ahead.
While the facial recognition market is still in flux as companies, individuals and governments grapple with the implications of the technology’s broad implementation, five trends will shape facial recognition in 2022 and beyond.
1. AI Enhances Capabilities
AI-driven identity verification for access control will become more capable and accessible in the year ahead. No longer a theoretical technology, AI is more refined and actionable, ready to deliver new real-world experiences.
Therefore, access controls will be more frictionless, fast and multifaceted.
For instance, AI enables today’s facial recognition systems to incorporate multifactor authentication, video authorization and other features to create a more capable access control solution.
2. Facial Recognition Heightens Convenience
Many businesses and building owners are balancing safety and convenience, often compromising one to accommodate the other.
What’s more, there is frequently a chasm between executives’ intentions and actual process implementation. For example, a PwC survey found “90% of C-suite executives believe their company pays attention to people’s needs when introducing new technology, but only about half (53%) of staff say the same.”
When it comes to securing physical spaces, this means accounting for access control requirements. Physical authentication tools, like magnetic cards or badges, can be lost, stolen or manipulated while eroding the user experience.
In 2022, facial recognition technologies will alleviate these concerns, allowing people to access appropriate spaces with as little friction as possible.
3. Facial Recognition Protects The Home
Doorbell cameras and home security systems are increasingly prevalent in residential dwellings, providing peace of mind and protection for people’s most valuable asset.
Facial recognition will enhance these systems, allowing people to derive more functionality than ever before.
For instance, facial recognition technologies can be integrated with home-centered applications to announce front door arrivals, provide remote residential access and other access-related functionality.
4. New Information Makes More Intuitive Personal Assistants
AI-powered personal assistants—including Siri, Alexa and Cortana—are becoming more competent at simple tasks like scheduling calendar meetings, dictating text messages or playing music.
However, when paired with facial recognition technologies, these assistants can be more personal and responsive, serving as a more realistic and responsive alternative to today’s robotic iterations.
Specifically, these technologies can be trained to detect emotions and other intuitive social cues, making them more conversational and personally responsive.
5. Face As A Credential Protects People’s Identities
Facial recognition is often used to facilitate some of our most important interactions, including platform access, online payments and other secure spaces.
In a digital environment where personally identifiable information (PII) is both highly valuable and often vulnerable, facial recognition offers a solution, protecting people’s identities when navigating digital or physical spaces. While passwords and other credentials are prone to theft or misuse, facial recognition remains with a person, enhancing security and privacy.
Of course, these developments will need to be paired with their own privacy standards, but the net gain to users’ security is worth navigating and refining this complicated process.
Facial Recognition And The Future Of Security
As the ongoing pandemic and escalating cybersecurity concerns demonstrate, securing physical and online spaces is more important than ever before. As a result, biometric authentication, including facial recognition, will play an important part in this security landscape, a sentiment shared by many industry professionals worldwide.
According to an expansive leadership survey, 53% of respondents strongly agree that “biometrics would play a key role in the enabling of digital identities.” Similar sentiments are shared about our physical spaces, proving that when Apple introduced Face ID back in 2017, it wasn’t just the smartphone maker that would change the security landscape. Rather, facial recognition is expanding its use cases and capabilities, making it a technology worth investigating and considering today for the challenges of tomorrow.
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Vice President of Product Strategy, Coalfire.
Software is everywhere. At every step along the supply chain—and ubiquitous between every vendor, supplier and buyer—is a cloud of exposed code that’s eating the world. Digital transformation is coming for every enterprise, and those who fail to adapt are facing existential threats to their businesses and careers.
The traditional view of a supply chain is physical: getting the right part in the right quantity at the right price in the right place at the right time to make, distribute, sell and deliver products as fast as possible while carrying the lowest possible inventory. While critical-path planning and “just-in-time” logistics still matter, forward-thinking leaders must recognize that the software applications and digital products vital to success in the 21st century also have supply chains.
Managing risk within these cyber logistics channels is becoming more important than protecting physical materials. Why? Because the impact of hacks and breaches is devastating. The consequences of organizational chaos, regulatory fines and operational disruption are far too great to bear for all but the largest enterprises.
Now and more so in the future, organizations can expect to demonstrate the effectiveness of their security programs in general, and software supply chain security specifically, to the partners with whom they want to do business. Savvy buyers will delay purchases until their security concerns are allayed and will abandon existing relationships in favor of sellers who can demonstrate compliance with new requirements.
While this trend has been on the rise for decades, it has accelerated with Covid-19 and the move to the cloud, where data is no longer defended inside the walls of old-school data centers. How do we move our organizations forward in this new cybersecurity paradigm?
Software Supply Chain Security Is Not Optional
The first challenge is to identify your organization’s “attack surface”—the software applications that are potentially exposing you, your customers and your partners to risk. Where are they? In most organizations, this is a surprisingly challenging exercise.
Go to your CIO or CISO and ask to see their complete list of application assets. In most organizations, your best-case scenario will get you a meager list with the caveat: “We know this isn’t everything, but…” You will likely discover that they actually have no idea about the extent of their internal data, let alone that of external suppliers and customers. This is frightening—if your attack surface is unknown, how can you possibly hope to manage and mitigate risk?
The key is to strategically identify and prioritize risk. Once you have assembled even a rudimentary list of applications, you must be able to characterize the risk associated with each application. Public-facing applications that manage sensitive customer data and key corporate operations likely expose you to more risk than internal-facing applications managing low-value data. It is important to be able to characterize these distinctions because any steps you take to address risk need to be tied to the value of the asset you’re protecting.
An unfortunate reality is that organizations never have sufficient resources to do everything they want to for security. This means that scarce resources must be rationed and applied where they are going to be most effective in reducing risk.
When you have a list of applications and a way to characterize the risks they are exposing, then you need to determine what the supply chain for each application looks like.
Components And Tools
Like a traditional bill of materials, you need to know what is included in the software you are deploying, and in turn, what’s in the software that’s integrating into your organization. Application supply chain security generally focuses on the components that are included in each application and the tools that are used to build and distribute each application.
For components, you need to know if they are proprietary or open-source, the versions and the known vulnerabilities. Risks introduced by the build process involve knowing what tools and external systems participate in development and understanding each one’s potential security impact.
Does the build process send sensitive intellectual property, such as source code, to cloud-based systems where it could be compromised? Has a tool vendor been subject to a breach in such a way that the tooling is making malicious changes to your applications?
How do you address these risks? A comprehensive approach will involve both active and reactive measures.
Actionable Strategies
Active measures involve looking at current inventories and remediating serious risks. If open-source components with known vulnerabilities are in use, these will likely need to be upgraded to newer versions and the associated application retested and redeployed. If aspects of the build process are exposing your IP to compromise, these vendors may need to be replaced.
Reactive measures typically involve understanding the state of the build process, monitoring industry news for situations that may impact the organization and knowing where changes need to be made. When new vulnerabilities are identified in open-source components, those may need to be upgraded. If an outside vendor experiences a breach, the potential cascading effects on your organization must be determined immediately.
Executive leadership needs to monitor their organization’s application attack surface, prioritize supply chain risks correlated to applications and manage and mitigate these risks in real time.
The costs and consequences of breach, hack, attack, outage and disruption have exploded. For the sake of the enterprise, we can’t afford not to manage threats and vulnerabilities on this new level. To do so, companies need to think differently about application security: how the code itself is created over the development lifecycle and how digital assets are protected at every point along the software supply chain.
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'Neo-Nazi' college student, 18, 'who idolised Hitler searched how to make a flamethrower as he planned terror attack on a police station and to launch a white supremacist race war', court hears
- Luke Skelton denies preparing to commit terrorism over year to October 2021
- Student took photos of Forth Banks police station in Newcastle last September
- Skelton arrested by counter terror police who 'found horde of extreme material'
A 'Neo-Nazi' college student who allegedly 'idolised' Hitler searched how to make a flamethrower as he planned a terror attack on a police station as part of a campaign to launch a white supremacist race war, a court heard today.
Luke Skelton, 18, who was said to have racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic views, denies preparing to commit acts of terrorism over the year to October 2021.
The Gateshead College student, from Oxclose, Washington, Tyne and Wear, took photos of Forth Banks police station in Newcastle last September, Teesside Crown Court was told.
Skelton was arrested by counter terror police who found a horde of extreme right wing material on his devices, along with plans to attack the German and French parliaments, the court heard.
Luke Skelton, 18, had footage allegedly included a video 'glorifying' Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, Teeside Crown Court (pictured) heard
Footage allegedly included a video 'glorifying' Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, on Skelton's phone.
There was other footage from a Neo-Nazi group depicting Pride rainbow flags and Black Lives Matter flags being burnt in the street.
Jurors also heard Skelton was inspired by Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in Norway in 2011 and Brenton Tarrant, who shot dead 51 worshippers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.
Teesside Crown Court heard Skelton began trying to source explosives and guns online and went to photograph a police station in Newcastle which was one of three in the city he had in his sights for a terror attack.
Nicholas de la Poer QC, prosecuting, said the purpose was to carry out 'hostile reconnaissance' and the site was one of three police stations he considered as potential targets.
Demonstrating the defendant's mindset in the run-up to the event, Mr de la Poer said: 'Luke Skelton believed in an extreme right-wing ideology.
'An ideology which lionised Adolf Hitler. An ideology which approved of the terrible attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.
'An ideology which is racist, sexist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic. An ideology which sees violence as a way to achieve political objectives and notoriety.'
The prosecution anticipated that Skelton, who has autism, may try to say his views were merely trying to shock or because he was bored, but the Crown will argue that he was planning acts of terror.
Concerns were raised at the college about images in his workbook and Skelton told a tutor he had strong views about immigration and held right-wing views, the court was told.
He was referred to the Prevent programme, aimed at de-radicalising him, and had eight sessions with an intervention provider, his caseworker, before he turned 18 and disengaged from the service.
In January last year he searched how to make dynamite and also started writing a so-called 'final note' on his phone, intended to be read by others after something had happened, the jury was told.
Mr de la Poer said: 'He states the purpose of the final note is to 'clarify the reasoning for why I have committed these acts is to accelerate the coming collapse and racial war'.
'It is expected that the war will lead to people dying 'in the thousands'.
'The hope Luke Skelton is expressing is for his act to spark this war.'
Mr de la Poer will continue opening the prosecution case this afternoon. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10778541/Neo-Nazi-college-student-18-idolised-Hitler-searched-make-flamethrower.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-03T14:06:52Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10778541/Neo-Nazi-college-student-18-idolised-Hitler-searched-make-flamethrower.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
It has been a while since the Eagles had shocked everyone with a transaction that seemingly came out of nowhere. The Eagles did just that by acquiring one of the best wide receivers in the league.
The Eagles finalized a trade for A.J. Brown last Thursday night during the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, sending the 18th overall picks and a third-round pick (101st overall) to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for Brown.
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The trade for Brown was not the only move that Eagles general manager Howie Roseman made in the first round, moving up through a trade with the Houston Texans to select Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis.
The Eagles also made four other picks in the draft, including a potential replacement at center for Jason Kelce in Cam Jurgens and Georgia linebacker Nakobe Dean, whose descent down the draft board was not expected.
While the Eagles had what many analysts state was a good job, the team still has questions surrounding the cornerback and safety positions, needing to determine who will start in those spots.
Before the newest Eagles take to the field for the upcoming rookie minicamp, Eagles beat reporter Chris Franklin and new No-Huddle Show co-host Les Bowen evaluate the team’s moves. The two discuss the five Eagles draft picks, the trade for Brown, and how the team will address the two empty starting slots in the secondary.
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Mississippi is one of several states with “trigger laws” that will automatically ban abortion, with few exceptions, if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe.
The U.S. Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, likely ending the right to abortion in the United States and all but ensuring that the procedure becomes illegal in Mississippi and many other states, Politico reported Monday night.
Politico obtained a draft majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito and labeled “Opinion of the Court,” in which the justices sided with the state of Mississippi in the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes in the draft document, referring to the 1992 case that mostly upheld the right to abortion. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
In a statement, the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, which argued the state’s position before the Supreme Court, said the Politico report and the opinion to which it linked could not be verified.
“We will let the Supreme Court speak for itself and wait for the Court’s official opinion,” Attorney General Lynn Fitch said.
The Court’s opinion on the case was widely expected to come in June. The document obtained by Politico is a draft that could change before the Court’s final ruling. The leak of the document is the first time in modern history that a Court opinion has become public before it issues its ruling, Politico reported.
If ultimately adopted by the Court, the ruling would overturn a 49-year-old precedent, arguing that the 7-2 decision in 1973 was “egregiously wrong from the start.”
Mississippi is one of several states with “trigger laws” that will automatically ban abortion, with few exceptions, if the Court overturns Roe.
The Washington, D.C.-based news organization reported that during an initial vote on the case after oral arguments in December, Alito was joined by conservative justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. The alignment could change before the opinion is finalized, and justices often make multiple rounds of revisions before releasing a ruling.
Politico reported that the three Democratic-appointed justices, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, are working on one or more draft dissent opinions.
The publication reported that the position of Chief Justice John Roberts, who has shown more reticence than his fellow Republican appointees to overturn past rulings on abortion, is unclear.
The case stems from a 2018 Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down the law, finding that it ran afoul of the right to an abortion before fetal viability. Mississippi appealed that decision, and the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case in May 2021.
During oral arguments in December, Mississippians on both sides of the issue rallied in Jackson.
At downtown Jackson’s Smith Park, the “Abortion Freedom Fighters” rally drew about 100 people.
“Mississippi has always been counted out, but today we showed not just the Supreme Court but the governor — we’ve shown people that we are not going to let y’all make decisions on our bodies,” said Valencia Robinson, CEO and founder of Mississippi in Action. “Women, pregnant people, nobody. Because if you’re taking one right away, you’re going to start trying to take other rights away.”
Outside the abortion clinic at the center of the Supreme Court case – the only such clinic in the state – the “Pink House defenders” were guarding the parking lot as they do every day. About 40 anti-abortion protesters prayed, their mouths covered in red tape printed with the word “Life.”
“God almighty visited you and gave you a baby. Will you save it today? Will you love it?” said Coleman Boyd, a regular protester at the clinic.
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New Delhi, President
Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday cautioned the people that
COVID-19 is not completely over yet and asked them to be alert and follow all the government's guidelines. He said during the coronavirus pandemic, masks have been used as an effective means of protection against the virus.
Speaking about the importance of face masks, the President said, "We know that the introduction of surgical masks into modern history dates back to the year 1897 when surgeons began using masks to protect themselves from bacteria during operations".
"But Jain saints understood the importance of masks centuries ago. By covering their mouth and nose, they were not only able to avoid killing living beings but they were also able to prevent the entry of microorganisms into their body," he said.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, masks have been used as an effective means of protection against the virus, the President was quoted as having said in a statement issue by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
He said that priority has been given to service in the Jain tradition.
Kovind noted that a state-of-the-art Bhagwan Mahavir Super Speciality Hospital with 250 beds would be completed by 2023, the statement said.
He said that it is a matter of happiness that in this super specialty hospital, high quality health services will be made available to all sections of the society at affordable rates, and free of cost to the poor.
The President said he was also happy to note that this hospital has rendered its services as
Covid Care Hospital during the pandemic.
He cautioned the people that Covid is not completely over yet, the statement said.
The President appealed all citizens to be alert and follow all the government's guidelines, it said.
He said that Jain saints also laid great emphasis on walking to underline the importance of physical exercise.
Kovind expressed confidence that this hospital would follow the path of making humanity healthy on the basis of scientific traditions shown by the saints.
The President said the "Jain tradition teaches us to adopt a balanced and environment-friendly lifestyle".
"The way of life and eating habits in present times is not suitable with the nature. We know that Jain saints and their disciplined followers eat their food only between sunrise and sunset. Adopting the lifestyle according to the daily movement of the Sun is an easy way to stay healthy. This is the lesson we get from the ideal lifestyle of Jain saints," he said.
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LAS VEGAS, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGS (NYSE: AGS) brings its revolutionary Bonus Spin Xtreme ("BSX") to nearly 40 table games at the now open Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas.
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EV maker Omega Seiki Mobility to foray into trucks, tractors and drones
Company planning to raise capacity from 12,000 units to 20,000: chairman Narang
Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Omega Seiki Mobility Pvt. Ltd.. said it would get into manufacturing of e-trucks in 1.5, 3.5 and 6.5-tonne capacities, e-drones and e- tractors to broaden its product offerings. The company is also working on a high-speed scooter range and e- rickshaws, founder and chairman Uday Narang said.
Currently the company manufactures seven EV models, including five three-wheeler models and two two-wheelers.
“We are looking to be a global electric cargo manufacturer,” Mr. Narang said in an interview. “We will be introducing artificial intelligence, robotics to bring the latest manufacturing facilities to India,” he added.
The company produces EVs at two units in IMT Faridabad. It is putting up another plant in Faridabad in this quarter. Its facilities have capacity of 12,000 units a month and the plan is to raise it to 20,000 units. The company is also setting up manufacturing units in Pune, Chennai and Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Narang said.
In September 2020, the company unveiled the prototype of the electric Small Commercial Vehicle (SCV) ‘M1KA’ which is now ready for commercial production and delivery.
“We are investing upto $300 million in the electric light commercial vehicle business with plans to roll out e-trucks in various payload capacities in the domestic market for the logistics sector,” Mr. Narang said.
The company is planning to introduce a 3.5-tonne electric truck with a range of 200 km per charge with the option of fast charging within 20 minutes.
The firm said it would progressively move into manufacturing of heavy e-trucks as well. The company will initially be assembling the trucks at its Chakan facility in Pune. E-trucks will also be manufactured in Andhra Pradesh, where the company has acquired land.
“We will be changing the face of mobility in the middle and last-mile category. We are venturing into trucking as a service, striving to get the first-mover advantage,” Mr. Narang said.
He said the company’s drone technology would come from its joint ventures in Korea. Its e-drones will be deployed in the logistics space.
“We plan to be a complete solution provider. Drones and our cargo electric vehicles will be working in tandem and will change the face of the mobility structure in India. We will be using the technology in agriculture or food and medical delivery. it will prove to be a game changer for India,” Mr Narang said.
The company plans to invest $15-$20 million on this project and the products should be available in the market by the end of 2022.
Mr. Narang said the company’s e-tractors were currently undergoing testing at OSM’s International R&D centre in Thailand. It plans to introduce the tractors by the end of 2022.
“We will be also offering tractors on lease. We believe that farming and agriculture is the heartbeat of India. We want to provide a brighter future for the agricultural industry by introducing products like tractors, drones which will make farming cost effective and sustainable,” Mr. Narang added.
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India sets end-June coal import targets as power woes mount
An unrelenting heatwave pushed electricity demand to a record high in April
India has asked state and private sector utilities to ensure delivery of 19 million tonnes of coal from overseas by end-June, according to a Power Ministry letter, reflecting an urgency to secure supplies in a pricey market amid increasing blackouts.
The move, which marks the first time the world's second largest coal importer is issuing timelines for imports, can put pressure on the global prices of coal as the utilities rush to avoid a repeat of the electricity crisis in April.
If the timelines are adhered to, the imports by the states and private utilities over the next five months for blending with domestic coal will surpass annual imports by the entities in at least six years.
An unrelenting heatwave pushed electricity demand to a record high in April, leading to the worst power crisis in over six years and forcing India to go back on a policy to cut down coal imports.
The federal government has asked state government-owned utilities to import over 22 million tonnes of coal and private power plants to import 15.94 million tonnes, the Power Ministry said in a letter reviewed by Reuters.
The Power Ministry asked all utilities to ensure delivery of 50% of the allocated quantity by June 30, another 40% by end-August and the remaining 10% by the end of October, according to the letter to top officials at state energy departments and heads of private power plants.
State government-run utilities have not imported for blending more than 7.1 million tonnes and private companies not more than 13.1 million tonnes since at least the year ending March 2017. Data predating year ended March 2017 is not available.
The Federal Power Ministry did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.
Utilities are not obligated to honour the federal government directives, but two government officials who attended meetings related to rising power demand said that states were warned of blackouts if the suggested quantities were not imported.
States and private companies "must import" coal and "ensure continuous power supply in the respective states", the letter read.
"To ensure minimum required coal stocks in power plants before onset of monsoon, it is necessary that placement of awards for importing coal for blending purpose is completed by 31.5.2022," the Ministry said in the letter dated April 28.
Private companies including Adani Power, Tata Power, Reliance Power, Jindal Steel and Power, Torrent Power and Sembcorp have been given import targets, the letter showed.
The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
"All the State generation companies and independent power plants must submit weekly management information system report by every Friday to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Ministry of Power about port wise indents placed, arrival and delivery of imported coal plant wise," the letter read.
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'Don't miss out' - Last week for schools to sign up to our £20k sports gear campaign
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Schools in Suffolk and north Essex have until Friday, May 6 to register for our new campaign in which they can win a share of £20,000 of sports equipment.
In recent years this newspaper has given over £100,000 worth of equipment to schools, including gardening to promote healthy eating, sport to get young children exercising more and books to improve the benefits of reading.
We have now launched our latest campaign, the £20,000 Sports Equipment for Schools initiative, offering schools the chance to win new sporting items.
By collecting daily tokens printed in the EADT and Ipswich Star, primary schools across the region will have the chance to win a share of the equipment.
The schools collecting the most tokens (taken as a ratio to pupils) will receive a full primary athletics kit worth over £1,000 plus a visit from a professional athlete who has represented Great Britain. Second prize will be a Sports Hall triathlon kit worth £750.
Every other school that collects more than 1,000 tokens will receive a pack worth over £120.
Schools need to register before May 6 to take part. Register now via the online form https://archant.wufoo.com/forms/sports-equipment-for-schools/
Brad Jones, editor of the EADT and Ipswich Star, said: "Dozens of schools have already signed up, but my message to all primary schools in the area is 'don't miss out'. This is a great initiative, and the entire school community can get involved in collecting the tokens from newspapers.
"We'll be providing collection boxes for schools too."
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The first tokens will appear Monday May 9, final token Saturday July 16.
These are the schools which have already signed up:
- Cherry Hinton CofE Primary School
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- Clare Community Primary School
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- Bucklesham Primary School
- Fairfield Infant School
- Trimley St Martin Primary School
- Melton Primary School
- Orford CEVAP School
- Eyke C of E Primary School
- Martlesham Primary Acadmey
- Easton Primary School
- Grundisburgh Primary School
- Bedfield ce primary
- Worlingworth CEVC Primary School
- Abbots hall primary school
- Freeman CP School
- Bacton Primary School
- Wetheringsett Manor
- Sir Robert Hitcham CEVAP School
- Aldeburgh primary school
- Castle Hill Infant and Junior School
- SET Saxmundham
- Benhall Primary School
- Yoxford & Peasenhall Primary
- Edgar Sewter Primary
- Sprites Primary Academy
- Gusford Primary School
- The Willows Daycare
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- Occold Primary School
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- Rosehill Playgroup
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- Somersham Primary School
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DC – San Francisco Fundraiser Supports 30-Million Neuropathy Sufferers and Kicks Off Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week May 1-8, 2022
CHICAGO, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, a cyclist is riding an electric bicycle (e-bike) cross country over 3,400 miles of Lincoln Highway in a journey that started April 2 in his hometown of Washington, DC and will finish in San Francisco on August 1, 2022. This expedition is intended to create awareness of peripheral neuropathy (PN), a devastating neurologic condition that affects 30 million Americans.
Gregory Maassen, Ph.D., who suffers with PN, began his four-month solo trip following in President Eisenhower's footsteps, just as this legendary hero traveled along the Lincoln Highway in 1919. Gregory, born in the Netherlands, chose this route to honor Eisenhower who oversaw the liberation of the Netherlands during WWII.
This unique e-bike journey is a fundraiser for the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy (FPN), a non-profit organization that supports neuropathy education, awareness, and research. Currently there are no cures and limited effective treatments for more than 100 kinds of peripheral neuropathy. Gregory credits e-biking and physical activity with the management of his own peripheral neuropathy symptoms.
According to Dr. Ahmet Hoke, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Director of the Neuromuscular Division, Professor of Neurology, "E-biking is a wonderful low-impact form of exercising that can be a meaningful aspect of a patient's recovery and well-being." He added, "This historic ride is helping to raise much-needed funds for research and awareness for peripheral neuropathy."
"This e-bike fundraiser is a tribute to the special friendship between the Dutch and the Americans. It is the longest uninterrupted peaceful relationship that the U.S has with any foreign country," says Gregory. "This journey also supports millions of people everywhere suffering with PN. Medical research for PN is often significantly underfunded and finding a cure for this debilitating condition must be addressed."
Gregory, who travels with his traditional Dutch wooden shoes, will make 60 stops through 12 states following the Eisenhower-Lincoln Highway - Transcontinental Cycling Route. Details on Gregory's journey can be found on his website: http://www.ebiketour.org.
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Contact: Nancy Frohman, 877-883-9942, info@ttffpn.org
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The Government has announced that by 2025, schools in the UK will start teaching a new natural history GCSE.
Maya, pictured above, interviewed Bear Grylls and Nadhim Zahawi
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi shared the news at a big event at the Natural History Museum in London, alongside adventurer Bear Grylls. Maya, a presenter from our Sky Kids partner show FYI, went to the event, and quizzed the grown-ups on just why the announcement was important, and what else needs to be done to stop the climate crisis. Here’s a sneak peek of the interview.
Maya: What is your biggest fear when it comes to climate change?
Bear: The pace – can we do enough, can we change, has the damage gone on for too long? And the thing is, the more clever people I listen to, the more I realise, actually, it’s not too late. There’s a lot of anxiety and despair about climate change, but those emotions don’t always help us, and I don’t want any young person to feel despair. There’s no need for that despair yet – we can do something, we are doing something. I know sometimes at the government level it feels slow, but change is happening and, all around the world – I see it with the 57 million scouts – young people saying: “Come on!” And if we act now, it will be OK.
Maya: Why has it taken so long for climate change to be taught as an official subject?
Nadhim: We have, for a number of years now, taught climate change in geography, in citizenship, in STEM subjects. After six months in the job, I wanted to go further, so we wanted a natural history GCSE to be taught.
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Pupils also produced nature bracelets using recyclable materials, and planted a young silver birch tree in the school grounds. It’s hoped this will help to prevent rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which are a known driver of climate change.
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(The Hill) – Democrats on Monday night slammed the leaked Supreme Court majority ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, criticizing the decision as an attack on women’s rights across the country.
Politico on Monday published a draft ruling for the case examining a Mississippi law that prohibits virtually all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The 67-page document, written by Justice Samuel Alito, determines that the landmark 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade and the 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey do not have grounds in the Constitution.
A spokesperson for the Supreme Court had no comment in response to questions about the report.
Democrats issued fiery reactions to the draft ruling, characterizing it as an assault on rights of women and all Americans and sounding the alarm about steps that must be taken to safeguard the nearly 50-year precedent.
In a joint statement late Monday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Politico’s report, if correct, illustrates that “the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past fifty years – not just on women but on all Americans.”
They said the reported votes by Republican-appointed justices to overturn Roe v. Wade would be “an abomination” and “one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history.”
The Democratic leaders also criticized the Republican Party as a whole, specifically mentioning Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and former President Trump.
“The party of Lincoln and Eisenhower has now completely devolved into the party of Trump,” the top Democratic lawmakers wrote. “Every Republican Senator who supported Senator McConnell and voted for Trump Justices pretending that this day would never come will now have to explain themselves to the American people.”
Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) — the No. 3 Senate Democrat and the chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee — said the leaked majority opinion is a “five alarm fire.”
“In a matter of days or weeks, the horrifying reality is that we could live in a country without Roe. If this is true, women will be forced to remain pregnant no matter their personal circumstances. Extreme politicians will control patients’ most personal decisions. And extreme Republicans will have eliminated a fundamental right an entire generation of women have known their whole lives,” she added.
Assistant House Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) sounded a similar note, calling the reported draft ruling “devastating.”
“Overturning #Roe would create a second class of citizens & make the dystopian horrors of forced pregnancy a reality, especially for low-income women. But that is exactly the goal: to take away our rights, agency, and humanity. We will not go quietly,” she added on Twitter.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said if true, the reported majority ruling represented “a huge leap backward.”
“I hope these reports are nightmarish imaginings,” Blumenthal wrote on Twitter. “If true, this decision would be a horrific moment inflicting a huge leap backward with incalculable costs & chaos for countless women & their families.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called on others to stand up and support the protection of abortion rights.
“An extremist Supreme Court is poised to overturn #RoeVWade and impose its far-right, unpopular views on the entire country. It’s time for the millions who support the Constitution and abortion rights to stand up and make their voices heard. We’re not going back—not ever,” Warren wrote on Twitter.
Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton also denounced the draft ruling the same night it was reported, writing on Twitter, “Not surprising. But still outrageous.”
“This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, & lives of women, not to mention decades of settled law. It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace,” Clinton added.
Some Democrats were quick to point fingers. In a tweet soon after Politico’s report, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) blamed Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for blocking the codification of Roe v. Wade by Congress.
Manchin in February sided with Senate Republicans in opposing a bill that would have codified abortion rights. The legislation fell short in a 46-48 Senate vote, despite passing through the House last year.
Manchin has also come out against filibuster reform, which would allow Democrats to pass legislation through the Senate with a simple majority.
“As we’ve warned, SCOTUS isn’t just coming for abortion – they’re coming for the right to privacy Roe rests on, which includes gay marriage + civil rights,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter.
“Manchin is blocking Congress codifying Roe. House has seemingly forgotten about Clarence Thomas. These 2 points must change,” she added.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took to Twitter to call for codifying Roe v. Wade through Congress. As of February, however, the initiative did not have the 60 votes to pass the Senate in the absence of changes to the filibuster.
“Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW. And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes,” the former presidential candidate wrote on Twitter.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) made the same plea, writing on Twitter, “We must overcome this and codify Roe V. Wade NOW.”
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), however, said the next step forward following the reported majority ruling is expanding the Supreme Court.
“A stolen, illegitimate, and far-right Supreme Court majority appears set to destroy the right to abortion, an essential right which protects the health, safety, and freedom of millions of Americans. There is no other recourse. We must expand the court,” Markey wrote on Twitter. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/politics/democrats-denounce-leaked-supreme-court-draft-ruling-nixing-roe-v-wade/ | 2022-05-03T14:33:48Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/politics/democrats-denounce-leaked-supreme-court-draft-ruling-nixing-roe-v-wade/ | true |
On Wednesday May 4th from 6-8 p.m., the Vestal Elks Lodge #2508 will be hosting a “Youth Night Event ” for over fifty-children in the community. The event will be filled with food, music, games, crafts, special raffles, lots of surprises, and more.
The lodge’s Drug Awareness Committee will have a booth set-up to hand out drug awareness pamphlets, coloring books, toys, and more. Elroy the Elk, the Elks official drug awareness mascot will be there to meet, greet and educate the kids to say “no” to drugs and alcohol. Cops 4 a Cause will also have a booth at the event.
“As Elks, it is important for us to recognize our youth and to help create a positive impact on their life. The youth are our future, so we need to be good role models and inspire them to make the right choices”, said Mindi Moniz, Vestal Elks Exalted Ruler. “Elks have the largest volunteer drug awareness program in the country to help educate our youth against the perils of drugs.”
The event will be held at the Vestal Elks Lodge located at: 2071 Vestal Parkway West in Vestal, N.Y.
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WNBA to honor Brittney Griner with league-wide floor decals
(AP) - The WNBA will honor Phoenix’s Brittney Griner with a floor decal and allow the Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team’s cap, the league announced Tuesday.
The All-Star center remains in Russia after being detained following her arrival at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17. Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges that allegedly contained oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. She has a hearing set for May 19.
The decal will feature Griner’s initials “BG” as well as her No. 42. All 12 teams will have the decal on their home courts starting with the season opener Friday night. The Mercury open their season at home that night against the Las Vegas Aces.
“As we begin the 2022 season, we are keeping Brittney at the forefront of what we do through the game of basketball and in the community,” said WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. “We continue to work on bringing Brittney home and are appreciative of the support the community has shown BG and her family during this extraordinarily challenging time.”
The league also approved giving the Mercury both roster and salary cap relief so that they can carry a replacement player until Griner returns home. Griner will be paid her full salary of nearly $228,000.
Engelbert announced at the WNBA Draft there would be a league-wide charity initiative spearheaded by the Mercury to support Griner’s philanthropic project, called BG’s Heart and Sole Shoe Drive, which helps the homeless.
“In conjunction with the league, the other 11 teams, and those closest to BG, we will work to keep her top-of-mind as we tip the 2022 season,” said Mercury Executive Vice President and GM Jim Pitman. “While we await her return, our main concern remains for her safety and well-being. Our fans will miss her impact on the court and in our community, and this gesture of including her initials on every court and our BG’s Heart and Sole Shoe Drive activation in every market are for them and for her.”
Griner had one of her best seasons last year — the league’s second-leading scorer and sixth in rebounds. She helped the Mercury reach the WNBA Finals, where they lost to the Chicago Sky.
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Which olive oil is best?
You may think of olive oil as a simple salad dressing, but it has several cooking and personal care uses. Choosing olive oil is easy if you use it for casual everyday cooking, but if you’re a culinary or skincare enthusiast, you’ll want the highest quality possible.
The best olive oils are specially crafted in regions such as the Mediterranean, where high-grade olives are used. If you’re looking for high-quality olive oil, Flora Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil is a top choice that’s popular for its smooth texture and rich flavor.
What to know before you buy olive oil
Health benefits
Incorporating olive oil into your diet can yield many health benefits. It is loaded with antioxidants that can help prevent the development of health conditions such as cardiovascular disease.
As recently as 2018, the Food and Drug Administration considered the oleic acid found in extra virgin olive oil to be effective in reducing the chances of developing coronary heart disease. There are also scientific claims that olive oil can help prevent metabolic syndrome, reduce cancer risk and help treat anxiety and depression.
Uses
Lightly flavored olive oil enhances the flavor of fruit salads and salads with delicate greens. Medium or robust oils pair well with heartier salads and pasta. Olive oils and blends are also excellent for stir-frying, sautéing, baking and braising.
Apart from its culinary use, many dermatologists recommend it for its skincare benefits. Olive oil helps prevent water loss, making it effective at moisturizing the skin and giving it a youthful appearance. The antioxidants also help protect skin cells from damage caused by the sun and other environmental factors.
What to look for in a quality olive oil
Olive types and grade
There are three primary olive oil grades: pure olive oil, virgin olive oil and extra virgin olive oil.
- Pure olive oil has a paler look and lighter texture than virgin olive oil. Since it’s highly refined and contains the least amount of actual olive oil, it’s considered the lowest-grade form.
- Virgin olive oil is unrefined, but it contains a higher level of free fatty acids than extra virgin olive oil.
- Extra virgin olive oil is extracted without chemicals or heat, making it the rawest and purest form. It also contains a low amount of free fatty acids and must meet several chemical standards to be labeled as extra-virgin olive oil.
Packaging
Olive oil can be spoiled if exposed to direct sunlight or heat. The best olive oils come in tin cans or dark glass or plastic bottles that help preserve their freshness and maintain their core nutritional value.
Style and flavor
Several extra virgin olive oils are named for the type of olive they’re derived from, and some have sweeter or spicier notes than others. The time of year the olive oil is crafted helps determine whether it’ll be smooth or robust in texture. Smooth olive oils have a gentle fruity flavor, while robust oils are more peppery.
How much you can expect to spend on olive oil
Pricing depends on the bottle size, but you can find all-purpose olive oil for $8-$15. For olive oils from the Mediterranean region or other territories known for high-grade olive oil crafting, you can expect to pay anywhere from $20-$40 for a 500- or 750-milliliter bottle.
Olive oil FAQ
Can I use olive oil for frying foods?
A. Yes, but temperature control is a vital component of effectively frying foods with olive oil since it has a lower smoke point than some other cooking oils.
Does extra virgin olive oil spoil faster than pure olive oil?
A. Yes. To help prevent your olive oil from spoiling, store it in a cool, dry place and ensure that the contents are never exposed to air for extended periods.
What’s the best olive oil to buy?
Top olive oil
Flora Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
What you need to know: This high-grade olive oil has a rich flavor and is ideal for Middle Eastern dishes, dressing for pasta and salads and everyday cooking or baking.
What you’ll love: It’s made from mechanically cold-pressed sun-ripened olives and is organic-certified by Quality Assurance International and the United States Department of Agriculture. It’s unfiltered, kosher-friendly, nitrogen-flushed and comes in a light-resistant, dark glass bottle that helps preserve its taste, freshness and nutritional value.
What you should consider: It’s flavorful, but the taste isn’t as strong as some other olive oils. Also, the bottle can be messy after use since there’s no spout for pouring, so you may wish to use an olive oil dispenser.
Where to buy: Sold by iHerb
Top olive oil for the money
Pompeian Smooth Extra Virgin Olive Oil
What you need to know: This is a terrific bargain pick as you’ll get 2 liters of olive oil suitable for sauteing and stir-frying for a low, affordable price.
What you’ll love: This oil is authentically made from first cold-pressed, farmer-owned olives by Pompeian olive oil craftsmen. The flavor is excellent and suitable for salads, baking, braising and all-purpose cooking. Also, some customers find that it’s a naturally effective body moisturizer.
What you should consider: Although it’s smooth, some customers found it slightly heavy and didn’t like the strong taste when used for stir-frying.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Gaea Sitia Extra Virgin Olive Oil
What you need to know: This is an authentic Greek olive oil expertly crafted to deliver a superior product with an outstanding taste.
What you’ll love: It’s rooted in the Protected Designation of Origin region of Sitia, located in Crete, which is one of the most famous olive oil-producing territories. It’s cold-extracted from hand-picked Koroneiki-variety olives for a flavorful taste and smooth texture. Also, it comes in a no-spill bottle designed to deliver a clean pour.
What you should consider: It has a thicker consistency than some other olive oils. Also, some customers found its taste spicier and less fruity than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by iHerb
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Anti lockdown protester who shouted at Labour MP 'this is what we do to traitors' while holding makeshift gallows and noose outside Parliament avoids jail
- Lance O'Connor, 57, called out the name of Hove MP Peter Kyle in October 2021
- O'Connor was in Parliament Square protesting against vaccines and restrictions
- Mr Kyle said he saw O'Connor standing with the makeshift gallows and noose
- O'Connor appeared at court holding a walking stick in the shape of a gallows
- He was convicted of targeting Mr Kyle with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress and was handed a conditional discharge for 12 months
Lance O'Connor was today found guilty of causing Peter Kyle MP harassment, alarm or distress after shouting 'this is what we do to traitors' while holding a makeshift gallows and noose outside the House of Commons
An anti-lockdown protester who shouted at a Labour MP 'this is what we do to traitors' while holding a makeshift gallows and noose outside the House of Commons has avoided jail.
Lance O'Connor, 57, called out the name of Hove and Portslade MP Peter Kyle in Parliament Square, central London, while he was walking back to his office in Portcullis House on October 20 last year, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
The 51-year-old MP, who was appointed shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland last year, saw O'Connor standing with the makeshift 6ft-tall gallows and noose after hearing someone call his name.
Mr Kyle said he then saw the defendant pointing at the object and saying: 'This is what happens to traitors.'
District Judge Neeta Minhas found O'Connor guilty of causing Mr Kyle harassment, alarm or distress after a short trial on Tuesday morning.
She handed O'Connor a conditional discharge for 12 months, meaning he must not commit another offence within that period.
She also ordered him to pay £660, including £200 to Mr Kyle.
O'Connor, who appeared in court holding a wooden walking stick resembling a gallows with a noose, said he would be appealing against the decision and muttered 'complete travesty' as he left court.
Mr Kyle, the MP for Hove, said he heard O'Connor shout his name and when he turned around he saw the defendant holding a makeshift gallows and noose. Mr Kyle took this picture and later shared it onto his Twitter
The public gallery was full of O'Connor's supporters - including Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers - throughout the trial, who cried 'shame on you' when the guilty verdict was delivered.
O'Connor had denied calling out Mr Kyle's name, calling him a 'traitor' or saying 'this is what we do to traitors' while pointing at the gallows and noose.
He admitted bringing the gallows, which he built from plastic guttering, to a protest on Parliament Square on October 20 last year but denied it would cause anyone harassment, alarm or distress.
O'Connor claimed the gallows was just 'a bit of plastic guttering' which he had made to show his 'artistic temperament'.
He even made the outlandish claim that MPs should resign if they could not 'take this sort of criticism'.
During the trial, Mr Kyle said he had been having lunch with staff and was walking back towards his office in Portcullis house when his attention was drawn to his name being called out by someone among a small group of protestors.
He said he felt 'chilled' and 'threatened', especially in light of Conservative MP Sir David Amess's murder a week earlier.
O'Connor told the court he did not intend to cause distress but was protesting about 'draconian' lockdown measures that were in force at the time and claimed he did not know Mr Kyle was an MP
Giving evidence, Mr Kyle said he was walking towards the corner of Bridge Road near the PC Keith Palmer memorial in Parliament Square when he heard his name being called.
Asked what the tone of the voice was, he said: 'It was in an angry shout.'
He added: 'I saw a man standing there holding gallows with a noose in Parliament Square.
'When I looked briefly the first time I did not quite take it in. It was only when I continued walking that the impact of what I had seen struck me.'
The MP then said: 'The word "traitor" was being used and then, when I looked across the road again, a man said "This is what we do with traitors".'
Mr Kyle said he saw the man pointing up at the noose and took a photo which he later posted on Twitter, and which was shown to the court.
He said he then ran back to his office as he saw the action as a 'direct threat to myself and a direct threat to other members of Parliament'.
'I was shocked, I was chilled, I was threatened,' he added.
Mr Kyle referred to the murder of Sir David, who had been killed a week before, and Michael Gove, who was called an 'absolute w*****' and a 'f***ing idiot' by anti-lockdown protestors four days earlier, saying: 'There was an atmosphere around Westminster that was chilling so to see that was horrifying.'
Stephen Tiller, who later called police, said he went up to the defendant and asked what the gallows was for, to which he replied: 'all those f***ers in there'.
Mr Tiller asked whether O'Connor wanted to hang doctors and nurses to which he said 'no, only the instigators.'
He said: 'He then started talking about Bill Gates for some weird reason.
'I thought he was completely off his trolley to be honest.
'He also said "the death penalty does not exist in this country any more but if people commit treason they should go to the gallows".
'I was very conscious of the gallows as they reminded me of ones that were erected for Mike Pence during the January 6 insurrection.'
O'Connor later told the court he did not intend to cause distress but was protesting about 'draconian' lockdown measures that were in force at the time.
O'Connor appeared in court holding a wooden walking stick resembling a gallows with a noose
The defendant claimed he did not know Mr Kyle was an MP, adding: 'I had never seen him before. I do not watch anything to do with Parliament.'
He claimed Mr Kyle had come up to him and asked: 'Do you think that is appropriate?'
O'Connor said: 'I pointed across the road at the Palace of Westminster and said "What I think is inappropriate is the draconian measures the people in Parliament have made".'
He also said he built the object 'as a statement to the Government that treason is still punishable by the gallows'.
Alex Alawode, prosecuting, pressed him on the gallows being 'threatening' as an 'instrument of execution'.
O'Connor said: 'I took that as a symbol. It is a bit of plastic, how am I going to hang anybody with a bit of plastic?'
Mr Alawode asked him if he thought it would cause distress in the wake of Sir David's murder, and he said: 'I did not consider it, to be quite honest with you.
'Now I can see that some people can find it - not some people, MPs - but they are public servants and if they cannot take this sort of criticism maybe they should be in a different career.'
O'Connor repeatedly answered 'I totally refute that allegation' when he was asked if he had called Mr Kyle's name, used the word 'traitor' or intended to threaten the MP.
O'Connor, of Plaistow, east London, had denied targeting Mr Kyle with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Judge Minhas told him: 'I make the finding that [Mr Kyle] was caused harm, alarm or distress by your behaviour, by the gallows', adding that Mr Kyle had felt so threatened that he ran away.
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UN says convoy with 127 civilians from Mariupol steel plant and nearby town arrive in Ukrainian-controlled city, reports AP.
UN says convoy with 127 civilians from Mariupol steel plant and nearby town arrive in Ukrainian-controlled city, reports AP.
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Popeyes launches new spicy chicken sandwich as competition heats up
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business
Popeyes started the chicken sandwich wars in 2019 — and it’s adding a new entree to the battle.
The $4.99 Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich is available for a limited time starting Tuesday, and it features classic ingredients with a twist: hand-battered crispy chicken on a brioche bun with pickles, but topped with a new sauce that’s a mix of buttermilk ranch and spicy buffalo.
When Popeyes first launched its chicken sandwich three years ago, the product sold out within a couple of weeks. Customers again turned out in droves when the sandwich returned to menus a few months later, once Popeyes had secured more supply of the ingredients.
Since then, the chicken sandwich has been a hugely important item for Popeyes. In 2020, the chain’s restaurants open at least 17 months jumped 13.8%, thanks in part to customer interest in the chain’s chicken sandwich.
But Popeyes’ runaway success with the chicken sandwich has significantly increased competition. McDonald’s, KFC, Wendy’s and others have launched their own new chicken offerings, and those efforts are paying off.
“Chicken sandwich volumes remain pressured by competitors which … started making their sandwich debuts in early 2021,” said Jose Cil, CEO of Popeyes’ parent company Restaurant Brands International, during a February analyst call.
In the first three months of this year, sales at stores open at least 17 months fell 3%, according to financial results posted Tuesday. In the United States, sales at those restaurants fell 4.6%.
As rivals’ efforts continue to weigh on sales, Popeyes is hoping the Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich will entice customers.
Popeyes has also used its own original chicken sandwich as inspiration for other new products. In February 2021, the chain introduced a limited-time fish version made with flounder. The following summer, it added chicken nuggets to the menu.
And in October, Popeyes partnered with rapper Megan Thee Stallion on a hot sauce, designed to add spice to the brand’s chicken sandwiches and nuggets. Those new products are helping drum up new interest in the brand, Cil said in February.
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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow is ready for talks with Ukraine.
The Kremlin said in its readout of Tuesday’s call that “despite Kyiv’s inconsistency and its lack of readiness for serious work, the Russian side is still ready for dialogue.”
The Kremlin added that Putin also informed Macron about the course of Russia’s “special military operation.” It added that the two leaders also discussed the global food security and Putin underlined that Western sanctions have exacerbated the situation.
The comments come as a dire situation unfolds in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
The U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine said in a statement that 101 women, men, children, and older persons left the Azovstal steelworks plant. The news for those left behind was more grim.
The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment is holed up in the plant. He told The Associated Press that Russian forces were storming the facility, which includes a warren of underground tunnels and bunkers. Another Ukrainian officer confirmed the assault on Ukrainian television. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/putin-russia-ready-for-talks-with-ukraine | 2022-05-03T14:59:11Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/putin-russia-ready-for-talks-with-ukraine | false |
FRESNO, Calif., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Prescription Management (IPM) is pleased to announce Chief Strategy Officer Melissa Hawkins earned a Gold Stevie® Award for Lifetime Achievement in the 20th annual American Business Awards®.
Hawkins' 25-year career includes developing proprietary programs that automate processes to assist with streamlining efficiencies and controlling prescription drug costs while improving access to care. Highlights include creating an innovative business unit serving the unique needs of the behavioral health and indigent market. Judges commented on her "strategy and innovation" as well as her "clear vision leveraging prior pharmacy experience."
"I'm honored to be recognized with a lifetime achievement award," said Hawkins. "I have a passion to work with our clients and provide best-in-class service. I'm incredibly thankful for my colleagues, family, friends, and our clients who have supported me throughout the years."
Under Hawkins' leadership, IPM serves behavioral health centers and indigent health facilities in more than 150 counties across Texas and in California, with plans for national expansion.
"With extensive experience in pharmacy benefits, a passion for technology, and a deep commitment to helping the underserved, Melissa brings a unique blend of skills to the table and has assisted several clients who have impacted thousands of patients over the years," said Rene Tangonan, IPM's Chief of Staff. "We're thrilled for Melissa's well-deserved recognition and applaud her many accomplishments."
The Stevie Awards recognize the world's top executives and teams in virtually every industry. More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes were considered in this year's competition.
About IPM
Integrated Prescription Management (IPM) is a full-service, middle market PBM that works with self-funded employer groups, brokers, TPAs, and behavioral health facilitates around the country. Founded in 2009, IPM provides award-winning service, integrated data, and innovative cost management services. The company is a four-time honoree on Inc. 5000's List of Fastest Growing Private Companies and has earned both Silver and Bronze recognition from the Stevie Awards for Customer Service Department of the Year. IPM is headquartered in Fresno, CA and maintains regional offices in Dallas, TX and Atlanta, GA.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.
Sponsors of the 2022 American Business Awards include HCL America, John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.
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Aventis Systems Inc. has been recognized as a 2022 Atlanta Pacesetter by Atlanta Business Chronicle for the third consecutive year
ATLANTA, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aventis Systems Inc. proudly announces its recognition as a 2022 Pacesetter by Atlanta Business Chronicle for the third consecutive year. This exclusive annual list of Atlanta's fastest-growing companies reveals a comprehensive glimpse into the growth of private business within the Atlanta metro area. The Atlanta Business Chronicle ranks qualifying companies by a weighted growth index formula, factoring both employee growth and revenue growth, thus leveling the playing field amongst businesses of various sizes.
Aventis Systems offers comprehensive IT solutions with tailored configurations built to address customers' technology requirements while simultaneously reducing the need to source parts from multiple vendors, preventing compatibility issues and avoiding the headaches of juggling numerous warranties.
Moreover, Aventis Systems offers the aid of business-minded sales professionals and select tailored solutions through a premier online shopping experience. Customers receive personalized support and guidance during the planning stage and procurement, seamless delivery and deployment along with continued technical support through and beyond the life of physical and virtual systems.
"By playing our hand at uniqueness, Aventis Systems provides a niche service that many smaller businesses lack access to," remarked Hesam Lamei, Founder and CEO of Aventis Systems. "You see, many technology sources are apt to service large enterprises with deep pockets, but Aventis Systems and Cortavo have established an enterprise-class IT source that gives smaller businesses access to the same IT products and performance as the giants."
On Thursday, April 28, the list of 2022 Atlanta Pacesetter winners was publicly revealed at an award ceremony held at Savanna Hall at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.
More About Aventis Systems
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Aventis Systems, Inc. offers custom IT solutions to build and operate complete physical and virtual infrastructures. Their comprehensive solutions include hardware, system and application software, along with an array of in-depth managed services including Cortavo, an all-inclusive Managed Services Provider that offers all the hardware, software and cloud services necessary to address small business technology needs and challenges at a predictable monthly cost. Since 2008, thousands of small business owners have entrusted Aventis Systems as their preferred IT provider because they "Get IT Done."
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About 2022 Pacesetter Awards
To qualify, a company must be privately held; based in the 20-county metro Atlanta area and not a subsidiary of another company; established first quarter 2019 or earlier (to judge a two-year growth); has experienced a two-year growth in sales of more than 50%; and 2021 revenues between $1 million and $300 million.
2022 Pacesetter Award announcement: https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/event/167420/2022/2022-pacesetters-awards
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Amputee runs 104 marathons in 104 days, likely smashing world record
(AP) - When amputee athlete Jacky Hunt-Broersma says her mantra is, “I can do hard things,” she’s not kidding — the amputee athlete has run 104 marathons in as many days, all using a carbon-fiber prosthesis.
Hunt-Broersma, 46, completed that epic quest on Saturday near her home in suburban Phoenix, setting an unofficial world record along the way.
“What a journey,” she tweeted.
The South Africa native, who lost her left leg below the knee to a rare cancer, gained worldwide attention and a huge social media following after beginning her record attempt on Jan. 17.
Brick Runners, an organization that supports athletes who raise money for charities, even designed a Jacky-inspired Lego-style character complete with one of her favorite T-shirts, which reads: “Strong Has Many Forms.”
Hunt-Broersma also raised more than $67,000 to help fellow amputee blade runners get the expensive prostheses they need. Health insurance typically doesn’t cover the cost, which can exceed $10,000.
Every day since mid-January, she covered the classic 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon distance either on a loop course laid out near her home in Gilbert, Arizona, or on a treadmill indoors.
Her original goal was to run 100 marathons in 100 days so she’d beat a record of 95 set in 2020 by Alyssa Amos Clark, a nondisabled runner from Bennington, Vermont, who did it as a pandemic coping strategy. But last month, after nondisabled British runner Kate Jayden unofficially broke Clark’s record with 101 marathons in 101 days, Hunt-Broersma realized she’d need to run at least 102.
In an interview with The Associated Press, she said she hoped her quest would inspire people everywhere to push themselves regardless of their physical limitations.
Guinness World Records spokesperson Amanda Marcus said the Britain-based organization was aware of Hunt-Broersma’s attempt, and that it would take 12 to 15 weeks to review the evidence before the record can be confirmed.
Guinness lists the men’s record for consecutive daily marathons as 59, set in 2019 by Enzo Caporaso of Italy.
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26 teachers, other staff booked for malpractice, paper leak
19 arrested so far; all the accused staff suspended
Twenty-six government school teachers and other staff have been booked, of which 19 were arrested, for allegedly leaking question paper and resorting to malpractice in the ongoing SSC public examinations.
The Eluru and Mandavalli police arrested 19 teachers, including a departmental officer, three headmasters and some teachers, in two separate cases and produced them in court on Tuesday.
The Mandavalli police arrested teachers Medipalli John Wilson, Koniki Chakravarthy, Inti Ramesh, Appikatla Satish and Bhatraju Sesha Rao; clerk in Mandavalli High School Bethala Abraham Ratna Kumar, Cluster Resource Person Pamula Priyanka, ASHA worker Nandikolla Shruthi and attender Md. Fatima, said Superintendent of Police Rahul Dev Sharma.
Wilson reportedly brought the printer from the school on the previous day and kept it in Priyanka’s house. The clerk managed to get question paper over phone and the other teachers allegedly prepared answers on white papers.
The answer papers were then allegedly handed over to Shruthi, who was on duty in the examination hall, and attender Fatima reportedly circulated the papers to the students at the centre, said Mandavalli Circle Inspector Y.V.V.L. Naidu.
The gang also shared the Mathematics question paper with some teachers in Krishna district. Seven teachers who received the papers were identified and they would be arrested, Mr. Sharma said.
In another case, the Eluru Three Town police arrested ten teachers, who allegedly resorted to malpractice in an examination centre located in a private school in Satrampadu.
The team led by DSP G.V.S. Paideswara Rao and CI D.V. Ramana arrested departmental officer Chilukuri Ramanjaneya Varaprasad of Appanavedu Zilla Parishad High School (ZPHS); headmaster of Ramannagudem ZPHS Puthota Dasu Vijay Kumar; Rayannapalem high school headmaster Muggalla Srinivasa Rao; teachers Maddipatla Pradeep, Pasupuleti Venkateswrara Rao, Khandavalli Sarada, Elisetti Rama Devi, Nerusu Srinivas Rao, Vedulla Srinivas Rao and Talatam Hima Bindu, the SP said.
Teachers suspended
Collector V. Prasanna Venkatesh said that all the headmasters, teachers and other staff allegedly involved in the malpractice cases had been suspended with immediate effect.
“A detailed investigation is on into the paper leak and malpractice allegations. Police are probing the cases in all angles,” the Collector said.
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BARCELONA, Spain, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The IOT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC), the largest international event devoted to industry transformation through disruptive technologies, will hold its sixth edition from May 10 to 12 and will feature over 200 experts in industrial digitalization in its congress program.
Among the speakers is Ann Dunkin, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the US Department of Energy and author of Industrial Digital Transformation: Accelerate digital transformation with business optimization, AI, and Industry 4.0. In 2016 she was named one of ComputerWorld's Premier 100 Technology Leaders, and one of Washington DC's Top 50 Women in Technology in 2015 and 2016.
With a wide experience of the Healthcare industry, Lucien Engelen looks at how new technologies can change patient care models in the context of rising demand for healthcare, shortages of skilled staff and restrictive budgets. He is a faculty member of Exponential Medicine at Singularity University and has advised many companies in business transformation.
The crossroads between sport and technology will be the main focus of the conference of Albert Mundet, Director of the Barça Innovation Hub at FC Barcelona. Mundet will explain how the football club is using Digital Twins to enhance visitors' experience at the Camp Nou.
Healthcare and technology innovation is the domain of Shafi Ahmed, a colorectal surgeon at The Royal London and St Bartholomew's Hospitals. A multi award-winning surgeon, teacher, futurist and innovator, Dr. Ahmed has explored the use of augmented and virtual reality as tools to improve healthcare delivery and teaching.
Organised by Fira de Barcelona in partnership with the Industrial Internet Consortium®, IOTSWC will structure its congress program in five horizontal tracks: Business Optimization Solutions, Artificial Intelligence Solutions, Connectivity Solutions, Security Solutions and Customer Experience Solutions. The Congress program will also feature speakers from Airbus; Buhler Group; Johnson&Johnson; Konecranes; Lego Group, Siemens, Toshiba and Volkswagen Group.
Industry transformation reimagined
The event will showcase the solutions of 310 exhibiting companies including ABB, Altair, Amazon Web Services, BrainCube, Crowdstrike, Deloitte, Device Authority, EMnify, Faircom Corporation, Fiware, Hornet Security, Huawei, Kaspersky, KNX, Libellium, Palo Alto, Richardson RFPD, Relayr, Siemens, Sternum and Trellix, TXOne Networks. All of them will display examples of how the Internet of Things, Artificial intelligence, Digital Twins, Augmented and Vistrual Reality, Blockchain and other technologies have the potential to transform entire businesses.
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Solution provides affordable access to prescription medications and personalized consultations
Patients save an average of over $150 annually on out-of-pocket medication expenses; employers save an average of 15%
Convenient access to medications via Everside Health centers, home delivery or via a select retail pharmacy network
DENVER, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everside Health, LLC, a leading national direct primary care provider, today announced the launch of TotalRx by Everside Health (TotalRx), a comprehensive prescription solution service offering affordable access to prescription medications and personalized consultations. TotalRx enables large companies, labor unions, school systems, municipalities and other employers to offer a comprehensive formulary for their workforces, including affordable access to generic, brand and specialty drugs; convenient and flexible distribution; direct-to-patient education through clinical pharmacists; and advanced analytics. On average, the TotalRx program saves patients over $150 per year on prescription medication and employers 15% annually on medication costs.
Chris Miller, CEO of Everside Health, said, "With the U.S. spending more than $1,125 per person on prescribed medicines per year, per capita, and with more than three in four adults agreeing that prescription drugs are unaffordable, we knew something had to be done. We created TotalRx as a holistic, affordable solution that improves patient health by making medication adherence easier at every stage of the process."
Details of the TotalRx program include:
- More affordable prescriptions: Unlike similar industry offerings that utilize average wholesale pricing, TotalRx is based on lowest net cost for brand, generic and specialty prescriptions, irrespective of how members receive their medication. Importantly, employers are only billed when medications are dispensed, not when they are stocked in health centers.
- Convenient and flexible distribution: Patients can access to their medications by their preferred method, whether onsite at an Everside Health center, through home delivery or from a network of select retail pharmacies.
- Direct-to-patient education: Members with complex prescription needs can access virtual consultations with a clinical pharmacist, who also coordinates any recommended prescription changes with the prescribing provider, providing personalized guidance on the most effective medications for their health needs.
Susan Kinzler, Executive Vice President of Everside Health, said, "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 to 30 percent of new prescriptions are never filled, and 50% of the time, medication is not taken as prescribed. Given these concerning statistics, we developed TotalRx to help drive better medication compliance, which ultimately supports improved health and better clinical outcomes for our patients. With all of our offerings, the concept of TotalRx is rooted in increased accessibility, decreased cost and the highest quality of care."
Everside Health offers preventive health services that treat the whole person and not just their symptoms, including mental and occupational health, to onsite or near-site employer workforces, as well as virtually. This approach has been successful in helping employees better manage a wide array of costly, chronic health problems, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. On average, employers on the Everside program save 17% on claims costs by year three and 31% by year five, based on a retrospective claims analysis conducted by the company.
Companies looking to learn more about TotalRx by Everside Health and get in touch with a representative may visit www.EversideHealth.com/TotalRx.
About Everside Health
Everside Health is one of the largest direct primary care providers in the U.S., operating 375+ health centers in 34 states located at or near the facilities of its employer, union and other benefit sponsor clients. Everside's patient-focused, care-obsessed, technology-driven healthcare delivery model aligns incentives to benefit the patient, the physician and the benefit provider, all while reducing the total cost of care. Patients receive convenient, low- or no-cost access to physicians and 24/7 virtual care, reducing the need for costly ER use. Everside Health is based in Denver, Colorado. For more information, visit www.eversidehealth.com.
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Live updates | Biden blasts court's abortion draft ruling
WASHINGTON (AP) - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden says the "basic fairness and the stability of our law demand" that the U.S. Supreme Court not overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
In a statement Tuesday, Biden said he would work to codify the right to abortion into federal law. Politico released a draft opinion that suggested the court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case.
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year´s elections.
It´s unclear if the draft represents the court´s final word on the matter - opinions often change in the drafting process.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR:
A crowd of people gather outside the Supreme Court, early Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. It's unclear if the draft represents the court's final word on the matter. The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which if verified marks a shocking revelation of the high court's secretive deliberation process, particularly before a case is formally decided. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
- The leak of the draft opinion came as a shock to Supreme Court watchers
- News of the draft opinion reverberated in Michigan, which has a pre-Roe abortion ban
Follow all AP stories on Russia´s war on Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/abortion
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
The Supreme Court is known for keeping secrets. Year after year, in major case after major case, there´s little beyond what the justices say during oral arguments that suggests how they will rule.
That´s what makes the leak of an apparent draft of an opinion in a major abortion case a shock to court watchers.
The draft published by Politico says that a majority of the court is prepared to overrule the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide.
There have been leaks before, but not of such magnitude. Only a handful of people have access to decisions before they´re published.
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News that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision is reverberating in political battleground Michigan.
The state has a pre-Roe abortion ban that may take effect and is unlikely to be changed by the Republican-led Legislature.
Attention quickly is turning to the courts, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Planned Parenthood have filed lawsuits seeking to invalidate the 1931 law.
The development also is putting a focus on the November election, when the governor and legislators are up for reelection and voters may decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution.
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Demonstrators Jonah Smith from Calif., left, and Robin G. from the D.C. area, stand outside the U.S. Supreme Court early Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday. Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the court's secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
FILE - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A draft opinion that suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision reverberated in political battleground Michigan. Attention quickly turned to the courts, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Planned Parenthood - anticipating the ruling - filed lawsuits less than a month ago seeking to invalidate the 1931 law that remains on the books. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10778777/Live-updates--Biden-blasts-courts-abortion-draft-ruling.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-05-03T15:14:47Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10778777/Live-updates--Biden-blasts-courts-abortion-draft-ruling.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
SHENZHEN, China, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Growatt, a global reputed brand in battery storage, carries off the 2022 Red Dot Product Design Award with its recently debuted portable power station–Infinity 1500. The Red Dot jury confers the Product Design Award on Growatt's Infinity 1500 solar generator for its innovative roof-rack-style design and exceptional user-oriented features as well as remarkable advances in technology.
"We are very proud to receive the Red Dot Design Award for our innovation. Holding the technical strengths ourselves, we reshape what a portable power station really looks like," commented Lisa Zhang, global marketing director at Growatt. "Our design philosophy is based on user habits and experience. By developing a compact structure and adopting a dual-handle design for Infinity 1500, we have reduced its size and weight and improved its portability to provide maximum ease of transport for adventure lovers and others. With a flat top design, it also offers optimal space utilization to users," Zhang added.
With a 2,000W power output and 12 diverse outlets, the solar generator can power up to 95% of daily electrics, enabling its application in various scenarios. To address the problem of extended charging time, Growatt's industry-leading bidirectional inverter technology has been integrated to reduce charging time from an industry average of 6 hours to only 1.6 hours. The same advantage is also present for solar charging, which supports 800W fast charging in 2.5 hours, with an impressive MPPT efficiency of up t
Advanced features such as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) function and APP remote monitoring and control are also made available with Infinity 1500 to extend the applicability of the product and deliver a smarter user experience. Moreover, it integrates Growatt's advanced Battery Management System (BMS) technology, ensuring first-rate performance in terms of battery safety and reliability.
"We believe in empowering global customers to switch to a clean and efficient power supply to build a green future. By leveraging our strengths in product design and battery technology, we look to enable more consumers to access our smart portable power solutions to live a green and sustainable lifestyle," Zhang concluded.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Michael Feinstein, violinists Itzhak Perlman and Midori, and pianist Evgeny Kissin will perform at a Carnegie Hall benefit concert for Ukraine on May 23.
Soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-sopranos Denyce Graves and Isabel Leonard, jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, singers Jessica Vosk and Adrienne Warren, and mandolinist Chris Thile also will perform along with Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect and the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, the Hall announced Tuesday.
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Stevens brings extensive public affairs and water infrastructure experience to D.C. office
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Public Affairs today announced that water policy expert and former key congressional staffer Mae Stevens is joining the firm as senior vice president, charged with helping to lead Banner's expanding bipartisan infrastructure division.
"The historic federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law adopted recently represents the opportunity for the entire water sector - utilities, engineering firms, trade associations, nonprofits and labor unions alike - to rise to the challenge and transform our nation's water infrastructure," Stevens said of the opportunities ahead. "This is truly the water industry's moment."
Following an extensive background supporting water-related legislation on Capitol Hill, Stevens founded and chaired the first-and-only full-service public affairs practice dedicated to the water sector. In that role, she was named one of Washington, D.C.'s top lobbyists and one of Water and Waste Digest Magazine's 10 water industry leaders under 40 in 2021.
"Mae was integral to supporting my former colleague Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin in his role as the top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, helping Senator Cardin be named as winner of the U.S. Water Prize in 2020," said former senator and Banner Partner James Talent, who noted that Stevens' colleague Ted Mondloch will also be joining her at the firm.
"Banner has worked hard to build a team of technology and infrastructure experts and to create a workplace culture that allows those experts to make big contributions to enhancing society on behalf of our clients," Talent said.
As Cardin's environmental policy advisor, Stevens was the lead staff member on both the congressional response to the recent Flint water crisis and the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act grants. She also supported the crafting and passage of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and the 2016 and 2018 Water Resources Development Act legislation, all of which had record bipartisan support.
Stevens, who holds a master's degree from Columbia University and bachelor's degree from George Washington University, also spent three years in the House of Representatives working for Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., and Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa. A sought-after public speaker, she has presented at the Democratic National Convention and most national water conferences, and numerous national media outlets have also featured her contributions.
"I can think of no better firm to help the water sector capitalize on this extraordinary opportunity than Banner Public Affairs, with its deep stable of infrastructure experts helping to ensure that every American has access to clean, safe, reliable, affordable and resilient water," Stevens said.
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Starbucks stock (NASDAQ
Our forecast indicates that Starbucks’ valuation is $95 per share, which is 27% higher than the current market price. Look at our interactive dashboard analysis on Starbucks Earnings Preview: What To Expect in Fiscal Q2? for more details.
(1) Revenues expected to be slightly ahead of consensus estimates
Trefis estimates Starbucks’ Q2 2022 revenues to be around $7.9 Bil, 4% ahead of the consensus estimate. The company’s first-quarter revenues grew 19% year-over-year (y-o-y) to $8 billion, driven by the store growth and recovering economy. The company’s guidance for 2022 includes opening approximately 2,000 new stores by 2022, and with 484 stores opened up in Q1, the company is well on its track to achieving its goal. For the full year of 2022, we forecast Starbucks’ Revenues to be $32.1 billion, up 10% y-o-y.
With over half of its over 34,000 stores located in Canada and the United States, North America is the company’s largest revenue-producing geographical segment. In Q1, net revenues for the segment increased 23% y-o-y, compared to 12% for the international segment. However, China is the company’s main growth prospect as there is a large adoption of the membership program. There are 18 million members in China, and they pay for over 75% of the segment sales. The average member spends about 20% more than a casual client.
(2) EPS is also likely to be comfortably ahead of consensus estimates
Starbucks’ Q2 2022 earnings per share is expected to come in at 68 cents per Trefis analysis, 9 cents above the consensus estimate. In Q1, the company reported adjusted earnings per share of 72 cents, up 18% y-o-y. Higher sales, share buybacks, and improved margins led to this increase in EPS.
(3) Stock price estimate higher than the current market price
Going by our Starbucks Valuation, with an EPS estimate of around $3.46 and a P/E multiple of 27.9x in fiscal 2022, this translates into a price of $95, which is almost 27% higher than the current market price.
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While certainly glamorous, Kardashian opted for a fairly loose interpretation of the evening's theme that centered around America's Gilded Age -- a period during the last 30 years of the 19th century when industrialization rapidly amplified the country's wealth gap.
MET GALA PHOTOS: See the looks, celebrities that drew the most attention
Created 60 years ago by Hollywood designer Jean Louis, with help from Bob Mackie, the shimmering dress is one of Monroe's most iconic looks. It was loaned to Kardashian by the Ripley's Believe it or Not!, a museum and events franchise that purchased the gown for a record-breaking $4.8 million at a 2016 auction.
Speaking after Monroe's seductive performance for his 45th birthday, Kennedy said, "I can now retire from politics after having had 'Happy Birthday' sung to me in such a sweet, wholesome way."
The moment fanned rumors about the nature of Monroe and Kennedy's relationship.
Part of the legend surrounding Monroe's dress is that she had to be sewn into the figure-hugging gown and couldn't wear undergarments beneath it. It was so tight, she appeared to have trouble walking during her 1962 performance. Kardashian encountered similar difficulties on the Costume Institute's red carpet where she was seen carefully shuffling up the stairs, with help from her boyfriend Pete Davidson. According to her agreement with Ripley's, no alterations were allowed to be made to the dress though she later changed into a replica for the rest of the event.
MORE: Met Gala returns as stars don bold shimmery gilded era looks
Kardashian told Vogue she lost 16 pounds in just three weeks to fit into the garment: "It was such a challenge, it was like a role. I was determined to fit it. I don't think they believed I was gonna do it, but I did it."
While her look was met with cheers on the night and plenty of positive feedback, some social media users criticized Kardashian for glamourizing her weight loss, a topic she has previously drawn anger for in the past. One user called her rapid change of weight "extremely unhealthy," while another encouraged her to "think about the influence of what you say," adding that discussing extreme weight loss is "harmful." Another added they felt her "message is so damaging to young girls watching."
Speaking of this year's Met Gala gown, Kardashian tweeted that she was "honored" to be the first person to wear the dress since Monroe donned it decades ago, saying, "I am forever grateful for this moment."
Ripley's tweeted the reality star: "You are truly the Marilyn of our time."
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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Hudson Valley Congressmember Antonio Delgado as Lieutenant Governor. Hochul announced the appointment via press release and on social media morning:
I am proud to announce I am appointing Congressman Antonio Delgado, an outstanding leader and public servant, as Lieutenant Governor of New York. I look forward to working with him to usher in a new era of fairness, equity, and prosperity for communities across the State. We share a belief in working together to get things done for New Yorkers, and Representative Delgado has an incredible record of doing just that in Congress. With Antonio Delgado by my side serving as Lieutenant Governor, we will both make history—and make a difference.
Schenectady-born Rep. Delgado’s congressional district includes the Capital Region, the Hudson Valley, and the Catskills. Elected in 2018, he lives in Rhinebeck and also represents the first Black or Hispanic person elected to Congress from Upstate New York. In a press release, he said:
The position of lieutenant governor of New York was effectively vacated once Hochul signed a bill allowing former lieutenant governor Brian Benjamin to be removed from the ballot for the June 28 Democratic Primary. This after Benjamin was arrested and then resigned over campaign finance charges. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/delgado-named-lieutenant-governor/ | 2022-05-03T15:38:53Z | https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/delgado-named-lieutenant-governor/ | true |
CHARLOTTE, NC (WJZY) – Perran Davis flipped open a blue folder, digging through dozens of pages of records he’s collected in the three months since someone drained his father’s estate account of more than $133,000.
Davis is listed as the executor on the account and is responsible for the spending. Davis has to report expenditures to the probate court and could be held responsible for mishandling his father’s estate. “It’s not my money. It’s the money of my deceased father’s estate account. I’m responsible for that, I have to report to the probate court about that, so what am I supposed to do?” Davis asked rhetorically standing over the folder containing documents of his communications with SunTrust bank.
Davis opened the account with SunTrust. In 2019, SunTrust was merged with BB&T to create Truist bank. Truist is headquartered in Charlotte.
The merger was finalized in early 2022.
“This is an hour and 21 minutes and 51 seconds,” Davis said as he pulled up a call to Truist from March. Davis’ call log shows dozens of successful calls he’s made to his bank since February – the month he wrote a check to his attorney from the estate account.
A check that bounced.
“Red alert. It should have been impossible, there was over $130,000 in that account,” Davis told Queen City News Chief Investigator Jody Barr. “It’s impossible to wrap your mind around how can this happen? I thought that I was dealing with a reputable bank that had safeguards in place, and they obviously failed.”
Davis went back to his November and December bank statements and started to piece together what happened. In November, Davis paid Imperial Freight Lines, LLC to handle moving his father’s belongings from a storage facility in Tennessee to Georgia. The bank statement shows two payments to Imperial Freight Lines on Nov. 12 and again on Nov. 22.
Those payments totaled $3,507 – payments Davis said were legitimate.
On Nov. 23, the very next day, the bank statement shows a $1 debit from the account under the payee name “Imperial Freight.” The November statement shows a beginning balance of $139,501 in the account. The account was down to $113,677 by the end of November.
By the end of December, the account was drained to $65,952. At the end of January, the account was down to $45,353, and at the end of February, the account was $2,088 overdrawn.
WHO DID IT?
Because of the $1 withdrawal the day after his final payment, Davis suspected his moving company of stealing the money. The November statement shows several different debits to other vendors: two different banks, American Express, two insurance companies, among others. The last debit in the month happened on Nov. 30 with a $3,641 debit to Imperial Freight.
Davis believes the transactions show whoever stole the money was paying personal bills using his father’s estate account.
The December bank statement shows another $5,736 withdrawn from the account by Imperial Freight Lines. The final debit attributed to Imperial Freight Lines happened Dec. 7, but the statement shows 49 total debits from the account including payments to an auto financing company, the Broward County tax office, credit card companies, a cell phone company, and others.
Davis said the last check he wrote from the account was for check #1123, a check for $79.50 to pay his father’s storage bill, which cleared the account on Dec. 30. The rest of the debits were fraud, according to Davis.
Davis provided copies of returned checks from his bank statements. The check Davis said he wrote has his father’s estate account information at the top left, including Davis’s name as executor. The other checks and electronic cash withdrawals show checks that look nothing like the checks the bank issued to Davis.
However, each fraudulent check had Davis’ banking account and routing number printed on the bottom.
“Here’s another check for $8,286 to Imperial Freight Lines from a Brad Hughes at another Gmail address using our account information in the bank cashed all these checks,” Davis said as he pointed out the fraudulent checks his bank cashed. Some of the checks didn’t list a physical address at the top left corner and none of the fraudulent checks contained check numbers anywhere near the check numbers on the checks Davis purchased from the bank.
Davis said he knew something was wrong about a week before his attorney called him about the bounced check. On. Feb. 2, Davis said he got a call from his bank’s fraud department asking about a single check containing “misidentifying information.”
“She asked me about the check. I told her I didn’t know anything about it. And she said the reason her system flagged it was because it had inappropriate contact information on there, wrong person’s name, wrong address and so on,” Davis said. “So, I went through the account with her at that time.”
Davis said he’d tried to contact his bank since January to check the status of the account. He had no idea at the time that a fraudster had nearly drained the $133,000 from it by then.
“When I opened up the estate account, they (the bank) wouldn’t allow me online access for it. SunTrust would never allow, and I tried time and time and time again. I live in Pennsylvania. The estate’s managed down in Tennessee and Georgia, I need to be able to keep an eye on the account,” Davis told Queen City News.
When the bank contacted Davis on Feb. 2, his bank statement showed the account was overdrawn by $342.50. The bank’s call came too late to stop the transactions or to keep any of the money out of the hands of the criminal(s) who took it.
Davis didn’t file a fraud complaint until Feb. 11 – when he learned his father’s estate account was empty.
“I found out nine days later; I think, that over $130,000 had been wiped out. And at no time, did the bank ever contact me, not by phone, not by snail mail, not by email, nothing,” Davis said. The bank credited him “a few hundred dollars,” he said but notified him the bank would not be paying the remaining balance.
“This email is to notify you that we’ve noticed a higher-than-normal volume of electronic payments in your account ending in this number,” Davis said as he read from a fraud alert. Truist sent him fraud alerts three days later – weeks after his bank account was drained.
“So they didn’t bother to do this while the fraud was happening, this is after all the money was gone and then they’re telling me to log in and check my account when they wouldn’t allow the estate account to have online access. After all the money’s gone, then they start blowing my email up saying there’s fraud, we’re seeing a higher level of activity—why didn’t they do it when the fraud was happening,” Davis asked.
Davis believes the bank not only failed to protect his account, but his case is an indication of a loophole within the bank’s fraud prevention systems, “Instead of having the appropriate, you know, name of the person and the address and everything, it had random people’s names and addresses and I asked her (the fraud department staffer) why their fraud system didn’t catch it and she said their computer only looks at the numbers at the bottom of the checks, not the name and that the algorithm cashes checks if those numbers are right.”
“Which basically tells me there’s really no protection whatsoever. I can take and print a check on the appropriate paper and put some random person’s name and address in the upper left-hand corner and put somebody’s routing information and send it through Truist and according to this lady they’d cash it,” Davis said.
When Davis contacted us on March 29, Davis said Truist had only credited the account around $80,000. Davis asked for our help to find out why the bank had not credited his account the remaining $50,000. Davis’ account showed $112,416.40 credited as of the end of last week, according to Davis.
The bank still owes Davis $21,438, according to Davis’ accounting at the time of this report.
CONVICTED FRAUDSTER IDENTIFIED
The day Perran Davis filed his fraud complaint with Truist, he called the Lauderhill Police Department to ask for a criminal investigation into Imperial Freight Lines, LLC. Davis was eventually paired with Detective Richard Clarke, a veteran fraud investigator with the police department located a few minutes outside Fort Lauderdale.
Imperial Freight Lines has an office just 3,000 feet from the police department.
“He did his own research, identified the company, Imperial Freight Lines, LLC, which he believed at the time was responsible for the loss of his money,” Clarke told Queen City News during an interview at headquarters last month. Clarke initially also suspected the company of being the perpetrator.
That changed when the department received a complaint on March 24th from a man named Christopher Hoffman; a man Clarke identified as the owner of Imperial Freight Lines, LLC. Clarke had not contacted Imperial Freight Lines at the time and the company did not know it was the target of the criminal investigation at the time, according to Clarke.
Hoffman told investigators he had an employee who committed fraud against the moving company. The worker’s job was to broker moves and create moving contracts between Imperial Freight Lines and customers and the worker would earn commission on each contract.
The larger the contract amount, the higher commission the worker would make.
Hoffman identified the worker as Bruce Horner, a man state and federal law enforcement knew well, “Bruce Horner would create contracts using accounts of genuine customers who he dealt with previously, but the contracts that he would create would be for fictitious names using the real accounts. So, he’d be paid commission on these contracts,” Clarke said.
Clarke said the company identified 14 contracts Horner faked where he earned around $12,000 between November and March of 2022. Hoffman provided investigators copies of the contracts and supporting records that Clarke said gave him the probable cause needed to name Horner the lone suspect.
“I then realized that he (Hoffman) wasn’t to be a suspect, he was himself a victim. So, we had two victims: we had Mr. Davis and Mr. Hoffman, Imperial Freight Lines.”
Clarke devised a plan to arrest Horner. The detective asked Hoffman to delay paying Horner by one day and to tell Horner to come to Imperial Freight Lines’ main office on State Route 7 in Lauderhill to pick up his check on March 25.
That Imperial Freight Lines office is located on the second floor of the Truist bank building.
When Horner arrived, Clarke arrested him. The detective said Horner declined to be interviewed and “said nothing” following the arrest and the ride to the Broward County jail. Investigators charged Horner with six felonies – each related to Florida’s fraud and theft statutes.
Clarke seized Horner’s car and got search warrants to dig through it and Horner’s home to look for evidence. The detective said Horner’s car contained more than enough evidence to prove Lauderhill police had the right man, “Inside his vehicle were about 11 notebooks. And inside those notebooks are records of routing and account numbers for different account holders, numbering 55.”
The notebooks contained names of people who’d entered into contracts with Imperial Freight Lines and who’d also given Imperial Freight Lines their banking information. When we interviewed Clarke in April, he was still working to identify victims.
“I had to go through the notebooks, write down the account numbers, the routing numbers, some of them have phone numbers and names associated with them, so what I’m going to have to do now is call these persons to say, hey, you know, has your account been compromised?” Clarke told Barr.
Clarke believes there could be at least 54 additional victims, not including Perran Davis.
“What I also think is apparent now is that Mr. Horner has not only used Mr. Davis’s money towards the contract, I think he’s used it for his personal gain…I think he’s used some of that money to do other things that we haven’t discovered yet, which I will eventually,” Clarke said.
Horner entered a “not guilty” plea and was released the day of his arrest on bond. Broward County court records do not show an attorney listed for Horner or a court date.
Clarke also confirmed that Horner is the same Bruce Horner convicted in a large-scale federal financial fraud case from July 2008. The U.S. Secret Service opened an investigation in Broward County into Horner and co-defendant Arthur Bitterman located in Virginia.
A federal criminal complaint shows federal prosecutors charged the men with seven-count information accusing the men of conspiracy, wire fraud, and attempted bank fraud. Horner owned a restaurant and used the credit card machine to steal account information from customers.
The men then created fake business names “that never operated” to move the money into a personal bank account that belonged to Horner, according to the charging documents. Horner wrote 59 checks totaling $4,631,334 from “closed or insufficiently funded” bank accounts involved in what federal prosecutors described as a “scheme and artifice to defraud.”
Horner used the money “to pay for personal expenses” and “to write large checks to various family members, employees, collection agencies, and others,” according to court records.
Just 10 days after the charges and arrests, Bitterman pleaded guilty to one count of attempted bank fraud. Prosecutors dismissed all other charges against Bitterman. A judge sentenced him to three months probation, seven months home detention, and ordered him to pay $91,004.80 in restitution.
Horner pleaded guilty the week following his arrest to conspiracy, attempted bank fraud, and wire fraud. Federal Judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced Horner to 90 months in prison and five years supervised release. The judge also ordered Horner to undergo gambling treatment and an alcohol/drug program and ordered him to pay $992,753.97 in restitution.
“Could they have prevented the situation that you were in, potentially 55 other people are in?” Barr asked Davis, “Absolutely. It took us three minutes on Google to find him. How hard is that?”
“Do you think Imperial set themselves up for what’s happened now?” Barr asked. “Absolutely. A simple background check would have done it. A phone call, you know if you don’t want to go through a federal background check, if you don’t want to spend a ton of money to check all that, call the county that you’re in. Do you have a record on this? It’s easy, or like you and I did; get on the website and type the guy’s name in and you’ll find it. They set themselves up not only for me and the other 50 people, but they brought this on themselves. You don’t put a wolf in the henhouse and expect things to be okay.”
Horner was released from federal custody on March 31, 2017, according to the Bureau of Prisons inmate records.
We made multiple attempts to contact Imperial Freight Lines’ owner Christopher Hoffman over the past month. Calls and emails were never returned. We visited the moving company’s Lauderhill office on April 11 and left another message with workers there.
Hoffman never returned that message.
A final call to Imperial Freight Lines’ office on April 27 resulted in a return call from Hoffman. “I can’t get into any details because it’s ongoing,” Hoffman told Queen City News Chief Investigator Jody Barr. “We caught it and brought it to their attention,” Hoffman said of his report to police concerning Horner.
Hoffman would not answer whether his company performed a background check on Horner before hiring him.
“I don’t feel comfortable answering questions about it,” Hoffman said during the April 27 call with Barr.
Bruce Horner also did not return calls asking for an interview. Phone numbers connected to Horner were disconnected and messages left with two family members were unanswered.
TRUIST RESPONDS
Perran Davis scoured the internet trying to determine whether he was alone in his attempts to get Truist bank to resolve his fraud investigation. Lauderhill police investigators notified the bank of its fraud investigation last month, but Detective Clarke told Davis the bank had not yet assigned a bank investigator to Davis’ case.
That was within the past two weeks.
Davis quickly found he wasn’t alone. A Facebook group titled ‘SunTrust/BB&T now Truist bank complaint group’ has grown to more than 1,300 with complaints from multiple customers sharing stories of their troubles with Truist.
“On the phone closing all my accounts at Truist. Took me 3 months to change all my direct deposits/bill pays, etc. Happy to be done with it,” one member wrote in an April 28 post.
The Better Business Bureau shows an A+ rating for Truist, but customers who left reviews on the BBB site earned the bank 1.09 stars out of 5, according to the Truist page. The BBB shows 2,795 customer complaints filed and closed against Trusit in the past three years with 1,539 complaints closed in the last year.
“I’ve tried to call them I’ve tried to email them. I’ve emailed branches, I’ve called branches, I’ve called every phone number imaginable. And it’s like, I’m not getting anywhere. It’s the most. It’s the most intensive emotional thing I’ve ever endured in my life,” Davis said.
“It took two months for the check department to get in touch with me and they didn’t do it because I was trying to find them, she told me the reason she called me is because I was on the list, and she was just now getting to me,” Davis told Queen City News during an interview in April at his home in Philadelphia.
Davis’ notes show his last contact with Truist bank concerning the electronic withdrawals happened Feb. 16.
“What are you supposed to do,” Barr asked, “I don’t know. That’s why I called you guys. I was just beating my head against the wall,” Davis responded.
We contacted Trusit bank’s corporate communications office on April 25, asking for the status of Davis’ fraud case and the reason why the $133,000 was still not credited to his account. “As you may know, to protect the privacy of our clients, we don’t discuss client matters,” a woman who identified herself in email as Shelley Miller with the title, ‘Corporate Communications,’ wrote.
Davis agreed to waive his privacy protections so the bank could discuss his account with Queen City News. Miller never responded when asked if the bank would entertain that offer.
Miller would also not arrange an interview with anyone at Truist to explain the bank’s handling of Davis’ case or to answer broad questions concerning what Davis believes is a loophole in the bank’s fraud prevention system.
Thanks again for bringing this to our attention. We’re not experiencing any broad-based issues related to fraud as a result of our conversion efforts. A small subset of our clients did experience individual challenges related to the President’s Day weekend conversion, including a delay in activating and using their new Truist debit card, which our teams have since addressed. This resulted in longer than normal wait times as we worked diligently to provide every client the care and attention they deserved. Over the past weeks, our wait times have steadily improved.
Protecting our clients and their accounts continues to be a top priority for us. Truist takes instances of fraud very seriously and we go to great lengths to detect and prevent fraud, including providing prompts within the user experience to help clients identify red flags that may indicate scams.
Shelley Miller, Truist Corporate Communications
The President’s Day holiday was Feb. 21, but Davis’ call logs show attempts to reach Truist bank as late as April 1 were unsuccessful and hold times of more than an hour in a few cases.
After weeks of no response from the bank, a worker in Truist’s Wealth Division contacted Davis last Friday to tell him a “manager in Tennessee” confirmed “that the fraud unit is actively working this case,” Dana Williams wrote in an April 29 email to Davis.
As of this report, the bank still had not contacted Davis or provided him any timeline on when – or if – the bank plans to credit the remaining $21,000 to his father’s estate account.
“If you get this sorted out and you get the cash back that’s owed to this account, do you continue baking with Truist,” Barr asked. “No, I will never trust them again,” Davis said.
“Everything that could have failed did fail. And I don’t know at this point that there’s anything that they can do to reestablish their trust. Fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me,” Davis told Queen City News. | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/man-loses-133k-in-moving-company-fraud-case-will-never-trust-truist-bank-again/ | 2022-05-03T15:39:17Z | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/man-loses-133k-in-moving-company-fraud-case-will-never-trust-truist-bank-again/ | true |
Travelers can take advantage of $49* introductory fares in celebration
RENO, Nev., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- aha!, powered by veteran ExpressJet Airlines, announced nonstop service between Reno and Santa Rosa, Calif. beginning July 14, 2022 – connecting the urban heart of the wine country and the "Biggest Little City in the World."
"Reno has been a long requested and sought-after market from STS, and we are looking forward to a great partnership connecting these two great destinations," said Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport Manager Jon Stout.
aha! will fly to the Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport two times a week with 50-seat Embraer ERJ145 regional jets. With the addition of Santa Rosa aha! will serve 10 cities with nonstop flights from its hub and home base at Reno-Tahoe International Airport.
"We are excited to provide Sonoma County residents the opportunity to take short, spontaneous trips to Reno and Lake Tahoe without the hassle of airport layovers or driving," said Tim Sieber, head of ExpressJet's aha! business unit. "And travelers from Reno can use Santa Rosa as a jumping off point for all there is to see, do, eat, drink and explore in California's wine country."
Convenient Nonstop Flights + Less Travel Time = More Vacations and Trips
The quick 57-minute nonstop flight gives travelers more time for adventure and less time traveling. Flights will operate each Thursday and Sunday departing Reno Tahoe International Airport at 3:40 p.m. PT arriving at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport at 4:37 p.m. PT. Return flights will depart Santa Rosa at 5:15 p.m. PT and arrive in Reno-Tahoe at 6:12 p.m. PT.
"Connecting these two recreational hot spots is a fantastic addition to our local airport," said James Gore, Chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and representative for District 4, which includes the airport. "This gives our residents the opportunity to enjoy all that the Reno-Tahoe area has to offer and gives the Northern Nevada residents an excuse for a hassle-free wine country getaway. An absolute win-win for both markets."
Presently aha! connects nine markets to its hub in Reno-Tahoe: Bakersfield, Fresno, Ontario and Palm Springs, Calif.; Eugene/Springfield, Medford/Ashland and Redmond/Bend, Ore.; and Pasco/Tri Cities and Spokane, Wash.
Special Introductory $49* Fares
aha! is offering an introductory, limited-time launch fare of $49 each way* available for purchase through May 31, 2022 for travel completed by August 15, 2022. Book at www.flyaha.com or through the aha! contact center 775-439-0888.
About aha!
aha! is a leisure brand of ExpressJet Airlines. aha! seeks to provide travelers in smaller communities, many who have seen air service reduced over the past decade through airline mergers, with convenient, short, nonstop flights to high-quality destinations like the Reno-Lake Tahoe region. In addition to offering value-priced, nonstop flights, aha! will soon partner with resorts, casinos and attractions to "bundle" value-priced vacation packages. www.flyaha.com
About ExpressJet Airlines
ExpressJet Airlines is the union of Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Continental Express and operates Embraer ERJ145 regional jet aircraft. Over its 35-year history, ExpressJet has operated most Embraer and Bombardier airplanes from bases across the continental United States to cities in North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. ExpressJet is majority owned by KAir Enterprises with United Airlines holding a minority interest. www.expressjet.com
Introductory Fare Sale
*Introductory, limited time $49 airfare is one-way and includes taxes, carrier charges & government fees. Must be purchased by May 31, 2022 and travel completed by August 15, 2022. Travel dates and fares are limited. Note that additional fees apply for call center bookings, baggage, etc. Fare rules, routes and schedules are subject to change without notice. Restrictions apply. Not valid on previously purchased itineraries. See www.flyaha.com for full details of fare, restrictions, and charges.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
5-4-2, FIREBALL: 6
(five, four, two; FIREBALL: six)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Morning" game were:
5-4-2, FIREBALL: 6
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Stevens brings extensive public affairs and water infrastructure experience to D.C. office
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Banner Public Affairs today announced that water policy expert and former key congressional staffer Mae Stevens is joining the firm as senior vice president, charged with helping to lead Banner's expanding bipartisan infrastructure division.
"The historic federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law adopted recently represents the opportunity for the entire water sector - utilities, engineering firms, trade associations, nonprofits and labor unions alike - to rise to the challenge and transform our nation's water infrastructure," Stevens said of the opportunities ahead. "This is truly the water industry's moment."
Following an extensive background supporting water-related legislation on Capitol Hill, Stevens founded and chaired the first-and-only full-service public affairs practice dedicated to the water sector. In that role, she was named one of Washington, D.C.'s top lobbyists and one of Water and Waste Digest Magazine's 10 water industry leaders under 40 in 2021.
"Mae was integral to supporting my former colleague Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin in his role as the top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, helping Senator Cardin be named as winner of the U.S. Water Prize in 2020," said former senator and Banner Partner James Talent, who noted that Stevens' colleague Ted Mondloch will also be joining her at the firm.
"Banner has worked hard to build a team of technology and infrastructure experts and to create a workplace culture that allows those experts to make big contributions to enhancing society on behalf of our clients," Talent said.
As Cardin's environmental policy advisor, Stevens was the lead staff member on both the congressional response to the recent Flint water crisis and the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act grants. She also supported the crafting and passage of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and the 2016 and 2018 Water Resources Development Act legislation, all of which had record bipartisan support.
Stevens, who holds a master's degree from Columbia University and bachelor's degree from George Washington University, also spent three years in the House of Representatives working for Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., and Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa. A sought-after public speaker, she has presented at the Democratic National Convention and most national water conferences, and numerous national media outlets have also featured her contributions.
"I can think of no better firm to help the water sector capitalize on this extraordinary opportunity than Banner Public Affairs, with its deep stable of infrastructure experts helping to ensure that every American has access to clean, safe, reliable, affordable and resilient water," Stevens said.
About Banner Public Affairs
Banner Public Affairs executes winning strategies to achieve the unexpected and avoid the predictable. Our bipartisan team of experienced lobbying, public relations, and digital professionals provides best-in-class counsel and executes long-term growth strategies with a short-term hustle, problem-solving mindset. With a track record of victories, Banner is a natural and sought-after partner for the big moments. Banner is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and with offices in St. Louis, Denver, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Sheffield vicar Hilary Alflatt who beat woman given absolute discharge
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A vicar who beat a woman with a cane during a decade of abuse has been given an absolute discharge after a court heard he had only months to live.
Hilary Alflatt, 87, assaulted the woman multiple times between 1983 and 1992 while serving in Sheffield.
She was forced to lie naked while he carried out the beatings and lived in "permanent fear", the court was told.
A judge said due to Alflatt's advanced dementia she had no other choice but to impose the absolute discharge.
Retired vicar Alflatt was found by a jury earlier this year to have committed a series of assaults on the woman but did not face a full criminal trial because he was deemed unfit by doctors.
Hull Crown Court heard he was now in a care home in North Yorkshire and in the final months of his life.
Judge Sophie McKone said had Alflatt, previously known as Malcolm, been found guilty of the criminal offences, he would be facing a prison term "marked in years".
'Vow of obedience'
She added: "However, the defendant is now 87 years of age.
"He lives in a care home. He is bed-bound and has advanced dementia which is irreversible and progressive.
"He is in the final months of his life. He is physically very frail."
The court heard the abuse began in the 1980s when the "vulnerable woman" turned to Alflatt for "religious guidance and support" following the breakdown of her marriage.
He made her take vows of obedience, poverty and chastity and would order her to lie naked on a bed while he beat her with a bamboo cane, leaving her with painful welts.
As well as the beatings, the court heard she was forced to kiss his feet and call him master whenever he walked into a room.
'Let down by Church'
The judge said in the 1990s, when she finally realised what was happening was wrong, she reported Alflatt to senior members of the Church but was "let down by them" in that they took "no proper action".
Earlier this year, the Bishop of Sheffield apologised to the victim, who cannot be identified.
The Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox said: "There are no excuses whatsoever for what took place and it is a cause of great regret to us that the matter has only now come to court.
"Clerical abuse is a grievous breach of trust, which almost always, as in this case, causes life-long harm.
"I wish to apologise unreservedly to the survivor of this abuse for what she suffered and to pay tribute to her bravery in coming forward to seek justice."
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, today announced Marissa Minardi has been appointed Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment for North America, effective immediately. Minardi will be responsible for positioning Bureau Veritas as a global leader in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the US.
Minardi will report directly to Shawn Till, EVP and CEO of Bureau Veritas North America.
"We are pleased to welcome Marissa to the Bureau Veritas family," said Shawn Till, EVP and CEO, Bureau Veritas, North America. "We believe what gets measured gets done, and we're holding ourselves accountable to ensure our CSR efforts make a meaningful and lasting impact on people and the planet. I'm confident that Marissa's experience and passion position her for success with Bureau Veritas' 2025 CSR targets and initiatives."
Bureau Veritas' 2025 CSR strategy lays out one essential ambition: to be the CSR leader in its business. Aligned with five of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, the Group's 2025 CSR strategy, "Shaping a Better World" covers Environment, Social and Governance topics through its three pillars: Shaping a Better Workplace, Shaping a Better Environment and Shaping Better Business Practices. Of 19 identified key performance indicators, five are non-financial indicators that represent the Group's 2025 commitment to its stakeholders:
- 35% females in executive leadership positions
- 35 training hours per employee per year
- Reduce carbon footprint to 2.0 tons per employee
- Have a total accident rate of 0.26
- Achieve 99% in completion of the Group's Code of Ethics training
Minardi is a seasoned leader in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) industry. A professional engineer, she comes to Bureau Veritas with nearly twenty-two years of experience working with clients to foster sustainable operations and portfolios that are compliant, and also embrace a culture where EHS responsibilities and care are integral to everyday business and value-add is realized. Her passion centers on business-oriented solutions that enable the protection of our environment, families, communities, employees, clients, service partners, and shareholders.
"I am proud to assume the role of vice president of corporate social responsibility and environment at Bureau Veritas North America," said Marissa Minardi, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment, Bureau Veritas, North America. "Doing the right thing is at the heart of who we are as a company, and I am looking forward to ensuring that this mission-driven approach guides the success of every employee, client, and community we serve."
Minardi holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Louisiana State University and a M.S.E.L. in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School.
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has close to 80,000 employees located in nearly 1,600 offices and laboratories around the globe. Bureau Veritas helps its 400,000 clients improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.
Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the CAC 40 ESG, CAC Next 20 and SBF 120 indices.
Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.
For more information, visit www.bvna.com, and follow us on Twitter (@bureauveritasNA) and LinkedIn.
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Fast Casual Chicken Salad Concept's Franchisees Continue to Standout as Industry Leaders, Driving Brand Growth
ATLANTA, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicken Salad Chick, the nation's only fast casual chicken salad restaurant concept, celebrates the recent naming of three outstanding franchisees as the International Franchise Association's notorious Franchisee of the Year award winners. The franchisee trio, known as 2 Chicks and a Magnet, is made up of Ashley Keever, Krista Rhymes and Matthew Miller, who own three Chicken Salad Chick locations in Louisiana. This award win adds to the recent success of the brand as it continues to grow – with four new states open for development and signing 23 new franchise partners this year.
The Franchisee of the Year Award, sponsored by IFA's partner Paychex, recognizes leading franchisees who exemplify at least one of IFA's "Open for Opportunity" core pillars: Community, Workforce, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Veterans. The winners were presented during the association's annual convention award ceremony earlier this year.
"We are incredibly honored to have received this award," said Miller. "Chicken Salad Chick took a chance on us when we started out with little restaurant experience, and we are grateful for the tremendous support and training that they offered us early on to set us up for success."
Each member of Two Chicks and a Magnet made major industry changes when they found Chicken Salad Chick – Matthew ran a carpet cleaning business for over 20 years, Krista was a CPA and Ashley was a nurse – and Ashley and Krista, who are sisters, co-own retail gift shops in Louisiana. The trio found the brand when franchising had not yet been open in the state, and when the opportunity presented itself in Monroe in 2018, their first location came to fruition. Their second location in Ruston followed in fall 2020 during the pandemic. They ramped up online ordering efforts and provided community drops of the product throughout both Monroe and Ruston communities during the pandemic, persistent to keep growing their businesses.
"We are a franchisor community that prides itself on finding franchisees who exemplify our value of community service and providing a quality product to those we serve, and the trio at 2 Chicks and a Magnet do exactly that," said Scott Deviney, CEO of Chicken Salad Chick. "Ashley, Krista and Matthew go above and beyond to put their community first, and they are a prime example of the franchisees who are helping move the needle for the brand. We are incredibly proud of them for this award win!"
The IFA award adds to a hefty list of brand award wins for 2 Chicks and a Magnet. Their leadership and operations success with their first restaurant in its first year earned them an award from Chicken Salad Chick referred to as 'New Chick on the Block,' and the trio continued to build on this success when they won two additional awards – Franchisee of the Year and 'Golden Scoop,' presented to them for their commitment to community involvement.
"We truly feel as if we're a part of a family with Chicken Salad Chick," continued Rhymes. "The value of community involvement is paramount to the brand, and as a result, it has continued to fuel our own involvement in the Monroe, Ruston and Slidell communities. Whether it's through employee support, donating to local causes or providing community chicken salad drops, we take our commitment to those we serve seriously, and it's at the center of everything we do."
Chicken Salad Chick is on the fast track for growth, having celebrated the opening of seven new locations so far this year and signing 23 franchise agreements in Q1. The brand is on track to open more than 50 locations in 2022 which will help propel it toward achieving its overall development goal to have 500 locations open and operating by the end of 2025.
Chicken Salad Chick continues to be recognized as a standout franchise system, being named one of QSR magazine's Best Franchise Deals for the second consecutive year, as well as being named #3 in Fast Casual's Top 100 Movers & Shakers in 2021 and #7 in the trade's Top 40 Smartest-Growing Franchises ranking for 2022, respectively. The brand was also highlighted as one of Entrepreneur magazine's Top Food Franchises of 2021 and has been listed in Franchise Times' Top 400 Ranking for 2021.
To learn more about ownership opportunities with Chicken Salad Chick, contact Carrie Evans, Vice President of Franchise Development, at Carrie.Evans@chickensaladchick.com, call 214-733-0048 or visit http://www.chickensaladchick.com/franchising.
About Chicken Salad Chick
Chicken Salad Chick serves full-flavored, Southern-style chicken salad made from scratch and served from the heart. With more than a dozen original chicken salad flavors as well as fresh side salads, gourmet soups, signature sandwiches and delicious desserts, Chicken Salad Chick's robust menu is a perfect fit for any guest. Founded in Auburn, Alabama by Stacy and Kevin Brown, in 2008, Chicken Salad Chick has grown to 200 restaurants in 17 states. Today, under the leadership of Scott Deviney and the Chicken Salad Chick team, the brand is continuing its rapid expansion with both franchise and company locations. Chicken Salad Chick has received numerous accolades including rankings in Franchise Times' Fast & Serious and Fast Casual.com's top Movers and Shakers for the third consecutive year, QSR's Best Franchise Deals for the second consecutive year and Franchise Business Review's Top Food Franchises in 2020. See www.chickensaladchick.com for additional information.
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