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The comic book mutants known as the X-Men are back on the big screen. X2: X-Men United, packs in more characters -- good and evil -- than the first X-Men film. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.
Copyright 2003 NPR
The comic book mutants known as the X-Men are back on the big screen. X2: X-Men United, packs in more characters -- good and evil -- than the first X-Men film. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan offers a review.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-01/x2-many-more-mutants | 2022-03-02T02:03:50 | en | 0.89148 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
9-4-5-0
(nine, four, five, zero)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
9-4-5-0
(nine, four, five, zero) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-16969686.php | 2022-03-02T02:03:54 | en | 0.921698 |
Twenty years ago, the British literary magazine Granta published a list of what it considered the best young novelists of Britain. And what a list it was... Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, and many more went on to find fame and sometimes fortune.
And Granta had found itself a tradition. The magazine published a second list in 1993, and now has just crowned a new set of young authors in its March edition.
For All Things Considered, NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with Granta editor Ian Jack and two of the best young novelists, Alan Warner and Andrew O'Hagan.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-02/a-granta-glimpse-at-rising-british-writers | 2022-03-02T02:03:56 | en | 0.927596 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
05-06-09-23-33
(five, six, nine, twenty-three, thirty-three)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
05-06-09-23-33
(five, six, nine, twenty-three, thirty-three) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-Double-Play-16969685.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:00 | en | 0.902977 |
The Dancer Upstairs, a political thriller, features the directing debut of noted American actor John Malkovich. It's a character study of a detective who must negotiate political and personal issues while tracking a rebel leader in Latin America. NPR's Bob Mondello offers a review.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-02/movie-review-the-dancer-upstairs | 2022-03-02T02:04:02 | en | 0.930093 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
02-03-16-17-36
(two, three, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-six)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
02-03-16-17-36
(two, three, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-six) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-16969683.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:06 | en | 0.901844 |
Impressionist Rick Miller has created a comic one-man version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, employing the wacky characters from the Simpsons -- the hit animated TV show. He's been on a U.S. tour, Homer and others in tow. Miller speaks with NPR's Jacki Lyden.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-02/simpsons-meet-shakespeare-in-millers-machomer | 2022-03-02T02:04:08 | en | 0.939611 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
02-24-25-27-28-29-30-35-36-38-39-42-49-51-53-54-55-57-60-71-72-80
(two, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty, seventy-one, seventy-two, eighty) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-16969682.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:13 | en | 0.837405 |
George Wyle, who composed one of the most popular TV theme songs, dies of leukemia at age 87. Wyle wrote more than 400 songs, including the Christmas classic "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," but he was best known for "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island," a song he wrote in just one sitting with the show's creator Sherwood Schwartz. NPR's Lynn Neary has a remembrance.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-03/george-wyle-gilligans-island-theme-creator-dies-at-87 | 2022-03-02T02:04:14 | en | 0.981693 |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
1-2-4-8
(one, two, four, eight)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
1-2-4-8
(one, two, four, eight) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-16969734.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:19 | en | 0.926812 |
At eight-foot-two, he's easily the biggest star in children's television. But it's a small world inside the costume of Sesame Street's Big Bird. This is what it's like, according to Caroll Spinney, who has performed the yellow-feathered, orange-footed character since the show's debut in 1969:
Spinney stands inside Big Bird with his right arm extended above his head. His right hand is the bird's beak, his arm the bird's neck. It's not very comfortable, especially if you're claustrophobic. He can't see out, so a tiny TV set strapped to his chest shows him what he looks like to the children viewing the show at home. If he has to do a complex walk, two feathers (attached with Velcro) are removed so he can peek out. "I have to do that so I won't walk into the door," Spinney says.
He's also spent a lot of time inside a trashcan as the puppeteer behind Oscar the Grouch, an alter-ego of sorts to the kindhearted Big Bird. The 69-year-old Spinney writes about how he got to Sesame Street in his new autobiography, The Wisdom of Big Bird.
In an interview with NPR's Bob Edwards, Spinney recalls that in the beginning, he played the character like "a purple dinosaur, who was like 'Ho, hi there. Here I am.' And one day it occurred to me that instead of this big silly, kind of goofy guy, it was a good idea to have him be a child. Within a week, I kind of faded the voice away from the goofy guy to Big Bird being more of a child-like creature. And he began to learn the alphabet because when we started, he couldn't read or write."
Spinney made his television debut in 1955. He was paid $10 a week to perform in the Rascal Rabbit show in Las Vegas. But the stint ended quickly when Spinney, who was in the Air Force at the time, was shipped out to Germany.
Five years later, Spinney was back on TV playing various sidekicks to Bozo the Clown. He also did puppet shows. One day, after a performance where everything went wrong, Muppet creator Jim Henson approached and said he liked what Spinney had tried to do.
"He said, 'Why don't you come down to New York and talk about the Muppets... I have some characters I want to build. One is a tall, funny-looking bird and the other's going to be this grouchy character who's going to live in a pile of trash in the gutter.'"
Big Bird is kind and sweet. But after performing him all day, Spinney says it's almost therapeutic to switch to Oscar the Grouch. He got the idea for Oscar's gruff voice when he heard a Manhattan taxi driver bark, "Where to, Mac?" Spinney thought, "Wow, what a voice."
Spinney says children like Oscar because he's honest. And even though he's a fuzzy green monster, he's very human. "I've often noted that the characters, the puppets, often demonstrate more humanity than the real people."
One of Sesame Street's most human moments came in 1983, after Will Lee, the actor who played storekeeper Mr. Hooper, died of cancer.
"We didn't know what to do. [We] thought perhaps he could just retire, move to Florida or something. But then the producers thought that the best thing to do would be to actually deal with death." And in the memorable scene, Big Bird learns that when people die, they never come back. "We were all in tears at the end of the scene and they were totally genuine."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-04/a-life-inside-big-bird | 2022-03-02T02:04:20 | en | 0.986104 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JC-2C-4C-7C-3H
(JC, 2C, 4C, 7C, 3H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JC-2C-4C-7C-3H
(JC, 2C, 4C, 7C, 3H) | https://www.theheraldreview.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-16969689.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:25 | en | 0.882854 |
Wayne Shorter's new record, Alegria, is being released just in time for the legendary jazz saxophonist's 70th birthday. From classical to avant-garde jazz, the album spans the myriad styles Shorter has embraced during his 50-year career. Michelle Mercer offers a review.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-05/music-review-wayne-shorters-alegria | 2022-03-02T02:04:26 | en | 0.969039 |
AP PHOTOS: Destruction, death in Ukraine under bombardment
March 1, 2022 Updated: March 1, 2022 8:43 p.m.
1of 35 A damaged car sits at the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less
2of 35 People walk along an empty road during curfew, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 3of 35
4of 35 An armed man stands by the remains of a Russian military vehicle in Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Serhii Nuzhnenko/AP Show More Show Less
5of 35 Ukrainian families say goodbye as they prepare to board a bus to Poland at Lviv bus main station, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Bernat Armangue/AP Show More Show Less 6of 35
7of 35 Ukrainian emergency service personnel carry a body of a victim out of the damaged City Hall building following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less
8of 35 People arrive at a train station as they try to leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 9of 35
10of 35 Animal keeper Kirilo Trantin comforts an elephant at the Kiev Zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1. 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less
11of 35 Ukrainians prepare to board a bus to Poland at Lviv bus main station, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Bernat Armangue/AP Show More Show Less 12of 35
13of 35 A woman speaks by phone holding her sick baby in a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Okhmadet children's hospital in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1. 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less
14of 35 EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Morgue workers look at the body of a killed volunteer of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces at a hospital in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 15of 35
16of 35 A nurse shows a newborn baby to a woman who gave birth at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
17of 35 Ukrainian servicemen ride on top of an armored personnel carrier speeding down a deserted boulevard during an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less 18of 35
19of 35 Oleksandr Konovalov, an ambulance paramedic, center, pushes a stretcher with a woman injured by shelling in a residential area at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
20of 35 People look at the gutted remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Serhii Nuzhnenko/AP Show More Show Less 21of 35
22of 35 Ambulance paramedics move an injured man on a stretcher, wounded by shelling in a residential area, at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
23of 35 People crowd on a platform as they wait to board a Lviv-bound train in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1. 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 24of 35
25of 35 The dead body of a victim from shelling in a residential area lies on a stretcher in a corridor in a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
26of 35 Plastic sheeting wraps shelves with alcoholic beverages banned for sale in a supermarket in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 27of 35
28of 35 EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Dead bodies lie in the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less
29of 35 A women with a child who fled from the war in Ukraine reacts as they reunite with their family after crossing the border in Medyka, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Markus Schreiber/AP Show More Show Less 30of 35
31of 35 A car driving along a road is visible from a Ukrainian army position through the viewfinder of a Dragunov sniper rifle in the northern part of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Ricrad Garcia Vilanova/AP Show More Show Less
32of 35 A man sits by the remains of a bonfire after fleeing from the Ukraine near the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Markus Schreiber/AP Show More Show Less 33of 35
34of 35 A member of the Ukrainian Emergency Service looks at the City Hall building in the central square following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less 35of 35
Russia's escalating attacks on populated urban areas of Ukraine left rubble and wreckage in streets and plazas as the invasion claimed new victims across the country. The central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city was hit with what was believed to be a missile, leaving the massive area piled high with debris.
Hospitals raced to treat victims of the bombardment even as mothers and children sheltered in their basements. While the fighting in Ukraine raged, the death toll remained unclear.
At the border, anguished families said goodbye as women and children fled while many men returned to fight. More than 675,000 people have escaped to neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began — a number that will only grow, according to the U.N. refugee agency. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/AP-PHOTOS-Destruction-death-in-Ukraine-under-16969698.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:31 | en | 0.911472 |
Fifty-five years ago, the best friend of novelist John Steinbeck was hit by a train after his Buick stalled on the tracks near Monterey, California's Cannery Row. At his death, Ed Ricketts was something of a celebrity. Steinbeck had cast Ricketts as the fictional "Doc" in his best-selling novel.
In a two-part report for Morning Edition, NPR's Renee Montagne tells the tale of Cannery Row, the place, and Ed Ricketts, the real-life Doc of Steinbeck's Cannery Row, a loveable intellectual who ran a lab amid the foul-smelling strip of sardine canneries and honky tonks.
John Steinbeck began his story this way: "Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light... a nostalgia, a dream."
The stink was the smell of sardines. Fourteen canneries lined Ocean View Avenue in the 1930s, when the novel takes place. "The view was a veritable ocean of sardines, pouring into the canneries that gave the street the name by which it is universally known," Montagne says.
Doris Bragdon was a teenager then, living a few blocks away from Cannery Row. She remembers that when a young cannery worker named Joe Bragdon stopped by to ask her for a date, "he'd come to the house and his clothes would be all smelly and... I'd make him stand on the porch instead of coming in. "
"Downwind from her," Joe adds.
Back in the 1930s and '40s, more than 100 sardine boats plied the waters off Monterey.
Today, Anthony Russo's green and white boat is practically the only one left. His father and uncle were part of a long line of Sicilians who fished sardines, and Russo has vivid memories of Cannery Row before the sardines disappeared.
"Back in those days when all the fishermen went fishing..., they used to all meet on the old wharf," Russo says. "They used to go fishing with their suits, then they'd change on the boats. They'd come down there all dressed up, after they'd had a Sunday dinner, you know. There'd be like 200 men down there. And then as the skippers came down and the skiffs were there, they'd get on the skiffs and they rode out to the boats to go fishing for the week."
This was the world that John Steinbeck conjured up in Cannery Row. The book wasn't about fishing or canning sardines, but the real Cannery Row was so colorful in its heyday that historian Michael Hemp insists the book is barely a novel at all.
"There was no shortage of really unusual people here on Cannery Row to write about," Hemp says. "The fiction wasn't even a stretch of the imagination. All John had to do was look around and he had plenty of material here."
Some of the most vivid fodder for the novel came from Ed Ricketts and his biology lab. In the weathered wooden building, squeezed between two enormous canneries, Ricketts stored the specimens he sold to school labs -- frogs and cats and the tiny marine creatures he collected during hours spent in the tide pools off Monterey.
"By the time John Steinbeck met him in 1930, Ricketts was more or less living in his lab and in the company of caged snakes. To the sounds of Leadbelly, or a Gregorian chant, one could enjoy jug wine, arty women, and -- most of all -- marathon sessions of philosophizing," Montagne says.
Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw says the young novelist was instantly hooked. "For Steinbeck, Ricketts was accepting because he just listened and tended to turn whatever people said into something that sounded brilliant. Sort of the 19th century salon. That sense that out of conversation grows truth and reality. And whatever ideas you have grow out of conversation."
Scholars see Ricketts-like characters in many of Steinbeck's novels -- wise, all-seeing characters -- like Casey in The Grapes of Wrath and Slim in Of Mice and Men.
Ed Ricketts made his first appearance in Steinbeck's 1935 short story "The Snake": "It was almost dark when young Dr. Phillips swung his sack to his shoulder and left the tidepool. He climbed up over the rocks and squashed along the street in his rubber boots. The street lights were on by the time he arrived at his little commercial laboratory on cannery street in Monterey."
Katie Rodger says she can't imagine anyone would prefer the fictional character over the real man. She has just completed his biography, Renaissance Man Of Cannery Row: The Life and Letters of Edward F. Ricketts.
Rodger says it wasn't just John Steinbeck who appreciated Ricketts' mind. Those who partied and swapped ideas at the lab included the young composer John Cage, the budding mythologist Joseph Campbell and the writer Henry Miller.
Ricketts followed a live-in-the-moment philosophy and he viewed everything as interrelated parts of a whole, Rodger says. "I think to Ed Ricketts there was no difference between a good poem, an interesting piece of music and... a sea spider."
This worldview also set Ed Ricketts apart from his peers in the world of marine biology. Steve Webster, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, says Ricketts was a holistic ecologist long before most people had heard the word ecology. And he was one of the first to take marine life out of strict categories and place it back into its natural habitat.
In 1939, Ricketts published an elegantly written textbook called Between Pacific Tides. Now a classic, it's been updated four times by noted marine biologists and remains one of publisher Stanford University Press's most successful books.
The novel Cannery Row is also a reflection of Ricketts' worldview. Steinbeck said it should be read as if set in a human tidepool teaming with life, fascinating in all its aspects.
Steinbeck and Ricketts were not only friends, they were collaborators. Steinbeck had been interested in marine biology since his days at Stanford University. In 1940, just after Steinbeck's epic novel The Grapes of Wrath was published, Steinbeck and Ricketts embarked on a six-week marine expedition to the Gulf of California. During the trip, which covered 4,000 miles of coastline, they discovered 35 new marine species. The following year, the book based on their expedition, Sea of Cortez, was published. It was co-written by Steinbeck and Ricketts.
Ricketts' goal was to document the entire coast from Alaska to Northern Mexico. Steinbeck and Ricketts were planning another trip, this time to the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia in 1948, when Ricketts died at the age of 50.
Steinbeck didn't make it back from New York to say goodbye to his best friend, some say his alter ego. But in Cannery Row, he left behind a poignant epitaph: "Doc would listen to any kind of nonsense and change it for you into a kind of wisdom. His mind had no horizon and his sympathy had no warp."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-06/ed-ricketts-and-the-dream-of-cannery-row | 2022-03-02T02:04:33 | en | 0.981674 |
President Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday night that the U.S. is banning Russian aircraft from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The move follows similar action by Canada and the European Union this week. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s State of the Union speech in advance.
In remarks released by the White House in advance of the speech, Biden offers an ominous warning that without consequences, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression wouldn’t be contained to Ukraine.
“Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson — when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos,” Biden says. “They keep moving. And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.”
The ban would come on top of a wide range of sanctions the U.S., Europe and other nations have imposed on Russia that are expected to hammer that nation's economy.
On Sunday, the European Union and Canada announced they were closing their airspace to Russian airlines and private planes owned by wealthy Russians.
The Canadian ban led Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday to say that it had suspended flights to New York, Washington, Miami and Los Angeles through Wednesday.
The U.S. ban raises the possibility that Russia could respond by prohibiting U.S. flights over its territory, which would make for longer and more costly flights, especially for cargo carriers. FedEx and UPS both fly over Russia, although they announced this weekend that they were suspending deliveries to that country.
No U.S. airlines fly to Russia, though a few flights to India pass through Russian airspace. American Airlines routes its lone flight between Delhi and New York to avoid Russian airspace, which adds miles to the trip and means that the flight often requires a refueling stop in Bangor, Maine, on westbound flights.
Russia also has an interest in preserving overflights by U.S. carriers. Aviation experts say Russia derives a sizable amount of money from fees that it levies to use its airspace or land at its airports.
European airlines fly over Russia far more often than their U.S. counterparts. Before the war, about 600 flights to or from Europe passed through Russian airspace, according to aviation data firm Cirium.
A ban on Russian flights could also lead to retaliation against Boeing, a major U.S. exporter and one of the world’s two dominant aircraft manufacturers.
Russia and China are widely assumed to be talking to each other about foreign policy. The rise in tension between the West and Moscow makes it less likely that China will soon reauthorize flights by Boeing’s 737 Max jetliner, said George Ferguson, an aerospace analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.
China was the biggest market for the Max before it was grounded following two fatal crashes, and neither China nor Russia has yet approved the plane’s return. A delay in their approving the Max will reduce Boeing’s expected aircraft deliveries, an important source of cash for the Chicago-based company, Ferguson said.
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Associated Press writers Daria Litvinova in Moscow and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/AP-source-Biden-to-ban-Russian-planes-from-US-16969714.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:37 | en | 0.965541 |
Growing budget deficits are forcing states across the nation to drastically cut or even eliminate funding for state arts councils. States pondering such measures include California, Oregon, New Jersey and Colorado. But the cost-cutting moves could jeopardize grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, which require states to match federal funds. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-06/states-to-cut-arts-funding | 2022-03-02T02:04:39 | en | 0.921737 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to announce in State of the Union that US is closing airspace to Russian planes over Ukraine invasion.
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to announce in State of the Union that US is closing airspace to Russian planes over Ukraine invasion. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Alert-AP-sources-Biden-to-announce-in-State-of-16969632.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:43 | en | 0.920685 |
Carl Reiner has been making people laugh for more than 50 years. In his new autobiography, My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir, Reiner recounts his experiences as a comic, producer, director, novelist and playwright. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Reiner about turning down Fidel Castro's star vehicle and other moments of his colorful Hollywood past.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-07/carl-reiner-takes-on-the-past | 2022-03-02T02:04:45 | en | 0.973791 |
HOUSTON (AP) — Issues related to media publicity and a gag order as well as a concern over a lack diversity among attorneys representing those killed or injured during last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival were discussed during a court hearing on Tuesday.
The hearing was the first time lawyers handling the nearly 500 lawsuits filed after 10 people died and hundreds of others were injured during a massive crowd surge at the Nov. 5 concert headlined by rapper Travis Scott had met in court after the cases were consolidated before one judge.
After being appointed last month by a judicial panel overseen by the Texas Supreme Court to handle all pretrial matters in the lawsuits, state District Judge Kristen Hawkins issued a gag order in the case.
During Tuesday’s hearing, Hawkins clarified her order, saying lawyers could tell the media about factual issues that happen in court, but she didn’t want attorneys to make their cases in the court of public opinion and possibly influence the jury pool.
“This case should be tried in the courtroom and not on social media or with press releases or other statements to the media,” Hawkins said.
Brent Coon, an attorney who is representing about 1,500 concertgoers and is asking for $10 billion in damages, said after the hearing he understands the judge’s goal of “let’s keep who’s pointing the finger at who, let that be courtroom issues and jury issues ultimately.”
“But this is a case of public import for all the reasons that are obvious,” Coon said.
Most of Wednesday’s court hearing was spent discussing how the cases would proceed, the creation of a leadership structure that would speak on behalf of attorneys for each side, how disputes over evidence or other matters would be handled. Hawkins said she planned to have monthly hearings. She requested that by the next hearing, lawyers give her a breakdown of the various lawsuits by four categories: deaths, bodily injuries, brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder.
Coon said it could be years before any trials or settlements in the case take place.
During the court hearing, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family of the youngest person to die from injuries during the festival, said that most of the victims killed or injured were Black but the majority of attorneys representing them are white. During Wednesday’s hearing, most of the 50 to 60 attorneys in the courtroom were white.
“There seems to be not much representation in the court of those African American voices. We really grapple with it. We are concerned about them not having a voice,” said Crump, who represents the family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, who was Black. Ezra's father, Treston Blount, who was with his son at the concert, was at Tuesday's court hearing.
In recent years, Crump has represented victims of police brutality and vigilante violence and has been the lawyer for the families of Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
Hawkins told Crump this issue is something “that has not gone unnoticed by the court ... I would like that to be considered going forward.”
But Hawkins said she was “not going to choose someone’s counsel for them. I do know we have excellent attorneys in this room and those attorneys come from all aspects of Harris County.”
Neal Manne, who represents Astroworld festival promoter Live Nation, thanked Crump for highlighting this issue, saying, “I agree with him.”
Houston police are still conducting a criminal investigation of the Astroworld concert.
The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee in December announced it was investigating Live Nation’s role in the deadly concert.
Last month, Houston officials announced the creation of a new task force that will look at improving the safety at large Houston-area events.
Those who died in the concert ranged in age from 9 to 27 years old. Roughly 300 people were injured and treated at the scene, and 25 were taken to hospitals. Those killed died from compression asphyxia.
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Find the AP’s coverage of the Astroworld festival: https://apnews.com/hub/astroworld-festival-deaths
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Follow Juan A. Lozano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/juanlozano70 | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Gag-order-diversity-discussed-at-Astroworld-16969709.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:50 | en | 0.980907 |
Blue Car is a movie about a teenager who embodies all of the contradictions, confusions, yearnings and suspicions of someone who is growing up too fast but wants things to happen faster still. The movie is finally opening in theaters across the country after garnering rave reviews at last year's Sundance Film Festival. Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition movie critic Ken Turan says acting is the reason to see the film. Hear Turan's review.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii plans to lift its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for travelers this month, meaning that starting on March 26 those arriving from other places in the U.S. won't have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to avoid sequestering themselves for five days.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state to implement a coronavirus quarantine program of this kind.
Gov. David Ige said at a news conference the requirement saved lives and was a major factor in limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the islands. Hawaii has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the nation.
The quarantine period for travelers lasted 14 days when Hawaii first imposed it in March 2020. The state later created testing and vaccination exemptions.
The state screened 11.3 million passengers since the testing exemption was launched in October 2020, Ige said.
Those arriving in Hawaii from outside the country still must adhere to U.S. federal guidelines, which vary depending on American citizenship. International tourists do not need to quarantine but still need proof of vaccination and a negative test.
The governor said he would maintain Hawaii's indoor mask mandate at least through March 25, and would be evaluating whether to lift it after that. Hawaii is last state in the nation with a statewide mandate in effect.
The governor said state Department of Health will review recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before he decides, Ige said.
Ige said he wants to make sure that public schools will be able to continue with in-person learning. He said more people will be traveling as spring break comes, which could increase the presence of the coronavirus at schools.
"The pandemic is not over. Tragically, we continue to see those that we know and love continue to suffer from COVID-19," he said.
The governor said he was proud of how the community responded the pandemic.
“It is about the people, place and culture of all of us here, coming from diverse backgrounds but always understanding that there is a bigger reason to be willing to sacrifice individual needs to benefit the community,” Ige said. “And over and over again, we were willing to do that.” | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Hawaii-to-lift-COVID-19-travel-quarantine-rules-16969651.php | 2022-03-02T02:04:56 | en | 0.972263 |
More than 400 objects from ancient Mesopotamia are on display in a new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The rare pieces, gathered from museums around the world, are similar to artifacts feared lost in the looting of Iraq's museums. NPR's David D'Arcy reports.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has overturned a new capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets that was approved by the Washington Legislature last year, ruling that it is an unconstitutional tax on income.
In his written decision issued Tuesday, Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber agreed with opponents of the new tax who had argued it was a tax on income that violates previous state Supreme Court rulings and the state constitution because it is not a uniform taxation on property.
Huber cited several elements of the law that he said “show the hallmarks of an income tax rather than an excise tax," including a reliance on federal IRS tax returns that must be filed by Washington residents, the fact it is levied annually instead of at the time of the transaction, and that it is based on an aggregate calculation of capital gains over the course of a year.
“The State characterizes the new tax statute as a “tax that applies on the sale or transfer of property” and argues that such taxes are excise taxes” he wrote. “But as noted above, the new tax is not levied upon ’the sale or transfer” of capital assets. Instead, the new tax statute levies a tax on receipt, and thus ownership, of capital gains.”
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in an email Tuesday his office would appeal to the state Supreme Court.
“There’s a great deal at stake in this case, including funding for early learning, child care programs, and school construction," he wrote. “Consequently, we will continue defending this law enacted by the peoples’ representatives in the Legislature.”
The measure imposed a 7% tax on the sale of stocks, bonds, and other high-end assets in excess of $250,000 for both individuals and couples. It was projected to bring in $415 million in 2023, the first year the state would see money from the tax.
The legal challenge stems from two lawsuits that were later consolidated. The first was filed last April by The Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based conservative think tank. A month later, former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna filed the second on behalf of state residents including manufacturing business owners, investors, and the Washington State Farm Bureau.
“Washington’s courts have twice rejected previous efforts by the legislature to enact an unconstitutional income tax, while Washington’s voters have rejected 10 straight ballot measures, including six proposed constitutional amendments, that would have created a graduated state income tax," McKenna said in astatement. “Judge Huber’s decision rightly upholds those precedents and honors the voters’ clearly state preference that we remain a state without a graduated income tax.”
Supporters of the tax say that Washington — one of a handful of states with no income tax on wages — leans too heavily on its sales tax, disproportionately affecting those with less income. When the governor signed the new tax into law last May, Washington joined 41 states plus the District of Columbia in having a capital gains tax.
Retirement accounts, real estate, farms and forestry were all exempt from the tax. Business owners were also exempt from the tax if they are regularly involved in running the business for five of the previous 10 years before they sell, own it for at least five years, and gross $10 million or less a year before the sale.
Under the new law, taxpayers could deduct up to $100,000 a year from their capital gains if they made more than $250,000 in charitable donations in the same tax year, something Huber cited in his ruling, noting that like “an income tax and unlike an excise tax, the new tax statute includes a deduction for certain charitable donations the taxpayer has made during the tax year.”
Because the state wasn't set to see any revenue from the tax until next year, it does not affect the work being done by lawmakers on the state supplemental budget this year. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Judge-overturns-Washington-state-s-new-capital-16969772.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:02 | en | 0.979601 |
Frederick Daye is pictured at his "alibi location," a bar stool at an American Legion Post in San Diego, where more than a dozen witnesses placed him at the time he was accused of raping and robbing a young woman. His photo is among dozens in The Innocents, a new book and exhibit by Taryn Simon about men (and one woman) who were wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for sometimes horrible crimes but later exonerated, often as a result of DNA testing.
Daye tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that the police coerced the victim into believing he was her attacker by showing her his photo and telling her he was the man responsible. Daye says he's grateful that he was eventually released after serving nearly 11 years for the 1984 crime. "I had no idea that I would ever get out of prison. I thank God… because if it wasn't for the DNA test, I'd still be in prison right now."
But he says the experience cost him his sanity and he's lost jobs because of his prison record. Daye says he has been told he would soon receive compensation from the state of California for his wrongful imprisonment. But "if they were to give me $100 million, that still wouldn't be enough. You can't put a value on the loss of an individual day, minute, hour, whatever, in jail. You can't get that time back."
Simon says the idea for the book emerged from a New York Times Magazine assignment to photograph a group of men who had been wrongfully convicted and freed from prison after serving time on Death Row.
Simon says she noticed that photography itself played a role in several of the convictions. "Mistaken identifications are extremely influenced by photographs, or visual materials -- composite sketches, photographs, lineups -- and it's relying on witness memory or the victim's memory," the photographer says. "That memory is not precise… all these men are testaments to that."
In some cases the convictions were the result of police corruption, in others "just flat-out misidentification," she says.
In several cases, Simon brought the convicted rapists together with the victim or the victim's family to photograph them. Christopher Ochoa posed with Jeanette Popp, the mother of the Austin, Texas, Pizza Hut manager he was accused of raping and murdering in 1988.
Ochoa says he made a coerced confession when he was threatened with the death penalty. "They took advantage of my [naivete] with the system and they threatened my life. They wore me down psychologically," he says.
He served 12 years of a life sentence before being exonerated when another man confessed to the crime. Popp helped Ochoa get DNA tests that supported his innocence and she and Ochoa have become friends. "She helps me cope with freedom," Ochoa says. "Sometimes I'll ask her advice and she gives me the best advice she can."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-09/the-innocents-someone-elses-crime | 2022-03-02T02:05:03 | en | 0.989856 |
LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) _ Plug Power Inc. (PLUG) on Tuesday reported a loss of $192.9 million in its fourth quarter.
The Latham, New York-based company said it had a loss of 33 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 32 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 12 cents per share.
The alternative energy company posted revenue of $161.9 million in the period, surpassing Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $158.4 million.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $460 million, or 82 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $502.3 million.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Alabama this weekend to commemorate a key moment of the civil rights movement.
Harris will speak in Selma at an event marking the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day in 1965 when white police attacked Black voting rights marchers.
Harris will also take part in the annual event's symbolic march across the bridge. Several other members of President Joe Biden's administration will also attend the event, including Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.
On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of demonstrators. The confrontation set the stage weeks later for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to lead the massive Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights.
The events galvanized support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act later that year.
Harris is the first female U.S. vice president and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent in the role. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Kamala-Harris-to-mark-Bloody-Sunday-anniversary-16969715.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:08 | en | 0.934418 |
The Handmaid's Tale, an opera based on Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name, makes its North American debut at the Minnesota Opera in St. Paul. The opera tells of a world where religion is used to justify political agendas and women are stripped of their rights. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs reports.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-11/handmaids-tale-opera-premieres | 2022-03-02T02:05:09 | en | 0.940277 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
0-7-2
(zero, seven, two)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 3" game were:
0-7-2
(zero, seven, two) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-3-game-16969684.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:13 | en | 0.880928 |
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kent Waldrep, a TCU running back who became an advocate for disabled people after a spinal injury during a game left him paralyzed, has died. He was 67.
His mother, Denise Waldrep, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that her son had died Sunday in Natchitoches, Louisiana. TCU confirmed his death in a Tuesday statement to The Associated Press.
“We were saddened to learn of the passing of Kent Waldrep." TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said in the statement. “He was and will always be an important part of TCU and our football program.”
No cause of death was given. Waldrep would have turned 68 on Wednesday.
After his injury during a 1974 game at Alabama left him paralyzed, Waldrep went on to help raise tens of millions of dollars around the world for paralysis research.
He served on the National Council of Disability during the Reagan and first Bush administrations and helped draft and win passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. He also chaired the Texas Rehabilitation Commission and the grant committee of the College Football Assistance Fund that provides financial aid to football players who suffer serious injuries.
Waldrep sued TCU for worker's compensation, arguing that as a player he was a TCU employee. A Travis County jury rejected his claim in 1997, and a state appeals court declined to overturn the verdict. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Kent-Waldrep-TCU-rusher-paralyzed-during-a-game-16969762.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:15 | en | 0.986067 |
Jane Turner Rylands' first book, Venetian Stories, is a fictional journey into the heart of Venice. It's a series of stories about the people who live in the Italian city, drawn from the 30 years the author spent there. Hear Rylands and NPR's Lynn Neary.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
9-4-5-0
(nine, four, five, zero)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
9-4-5-0
(nine, four, five, zero) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-game-16969686.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:19 | en | 0.921698 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed the appointment of Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley to be the first woman to lead the LA Fire Department.
Crowley will replace Ralph Terrazas, who became the department’s first Latino chief in 2014 and promoted Crowley several times.
Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated Crowley for the top spot in January.
Crowley, who currently holds the jobs of acting administrative operations chief deputy and fire marshal, said at the time of her nomination that keeping the department operationally ready would be her number one priority.
Her appointment comes as the fire department deals with issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to claims that its female employees face bullying and harassment.
Harassing behavior will not be tolerated, Crowley said in January. She was a firefighter, paramedic, engineer and battalion chief in the steps of her career leading up her joining the department’s command staff.
Terrazas plans to retire March 26, ending a 38-year career that included the department responding to the coronavirus pandemic by running city sites that have administered millions of COVID-19 tests and vaccinations.
The department has about 3,400 uniformed personnel and 106 fire stations serving about 4 million people across 469 square miles (1,215 square kilometers). | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Kristin-Crowley-to-be-1st-woman-as-LA-fire-16969773.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:21 | en | 0.970626 |
Good Morning Midnight tells the story of renowned mountain climber Guy Waterman, who committed suicide atop New Hampshire's Mt. Lafayette. Waterman became passionate about the outdoors after leaving an unhappy marriage and abandoning his career as a Republican speechwriter. Host Melissa Block talks with author Chip Brown.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-13/good-morning-midnight-life-and-death-in-new-england | 2022-03-02T02:05:22 | en | 0.945296 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
05-06-09-23-33
(five, six, nine, twenty-three, thirty-three)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5 Double Play" game were:
05-06-09-23-33
(five, six, nine, twenty-three, thirty-three) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-Double-Play-16969685.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:25 | en | 0.902977 |
IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.
It’s the eighth panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of eight total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The remains of the 1-year-old male panther were found Monday along a rural road northwest of Immokalee in Collier County, wildlife officials said.
Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 230 Florida panthers remain in the wild. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Officials-Florida-panther-struck-and-killed-by-16969739.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:27 | en | 0.965255 |
The low-budget, Oscar-nominated documentary, Spellbound, examines the subculture of the spelling bee circuit, following winners and losers from around the United States. It's scheduled for release at the end of May. Bellamy Pailthorp of member station KPLU reports.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
02-03-16-17-36
(two, three, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-six)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Fantasy 5" game were:
02-03-16-17-36
(two, three, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-six) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Fantasy-5-game-16969683.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:31 | en | 0.901844 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Two British executives were charged with cheating investors out of millions of dollars in a collateralized loan scam that falsely promised investments used for loans were backed by fine wines, authorities said Tuesday.
An indictment returned Monday in Brooklyn federal court charged Stephen Burton, 57, and James Wellesley, 55, with conspiracy and wire fraud.
According to a news release by federal authorities, Wellesley was arrested Feb. 4 in the United Kingdom, while Burton is a fugitive. It said both worked at two private companies, Bordeaux Cellars Limited and Bordeaux Cellars London Ltd., with Burton serving as chief executive and Wellesley as the chief financial officer.
It was not immediately clear who would represent the men in the United States or could comment on their behalf.
Michael Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said the men lied to investors to get them involved in the nearly $100 million swindle.
U.S. Attorney Breon Peace in Brooklyn said that the lies the men told investors “did not age well.”
"These defendants duped investors by offering them an intoxicating investment opportunity collateralized by valuable bottles of fine wine that turned out to be too good to be true,” Peace said.
According to the release, the men spent some money from investors, making fraudulent interest payments to them and using other proceeds for personal expenses.
An indictment alleged that the men defrauded investors from June 2017 to February 2019 by soliciting people at conferences sponsored by the companies in the United States and elsewhere to invest money in loans that would be backed by fine wines.
Actually, though, the wine businesses did not have many of the specific bottles of wine that they identified as collateral in the loan documents in their custody, the indictment said.
While some investors received interest payments for a time, all interest payments stopped in February 2019, and principal was not returned, either, the indictment said. | https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/Two-UK-executives-charged-in-100-million-16969133.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:33 | en | 0.982399 |
The Matrix Reloaded, the long-anticipated sequel to the Matrix, arrives on movie screens Thursday. Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Laurence Fishburne reprise their roles as leaders of a human rebellion in a machine-ruled dystopia. Critic Bob Mondello reviews the film.
Copyright 2003 NPR | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-14/the-matrix-reloaded-hits-theaters | 2022-03-02T02:05:34 | en | 0.879629 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Keno" game were:
02-24-25-27-28-29-30-35-36-38-39-42-49-51-53-54-55-57-60-71-72-80
(two, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty, seventy-one, seventy-two, eighty) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Keno-game-16969682.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:38 | en | 0.837405 |
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Josiah-Jordan James scored a career-high 23 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that gave No. 13 Tennessee the lead early in the second half, and the Vols overcame a slow start to beat struggling Georgia 75-68 on Tuesday night.
Georgia led 44-43 following a 3-pointer by Kario Oquendo. James answered with his 3s on consecutive possessions, and another 3 from James capped Tennessee's 11-0 run for a 54-44 lead.
Tennessee (22-7, 13-4 Southeastern Conference) began the day tied with No. 14 Arkansas and No. 7 Kentucky for second place in the league, one game behind No. 5 Auburn.
Kennedy Chandler had 16 points for the Vols.
Georgia (6-24, 1-16) suffered its 10th consecutive loss since beating Alabama on Jan. 25, its only SEC win. The Bulldogs have lost 18 of 19 games.
Aaron Cook led Georgia with 17 points and Kario Oquendo had 16.
Tennessee took a 64-49 lead but couldn't put the game away. Georgia closed the deficit to four points but couldn't score on two possessions when it had the opportunity to pull even closer.
Back-to-back baskets by John Fulkerson helped the Vols stop Georgia's comeback.
The Bulldogs enjoyed a rare streak of explosive offense in the first half to cap an 8-0 run.
Oquendo started a streak of three consecutive jams by the Bulldogs when he scored following a steal and assist by Christian Wright. Jabri Abdur-Rahim added a dunk following a steal by Noah Baumann before Oquendo's powerful one-handed jam on a fast break gave the Bulldogs a 24-18 lead.
There were scattered boos for Georgia fourth-year coach Tom Crean during pregame introductions. Crean fell to 47-73 overall and a dismal 15-56 in SEC games in his fourth season.
The 24 losses this season are the most in Georgia history. The Bulldogs have one more opportunity to avoid finishing the season with only one conference win for the first time in the program's history.
BIG PICTURE
Tennessee: Led by James' long-distance shooting, the Vols enjoyed a strong recovery from a sluggish first half. The Vols struggled defensively in the first half, allowing the Bulldogs to make 51.7% of their shots from the field and claim a 22-16 advantage in the paint. Only five 3-pointers, including three by Santiago Vescovi, allowed Tennessee to settle for a 35-35 halftime tie.
Georgia: The Bulldogs can't be accused of giving up on Crean or the season. Even so, their performance remained too flawed to sustain a strong first half. The Bulldogs' 12 turnovers were a problem, but the more telling was Georgia's deficit on the boards. Tennessee had a 39-28 advantage in rebounds.
UP NEXT
Tennessee: Closes its regular season at home on Saturday when it plays No. 14 Arkansas. The Vols lost at Arkansas 58-48 on Feb. 19.
Georgia: At Missouri on Saturday to end its regular season.
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After almost 40 years, the Los Angeles Philharmonic is performing its very last concerts in Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. In the fall, the orchestra moves across the street, into a brand new home. The Walt Disney Concert Hall has been 15 years in the making, at a final cost of some $274 million. It's designed by one of the most acclaimed contemporary architects. NPR's Susan Stamberg went to downtown Los Angeles for a hard-hat tour of the new building.
"This just might be one of the great American buildings -- right up there with the Chrysler Building in New York, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water in Pennsylvania," Stamberg reports for Morning Edition.
Disney Hall is designed by Frank Gehry, who got so much attention for his Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao, Spain. "The Bilbao museum is clad in titanium -- a billowing swoop of gold and sunset colors. Gehry's Los Angeles concert hall is swooping, too. But the L.A. swoops are silver," Stamberg says.
"We selected a different finish so it would stand apart," Gehry explains.
The building features stainless steel "just one-sixteenth of an inch thick -- curving and sailing in waves to form two towers, an entry way, the auditorium," Stamberg says. "In the sun, the stainless turns pewter, then greige, with a smudge of blue. In clouds, the steel goes flat -- to matte gray. It's like a fine old black and white photograph -- or an Astaire and Rogers movie. A soaring swirl of a building -- not a straight line in sight -- occupying a full city block smack in the center of L.A.'s dull downtown skyscrapers."
The new building stands in "not a particularly beautiful part of the city -- actually a very tough gritty urban part of the city," says Nicolai Ouroussoff, architecture critic for The Los Angeles Times. He calls the concert hall "sexy," adding that "nothing in this country looks like that. No, nothing."
L.A. Philharmonic conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen can only imagine what the auditorium will sound like. The orchestra won't start rehearsing there until the end of June. But Stamberg says, "the final sound remains a mystery until the official opening in late October -- and it will take months of adjustments before the sound is fully set."
Still Salonen and Gehry just couldn't wait to hear the music. One day, the conductor asked principal violinist Martin Chalifour to play his instrument inside the half-completed auditorium (the seats weren't even installed and there was a hole where the stage should be).
Chalifour was so excited he didn't even want to tune his violin. He just launched into Bach.
Gehry says that as he sat with Salonen in the back of the auditorium, "I grabbed his hand and the first notes we started crying."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kunm.org/2003-05-15/a-symphony-in-stainless-steel | 2022-03-02T02:05:40 | en | 0.958029 |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
1-2-4-8
(one, two, four, eight)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
1-2-4-8
(one, two, four, eight) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-16969734.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:44 | en | 0.926812 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All the Buffalo Bills wanted in January was one more chance to beat Kansas City.
Now they're trying to make sure no NFL team begins the offseason as it did.
On Tuesday, more than a month after enduring a crushing AFC divisional round loss without ever touching the ball in overtime, Bills general manager Brandon Beane threw his support behind a proposal to change the league's postseason rules.
“Ours is going to be more instead of one possession and then you get the other possession, is a time, similar to in basketball, you play five minutes," Beane said.
“Baseball, both teams get the top half and the bottom half (of an inning). So a time limit, and I’m talking about postseason only. That way, both teams will definitely have a chance and maybe even more than one possession."
Beane acknowledged the league's competition committee could field multiple proposals during this week's meeting at the annual NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, joking there could be one from all 32 teams. No decision is expected this week.
And it's not just current Bills jumping on board.
Colts coach Frank Reich, the former quarterback who orchestrated the NFL's greatest comeback during his tenure in Buffalo, also supports the move. Reich is a first-year committee member and is uncertain what that might include.
“It’s basically something that would guarantee each team a possession,” Reich said. “My opinion is that I think there’s a place for both teams to have a possession. But I can see both sides of it. You’ve got 60 minutes to win a game, so go win the game. Or play defense.”
The NFL last changed its overtime rules in 2010 after complaints the coin flip often determined the winner. Under the current system, if the opening possession of overtime results in a touchdown or a defensive score, the game ends. That's what happened to Buffalo.
But if the opening possession results in a field goal, the opposing team gets a chance to tie the score or win the game. Those rules apply throughout the entire season.
And now the Bills want every playoff team to get one last opportunity.
“I think, experiencing what we experienced overall, I think there’s a better way out there," Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “We’ve got some ideas and I think they’ll help move the game forward. And we’ll see where it goes."
OPEN DOOR POLICY
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians won't be shutting the door on seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady anytime soon.
Exactly one month after Brady announced his retirement, Arians acknowledged Brady's replacement already may be on the roster. Tampa Bay drafted Kyle Trask in the second round last year.
But if Brady changed his mind, well, the Bucs would welcome him back.
“That door is never closed. Whenever Tom wants back, he’s back," Arians said.
Would the Bucs be as accommodating if Brady wanted to play for another team?
“Nope," Arians said. “Bad business.”
TRADING PLACES?
Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke holds the No. 1 overall pick for the second straight year.
He doesn't need another quarterback after selecting Trevor Lawrence last season and even though this year's college quarterback class is light on star power, it's created speculation about a possible trade.
“You are always open for business," Baalke said. “To say we won’t shop it is probably not 100% correct. To say we will, is probably not either. We’ll see if something comes our way that makes sense to us.”
But it might not be the same kind of seller's market Colts general manager Chris Ballard found in 2018 when the shipped the No. 3 overall selection to the New York Jets.
“You need a little luck and you need someone to covet a player up high," he said. “That was a really heavy quarterback draft, people were reaching up to get them so it worked out. This year, I don't know."
SO LONG, SAQUON?
Giants general manager Joe Schoen said difficult decisions are forthcoming as he finagles his team under the salary cap. He might even consider trading running back Saquon Barkley, the No. 2 overall pick in 2018.
“We’re still working through that, but I’m open to everything, whether it’s trading player for player. I’ll listen to anybody if it’s trading a couple players,” Schoen said.
“Again, we’re in a situation where unfortunately we have to get under the salary cap and we’re not in very good salary cap health. Again, I’m not going to say yes to every deal, but I’m definitely going to listen and I’ll be open to the situations that are best for the New York Giants.”
OVER THERE
One day after league officials announced the Green Bay Packers would play in London in the 2022 season, general manager Brian Gutekunst said the team's large, loyal fan base was enthused. Green Bay is the only NFL team that hasn't played a regular-season game in London since the international series began in 2007.
“Our fans are excited," Gutekunst said. “I've been getting texts ever since the announcement. So Packers Nation will show up strong."
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Movie-goers this summer can expect an onslaught of sequels and a surprising number of independent and foreign films, according to Los Angeles Times and Morning Edition movie critic Kenneth Turan. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and Turan.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JC-2C-4C-7C-3H
(JC, 2C, 4C, 7C, 3H)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Poker Lotto" game were:
JC-2C-4C-7C-3H
(JC, 2C, 4C, 7C, 3H) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Poker-Lotto-game-16969689.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:50 | en | 0.882854 |
The film The Matrix Reloaded -- the sequel to the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix, and number two in a trilogy of films -- has excited philosophers, clerics and theologians who found the original science fiction film rich in spiritual meaning.
Among the dozens of authors inspired by the theme of The Matrix -- that humans live in a world that’s an illusion, manipulated by forces beyond our control -- is Jake Horsley.
His book, Matrix Warrior: Being the One, doesn't suggest that evil computers actually pump virtual reality directly into our brains.
He explains to NPR's Rick Karr that his book is a "thought experiment" based on the notion that this reality is, in fact, a dream world.
"If we act as if it is true, does that enhance our life and our experience? And my experience is that it does -- that things start to make a lot more sense when we begin to entertain the possibility that we are, in fact, living in a dream world controlled by invisible beings," he tells Karr.
Our particular dream world, he says, is created by technology, consumerism, the media and other aspects of "modern" civilization that distract humans from reaching their full potential.
This idea is not new -- it mirrors the 2,000-year-old spiritual tradition of Gnosticism, an early form of Christianity. "Gnosticism maintains that the world that we’re living in is not the ultimate reality," says Frances Flannery Dailey, who teaches religion at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark. "It believes that the god who created this world is not the ultimate god -- there is a higher God, a transcendent reality."
In Gnosticism, the Christ-like redeemer brings the world knowledge. In The Matrix, that myth is embodied in Keanu Reeves' chacter Neo -- also known as "the One."
The Matrix offers up a stew of aspects from other religious traditions, particularly Buddhism. Dailey says it’s not surprising that the film combines aspects of Buddhism with Gnosticism. "They pose humanity's fundamental problem and solution in the same terms -- ignorance and enlightenment," she says.
In his book The Gospel Reloaded, Greg Garrett -- a professor of English at Baylor University -- says the action and violence of the film series may be the most effective way to draw in the crowds and communicate a spiritual message in a media-saturated world.
"Religion and spirituality are communicated to our culture by movies much more than they are by traditional venues of synagogue or church," Garrett says. "A really good myth does more than just create a symbolic world. It articulates the feelings that a culture already feels or believes."
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AP PHOTOS: Destruction, death in Ukraine under bombardment
March 1, 2022 Updated: March 1, 2022 8:43 p.m.
1of 35 A damaged car sits at the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less
2of 35 People walk along an empty road during curfew, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 3of 35
4of 35 An armed man stands by the remains of a Russian military vehicle in Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Serhii Nuzhnenko/AP Show More Show Less
5of 35 Ukrainian families say goodbye as they prepare to board a bus to Poland at Lviv bus main station, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Bernat Armangue/AP Show More Show Less 6of 35
7of 35 Ukrainian emergency service personnel carry a body of a victim out of the damaged City Hall building following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less
8of 35 People arrive at a train station as they try to leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 9of 35
10of 35 Animal keeper Kirilo Trantin comforts an elephant at the Kiev Zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1. 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less
11of 35 Ukrainians prepare to board a bus to Poland at Lviv bus main station, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Bernat Armangue/AP Show More Show Less 12of 35
13of 35 A woman speaks by phone holding her sick baby in a basement used as a bomb shelter at the Okhmadet children's hospital in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1. 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less
14of 35 EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Morgue workers look at the body of a killed volunteer of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces at a hospital in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Show More Show Less 15of 35
16of 35 A nurse shows a newborn baby to a woman who gave birth at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
17of 35 Ukrainian servicemen ride on top of an armored personnel carrier speeding down a deserted boulevard during an air raid alarm, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP Show More Show Less 18of 35
19of 35 Oleksandr Konovalov, an ambulance paramedic, center, pushes a stretcher with a woman injured by shelling in a residential area at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
20of 35 People look at the gutted remains of Russian military vehicles on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Serhii Nuzhnenko/AP Show More Show Less 21of 35
22of 35 Ambulance paramedics move an injured man on a stretcher, wounded by shelling in a residential area, at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
23of 35 People crowd on a platform as they wait to board a Lviv-bound train in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1. 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 24of 35
25of 35 The dead body of a victim from shelling in a residential area lies on a stretcher in a corridor in a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Show More Show Less
26of 35 Plastic sheeting wraps shelves with alcoholic beverages banned for sale in a supermarket in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Emilio Morenatti/AP Show More Show Less 27of 35
28of 35 EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Dead bodies lie in the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less
29of 35 A women with a child who fled from the war in Ukraine reacts as they reunite with their family after crossing the border in Medyka, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Markus Schreiber/AP Show More Show Less 30of 35
31of 35 A car driving along a road is visible from a Ukrainian army position through the viewfinder of a Dragunov sniper rifle in the northern part of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Ricrad Garcia Vilanova/AP Show More Show Less
32of 35 A man sits by the remains of a bonfire after fleeing from the Ukraine near the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Markus Schreiber/AP Show More Show Less 33of 35
34of 35 A member of the Ukrainian Emergency Service looks at the City Hall building in the central square following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Pavel Dorogoy/AP Show More Show Less 35of 35
Russia's escalating attacks on populated urban areas of Ukraine left rubble and wreckage in streets and plazas as the invasion claimed new victims across the country. The central square in Ukraine’s second-biggest city was hit with what was believed to be a missile, leaving the massive area piled high with debris.
Hospitals raced to treat victims of the bombardment even as mothers and children sheltered in their basements. While the fighting in Ukraine raged, the death toll remained unclear.
At the border, anguished families said goodbye as women and children fled while many men returned to fight. More than 675,000 people have escaped to neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began — a number that will only grow, according to the U.N. refugee agency. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/AP-PHOTOS-Destruction-death-in-Ukraine-under-16969698.php | 2022-03-02T02:05:56 | en | 0.911472 |
The sort of movie popularized by Doris Day and Rock Hudson has returned to the screen. Down with Love stars Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in a '60s-style, battle-of-the-sexes romp. NPR's Bob Mondello provides a review.
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The sort of movie popularized by Doris Day and Rock Hudson has returned to the screen. Down with Love stars Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor in a '60s-style, battle-of-the-sexes romp. NPR's Bob Mondello provides a review.
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President Joe Biden plans to announce Tuesday night that the U.S. is banning Russian aircraft from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The move follows similar action by Canada and the European Union this week. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s State of the Union speech in advance.
In remarks released by the White House in advance of the speech, Biden offers an ominous warning that without consequences, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression wouldn’t be contained to Ukraine.
“Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson — when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos,” Biden says. “They keep moving. And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.”
The ban would come on top of a wide range of sanctions the U.S., Europe and other nations have imposed on Russia that are expected to hammer that nation's economy.
On Sunday, the European Union and Canada announced they were closing their airspace to Russian airlines and private planes owned by wealthy Russians.
The Canadian ban led Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday to say that it had suspended flights to New York, Washington, Miami and Los Angeles through Wednesday.
The U.S. ban raises the possibility that Russia could respond by prohibiting U.S. flights over its territory, which would make for longer and more costly flights, especially for cargo carriers. FedEx and UPS both fly over Russia, although they announced this weekend that they were suspending deliveries to that country.
No U.S. airlines fly to Russia, though a few flights to India pass through Russian airspace. American Airlines routes its lone flight between Delhi and New York to avoid Russian airspace, which adds miles to the trip and means that the flight often requires a refueling stop in Bangor, Maine, on westbound flights.
Russia also has an interest in preserving overflights by U.S. carriers. Aviation experts say Russia derives a sizable amount of money from fees that it levies to use its airspace or land at its airports.
European airlines fly over Russia far more often than their U.S. counterparts. Before the war, about 600 flights to or from Europe passed through Russian airspace, according to aviation data firm Cirium.
A ban on Russian flights could also lead to retaliation against Boeing, a major U.S. exporter and one of the world’s two dominant aircraft manufacturers.
Russia and China are widely assumed to be talking to each other about foreign policy. The rise in tension between the West and Moscow makes it less likely that China will soon reauthorize flights by Boeing’s 737 Max jetliner, said George Ferguson, an aerospace analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.
China was the biggest market for the Max before it was grounded following two fatal crashes, and neither China nor Russia has yet approved the plane’s return. A delay in their approving the Max will reduce Boeing’s expected aircraft deliveries, an important source of cash for the Chicago-based company, Ferguson said.
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Associated Press writers Daria Litvinova in Moscow and Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this report. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/AP-source-Biden-to-ban-Russian-planes-from-US-16969714.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:02 | en | 0.965541 |
ChevronTexaco announces it will stop sponsoring the Metropolitan Opera's Saturday radio programs in 2004. The move ends the longest-running commercial sponsorship in American broadcasting, which began in 1940. Hear Will Berger, author of The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Opera.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to announce in State of the Union that US is closing airspace to Russian planes over Ukraine invasion.
WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: Biden to announce in State of the Union that US is closing airspace to Russian planes over Ukraine invasion. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Alert-AP-sources-Biden-to-announce-in-State-of-16969632.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:09 | en | 0.920685 |
The Mordecais were among the first Jewish families to settle in the South after the Revolutionary War. A new book tells the story of how they struggled to assimilate into American society while retaining their identity as Jews, a story that still resonates in today's America, author Emily Bingham says.
Mordecai: An Early American Family traces the history of an ordinary Jewish family through early American history, from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. In the nation's early days, Bingham tells NPR's Bob Edwards, being a Jew "was a new proposition.
"It was not the European story that we're familiar of pogroms and shtetls and ghettos with the kind of prejudice and anti-Semitism that was so rife there," Bingham says. "It was a place where... the page was open."
The family found its identify through its passions: education, hard work and the constant desire to improve their lives, she says.
Jacob Mordecai, the patriarch, came South but didn't do very well in business. But he was "able to apply his intellectual gifts to opening a boarding school for girls in early 19th century North Carolina" at a time when the idea of female education was just beginning to take hold.
Bingham was able to learn much about the Mordecais through letters they wrote each other as they spread out across the country.
When Jacob's first wife, Judith, died in 1796, he wrote a letter -- Bingham describes it as a covenant -- to his children that forged a bond among them. Judith's death left the family "in a terrible position because she played such an enormous role in cultivating who this family was and how they would survive in the backwoods of North Carolina."
Jacob wrote that Judith had "wanted them to always improve themselves, always pay tribute to God in some way every day, to stick together... in thick and thin," Bingham says. For the next several decades, the family strove to fulfill that dream.
Below is an excerpt from Mordecai: An Early American Family. The passage describes the letter Jacob wrote after Judith's death:
Book Excerpt
That summer, Jacob composed for the six children a long letter delineating Judy's life and describing her death. The letter amounted to a covenant, setting forth the precepts that would keep Judy's influence alive among them. The manuscript pointed a way out of the confusion they faced in light of their loss, but also as Jews and as newcomers to the South and as Americans in a free society. The letter became for the Mordecais a road map to virtue.
The document constituted the legacy of Jacob and Judy's union, for in 1796 there was little to show in the way of worldly goods or success. However, in his portrait of Judy's life Jacob consecrated the founding of a family that was different, chosen, and not simply because they were Jews. Religious duties received but passing acknowledgment in Jacob's letter to his and Judy's children. The spirit of the covenant was emancipated, and reverently so. What Jacob consecrated in this document was the family's commitment to aim for the highest levels of intellectual cultivation, family solidarity, and dedication to useful work. The implication was that these qualities would raise the Mordecais above others, nourishing their spirits and encouraging them to earn respect and recognition-not so much as Jewish Americans but as Americans who happened to be Jewish.
The covenant required that Jacob use reason when governing the children and never lose his self-control. He was to be "their best friend to whom they may with confidence unbosom themselves." Theirs was to be a loving family, sensitive to feelings, yet also a rational family that valued education, ideas, and books, and a liberal family that tolerated people of all faiths, embracing "virtue in whatever garb it" might appear.
The demands on the children were broad, almost elastic, but stringent nonetheless. They were to "fulfill [their] duties in life." They were to improve themselves and the world around them yet remain modest at all times. They must keep faith by giving glory and thanks to God in some way every day, although this need never interfere with their work or play. Finally, the Mordecais must "foster and protect each other."
From Mordecai: An Early American Family, published by Hill and Wang, Copyright ©2003 Emily Bingham
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HOUSTON (AP) — Issues related to media publicity and a gag order as well as a concern over a lack diversity among attorneys representing those killed or injured during last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival were discussed during a court hearing on Tuesday.
The hearing was the first time lawyers handling the nearly 500 lawsuits filed after 10 people died and hundreds of others were injured during a massive crowd surge at the Nov. 5 concert headlined by rapper Travis Scott had met in court after the cases were consolidated before one judge.
After being appointed last month by a judicial panel overseen by the Texas Supreme Court to handle all pretrial matters in the lawsuits, state District Judge Kristen Hawkins issued a gag order in the case.
During Tuesday’s hearing, Hawkins clarified her order, saying lawyers could tell the media about factual issues that happen in court, but she didn’t want attorneys to make their cases in the court of public opinion and possibly influence the jury pool.
“This case should be tried in the courtroom and not on social media or with press releases or other statements to the media,” Hawkins said.
Brent Coon, an attorney who is representing about 1,500 concertgoers and is asking for $10 billion in damages, said after the hearing he understands the judge’s goal of “let’s keep who’s pointing the finger at who, let that be courtroom issues and jury issues ultimately.”
“But this is a case of public import for all the reasons that are obvious,” Coon said.
Most of Wednesday’s court hearing was spent discussing how the cases would proceed, the creation of a leadership structure that would speak on behalf of attorneys for each side, how disputes over evidence or other matters would be handled. Hawkins said she planned to have monthly hearings. She requested that by the next hearing, lawyers give her a breakdown of the various lawsuits by four categories: deaths, bodily injuries, brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder.
Coon said it could be years before any trials or settlements in the case take place.
During the court hearing, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family of the youngest person to die from injuries during the festival, said that most of the victims killed or injured were Black but the majority of attorneys representing them are white. During Wednesday’s hearing, most of the 50 to 60 attorneys in the courtroom were white.
“There seems to be not much representation in the court of those African American voices. We really grapple with it. We are concerned about them not having a voice,” said Crump, who represents the family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, who was Black. Ezra's father, Treston Blount, who was with his son at the concert, was at Tuesday's court hearing.
In recent years, Crump has represented victims of police brutality and vigilante violence and has been the lawyer for the families of Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.
Hawkins told Crump this issue is something “that has not gone unnoticed by the court ... I would like that to be considered going forward.”
But Hawkins said she was “not going to choose someone’s counsel for them. I do know we have excellent attorneys in this room and those attorneys come from all aspects of Harris County.”
Neal Manne, who represents Astroworld festival promoter Live Nation, thanked Crump for highlighting this issue, saying, “I agree with him.”
Houston police are still conducting a criminal investigation of the Astroworld concert.
The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee in December announced it was investigating Live Nation’s role in the deadly concert.
Last month, Houston officials announced the creation of a new task force that will look at improving the safety at large Houston-area events.
Those who died in the concert ranged in age from 9 to 27 years old. Roughly 300 people were injured and treated at the scene, and 25 were taken to hospitals. Those killed died from compression asphyxia.
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Find the AP’s coverage of the Astroworld festival: https://apnews.com/hub/astroworld-festival-deaths
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An original, annotated manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony fetches $3.5 million in a Sotheby's auction. NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr looks at the place that this symphony, with its "Ode to Joy," holds in Western culture.
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An original, annotated manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony fetches $3.5 million in a Sotheby's auction. NPR's Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr looks at the place that this symphony, with its "Ode to Joy," holds in Western culture.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii plans to lift its COVID-19 quarantine requirement for travelers this month, meaning that starting on March 26 those arriving from other places in the U.S. won't have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to avoid sequestering themselves for five days.
Hawaii is the only U.S. state to implement a coronavirus quarantine program of this kind.
Gov. David Ige said at a news conference the requirement saved lives and was a major factor in limiting the spread of COVID-19 in the islands. Hawaii has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the nation.
The quarantine period for travelers lasted 14 days when Hawaii first imposed it in March 2020. The state later created testing and vaccination exemptions.
The state screened 11.3 million passengers since the testing exemption was launched in October 2020, Ige said.
Those arriving in Hawaii from outside the country still must adhere to U.S. federal guidelines, which vary depending on American citizenship. International tourists do not need to quarantine but still need proof of vaccination and a negative test.
The governor said he would maintain Hawaii's indoor mask mandate at least through March 25, and would be evaluating whether to lift it after that. Hawaii is last state in the nation with a statewide mandate in effect.
The governor said state Department of Health will review recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before he decides, Ige said.
Ige said he wants to make sure that public schools will be able to continue with in-person learning. He said more people will be traveling as spring break comes, which could increase the presence of the coronavirus at schools.
"The pandemic is not over. Tragically, we continue to see those that we know and love continue to suffer from COVID-19," he said.
The governor said he was proud of how the community responded the pandemic.
“It is about the people, place and culture of all of us here, coming from diverse backgrounds but always understanding that there is a bigger reason to be willing to sacrifice individual needs to benefit the community,” Ige said. “And over and over again, we were willing to do that.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Hawaii-to-lift-COVID-19-travel-quarantine-rules-16969651.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:21 | en | 0.972263 |
How I Learned What I Learned is the latest from playwright August Wilson. He's won two Pulitzer Prizes for Fences and The Piano Lesson. This time Wilson makes his acting debut in a one-man show. Marcie Sillman of member station KUOW reports.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has overturned a new capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets that was approved by the Washington Legislature last year, ruling that it is an unconstitutional tax on income.
In his written decision issued Tuesday, Douglas County Superior Court Judge Brian Huber agreed with opponents of the new tax who had argued it was a tax on income that violates previous state Supreme Court rulings and the state constitution because it is not a uniform taxation on property.
Huber cited several elements of the law that he said “show the hallmarks of an income tax rather than an excise tax," including a reliance on federal IRS tax returns that must be filed by Washington residents, the fact it is levied annually instead of at the time of the transaction, and that it is based on an aggregate calculation of capital gains over the course of a year.
“The State characterizes the new tax statute as a “tax that applies on the sale or transfer of property” and argues that such taxes are excise taxes” he wrote. “But as noted above, the new tax is not levied upon ’the sale or transfer” of capital assets. Instead, the new tax statute levies a tax on receipt, and thus ownership, of capital gains.”
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in an email Tuesday his office would appeal to the state Supreme Court.
“There’s a great deal at stake in this case, including funding for early learning, child care programs, and school construction," he wrote. “Consequently, we will continue defending this law enacted by the peoples’ representatives in the Legislature.”
The measure imposed a 7% tax on the sale of stocks, bonds, and other high-end assets in excess of $250,000 for both individuals and couples. It was projected to bring in $415 million in 2023, the first year the state would see money from the tax.
The legal challenge stems from two lawsuits that were later consolidated. The first was filed last April by The Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based conservative think tank. A month later, former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna filed the second on behalf of state residents including manufacturing business owners, investors, and the Washington State Farm Bureau.
“Washington’s courts have twice rejected previous efforts by the legislature to enact an unconstitutional income tax, while Washington’s voters have rejected 10 straight ballot measures, including six proposed constitutional amendments, that would have created a graduated state income tax," McKenna said in astatement. “Judge Huber’s decision rightly upholds those precedents and honors the voters’ clearly state preference that we remain a state without a graduated income tax.”
Supporters of the tax say that Washington — one of a handful of states with no income tax on wages — leans too heavily on its sales tax, disproportionately affecting those with less income. When the governor signed the new tax into law last May, Washington joined 41 states plus the District of Columbia in having a capital gains tax.
Retirement accounts, real estate, farms and forestry were all exempt from the tax. Business owners were also exempt from the tax if they are regularly involved in running the business for five of the previous 10 years before they sell, own it for at least five years, and gross $10 million or less a year before the sale.
Under the new law, taxpayers could deduct up to $100,000 a year from their capital gains if they made more than $250,000 in charitable donations in the same tax year, something Huber cited in his ruling, noting that like “an income tax and unlike an excise tax, the new tax statute includes a deduction for certain charitable donations the taxpayer has made during the tax year.”
Because the state wasn't set to see any revenue from the tax until next year, it does not affect the work being done by lawmakers on the state supplemental budget this year. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Judge-overturns-Washington-state-s-new-capital-16969772.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:27 | en | 0.979601 |
During World War II, American soldiers suspected of being Jewish were captured by the Nazis and sent off to a German slave labor camp. Berga: Soldiers of Another War was the final project for famed documentarian Charles Guggenheim, who lost an Army buddy in the camp. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Grace Guggenheim about her late father's last film.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Alabama this weekend to commemorate a key moment of the civil rights movement.
Harris will speak in Selma at an event marking the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day in 1965 when white police attacked Black voting rights marchers.
Harris will also take part in the annual event's symbolic march across the bridge. Several other members of President Joe Biden's administration will also attend the event, including Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.
On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and tear-gassed hundreds of demonstrators. The confrontation set the stage weeks later for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to lead the massive Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights.
The events galvanized support for the passage of the Voting Rights Act later that year.
Harris is the first female U.S. vice president and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent in the role. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Kamala-Harris-to-mark-Bloody-Sunday-anniversary-16969715.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:33 | en | 0.934418 |
Bob Hope turns 100 today. If there's a joke in there somewhere -- and you know there is -- Bob Hope would have one to tell. Hope entertained audiences for nearly every decade of the 20th century in a career spanning stage, radio, movies and television.
As NPR's Susan Stamberg reports, Hope, "the quintessentially American entertainer" was born in England. His real name was Leslie and his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was five. As a teenager, he discovered a talent for singing, dancing and telling jokes -- and he started touring in vaudeville, where he teamed with a variety of partners.
Along the way, Hope developed the concept of the comic monologue, which he honed on the vaudeville circuit. In 1933, he landed on Broadway. Hollywood came calling a few years later. When Jack Benny turned down a role in The Big Broadcast of 1938, Paramount picked Hope to do the film. Hope sang a duet with Shirley Ross that won an Academy Award and became his theme song -- "Thanks for the Memory."
He became a national star when NBC offered him his own radio program, The Pepsodent Show, in 1938. Radio was a challenge, Stamberg notes. "In vaudeville, Hope could tell the same jokes, for months on end, because his audiences were different. But weekly radio demanded fresh material," she says.
So Hope hired a staff of writers. Mort Lachman, who worked with Hope for more than 25 years, remembers him as a demanding boss. "When you worked for Hope, you gave him your life," Lachman says. "Every hour of every day belonged to him and he called you anytime, day or night."
In 1941, Hope began a project that would become the hallmark of his career -- entertaining the troops. His radio producer asked whether he would do a broadcast from March Field, a California air base. "The audience was so fantastic that we decided to keep doing it," Hope said.
World War II turned Bob Hope from comedian to American icon, Stamberg says.
John Lahr, who profiled Hope in the New Yorker magazine, says, "What the war did for him was put his comedy in a heroic context, make it seem like it had a mission." Hope's comedy had the ability to "take people out of their woes -- which is, in itself, no easy task."
Hope entertained the troops from the Second World War through the 1991 Persian Gulf War. His humor was usually easy-going. It touched on politics, but rarely took sides. During the Vietnam War, however, he became identified as a hawk. Lahr says Hope was the first topical comedian: "He did what Leno and Letterman now do."
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kent Waldrep, a TCU running back who became an advocate for disabled people after a spinal injury during a game left him paralyzed, has died. He was 67.
His mother, Denise Waldrep, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that her son had died Sunday in Natchitoches, Louisiana. TCU confirmed his death in a Tuesday statement to The Associated Press.
“We were saddened to learn of the passing of Kent Waldrep." TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said in the statement. “He was and will always be an important part of TCU and our football program.”
No cause of death was given. Waldrep would have turned 68 on Wednesday.
After his injury during a 1974 game at Alabama left him paralyzed, Waldrep went on to help raise tens of millions of dollars around the world for paralysis research.
He served on the National Council of Disability during the Reagan and first Bush administrations and helped draft and win passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. He also chaired the Texas Rehabilitation Commission and the grant committee of the College Football Assistance Fund that provides financial aid to football players who suffer serious injuries.
Waldrep sued TCU for worker's compensation, arguing that as a player he was a TCU employee. A Travis County jury rejected his claim in 1997, and a state appeals court declined to overturn the verdict. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Kent-Waldrep-TCU-rusher-paralyzed-during-a-game-16969762.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:40 | en | 0.986067 |
Bob Hope turns 100 years old today. To commemorate the birthday of this great entertainer, All Things Considered re-broadcasts a speech Hope gave at the National Press Club, first aired on NPR twenty-three years ago when he was 77.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed the appointment of Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley to be the first woman to lead the LA Fire Department.
Crowley will replace Ralph Terrazas, who became the department’s first Latino chief in 2014 and promoted Crowley several times.
Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated Crowley for the top spot in January.
Crowley, who currently holds the jobs of acting administrative operations chief deputy and fire marshal, said at the time of her nomination that keeping the department operationally ready would be her number one priority.
Her appointment comes as the fire department deals with issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic to claims that its female employees face bullying and harassment.
Harassing behavior will not be tolerated, Crowley said in January. She was a firefighter, paramedic, engineer and battalion chief in the steps of her career leading up her joining the department’s command staff.
Terrazas plans to retire March 26, ending a 38-year career that included the department responding to the coronavirus pandemic by running city sites that have administered millions of COVID-19 tests and vaccinations.
The department has about 3,400 uniformed personnel and 106 fire stations serving about 4 million people across 469 square miles (1,215 square kilometers). | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Kristin-Crowley-to-be-1st-woman-as-LA-fire-16969773.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:46 | en | 0.970626 |
The new animated movie Finding Nemo tells the story of a fish family learning life's lessons. The computer-generated film is from Pixar Animation, the pioneering force behind Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Monsters, Inc. Film critic Ken Turan of the Los Angeles Times offers a review.
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IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — An endangered Florida panther has died after being struck by a vehicle.
It’s the eighth panther death attributed to fatal collisions, out of eight total deaths this year, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The remains of the 1-year-old male panther were found Monday along a rural road northwest of Immokalee in Collier County, wildlife officials said.
Florida panthers once roamed the entire Southeast, but now their habitat mostly is confined to a small region of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico. Up to 230 Florida panthers remain in the wild. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Officials-Florida-panther-struck-and-killed-by-16969739.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:52 | en | 0.965255 |
In the 18th century, people recorded the mundane details of life in diaries. Today, bloggers -- or Web loggers -- share their most intimate thoughts and opinions with the entire world on the Internet. The online journals, known as "blogs," are increasingly popular. And while they've been dominated by text and photos, they're now also going in a new direction, using audio as well.
NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on "audio blogs" -- online audio diaries that can make anyone's life a serial drama. New technology allows them to be updated via a simple phone call.
Here's a typical audio blog entry: "...and then I remembered the bottomless wine glass last night. Every time I took a sip, the busboy came and filled it up. And then I recalled the platform shoes. And I said, 'ohhhh....'"
Text blogs have around since the mid-1990s, but audio is just entering the mainstream. Dave Elfving runs a site called The Greasy Skillet, which uses both text and audio. He prefers to call his site an "online journal," saying blog "sounds like some sort of unfortunate medical condition."
Elfving says audio blogging appeals to a universal desire to make one's voice heard. "There's only so many people who can write in major newspapers, there's only so many people who can be on the radio, but with very little or no money you can be on the Internet."
But, as Shapiro reports, that's not always a good thing. "Type in 'blog' on your Internet search engine, and you may find journals about cats. Or hear one audio blogger say: "I am in love with Luke Wilson. I am absolutely, phenomenally captivated by him."
But there are also blogs with solid information and interesting perspectives: pundits covering the political spectrum, and discussions of every hobby imaginable. Elfving says it's worth sifting through the frivolous sites to find the jewels.
And whereas books and magazines have a publisher's seal of approval, anyone with Internet access can write a blog. So you can find viewpoints outside of the mainstream. Laura Moorehead, senior editor of the magazine Wired, says finding a good blog is just the beginning.
"If you find a blog that you really like, chances are somewhere on that page are going to be related bloggers that are being recommended, and from there you can kind of branch out and investigate some others."
Moorehead predicts that once the novelty of audio blogging subsides, it will become just another tool in a blogger's repertoire.
Since audio blogs are relatively new, they don't yet cover the range of their written equivalents. But some people are already using audio in creative ways. A site called The Quiet American provides audio travelogues submitted by people around in a feature called "one-minute vacations."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two British executives were charged with cheating investors out of millions of dollars in a collateralized loan scam that falsely promised investments used for loans were backed by fine wines, authorities said Tuesday.
An indictment returned Monday in Brooklyn federal court charged Stephen Burton, 57, and James Wellesley, 55, with conspiracy and wire fraud.
According to a news release by federal authorities, Wellesley was arrested Feb. 4 in the United Kingdom, while Burton is a fugitive. It said both worked at two private companies, Bordeaux Cellars Limited and Bordeaux Cellars London Ltd., with Burton serving as chief executive and Wellesley as the chief financial officer.
It was not immediately clear who would represent the men in the United States or could comment on their behalf.
Michael Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said the men lied to investors to get them involved in the nearly $100 million swindle.
U.S. Attorney Breon Peace in Brooklyn said that the lies the men told investors “did not age well.”
"These defendants duped investors by offering them an intoxicating investment opportunity collateralized by valuable bottles of fine wine that turned out to be too good to be true,” Peace said.
According to the release, the men spent some money from investors, making fraudulent interest payments to them and using other proceeds for personal expenses.
An indictment alleged that the men defrauded investors from June 2017 to February 2019 by soliciting people at conferences sponsored by the companies in the United States and elsewhere to invest money in loans that would be backed by fine wines.
Actually, though, the wine businesses did not have many of the specific bottles of wine that they identified as collateral in the loan documents in their custody, the indictment said.
While some investors received interest payments for a time, all interest payments stopped in February 2019, and principal was not returned, either, the indictment said. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Two-UK-executives-charged-in-100-million-16969133.php | 2022-03-02T02:06:58 | en | 0.982399 |
Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of the United States, has written a second book. The first book, Lazy B: Growing Up On A Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest, recalled her life lessons of hardy self-reliance and love of the outdoors. Her second book is about her 22 years as a Supreme Court justice.
The justice sat down with NPR's Nina Totenberg to discuss her latest literary effort, The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice.
"Sandra Day O'Connor was not exactly a household name in 1981," Totenberg says. "She was, by her own account, not exactly nationally recognized for her scholarship or judicial writing. So she didn't take it very seriously one day in 1981 when she got a call from the Attorney General of the United States, asking her to come to Washington to discuss the upcoming vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court."
President Ronald Reagan had promised during his campaign to appoint a woman to the court — if he had a chance.
"I wasn't genuinely excited," O'Connor remembers thinking when she was first told she was under consideration to join the bench. "I didn't think realistically that it would happen. That was out of the ordinary."
O'Connor survived the confirmation process and started her Supreme Court career with a great deal of experience dealing with appeals court cases over disputes of state law, but no experience in federal court. "She had a green staff, none of whom had worked at the court before — and she says quite candidly that for the first few years, she felt buried by the work," Totenberg says.
The mail alone was a huge burden. As the court's first woman, she got a lot of letters of encouragement — and also plenty of messages from detractors who questioned whether it was appropriate for a woman to serve in the nation's highest court.
O'Connor, often described as a cautious and guarded person, also found the media attention to be overwhelming. "As she puts it, 'Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go,'" Totenberg says.
O'Connor spends much of her book discussing the subject of women in the legal profession and in American society. In her interview with Totenberg, she speaks fondly about those who encouraged her to be an attorney. "I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it," O'Connor says.
A professor at Stanford University, Harry Rathman, changed her mind. "He spent a lot of time convincing students that they could make a difference... that a single individual could make a difference. Really, because of him, I decided to go to law school."
She found that finding a job as a female attorney in the early 1950s was a daunting task — and that in the beginning, she worked for free in an attorney's office alongside a legal secretary. "But soon there was a vacancy, she got a salary, and an office," Totenberg says.
There is perennial speculation about whether O'Connor will retire at the end of the court's term this year. "The justice says she has, quote, 'No plans to retire,'" Totenberg says. "It is a typically firm answer — but also typically, with a touch of enigmatic wiggle room."
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Josiah-Jordan James scored a career-high 23 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that gave No. 13 Tennessee the lead early in the second half, and the Vols overcame a slow start to beat struggling Georgia 75-68 on Tuesday night.
Georgia led 44-43 following a 3-pointer by Kario Oquendo. James answered with his 3s on consecutive possessions, and another 3 from James capped Tennessee's 11-0 run for a 54-44 lead.
Tennessee (22-7, 13-4 Southeastern Conference) began the day tied with No. 14 Arkansas and No. 7 Kentucky for second place in the league, one game behind No. 5 Auburn.
Kennedy Chandler had 16 points for the Vols.
Georgia (6-24, 1-16) suffered its 10th consecutive loss since beating Alabama on Jan. 25, its only SEC win. The Bulldogs have lost 18 of 19 games.
Aaron Cook led Georgia with 17 points and Kario Oquendo had 16.
Tennessee took a 64-49 lead but couldn't put the game away. Georgia closed the deficit to four points but couldn't score on two possessions when it had the opportunity to pull even closer.
Back-to-back baskets by John Fulkerson helped the Vols stop Georgia's comeback.
The Bulldogs enjoyed a rare streak of explosive offense in the first half to cap an 8-0 run.
Oquendo started a streak of three consecutive jams by the Bulldogs when he scored following a steal and assist by Christian Wright. Jabri Abdur-Rahim added a dunk following a steal by Noah Baumann before Oquendo's powerful one-handed jam on a fast break gave the Bulldogs a 24-18 lead.
There were scattered boos for Georgia fourth-year coach Tom Crean during pregame introductions. Crean fell to 47-73 overall and a dismal 15-56 in SEC games in his fourth season.
The 24 losses this season are the most in Georgia history. The Bulldogs have one more opportunity to avoid finishing the season with only one conference win for the first time in the program's history.
BIG PICTURE
Tennessee: Led by James' long-distance shooting, the Vols enjoyed a strong recovery from a sluggish first half. The Vols struggled defensively in the first half, allowing the Bulldogs to make 51.7% of their shots from the field and claim a 22-16 advantage in the paint. Only five 3-pointers, including three by Santiago Vescovi, allowed Tennessee to settle for a 35-35 halftime tie.
Georgia: The Bulldogs can't be accused of giving up on Crean or the season. Even so, their performance remained too flawed to sustain a strong first half. The Bulldogs' 12 turnovers were a problem, but the more telling was Georgia's deficit on the boards. Tennessee had a 39-28 advantage in rebounds.
UP NEXT
Tennessee: Closes its regular season at home on Saturday when it plays No. 14 Arkansas. The Vols lost at Arkansas 58-48 on Feb. 19.
Georgia: At Missouri on Saturday to end its regular season.
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A new book on President Kennedy has attracted attention because of the disclosure that he had sex with a White House intern. But Robert Dallek's book, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917-1963, has also sparked a debate among his fellow historians. Some are disputing the book's assertion that Kennedy's presidency was not damaged by his risky sexual behavior and bad health.
Dallek writes that the president took many prescription drugs, including amphetamines, sedatives, testosterone and codeine. But the author concludes the drugs were "no impediment" to being an effective president.
Dallek tells NPR's Juan Williams that after reviewing tapes and transcripts of Kennedy during the 13 days of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, "I found him to be cogent and lucid and as on top of the issue as any president could have been. Maybe he was able to compartmentalize, but my medical friends tell me that, in fact, taking the medicines allowed him to function at so high a level. He probably never could have been president if he didn't have... these medicines available to him."
Dallek says there were no conditions set on his use of JFK's medical records in the hopes that the author would paint the former president in a more positive light. "I did not show the [John F. Kennedy] Library, I did not show any member of the committee that gave me access or any member of the family what I was going to write," Dallek says.
Dallek says he compared the medical records to various crises of Kennedy's presidency, particularly the Cuban Missile Crisis. "This is the bottom line, the fundamental question: Did the man function effectively as president despite taking all these medicines and having so many ailments? And my answer is yes."
Dallek also obtained documents indicating Kennedy had an affair with a 19-year-old intern in the White House. He came across the material after discovering 17 blacked-out pages in an oral history by Barbara Gamarekian, who was an aide to Kennedy Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
"I went to see her, talked to her and said, 'Barbara, may I read this? And she said, 'Well, it's 40 years later. OK, I'm going to let you have it." Dallek says Gamarekian refused to give him the name of the former intern to protect the woman from embarrassment. The New York Daily News subsequently learned the woman's identity and published an interview with her.
Many Americans consider Kennedy to be among the greatest presidents, but Dallek says most historians would dispute that. Kennedy's domestic record "fell well short of anything that would mark him out as great or even near great." He failed to win passage for civil rights legislation and other major legislative initiatives and he stumbled in foreign policy with the Bay of Pigs and an escalation of the Vietnam War, the author says.
But overshadowing those failures was Kennedy's assassination. "This remains important to the public," Dallek says. "I think there attaches to him his youthfulness, his hope, his promise and the country won't let that go. And I think it'll last for a long time yet."
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All the Buffalo Bills wanted in January was one more chance to beat Kansas City.
Now they're trying to make sure no NFL team begins the offseason as it did.
On Tuesday, more than a month after enduring a crushing AFC divisional round loss without ever touching the ball in overtime, Bills general manager Brandon Beane threw his support behind a proposal to change the league's postseason rules.
“Ours is going to be more instead of one possession and then you get the other possession, is a time, similar to in basketball, you play five minutes," Beane said.
“Baseball, both teams get the top half and the bottom half (of an inning). So a time limit, and I’m talking about postseason only. That way, both teams will definitely have a chance and maybe even more than one possession."
Beane acknowledged the league's competition committee could field multiple proposals during this week's meeting at the annual NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, joking there could be one from all 32 teams. No decision is expected this week.
And it's not just current Bills jumping on board.
Colts coach Frank Reich, the former quarterback who orchestrated the NFL's greatest comeback during his tenure in Buffalo, also supports the move. Reich is a first-year committee member and is uncertain what that might include.
“It’s basically something that would guarantee each team a possession,” Reich said. “My opinion is that I think there’s a place for both teams to have a possession. But I can see both sides of it. You’ve got 60 minutes to win a game, so go win the game. Or play defense.”
The NFL last changed its overtime rules in 2010 after complaints the coin flip often determined the winner. Under the current system, if the opening possession of overtime results in a touchdown or a defensive score, the game ends. That's what happened to Buffalo.
But if the opening possession results in a field goal, the opposing team gets a chance to tie the score or win the game. Those rules apply throughout the entire season.
And now the Bills want every playoff team to get one last opportunity.
“I think, experiencing what we experienced overall, I think there’s a better way out there," Bills coach Sean McDermott said. “We’ve got some ideas and I think they’ll help move the game forward. And we’ll see where it goes."
OPEN DOOR POLICY
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians won't be shutting the door on seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady anytime soon.
Exactly one month after Brady announced his retirement, Arians acknowledged Brady's replacement already may be on the roster. Tampa Bay drafted Kyle Trask in the second round last year.
But if Brady changed his mind, well, the Bucs would welcome him back.
“That door is never closed. Whenever Tom wants back, he’s back," Arians said.
Would the Bucs be as accommodating if Brady wanted to play for another team?
“Nope," Arians said. “Bad business.”
TRADING PLACES?
Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke holds the No. 1 overall pick for the second straight year.
He doesn't need another quarterback after selecting Trevor Lawrence last season and even though this year's college quarterback class is light on star power, it's created speculation about a possible trade.
“You are always open for business," Baalke said. “To say we won’t shop it is probably not 100% correct. To say we will, is probably not either. We’ll see if something comes our way that makes sense to us.”
But it might not be the same kind of seller's market Colts general manager Chris Ballard found in 2018 when the shipped the No. 3 overall selection to the New York Jets.
“You need a little luck and you need someone to covet a player up high," he said. “That was a really heavy quarterback draft, people were reaching up to get them so it worked out. This year, I don't know."
SO LONG, SAQUON?
Giants general manager Joe Schoen said difficult decisions are forthcoming as he finagles his team under the salary cap. He might even consider trading running back Saquon Barkley, the No. 2 overall pick in 2018.
“We’re still working through that, but I’m open to everything, whether it’s trading player for player. I’ll listen to anybody if it’s trading a couple players,” Schoen said.
“Again, we’re in a situation where unfortunately we have to get under the salary cap and we’re not in very good salary cap health. Again, I’m not going to say yes to every deal, but I’m definitely going to listen and I’ll be open to the situations that are best for the New York Giants.”
OVER THERE
One day after league officials announced the Green Bay Packers would play in London in the 2022 season, general manager Brian Gutekunst said the team's large, loyal fan base was enthused. Green Bay is the only NFL team that hasn't played a regular-season game in London since the international series began in 2007.
“Our fans are excited," Gutekunst said. “I've been getting texts ever since the announcement. So Packers Nation will show up strong."
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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) commends the bravery and steadfast commitment of emergency physicians currently treating patients in Ukraine.
"ACEP proudly supports the emergency physician colleagues currently working in Ukraine," said Gillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, president of ACEP. "Emergency physicians across the world make a promise to treat anyone, anytime, and that means during conflict, disaster, pandemic, or any other difficult time. ACEP members are courageously rising to meet the moment and treat patients under extraordinary circumstances and incredible duress."
Emergency physicians have indispensable roles as team leaders domestically and abroad working in both military and civilian capacity, with humanitarian and relief organizations and all levels of federal, state or local response efforts in times of crisis.
ACEP does not organize direct response, but the association and its international membership section have extensive resources for physicians who work, or wish to work, in areas where coordinated response to disasters and crises is required across the world. ACEP encourages emergency physicians who wish to assist during a disaster or crisis to join an international medical response team. If you're interested in donating money or resources to Ukraine, you can find a list of charities and disaster relief organizations here.
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is the national medical society representing emergency medicine. Through continuing education, research, public education, and advocacy, ACEP advances emergency care on behalf of its 40,000 emergency physician members, and the more than 150 million Americans they treat on an annual basis. For more information, visit www.acep.org and www.emergencyphysicians.org.
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American Jewish Committee Decries Russian Attack on Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial
NEW YORK, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) is horrified by Russia's indiscriminate missile attacks on Kyiv that today severely damaged the Babi Yar memorial. At this site, Nazi Germans murdered more than 100,000 people, primarily Jews, and for decades the Soviets refused to erect a proper memorial to honor the victims.
In October, 2021, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy helped unveil a powerful memorial. AJC CEO David Harris made a special video while visiting the new Babi Yar Memorial in Kyiv in January, on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. AJC stands with the Ukrainian people against Russia's aggression.
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BOSTON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & Levinson LLP has elected four attorneys – Joanna Achille, Rodney Bedow, Katie Menard Dalton, and Lorraine Stark – to the firm's partnership effective March 1. Achille, Dalton and Stark are members of the firm's reputable Private Client Group and Bedow is a member of the Tax and Business Law Groups.
"These four attorneys have worked hard to distinguish themselves at our firm and to reach this important milestone in their careers," said David Rosenblatt, co-managing partner of Burns & Levinson. "We welcome them to our partnership and look forward to their continuing contributions as partners for many years ahead," added Paul Mastrocola, co-managing partner.
As a member of the firm's Private Client Group, Joanna M. Achille concentrates her practice on domestic relations law including divorce, child custody and support disputes, contempt actions, and pre/post nuptial agreements. She is a certified mediator and has extensive experience in interstate child custody disputes and DCYF removal and termination litigation. Achille is based in the firm's Providence, RI office. She earned her J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2007 and her B.A. from Roger Williams University in 2004.
Rodney Bedow is a member of the firm's Tax and Business, Law Groups, where he focuses his practice on tax matters, including the taxation of business transactions, business tax planning, sales & use tax issues, and nonprofit organizations. Rodney has deep experience with a wide range of complex business transactions. He earned his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 2011 and his B.A. from Roger Williams University in 2007.
Katie Menard Dalton is a member of the firm's Private Client Group, where she focuses her practice on domestic relations law, including marital planning (pre/post nuptial agreements), divorce, custody, paternity, child support, alimony, asset division, modifications, contempts, and restraining orders. She has more than a decade of experience handling high-net-worth divorces and high-conflict custody cases, including all aspects of litigation. Dalton serves on the Board of Trustees of the Greater Boston Stage Company. She received her J.D. from New England School of Law in 2006 and her B.S. from St. Michael's College in 2003.
As a partner in the firm's Private Client Group, Lorraine Stark concentrates her practice on probate and family court litigation, including divorce, paternity, child custody, alimony, will contests, representation of trustees, executors and beneficiaries, guardianships, and conservatorships, as well as pre-marital planning. Stark serves on the Boston Bar Association's Family Law Steering Committee and is a member of the MCLE Family Law Curriculum Advisory Committee. She earned her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 2012 and her B.A. from Wellesley College in 2007.
About Burns & Levinson LLP
At Burns & Levinson, we provide high-level, client-centric and results-oriented legal services to our regional, national and international clients. We are a full-service law firm with 125 lawyers in Boston, Providence and London. Our areas of expertise include: business/finance, business litigation, divorce/family law, venture capital/emerging companies, employment, estate planning, government investigations, intellectual property, M&A/private equity, probate/trust litigation, and real estate. We partner with our clients to solve their business and personal legal issues in a collaborative, creative and cost-effective way. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.
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LOS ANGELES, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is proud to announce three significant new leadership positions, each of which will further enhance CPE's work toward centering vulnerable communities.
Eric Cumberbatch is joining CPE as Senior Vice President, Policy & Community Engagement, a new position designed to facilitate collaboration with community groups, local organizations, and grassroots activists to better ensure that their voices are driving policy and are at the forefront of efforts to redesign public safety.
Max Markham has been hired as Vice President, Policy & Community Engagement where he will be responsible for leading and integrating the engagement practices that support our communities around the country, building partnerships, leading campaigns, and developing resources that support CPE's product rollouts and encourage communities to be architects of their own solutions. His work will be cross functional across policy, government affairs, coalition building, and national campaigns.
Hilary Rau, who joined CPE in 2017 and most recently served as the organization's Senior Director of Policy, has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Policy & Community Engagement. She will lead the research, development, and rollout of evidence-informed policy resources, oversee policy reviews for local partners, and advocate for systems change with federal, state, and local policymakers.
"The communities that live with inequitable systems are the experts on the impact those systems have," said Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, CPE's CEO and co-founder.
"We're excited to have Eric and Max join CPE as we continue our work to center Black and Brown communities. Combining their expertise with Hilary's is an exciting opportunity to create new blueprints for ensuring that our most vulnerable communities are safe, healthy, and equitably served."
Cumberbatch previously served as the Deputy Director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety, an office that focused on community-centered public safety initiatives across government, communities, and justice partners that are outside the scope of policing and incarceration. Prior to that role, he served as the Executive Director of Community Engagement within the New York Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, with oversight of the city's Crisis Management System. He has also held positions at the New York City Department of Education and the New York City Housing Authority.
"I'm thrilled to join the Center for Policing Equity as the organization increases its focus on community engagement, empowerment, and development," Cumberbatch said. "From my past experience, I know that those closest to the problem are usually closest to the solution, and systemic change is impossible without centering the lived experiences of Black and Brown families and the communities in which they live. I'm looking forward to working with my new colleagues and working closely with those most affected by policing inequities to build paths to genuinely equitable public safety systems."
Markham previously served as Policy & Legal Director at March For Our Lives, a youth-led national nonprofit dedicated to ending gun violence. Markham has built a career working across local government and nonprofit organizations, advocating for legislative changes impacting historically marginalized populations, and has managed policy portfolios at various levels of government including criminal justice and public safety, infrastructure, cultural affairs, education, and healthcare.
Rau joined CPE in 2017 and led the formation and development of CPE's policy team. She is an attorney and policy advocate who has spent her career advocating for racial, disability, and gender justice. Prior to joining CPE, she served as a staff attorney at a university-based research and action group focused on gender justice advocacy. Prior to that, she worked as a civil rights attorney in private practice, representing victims of police excessive force and employment discrimination.
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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society once again will offer filmmakers around the world a chance to share their works inspired by -- and using -- actual NASA imagery through "CineSpace," a short-film competition.
The submission period is now open and closes July 15, 2022.
The eighth year of the competition offers creators around the world a chance to share their films inspired by and using NASA imagery. More than 2,200 films from 55 countries have been submitted over the past seven years. Filmmakers of all experience levels from around the world are welcome to submit their films for consideration. All genres of film are welcome, including narrative, documentary, comedy, drama, animation, experimental, and others.
Submissions featuring real NASA footage from more than 60 years of space exploration will be judged on creativity, innovation and attention to detail. As in previous years, filmmakers will compete for $26,000 in cash prizes, with awards going to the top three overall winners and winners of two special categories: Education Film That Inspires the Next Generation to Join the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Workforce and Film That Best Depicts Unity and Inclusion.
Submit your films to the content creation platform Tongal. Film entries must be no more than 10 minutes and contain at least 10 percent of publicly available NASA imagery. Finalists are reviewed by Academy Award Nominee Richard Linklater, who makes his selection for first, second, and third place awards.
Finalists will be announced alongside the lineup of the 2022 Houston Cinema Arts Festival in Oct. 2022. Winners of this year's competition will be announced and awarded their prizes at the 14th Annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival in November 2022. Finalists and winners may be screened at other film festivals across the country, in schools, libraries, museums, on NASA TV, and even onboard the International Space Station.
Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting unique and innovative film programs, multimedia installations and performances, and educational opportunities to engage, enrich, and empower Houston's diverse communities and cultures.
Learn more about CineSpace competition guidelines, and the submission process, and to view past winners and finalists at:
Find NASA video and imagery at:
http://www.nasa.gov/content/download-nasa-videos-for-cinespace
Learn about NASA's innovative and collaborative efforts at:
https://www.nasa.gov/offices/COECI/index.html
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Covered Care Announces Approval Rate Study Results
Analysis shows that Covered Care will approve 85%+ of applicants declined by prime lenders
DALLAS, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Covered Care, a buy now pay later solution for the healthcare industry, announced today the results of a major study to determine Covered Care's expected approval rates when used as a second look lender behind three different leading prime providers. The study validates an expected approval rate of more than 85% for patients declined by these lenders.
Covered Care worked with a leading credit bureau to assess how its proprietary Care Score would have performed on over 150,000 applications declined by three leading prime patient financing solutions. The Care Score has proven to be significantly more predictive than Vantage scores and was able to approve an average of more than 85% of the declined applications from the prime lenders and was able to offer at least $6,000 to the majority of approved applicants.
"This data study confirms our experience to date in the market – we are able to approve the majority of patients that are turned down by prime lenders, said Ken Rees, CEO of Covered Care. "Our industry-leading patient financing platform is built from the ground up to help healthcare providers grow their businesses and avoid turning away patients."
Founded in 2020, Covered Care helps healthcare providers care for patients who otherwise would have been declined for traditional credit. Their proprietary financing platform can underwrite and approve patients at every credit level – from prime to non-prime – with affordable rates and terms. This flexibility allows healthcare providers to care for more patients without taking on any risk.
About Covered Care
Covered Care is a buy now, pay later financing solution for growing healthcare practices. Our mission is to help healthcare providers care for more patients which means we provide the highest approval rates in the industry (up to 100%), affordable terms (as low as 0% APR for all credit tiers), and flexible pricing and integration options. For more information, visit CoveredCare.com.
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NEW YORK, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The cyber claim landscape is quickly evolving — and escalating. A new treatise published by Practising Law Institute's PLI Press, Cyber Insurance Claims, Case Law, and Risk Management, provides in-depth case and insurance policy analysis and guidance that can help lawyers and risk managers assess and mitigate cyber risks.
The need for this information is more critical than ever, as cyberattacks against corporate networks increased 50% in 2021 (Checkpoint Research), while U.S. intelligence agencies tracked ransomware attacks against 14 of 16 critical infrastructure sectors last year (U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency). The recent Russian attack on Ukraine, and likely responses to sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe, raise the specter of even more severe attacks going forward.
Drawing on years of experience in this sector, authors Joshua Gold and Daniel J. Healy, co-chairs of Anderson Kill's Cyber Insurance Recovery Practice Group, highlight flashpoints where coverage is frequently contested, with particular attention paid to losses and liabilities potentially covered by traditional types of insurance. Explanations focus on the relationships between insurance on the one hand and attack vectors and resulting liability on the other, to allow for informed consideration of risk management options.
Among the many hot topics covered in the treatise, chapters include discussions of computer fraud insurance coverage under standard crime insurance policies purchased by financial institutions, retailers, and other organizations; growing legal disputes over the scope of coverage provided by dedicated cyber insurance products; regulatory exposure for corporations and boards for the handling of sensitive electronic information; the recent surge in ransomware losses and disruption; and much more.
Cyberattacks have escalated during the pandemic and likely will continue well beyond — perhaps at an even more intensive pace while insurance markets continue to harden. Cyber Insurance Claims, Case Law, and Risk Management is a unique and essential resource for in-house counsel, law firms offering advice on cyber liability and insurance, breach response counsel, insurance brokers, insurance companies, law schools, and any risk management professional.
About the Authors:
Joshua Gold is a shareholder in Anderson Kill's New York office. He has represented numerous corporate and nonprofit policyholders in various industries, with recoveries for his clients well in excess of $1.5 billion. Josh is chair of the Cyber Insurance Recovery Practice Group and co-chair of the Marine Cargo Insurance Group.
Daniel J. Healy is a partner in Anderson Kill's Washington, D.C. office. He started his career with Anderson Kill over 20 years ago, served for five years as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division and currently represents policyholders seeking insurance coverage. Dan is co-chair of Anderson Kill's Cyber Insurance Recovery Practice Group and is a member of the firm's Technology, Media and Distributed Systems and COVID Task Groups.
About Practising Law Institute (PLI)
Practising Law Institute is a nonprofit learning organization dedicated to keeping attorneys and other professionals at the forefront of knowledge and expertise. PLI is chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, and was founded in 1933 by Harold P. Seligson. PLI provides the highest quality, accredited, continuing legal and professional education programs in a variety of formats. This content is delivered by more than 4,000 volunteer faculty, including prominent lawyers, judges, investment bankers, accountants, corporate counsel, and U.S. and international government regulators. PLI publishes a comprehensive library of treatises, course handbooks, answer books and journals, also available through the PLI PLUS online platform. The essence of PLI's mission is its commitment to the pro bono community.
Please visit www.pli.edu to learn more.
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David's Bridal Launches Frontline Fierce Corporate Philanthropy Initiative with Commitment of Donating 100 Dresses per Week
Donations to serve nonprofit organizations who serve those who selflessly serve their community
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David's Bridal, the nation's leading bridal and special occasion authority announced today the launch of the brand's first corporate philanthropy initiative, Frontline Fierce. Grounded in the mission of "serving those who serve others," David's has committed to donating $100,000, 100 dresses a week, and 1,000 hours of employee volunteer time a year to nonprofit organizations who serve, support, and celebrate heroes who serve their local communities including active military, veterans, police, fire, medical professionals, teachers, and beyond.
Aligned with David's cultural ethos of "serving her or serving someone who is," Frontline Fierce is dedicated to amplifying the heroism, fearlessness and bravery of those who serve others in their community. To show their support, David's is thrilled to honor and celebrate all frontline workers through this corporate philanthropy initiative. This program is an extension of the #frontlinefierce campaign the retailer launched May 2020 in which they gave away hundreds of dresses to deserving frontline workers.
The retailer partnered with organizations whose work aligns with the overall Frontline Fierce mission including:
- Operation Deploy Your Dress, a global dress boutique that deploys America's Patriotism One Dress at Time. Military service women, military spouses and eligible military dependents are able to select one dress and accessory per calendar year to attend military balls and events.
- First Responders Children's Foundation, who provide support to both children who have lost a parent in the line of duty as well as families enduring significant financial hardships due to tragic circumstances.
- Hope for the Warriors, who provide comprehensive support programs for service members, veterans, and military families that are focused on transition, health and wellness, peer engagement, and connections to community resources.
- Warriors Mountain River Adventures, is a Veterans/First Responder non-profit seeking to empower and bring veterans and first responders today for community and healing. Their mission is focused on togetherness and experiencing outdoor adventures through new skills veterans can take home and incorporate into their daily lives.
- SheJumps, works to increases the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities. Partnering with nature, SheJumps creates safe, educational outdoor experiences for girls and women that nurture growth and transformation.
- Gary Sinise Foundation, who honor our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need by creating and supporting unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities.
"FIERCE is the only word that made sense in building this program. With Frontline Fierce, we wanted to dream up a way to celebrate heroic individuals who so courageously serve our communities day in and day out," said Kelly Cook, Chief Marketing & IT Officer of David's Bridal. "By partnering with these incredible organizations, we can celebrate and honor our fearless frontline professionals in a variety of ways. We are honored to be able to give back to them and hope these partnerships can lead to magical moments for exceptional people who are so very deserving."
"We are so thankful for this amazing opportunity to work with David's Bridal," said Yvonne Coombes, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder of Operation Deploy Your Dress and 2020-2021 Armed Forces Insurance Army Spouse of the Year. "Together we will further our impact in our efforts to Deploy America's Patriotism One Dress at a Time to the frontline and homefront heroes of our military!"
David's Bridal is committed to crafting unique partnerships with each organization in alignment with its overall commitment of donating employee volunteer time, monetary gifts, and product contributions. The retailer plans to continue growing its partner list as the program develops with the hopes to reach as many organizations as possible. Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations who are interested in partnering with David's Bridal Frontline Fierce can submit their information on the retailer's website or contact Laura McKeever, Sr. Manager of Brand PR, Communications and Philanthropy at [email protected].
About David's Bridal
With 70 years of experience dressing customers for all of life's special occasions, David's Bridal is built on the idea that everyone deserves to have the attire of their dreams regardless of style preference, shape, size, or budget. We believe in inclusivity, authenticity, and empowerment, and it is our mission to help anyone and everyone find the look that will allow them to be the best, most genuine version of themselves on their wedding day or any special occasion. David's Bridal is dedicated to helping each customer, with the assistance of online planning tools, knowledgeable stylists, and expert tailors who will guide them through the entire purchasing journey. With more than 300 stores located across the US, Canada, UK, and franchise locations in Mexico, we offer the convenience of one-stop shopping for the entire wedding party and beyond. To learn more about David's Bridal, visit www.DavidsBridal.com, download the Planning App, and connect on social media through Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
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FlexITy Acquires the Healthcare Division of Genesis Integration Inc.
As part of its strategic growth blueprint, award-winning integrator and managed services company FlexITy has acquired the healthcare division of Genesis Integration Inc., another in a series of strategic acquisitions.
TORONTO, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - FlexITy is excited to announce its second acquisition in the last six months illustrating its commitment to executing on its Mergers & Acquisition growth strategy. FlexITy acquired the healthcare division of Genesis Integration Inc., a Canadian provider of nursecall systems, based in Edmonton, Alberta. This purchase is one in a series of acquisitions aligned with FlexITy's growth strategy and reinforces the organization's commitment to the modernization of the Canadian Healthcare industry.
The Canadian Healthcare system, and the providers who work within it, are overtaxed. Roughly one million Canadians undergo surgery each year. On average, they spend one week in hospital.1 Over the next 20 years, Canada's senior population – those aged 65 and older – is expected to grow by 68%.2 To support increases in healthcare demand, create better patient experiences, and free medical providers of administrative tasks to focus on delivering exceptional care, hospitals are adopting modern technologies.
"The population of Canadian seniors has more than tripled in size in the last 40 years and is increasing," says Lenny Liscio, CEO, FlexITy. "That means more people requiring hospitalization, more burden placed on hospital infrastructure, and more life-or-death situations to which medical teams need to react quickly. If you have critical communication that fails in the patient room, the outcome can be fatal. The acquisition of the Genesis Healthcare Division puts FlexITy in a strong position to bring even more value to hospitals and patients across Canada."
Nursecall systems provide direct communication between patients, nurses and doctors in situations where a patient needs immediate attention or suffers a fall and notifies the nurses' station. Call systems are designed to save lives and bring care to patients as quickly as possible and have emerged as the foundational communication mechanism in hospital settings.
Since its inception in 1990, Genesis Integration has evolved from audiovisual service provider to a superior Video Collaboration firm that delivers strategy, management, technology and support to corporate, educational and government entities. By divesting itself of the healthcare division, Genesis is better poised to focus on its core competencies.
"Healthcare Communications has been an integral part of the success and growth of Genesis," says Kelly McCarthy, CEO, Genesis Integration Inc. "However, as we evolve our focus toward increasing collaboration strategies for in office and hybrid workplaces, the time has come to move forward to operate solely as an AV & Video Collaboration Organization. We have great confidence that the trajectory FlexITy is on will provide a robust future for our healthcare customers as they move towards a superior patient experience model."
With 20 project implementations in Canadian hospitals, FlexITy delivers the future of Canadian patient-centred healthcare. With this acquisition, FlexITy is now well-positioned to have an even more dominant presence in the industry.
About FlexITy Systems Ltd.
FlexITy, which has a sixteen-year legacy of excellence in providing innovative solutions across multiple verticals, is in the business of digital transformation. By meeting consumers where they are and establishing digital bridges to bring them to where they want to go, FlexITy aids customers in their digital transition and provides excellent end-user experiences.
An award-winning integrator of smart technology, patient-centric solutions specific to Canadian healthcare needs, and service solutions built on robust, secure, digitally advanced platforms, FlexITy's assets include the partnerships, talent and accreditations to seamlessly deliver quality care solutions to the healthcare sector.
FlexITy is continuing on its M&A strategy and is looking to acquire communications and information technology integration businesses across Canada with revenues of up to $10 million.
Headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario, FlexITy also has offices in Toronto and Winnipeg.
Web: www.flexity.com www.flexhealth.ca Call: 866.779.FLEX (3539)
About Genesis Integration Inc.
Since our inception in 1990 Genesis Integration has transformed from a professional Audiovisual service provider into a superior Video Collaboration company that provides strategy, management, technologies and support to corporate, education and government environments. We believe collaboration and communication is essential for business and institutions and we strive to give our customers the ability to connect and work with each other whether in an office or working from home. Our goal is to ensure you have reliable video and collaboration solutions so you can communicate efficiently and effectively. For more information visit www.genint.com
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DUBLIN, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Merkel Cell Carcinoma Disease Treatment Market - Forecast 2021 to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The Merkel cell carcinoma disease treatment market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.37% during the forecast period to reach US$3.782 billion by 2026, from US$2.999 billion in 2019.
Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare skin cancer that develops from malignant cancer cells. After melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma is the second most prevalent cause of skin cancer death. Merkel cell cancer is caused by a weakened immune system and excessive sun exposure.
One of the key factors driving the Merkel cell carcinoma disease treatment market during the forecast period is the rising number of cases of Merkel cell carcinoma around the world. The increasing cases have influenced the demand for novel medications for Merkel cell carcinoma treatment. Furthermore, strong immunotherapy uptake and favorable reimbursement are regarded as encouraging indicators for Merkel cell carcinoma treatment growth. The market is expected to grow due to increased research and development initiatives for the treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma.
The growth of the Merkel cell carcinoma treatment market is being limited by high treatment costs, the cancellation of late-stage clinical trials, a lack of public awareness, and side effects during the projection period. Nausea, skin changes, diarrhea, painful sores in the throat and mouth, exhaustion, and dry mouth or thick saliva are all side effects of external radiation therapy. The radiation's negative effects are transient, although some uncommon significant side effects may become permanent. Radiation to the chest can sometimes cause lung damage, which can cause breathing problems and shortness of breath.
Key Developments
Nantkwest, Inc. (Immunitybio) announced the start of phase 2 clinical investigation on triple combination immunological therapy for Merkel cell cancer treatment in January 2019. KEYTRUDA was approved by the FDA in December 2018 for treating pediatric and adult patients with metastatic or recurrent locally advanced Merkel cell carcinoma. On July 9, 2019, The Patient Advocate Foundation, a non-profit organization, offered funds for MCC patients to assist with treatment travel expenditures. Once accepted, the financial fund will pay $450 in one-time help to cover the costs of transportation to and from treatment appointments. According to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, a multidisciplinary team from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was awarded a five-year, $12 million grant to study Merkel cell cancer on April 16th, 2019.
By therapy, the Merkel cell carcinoma disease treatment market is segmented into chemotherapy, radiation therapy, combination therapies, surgical excision, immunotherapy, and others. Etoposide, cisplatin, carboplatin, and topotecan are the different types of chemotherapy. Because of growing research and reimbursement, the chemotherapy segment is expected to dominate the market in the projected period. Pembrolizumab and avelumab are two types of immunotherapy drugs. Due to the approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors, immunotherapy is likely to increase at a high rate over the forecast period.
By test type, the Merkel cell carcinoma disease treatment market is segmented into computerized axial tomography scan, positron emission tomography scan, biopsy test, immunohistochemistry test, and others. PET scans are effective and can be used to assess the presence of illness or other disorders in organs and/or tissues.
By end-users, the Merkel cell carcinoma disease treatment market is segmented into hospitals, home care, surgical centers, specialty clinics, and others. Preference for hospitals is expected to fuel segment growth due to the availability of innovative technology and a large number of facilities available on a single site.
By geography, the Merkel cell carcinoma disease treatment market is segmented into five regions North America, Europe, South America, Middle East and Africa, and Asia Pacific regions. Because of the rising cases of skin cancer and favorable government regulations as well as modern healthcare facilities, North America will hold the largest market share for Merkel cell carcinoma therapy in the projected period, followed by Europe. Because of increased government programs and a rapidly aging population, Asia-Pacific has emerged as the fastest-growing regional category in terms of revenue. Furthermore, China and Australia are seeing rising Merkel cell carcinoma incidences, which is boosting the need for treatment in these countries.
COVID-19 Insights
Due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures were placed, preventing patient movement and likely identification and overburdening healthcare systems. Smaller practices have closed completely, while larger firms are currently catering to emergencies. This, in turn, will have a major impact on the Merkel cell carcinoma market. The COVID 19 epidemic would lead to an extremely slow turnaround time for patients undergoing selected procedures.
Key Topics Covered:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
4. MARKET DYNAMICS
4.1. Market Drivers
4.2. Market Restraints
4.3. Porters Five Forces Analysis
4.3.1. Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.3.2. Bargaining Powers of Buyers
4.3.3. Threat of Substitutes
4.3.4. The Threat of New Entrants
4.3.5. Competitive Rivalry in Industry
4.4. Industry Value Chain Analysis
5. MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA DISEASE TREATMENT MARKET, BY THERAPY
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Chemotherapy
5.3. Immunotherapy
5.4. Surgical Excision
5.5. Radiation Therapy
5.6. Combination Therapy
5.7. Others
6. MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA DISEASE TREATMENT MARKET, BY TEST TYPE
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Computerized axial tomography scan
6.3. Positron emission tomography scan
6.4. Biopsy test
6.5. Immunohistochemistry test
6.6. Others
7. MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA DISEASE TREATMENT MARKET, BY END-USERS
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Hospitals
7.3. Homecare
7.4. Specialty Clinics and Surgical Centers
7.5. Others
8. MERKEL CELL CARCINOMA DISEASE TREATMENT MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY
9. COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND ANALYSIS
9.1. Major Players and Strategy Analysis
9.2. Emerging Players and Market Lucrative
9.3. Mergers, Acquisition, Agreements, and Collaborations
9.4. Vendor Competitiveness Matrix
10. COMPANY PROFILES
10.1. Merck KGaA
10.2. Pfizer Inc.
10.3. Takeda Oncology (Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
10.4. Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
10.5. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
10.6. OncoSec Medical Incorporated
10.7. McKesson Corporation
10.8. Amgen Inc.
10.9. Immunity Bio (NantKwest)
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DUBLIN, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "SaaS-based SCM Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The global SaaS-based SCM market reached a value of US$ 6.04 Billion in 2021. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach US$ 14.49 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 16% during 2022-2027. Keeping in mind the uncertainties of COVID-19, we are continuously tracking and evaluating the direct as well as the indirect influence of the pandemic on different end use industries. These insights are included in the report as a major market contributor.
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based supply chain management (SCM) refers to a software application used for on-premise and on-cloud management of supply chain processes. The software maintains the record of the inventory to increase productivity, eliminate duplication of work and standardize processes. It acts as a flexible system that automatically re-configures business processes based upon the current requirements. It also aids in minimizing capital expenses and operating costs and provides a faster return on investment with a limited workforce. As a result, it is commonly used for sourcing and procurement, order management, demand and operations planning and inventory, warehouse, and transportation management.
Rapid industrialization, along with increasing digitization across the globe, is one of the key factors driving the growth of the market. Organizations and manufacturing units are adopting automated and pre-programmed machinery to minimize the costs and overall time taken to produce goods or cater services. SaaS-based SCM tools provide constant monitoring and operational security, which is increasing their demand across various sectors. In line with this, these tools also store data on servers, thereby preventing the sudden loss of information due to uncertainties.
Additionally, various innovations, such as integration with the Internet of Things (IoT) and the development of hybrid and pay-as-you-go models for public and private deployments, are acting as other growth-inducing factors. Organizations are adopting these solutions for cost comparison, enhanced uptime, reliability and monitoring of supply and demand. Other factors, including the growing demand for solutions for improved traceability and visibility in the supply chain, along with developments in the information technology (IT) sector, are expected to drive the market further.
Competitive Landscape:
The report has also analysed the competitive landscape of the market with some of the key players being Blue Yonder Inc., Descartes Systems Group Inc., Epicor Software Corporation (KKR & Co. Inc.), Highjump Software Inc. (Korber AG), International Business Machines Corporation, Infor Inc. (Koch Industries, Inc.), Kinaxis Inc., Logility Inc. (American Software Inc.), Manhattan Associates Inc., Oracle Corporation and SAP SE.
Key Questions Answered in this Report
1. What is the market size for the global SaaS-based SCM market?
2. What is the global SaaS-based SCM market growth?
3. What is the global SaaS-based SCM market drivers?
4. What are the key industry trends in the global SaaS-based SCM market?
5. What is the impact of COVID-19 on the global SaaS-based SCM market?
6. What is the global SaaS-based SCM market breakup by solution?
7. What is the global SaaS-based SCM market breakup by deployment mode?
8. What is the global SaaS-based SCM market breakup by end user?
9. What is the global SaaS-based SCM market breakup by vertical?
10. What are the major regions in the global SaaS-based SCM market?
11. Who are the key companies/players in the global SaaS-based SCM market?
Key Topics Covered:
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global SaaS-based SCM Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Solution
6.1 Software
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Services
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Deployment Mode
7.1 Public
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Private
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Hybrid
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by End User
8.1 Large Enterprises
8.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Small and Medium Enterprises
8.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2 Market Forecast
9 Market Breakup by Application
9.1 Transportation Management
9.1.1 Market Trends
9.1.2 Market Forecast
9.2 Inventory and Warehouse Management
9.2.1 Market Trends
9.2.2 Market Forecast
9.3 Sourcing and Procurement Management
9.3.1 Market Trends
9.3.2 Market Forecast
9.4 Order Management
9.4.1 Market Trends
9.4.2 Market Forecast
9.5 Demand and Operations Planning
9.5.1 Market Trends
9.5.2 Market Forecast
9.6 Others
9.6.1 Market Trends
9.6.2 Market Forecast
10 Market Breakup by Vertical
10.1 Consumer Goods and Retail
10.1.1 Market Trends
10.1.2 Market Forecast
10.2 Food and Beverages
10.2.1 Market Trends
10.2.2 Market Forecast
10.3 Healthcare and Life Sciences
10.3.1 Market Trends
10.3.2 Market Forecast
10.4 Manufacturing
10.4.1 Market Trends
10.4.2 Market Forecast
10.5 Transportation and Logistics
10.5.1 Market Trends
10.5.2 Market Forecast
10.6 Others
10.6.1 Market Trends
10.6.2 Market Forecast
11 Market Breakup by Region
12 SWOT Analysis
13 Value Chain Analysis
14 Porters Five Forces Analysis
15 Price Analysis
16 Competitive Landscape
16.1 Market Structure
16.2 Key Players
16.3 Profiles of Key Players
16.3.1 Blue Yonder Inc
16.3.1.1 Company Overview
16.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.1.3 SWOT Analysis
16.3.2 Descartes Systems Group Inc
16.3.2.1 Company Overview
16.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.2.3 Financials
16.3.3 Epicor Software Corporation (KKR & Co. Inc.)
16.3.3.1 Company Overview
16.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.3.3 SWOT Analysis
16.3.4 Highjump Software Inc. (Korber AG)
16.3.4.1 Company Overview
16.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.4.3 SWOT Analysis
16.3.5 International Business Machines Corporation
16.3.5.1 Company Overview
16.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.5.3 Financials
16.3.5.4 SWOT Analysis
16.3.6 Infor Inc. (Koch Industries, Inc.)
16.3.6.1 Company Overview
16.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.7 Kinaxis Inc
16.3.7.1 Company Overview
16.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.7.3 Financials
16.3.8 Logility Inc. (American Software, Inc.)
16.3.8.1 Company Overview
16.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.9 Manhattan Associates Inc.
16.3.9.1 Company Overview
16.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.9.3 Financials
16.3.9.4 SWOT Analysis
16.3.10 Oracle Corporation
16.3.10.1 Company Overview
16.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.10.3 Financials
16.3.10.4 SWOT Analysis
16.3.11 SAP SE
16.3.11.1 Company Overview
16.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
16.3.11.3 Financials
16.3.11.4 SWOT Analysis
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FAIRFIELD, Conn., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HJ Sims (Sims), a privately held investment bank and wealth management firm founded in 1935, is pleased to announce the addition of two senior bankers, expanding the firm's public finance education practice. The Sims public finance education team provides comprehensive capital planning, structure and execution for charter schools, public and private education systems and institutions.
Richard (Rich) Harmon joins Sims as Executive Managing Director, Head of Public Finance Education to lead the firm's group, providing taxable and tax-exempt financing, as well as solutions for early stage capital, for education organizations nationwide. Rich brings 30+ years' experience in investment and commercial banking, having first launched his profession with Lancaster Pollard. Throughout his career, Rich has dedicated his work to education and built one of the leading charter school investment banking practices in the country. He most recently served as Head of Public Finance with BB&T Capital Markets/Truist Securities. Rich earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics at Denison University and a J.D. degree from Capital University Law School. Rich is based in Columbus, Ohio.
Robert (Rob) Nickell joins Sims as Executive Vice President, further developing the public finance education practice. Rob began his investment banking career as an analyst at Wells Fargo over 20 years ago. Since then, he has been a major driver in partnering with Rich to develop one of the preeminent charter school practices nationwide. Rob earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Emory University and his MBA from The University of Texas. Based in Dallas, TX, Rob also actively works on the West Coast.
"We are thrilled that Rich Harmon and Rob Nickell have joined Sims to grow our education practice. Sims has a long history of working with organizations that are committed to serving others in need, and share in our core values that are the hallmark of Sims. Rich and Rob are passionate about expanding and improving the quality of education, particularly for those children that are most vulnerable, and helping their communities flourish," said Aaron Rulnick, Managing Principal, HJ Sims.
Rulnick continued, "Rich and Rob have a strong history of building great teams, which is in large part due to their exceptional reputations and relationships in the education sector. We look forward to the industry knowledge and financing expertise that Rich and Rob bring to Sims and to working closely with them to build out our education practice."
As one of America's pioneering financial services firms and well-known for its taxable and tax-exempt municipal financings in the senior living sector, this major expansion of Sims' education practice supports the firm's commitment to enriching communities, organizations and the lives of its clients. "The entire Sims organization, particularly the firm's private wealth team, are eager to work with Rich and Rob broadening the market for charter school bonds. We are deeply committed to serving our clients with dedication, knowledge, passion and integrity," said William Sims, Managing Principal, HJ Sims.
"With our expert underwriting team, strong institutional and private client distribution networks, and the addition of two such highly regarded bankers, Sims is well-positioned and committed to meeting the needs of our clients in the education sector," said Jeffrey Sands, Managing Principal, HJ Sims. "Our dedicated team of financial professionals anticipate partnering with our education sector clients to deliver the innovative financing solutions we are so proud to execute for all clients. Our greatest pride is being a true partner in our clients' success. We know Rich and Rob share this sentiment," said Sands.
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NEW YORK, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the forecast period, the Industrial Enzymes industry will see an increase in spending of around USD 2.51 Billion. However, the majority of this expansion will be driven by only a few regions. Furthermore, due to their supplier base, North America, Europe, and APAC will have the most effect on the supply side.
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- Market growth 2022-2026: USD 2.51 Billion
- Growth momentum & CAGR: Accelerate at a CAGR of 6.65%
- Top Pricing Models: Volume-based pricing, and Competition-based pricing
- Key consumer countries: North America, Europe, and APAC
- Supplier Selection Criteria: Business needs, Technical specifications, Operational requirements, Security compliance, Regulatory mandates, Legal requirements, Quality control, Change management procedures, Pricing models, Penalty clauses, SLA nuances, Acceptance criteria, and Evaluation criteria
- Top Suppliers: Novozymes, DUPONT DE NEMOURS, and Koninklijke DSM
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DUBLIN, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Flip Classroom Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The global flip (Flipped) classroom market reached a value of US$ 1.6 Billion in 2021. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach US$ 4 Billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 16.92% during 2022-2027. Keeping in mind the uncertainties of COVID-19, we are continuously tracking and evaluating the direct as well as the indirect influence of the pandemic on different end use sectors. These insights are included in the report as a major market contributor.
A flip classroom is an innovative teaching model where the learning takes place through an online mode rather than the conventional classroom mode of teaching. In this setup, students watch live or pre-recorded lectures, work together with fellow students and take guidance from a mentor through the web. It provides learning flexibility to the students as they are free to learn at their own pace. The content available to the students in video and audio formats is more engaging and is retained better as this model encourages the student to practice self-study and provides ample opportunities to explore the subject themselves.
The increasing trend of digitization is one of the key factors driving the market growth. This, coupled with the growing popularity of personalized learning among the masses and the development of online education communities, has significantly contributed to the demand for flipped classrooms. Educational institutions are currently deploying flip learning programs as they enable enhanced interaction among students and teachers which helps instructors in effectively understanding the individual needs of each student.
Furthermore, they also allow easy understanding of any concept to the students who can access and download the lectures, usually stored in an online repository, and can rewind, pause and play them any number of times. Rising disposable income levels, increasing research and development (R&D) to improve the available educational facilities and technological innovations are also catalyzing the growth of the market.
Competitive Landscape:
The report has also analysed the competitive landscape of the market with some of the key players being Adobe, Cisco, Desire2Learn, Echo360, Panopto, Aptara, Articulate, City & Guilds, Crestron Electronics, Dell, Haiku Learning, Mediacore, N2N Services, OpenEye, Saba Software, Schoology, TechSmith, etc.
Key Questions Answered in this Report
1. What was the size of the global flip classroom market in 2021?
2. What is the expected growth rate of the global flip classroom market during 2022-2027?
3. What are the key factors driving the global flip classroom market?
4. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global flip classroom market?
5. What is the breakup of the global flip classroom market based on the product?
6. What is the breakup of the global flip classroom market based on the end-user?
7. What are the key regions in the global flip classroom market?
8. Who are the key players/companies in the global flip classroom market?
Key Topics Covered:
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Flip Classroom Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Breakup by Product
5.5 Market Breakup by End-User
5.6 Market Breakup by Region
5.7 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Product
6.1 Software
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Hardware
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3 Services
6.3.1 Market Trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by End-User
7.1 Higher Education
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 K-12
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Region
9 SWOT Analysis
10 Value Chain Analysis
11 Porters Five Forces Analysis
12 Price Analysis
12.1 Price Indicators
12.2 Price Structure
12.3 Margin Analysis
13 Competitive Landscape
13.1 Market Structure
13.2 Key Players
13.3 Profiles of Key Players
13.3.1 Adobe
13.3.2 Cisco
13.3.3 Desire2Learn
13.3.4 Echo360
13.3.5 Panopto
13.3.6 Aptara
13.3.7 Articulate
13.3.8 City & Guilds
13.3.9 Crestron Electronics
13.3.10 Dell
13.3.11 Haiku Learning
13.3.12 Mediacore
13.3.13 N2N Services
13.3.14 OpenEye
13.3.15 Saba Software
13.3.16 Schoology
13.3.17 TechSmith
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ADDISON, Texas, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) will host its 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions on 27-30 April, 2022. Attendees will meet in Boston, MA USA, marking the first time the ISHLT community has met in person since 2019. The event will include educational content spanning the breadth of clinical practice and research concerning heart and lung transplantation, advanced heart and lung disease, mechanical circulatory support, and pulmonary vascular disease. Virtual access to selected education will also be available after the meeting concludes.
Full-text abstracts and author information for the Annual Meeting, as well as details about all invited lecture presentations, are now available for review on the ISHLT2022 website under the Scientific Program.
"The 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the ISHLT offers a unique and exciting opportunity to hear about the latest advances in heart and lung disease, as well as transplantation," says Laurie Snyder, MD, MHS, ISHLT 2022 Scientific Program Chair. "With a wide range of topics including pediatrics, MCS, organ perfusion, infectious diseases, and pharmacology, the ISHLT2022 program planning committee has planned something for everyone. I am looking forward to seeing colleagues in Boston!"
Attendees of the meeting will be immersed in educational content covering the latest clinical advances, basic science research, and innovative technologies relevant to advanced cardiothoracic disease. Sessions include 36 symposia, three plenary sessions, 18 sunrise symposia, 46 oral abstract sessions, and 18 mini oral abstract sessions. Up to 29.25 continuing education credits will be available during most of the meeting's sessions; more information on CME is available at the Annual Meeting website.
Session topics span the four Interdisciplinary Networks of the ISHLT—Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation, Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH). Speakers at the event represent all ten of the ISHLT's Professional Communities (Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Nursing and Allied Health, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, and Research and Immunology).
ISHLT2022 will also feature special debates, conversations, and presentations at its plenary sessions, including featured abstracts and invited lecturers. The Opening Plenary will include a timely presentation entitled "How We Got Here: A Conversation About Xenotransplantation," featuring two leaders in the field: Richard N. Pierson, III, MD, and Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS. For a full look at the plenary sessions that will bring the entire conference together, visit the ISHLT2022 online program viewer.
In addition to the wide variety of educational opportunities at the meeting, ISHLT2022 is also a time for worldwide recognition in the field. ISHLT will present the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award at its second plenary session, honoring recipient Hannah Valantine, MD, MRCP. The closing plenary session will also feature the presentation of ISHLT's 2022 Research Grants and Scientific Abstract Awards by Awards Chair Kathleen Grady, PhD, APN, FAAN.
To help members build connections and camaraderie, ISHLT2022 has a variety of organized networking opportunities, including the new First-Time Attendee Orientation and Breakfast, refreshment breaks in the exhibit hall, and additional networking events for Professional Communities and specialties. For the most up to date times and locations, as well as new sessions that may be added, attendees can visit the Schedule at a Glance online or download the mobile app when it becomes available next month.
Representatives and members from the industry side of the cardiothoracic community will also attend meeting to share ideas, technology, and solutions. A sold-out Exhibit Hall will allow attendees to connect with industry partners to see the newest products and innovations. Industry Supporters will also host Industry Symposia, non-CME educational events where industry partners can share innovations and ideas.
Health and safety is a primary concern of the Society, and more information on COVID-19 protocols and precautions can be found on the ISHLT website.
"Our first in-person event since 2019 will be a celebration of our international, multidisciplinary community," says Greg Schultz, CAE, ISHLT Chief Executive Officer. "As always, it will become the place to be for people from clinical, research, academic, and industry settings who are invested in improving outcomes for patients. Like everyone else, I can't wait."
For more information about ISHLT2022, and to register for the event, visit ishlt.org/ishlt2022.
About ISHLT
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary professional organization dedicated to improving the care of patients with advanced heart or lung disease through transplantation, mechanical circulatory support and innovative therapies. With members in more than 45 countries, ISHLT is the world's largest organization dedicated to the research, education and advocacy of end-stage heart and lung disease. ISHLT members represent more than 15 different professional disciplines. For more information, visit www.ishlt.org.
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Lopez Negrete Communications Welcomes Hispanic Marketing Veteran Juan Ruiz as Director of Research
HOUSTON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lopez Negrete Communications, the nation's largest independently owned and operated Hispanic marketing agency, welcomes Juan Ruiz as Director of Research. Ruiz will bring experience analyzing the Hispanic consumer in the U.S. and help brands understand the growing Hispanic opportunity in the context of their categories.
Ruiz has an MBA from the University of Miami and more than 20 years of experience analyzing research results in the Hispanic market. Before joining Lopez Negrete Communications, he was Director of Hispanic Insights at Mintel, Research Director at C+R Research's Hispanic practice LatinoEyes, and held research positions at Synovate Diversity and Synovate Latin America.
"Juan is joining a team that is recognized for its deep expertise in Hispanic insights, using innovative approaches, and leveraging technology in research," says agency President/CEO Alex López Negrete. "He will continue our long-standing commitment to being the industry leader in uncovering deep cultural insights that play a key role in our fulfilling our promise of delivering Maximum Return on Cultural Intelligence™. We are very excited to have someone with the experience and track record that Juan has in our award-winning Strategic Business Planning Unit."
"I am grateful and honored to join a remarkable team that lives and breathes the growing Hispanic population," adds Juan Ruiz. "I am excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the agency's long tradition of uncovering meaningful insights and translating them into relevant strategies for an exceptional group of brands."
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CHICAGO, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today declared a quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share. The dividend is payable April 29, 2022 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2022. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.
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PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm Berger Montague today announces that the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey has issued an order allowing a class action lawsuit to proceed against Goya Foods, Inc. The action, brought by Plaintiffs Anibal Mejias, Jerry Fuller, Dennis Minter, and Jose Pena, alleges that Goya Foods has continuously misclassified its delivery truck drivers, also known as Owner Operators or Drivers, as independent contractors instead of employees, and as a result, made illegal deductions from the Drivers' wages for expenses and withheld overtime compensation due when the Drivers worked over 40 hours in a week. The Plaintiffs seek the reimbursement of all work expenses, unlawful deductions, and unpaid overtime compensation for themselves and the potential class members.
In the case, captioned Mejias et al. v. Goya Foods Inc., No. 2:20-cv-12365 (D.N.J.), Goya had moved to dismiss the expense deduction claims in the action, but the federal court in New Jersey rejected Goya's arguments that the federal Truth in Leasing Act insulated Goya from complying with the wage and hour laws and allowed the Plaintiffs' claims to proceed. Specifically, the Court held that Goya failed to meet its heavy burden to establish that the TIL regulations preempted state laws requiring that Goya pay for the work expenses and not deduct them from the Drivers' wages.
"We are pleased with the Court's decision and look forward to having the opportunity to prove that Goya misclassified its Drivers as independent contractors, and to recovering the hard-earned compensation that the Drivers are owed," said Alexandra K. Piazza of Berger Montague PC, one of the lead attorneys prosecuting the case. "There are Drivers located throughout New Jersey, Massachusetts, and other states, and we encourage any Driver with information or evidence that can assist us with the case to contact us.
The case will proceed through the discovery process, and Plaintiffs' Counsel, Shanon J. Carson and Alexandra K. Piazza of Berger Montague PC and David E. Cassidy and Yelena Kofman-Delgado of Vlasac & Shmaruk, LLC, are continuing their investigation of Goya's failure to properly compensate its Drivers. Anyone with information about the claims in the action, including current or former Goya Drivers, is invited to contact the attorneys on the case at (215) 875-3033 or via email at [email protected] They can also visit the website www.bergermontague.com/GoyaLawsuit for further information.
Berger Montague is a national plaintiffs' law firm headquartered in Philadelphia with additional offices in Minneapolis, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. Berger Montague litigates complex civil litigation and class actions in federal and state courts throughout the United States. In its 52 years of operation, the Firm has pioneered class actions in America and recovered well over $36 billion for its clients and the class members it has represented.
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SOURCE Berger Montague | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-jersey-federal-court-pushes-forward-class-action-lawsuit-against-goya-foods-inc-for-illegal-deductions-from-drivers-pay-301493261.html | 2022-03-02T02:10:00 | en | 0.949188 |
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The USDA Forest Service, the National Association of State Foresters and the Ad Council are reminding Americans everywhere of important wildfire prevention tips with new PSAs featuring a virtual Artificial Intelligence Smokey Bear assistant. In both digital and radio spots, Smokey's AI Assistant gives answers to some of the top questions Americans have about outdoor fire safety.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9021051-ad-council-wildfire-prevention/
"As we look ahead into this fire year, it's as important as ever for all Americans to join Smokey Bear and do their part in preventing unwanted, human caused wildfires," said USDA Forest Service National Wildfire Prevention Program Manager Maureen Brooks. "This new campaign reminds all of us to be responsible when enjoying the outdoors."
This year's PSAs – developed by FCB, the creative agency that's been with Smokey Bear since his introduction in 1944 – teach the basics in careful outdoor grilling and safe campfire building. Additional resources on how to spend time outdoors responsibly – including tips for visiting local green spaces and burning yard debris, as well as free coloring books and activity guides for educators and parents – are available at SmokeyBear.com.
Todd Sussman, FCB NY Chief Strategy Officer said "Smokey Bear has been an iconic character and part of the FCB story since 1944. With each new campaign we are constantly revisiting how he can stay true to his purpose, while still embodying new innovations to keep him relevant today. Through Smokey's AI Assistant, we've doubled down on our continued core mission to unleash creativity fueled by diversity, data and technology for all of our clients."
"This year, Smokey Bear is going beyond his usual message that 'Only You Can Prevent Wildfires,'" said Ad Council Chief Campaign Development Officer Michelle Hillman. "Smokey's an icon across many different media, and we're happy to see him now featured as an AI Assistant voice that helps with fire-related questions, from grilling to putting out campfires."
"Have you ever wondered: 'what would Smokey Bear do?' State forestry agencies want to make sure you have all the answers when it comes to wildfire prevention," said Jay Farrell, National Association of State Foresters Executive Director. "Smokey's AI Assistant has answered some of your questions, but we know you have more. Consider asking your state forestry agency for help or visiting SmokeyBear.com for step-by-step safety guides on equipment maintenance and debris burning."
In addition to the AI Assistant, the campaign partnered with design lab Amplifier to develop new artworks and coloring book pages as educational resources to teach students the importance of wildfire prevention. The art features Smokey Bear reimagined in a variety of different styles, including 16-bit and anime, and was sent to the teachers of over 1 million students across the country. The work was also converted into gifs that can be shared online.
This campaign is an extension of the USDA Forest Service, National Association of State Foresters and Ad Council's ongoing partnership to prevent human-caused, unwanted wildfires where we live, work and play. To learn more about wildfire prevention, visit SmokeyBear.com.
The Ad Council
The Ad Council has a long history of creating life-saving public service communications in times of national crisis, starting in the organization's earliest days during World War II to September 11th and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Its deep relationships with media outlets, the creative community, issue experts and government leaders make the organization uniquely poised to quickly distribute life-saving information to millions of Americans.
The Ad Council is where creativity and causes converge. The non-profit organization brings together the most creative minds in advertising, media, technology and marketing to address many of the nation's most important causes. The Ad Council has created many of the most iconic campaigns in advertising history. Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. Smokey Bear. Love Has No Labels.
The Ad Council's innovative social good campaigns raise awareness, inspire action and save lives. To learn more, visit AdCouncil.org, follow the Ad Council's communities on Facebook and Twitter, and view the creative on YouTube.
U.S.D.A. Forest Service
The Forest Service is the agency responsible for overseeing the use of Smokey Bear in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters and the Ad Council. The Forest Service manages 193 million acres of national forests and grasslands for the American Public. Its mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
National Association of State Foresters
Since its start in 1920, the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) has served as a leading authority on forest management in the United States. NASF's members are the primary delivery system for forest management activities nationwide. They conserve, enhance, and protect state and private forests, which encompass nearly two-thirds of the nation's forests, and are responsible for wildfire protection on more than 1.5 billion acres. Learn more at www.stateforesters.org.
SOURCE Ad Council | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-smokey-bear-psas-feature-a-fictional-ai-assistant-to-remind-americans-of-important-wildfire-prevention-tips-301493327.html | 2022-03-02T02:10:06 | en | 0.950611 |
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omron Automation Americas recently announced Valiant TMS as a new partner in its Certified Systems Integrator program. Valiant TMS has been a full-service, global supplier of intelligent automation solutions in the automotive, aerospace, and heavy industry sectors for over 62 years. A leader in digital transformation and Industry 4.0 integration, Valiant TMS has the systems, processes, resources, and capacity that make them an ideal partner.
About the Omron Certified System Integrator program
The Omron Certified Systems Integrator program matches best-in-class solution providers with the technology, training, and resources required to deliver innovative and competitive solutions. With the rapid growth in automation technologies, manufacturers and business partners strive to deliver open and secure Industry 4.0 solutions that support flexible manufacturing and deliver a competitive advantage. The combined strength of this relationship solves customer challenges today while enabling more efficient, fully integrated systems that will successfully weather future demands.
For Omron, systems integrators play a critical role in designing and delivering fully integrated automation solutions. They also possess industry and application expertise in implementing the latest technologies from Omron. "Valiant TMS brings exceptional expertise and credibility to customers. They have proven capabilities integrating the Omron Sysmac platform and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) across multiple applications, ensuring customers stay ahead of industry demands, production challenges and labor shortages," says Peter Brouwer, Vice President of Sales, Omron Automation Americas. "Today's manufacturing operations have an increased need for flexibility and customizations. Turning to partners that have experience and expertise with advanced automation and AMR technology is key for plants leveraging Industry 4.0 to meet modern production requirements. We are excited to welcome Valiant to our program."
"Valiant TMS is proud to collaborate with Omron to develop intelligent automation solutions around the globe leveraging the latest technologies to create smart and sustainable factories for the world's leading companies," says David Bustamante, Vice President of Engineering, Valiant TMS. "This partnership will not only mutually benefit our operations in markets and sectors which we have in common, but will serve as a gateway for growth into those areas that we each independently serve."
About Valiant TMS
Valiant TMS is a full-service Industry 4.0 system integrator, leading the way in digitalization, process development, design, and technology integration. The company specializes in welding and joining, automated assembly and test, industrial parts washers, and final assembly systems. Valiant TMS is developing advanced AMR solutions utilizing Omron's core technology.
About Omron Automation
Omron Automation is an industrial automation partner that creates, sells, and services fully integrated automation solutions that include sensing, control, safety, vision, motion, robotics, and more. Established in 1933 and currently headed by President Yoshihito Yamada, Omron's 30,000 employees help businesses solve problems with creativity in more than 110 countries. Learn more at automation.omron.com
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LOS ANGELES, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California cannabis IP company Perfect Herbal Blends, Inc. (www.perfect-blends.com) announced that its first composition of matter patent (US 11,253,564) covering the company's novel infused flower cannabis products has been granted by the USPTO.
The award comes after three years of R&D, developing cannabis flower products that deliver a fresh from harvest taste and consistent experiences to consumers. Consistency is achieved by protecting the volatile terpenes responsible for flavor, aroma, and distinct effects. The patented invention and company's proprietary manufacturing process enables the company to make consistent products available in multiple markets. Cannabis flower products originating in California can now be recreated in every region.
The patent covers both marijuana and hemp products, focusing on the Entourage of Interest (EOI) of terpenes and cannabinoids which provides the desired and consistent effects of Perfect's proprietary cannabis blends Happy Camper, Pick Me Up, NightCap, and soon to be released Sexpot.
While cannabinoids, like THC and CBD are touted as the active compounds in cannabis, terpenes play a significant role in flavor and fragrance of cannabis and are increasingly appreciated for their role in the "entourage effect". The patent claims broadly and specifically cover the terpene content, THC to CBD ratios in Perfect's infused flower products, and the stability of the EOI.
"This patent is an exciting foundation for the portfolio of IP we have developed," Perfect Herbal Blends co-founder and CEO Dean Hollander said. "Consistency is vital to building brands consumers can rely on. This innovation paves the way for stable and higher quality cannabis products that can truly scale globally."
Focusing on the future of cannabis, Perfect Herbal Blends has additional patent applications pending, covering compositions of matter, methods of making them, and its innovative two-sided pre-roll called the PERFECTO. The newly granted patent plays a significant role in the company's future and is a foundation for Perfect's IP portfolio which protects their proprietary process for creating products containing a selected EOI.
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Perfect designs blended formulations using 100% cannabis and cannabis oil, combined with breakthrough terpene preservation methods resulting in extended shelf life and product consistency. Perfect's infused blends deliver consistent effects, quality, flavor, and potency. Rated #1 on Proper, Perfect blends terpene-rich varieties do what no single plant can do.
SOURCE Perfect | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/perfect-herbal-blends-awarded-infused-cannabis-product-patent-by-uspto-301493317.html | 2022-03-02T02:10:24 | en | 0.932667 |
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global engineering and design company RLE International announced today it will establish a new Modification and Engineering Center in Kansas City, investing $7.5 million and creating 85 high-paying jobs. RLE's state-of-the-art facility will provide complex engineering, design, and build solutions for automotive and mobility clients.
"Missouri is a global leader in innovation and advanced manufacturing, which support our robust automotive industry and many others," said Governor Mike Parson. "Our state is proud to welcome RLE as a valuable addition to an already vibrant automotive sector in Kansas City. These 85 new high-paying jobs will strengthen the region's economy as well as provide life changing opportunities for Missouri families."
RLE International is involved in the development of new vehicles with a wide range of customers. The company helps manufacturers and start-ups develop, refine, and test electric vehicles from initial vision to production. RLE's new facility, a low-volume production Modification Center, will be located within Hunt Midwest's SubTropolis. Known for its security and eco-friendly environment, SubTropolis is the world's largest underground business complex. It also provides controlled temperature and humidity levels, in addition to railroad and highway access.
"Our team at RLE International offers an upfront innovation strategy to transform customers' base vehicles to a range of design variants, right from ideation, through design and development, and into low-volume production," said Robert Kokx, President of RLE USA. "With the addition of our Mod Center, we can offer a 'one-stop shop' solution to our clients. We are truly excited to join forces with the talented people Kansas City has to offer and together take on our new possibilities."
New positions at RLE's facility will include Plant Manager, Operations Manager, Engineering Manager, Quality Manager, IT systems engineer, production supervisors, human resource generalists, and more. The 85 new jobs will pay an average annual salary of more than $67,000, which is well above the county average wage. A list of employment opportunities are available on RLE's website.
"This expansion is another example that our emphasis on a skilled workforce and favorable business climate is making a difference for our economy," said Department of Economic Development Acting Director Maggie Kost. "Collaborative efforts statewide continue to attract leading companies who are strengthening key sectors, creating jobs and improving the lives of Missourians. We're grateful for the teamwork that helped secure this significant investment, and look forward to welcoming RLE to Kansas City."
"As the second-largest auto hub in North America, the KC region is a key location for RLE International as the company continues to innovate and grow within the industry," said Tim Cowden, President and CEO of the Kansas City Area Development Council. "The $19 billion transportation manufacturing industry in KC allows companies, including RLE, to streamline supply chain operations and lower operating costs."
"As America's crossroads, Kansas City, Missouri is excited to welcome RLE," said Steven Anthony, Executive Director of Business Development for the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City. "Our location, availability of skilled talent, and our business climate will serve RLE very well. We look forward to welcoming them to our community."
"Missouri is a leader in the automotive and mobility sector, and we are thrilled to welcome RLE to Missouri," said Subash Alias, CEO of Missouri Partnership. "They are an innovative company, creating life-changing jobs for Missourians. We look forward to their success and growth in Missouri."
About Missouri Partnership
Missouri Partnership is a public-private economic development organization focused on attracting new jobs and investment to the state and promoting Missouri's business strengths. Since 2008, Missouri Partnership has worked with partners statewide to attract companies that have created 29,000+ new jobs, $1.5 billion+ in new annual payroll, and $4 billion+ in new capital investment. Some recent successful projects that led to major investment in Missouri include Accenture Federal Services LLC, Amazon, Casey's, Chewy, Inc., Square, Swift Prepared Foods, USDA, and Veterans United.
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NEW YORK, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Apria, Inc. (NASDAQ: APR)'s sale to Owens & Minor, Inc. for $37.50 per share in cash. If you are an Apria shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ: RCM)'s merger with Cloudmed. Upon closing of the merger, R1 shareholders are expected to own approximately 70% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis while Cloudmed equity holders are expected to own approximately 30%. If you are a RCM shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
Skillsoft Corp. (NYSE: SKIL)'s merger with Codecademy. If you are a Skillsoft shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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As Levi's® Stadium prepares to host the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship Game, it's a perfect opportunity to recognize some of the notable San Francisco 49ers alumni who won a natty during their college careers.
Be sure to head HERE to secure your tickets for the big game on Jan. 7, 2019.
With that, we begin this "National Champions" series with one of the Mount Rushmore faces of 49ers history – Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana. Before becoming a four-time Super Bowl Champion, Montana led the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a national championship in 1977.
It was an unorthodox year for Montana in that he started the season as Notre Dame's No. 3 quarterback. But after an ugly home loss against Ole Miss in Week 2 and amid an early deficit against Purdue in Week 3, head coach Dan Devine turned to Montana. Montana led a comeback as the Fighting Irish ultimately topped the Boilermakers, 31-24.
Notre Dame still faced an uphill battle as it attempted to climb back atop the national rankings. A decisive, 49-19, win against fifth-ranked USC put the Irish back in the conversation among the best teams in the country. They'd go on to run the table for the rest of the season, securing a 10-1 record before a matchup against top-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. A 38-10 route of Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell and the Longhorns made the Irish consensus national champions.
It's the start of March Madness. Let's take a look which members of the 49ers will see their Alma Maters in the big dance.
Below is a Q&A regarding Montana's top memories from the season.
49ers.com: How would you describe that season, given the huge expectations going into the year?
Montana: "It didn't get off to the start that everyone expected, but then we got things back aligned. We had a pretty good team. We should have never lost a game. We put ourselves in a bad spot losing to Ole Miss in the second game of the season. It was a battle climbing back up in the rankings. Beating USC the way we beat them (49-19) helped us get back up there. Still, nobody gave us a chance against Texas in the Cotton Bowl. They had every trophy – the Heisman (Earl Campbell), the Outland (Brad Shearer), the best kicker, the best punter – everything you could imagine. But our defense was pretty tough. I'm pretty sure nine of those 11 starters went on to be NFL starters."
49ers.com: Were you surprised how much you handled Texas despite all the talent on its roster?
Montana: "We were all pretty confident in our ability to win the game, but I don't think we thought it was going to get out of control like that. One of the biggest keys was Bob Golic on Earl Campbell. There's a picture of Bob standing up Earl despite playing with a torn hamstring. Our defense played really well."
49ers.com: What does it mean to be a national champion and how does it stack up to the rest of your football achievements?
Montana: "It's one of those things that means more and more as the years go by. You look back and you recognize how difficult it was to get to that point. It was a pretty special time because we were in one of the top programs in the country. The friendships that I made were similar to those I made in the NFL. Winning a national championship is right up there with all of the Super Bowls. I keep that ring with all the rest of my rings." | https://www.49ers.com/news/national-champions-joe-montana-notre-dame-1977 | 2022-03-02T02:10:36 | en | 0.978267 |
DUBLIN, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Lymphedema Treatment Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis - by Condition Type, Treatment Type, and End-User" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The lymphedema treatment market is projected to reach US$ 11.58 billion by 2028 from US$ 8.15 billion in 2021; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2021 to 2028.
The report highlights trends prevailing in the market and factors driving its growth. The growth of the lymphedema treatment market is attributed to the escalating incidence of secondary lymphedema, and the increasing number of healthcare services and lymphedema management programs. However, the lack of awareness restrains the market growth.
According to the Cleveland Clinic report, damage to the lymphatic system or disruption in lymphatic flow can lead to lymphedema. In this disease, lymph fluids drain into soft tissues, causing swelling, which can occur anywhere in the body. In most cases, the condition occurs in arms and legs. Apart from that, cancer surgeries and radiation treatments may cause lymphedema among patients.
For instance, a report published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) states that the incidence of lymphedema is more common in oncologic patients. For example, 1 in 5 women surviving from breast cancer suffers from lymphedema. Radiation therapy to the chest wall is associated with the development of edema, particularly in the irradiated breast. For example, a report by the National Cancer Institute states that the lymphedema prevalence rate is as high as 75% among patients with cancer of head and neck, with high-dose radiation and combined surgery being major risk factors. Highly effective and advanced cancer treatment options may help minimize the risk of lymphedema. Therefore, major players in the cancer treatment market are highly focused on offering innovative products and obtaining approvals for the same.
Based on condition type, the global lymphedema treatment market has been segmented into primary lymphedema and secondary lymphedema. The secondary lymphedema segment held a larger share of the market in 2021. The primary lymphedema segment is anticipated to register a higher CAGR in the market during the forecast period.
Based on treatment type, the global lymphedema treatment market has been segmented into laser therapy, compression devices and bandaging, drug therapy, physiological procedures, debulking procedures, and others. The physiological procedures are further bifurcated into lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) and vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT). The debulking procedures are further categorized as surgical debulking, liposuction, and others. The compression devices and bandaging segment held the largest market share in 2021. Moreover, the physiological procedure segment is anticipated to register the highest CAGR in the market during the forecast period. This is mainly due to the appropriate treatment procedures performed on lymphedema patients through LVA and VLNT. These two procedures are appropriate treatment options for lymphedema suffering patients.
Based on end-user, the lymphedema treatment market has been segmented into hospitals, clinics, clinical research organizations (CROs), and others (ambulatory care centers and primary care centers). The hospitals segment held the largest share in 2021. The market growth of this segment is ascribed to the launch of innovative products by prominent players for enabling the maximum utilization of resources in hospitals. For example, in September 2020, Paul Hartmann announced partnership with Apollo Hospitals Group in India and West China Hospitals with a prime focus on the operation of wound care clinics and ambulances, medical training, and products and services. Such a factor is expected to drive the lymphedema treatment market over the forecast period.
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1. Introduction
2. Key Takeaways
3. Research Methodology
4. Lymphedema Treatment Market - Market Landscape
4.1 Overview
4.2 PEST Analysis
4.2.1 North America PEST Analysis
4.2.2 Europe PEST Analysis
4.2.3 Asia Pacific PEST Analysis
4.2.4 Middle East And Africa PEST Analysis
4.2.5 South And Central America PEST Analysis
4.3 Experts Opinion
5. Lymphedema Treatment Market - Key Market Dynamics
5.1 Market Drivers
5.1.1 Rising Incidence of Lymphedema Cases
5.1.2 Increasing Healthcare Services and Lymphedema Management Programs
5.2 Market Restraints
5.2.1 Lack of Awareness and Skilled Professionals
5.3 Market Opportunities
5.3.1 Rising Treatment Options
5.4 Future Trends
5.4.1 Use of Robotics for Lymphedema Treatment
5.5 Impact Analysis
6. Lymphedema Treatment Market- Global Analysis
6.1 Global Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue Forecast and Analysis
6.2 Global Lymphedema Treatment Market, By Geography - Forecast and Analysis
6.3 Market Positioning of Key Players
7. Global Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts To 2028- by Condition Type
7.1 Overview
7.2 Global Lymphedema Treatment Market, By Condition Type, 2021 & 2028 (%)
7.3 Primary Lymphedema
7.3.1 Overview
7.3.2 Primary Lymphedema: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
7.4 Secondary Lymphedema
7.4.1 Overview
7.4.2 Secondary Lymphedema: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8. Global Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts To 2028- by Treatment Type
8.1 Overview
8.2 Global Lymphedema Treatment Market, By Treatment Type, 2021 & 2028 (%)
8.3 Laser Therapy
8.3.1 Overview
8.3.2 Laser Therapy: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.4 Compression Devices and Bandaging
8.4.1 Overview
8.4.2 Compression Devices and Bandaging: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.5 Drug Therapy
8.5.1 Overview
8.5.2 Drug Therapy: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.6 Physiological Procedures
8.6.1 Overview
8.6.2 Physiological Procedures: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.6.2.1 Lymphovenous Anastomosis (LVA)
8.6.2.1.1 Overview
8.6.2.1.2 Lymphovenous Anastomosis (LVA): Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.6.2.2 Vascularized Lymph Nodes Transfer (VLNT)
8.6.2.2.1 Overview
8.6.2.2.2 Vascularized Lymph Nodes Transfer (VLNT): Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.7 Debulking Procedures
8.7.1 Overview
8.7.2 Debulking Procedures: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.7.2.1 Surgical Debulking
8.7.2.1.1 Overview
8.7.2.1.2 Surgical Debulking: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.7.2.2 Liposuction
8.7.2.2.1 Overview
8.7.2.2.2 Liposuction: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.7.2.3 Others
8.7.2.3.1 Overview
8.7.2.3.2 Others: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
8.8 Others
8.8.1 Overview
8.8.2 Others: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
9. Global Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts To 2028- by End-User
9.1 Overview
9.2 Global Lymphedema Treatment Market, By End-User, 2021 & 2028 (%)
9.3 Hospitals
9.3.1 Overview
9.3.2 Hospitals: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
9.4 Clinics
9.4.1 Overview
9.4.2 Clinics: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
9.5 Clinical Research Organization (CRO's)
9.5.1 Overview
9.5.2 Clinical Research Organizations (CRO's): Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
9.6 Others
9.6.1 Overview
9.6.2 Others: Lymphedema Treatment Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 (US$ Million)
10. North America Market Revenue and Forecasts to 2028 - Geographical Analysis
11. Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic on Lymphedema Treatment Market
11.1 North America: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic
11.2 Europe: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic
11.3 Asia-Pacific: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic
11.4 Middle East and Africa: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic
11.5 South and Central America: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic
12. Lymphedema Treatment Market-Industry Landscape
12.1 Overview
12.2 Growth Strategies by Market Players (%)
12.3 Organic Developments
12.3.1 Overview
12.4 Inorganic Developments
12.4.1 Overview
13. Company Profiles
13.1 Bio Compression Systems Inc
13.1.1 Key Facts
13.1.2 Business Description
13.1.3 Products and Services
13.1.4 Financial Overview
13.1.5 SWOT Analysis
13.1.6 Key Developments
13.2 Tactile Medical
13.2.1 Key Facts
13.2.2 Business Description
13.2.3 Products and Services
13.2.4 Financial Overview
13.2.5 SWOT Analysis
13.2.6 Key Developments
13.3 Smith & Nephew
13.3.1 Key Facts
13.3.2 Business Description
13.3.3 Products and Services
13.3.4 Financial Overview
13.3.5 SWOT Analysis
13.3.6 Key Developments
13.4 BSN medical GmbH
13.4.1 Key Facts
13.4.2 Business Description
13.4.3 Products and Services
13.4.4 Financial Overview
13.4.5 SWOT Analysis
13.4.6 Key Developments
13.5 Lohmann & Rauscher GmbH & Co. KG
13.5.1 Key Facts
13.5.2 Business Description
13.5.3 Products and Services
13.5.4 Financial Overview
13.5.5 SWOT Analysis
13.5.6 Key Developments
13.6 SIGVARIS GROUP
13.6.1 Key Facts
13.6.2 Business Description
13.6.3 Products and Services
13.6.4 Financial Overview
13.6.5 SWOT Analysis
13.6.6 Key Developments
13.7 ThermoTek
13.7.1 Key Facts
13.7.2 Business Description
13.7.3 Products and Services
13.7.4 Financial Overview
13.7.5 SWOT Analysis
13.7.6 Key Developments
13.8 Huntleigh Healthcare Limited
13.8.1 Key Facts
13.8.2 Business Description
13.8.3 Products and Services
13.8.4 Financial Overview
13.8.5 SWOT Analysis
13.8.6 Key Developments
13.9 3M Company
13.9.1 Key Facts
13.9.2 Business Description
13.9.3 Products and Services
13.9.4 Financial Overview
13.9.5 SWOT Analysis
13.9.6 Key Developments
13.10 Mego Afek ltd
13.10.1 Key Facts
13.10.2 Business Description
13.10.3 Products and Services
13.10.4 Financial Overview
13.10.5 SWOT Analysis
13.10.6 Key Developments
14. Appendix
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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Institute of Peace together with the VII Foundation will open "Imagine: Reflections on Peace," a multimedia exhibit that explores the themes and challenges of peacebuilding through an immersive look at societies that suffered — and survived — violent conflict.
Using historical photos, texts, video profiles and interactive opportunities, the Imagine exhibit brings visitors face-to-face with the realities of violent conflict and asks the question: "Why is it so difficult to make a good peace when it is so easy to imagine?"
Conceived and designed by the VII Foundation, this in-person experience will be located at USIP's Washington, D.C., headquarters. This exhibit also gives visitors a chance to engage with the Institute's on-the-ground peacebuilding work — as well as learn about practical actions they themselves can take to make the world more peaceful.
The exhibit will run from June 2 through August 1 and will be open to the public on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10:00am – 4:00pm. Admission is free, ticket times must be reserved in advance.
For information on the exhibit or to sign up for tickets, visit: https://www.usip.org/imagine
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SOURCE United States Institute of Peace | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-institute-of-peace-and-the-vii-foundation-announce-exhibit-opening-imagine-reflections-on-peace-301493277.html | 2022-03-02T02:10:48 | en | 0.948994 |
Ventra Health Announces Jason Greenberg, M.D. as Chief Client Officer.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist to lead client engagement.
DALLAS, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventra Health, an industry leader in revenue cycle management, practice management, and advisory services for hospital-based physician specialties, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Greenberg, M.D. as Chief Client Officer.
Dr. Greenberg joins Ventra Health from Anesthesia Care Associates Medical Group, where he led as President and CEO. Prior to that appointment, he also served as President and CEO of Northern California Anesthesia Physicians. Dr. Greenberg is a Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist with over a decade of experience as both a practicing clinician at a large tertiary care hospital, and in leadership of a large and growing medical practice. He has been actively involved in his medical society, and currently serves on the ASA committee on Practice Management.
Dr. Greenberg received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Northwestern University and attended medical school at The University of Chicago. Dr. Greenberg completed his anesthesia residency at The University of California, San Francisco and was a Harvard Fellow in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at The Brigham and Women's Hospital.
"The business of medicine is increasingly complex. As a practicing physician and former Ventra client, I intimately understand the challenges our clients face. I am thrilled to bring my unique perspective to all of our clients and help steer them in the direction of success." said Dr. Greenberg.
Ventra Health's CEO, Michael O'Boyle, stated: "The addition of Dr. Greenberg is a seminal moment in the development of Ventra Health's executive leadership team. We are building a company dedicated to serving our hospital-based physician specialty clients at the highest level, and adding a physician as highly credentialed as Dr. Greenberg to the team as Chief Client Officer further embodies our commitment. Dr. Greenberg has had an exceptionally distinguished career as a physician leader, and we could not ask for a more qualified individual to represent and advocate for the interest of our clients."
About Ventra Health:
Ventra Health is a leading healthcare organization focused on tech-enabled revenue cycle management, practice management, and advisory solutions for hospital-based physicians. Ventra partners with private practices, hospitals, health systems, and physician management organizations to deliver market-leading solutions that solve healthcare providers' most complex revenue and reimbursement issues.
Backed by Varsity Healthcare Partners, Ventra Health represents the acquisitions of DuvaSawko, Gottlieb, and Abeo, who collectively served the emergency medicine, hospital medicine, and anesthesia market.
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SOURCE Ventra Health | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ventra-health-announces-jason-greenberg-md-as-chief-client-officer-301493280.html | 2022-03-02T02:10:54 | en | 0.967332 |
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