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RE/MAX Vernon Salt Fowler has turned pumpkin picking into funds for a charitable cause.
The realtors once again held their annual Pumpkin Fest pumpkin picking and charity event at the pumpkin patch on St. Annes Road in Armstrong. They provided hot dogs, hot chocolate, coffee, and treats for the kids and coupons for free pumpkins.
Most importantly, Salt Fowler raised $1,438 in matched donations for the Vernon and District Animal Care Society.
“This year was an amazing turnout with the weather being so beautiful and so many folks in town for Thanksgiving. We are so happy with the results, this is going to be our biggest charity donation yet from this event” said Gord Fowler, co-founder of RE/MAX Vernon Salt Fowler.
Salt Fowler has a history of giving back to their clients and to the community. In the past they have provided their clients with tickets to Vernon Vipers hockey games and admission to the water slide park. At Salt Fowler, a portion of each sale is reserved for charity and distributed at the end of the year to Hospice House or to local clients that have fallen on hard times.
This year, local businesses including Tim Horton’s, Caufield’s Engraving, Helmut’s Sausage Kitchen, Kal Tire, Vernon Teach and Learn and Buy Low Foods participated in Pumpkin Fest with contributions to support the annual event.
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As criticism piles on from politicians, pundits and interest groups, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem says he’s felt no threat to the institution’s independence.
“I do not have any concerns about the bank’s independence being under threat,” Macklem said in an interview with The Canadian Press on Wednesday.
Over the last year, the central bank has been under intense scrutiny for both its policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the extraordinary steps it has taken this year to clamp down on decades-high inflation.
“Yes, we’re getting lots of tough questions. People should be asking those tough questions. But I have felt no threat to our independence,” Macklem went on to say.
Since March, the Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate six times consecutively, embarking on one of the fastest monetary policy tightening cycles in its history.
The rate hikes have been in response to inflation reaching levels not seen in nearly four decades. Canada’s annual inflation rate was 6.9 per cent in September. It has been steadily declining since reaching its highest rate this year of 8.1 per cent in June.
The ongoing rate hike cycle has sparked loud criticism from progressive voices concerned about the effect it is having on employment, as forecasters are increasingly expecting higher interest rates to trigger a recession.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 21, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said that while he supports the central bank’s independence, he warned that another rate hike will have a “serious impact on families.”
When asked by reporters Tuesday about the letter, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland acknowledged the economic pain Canadians are facing but noted that institutional stability is important during challenging economic times, with the Bank of Canada’s independence playing an important role in ensuring stability.
Singh’s criticism didn’t stop the Bank of Canada from announcing a half-percentage point rate hike on Wednesday and signalling it wasn’t done raising rates just yet.
During a news conference on Wednesday, Macklem said the Bank of Canada is facing tough decisions, and when decisions are difficult, the central bank’s independence becomes more important.
He later echoed that message in his interview with The Canadian Press.
“Lots of people are giving us advice on what we should do,” Macklem said.
However, there’s a reason why central banks are independent institutions, he added.
“The reason is that there are tough decisions to take, and you do have to look longer term. And it’s at times like this, that when it’s difficult, that you see the value of the independence of central banks.”
Criticism of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa most notably began with official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has heavily criticized the central bank’s government bond purchase program at the start of the pandemic.
He’s claimed the bank printed money to enable federal spending, thereby fueling inflation. While running to be leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Poilievre vowed to fire Macklem if he became prime minister, though he has not explained how he plans to get rid of the governor given the Bank of Canada Act would not give him that power.
Macklem was appointed by the bank’s board of directors with the approval of the governor in council for a seven-year period. His term runs to June 2027.
In response to claims that the Bank of Canada printed money, the central bank took to social media this summer to try to set the record straight, though that has not stopped members of the Conservative party from attacking the central bank.
Many economists and market watchers have criticized the Bank of Canada for not raising interest rates earlier, and the central bank itself has indicated that stimulus measures went on for too long.
Last month, Bank of Canada deputy governor Paul Beaudry said in hindsight, governments and central banks should have withdrawn stimulus measures earlier as economies recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, which likely would have kept a lid on inflation.
Now, the Bank of Canada has swung in the other direction this year, raising rates aggressively and triggering new criticism.
In its latest monetary policy report, the Bank of Canada revised its economic projections, now accounting for a significant economic slowdown.
It expects economic growth to stall by the end of this year and in the first two quarters of 2023, with growth somewhere between zero and 0.5 per cent, before gaining ground in the second half of next year.
The Bank of Canada has indicated repeatedly that it intends to fulfill its mandate and that restoring price stability is its primary focus.
Singh’s recent letter to the prime minister is part of growing calls for the central bank to stop raising interest rates, or to at least take a more cautious approach with its rate hikes.
Labour groups in particular have been vocal on the issue.
“The Bank of Canada is determined to push the economy into a recession, no matter the impact on individual Canadians who could lose their jobs, their homes and their quality of life,” Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, said in a statement after Wednesday’s rate decision.
“Canada’s unions are calling on the Bank of Canada to pause interest rate hikes until the impact of previous policy interventions is clear.”
Macklem said the central bank is aiming to balance the risks as it raises interest rates, but said if it’s half-hearted in its decisions, Canadians would suffer from high inflation for longer.
“I am acutely aware that the Bank of Canada, particularly right now, is having a lot of effect on the lives of Canadians. And that’s a big responsibility,” Macklem said.
With Canadians feeling anxious, the governor said the central bank has a responsibility to be transparent with the public and instill confidence that inflation will come down.
“I’d love to get there faster, but it’s going to take some time.”
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Penticton hero Gord Portman’s beloved dog Zippy has now crossed the rainbow bridge.
Portman made the announcement on Friday on Facebook.
“It is with great sadness that I let you all know that today Zippy crossed the rainbow bridge. It was a very difficult decision, but his health drastically deteriorated overnight. I will forever be grateful for the love and support the community has shown me and Zippy,” Portman wrote.
Condolences from the community came flooding in, many remembering when Zippy attended the Pathway protests and seeing Portman and Zippy around town working outreach.
Wherever Portman went Zippy was right there zipped up in his jacket.
He called Zippy his ‘recovery dog’ and his best friend. When Portman was living on the streets and living in addiction, Zippy was there to keep him company and to keep him warm.
During recovery it was Zippy he could count on through it all. Then Portman started working outreach, helping those still suffering in addiction, testing their drugs for them and helping support them. Zippy helped them too, hundreds of people, he said.
A couple weeks ago Portman and Zippy were working on the outreach bus in Penticton when Portman put Zippy down to take over driving. Most of the time, Zippy, a six pound Fox Terrier, spends his days in Portman’s jacket.
But in that instant Zippy licked what was later determined to be cocaine and meth.
Portman rushed Zipyy to the emergency animal hospital in Kelowna where he was treated with charcoal to throw up.
But being such a tiny dog, Zippy lost weight and was suffering with pancreatitis.
The community came together to help when Portman reached out to say that he couldn’t afford to pay Zippy’s vet bills.
“He’s my baby,” said Portman. “I work hard for my dog, to make sure he’s got a roof over his head. I’d do anything for my dog.”
But a recent examination revealed that Zippy was taking in water into his abdomen and not absorbing any nutrients. His health drastically deteriorated overnight Thursday and Portman made the difficult decision to relieve him of his suffering.
Zippy was nine-years-old.
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Canadian Netflix users will see a new membership option starting Tuesday that costs less but comes with a catch: commercial breaks inserted into their favourite shows.
After years of uninterrupted binge-watches, the world’s largest streaming service is making way for a word from its sponsors. And as inflation continues to pinch consumers, the proposal of a cheaper Netflix plan may sound enticing to some.
Netflix isn’t alone in believing that commercial television is back in a big way.
Several free ad-supported streaming services will launch in Canada over the coming weeks, all of them built on a business model that taps into the country’s multi-billion advertising industry to finance and acquire programming.
Analysts say together the platforms could reshape how we watch and pay for television. More viewers are complaining that streaming costs have soared near the level of their old cable bills, which has pressured each service to reconsider its business model.
“Consumers are faced with more choice, more platforms and are making more deliberate decisions as to which streaming services they keep and which ones to cancel,” said Justin Krieger, senior technology and media analyst at consultancy firm RSM Canada.
Of the newcomers, Pluto TV debuts on Dec. 1 with more than 100 channels of free TV series, movies and sports that stream “live” online on a platform that mimics the experience of channel surfing, complete with the commercials.
Around the same time, CBC introduces a revamped free streaming news channel that will be available on CBC Gem and multiple other streaming platforms. A flagship program hosted by Andrew Chang of “The National” will be the main attraction with advertisements will be interspersed throughout the day.
South of the border, Disney Plus rolls out an ad-supported option later this year with some industry observers predicting it will apply the same model in Canada soon after. The ad tier will be introduced at the price of Disney’s existing commercial-free service. Subscribers who want to eliminate the ads will have to pay a premium.
Each service has its own reasons for getting into the ad business.
For Netflix and Disney, one of the main drivers is growing revenues as programming costs soar and competitors lure away subscribers.
Meanwhile, the free streaming services use ad revenues to fund a slate of original and licensed programming, which puts incredible pressure on Netflix to maintain its leading position with attractive new films and shows.
NETFLIX’S PITCH
Earlier this year, after repeatedly swearing off the possibility of ever getting into advertising, Netflix changed its tune by announcing it would launch an ad tier for subscribers in key international markets.
In Canada, the “basic with ads” plan costs $5.99 per month — less than the plans without ads, which start at $9.99 and peak at $20.99 a month.
As a trade-off for the savings, Netflix says subscribers will be presented with an average of four to five minutes of ads per hour played before and during their TV shows and films.
Video quality on the Netflix ad plan tops out at 720p, leaving full high-definition streaming at 1080p and 4K for premium subscribers. Viewers also won’t be able to download titles on their devices and not everything in the service’s library will be available.
Those restrictions will sour the appeal to many Netflix devotees, suggested Carmi Levy, a technology analyst based in London, Ont.
He said Canadians were sold the idea of a commercial-free Netflix a decade ago which led other entrants in the market to mimic their approach with similar models.
That’s different than the United States where Peacock, Paramount Plus and HBO Max all offer less expensive ad tiers as a subscription option, while Crackle and Amazon’s Freevee are among the major players in free, ad-supported platforms.
“Canadians don’t have that legacy of experience and as a result may be more resistant to the way Netflix is introducing that service,” he said.
“It’ll take time for Netflix and others to educate Canadians on the advantages of paying less for a streaming service and getting ads served up in return.”
DO CANADIANS WANT ADS?
Kaan Yigit, a technology analyst at Solutions Research Group, said a survey conducted by his firm earlier this year found U.S. viewers have already adopted ad-supported subscription options.
About 40 per cent of HBO Max subscribers signed up for its lower-priced ad tier, he said, while an average of 58 per cent of subscribers used the cheaper versions of Paramount Plus and Peacock.
He estimates a modest 20 per cent of Canadian Netflix subscribers will join the ad tier over the next 12 to 18 months.
However, Netflix’s initial sign-up numbers won’t be the best indicator of long-term success for the ad model, suggested Levy.
Subscribers who joined for a deal could be turned off if the ad breaks become as long as they are on network TV stations, which typically air 20 minutes of commercials per hour.
“The devil is always in the details whenever a streaming provider introduces an ad-based tier,” Levy said.
“What matters most is how intrusive that presentation of ads is to the overall viewing experience. And if it is intrusive in the way that consumers have long complained about traditional broadcast television ads, then this could very well be a non-starter for Netflix.”
THE AD AGENCIES
Until those intricacies play out, advertising agencies say their clients are salivating over the prospects of new placement options in the Canadian market.
“What we’re seeing is a lot of initial excitement and questions around Netflix, in particular,” said Marissa Cristiano, an account director at Cossette who says she’s “exploring” ad buys on the service with some clients.
“They’ve done a really good job of creating … the type of content that brands really do want to ally with.”
Cherie Hill, senior vice president of media at marketing firm Society, Etc., said she anticipates Netflix ads will be angled toward “budget-conscious” shoppers, with a strong focus on consumer staples, household items and car companies.
She doesn’t anticipate much blowback from viewers, mainly because Netflix is making it an opt-in proposition.
“If you’re choosing to have the commercials, it’s not going to leave a negative experience,” she said.
“They’re providing an option and they’re managing expectations.”
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Canada took control in the second half with 20 points to defeat the United States 32-11 and earn a berth in the semifinals at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.
The third-ranked Canadians will face No. 1 England, the tournament favourite, next Friday at Eden Park in Auckland. No. 2 New Zealand, the five-time champions, meets No. 4 France in the other semifinal Saturday.
McKinley Hunt, Karen Paquin, Paige Farries and Alex Tessier scored tries for Canada, which led 12-8 at the break at Waitakere Stadium. Captain Sophie de Goede contributed 12 points with three conversions and two penalties.
Joanna Kitlinski scored the lone try for the seventh-ranked Americans. Alev Kelter booted two penalties.
It marked Canada’s seventh straight win over its North American rival since 2019 — and the second in a week.
“The first half was balanced but after that we showed we were better than the U.S.A.,” said Canadian coach Kevin Rouet.
The Canadians (4-0-0) defeated the Americans 29-14 last weekend to win Pool B and move into the knockout round as the second seed. The U.S. (1-3-0) advanced as one of the two best third-place finishers in the 12-team tournament.
In earlier quarterfinal action, England defeated No. 6 Australia 41-5, New Zealand downed No. 9 Wales 55-3 and France dispatched No. 5 Italy 39-3.
For the fully professional England side, it was a 29th straight victory. The Red Roses’ winning run dates back to a 28-13 loss to New Zealand in July 2019 and includes a 51-12 decision over Canada last November.
England has never finished out of the top three at the tournament.
The Red Roses won in 1994 and 2014 and finished runner-up five-times (losing to the U.S. in 1991 and New Zealand in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2017). They were third in 1998.
Canada’s best finish at the tournament was second in 2014 when it lost 21-9 to England in the final. The Canadian women placed fourth in 1998, 2002 and 2006 and were fifth last time out in 2017.
The rain that featured in the earlier England-Australia game had stopped before kickoff leaving a wet pitch. Both Canada and the U.S. looked to kick the ball early, looking to pin the opposition back.
The Americans pressed in the early going and went ahead in the ninth minute when Kitlinski crashed over after a lineout following a penalty to Maddy Grant for a high tackle near the Canadian try-line.
Canada answered in the 16th minute, using its driving maul off a lineout following a U.S. penalty for offside. Hunt eventually bulled her way over for the try with de Goede’s conversion giving Canada a 7-5 lead.
The Canadians kept coming with Paquin, capping off a lengthy attack, getting to an Elissa Alarie chip kick first for a 20th-minute try and a 12-5 lead.
Referee Joy Nicholls, in the 28th minute, warned the Canadians for an excessive penalty count. Second later the Canadians dodged a bullet when a Hope Rogers try off an American lineout was negated for a knock-on after video review.
A Kelter penalty in the 38th minute cut the Canadian lead to 12-8 as the rain began falling again.
The Canadians retrieved their own kickoff to start the second half and profited from it soon after as Farries sliced through the U.S. defence and touched down under the posts for a converted try that upped Canada’s lead to 19-8 in the 41st minute.
A Kelter penalty from distance reduced the advantage to 19-11.
Kelter was sent to the sin bin in the 47th minute for a high tackle near the U.S. goal line, reducing the Americans to 14 players for the next 10 minutes. De Goede was good on the ensuing penalty kick for a 22-11 lead.
Tessier scored the fourth Canadian try in the 57th minute as Canada battered the U.S. defence following a swerving run by Alarie.
Holes began to show in the tired U.S. defence and De Goede made it 32-11 with a 65th-minute penalty.
Canada lost centre Sara Kaljuvee early in the game after she failed a head injury assessment.
Lock Tyson Beukeboom came off the bench in the second half, moving into third place on the Canadian women’s appearances list with her 54th cap.
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A Canadian was among those injured in a crowd surge that killed more than 150 people in Seoul, South Korea, Global Affairs confirmed Sunday, while Korean Canadians said they were shocked by the disaster.
The federal department said Canadian officials are in touch with local authorities to gather more information and provide consular assistance to those affected.
It said no further information, including whether the person was hospitalized or the severity of the injuries, can be released about the person who was hurt due to privacy considerations.
“Canada offers its deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed during yesterday’s Halloween festivities and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured,” the department said in a statement issued on Sunday. “To our friends in South Korea, we stand with you during this difficult time.”
South Korean officials have said at least 153 people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, were trapped and crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd surged into a narrow alley in the nightlife district of Itaewon.
Tens of thousands of people were believed to have gathered Saturday night for the festivities.
Korean Canadians said they were upset to hear the news.
“My heart is broken, especially since so many young people have died,” said Michaela Le, who works with uVillage Church in Vancouver.
The community is “shocked” by what happened. However, members haven’t had a chance to gather formally and talk about the disaster so it’s too early to say whether any supports are being organized for those affected, she said.
“It is such a sad, sad thing for the whole country and even for people who are living abroad to hear a story like this.”
JeongWoong Seo, who is from Seoul but lives in Montreal, said she doesn’t believe she knows anyone affected. But she said her church community discussed the tragedy Sunday.
“Today at service we talked about the news,” she said. “It’s very, very sad.”
Susan Shin, who works with the Korean Personal Support Workers’ Association in Toronto, said she learned about the news when friends shared it with her on a group chat.
“We are in deep sorrow,” she said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined other international leaders in offering condolences to South Korea Saturday following the deadly stampede.
“I’m thinking of everyone affected by this tragedy, and wishing a fast and full recovery to those who were injured,” Trudeau said in a tweet.
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Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly are among the key signatories to an open letter decrying Iran’s record on women’s rights.
The letter, published in Sunday’s New York Times, condemns Iran’s violent crackdown on recent protests and calls for the country to be removed from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Former prime minister Kim Campbell and human rights activist and author Nazanin Afshin-Jam are the other Canadians on a list of “key signatures” to the letter.
Iran began a four-year term on the UN’s status-of-women commission earlier this year.
The letter says Iran should have been disqualified for its long-standing, systemic oppression of women, as well as its recent brutality towards human-rights protesters.
Six weeks of protests in Iran were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested for allegedly failing to properly cover her hair and died in police custody.
For every day that Iran remains a member of the UN commission, the letter says, the body loses credibility.
The other member states of the commission have a duty to “uphold its mandate and defend the very values they claim to support,” it says.
Canada is not a current member of the commission, but the United States is.
Among the biggest names to have lent their support are former U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton, former presidential spouses Michelle Obama and Laura Bush, author Gloria Steinam, philanthropist Oprah Winfrey and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai.
Freeland and Joly aren’t the only current politicians joining the call.
New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, is a signatory, though her country is not a current member of the commission.
The list also features the European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, ex-Australian prime minister Julia Gillard and former presidents of Liberia and Lithuania.
“Women‑led protests across Iran have been met with extreme violence. And yet, Iranian women and girls, and their allies, bravely persist. We support their struggle for fundamental freedoms and call for an immediate end to state violence and the safe release of thousands of detained citizens,” the letter reads.
“This is a critical moment for leaders in the international community to vocally and unequivocally demonstrate their support for women’s rights by standing in solidarity with Iranian women and girls.”
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It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic restrictions last winter.
That’s the picture witnesses have painted over the first couple of weeks of hearings at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in February to bring an end to the weeks-long demonstration.
The inquiry also heard about the plight of the capital’s downtown residents, who recounted their suffering as lawlessness and around-the-clock blaring truck horns took over their community, and businesses that were forced to shut down.
But until now, the inquiry hasn’t heard from the protesters themselves.
Slated to appear this week are witnesses who can shed light on the conception of the “Freedom Convoy” movement, which by all accounts to date appears to have been started by two truck drivers and a TikTok video, and how it escalated over time.
Several of the protest organizers on the witness list face criminal charges related to their involvement in the protest, including Tamara Lich and Pat King.
Keith Wilson, a lawyer representing a number of key convoy organizers, said before the inquiry that his clients are eager to talk about what was happening, and why they were in Ottawa in the first place.
“They’re hoping it will become apparent, which many already know, that there was no need to invoke the Emergencies Act,” he said.
Wilson has since been added to the list of witnesses himself.
The protesters began to arrive in Ottawa on Jan. 28 to express their anger and opposition to the federal government and to COVID-19 restrictions, including vaccine mandates.
The protest quickly evolved into what police have deemed an “occupation,” as protesters blocked traffic and set up camps in city streets. They blared horns, shouting cries of “freedom,” and refused to leave until their demands were met.
The demonstrators inspired similar protests elsewhere in the country, including a six-day blockade of the Canada-U.S. border crossing on the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.
On Feb. 14, the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act to grant new powers to police, blocking off sections of the city and compelling towing companies to remove vehicles. Powers were also granted to banks and other financial services companies to freeze protest organizers’ funds.
By Feb. 18, a massive police operation was underway to clear the protesters out of Ottawa streets.
The testimony from the convoy’s point of view is expected to begin with two of the first organizers to get involved with planning the protest: Chris Barber and Brigitte Belton.
Barber has been co-accused with Tamara Lich of criminal mischief, obstructing police, and counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation for his actions during the protest.
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U.S. President Joe Biden has warned that global hunger could increase because of Russia’s suspension of a U.N.-brokered deal to allow safe passage for ships carrying Ukrainian grain.
“It’s really outrageous,” said Biden speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday. “There’s no merit to what they’re doing. The U.N. negotiated that deal and that should be the end of it.”
Biden spoke hours after Russia announced it would immediately halt participation in the agreement, alleging that Ukraine staged a drone attack Saturday against Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ships off the coast of occupied Crimea. Ukraine has denied the attack, saying that Russia mishandled its own weapons.
The grain initiative has allowed more than 9 million tons of grain in 397 ships to safely leave Ukrainian ports since it was signed in July, and the U.N. chief on Friday urged Russia and Ukraine to renew the deal when it expires in late November. The grain agreement has succeeded in bringing down global food prices, which have fallen about 15% from their peak in March, according to the United Nations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the decision predictable and said Russia has been deliberately aggravating the food crisis since September. Currently, some 176 ships loaded with grain are being prevented from sailing from Ukraine’s ports, he said.
“This is food for more than 7 million consumers. … Why is it that a handful of people somewhere in the Kremlin can decide whether there will be food on the tables of people in Egypt or Bangladesh?” he said Saturday in his nightly address to the nation.
Other Ukrainian officials were more vehement, with one saying that Russia has started a real-life “hunger games” for the world’s poor.
A ship with 40,000 tons of grains bound for Ethiopia under the United Nations aid program could not leave Ukraine on Sunday as a result of Russia’s suspension of the deal, said Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s minister of infrastructure.
Russia’s action is facing international condemnation. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell urged Russia to reverse its decision in a tweet Sunday. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the U.N. secretary general, said the world body is in touch with Russian authorities about the decision and that it’s vital all parties refrain from any actions that would impede the grain initiative.
Russia had been setting conditions to withdraw from the deal for some time, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank said. The institute said even if Ukraine did order an attack Saturday on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, that would have been proportionate to Russia’s intense bombing campaign against Ukrainian civilian targets and energy infrastructure in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, Moscow intensified its missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s power stations, waterworks and other key infrastructure, damaging 40% of Ukraine’s electric system and forcing the government to implement rolling blackouts. Kyiv’s mayor said the Ukrainian capital’s power system was operating in “emergency mode.”
The Kremlin said it was ready for peace talks but stressed that they should be held with Washington, which Russia views as Kyiv’s “mastermind,” Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman told Russian state television on Sunday.
“Obviously, the deciding vote belongs to Washington … It is impossible to talk about something, for example, with Kyiv,” he said.
Such a demand is unlikely to be accepted by the governments in Ukraine or the U.S.
As diplomats focused on ships full of grain, Russian missile attacks kept pounding key front-line hot spots in Ukraine.
The Russians have shelled seven Ukrainian regions over the past 24 hours, killing at least five civilians and wounding nine more, Ukraine’s presidential office said.
In the eastern Donetsk region, where the fighting is ongoing near the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, eight cities and villages were shelled.
In addition, in areas recaptured by Ukraine, residents are still recovering bodies of killed civilians, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
“Over the past 24 hours alone, in three de-occupied towns and villages, we found abandoned bodies of Ukrainian civilians,” Kirilenko said. “The Russians are ignoring all principles of war. Every week we discover either individual or mass graves of civilians.”
Ukraine’s Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy also said Sunday that Russian forces were mining territories they leave behind twice as densely as during the first months of the war.
“Virtually everything in the recently de-occupied territories has been mined,” Monastyrskiy told Ukrainian television.
Power outages were reported in the occupied Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, home to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest. Ukrainian and Russian officials traded blame for the shelling that caused the blackout.
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A New Democrat member of Parliament says she will be holding the government accountable after her motion calling on the federal government to recognize Canada’s residential schools as genocide passed with unanimous consent.
“It was historic,” said Leah Gazan, who represents Winnipeg Centre. “We moved the pendulum in quite an extreme way.”
Her motion, introduced Thursday after question period, referred to the United Nations convention on genocide adopted in 1948. It defines genocide as killing members of a group, causing them serious physical or mental harm, placing them under conditions to destroy them, imposing measures to prevent births or forcibly transferring children to another group.
An emailed statement from the office of Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said residential schools are a part of a “shameful and racist colonial policy” that removed Indigenous children from their communities and denied them their families, language and culture.
“The government accepts the conclusion from the 2019 inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls that the residential system was genocide,” the statement said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also said he accepts those findings.
Gazan introduced a similar motion last year, not long after the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Nation announced possible unmarked graves were located at the site of the former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. At that time, it did not receive unanimous consent.
Gazan said she believes Pope Francis made a significant difference.
Francis apologized multiple times throughout his six-day visit to Canada in July for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools and other assimilation policies. He acknowledged it was genocide when asked by a reporter on the flight back to Rome.
An estimated 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools over a century. More than 60 per cent of the schools were run by the Catholic Church.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has detailed mistreatment at the schools, including emotional, physical and sexual abuse of children.
The commission’s final report in 2015 labelled what happened as “cultural genocide.” But in the subsequent years, many Indigenous leaders and experts have said it should just be called genocide.
Gazan said she has briefly spoken with people in the Liberal government about next steps. She said there must be consultation with Indigenous people on how best to proceed.
“I think these things need to be done thoughtfully and carefully so that survivors can get the justice that they wait for and still deserve,” she said.
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Elon Musk on Sunday tweeted a link to an unfounded rumor about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, just days after Musk’s purchase of Twitter fueled concerns that the social media platform would no longer seek to limit misinformation and hate speech.
Musk’s tweet, which he later deleted, linked to an article by a fringe website, the Santa Monica Observer, an outlet that has previously asserted that Hillary Clinton died on Sept. 11 and was replaced with a body double.
In this case, the article recycled a baseless claim that the personal life of Paul Pelosi, the speaker’s husband, somehow played a role in an intruder’s attack last week in the couple’s San Francisco home, even though there is no evidence to support that claim.
Musk did so in reply to a tweet by Hillary Clinton. Her tweet had criticized Republicans for generally spreading “hate and deranged conspiracy theories” and said, “It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result.”
In response to Clinton’s tweet, Musk provided a link to the Santa Monica Observer article and added, “There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye.”
The Los Angeles Times, the dominant news organization in the Southern California area where the Observer is located, has said the Observer is “notorious for fake news.”
Police in San Francisco have said the suspect in last week’s attack, identified as David DePape, 42, broke into the Pelosi family’s Pacific Heights home early Friday and confronted Paul Pelosi, demanding to know, as the AP has reported, “Where is Nancy?”
The two men struggled over a hammer before officers responding to a 911 call to the home saw DePape strike Paul Pelosi at least once, police said. DePape was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary. Prosecutors plan to file charges on Monday and expect his arraignment on Tuesday.
Police say the attack was “intentional” and not random but have not stated publicly what they consider to be the motive.
The exchange between Musk and Clinton occurred a day after Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of safety and integrity, tweeted that the company’s policies toward “slurs” and “hateful conduct” were still in place.
“Bottom line up front: Twitter’s policies haven’t changed. Hateful conduct has no place here,” Roth wrote.
Shortly after Musk took control of Twitter, some accounts on the platform began tweeting messages ranging from racist slurs to political misinformation, such as “Trump won,” to see what Twitter will now tolerate.
Musk himself said Friday that he would form a “content moderation council” for Twitter and promised advertisers that the website would not devolve into a “free for all hellscape.” Musk has also described himself as a “free speech absolutist.”
But at least one major advertiser, General Motors, has said it will suspend advertising on Twitter while it monitors the direction of the platform under Musk.
Also on Sunday, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that she didn’t trust Musk to run Twitter.
Referring to antisemitic attacks and the QAnon conspiracy theory that were advanced online by DePape, the suspect in the attack, Klobuchar said, “I think you have to have some content moderation.”
“If Elon Musk has said now that he’s going to start a content moderation board,” the senator said, “that was one good sign. But I continue to be concerned about that. I just don’t think people should be making money off of passing on this stuff that’s a bunch of lies.”
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A psychiatrist involved in efforts to support children of Canadian women detained in Syria after travelling to join the Islamic State is urging Ottawa to speed up repatriation efforts.
Dr. Cécile Rousseau, a pediatric psychiatrist at McGill University and an expert on violent radicalization and extremism, was part of a committee of local health officials and child welfare experts brought together by the RCMP’s Quebec detachment after the caliphate fell in 2017.
She said she does not believe that a handful of women returning with young children, who will be monitored and given support, will represent a danger to Canadian society.
“I think we should move forward because the more we wait, the more it will be difficult for Canada and for the people coming back to reintegrate into society,” Rousseau said.
“So waiting is not a good idea, especially with young children. They are Canadian citizens, let’s have them back home — that’s the best outcome for them and for us.”
On Wednesday, Oumaima Chouay, 27, returned to Canada with her two children and another Canadian adult, Kimberly Polman of B.C.
Chouay faces charges of leaving Canada to participate in the activity of a terrorist group, participation in the activity of a terrorist group, providing property or services for terrorism purposes and conspiracy to participate in the activity of a terrorist group. Her case returns to court Nov. 8.
Polman was granted bail on Thursday by a B.C. court pending a peace bond hearing.
Rousseau said in an interview Thursday that she could not speak about Chouay’s children, but she discussed the reintegration efforts considered before their arrival from northeastern Syria, particularly from the child’s perspective.
Quebec authorities have been awaiting the return of citizens who travelled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State, with a particular concern for young children born overseas and arriving in Canada for the first time.
They spent more than a year discussing the plight of those children and their mothers held in detention camps and coming up with a plan for them.
Rousseau said officials looked at the experience of England and France, where mothers were separated from their children automatically after being repatriated. They also examined other models that involved a community approach, favouring no separation between mother and children and a quick integration into school and community.
“The idea was to favour, as much as possible, the preservation of an attachment relation,” she said. “With a parent if possible, certainly with a relative and the extended family as long as the kids were safe. And not to take the predicament of other European countries who had kind of considered that extended family should be considered suspect until proven otherwise.”
Authorities hope to avoid a revolving door of placement, especially “for kids who have undergone cumulative trauma, multiple attachment disruption and living in hardship or survival situations for the last at least three years if not during their whole lives,” Rousseau said.
During a news conference on Wednesday, the Quebec RCMP said the force has long held concerns about the kids. Insp. David Beaudoin said extensive measures had been taken to ensure they receive proper support, including the involvement of extended family.
Rousseau said authorities considered everything from their arrival at the airport and providing kids waiting for hours while their parents undergo interrogation with food, toys and a place to rest. They also discussed what to do if there’s no extended family in Canada, finding safe foster environments while promoting cultural and religious continuity and safety.
Rousseau said the first order of business was to determine whether the returning mothers were available for the children, both psychologically and emotionally. A depressed and traumatized mother may be able to look after the children, but not necessarily provide emotional care, she said.
“Because we know that this is what makes kids feel safe and this is absolutely essential,” Rousseau said.
Rousseau said most of the kids coming to Canada are toddlers or school-aged children who have experienced trauma, war or grief of losing a loved one, notably their fathers. Many of them will suffer from acute post-traumatic stress disorder but also complex post-traumatic stress, where patients deal with deprivation at the same time as traumatic symptoms, she added.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked about the repatriation efforts last week and stressed it was important that people who travelled for the purpose of supporting terrorism face consequences.
“Fundamentally, travelling for the purpose of supporting terrorism is a crime in Canada. And anyone who travelled for the purpose of supporting terrorism should face criminal charges,” he said.
Asked if other repatriation efforts are underway, Trudeau said Canadian authorities continue to “engage responsibly” in the region.
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World leaders expressed sadness and condolences after at least 151 people were killed in a crowd surge Saturday night in Seoul, South Korea.
The tragedy occurred in Seoul’s Itaewon district during Halloween festivities when a huge crowd surged into a narrow downhill alley. At least 82 others were injured in the South Korea’s deadliest accident in years.
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden sent their “deepest condolences” to the families of the deceased.
“We grieve with the people of the Republic of Korea and wish for a quick recovery to all those who were injured,” said President Biden in a tweet. “The United States stands with the Republic of Korea during this tragic time.”
Similarly, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the news from Seoul as “horrific” on Twitter.
“All our thoughts are with those currently responding and all South Koreans at this very distressing time,” Sunak wrote.
Itaewon’s international character was shaped by its proximity to a U.S. military garrison nearby. The area is still home to restaurants, bars and other businesses catering to the American community in Seoul.
U.S. Forces Korea, which commands the sizable American military presence in the country, expressed its condolences in a Facebook post.
“The Itaewon community has opened its arms to us for many years and is part of the reason our Alliance is so strong,” the command said, writing in English and Korean. “During this time of grief, we will be there for you just as you have been there for us.”
Pope Francis invited the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to pray for the victims.
“We pray the Risen Lord also for those — especially young people — who died last night in Seoul, due to the tragic consequences of a sudden crush,” Francis said after his Sunday’s Angelus prayer.
Leaders from countries including Japan, France, China and Singapore reacted with shock and sadness over the tragedy in Seoul.
“I’m hugely shocked and deeply saddened by the extremely tragic accident in Itaewon, Seoul, that took many precious lives, including those of young people with their future ahead of them,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a tweet.
In France, President Emmanuel Macron — who tweeted in both French and in Korean — offered support to Seoul residents and South Korea.
“France is with you,” he said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau echoed similar sentiments on Twitter, sending his “deepest condolences” to the people of South Korea “and wishing a fast and full recovery to those who were injured.”
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tweeted: “Our thoughts are with the victims of the tragedy that occurred in Seoul and with their families. Italy is close to the Korean people at this time of great pain and deep sadness.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping also sent his condolences to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, expressing shock over the accident in Seoul, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry.
Hong Kong leader John Lee, in a statement on Facebook, hoped for swift recoveries for those injured in the crush.
“I express profound sorrow over the passing of the victims, extend my deepest condolences to their families and wish for a speedy recovery to all those who were injured,” said Lee.
Prince William and his wife Kate also sent a message of condolence. The heir to the British throne said on social media: “Catherine and I send all our love and prayers to the parents, families and loved ones of those tragically lost in Seoul yesterday evening.”
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said she was “heartbroken” by the tragic news from Seoul.
“They were looking for a night of lighthearted Halloween festivities but instead found real horror and death,” said Baerbock. “My thoughts are with the victims, their friends and families, and those who still fear for their loved ones.”
“This is a sad day for South Korea. Germany stands by their side,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a tweet.
Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob described the loss of lives as “tragic” and said it was “hard to imagine” the trauma and grief experienced by the families, loved ones and friends of those affected.
“My thoughts and prayers are with the people of South Korea during this difficult time, and I wish a quick and full recovery to all those who are injured,” she said.
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The Fernie Ghostriders had a trick up their sleeve for the North Okanagan Knights Halloween weekend.
His name is Ethan MacDuff.
The Lloydminster, Alta. player scored twice, including the game-winner unassisted at 1:43 of overtime, to give Fernie a 3-2 win over the North Okanagan Knights in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play Saturday, Oct. 29, in Armstrong.
MacDuff, who is fourth in league scoring, has eight goals and 19 points on the season.
Jake Watson opened the scoring for the Knights with his second goal of the season at 11 minutes of the opening period. Watson, born in Ashington, United Kingdom, was named as a reserve player for Team Great Britain’s World Junior Hockey Championship roster earlier in the week.
Lucas Desjarlais would get the Ghostriders back to 1-1 with an unassisted goal at 13:13 of the opening frame.
MacDuff had the lone goal of the second period.
Cash Anderson set the stage for overtime, tying the contest for North Okanagan at 15:19 of the third period.
Josh Hager made 36 saves in his Knights debut in goal. The 18-year-old from Calgary was acquired from the Princeton Posse for future considerations Oct. 26. Hager had a 1-2 record in Princeton.
Rodney Hanson made 32 saves for Fernie.
The Knights (5-6-1-0) close out a four-game home stand Friday, Nov. 4, against the Columbia Valley Rockies, and Saturday, Nov. 5, versus the Summerland Storm.
Fernie (7-3-2-1) hosts the 8-4-0-1 Golden Rockets in a divisional showdown Tuesday, Nov. 1.
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The Vernon Vipers were not in a treat-giving mood to the green-costumed visitors who came knocking at their home Halloween weekend.
Isaac Tremblay scored the game’s only goal, and Ethan David made 26 saves for his first shutout of the year as the Vipers blanked the Cranbrook Bucks 1-0 in B.C. Hockey League action Saturday, Oct. 29, before 1,778 fans at Kal Tire Place.
Vernon hops the bus for a Sunday afternoon date in Merritt against the Centennials. Merritt was idle Saturday, but lost 5-1 Friday, Oct. 28, in Trail.
The Bucks head to Vancouver Island next weekend to resume their six-game road swing.
After an even opening 20 minutes that saw Cranbrook outshoot Vernon 7-6, the Vipers dominated Cranbrook in the second period, outshooting them 14-3.
Bucks goalie Carter Capton was under siege and made a number of good saves. He finished the game with 27 stops.
The Vipers used their forecheck and had a number of big hits which led to some crucial turnovers. One led directly to the goal as the Vipers came away with a puck battle and Tremblay was able to backhand home a puck from the bottom of the right circle at 7:46.
Cranbrook threw everything at Vernon in the final 20 minutes, outshooting the home team 16-8, but it was Lee Parks who had a chance to increase the Snakes’ lead on a breakaway. He was hooked by the Bucks’ Jack Henry, resulting in a penalty shot. Parks made a great move, but the puck rolled off his stick, keeping it 1-0.
The Bucks really upped the pressure late in the game and had a glorious opportunity which David made two big saves and got a little help from the goal post keeping it 1-0.
The win snapped a two-game home-ice losing streak for the Vipers, who gave up eight goals in both defeats. Vernon is now 6-5-0-1 on the year, two points behind fifth-place Cranbrook (7-5-0-1) and can move into a tie with the Bucks with a win in Merritt. The Centennials are eighth in the Interior Conference at 3-8-1-0.
Cranbrook has lost the first three games of their road swing, all by one goal.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood with the families of the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on Saturday as they lent their voices to the worldwide calls for revolution in Iran through a series of coordinated protests across Canada.
But even as Trudeau touted Canada’s new sanctions against the Iranian regime, some activists called on the federal government needs to go further to show it will no longer tolerate the country’s human-rights abuses.
Throngs of demonstrators lined the streets in 10 cities ranging from Halifax to Vancouver as part of a worldwide “human chain” organized by the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims.
Organizers said the events were being held in solidarity with antigovernment protests in Iran sparked by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police. Amini died after being detained for allegedly violating the country’s strict Islamic dress code for women.
In Ottawa, hundreds of protesters stomped their feet in unison and chanted Amini’s name outside the National Art Gallery.
As the Prime Minister, his wife and several Liberal members of Parliament joined the crowd, he was greeted with boisterous applause, but also chants urging Canada to take action against the Iranian regime.
Trudeau said the government has moved forward with unprecedented sanctions and made leadership of the Iranian regime inadmissible to Canada.
“We know there are people in Canada now who have benefited from the corrupt, from the horrific regime in Iran and who are hiding amongst … this beautiful community,” Trudeau said.
“Taking advantage of Canada’s freedoms, Canada’s opportunities, and using the riches they stole from the Iranian people to live a good life in Canada. Well, we say no more.”
The crowd responded to his comments with an uproarious cheer and chants of “kick them out.”
The prime minister said his government will be working to make sure Canada is never again a safe haven for “killers, murderers, and those responsible for the oppression of Iranian people.”
After his speech, Trudeau led hundreds of protesters in a march across the Alexandra Bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau, Que.
The protesters stood shoulder to shoulder across the entire half-a-kilometre span of the provincial border crossing, where the prime minister joined in chanting “justice in Iran” and “stop killing in Iran.”
Earlier this month, Trudeau announced that more than 10,000 members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard will be forever barred from Canada as part of tough new immigration measures.
But some critics said the move was too little, too late.
The prime minister came under scrutiny from some in the Iranian community last month for not attending rallies in the immediate aftermath of Amini’s death. The critics pointed out the prime minister did, however, find time to go bungee jumping while other politicians stood in solidarity with their cause.
Toronto organizer Amirali Alavi called on Trudeau to back up his support for Saturday’s protest with substantive action, such as expelling Iran’s ambassador from Canada.
“We are here to ask our government and Canada to stand on the right side of history,” said Alavi, a board member of the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims. “Stop negotiating with the regime in Iran while people are fighting in the streets.”
Crowds clustered along stretches of Toronto’s main artery of Yonge Street on Saturday chanting “women, life, freedom” as passing cars blared their horns.
At a midtown intersection, demonstrators held pictures of loved ones who were among the 176 people, including 55 Canadian citizens, killed on Jan. 8, 2020 when Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a Ukrainian airliner.
Arash Morattab, who lost his brother and sister-in-law in the crash, said the victims of Flight 752 have common cause with the protest movement that has rocked Iran for nearly a month and a half.
“We are all victims of a regime that started killing people from the first days of them coming into power, and this keeps going until now,” said Morattab. “They killed our beloved ones in January 2020, and now they kill other people that fight for their rights.”
The fight for justice is particularly resonant for women in Iran who continue to be denied freedom, said protester Sara Ahmadi. She said she ran into problems with the regime because she wasn’t legally married to her common-law partner, who was killed in the plane crash.
“Women don’t have any rights in my country,” Ahmadi said. “It’s not just about the hijab. It’s about everything.”
The protests in Iran first focused on the state-mandated hijab, or head scarf for women, but quickly grew into calls for the downfall of the country’s theocracy. At least 270 people have been killed and 14,000 have been arrested in the protests that have swept over 125 Iranian cities, according to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran.
The Iranian government has repeatedly alleged that foreign powers have orchestrated the protests, but have not provided evidence to support the claim.
Similar protests unfolded on Saturday in cities such as Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and London, Ont.
In Halifax, the show of support for the people of Iran moved some demonstrators to tears, said Reza Rahimi, who lost his mother-in-law when Flight 752 was shot down.
“(Locals and) immigrants from every nation and every race were standing beside us,” Rahimi said.
“Three years after losing my mother-in-law abroad, I’m not saying it’s let us move on — we would never move on — but it will help us put something on the pain.”
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A man broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home in San Francisco and severely beat her 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer early Friday while the Democratic lawmaker was in Washington.
Paul Pelosi had surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands, and his doctors expect a full recovery, the speaker’s office said. In a letter to congressional colleagues Saturday night, Nancy Pelosi said her husband’s condition “continues to improve.”
David DePape, 42, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary, police said.
“This was not a random act. This was intentional. And it’s wrong,” San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said.
The violence was the latest jolt to an increasingly splintered political system that is riven with extremism.
A look at what is known about the attack and the suspect:
WHAT HAPPENED?
An intruder wielding a hammer smashed his way through a rear door into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday. The man confronted Paul Pelosi and shouted, “Where is Nancy,” according to a person familiar with the situation who was granted anonymity to discuss it.
Paul Pelosi called 911 himself and when police arrived they found him struggling with the assailant. The man managed to strike Pelosi at least once with the hammer before he was tackled by officers and arrested, police said.
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington at the time of the attack.
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HOW’S PAUL PELOSI DOING?
He underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands, and his doctors expect a full recovery, the speaker’s office said Friday. Other than Nancy Pelosi’s letter to colleagues, there were no updates on his condition Saturday.
Nancy Pelosi arrived in San Francisco late Friday. The couple has been married since 1963.
In her letter, the speaker thanked colleagues for their prayers and warm wishes. “Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop,” she wrote. “We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.”
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WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS SAYING?
Scott, the San Francisco police chief, said the attack was not a random act. “This was intentional,” he said.
Police didn’t immediately confirm a motive, but three people with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that the assailant targeted Pelosi’s home.
The FBI and Capitol Police are also part of the joint investigation.
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WHO IS THE SUSPECT?
DePape was expected to be charged next week with attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and burglary. After his arrest, he was taken to a hospital, where he remained as of Friday evening.
DePape posted frequently on social media, often making racist and rambling comments that included questioning the results of the 2020 election, defending former President Donald Trump and echoing QAnon conspiracy theories.
A two-decade resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, he was known locally as a pro-nudity activist who had picketed naked at protests against laws requiring people to be clothed in public.
He grew up in Powell River, British Columbia, before following an older girlfriend to California. He has three children with two women. Stepfather Gene DePape said the suspect had lived with him in Canada until he was 14 and had been a quiet boy.
“He was reclusive,” said Gene DePape. “He was never violent.”
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HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BEEN THREATENED?
It’s been almost two years since the riot at the U.S. Capitol, when Trump supporters broke into the building and hunted for Pelosi and other members of Congress. Since then, threats to lawmakers and their families have increased sharply.
The U.S. Capitol Police investigated almost 10,000 threats to members last year, more than twice the number from four years earlier.
Lawmakers have pressed for better security, especially for their families and their homes outside of Washington. Security officials have promised to pay for upgrades to certain security systems and an increased Capitol Police presence outside Washington. But the vast majority of members are mostly on their own.
The attack on Paul Pelosi happened when Nancy Pelosi was out of town, which meant there was less of a security presence in their home.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Do you have an eye for art? New Mexico State University’s Art Department is inviting the public out to an open house to showcase students’ work.
The open house, which takes place next Saturday, will kick off at 10 a.m. at Devasthali Hall. The event ends at 5 p.m. and is free to the public
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The hall had opened just before COVID shut down the state. The department said this open house is a great way to invite the public to learn about the building and art program.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia men’s basketball head coach Bob Huggins landed one of the top players in the transfer portal Sunday afternoon.
Manhattan forward Jose Perez told On3 Sports that he has committed to the Mountaineers. Perez shared the news on his Instagram account.
He has one year of eligibility remaining.
Perez entered the transfer portal on Tuesday after the sudden firing of Manhattan head coach Steve Masiello.
The 6-foot-5 fifth-year senior chose the Mountaineers over programs such as Alabama, Louisville, Kansas State, Oregon, Texas, and others. WVU will be Perez’s fourth college program.
Perez was voted as the MAAC Preseason Player of the Year heading into this season. He averaged 18.9 points, 4.5 assists, and 3.2 rebounds per game a season ago. The forward shot 39.9 percent from the floor, 25.9 percent from three-point range, and 80.2 percent from the free-throw line last season.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University women’s basketball team defeated Fairmont State, 83-49, in its annual ‘Haunted Hoops’ exhibition on Sunday afternoon, inside the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.
The Mountaineers led by as many as 36 points in the game and never trailed. What’s more, WVU forced 30 Fairmont State turnovers, converting 35 points off those chances, and tallied 40 points in the paint.
West Virginia’s scoring attack was led by a trio of double-digit scorers, including senior guard Jayla Hemingway, who finished the game with a game-high 14 points. She was joined in double figures by fifth-year senior guard Madisen Smith (13 points) and sophomore guard JJ Quinerly (12 points).
In the rebounding column, five Mountaineers hauled in at least four rebounds in the contest. Junior guard Savannah Samuel led WVU with five rebounds. Additionally, three players finished the game with three steals: fifth-year senior guard Danni Nichols, redshirt sophomore guard Kyah Watson and Smith.
West Virginia opened the game on a 14-2 run, before Fairmont State ended its five-minute scoring drought with 3:46 left in the first quarter. The Mountaineers closed out the opening frame with six more points to hold a 27-7 lead heading into the second quarter.
Fairmont State attempted to claw its way back in the second period, as the Falcons outscored the Mountaineers, 16-12, leading up to halftime. Junior forward opened the quarter with a 3-pointer to put WVU up by 23, but FSU continued to hang around and chipped West Virginia’s lead down to 16 points at the half.
The two teams traded scores to begin the third quarter. However, the Mountaineer offense continued to attack and kept a 20-plus point lead over Fairmont State through the opening minutes of the second half. WVU held a 52-31 lead over FSU at the third-quarter media timeout.
The Mountaineers outscored the Falcons, 15-8, over the final 4:46 of the third quarter to lead by 28 heading into the fourth quarter.
West Virginia continued to press its attack over the final 10 minutes of the game and jumped out to a 10-3 run to begin the fourth. The scoring flurry stretched WVU’s lead to 36 points, its largest of the game, with 4:42 remaining in the contest.
Fairmont State continued to fight down the stretch, but the damage had been done. West Virginia would coast to the finish line over the final minutes of the game and secured the win.
The Mountaineers finished the game 33-of-72 (45.8%) from the field and outshot the Falcons by 8.8% (17-of-46, 37%). Additionally, WVU outrebounded FSU, 41-26, and tallied 18 steals in the game.
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Nearly 8 in 10 Americans describe the current state of affairs in the U.S. as “out of control,” according to a new CBS News-YouGov poll.
The poll, published on Sunday, found that 79 percent of respondents believe things are “out of control” in the country, while 21 percent of those surveyed believe things are “under control.”
When asked how they feel about the state of the U.S. today, 73 percent of respondents said things are going badly in the country, while 36 percent of those surveyed said things are going well, according to the poll.
Along political party lines, 48 percent of registered Democratic respondents believe things are going well in the country, while 12 percent of registered Republicans and 18 percent of independents agree.
When it comes to President Biden, 56 percent of respondents disapprove of the job he is doing as president, while 44 percent of those surveyed approve.
The poll comes about a week before midterm elections that will decide control of the House and Senate, along with crucial governor races across the country.
The new CBS News-YouGov poll forecast that the GOP will net at least 228 seats in the House chamber in the midterm election, compared to 207 seats for Democrats.
Sixty-three percent of Democrats in the poll said a functioning democracy is their biggest concern, while 21 percent of those surveyed said a strong economy is their biggest concern.
Seventy percent of registered Republican respondents said that a stronger economy is their biggest concern heading into the election, while 29 percent of those surveyed said a functioning democracy is their biggest concern.
The CBS News-YouGov poll was conducted from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28, with a total of 2,119 respondents participating in the survey. The poll’s margin of error was 2.4 percentage points. | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/79-percent-of-voters-describe-the-us-as-out-of-control/ | 2022-10-30T22:51:49 | en | 0.968246 |
The future of affirmative action in higher education hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court on Monday hears arguments over race-conscious admissions policies at two prestigious universities.
Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) will be defending their use of race — as one of many admissions criteria — to attain the educational benefits of a diverse student body.
Their conservative-backed challengers, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), contend that the schools’ approach violates constitutional protections and federal law and want the court to prohibit admissions offices from considering an applicant’s race at all.
Ishan Bhabha, a partner at the law firm Jenner & Block who filed an amicus brief on behalf of Ivy League and other elite schools, said that if the Supreme Court takes that dramatic step, the repercussions for higher education would be severe.
“If you don’t have a series of divergent viewpoints … then one of the most important priorities of institutions of higher education — which is to forward knowledge, to ask difficult questions, to explore unknown concepts and have one idea clash against another to try and figure out which one is correct or which one is defensible — that is significantly hampered,” said Bhabha, who co-leads his firm’s initiative on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
With the case coming on the heels of a Supreme Court term that saw conservative justices overturn landmark rulings including Roe v. Wade, many legal experts believe that longstanding affirmative action precedent is now on the chopping block.
“This is a court that I think has a solid six-justice majority that sees racial labeling or racial tagging, for any purpose whatsoever, as a constitutional evil,” said Steve Schwinn, a law professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.
The challengers are asking the 6-3 conservative majority court to overrule its landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, which permits colleges to diversify their student populations by using race as one part of a holistic assessment of individual applicants.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of the court’s more liberal members and the nation’s first female African American justice, is recused from the Harvard case because of her recent role as a member of Harvard’s board of overseers.
Among SFFA’s arguments in suing the schools is its claim that they failed to pursue diversity goals through available race-neutral alternatives, as required under Supreme Court precedent. The schools, for their part, have countered that there are no workable alternatives available.
SFFA suffered defeat in the lower courts, where judges rejected its arguments based on the 5-4 ruling in Grutter, prompting their appeal to the Supreme Court.
In court papers, SFFA has urged the justices to find that Grutter defies the constitutional and statutory guarantee of equal treatment under the law. The use of race in admissions decisions, they say, has led college admissions officers to engage in “crude stereotyping.”
“Applicants who check the box for African American at Harvard and UNC, for example, receive a preference because of their race whether they grew up in poverty and went to failing schools, have parents who were multimillionaire executives, spent their formative years in Europe, are the direct descendants of slaves, or are second-generation immigrants from Africa,” SFFA wrote, urging the justices to upend decades of affirmative action precedent.
In its suit against Harvard, SFFA goes a step further, alleging that the school’s admissions policy discriminates against Asian Americans. The group argued that Harvard’s subjective “personal ratings” scores, which tended to reflect cultural stereotypes, had made it harder for Asian Americans to be admitted compared to applicants of other races, regardless of personal circumstances.
Several Harvard students with Asian American backgrounds who spoke to The Hill pushed back forcefully against how SFFA had framed their school’s admission policy. They are part of a diverse group of thousands of current Harvard students and alumni whose views are reflected in an amicus brief filed by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Among them is Angie Shin, a Korean American who entered Harvard after graduating from an underfunded Los Angeles County public high school, which she described as having a student body of largely low-income, immigrant students from Black, Latino, and Asian backgrounds, where only around half graduated on time and relatively few went on to obtain college degrees.In this environment, Shin said, the burden fell to her “to get literate” about what higher education opportunities were available.
“For instance, it took me so many years of Googling around on the internet and trying to figure out what scholarships were, how they worked and why they were taking applications so early,” she said.
As the more than 100 friend-of-court briefs filed in the case illustrate, the potential stakes of the dispute extend beyond academia.
According to Bhabha, of the firm Jenner & Block, if the court overrules Grutter, it could represent the first step in a coordinated effort to prohibit the consideration of race in other dimensions of American life.
“If Grutter is overturned, it will light a fire to systematically remove DEI initiatives from all aspects of society,” Bhabha said. | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/supreme-court-to-weigh-future-of-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions/ | 2022-10-30T22:51:56 | en | 0.962332 |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Whether it’s toxic treats, constrictive costumes, or autumn activities, this season comes with quite a few health and safety hazards for pets.
Nexstar’s WKRN found a number of pet safety tips from Camp Bow Wow’s animal health and behavior expert, Erin Askeland; the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA); and VCA Animal Hospitals to keep in mind for Halloween and the fall season.
When it comes to Halloween, one of the best things you can do is to leave your pet at home when you go trick-or-treating. As VCA Animal Hospitals explains, the costumes, strangers, and sounds can be overwhelming.
At home, keep your pet in a safe space, preferably behind a closed door and away from the ringing doorbell during trick-or-treating. You can even help block out the noise of the holiday festivities by turning on the television, playing calming music, or setting up a fan.
There are plenty of Howl-o-ween activities to keep your pet entertained, like creating a scavenger hunt by stashing treats around the house for your pet to find.
If there’s a chance of your pet sneaking out the open door while you’re distracted by trick-or-treaters, make sure they have some form of identification on them like a microchip, collar, or ID tag.
If you want to play dress up with your pet, make sure they have a safe and comfortable costume. Experts say you should avoid costumes that:
- Restrict the animal’s movement, hearing, or sight
- Impede their ability to breathe, smell, bark, or meow
- Feature small, dangling, or removable pieces that your pet could chew off and choke on.
Let your pet try on any costumes before Halloween so they can get used to them. If they seem distressed or display unusual behavior, don’t force them to wear the costume. Instead, just give them a festive collar, harness, or bandana.
Never leave a pet in costume without supervision.
You’ll also want to avoid leaving your pet alone with any of the sweet treats you collect.
All forms of chocolate, especially dark and baking chocolate, are toxic for dogs and cats because they contain caffeine and theobromine. These chemicals can impact your pet‘s brain, heart, and muscles. Symptoms of chocolate poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, changes in heart rate and rhythm, tremors, and seizures.
Raisins can lead to kidney failure and, if they’re covered in chocolate, they’re even more toxic.
Candy corn and other candies made with pure sugar can result in severe gas and diarrhea while bite-sized hard candies pose a major choking hazard, according to Pets Best.
Many sugar-free candies and gum contain a sugar substitute called xylitol, which is also dangerous for dogs, even causing their blood sugar to drop to dangerously low levels, leading to seizures and even liver damage.
Even candy wrappers can cause intestinal upset and gastrointestinal blockage. If you think your pet has ingested something toxic, you are urged to immediately call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435.
In addition to candy, some decorations and accessories can be dangerous to your pet. That includes fake cobwebs, batteries, toys, power cords, glow sticks, and costume pieces that can lead to choking, internal injury, or illness.
Once Halloween has passed, there are still other fall-related hazards to be aware of if you have pets, according to VCA Animal Hospitals.
That includes items like mothballs and rodenticides, which can be toxic for pets. Experts recommend using pet-friendly options or, when it comes to protecting your home from rodents, contacting a professional.
As you prepare your car for winter months, you may be using antifreeze. You’ll want to be aware of where your pet is because if they consume even a small amount of antifreeze, or any other chemical you’re using on your vehicle, you should take them to receive veterinary care immediately.
If you plan to take your dog out for a walk during hunting season, and you’ll be in an area where hunters may be present, make sure to dress in bright orange or another bright color to make sure you’re visible.
Though it may be colder outside, veterinarians say fleas and ticks can remain active for some time. Your pet may also be exposed to Leptospirosis, a disease caused by Leptospira bacteria found in moist soil or stagnant water. There is a vaccine your pet can receive to protect them.
Some wild mushrooms and fall vegetables like onions and garlic can be harmful to pets as well.
Ultimately, if you are concerned your pet may have encountered or ingested something harmful to them, or if you have any other questions about your pet’s safety, talk to your veterinarian. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/how-to-protect-your-pets-from-these-halloween-hazards-autumn-risks/ | 2022-10-30T22:52:02 | en | 0.929492 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband carried zip ties with him when he broke into the couple’s San Francisco home, according to a person briefed on the investigation, in what is the latest parallel to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the Pelosi case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday.
The attack on the Democratic leader’s 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 election that will determine control of Congress as well as key statewide and local offices, was an unsettling reminder of the nation’s toxic political climate. With threats to public officials at an all-time high, members of Congress were being urged to reach out for additional security resources, including increased police patrols of their neighborhoods.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said in a weekend memo to lawmakers that the attack “is a somber reminder of the threats elected officials and families face in 2022.”
Police in San Francisco said the assault of Paul Pelosi was intentional. Authorities said the suspect, identified as David DePape, 42, confronted Paul Pelosi in the family’s Pacific Heights home early Friday and, the AP has reported, demanded to know, “Where is Nancy?”
The two men struggled over a hammer before officers responding to a 911 call to the home saw DePape strike Paul Pelosi at least once, police said. DePape was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary. Prosecutors plan to file charges on Monday and expect his arraignment on Tuesday.
Eerie echoes of the Jan. 6 riot were apparent in the incident at the Pelosi home.
Rioters who swarmed the Capitol trying to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump roamed the halls and shouted menacingly, demanding “Where’s Nancy?” Some in the siege were seen inside the Capitol carrying zip ties. The presence of the zip ties on the suspect in Paul Pelosi’s assault was first reported by CNN.
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington when her husband was attacked at home. She soon returned to San Francisco, where her husband was hospitalized. He had surgery for a skull fracture, and suffered other injuries to his arms and hands, her office said.
“Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop,” she said in a letter late Saturday to colleagues. “We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.”
Paul Pelosi remains hospitalized and “continues to improve,” she told colleagues.
With Election Day nearing and Trump relentlessly promoting claims he did not lose to Biden in 2020, federal agencies warned on Friday that domestic extremists fueled by election falsehoods “pose a heightened threat” to the midterms. The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies said the greatest danger was “posed by lone offenders who leverage election-related issues to justify violence.”
Biden and other officials, Democrats and Republicans, condemned the attack on Paul Pelosi and said violence has no home in American politics.
“Enough is enough is enough,” Biden said while campaigning in Pennsylvania on Friday night.
Trump, in an interview taped Friday with Americano Media, a conservative Spanish-language network, called the attack on Paul Pelosi a “terrible thing,” but the former president also tried to link it to crime in U.S. cities.
For years, Republicans have tried to make Pelosi a campaign boogeyman, using the 82-year-old’s image as a recurring caricature in countless ads against Democrats, including many now airing in races nationwide during a hostile election season.
The head of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, said Sunday it was “unfair” to blame the GOP for creating a political climate that could have laid the ground for such an attack.
“You can’t say people saying, ‘Let’s fire Pelosi’ or ‘Let’s take back the House” is saying go do violence,” she told “Fox News Sunday.”
The House GOP’s campaign chief, Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, was asked during a Sunday interview about a tweet promoting his own video, which shows him shooting a gun at an indoor target.
“Enjoyed exercising my Second Amendment rights,” Emmer tweeted, mentioning he was with two House GOP candidates. The video includes the imagery and sounds of the rifle being fired. The tweet was posted Wednesday, before Paul Pelosi was assaulted, and said: “13 days to make history. Let’s #FirePelosi.”
Emmer said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that he was just “exercising our Second Amendment rights, having fun.”
Both McDaniel and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California said Paul Pelosi’s assailant was “deranged.”
McCarthy said on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that violence or the threat of violence “has no place in our society.”
Five years ago, a left-wing activist opened fire on Republicans as they practiced for an annual charity baseball game. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was critically wounded. In 2011, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store.
Elon Musk jumped into the debate Sunday tweeting, then deleting, a link to a fringe website with an unfounded rumor about the attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband. Sent to his millions of followers, Musk’s tweet came just days after his purchase of Twitter fueled concerns that the social media platform would no longer seek to limit misinformation and hate speech.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who leads the Senate committee overseeing security at the Capitol, said lawmakers are considering new measures, including taking their private information off the internet.
Klobuchar, D-Minn., noted, however that Nancy Pelosi “has been villainized for years and, big surprise, it’s gone viral, and it went violent.”
“I think it is really important that people realize that it is not just this moment of this horrific attack, but that we have seen violence perpetrated throughout our political system,” Klobuchar told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/paul-pelosi-attacker-carried-zip-ties-ap-source/ | 2022-10-30T22:52:08 | en | 0.973407 |
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(WOWK) — We saw some fantastic weather over the weekend, but Storm Tracker 13 Meteorologist predict some rain chances moving in at the start of the work week.
We will see mostly mid 60s during trick or treating hours for our area so you may want to bring a light jacket with you. temperatures will drop into the upper 50s by the end of trick or treating time. Most of Monday’s rain will happen earlier in the day, but there will still be a few lighter scattered showers that could linger during trick or treating hours. We are not looking at any heavy rain showers, just a few lighter drizzles. Parents may still want to bring an umbrella or clear ponchos while walking around.
Most of these showers will be before noon, but overall totals aren’t too bad. Mostly we are looking to see between a quarter and a third of an inch. More rain is expected to fall in eastern West Virginia.
For the latest forecasts and weather information download our StormTracker13 weather app by clicking on the link below. | https://www.wowktv.com/weather/trick-or-treat-forecast-for-kentucky-ohio-and-west-virginia/ | 2022-10-30T22:52:15 | en | 0.955407 |
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Nearly 8 in 10 Americans describe the current state of affairs in the U.S. as “out of control,” according to a new CBS News-YouGov poll.
The poll, published on Sunday, found that 79 percent of respondents believe things are “out of control” in the country, while 21 percent of those surveyed believe things are “under control.”
When asked how they feel about the state of the U.S. today, 73 percent of respondents said things are going badly in the country, while 36 percent of those surveyed said things are going well, according to the poll.
Along political party lines, 48 percent of registered Democratic respondents believe things are going well in the country, while 12 percent of registered Republicans and 18 percent of independents agree.
When it comes to President Biden, 56 percent of respondents disapprove of the job he is doing as president, while 44 percent of those surveyed approve.
The poll comes about a week before midterm elections that will decide control of the House and Senate, along with crucial governor races across the country.
The new CBS News-YouGov poll forecast that the GOP will net at least 228 seats in the House chamber in the midterm election, compared to 207 seats for Democrats.
Sixty-three percent of Democrats in the poll said a functioning democracy is their biggest concern, while 21 percent of those surveyed said a strong economy is their biggest concern.
Seventy percent of registered Republican respondents said that a stronger economy is their biggest concern heading into the election, while 29 percent of those surveyed said a functioning democracy is their biggest concern.
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The future of affirmative action in higher education hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court on Monday hears arguments over race-conscious admissions policies at two prestigious universities.
Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) will be defending their use of race — as one of many admissions criteria — to attain the educational benefits of a diverse student body.
Their conservative-backed challengers, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), contend that the schools’ approach violates constitutional protections and federal law and want the court to prohibit admissions offices from considering an applicant’s race at all.
Ishan Bhabha, a partner at the law firm Jenner & Block who filed an amicus brief on behalf of Ivy League and other elite schools, said that if the Supreme Court takes that dramatic step, the repercussions for higher education would be severe.
“If you don’t have a series of divergent viewpoints … then one of the most important priorities of institutions of higher education — which is to forward knowledge, to ask difficult questions, to explore unknown concepts and have one idea clash against another to try and figure out which one is correct or which one is defensible — that is significantly hampered,” said Bhabha, who co-leads his firm’s initiative on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
With the case coming on the heels of a Supreme Court term that saw conservative justices overturn landmark rulings including Roe v. Wade, many legal experts believe that longstanding affirmative action precedent is now on the chopping block.
“This is a court that I think has a solid six-justice majority that sees racial labeling or racial tagging, for any purpose whatsoever, as a constitutional evil,” said Steve Schwinn, a law professor at the University of Illinois Chicago.
The challengers are asking the 6-3 conservative majority court to overrule its landmark 2003 decision in Grutter v. Bollinger, which permits colleges to diversify their student populations by using race as one part of a holistic assessment of individual applicants.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of the court’s more liberal members and the nation’s first female African American justice, is recused from the Harvard case because of her recent role as a member of Harvard’s board of overseers.
Among SFFA’s arguments in suing the schools is its claim that they failed to pursue diversity goals through available race-neutral alternatives, as required under Supreme Court precedent. The schools, for their part, have countered that there are no workable alternatives available.
SFFA suffered defeat in the lower courts, where judges rejected its arguments based on the 5-4 ruling in Grutter, prompting their appeal to the Supreme Court.
In court papers, SFFA has urged the justices to find that Grutter defies the constitutional and statutory guarantee of equal treatment under the law. The use of race in admissions decisions, they say, has led college admissions officers to engage in “crude stereotyping.”
“Applicants who check the box for African American at Harvard and UNC, for example, receive a preference because of their race whether they grew up in poverty and went to failing schools, have parents who were multimillionaire executives, spent their formative years in Europe, are the direct descendants of slaves, or are second-generation immigrants from Africa,” SFFA wrote, urging the justices to upend decades of affirmative action precedent.
In its suit against Harvard, SFFA goes a step further, alleging that the school’s admissions policy discriminates against Asian Americans. The group argued that Harvard’s subjective “personal ratings” scores, which tended to reflect cultural stereotypes, had made it harder for Asian Americans to be admitted compared to applicants of other races, regardless of personal circumstances.
Several Harvard students with Asian American backgrounds who spoke to The Hill pushed back forcefully against how SFFA had framed their school’s admission policy. They are part of a diverse group of thousands of current Harvard students and alumni whose views are reflected in an amicus brief filed by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
Among them is Angie Shin, a Korean American who entered Harvard after graduating from an underfunded Los Angeles County public high school, which she described as having a student body of largely low-income, immigrant students from Black, Latino, and Asian backgrounds, where only around half graduated on time and relatively few went on to obtain college degrees.In this environment, Shin said, the burden fell to her “to get literate” about what higher education opportunities were available.
“For instance, it took me so many years of Googling around on the internet and trying to figure out what scholarships were, how they worked and why they were taking applications so early,” she said.
As the more than 100 friend-of-court briefs filed in the case illustrate, the potential stakes of the dispute extend beyond academia.
According to Bhabha, of the firm Jenner & Block, if the court overrules Grutter, it could represent the first step in a coordinated effort to prohibit the consideration of race in other dimensions of American life.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband carried zip ties with him when he broke into the couple’s San Francisco home, according to a person briefed on the investigation, in what is the latest parallel to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021.
The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the Pelosi case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday.
The attack on the Democratic leader’s 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, less than two weeks before the Nov. 8 election that will determine control of Congress as well as key statewide and local offices, was an unsettling reminder of the nation’s toxic political climate. With threats to public officials at an all-time high, members of Congress were being urged to reach out for additional security resources, including increased police patrols of their neighborhoods.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said in a weekend memo to lawmakers that the attack “is a somber reminder of the threats elected officials and families face in 2022.”
Police in San Francisco said the assault of Paul Pelosi was intentional. Authorities said the suspect, identified as David DePape, 42, confronted Paul Pelosi in the family’s Pacific Heights home early Friday and, the AP has reported, demanded to know, “Where is Nancy?”
The two men struggled over a hammer before officers responding to a 911 call to the home saw DePape strike Paul Pelosi at least once, police said. DePape was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, elder abuse and burglary. Prosecutors plan to file charges on Monday and expect his arraignment on Tuesday.
Eerie echoes of the Jan. 6 riot were apparent in the incident at the Pelosi home.
Rioters who swarmed the Capitol trying to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump roamed the halls and shouted menacingly, demanding “Where’s Nancy?” Some in the siege were seen inside the Capitol carrying zip ties. The presence of the zip ties on the suspect in Paul Pelosi’s assault was first reported by CNN.
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington when her husband was attacked at home. She soon returned to San Francisco, where her husband was hospitalized. He had surgery for a skull fracture, and suffered other injuries to his arms and hands, her office said.
“Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life-threatening attack on our Pop,” she said in a letter late Saturday to colleagues. “We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services, and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.”
Paul Pelosi remains hospitalized and “continues to improve,” she told colleagues.
With Election Day nearing and Trump relentlessly promoting claims he did not lose to Biden in 2020, federal agencies warned on Friday that domestic extremists fueled by election falsehoods “pose a heightened threat” to the midterms. The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies said the greatest danger was “posed by lone offenders who leverage election-related issues to justify violence.”
Biden and other officials, Democrats and Republicans, condemned the attack on Paul Pelosi and said violence has no home in American politics.
“Enough is enough is enough,” Biden said while campaigning in Pennsylvania on Friday night.
Trump, in an interview taped Friday with Americano Media, a conservative Spanish-language network, called the attack on Paul Pelosi a “terrible thing,” but the former president also tried to link it to crime in U.S. cities.
For years, Republicans have tried to make Pelosi a campaign boogeyman, using the 82-year-old’s image as a recurring caricature in countless ads against Democrats, including many now airing in races nationwide during a hostile election season.
The head of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, said Sunday it was “unfair” to blame the GOP for creating a political climate that could have laid the ground for such an attack.
“You can’t say people saying, ‘Let’s fire Pelosi’ or ‘Let’s take back the House” is saying go do violence,” she told “Fox News Sunday.”
The House GOP’s campaign chief, Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, was asked during a Sunday interview about a tweet promoting his own video, which shows him shooting a gun at an indoor target.
“Enjoyed exercising my Second Amendment rights,” Emmer tweeted, mentioning he was with two House GOP candidates. The video includes the imagery and sounds of the rifle being fired. The tweet was posted Wednesday, before Paul Pelosi was assaulted, and said: “13 days to make history. Let’s #FirePelosi.”
Emmer said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that he was just “exercising our Second Amendment rights, having fun.”
Both McDaniel and House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California said Paul Pelosi’s assailant was “deranged.”
McCarthy said on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that violence or the threat of violence “has no place in our society.”
Five years ago, a left-wing activist opened fire on Republicans as they practiced for an annual charity baseball game. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was critically wounded. In 2011, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store.
Elon Musk jumped into the debate Sunday tweeting, then deleting, a link to a fringe website with an unfounded rumor about the attack on Speaker Pelosi’s husband. Sent to his millions of followers, Musk’s tweet came just days after his purchase of Twitter fueled concerns that the social media platform would no longer seek to limit misinformation and hate speech.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who leads the Senate committee overseeing security at the Capitol, said lawmakers are considering new measures, including taking their private information off the internet.
Klobuchar, D-Minn., noted, however that Nancy Pelosi “has been villainized for years and, big surprise, it’s gone viral, and it went violent.”
“I think it is really important that people realize that it is not just this moment of this horrific attack, but that we have seen violence perpetrated throughout our political system,” Klobuchar told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” | https://www.news10.com/news/national/paul-pelosi-attacker-carried-zip-ties-ap-source/ | 2022-10-30T22:54:24 | en | 0.973407 |
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Florian Marino said he “quickly understood” the intent behind the new KM99 team’s FIM Endurance World Championship intentions.
Marino has joined the Belgian squad for the 2023 EWC season, switching from Kawasaki to Yamaha power in the process.
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Following KM99’s recent announcement, 29-year-old Frenchman Marino said: “I know Mario Kupper’s method of working, with whom I had collaborated for three years in the past. Last year he had spoken to me about the KM99 project, and I quickly understood the seriousness of this new adventure. The technical team, the bike, the development programme, all this inspires confidence. In all honesty, I think that all the conditions to perform well are met.”
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Marino was part of the Webike SRC Kawasaki France team that completed the Bol d’Or podium last month behind race winner Viltaïs Racing Igol and second-placed Wójcik Racing Team.
He continued: “The winter tests should allow us to make up for the fact that the team is new, and I am determined to give it my all to produce the best rankings with KM99. Even though anything can happen in endurance, I am confident that we can match the performances of the top teams. The fact that this programme will be spread over three years is another confidence booster which has encouraged me to go flat out.”
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Arsenal stay perfect in the WSL after a 3-1 comeback win over West Ham and set a league record with their 13th straight victory.
The Hammers became the first team to score against Arsenal domestic action this season when Dagny Brynjarsdottir scrambled the ball home after Australian defender Stephanie-Elise Catley played a backpass against her own goalpost.
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Arsenal then lost their captain Kim Little to injury. She was stretchered off and replaced by Jordan Nobbs. Just two minutes after coming on though, Nobbs equalised from a corner.
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In the 53rd minute, the Gunners took the lead when Stina Blackstenius volleyed home Catley's free kick. With 20 minutes to play, Frida Maanum headed home Katie McCabe's cross.
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Tottenham got things started with an 8-0 thrashing of Brighton at Broadfield Stadium.
In front of 2,514 fans, Spurs wasted no time when Molly Bartrip scored from a second-minute corner.
In the 19th minute, Nikola Karczewska doubled Tottenham's lead with a close-range finish.
Brighton lost Wales forward Kayleigh Green to injury after the second goal as things continued to get worse for Brighton.
Ashleigh Neville volleyed in Eveliina Summanen's flick-on for 3-0 before Neville set up Drew Spence right before half-time for Tottenham's fourth.
Neville got her second in the 56th minute, and another assist for Spence two minutes later.
On the hour mark, Jessica Naz made it 7-0 and she completed the scoring in the 83rd minute with her second goal of the afternoon.
Spurs move up to fifth with the win, and see their goal difference improve significantly.
While Spurs were smashing Brighton, Chelsea were getting an important win of their own. At the Kingsmeadow, Lauren James opened the scoring for Chelsea after 22 minutes.
Villa equalised in the 38th minute through Rachel Daly but James struck back just after half-time to restore the Blues' lead.
James turned creator in the 63rd minute when she set up Sam Kerr for the decisive third goal.
It was the Blues' fifth straight victory and takes them level with leaders Manchester United.
United themselves handled Everton in a 3-0 win at Walton Hall Park. The Red Devils got things started in the 13th minute when Leah Galton headed into the path of Nikia Parris who bundled home from close range.
Galton got a goal of her own in the 55th minute, and Hayley Ladd finished the match as a contest with a good finish in the 68th minute.
Liverpool kicked off the WSL season with a shock win over Chelsea but that seems a long time ago now, after falling to their fifth straight defeat against Manchester City.
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Jamaica forward Khadija Shaw scored the opener for City but Liverpool equalised 12 minutes later through Katie Stengel.
Stengel's goal was Liverpool's first in the league since the opening day of the season.
City were knocking on the door and finally forced their way through in the 75th minute when Hayley Raso reacted quickest to a loose ball in the box.
Reading rounded out the early afternoon fixtures with a stunning comeback win over Leicester at the Madejski.
Natasha Flint had given Leicester the lead in the first half, completing a quick break with a an excellent finish and seemed to be headed for their first points of the season.
But in stoppage time Rachel Rowe rifled home an equaliser from a corner before repeating the trick two minutes later to stun the Foxes and secure a remarkable win for Reading.
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AC Milan remain six points behind Serie A leaders Napoli following a shock 2-1 defeat to Torino.
Stefano Pioli’s side conceded twice in two first-half minutes through Koffi Djidji and Aleksei Miranchuk goals before Junior Messias halved the deficit after the break to give Milan hope. But Ivan Juric’s side held on for a memorable win.
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Rafael Leao spurned a gilt-edged chance to give Milan an early lead, a moment the visitors would be left to rue later in the half as they conceded twice in as many minutes.
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From a free-kick, the ball was whipped in and Djidji’s glancing header nestled in the bottom corner. Milan had barely caught their breath when the Granata struck again, Miranchuk’s angled drive leaving stand-in goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu no chance.
Pioli made a triple substitution at the break, introducing Charles Ketelaere, Ante Rebic and Serginio Dest. It was the latter of three who made the biggest impact, going close with a rifled shot from distance that drifted just over.
Torino continued to cause Milan trouble at set-pieces and the Rossoneri were fortunate not to be further behind with Alessandro Buongiorno failing to hit the target with a couple of headed efforts.
The hosts were the makers of their own undoing as Messias halved the deficit in the 67th-minute. Goalkeeper Sergej Milinkovic-Savic raced off his line and got in the way of his defender Buongirono, giving Messias an empty net to slot the ball into. It was Milan's first and only shot on target, and it arguably shouldn't have counted. Juric was left incensed, believing that Messias committed a foul, and was sent to the stands shortly after.
However, Milan – who remain third, a point behind Atalanta - failed to build on that goal, and Torino were relatively comfortable as they claimed the win that moves them into the top half of the table.
TALKING POINT - Three dropped points for Milan
Milan’s defence hasn’t exactly been leaking goals of late but keeping just one clean sheet in eight games is asking a lot of your attack. Tonight, with Leao in such wasteful mood, the Rossoneri just didn’t have enough firepower to find a way back into the game.
An uncharacteristic display on the road means their 17 away game unbeaten streak in Serie A is finally over. As a result, Milan were unable to close the gap on the in-form Napoli, who are only growing in confidence following a 4-0 win over Sassuolo.
Pioli's side have little time to feel sorry for themselves, however. On Wednesday they host RB Salzburg, requiring at least a point to secure their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH - Aleksei Miranchuk (Torino)
Took his goal expertly, ultimately putting the game beyond Milan's reach. A fine game where he defended from the front and led the line superbly.
PLAYER RATINGS
Torino: Milinkovic-Savic 5, Djidji 7, Schuurs 6, Buongiorno 6, Singo 6, Lukic 7, Ricci 7, Lazaro 7, Vlasic 7, Mirancuk 8*, Pellegri 7.. subs: Rodriguez 5, Zima N/A, Adopo N/A, Karamoh 5, Linetty N/A.
AC Milan: Tatarusanu 5, Kalulu 5, Gabbia 5, Tomori 5, Hernandez 6, Tonali 6, Pobega 5, Messias 6, Diaz 5, Leao 4, Origi 4.. subs: Dest 6, Bennacer 5, De Ketelaere 5, Giroud N/A, Rebic 5.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
5’ - GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEAO! Diaz sets Leao up on a plate and it looks for all the world that the Portugal international is about to put Milan ahead but scuffs it horribly wide! What a miss!
35’ - GOAL! TORINO 1-0 AC MILAN (KOFFI DJIDJI): Djidji opens the scoring with a glancing header from a whipped free-kick delivered from the left flank! It's his first goal for Torino! Milan's defending non-existent!
37’ - GOAL! TORINO 2-0 AC MILAN (ALEKSEI MIRANCHUK): Would you believe it, Torino double their lead! Two goals in as many minutes! A long ball delivered from the goalkeeper is flicked on and Mirancuk drills it past Tararusanu from the angle!
67’ - TORINO 1-2 AC MILAN (JUNIOR MESSIAS): A mix-up at the back gifts Milan a way back into the game! Racing off his line, Torino goalkeeper Milinkovic-Savic gets in the way of his defender Buongiorno and it allows Messias an empty net to slot the ball into!
KEY STATS
AC Milan have lost a Serie A away game after 17 away matches without a single defeat (W12 D5), stopping the longest open run in the big five European Leagues.
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GenesisCare and PreludeDx(TM) present compelling Australian-first DCISionRT Study Interim Analysis during Breast Cancer Awareness Month 45% change in treatment recommendations when using DCISionRT
CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif., Oct. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GenesisCare, a leading provider of integrated cancer care globally, and Prelude Corporation (PreludeDx(TM)), a leader in molecular diagnostics and precision medicine, today announced interim results from the AUSPREDICT registry. Data presented at the Australasian International Breast Congress demonstrates a significant (45%) change in radiation therapy treatment recommendations1 when using the DCISionRT test, optimising management to prevent over and under treatment of Australian women with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS).
DCIS is a pre-invasive disease of the breast that may lead to invasive breast cancer if untreated.(2) After breast conserving surgery (BCS) for DCIS, radiation therapy is often used to minimise the risk of recurrence. DCISionRT(R)is a novel molecular test that assesses the 10-year risk of recurrence after BCS and if there would be a benefit to treating with radiation therapy. GenesisCare and PreludeDx formed a strategic partnership in 2021 to bring DCISionRT to Australia for the first time and establish the AUS-PREDICT registry to collect real-world data to further the development of precision medicine and decision tools globally.
The presentation, entitled Interim Analysis of the PREDICT Registry Australia: Changes in Treatment Recommendation for a Biologic Signature Predictive of Radiation Therapy (RT) Benefit in Patients with DCIS, studied 232 patients from Australia who had received the DCISionRT test following breastconserving surgery. Radiation therapy recommendation decreased by 70% in patients with a low risk DCISionRT score and increased 29% in patients with elevated risk scores.(1)
Leading Specialist Breast Surgeon and Director of Breast Cancer Services for Royal Melbourne and Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Professor Bruce Mann, said: "Historically, we have relied on clinical pathology, such as tumour grade and size, to determine treatment plans for patients with DCIS. This data demonstrates the integration of DCISionRT into clinical decision making has a substantial impact on RT recommendations and has the ability to prevent over and under treatment of DCIS patients."
Principal Investigator and GenesisCare Radiation Oncologist, Dr Yvonne Zissiadis, said the interim results "demonstrate the critical role of DCISionRT in the clinical treatment pathway for DCIS patients, ensuring women receive the right treatment at the right time. "Our study highlights that DCISionRT is a promising predictive tool, arming clinicians and patients with the information to make informed decisions about treatment options based on a patient's individual biological risk profile."
"GenesisCare, in partnership with PreludeDx, is thrilled to present the interim findings from our Australian-first study," continued Dr Zissiadis.
"The first interim analysis of AUS-PREDICT is highly consistent with the US-PREDICT registry3 that has completed enrollment of 2,500 patients," said Troy Bremer, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of PreludeDx. "In the registry studies in both countries, DCISionRT was the most impactful single factor for changing treatment recommendations regarding radiation therapy following breast conserving surgery," continued Dr. Bremer.
"We are delighted to bring precision medicine to Australian women diagnosed with DCIS and further enrollment in the AUS-PREDICT registry. We look forward to the continued expansion of our global data network and clinical evidence for DCISionRT," said Dan Forche, CEO of PreludeDx.
References
- Zissiadis et al. Interim Analysis of the PREDICT Registry Australia: Changes in Treatment Recommendation for a Biologic Signature Predictive of Radiation Therapy (RT) Benefit in Patients with DCIS [abstract]. In: Australasian International Breast Congress.; October 13-15 2022; Brisbane, Australia.
- Breast Cancer Network Australia. Understanding breast cancer: Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. viewed 11 October 2022.(https://www.bcna.org.au/understanding-breast-cancer/what-isbreast-cancer/ductal-carcinoma-in-situ/)
- Shah et al. The Clinical Utility of DCISionRT(R) on Radiation Therapy Decision Making in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Following Breast-Conserving Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol 28, 5974–5984 (2021).
About GenesisCare
Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, GenesisCare is a global healthcare company and one of the world's largest integrated oncology organisations. The company's purpose is to design care experiences that get the best possible life outcomes. This is grounded in the belief that care should be focused on the individual, not the condition.
GenesisCare is the world's largest provider of radiotherapy – a vital treatment option for cancer patients – and provides patients with access to diagnostics, medical oncology, surgical oncology, radiotherapy, and novel therapies alongside the ability to participate in the latest clinical trials. With a growing research and trials program numbering more than 150 clinical trials, a contract research organisation, and global innovation programs focused on precision medicine and novel therapies, GenesisCare aims to bring new therapies to more patients in need in a more affordable way.
Every year, GenesisCare clinical teams see more than 400,000 people across 350+ locations, including more than 300 locations in the U.S., 40 in Australia, 14 in the UK, and 17 in Spain. A further 30 new centres are also under development. The organisation employs more than 6,000 highly trained physicians, healthcare professionals and support staff across Australia, Europe, and the U.S. For more information, visit www.genesiscare.com
About AUS-PREDICT Registry
AUS-PREDICT is a prospective registry study designed to evaluate the effect of the DCISionRT test on treatment decisions in patients with DCIS following breast conserving therapy. The study will enrol 1500 women across Australia onto the registry, who have accessed DCISionRT following surgery.
About DCISionRT for Breast DCIS
DCISionRT is the only risk assessment test for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) that predicts radiation therapy benefit. Patients with DCIS have cancerous cells lining the milk ducts of the breast, but they have not spread into surrounding breast tissue. In the US, over 60,000 women are newly diagnosed with DCIS each year. DCISionRT, developed by PreludeDx on technology licensed from the University of California San Francisco, and built on research that began with funding from the National Cancer Institute, enables physicians to better understand the biology of DCIS. DCISionRT combines the latest innovations in molecular biology with risk-based assessment scores to assess a woman's individual tumor biology along with other pathologic risk factors and provide a personalised recurrence risk. The test provides a Decision ScoreTM that identifies a woman's risk as low or elevated. DCISionRT's intelligent reporting provides a woman's recurrence risk after breast conserving surgery alone and with the addition of radiation therapy. In turn, this new information may help patients and their physicians to make more informed treatment decisions.
Disclaimer: As the test has only recently launched in Australia, it is not currently on the Medicare Benefits Scheme or listed on the Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA) in Australia. Instead, the patient's tissue sample is sent offshore to California to a Prelude's CAP/CLIA-approved lab for analysis. The test is frequently used in the USA and many insurers fund the test there. Globally, the test is validated by Level 1b clinical evidence which is considered to be one of the highest levels of evidence. Health care practitioners can access extensive research and findings here: https://preludedx.com/our-publications/
About PreludeDx
PreludeDx is a leading personalised breast cancer diagnostics company dedicated to serving breast cancer patients and physicians worldwide. Founded in 2009 with technology licensed from University of California San Francisco, PreludeDx has focused on developing precision breast cancer tools that will impact a patient's treatment decision. Our mission is to provide patients and physicians with innovative technologies that improve patient outcomes and reduce the overall cost burden to the healthcare system. Before making a treatment decision, Know Your RiskTM. For more information on how PreludeDx is making a difference for patients, please visit the Company's website: https://preludedx.com and follow us on Twitter @PreludeDx, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. PreludeDx, the PreludeDx logo, DCISionRT, the DCISionRT logo, Decision Score, The DCIS Test, Know Your Risk and Your Biology, Your Decision are trademarks of Prelude Corporation or its wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States and foreign countries. Disclaimer: This information is provided for the sole purpose of disseminating general information in relation to DCISionRT.
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GLOW® Beverages Inc. Gets Its Game-Day Debut with Ambassador and Star Quarterback Dak Prescott in the Dallas Cowboys vs. Bears Game
Dak Prescott took to the field the first-to-market premium functional sparkling beverage GLOW®
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GLOW® Beverages Inc. recently debuted its functional sparkling beverage line and announced Dak Prescott and Kylie Jenner as equity stakeholders and ambassadors. GLOW® is proud of their partnership with The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Dak Prescott who was drawn to the brand because of its unique offerings that fulfil a gap in customer needs regarding hydration.
This Sunday, Prescott returned to the field in an exciting game against the Chicago Bears. He chose this special moment to publicly showcase his alignment with GLOW® Energy Sparkling Water. As an equity stakeholder and brand ambassador, Prescott's commitment to the company is unrivalled, and his decision to showcase GLOW® during this important game further cements his connection with the brand, which will be part of his comeback success on the field.
"GLOW® is an incredible, functional drink, and it tastes amazing. I'm proud to be an ambassador of the brand and a shareholder in the company. LET'S GLOW!" said Dak Prescott.
"With Dak Prescott joining our GLOW team as an equity stakeholder and endorser of the beverage, we are going to GLOW this company up!" said Kev Kouyoumjian, Managing Partner.
Fellow ambassador Kylie Jenner took to Instagram earlier in the week to say she is proud to join the GLOW® team as an equity stakeholder alongside Dak Prescott.
GLOW® product lines include hydration and energy. The immune-forward brand launched with six SKU flavors: Spicy Watermelon, Mango Apricot, Ginger Lemon, Cherry Lime, Pineapple Blood Orange, and Tiger's Blood. They will also carry GLOW® PH, an Ultra Smooth Alkaline Water.
GLOW® white bottles denote a hydration product, while the black bottles in the line boast B12 & green coffee bean extract as the energy source. The product line also has GLOW PH, an Ultra Smooth Alkaline Water with 150+ TDS. The low-calorie treat was invented when founders John Larson and Kev Kouyoumjian noticed a whitespace in the functional beverage category. Historically, sparkling waters have lacked function, and functional beverages don't offer sparkling (carbonated) versions of their product.
"I formulated GLOW® to support my busy lifestyle. My goal was to create a premium beverage that wasn't made for an athlete but instead made for someone with a demanding professional lifestyle. I didn't see anything like that being offered. Additionally, I wanted all-day usage from the time when I woke up until the end of the night. This drink is needed to support a healthy mind & body, and GLOW® does just that. Not only is GLOW® great for your day-to-day life, but it is also multifunctional. It has won awards for taste and best cocktail mixer," said John Larson, Founder of GLOW® Beverages Inc. "After long days at the office and in meetings, I enjoy going out in the evenings. I only go out for a couple of cocktails, but I don't want water or soda to be my other option. I want something unique that fits the more upscale environments I enjoy. I also want to have a flavor that I enjoy. GLOW® is premium enough to be sold where I like to spend my evenings. It is hydrating, tastes great, and, most importantly, has functionality with our proprietary blend of herbs, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and so much more. It keeps me going all day and into the night. GLOW® was created from a personal need that has become a growing need for those around me that expect function, flavor, and style."
GLOW® Sparkling Hydration and Energy has no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners. The formulas offer vitamins and minerals to support immune function. GLOW® also has antioxidants, amino acids, and electrolytes. Other functional ingredients include prickly pear and milk thistle.
In addition to the six-flavor functional beverage range, GLOW® is debuting GLOW® Shots. These energy shots pack a punch with caffeine, zero sugar, zero carbs, and zero calories.
GLOW® Beverages are available direct to consumers via www.drinkglow.com. The brand can also be found in Costco's in the Bay Area starting October 18th with the official launch of GLOW® Ultra Smooth Alkaline water. They will be rolling out to Walmart, Ralph's (Kroger), 7-Eleven, and Albertsons locations in Spring 2023. You can follow @drinkglow on Instagram to keep up with the latest news.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the chequered flag at the Mexican Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to take a record-breaking 14th race victory of the season, ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second, and home favourite Sergio Perez in third.
The victory for the Dutchman sees him break the record for most race wins in a single season, which was previously held by both Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel (2013).
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Verstappen started the race on pole position ahead of both of the Mercedes drivers, who both were unexpectedly quick in qualifying on Saturday. George Russell lined up alongside the Dutchman on the front row, with Hamilton behind in P3.
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Sergio Perez, who was looking to become the first Mexican driver to win at his home race, started in fourth.
The race started well for the Dutchman, who led into turn one. Russell lost out on the first lap, as his eagerness to get past the Red Bull cost him two places as both Hamilton and Perez got past on the run down into turn four.
Both Red Bull drivers opted to start the race on used soft tyres, whereas Mercedes told theirs to start on fresh mediums. It made the dynamic of the first stint very interesting, as both Hamilton and Russell anticipated early stops for the Red Bulls.
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That idea did not quite go to plan, as Verstappen managed to stay out longer than expected. He pitted for mediums on Lap 25 - two laps after his team-mate. He came back out in third.
Despite being on mediums, Hamilton pitted from the lead on lap 30 for a set of hard tyres as Mercedes tried their hand with the one-stop strategy. His team-mate, Russell, reported good pace on his worn mediums and extended his stint to lap 34 before coming in, also for hards.
The race then became one that was fixated on strategy for the remaining 40 laps. The Mercedes pit wall anticipated both Red Bulls having to opt for the two-stop strategy as they believed the medium tyres on Verstappen and Perez’s cars would not last until the end of the Grand Prix.
That assumption proved to be short-sighted, as Verstappen managed his tyres to perfection to take the chequered flag 15 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who finished second. Perez also managed his tyres well to secure a podium at his home race.
Russell finished in P4, and secured an extra point for the fastest lap after pitting for softs with two laps remaining.
The result sees Perez move just two points behind second-placed Charles Leclerc in the driver’s championship with two races remaining.
DRIVER OF THE DAY - Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo
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The McLaren driver made up for a lapse in judgement on Lap 51 which saw him hit the rear-right tyre of Yuki Tsunoda going for a gap into turn 6 that wasn't there. The incident resulted in the Japanese driver having to retire from the race with suspension damage, and the stewards decided to hand the Australian a ten-second time penalty.
The strategy choice from McLaren, which saw Ricciardo stay out on the medium tyres until Lap 46, went in their favour as it meant that he was able to push for the final stint and catch cars around him to offset the penalty.
The scenario that he found himself in brought back glimpses of the Ricciardo of old, as he made some key overtakes on track to move up to sevent. He managed to extend the gap to the car behind him to over ten seconds, and that meant that when he crossed the line, the penalty had no effect on his finishing position.
WHERE THE RACE WAS WON AND LOST
LAP 1/71 - We are underway here at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez! The five lights go out as the drivers take the long straight on the run down to the first corner! Verstappen gets the better start and leads! Hamilton manages to squeeze past his team-mate into Turn 2 and he gets it done! Perez eventually gets past Russell into Turn 3 and is into third!
LAP 25/71 - VERSTAPPEN PITS FROM LEAD - The race leader is finally in for his stop as the Red Bull mechanics fit a set of medium tyres. He emerges back out in front of the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, and now he is a whole pit stop ahead of the Prancing Horses. The Dutchman is in P3.
LAP 30/71 - HAMILTON PITS - Hamilton has opted to come in from the lead and ditch his mediums for a fresh set of hards, which suggests that he is going for the one-stop strategy. He comes back out in P3, and crucially, ahead of Perez in the sister Red Bull. Let's see just how long it takes for the harder compound to get up to temperature.
LAP 51/71 - CONTACT! - Ricciardo spots the smallest of gaps on the inside of Turn 6 trying to get past Tsunoda, and there isn't enough space and he hits the AlphaTauri! Tsunoda's car is airborne for a few seconds, and there is damage on the sidepod and the right-rear suspension. Unfortunately, Tsunoda will have to retire the car. Riccardo is slapped with a 10-second time penalty.
LAP 70/71 - RUSSELL TRIES TO GO FOR FASTEST LAP - Russell in P4 who was over 20 seconds ahead of Sainz, has accepted that he will not catch Perez ahead of him, and has convinced the team to pit for a set of scrub softs to go for the fastest lap of the race for that extra championship point.
LAP 71/71 - VERSTAPPEN WINS MEXICAN GRAND PRIX - A stunning victory for Verstappen, who drove with ease during this second stint to secure another win. His 14th of the season - which is a new record! Hamilton is 15s down the road in P2, and Perez also finishes on the podium in P3.
OVERTAKE OF THE DAY
LAP 42/71 - That is the best overtake of the race so far! Ocon, who has DRS down the main straight, gets past Bottas into Turn 1 around the outside of the corner! That is a brilliant move and he is up to P10.
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HD Hyundai CEO Chung Ki-sun Discussed Business Expansion with Chairman Peter Thiel of Palantir Technologies
- CEO Chung Ki-sun discussed with Chairman Peter Thiel to make progress in business cooperation, digital transformation (DX), and business management agenda.
- Establishment of a joint venture for big data solutions within this year was discussed to build a big data platform to provide service for the public and private sectors.
- "We will further speed up the digital transformation with Palantir," said CEO Chung.
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HD Hyundai (former Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings) CEO Chung Ki-sun met with Co-founder and Chairman Peter Thiel of Palantir Technologies, the world's no.1 big data company, to discuss new business development and overall business agenda.
Hyundai Heavy Industry Group (HHI Group) announced on October 30 that CEO Chung had a discussion with Palantir Chairman Thiel at Yeouido Fairmont Hotel Seoul during the Chairman's visit to Korea. They exchanged opinions about an upcoming joint venture (JV) between HHI Group and Palantir and the business development currently under bilateral cooperation.
CEO Chung and Chairman Thiel examined the digital transformation (DX) status in HHI Group's business areas of shipbuilding, energy, and construction equipment, which are under bilateral collaboration.
In September, HHI Group signed the main contract to introduce "Foundry," Palantir's corporate big data platform, to all the affiliates under the shipbuilding business, and planned to utilize the platform to establish the foundation for a shipyard with autonomous operation, which is currently under development.
Moreover, the two business leaders exchanged opinions about business uncertainty caused by worldwide inflation, interest rate increase, and the energy crisis combined with the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war and shared ideas about corporate survival and growth strategy amid the complex economic crisis.
In addition, CEO Chung and Chairman Thiel agreed to finalize the JV establishment this year to introduce and supply a tailored big data platform service to public institutions and the private sector in Korea. HHI Group and Palantir plan to expand sales through the JV by providing a customer-tailored big data solution in Korea, where the world-class IT infrastructure is established.
HHI Group will provide know-how accumulated in its world's no.1 shipbuilding business and various manufacturing businesses and establish a bridgehead in the Korean market and entry strategies. At the same time, Palantir will build up a big data platform for customers and take responsibility for software supply and operation.
"The meeting with Chairman Thiel was very constructive and fruitful. With Palantir, we will gear up the speed for digital transformation based on data and AI," said CEO Chung.
"The logistical challenges for a world-leading shipbuilding company like Hyundai Heavy Industries Group are immense," said Palantir Co-Founder and Chairman Peter Thiel. "Those hard problems are where Palantir's engineers thrive."
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Lewis Hamilton said he had ‘so much love for Mexico’ despite the boos he received from some of the crowd.
The Mercedes man had been jeered by some of the spectators over the course of the weekend, with at least some of the antipathy likely because of the home support for Sergio Perez.
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Mexican driver Perez rides for Red Bull, the team of world champion Max Verstappen, a long-standing rival of the seven-time world champion.
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Verstappen is champion once again and secured another victory on Sunday despite one of Hamilton’s strongest performances of the 2022 season.
A questionable tyre strategy meant that the Dutchman was relatively comfortable from the off, as Hamilton’s challenge faded over the course of the race.
There are two races left in the Formula 1 calendar for Mercedes to grab a win, either through Hamilton or his teammate George Russell, but Verstappen is hoping to add more to his record-breaking 14 wins already set this season.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the race, Hamilton was not overly concerned by the booing he had been receiving and praised the hosts for their enthusiasm for the event as a whole.
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"This has been an amazing crowd, definitely a bit awkward this time around with boos all day. But, nevertheless I have so much love for Mexico and for the people here. What a great race and an event they've put on this weekend,” he said.
He was disappointed though with his failure to push Verstappen harder earlier in the race, when the pace between the two was more similar, before the Red Bull man started to pull away more decisively.
"I was so close in that first stint but I think the Red Bull was clearly too fast today and ultimately, maybe they had the better tyre strategy,” he suggested.
"I'm not sure (the hard) was the right tyre at the end. I thought we should have started on the soft but obviously we had the opposite tyre. It was okay in the first stint but that hard tyre was just an offset.
"Congratulations to Max, it's great to be up here and separate the two."
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Max Verstappen hopes to extend his record-breaking 14 wins in a Formula 1 season.
There are two more races to come in the 2022 campaign, and Verstappen made it 14 after another victory on Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix.
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The two-time champion held off a spirited challenge from rival Lewis Hamilton, whose Mercedes team are finishing the season with stronger performances than at any other point of the competition this year.
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Hamilton suffered with porpoising early in the season after an overhaul of car design for all teams, something that Mercedes struggled to rectify until mid-season changes were brought in for all teams as the governing body looked to make the cars less physically demanding for drivers.
Since then Hamilton has been a more consistent performer, with George Russell also doing well for the German team, but neither of them has been able to win a Grand Prix in 2022.
There had been hopes when Hamilton qualified in third and his teammate second, but Verstappen looked likely to do well in pole, with some early hopes for Hamilton that the right setup could lead him to his first maximum weekend.
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However the Dutchman was rarely troubled, helped by his opponent’s poor choice of tyres with Mercedes principal Toto Wolff conceding after the race.
Verstappen’s 14 races are a new record, but he has been helped by the extended F1 season compared to shorter schedules in previous seasons.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the race, Verstappen said leading from the front had helped him along the way.
"Of course the start helped me out a lot for the rest of the race. We were also on a different strategy to the other cars around us but again, an incredible result,” he said.
He discussed the race strategy for the tyres, stating: "The pace of the car was really nice. We had to look after our tyres because it was a really long stint on the mediums but we made it work.
"It's an incredible atmosphere and we love to come here."
He concluded by saying Red Bull hoped to win more races before the close of the current season.
"It's been an incredible year so far, we are definitely enjoying it and we'll try to go for more (victories),” he said.
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Seamus Power overcame some shaky moments to secure his second win on the PGA Tour with victory at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
The Irishman has been a late bloomer on the professional scene, but after breaking his duck with victory at the Barbasol Championship in 2021, he followed up a year later at Port Royal.
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Asked for his feelings on securing his second win, Power said: “It is completely different, but just as special.
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“It is hard, I play a lot of tournaments and it is only my second win in I don’t know how many events.
“It is amazing, it is special and is going to take a while to settle in. I am over the moon.”
It was a week of contrasting weather in the North Atlantic, as the normally strong wind did not blow on Thursday and Friday.
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- 1. Seamus Power, 19-under
- 2. Thomas Detry, 18-under
- T3. Patrick Rodgers, 17-under
- T3. Kevin Yu, 17-under
- T3. Ben Griffin, 17-under
- T6. Denny McCarthy, 16-under
- T6. Aaron Baddeley, 16-under
It returned on Saturday, to the delight of Power who was brought up on the wind-swept Links courses of Ireland.
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Power and Ben Griffin eked out a two-stroke lead on the field after 54 holes and embarked on a duel on Sunday.
The lead changed hands early on, with Griffin moving in front after birdies on one and two.
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Griffin looked the stronger of the two when moving to five-under for his round after back-to-back birdies on 10 and 11. But his challenge fell apart with an awful run from the 12th hole onwards.
Four bogeys and a double bogey from 12 to 16 saw him tumble out of the lead and down the standings.
Power was handed the lead on the 14th, but he did not make things easy for himself with bogeys on 15 and 16.
At that point, Power’s biggest challenger was sat in the clubhouse, as Belgium’s Thomas Detry holed out from a bunker on the 18th to set the target at 18-under.
On the 17th tee, Power held a one-shot advantage and to his relief, he got up and down from the fringe on the par-five for a birdie to secure a cushion down 18.
The 35-year-old required the buffer as me made a bogey on the final hole, but it was enough to secure the win, boost his world ranking and fire him into Ryder Cup contention.
“It was always going to be a tale of two sides today,” Power said. “You were always going to make some birdies on the front and it was going to be hard coming in.
“It was hard, and I made hard work of it, but I’m delighted to get it done.”
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