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BEIJING (AP) — Brittany Bowe was having quite an Olympics — before she even hit the ice.
First, she claimed another speedskating race in Beijing — or, more appropriately, reclaimed it — when a third spot opened up for the Americans in the 500 meters.
Then, Bowe was selected to be one of the U.S. flagbearers in Friday night's opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium after the original choice, bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, was forced into isolation by a positive COVID-19 test.
“It's a shame that Elana can't do it because we all felt she was the deserving front-runner to have that honor,” U.S. speedskating coach Ryan Shimabukuro said after Friday's training session at the Ice Ribbon oval, which Bowe skipped to rest up for her evening duties.
"But Brittany is obviously taking that responsibility seriously and she's going to lead that delegation like the champion she is. I think there's no better runner-up than Brittany to do that."
Bowe, a six-time world champion and bronze medalist at the 2018 Winter Games, finished first in the 500 at the U.S. trials last month. But she gave up her Olympic spot after event favorite Erin Jackson slipped in her heat and shockingly finished third overall.
At the time, the Americans only had two guaranteed spots in the event, so Bowe withdrew to ensure that Jackson got a chance to skate in Beijing.
However, the U.S. picked up a third skater after the International Skating Union recently issued its final allotments.
So Bowe is back in, joining Jackson and Kimi Goetz.
Jackson, the first Back woman to win a World Cup race, is one of the gold-medal favorites in the 500.
Bowe's best races are the 1,000 and 1,500, both of which are considered strong medal possibilities for the 33-year-old Floridian.
But she's no slouch in the 500, which made her original withdrawal all the more poignant to Jackson and Bowe's other teammates.
“All things considered, to give up an opportunity for a medal is insane,” Joey Mantia said with a smile after his training session. ”What she did was absolutely crazy. I think it’s an amazing gesture that she was able to bring herself to do, and not knowing for sure if she was going to get that spot or not because our criteria for how we get spots is a little open-ended up until the last minute.”
To Mantia, that made it all the more fitting that Bowe got a chance to carry the U.S. flag along with curler John Shuster.
“She definitely deserves it,” Mantia said. “We were pushing hard for her, so it was really nice to see that.”
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GENEVA (AP) — The dissident Chinese architect behind the Beijing stadium hosting Friday’s opening ceremony of the Winter Games has scoffed at the head of the U.N. health agency, saying China should award him “a gold medal” for not asking hard questions about its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ai Weiwei, possibly China’s best-known dissident, aired criticism of Beijing’s human rights record and response to the pandemic, in an interview with The Associated Press Friday, in which he also took aim at World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Ai also accused governments of showing too much deference to China for business or political interests.
He chuckled derisively after hearing that Tedros had posted a photo on Twitter showing himself in a red-and-white “Beijing 2022” winter track suit and matching wool cap as he carried the Olympic flame during the torch relay in China.
“My God. He should get a gold medal from China because he never asked the right question,” Ai said in a video conversation. “Where is his conscience, this guy? You know, all those people who are supposed to defend the human health and give the right information, but never ask the right question and (are) always on the side of the propaganda.”
“They’re so ridiculous.”
Under Tedros, the WHO came in for severe criticism from then U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in 2020 for its alleged missteps and excessive deference to, and praise for, China when the COVID-19 pandemic first appeared in the city of Wuhan some two years ago.
Tedros, in his tweet on Friday, wrote that he was “humbled” to participate in the torch relay.
“The Olympic Games are about hope & I wish for this flame to bring hope to people around the world that we can end #COVID19 together,” he wrote, while thanking the IOC president for the invitation.
Above all, Ai highlighted the Chinese government’s poor human rights record, saying hopes that it might have improved since Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Games have gone unfulfilled.
“I think it’s really, really unbelievable after 14 years of this — this game, same game — we turn to the same country, a country (that has) not developed an inch towards better human rights and the better freedom of speech conditions, but rather become very arrogant,” Ai said.
He said the Chinese Communist Party’s government has brainwashed fellow citizens of his homeland who “kind of show their patriotic support for the party,” and said any comments that stray from that on social media like China’s Weibo “will disappear.”
Ai also took aim at the International Olympic Committee, saying the Games means “big business for them.” He said the IOC “never protected” human rights and has shown itself to “always defend … whatever China is doing — which is a pity.”
Ai didn’t give a pass to other countries either — both those like Russia, which were represented at the highest official levels, and some Western countries which boycotted the Games or decided to stay away for reasons like COVID-19 concerns. He faulted them for a double standard.
“They very, like, softly say, ‘we are not officially attending.’ For me, that is like a joke,” AI said. “So the West, the problem is, cannot find a better strategy, but to use that as like a smoke gun to say, ‘O.K., we’re defending those principles.’”
“But in the reality, they are not: They are business as normal,” he added. “Many countries are hypocritical.”
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and will miss the Hawkeyes' home game against Minnesota on Sunday.
Assistant Billy Taylor will serve as the acting head coach in McCaffery’s absence.
Iowa (14-7, 4-6 Big Ten) has lost three of its last four games. The Hawkeyes' game at Ohio State that was scheduled for Thursday was postponed because of inclement weather.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time start to spring training and increased the work stoppage’s threat to opening day.
One day after MLB asked for help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday ruled out a third party trying to assist the fractured sport’s warring factions.
“Two months after implementing their lockout, and just two days after committing to players that a counterproposal would be made, the owners refused to make a counter, and instead requested mediation,” the union said in a statement.
“After consultation with our executive board, and taking into account a variety of factors, we have declined this request. The clearest path to a fair and timely agreement is to get back to the table. Players stand ready to negotiate.”
Owners locked out players on Dec. 2, immediately following the expiration of a five-year collective bargaining agreement. There have been just three negotiating sessions on core economics since, on Jan. 24-25 and this past Tuesday, and the sides are still far apart.
Players are upset payrolls declined to $4.05 billion last year, the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. They are asking for an expansion of salary arbitration eligibility, a significant increase in luxury tax thresholds and minimum salaries, a decrease in revenue sharing and new rules to prevent what they allege is service time manipulation by clubs.
Teams say they will not expand arbitration or decrease revenue sharing, and that intensive negotiations on the luxury tax are for the final stage of bargaining.
The lockout entered its 65th day Friday and shows every sign of rolling past the scheduled start of spring training workouts on Feb. 16. Given that at least three weeks of training and exhibition games are required and the need for several days for players to report to camps and go through COVID-19 protocols, opening day on March 31 will be threatened if there is no agreement by the end of February or early March.
There is little chance of negotiations next week, when owners are scheduled to meet from Tuesday to Thursday in Orlando, Florida. Management’s bargaining team is expected in Orlando for the session.
Baseball’s ninth work stoppage is its first since a series of strikes and lockouts set back the sport from 1972-95.
The players’ association has made $5,000 stipends available to its members from the $178.5 million in cash, U.S. Treasury securities and investments available on Dec. 31, 2020, according to its latest financial disclosure form filed with the U.S. Department of Labor.
There is a wide disparity in income among players. Of the 1,670 who appeared on a major league roster last year, 1,145 earned under $1 million, including 771 below $500,000 and 241 under $100,000.
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BEIJING (AP) — The first day of medals at the Beijing Olympics could be the start of another Norwegian gold rush.
Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is among the favorites in the men's downhill — one of the marquee events of NBC's prime-time coverage Saturday — and fellow Norwegian Therese Johaug looks poised to add to the three Olympic medals she's already won in cross-country skiing. Norway led all nations with 39 medals at Pyeongchang four years ago, including 14 golds.
The U.S., of course, has its share of contenders. Snowboarder Jamie Anderson is trying for a third straight slopestyle gold, and the final is Saturday night. The team figure skating competition resumes that evening, too. The Americans lead that after a strong start by Nathan Chen and Co.
Here are some things to watch (all times Eastern):
ALPINE SKIING
The world's top downhill racers had little time to familiarize themselves with the Rock course after test events were canceled because of the pandemic.
“For everybody it is new, us athletes as well as the coaches," Switzerland's Marco Odermatt said. “It’s a big challenge for the whole team to find a perfect setup.”
The downhill will be shown live on NBC and Peacock. It’s scheduled to start at 10 p.m.
Kilde, the World Cup leader, is dating American star Mikaela Shiffrin.
FIGURE SKATING
The U.S. leads the powerful Russians and third-place China so far in the team competition. Chen won the men's short program, and Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue did the same in the rhythm dance.
Up next are the women's short program and men's free skate. NBC is airing that part of the team event live in prime time.
“We have a really strong team, so we have a lot of chess pieces to play with,” Chen said. "Whatever is the strongest piece at that time is the strongest piece at that time.”
SNOWBOARDING
USA Network is showing men's and women's slopestyle live Saturday night. The final runs of the women's competition are followed by qualifying for the men. NBC will include encore coverage of the women's final on its late-night slate.
The U.S. swept slopestyle snowboarding in 2018, with Anderson and Red Gerard both winning.
The slopestyle course in Zhangjiakou includes a snow replica of the Great Wall that serves as a backdrop for the rails and jumps athletes will navigate.
NORWEGIAN STAR
Johaug won gold in a relay in 2010 and took two more cross-country skiing medals in 2014. She missed the 2018 Games following a doping ban, but the 14-time world champion is back now. The skiathlon — an event that includes both classical and freestyle techniques — is live on USA Network on Saturday morning with encore coverage on NBC in the afternoon.
ALSO OF NOTE
Of the 13 gold medals China has won at the Winter Games, 10 were in short track speedskating. The hosts have high hopes again in that sport, and the first short track medal will be awarded in the mixed team relay. USA Network is showing that final during its 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. time slot, and NBC will air it in prime time. ... Canada's Mikael Kingsbury is the defending champ in men's moguls. USA Network will show qualifying and the final live Saturday morning, and the final will also be shown as part of NBC's late-night coverage. ... The U.S. women's hockey team, which began defending its Olympic title with a win over Finland, faces the Russians live on USA Network at 8:10 a.m. That game will be shown again at 5 p.m. on the same channel.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend’s NFC championship game between the 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams, authorities said Friday.
A 33-year-old man was arrested for investigation of assault by means to produce great bodily injury and was released on $30,000 bail, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. told a press conference.
Investigators traced the suspect through a vehicle at the scene and after the suspect declined to come in, they went to him and he voluntarily came to the police station where he was advised of his rights, Butts said.
The mayor said the case will be presented to prosecutors.
The 49ers fan, Daniel Luna, 40, had to be put into a medically induced coma after he was punched, fell and struck his head on the ground, according to Butts. The mayor said Friday that Luna's condition had neither improved nor degraded.
Butts said police sought the man who threw a punch in a brief fight based on a blurry video and the license plate of a car.
Luna, who owns a restaurant in Oakland, was mingling in a crowd of about 16 people at SoFi Stadium, most of them wearing what appeared to be 49ers jerseys, when he pushed a man wearing a Rams jersey from behind, Butts said Thursday after viewing the video.
Before that, Butts said, “there didn’t seem to be any hostilities.”
When Luna turned to walk away, the man pushed Luna back, the mayor said. When Luna turned, the man punched him in the mouth, causing Luna to fall to the ground and hit the back of his head, Butts said, estimating that the encounter lasted less than five seconds.
“It looked like a small altercation that went very bad,” he said. “From one punch and someone falling, hitting their head on the ground. It wasn’t like you had people ganging up on somebody and beating them.”
Luna’s face was fractured and he was placed in a medically induced coma to prevent internal bleeding from swelling his brain, Butts said.
The mayor said the video isn’t clear enough to provide a description of the suspect but he was seen talking to some people in a car. Security won’t be increased because of the incident, the mayor said.
“I’m very comfortable there was sufficient security” in the parking lot, he said. “There is plenty of security in the parking lot. You’re not going to stop every altercation, argument between fans. It’s just not going to happen.”
The Rams beat the 49ers on Sunday 20-17 to advance to the Super Bowl, where they will play the Cincinnati Bengals on Feb. 13.
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BEIJING (AP) — The clock is ticking for American speedskater Casey Dawson to get to his first Olympics.
He tested positive for COVID-19 three weeks ago. Recently, Dawson had been testing negative and he believed that by producing two consecutive negative tests he would be cleared to join his teammates in Beijing.
"Everything was good until I received news that they now require four negative tests to even consider sending me over,” Dawson wrote in an Instagram post.
He's also had issues with testing centers in Utah that must be approved by the Chinese consulate.
“My expectation is that he'll get here,” Matt Kooreman, long track program director for US Speedskating, said Friday.
Kooreman said they’re targeting an arrival date of Monday for Dawson.
“He’s such a level-headed guy,” Kooreman said. “I’m more worried about the people around him freaking out than I am him freaking out.”
Dawson's first individual event is the 5,000 meters on Sunday. He would be replaced by Emery Lehman, a two-time Olympian. Dawson also qualified for the 1,500 on Tuesday, and could be replaced by Ethan Cepuran.
US Speedskating is eager to get Dawson to Beijing in time to join in the team pursuit. The quarterfinals are Feb. 13, with semifinals and the final two days later. The U.S. men are strong medal contenders in the event.
Dawson, a 21-year-old skater from Park City, Utah, has been training at the Utah Olympic Oval to stay sharp while his COVID-19 situation plays out. He is set to receive his U.S. Olympic clothing and gear this weekend.
“Now let's just pass this test," Kooreman said, "and get a plane ticket.”
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With millions of dollars pouring into endorsements for college athletes, the latest battleground in the recruiting wars is the statehouse: A handful of states are already considering changing barely-dried rules to help their flagship schools land — or keep — top prospects.
Over the past three years, at least 25 states put laws or executive orders in place addressing name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes. All the measures make it clear that the NCAA can no longer limit this kind of revenue but some did set some ground rules.
It’s those restrictions, which vary from state to state, that are now getting a second look as competition to land the nation's top high school athletes heats up.
Alabama and Florida lawmakers are already considering repealing or making major changes to laws governing college athlete compensation less than a year after enacting them. Ohio State officials last week made it easier for their school to link athletes to big-dollar contracts.
The moves could be the start of a neverending effort to redefine the landscape for college recruiting where states try to constantly outdo each other, said Gabe Feldman, director of Tulane’s sports law program.
“If the latest state law is more permissive, then other states are going to have to follow suit, and will follow suit. That’s exactly what we’re seeing now," Feldman said. “Schools will do as much as they can do within the rules to compete. The only way to stay on a level playing field is to remove those state laws.”
In Alabama, a bill to repeal a 7-month-old college athlete compensation law sailed through the state House 97-1 and awaits action in the Senate.
“It may be the shortest-lived (bill) to stay in law ever,” said Alabama state Rep. Kyle South, the sponsor of both the law and the bill to dump it. “Pass it one year, repeal it the next.”
South said the two biggest schools in his state, Alabama and Auburn, support the repeal effort. Alabama has a 2022 recruiting class ranked among the best in the country and Auburn was top 20.
“They want to be able to go out on the recruiting trail and say, ’We’re playing by the same set of rules .... We’re on the same level playing field as Texas and Michigan,'” South said.
The rules mashup was created when court decisions and public opinion prompted a number of states, California first among them, to pass laws securing the right for athletes to earn endorsement money. With little choice, the NCAA on July 1 cleared the way for its athletes to start cashing in, laying down the barest of guidelines that bar pay-for-play and using endorsements as recruiting inducements.
Schools were told to create their own polices and follow any applicable state laws. And while many state laws share similar characteristics, they remain uneven. For example, states may have different rules regarding use of team logos in endorsements, or limit school involvement in connecting athletes to businesses. A few simply give wide latitude to their schools to write their own rules within the minimal guidelines of the NCAA.
“The simple fact is some states have a competitive advantage (for recruits) over others,” said South, the Alabama lawmaker.
Some Florida lawmakers want to eliminate the state’s ban on schools helping facilitate player endorsement deals. The change was proposed the same day Florida State lost a five-star recruit to tiny Jackson State; the sponsor of the measure insists the timing was a coincidence.
Florida state Rep. Chip LaMarca, author of the original law and the proposed change, said he is not interested in repealing the whole thing, just tweaking it to let schools get more directly involved in helping athletes make deals. LaMarca said he doesn’t want to eliminate other provisions, such as mandatory financial training designed to help athletes manage their contracts and earnings.
“Repealing the bill would not be about protecting the athletes,” LaMarca said.
His effort has struggled to gain traction, however. House Speaker Chris Sprowls this week called it a low priority while adding, "to a certain extent it’s like a race to bottom in college sports. Like, how many sports cars can we put in the hands of 18-year-olds?”
In Ohio, athlete compensation rules were set by an executive order from the governor. Buckeyes officials determined they could change their own rules to create a new program and have the school be a link between players and businesses.
“Our guidelines were initially created to be restrictive, but now that we have a better understanding of NIL, it’s clear that we can provide more assistance in connecting student-athletes with interested brands," Ohio State senior associate athletic director Carey Hoyt said. “Updating our NIL guidelines at this time is what we needed to do to stay competitive in this ultra-competitive landscape."
Buckeyes football coach Ryan Day welcomed the move. He described “uneasiness” among coaches and schools “because what one place can do maybe another place can’t, and trying to figure out what those norms are going to be because it’s so new. But we’re adapting fast.”
Being nimble is key amid the fierce competition. Supporters of major programs fight to stand out while giving a wink and a nod to the NCAA ban on using NIL deals as recruiting inducements. At more than a dozen major programs across the country, third-party “collectives” and nonprofits have formed to pool millions from businesses and donors to offer endorsement deals.
At Texas, for example, the Clark Field Collective said it had up to $10 million pledged to support NIL deals for Longhorns athletes. Days later, the nonprofit Horns with Heart launched with a promise of $50,000 annually to scholarship offensive linemen for NIL deals supporting charities.
Feldman cautioned that if a lot of states follow Alabama's effort to repeal rather than tweak their NIL laws, it would give the NCAA the chance to move in and create a new set of regulations.
“The states that are hamstrung are the ones with restrictions on school involvement and use of logos,” Feldman said. “I frankly think it would be a mistake to completely repeal as that would open up a space for the NCAA to step in.”
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AP Sports Writer Mitch Stacy contributed from Columbus, Ohio.
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Across both Super Bowl rosters, there is a great divide.
The Rams are the team loaded with veterans and the Bengals are the new kids on the block. Los Angeles has the star power, which figures with Hollywood next door. Cincinnati has a bunch of relative no names outside of Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase.
Bengals coach Zac Taylor worked for Rams boss Sean McVay — even though Taylor is more than two years older.
Both teams were No. 4 seeds after winning their divisions, so there are some similarities. It might be the differences that, well, make the difference on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium. Oh, yeah, that happens to be the Rams' new home.
WHEN THE BENGALS HAVE THE BALL:
Burrow (9) and Chase (1) are the Dynamic Duo for Cincinnati. They were at LSU and nothing changed when Chase, who sat out the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was chosen fifth overall in last April's draft. His effect has been immense, scoring 13 times on 81 receptions for 1,455 yards in the regular season.
Of course, Burrow has been just as impactful. He went 2-7-1 in a rookie season cut short by a knee injury and made a sensational return, as accurate as any passer in the league. Cool as they come — yes, Joe Cool — he had 34 touchdown passes, and in the Bengals' three postseason victories after having none since 1991, Burrow has gone 75 for 109 for 842 yards and four TDs, showing scrambling skills as well.
The key for LA to slow down that combination lies with the pass rush; Cincinnati allowed a league-high 51 sacks during the season, 12 more in the postseason. So unanimous All-Pro DT Aaron Donald (99), LB Leonard Floyd (54) and revitalized Von Miller (40), the MVP of the 2016 Super Bowl, must be negated somewhat. If the Bengals' offensive line, from tackles Jonah Williams (73) and Isaiah Prince (71) to center Trey Hopkins (66) to guards Quinton Spain (67) and the rotation of Hakeem Adeniji (77) and rookie Jackson Carman (79) don't step up, Burrow will go down a bunch.
If he gets the protection that has been missing too often, Chase's matchups with All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey (5) could be epic. But Ramsey won't always be on Chase, who can break free on any route, and he also has some potent partners in WRs Tyler Boyd (83) and Tee Higgins (85), their battles with the remainder of the secondary could be significant.
In his seventh pro season, TE C.J. Uzomah (87) has emerged as a threat, but he damaged a knee last week and his status is uncertain.
RB Joe Mixon (28), who ranked third with 1,205 rushing yards, can wear down defenses, but the Rams ranked sixth against the rush.
WHEN THE RAMS HAVE THE BALL:
Like with the trades that brought Miller and Ramsey on defense, the Rams have bolstered their offense immeasurably in recent years. They solidified left tackle five seasons back with Andrew Whitworth (77), who remains a stud at age 40.
Much more recently came QB Matthew Stafford (9), RB Sony Michel (25) and WR Odell Beckham Jr. (3). All of have been key contributors, though Stafford is by far the biggest upgrade.
Sure, the Rams made the 2019 Super Bowl with Jared Goff, but Stafford, finishing his 13th pro season, is a class above. After languishing in Detroit for a dozen years, he's been a main cog in the Rams getting this far.
No one is better against the blitz than Stafford, and while he can make some head-scratching throws and turn over the ball, he also makes some head-shaking passes that put you in awe.
And, like Burrow, he has one of the league's best targets in unanimous All-Pro WR Cooper Kupp (10). Opponents could put all 11 defenders on the guy and he'd still get free, as his triple crown of receiving shows: 145 receptions for 1,947 yards and 16 TDs. He's been just as unstoppable in the playoffs, and this could be a major mismatch. Bengals CBs Eli Apple (20), Chidobe Awuzie (22), Mike Hilton (21) and Tre Flowers (33) will be tests bigtime.
Cincinnati is stronger at safety with Vonn Bell (24), whose pick of Patrick Mahomes set up the winning field goal for the AFC title, and Jessie Bates III (30). The entire bunch also must account for Beckham, who seems to be re-energized in LA, and Van Jefferson (12).
Michel and Cam Akers (23), who came back quickly from a torn Achilles tendon, share backfield duties, but this is a throw-first team operating behind standouts such as Whitworth. The 16-year veteran figures to be challenged by Cincinnati's top pass rusher, Trey Hendrickson (91), and DE Sam Hubbard (94), who was terrific against the Chiefs.
The Bengals don't have a linebacker in Miller's class, but Logan Wilson (55) and Germaine Pratt (57) have made some key plays in the postseason.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
It's all about rookie Evan McPherson (2). The fifth-round draft choice — no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here — the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City.
P Kevin Huber (10) did not have a particularly strong season, but he's a veteran who has kicked in the postseason before.
LA's Matt Gay (8) is steady enough, and he also has two straight winning field goals in the playoffs.
P Johnny Hekker (6) has been one of the league’s best punters for a decade, and is a threat on fake punts.
Neither team scares you on kick returns.
COACHING:
This is so juicy.
Taylor spent two years working for McVay and didn't even reach coordinator status when the Bengals came calling in 2019. He went 6-25-1 his first two seasons, but the Bengals were building their roster. His work in the past six weeks has been particularly exemplary.
McVay remains the poster child — OK, he's a wise old 36 — for hot-shot offensive minds. His game management has been questioned, but it's hard to argue with four playoff trips in five seasons, and a Super Bowl loss three years ago.
Two assistants worth high praise: Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, who has done a lot with no real stars except Hendrickson, and Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell, who like Anarumo has gotten some head coaching interviews.
INTANGIBLES:
The Rams are built for now. They have been all-in on this season, using lots of draft capital — not to mention $$$ capital — on this roster.
They also have the bitter memory of a putrid performance against New England in the 2019 Super Bowl.
For those who think this is gravy for the surprising Bengals, remember they are 0-2 in Super Bowls, both losses to the dynastic 49ers, though in close contests. They also hadn't won a postseason game since 1991. What do they have to lose now?
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Swimming canceled a meet in Iowa and is reviewing its calendar for the rest of 2022 after the world championships were pushed back another year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The TYR Pro Swim Series Des Moines, set for March 2-5 at the MidAmerican Energy Aquatic Center at the Wellmark YMCA, was to be a qualifying meet for the Phillips 66 International Team Trials in April.
But the decision by world governing body FINA to delay the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, for a second time has thrown the U.S. plans into turmoil.
The worlds were initially set for 2021, then pushed back to this May after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed a year. With the pandemic still raging, the championships are now set for July 14-30, 2023.
While that means three huge events in a one-year period — two world championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics — the powerhouse American team now has a huge gap in its schedule this year.
USA Swimming is “reviewing its domestic calendar to ensure it provides the best competitive opportunities at the most impactful times,” the organization said Friday in a statement.
A revised schedule will be released in the coming weeks.
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DUBLIN, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Global Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems Market to Reach US$6.7 Billion by the Year 2026
Interactive Voice Response (IVR) operates as a telecommunication technology that facilitates interaction between a computer machine and human beings through usage of DTMF and voice tones input through a keypad. The primary market drivers for IVR are the rise in cloud infrastructure, the increasing adoption of advanced technologies, and the growing number of calls. One of the pioneering technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI), has been finding increasing adoption to make the IVR industry progressive.
The dual-tone technology and the speech technology applications reduce the hold time and drop-off time for each call, increasing the outbound call frequency that results in automating repetitive tasks, which improves the agent efficiency. Such reasons fuel the market growth of the IVR system. IVR analytics trigger market growth by helping the companies achieve customer satisfaction by capturing and tracking, and evaluating the overall call experience.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems estimated at US$4.2 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$6.7Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 7.9% over the analysis period. Touchtone-based, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to grow at a 7.4% CAGR to reach US$4.2 Billion by the end of the analysis period. After a thorough analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Speech-Based segment is readjusted to a revised 8.6% CAGR for the next 7-year period.
This segment currently accounts for a 40.1% share of the global Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems market. The speech-based IVR segment is gaining traction by integrating with the natural language programming (NLP), assisting in reducing the time spent to solve a query by an individual, which reduces the call duration, helping to achieve reduce the cost for an organization.
The U.S. Market is Estimated at $1.4 Billion in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $1.1 Billion by 2026
The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systems market in the U.S. is estimated at US$1.4 Billion in the year 2021. The country currently accounts for a 31.4% share in the global market. China, the world's second largest economy, is forecast to reach an estimated market size of US$1.1 Billion in the year 2026 trailing a CAGR of 9.3% through the analysis period.
Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 6.7% and 7% respectively over the analysis period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 7.9% CAGR while Rest of European market (as defined in the study) will reach US$1.2 Billion by the end of the analysis period.
North America's large market share of the IVR market is primarily due to an efficient implementation of IVR systems by telecommunication companies, improved network infrastructure, flawless security and communications, ease of accomplishment of a task without needing the service of an agent, and large-scale adoption of IVR systems by large and small enterprises.
Additionally, early implementation of advanced technologies like natural language processing (NLP), and artificial intelligence in the US propels market demand in North America. Asia-Pacific market is driven by significant uptake of IVR systems in several industry verticals like BFSI, telecommunications, public and government sector, healthcare, and rising number of SMEs, as well as large enterprises in the region.
The report profiles 98 companies including many key and niche players such as:
- [24]7.ai, Inc.
- Aspect Software, Inc.
- AT&T, Inc.
- Avaya, Inc.
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Connect First, Inc.
- Convergys Corp.
- Database Systems Corp.
- Dialogic Corporation
- DialogTech
- E-Complish, Inc.
- Enghouse Systems Limited
- Mitel Networks Corporation
- Nuance Communications, Inc.
- True Image Interactive, Inc.
- Verizon Communications, Inc.
- Voicent Communications, Inc.
- West Corporation
Key Topics Covered:
I. METHODOLOGY
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. MARKET OVERVIEW
2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS
3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS
- A Review of Notable Trends in the IVR Market
- Growth of Call Centers Industry Presents Opportunities for IVR Systems Market
- Tracking Call Center Statistics
- Rise in Customer Calls in Call Centers & Need to Efficiency Address the Calls Gives Impetus to IVR Systems
- Pandemic Presents Challenging Environment
- Improvements in Operational Efficiency: Need of the Hour
- American Companies Revamping the Client-Service Operations
- Rising Integration of Advanced Technologies Boosts Growth in IVR Systems Market
- Incorporation of Advanced Technologies in the Contact Centers
- Rising Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Contact Centers
- Increased Adoption of Chatbots and Simpler Applications
- Ensuring Security and Privacy of Data at the Contact Centers
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & NLP Hold Tremendous Potential for IVR Systems
- NLP and NLU Critical IVR Technologies Bringing Change
- Rapid Rise in Cloud-based Services Fuel Need for IVR Systems
- Demand for API based Sophisticated Flexible Systems on the Rise
- Growing Importance of IVRs in Increasing Efficiency and Scalability of Organizations
- Demand for IVR-based Outbound Services Continues to Grow
- Maximizing Contact Center's Agent Resources with Integrated Inbound IVR Solutions
- IVR Holds Tremendous Role in Improving Customer service
- Speech Enabled IVR Becoming the Preferred User Interface
- Conversational IVR and Future Trends
- IVR Solutions Enhance Services in BFSI Industry
- IVR Systems in Banking
- Select IVR Applications in the Banking Sector
- Cloud Telephony Transforms BFSI Sector
- COVID-19: A Panic Button for Banks & Fintechs
- Growing Importance of IVR Systems in Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Industry
- Healthcare Call Center IVR Software for Seamless Patient Experience
- The New Normal in Retail Industry Post COVID-19 to Provide Boost to IVR Systems Market
- Robust Rise of e-Commerce & m-Commerce to Support Market Growth
- Pandemic Fast Forwards eCommerce Growth
- Use of Omni-Channel IVR Systems Gain Momentum
- IVR Systems in Utilities
- Challenges Facing IVR Systems Market
4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE
III. MARKET ANALYSIS
IV. COMPETITION
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DUBLIN, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Cordless Power Tools Market - Asia Pacific Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2021-2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
A new study on the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market has been published by the author. It presents a wealth of information on key market dynamics, including the drivers, market trends, and challenges, as well as the structure of the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market across the globe.
This study offers valuable information about the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market to illustrate how the market would grow during the forecast period, 2021-2031.
Key indicators of market growth, which include value chain as well as supply chain analyses, and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), are elucidated in this study in a comprehensive manner. This data can help readers interpret quantitative growth aspects of the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market during the forecast period.
An extensive analysis of business strategies of leading market players is also featured in this study on the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market. This can help readers understand principal factors to foresee growth in the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market. In this study, readers can also find specific data on the qualitative and quantitative growth avenues for the Asia Pacific cordless power tools, which is expected to guide market players in making apt decisions in the future.
Key Questions Answered in this Asia Pacific Cordless Power Tools Market Study
- What are the key factors influencing the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market in each region?
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- Which are the leading companies in the Asia Pacific cordless power tools market?
Companies Mentioned
- Atlas Copco
- CUMI
- Deere and Company
- Eastman Cast and Forge Ltd.
- Electrex Power Tools
- Emerson Electric Co.
- Hitachi
- Husqvarna
- iBell Tools
- JF Tools India
- KOKI Holdings
- Lsl Tools Private Limited (Xtra)
- Makita Corporation
- Planet Power Tools
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Seher Tools & Trade Pvt Ltd.(Yuri)
- Stanley Black & Decker
- Techtronic Industries
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BHG Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Bright Health Group, Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Bright Health Group, Inc. ("Bright Health" or the "Company") (NYSE: BHG).
Class Period: June 24, 2021 – November 10, 2021
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: March 7, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Bright Health lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/bright-health-group-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at [email protected] to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Bright Health had overstated its post-IPO business and financial prospects; (2) the Company was ill-equipped to handle the impact of COVID-19-related costs; (3) the Company was experiencing a decline in premium revenue because of a failure to capture risk adjustment on newly added lives; (4) all the foregoing was reasonably likely to have a material negative impact on Bright Health's business and financial condition; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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HARRISONVILLE, Mo., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Construction will soon be underway on the Mills Cancer and Rheumatology Center at Cass Regional Medical Center.
The medical center, which has served as Cass County's hospital for nearly 60 years, has experienced significant growth in demand for its cancer, rheumatology and infusion services. Late last year, leaders from the organization met with local businessman and former Harrisonville mayor Bill Mills and asked him to consider a charitable investment in the future of cancer and rheumatology care at Cass Regional.
"The community has been so good to me and my family that it seemed a perfect way to give back when Cass Regional approached me about this project," said Mills, who is the owner of Family Center Farm & Home stores.
Mills' $250,000 gift to Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation will be used to underwrite construction of the new center, which will be built on the first floor of the hospital. The present oncology/hematology, rheumatology, and infusion clinic area will expand from what is now known as the Specialists Clinic into the corridor that extends along the windows facing the Healing Garden.
Infusion capacity will expand from five bays to eight bays, and from two private infusion rooms to three rooms, one of which will be designated for patients requiring isolation.
Two new exam rooms will be added, increasing the number of rooms to six, and an additional shared provider office will be built. The space will also include an office for the patient navigator, who is a resource for newly-diagnosed cancer patients as they embark on their treatment journey.
"Cass Regional has been blessed by this extremely generous gift from the Mills family," said oncologist/hematologist Jaswinder Singh, MD, who leads the cancer care team at Cass Regional. "Our staff will continue to provide comprehensive, caring treatment. And now, through support like this, we will be able to focus efforts on making our equipment and facilities the best they can be. Gifts like this one help us on our journey to realizing this goal for Cass Regional," Singh explained.
"This is a very exciting time for the rheumatology clinic at Cass Regional," added rheumatologist Kevin Latinis, MD, PhD. "We have grown to serve the community with two providers and a full complement of excellent nurses and infusion services. Our growth has mirrored the growth in oncology, and we definitely have a need for increased clinic and infusion space. We are very thankful to Mr. Mills and proud to be a part of the Mills Cancer and Rheumatology Center."
Work on the new center is scheduled to begin later this month, with completion in the second half of 2023. The project will be done in phases so that patient care can continue uninterrupted.
"I have always used Cass Regional for my health care needs when possible," Mills added. "To be part of expanding services to ease the stress and manageability of cancer and related treatment is rewarding, and I hope my gift will bring great benefit to the area."
About Cass Regional Medical Center
As a critical access hospital, Cass Regional Medical Center maintains a 21-bed medical/surgical unit, a four-bed intensive care unit, and a 10-bed behavioral health unit. Services provided by Cass Regional Medical Center include emergency care; general and specialty surgery; and rehabilitation services which include nationally-recognized cardiac rehabilitation and diabetes education programs. The hospital offers advanced diagnostic capabilities such as MRI, CT and PET-CT scanning, digital and 3-D mammography, nuclear medicine and a nationally-accredited sleep study lab.
Specialists in nearly 20 different areas treat patients on the Cass Regional campus in either the medical center or the adjoining Rock Haven Medical Mall, which is home to Cass Regional's Rock Haven Specialty Clinic, Cass Regional Orthopedics, and Harrisonville Medical Clinic (family medicine, general surgery, and ear, nose and throat). The Wound Center at Rock Haven Specialty Clinic provides comprehensive treatment for chronic, slow-to-heal and serious wounds. Cass Regional also operates five additional family medicine clinics in the communities of Archie, Garden City, Kingsville, Peculiar and Pleasant Hill. For more information, visit www.cassregional.org.
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CGTN: China, Russia vow to turn mutual trust into cooperation in various fields
BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China is celebrating the Chinese New Year and under a global gaze as it hosts the Winter Olympics, and the China-Russia relationship is also in the spotlight as Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a visit to Beijing on Friday.
Nearly three years after Putin's last visit to China, the trip featured the 38th meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Russian president since 2013.
During the meeting, the two heads of state vowed to turn mutual trust between the two countries into cooperation in all fields.
Close communication maintained
Noting his attendance at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi at the invitation of Putin, Xi said that they promised to meet again in Beijing eight years later.
"Your visit this time fulfills our promise," he said, adding that he hopes the meeting at the beginning of spring will inject more vitality into China-Russia relations.
"Lichun," the first of the 24 solar terms on Chinese lunar calendar, falls on February 4 this year and it is considered the beginning of spring.
Putin said the exchange of visits at the Olympics is a symbol and a good tradition of close relations between the two countries' heads of state.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped me from maintaining close exchanges with President Xi in various ways," he said.
After the talks, Xi hosted a banquet for Putin and the two leaders attended the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Promoting all-round practical cooperation
China and Russia will strengthen their strategic partnership in energy, steadily advance major oil and gas cooperation projects, and advance cooperation of scientific and technological innovation in frontier areas such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and the International Lunar Research Station project, according to Xi.
The Chinese president also highlighted the promotion of bilateral cooperation in goods and services, agriculture, green trade, medicine and health, and the digital economy.
Russia is ready to deepen cooperation with China in economy and trade, energy, science and technology, finance and transportation, Putin said.
Meanwhile, the two leaders agreed to jointly announce the Years of Sports Exchanges between China and Russia.
The two countries also signed a series of cooperation documents in key fields.
Strengthening coordination in international affairs
Xi stressed China and Russia's commitment to deepening back-to-back strategic coordination in the face of profound and complex changes in the international situation, and highlighted the importance of strengthening coordination with Russia within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS.
Noting the joint statement on international relations in the new era and global sustainable development issued at the meeting, Putin said that it reflected the highly consistent position of Russia and China on major international issues.
Russia is ready to further strengthen strategic communication and coordination with China, firmly support each other in safeguarding sovereignty and territorial integrity, and firmly uphold the central coordinating role of the United Nations, he added.
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BEIJING, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games was held at the National Stadium in Beijing on Friday night.
Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Winter Games open after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach delivered a speech.
"This Year of the Tiger is also an Olympic Year," Bach said. "Both the Year of the Tiger and the Olympic Tiger stand for ambition, courage and strength. Today, thanks to this ambition, China is a winter sport country. Well over 300 million people are engaged in winter sports in about 2,000 ski resorts and ice rinks."
"Dear athletes," he added, "We are all standing with you. We are all supporting you. We are all cheering you on."
Zhang Yimou, who's behind the epic opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics in 2008, was again the chief director for the 2022 Winter Games opening ceremony. Snowflakes were at the heart of his central idea for Friday night's show, which featured them in two programs. The lighting of the Olympic flame also carried the same motif.
"Different snowflakes come to Beijing and assemble into a giant snowflake of humankind," Zhang said of his concept for the opening ceremony in an interview with China Media Group (CMG).
Delegations from over 90 countries and regions attended the ceremony, together with world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Argentine President Alberto Fernández, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres among others.
As part of the Olympic tradition, members of Team Greece were the first to enter the stadium during the parade of athletes, followed by Team Turkey. As the host of the Winter Olympics, Team China were the last to march. Speed skater Gao Tingyu and skeleton athlete Zhao Dan carried the Chinese national flag for the squad.
At the end of the ceremony, the Olympic Cauldron was lit at the center of the stadium by the torch that had passed through the hands of some 1,200 torchbearers, including Bach himself, during a three-day relay in the three competition zones of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou.
In the following 16 days, some 2,900 athletes will compete in 109 events of 15 disciplines under seven sports at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today announced that the Equifax Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share, payable on March 15, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 22, 2022. Equifax has paid cash dividends for more than 100 consecutive years.
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BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A fifth lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Florida resident, Sherie Jenkins, against ProSource Produce, LLC. In this Salmonella lawsuit linked to onions, the plaintiff is represented by Marler Clark, the Food Safety Law Firm, and the Hepworth, Holzer Law Firm of Boise, Idaho. The case was filed in the District Court for the District of Idaho. Complaint #1:22-cv-00044-REP.
On September 18, 2021, Ms. Jenkins purchased and consumed a sandwich containing onions manufactured by the Defendant from the Publix grocery store formerly located at 1880 US-1 S, Rockledge, Florida 32955. This Publix location has since closed permanently.
On September 19, 2021, Ms. Jenkins experienced the onset of symptoms consistent with a Salmonella infection, including abdominal cramping, diarrhea, fever, muscle aches, fatigue, and headache. When her symptoms did not improve, she sought medical care, and on September 27, 2021, tests revealed the presence of Salmonella bacteria in her blood. Her doctor told her to go directly to the ER, where she was admitted for sepsis and remained hospitalized until October 2, 2021. Both the hospital and the Florida Department of Health confirmed that she was a genetic match to the 2021 Salmonella Oranienberg outbreak.
"This is the second Salmonella outbreak linked to onions in as many years. In both outbreaks over 1,000 people were sickened with hundreds hospitalized," said William Marler, managing partner a Marler Clark. "The FDA and the onion growers and processors need to do more to protect the public from a potentially deadly pathogen," added Marler.
As of January 20, 2022, a total of 1,040 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg were reported from 39 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Sick people ranged in age from less than 1 year to 101 years, with a median age of 38, and 58% being female. Of 778 people with information available, 260 (33%) were hospitalized. No deaths were reported. Illnesses started on dates ranging from May 31, 2021, to January 1, 2022. The FDA conducted a traceback investigation and identified ProSource Inc. as a common supplier of imported onions to many of the restaurants where sick people ate. They are working to determine if other suppliers of onions may be linked to this outbreak or if there is a common supplier of onions in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Salmonella: Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is the nation's leading law firm representing victims of Salmonella outbreaks. We have broughtSalmonella lawsuits against such companies as Cargill, ConAgra, Peanut Corporation of America, Sheetz, Taco Bell, Subway and Wal-Mart. If you or a family member became ill with a Salmonella infection, including Reactive Arthritis or Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), after consuming food and you're interested in pursuing a legal claim, contact the Marler Clark attorneys for a free case evaluation.
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DUBLIN, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Cloud Robotics Market" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The global cloud robotics market will reach $40.29 billion by 2030, growing by 26.5% annually over 2020-2030 considering the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The market is driven by proliferation of the cloud technology, broad spectrum use of wireless technologies, the cost-effectiveness and enhanced process efficiency of cloud robotics, and the increase in the adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
This report is based on a comprehensive research of the entire global cloud robotics market and all its sub-segments through extensively detailed classifications. Profound analysis and assessment are generated from premium primary and secondary information sources with inputs derived from industry professionals across the value chain. The report is based on studies on 2017-2019 and provides estimate for 2020 and forecast from 2021 till 2030 with 2019 as the base year (Year 2020 is not appropriate for research base due to the outbreak of COVID-19).
In-depth qualitative analyses include identification and investigation of the following aspects:
- Market Structure
- Growth Drivers
- Restraints and Challenges
- Emerging Product Trends & Market Opportunities
- Porter's Five Forces
The trend and outlook of global market is forecast in optimistic, balanced, and conservative view by taking into account of COVID-19. The balanced (most likely) projection is used to quantify global cloud robotics market in every aspect of the classification from perspectives of Component, Robot Type, Implementation Module, Connectivity Technology, Deployment Mode, Business Model, Application, and Region.
Based on Component, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Hardware
- Robot Devices
- Robot Components
- Software
- Robotics Application Software
- Software for Integrated Virtual Robots
- Software for Cloud Data Storage and Analytics
- Services
- Deployment and Integration
- Connectivity Management
- Strategic Consulting
- Training and Support
Based on Robot Type, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Stationary Robots
- Cartesian/Gantry Robots
- Cylindrical Robots
- Spherical Robots
- SCARA Robots
- Articulated Robots
- Parallel Robots
- Other Stationary Robots
- Wheeled Robots
- Single Wheel Robots
- Two Wheeled Robots
- Three Wheeled Robots
- Four Wheeled Robots
- Six Wheeled Robots
- Tracked Robots
- Legged Robots
- One Leg Robots
- Bipedal/Humanoid Robots
- Tripedal Robots
- Quadrupedal Robots
- Hexapod Robots
- Many Legs Robots
- Flying Robots
- Swimming Robots
- Robotic Balls
- Swarm Robots
- Modular Robots
- Micro Robots
- Nano Robots
- Soft/Elastic Robots
- Snake Robots
- Crawler Robots
- Hybrid Robots
- Other Robot Types
Based on Implementation Module, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Peer-based Cloud Robotics
- Proxy-based Cloud Robotics
- Clone-based Cloud Robotics
Based on Connectivity Technology, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Cellular
- 3G
- 4G
- 5G
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- WiFi/WiMAX
- Radio Frequency (RF)
- Infrared
Based on Deployment Mode, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Public Cloud
- Private Cloud
- Hybrid Cloud
Based on Business Model, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Based on Application, the global market is segmented into the following sub-markets with annual revenue ($ mn) for 2019-2030 included in each section.
- Industrial Use
- Manufacturing
- Automotive
- Transportation & Logistics
- Other Industrial Sectors
- Commercial & Professional Use
- Healthcare and Medical
- Agriculture
- Retail and Consumer Service
- Travel and Tourism
- Home and Construction
- Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
- Other Commercial Sectors
- Personal & Consumer Use
- Entertainment
- Education
- Personal Healthcare
- Home Appliances
- Cleaning
- Other Personal Sectors
- Government and Military Use
- National Defense
- Homeland Security
- Space Management
Geographically, the following regions together with the listed national/local markets are fully investigated:
- North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico)
- Europe (Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Rest of Europe; Rest of Europe is further segmented into Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, and Finland)
- APAC (Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, India, and Rest of APAC; Rest of APAC is further segmented into Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Philippines)
- South America (Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Rest of South America)
- MEA (UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa)
For each aforementioned region and country, detailed analysis and data for annual revenue ($ mn) are available for 2019-2030. The breakdown of all regional markets by country and split of key national markets by Component, Business Model, and Application over the forecast years are also included.
The report also covers current competitive scenario and the predicted trend; and profiles key vendors including market leaders and important emerging players.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 Market Overview and Dynamics
2.1 Market Size and Forecast
2.1.1 Impact of COVID-19 on World Economy
2.1.2 Impact of COVID-19 on the Market
2.2 Major Growth Drivers
2.3 Market Restraints and Challenges
2.4 Emerging Opportunities and Market Trends
2.5 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
3 Segmentation of Global Market by Component
3.1 Market Overview by Component
3.2 Hardware
3.2.1 Robot Devices
3.2.2 Robot Components
3.3 Software
3.3.1 Robotics Application Software
3.3.2 Software for Integrated Virtual Robots
3.3.3 Software for Cloud Data Storage and Analytics
3.4 Services
3.4.1 Deployment and Integration
3.4.2 Connectivity Management
3.4.3 Strategic Consulting
3.4.4 Training and Support
4 Segmentation of Global Market by Robot Type
4.1 Market Overview by Robot Type
4.2 Stationary Robots
4.2.1 Cartesian/Gantry Robots
4.2.2 Cylindrical Robots
4.2.3 Spherical Robots
4.2.4 SCARA Robots
4.2.5 Articulated Robots
4.2.6 Parallel Robots
4.2.7 Other Stationary Robots
4.3 Wheeled Robots
4.3.1 Single Wheel Robots
4.3.2 Two Wheeled Robots
4.3.3 Three Wheeled Robots
4.3.4 Four Wheeled Robots
4.3.5 Six Wheeled Robots
4.3.6 Tracked Robots
4.4 Legged Robots
4.4.1 One Leg Robots
4.4.2 Bipedal/Humanoid Robots
4.4.3 Tripedal Robots
4.4.4 Quadrupedal Robots
4.4.5 Hexapod Robots
4.4.6 Many Legs Robots
4.5 Flying Robots
4.6 Swimming Robots
4.7 Robotic Balls
4.8 Swarm Robots
4.9 Modular Robots
4.10 Micro Robots
4.11 Nano Robots
4.12 Soft/Elastic Robots
4.13 Snake Robots
4.14 Crawler Robots
4.15 Hybrid Robots
4.16 Other Robot Types
5 Segmentation of Global Market by Implementation Module
5.1 Market Overview by Implementation Module
5.2 Peer-based Cloud Robotics
5.3 Proxy-based Cloud Robotics
5.4 Clone-based Cloud Robotics
6 Segmentation of Global Market by Connectivity Technology
6.1 Market Overview by Connectivity Technology
6.2 Cellular
6.2.1 3G
6.2.2 4G
6.2.3 5G
6.3 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
6.4 WiFi/WiMAX
6.5 Radio Frequency (RF)
6.6 Infrared
7 Segmentation of Global Market by Deployment Mode
7.1 Market Overview by Deployment Mode
7.2 Public Cloud
7.3 Private Cloud
7.4 Hybrid Cloud
8 Segmentation of Global Market by Business Model
8.1 Market Overview by Business Model
8.2 Platform as a Service (PaaS)
8.3 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
8.4 Software as a Service (SaaS)
9 Segmentation of Global Market by Application
9.1 Market Overview by Application
9.2 Industrial Use
9.2.1 Manufacturing
9.2.2 Automotive
9.2.3 Transportation & Logistics
9.2.4 Other Industrial Sectors
9.3 Commercial & Professional Use
9.3.1 Healthcare and Medical
9.3.2 Agriculture
9.3.3 Retail and Consumer Service
9.3.4 Travel and Tourism
9.3.5 Home and Construction
9.3.6 Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance
9.3.7 Other Commercial Sectors
9.4 Personal & Consumer Use
9.4.1 Entertainment
9.4.2 Education
9.4.3 Personal Healthcare
9.4.4 Home Appliances
9.4.5 Cleaning
9.4.6 Other Personal Sectors
9.5 Government and Military Use
9.5.1 National Defense
9.5.2 Homeland Security
9.5.3 Space Management
10 Segmentation of Global Market by Region
10.1 Geographic Market Overview 2019-2030
10.2 North America Market 2019-2030 by Country
10.2.1 Overview of North America Market
10.2.2 U.S.
10.2.3 Canada
10.2.4 Mexico
10.3 European Market 2019-2030 by Country
10.3.1 Overview of European Market
10.3.2 Germany
10.3.3 U.K.
10.3.4 France
10.3.5 Spain
10.3.6 Italy
10.3.7 Russia
10.3.8 Rest of European Market
10.4 Asia-Pacific Market 2019-2030 by Country
10.4.1 Overview of Asia-Pacific Market
10.4.2 Japan
10.4.3 China
10.4.4 Australia
10.4.5 India
10.4.6 South Korea
10.4.7 Rest of APAC Region
10.5 South America Market 2019-2030 by Country
10.5.1 Argentina
10.5.2 Brazil
10.5.3 Chile
10.5.4 Rest of South America Market
10.6 MEA Market 2019-2030 by Country
10.6.1 UAE
10.6.2 Saudi Arabia
10.6.3 South Africa
10.6.4 Other National Markets
11 Competitive Landscape
11.1 Overview of Key Vendors
11.2 New Product Launch, Partnership, Investment, and M&A
11.3 Company Profiles
- ABB Group
- CloudMinds
- FANUC Corporation
- Google Inc.
- HotBlack Robotics Srl
- IBM Corporation
- iRobot Corp.
- KUKA AG
- Matrix Industrial Automation
- Microsoft Corporation
- Ortelio Ltd
- Rapyuta Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Rockwell Automation Inc.
- SoftBank Robotics Holding Corp.
- Tend.ai
- Yaskawa Electric Corporation
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DUBLIN, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Oil and Gas Automation Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
This study takes a detailed look at the growth dynamics of the oil and gas automation market for upstream operations, with a specific focus on 4 main segments: operational technologies, which includes distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers, electronics manufacturing services, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, and others; the Internet of Things; robotics; and artificial intelligence.
The global oil and gas market is currently going through an unprecedented transformation, triggered by efforts to reduce carbon emissions and rely on more renewable and environmentally friendly energy sources. The digitalization and automation of processes accompanying this shift represent enormous opportunities, and the market is poised to witness significant growth in the years ahead. Spurred by technology innovation, the automation market will play a critical role in driving the efficiency and safety of the global oil and gas market.
The study also includes market sizing and revenue forecasts, competitive analysis, regional analysis, segmentation by technology, and a full assessment of the key trends driving growth and influencing future market opportunities.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Strategic Imperatives
- Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
- The Strategic Imperative
- The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Oil and Gas Automation Market
- Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine
2. Growth Environment, Oil and Gas Automation Market
- Growth Environment
- Growth Environment for Oil and Gas Automation
3. Growth Opportunity Analysis, Oil and Gas Automation Market
- Scope of Analysis
- Market Segmentation
- Market Segmentation by Region
- Market Segmentation by Technology
- Key Competitors
- Key Customers
- Key Competitors by Technology
- Industry SWOT Analysis by Region
- Growth Drivers
- Growth Driver Analysis
- Market Drivers Impact by Region
- Growth Restraints
- Growth Restraint Analysis
- Market Restraints Impact by Region
- Key Growth Metrics
- Forecast Assumptions
- Revenue Forecast
- Revenue Forecast by Technology
- Revenue Forecast by Region
- Revenue Forecast Analysis
- Revenue Forecast Analysis by Technology
- Revenue Forecast Analysis by Region
- Percent Revenue by Technology
- Percent Revenue Analysis by Technology
- Competitive Environment
- Revenue Share
4. Growth Opportunity Analysis, AI
- Key Growth Metrics
- Revenue Forecast
- Revenue Forecast by Region
- Revenue Forecast Analysis
- Revenue Forecast Analysis by Region
5. Growth Opportunity Analysis, IoT
- Key Growth Metrics
- Revenue Forecast
- Revenue Forecast by Region
- Revenue Forecast Analysis
- Revenue Forecast Analysis by Region
6. Growth Opportunity Analysis, Robotics
- Key Growth Metrics
- Revenue Forecast
- Revenue Forecast by Region
- Revenue Forecast Analysis
- Revenue Forecast Analysis by Region
7. Growth Opportunity Analysis, OT
- Key Growth Metrics
- Revenue Forecast
- Revenue Forecast by Region
- Revenue Forecast Analysis
- Revenue Forecast Analysis by Region
8. Growth Opportunity Universe, Oil and Gas Automation Market
- Growth Opportunity 1 - AI as a Tool to Achieve Sustainability
- Growth Opportunity 2 - Robotics for the Upstream Sector
- Growth Opportunity 3 - IoT for Boosting Efficiency
9. Next Steps
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Greystar Announces Pre-Leasing Underway for 525 Olive in Bankers Hill
New $100 Million 204-Unit Community Becomes Highest Residential Address in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pre-leasing is underway at 525 Olive, a nearly 300,000-square-foot luxury apartment community in Bankers Hill being developed by global real estate leader Greystar in conjunction with St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral. Offering panoramic views of San Diego's famed Balboa Park, the more than $100.2 million project is slated for completion in April 2022, with move-ins to begin in April.
According to Raul Tamez, director of development for Greystar, the 20-story luxury community is San Diego's answer to New York's Central Park living – providing easy access to the city's urban playground, Balboa Park, which features over 1,200 acres of natural outdoor space.
"With its elevated Bankers Hill location, 525 Olive is now the highest residential address in San Diego, offering sweeping city, bay and park views. This is an extraordinary opportunity to live in one of San Diego's most walkable and bikeable neighborhoods, offering close proximity to not only Balboa Park, but also dozens of nearby shops and restaurants, and other vibrant areas such as Downtown, Little Italy, Hillcrest and Mission Hills," Tamez said.
Greystar – a leading residential real estate manager and developer – acquired the .59-acre parcel of land from St. Paul's in 2019 and construction commenced shortly thereafter. As part of the transaction, the church will occupy 10,000 square feet on 525 Olive's first floor and 8,500 square feet on the bottom level as well as use of the underground parking garage. The 204 total residences will include studio, one-, two-, three-bedroom floor plans, plus penthouse suites, with homes spanning 533 to 1,625 square feet.
Designed to condominium standards, 525 Olive homes are outfitted with modern wide wood plank style flooring, private patios or balconies and state of the art touches, such as auto shades, WiFi enabled LG thermostats, keyless entry doors and much more. Kitchens are equipped with top-of-the-line Fisher & Paykel appliances, sturdy quartz countertops and stylish herringbone tile backsplash. Twelve penthouse residences span the top two floors and range from 1,280 to 1,625 square feet with upgraded finishes, more expansive floor plans and unobstructed city views. Furthering the homes' sophisticated motif, all interiors were artfully designed to reflect the building's lush setting, with clean lines and a neutral color palette connecting to the surrounding trees, sky and water, and floor-to-ceiling glass windows to maximize city and park panoramas.
While 525 Olive is contemporary in style, elements of the building have been carefully designed to complement the neighboring church – a neo-gothic style structure built in 1951 – as well as the nearby park and the surrounding neighborhood. The striking ground floor lobby area – with bold modern accents, organic fine touches and an understated color palette – also encompasses a soon-to-be named retail venue, plus the community's leasing office, mail area, multiple courtyards and the outdoor dog run. Dramatic amenity spaces include the Level 20 SkyClub, a rooftop retreat that spans the entire top floor and includes a clubroom with kitchen and TVs, the Park Lounge social area with a food bar, and the Sun Club with a sparkling rooftop swimming pool and lounge. Rounding out the amenity line up: an expansive indoor/outdoor fitness studio, courtyards with plenty of outdoor seating, a dog run and pet spa with grooming services and work lounge with Zoom conference rooms. Residents also have access to concierge services, 24-hour package reception, reservable bikes as well as a 15,000 square foot community park.
The builder for the project is Greystar Construction Group, with architecture by Joseph Wong Design Associates and interior design by the Jules Wilson Design Studio.
Rents will start at $2,440 per month. For more information, visit 525olive.com.
With a growing footprint in San Diego, Greystar is also now pre-leasing at MöDE, a vibrant new 111-unit luxury multi-family community underway in Hillcrest – a first of its kind for the neighborhood.
About Greystar
Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates approximately $230 billion of real estate in 215 markets globally including offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 754,000 units/beds, and has a robust institutional investment management platform with more than $49.9 billion of assets under management, including $22.6 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 with the intent to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.
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Gulf Crosser Yachts Unveils New 44 Foot Center Console Boat With Climate-Controlled Helm and Passenger Seating Area
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gulf Crosser Yachts, a marine industry innovator producing a line of custom and semi-custom boats, unveiled their new 44 foot model today. The boat includes many of the features of their acclaimed 52 footer but in a slightly smaller form factor.
Key design features of the Gulf Crosser 44 include:
An air-conditioned and heated pilothouse with a full glass enclosure and doors on both sides that allow every passenger the ability to enter and exit either side.
A lower cabin including a large bed, a restroom with an enclosed shower, and a day galley. The lower cabin can be reached directly from the upper salon so that passengers don't have to venture outside to use it.
Wide passageways and high gunnels for safe and easy access to the front of the boat.
Bow seating plus a comfortable sunpad positioned to reduce the potential of obstructing the captain's view even when occupied.
Two side dive doors.
Triple or quadruple outboard motors.
Optional tower with center ladder for easier access.
700 gallons of fuel for long range trips.
Other layouts are available including a traditional open center console configuration.
The company's CEO, Hunt James, commented that "We've had so many people tell us over the years that they love our designs and the quality of our craftsmanship but need something smaller than our flagship 52. We believe that the new Gulf Crosser 44 is the ideal answer to those requests. The boat is designed for everything from cruising to serious tournament fishing and can also serve as the ultimate multi-purpose superyacht tender. And, since we build every boat for a specific customer, we can provide just about any option imaginable."
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Japanese Powerhouses mixi and DAZN Partner to Create a Sports NFT Marketplace on Flow
New DAZN MOMENTS marketplace will let fans collect memorable moments across various sports starting Spring 2022 in Japan
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Media powerhouse mixi, Inc. and global sports streaming service DAZN Japan Investment GK today announced that DAZN MOMENTS, a sports NFT marketplace, will launch on Flow, a leading Web3 platform designed for consumer-friendly applications. The announcement was made locally in Japan with Flow confirming the new marketplace will launch in the spring.
DAZN MOMENTS joins the thriving sports ecosystem on Flow, home to NBA Top Shot, NFL ALL DAY, UFC Strike, Crictos, and The Players' Lounge, among others.
The DAZN MOMENTS marketplace will allow users to collect moments of super skills of players as well as memorable moments of various sports in Japan. DAZN MOMENTS will draw upon mixi's success in entertainment and sports – including the social network mixi – as well as the mobile game Monster Strike, which has grossed more than $9 billion since its launch in 2013; and DAZN's global lead in streaming live and on-demand sports events to more than 200 countries and territories.
"mixi is a true example of the best-in-class Japanese-based companies that are emerging on Flow," said Mik Naayem, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder of Dapper Labs. "mixi has led the charge on game-changing platforms, and DAZN has pioneered sports streaming around the globe. By giving fans an awesome experience and an easy way to get engaged, the launch of DAZN MOMENTS will be a true watershed moment for Web3 adoption in Japan."
"Bringing DAZN's rich content to NFT moments on Flow will bring traditional memorabilia to life in the digital world in Japan," said Koki Kimura, President and Representative Director of mixi. "Dapper Labs' creativity in design and functionality has inspired us for DAZN MOMENTS and we hope to bring that same level of energy captured in the U.S. to Japan."
"We're excited to partner with mixi to unlock NFTs for various sports in Japan," Manabu Yamada, Executive Vice President of DAZN Japan. "We unlocked live streaming sports five years ago, and we're excited to bring that next-generation of innovation to how fans engage with their favorite moments through valuable NFTs."
mixi and DAZN Japan have been working together since December 2020, bringing DAZN data into Fansta, mixi's restaurant and bar search application. This gives fans an easy way to find places to watch their favorite sporting events. Coming in the Spring, Japanese fans will be able to collect moments from their favorite sporting events through the DAZN MOMENTS marketplace on Flow. mixi will donate a part of the profits to sports associations to support the continued development of sports in Japan.
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Flow is a Web3 platform powering the next-generation of games, apps and digital assets chosen for its combination of scalability and usability for consumers and developers. Flow is the only layer-one blockchain originally created by a team that has consistently delivered industry-leading consumer-scale Web3 experiences including CryptoKitties, Dapper, and NBA Top Shot.
Flow boasts a rich ecosystem of top entertainment brands, development studios, and venture-backed startups. Flow ecosystem partners include global IP brands like Warner Music, Ubisoft, NBA, NFL, LaLiga, and UFC; e-commerce leaders Shopify, leading game developers, including Animoca Brands, Sumo Digital, and nWay; and many leaders in the crypto space such as Circle, Binance, and Rarible. For more on Flow, visit https://www.flow.com/.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic Events Releasing will release Act 1 of the highly anticipated three-part documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy next week on February 10th in more than 1,100 theaters nationwide. This preview of the acclaimed documentary series will debut in movie theaters before the three-week event begins on Netflix on February 16th.
A landmark documentary event presented in three acts, directed by Coodie & Chike, from TIME Studios and Creative Control, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West's experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist. The film powerfully weaves together decades of never-before-seen footage of the legendary artist to delve into the challenges and triumphs of West's career in music and fashion. The theatrical release of this groundbreaking motion picture event will provide an opportunity for Ye fans to see Act 1, which follows the early years of Kanye's career, in advance of its Netflix premiere. Tickets are on sale online at www.jeen-yuhs-tickets.com. A new trailer for the documentary event was released today and can be seen here.
"As filmmakers, it's a blessing to have our work presented on the big screen," said Coodie & Chike. "We are grateful to the teams at Iconic Events, Time Studios and Netflix for working with us to share jeen-yuhs in theaters."
About Iconic Events Releasing
A fast-growing name in event cinema, Iconic Events Releasing brings live and filmed entertainment of all types to movie theaters as special limited engagement events, so that fans can watch their favorites on the big screen. Programming includes live pay-per-view sports, e-sports competitions, anime, music and comedy events, award-winning television specials, Broadway productions, exciting holiday specials, family events, live events for album releases, rock concerts, and music docs that celebrate diversity. Iconic's theater network represents some of the country's preeminent cinemas offering enhanced guest experiences, high-quality food & beverage service, and reserved seating to ensure families can enjoy a night out at their local movie theater. The company recently has enjoyed significant successes with "Bo Burnham: Inside," "David Byrne's American Utopia," UFC fights, WWE SummerSlam, and upcoming has a varied slate including theatrical events celebrating the return of "Magic Mike" to theaters for Galentine's Day, and the 25thth Anniversary of "Selena".
About TIME Studios
From one of the most globally iconic brands, TIME Studios is an Emmy Award®-winning television, film and immersive studio focusing on the development, production and distribution of truth-based premium unscripted and scripted storytelling that moves the world. With technical innovation and a brand defining visual language that dates back 98 years, TIME Studios aims to impact communities and the world at large with ideas that forge true progress. Combining the industry's leading creators with TIME, one of the most trusted brands that reaches an audience of over 100 million people globally, TIME Studios is uniquely positioned to bring massive audiences to the world's most impactful stories. Recent projects include: jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix), Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (Netflix), Katrina Babies (HBO), Black Gold (Paramount+), Big Vape (Netflix), John Lewis: Good Trouble (CNN Films), Amazing Grace (Neon), Right to Offend (A&E), Ricky Powell: The Individualist (Showtime), Mass Effect: The Story of YouTube, Kid of the Year (Nickelodeon/CBS), TIME 100 (ABC) and the first scripted project for TIME Studios, Women of the Year (Amazon).
About Creative Control
Founded by visionary filmmakers, Coodie & Chike, Creative Control has been producing groundbreaking content and delivering compelling story telling to diverse audiences and inquisitive minds around the globe for more than a decade. Starting as an online network showcasing emerging culture and artistic expression, Creative Control delivered original content that changed the landscape of music video and redefined short and long form content. Producing the critically acclaimed ESPN 30 for 30, Benji, the NAACP Image Award winning documentary Muhammed Ali: The People's Champ, Martin: The Legacy of A King for BET, and A Kid From Coney Island, Creative Control continues to be at the forefront of progressive and thought provoking content, with a slate of productions scheduled for 2022 including the landmark Kanye West Trilogy, jeen-yuhs (Netflix).
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Kitchen Magic to Attend KBIS, the Largest Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in North America
NAZARETH, Pa., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kitchen Magic, a family-owned and operated kitchen remodeling company, announced that several key staff members plan to attend the 2022 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, February 8 through February 10.
KBIS, held in affiliation with the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), is the largest trade show in North America dedicated to all aspects of kitchen and bath design.
The February event will be the first in-person industry event since the pandemic began. In attendance from Kitchen Magic will be Renate Sprung, a company owner, JT Norman, In House Designer/Product Development, William Childs, Creative Director, and Briana Hoffert, Marketing Communications Specialist.
KBIS brings an inspiring, interactive platform to showcase the latest industry products, trends, and technologies from hundreds of leading exhibitors.
The team plans to meet and collaborate with existing and new vendors to expand on their product lines and discover innovative materials and top trends. New product discovery continues to top Kitchen Magic's direction.
For instance, Kitchen Magic launched its unique hardware collection in collaboration with Amerock in Fall 2021. In addition, the firm plans to continue to forge ongoing relationships with industry vendors, such as XG Hausys, Rev-a-Shelf and Kohler.
Since 2020, the demand for residential kitchen and bath remodeling has been on the incline, if not record-breaking. "Homeowners prioritizing projects to enhance their homes is expected to continue well into 2023 and beyond," observed Renate Sprung, VP of Marketing, Kitchen Magic.
At the event, JT Norman will offer professional insights as he visits KBIS Next Stage Designer Sessions and scans the show for new products and trends into 2023.
"Attending KBIS seminars regarding materials, industry insights, and construction forecasts from top marketing and design professionals is imperative," Norman stated. Meanwhile, the team will be creating and filming content and discussing views with leading partners and vendors from the industry event, posting in real-time.
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"We plan to discover new and improve upon existing product offerings as we visit vendors and meet face to face. It will be an exciting show. Stay tuned for more news and takeaways with post-KBIS announcements," summed Norman.
ABOUT KITCHEN MAGIC
Kitchen Magic is a kitchen remodeling company with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Nazareth, PA. Kitchen Magic has been family-owned and operated since 1979. Kitchen Magic has transformed nearly 60,000 kitchens using an exclusive cabinet refacing process. Today, Kitchen Magic serves CT, DE, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, and R.I. Kitchen Magic is recognized by Qualified Remodeler as #1 in kitchen remodeling nationwide eight times, an 11-time Angie's List Super Service Award winner, a 10-time Best of Houzz winner for service & design, and an 8-time winner of The Morning Call's Top Workplace Award.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America's largest grocery retailer, today announced the official opening of the Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC) in Forest Park, GA, a city south of Atlanta, powered by Ocado Group (LSE: OCDO), a world leader in technology for grocery e-commerce. This marks an expansion of Kroger's national fulfillment network, providing the region with an e-commerce delivery service that combines vertical integration, machine learning, and robotics with affordable, friendly, and fast delivery of grocery items and fresh food.
"We're proud to launch Kroger Delivery in metro Atlanta with future expansion plans throughout Georgia and beyond, a true milestone moment further accelerating our ability to provide our customers with fresh food on their doorsteps and create more job opportunities," said Gabriel Arreaga, Kroger's senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. "We greatly appreciate the support of Governor Brian Kemp, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Clayton County Board of Commissioners, and Forest Park Mayor Angelyne Butler. This group's collaboration and commitment has provided the infrastructure to advance an innovative and industry-leading e-commerce operation, providing groceries to homes across the region, including in communities without physical stores."
"As a growing hub for technology and logistics innovations, the Peach State is proud to celebrate the opening of this new facility that will bring the latest in grocery delivery to hardworking Georgians," said Governor Brian P. Kemp. "Georgia's pro-business environment and highly skilled workforce will continue to attract the companies and innovators building the infrastructure and jobs of tomorrow."
"With direct access to three interstate highways, an international airport and railways, our city has become a strategic partner that supports large-scale commerce and growing industries," said Mayor Angelyne Butler, MPA. "This type of economic development progress only helps to strengthen our message that it is a new day in Forest Park. We trust that our public-private partnership with Kroger will help pave the way for more high-wage jobs and serve as an investment toward our goal of creating an even more robust business climate."
Kroger Delivery Customer Experience
After placing an order via Kroger.com or the Kroger app, customers in regions where a CFC is located have groceries delivered by a knowledgeable Kroger Delivery associate in a temperature-controlled van. The associate delivers industry-leading customer service, including ensuring order freshness and satisfaction, managing order changes, and informing customers of loyalty membership benefits like digital coupon savings and fuel points through a partnership with Shell®.
"Kroger is uniquely positioned to transform grocery e-commerce throughout the region using a vertically integrated network to provide a reliable and consistent fresh food delivery service that repeatedly receives favorable customer feedback like a best-in-class Net Promoter Score," said Bill Bennett, Kroger vice president and head of e-commerce. "Kroger's unique service delivers fresh food, household essentials, and personal care for as little as $6.95."
The opening of the Forest Park CFC follows another e-commerce achievement for the retailer in the area, the recent launch of the Boost by Kroger Plus annual membership program. For either $59 or $99 per year, Boost provides customers access to benefits like free delivery and the opportunity to earn up to $1 off per gallon of fuel twice as often.
Additionally, during the launch period, new e-commerce customers are invited to try the service and receive $15 off their first three delivery orders of $75 or more using this promotional link.
Kroger Delivery Operations
The launch in metro Atlanta represents an extension of a partnership between Kroger and Ocado. In 2018, the companies announced a collaboration to establish a delivery network that combines artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and automation in a bold new way, bringing first-of-its-kind technology to America.
The Forest Park CFC carries thousands of popular grocery products and represents one of the models engineered for the flexible Kroger fulfillment network. The CFC can fulfill thousands of orders per day.
Kroger Delivery is a vertically integrated network, enabling coverage of up to 90 miles from the hub location in Forest Park. In these highly automated CFCs, more than 1,000 bots whizz around giant 3D grids, orchestrated by proprietary air-traffic control systems in the unlicensed spectrum. The grid, known as The Hive, contains totes with products and ready-to-deliver customer orders.
As customers' orders near their delivery times, the bots retrieve products from The Hive which are presented at stations for items to be sorted for delivery, a process governed by algorithms that ensures items are intelligently sorted. For example, fragile items are placed on top, bags are evenly weighted, and each order is optimized to fit into the fewest number of bags, reducing plastic use.
Once completed, orders are loaded into a temperature-controlled Kroger Delivery van, which can store up to 20 orders. Powerful machine learning algorithms dynamically optimize delivery routes, considering factors like road conditions and optimal fuel efficiency.
"Kroger Delivery provides reliably fresh food in a convenient, innovative way. We are excited to deliver Kroger's exclusive brands, including Simple Truth®, the country's largest natural and organic private label, and Private Selection® throughout metro Atlanta," said David Matthews, Kroger's general manager of the Forest Park Customer Fulfillment Center. "The new Customer Fulfillment Center will introduce Kroger Delivery to both existing and new customers, accelerate our e-commerce capabilities, and create hundreds of new career opportunities from our centralized location here in Forest Park."
Kroger Delivery Associate Experience
Talent on Kroger's supply chain, technology and digital, data and analytics, human resources, operations, and merchandising teams are partnering to design the Kroger Delivery network. At every CFC, on-site associates support delivery operations and help process, package, and load orders. The Forest Park CFC currently employs more than 250 associates and continues to hire, with roles focusing on customer service and engagement, engineering, operations, inventory and quality management, and transportation. To view available careers, visit Jobs.Kroger.com.
"Kroger and Ocado are revolutionizing the online grocery landscape across the U.S. This CFC brings some of the most innovative technology available anywhere in the world to the heart of Georgia, enhancing Kroger's online ecosystem in the state, and delivering a market-leading quality of service online to Kroger customers here. It is also generating amazing opportunities for engineers based in Atlanta to work with cutting-edge robotics and AI systems, enabling essential grocery services for communities across the state," said Luke Jensen, CEO Ocado Solutions.
The Forest Park location joins CFCs in Groveland, FL and Monroe, OH. The fulfillment network plans additional Customer Fulfillment Centers in California, Dallas, TX, Frederick, MD, Phoenix, AZ, Pleasant Prairie, WI, Romulus, MI, as well as South Florida and the Northeast.
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About Kroger
At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are dedicated to our Purpose: to Feed the Human Spirit™. We are, across our family of companies, nearly half a million associates who serve over nine million customers daily through a seamless digital shopping experience and 2,800 retail food stores under a variety of banner names, serving America through food inspiration and uplift, and creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. To learn more about us, visit our newsroom and investor relations site.
About Ocado Group
Ocado Group is a UK based technology company admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker OCDO). It provides end-to-end online grocery fulfilment solutions to some of the world's largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. Ocado has spent two decades innovating for grocery online, investing in a wide technology estate that includes robotics, AI & machine learning, simulation, forecasting, and edge intelligence.
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Lifeway Foods® to Introduce New Line of Adaptogenic Functional Mushroom Beverages at the 2022 Winter Fancy Food Show
Company meets rising consumer interest in ingredients supporting mental wellness, immunity and gut health
MORTON GROVE, Ill., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: LWAY), the leading U.S. supplier of kefir and fermented probiotic products to support the microbiome, announced today that it will preview its new line of adaptogenic functional mushroom beverages at the Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, NV from February 6-8, 2022.
The Lifeway MSHRM Oat™ line is the latest addition to Lifeway's extensive portfolio of cultured oat beverages. In addition to containing 10 live and active probiotic cultures plus heart-healthy beta-glucans, the new product line features a variety of functional mushrooms and adaptogens, and will be offered in three unique flavor combinations:
- Calm: Reishi and Vanilla Flavor – Decrease stress and anxiety while boosting your mood with nutrient-rich adaptogenic Reishi
- Support: Mushroom Immune Blend with Aronia – A blend of adaptogenic mushrooms and aronia berry for powerful immune support
- Focus: Lion's Mane Golden Milk with L-Theanine from Green Tea – Chill from stress-reducing adaptogens in Lion's Mane mushroom, and L-Theanine, turmeric and ginger to relax and boost your mood
"The release of our Lifeway MSHRM Oat™ comes at a time when consumers are seeking out innovative, functional beverages that taste great and include ingredients at the forefront of health research," said Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods. "Lifeway has been a Fancy Food Show participant since our company's beginning, and I'm so happy to be back with the community after this long pause due to the pandemic. I first began attending this show with my parents when I was a child, and it feels incredible to launch this new line of plant-based probiotic beverages that showcase the many attributes of adaptogenic mushrooms. With so much focus on the mental health crisis and the promising research around functional mushroom ingredients, I'm proud to offer these wellness options for everyone to enjoy and add to their self-care toolkits."
According to Allied Market Research, the global functional mushroom market is projected to reach $19.33 billion by 2033. The increased interest in functional mushrooms is being driven by their safe and natural benefits that have long been a staple of traditional medicine. Supermarket News noted that mushrooms, oats and immunity are among the top natural industry trends for 2022, and that mushrooms saw explosive growth in 2020, driven largely by immune health interest, accounting for 61% of mushroom sales that year.
Lifeway invites Winter Fancy Food Show attendees to visit booth #2356 to learn more and sample the company's latest offerings, including Lifeway Organic Oat, the brand's new, nationally distributed probiotic oat milk, which recently won the 2022 KeHE Summer Show OnTrend Award in the Dairy & Refrigerated category. Lifeway CEO Julie Smolyansky will be signing copies of her book, The Kefir Cookbook: An Ancient Healing Superfood for Modern Life, Recipes from My Family Table and Around the World on Sunday, February 6th from 1-3pm at Lifeway booth #2356. For more information about Lifeway and its products, visit lifewaykefir.com.
About Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Lifeway Foods, Inc., which has been recognized as one of Forbes' Best Small Companies, is America's leading supplier of the probiotic, fermented beverage known as kefir. In addition to its line of drinkable kefir, the company also produces cheese, probiotic oat milk, and a ProBugs line for kids. Lifeway's tart and tangy fermented dairy products are now sold across the United States, Mexico, Ireland, France and the United Kingdom. Learn how Lifeway is good for more than just you at lifewayfoods.com.
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Leaked POCO M4 Pro teaser hints at imminent India debut
POCO is likely to announce its M4 Pro model in India soon. 91mobiles has leaked an unreleased teaser of the handset, claiming it will "hit the commercial shelves in India soon enough." The POCO M4 Pro 5G was announced last year but it is unclear at the moment if the Indian market will receive the 5G model or the 4G variant.
Why does this story matter?
- Going by the leaked teaser image, which 91mobiles says is an "internal training image," the POCO M4 Pro 5G will have a tagline of "Step Up Ur Game."
- In India, it will replace the M3 Pro 5G, which was announced here last June as the company's first 5G handset.
- Comparatively, the M4 Pro has a larger display, better chipset, superior cameras, and faster-charging capability.
The phone offers a 6.6-inch IPS LCD screen
The POCO M4 Pro 5G sports a punch-hole design with slim bezels, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, and stereo speakers. It bears a 6.6-inch Full-HD+ (1080x2400 pixels) IPS LCD display with a 90Hz refresh rate, a 240Hz touch sampling rate, and a 20:9 aspect ratio. It is offered in Power Black, Cool Blue, and POCO Yellow color options.
It has a 50MP primary lens
The POCO M4 Pro 5G has a dual rear camera module comprising a 50MP main sensor and an 8MP ultra-wide snapper with 119-degree field-of-view. It supports Night Mode, Slow Motion, Time-lapse videos, and Kaleidoscope features. For selfies, there is a 16MP front-facing camera.
It is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 810 chipset
The POCO M4 Pro 5G draws power from a MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC, coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage. It boots Android 11 with MIUI 12.5 skin baked on top and houses a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast-charging support. For connectivity, it offers support for Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi, 5G, NFC, GPS, and a Type-C port.
POCO M4 Pro 5G: Pricing and availability
The official pricing and availability details of the POCO M4 Pro 5G in India will be announced at the time of launch, which could happen in the coming weeks. We expect it to be priced at around Rs. 16,000. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/poco-m4-pro-teaser-suggests-imminent-india-launch/story | 2022-02-04T19:04:37 | en | 0.927272 |
METABLAZE Aims to Recreate the Success of Top Cryptocurrency Metaverse Projects
Presale Phase One Starts on February 14, 2022
DOVER, Del., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- METABLAZE, a new DeFi gaming utility token, has announced today that its presale offering will get underway on February 14. METABLAZE plans to disrupt the crypto industry by combining passive rewards, NFTs, and an immersive play-to-earn Role Playing Game (RPG) to emulate the success stories of accomplished crypto projects such as Axie Infinity (AXS), The Sandbox (SAND), Decentraland (MANA), and SafeMoon.
The Ecosystem
As a deflationary utility token, METABLAZE offers a unique rewards system that looks to deliver continuous and sustainable growth through an innovative Decentralized Application (dApp) called BLAZEdApp. Unlike most reward-based tokens that only offer a single rewards system, METABLAZE offers users two streams of passive income for users. In addition to its native $MBLZ token, the thoughtfully designed BLAZERWARDS mechanism provides a continuous passive income in any BEP20 token. Gamers can also maximize rewards by playing in the BLAZIVERSE, an NFT-based strategy game.
The Next Big Name
Like Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, and Decentraland, METABLAZE is entering the multi-billion-dollar blockchain gaming metaverse. METABLAZE gamers and non-gamers maintain complete control over their digital identities, accounts, and digital assets. Aside from earning through its robust ecosystem, holders can embrace the lucrative opportunities monetizing through virtual real estate within its gaming metaverse. While exciting users with its immersive play-to-earn game, METABLAZE will take it a step further by developing its metaverse-specific blockchain, called BLAZECHAIN.
SafeMoon is another successful crypto project that resists volatility by rewarding passive users that do nothing more than hold on to their tokens. Built with a unique vision and framework that combines multiple ways to hold-and-earn or play-and-earn, METABLAZE is ready to be unleashed into the crypto market with immense potential to replicate, and even surpass, the success of these ventures.
Looking Ahead
METABLAZE started its journey in the last quarter of 2021 and has set an ambitious future roadmap to evolve its ecosystem in a way that will maximize the token value for the benefit of the entire METABLAZE community.
"Big business has been taking over and running the show for way too long, so METABLAZE has turned to the very nature of cryptocurrency to reduce reliance on traditional financial institutions and put more power into the hands of 'the people'. We are truly honored to be sharing the benefits of a fast-growing company with our community," said Michelle German, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of METABLAZE.
To find out more about the METABLAZE presale offering, please visit https://metablazetoken.com
METABLAZE is a US-based cryptocurrency company designed for the metaverse with a dual rewards system, play-to-earn gaming, and NFTs. METABLAZE has been thoughtfully designed with long-term, continuous growth and sustainability in mind.
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MMAT Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Meta Materials Inc. f/k/a Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against (NASDAQ: MMAT).
Class Period: September 21, 2020 – December 14, 2021
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: March 4, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Meta lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/meta-materials-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at [email protected] to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) the business combination of Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. and Metamaterial Inc. would result in an SEC investigation and subpoena; (2) the Company has materially overstated its business connections and dealings; (3) the Company has materially overstated its ability to produce and commercialize its products; (4) the Company has materially overstated its products' novelty and capabilities; (5) the Company's products did not have the potential to be disruptive because, among other things, the Company priced its products too high; and (6) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a briefing for members of the media to learn more about an airborne science campaign studying snowstorms at 11 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 10. The agency will stream audio of the call live online.
Through its Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Storms (IMPACTS) mission, NASA works to understand snow particles and the conditions in which they form. The program involves a suite of instruments aboard NASA's ER-2 and P-3 aircraft that gather data on snow particles. Scientists use that data to determine how snowstorms develop, how much snow a storm will bring, and where the bulk of it will fall.
The briefing will be held via WebEx and focus on the IMPACTS campaign. Members of the media will have opportunities to ask questions of panelists.
Media must RSVP at least two hours prior to the virtual event by sending their full name, media affiliation, email address, and phone number, to Elena Johnson at: [email protected].
The briefing's panelists are:
- Lynn McMurdie, IMPACTS principal investigator and research associate professor, University of Washington
- Will McCarty, program scientist, NASA's Earth Science Division at the agency's headquarters in Washington
- Greg "Coach" Nelson, NASA ER-2 pilot, Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California
- Brian Bernth, NASA P-3 pilot and chief of Aircraft Operations, Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia
The multi-year IMPACTS campaign is the first comprehensive study of East Coast snowstorms in 30 years. The science team includes researchers from NASA, as well as from several universities across the country, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including partners at the National Weather Service.
For more information on IMPACTS, visit:
https://espo.nasa.gov/impacts/content/IMPACTS
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FAIRFAX, Va. and BALTIMORE, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Scoliosis Center is hosting quarterly scoliosis-themed 'Lunch & Learn' events to educate and connect with others in the medical field. While these events are primarily for medical professionals who wish to learn more about advances in scoliosis treatment, anyone interested is invited to attend as well. The Lunch & Learn events are free, and each event features a prominent medical professional providing extensive insight on a particular topic.
The next Lunch & Learn event, focused on Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT), is scheduled for February 10, 2022, from 12 to 1 pm and will be held at National Scoliosis Center's Fairfax office. The guest speaker is Dr. Laurel Blakemore. The title of her talk is, "Growth-Modulation Tethering in Scoliosis: What We Know and What We Don't."
Dr. Laurel Blakemore is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon specializing in scoliosis and complex spinal deformity. She is also the CEO of Pediatric Specialists of Virginia. Her clinical practice is in Northern Virginia at Pediatric Specialists of Virginia and in Washington, DC at Children's National -- where she cares for children with spinal and general pediatric orthopedic conditions. To read more about Dr. Laurel Blakemore and RSVP for this event, visit National Scoliosis Center's website.
National Scoliosis Center is dedicated to doing everything they can to ensure their staff is fully equipped with the knowledge and expertise needed to properly assist individuals with varying spinal conditions and find the best treatment option for the patient. "These events are an opportunity to connect with a community that is dedicated to caring for those with spinal conditions and share information," says Luke Stikeleather, Founder and Chief Orthotist at National Scoliosis Center.
The previous Lunch & Learn speaker was Dr. René Castelein, a professor of orthopedic surgery and chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dr. Castelein shared insights on sagittal profile and etiology in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. His talk was well received and encouraged National Scoliosis Center to continue with Lunch & Learn events in 2022.
About National Scoliosis Center:
National Scoliosis Center is an internationally recognized non-operative scoliosis-focused treatment center that offers custom Rigo Cheneau style bracing, low-dose EOS Imaging, collaboration with Schroth Physical Therapists, and support to patients. The center has offices in Fairfax, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.
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DUBLIN, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Novel Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Global Novel Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) Market to Reach US$28.1 Billion by the Year 2026
Growth in the global market is set to be primarily driven by the benefits offered by controlled-release drug delivery systems, including reduced treatment cost, lower side effects, and enhanced therapeutic efficacy. The growing adoption of controlled-release drugs as a standard treatment for various diseases, rising awareness and demand for advanced products among physicians, and increasing prescription of controlled-release products are some of the key factors that are likely to bolster the market growth in the near future.
Further, presence of several in-vivo biological barriers that impacts the drug's stability, absorption, and bioavailability are opening lucrative opportunities for the adoption of controlled-release drug delivery systems. The adoption of controlled-release drug delivery systems is also being propelled by the rapidly growing pediatric and geriatric population, owing to high incidence of non-adherence to prescription drugs in these age-groups.
Nanotechnology has come to the fore to further enhance the relevance of continuous improvisation and innovation of NDDS, especially for administering active agents. Several terminal diseases such as immunodeficiency diseases and cancers require controlled and targeted therapy with minimum side effects, and for these systems, nanocarrier-based systems deliver a better therapeutic effect at the target site. Currently, the pharmaceutical industry is preparing for widespread adoption of nanoparticles, which represents a crucial element in advanced nanotechnology-enabled delivery systems.
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Novel Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) estimated at US$9 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$28.1 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 20.8% over the analysis period. Nanoparticles, one of the segments analyzed in the report, is projected to grow at a 20.3% CAGR to reach US$27.2 Billion by the end of the analysis period.
After a thorough analysis of the business implications of the pandemic and its induced economic crisis, growth in the Embolization Particles segment is readjusted to a revised 22.9% CAGR for the next 7-year period. This segment currently accounts for a 17.3% share of the global Novel Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) market.
The rising uptake of nanotechnology and its various concepts including nanocarriers in novel drug delivery mechanisms is driving growth in the Nanoparticles segment. The use of nanoparticles in delivering drugs to cancer cells with minimum damage to healthy cells is the most promising application of nanotechnology in drug delivery currently under development.
The U.S. Market is Estimated at $4 Billion in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $2.9 Billion by 2026
The Novel Drug Delivery Systems (NDDS) market in the U.S. is estimated at US$4 Billion in the year 2021. The country currently accounts for a 37.8% share in the global market. China, the world's second largest economy, is forecast to reach an estimated market size of US$2.9 Billion in the year 2026 trailing a CAGR of 25.7% through the analysis period.
Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 18% and 19.1% respectively over the analysis period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 19.5% CAGR while Rest of European market (as defined in the study) will reach US$3.7 Billion by the end of the analysis period.
Select Competitors (Total 238 Featured)
- AstraZeneca PLC
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- Cospheric LLC
- EmboMedics, Inc.
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
- Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
- Mo-Sci Corporation
- Polysciences, Inc.
- Sirtex Medical Inc.
- Terumo Medical Corporation
Key Topics Covered
I. METHODOLOGY
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. MARKET OVERVIEW
- Impact of COVID-19 and a Looming Global Recession
- 2020: A Year of Disruption & Transformation
- As the Race between the Virus & Vaccines Intensifies, Where is the World Economy Headed in 2021
- An Insight into Pandemic Impact on Pharmaceuticals Industry
- COVID-19 & Other Factors Shift Focus to Different Drug Delivery Approaches
- Novel Drug Delivery Systems Gain Interest Amid the Fight Against COVID-19
- Nanomaterial-enabled Novel Drug Delivery Systems Gain Interest in Vaccine Development
- Novel Drug Delivery System (NDDS): A Prelude
- Versatile Benefits of NDDS Drive Companies to Embrace the Drug Delivery Approach
- Patient Compliance: A Key Reason Garnering Interest in NDD
- Regulatory Process for Novel Drug Delivery Systems
- A Look into Current Areas of Research in Drug Delivery
- Market Outlook
- Nanotechnology-Enabled Drug Delivery: Primary Challenges
- Recent Market Activity
2. FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS
3. MARKET TRENDS & DRIVERS
- Nanotechnology Bolsters Demand for NDDS
- Prospects Remain Encouraging
- Microfluidics Mediated NDDS Set to Make Gains
- Nanocarriers Enable Targeted Drug Delivery Systems to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes
- Advanced Liposomes Enable Low Soluble Drugs to Achieve Targeted Delivery
- List of Marketed Liposome-Based Clinical Products Classified by Therapeutic Areas
- Liposomes-based Drug Delivery Systems to touch Diverse Areas of Modern Medicine
- Dendrimers as Ideal Drug Delivery Agents
- List of Commercially Available Dendrimeric Products by Application Area
- High Drug Loading Capacity of PAMAM Dendrimers Bodes Well for Targeted Drug Delivery Systems
- Oral Thin Films Enhance NDDS Domain
- Nanotechnology-Enabled Drug Delivery Opens New Horizons to Improve Cancer Treatments
- Rising Cancer Incidence Drives Focus onto Novel Drug Delivery Mechanisms
- Novel Drug Delivery System Emerges as a Potential Treatment for Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Uptrend in Gene Therapy Market Augurs Well for Market Growth
- Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors: A Leading Platform for Gene Therapy
- Application of Nanotechnology-based Drug Delivery Systems for CVD Treatment
- NDD for Antimicrobial Drugs
- List of Select Nanotechnology-based Antimicrobial Drugs in Clinical Use
- Nanotechnology Opens New Avenues in Antiretroviral Therapy
- Demonstrated Activity of Select Nanotechnology-Delivered Antiretroviral Therapies
- Novel Drug Delivery System Exhibits Potential to Target HIV Reservoirs
- Novel Drug Delivery Systems for CNS Therapeutics
- Novel Drug and a New Delivery Method for Restoring Brain Cells in People Suffering from PD
- Nanotechnology Powers Next Wave of Change for Neglected Tropical Diseases' Treatment
- Novel Drug Delivery Systems Hold Edge over Existing Therapies for Diabetic Retinopathy
- Exciting Immunology Developments Involving Graphene-based Nanomaterials
- Nanotechnology-Based Strategies for siRNA Grows in Popularity
- Nanoemulsions Begin to Make a Mark
- Inorganic Nanocarriers Facilitate High Payload Capacity and Co-Delivery Platforms for MDR Cancer Therapy
- Solid Lipid Nanoparticles Provide Increased Physical Stability in Targeted Drug Delivery
- Recent Advancements in Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems
- Pulmonary Delivery of Nanoparticle-Based Drugs Receives Increased Interest
- Inhalable Liposome Formulations Attract Research Interest in Pulmonary Delivery
- SLNs in Pulmonary Delivery of Drugs
- Other Nanocarriers in Pulmonary Delivery
- Increasing Importance of Gold Nanoparticles in Targeted Drug Administration
- Gold Nanoparticles Open New Avenues in Combinatorial Cancer Therapy
- Consistent Rise in Healthcare Spending Worldwide to Drive Market Opportunities
4. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE
III. MARKET ANALYSIS
IV. COMPETITION
- Total Companies Profiled: 238
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Technavio's latest research report on the Online Education Market In India offers a comprehensive analysis of new product launches, the latest trends, drivers, and challenges. The online education market in India is estimated to grow by USD 2.28 billion from 2020 to 2025, growing at a CAGR of 20% as per the latest report by Technavio.
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Market Dynamics - Drivers & Challenges
The key factors driving growth in the online education market in India are skill development and employment. To achieve career growth and add value to their knowledge, working professionals in India are focusing on skill development. This trend has been noticed in all age groups of working professionals. This is because digitized courses provide flexibility and convenience, unlike traditional classes, as learners can access the content from any location at any time. Therefore, the increased adoption of skill development through online certifications on digitized platforms, especially in tier 1 cities, is expected to fuel the online education market in India during the forecast period.
However, the lack of infrastructure and essential learning environment will be a major challenge for the online education market share growth in India. The Internet has immense potential to improve the quality of education, which is one of the pillars of sustainability. With the digitization of the Indian economy, the demand for e-learning and distance learning courses has increased. However, due to a lack of infrastructure, the growth of the market is hindered in the initial stage. In India, facilities such as high-speed broadband are either not available in many locations or are substantially expensive, making the model of economically efficient online education ineffective.
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Company Profiles
The online education market in India is fragmented and the vendors are deploying organic and inorganic growth strategies to compete in the market. The online education market in India report provides complete insights on key vendors including Dexler Education Pvt. Ltd., Educomp Solutions Ltd., Indiavidual Learning Pvt. Ltd., Indira Gandhi National Open University, Info Edge (India) Ltd., MPS Interactive Systems Ltd., Next Education India Pvt. Ltd., NIIT Ltd., SMU-DE, and Think & Learn Pvt. Ltd..
Few Companies with Key Offerings -
- Dexler Education Pvt. Ltd- The company provides App Development, game-based learning, gamification, responsive design, WPB, SPP, KNOA, and site license.
- Educomp Solutions Ltd-The company provides a version of smart class through a 3G SIM-based access on tablets, mathematics tutorial portal, a comprehensive digital classroom solution for science and mathematics, and comprehensive student assessment and counseling solution for schools.
- Indiavidual Learning Pvt. Ltd-The company provides Online classes, mock tests, and exams.
- Indira Gandhi National Open University-It Offers Education broadcast, Virtual class, and eGyanKosh.
- Info Edge (India) Ltd-The company offers a wide range of courses including math, Hindi, science, Sanskrit, English, and social science. The company presents its courses in explanatory videos, interactive activities, and study materials for grades I - XII in India.
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Competitive Analysis
The competitive scenario provided in the online education market in India report analyzes, evaluates, and positions companies based on various performance indicators. Some of the factors considered for this analysis include the financial performance of companies over the past few years, growth strategies, product innovations, new product launches, investments, growth in market share, etc.
Market Segmentation
- By End-user, the market is classified into higher education and K-12
- By Geography, the market is classified into content and services
Technavio report provides an accurate prediction of the contribution of all the segments to the growth of the online education market size in India and actionable market insights on each segment.
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TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PeopleReady is proud to announce that its industry-leading JobStack app has received a gold award in the mobile apps for business category in the 2022 AVA Digital Awards. JobStack was recognized for helping put work and workforces within reach 24/7 through cutting-edge technology and easy-to-use functionality.
Leveraging industry-leading technology, including AI, JobStack puts a Workforce Within Reach™ 24/7, enabling customers to place and track orders with flexibility and ease. The app also allows jobseekers to apply for jobs, complete the onboarding process, and secure a new job 100% virtually. JobStack serves as a vital part of PeopleReady's digital transformation efforts which are focused on connecting people and work faster and easier than ever before. JobStack is one of the few apps that provides deep functionality for temporary workers and for companies that need easy access to these workers to move their business forward.
JobStack fills a job every 11 seconds and has filled approximately 13 million shifts since its inception. Nearly 30,000 PeopleReady customers and 97% of its workers use JobStack, supported by a vast network of PeopleReady locations across North America. The app's apply-to-dispatch feature has reduced the time it takes workers to connect to jobs by 87%.
"JobStack is an important part of our mission to connect people and work as we help job seekers and businesses navigate an often challenging environment," said Taryn Owen, president and COO, PeopleReady. "We are honored to be recognized in this year's AVA Digital Awards as PeopleReady continues to drive the digital transformation of the staffing industry to put work and workforces within reach."
Administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, the AVA Digital Awards is an international competition that recognizes outstanding work by the creative professionals involved in the concept, direction, design and production of media that is part of the evolution of digital communication.
The AVA Digital Awards receives several thousand entries from around the world every year. Each entry is judged on its own merit and not against the other entries. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. Winners were selected in over 200 categories.
About PeopleReady
PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI), specializes in quick and reliable on-demand labor and highly skilled workers. PeopleReady supports a wide range of blue-collar industries, including construction, manufacturing and logistics, waste and recycling, and hospitality. Leveraging its game-changing JobStack platform and 600-plus branch offices across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, PeopleReady served approximately 94,000 businesses and put approximately 220,000 people to work in 2021. Learn more at www.peopleready.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect. A recent variation, known as CRISPRa, allows researchers to forcibly activate genes—rather than edit them—in human cells. Now, researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have adapted the CRISPRa system to human immune cells. This new tool gives them a more thorough and rapid way to discover genes that play a role in immune cell biology than previously possible.
"This is an exciting breakthrough that will accelerate immunotherapy research," says Alex Marson, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology and senior author of the new study. "These CRISPRa experiments create a Rosetta Stone for understanding which genes are important for every function of immune cells. In turn, this will give us new insight into how to genetically alter immune cells so they can become treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases."
The study, published in the journal Science, is the first to successfully use CRISPRa at a large scale in primary human cells, which are cells isolated directly from a person.
The scientists activated each gene in the genome in different cells, enabling them to test almost 20,000 genes in parallel. This allowed them to quickly learn the rules about which genes provide the most powerful levers to reprogram cell functions in ways that could eventually lead to more powerful immunotherapies.
A New Kind of CRISPR
The CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing system typically relies on Cas9 proteins, often described as "molecular scissors," to cut DNA at desired locations along the genome.
In recent years, Marson and his colleagues have used CRISPR's targeted scissors to selectively remove (or "knock out") genes from various types of human immune cells, including regulatory T cells and monocytes. Their results have begun to illuminate how immune cells can be engineered to be more effective against infections, inflammation, or cancer. But his team knew they were still missing part of the story.
"Knocking out genes is great for understanding the basics of how immune cells function, but a knock-out-only approach can miss pinpointing some really critical genes," says Zachary Steinhart, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the Marson Lab and co-first author of the new paper.
In particular, knocking out a gene does not tell you what would happen if you instead made the gene more active.
So the researchers turned to CRISPRa, short for CRISPR activation. In CRISPRa, the Cas9 protein is altered so that it can no longer cut DNA. Rather, scientists can attach an activator—a molecular "on" switch—to Cas9, so that when it binds to a gene, it activates it. Alternatively, they can attach a repressor—an "off" switch—to Cas9 to turn genes off, achieving a result similar to a typical knockout approach (called CRISPRi for CRISPR interference).
Mapping T Cell Genes
T cells, a type of white blood cell, are one of the key mediators of immunity in the human body; they not only target invading pathogens, but also direct other immune cells to increase or decrease their responses to intruders or cancer cells. This messaging is achieved through the production of signaling molecules known as cytokines. Different types of T cells produce different repertoires of cytokines, and different cytokines or cytokine cocktails have different effects on the immune response.
Controlling T cell cytokines, Marson says, would offer new opportunities to reshape entire immune responses in a wide range of different disease contexts. But researchers have an incomplete understanding of exactly which genes control which cytokines.
In the new work, Marson, Steinhart, and co-first author Ralf Schmidt, MD, worked with their colleagues to adapt CRISPRa and CRISPRi to work at high efficiency in primary T cells—something never before done.
"This improved efficiency in delivering the CRISPRa or CRISPRi machinery into the cells was critical to enable genome-wide experiments and accelerate discoveries," says Marson.
Then, the research team used these approaches to activate or inactivate nearly 20,000 genes in human T cells isolated directly from multiple healthy volunteers. They screened the resulting cells for changes to cytokine production and homed in on hundreds of genes that serve as key cytokine regulators, including some never before identified in knock-out screens.
"Our work demonstrates the precision and scalability of this technology in human T cells," says Schmidt. "And we quickly learned the rules of which genes you could turn on to dial the levels of certain cytokines."
Better T Cell Therapies
To treat some cancer types, clinicians are increasingly using CAR-T cell therapy, in which T cells are removed from a patient's body, engineered in a lab to target cancer cells, and then reinfused. Boosting the ability of T cells to fight cancer—by altering their cytokine production, for instance—could make CAR-T cell therapy even more powerful.
"Our new data give us this incredibly rich instruction manual for T cells," says Marson. "Now we have a basic molecular language we can use to engineer a T cell to have very precise properties."
Marson's lab is now studying some of the individual genes identified in their screen, as well as working to further leverage CRISPRa and CRISPRi to discover genes that control other critical traits in human immune cells.
"Working with the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, the Innovative Genomics Institute, and the UCSF Living Therapeutics Initiative, our team now hopes to use our new instruction manual to create synthetic gene programs that can be CRISPR-engineered into the next generation cellular immunotherapies to treat a wide-range of diseases," says Marson.
About the Study
The paper "CRISPR activation and interference screens decode stimulation responses in primary human T cells" was published in the journal Science on February 4, 2022. Other authors are Madeline Layeghi, Jacob Freimer, Franziska Blaeschke, and Chun Jimmie Ye of Gladstone; and Raymond Bueno and Vinh Nguyen of UCSF.
The work was supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DP3DK111914-01, P30 DK063720), the Simons Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Cancer Research Institute, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, the Innovative Genomics Institute, National Institutes of Health (S10 1S10OD021822-01), the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, and gifts from the Byers family, Barbara Bakar, Karen Jordan, and Elena Radutzky.
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To ensure our work does the greatest good, Gladstone Institutes focuses on conditions with profound medical, economic, and social impact—unsolved diseases. Gladstone is an independent, nonprofit life science research organization that uses visionary science and technology to overcome disease. It has an academic affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco.
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SKINPHOREA FACIAL BAR & ACNE CLINIC TO START NATIONWIDE FRANCHISING
Detroit's first facial bar & spa will expand its innovative and results driven concept nationwide
DETROIT, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan's first full-service facial bar & spa, will be the first of its kind to franchise its convenient and full-service facial bar model focusing on multicultural skincare.
Their nationwide expansion will begin in Dallas, Texas with franchising opportunities available in six states; Ohio, Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina and Texas.
Michigan natives Jessie Hayes-Stallings and Shareese Shorter, have redefined how skin care is considered merging quality care with its signature happy hour feel since their first Royal Oak location from 2016 and second Detroit (Corktown) location in 2021.
Skinphorea Facial Bar is a full-service facial bar, designed to create a convenient, relaxing experience and provide real results for clients who seek facials for a multitude of reasons. The brand holds a vision to fulfill the skin care needs of women and men who desire practical pampering, while highlighting the education component of skin care.
Disrupting the $148.3 billion dollar global skincare market, the brand aims to start the expansion process Winter 2022 and projects to open 20 locations within the next 3 years w/expected revenue $9.2million by year 3 end of 2025.
Skinphorea's focus on multicultural skin lays the foundation to their innovative business model with multicultural consumers driving the personal care industry nearly two to one in comparison to the total U.S. market.
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About Skinphorea
Skinphorea Facial Bar is a full-service facial bar, designed to create a convenient, relaxing experience and provide real results for clients who seek facials for a multitude of reasons. Skinphorea has continued to scale and break glass ceilings in the skincare market with its unique business model serving multicultural skincare as a one if its kind facial bar and scene clinic.
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LAS VEGAS, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Meadows School Parents Association is pleased to announce its 18th Annual Summer Camp & Activities Expo to be held on Saturday, March 5th, 2022. The Expo is free and open to the public.
The Meadows School Summer Camp & Activities Expo gives families the ability to talk directly with numerous local and national summer camp representatives who offer various summer programs and activities for boys and girls ages Pre-K through 12th grade. This includes the Meadows own Camp Mustang program as well as others from around the valley and beyond.
Camp exhibitors offer both day and overnight camp options with a wide range of activities including sports, performing and fine arts, outdoor adventure, science and technology, academic and cultural enrichment, and student travel.
Summer Camp Expo Details:
Date: Saturday, March 5th, 2022
Time: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Venue: The Meadows School Gymnasium
8601 Scholar Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89128
(nearest cross streets: Rampart and Lake Mead)
Parking: Ample parking available on school grounds
Admission: Free
More information can be found at https://www.themeadowsschool.org/campexpo
Appropriate COVID protocols will be in place.
About The Meadows School
The Meadows School is a non-profit, independent college preparatory day school located in Las Vegas, Nevada. With just under 900 students in grades pre-k through twelfth, highly trained faculty work with students in all phases of their academic journey to help them push beyond their perceived limits. This, coupled with top-flight athletics and arts programs, allows The Meadows to provide students with the skill set they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world as citizens of a global society. To learn more about this comprehensive independent school, please visit www.themeadowsschool.org.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Strong tech hiring momentum continued into January, according to analysis of the latest labor market data by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce.
Tech-related hiring contributed to the strong national growth of 467,000 jobs in January, as reported in today's "Employment Situation" report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (#JobsReport).
Technology companies increased employment by 24,300 workers in January, the 14th consecutive month of tech employment growth at the industry level. IT occupations throughout the economy increased by 178,0001, lowering the unemployment rate for tech occupations to 1.7% in January, down from 2% in December.
"By all accounts this was an exceptionally strong start to the year for tech employment," said Tim Herbert, chief research officer at CompTIA. "The arms race in recruiting and retaining tech talent undoubtedly challenges employers in direct and indirect ways."
Employer job postings for technology positions reached nearly 340,000 last month, spanning industry sector, geographic location and skillsets. The January rate of tech job postings continues to track above the 12-month average by approximately 11%.2
Tech job postings surpassed 10,000 openings in eight metropolitan areas across the country, from New York (19,265) to Seattle (10,047). The data also reveals that employment opportunities in technology aren't limited to the biggest cities. Lansing, Mich., ranked third nationally among all metro markets in the month-over-month increase in tech job postings. Michigan saw the largest jump in job postings among the states, with a total of 10,559 in January, an increase of more than 2,100 from December.
"Employer job posting analysis confirms the interconnected nature of technical skills across cloud infrastructure, applications, data and cybersecurity, as well as the critical importance of soft skills, project management skills and business acumen," said Herbert.
Professional, scientific and technical services (56,860), finance and insurance (38,820), manufacturing (31,379), information (16,796) and retail trade (11,687) led the list of industries with tech job postings in January.
More than half of January's job gains within the tech sector occurred in the IT services and custom software development category (+14,800), an important indicator of business activity, especially among small and medium-sized companies. Tech firms also added workers in data processing, hosting and related services (+7,500), other information services, including search engines (+3,100) and computer and electronic products manufacturing (+2,000). Only the telecommunications employment category was in negative territory (-3,100).
The "CompTIA Tech Jobs Report" is available at https://www.comptia.org/content/tech-jobs-report. For more analysis and perspective on tech employment and hiring trends visit the CompTIA Tech Job Report video series at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuqIJd7KnBU_nZd2oXEwa0I5X7Vt124eM.
About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world's economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce. Visit https://www.comptia.org/.
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1 Monthly occupation-level data reporting from the Bureau of Labor Statistics may be subject to higher levels of variance and volatility.
2 Employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and job posting data from EMSI Burning Glass may be subject to backward revisions.
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The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz Announces the Filing of a Securities Class Action on Behalf of Instadose Pharma Corp. f/k/a Mikrocoze, Inc. (INSD) Investors
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Instadose Pharma Corp. f/k/a Mikrocoze, Inc.("Instadose" or the "Company") (OTC: INSD) securities between December 8, 2020 and November 14, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Instadose investors have until February 28, 2022 to file a lead plaintiff motion.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
On November 23, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") temporarily suspended trading of Instadose securities due to questions and concerns regarding the adequacy and accuracy of information about the company in the marketplace. The SEC specifically noted significant increases in the stock price and share volume unsupported by the company's assets and financial information, trading that may be associated with individuals related to a control person of Instadose, and operations of Instadose's Canadian affiliate.
On this news, once the Company's trade suspension had ended, Instadose's stock fell $22.61, or 91.87%, to close at $2.00 per share on December 9, 2021, thereby injuring investors.
The complaint filed in this class action alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Instadose had performed inadequate due diligence into the Business Combination and/or ignored significant red flags associated with Instadose Canada; (2) Instadose's internal controls and policies were inadequate to detect and/or prevent impermissible trading activity by control persons of the Company; (3) the foregoing subjected Instadose to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and enforcement action; and (4) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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If you purchased Instadose securities during the Class Period, you may move the Court no later than February 28, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as lead plaintiff. To be a member of the Class you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the Class. If you purchased Instadose securities, have information or would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to [email protected], or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Writing Revolution has expanded its Black History Month collection of complimentary grade school writing activities for teachers by offering activities that profile award-winning Black authors.
The featured authors include:
- Kwame Alexander
- Vashti Harrison
- James Weldon Johnson
- Jacqueline Woodson
The current collection of Black History Month classroom materials include historical figures such as Amanda Gorman, John Lewis, Shirley Chisholm, Cudjo Lewis, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the real-life women behind the Hidden Figures film, and others.
First-time visitors to the page will be prompted to register prior to access.
"The power of explicit writing instruction, coupled with well-developed writing activities, can be a game changer for students," says Dr. Dina Zoleo, co-executive director of TWR.
"We are excited to offer free writing activities that celebrate Black individuals and groups of not only the past, but also the present," adds Dr. Toni-Ann Vroom, coexecutive director of TWR.
In addition, TWR is sponsoring a Black History Month writing contest, where students from TWR-affiliated education institutions have been asked to submit descriptions of African-descendant persons or groups, past or present, who have made the most significant impact on society. Selected winners can win prizes, ranging from American Express gift cards to tablet computing devices. So far, the contest submissions have included innovators like Kezzmekia Corbett, African American immunologist who led a team at the National Institutes of Health that developed a COVID-19 vaccine that Moderna eventually brought to market; and Madam C. J. Walker, America's first Black woman millionaire.
More broadly, TWR's complimentary resource page contains class activities, teacher pacing guides, assessment tools, and customizable templates that cover a wide range of topics.
All resources are available online, and accessible at any time.
"It's important to celebrate [Black history], and to learn about all of these African Americans, who look like many of my students, and who have achieved many things — many of which have helped to pave the way for these students to have free public education," said Karen Rogers, a ninth-grade Monroe, Louisiana English teacher in Carroll High School, which has a 97.1 percent African American student population.
"Writing is not an easy thing to teach," adds Ms.Rogers. "But when you have resources [like those from The Writing Revolution], along with TWR's strategies and methods, students learn how to write in a very effective way."
TWR has made a portion of its vast, premium-subscription Resource Library free to the public since March 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of public schools. The overwhelmingly-positive response from educators all over the world has prompted TWR to make the free resources permanently available, while bolstering the offerings of its paid-subscription service. During the same time period, TWR shifted its in-person writing instruction delivery method to online.
About The Writing Revolution
Founded by Dr, Judith C. Hochman and based in New York City, The Writing Revolution's mission is to enable students, especially those from historically-marginalized communities, to develop writing skills, as well as the ability to read and think critically, so they will have enhanced opportunities to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in life.
TWR trains and supports teachers and school leaders in implementing the Hochman Method, an explicit set of evidence-based strategies for teaching expository writing. The method builds from sentences to compositions and is embedded in curricula across all content areas and grade levels. The organization believes that improved writing skills support the improvement of overall academic performance, and will position students with stronger personal skill sets that can help to narrow the social inequality gap. TWR has positioned writing instruction as a solution to help address the students' learning loss that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published in 2017, the book, The Writing Revolution: A Guide To Advancing Thinking Through Writing In All Subjects and Grades, was co-written by Dr. Hochman and Natalie Wexler. A top-seller within the educator community, The Writing Revolution has been sold throughout all 50 U.S. states, 36 countries, and more than 1,000 colleges and universities.
Through courses, workshops, and webinars, TWR's training footprint spans across North America and 17 other countries.
While TWR's book and courses are available for purchase by any educator, school, district, and community member, the organization focuses its partnership work on educational institutions that are located within historically-marginalized neighborhoods.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Talis Biomedical Corporation ("Talis" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TLIS).
Class Period: February 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: March 8, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Talis lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/talis-biomedical-corporation/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at [email protected] to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that the comparator assay in the primary study lacked sufficient sensitivity to support Talis's EUA application for Talis One COVID-19 test; (2) that, as a result, Talis was reasonably likely to experience delays in obtaining regulatory approval for the Talis One COVID-19 test; (3) that, as a result, the Company's commercialization timeline would be significantly delayed; and (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to [email protected], or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Top International Destinations for U.S. Travelers Listed as 'Very High' Covid-19 Risk
WARWICK, R.I., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a Level 4 Travel Health Notice (THN) for Mexico due to a very high level of COVID-19 in the country. With Mexico's addition to the THN list, InsureMyTrip reports that all of the top 10 international destinations for travel insurance policyholders are now at a Level 4.
Top International Destinations
- Mexico
- Bahamas
- Costa Rica
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Dominican Republic
- Canada
- British Virgin Islands
- Ecuador
(Source: InsureMyTrip purchasing data from Jan. 24, 2022 – Jan. 30, 2022)
For those planning a trip to a country with a very high level of COVID-19, the experts at InsureMyTrip recommend purchasing travel insurance. In addition, many top international destinations require it, including Costa Rica, The Bahamas, and the British Virgin Islands.
MORE: Countries That Require Travel Insurance
InsureMyTrip Product Manager Meghan Walch offered responses to top questions from travelers regarding how benefits may apply:
Q: What if you want to back out of a trip because of a Level 4 Travel Health Notice?
Walch: Most travel insurance policies will not provide coverage just because a country is listed as a Level 4 for COVID-19 risk.
However, adding the optional Cancel For Any Reason (CFAR) travel insurance benefit will offer travelers the most flexibility to cancel a trip because of COVID-19 fears.
CFAR is a time-sensitive benefit and must be purchased within 10-21 days of putting money down on a trip. If all eligibility requirements are met, reimbursement is typically 50% - 75% of the insured prepaid non-refundable trip cost.
MORE: Cancel for Any Reason Information and Eligibility Tool
Q: What benefits may be triggered if you contract COVID-19 while in a Level 4 country?
Walch: If you contract COVID-19 while traveling and have a physician's diagnosis, you may find coverage in a comprehensive travel insurance policy. These benefits may include:
Trip Interruption — This coverage may apply if you had to cut your trip short and return home after recovering. Travel insurance may cover the unused portion of your trip.
Emergency Medical — This coverage would kick in if you become ill while on a trip and need emergency medical attention. It is important to note that most domestic health plans do not cover you when you are traveling abroad.
Travel Delay — If a quarantine is ordered during a trip, benefits may be available under Travel Delay to help cover costs if additional accommodations are necessary. This is a bit tricky, though. For a quarantine to be covered, it must be physician-ordered, and you must be in strict isolation for a specific time period.
Plans will not cover self-quarantine. So, it is important to read the details of a policy to understand how "quarantine" is defined and what exactly is covered.
Reporters can request an interview or quote from Travel Insurance Expert Meghan Walch by contacting [email protected].
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It's simple. InsureMyTrip finds you the right travel insurance plan, every time. InsureMyTrip is the authority on travel insurance. We are committed to empowering travelers to make the best possible insurance decisions by leveraging our technology, data intelligence, and expertise. InsureMyTrip is rated A+ by the Better Business Bureau.
Note: coverages are governed by the specific plan certificate. Traditional travel insurance does not offer cancellation coverage for fear of travel, whether related to COVID-19 or not. Cancel For Any Reason is required.
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TURK & COMPANY ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF TRIDENT ABSTRACT TITLE AGENCY, LLC BY OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP.
DENVER, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Turk and Company, announced today that its client OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:"OCFC"), the holding company for OceanFirst Bank N.A. has signed an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Trident Abstract Title Agency, LLC ("Trident") with the right to acquire 100%. The transaction is expected to close on March 1, 2022. Upon closing, Trident will operate as an independent subsidiary of the Company. Turk and Company served as the exclusive investment banker to OceanFirst.
"This is a milestone achievement for our team and highlights our growing practice as financial advisors to public companies who seek title expertise as part of Investment Banking," said Howard Turk, Founder and Managing Director of Turk and Company.
Turk & Co is a real estate industry M&A firm with global reach that specializes in evaluating, buying and selling title agencies, underwriters and ancillary businesses. The Turk & Co team is comprised of seasoned Investment Bankers as well as experienced Title Professionals who have built and sold agencies themselves. Turk & Co is involved in more title agency transactions than any other independent Investment Bank in the country.
Investment Banking Services and Securities offered through Independent Investment Bankers Corp., a broker-dealer, Member FINRA/SIPC. Turk & Company is not affiliated with Independent Investment Bankers Corp.
Company Contact:
Howard Turk
Managing Director
Turk & Company
310 294 9199
[email protected]dco.com
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CHICAGO, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2021, imtmedical ag, a subsidiary of Vyaire Medical, initiated a voluntary field correction for certain bellavista™ ventilators. With specific software version and configuration combinations, the ventilators can cease ventilation and generate a technical failure alarm 305.
There is a potential issue with bellavista™ 1000 and 1000e ventilators that have software version 6.0.1600.0 or higher installed, which was deployed in February 2021, and also have the Data Communication port set to "HL7". Customers with software version 6.0.1600.0 or higher installed have been notified by Vyaire to immediately disable the HL7 data communication if activated. If the HL7 data communication is not disabled, such devices are at risk of the reported unintentional ceasing of ventilation.
This decision is based on the receipt of reports that some bellavista™ 1000 and 1000e ventilators have unintentionally ceased ventilation during clinical use and require rebooting to resume ventilation due to a software issue. An internal investigation determined that bellavista 1000 and 1000e ventilators with software version 6.0.1600.0 or higher installed can have a conflict in memory resource allocation between software tasks when the Data Communication port is set to "HL7". The ventilator notifies the user of the issue by triggering technical failure alarm 305 indicating an interruption in the communication between the user interface controller (EPC) and the ventilation controller (CFB).
No patient harm has been reported related to this issue. If clinicians operate a bellavista™ ventilator and do not set Data Communication port to "HL7", this error will not occur. Therefore, Vyaire supports the continued use of these devices and directs customers to follow the instructions provided in the Company's correction notification to immediately disable the HL7 data communication if activated while the company develops and deploys a software update to address the issue, anticipated in Q1 of calendar year 2022.
The affected ventilators were distributed to medical facilities in the US between 3/21/19 through 12/23/21 located in the following states: AL, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, PR SD, TX, VA, WA, WI and WV.
US customers with questions about this correction should call 833-327-3284 between 5 am and 5 pm PST Monday through Friday, or email [email protected].
Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax.
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm
- Regular Mail or Fax: Download form www.fda.gov/MedWatch/getforms.htm or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178
At Vyaire, patient safety is of the utmost importance, and this voluntary correction is part of our commitment to the highest quality standards for the people who rely on our technology around the world.
About Vyaire Medical
Vyaire Medical Inc. is a global company focused exclusively on supporting breathing through every stage of life. Established from legacy brands with a 65-year history of pioneering breathing technology, the company's portfolio of integrated solutions is designed to enable, enhance and extend lives. At Vyaire, we pledge to advance innovation and evolve what's possible to ensure every breath is taken to its fullest. Headquartered in suburban Chicago, Vyaire is recognized, trusted and preferred by specialists throughout the respiratory community worldwide.
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World Cancer Day Donation Helps St. Jude Celebrate 60th Anniversary and Close the Care Gap
PRA Group Employee Shares Her Connection with the Pediatric Cancer Center
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the spring of 2019, PRA Group Bankruptcy Counsel Tiffanie Fittes and her family were preparing for their eldest daughter Mackenzie's high school graduation when they noticed a bulge near her right shoulder blade. After many tests, Mackenzie was diagnosed with a very large, very rare tumor.
The family was devastated. The following week, they were ushered in for appointments at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Three days of examinations and additional testing confirmed the diagnosis: the tumor was aggressive and already much too large to remove.
"As frightened as we all were over those three days," Tiffanie recalls, "the staff at St. Jude began putting us more at ease almost immediately. From the doctors and nurses to the social workers and clergy, there was a contagious sense of hope and determination. We knew we were in the right place."
Mackenzie immediately began a chemotherapy regimen. Her medical team made every available accommodation to enable her to attend college as planned over the course of the two years she spent on chemotherapy.
In the fall of 2021, the family received news that what had appeared to be one tumor was, in fact, two, but that both were now dormant. Mackenzie is now off chemotherapy and attending college with no further complications. To ensure there are no changes, Mackenzie visits the team at St. Jude for routine examinations.
"We are so thankful to have this extraordinary place with its phenomenal team of professionals right here in Memphis and working with families all over the world. St. Jude truly is the best place you never want a reason to be," reflects Tiffanie.
Tiffanie's daughter is not alone in her survival journey. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened in 1962.
This World Cancer Day will mark St. Jude's 60th anniversary. In honor of this milestone and national day of recognition, PRA Group is partnering with St. Jude to contribute $25,000 in support of cancer research and patient care.
Because a majority of St. Jude funding comes from donors, St. Jude has the freedom to focus on what matters most—saving children regardless of their financial situation. St. Jude treats children from around the world, and families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.
Its mission aligns with the Union for International Cancer Control's World Cancer Day call to "close the care gap." The three-year initiative highlights the challenges of inequity and bias in cancer care, and calls participants into action to remove all social, economic and physical barriers that may affect patient care or access to care.
"Nonprofit organizations impacting cancer care and research help provide services to groups that may not otherwise be able to afford it or access the appropriate medical services," said Sidra Ali, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at PRA Group. "In honor of closing the gap this World Cancer Day, PRA Group is proud to partner with St. Jude to rectify imbalances in our healthcare system and support cancer patients and their families everywhere, no matter their circumstances."
The contribution is part of PRA Group's recent anniversary campaign inviting employees to choose additional corporate giving initiatives.
Read more about reducing racial disparities in cancer outcomes in Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2022/01/reducing-racial-disparities-in-cancer-outcomes
About PRA Group
As a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, PRA Group (Nasdaq: PRAA) returns capital to banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers. With thousands of employees worldwide, PRA Group companies collaborate with customers to help them resolve their debt. For more information, please visit www.pragroup.com.
Since 2009, PRA Group has contributed nearly $9.5 million to charitable causes dedicated to strengthening the vitality of communities across the globe.
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DUBLIN, Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Dental Implants Market (by Material, Product, Design & Region): Insights & Forecast with Potential Impact of COVID-19 (2022-2026)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The global dental implants market is expected to record a value of US$5.71 billion in 2026, rising at a CAGR of 6.53%, for the time period of 2022-2026.
Factors such as increasing geriatric population, growing concern for oral healthcare, expansion of dental service organizations, rising preference for cosmetic dentistry and surging focus on edentulous treatment would drive the growth of the market. However, the market growth would be challenged by shortage of trained dentists and dental hospitals, high cost of dental implant treatment & reimbursement issues and greater risk of tooth loss associated with dental bridges. A few notable trends include increasing spending on dental services, accelerating penetration of digital dentistry, growing application of CAD/CAM technologies and advancements in implant technology in developed countries.
The global dental implants market has been segmented on the basis of material, product and design. On the basis of material, the global market can be bifurcated into Titanium implants, zirconium implants and other implants made of materials such as ceramic and porcelain fused to metal. In terms of the product, the global dental implants market can be divided into endosteal implants, subperiosteal implants, transosteal implants and others. Whereas, the market is divided into Tapered implants and parallel walled implants, in terms of design.
The fastest growing regional market was Europe due to the rising aging population requiring oral care services, increasing demand for cosmetic dentistry & dental aesthetics among patients and growing prevalence of dental ailments across the region along with rising awareness among individuals regarding dental health encouraging them to opt for dental implant treatments.
Scope of the report
- The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global dental implants market segmented on the basis of material, product, design and region, with potential impact of COVID-19.
- The major regional and country markets (Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa) have been analyzed.
- The market dynamics such as growth drivers, market trends and challenges are analyzed in-depth.
- The competitive landscape of the market, along with the company profiles of leading players (Danaher Corporation, Henry Schein, Inc., Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., Dentsply Sirona Inc., Straumann Holding AG and Osstem Implant Co., Ltd.) are also presented in detail.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Market Overview
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Important Components of Dental Implant
1.3 Procedure of Dental Implant
1.4 Types of Dental Implants
1.5 Types of Replacement Teeth
1.6 Different Techniques of Dental Implants
1.7 Benefits of Dental Implants
2. Impact of COVID-19
2.1 Reduced Visits to the Dentists
2.2 Cancellation of Major Dental Events
2.3 Downturn in Private Sector Investments
2.4 Decline in Disposable Income
3. Global Market Analysis
3.1 Global Dental Implants Market by Value
3.2 Global Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
3.3 Global Dental Implants Market by Material
3.3.1 Global Titanium Dental Implants Market by Value
3.3.2 Global Titanium Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
3.3.3 Global Titanium Dental Implants Market by Procedure
3.3.4 Global Titanium Dental Implants Procedure Market by Value
3.3.5 Global Titanium Dental Implants Procedure Market Forecast by Value
3.3.6 Global Zirconium Dental Implants Market by Value
3.3.7 Global Zirconium Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
3.4 Global Dental Implants Market by Product
3.4.1 Global Dental Implants Product Market by Value
3.4.2 Global Dental Implants Product Market Forecast by Value
3.5 Global Dental Implants Market by Design
3.5.1 Global Dental Implants Design Market by Value
3.5.2 Global Dental Implants Design Market Forecast by Value
3.6 Global Dental Implants Market by Region
4. Regional Market
4.1 Europe
4.1.1 Europe Dental Implants Market by Value
4.1.2 Europe Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
4.1.3 Europe Dental Implants Market by Design
4.1.4 Europe Dental Implants Design Market by Value
4.1.5 Europe Dental Implants Design Market Forecast by Value
4.2 North America
4.2.1 North America Dental Implants Market by Value
4.2.2 North America Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
4.2.3 The U.S. Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
4.3 Asia Pacific
4.3.1 Asia Pacific Dental Implants Market by Value
4.3.2 Asia Pacific Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
4.4 Latin America, Middle East & Africa
4.4.1 Latin America, Middle East & Africa Dental Implants Market by Value
4.4.2 Latin America, Middle East & Africa Dental Implants Market Forecast by Value
5. Market Dynamics
5.1 Growth Drivers
5.1.1 Increasing Geriatric Population
5.1.2 Growing Concern for Oral Healthcare
5.1.3 Expansion of Dental Service Organizations
5.1.4 Rising Preference of Cosmetic Dentistry
5.1.5 Surging Focus on Edentulous Treatment
5.2 Key Trends & Developments
5.2.1 Increasing Spending on Dental Services
5.2.2 Accelerating Penetration of Digital Dentistry
5.2.3 Growing Application of CAD/CAM Technologies
5.2.4 Advancements in Implant Technology in Developed Countries
5.3 Challenges
5.3.1 Shortage of Trained Dentists and Dental Hospitals
5.3.2 High Cost of Dental Implant Treatment & Reimbursement Issues
5.3.3 Greater Risk of Tooth Loss associated with Dental Bridges
6. Competitive Landscape
6.1 Global Market
6.1.1 Revenue Comparison of Key Players
6.1.2 Market Capitalization Comparison of Key Players
6.1.3 R&D Comparison of Key Players
6.1.4 Global Dental Implants Market Share by Key Players
7. Company Profiles
7.1 Danaher Corporation
7.1.1 Business Overview
7.1.2 Financial Overview
7.1.3 Business Strategies
7.2 Henry Schein, Inc.
7.2.1 Business Overview
7.2.2 Financial Overview
7.2.3 Business Strategies
7.3 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
7.3.1 Business Overview
7.3.2 Financial Overview
7.3.3 Business Strategies
7.4 Dentsply Sirona Inc.
7.4.1 Business Overview
7.4.2 Financial Overview
7.4.3 Business Strategies
7.5 Straumann Holding AG (Institut Straumann AG)
7.5.1 Business Overview
7.5.2 Financial Overview
7.5.3 Business Strategies
7.6 Osstem Implant Co., Ltd.
7.6.1 Business Overview
7.6.2 Financial Overview
7.6.3 Business Strategies
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yd! Super Taste Vegan Cheese Armored Fresh participates in '2022 Winter Fancy Food Show'
- Armored Fresh targets global consumers with their Super Taste Vegan Cheese.
- Provide brand experience by sampling three types of vegan cheese.
MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Armored Fresh, the U.S. vegan food brand of Yangyoo, a leading food tech company, targets the global market by participating at the '2022 Winter Fancy Food Show' held in Las Vegas, from February 6th to the 8th. Booth number is 3449
The 'Fancy Food Show', held every summer and winter, is a global food expo hosted by the Specialty Food Association of America (SFA), which consists of 3,800 members including market analysts, food researchers, and famous chefs.
Armored Fresh will again sample its vegan cheese which received positive reactions at the CES convention early in January 2022. Visitors to the booth can taste three flavors of vegan cube cheese, plain, blueberry, and newly developed cheddar, among the eight flavors. It boasts a soft texture and savory flavors. In addition, the company has developed ways to add nutritional content, boosting protein levels similar to that of cow cheese (up to 20% per 100g), improving both taste and nutrition.
In addition, samples of Yangyoo's brand Young Man Dduk vegan dduk – Rice Cream Dduk, Injeolmi (Red Bean) Cream Dduk, and Corn Cream Dduk, will be offered.
"We've had a lot of interests in our vegan cheese since our debut at the CES 2022. And we look forward to carrying that momentum at the 2022 Winter Fancy Food Show." Andrew Yu, Armored Fresh CEO, said, "Our goal was to developed our vegan cheese to equal and even exceed the taste and nutrition you'd find in cheese made from cow's milk. I think we've achieved that."
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Authorities said a 40-year-old man who was found dead in Louisville's Taylor Berry neighborhood Thursday afternoon had been shot to death.
According to the Jefferson County Coroner's Office, that man has been identified as Timothy Wayne Frazer, of Louisville. His cause of death is listed as a gunshot wound homicide.
Department spokesman Aaron Ellis said officers were called around 3:30 p.m. to the 1000 block of Lincoln Avenue, just off Taylor Boulevard, on the report of a "deceased individual."
Ellis said Frazer was "obviously deceased" when officers arrived.
The LMPD Homicide Unit is investigating the case. Police haven't released any other details.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Now that snow and ice have stopped falling across Kentucky and Indiana, road conditions are improving.
Interstates around Louisville are in reasonably good shape with a few patches of snow. The roads have been treated, so the surface is wet, which is a bigger concern as temperatures begin to drop to near single digits on Friday night.
Secondary roads in metro Louisville are covered in slush, and neighborhood roads are likely not plowed or treated but most are driveable, according to WDRB reporter Lexie Ratterman. She said roads in Oldham County were not in great shape on Friday morning.
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Louisville's Metro Public Works said the public staying off the roads during the winter weather helped it treat roadways quickly. "Empty roads have permitted our Metro Snow Team to work even harder and more efficiently; plowing and applying hefty amounts of salt and calcium chloride mix. Currently, Metro roads are slick but passable at very low speed," said spokesman Sal Melendez in a release.
Road crews in Louisville will continue working around the clock. You can check progress on which city roadways been plowed and salted on the Metro Public Works snow routes map. Click here.
People staying off the roads kept emergency calls down. Louisville Metro Emergency Services said from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. on Friday, there were 1,664 calls to 911 compared to the previous week's total of 1,845. Despite the icy conditions, MetroSafe numbers show few accidents were reported.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- We’re 37 days from Selection Sunday for the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. That means the scrambling for seeding and a spot in the 68-team field upgrades into a daily discussion.
Louisville will have to win the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament to make the party. Kentucky is a tournament lock but the Wildcats are trying to force their way to a No. 1 seed line. Indiana is safely in the field today but the Hoosiers are a losing streak from dealing with anxiety.
U of L and UK are on the road Saturday, while Indiana ends a six-day break with a home game. All three have Show Me games.
For the Cards, it’s their shot to end a four-game losing streak.
For the Wildcats, it’s another chance to earn style points by beating an NCAA Tournament team on the road.
For the Hoosiers, it’s a chance to defeat the first-place team in the Big Ten.
Here’s a look at the weekend menu.
Louisville at Syracuse
Time/Place: 2 p.m., The Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
TV: ESPN2, Doug Sherman, play by play; Chris Spatola, analyst.
Records: Louisville 11-11 overall, 5-7 in the Atlantic Coast Conference; Syracuse 11-11, 5-6.
The Last Time: Because of COVID-19, the teams didn’t play last season. Louisville won a home game against the Orange, 90-66, in 2020.
Ratings: The Cards are No. 119 in Ken Pomeroy’s power formula, No. 97 in Jeff Sagarin and No. 118 in NCAA Net rankings; Syracuse is No. 77 in KenPom; No. 62 in Sagarin and No. 91 in Net.
The Quote: “The desperation level is through the roof right now,” U of L forward Jae’Lyn Withers said.
The News: Louisville will be without senior center Malik Williams, who will not make the trip as he remains on suspension for a second game. U of L interim coach Mike Pegues said that he planned to meet with Williams to discuss his future return to the team.
Matchup That Matters: For all the talk about the Boeheim brothers, Buddy and Jimmy, Cole Swider has been the difference maker in the current two-game Syracuse winning streak. Swider averaged 18.5 points as the Orange beat Wake Forest and North Carolina State, making all six of his shots from distance. Although he is 6 feet 9 inches tall, Swider lives on the perimeter.
Strengths: For Louisville, it’s depth. The Cards consistently play 10 guys while Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim generally relies on seven or sometimes only six guys. For Syracuse, it’s three-point shooting. The Orange have three guys (Swider, Buddy Boeheim and point guard Joe Girard) who have made 47 or more threes this season. Louisville has one: Noah Locke.
Weaknesses: Don’t listen to the chatter about the Syracuse zone. Without the proper long and swift personnel to play the 2-3, Syracuse ranks 13th in ACC games in defensive efficiency.
Tasty Tidbit: This is not a good Syracuse team. The Orange have lost three home games and they have been beaten by 10 or more points six times.
Prediction: Syracuse 73, Louisville 71.
Kentucky at Alabama
Time/Place: 8 p.m., Coleman Coliseum, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
TV: ESPN, Tom Hart, play by play; Jimmy Dykes, analyst.
Records: UK 18-4 overall, 7-2 in the Southeastern Conference; Alabama 14-8, 4-5.
The Last Time: The Crimson Tide defeated the Wildcats by double figures twice last season.
Ratings: UK is No. 4 in KenPom; No. 7 in Sagarin and No. 7 in NCAA Net. Bama is No. 18 in KenPom; No. 20 in Sagarin and No. 23 in Net.
The Quote: “We hope they do. We welcome it,” UK guard Kellan Grady said when asked if he expected Alabama to play fast Saturday night.
The News: It’s fitting that Kentucky will visit Alabama, because UK coach John Calipari stole a line from Bama football coach Nick Saban when he cautioned his players about drinking the “rat poison” of universal praise after UK’s dominant win at Kansas last weekend.
Matchup That Matters: Alabama is driven by its backcourt. The Tide’s top two scorers are guards Jaden Shackelford (17.8) and Jahvon Quinerly (14.6). Shackelford is the more dangerous player because he’s a 37% three-point shooter who has made a dozen shots from distance in Bama’s last three games. Shackelford takes 8.4 three-point attempts per game.
Strengths: Kentucky is one of eight teams ranked in the top 20 nationally in offensive and defensive efficiency by KenPom. In SEC-only games, Alabama leads in the conference in offensive rebounding, collecting nearly 37% of its misses.
Weaknesses: Prior to its thunderous performance at Kansas last weekend, Kentucky lost three games on the road. Alabama has the nation’s seventh-most efficient offense but the Tide are 77th in defensive efficiency, a steep drop from last season when they were No. 3 in the nation.
Tasty Tidbit: Alabama keeps delivering the vibe that it is serious about basketball success with the announcement Thursday that the school will proceed with its plan to construct a new arena that will seat more than 10,000 fans. The Tide’s five-player recruiting class for 2022 also ranks third nationally at 247Sports.com, behind only Duke and Arkansas.
Prediction: Kentucky 79, Alabama 72.
Illinois at Indiana
Time/Place: Noon, Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana.
TV: ESPN, Jason Benetti, play by play; Robbie Hummel, analyst.
Records: The Illini are 16-5 overall, 9-2 in first place in the Big Ten; The Hoosiers are also 16-5 but 7-4 in the Big Ten.
The Last Time: The Illini beat the Hoosiers twice last season, by nine at Illinois and by four in overtime in Bloomington.
Ratings: The Illini rank No. 16 in KenPom; No. 12 in Sagarin and No. 14 in NCAA Net. The Hoosiers are No. 24, No. 22 and No. 30 in those three metrics.
The Quote: IU coach Mike Woodson talking about mammoth Illinois all-American center Kofi Cockburn: “He’s NBA ready. We’re going to have to play him. You can’t run from it.”
The News: Woodson said center Michael Durr, IU’s largest player, will be available to play although Woodson has not used him the last two games. But he said that point guard Rob Phinisee is not available because of plantar fasciitis. Woodson said he was uncertain when Phinisee would return.
Matchup That Matters: Cockburn and IU’s Trayce Jackson-Davis are two of the best inside players in the country. Cockburn had 15 points and 15 boards while limiting Jackson-Davis to 3-13 shooting when the Illini won at home last season. In the game at IU, Jackson-Davis won the matchup with 19 points and 14 boards but shot only 6-18.
Strengths: In addition to Cockburn, Illinois has Alfonso Plummer and Jacob Grandison, a pair of 40% three-point shooters. The Hoosiers lead the Big Ten in defensive efficiency in league play and have limited eight league opponents to 65 points or less.
Weaknesses: Illinois is not certain what it will get from point guard Andre Curbelo, who has missed 12 of the team’s last 15 games with a pair of injuries. Curbelo returned against Wisconsin on Wednesday but played 12 minutes. The Hoosiers also have questions at point guard where Khristian Lander becomes the primary backup for Xavier Johnson with Phinisee out.
Tasty Tidbit: IU has won its last two Big Ten games. The Hoosiers have not won three straight league games since March 7, 2019 — when they defeated Illinois.
Prediction: Illinois 71, Indiana 67.
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XENIA — Central State University is looking to invest $65 million in infrastructure projects over the next few years in an initiative titled Project Innovation, to include an expansion of student housing, a health and human services complex, and a recreation and wellness center.
Central State officials say they have increased current enrollment to about 2,200 traditional students, with a targeted enrollment of 3,000 students in the fall, and with that growth has come a need for more student housing.
“As we grow and expand, we sit in an opportunity zone,” said vice president for administration and finance and university CFO Curtis Pettis. “We’re experiencing tremendous growth and we’re building infrastructure not just physically, but with what we’re doing with populations and partnerships in the last 12 months,”
The university’s board of trustees will vote on the project March 1.
Central State has already begun construction on an Honors Hall and Administrative Complex, expected to be completed by Fall 2022. The $15 million building will house 119 students and will contain 65 apartment-style units, as well as meeting spaces, a tutoring area, and administrative offices.
The university has completed two honors residential halls, and the third building will serve as the Honors College headquarters, the establishment of which was among university President Jack Thomas’ priorities when he took office in 2020.
“The president wanted an Honors College, to attract the best and the brightest,” said university spokeswoman Zillah Fluker. “We’re moving in the research field, doing a lot of research, and that attracts a lot of students — and faculty — that want to be part of a research institution.”
The university’s fourth and final Honors Hall Building, to be completed in the fall of 2024, is the last installment of the university’s honors housing. At 24,000 square feet and 48 units, the $8.8 million building will house 96 students.
All told, the university will have capacity for 419 Honors students. Currently, 280 students are enrolled in the honors program at Central State.
Central State will construct a new Residential Hall East, for $10.1 million, that can house 146 students. The building will overlook the football stadium and include a second dining hall, which Pettis anticipates will be a “highly selected location for new students.”
“Two years ago, we built Marauder Pride Community One (the new residence hall’s sister facility),” Pettis said. “Before the building was complete, it was full. It was all students who are juniors and seniors, and we maintained a waiting list for those units. We knew that was our test case.”
The university drives an economic impact of over $2 million, Pettis said. With the demand for apartment-style living, Central State’s on-campus student population could “easily” jump from 60% to over 80%.
“CSU is going to be the destination. We are not an urban center, but we’re going to build in our own little city those opportunities for our students,” Pettis said.
Central State is also renovating the historic power plant on its site into a Health and Human Services Complex for $5.5 million. Built in 1926, the plant was one of the few original structures on campus that wasn’t destroyed by the 1974 tornado, and renovation of the 15,600-square-foot building will Include new fitness areas and classrooms, and the building will house health and human services research.
The university’s proposed Recreation and Wellness Center has two parts. The first involves the renovation and expansion of an existing 14,000-square-foot facility into a wellness center, and the second is constructing a new 42,400-square-foot recreation center for $10.7 million.
The wellness center will have a fitness area and climbing wall, and will house exercise and wellness research. The recreation center features an indoor track, basketball court, and tennis court, with the buildings connected through a walkway. This building is expected to be completed in spring 2023.
“We’re expanding university access and indoor space for intramural activities, as well as practice for other sports in inclement weather,” Pettis said. “It’s an important piece of the university’s community activities.”
The university is also investing in off-campus suite housing on Shorter Avenue, tearing down an abandoned building on the property and building two apartment-style buildings with 40 units. Investing in off-campus housing, which will cost $9.5 million, and is scheduled to be completed in late fall of 2022, also allows the university to serve more nontraditional students.
“Right now, a student with a family can’t live on campus, but we see our population growing,” Pettis said. “Those housing units can attract nontraditional students, and those with additional housing needs can attend CSU.”
In December, Central State applied for and then withdrew a request for a zoning variance on the Shorter property, after modifying the project so the variance was no longer needed.
Officials are focusing heavily on student housing because there are already more students who want to live on campus than can fit.
“Looking at the needs of the community, this area is low on the amount of housing, and there’s a tremendous gap in growth next year of 500 beds,” Pettis said. “We’re already enduring a full academic semester of being over capacity. Most students would like to be close to campus and be able to walk to campus.”
The university will also build a new 19,000-square-foot campus logistics center for $5.5 million.
The developer is University Housing Solutions, with whom the university has contracted in the past to build their other residence halls. Officials said the project will not mean tuition increases for either in-state or out-of-state students, and will be funded through university partners and increased enrollment. Construction on several facilities will begin as soon as possible after the vote is confirmed.
“It’s going to be a fast ride. We’re going full speed about what we want to do,” Pettis added.
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The famed rivalry between No. 9 Duke and North Carolina is changing.
One Hall of Fame coach is gone, with the Tar Heels' Roy Williams retiring last spring and former UNC player and assistant Hubert Davis replacing him. On Saturday, outgoing Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will make his final trip to Chapel Hill for the annual showdown.
Davis’ debut and Krzyzewski’s latest stop on his farewell tour add another dynamic as the rivals jostle for position atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.
“I wouldn’t say it’s pressure,” Duke big man Mark Williams said of Krzyzewski’s UNC finale. "Obviously the stakes are a little different, but we’re still playing the same game.”
The Blue Devils (18-3, 8-2 ACC) and Tar Heels (16-6, 8-3) have each won four straight, with UNC joining Miami and Notre Dame close behind Duke.
But the focus will be on the sidelines.
In 42 seasons at Duke, Krzyzewski battled against late Hall of Famer Dean Smith, and he’s been a constant while UNC moved from Smith to Bill Guthridge to Matt Doherty and 18 seasons under Williams. He coached Duke in the first-ever game at the Smith Center in January 1986.
Krzyzewski has also coached against Tar Heels greats like Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter and Tyler Hansbrough. That list includes Davis, who played for Smith from 1988-92 and went 6-5 against Duke as a player before a 12-year NBA career.
And Krzyzewski has won in Chapel Hill with Duke standouts like Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, Jay Williams and J.J. Redick.
“Either here or there, at the jump ball, and you look at the guys on the court, you say, ‘Whoa, there’s a lot of good players on the court,’” Krzyzewski said. “I’ve seen so many great players play against us in Carolina uniforms, thank goodness we’ve been able to have a few of our own, too, which has made it unbelievable.
“That’s what I’ll remember most, the level of talent from both teams on the court. We’ve had so many amazing games, some that we’ve won and some that we’ve lost. But they’ve been really high-level games.”
Krzyzewski, who turns 75 this month, is 49-46 against UNC, including road wins on walk-off baskets by Austin Rivers in 2012 and current Blue Devil Wendell Moore Jr. in 2020. Former Duke player and current associate head coach Jon Scheyer, 34, will take over for Krzyzewski this spring.
While UNC has much respect for Duke, Tar Heels guard Caleb Love isn't focused on Krzyzewski's Chapel Hill finale.
“I’m only thinking about what we’ve got going on,” he said.
Davis, 51, has a similar sentiment about his head-coaching debut in the rivalry.
“I know it’s a special moment, but my focus is on doing my job,” Davis said. “And my job is to prepare and to coach this team, and to prepare this team to play the best they can on Saturday.”
The most notable change for the Tar Heels has been a more perimeter-oriented approach with an emphasis on floor spacing. That included adding big players who can open up the floor with their shot-making ability, including Oklahoma transfer Brady Manek and Marquette transfer Dawson Garcia.
But the Tar Heels with have to get it done without Garcia, who will miss his fifth straight game due to a family illness.
Beyond that, the teams figure Saturday feels like the rest of battles between programs with a combined 11 NCAA titles.
“Coach Roy Williams and what he’s meant to the rivalry obviously will be missed,” Duke senior Joey Baker said. “And after his season when Coach is gone, he’ll be missed. At the end of the day, it’s still Duke and UNC. I think that rivalry is going to last forever.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The message the U.S. jobs report sent Friday was a surprising one: Despite a surge in viral cases in January, the labor market is so healthy that employers kept hiring last month at a pace that far surpassed anyone's expectations.
Before Friday, the widespread view was that COVID-19’s highly transmissible omicron variant had kept people home and held down hiring in January. Some economists even predicted a job loss for the month. Instead, employers added 467,000 jobs.
At the same time, though, the sizzling job market means that inflation will likely keep simmering, all but ensuring that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates several times this year to try to slow the steep price increases — for food, gas, rent, cars and many other items — that have squeezed millions of households.
Yet the jobs picture seems to be steadily brightening, with wages up, layoffs down and many employers eager to fill jobs. In its report Friday, the government sharply upgraded its estimates of job growth for November and December, too.
“What we’re really seeing here is businesses learning how to live with the virus and operate with the virus,’’ Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said.
He noted that the proportion of Americans who teleworked rose from 11.1% in December to 15.4% last month, suggesting that many employees were able to work from home even as omicron cases surged.
Over the past year, the economy has added more than 550,000 jobs a month, extending its steady rebound from 2020’s deep two-month recession. Still, the United States remains 2.9 million jobs short of the number it had in the pre-pandemic month of February 2020.
Here are five takeaways from the January jobs report:
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BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT
Not only were the January jobs numbers unexpectedly large, but the Labor Department reported that hiring late last year was much stronger than it had originally thought. It revised up its estimate of the number of jobs employers added in November and December by a combined 709,000.
Andrew Flowers, labor economist at the recruiting firm Appcast, suggested that the upgraded revisions for job growth “radically changed our understanding of the labor market’s trajectory. Instead of a slowing trend from last summer, job growth looks to be trending upward.’’
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HELP WANTED AT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
Among the most surprising figures in Friday's jobs report was that hiring at restaurants and hotels — the kinds of employers that would presumably delay hiring during a wave of viral cases — rose sharply in January despite the omicron surge. The hiring gains in that sector suggested that many Americans have learned to live with the virus and are continuing to go out to eat and take trips. Restaurants and bars added more than 108,000 jobs last month, hotels nearly 23,000.
“It confirms that each successive wave of the virus is having a smaller and smaller impact on activity and labor demand,’’ said Brian Coulton, chief economist at Fitch Ratings.
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OFF THE SIDELINES
The unemployment rate ticked up from 3.9% in December to a still-low 4% in January. But it did so, at least in part, for an encouraging reason: Many Americans came off the sidelines of the workforce and started looking for a job, and not all of them found one right away. As a result, they were counted as unemployed.
The percentage of people working or looking for work — the so-called labor force participation rate — rose last month to 62.2%. That was the highest such rate since March 2020, though still below pre-pandemic levels of more than 63%.
The influx of workers could help ease the labor shortages that have left many companies struggling to keep up with surging consumer demand.
“There are financial reasons to return to the workforce,’’ said Bernard Baumohl, chief economist at the Economic Outlook Group. “Washington is no longer mailing out emergency checks to households, and inflation continues to erode the purchasing power of consumers.’’
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RISING PAY
Because the economy’s unexpectedly swift rebound has left employers scrambling to find workers, many have responded by jacking up wages. Hourly pay rose last month by a strong 5.7% for all workers and 13% for those who work for hotels, restaurants and other leisure and hospitality companies.
Still, pay overall hasn’t been keeping up with inflation, which in December was running at the fastest year-over-year rate since 1982. In December, average hourly wages were actually down 2% from a year earlier after adjusting for higher prices.
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A GREENLIGHT FOR THE FED
The strength of the jobs report helps clears the way for the Federal Reserve to reverse its policy of keeping interest rates super-low to protect the economy from coronavirus fallout. The central bank has indicated that it will start raising its benchmark rate, now near zero, several times beginning in March to try to combat high inflation.
“The (jobs) report in its totality still points to a robust labor market, characterized by low unemployment and strong job creation, that managed to successfully push through the disruptions created by the omicron variant,’’ said Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors. “Not that the Fed needed another reason to tighten in the near term, but they just got it.’’ | https://www.journal-news.com/nation-world/explainer-5-key-takeaways-from-the-january-jobs-report/EY27GYPSJFEIFLUAEECE5TNJDU/ | 2022-02-04T19:15:22 | en | 0.973617 |
The Academy Awards change more than the public might realize.
Every year the academy's leadership board reviews categories and potential changes. That's meant some categories — juvenile acting, dance direction and split winners for black-and-white and color films — have gone away. Best picture, film's highest honor, frequently gets reviewed. Remember the brief moment not too long ago when there was going to be a popular Oscar category?
This year one such change takes effect: 10 best picture contenders will be announced come nomination morning on Feb. 8. Here's what to expect:
WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE BEST PICTURE CATEGORY THIS YEAR?
There will be 10 movies announced as best picture nominees for the 94th Oscars on Tuesday. For the past decade, it’s been a sliding range of five to 10 nominees. Most years had eight or nine.
IS THIS UNPRECEDENTED?
No, the academy has shifted the number of best picture nominees several times. In the 1930s and early 1940s, eight to 12 films could be nominated in any given year. In 1944, it shifted to five and in 2009 it was expanded to 10. Then, in 2011, they went to five to 10.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
A few reasons. A best picture nomination is a great asset to a movie. It increases awareness and can often lead to a box office bump (although this year may be an exception because of the pandemic). But, perhaps most importantly, many believe that expanding the field to 10 can open nominations up to genres that aren’t typically thought of as Oscar-material, including comic-book films. Many assumed the 2009 change was a direct response to “The Dark Knight” not getting a nomination. The conventional thinking is that when popular films are nominated, more viewers will tune in for the show, which has seen declining ratings over the years. The show’s biggest audience came in 1998 when over 55 million viewers tuned in to watch “Titanic” sweep the awards.
SO WILL SPIDER-MAN GET NOMINATED THIS YEAR?
The biggest blockbuster of the pandemic, "Spider-Man: No Way Home," doesn't seem to have much of a chance at a best picture nomination anymore considering it didn't get a Producers Guild nod. Same for the James Bond pic "No Time To Die." But there could be surprises on Tuesday morning.
WHO VOTES FOR BEST PICTURE NOMINEES?
Most categories limit nomination voting to their specific branch (actors nominate actors, costume designers nominate costume designers), but all academy members can vote for best picture.
WHAT OTHER BEST PICTURE CHANGES ARE IN THE WORKS?
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NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out players rejected Major League Baseball’s request for a federal mediator to enter stalled labor negotiations, a move that pretty much eliminated any chance for an on-time start to spring training and increased the work stoppage’s threat to opening day.
One day after MLB asked for help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the Major League Baseball Players Association on Friday ruled out a third party trying to assist the fractured sport’s warring factions.
“Two months after implementing their lockout, and just two days after committing to players that a counterproposal would be made, the owners refused to make a counter, and instead requested mediation,” the union said in a statement.
“After consultation with our executive board, and taking into account a variety of factors, we have declined this request. The clearest path to a fair and timely agreement is to get back to the table. Players stand ready to negotiate.”
Owners locked out players on Dec. 2, immediately following the expiration of a five-year collective bargaining agreement. There have been just three negotiating sessions on core economics since, on Jan. 24-25 and this past Tuesday, and the sides are still far apart.
Players are upset payrolls declined to $4.05 billion last year, the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. They are asking for an expansion of salary arbitration eligibility, a significant increase in luxury tax thresholds and minimum salaries, a decrease in revenue sharing and new rules to prevent what they allege is service time manipulation by clubs.
Teams say they will not expand arbitration or decrease revenue sharing, and that intensive negotiations on the luxury tax are for the final stage of bargaining.
The lockout entered its 65th day Friday and shows every sign of rolling past the scheduled start of spring training workouts on Feb. 16. Given that at least three weeks of training and exhibition games are required and the need for several days for players to report to camps and go through COVID-19 protocols, opening day on March 31 will be threatened if there is no agreement by the end of February or early March.
There is little chance of negotiations next week, when owners are scheduled to meet from Tuesday to Thursday in Orlando, Florida. Management’s bargaining team is expected in Orlando for the session.
Baseball’s ninth work stoppage is its first since a series of strikes and lockouts set back the sport from 1972-95.
The players’ association has made $5,000 stipends available to its members from the $178.5 million in cash, U.S. Treasury securities and investments available on Dec. 31, 2020, according to its latest financial disclosure form filed with the U.S. Department of Labor.
There is a wide disparity in income among players. Of the 1,670 who appeared on a major league roster last year, 1,145 earned under $1 million, including 771 below $500,000 and 241 under $100,000.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Joe West has made it official, retiring from Major League Baseball after umpiring a record 5,460 regular-season games.
Roberto Ortiz became the first Puerto Rican-born umpire to join the big league staff in a series of retirements and promotions announced Friday by MLB.
“I am honored and blessed to have the privilege of becoming the first Puerto Rican umpire to be hired by MLB,” the 37-year-old Ortiz said. “It fills me with pride to be able to represent my family and my island of Puerto Rico in what I consider the best league in the world.”
Longtime umpires Gerry Davis, Kerwin Danley, Brian Gorman and Fieldin Culbreth also have retired.
Ben May, Ryan Additon, Sean Barber and John Libka joined Ortiz in promotions to the full-time MLB staff.
Laz Díaz, Greg Gibson, Marvin Hudson, Ron Kulpa and Bill Welke were elevated to crew chiefs.
The 69-year-old West worked his first big league game on Sept. 14, 1976, at third base in Atlanta when the Braves hosted the Houston Astros. His finale was on Oct. 6, when he worked home plate at Dodger Stadium for the NL wild-card game between Los Angeles and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Known as Country Joe, West set the record for regular-season games last May 25, when he worked the plate when the Chicago White Sox hosted the Cardinals. NL umpire Bill Klem had held the record following in a career that spanned 1905-41.
Ortiz had worked 411 major league games since 2016 as a call-up ump. He had been a minor league umpire since 2009 and was assigned to Triple-A last year.
May, 40, called 650 MLB games as a call-up since 2014. He started in the minors in 2007 and was in Triple-A last season.
Additon, 36, worked the plate when Corey Kluber pitched a no-hitter for the Yankees at Texas last May 19. A minor League ump since 2010 and assigned to Triple-A last year, he had called 381 games in the majors.
Barber, 36, had called 690 big league games since 2014. He began in the minors in 2006 and was in Triple-A last season.
Libka, 34, had worked 371 MLB games since 2017. He started in the minors in 2010 and was in Triple-A last year.
Davis worked a combined 5,000 games in the majors, including a record 151 in the postseason to go with 4,849 in the regular season. He had postseason assignments for 24 straight seasons in his 38-year major league career. He turns 69 later this month.
Danley, 60, in 2020 became the first African American crew chief in MLB history and was a big league ump for 25 years. In college, he was an All-American at San Diego State and teammate of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn.
Gorman, 62, worked three World Series in his 30-year career and represented umps on MLB's Playing Rules Committee. He is the son of former umpire Tom Gorman.
Culbreth, 58, worked three World Series in his 25-year major league career.
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One of the hardest-hit paces was Memphis, where 120,000 customers were without power in Shelby County alone, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks utility reports.
Memphis resident Michael LaRosa described cracking and banging as the tree limbs fell, and the dull hum and pop of transformers blowing out in his tree-lined Midtown neighborhood. A fire started at the end of his street, caused by a live wire on Thursday.
“It was pretty surreal for a little while,” LaRosa, a professor at Rhodes College and a book editor, said Friday. “There were people walking in the streets, and I was worried that limbs were going to fall on them. The neighborhood sort of collapsed pretty quickly and pretty spectacularly.”
Crews worked Friday to remove trees and downed power lines from city streets, while those who lost electricity spent a cold night at home, or sought refuge at hotels or homes of friends and family. Utility officials said it could take days for power to be restored.
It's also going to take days to clear 225 downed trees on city streets, and crews were working 16-hour shifts to get it done, Robert Knecht, Memphis’ public works director, said Thursday night.
With many schools closed, kids took advantage of the snowy weather to enjoy themselves, but a fun outing turned tragic in Oklahoma where a 12-year-old boy was killed while sledding on Thursday. Police said Friday they were investigating the hit-and-run crash in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow.
Tragedy also struck western Alabama, where a tornado on Thursday killed one person and critically injured three others, Hale County Emergency Management Director Russell Weeden told local news outlets.
The storm represented a “highly energized system” with waves of low pressure riding along like a train from Texas, where there was snowfall and subfreezing temperatures, to Maine and the Canadian Maritimes, said Hunter Tubbs, meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Maine.
Airlines scrubbed about 3,400 flights by midday Friday, with the highest numbers of cancellations at Dallas-Fort Worth and airports in the New York City area and Boston, according to tracking service FlightAware.
In the Pittsburgh area, commuter rail service was halted Friday when a power line went down, trapping cars at a Port Authority of Allegheny County rail yard.
In New York’s Hudson Valley, the Catskill Animal Sanctuary was relying on generators for power Friday after the overnight ice storm.
“We had trees down all over the property and trees down on our road,” said Kathy Stevens, founder of the refuge for rescued farm animals.
But the roughly 250 animals in Saugerties were OK, she said. Large animals took shelter in barns and smaller animals were taken to offices, the infirmary and other places to keep safe from falling trees.
In Texas, the return of subfreezing weather brought heightened anxiety nearly a year after February 2021’s catastrophic freeze that buckled the state’s power grid for days, leading to hundreds of deaths in one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history.
But Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday’s power outages were due to high winds or downed power lines, not grid failures. About 18,000 homes and businesses in Texas remained without power Friday morning.
In New England, some places welcomed the winter weather, which was a boon for skiers and snowmobilers.
In Vermont, no one was complaining Friday at the Stowe Mountain Resort where skiers and snowboarders reported some of the best conditions of the season, with more than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of snow overnight, and snow continuing to fall.
“We’re just having a blast, the sauce is flowing,” said Jared Marshall, of Denmark, Maine, a member of the ski team of New Hampshire’s Colby Sawyer College in town for a ski meet.
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Sharp reported from Portland, Maine; Foody reported from Chicago; and Bleed reported from Little Rock, Arkansas. Associated Press writers Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee; Wilson Ring in Stowe, Vermont; Marina Villeneuve and Michael Hill in Albany, New York; Ken Miller in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Paul J. Weber in Austin, Texas; David Koenig, Jake Bleiberg and Terry Wallace in Dallas; Paul Davenport in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Seth Borenstein in Kensington, Maryland; Rick Callahan in Indianapolis and Jay Reeves in Alabaster, Alabama, contributed to this report.
Caption Dave Darling grimaces as wind begins to whip the snow back into his face Friday morning, Feb. 4, 2022, as he clears his driveway in Auburn, Maine. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
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Caption Dave Darling grimaces as wind begins to whip the snow back into his face Friday morning, Feb. 4, 2022, as he clears his driveway in Auburn, Maine. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
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Caption A fallen tree and powerline sits on a car Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Caption A fallen tree and powerline sits on a car Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Caption A fallen limb rests awkwardly on a power line on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Caption A fallen limb rests awkwardly on a power line on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Caption Mike Bolduc struggles to push a car out of his neighbor's driveway Friday morning, Feb. 4, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. He was shoveling his driveway when he noticed a woman dropping off his neighbor was stuck in her driveway and walked across the street to first dig around the tires and then give it a push to get her back on her way. "It's what being a good neighbor is all about." Bolduc said as he headed back across the street to finish clearing his driveway. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
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Caption Mike Bolduc struggles to push a car out of his neighbor's driveway Friday morning, Feb. 4, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. He was shoveling his driveway when he noticed a woman dropping off his neighbor was stuck in her driveway and walked across the street to first dig around the tires and then give it a push to get her back on her way. "It's what being a good neighbor is all about." Bolduc said as he headed back across the street to finish clearing his driveway. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
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Caption Skiers gather at the Stowe ski resort in Stowe, Vt., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. While much of the northern United States was digging out from a winter storm, skiers were thrilled with the added snow. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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Caption Skiers gather at the Stowe ski resort in Stowe, Vt., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. While much of the northern United States was digging out from a winter storm, skiers were thrilled with the added snow. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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Caption People walk past a fallen limb on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Caption People walk past a fallen limb on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow.(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)
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Caption Snow falls on a ground crew working outside a parked plane at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Caption Snow falls on a ground crew working outside a parked plane at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path is spreading rain, freezing rain and heavy snow further across the country. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Caption The sun rises over Tulsa, Okla., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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Caption The sun rises over Tulsa, Okla., Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)
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Caption A driver in a pickup, right front, momentarily loses control as they and others navigate icy road conditions along U.S. 75 in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Caption A driver in a pickup, right front, momentarily loses control as they and others navigate icy road conditions along U.S. 75 in Dallas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Caption Fallen tree branches cover a yard and vehicles on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 in Atlanta. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley is now causing misery in the Northeast. (John Spink /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Caption Fallen tree branches cover a yard and vehicles on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 in Atlanta. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley is now causing misery in the Northeast. (John Spink /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Caption Downtown Dallas is seen in the distance with ice and snow covered houses along the Western banks of White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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Caption Downtown Dallas is seen in the distance with ice and snow covered houses along the Western banks of White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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Caption Boats are covered with ice and snow at White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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Caption Boats are covered with ice and snow at White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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Caption Isabella Leeker and Madison Jones play with Junior as they walk down Trenton Ave in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, Feb.3, 2022. (Stephen Pingry /Tulsa World via AP)
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Caption Isabella Leeker and Madison Jones play with Junior as they walk down Trenton Ave in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, Feb.3, 2022. (Stephen Pingry /Tulsa World via AP)
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Caption People walk on a sidewalk along a busy road where the canopies on the trees were frozen over after a winter storm that moved in overnight in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Caption People walk on a sidewalk along a busy road where the canopies on the trees were frozen over after a winter storm that moved in overnight in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Caption People sled down Flag Pole Hill Park, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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Caption People sled down Flag Pole Hill Park, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. More than 200,000 homes and businesses lost power across the U.S. on Thursday as freezing rain and snow weighed down tree limbs and encrusted power lines, part of a winter storm that caused an apparent tornado in Alabama, dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest and brought rare measurable snowfall to parts of Texas.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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Caption Jacquayla Fields and her mother Tiffany Thomas stand beneath the damaged front porch of a house belonging to Thomas' uncle after a tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Ala.. No one in the house was injured. (Gary Cosby Jr.,/The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Caption Jacquayla Fields and her mother Tiffany Thomas stand beneath the damaged front porch of a house belonging to Thomas' uncle after a tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Ala.. No one in the house was injured. (Gary Cosby Jr.,/The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Caption A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Alabama. A severely damaged house is seen through a gap in fallen trees. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Caption A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Alabama. A severely damaged house is seen through a gap in fallen trees. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Caption Crews from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation remove debris from a fallen tree on Route 9, in Chesterfield, N.H., after an early morning ice storm covered the area on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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Caption Crews from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation remove debris from a fallen tree on Route 9, in Chesterfield, N.H., after an early morning ice storm covered the area on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. A major winter storm that already cut electric power to about 350,000 homes and businesses from Texas to the Ohio Valley was set to leave Pennsylvania and New England glazed in ice and smothered in snow. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)
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Caption A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Ala.. An unidentified woman looks at the damage to a home where a large tree was blown onto the roof. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Caption A tornado struck Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, along Hale County Highway 14 in the Sawyerville Community in rural Hale County, Ala.. An unidentified woman looks at the damage to a home where a large tree was blown onto the roof. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)
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Caption A snow plows work along Route 307 on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2022, as snow falls in Jefferson, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
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Caption A snow plows work along Route 307 on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2022, as snow falls in Jefferson, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
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Caption Snowmobilers prepare to get gas at Pilot on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2021, as snow falls in Austinburg Township, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
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Caption Snowmobilers prepare to get gas at Pilot on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3, 2021, as snow falls in Austinburg Township, Ohio. (Warren Dillaway/The Star-Beacon via AP)
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Caption Deanna Cooper, red coat, and Jessica Brent, green hat, walks back to their home after sledding at Emerson Elementary in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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Caption Deanna Cooper, red coat, and Jessica Brent, green hat, walks back to their home after sledding at Emerson Elementary in Tulsa, Okla., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
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Caption Snow accumulates in the Perrin Neighborhood, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Lafayette, Ind. (Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier via AP)
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Caption Snow accumulates in the Perrin Neighborhood, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 in Lafayette, Ind. (Nikos Frazier/Journal & Courier via AP)
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The Senior Bowl quarterbacks are vying to be No. 1.
In an NFL draft where it seems unlikely for a passer to be the top overall pick, that means a competition among players like Pittsburgh’s Kenny Pickett, North Carolina’s Sam Howell and Liberty’s Malik Willis to be the first quarterback taken.
They’ll wrap up their weeklong audition for NFL teams with Saturday’s Senior Bowl game at Hancock Whitney Stadium. Mississippi’s Matt Corral is also a candidate for the No. 1 status, but he couldn’t participate in the game since he's a junior who hasn’t yet graduated.
“Iron sharpens iron,” Cincinnati quarterback Desmond Ridder said. “We’re all competing for our No. 1 spot. All competing to get to the best team.”
The National team will be led by Heisman Trophy finalist Pickett, Nevada's Carson Strong and Ridder, who led the Bearcats to the College Football Playoffs and went 44-5 as a starter.
Howell, Willis and Western Kentucky's Bailey Zappe are the American team quarterbacks. Strong has his favorite college targets on his Senior Bowl team, Nevada tight end Cole Turner and wide receiver Romeo Doubs.
While there’s no surefire No. 1 overall pick like Trevor Lawrence or Joe Burrow in the mix, the game does include six of the top quarterback prospects.
They’ve all undergone three days of practices and a whirlwind of meetings trying to prove they have the makings of an NFL quarterback on and off the field.
“We all have different strengths and weakness,” said Willis, who started his career at Auburn. “But I don’t know, I feel like I’m a really blessed individual. I think I’m the best and I think they should as well.”
Willis wants to shed the small-school label, which he feels is overblown. But he didn’t get much chance to shine in two games against Power 5 teams, getting sacked nine times against Mississippi and six by Syracuse.
“You’ve got to come out and play,” he said. “Like you all do us dirty because we’re a little small school. But football is football. They work out every day. I work out every day. I mean our schedules when I was at Auburn and Liberty was pretty much the same.
“You all focus on that a little bit too much, in my opinion. I mean, it’s just more people at the game.”
That small college group would include Zappe, a transer from Houston Baptist who passed for 5,967 yards and 62 touchdowns against 11 interceptions last season.
Pickett won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award for the top senior or fourth-year junior quarterback, leading Pittsburgh to its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship before opting out of the Peach Bowl. The 11 wins were the most since the Dan Marino-led 1981 team and he set a league record with 42 touchdown passes.
Pickett appears to have emerged as a likely first-round pick after returning for one more season upon hearing projections that he might not hear his name called until Day 3 of the draft.
“I was thinking of myself as a higher player than that,” Pickett said. “I wanted to come back and really improve my game and have no regrets in this process and give everything I had one last season, win a championship and then attack this process.”
Howell set 27 school records, including with 10,283 career passing yards and 92 touchdowns despite playing just three seasons. But the Tar Heels went 6-7 after opening the season ranked 10th.
“I just want to show people who I am, who I am as a player and who I am as a person,” Howell said. “I think as a player, I’m a great leader and I can rally a team better than anyone else. I just want to show that I have no limitations athletically or mentally. I can handle an NFL system.
"I can handle any system a coordinator wants to run and I can make any throw on the field.”
They're all looking to show Saturday why they should be the first one quarterback off the board in April.
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Across both Super Bowl rosters, there is a great divide.
The Rams are the team loaded with veterans and the Bengals are the new kids on the block. Los Angeles has the star power, which figures with Hollywood next door. Cincinnati has a bunch of relative no names outside of Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase.
Bengals coach Zac Taylor worked for Rams boss Sean McVay — even though Taylor is more than two years older.
Both teams were No. 4 seeds after winning their divisions, so there are some similarities. It might be the differences that, well, make the difference on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium. Oh, yeah, that happens to be the Rams' new home.
WHEN THE BENGALS HAVE THE BALL:
Burrow (9) and Chase (1) are the Dynamic Duo for Cincinnati. They were at LSU and nothing changed when Chase, who sat out the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was chosen fifth overall in last April's draft. His effect has been immense, scoring 13 times on 81 receptions for 1,455 yards in the regular season.
Of course, Burrow has been just as impactful. He went 2-7-1 in a rookie season cut short by a knee injury and made a sensational return, as accurate as any passer in the league. Cool as they come — yes, Joe Cool — he had 34 touchdown passes, and in the Bengals' three postseason victories after having none since 1991, Burrow has gone 75 for 109 for 842 yards and four TDs, showing scrambling skills as well.
The key for LA to slow down that combination lies with the pass rush; Cincinnati allowed a league-high 51 sacks during the season, 12 more in the postseason. So unanimous All-Pro DT Aaron Donald (99), LB Leonard Floyd (54) and revitalized Von Miller (40), the MVP of the 2016 Super Bowl, must be negated somewhat. If the Bengals' offensive line, from tackles Jonah Williams (73) and Isaiah Prince (71) to center Trey Hopkins (66) to guards Quinton Spain (67) and the rotation of Hakeem Adeniji (77) and rookie Jackson Carman (79) don't step up, Burrow will go down a bunch.
If he gets the protection that has been missing too often, Chase's matchups with All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey (5) could be epic. But Ramsey won't always be on Chase, who can break free on any route, and he also has some potent partners in WRs Tyler Boyd (83) and Tee Higgins (85), their battles with the remainder of the secondary could be significant.
In his seventh pro season, TE C.J. Uzomah (87) has emerged as a threat, but he damaged a knee last week and his status is uncertain.
RB Joe Mixon (28), who ranked third with 1,205 rushing yards, can wear down defenses, but the Rams ranked sixth against the rush.
WHEN THE RAMS HAVE THE BALL:
Like with the trades that brought Miller and Ramsey on defense, the Rams have bolstered their offense immeasurably in recent years. They solidified left tackle five seasons back with Andrew Whitworth (77), who remains a stud at age 40.
Much more recently came QB Matthew Stafford (9), RB Sony Michel (25) and WR Odell Beckham Jr. (3). All of have been key contributors, though Stafford is by far the biggest upgrade.
Sure, the Rams made the 2019 Super Bowl with Jared Goff, but Stafford, finishing his 13th pro season, is a class above. After languishing in Detroit for a dozen years, he's been a main cog in the Rams getting this far.
No one is better against the blitz than Stafford, and while he can make some head-scratching throws and turn over the ball, he also makes some head-shaking passes that put you in awe.
And, like Burrow, he has one of the league's best targets in unanimous All-Pro WR Cooper Kupp (10). Opponents could put all 11 defenders on the guy and he'd still get free, as his triple crown of receiving shows: 145 receptions for 1,947 yards and 16 TDs. He's been just as unstoppable in the playoffs, and this could be a major mismatch. Bengals CBs Eli Apple (20), Chidobe Awuzie (22), Mike Hilton (21) and Tre Flowers (33) will be tests bigtime.
Cincinnati is stronger at safety with Vonn Bell (24), whose pick of Patrick Mahomes set up the winning field goal for the AFC title, and Jessie Bates III (30). The entire bunch also must account for Beckham, who seems to be re-energized in LA, and Van Jefferson (12).
Michel and Cam Akers (23), who came back quickly from a torn Achilles tendon, share backfield duties, but this is a throw-first team operating behind standouts such as Whitworth. The 16-year veteran figures to be challenged by Cincinnati's top pass rusher, Trey Hendrickson (91), and DE Sam Hubbard (94), who was terrific against the Chiefs.
The Bengals don't have a linebacker in Miller's class, but Logan Wilson (55) and Germaine Pratt (57) have made some key plays in the postseason.
SPECIAL TEAMS:
It's all about rookie Evan McPherson (2). The fifth-round draft choice — no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here — the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City.
P Kevin Huber (10) did not have a particularly strong season, but he's a veteran who has kicked in the postseason before.
LA's Matt Gay (8) is steady enough, and he also has two straight winning field goals in the playoffs.
P Johnny Hekker (6) has been one of the league’s best punters for a decade, and is a threat on fake punts.
Neither team scares you on kick returns.
COACHING:
This is so juicy.
Taylor spent two years working for McVay and didn't even reach coordinator status when the Bengals came calling in 2019. He went 6-25-1 his first two seasons, but the Bengals were building their roster. His work in the past six weeks has been particularly exemplary.
McVay remains the poster child — OK, he's a wise old 36 — for hot-shot offensive minds. His game management has been questioned, but it's hard to argue with four playoff trips in five seasons, and a Super Bowl loss three years ago.
Two assistants worth high praise: Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo, who has done a lot with no real stars except Hendrickson, and Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell, who like Anarumo has gotten some head coaching interviews.
INTANGIBLES:
The Rams are built for now. They have been all-in on this season, using lots of draft capital — not to mention $$$ capital — on this roster.
They also have the bitter memory of a putrid performance against New England in the 2019 Super Bowl.
For those who think this is gravy for the surprising Bengals, remember they are 0-2 in Super Bowls, both losses to the dynastic 49ers, though in close contests. They also hadn't won a postseason game since 1991. What do they have to lose now?
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Ahead of the Cincinnati Bengals’ historic face-off with the Los Angeles Rams at Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Feb. 13, many have begun to look more closely at one of the star players on the Cincinnati Bengals — quarterback Joe Burrow.
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Aside from working in Cincinnati, Burrow has a connection to another area of Ohio. He grew up in Athens, graduating from Athens High School in 2015.
In celebration of perhaps the most important game in Burrow’s life, we have compiled a list of the best places to visit in Athens and surrounding cities.
Kennedy Museum of Art
Location: 100 Ridges Circle, Athens
In need of a local art fix? Look no further than the Kennedy Museum of Art in Athens. The art museum, located on Ohio University’s campus, offers a plethora of local and traveling exhibits. Currently, the museum is showing “The Van Gogh Affect,” “LACUNA,” and the “Visual Literacy Gallery.” More information about the Kennedy Museum of Art can be found by visiting ohio.edu/museum.
Southeast Ohio History Center
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Credit: Southeast Ohio History Center
Location: 24 W. State St., Athens
Though the Southeast Ohio History Center is not currently offering tours of The Ridges (formerly known as the Athens Lunatic Asylum), there are still numerous reasons to pay a visit to museum. For example, you’ll still be able to get an idea of the spooky things that took place at the Athens Lunatic Asylum. After all, the Southeast Ohio History Center houses certain artifacts from the asylum such as the tool that doctor Walter Freeman used to perform frontal lobotomies in the 1950s and a painting by well-known patient Billy Milligan.
Those interested in genealogy can also take a look through certain aspects of their southeastern Ohio heritage in the museum’s impressive archives. Other exhibits will also be on rotation at the museum throughout the year. More information about the Southeast Ohio History Center can be found by visiting athenshistory.org.
Dairy Barn Arts Center
Location: 8000 Dairy Ln., Athens
The Dairy Barn Arts Center was originally a dairy barn that sat on a farm dedicated to producing dairy and working experience for the patients at the former Athens Lunatic Asylum. Over a century later, the Dairy Barn Arts Center, as its name suggests, houses art exhibitions, festivals, touring exhibits, live performances and other local art exhibits and events. The Dairy Barn Arts Center has also gained national recognition for its Quilt National exhibit display, a biennial exhibition featuring dozens of quilts.
For more information about the Dairy Barn Arts Center, pay a visit to dairybarn.org.
Psylodelic Gallery at Fur Peace Ranch
Location: 39495 St Clair Rd., Pomeroy
In 1989, Jorma Kaukonen, a musician who has performed with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, founded the Fur Peace Ranch with the intention it would be a place to foster emerging guitarists. However, in the years since its founding, the Fur Peace Ranch has offered other incentives for people to pay a visit. In particular, the ranch’s Psylodelic Gallery, which features a large collection of Kaukonen’s artifacts, photographs, and posters from his time touring and making music with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and other artists and musical groups.
Currently, Fur Peace Ranch is only accepting visitors who book an appointment in advance. Call Fur Peace Ranch at 740-992-6228. All guests must show proof that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 upon entering the ranch. For more information, visit furpeaceranch.com/psylodelic-gallery/
Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
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Credit: Isaac Miller
Location: 346 Railroad St., Nelsonville
For the past few decades, the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway has offered a unique way to traverse the idyllic landscapes of Nelsonville, Hocking Hills, Athens and the surrounding area. Each weekend, guests are able to board a historic train at the Nelsonville Depot and embark upon an hour-and-a-half or two-hour train ride to see sights like an old canal lock from the Hocking Canal, the remains of the Nelsonville Brick Company, the original depot at Haydenville and more.
Currently, guests can choose between a number of different train experiences, like the hour-and-a-half-long Haydenville-bound train, the two-hour-long East Logan-bound train, the Caboose Train ride, which features multiple cabooses and Ohio’s Friendliest Robbery Train, where passengers will be robbed of their fake money by a group of bandits on horseback at some point throughout the ride. Beginning in October and moving forward through the holiday season, guests will have a chance to embark upon special holiday train rides, like the Fall Foliage, Halloween, and Christmas-themed train rides. Prices start at $16 per person and vary depending on the train ride. Children between the ages of three and 12, senior citizens over the age of 60 and members of the military can receive discounted rates. Most train rides take place on weekends.
Guests will board each train ride at the Nelsonville Train Depot, located at 33 W Canal Street in Nelsonville. This location is also where the train ride ends. Most of the regular weekend trips, unless otherwise noted, include a 30-minute stop at Robbins Crossing, a recreated pioneer village on the campus of Hocking College.
For a full list of train schedules and to purchase your tickets, visit hvsry.org.
Hocking Hills State Park
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Credit: Barbara J. Perenic
Location: 19852 State Route 664 S., Logan
Located approximately 45 minutes outside of Athens, Hocking Hills State Park offers numerous ways for nature enthusiasts to spend their day (or long weekend). There are a total of seven different hiking areas at Hocking Hills State Park, including Ash Cave, Old Man’s Cave, Rock House, Conkle’s Hollow, Cedar Falls, Cantwell Cliffs and the Whispering Cave Trail.
If you’d like to spend a night or long weekend at the park, there are several cabins and camping options available for all kinds of travelers. More information about Hocking Hills State Park can be found by visiting thehockinghills.org.
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Citation
Wang T, Zhang Y, Gu Y, Chen J, Lei J, Guo S. Acta Neurol. Scand. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, John Wiley and Sons)
DOI
10.1111/ane.13587
PMID
35102571
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning survivors may experience persistent neurological sequelae (PNS) and delayed neurological sequelae (DNS). This study evaluated the clinical features, laboratory results, acute brain lesions (ABLs) on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) at presentation, and long-term outcomes and explored differences between patients with PNS and DNS. METHODS: The study included 443 patients who had experienced CO poisoning, underwent DWI and completed 1-year follow-ups. The demographics, comorbidities, symptomatology, laboratory results, ABLs on DWI at presentation, and long-term outcomes were compared between patients with PNS and those with DNS. RESULTS: The 42 (9.5%) and 96 (21.7%) patients with PNS and DNS, respectively, showed no significant differences in demographics, duration of CO exposure, initial conscious level, symptomatology, and laboratory results. ABLs on DWI were observed in 33 patients (33/42) with PNS and 62 patients (62/96) with DNS. The most common region of ABLs was the globus pallidus (60.6% and 56.6% in PNS and DNS, respectively). The proportion of ABLs present and lesion distribution did not differ significantly between the two groups. At 1 year, a significantly higher proportion of patients in the PNS group showed a good outcome (defined as modified Rankin Scale [mRS] scores of 0-2, 81%) compared with the DNS group (81% vs. 56.3%, p = .047). CONCLUSION: Demographics, clinical features, laboratory results, and acute brain lesions on MRI at presentation did not differ between the PNS and DNS groups. However, the long-term outcome of PNS was better than that of DNS.
Language: en
Keywords
poisoning; carbon monoxide; delayed neurological sequelae | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707156_10 | 2022-02-04T19:16:29 | en | 0.923894 |
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Yelmo-Cruz S, Dorta-González JF, Tascón-Cervera JJ. Actas Esp. Psiquiatr. 2022; 50(1): 65-67.
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(Copyright © 2022, STM Editores)
DOI
unavailable
PMID
35103300
Abstract
arbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, tasteless, colorless and nonirritating gas 1. In Spain, most of the accidents due to CO poisoning are caused by water heaters2,3,4. CO binds to hemoglobin with much greater affinity than oxygen, for- ming carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and resulting in impaired oxygen transport and utilization.XS In up to 40 percent of patients with significant CO exposure, a delayed neuropsy- chiatric syndrome (DNS) can arise 3 to 240 days after appa- rent recovery, characterized by cognitive deficits, personality changes, movement disorders, and focal neurologic deficits, which may persist for a year or longer.
Language: en | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707158_10 | 2022-02-04T19:16:35 | en | 0.813008 |
Citation
Sert ZS, Menekse TS. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 2022; 54: 22-25.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)
DOI
10.1016/j.ajem.2022.01.047
PMID
35101661
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to define the population of pregnant women who presented to our clinic after drug exposure for suicidal purposes and to determine the effect of drug-induced poisoning on maternal and fetal outcomes. METHODS: The records of patients who presented to the emergency department after a suicide attempt with drugs between 2017 and 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. Pregnant women aged 18 years and over who delivered their babies in our hospital were included in the study. Patient data were obtained from the hospital electronic database using the International Classification of Disease-10 code system. Demographic information, clinical characteristics, type of drugs ingested, pregnancy outcomes, and perinatal outcomes were recorded. RESULTS: We found adverse pregnancy outcomes in five of the 28 patients included in the study. The most frequently used drugs for suicidal purposes were non-opioid analgesics, paracetamol, and antibiotics (39.3%, 35.7%, and 28.6%, respectively). Adverse pregnancy outcomes observed in the patients were preterm birth (n = 3), preeclampsia (n = 2), premature rupture of membranes (n = 1), fetal distress (n = 2), small for gestational age (n = 2), Apgar score at 5 min < 7 (n = 1), and requirement of neonatal intensive care (n = 2). CONCLUSION: Pregnant women attempting suicide with drug exposure are at high risk of many adverse obstetric outcomes. Providing these patients with appropriate clinical care is critical for the health of the mother and fetus.
Language: en
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Suicide; Pregnancy; Emergency department; Obstetric outcome | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707162_10 | 2022-02-04T19:16:42 | en | 0.931939 |
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Naddafi M, Mehrizi AA, Eghbal MA, Khansari MG, Azarmi Y, Sattari MR, Karaman C, Karimi F, Alizadeh M, Yazdani MN, Hosseinpour P. Chemosphere 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.
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(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)
DOI
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133800
PMID
35101429
Abstract
Numerous people suffer from accidental or deliberate exposure to different pesticides when poisoning with aluminum phosphate (AlP) is increasing in the eastern countries. Aluminum phosphate is a conventional insecticide that quickly reacts with water or the moistures in the atmosphere and produces fatal phosphine gas, which absorbs quickly by the body. Oral consumption or inhalation of AlP leads to excessive reaction of the body such as fatigue, vomiting, fever, palpitation, Vasodilatory shock, increasing blood pressure, cardiac dysfunction, pulmonary congestion, shortness of breath, and death. The garlic smell from the patient's mouth or exhale is one of the methods to recognize the positioning. Due to the lack of individual antidotes, several supportive treatments are required. The present study focused on the available and new therapies that help reduce the effect of AlP poisoning and the mortality rate. The therapies are divided into the antioxidant-related agent and the other agents. The impacts of each agent on the experimental cases are reported.
Language: en
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Risk management; Poisoning; Aluminum phosphide; Oxidative stress; Rice tablet | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707178_10 | 2022-02-04T19:16:48 | en | 0.854624 |
Citation
Craig MA, Kay C, Wells TB, Barnes MC. Cureus 2021; 13(12): e20581.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2021, Curēus)
DOI
10.7759/cureus.20581
PMID
35103159
PMCID
PMC8782639
Abstract
Foreign body ingestion is a common consultation for gastroenterologists. Without knowing the object(s) ingested, the differential diagnosis is broad, especially in patients with underlying mental health conditions, such as uncontrolled bipolar disorder, prior suicide attempts, or recreational drug use. The differential should include substances taken with suicidal intent or for concealment of illicit drugs. Certain foreign objects may require urgent or emergent endoscopic intervention. However, one should also consider benign, iatrogenic causes such as large, radiolucent potassium pills given in the emergency department, which do not require further intervention or hospitalization.
Language: en
Keywords
deliberate foreign body ingestion; image findings; non-intentional self-ingestion; potassium chloride; radio-opaque | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707188_10 | 2022-02-04T19:16:55 | en | 0.849066 |
2-2-22 baby: Fullerton couple welcomes son born at 2:22 p.m.
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. - A Fullerton couple welcomed a baby at an incredibly unique birthday and birth time.
The Orange County couple, Eman Shehadeh and Ahmad Jazaeri, welcomed baby Zachriya on Wednesday at 2:22 p.m., according to a press release from Kaiser Permanente. And if you check the date on the calendar for Wednesday, you'll notice that the couple's baby boy was born on February 2.
With all those things in mind, Zachriya now has the rare distinction of being a 2-2-22, 2:22 baby.
Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center, the hospital that delivered the baby, shared photos of the historic birth. Kaiser Permanente said both the mom and baby Zachriya are doing well.
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Zachriya weighed about six pounds and 11 ounces and was about 20 inches tall at the time of his birth, Kaiser Permanente said in a press release. Zachriya is now the youngest of three children at the home, joining an older brother and an older sister, according to Kaiser Permanente.
Congrats to the family on celebrating a birthday they'll never forget!
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Citation
Raman P. Cureus 2021; 13(12): e20589.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2021, Curēus)
DOI
10.7759/cureus.20589
PMID
35103165
PMCID
PMC8777264
Abstract
Intraoral soft tissue injuries occur due to physical, chemical, or thermal agents, which may present as ulcerations, burns, desquamation, and gingival recession. Camphor is one such substance easily available in many Indian households and is not a very well-recognized potentially fatal toxic compound. Here, we report the first case of an intraoral soft-tissue burn in a geriatric female, as a result of direct injury to tissues due to the application of crushed camphor powder to manage tooth pain at home, which was successfully treated with 2% Curcuma longa. Health care professionals must be aware of the presentation and extent of injury that can be caused by camphor when placed on intraoral soft tissues. Awareness among the public and professionals must be created in order to avoid any potential mortality. The diagnostician must consider the possibility of a chemical agent, such as camphor, as a potential source of the oral mucosal injury.
Language: en
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burns; non-suicidal self-injury; camphor; chemical burn; curcuma longa; curcumin; oral ulcer; palate; self-inflicted injury | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707189_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:01 | en | 0.927032 |
All clear given at West Shore Jr./Sr. High after bomb threat: officials
MELBOURNE, Fla. - UPDATE:
West Shore Jr./Sr. High received the all-clear from law enforcement, Brevard School said. Regular school operations have resumed.
EARLIER STORY:
West Shore Jr./Sr. High in Brevard County is currently in a shelter-in-place due to a bomb threat received on Friday, school officials said.
"We are in process of evacuating students and staff to a designated safety zone out of an abundance of caution as we work with law enforcement to sweep the campus."
MORE NEWS: Parent makes bomb threat against Cocoa High School, officials say
Officials are asking people to not come to the school at this time.
"We must keep the building clear and allow our law enforcement partners to complete their investigation."
Check back for updates.
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Former Senator Bob Dole gets funeral with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery
WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole was laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery, where he received military honors for his service.
Roughly 100 close family members and former colleagues attended Wednesday’s funeral service. A foundation named for his widow, former Cabinet secretary and North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole, had announced plans for a private service at the historic cemetery.
Dole died on Dec. 5 at the age of 98.
Dole was the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, losing that year to incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton. He served nearly 36 years in Congress and was the GOP's leader in the Senate for more than a decade.
The Kansas native volunteered for the U.S. Army’s Enlisted Reserve Corps to fight in World War II in 1942 and was later commissioned as a second lieutenant with the Army’s 10th Mountain Division, according to the Department of Defense.
Dole was seriously wounded while fighting as a 21-year-old Army platoon leader in northern Italy in 1945. He was hit by a shell fragment that shattered his collarbone and part of his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down.
He spent three years recovering in a hospital and never regained the use of his right hand. He went on to become a lawyer and began his political career in the early 1950s with a term in the Kansas House.
Dole has been celebrated for his military service, advocating for veterans and leading the push to get the World War II Memorial built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The Associated Press contributed to this story
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Citation
Özkale M, Özkale Y, Kozanoglu. J Clin Apher 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022)
DOI
10.1002/jca.21966
PMID
35104018
Abstract
Aluminum phosphide (AIP) is a fumigant commonly used in agricultural areas. AIP is frequently misused for suicidal purposes because it is easily accessible. AIP poisoning causes severe metabolic acidosis, resistant hypotension, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and multiorgan failure with cardiogenic shock. Despite supportive management and intensive care, most patients die following AIP ingestion because there is no specific antidote. In this case report we present a 15-year-old female who presented with vomiting, coma and epigastric pain. She developed resistant metabolic acidosis and hypotension due to AIP poisoning. Although supportive treatment did not result in clinical improvement, she was successfully treated with automated red blood cell exchange. Automated red blood cell exchange is a procedure which is used to exchange the patient erythrocyte mass with donor red blood cell. Although automated red blood cell exchange is a preferred treatment method in the complications of sickle cell anemia, some blood diseases and infectious diseases such as malaria and babesiosis, there is little information about its use in poisoning. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first child with AIP poisoning who was treated with automated red blood cell exchange.
Language: en
Keywords
Aluminum phosphide poisoning; automated red blood cell exchange | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707234_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:14 | en | 0.902266 |
COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000
WASHINGTON - With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation's death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000.
The number of lives lost to the pandemic in the U.S. stood at over 897,000 as of midday Friday, with deaths running at an average of more than 2,400 a day, back up to where they were last winter, when the vaccine drive was still getting started.
New cases per day have tanked by almost a half-million nationwide since mid-January, the curve trending downward in every state but Maine. And the number of Americans in the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen 15% over that period to about 124,000.
Deaths are still on the rise in at least 35 states, reflecting the lag time between when victims become infected and when they succumb.
But the trends are giving public health officials hope that the worst of omicron is coming to an end, though they caution that things could still go bad again and dangerous new variants could emerge.
Los Angeles County may end outdoor mask requirements in a few weeks, Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. But that is unlikely to happen before the Feb. 13 Super Bowl, which will draw as many as 100,000 people to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Ferrer said COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in California’s biggest county are falling, and deaths may start to drop as well.
"Post-surge does not imply that the pandemic is over or that transmission is low, or that there will not be unpredictable waves of surges in the future." she warned.
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Arizona has also seen its daily case and hospitalization numbers decline, though deaths are still on the rise, climbing from average of about 61 a day last week to almost 79 as of Tuesday.
"We have reason to be hopeful, but we are by no means out of the woods," Elizabeth Jacobs, a University of Arizona professor of epidemiology, said Thursday on Twitter.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she is calling an end to the state's coronavirus public health emergency, a move that will limit the release of health data.
The step reflects the governor’s long-held belief that it is time to get past pandemic restrictions and move toward the point when COVID-19 becomes, like the flu, a manageable part of everyday life.
Overall, new cases in the U.S. have plummeted from a record-obliterating average of more than 800,000 a day in mid-January to about 357,000.
RELATED: Spain to drop masks outdoors as omicron surge decelerates
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Zheng Z, Liao J, Zeng L, Tang H, Li H, Liu Z, Zhan H, Yang Z, Xiong Y, Yuan S. Simul. Healthc. 2022; 17(1): e68-e74.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)
DOI
10.1097/SIH.0000000000000566
PMID
35104832
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The flipped classroom (FC) approach and high-fidelity patient simulation (HFPS) training have shown promising effects in short-term acquisition or long-term retention of knowledge in medical education. In this study, we aimed to explore the incorporation of HFPS into the FC and the impact on the long-term (3 months after classes) knowledge retention of medical undergraduate students learning about acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (AOPP). METHODS: Eighty-two fifth-year medical students were randomly divided into an HFPS group (HG, n = 40) and an FC group (FG, n = 42). A postclass quiz and preinternship quiz were performed to assess the short-term knowledge acquisition and long-term (3 months after classes) knowledge retention of both groups of students. Feedback questionnaires were administered immediately after the class and before the internship to assess the students' self-perceived competency. RESULTS: In the postclass quiz, the scores achieved by the students from the HG and FG were 15.58 ± 2.69 and 14.62 ± 2.19, respectively. No significant difference was found between the 2 groups (P = 0.19). In the preinternship quiz, the scores achieved by the students from the HG (14.50 ± 2.16) were significantly higher than those achieved by the students from the FG (11.40 ± 2.07, P < 0.001). There was no significant difference between the postclass quiz and preinternship quiz scores achieved by the HG students (P = 0.05). However, scores in the preinternship quiz showed a significant decline compared with the postclass quiz for the FG students (P < 0.001). Students in the HG gave significantly higher scores for self-perceived confidence in dealing with AOPP patients in the forthcoming internship on the postclass and preinternship questionnaires. CONCLUSIONS: The incorporation of HFPS into the FC approach could improve students' long-term knowledge retention of AOPP and enhance their confidence in caring for these patients in their internship.
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Deputies: Volusia man accused of sexually assaulting 12-year-old runaway
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - The Volusia County Sheriff's Office arrested a man they say sexually battered a 12-year-old girl who had run away from a group home last year.
Brian Young, 53, who lives in a transient camp in Deltona, is facing charges.
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According to deputies, the girl was found at Green Springs Park in August 2021 after running away from Florida United Methodist Children’s Home. While being taken to Halifax Behavioral Services for evaluation, she reportedly told officials that she had been raped after leaving a homeless camp in the woods.
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DNA from a sexual assault kit reportedly matched Young and he was taken into custody for sexual battery of a child.
"After a search of his backpack he was also charged with possession of fentanyl and possession of narcotics paraphernalia," the sheriff's office said.
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Citation
Kumar A, Gangadharan H, Manju R, Prakash A, Arasan SS, Kumar S. Trop. Doct. 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, SAGE Publishing)
DOI
10.1177/00494755221076945
PMID
35098796
Abstract
Yellow phosphorous is one of the most common toxins reported to cause fulminant hepatic failure. Yellow phosphorous is a component of rodenticides and fireworks, and is freely available over the counter. The mortality rate as high as 27% from fulminant hepatic failure has been reported following ingestion of yellow phosphorous.(1) Multisystem toxicity affecting gastrointestinal, cardiac, renal and central nervous systems occurs.(2) There is a paucity of literature on its haematological toxicity. In this case report, we highlight the clinically significant myelosuppression observed in a patient resulting from yellow phosphorous; a small literature review has also been done on this rare complication.
Language: en | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707300_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:27 | en | 0.876495 |
Florida authorities nab over a dozen suspected child sex predators after undercover operation
Authorities in Northwest Florida have arrested a dozen men in an alleged child predator sting.
The operation, dubbed "Operation Wolves Blanket" was led by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and other local police departments.
The sheriff’s office conducted the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) operation to target those seeking out children for sexual activity.
"Our goal was to identify child predators and get them out of our communities," Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in a statement. "There is no shortage of these individuals preying on our youth; we must all be vigilant."
The operation, conducted from January 26 through January 30, involved investigators acting undercover as minors to identify people online who try to solicit minors under the age of 14. The sheriff’s office said the undercover officers communicated with the suspects online.
The suspects’ ages range from 18 to 48 and traveled from as far as Mississippi to a location where they were ultimately arrested.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspects as follows: Tananan Wanna, 41, Eric Dotlich, 42, Dakota Davis, 22, Cody Hamm, 27, Carter Gile, 25, Joshua Ward, 18, Christian Coon, 22, Warwick Marsh, 26, Hassani Brown, 19, and Allen Morrow, 48 – all of whom are from Florida.
Suspects from out of state included Hazzie Carter, 39, of Mississippi, and David Chocojay, 34, of Alabama.
Each of these individuals has been charged with second and third-degree felonies. Their potential prison sentences range from five to 15 years behind bars if found guilty and up to 25 years based on some sentencing guidelines.
Fox News has reached out to the sheriff’s office seeking more details on the operation and will update this story accordingly.
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Citation
Brown RT, Deyo B, Nicholas C, Baltes A, Hetzel S, Tilhou A, Quanbeck A, Glass J, O'Rourke A, Agarwal S. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022; 232: e109286.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)
DOI
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109286
PMID
35101814
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Traumatic injury frequently requires opioid analgesia to manage pain and avoid catastrophic complications. Risk screening for opioid misuse and the development of use disorder remains uninvestigated. METHODS: Participants were Trauma/Orthopedic Surgical Services patients at a Level I Trauma Center who were English speaking, aged 18-75, received an opioids prescription at discharge, and were under control of their own medications at discharge. Baseline measures included validated self-report instruments for psychosocial factors, such as anxiety, depression, pain coping, and social support. Health record data included diagnosis codes, procedures, Injury Severity Score, and pain severity (0-10 scale). Opioid use disorder (by Clinical International Diagnostic Interview-Substance Abuse Module) or opioid misuse (Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) and survey items) were assessed at 24 weeks post-discharge. RESULTS: 295 patients enrolled with 237 completing the 24 week assessments. Stepwise regression modeling demonstrated pre-injury PTSD symptoms, Opioid Risk score, medication use behaviors, social support, and length of stay predicted opioid misuse. Pre-injury PTSD symptoms, pain coping, and length of stay predicted use disorder. The final regression models for opioid misuse by COMM, opioid misuse via survey items, and for opioid use disorder had highly favorable areas under the receiver operating curve (0.880, 0.790, and 0.943 respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Pre-injury presence of PTSD-related symptoms, impaired pain coping, social support, and hospitalization > 6 days predicted opioid misuse and opioid addiction at 6 months after hospital discharge. Behavioral screening and management strategies appear warranted in the population of traumatic injury victims to reduce opioid-related risks.
Language: en
Keywords
Injury; Trauma; Addiction; Opioid; opioid misuse; Use disorder | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707317_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:33 | en | 0.873572 |
Grandmother surprised at Disney's Magic Kingdom by family for her 70th birthday
ORLANDO, Fla. - There's just something special about sharing a trip to Disney with your family.
Especially when you weren't expecting it. In a now-viral video, one woman was given the greatest surprise when her family unexpectedly joined her for her 70th birthday celebration.
The video, posted by Karissa Shaffer, is the stuff happy tears are made of. The woman celebrating her birthday is Shaffer's grandmother, who she declined to name for privacy reasons.
Shaffer told Fox News Digital the surprise took place on Dec. 28, 2021.
The comments on the video share the common theme: happy tears.
"I'm crying, your grandma deserves the world," wrote another.
"Yep I cried with her this is perfect," said one more.
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Citation
Warfield SC, Bharat C, Bossarte RM, DePhilippis D, Farrell M, Hoover MJ, Larney S, Marshalek P, McKetin R, Degenhardt L. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022; 232: e109310.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)
DOI
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109310
PMID
35101816
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Identifying solutions to the continued rise in overdose deaths is a public health priority. However, there is evidence of change in recent substance type associated with morbidity and mortality. To better understand the continued rise in overdose deaths, in particular those attributed to opioid and stimulant use disorders, increased knowledge of patterns of use is needed. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of Veterans diagnosed with an opioid or stimulant use disorder between 2005 and 2019. The outcome of interest was diagnosis of substance use disorders, specifically examining combinations of opioid and stimulant use disorders among this population. RESULTS: A total of 1932,188 Veterans were diagnosed with at least one substance use disorder (SUD) during the study period, 2005 through 2019. While the annual prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) diagnoses increased more than 155%, OUD diagnoses absent of any other SUD diagnosis increased by an average of 6.9% (95% CI, 6.4, 7.5) per year between 2005 and 2019. Between 2011 and 2019, diagnoses of co-morbid methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) and OUD increased at a higher rate than other SUD combinations. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of comorbid SUD, in particular co-occurring opioid and methamphetamine use disorder, increased at a higher rate than other combinations between 2005 and 2019. These findings underscore the urgent need to offer patients a combination of evidence-based treatments for each co-morbid SUD, such MOUD and contingency management for persons with comorbid opioid and methamphetamine use disorders.
Language: en
Keywords
Polysubstance use; Comorbid substance use disorders; Methamphetamine use; Opioid use; Stimulant use; Substance use disorders | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707318_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:39 | en | 0.883736 |
Joel Greenberg wants sentencing delayed again
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg reportedly wants to ask a federal judge to delay his sentencing once again.
His sentencing is currently set for March 29.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Greenberg's defense attorney on Friday asked permission from U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell "to file the latest request to push back Greenberg’s sentencing under seal."
Greenberg pleaded guilty to 6 federal crimes in May including child sex trafficking.
He was originally scheduled to be sentenced in August and was granted delays before that.
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Citation
Ayaz D, Öncel S, Karadağ E. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 2022; ePub(ePub): ePub.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)
DOI
10.1007/s00420-022-01838-8
PMID
35103845
Abstract
AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of educational interventions aimed at agricultural workers' knowledge, behaviour, and risk perception for reducing the risk of pesticide exposure. METHOD: All studies published in the English language between the years 2000 and 2020 were screened on relevant databases. The study protocol was registered on PROSPERO. Randomised controlled studies (RCTs) and quasi-experimental studies meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria according to the PICOS criteria were included. In line with the PRISMA flow diagram, 38 studies were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. Risk of bias was assessed with the Cochrane risk-of-bias assessment tool. A random-effects model was applied and Hedge's g was used to calculate effect size. FINDINGS: Five of the included studies are RCTs, two are cluster RCTs, 17 are quasi-experimental studies with experimental and control groups, and 14 have single-group pretest-posttest study designs. Educational interventions had a large effect on knowledge level (Hedge's g = 0.890), a medium effect on behaviour level (Hedge's g = 0.707), and a small effect on risk perception (Hedge's g = 0.377). No publication bias was detected. The largest effect of educational interventions on both knowledge and behaviour levels belonged to studies grounded on a theoretical basis and carried out between the years 2011 and 2020. CONCLUSION: It was determined that educational interventions are an appropriate method for reducing the pesticide exposure risks of agricultural workers. To increase the effectiveness of these interventions, it is recommended that consideration is given to a theoretical basis, the use of multiple education components, and evidence-based practices.
Language: en
Keywords
Meta-analysis; Occupational health; Agricultural workers; Educational interventions; Pesticide exposure | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707328_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:46 | en | 0.933611 |
Ohio family sues doctors after DNA test reveals father, daughter unrelated
AKRON, Ohio - A new lawsuit has been filed by an Ohio family after a shocking revelation was discovered by a DNA test.
In 1991, Jeanine and John "Mike" Harvey had undergone an insemination procedure at Summa Health System with Dr. Nicholas Spirtos, which was intended to fertilize the wife’s egg with the husband’s sperm to help conceive a child.
According to a statement released by the attorneys for the family at the law firm Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, there was a "clearly stated goal of having a child who was genetically related to both of them." Jeanine became pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl, Jessica Harvey Galloway.
But when the couple’s daughter did an Ancestry.com DNA test in 2020 ahead of her trip to Europe, she learned that the father she was raised by was not her biological father.
"Leading up to Christmas in 2020, my husband and I were planning a trip to Europe. How cool – we thought – would it be to learn if we had family in the countries we’d be visiting. Maybe we could connect with our distant relatives. My parents got us Ancestry.com kits as Christmas gifts, and since then, our lives have never been the same – and never will be," Jessica said.
Genealogical research led Jessica to uncover the identity of her biological father, confirming he and his wife were patients of Dr. Spirtos’ at the same time as the Harveys, which confirmed that he was Jessica’s biological father.
The Harveys have accused Dr. Spirtos and Summa Health System of malpractice, negligence and fraud.
"For us, and for countless unsuspecting families out there, it took just one Christmas gift – a home DNA test kit – to change our lives forever," Jeanine said in a virtual press conference. "It revealed a trauma that I never could have imagined. It’s taken every ounce of my power to remain strong for myself and my family as we try to move forward."
The Harvey Family (Credit: Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise)
Attorneys for the family said further testing confirmed the sperm came from a different patient of Spirtos.
Jessica’s father continued: "As a husband and a father, it’s extremely difficult to watch your family in pain. And the source of the pain is something that I’ll never be able to change. Learning that your entire reality isn’t what you believed it to be is hard to explain. It’s like waking up in someone else’s life."
A lawsuit was filed against Summa Health System, Nicholas J. Spirtos, D.O. and Nicholas J. Spirtos, D.O., Inc.
"The Harveys placed their trust in Dr. Spirtos. And they want the truth about how this tragedy happened," attorney Ashlie Case Sletvold said. "Did Summa fail to properly clean its laboratory equipment? Was this the result of Summa’s mixing up patients’ sperm samples? The Harveys—and the public—deserve to know."
Family photo of the Harveys (Credit: Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise)
But this isn’t the first DNA test to uncover answers. The kits continue to gain popularity and have brought numerous instances to light.
Last year, a North Carolina woman, who had been adopted as a baby, took a DNA test and discovered her biological father was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for murder.
It turns out, Kathy Gillcrist’s father was William Bradford Bishop Jr., a man accused of brutally murdering his wife and three children in 1976 before fleeing.
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Citation
Gardner EA, McGrath SA, Dowling D, Bai D. Forensic Sci. Rev. 2022; 34(1): 43-70.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Central Police University Press)
DOI
unavailable
PMID
35105535
Abstract
The US opioid crisis came in three waves - prescription opioids, heroin, and illicitly manufactured fentanyls - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resulting in the deaths of nearly 500,000 people from 1996 to 2019. In 2009, drug overdose deaths exceeded those involving automobiles. Opioid overdose deaths contributed to the decrease in life expectancy for Americans from 78.8 to 78.5 during 2014 to 2017. The overprescribing of a schedule II prescription opioid was escalated by pharmaceutical companies promoting a growing belief that pain was an undertreated condition. In 2012, the number of opioid prescriptions peaked at 255 million and deaths exceeded 11,000 per year. The typical prescription opioid abuser was white, male, and 45-55 years of age. The hardest-hit states were in Appalachia and the Northeast. When an abuse-resistant formulation was introduced for OxyContin, the most prevalent prescription opioid, users turned to heroin. From the early 1980s, a new pizza delivery style of Mexican trafficking in black tar heroin infiltrated many of the same states hit hardest by prescription opioids. Heroin overdose deaths reached 14,495 in 2017. As heroin abuse increased in states supplied with black tar heroin, fentanyl-contaminated white powder heroin began to appear in the Northeast. Fentanyl was quickly followed by fentanyl analogs. While heroin deaths continued to escalate through 2017, they were soon overshadowed by fentanyl overdose deaths. Finally, prescription opioid and heroin overdose deaths started to decline in 2017, though fentanyl deaths continued to increase. In late 2019, it appeared that restrictions on transportation and travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic had resulted in decreased availability of illicit drugs, but by 2020 drug abuse had escalated in many countries. Globally, heroin was the primary opioid of abuse and only a few countries - including Canada, Germany, Austria, and Belgium - have experienced a significant increase in prescription opioids. However, illicitly manufactured fentanyls are a growing problem in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Language: en
Keywords
Humans; Male; Prevalence; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2; *Analgesics, Opioid/adverse effects; *COVID-19; Fentanyls; heroin; opioid crisis; Opioid Epidemic; prescription opioids; United States/epidemiology | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707384_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:52 | en | 0.941338 |
Rapper Tdott Woo shot and killed in Brooklyn
NEW YORK - A man who was shot and killed on Avenue L in Canarsie, Brooklyn on Tuesday was reportedly up-and-coming rapper Tdott Woo.
NYPD officers responded to a call at about 2:22 p.m. about a shooting at 9802 Avenue L. When officers arrived, they found the 22-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head and left knee.
EMS took him to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Tajay Dobson, whose stage name was Tdott Woo, created the popular Woo Walk dance move. He was a friend of rapper Pop Smoke, who was gunned down at a Hollywood Hills home in 2020.
"I couldn’t even get sleep last night," Dobson’s grandmother told the NY Daily News. "He was a good, good kid .He loved singing and dancing and all that. He had a passion for music."
Tdott_Woo had recently signed a deal with music label Million Dollar Music.
"Love to welcome tdott_woo to the label as an official artist of MDM and the journey begins," wrote the label on Instagram.
Hours later, the label shared its condolences.
"It’s an honor to remain your friend until your last moments. Your memories will always stay with us no matter where we go & what we do. Sleep in peace." #LongLiveTdott
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Police were investigating the shooting. Posts on the Citizen app indicated that police were searching for a suspect who fled in a dark-colored SUV.
The shooting may have been connected to a style of music called drill music or drill rapping.
The lyrics in drill are often violent and deal in the gang culture. The name comes from street slang for a fight.
Several blogs that follow the music industry said that he was a Drill rapper and his shooting was in retaliation for the recent shooting of Nas Blixky, a drill rapper from a rival gang.
RELATED: Three men shot in Midtown Manhattan during rap video production
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Citation
Rodríguez-Canseco JM, Arnaud-Franco G, Gutiérrez-López E, Romero-Figueroa G. Gac. Med. Mex. 2021; 157(6): 559-565.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2021, Academia Nacional De Medicina de Mexico)
DOI
10.24875/GMM.M21000617
PMID
35108244
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Ophidian accident is a global public health problem. In Mexico, there is a high incidence of snakebites, which cause medical complications that can leave severe sequelae. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the epidemiological overview of snake venom poisoning in the Baja California (BC) peninsula within the 2003-2018 period. METHOD: A descriptive, retrospective analysis of reported cases was carried out, based on data collection and interpretation. RESULTS: A total of 541 records were obtained, out of which 273 occurred in BC and 268 in Baja California Sur (BCS), with an annual average of 17.06 and 16.75, respectively. The incidence rate for BC was 7.62, while for BCS it was 33.09. The highest annual incidence rate in the state of BC corresponded to southern Ensenada, with a value of 42.3, while in BCS it corresponded to the municipality of Comondú, with a value of 54.04. CONCLUSIONS: Epidemiological analyses allow a better local, state and regional understanding of the problem, in order to develop efficient action protocols to face an ophidian accident, as well as to determine the training requirements of medical personnel and establish a support network for the treatment of cases.
Language: en
Keywords
Accidente ofídico; Crotalus; Incidence rate; Ophidian accident; Poisonous snakes; Serpientes venenosas; Tasa de incidencia | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707385_10 | 2022-02-04T19:17:58 | en | 0.873121 |
Citation
Yesildag K, Kokulu K, Mutlu H, Eroz R, Taha-Sert E, Saritas A. Gac. Med. Mex. 2021; 157(6): 610-617.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2021, Academia Nacional De Medicina de Mexico)
DOI
10.24875/GMM.M21000625
PMID
35108251
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there is any relationship between mean argyrophilic nucleolar organizing regions (AgNOR) number and total AgNOR area/total nuclear area (TAA/TNA) ratio and the levels of brain hypoxia after exposure to different acute doses of carbon monoxide (CO) gas. METHODS: Each experimental group was exposed to CO gas (concentrations of 1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 ppm). Then, the rats were anesthetized, and blood samples were taken from the right jugular vein for carboxyhemoglobin levels detection. The rats were sacrificed on seventh day. AgNOR staining was applied to brain tissues. TAA/TNA and mean AgNOR number were detected for each nucleus. RESULTS: Significant differences were detected among all groups for TAA/TNA ratio, mean AgNOR number and carboxyhemoglobin level. According to a double comparison of groups, the differences between control and 1,000 ppm, control and 3,000 ppm, control and 5,000 ppm, and between 1,000 and 5,000 ppm were significant for TAA/TNA ratio. When mean AgNOR number was considered, significant differences were detected between control and 1,000 ppm, control and 3,000 ppm, control and 5,000 ppm, and between 1,000 and 3,000 ppm. CONCLUSION: AgNOR proteins may be used for early detection of the duration, intensity, and damage of brain injury caused by CO poisoning. Thus, effective treatment strategies can be developed for the prevention of hypoxic conditions.
Language: en
Keywords
Brain; ADNr; Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions; Cerebro; CO poisoning; Intoxicación por CO; Nucleolar organizer regions; rDNA; Regiones organizadoras nucleolares; Regiones organizadoras nucleolares argirofílicas | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_707386_10 | 2022-02-04T19:18:05 | en | 0.894993 |
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A plane crash landed near the Johnson County Executive Airport Friday afternoon, Overland Park police confirmed.
Officer John Lacy with the Overland Park Police Department said two people aboard the plane received minor injuries.
FOX4 has a crew on the way to the scene to gather more details.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel is campaigning to replace newly-retired Tom Brady at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Cassel, who spent four seasons as Brady’s back up in New England, played four seasons with the Chiefs.
In 48 games with Kansas City, Cassel threw for 9,549 passing yards, 59 touchdowns and 44 interceptions.
During the 2008 season with the Patriots, Brady suffered a torn ACL in the home opener against Kansas City and Cassel was left in charge of commanding the huddle and helped lead the team to a 10-5 record.
“Just putting this out there. @Buccaneers, I’ve never officially retired and did well the last time I stepped in for @TomBrady,” Cassel wrote on Twitter.
Despite their record, the Patriots missed the playoffs and Cassel joined the Chiefs the following season.
His first season with the Chiefs, they went 4-12 and threw 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions.
A season later, he led the Chiefs to a 10-6 record and an AFC West division title before losing to the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card round.
Cassel was released by Kansas City following the 2012 season and a 2-14 record. The ensuing season saw the beginning of the Andy Reid era in Kansas City.
The former seventh-round draft pick went on to play for the Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee Titans and Detroit Lions before “unofficially” retiring in 2018. | https://fox4kc.com/sports/chiefs/former-chiefs-qb-wants-tom-bradys-old-job/ | 2022-02-04T19:21:46 | en | 0.965084 |
COVID falling in 49 of 50 states as deaths near 900,000
(AP) - With the brutal omicron wave rapidly loosening its grip, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. are falling in 49 of 50 states, even as the nation’s death toll closes in on another bleak round number: 900,000.
The number of lives lost to the pandemic in the U.S. stood at over 897,000 as of midday Friday, with deaths running at an average of more than 2,400 a day, back up to where they were last winter, when the vaccine drive was still getting started.
New cases per day have tanked by almost a half-million nationwide since mid-January, the curve trending downward in every state but Maine. And the number of Americans in the hospital with COVID-19 has fallen 15% over that period to about 124,000.
Similarly, an early-warning program that looks for the virus in sewage found that COVID-19 infections are declining in the majority of participating U.S. communities, according to data posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Deaths are still on the rise in at least 35 states, reflecting the lag time between when victims become infected and when they succumb.
But the trends are giving public health officials hope that the worst of omicron is coming to an end, though they caution that things could still go bad again and dangerous new variants could emerge.
Los Angeles County may end outdoor mask requirements in a few weeks, Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. But that is unlikely to happen before the Feb. 13 Super Bowl, which will draw as many as 100,000 people to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Ferrer said COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in California’s biggest county are falling, and deaths may start to drop as well.
“Post-surge does not imply that the pandemic is over or that transmission is low, or that there will not be unpredictable waves of surges in the future,” she warned.
In Maine, the only state where cases are going up, public health officials have de-emphasized daily case counts, noting a backlog of tens of thousands of unprocessed ones, and contend hospitalizations are a more useful measure. And those are trending downward.
Maine has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, at nearly 78% fully inoculated. The state lifted its indoor mask mandate and limits on attendance at indoor events months ago, though some communities, including Portland, have re-instituted indoor mask rules.
Arizona has also seen its daily case and hospitalization numbers decline, though deaths are still on the rise, climbing from average of about 61 a day last week to almost 79 as of Tuesday.
“We have reason to be hopeful, but we are by no means out of the woods,” Elizabeth Jacobs, a University of Arizona professor of epidemiology, said Thursday on Twitter.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she is calling an end to the state’s coronavirus public health emergency, a move that will limit the release of health data.
The step reflects the governor’s long-held belief that it is time to get past pandemic restrictions and move toward the point when COVID-19 becomes, like the flu, a manageable part of everyday life.
Overall, new cases in the U.S. have plummeted from a record-obliterating average of more than 800,000 a day in mid-January to about 357,000.
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AP Reporter Becky Bohrer contributed to this report from Juneau, Alaska. Paul Davenport contributed to this report from Phoenix. Robert Jablon contributed to this report from Los Angeles.
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Friday Afternoon Weather At Your Fingertips
East Texas (KLTV/KTRE) - Here is a look at the weather where you live: Happy Friday, East Texas! Today will be yet another cold day with most of the area only warming into the middle to upper 30s for a few hours this afternoon before temperatures drop below freezing once again this evening and tonight. Thankfully, our skies WILL stay dry today with a few peaks of sunshine possible throughout the afternoon. Skies will clear out much better later this evening which will help temperatures drop even further into the upper teens by tomorrow morning. Nothing but sunshine over the weekend as highs range in the 40s which will help melt the last of any remaining ice on the roads. More sunshine and even 50s for Monday and Tuesday afternoon. We’ll warm to near 60 degrees by Wednesday afternoon before our next cold front looks to move into East Texas sometime next Thursday.
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Good Samaritan killed while helping with disabled vehicle in Nacogdoches County
Published: Feb. 4, 2022 at 12:21 PM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - A Shelbyville man was killed after being struck by a vehicle while he was helping with a disabled vehicle Thursday night.
James Curtis Henry, 68, died at a Nacogdoches hospital. The crash occurred at 6:25 p.m. on State Highway 21, one mile west of Chireno.
According to the crash investigation, Henry was helping with a 2014 Jeep SUV, which was disabled in the westbound lane. A 1999 Chevy passenger car was going west and took evasive action to the right to avoid striking the disabled vehicle. But it struck Henry.
The driver of the Chevy, Jessie Jacobs, 20, of Nacogdoches, was taken to a Nacogdoches hospital for treatment.
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Hitman was paid with motorcycle to kill Alabama teacher, indictment says
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY/Gray News) - Jason Starr gave his brother a motorcycle, and in exchange, Darin Starr killed Jason’s former wife, an Enterprise, Alabama, schoolteacher with whom he had been involved in a bitter divorce case.
The murder-for-hire allegation is in a federal grand jury indictment unsealed this week, WTVY reported.
While Jason Starr was arrested on Dec. 7, brother Darin is on the lam as reward money multiplies. He had not publicly been named as a suspect until Wednesday.
“Let’s go find him; let’s get him,” Coffee County Sheriff Dave Sutton said Thursday, as he announced $20,000 is being offered for information that leads to Darin Starr’s apprehension, the latest bump coming this week from Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who offers $10,000.
Jason Starr, always a suspect, gave his brother, who lived in Texas, a 2016 Triumph motorcycle and cash to kill his former wife with whom he had four children, per the federal indictment.
Sara Starr died in November 2017 as she left home, bound for Harrand Creek Elementary School, where she taught fourth grade.
Coworkers who became concerned about her absence found Sara Starr’s body in her driveway.
Almost immediately, per sources, investigators interviewed Jason Starr, who provided them with an alibi — he had been eating at a café when the murder occurred — making the case against him more challenging.
Jason Starr filed for divorce in 2015, citing an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.
Sara Starr was shot only days after he was served with divorce-related court documents that ordered $2,550 monthly deducted from his paychecks.
Sutton declined to discuss specifics of the investigation when he spoke to reporters on Thursday but admitted the case has been frustrating at times. He commends Coffee County investigators with their perseverance.
Jason Starr is free on his personal recognizance, awaiting trial, but required to wear an ankle monitor.
He has pleaded not guilty to murder-for-hire charges and has a pending sex abuse case involving a young child in Coffee County.
Darin Starr, a Texas resident, has ties to Arizona and other areas of the country.
Tips regarding his possible whereabouts can be submitted to the FBI tip line, 800-CALL-FBI, online or with any law enforcement agency.
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House passes bill to boost US computer chip production
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats muscled through legislation in the House on Friday that they say positions the United States to better compete with China economically and on the global stage by strengthening the domestic semiconductor industry and shoring up strained supply chains.
The bill passed by a vote of 222-210. It marks an important step for a top Biden administration priority, but the legislation is likely to be extensively revised as negotiators reconcile differences with what the Senate passed about eight months ago.
Criticizing China has become a bipartisan playbook in Washington. Republicans panned the measure as “toothless” and short of what is needed to hold the country accountable for a range of economic and human rights actions.
The nearly 3,000-page bill, not counting scores of amendments added this week, includes massive investments designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. The big-ticket items include about $52 billion in grants and subsidies to help the semiconductor industry and $45 billion to strengthen supply chains for high-tech products.
But Democrats also tucked in other priorities that have raised GOP concerns about the bill’s cost and scope. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois was the only Republican to vote for the measure, while Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida was the only Democrat to vote against it.
The bill includes $8 billion for a fund that helps developing countries adjust to climate change; $3 billion for facilities to make the U.S. less reliant on Chinese solar components; $4 billion to help communities with significantly higher unemployment than the national average; and $10.5 billion for states to stockpile drugs and medical equipment.
Democrats were in a celebratory mood prior to the vote after the latest jobs report showed employers added 467,000 jobs in January. They said the legislation would lead to more good news on that front.
“The bill we’re talking about today is a jobs bill, a jobs bill for manufacturing in America, for making it in America,” Pelosi said.
The bill gives Democrats a chance to address voter concerns about the economy at a time when a shortage of computer chips has led to higher prices for automobiles, electronics and medical devices. To show his administration is addressing inflation concerns, President Joe Biden highlighted the vote at a White House event Friday and reminded Americans of Intel’s announcement two weeks ago that it would be building two computer chip production plants in Ohio.
Republicans, who for months have hammered Democrats over rising inflation, say the bill has little to do with winning the economic competition with China and wastes taxpayer dollars on environmental initiatives and other unnecessary programs.
“This bill is actually just a long list of progressive dream policies that have nothing to do with China at all,” said Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with House Democratic lawmakers this week to discuss the bill. She said American manufacturing has been on a decline for more than three decades, leading to a loss of jobs and know-how.
“In the process of that slow atrophy we’ve become incredibly dependent on countries across the world,” Raimondo said. “And, so, what this bill is saying is stop the decline.”
One of the biggest flashpoints is the $8 billion in the legislation to help developing countries reduce their emissions and cope with climate change. Former President Barack Obama pledged $3 billion toward the fund, but former President Donald Trump withheld $2 billion of that.
Rep. Michael McCaul, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called it an “unaccountable UN slush fund” that has already provided at least $100 million to China.
Meanwhile, America’s share of semiconductor manufacturing globally has steadily eroded from 37% in 1990 to about 12% now. The Biden administration and lawmakers are trying to reverse that trend, which industry officials say is driven by foreign competitors receiving significant government subsidies.
The pandemic has strained the supply chain for the chips. The Commerce Department issued a report last week that found the median inventory of some semiconductor products had fallen from 40 days in 2019 to less than five days in 2021. The report also said stakeholders don’t see the problem going away in the next six months. The administration cited the findings in calling for Congress to act.
Tensions with China are reflected in much the legislation. In a nod to concerns about the origins of COVID-19, the bill directs the president to submit a report to Congress on the most likely origin of the virus, the level of confidence in that assessment and the challenges of making such as assessment.
Republicans dismissed the provision as “no independent investigation, no sanctions, no punishment.” They want a select committee of lawmakers to look into the origins of COVID-19. “Instead of taking action to get a real accountability, it’s going to ask them for a report,” said Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
Another provision would subject more lower-cost products made in China to tariffs. Currently, imports valued at less than $800 are exempted from expedited processing and tariffs. The bill eliminates the threshold for certain countries, most notably China.
“The investments that this bill makes in America — semiconductor manufacturing, supply chains, apprenticeships — enable America to compete effectively with China,” Raimondo said. “If you’re serious about competing with China, you must vote yes on this.”
The Senate passed its computer chips legislation in June by a vote of 68-32, representing a rare bout of bipartisanship on major legislation. Negotiators will now try to work out a compromise both chambers can accept, though it’s uncertain they could do so before the midterm elections.
Raimondo called for swift negotiations with the Senate once the House bill passes. Whatever emerges will need support from 10 Republicans in the 50-50 Senate to be passed into law. She voiced confidence a compromise will be found.
“There’s no irreconcilable differences, I can say that,” Raimondo said.
“We’ll send House Republicans a much better option to vote on in the next couple of months,” said Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., who worked with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate’s version of the legislation.
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Invasive quagga mussels found in Texas reservoir
From the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
AUSTIN, Texas (News Release) - The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reports that invasive quagga mussels have been detected for the first time in Texas. The quagga mussel discovery was made by National Park Service (NPS) staff at the International Amistad Reservoir in the Rio Grande basin along the Texas-Mexico border near Del Rio.
Quagga mussels are a close relative of the zebra mussel, which has invaded 33 Texas lakes across six river basins since it was first introduced in Texas in Lake Texoma in 2009. In addition to being the first detection of quagga mussels in Texas waters, this is also the first finding of any invasive mussel species in the Rio Grande basin.
“This detection of invasive quagga mussels is a very unfortunate first for Texas,” said Monica McGarrity, TPWD Senior Scientist for Aquatic Invasive Species. “Quagga mussels can inhabit greater depths and are also able to settle on soft substrates like mud or sand in addition to hard surfaces like rock or infrastructure—unlike zebra mussels—meaning they can colonize more of the lake.”
“Quagga mussels are very prolific and can form larger populations that can have greater effects on the lake ecosystem overall, especially in deep lakes,” added McGarrity. “Even the lakes that already have zebra mussels are at risk of having quagga mussels introduced and monitoring of these lakes for signs of quagga mussels will be necessary.
The NPS staff monitor Amistad Reservoir for early detection of invasive mussels using sampling for plankton (microscopic organisms) to detect their larvae and conducts settlement and shoreline sampling to survey for juveniles and adults. In June 2021, a single quagga mussel larva was detected and confirmed by DNA testing at Diablo East. In May, August, and September, single quagga mussel larvae were detected at a second site, Rough Canyon.
The NPS staff have been actively monitoring Amistad Reservoir for zebra and quagga mussels since 2014. Early detection monitoring can assist in preventing spread to other water bodies as well as providing an early warning for mitigating impacts on infrastructure for facilities using raw surface water. Currently, NPS employees conduct monthly inspections from docks and structures at several sites on the reservoir.
Since July 2021, NPS staff have also conducted multiple shoreline surveys using mussel detection dogs. To date, the NPS has not detected juvenile or adult mussels that might indicate population establishment. NPS staff will continue monitoring for quagga mussel larvae as well as juvenile and adult mussels and any future population establishment and will be exploring potential opportunities for containment should a full infestation develop.
TPWD is designating the reservoir as “positive” for quagga mussels. Positive status indicates mussel larvae have been repeatedly detected, but no juveniles or adults have been found and there is not yet evidence of a fully established population. The detection of quagga mussel larvae underscores the critical need for lake users to follow TPWD’s prevention guidelines when visiting Amistad Reservoir.
In addition to reducing the risk of further introductions of quagga mussels that could contribute to establishment, there is a need to prevent the introduction of zebra mussels and other aquatic invasive species. The NPS and TPWD encourage all visitors to follow the “Clean, Drain, and Dry” actions for watercraft and equipment before entering and after leaving the lake.
Because quagga mussels are present in other areas of the U.S. in the Great Lakes region and some western states, there was already a risk that boats could transport them to Texas lakes. However, their introduction into a Texas reservoir significantly increases the risk they could be transported by boats and introduced into other waterbodies in the state. The TPWD and partners will continue monitoring at-risk waterbodies for early detection of both zebra and quagga mussels. Prevention signage will also be updated at Amistad Reservoir.
Quagga mussels, in the same manner as zebra mussels, are often transported to new lakes by boats. Therefore, TPWD and partners will continue public awareness outreach efforts to encourage boaters to take steps to clean, drain, and dry their boats and decontaminate boats with attached mussels to prevent the spread of these invasive species.
“Unfortunately, invasive mussels have now spread to 34 Texas lakes, with 28 fully infested, but there are far more lakes that still haven’t been invaded and are at risk,” said Brian Van Zee, TPWD Inland Fisheries Regional Director. “Each boater taking the necessary actions to clean and drain their boat before leaving the lake and allowing compartments and gear to dry completely when they get home can make a big difference in protecting our Texas lakes.”
Because invasive mussels are most often transported on or in boats, boaters play a critical role in preventing their spread to new lakes. Invasive mussels attach to boats, and anything left in the water, including anchors, and can survive for days out of water, often hiding in crevices where they may not be seen easily. Their larvae are microscopic and invisible to the naked eye and can be unknowingly transported in residual water in boats. Boaters are urged to clean, drain, and dry their boats and gear before traveling from lake to lake. Remove plants, mud, and debris, drain all water from the boat and gear, and then open compartments once you get home and allow everything to dry completely for at least a week if possible.
If you have stored your boat in the water at a lake with invasive mussels or purchased a boat that has been stored on one of these lakes, it is likely infested with invasive mussels and poses an extremely high risk for moving these invasive species to a new lake. Before moving your boat that has been stored on a waterbody known to have either zebra or quagga mussels or if you purchase a boat from out-of-state and have questions, call TPWD at (512) 389-4848 for guidance on decontamination. Other equipment stored in infested lakes such as barges, docks, hoists, and pumps etc. are also potential vectors for spreading invasive species so those items also need to be fully decontaminated before transporting to another waterbody.
The transport of aquatic invasive species can result in legal trouble for boaters or transporters. Transporting prohibited invasive species in Texas is illegal and punishable with a fine of up to $500 per violation. Boaters are also required to drain all water from their vessel and onboard receptacles, including bait buckets, before leaving or approaching a body of fresh water.
Additionally, anyone who spots invasive mussels on boats, trailers or equipment that is being moved should immediately report the sighting to TPWD at (512) 389-4848.
TPWD and partners monitor for invasive mussels in Texas lakes, but anyone who finds them in lakes where they haven’t been found before should report them immediately by emailing photos and location information to AquaticInvasives@tpwd.texas.gov.
A status map showing all lakes where invasive mussels have been found in Texas can be viewed online. For more information on how to properly clean, drain and dry boats and equipment, visit the TPWD YouTube channel for a short instructional video.
Information for marinas and owners or buyers of boats stored in the water on lakes with zebra mussels can be found online. To learn more about invasive mussels and other invasive species in Texas, visit tpwd.texas.gov/StopInvasives.
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NYPD honors whistleblower Frank Serpico 50 years late
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 50 years after Frank Serpico testified about endemic corruption in the New York Police Department, the department finally recognized his service and injury in the line of duty with an official certificate and inscribed medal of honor.
The former undercover detective, 85, received the honor in the mail Thursday, the New York Daily News reported.
Serpico testified in December 1971 to a panel appointed by Mayor John Lindsay to investigate police corruption, breaking the “blue wall of silence,” the protection that fellow officers sometimes give each other, such as refusing to testify.
Al Pacino went on to portray him in the hit 1973 movie “Serpico,” and his story is also relayed in a book by Peter Maas.
Current Daily News and former Associated Press reporter Larry McShane interviewed Serpico in December about the 50th anniversary of his appearance before the Knapp Commission.
“I felt that finally I was going to tell the world and nobody’s going to interrupt me,” Serpico told the newspaper, speaking from his home in upstate New York. “I thought, ‘I know the truth.’ ... Every single word was mine, and it came from the heart.”
Serpico was shot in the face during a drug arrest in Brooklyn in 1971 months before he testified and has maintained that the other officers he was with never made a call for an “officer down.”
While the department gave Serpico a medal recognizing his injury in 1972, it was handed over without ceremony or the accompanying certificate, he told the newspaper.
In recent years, the department has awarded medals to recipients at annual large public events.
Mayor Eric Adams responded to the coverage, saying Serpico’s “bravery inspired my law enforcement career. Frank — we’re going to make sure you get your medal.”
On Thursday, Serpico tweeted a photo of the framed medal of honor and certificate that reads in part, “in recognition of an individual act of extraordinary bravery performed in the line of duty.”
He has continued to speak out against corruption and abuse by the police since his retirement in 1972 and says he has supported and listened to other whistleblowers over the years, including those who testified about the now-terminated stop-and-frisk policy.
In 2017, he publicly supported quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who protested against racial injustice while playing in the NFL.
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Police: 227,000 fentanyl pills found buried in buffet-style food during traffic stop
(Gray News) - Authorities in Arizona said they found 227,000 fentanyl pills hidden in buffet-style food during a traffic stop on Wednesday near Casa Grande.
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said deputies pulled over a driver on the interstate, noted the driver’s story “wasn’t adding up” and searched the car.
Inside the vehicle, deputies found four large buffet-style pans filled with food, but noticed the trays felt heavier than they should have. They dug into the food and found several bags of fentanyl pills buried within it.
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said the 227,000 pills that were seized total “more than what we recovered in all of 2020.”
The driver, 26-year-old Kevin Saldivar Sosa, was arrested and booked into the Pinal County Jail.
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Texas man pleads not guilty to making threats after election
Published: Feb. 4, 2022 at 11:53 AM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
ATLANTA (AP) — A Texas man accused of posting a message on Craigslist after the 2020 election calling on “patriots” in Georgia to “put a bullet” in three government officials has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge.
Chad Stark and his attorney appeared briefly by video Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell Vineyard in Atlanta.
The 54-year-old Stark pleaded not guilty to one count of communicating interstate threats. He remains free on bond.
The Justice Department has said Stark’s prosecution was the first criminal case brought by its new Election Threats Task Force.
Prosecutors did not name the officials who were threatened.
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Video captures ‘magic moment’ of humpback whale, dolphin dancing
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - A Hawaii photographer captured a “rare” and “magic” moment on Wednesday of a humpback whale and dolphin spinning and dancing with one another off Oahu’s North Shore.
Jacob VanderVelde sent Hawaii News Now a clip of the interaction.
“On a scale of one to 10, it would be a 12,” VanderVelde said. “It’s a magic moment, I will never forget what just happened yesterday.”
VanderVelde said he caught the interaction around 9:15 a.m., about 300 yards off Shark’s Cove.
He said seeing whales is typical, but when he saw two of the marine mammals playing together, his mouth “dropped to the floor.”
“I’m a Hawaii photographer, and that’s what I do is I ride waves, I shoot waves, everything around the ocean is waves, so when this happened, it probably was the biggest moment of my life,” he said.
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Reiterating that no application for payment of ex-gratia for Covid-19 deaths should be rejected on technical grounds, the Supreme Court on Friday directed states and Union Territories to appoint a dedicated nodal officer to coordinate with the Member Secretary of the State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) to facilitate the payment.
A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna also directed states/UTs to furnish to the SLSA, details like name, address and death certificate within a week so that compensation due to the children, who were orphaned, can be processed.
The bench also asked them to make all efforts to pay the compensation within a maximum period of 10 days from the receipt of the claim.
During the last hearing on January 19, the bench, referring to the data uploaded on the Bal Swaraj Portal of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), had said that approximately 10,000 children had lost both the parents during the pandemic and that it will be very difficult for them to make an application for compensation.
The top court had also asked the states to share the particulars regarding the information they had uploaded on the portal regarding the status of children affected by the pandemic.
On Friday, the bench noted that: “The particulars with respect to orphans are not given” and warned the states/UTs that if the requisite information as directed is not provided to the SLSA within one week, the court will view it very seriously.
The bench also said that despite its earlier direction to state governments to provide full particulars of Covid-19 deaths registered with them and the number of persons to whom the ex-gratia payment is made, “most of the states have given only statistics and no full particulars”.
The SC said that legal services authority should endeavour to reach out to those who have yet not approached for compensation for whatever reasons.
“We also direct the concerned state governments to appoint a dedicated officer, not below the rank of deputy secretary…who shall be in constant touch with the member secretary of the state legal service authority so that he may coordinate with him and see to it that the applications are received from eligible persons”, it ordered.
The SC had earlier said that applications seeking compensation should not be rejected on technical grounds and that in case any technical glitch is found in the applications, the applicant must be given an opportunity to cure the defects as the ultimate goal of the welfare state is to provide some solace and compensation to victims.
On Friday, the court pulled up the Maharashtra government for rejecting applications seeking compensation that were submitted offline.
“No application should be rejected for any application which is submitted offline. You are not doing charity. As a welfare state it is their duty. Why are you sending people from pillar to post. Do it from the bottom of the heart,” the bench said.
The court asked the state government to review the rejected cases within one week. It directed that particulars of rejected claims along with reasons for rejection be given to the SLSA Member Secretary and to give chance to the applicants to correct any technical error so that their application can be reconsidered.
Hearing two petitions filed by Advocates Gaurav Kumar Bansal and Reepak Kansal, the Supreme Court had asked the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) last year to look into the question of providing ex-gratia compensation to the next of kin in the case of Covid deaths. Accordingly, the NDMA came up with a sum of Rs 50,000 which was accepted by the court.
On Friday, Advocate Bansal referred to some media reports which said that in Yadgir district in Karnataka, some of the cheques given to victims’ kin had bounced. The SC bench then asked the counsel for Karnataka to ensure that this does not happen
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