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SHENZHEN, China, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2023 ASEAN-China Greater Bay Area Economic Cooperation (Qianhai) Forum was held in Qianhai, Shenzhen from July 29 to 30. More than 500 political and business representatives from ASEAN countries and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area attended the opening ceremony and related events. Six enterprises under the chambers of commerce from the Greater Bay Area reached investment and cooperation agreements with ASEAN, with the intended investment signed amounting to 3.5 billion yuan, bringing about a bilateral trade volume of 7 billion yuan.
China and ASEAN are already each other's largest trading partners. On November 22, 2021, the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and ASEAN was officially announced to build a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.
At the opening ceremony of the Forum, the Greater Bay Area-ASEAN Association of Chambers of Commerce and the ASEAN-China Think Tank Cooperation Partnership were established, and the ASEAN-Greater Bay Area Economic Cooperation Initiative was announced. The Initiative proposed to establish a dialogue platform for economic cooperation, strengthen industrial and investment cooperation, promote cooperation in scientific and technological innovation and transformation of technological achievements, strengthen exchange and cooperation between the business associations in the region, and encourage talent and cultural exchanges between the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN.
Shi Zhongjun, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre, said in his welcome remark that government officials, business associations, think tanks, and enterprise representatives from China and ASEAN member states had gathered in Qianhai and would have in-depth exchanges and discussions in a number of forums and industry matching activities in two days so as to offer advice and suggestions on promoting the cooperation and development between the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN countries in the fields of finance, e-commerce, digital economy, science and technological innovation, etc.
Wang Shourui, Vice Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, said that this Forum would help build a broader and more efficient platform for economic cooperation and exchanges between ASEAN and the Greater Bay Area and further strengthen dialogues and cooperation in fields such as scientific and technological innovation, economic and trade investment, etc. Shenzhen would fully play its role as the important link between China and ASEAN, seize the opportunity brought by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), deepen the comprehensive cooperation with ASEAN countries in business, trade, finance, smart city, new energy vehicles, and other areas, and promote economic and trade cooperation and people-to-people connectivity between the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN so as to jointly build and share a prosperous home.
Ambassadors and government representatives from Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines delivered keynote speeches. Speeches by the representatives from the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia, Philippine Association for Chinese Studies, and GRC Indonesia Construction Materials Group affirmed that Qianhai, where the Forum was held, would provide a broad market and unlimited opportunities for enterprises. They all looked forward to coming to the Greater Bay Area and Qianhai to invest, develop, and win a better future together.
Qianhai will make full use of the opportunities brought by organizing this Forum, spare no efforts to build a gateway hub for opening up to the world, actively build platforms for economic cooperation and dialogues, deepen industrial and investment cooperation, promote the transformation of technological achievements, and contribute to the economic and trade cooperation and people-to-people connectivity between the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a nine-game skid, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Wednesday night.
Reynolds, who also tripled and scored, hit his 11th homer of the season after Tucupita Marcano singled with two outs off reliever Andre Pallante (2-1).
Wil Crowe (3-3) threw two scoreless innings in relief, and David Bednar picked up his 11th save by pitching the final 2 2/3 innings.
Jack Flaherty made his first appearance of the season for the Cardinals, who lost for the second time in their past nine home games. The 26-year-old right-hander started and threw 60 pitches, his limit, over three innings, allowing four runs, two earned, and three hits.
Flaherty had been sidelined with a shoulder injury. His last start was on Sept. 24 against the Cubs in Chicago. His last appearance came in relief on Oct. 3.
Pittsburgh scored twice against Flaherty in the first inning. Reynolds tripled and scored on a groundout, and Cal Mitchell's RBI single made it 2-0.
The Pirates added two unearned runs in the second. Flaherty threw wildly to first on a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Heineman that scored Canaan Smith-Njgba. Hoy Park bunted for a hit but catcher Yadier Molina’s errant throw to first allowed Heineman to score.
Dylan Carlson put St. Louis on the board with a second-inning homer.
The Cardinals tied it 4-4 in the fifth on Brendan Donovan's two-run double and Tyler O’Neill's fielder's-choice grounder. Donovan finished with three hits and was hit by a pitch.
Rookie Pirates starter Roansy Contreras allowed four runs, three earned, on six hits in 4 1/3 innings.
ROSTER MOVES
Cardinals: C Ali Sanchez was designated for assignment and LHP Packy Naughton was optioned to Triple-A Memphis while Flaherty was activated from the injured list. ... LHP Matthew Liberatore, the 27th player added for Tuesday's doubleheader, was sent back to Memphis.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: LHP Dillon Peters (low back strain) still has not resumed throwing.
Cardinals: Cardinals: OF Corey Dickerson (calf muscle) has begun sprinting and running the bases. ... LHP Steven Matz (shoulder) might throw for the first time on Thursday. ... RHP Jordan Hicks (forearm) has started throwing bullpen sessions to get ready for a rehab assignment.
UP NEXT
Pirates: Host San Francisco on Friday with RHP Zach Thompson (3-4, 4.50 ERA) on the mound.
Cardinals: At Boston on Friday, with veteran RHP Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.84) making his second career regular season start against the Red Sox and first at Fenway Park. He started twice against Boston during the 2013 World Series.
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‘Raspberry Rally’ Girl Scout cookies now available to kick off cookie season
Girl Scout cookie season is underway, and the group debuted one of its highly-anticipated treats from its 2023 collection Tuesday.
The new "Raspberry Rally" is a thin, crispy cookie with a delectable raspberry flavor dipped in a chocolaty coating. The organization said they’ll likely become a "fan favorite" and are considered the sister cookie to its popular Thin Mints.
These cookies are only available online to buy as Girl Scouts leaders explain that the online option will enhance girls’ e-commerce sales and entrepreneurial skills.
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Raspberry Rally cookies (Credit: Girl Scouts of the USA)
"What makes Girl Scout Cookies even sweeter? Behind every box is a girl learning important skills to power her leadership journey and unlock a world of opportunities," Wendy Lou, GSUSA’s chief revenue officer, said in a statement. "Financial literacy is not only a critical skill required for entrepreneurship, but an essential life skill."
In addition to the release of the Raspberry Rally cookies, cookie lovers can also enjoy Thin Mints, Samoas, Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter Patties, Tagalongs, and more.
Girl Scout Cookie season runs now through April, and if you want to order cookies or find your nearest location, visit girlscoutcookies.org. Cookies can also be ordered online and shipped to your home starting Feb. 27.
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US companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs
After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that's been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies.
But the companies gave scant or no details on how they will do this and it's not clear if they will be able to — legally — while protecting employees' privacy and keeping them safe from prosecution.
"Most employers were not prepared for Roe to be overturned, and even those that were didn’t realize the law would literally be changed the next minute," said Brian Kropp, a vice president at the consulting firm Gartner. "They’re trying to play catch-up."
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Kropp said many companies announced plans to offer travel benefits without the infrastructure in place to make them work. Some, he added, are creating supplementary policies that employees can buy to cover abortion travel, while others are contacting insurers to see if travel can be added to their current plans. Others are trying to figure out how to offer a benefit without breaching employees’ privacy.
"Are employees going to have to tell their manager they are going to have to travel from Texas to California to have an abortion?" Kropp said.
Abortion rights demonstrators during an "Abortion is Freedom" rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., US, on Monday, July 4, 2022. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The answer is no — but they would likely have to tell human resources or a similar department that they are pregnant and want to get an abortion, said Sharona Hoffman, a health law professor at Case Western Reserve University. The company or its health insurer would then provide money upfront or a reimbursement after the fact.
Hoffman called the travel cost pledges a "generous benefit" from companies, and said she would not be surprised "if this becomes a practice that more companies undertake — just without trumpeting it," for fear of the backlash that can come with public statements on a divisive issue such as abortion.
"It’s not necessarily altruistic," she said. "It also makes some sense for companies to not have a bunch of employees that are highly distressed because they have unwanted pregnancies and have to carry the child to term."
For now, most big companies offering an abortion travel benefit will likely add it to existing health care plans, said Jonathan Zimmerman, a partner with the law firm Morgan Lewis who helps companies develop and maintain their benefits.
RELATED: Shifting abortion laws since Roe v. Wade decision causes confusion for providers, patients
Big companies are generally self-insured, which means they pay for all claims and have more flexibility to decide what the plans will cover. A third party then processes the claims on their behalf.
That’s the case at outdoor clothing company Patagonia, which updated its health coverage last fall to add travel costs for employees after Texas’s law banning most abortions went into effect. Patagonia said abortion and travel costs are administered in the same manner as other medical services, ensuring confidentiality for employees.
Restaurant review company Yelp said its abortion travel benefit is also administered by its health insurance provider. Yelp has told its employees that if they do use the travel benefit, Yelp will not have access to the details of the service.
Microsoft, meanwhile, noted that it already covers abortion, as well as gender-affirming care, for its employees and has now extended the coverage to include travel expenses for "these and other lawful medical services" if they are not available in an employee's home state.
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Smaller companies may have fewer options. They typically buy health insurance for their employees from insurers that are subject to state regulations. Those companies have less flexibility to design benefits, and they may operate in states that ban abortion.
Dr. Ami Parekh, chief health officer at Included Health, which offers health care navigation services and virtual care for employers, said it is "quite a scramble" right now for large employers to navigate this fast-moving landscape.
"They’re moving as fast as they can," Parekh said. "And I bet you they’re going to be nimble and change as needed as things come up."
For instance, some companies are offering to pay for a partner to travel with the person getting the abortion.
With the legal landscape shifting quickly, even adding travel benefits to a current medical plan carries some risk. In May, 14 state lawmakers in Texas sent a letter to Lyft warning the company to rescind its abortion travel benefit, saying they plan to introduce legislation that would ban companies from doing business in Texas if they pay for abortions or reimburse abortion-related expenses.
That said, no such legislation has been enacted as of now in Texas or anywhere else. It is also not against the law to travel to states where abortion is legal, Hoffman noted. There are efforts afoot, however, to change that.
And while the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, protects sensitive patient information, it can be overruled in cases where a crime has been committed. That’s the case now in states where abortion has become a crime.
"It’s challenging for employers to navigate what is a rapidly evolving legal landscape," said Sharon Masling, the head of Morgan Lewis’s reproductive rights task force. "There’s going to be a lot of litigation over the next few years."
Beyond the legal questions, abortion travel benefits also present some thorny workplace issues, Kropp said. Employees who don’t support abortion may be angry that their company is paying for other employees’ travel, for example. Even those who do support abortion may question why the company isn’t paying them to travel for fertility treatments or transgender health care, he said.
This is why it's likely, experts say that some companies are offering travel benefits but aren't making public announcements about it.
"My sense is most employers are trying to very quickly figure out what’s best for their employees and dependents," Parekh said. "And not all employers want to spend the energy to be very public about that at this moment in time."
Roe v. Wade overturned: Churches in several US states vandalized in wake of abortion ruling
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy sports industry press releases from PR Newswire, including the PGA/LIV Golf merger and Gatorade's new sports science lab.
NEW YORK, June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the sports industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- PGA TOUR, DP World Tour and PIF announce newly formed commercial entity to unify golf
The parties have signed an agreement that combines PIF's golf-related commercial businesses and rights (including LIV Golf) with the commercial businesses and rights of the PGA TOUR and DP World Tour into a new, collectively owned, for-profit entity to ensure that all stakeholders benefit from a model that delivers maximum excitement and competition among the game's best players. - Gatorade Unveils New Sports Science Lab for Extensive Athlete Research and New Product Innovation
The new cutting-edge facility, which boasts a comprehensive environmental chamber for testing athletes' responses to hot and humid conditions as well as metabolism, body composition, muscle performance, biochemistry and expanded capabilities in mental performance testing, will further GSSI's mission to optimize the health and performance of athletes through research and development, innovation, education and sports science service. - Manchester City Named World's Most Valuable Football Club Brand The report details a 34% positive growth in City's brand value since the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Premier League champions overtaking Real Madrid for the top position. This is the first time an English club has held the number one spot in six years.
- The LEGO Group Encourages Girls to Play Unstoppable
"We want to show the world what's possible when we encourage girls to explore their interests freely, without the influence of unintentionally false assumptions of what they may like to do, how they want to play, or who they can or should be," said Renee Guida, director, Masterbrand at the LEGO Group. - DICK'S Sporting Goods Partners with Nike, Jordan Brand and Athletes For Next Phase of "Sports Change Lives" Campaign
To provide more youth athletes from all communities greater access to play, each athlete will choose a youth sports organization to nominate for a $75,000 "75for75" Sports Matter Grant that meets The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation's criteria. - Jennifer Aniston Joins Leading Functional Fitness Brand, Pvolve
Pvolve pairs functional movement with resistance-based equipment to sculpt, strengthen and restore the body. Because the method integrates all ranges of motion – side-to-side, front-to-back, and rotational – it activates major and surrounding muscle groups to enhance the physique, while improving strength, mobility, and stability. - CBS Sports To Collaborate with HYPE Sports Innovation to Create and Advance New Technology for Network's Sports Coverage
With this collaboration, CBS Sports will tap into HYPE's vast network of SportsTech technologies to explore new and innovative solutions including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and remote broadcasting, allowing CBS to remain on the forefront of technology by creating more firsts in television and bringing viewers closer to the game. - Drive Fore Kids Announces Final Roster of Celebrities Scheduled to Compete
Brian Corcoran, Chief Engagement Officer of Shamrock Sports & Entertainment and Executive Director of Drive Fore Kids, said, "We expect a big crowd of fans to give them a warm welcome as we bring the largest celebrity tournament in New England to Maine and raise significant funds for The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital." - TruGreen Supports Recipients of the 2023 First Tee College Scholarship Program
First Tee's mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character and instill life-enhancing values through the game of golf. The First Tee College Scholarship Program Class of 2023 features 24 college-bound students from across the country. - PepsiCo Announces Final 16 "Team Of Champions" Organizations, Delivering On Its Commitment To Invest $1 Million To Support Soccer Access In Underserved Communities
Over the past three years of Pepsi Zero Sugar®, Lay's®, Gatorade™ and UEFA Champions League partnership, "Team of Champions" has impacted more than 43 Organizations and more than 30,000 youth players, coaches, and parents. - High Schooler empowers Youth with Nonprofit "Unlimited Potential", raises $100,000 for Sports Medicine Research and Advocacy
UP is dedicated to generating awareness and fundraising for sports medicine research, aiming to empower children with physical disabilities and chronic health conditions to participate in school sports with ease.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Kings are going up against the defending champions in their return to the playoffs Saturday, and betting websites have them as clear underdogs in the contest.
According to one sports betting analyst, it's to a historical degree. Evan Abrams said the sixth-seed Warriors are -300 on the series price to beat the Kings in the first round. The Kings are +230. He said the last time the third seed has been an underdog to this degree was back in 1990.
FanDuel, another sports betting site, has the Warriors as the favorites in the playoff contest. Golden State is listed -260 to advance to the second round while Sacramento is a +215 underdog.
The Kings ended with a better record than the Warriors, and they even busted a 17-year playoff drought to make it to the postseason. They didn't know who their opponents were going to be until the last games of the regular season.
According to TickPick, a ticket website, Game 1 between the Warriors and Kings is set to be the most expensive first round of a NBA playoff game on record.
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On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name of a popular commercial game. Identify the games from their anagrams.
Ex. SIR + K --> RISK
1. ECU + L
2. ROSY + R
3. BOAT + O
4. CAN'T + A
5. JEAN + G
6. GLOBE + G
7. WRITES + T
8. UPSTREAM + O
9. OLYMPIAD + C
10. OPTICIAN + R & Y
Last week's challenge: Last week's challenge comes from Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn. who runs the website Puzzleria! Name a symbol punctuation mark on a computer keyboard. Anagram it to get the brand name of a product you might buy at a grocery, in two words. What is it?
Challenge answer: Semicolon --> Molson Ice
Winner: Dan Peirce of Lincoln, Mass.
This week's challenge: This week's challenge comes from listener Warren Bergmann, of Neenah, Wis. Listen carefully: Many people carry _____ (4-letter word) in a _____ (5-letter word) to make _____ (9-letter word). You can rearrange the letters of the first two words (the 4- and 5-letter ones) to get the last word (the 9-letter one). What words are these?
If you know the answer to this week's challenge, submit it here by Thursday, Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — As shootings at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes last weekend, they also sparked widespread speculation that the days-long blackout might be the latest of several attempts to shut down a local drag show meant to celebrate the LGBTQ community in rural Moore County.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said earlier this week that police have not found evidence connecting the attacks to the drag performance that began shortly before the power went out, nor have they released a motive. However, authorities are considering the timing overlap and recent attacks on similar events nationwide as they proceed with their investigation.
Police have said the outages began shortly after 7 p.m. last Saturday after one or more people drove up to two electrical substations, breached the gates and opened fire on them. Whoever was responsible, Fields said, “knew exactly what they were doing to … cause the outage that they did.”
Duke Energy officials said power was fully restored to the county Wednesday evening. A peak of more than 45,000 customers lost power over the weekend. Many residents said they struggled to stay warm as temperatures dropped below freezing overnight.
Regardless of whether investigators connect the two events, Sandhills Pride Director Lauren Mathers said repeated efforts to shut down what was billed as a family friendly drag performance have left the county’s LGBTQ community feeling vulnerable.
She is especially worried for the safety of local queer and trans youth, who she said rarely see themselves represented in rural and right-leaning places like Moore County.
“This is my first time having this level of hate thrown at something that we love so much,” said Mathers, a Southern Pines resident and producer of the drag event. “Kids in rural communities don’t necessarily always have the same level of support, and what I hear from my kids is that there’s constant bullying.”
Naomi Dix, headliner of the Dec. 3 show at the Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines, said she and fellow organizers were brutally harassed in the weeks leading up to the show. Conservative community leaders led a protest outside the theater, spread the false narrative that it was a sex show and demanded it be shut it down, she said.
Their concerns are shared by federal officials who have been on high alert in the weeks after a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado, killing five people and wounding 17 others.
In a national terrorism advisory bulletin issued last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned that the LGBTQ community and critical infrastructure may be targets of violence as domestic extremists and foreign terrorist organizations encourage online supporters to carry out attacks.
The FBI posted a notice seeking information related to the North Carolina investigation, and Gov. Roy Cooper announced a reward Wednesday of up to $75,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
For Dix, a Durham-based drag queen, the threats she faced leading up to the event were not isolated incidents but rather the “unfortunate reality for those working to increase LGBTQ visibility” in rural and conservative communities. Despite the backlash, she said, this will not be her last performance in Moore County.
The night of the show, private security and local police monitored the venue, Dix said. When the power went out about 30 minutes into the show, she asked the crowd of 370 people to illuminate the room with their cell phone lights as she serenaded them with Beyonce’s “Halo.”
“Our job as drag performers is to facilitate and create safe spaces,” Dix said. ”Specifically when it comes to Moore County, and dealing with this situation here in Southern Pines, it’s to find these areas in which there isn’t great representation of the queer community and to provide them with art and a space in which they can feel safe to express themselves.”
A recent study of threats, protests and violence against drag events from the LGBTQ advocacy organization GLAAD placed North Carolina and Texas atop the list of states with the highest number of drag events targeted this year. Of the 124 incidents documented across 47 states as of late November, at least 10 occurred in North Carolina. That tally does not include the latest demonstration in Moore County.
Such attacks on the performance art with strong historical ties to the LGBTQ community are the latest examples of “an ongoing, increasingly violent pattern” of right-wing activists and politicians using false rhetoric to stoke fear and fuel LGBTQ opposition, said Barbara Simon, head of news and campaigns for GLAAD.
Opponents of drag events catered toward families often falsely claim they “groom” children, implying attempts to sexually abuse them or somehow influence their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Lawmakers in seven states have proposed legislation this year banning minors from drag shows and prohibiting public drag performances. A bill filed last month in Texas seeks to classify drag as a “sexually oriented business” on par with strip clubs.
Serena Sebring, executive director of Blueprint NC, a coalition of progressive advocacy organizations in the Tar Heel state, said even though authorities are urging people not to jump to conclusions about the motive, she cannot ignore the persistent threats to LGBTQ communities and critical infrastructure nationwide.
“Every member of our community bears the cost of homophobia and transphobia unchecked,” Sebring said. “Moore County is an example and ought to be a cautionary tale about what happens when we allow bigotry to flourish.”
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US urges more arms for Ukraine amid fears of expanding war
TORETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country’s borders.
For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the separatist region of Trans-Dniester in neighboring Moldova, knocking out two powerful radio antennas close to the Ukrainian border. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Ukraine all but blamed Russia.
In other developments, Poland and Bulgaria said the Kremlin is cutting off natural gas supplies to the two NATO countries starting Wednesday, the first such actions of the war. Both nations had refused Russia’s demands that they pay in rubles.
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Poland has been a major gateway for the delivery of weapons to Ukraine and confirmed this week that it is sending the country tanks.
The potential effect of the gas cutoff was not immediately clear. Poland said it was well-prepared for such a move after working for years to reduce its reliance on Russian energy.
Poland also has ample natural gas in storage, and it will soon benefit from two pipelines coming online, analyst Emily McClain of Rystad Energy said.
Bulgaria gets over 90% of its gas from Russia, and officials said they were working to find other sources. McClain cited a Bulgarian deal to purchase gas from Azerbaijan.
Two months into the fighting, Western arms have helped Ukraine stall Russia’s invasion, but the country’s leaders have said they need more support fast.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin convened a meeting Tuesday of officials from about 40 countries at the U.S. air base at Ramstein, Germany, and said more help is on the way.
“This gathering reflects the galvanized world,” Austin said, adding that he wanted officials to leave the meeting “with a common and transparent understanding of Ukraine’s near-term security requirements because we’re going to keep moving heaven and earth so that we can meet them.”
After unexpectedly fierce resistance by Ukrainian forces thwarted Russia’s attempt to take Ukraine’s capital, Moscow now says its focus is the capture of the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking industrial region in eastern Ukraine.
In the small city of Toretsk in the Donbas, residents are struggling to survive, collecting rainwater for washing up and fervently hoping for an end to the fighting.
“It’s bad. Very bad. Hopeless,” said Andriy Cheromushkin. “You feel so helpless that you don’t know what you should do or shouldn’t do. Because if you want to do something, you need some money, and there is no money now.”
Russian advances and heavy fighting were reported in the Donbas, with one town, Kreminna, apparently falling after days of street-by-street fighting, according to the British military.
In the gutted southern port city of Mariupol, authorities said Russian forces hit the Azovstal steel plant with 35 airstrikes over the past 24 hours. The plant is the last known stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in the city. About 1,000 civilians were said to be taking shelter there with an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian defenders.
“Russia has drastically intensified strikes over the past 24 hours and is using heavy bunker bombs,” said Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor. “The number of those wounded will be clear once the rubble is cleared.”
He also accused Russian forces of shelling a route it had offered as an escape corridor from the steel mill.
Beyond Mariupol, local officials said at least nine people were killed and several more wounded in Russian attacks on towns and cities in the east and south. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region of the Donbas, said on the Telegram messaging app that Russian forces “continue to deliberately fire at civilians and to destroy critical infrastructure.”
Russian missile fire also knocked out a strategic railroad bridge along a route that links southern Ukraine’s Odesa port region to neighboring Romania, a NATO member, Ukrainian authorities said. No injuries were reported.
Ukraine also said Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, which lies in the northeast, outside the Donbas, but is seen as key to Russia’s apparent bid to encircle Ukrainian troops in the Donbas from the north, east and south.
Ukrainian forces struck back in the Kherson region in the south.
The attack on the bridge near Odesa — along with a series of strikes on key railroad stations a day earlier — appears to mark a major shift in Russia’s approach. Until now, Moscow has spared strategic bridges, perhaps in hopes of keeping them for its own use in seizing Ukraine. But now it seems to be trying to thwart Ukraine’s efforts to move troops and supplies.
The southern Ukraine coastline and Moldova have been on edge since a senior Russian military officer said last week that the Kremlin’s goal is to secure not just eastern Ukraine but the entire south, so as to open the way to Trans-Dniester, a long, narrow strip of land with about 470,000 people along the Ukrainian border where about 1,500 Russian troops are based.
It was not clear who was behind the blasts in Trans-Dniester, but the attacks gave rise to fears that Russia is stirring up trouble so as to create a pretext to either invade Trans-Dniester or use the region as another launching point to attack Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the explosions were carried out by Russia and were “designed to destabilize,” with the intention of showing Moldova what could happen if it supports Ukraine.
Austin, the U.S. defense secretary, said the U.S. was still looking into blasts and trying to determine what was going on, but added: “Certainly we don’t want to see any spillover” of the conflict.
With the potentially pivotal battle for the east underway, the U.S. and its NATO allies are scrambling to deliver artillery and other heavy weaponry in time to make a difference.
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said her government will supply Gepard self-propelled armored anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has faced mounting pressure to send heavy weapons such as tanks and other armored vehicles.
Austin noted that more than 30 allies and partners have joined the U.S. in sending military aid to Ukraine and that more than $5 billion worth of equipment has been committed.
The U.S. defense secretary said the war has weakened Russia’s military, adding, “We would like to make sure, again, that they don’t have the same type of capability to bully their neighbors that we saw at the outset of this conflict.”
A senior Kremlin official, Nikolai Patrushev, warned that “the policies of the West and the Kyiv regime controlled by it would only be the breakup of Ukraine into several states.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned that if the Western flow of weapons continues, the talks aimed at ending the fighting will not produce any results.
Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting also continued. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the U.N. said they agreed in principle that the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross should be involved in the evacuation of civilians trapped in the steel plant in Mariupol. Putin said Ukrainian troops were using civilians in the plant as shields and not allowing them to leave.
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Gambrell reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press journalist Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, David Keyton in Kyiv, Oleksandr Stashevskyi at Chernobyl, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv, and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
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Warm, Dry Into The Weekend
The area of low pressure that send a wet frontal system through the area this weekend and then threw showers at us for the last few days has finally departed the region. In its wake, high pressure will slowly build back in. The air will slowly dry out and warm up which will mean slowly warming afternoons but a couple of cool nights in the meantime. Some fog may stick around moist areas, but generally, not much cloudcover outside of a few coastal clouds here or there are expected into the weekend. High pressure will weaken slightly by mid-week next week, ending the warming trend.
AIR QUALITY: GOOD
Overnight: Becoming mostly clear with patchy fog possible in low areas. Lows in the 50s on the coast with 40s-50s inland.
Thursday: Mostly sunny and warmer with coastal highs in the upper 60s to around 80ºF—warmest on the north side of the bay—and upper 70s to upper 80s inland. Gusty northwest winds at times on the coast, then becoming windy for inland valleys in the afternoon.
Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer yet with coastal highs mainly in the 70s and mainly 80s to low 90s inland. Breezy for inland valleys in the afternoon & evening.
Extended: Expect highs to be 3-5ºF above normal for the weekend under mostly sunny skies. Inland areas will remain warm into next week with slight coastal cooling.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 54ºF
HIGH: 72ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 51ºF
HIGH: 84ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for September 29th – October 5th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal* precipitation.
*Note: Little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year.
- El Niño/La Niña STATUS: La Niña Advisory
- Forecast: Weak La Niña into the Winter
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AUSTIN, Minn., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, invites you to participate in a webcast and conference call with Jim Snee, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer, and Jacinth Smiley, executive vice president and chief financial officer, to discuss the company's fourth quarter and full-year financial results.
The company will issue its earnings press release before the markets open on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, and will host a conference call at 8 a.m. CT (9 a.m. ET).
The webcast, replay and other information related to the event can be accessed on the company's investor website http://investor.hormelfoods.com.
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food company with over $11 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters®, SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin's®, WHOLLY®, Hormel® Black Label®, Columbus®, Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the "Global 2000 World's Best Employers" list by Forbes magazine for three years, is one of Fortune magazine's most admired companies, has appeared on the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list by 3BL Media 13 times, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world's most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com.
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MISSOURI CITY, Texas — A Missouri City police officer was shot at the end of a chase early Saturday morning.
The officer was rushed to the Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center in the back of a patrol unit and was seen being carried into the emergency room by several officers.
Houston police said the officer was shot twice, once in the face and in the foot, but is stable right now. She has been identified as Officer Crystal Sepulveda.
“She is a strong officer and she will make it through this,” Missouri City Assistant Police Chief Lance Bothel said.
He added that Officer Sepulveda's family and friends are with her at the hospital. MPD Chief Michael Berezin was out of town when the shooting happened and was on his way back.
Officer Sepulveda, 29, is a three-year veteran of the police force.
What happened
Missouri City police said this started just before 2:30 a.m. when their officers were sent to a report of a stolen vehicle in the 800 block of Buffalo run.
Police spotted the stolen vehicle at Fondren and South Main Street. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said the vehicle was said to be involved in an aggravated robbery in north Harris County on Friday.
Officers began following the vehicle and tried to pull it over, according to Missouri City police. The suspect vehicle refused, and a chase began. The officers called for backup from Houston police.
Missouri City police followed the suspect vehicle all the way to the 15500 block of Corsair where it was involved in a crash, police said. The suspect then ran from the scene between homes.
Missouri City police chased after the suspect who then open fired on the officers, wounding Officer Sepulveda, police said. She was transported to Memorial Hermann in the Texas Medical Center.
Finner said police were able to set up a perimeter and located the suspect. The suspect then opened fired once again on officers who then returned fire.
The suspect was shot and then transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. No other officers were injured.
The police chief said the suspect had two automatic handguns on him when he was shot. The suspect was shot by a Harris County deputy and a DPS State Trooper.
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Tracy Chapman has made history as the first Black woman with a sole songwriting credit on a No. 1 country hit after Luke Combs’ cover of “Fast Car” topped Billboard charts.
More than three decades after Chapman’s “Fast Car” dropped as the first single of her eponymous debut album, the song is making a comeback. “Fast Car” drove to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart when Combs released a cover of the 1988 folk-soul hit, which tells the harrowing story of a woman trying to escape poverty and create a life different from the one she’s always known.
Combs’ cover also reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100. It’s the first pop cover to top the country charts in 15 years; Blake Shelton’s country rendition of Michael Bublé's “Home” was the last to reach the top spot.
Chapman’s original release settled at No. 6 on the Hot 100. At the 1989 Grammys Awards, Chapman took home three trophies, including female pop vocal performance for “Fast Car,” contemporary folk recording for “Tracy Chapman” and best new artist. “Fast Car” also was nominated for record and song of the year, while the debut album received a nomination for album of the year.
The song’s success decades later is also momentous for monetary reasons. Combs’ version has generated more than $500,000 in publishing royalties globally since its March 17 debut, according to a Billboard estimate. And Chapman, the sole songwriter and owner of the publishing rights, is raking in a significant portion for a surprise payday 35 years after the song originally dropped. According to Billboard, most of the royalties stem from the more than 154 million U.S. on-demand audio streams from music apps including Spotify and Apple Music. “Fast Car” also surpassed 6 million video streams and 28 million programmed audio streams in the United States.
“I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I’m honored to be there,” Chapman told Billboard on Thursday. “I’m happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced ‘Fast Car.’”
Comb’s 2023 rendition landed on the L.A. Times’ list of the 40 best songs of 2023. L.A. Times music critic Mikael Wood wrote, “Tracy Chapman’s late-’80s folk-soul hit has been remade over the last three decades as a bouncy reggae tune (by Wayne Wonder), a mumbly art-rock confession (Xiu Xiu) and a gleaming tropical-house banger (Jonas Blue). Combs, the Carhartt-clad country star, sticks to Chapman’s original arrangement — not to mention her lyric about working at the market as a checkout girl — in a welcome showcase of his muscular singing and her detailed storytelling.”
Combs’ decision to remake the song for his latest album, “Gettin’ Old,” stemmed from sentimental memories from his childhood. Before performing the song at a Pittsburgh concert in May, Combs told the crowd that he was living in Charlotte with his parents and that his dad had a 1988 Ford F-150.
“It was probably the cheapest model you could get. I don’t even think it was four-wheel drive, and I remember it had a cassette player in it,” he said in a video shared to Instagram. “Me and my dad would ride around and listen to all sorts of things.
“He played me all kinds of music and one of the first songs that I remember hearing, he popped a cassette in, and I loved this whole album. ... But there was this one song that really stuck out to me. It was called ‘Fast Car.’ That song meant a lot to me since then — for my whole life. I always think about my dad when it comes on and us spending time together.
“As soon as I could play guitar, I tried to learn how to play this song, and it took me so long to learn how to play it ‘cause I was so bad,” he continued. “Last year, I got to record my own version, and about a month ago, I got to put it out.”
Last year, Combs won entertainer of the year for the second year in a row at the Country Music Awards.
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MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of therapeutics based on its proprietary self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform, today announced the appointment of Robert Bitterman as interim Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board"). As Executive Chairman, Mr. Bitterman will assume the duties of principal executive officer and principal financial officer and will lead all aspects of the Company's operations. Mr. Bitterman has served as a director on the Company's Board since 2012 and brings 25 years of executive leadership experience in the pharmaceutical and biologic life science industry coupled with prior experience in senior financial and investor relations roles.
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The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Ferrara as Lead Independent Director of the Board. Mr. Ferrara currently serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board. With his appointment, Mr. Ferrara will assume the duties and responsibilities of Lead Independent Director. Mr. Ferrara has served as a director on the Company's Board since 2019 and has held numerous senior executive level financial positions in both domestic and international public and private companies in a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals and life sciences. Mr. Ferrara is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a BS degree in accounting from Lehigh University.
About Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO) is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform. The Company's efforts are focused on silencing tumor-induced suppression of the immune system through its proprietary INTASYL platform with utility in immune cells and the tumor microenvironment. The Company's goal is to develop powerful INTASYL therapeutic compounds that can weaponize immune effector cells to overcome tumor immune escape, thereby providing patients a powerful new treatment option that goes beyond current treatment modalities. For additional information, visit the Company's website, www.phiopharma.com.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
08-15-20-27-38-53, Bonus: 48
(eight, fifteen, twenty, twenty-seven, thirty-eight, fifty-three; Bonus: forty-eight)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
08-15-20-27-38-53, Bonus: 48
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WATCH: Teen trapped after tree falls on Miss. home
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM/Gray News) - Exclusive body cam video released by the Jones County Sheriff’s Department, with the family’s permission, shows first responders rescuing a 14-year-old boy trapped under a fallen tree.
Kenneth Harvey says around 5 a.m. on July 12, a large tree landed on his family’s mobile home in Soso, Mississippi. He and his wife immediately ran to check on their three children, and that’s when they found two of their sons under the tree and covered in debris.
“Sitting, watching your child trapped and there’s nothing you can do, is just a parent’s worst nightmare,” Kenneth Harvey said.
Wyatt Harvey, 17, escaped the incident with minor scrapes, WDAM reports. He and his younger brother, 14-year-old Christian, share a room.
“It looked like a whole bunch of white stuff had done fallen on my face, and I just looked like, I don’t know, it scared me,” he said. “Next thing I know, Daddy comes running in, and Momma goes screaming, and I didn’t ever hear my brother, so I was kind of worried.”
Christian had been pinned underneath the tree and was unresponsive. Firefighters had to use chainsaws and the Jaws of Life to raise the tree just enough to pull the boy out.
Christian was then taken to South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel and later transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
“Christian has had to have two surgeries,” his father said. “They had to repair his bladder, which had busted during (the accident), and they had to redo his pelvis because it crushed on both sides, and then it broke in the front and back, so they had to put plates and screws in, too.”
Kenneth Harvey said his son is, thankfully, doing a bit better and breathing on his own.
Meanwhile, he and his wife are staying in Jackson to be close to the 14-year-old, while his other two sons are staying with family to attend West Jones High School. Christian was also supposed to start at West Jones this fall.
“I’ve come back to work, and I’ll just be going back and forth during the weekends and staying up there,” Kenneth Harvey said.
A 911 dispatcher set up a GoFundMe account to help the family with medical expenses and the loss of their home. Kenneth Harvey said he’s thankful for that dispatcher and extremely grateful for everyone’s help - from first responders to family and neighbors.
“We’ve had people donate, and just the number of people who got a hold of us telling us they are praying for him and everything, it’s just, it’s humbling the way everybody has come together through all of this,” he said.
Kenneth Harvey said he doesn’t know what caused the tree to fall, but according to an insurance adjuster, heat may have played a role.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, December 12, 2022
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albany NY
321 PM EST Sat Dec 10 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM
EST MONDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5
inches.
* WHERE...Northwestern Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and the
Capital Region, the Saratoga region, the mid Hudson Valley and
Taconics of eastern New York.
* WHEN...From 10 AM Sunday to 7 AM EST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions due to snow covered
roadways, along with reduced visibilities.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The most hazardous travel conditions are
expected Sunday afternoon and evening, when snowfall rates may
reach one half inch, to three quarters of an inch per hour.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
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Which garden tool rack is best?
Growing your own food and flowers is one of life’s greatest pleasures. What’s not so pleasurable is spending half of your time looking for a shovel or clipper that you need. A garden tool rack can minimize frustration and keep all of your gardening supplies within easy reach.
The StoreYourBoard Tool Storage Rack is a heavy-duty option that’s perfect for experienced gardeners who have a collection of both long- and short-handled garden tools.
What to know before you buy a garden tool rack
Type of garden tools to store
Garden tool organizers make working in the soil easier and keep your tools within easy reach. Some garden tool racks work best for long-handled tools, while others are better for smaller hand tools you’d use in containers or balcony gardens. If you have both types of tools, look for a rack that can accommodate rakes and brooms as well as clippers and other small tools.
Freestanding, wall-mounted or corner-mounted
While some racks are stationary, many freestanding garden tool racks are portable, and you can move them around your workspace as needed. This feature makes a garden rack very versatile, but they do require more storage space. If that’s a concern, a wall-mounted or corner-mounted rack is a good choice. These make use of every available inch of storage space.
Note that you may still need to anchor corner-mounted racks to the wall for stability.
Garden tool rack materials
Most garden tool racks are made of either plastic or metal.
- Plastic: These racks are easy to clean and quite lightweight. However, they may crack or split over time.
- Metal: Metal racks can last a lifetime with proper care, but they are heavy and not very portable.
What to look for in a quality garden tool rack
Wheels
If you decide you need a freestanding garden tool rack, try to look for one with wheels. Specifically, try to find ones with large wheels that have deep treads so you can cross all kinds of terrain in the garden.
Adjustable storage
As your garden grows, so will your tool arsenal. Opt for a garden tool rack with adjustable or expandable storage to accommodate any additional tools that you acquire over the years.
Easy care
If you take good care of your gardening tool rack, it’s easy to extend its life. Keep an eye on metal racks for chipping paint or rust spots. You can sand these off and repaint them, but if you allow the rust to spread, it will weaken your rack.
How much you can expect to spend on a garden tool rack
The price varies depending on the size of the rack, the material and the number and types of tools it holds. Expect to spend $10-$100.
Garden tool rack FAQ
Why is a garden tool rack a good investment?
A. Gardening tools can be expensive for newbies and veteran gardeners alike. Most small plots of land require you to have at least a shovel, a rake, a hoe and a broom. You may also want small hand tools for trimming plants and digging up weeds. If you garden in containers, you’ll still need an assortment of hand tools and a broom to keep things tidy. Garden tool racks help keep your tools clean and off the ground, so you can invest in quality tools without worrying about them getting dirty or rusty. Additionally, a tool rack means you’ll never have to search for a missing rake or stray trowel again.
Is one type of gardening tool rack better than another?
A. Not really. The best garden tool rack is one that works for your needs. If you have just a few tools and limited space, a large, freestanding steel tool rack will be impractical. On the other hand, if you have several tools, you’ll have a hard time storing them in an organizer made for five or six tools. Think about how you will use the rack, how many tools you’ll need and where you plan on putting the gardening rack. This will help you select the best tool rack for your needs.
What’s the best garden tool rack to buy?
Top garden tool rack
StoreYourBoard Tool Storage Rack
What you need to know: It’s a durable, heavy-duty option for large garden tools.
What you’ll love: The steel frame can hold up to 200 pounds of long- and short-handled gardening tools. It mounts on the wall and provides additional floor storage space underneath.
What you should consider: It’s heavy, and it’s not portable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top garden tool rack for the money
Rubbermaid Garage Corner Tool Tower Rack
What you need to know: You can make use of every inch of space with this compact corner tool rack.
What you’ll love: You do not need tools to assemble this sturdy plastic rack. It has a wide base and sets up in just minutes. Attach it to the walls with pre-cut holes.
What you should consider: You’ll need to anchor it to the wall to ensure it won’t tip over when you put your tools inside.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Berry Ave Broom Holder and Garden Tool Organizer
What you need to know: If you just need to free up some floor space for a few garden tools, this is a good rack for you.
What you’ll love: It is waterproof and holds up to 11 tools with a combined weight of 35 pounds or less. The spring-loaded rubber grips hold tightly. This also features fold-down hooks for lightweight gloves and smaller tools.
What you should consider: The grips are so tight that you need two hands to hang tools.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. (NYSE: GHG) ("GreenTree" or the "Company"), a leading hospitality management group in China, today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as well as certain operating data for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, after U.S. markets close on Tuesday, December 27, 2022. GreenTree's management will hold an earnings conference call at 8:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time on December 27, 2022 (9:00 AM Beijing/Hong Kong Time on December 28, 2022).
Dial-in numbers for the live conference call are as follows:
Participants should ask to join the GreenTree call.
A telephone replay of the conference call will be available after the conclusion of the live conference call until January 3, 2023.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.998.com.
Additionally, further to the Company's press release dated October 8, 2022, the Company announced certain updates on the strategically acquired hotels that are owned and operated by Shandong Xinghui Urban Hotel Management Group Co., Ltd. ("Urban").
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GreenTree and Urban's minority shareholder entered into definite agreements for the minority shareholder and its designated person to repurchase all of the equity interest in Urban held by GreenTree. GreenTree no longer holds any equity interest in Urban and will deconsolidate Urban in the fourth quarter of 2022.
About GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd.
GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. ("GreenTree" or the "Company") (NYSE: GHG) is a leading hospitality management group in China. As of December 31, 2021, GreenTree had a total number of 4,659 hotels. In 2021, HOTELS magazine ranked GreenTree Top 11 Ranking among 225 largest global hotel groups in terms of number of hotels in its annual HOTELS' 225. GreenTree was also the fourth largest hospitality company in China in 2021 based on the statistics issued by the China Hospitality Association.
GreenTree has built a strong suite of brands including its flagship "GreenTree Inns" brand as a result of its long-standing dedication to the hospitality industry in China and consistent quality of its services, signature hotel designs, broad geographic coverage and convenient locations. GreenTree has further expanded its brand portfolio into mid-to-up-scale segment in certain strategic cities. By offering diverse brands, through its strong membership base, expansive booking network, superior system management with moderate charges, and fully supported by its operating departments including Decoration, Engineering, Purchasing, Operation, IT and Finance, GreenTree aims to keep closer relationships with all of its clients and partners by providing a brand portfolio that features comfort, style and value.
For more information on GreenTree, please visit http://ir.998.com
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC) ("Taylor Morrison"), a leading national developer and homebuilder, announced today that it will release its second quarter 2022 results before the market opens on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Taylor Morrison will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter results the same day at 8:30 a.m. ET.
A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on Taylor Morrison's website at www.taylormorrison.com on the Investor Relations portion of the site under the Events & Presentations tab. For call participants, the dial-in number is (844) 200-6205 and conference ID is 073087. The call will be recorded and available for replay on the Company's website.
Taylor Morrison's filings will be available on the Company's website or with the SEC at sec.gov.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison is a leading national developer and homebuilder. We serve a wide array of consumers from coast to coast, including first-time, move-up, luxury and 55-plus active lifestyle homebuyers under our family of brands—including Taylor Morrison, Esplanade, Darling Homes Collection by Taylor Morrison and Christopher Todd Communities built by Taylor Morrison. From 2016-2022, Taylor Morrison has been recognized as America's Most Trusted® Builder by Lifestory Research. Our strong commitment to sustainability, our communities and our team is highlighted in our latest annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.
For more information about Taylor Morrison, please visit www.taylormorrison.com.
CONTACT:
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Taylor Morrison Home Corp.
(480) 734-2060
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Long-time contact lens wearers tend to have drier eyes, so they commonly use artificial tears.
But the brand Ezricare's generic over-the-counter artificial tears has prompted warnings from the CDC and FDA about bacterial eye infections. These cases are rare, but the infection moves fast in the body and has been deadly.
One 68-year-old woman, Clara Oliva, is suing Ezricare after getting an eye infection from its artificial tears. In the lawsuit, she says the infection led to doctors having to surgically remove her right eye, and she's now legally blind.
"She's a grandmother, she's a mother of two and these are supposed to be her golden years, when she's enjoying life to the fullest and enjoying the fruits of her labor over the course of her life," Ryan Yaffa, Oliva's lawyer, told Scripps News.
The CDC is investigating 68 cases in 16 states from May 2022 to February 2023. Three people have died, eight have gone blind and four people have had to get their eyeballs surgically removed.
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The infections are caused by a bacteria called pseudomonas aeruginosa. It can be common in hospitals or from sleeping often in contact lenses.
The CDC says it's getting harder to treat the bacteria with antibiotics.
"That's one of the most severe organisms where once it gets into your eye, and within hours, it can penetrate inside your eye, penetrate into the blood vessels and get into the bloodstream," said Dr. Daniel Laroche, board-certified ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist.
The infections are primarily linked to Ezricare's artificial tears. The product is manufactured in India and doesn't have preservatives, making it easy for germs to grow.
The FDA has put an import alert on Global Pharma Healthcare, the company that makes the drops, citing problems with microbial testing and tamper proof packaging.
The FDA has also warned about a Global Pharma Healthcare dry eye ointment in late February. The company recalled both products.
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The number of people dying in the U.S. from pregnancy-related causes has more than doubled in the last 20 years, according to a new study, published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
And while the study found mortality rates remain "unacceptably high among all racial and ethnic groups across the U.S.," the worst outcomes were among Black women, Native American and Alaska Native people.
The study looks at state-by-state data from 2009 to 2019. Co-author Dr. Allison Bryant, an obstetrician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, says maternal death rates in the U.S. just keep getting worse.
"And that is exacerbated in populations that have been historically underserved or for whom structural racism affects them greatly," she says.
Maternal death rates have consistently been the highest among Black women, and those high rates more than doubled over the last twenty years. For Native American and Alaska Native people, the rates have tripled.
Dr. Gregory Roth, at the University of Washington, also co-authored the paper. He says efforts to stop pregnancy deaths have not only stalled in areas like the South, where the rates have typically been high. "We're showing that they are worsening in places that are thought of as having better health," he says.
Places like New York and New Jersey saw an increase in deaths among Black and Latina mothers. Wyoming and Montana saw more Asian mothers die. And while maternal mortality is lower for white women, it is also increasing in some parts of the country.
"We see that for white women, maternal mortality is also increasing throughout the South, in parts of New England and throughout parts of the Midwest and Northern Mountain States," he says.
The steady increase in maternal mortality in the U.S. is in contrast to other high-income countries which have seen their much lower rates decline even further.
"There's this crystal clear graph that's been out there that's very striking," Bryant says. With countries like the Netherlands, Austria and Japan with a clear decrease. "And then there is the U.S. that is far above all of them and going in the opposite direction," she says.
Most maternal deaths are deemed preventable by state review committees. Dr. Catherine Spong, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, says pregnancy-related deaths can be caused by different things. The biggest risk factors are conditions like cardiovascular disease, severe pre-eclampsia, maternal cardiac disease and hemorrhage, she says.
Continuing heart problems and mental health conditions can also contribute to the death of a new mother.
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For those who get their healthcare through Medicaid, medical coverage lasts at least two months after the birth of a child. Since 2021, states have had the option to extend that coverage for a year. So far, 36 states and Washington D.C. have done so. States like Alabama and Mississippi, which saw some of the highest maternal death increases, did not.
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As frigid wind whipped across the ship's bow, I held the railing with one hand and steadied my camera with the other. In front of me stretched the Bellingshausen Sea, off the coast of Western Antarctica. I was there — my second journey to the region around the southernmost continent — early this year on a five-week voyage as a photographic expert aboard the National Geographic Endurance. A small group of passengers and I stood on the deck together, wrapped up tightly against the below-freezing temperatures, documenting this otherworldly landscape.
Pancakes of sea ice covered the waters as far as the eye could see. A lone emperor penguin tucked its head into its chest of feathers. As we sailed past seals resting on the ice, they raised their heads and promptly slid into the water. This frozen world seemed so different and foreboding — and yet, at the same time, familiar. In a strange way, I felt connected to my subtropical birthplace thousands of miles away — in the coastal regions of southeastern Louisiana.
The diptychs in this essay portray this connection by pairing my images of Antarctica with those of Louisiana. It is a visual dance of rhythms and patterns of two places so far apart, and yet whose fates are inextricably linked. Because, for me, combining photographs from the two enhances my understanding of each one. Beyond connecting the two places, it's also an exercise of connecting our actions to consequences far into the future and across the globe.
I grew up along New Orleans' 17th Street canal, running along levees and paddling pirogues in search of turtles. My brother and I watched otters play in the brackish water of a nearby swamp. Bayous and marshes bisected and surrounded the city as well as our daily lives. Over the past 20 years, I've documented the rich culture of my hometown and the coastal wetlands of Louisiana, photographing the impact of disasters on the environment and the communities it sustains.
Hurricane Katrina — once such disaster — ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005, killing more than 1,800 people. The storm destroyed 30 square miles of coastal wetlands and burst through New Orleans' levees, flooding 80% of the city.
Five years later, the BP oil disaster killed 11 rig workers and pumped four million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico — the largest oil spill in U.S. marine history. Hundreds of miles of fragile Louisiana coast were coated. The oil suffocated the vulnerable marsh grasses, whose roots hold the land in place. The vegetation died and the mud washed away, increasing existing coastal erosion by almost 300%, according to researchers at Louisiana State University.
Long ago, ice shaped Louisiana. As the last ice age in North America retreated more than 12,000 years ago, melting glacial runoff carved out the Mississippi River basin. For thousands of years after that, the seasonal unfettered flooding of the Mississippi deposited sediment in the low delta region and built up the southern part of the state. Starting in the late 19th century, Congress tasked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with building levees to control the river to improve navigation and provide for flood protection. Paradoxically, what seemed good for urban expansion and industrialization along the Mississippi River gradually starved the wetlands of the sediment needed to rebuild and counteract natural subsidence.
Antarctica and Louisiana share a history of extractive industries in search of fuel. At the same time the Corps was beginning its work on the Mississippi, Antarctic whales were being hunted for the oil extracted from their blubber. Over the following century, commercial whaling expanded to such an extent that several species were nearly killed off.
In the 20th century, the oil and gas industry carved up Louisiana's coastal marshes with thousands of exploration canals, accelerating erosion. The combination of levees, canals and natural subsidence all contributed to coastal land loss and reduced critical protection against hurricane storm surges. Presently, the state loses a football field's worth of land every 100 minutes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The warming climate is affecting the polar regions, especially in the Arctic. However, runoff from Antarctic ice currently makes up 20-25% of global sea level rise. And warming and expanding oceans will only accelerate the glacial ice sheets' decay. As sea levels rise, scientists predict low-lying coastal areas around the world will increasingly be overwhelmed. This is true for my home state, where wetlands are the primary defense against storm surges. And levees alone will not hold back the rising waters.
As we sailed through the Bellingshausen Sea, I marveled at the textured beauty of the frozen watery landscape. But it also felt as if a rope was running from the Antarctic ice in front of the ship to the coastal waterways of Louisiana so far away — it felt like what we've done, as humans, to accelerate climate change has pulled that rope taught. There is no slack, no lag time, between existential changes in one place on Earth and the effects those will have on another. Tug on one side, and the other will fall.
Vanessa Castillo photo edited this story.
Zach Thompson text edited this story.
Tyrone Turner is a photographer whose work has explored the relationship between humans and the environment for nearly two decades. He is currently a visual storyteller and editor with WAMU and DCist in Washington, D.C. Follow him on Instagram at @tyronefoto.
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New subscription model offers customers wide range of benefits
ISTANBUL, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a "Hepsiburada") (NASDAQ: HEPS), a leading Turkish e-commerce platform, has launched a brand-new monthly paid subscription service, Hepsiburada Premium, the first of its kind in the Turkish ecommerce market.
Hepsiburada Premium subscribers have access to a range of benefits that include free delivery and scheduled shipping for orders over 25₺; 3% cashback on purchases via HepsiPay Wallet across Hepsiburada platform encompassing Hepsiburada Market (Grocery) and Hepsiburada Seyahat (Travel); free assembly service for furniture and car tires purchased on Hepsiburada, and free subscription to BluTV, a prominent digital content streaming service in Turkey.
Hepsiburada Premium members will also have access to special offers from a range of brands on the Hepsiburada platform and quicker access to customer support. Further benefits will be added to the Hepsiburada Premium offer in future. For detailed information: https://premium.hepsiburada.com/.
About Hepsiburada
Hepsiburada is a leading e-commerce technology platform in Turkey, combining a globally proven e-commerce business model with a one-stop 'Super App' to cater to our customers' everyday needs and to help make people's daily lives better. Customers can access a broad range of products and services including same-day delivery of groceries and essentials, products from international merchants, airline tickets and payment services through our embedded digital wallet, Hepsipay. As at the end of December 2021, we had seamlessly connected 41.8 million members and 75 thousand Active Merchants.
Founded in Istanbul in 2000, Hepsiburada was built to lead the digitalization of commerce in Turkey. As a female-founded organization, we are committed to meaningful action to empower women. Through our 'Technology Empowerment for Women Entrepreneurs' programme, we have reached around 29 thousand female entrepreneurs across Turkey to date.
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The USPS has issued stamps with skateboards on them in celebration of the sport By Leila Fadel, A Martínez Published April 10, 2023 at 3:56 AM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 1:36 The latest stamps to be unveiled by the U.S. postal service have skateboards on them. Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.kvpr.org/2023-04-10/the-usps-has-issued-stamps-with-skateboards-on-them-in-celebration-of-the-sport | 2023-04-10 12:12:46 | 1 | https://www.kvpr.org/2023-04-10/the-usps-has-issued-stamps-with-skateboards-on-them-in-celebration-of-the-sport |
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich must comply with a subpoena seeking his testimony in front of a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence that state’s 2020 election results, a Virginia judge ruled Wednesday.
Gingrich, who lives in northern Virginia, had argued that the federal law that normally requires states to honor out-of-state grand jury summonses should not apply in this case because the special grand jury lacks the power to indict. He also argued that the subpoena would be unnecessarily duplicative and burdensome because he has already agreed to testify in front of a congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and that his testimony in both matters would essentially be the same.
But Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert Smith sided with prosecutors who said the subpoena should be enforced. The judge said the law doesn’t parse out a difference between regular grand juries and special grand juries, as Gingrich’s lawyer argued.
“I think I have to read the statute as written,” the judge said.
Gingrich’s lawyer, John Burlingame, said he expects to appeal the ruling. If the appeal fails, Gingrich will be required to testify to the special grand jury on Nov. 29.
Gingrich declined comment after the hearing.
Gingrich, a Republican, is one of several high-profile Trump allies who have unsuccessfully tried to avoid testifying.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis opened the investigation early last year, shortly after a recording of a call between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was made public. In that call, Trump urged Raffersperger, the state’s top elections official and a fellow Republican, to “find” the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state to Democrat Joe Biden.
The scope of the investigation has broadened considerably since then, and Willis, a Democrat, has sought the testimony of dozens of witnesses, including numerous Trump attorneys, advisers and associates since the special grand jury was seated in May. It is among several cases that have the former president in potential legal jeopardy as he prepares to launch a 2024 presidential campaign.
Because Gingrich lives outside Georgia, Willis had to use a process that involves asking a judge where he lives to order him to appear.
Willis filed that paperwork in court in Atlanta last month, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, certified that Gingrich is a “necessary and material witness for the investigation.” In her petition seeking Gingrich’s testimony as a witness, Willis said she relied on information made public by the House committee that’s investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
The petition says Gingrich was involved along with others associated with the Trump campaign in a plan to run television ads that “repeated and relied upon false claims about fraud in the 2020 election” and encouraged members of the public to contact state officials to push them to challenge and overturn the election results based on those false claims.
Gingrich was also involved in a plan to have Republican fake electors sign certificates falsely stating that Trump had won the state and that they were the state’s official electors even though Biden had won, the petition says.
At Wednesday’s hearing, Burlingame said the information sought by the Georgia special grand jury overlaps entirely with the congressional investigation, so there’s no need to require Gingrich to testify twice, since the Georgia prosecutor can obtain the transcript of Gingrich’s upcoming testimony to the congressional committee.
“They’re very thorough,” Burlingame said of the congressional investigators. “It almost sounds like the Fulton County district attorney is concerned that the professional attorneys for the select committee aren’t going to be doing a capable job. Your Honor, I assure you they will.”
Fairfax County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Kyle Mandelbaum acknowledged there may be overlap in the two investigations but said it would be wrong to assume they have identical interests.
“The grand jury in Fulton County is specifically looking at the question of whether or not Georgia law was violated which is not necessarily the focus of the January 6 committee’s investigation,” Mandelbaum said.
The subpoena provides him immunity for his testimony and covers his lodging and transportation costs, Mandelbaum said.
Special grand juries in Georgia are generally used to investigate complex cases with many witnesses. They can compel evidence and subpoena testimony from witnesses, but they cannot issue indictments. Once its investigation is complete, a special grand jury can recommend action, but it remains up to the district attorney to decide whether to then seek an indictment from a regular grand jury.
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New Substack will Provide Daily Headlines of all Kennedy Media, Combat Censorship, Misinformation and Boost Candidate's Positive Vision for America
Will Feature Expert Guest Authors Including Jeffrey Sachs, David Talbot, Colonel Douglas Macgregor, John Leake
NEW YORK, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- World-leading economist Jeffrey Sachs, bestselling author and historian David Talbot and Ukraine war critic Colonel Douglas Macgregor are among the expert guest authors to be featured in The Kennedy Beacon, a new Substack launched today to support the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The publication comes courtesy of American Values 2024, the pro-Robert F. Kennedy superPAC. It will combat censorship while highlighting Kennedy's positive vision for America. In addition, The Kennedy Beacon will feature guest columns, regular columnists, and a staff of writers covering issues about which Kennedy most cares: censorship, peace, homelessness, federal government corruption, mass incarceration, drug addiction, and the environment.
The SuperPAC American Values 2024 raised more than $10 million to date.
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"With so many publications spilling so much ink on the presidential race, one might reasonably ask what the value of another publication is focused on the election?" writes American Values co-Chairman, Mark Gorton in one the new journal's first posts.
"The Kennedy Beacon does not seek to redo the work of so many other publications," he continues. "In fact, the first regular feature of The Kennedy Beacon will be a daily news round-up of what is being said by the rest of the media. This news roundup will save time and effort for people interested in following what is being said about RFK Jr."
"Kennedy is leading Democrats back to their roots," said Tony Lyons, President of Skyhorse Publishing, and co-founder of the superPAC. "His commitment to free speech, peace, safeguarding our environment, economic recovery and healing the divide in our nation are the same principles his father and uncle championed."
"At the same time, we haven't seen a coordinated smear campaign against a candidate by establishment elites as intense as Kennedy faces daily…they are petrified that Kennedy will unite the country and tell the truth," said Lyons. "We plan on separating the myths vs. realities with the Beacon."
Coinciding with the formal launch of the new Substack, Columbia University economics professor, and bestselling author, Jeffrey Sachs, contributes a passionate and detailed take-down of President Biden's and America's Ukraine policies.
David Talbot, Salon founder and author of numerous bestselling books including The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government will contribute a weekly column.
Author and journalist John Leake will also write a weekly column, focusing on censorship as it pertains to Kennedy's campaign for president.
Follow The Kennedy Beacon at https://thekennedybeacon.substack.com/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/KennedyBeacon.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings fired defensive coordinator Ed Donatell on Thursday, an unsurprising decision on the veteran coach after a dismal finish by his defense.
The Vikings ranked second worst in yards allowed in the NFL and fourth worst in points allowed during the regular season. They gave up 431 yards and 31 points to the New York Giants in their wild-card round loss last week.
Coach Kevin O’Connell was hired a year ago by the Vikings and made Donatell his first defensive coordinator, the fourth different NFL team for which he has filled that role. The 65-year-old Donatell has coached 32 seasons in the league — and 43 years in all.
“While this was a difficult decision because of the tremendous respect I have for Ed as a person and a coach, I believe it is the right move for the future of our football team,” O’Connell said in a statement distributed by the team. “I want to thank Ed for his commitment to the Vikings this past season, for the positive impact he had on our players and coaches and for his role in helping me as a first-year head coach lay this foundation.”
O’Connell said his search for a replacement would begin immediately.
Donatell was previously defensive coordinator for Denver (2019-21), Atlanta (2004-06) and Green Bay (2000-03). He was also a longtime defensive backs coach for Denver, Chicago, San Francisco and the New York Jets, with whom he broke into the NFL in 1990. Donatell started his coaching career in college at Kent State in 1981.
The Broncos ranked eighth in yards allowed and third in points allowed in 2021 under Donatell, but depth and talent makes a difference.
The Vikings returned several healthy and established veterans at the core of their group this season in safety Harrison Smith, cornerback Patrick Peterson, linebacker Eric Kendricks and edge rusher Danielle Hunter, but the transition in schemes didn’t go smoothly for all of them. The Vikings signed Za’Darius Smith to play the outside linebacker spot opposite Hunter, but their pressure rate during the second half of the season dropped off significantly.
O’Connell tactfully but clearly stated his disappointment with the results after a 34-23 loss at Detroit on Dec. 11 when Lions quarterback Jared Goff had his way against Minnesota’s rush and coverage. Donatell worked tirelessly to make adjustments after that, but the spaces in the zones of the coverage were simply too easy to pass against and the rush was not enough of a factor.
The lack of contribution to the defense from recent drafts has become a big problem for the salary cap-strapped Vikings. From 2017 through 2021, they drafted a total of five defensive players in any of the first three rounds. Two are still with the team: cornerback Cameron Dantzler, a third-round pick in 2020 who finished the season as a backup, and outside linebacker Patrick Jones, a third-round pick in 2021 who is also a reserve.
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Stockton University has selected one team and three individuals to comprise the 2022 class of the Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame. This year’s honorees are the 1999 Men’s Soccer Team, Josh Blamon (men’s basketball), Jimmy Connor (men’s soccer) and Chelsea Vaughan (women’s track and field).
The 2022 class will be the first class to be inducted since 2019.
The Stockton Athletics Hall of Fame banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the Stockton Campus Center Event Room as part of the University Weekend festivities. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased at stocktonathletics.com/sports/2022/8/25/hall-of-fame-registraton-2018.aspx. For more information, contact the Stockton Office of Athletics & Recreation at 609-652-4217.
Stockton Athletics HOF Class of 2022
The 1999 men’s soccer team finished 20-5-1, at the time a school-record for victories and still second in school history. The Ospreys beat Rowan University 2-1 in overtime to win the New Jersey Athletic Conference championship for the second time in program history. Stockton earned an NCAA Division III Tournament berth.
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The Ospreys topped Vassar 4-0 and Rowan 2-1 to reach the NCAA quarterfinals. Playing on its home field, Stockton then upset second-ranked Williams College 1-0 and reached the program’s first NCAA Final Four. The Ospreys ended the season ranked fourth nationally.
Blamon was voted to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Second Team in 2015, becoming the fifth All-American in Stockton men’s basketball history. Blamon was the chosen NJAC Player of the Year in 2015 and also was a two-time NABC All-District First Team and two-time NJAC First Team honoree (both 2014-15). He was also an NJAC Honorable Mention nod in 2013.
He ranks third all-time at Stockton with 209 3-pointers and he’s fifth in points with 1,397. He scored 536 points in 2013-14 and 519 points in 2014-15, two of the top seven single-season scoring totals in school history. Blamon helped Stockton to two NJAC championships (2014 and 2015) and three NCAA Tournament wins during his career.
Connor returned to his native New Jersey after two seasons at Illinois State University to play soccer for Stockton in 1996 and 1997. He scored a total of 40 goals and had 18 assists In his two seasons for the Ospreys, for 98 points in 37 games. He was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region First Team and the NJAC First Team in both of his seasons as an Osprey.
Connor helped Stockton win the program’s first NJAC championship, and the team reached the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament in 1996. He still holds school records for goals (25) and points (60) in a season, both set in 1997. Connor ranks sixth in program history in goals and seventh in points.
Vaughan was a six-time Division III All-American in the women’s pole vault. She earned three All-American honors each in indoor and outdoor track & field in her three years at Stockton after transferring from the University of Cincinnati. She was voted the NJAC Outstanding Field Athlete for the 2014-15 indoor season.
Vaughan won the NJAC title in the pole vault and earned NJAC First Team honors five times in her six seasons at Stockton. She also was NJAC Second Team once. Vaughan earned U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region honors for the 2016 indoor and outdoor seasons, the first year that those awards were available. She won the women’s pole vault 26 times in the 51 meets in which she competed. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/stockton-announces-2022-athletics-hall-of-fame-class/article_5f7432f0-2a40-11ed-a93a-1b7001ff3aca.html | 2022-09-02 00:29:20 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/stockton-announces-2022-athletics-hall-of-fame-class/article_5f7432f0-2a40-11ed-a93a-1b7001ff3aca.html |
MOLINE, Ill., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $1.13 per share payable August 8, 2022 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2022.
The new quarterly rate represents an additional 8 cents per share over the previous level, an increase of approximately 8 percent per share.
"The latest increase in our quarterly dividend is a reflection of Deere's recent strong performance and the success of our Smart Industrial strategy," said John C. May, chairman and chief executive officer. "It also shows our confidence in the company's future direction."
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto won election to a second term representing Nevada on Saturday, defeating Republican Adam Laxalt to clinch the party’s control of the chamber for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.
With Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s victory in Arizona on Friday, Democrats now hold a 50-49 edge in the Senate. The party will retain control of the chamber, no matter how next month’s Georgia runoff plays out, by virtue of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote.
Democrats’ hold on the Senate is a blow to Republicans’ high hopes of wresting away control of Congress in a midterm election that typically favors the party out of power. It was still unclear which party would control the House of Representatives as counting continued in razor-tight races in California and a smattering of other states.
Cortez Masto, the first Latina in the Senate, was considered the most vulnerable Democratic senator in the midterm elections, and the Republican Party had high hopes of flipping the seat. But despite an influx of spending on attack ads from national GOP groups, Cortez Masto managed to secure her reelection bid.
Nevada’s vote count took several days partly because of the mail voting system created by the state Legislature in 2020 that requires counties to accept ballots postmarked by Election Day if they arrive up to four days later. Laxalt had an early lead that dwindled after late-counted ballots came in from the state’s population centers in Las Vegas and Reno.
Cortez Masto, the state’s former two-term attorney general, focused her Senate campaign on the increasing threat to abortion access nationwide and worked to court the state’s Spanish-speaking residents and hourly wage earners, pointing out her support of a permanent pathway to citizenship for “Dreamers” and regularly visiting union halls and workers’ groups.
Her fundraising far outpaced Laxalt’s. She spent nearly $47 million and had more than $6 million in cash on hand through mid-October, according to OpenSecrets. Laxalt spent nearly $13 million and had about $3 million remaining during the same time.
Laxalt, a former Nevada attorney general himself who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2018, focused on rising inflation and a struggling economy for much of his campaign, attempting to tie voters’ financial woes to policies advanced by Democrats in Congress and Biden.
Former President Donald Trump, who twice lost Nevada in his White House runs, came to the state twice to rally for Laxalt and other Republican candidates.
Democrats had an uphill battle given the nation’s turbulent economy, and Nevada exemplified the party’s challenges. The state is one of the most diverse in the nation, and its largely working class population often lives paycheck to paycheck and has struggled with both inflation and the aftershocks of the shutdown of Las Vegas’ tourist-based economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roughly three-fourths of Nevada voters said the country is headed in the wrong direction, and about 5 in 10 called the economy the most important issue facing the country, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of 2,100 of the state’s voters.
Voters viewed the economy negatively, with VoteCast finding nearly 8 in 10 saying economic conditions are either not so good or poor. Only about 2 in 10 called the economy excellent or good. And about a third of voters said their families are falling behind financially.
But that didn’t necessarily translate into anger at President Joe Biden or his party. About half considered inflation the most important issue facing the U.S., but they were evenly split over whether they think higher prices are due to Biden’s policies or factors outside his control.
Nevada is also a famously live-and-let-live state, and Cortez Masto’s message on preserving abortion rights resonated. According to VoteCast, 7 in 10 wanted the procedure kept legal in all or most cases.
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Associated Press writer Scott Sonner in Las Vegas contributed to this report.
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Letter: What kind of people could vote for Trump?
Published 8:30 pm Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Should Trump run for president in 2024? How can Trump run? Trump in his own mind is still president. Trumpests keep asking why don’t we leave Trump alone. My answer is we will get off his back when he admits he lost the election. I mentioned in a previous letter that Trump was an egotistical narcissist and that he thinks he was the one that was born in a manger. Trump has gone ahead and proved my point. No other ex-presidents have ever acted the way he has. So let it be known. I am nominating Trump to be the first ex-president to the American Presidents Hall of Shame. It is hard to believe that there are so many weak-minded people that stand behind him. They should have gotten their first opinion of him when he said he could walk down Fifth Avenue in New York City and shoot someone and his popularity would go up. What kind of a person would vote for a person like that for president of the United States? It’s obvious we have a lot of these weak-minded people around us. So be careful. They walk among us. It has been brought to my attention that someone else accuses me of having a ghost writer. This is probably the most sincere form of flattery I can receive. That means they don’t know how to argue with my message. So they have to find fault with the messenger. I’m sure you have heard those pro-lifers have overturned Roe v. Wade. I find it hard to believe that they think they are more capable of making that decision better than the mother. They obviously think women aren’t smart enough to make that decision for themselves. I don’t know of anyone having an abortion, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be in the position of helping anyone making that decision. It has to be a hard decision to make. Just let you all know. I am still bragging. I didn’t vote for Trump.
Wayne Thorson
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The San Francisco Giants have gotten a jolt from Casey Schmitt, the slick-fielding 24-year-old infielder whose 15 hits are tied for the third-most in his first nine games in franchise history.
It’s not just been Schmitt; the Giants are getting the majority of their production from other young players. Here’s an age breakdown of their wins above replacement, according to FanGraphs, at 20-23 entering Friday’s series opener against the Nationals.
Age 36+: -0.1 (pitchers: none; position players: -0.1)
Age 31-35: 2.7 (pitchers: 1.6; position players: 1.1)
Age 26-30: 5.2 (pitchers: 0.3; position players: 4.9)
Age 25 and under: 1.2 (pitchers: 0.3; position players: 0.9)
The first position player drafted under Farhan Zaidi to reach the majors, the Giants are hopeful that Schmitt is merely leading the next wave. Who will follow next? Let’s check in with the four most likely candidates.
Kyle Harrison, 21, LHP
2023 stats (AAA): 9 starts, 0-2, 4.73 ERA, 26.2 IP, 47 K, 27 BB, .179 AVG
After both players made their debuts in big-league camp this spring, the race was on between Harrison and Schmitt to see who would reach the majors first. A scorching hot start and roster needs resulted in Schmitt winning out, but if Sean Manaea and Ross Stripling continue to scuffle, when could we see the electric lefty out of De La Salle (Concord)?
Probably not until he shows a better command of the strike zone.
With his mid-90s fastball and wipeout slider, Harrison leads the PCL in strikeouts, averaging nearly two per inning. He’s not allowing hits (17 in 26.2 IP) or home runs (he surrendered his first two of the season in his last start). But he is walking the world, a batter per inning.
For the Giants, who value strike-throwing above almost all else when evaluating pitchers, that’s unacceptable, as Zaidi recently explained in no uncertain terms to KNBR.
“For a guy to have the walk number he has, we would not consider calling a guy like that up,” Zaidi said. “He’s got to get better. And I don’t mean that to sound critical, he’s just a really young pitcher who hasn’t had a lot of reps. If you’re walking guys in Triple-A, you’re going to have a hard time getting through five or six innings.”
Patrick Bailey, 23, C
2023 stats (AA/AAA): 28 games, 120 PA, .276/.358/.419 (.777 OPS), 4 HR, 13 BB, 28 K
The Giants’ catching situation appears settled, for now, with Joey Bart and Blake Sabol. But should either player stumble, they now have their 2020 first-round draft pick (13th overall) waiting in the wings.
Bailey’s defense is already thought to be major-league-caliber, and his bat broke out in the first month of the season at Double-A Richmond (.333/.400/.481), earning him a quick promotion to Triple-A Sacramento. There’s been an expected adjustment period for Bailey, a switch-hitter who has hit .216/.317/.353 in his first 14 games, and the Giants would likely prefer to get him more reps against upper-level pitching, particularly against lefties, whom he has struggled against.
Luis Matos, 21, OF
2023 stats (AA/AAA): 33 games, 143 PA, .298/.392/.435 (.827 OPS), 3 HR, 8 2B, 9 SB (4 CS), 13 K, 18 BB
Like Bailey, Matos earned a quick promotion to Triple-A Sacramento, making his debut on Wednesday. A pure contact hitter with elite bat-to-ball skills, the Giants challenged Matos to work on his pitch selection, and he appeared to do that, drawing more walks than strikeouts at Double-A.
Like Schmitt, Matos would immediately become one of the Giants’ best defenders. He was named the top defender in the Arizona Fall League and has already shown off his glove in center field in two games with Sacramento.
Seventh-ranked @SFGiants prospect Luis Matos sports three 55 grades … including his glove!
The 21-year-old goes airborne to take away extra bases for the @RiverCats: pic.twitter.com/jdZ42HDCYW
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 19, 2023
Keaton Winn, 25, RHP
2023 stats: 9 games (6 starts), 0-3, 5.83 ERA, 29.1 IP, 33 K, 16 BB, .328 AVG
Winn’s numbers are inflated from a rough go of it in his most recent start at Reno (2.1 IP, 6 ER), a notoriously tough pitching environment, but prior to that, he had strung together six strong outings (20.2 IP, 6 ER), a 2.61 ERA over a monthlong stretch.
While not as heralded, Winn, with a heater that reaches triple digits and a devastating splitter, might be nearly as nasty as Harrison. His strikeout numbers aren’t prolific (10.13 K/9, still more than one per inning), but neither are his walks. And he’s cleared the additional hurdle of a spot on the 40-man roster, which he already owns, whereas space would need to be made for Harrison.
One thing to note for both pitchers: In 18 combined appearances, Harrison has completed four innings once, while Winn has done it twice. That has less to do with building up arm strength than it does with conserving it; Harrison threw 100 innings in a season for the first time last year, while Winn tossed only 108 while returning from Tommy John surgery. When you’re operating on an innings limit, as most young pitchers are, every pitch thrown at Triple-A in April and May is one that can’t be thrown in the majors in August and September.
Down on the farm
AAA – Sacramento River Cats (20-22): IF Tyler Fitzgerald, one possible shortstop of the future, earned PCL Player of the Week honors in his first week at the level. He’s hitting .326 with three home runs in his first 11 games but was placed on the IL on Wednesday. … RHP Luke Jackson (Tommy John surgery) threw a scoreless inning of relief Thursday in his second rehab outing, his first at Triple-A, mixing a 96-mph fastball with a 90-mph slider. He’s eligible to come off the 60-day IL on May 29. … If San Francisco needs bullpen help before then, one option might be 27-year-old RHP Ryan Walker, who has a team-best 0.89 ERA and 23 strikeouts to eight walks in 20.1 IP.
AA – Richmond Flying Squirrels (18-17): OF Wade Meckler (eighth round, Oregon State) became the first 2022 draft pick to reach Double-A, after putting on his best Ted Williams impression at High-A Eugene, batting .456 over his first 20 games. What did he do in his first game at the higher level? Record three more hits, of course. … Returning from knee surgery, OF Vaun Brown made his season debut Thursday after rehab assignments with San Jose and Eugene. … IF Marco Luciano is off to a slow start (.156/.255/.422) but had a big game Wednesday, going 2-for-4 with a double and his third homer of the season.
A+ – Eugene Emeralds (20-15): Leading a promising 2022 draft class of arms, LHP Carson Whisenhunt (second round, East Carolina) has continued to dominate since earning a quick promotion from Single-A. In eight starts (31 innings) between both levels, he has a 1.71 ERA, including a 0.54 mark in his first four starts at High-A.
A – San Jose Giants (22-14): Continuing on that theme, San Francisco drafted eight pitchers with its first 10 picks last year, and seven have pitched for San Jose this season. Their combined numbers: 121 IP, 3.20 ERA, 166 K, 52 BB. Pretty good. … The eighth arm in that draft class, two-way player Reggie Crawford (first round, UConn), is getting closer to joining them. Nearing the end of his recovery from Tommy John surgery, Crawford has begun hitting and pitching in games in the Arizona Complex League. | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/05/19/sf-giants-4-more-prospects-who-could-help-like-casey-schmitt-in-2023-plus-more-minor-league-updates/ | 2023-05-19 16:16:06 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/05/19/sf-giants-4-more-prospects-who-could-help-like-casey-schmitt-in-2023-plus-more-minor-league-updates/ |
One of the many silver linings of the pandemic experience has been that so many of us have a renewed sense of gratitude for our friendships, emerging from these difficult years vowing to never take our personal support networks for granted again.
Pearl Cleage’s play, “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” is a gratifying celebration of friendship, as well as a heart-filled tale about pursuing dreams, seeking security, and the bargains we make with ourselves to get through difficult times.
The Guthrie Theater’s deeply involving production of Cleage’s 1995 drama is an ideal confluence of brilliant playwriting and outstanding acting. Under the direction of Nicole A. Watson, it’s an impeccably well-executed piece of theater, each of its five characters painted in vivid colors and arrestingly believable.
It’s a story rooted in the affectionate friendships of four complex African-American residents of 1930 Harlem, each striving to improve their lives amid a vibrant social scene full of music, literature and activism. Over the course of a very absorbing two-and-three-quarters hours, we watch as their dreams become the source of collaborations and clashes.
Three members of our central foursome are neighbors in a New York apartment building. Angel is a nightclub entertainer with a propensity for anger and alcohol and a problematic craving for security. The main cog in her support network is Guy, a fiercely proud gay man establishing himself as a costume designer. And Delia is a social worker attempting to start a family planning clinic while tapping into the expertise of Sam, a doctor at a Harlem hospital.
Into their midst comes Leland, a freshly arrived Southerner whom Angel sees as a potential ticket to stability, even if their radically different life experiences look to make them a questionable match.
Cleage has crafted a richly textured tale that hums with urban energy, transporting audiences to an exciting if uncertain time in American history, when the Great Migration that brought millions of Black Southerners to the North found an artistic nexus in Harlem, a New York City neighborhood that became a cultural capital.
Each of the characters in “Blues for an Alabama Sky” finds it a liberating place to be, despite the increasing economic challenges of the Great Depression, their paths crossing with neighbors like poet Langston Hughes and the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell. Looming as inspiration is cabaret queen Josephine Baker.
At the center of our story is Angel, and Kimberly Marable delivers a powerful performance. She lends her a spirit that glows as brightly as nightclub neon, but allows us to see the scars of trauma on her battered soul. The only one able to steal scenes from her is Lamar Jefferson’s Guy, a source of warmth, wit, strength and sometimes brutal frankness. Jefferson suffuses him with both vulnerability and unshakable dignity.
Completing the quartet are Brittany Bellizeare as the sweet but tenacious Delia and Stephen Conrad Moore as the diplomatic doctor, Sam, each adding the ideal elements to create realistic chemistry among these friends. And Darius Jordan Lee evocatively embodies the outsider who’s come into this far more worldly circle.
Lawrence E. Moten III’s set has just the right balance of presentation and suggestion for the suite of apartments and streetscapes that host this drama. And Sarita Fellows’ costumes are period-perfect, with a dash of delicious flamboyance. They help make “Blues for an Alabama Sky” a transporting play that ultimately proves painfully real.
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‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’
- When: Through March 12
- Where: Guthrie Theater, 818 Second St. S., Minneapolis
- Tickets: $79-$15.50, available at 612-377-2224 or guthrietheater.org
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NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synaptogenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPX) ("the Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders, today announced that Dr. Daniel L. Alkon , the Company's President and Chief Scientific Officer, will appear as a featured guest on TD Ameritrade Network's "Trading 360" today, Friday, August 12, 2022 at 10:30am Eastern time (www.TDameritradenetwork.com).
Dr. Alkon will discuss the progression of treatments for Alzheimer's disease ("AD"), Synaptogenix's lead drug, Bryostatin-1, and its ongoing National Institutes of Health ("NIH") sponsored, Phase 2b clinical trial of Bryostatin-1 for patients suffering from advanced and moderately severe AD.
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Synaptogenix is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that has historically worked to develop novel therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Synaptogenix has conducted clinical and preclinical studies of its lead therapeutic candidate, Bryostatin-1, in AD. Preclinical studies have also demonstrated Bryostatin's regenerative mechanisms of action for the rare disease, Fragile X syndrome, and for other neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Orphan Drug Designation to Synaptogenix for Bryostatin-1 as a treatment for Fragile X syndrome. Bryostatin-1 has already undergone testing in more than 1,500 people in cancer studies, thus creating a large safety data base that will further inform clinical trial designs.
Additional information about Synaptogenix, Inc. may be found on its website: www.synaptogen.com.
Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the anticipated initiation of a clinical trial to treat Multiple Sclerosis with Bryostatin and continued development of use of Bryostatin-1 for AD, Fragile X and other cognitive diseases. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and other influences, many of which the Company has no control over. There can be no assurance that the clinical program for Bryostatin-1 will be successful in demonstrating safety and/or efficacy, that we will not encounter problems or delays in clinical development, or that Bryostatin-1 will ever receive regulatory approval or be successfully commercialized. Actual results and the timing of certain events and circumstances may differ materially from those described by the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. Additional factors that may influence or cause actual results to differ materially from expected or desired results may include, without limitation, the Company's inability to obtain adequate financing, the significant length of time associated with drug development and related insufficient cash flows and resulting illiquidity, the Company's patent portfolio, the Company's inability to expand its business, significant government regulation of pharmaceuticals and the healthcare industry, lack of product diversification, availability of the Company's raw materials, existing or increased competition, stock volatility and illiquidity, and the Company's failure to implement its business plans or strategies. These and other factors are identified and described in more detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake to update these forward-looking statements.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share of common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 15, 2022. The dividend is payable on October 5, 2022.
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Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE: GPK), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is committed to providing consumer packaging that makes a world of difference. The Company is a leading provider of sustainable fiber-based packaging solutions to the world's most widely-recognized food, beverage, foodservice and other consumer products companies and brands. The Company operates on a global basis, is one of the largest producers of folding cartons and fiber-based foodservice products in the United States and Europe, and holds leading market positions in coated recycled paperboard, coated unbleached kraft paperboard and solid bleached sulfate paperboard. Additional information about Graphic Packaging, its business and its products is available at www.graphicpkg.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of LGBTQ+ pride flags were damaged and ripped down at the Stonewall National Monument over the weekend, the third such bout of vandalism at the LGBTQ+ landmark during this Pride month, police said.
The latest occurrence happened Sunday, after others on June 9 and last Thursday. No arrests have been made in any of the incidents, and it’s unclear whether they were connected. The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
On Sunday, officers were called around 8 a.m. and found about 33 pride flags broken and tossed to the ground, police said.
Park volunteer Steven Menendez told New York’s Fox 5 News that, in all, 68 flags — nearly a quarter of those displayed — were damaged in some way.
“We have so much hatred and anger in the air right now,” Menendez told the station. “We really need to reverse that and replace it with love compassion and acceptance.”
The Stonewall National Monument, the first U.S. national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history, was dedicated in 2016. It encompasses a park across the street from the Stonewall Inn, a bar where patrons fought back against a police raid on June 28, 1969, and helped spark the contemporary LGBTQ+ rights movement.
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No respite in Sudan as truce falls apart, rivals battle
By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Explosions and heavy gunfire rattled the Sudanese capital in a fifth day of fighting Wednesday after an internationally brokered truce quickly fell apart. The cease-fire failure suggested the two rival generals fighting for control of the country were determined to crush each other in a potentially prolonged conflict.
With no sign of respite, desperate and terrified Sudanese who have been trapped for days in their homes by the violence began to flee, witnesses said. Residents of multiple neighborhoods of Khartoum told The Associated Press they could see hundreds, including women and children, carrying luggage, some leaving by foot, others crowding into vehicles.
“Khartoum has become a ghost city,” said Atiya Abdalla Atiya, secretary of the Doctors’ Syndicate, who is still in the capital.
The generals’ fight for power has caught millions of Sudanese in the crossfire, as their forces have battled it out since Saturday with heavy machine guns, artillery and airstrikes in residential neighborhoods of Khartoum, its neighboring city Omdurman and other major towns of the country.
At least 270 people have been killed in the past five days, the U.N. said, but the toll is likely higher, since many bodies have been left in the streets, unreachable because of clashes.
A 24-hour cease-fire was to have been in effect from sundown Tuesday to sundown Wednesday. It was the most concrete attempt yet to bring a pause that it was hoped could be expanded into a longer truce.
It came after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke separately by phone with the two rivals — the leader of the armed forces, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. Egypt, which backs the Sudanese military, and Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which have close ties to the RSF, have also been calling on all sides to stand down.
But fighting continued after the intended start of the truce and through the night. Each side blamed the other for the failure.
Fierce clashes between the army and RSF were reported Wednesday morning around the military’s headquarters in central Khartoum and the nearby airport, as well as around the state television building across the river in Omdurman. Bombs and artillery could be heard around the city.
A high-rise in the city center was on fire with burning debris falling from its top floors, according to footage by the Al Arabiya news network.
“The battles intensified in the morning after sporadic gunfire over the night,” said Tahani Abass, a prominent rights advocate who lives close to the military headquarters. “Bombing and explosions are shaking our houses.”
Mahasen Ali, a tea vendor, said many in her south Khartoum neighborhood have left their homes to take refuge in open areas, hoping to be safe from shelling hitting buildings. Others fled the city to stay with relatives elsewhere, she said.
Armed men were roaming the streets, storming shops and houses. “They take whatever they can, and if you resist, they kill you,” she said.
Meanwhile, 89 students and staffers at Khartoum University who had been trapped in the engineering department since the start of fighting were rescued by the military Tuesday, said Mohammed Al Faki, one of the freed students. Online footage showed students crawling through a small hole in the university’s perimeter wall, helped by men in uniforms.
The battles, with heavy machine guns, artillery and airstrikes, have wreaked extensive damage, playing out in the streets of Khartoum and the city of Omdurman on the opposite bank of the Nile River, as well as in other key towns around Sudan.
Dozens of health care facilities in Khartoum and around the country have stopped functioning because they are close to clashes, the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate said Wednesday. At least nine hospitals were bombed and 16 were forcefully evacuated, it said.
The director-general of the U.N.‘s World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said Wednesday that at least 270 people have been killed and more than 2,600 wounded since fighting began, without offering a breakdown of civilians and combatants killed. The Doctors’ Syndicate, which monitors casualties, said Tuesday that at least 174 civilians have been killed and hundreds wounded.
Blinken had described the proposed one-day humanitarian cease-fire as a building block for a longer truce and a return to eventual negotiations. Their failure to pause fighting for even a day, despite high-level diplomatic pressure, suggests the generals remain bent on pursuing a military victory.
The conflict between the military and the RSF has once again derailed Sudan’s transition to democratic rule after decades of dictatorship and civil war.
A popular uprising four years ago helped depose long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but Burhan and Dagalo allied to carry out a 2021 coup. Both generals have a long history of human rights abuses, and their forces have cracked down on pro-democracy activists.
Under international pressure, Burhan and Dagalo recently agreed to a framework agreement with political parties and pro-democracy groups. But the signing was repeatedly delayed as tensions rose over the integration of the RSF into the armed forces and the future chain of command — tensions that exploded into violence Saturday. ___ Magdy reported from Cairo. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/19/no-respite-in-sudan-as-truce-falls-apart-rivals-battle/ | 2023-04-19 11:28:10 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/04/19/no-respite-in-sudan-as-truce-falls-apart-rivals-battle/ |
After ACLU complaint, Central Bucks still considers banning Pride flags
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The Central Bucks school board is moving forward with a policy that will censor Pride flags and other classroom decor relating to gender identity and sexual orientation, despite outcry from students, parents, and community members, and a federal complaint by the ACLU.
The board voted 6-3 in support of the draft policy. It will go up for a final vote in November.
Board members Karen Smith, Tabitha Dell’Angelo, and Mariam Mahmoud opposed the policy.
“Teachers are going to feel micromanaged,” Dell’Angelo said, listing a number of hypotheticals. “Where’s the line? If a teacher stands up for a student who has been told that their identity is sinful, are they unfairly advocating for a particular identity or against a religious belief?”
About 100 community members showed up, a vast majority against the policy. Many of them wore Pride shirts or shirts that said “Protect Trans Kids,” and held small Pride flags in the air.
“When you think about it, for a moment, and consider everything, only pain can come out of this law and nothing good for anyone involved,” said Evi Casey, an eighth-grader at Lenape Middle School. “You may have the government breathing down your neck and you’re still trying to enforce this uselessness.”
District administrators have said that teachers’ decisions to hang Pride flags have led to “contention.”
“A sticker, sign, or flag hung by a teacher may be intended to show support for inclusion of particular students,” the policy reads. “But it can simultaneously communicate that other teachers who do not affix such symbols in their classroom do not support inclusion for all their students.”
The policy continues: “out of respect for the entire, diverse school community—decor related to political, sociopolitical, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religious beliefs in the classroom other than as described below, is prohibited.”
The ACLU named the decor policy among a long list of policies and procedures it says discriminate against LGBTQ students, especially transgender kids, in the complaint it filed with the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice.
The ACLU complaint says the policy “plainly is intended to further chill teacher and staff support for LGBTQ+ students and is itself discriminatory.”
The ACLU directly responded to the district’s justification for the policy in the federal complaint; “Under such reasoning, we could never have anti-discrimination laws to protect vulnerable and persecuted minority groups because they could upset supporters of the discrimination.”
The ACLU’s complaint, which includes seven stories from students and their families, alleges that district administrators are aware of severe bullying and harassment against LGBTQ students and have not adequately responded.
Instead, the district is paying public relations firm Devine + Partners a total of $180,000.
CJ Weintraub, a senior at Central Bucks West High School who is nonbinary/transgender, questioned the district’s priorities.
“As a student in this district, I wish administration spent more effort trying to ensure that all students feel safe, instead of ensuring that their image is pristine, because you aren’t fooling us,” Weintraub said. “You cannot say that you have listened to students and then censor our very existence in the same breath. I am here reporting discrimination at the source, begging you, the school board, to look within yourselves, and take action along side us, rather than against us.”
Leo Burchell, senior at Central Bucks West High School who is transgender and president of the school’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance club, has been speaking at board meetings and organizing with other LGBTQ students.
“I can scream until I’m hoarse and you still will not listen,” Burchell said. “Do you have the courage to look me in the eye and tell me why you’re making my days at school harder? We will protest these policies until they are all knocked down.”
About a dozen parents came in support of the policy, some dressed in Moms for Liberty T-shirts.
Tricia Doebler, Central Bucks parent and vice chairperson of Bucks County’s Moms for Liberty, a national organization known for pushing for book censorship, spoke about “parental rights” and keeping the district out of decisions regarding her child.
“My child and I have the strongest partnership you will ever see,” Doebler said. “We will allow teachers to come into our partnership, but I will not allow someone to come in between.”
Donna Shannon, a Doylestown resident, said she thinks Pride symbols are divisive. “When any group, no matter how large or small, has such an eye-catching and flamboyant symbol, that is not inclusive, it is not only a distraction, but a trigger for a negative response,” Shannon said. “No one else likes having someone else’s viewpoint pushed on them.”
But LGBTQ students feel like other people’s viewpoints are being pushed on them, and their experiences are silenced.
Casey, the Lenape Middle School student, had a pointed question for the school board, referencing the recent move to censor library books and classroom materials.
“Are you going to ban people soon, too?”
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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were lower Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May lost 32 cents at $6.6350 a bushel; May corn fell 7.75 cents at $6.2525 a bushel; May oats was off 1.25 cents at $3.61 a bushel; while May soybeans decined 41.75 cents at 14.46 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Apr. live cattle fell .22 cent at $1.6185 a pound; Mar. feeder cattle feii .75 cent at $1.8877 a pound; Apr. lean hogs was off .12 cent at $.7715 a pound. | https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/grains-lower-livestock-mixed-17853848.php | 2023-03-22 16:31:24 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/grains-lower-livestock-mixed-17853848.php |
Goldfish crackers are a fun snack that just about everyone loves, but if they’re a bit too plain for you, their newest flavor might be more to your liking.
New limited-edition Old Bay Seasoned Goldfish brings the seafood seasoning staple to the smiling, fish-shaped cracker, which parent company Pepperidge Farm says they created after hearing that fans have been sprinkling the seasoning on Goldfish themselves.
The crackers are covered in Old Bay’s blend of 18 herbs and spices, which includes black pepper, paprika, celery salt and red pepper flakes. Along with eating them by the handful, McCormick suggests sprinkling them over chowder, crumbling them up to bread fish for dinner or tossing them in some homemade macaroni and cheese.
The limited-time flavor is available in stores nationwide for a suggested retail price of $2.79 per 6.6-ounce bag, while supplies last.
While some people have been coating Goldfish crackers in Old Bay Seasoning for years, others have been putting the seasoning on oyster crackers.
This recipe from The Wicked Noodle is incredibly easy, as you’ll simply combine Old Bay Seasoning and vegetable oil, pour the mixture over the crackers, then toss them and bake them in the oven for 10 minutes. Once cooled, you’ll have an easy party snack or appetizer.
Old Bay Seasoning has also created a variety of snack recipes that call for their seasoning, like Old Bay Snack Mix and Old Bay Glazed Pumpkin Seeds. The latter recipe is a great way to use up the seeds after carving a jack-o’- lantern for Halloween, as you’ll simply need to wash the seeds and combine them with sugar, one egg white and Old Bay Seasoning. You’ll then bake the seeds. They can be stored for up to two weeks.
This is the second time that Goldfish has partnered with McCormick & Company to create a fun cracker flavor.
The two companies teamed up last spring for Frank’s RedHot Goldfish, which were madeâ¯with the classic hot sauceâ¯ingredients, includingâ¯notes of vinegar and a blend of aged cayenneâ¯peppers. The Goldfish had the same flavor as original Goldfish, just with the heat of Frank’s RedHot.
What is your favorite Goldfish flavor?
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SPARKS, Md. — It’s the first thing you do when you join a new team. You introduce yourself and get to know your new teammates. For the players in the Athletes Unlimited league, they get to do that every week.
"The format is kind of similar to a fantasy football thing," said defender Kayla Wood.
It’s season No. 3 for the professional women's lacrosse league and it gets underway Thursday at USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks. There are no coaches. There are no managers. Just 56 of the best players on the planet trying to rack up points to be atop the leaderboard.
"[The] top four players at the end of the week get to choose their teams and draft them," described Wood.
There are 14 players chosen per roster and ten players per team playing on a smaller-than-standard field. The winner at the end of the four-week season won’t be the team with the most points. It will be the player with the most points. Those are accumulated by individual and weekly team accomplishments.
"You can have new teammates every single week. You can maybe end up never playing on the same team as someone. But, it’s cool to have the opportunity to at least play with lots of different players who all have different skills and abilities," said Wood.
"It’s cool to all come together and people I’ve looked up to like Sam Apuzzo, I’ve watched her games a bunch of times but I’ve never actually got to play with her on a team," said midfielder Sam Fiedler.
This week Fiedler, a Reisterstown native and Loyola grad, gets that chance. For Fiedler and Catonsville’s Wood, this season is about more than leaderboard positioning. It’s about setting a positive example for the young women watching.
"This kind of gives them an opportunity to have a female athlete in the sport that they play that they see continue to go up another level," said Fiedler. "That wasn’t always reachable."
"It’s just an incredible honor to be able to be a part of something so big and so special and especially unique and kind of just be paving the way for the sport and being trailblazers for those younger kids that look up to us," said Wood.
Thursday’s games get going 5:00 p.m. with Team Mastroianni taking on Team Apuzzo. Then at 7:30 p.m. Team Moreno faces off against Team Read.
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Four people were found dead Thursday in two burning homes in a small community in northeastern Nebraska, authorities said.
Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said at a news conference that a man was seen driving away from the city of Laurel before the bodies were discovered and that investigators would like to speak to him.
Firefighters responding to a call Thursday morning about an explosion and fire at one of the homes found the body of a person inside, Bolduc said.
A short time later, firefighters were called to a second burning home a few blocks away, where the bodies of three people were found inside.
On Thursday night, the Nebraska State Patrol said investigators had determined that “gunfire played a part in the incident at both homes.” An investigation also found that both fires had started just after 3 a.m. Thursday, the patrol said.
Authorities didn’t release the names of the dead or say how they died, but they said witnesses reported seeing a man leaving Laurel in a silver car. Bolduc referred to the man as a suspect in the deaths and said he may have picked up a passenger on the way out of town.
Later, the patrol said the silver car may have left Laurel much later after the fires than investigators previously thought. The patrol asked that that anyone who saw something unusual in Laurel between midnight and 4 a.m. to contact authorities.
Investigators believe whoever set the fires may have suffered burns, Bolduc added.
He would not say how or whether the victims were related and declined to speculate on the circumstances leading to the killings.
“We’re not categorizing it as anything right now,” Bolduc said.
Laurel is home to fewer than 1,000 people and is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Omaha.
“Laurel is a very safe community,” said Cedar County Sheriff Larry Koranda. “It shakes everybody up.”
Most businesses, a senior center and schools in the community voluntarily went on lockdown around the time the bodies were discovered. That came at the recommendation of the city’s lone police officer, said Lori Hansen, a clerical assistant at the Laurel City Hall. But even community officials were scrambling for information about what was unfolding in the normally quiet town, she said.
“We’ve been listening to TV to try to find out what’s going on,” Hansen said. | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/patrol-4-found-dead-in-2-burning-homes-in-nebraska-city/ | 2022-08-05 19:12:46 | 1 | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/patrol-4-found-dead-in-2-burning-homes-in-nebraska-city/ |
BEIJING (AP) — A week after China eased some of the world's strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction of the pandemic in the world's most populous nation.
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While there are no indications of the massive case surge some had feared, the government says it is now essentially impossible to get an accurate picture of the actual numbers nationwide.
In Beijing and elsewhere, pharmacies are running out of medications and testing kits and many hospital staff are staying home.
Downtown Beijing was largely empty on Thursday and those businesses and restaurants that remained open or had not cut back radically on operating hours saw few customers.
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Some lines formed outside pharmacies and fever clinics — the number of which has more than tripled in Beijing to over 300 despite government appeals for those with mild symptoms to recuperate at home without taxing health resources.
China’s “zero-COVID” policy of lockdowns, quarantines and mandatory testing was blamed for throttling the economy and creating massive societal stress, and the effect of the Dec. 7 relaxation of measures has yet to come into focus.
Elsewhere in the economy, the news has been mixed. The National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday said China’s value-added industrial output rose a modest 2.2% year-on-year.
“The industrial output remained stable in November despite the short-term impact of the pandemic,” bureau official Tang Weiwei was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.
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China’s urban unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.7% in November, from 5.5% the month before, the NBS said. China does not survey unemployment outside of major cities.
While cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen have invested heavily in healthcare, second- and third-tier cities and communities in the vast rural hinterland have far fewer resources to deal with a major outbreak.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Yale professor of public health Xi Chen said that strains rose partly from the lack of a family doctor system, making people more reliant on hospitals.
“If people do not have such culture to stay at home, to keep those resources for sicker people, then that could easily crash the system,” Chen said.
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Persuading older adults to get vaccinated for their third dose is also a major “bottleneck" at present, while the January Lunar New Year travel rush is expected to present another challenge, Chen said.
“I’m concerned it could be a super-spreader event," he said.
Chen faulted the ruling Communist Party for waiting until the onset of cold and flu season in winter to begin lifting the restrictions.
The task of gauging China's preparedness is made all the harder by the lack of reliable statistics and projections.
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The only numbers the National Health Commission is currently reporting are confirmed cases detected in public testing facilities where symptoms are displayed. Many people also test at home, and any positive results there would also not be captured.
While China claimed zero COVID was superior in keeping numbers of cases and deaths far lower than other nations, those government-supplied figures have not been independently verified, and questions have been raised about whether the ruling party has sought to minimize the impact.
China has recorded just 5,235 deaths — compared with 1.1 million in the United States. However, China has traditionally given higher priority to contributing conditions such as heart disease in determining whether a person died of COVID-19 or not.
President Xi Jinping’s government is still officially committed to stopping virus transmission. But the latest moves suggest the party will tolerate more cases without quarantines or shutting down travel or businesses.
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Starting Tuesday, China also stopped tracking some travel, though China’s international borders remain largely shut.
The easing of measures came after Beijing and several other cities saw protests over the measures that grew into calls for Xi and the Communist Party to step down — a level of public dissent not seen in decades.
China has also been struggling to fill gaps, especially among the elderly, in its vaccination regime, which relies on domestically developed inactivated vaccines rather than the more effective Western COVID-19 vaccines based on mRNA technology. Chinese officials have so far ignored calls for them to import the foreign jabs.
According to authorities, 86.6% of people aged 60 or over have received at least two shots. On Wednesday, the government said it would offer a second booster shot to those in vulnerable groups who had received their first booster more than six months ago. Inhalable COVID-19 vaccines that do not require a syringe to be administered are also being offered in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-week-into-easing-uncertainty-over-China-virus-17655492.php | 2022-12-15 06:58:02 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-week-into-easing-uncertainty-over-China-virus-17655492.php |
Morant to miss at least two games after displaying apparent gun in video
Posted/updated on: March 5, 2023 at 4:19 amByTIM MACMAHON
Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant will not play in at least the next two games after his Instagram Live video, in which he displayed what appeared to be a gun while at a nightclub early Saturday morning, prompted an investigation from the NBA.
The Grizzlies announced Saturday afternoon that Morant “will be away from the team for at least the next two games,” meaning he will not play Sunday against the LA Clippers or Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers.
“We are aware of a social media post involving Ja Morant and are investigating,” NBA spokesperson Mike Bass said in a statement earlier Saturday.
Morant began his Instagram Live session at 5:19 a.m. ET, hours after the Grizzlies’ 113-97 loss to the Denver Nuggets. The All-Star guard, who was shirtless and rapping along with the music, could be seen holding up a handgun with his left hand. Morant deactivated both his Instagram and Twitter accounts on Saturday afternoon.
In a statement, Morant said he takes “full responsibility for my actions last night.”
“I’m sorry to my family, teammates, coaches, fans, partners, the city of Memphis and the entire organization for letting you down,” the statement read. “I’m going to take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being.”
Nike, who has a signature shoe line with Morant, backed the Grizzlies star in a statement released Saturday evening.
“We appreciate Ja’s accountability and that he is taking the time to get the help he needs,” the statement read. “We support his prioritization of his well-being.”
Morant’s video came in the wake of a Washington Post story published Wednesday detailing two incidents involving Morant this summer that resulted in police reports but no arrests. In the second incident, according to police interviews obtained by The Washington Post, a 17-year-old boy alleged Morant emerged from his house with a gun in his waistband and his hand on the weapon after a fight between the boy and Morant during a pickup basketball game in the Grizzlies point guard’s backyard. The other incident was a confrontation with a mall security guard in a parking lot.
“Any and every allegation involving a firearm has been fully investigated and could not be corroborated,” Jim Tanner, Morant’s agent, said in a statement in response to the Post’s story. “This includes the NBA investigation last month, in which they found no evidence.”
That investigation stemmed from a postgame confrontation between acquaintances of Morant and the Indiana Pacers’ traveling party after the Grizzlies’ Jan. 29 home win. After that incident, which occurred by the Indiana team bus in the loading area of FedExForum and was first reported by The Athletic, NBA security and investigators interviewed numerous eyewitnesses and reviewed video surveillance following allegations made by the Pacers organization that a red laser was pointed at members of the Pacers from a sports utility vehicle in which Morant was a passenger.
“While we substantiated that a postgame situation arose that was confrontational, based on interviews and other evidence gathered, we could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon,” Bass told The Athletic. “Certain individuals involved in the postgame situation and a related matter during the game that night have been subsequently banned from attending games in the arena. If additional information becomes available related to the postgame situation, the league office will conduct a further review.”
Davonte Pack, one of Morant’s longtime friends, was banned from the arena after the incident. Pack, who was seated courtside next to Morant’s father, Tee, had stepped onto the court during a verbal altercation with Pacers players in the third quarter of the game and was escorted out of the seating area by arena security.
The Grizzlies received more bad news on Saturday, with Brandon Clarke sidelined for the rest of the year due to an Achilles tear he suffered in Friday’s loss. Memphis will also be without starting forward Dillon Brooks for Sunday’s game against the Clippers as he received his 16th technical foul of the season on Friday, resulting in an automatic one-game suspension. | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1207414 | 2023-03-05 15:31:37 | 1 | https://ktbb.com/post/?p=1207414 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
6-7-9
(six, seven, nine)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were:
6-7-9
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina schools cleared a second legislative chamber this week when the state Senate approved a bill Thursday.
The passage means the Republican-dominated General Assembly appears poised to work out in the coming weeks a final compromise that would limit athlete participation and send it to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who is a strong supporter of LGBTQ+ rights.
The House approved a similar bill Wednesday. Legislators who back the competing measures expressed optimism that differences can be hammered out.
“I believe that the Senate sponsors and the House sponsors will be able to work through that,” House Speaker Tim Moore told reporters.
Cooper's office didn't respond to an email request for comment on the legislation. The GOP now holds veto-proof majorities in both the Senate and House after a former House Democrat switched parties earlier this month. The margins on this week's floor votes suggest any Cooper veto could be overridden.
At least 20 other states have imposed similar limits on transgender athletes at the K-12 or collegiate level. Also Thursday, the U.S. House passed a bill to bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing any athlete whose biological sex assigned at birth was male from competing on girls' or women’s sports teams.
Supporters of North Carolina's legislation said during the Senate debate that the measure was designed to ensure cisgender girls have fair competitions and to protect their safety.
“We want to protect women’s sports,” said Sen. Joyce Krawiec, a Forsyth County Republican and bill sponsor during debate before the Senate's 29-18 party-line vote. “We want our women and our girls to be able to compete against each other, and may the best girl or woman win.”
Senate Democrats who opposed to the measure agreed with parents of transgender children and their advocates who said in committee meetings this week that the bill would harm already vulnerable students.
“This bill does nothing to make our schools safer or help our students to succeed,” said Sen. Natalie Murdock, a Durham County Democrat. “Unfortunately, here we go again, waging culture wars with targets on the backs of children.”
Both bills state that “a student’s sex shall be recognized based solely on the student’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” It would apply to sports involving competing high schools and intramurals. The bills contain no information on how the policies would be enforced. Students could sue on allegations that they were harmed by a trans student violating the restrictions.
The House wants to apply the athlete eligibility restrictions to college and university teams as well. The measure also would place athlete eligibility limits on trans boys and cisgender girls, preventing them from playing on teams designated for male athletes if there was no comparable girls’ team, except for wrestling.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association, which runs athletic competitions for over 400 mostly public schools, already has a process by which transgender athletes can play sports based on their gender identities. The association confirmed Thursday that it had received 18 such gender-waiver requests since its policy was instituted before the 2019-20 school year. Sixteen requests have been approved, with 14 of them from cisgender girls requesting to play on boys' teams, the association said.
Republican leaders ran the measures through committees this week, hearing from female athletes who say they’ve been harmed physically or psychologically by transgender women participating in their sports. That included Riley Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer known for criticizing an NCAA decision allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete against her in a women’s championship race.
Three House Democrats joined all Republicans present Wednesday in voting for the measure. The GOP supporters included Rep. Tricia Cotham, of Mecklenburg County, who was a Democrat until her recent party switch. She has been a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
Senate Democrats also warned Thursday that enacting the restrictions could lead to economic blowback from corporations similar to what happened in North Carolina following passage in 2016 of the “ bathroom bill ” involving transgender people. The law was partially repealed in 2017.
“North Carolina will never move past its reputation for anti-transgender discrimination if it continues these legislative attacks on the transgender community," Cathryn Oakley with the Human Rights Campaign said in a statement.
Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton, of Cabarrus County, said he didn't expect a repeat of the financial fallout following the 2016 law if this legislation was enacted, calling the bill “common sense.” Newton also called on the state's business community to “strengthen its back.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/north-carolina-gop-closes-in-on-transgender-17909143.php | 2023-04-20 20:57:35 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/north-carolina-gop-closes-in-on-transgender-17909143.php |
Burning Man organizers file lawsuit challenging a 'green energy' project in NV
A geothermal production project is conducting exploratory drillings in Nevada
Add Burning Man to the list of plaintiffs challenging one of the growing number of "green energy" projects in the works in Nevada.
Lithium mines aimed at boosting production of electric vehicle batteries and geothermal power plants that tap underground water to produce renewable energy are at various stages of planning and development in the nation’s top gold mining state.
Environmental groups, Native American tribes and ranchers are among those who’ve filed lawsuits over the past two years seeking to block individual projects.
GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS FACE STARK ENVIRONMENTAL, LOCAL OPPOSITION NATIONWIDE
They say that while they support reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to help combat climate change, the commercial developments on public land in Nevada were approved illegally and will have their own environmental and cultural consequences.
Now, the group that stages perhaps the most famous counterculture event in the world is among those facing off against the U.S. government over geothermal exploration in the Nevada desert where 70,000 free spirits known as "Burners" gather every summer.
The San Francisco-based Burning Man Project and four co-plaintiffs filed the new lawsuit in federal court in Reno this week accusing the Bureau of Land Management of breaking environmental laws in approving Ormat Nevada Inc.’s exploratory drilling in the Black Rock Desert 120 miles north of Reno.
Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Friends of Black Rock/High Rock Inc. and two local residents of Gerlach joined the suit that says the agency’s environmental review of the exploration project ignored potential harms that could come from a large-scale geothermal project.
"Ormat’s exploration project will lay the foundation for turning a unique, virtually pristine ecosystem of environmental, historical and cultural significance into an industrial zone, and permanently alter the landscape," the lawsuit says.
Ormat Vice President Paul Thomsen said the lawsuit has no merit.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS KEEP PUSHING EXTREME MEASURES AMID GLOBAL ENERGY CRISIS
The Bureau of Land Management has no comment on the lawsuit, agency spokesman Brian Hires said in an email to The Associated Press.
The drilling is planned within the Black Rock National Conservation Area, home to the festival where themed tent villages and avant-garde art exhibits sprout from a barren desert basin that was once the floor of an ancient lake.
Clothing is optional, but participation is required at the psychedelic celebration of art, music and sometimes anarchy itself as aging hippies, Silicon Valley executives and other curiosity seekers gather around drum circles and pagan fire rituals.
Or, as the lawsuit says, where attendees "over the course of eight days, camp and participate in a unique experimental community."
"The ethos and culture of the event are rooted in the Ten Principles of Burning Man," including "radical inclusion," gifting, self-expression, communal effort, civic responsibility and "Leaving No Trace," the lawsuit explains.
The lawsuit said Ormat has attempted to evade analysis of the geothermal power plants' potential negative effects on the environment by segmenting the project, which limits BLM’s review to only the first stage of its plans: exploration.
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"However, this first stage merely confirms where the resources are located to inform future industrial scale geothermal energy development," the suit said. "Once the exploration project begins, it will be impossible to stop the effects of the entire geothermal production project."
The exploration project calls for 19 test wells and pads, associated facilities and 2.8 miles of improved and new access roads.
The proposed wells would be adjacent to a number of unique hot springs that are relied upon by the local community for tourism. The springs also are ecologically significant because they're "interconnected with each other, the ecosystem and the pristine landscape of the region," the suit said.
"After participating in the public process and seeing no movement on our concerns, we filed this lawsuit to help ensure the impacts from the proposed project are minimized, and that Ormat is a good corporate citizen in this environmentally sensitive, economically vulnerable area of northern Nevada," said Adam Belsky, Burning Man Project’s general counsel.
Thomsen said in an email that Ormat "looks forward to prevailing in the lawsuit and continuing its contribution to Nevada’s green energy, zero emissions future, which will offset some of the copious amounts of fossil fuels the Burning Man Project annually emits in the Black Rock Desert." | https://www.foxnews.com/us/burning-man-organizers-file-lawsuit-challenging-green-energy-project-nv | 2023-01-13 00:23:09 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/burning-man-organizers-file-lawsuit-challenging-green-energy-project-nv |
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc ("Centessa" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CNTA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Centessa investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Centessa American Depositary Shares pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about May 28, 2021; and/or (b) Centessa securities between May 28, 2021 and June 1, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
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CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) the Company's product, lixivaptan, was less safe than defendants had represented; (ii) defendants overstated lixivaptan's clinical and commercial prospects; (iii) another Centessa product, ZF874, was less safe than defendants had represented; (iv) defendants overstated ZF874's clinical and commercial prospects while downplaying the drug's safety issues; and (v) as a result, documents issued in connection with Centessa's initial public offering and the Company's public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
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Florida progressive, 25, poised to be first Gen Z member of Congress
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Maxwell Alejandro Frost burst onto the national scene when he crashed a June interview with Gov. Ron DeSantis with calls for action on gun violence in America.
"Nobody wants to hear from you," DeSantis told Frost as security swarmed.
On Tuesday, Frost, 25, found thousands of people who did want to hear from him, so much so that he won a Democratic primary for an open U.S. House seat in a liberal district, positioning himself to become the first member of Congress from Gen Z.
In an interview, Frost described the interaction with the governor as " good trouble."
"That video is really a microcosm of what’s going on in Florida — the governor shooing people off who might have a different opinion, being rude, being a bully" as supporters cheered him on, Frost said. "And we know the majority of people in this state are not in line with that type of governance and that type of thinking, and I truly believe that’s part of what led us to victory here."
Maxwell Frost, National Organizing Director for March For Our Lives, speaks during a March For Our Lives Florida drive-in rally and aid event at Tinker Field in Orlando on Friday, March 26, 2021. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Servi
Frost, who campaigned on gun control and Medicare for all and won high-profile endorsements from progressive U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, beat out a crowded cast of Democrats who ran for the seat in Florida’s 10th Congressional District, which includes the Orlando area.
He will compete against Republican army veteran Calvin Wimbish in November for the seat, left open when Val Demings decided to run for U.S. Senate. The district is considered reliably Democratic, making Frost a favorite this fall to become the first member of Congress from Gen Z, those born after 1996.
On his website, Frost detailed his Cuban heritage, noting his mother put him up for adoption after she was "caught in a cycle of drugs, crime, and violence while pregnant" without health care. He also wrote about experiencing "police abuse firsthand" and gun violence in his community, while highlighting his activism work around voting, abortion and guns.
Frost’s victory on Tuesday came over a crowded field that included experienced Democrats, including former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who was in Congress from 1993 to 2017 and was convicted of a federal tax charge, and the former congressman Alan Grayson, whose inflammatory comments have generated headlines.
"Don’t count out young people. Don’t count us out just because we’re young," Frost said. "When young people have the resources, training that they need and support, they can really flourish." | https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-progressive-25-poised-to-be-first-gen-z-member-of-congress | 2022-08-25 12:12:53 | 0 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-progressive-25-poised-to-be-first-gen-z-member-of-congress |
Black lawmaker who was expelled to return to Tennessee House
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature.
The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council restores Rep. Justin Jones to office just four days after Republicans stripped him of his seat. Moments after the decision, Jones began marching to the Capitol several blocks away with hundreds of supporters.
“When they tried to bury us, they didn’t realize we were seeds,” Jones told supporters at the Nashville courthouse before the vote.
Republicans banished the two lawmakers over their role in a gun-control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting.
The other lawmaker, Justin Pearson, could be reappointed Wednesday at a Wednesday of the Shelby County Commission.
The expulsions on Thursday made Tennessee a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy and propelled the ousted lawmakers into the national spotlight.
Jones’ appointment is an interim basis. Special elections for the seats will take place in the coming months. Jones and Pearson have said they plan to run in the special election.
Before the special council session was to begin, a couple of hundred people gathered in front of the Nashville courthouse, and more were pouring in. Some held signs reading, “No Justin, No Peace.” Inside the courthouse, a line of people waited outside the council chambers for the doors to open.
Rosalyn Daniel arrived early and waited in line to get a seat in the council chambers. She said she is not in Jones’ district but is a Nashville resident and concerned citizen.
“I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Civil Rights Movement, so I understand why this is so important,” she said.
Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton’s spokesperson, Doug Kufner, indicated that whoever is appointed to the vacancies by the Nashville and Shelby County governments “will be seated as representatives as the constitution requires.”
House Majority Leader William Lamberth and Republican Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison said they will welcome back the expelled lawmakers if they are reinstated.
“Tennessee’s constitution provides a pathway back for expulsion,” they said in a statement. “Should any expelled member be reappointed, we will welcome them. Like everyone else, they are expected to follow the rules of the House as well as state law.”
Jones and Pearson quickly drew prominent supporters. President Joe Biden spoke with them, and Vice President Kamala Harris visited them in Nashville. The expelled lawmakers have filled out their legal teams. Eric Holder, who served as attorney general under former President Barack Obama, now represents Jones.
“The world is watching Tennessee,” attorneys for Jones and Pearson wrote to Sexton in a letter Monday. “Any partisan retributive action, such as the discriminatory treatment of elected officials, or threats or actions to withhold funding for government programs, would constitute further unconstitutional action that would require redress.”
A third Democrat targeted for expulsion, Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, also attracted national attention.
Political tensions rose when the three joined with hundreds of demonstrators who packed the Capitol last month to call for passage of gun-control measures.
As protesters filled galleries, the lawmakers approached the front of the House chamber with a bullhorn and participated in a chant. The scene unfolded days after the shooting at the Covenant School, a private Christian school where six people were killed, including three children.
Johnson, who is white, was spared expulsion by a single vote. Republican lawmakers justified splitting their votes by saying Johnson had less of a role in the protest — she didn’t speak into the megaphone, for example.
Johnson also suggested race was likely a factor in why Jones and Pearson were ousted but not her. She told reporters it “might have to do with the color of our skin.”
GOP leaders have said the expulsions — a mechanism used only a handful times since the Civil War — had nothing to do with race and instead were necessary to avoid setting a precedent that lawmakers’ disruptions of House proceedings through protest would be tolerated.
Expulsion has generally been reserved as a punishment for lawmakers accused of serious misconduct, not used as a weapon against political opponents.
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By SUSIE BLANN
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces on Thursday launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine’s Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, areas that hadn’t been targeted in weeks, while Ukrainian officials announced an operation to liberate an occupied region in the country’s south.
Kyiv regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba said on Telegram that a settlement in the Vyshgorod district of the region was targeted early on Thursday morning; an “infrastructure object” was hit. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any casualties.
Vyshhgorod is located 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) north of downtown Kyiv. Kuleba linked the strikes with the Day of Statehood, which Ukraine was marking for the first time on Thursday.
“Russia, with the help of missiles, is mounting revenge for the widespread popular resistance, which the Ukrainians were able to organize precisely because of their statehood,” Kuleba told Ukrainian television. “Ukraine has already broken Russia’s plans and will continue to defend itself.”
Chernihiv governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported that multiple missiles were fired from the territory of Belarus at the village of Honcharivska.
Russian troops withdrew from the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions months ago after failing to capture either. The renewed strikes come a day after the leader of pro-Kremlin separatists in the east, Denis Pushilin, publicly urged Russian forces to “liberate Russian cities founded by the Russian people — Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Lutsk.”
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, also came under a barrage of shelling overnight, its mayor Ihor Terekhov said. The southern city of Mykolaiv was fired at as well, with one person sustaining injuries.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military continued to counterattack in the occupied southern region of Kherson, striking a key bridge over the Dnieper River on Wednesday.
Ukrainian media on Thursday quoted Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich as saying that the operation to liberate Kherson “has already begun.” Arestovich said Kyiv’s forces were planning to isolate Russian troops there and leave them with three options — to “retreat, if possible, surrender or be destroyed.”
Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, in televised remarks on Wednesday said he was “cautious” in assessing the timeline of the possible counteroffensive. “I would really like it to be much faster,” he said, adding that “the enemy is now concentrating the maximum number (of forces) precisely in the Kherson direction.”
“A very large-scale movement of their troops has begun, they are gathering additional forces,” Danilov warned.
The British military estimated Thursday that Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kherson is “gathering momentum”.
“Their forces have highly likely established a bridgehead south of the Ingulets River, which forms the northern boundary of Russian-occupied Kherson,” the British Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
It added that Ukraine has used its new long-range artillery to damage at least three of the bridges across the Dnieper River, “which Russia relies upon to supply the areas under its control.” The 1,000-meter-long Antonivsky bridge, which Ukrainian forces struck on Wednesday, is likely to be “unusable,” the British Defense Ministry concluded.
Ukraine’s presidential office said Thursday morning that Russian shelling of cities and villages over the past 24 hours killed at least five civilians, all of them in the eastern Donetsk region, and wounded nine more.
Fighting in recent weeks has focused on the Donetsk region. It has intensified in recent days as Russian forces appeared to emerge from a reported “operational pause” after capturing the neighboring Luhansk region.
A missile struck a residential building in Toretsk early Thursday morning, destroying two floors. “Missile terror again. We will not give up… We will not be intimidated,” Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Telegram.
Analysts with the Institute for the Study of War believe that Russian forces are focusing their efforts on capturing the cities of Bakhmut and Siversk in Donetsk province.
“Russian forces have committed enough resources to conduct near-daily ground assaults and to seize territory on these two axes but have been unable to sustain a similar offensive operational tempo or to make similar territorial gains elsewhere in Ukraine,” the Institute said.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who instituted the Day of Statehood last year to remind Ukrainians about the history of the country’s statehood, said as it was marked for the first time that the event has acquired a new meaning.
“The state in which the history of invincibility began, which the whole of Europe and the whole world admires, is our state. Our country. It is Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said Thursday.
The commemoration — which isn’t a public holiday — honors Prince Vladimir, who made Christianity the official religion of the Kyivan Rus more than 1,000 years ago.
The Kremlin also lays claim to the historical heritage of Kyivan Rus. In 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin erected a monument to Prince Vladimir near the Kremlin.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Joe Lombardo outpaced Nevada Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak in the newly counted votes coming in from the state’s biggest counties.
The Associated Press determined that votes from Las Vegas’ Clark County and Reno’s Washoe County weren’t being won by Sisolak by large enough margins to make up the incumbent’s difference with Lombardo given the number of outstanding ballots.
That’s why AP called the race Friday for Lombardo.
The count of ballots in Nevada took several days partly due to a provision of a mail voting law passed in 2020 that requires counties to accept ballots postmarked by Election Day if they arrive up to four days later.
Elections authorities in Clark and Washoe counties, the state’s most heavily populated, warned up front that it would take days to process all the ballots again this year.
Lombardo, the sheriff of the county that includes Las Vegas, praised former President Donald Trump as “ the greatest president,” after declining to say he was “great” during his and Sisolak’s only debate.
The about-face came as Lombardo sought to secure the fervently pro-Trump base in what appeared to be a close contest with the Democratic incumbent.
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With an eye on the state's mid-century greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments, Gov. Maura Healey announced Tuesday the launch of a "green bank" to pay for building retrofits and new construction of decarbonized buildings in Massachusetts. She hopes it will attract private investment and federal money.
The Massachusetts Community Climate Bank will get started with $50 million from the Department of Environmental Protection and will be run out of MassHousing. This makes Massachusetts the first state to establish a green bank within its housing finance agency and to make affordable housing the focus of its strategy, the governor announced Tuesday morning.
The Healey administration said it expects to provide low-cost capital and "innovative deal structures" to promote the integration of clean energy and efficient technology into affordable housing development, and mortgage products for home improvements.
The program aims to pick up the pace on building decarbonization projects by lending directly to building owners and by "attracting and de-risking" loans or investments from private lenders.
The program will look to take advantage of affordable housing refinance cycles to help pay for heat pumps, building envelope efficiency upgrades, heat pump water heaters, high-efficiency appliances, and solar panels as part of affordable housing renovations.
"The Massachusetts Community Climate Bank will be our financial engine for moving forward on our climate goals, relieving the pressure of high housing costs, and creating good jobs and healthier communities," Healey said.
Asked during a press conference Tuesday to describe how the green bank will work, Healey said that it was described to her as being similar to Hamburger Helper in that "it really enhances everything and leverages, you know, what we're able to do."
The building sector is responsible for more than 25% of greenhouse gas emissions in Massachusetts, and can be responsible for as much as 70% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the state's cities. The state's Clean Energy and Climate Plan calls for a 49% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from residential heating by 2030, and a 95% reduction by 2050.
Because buildings last for decades, the state is emphasizing retrofits (as opposed to building new efficient structures) as part of its decarbonization strategy. Officials previously estimated that more than 80% of the buildings that will exist here in 2050 are already built.
"In order to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, we in the Commonwealth need to get to work renovating and electrifying our dated housing stock as soon as possible," Sen. Marc Pacheco said.
The Healey administration said the bank will focus first on the affordable housing market since low- to moderate-income residents generally pay a disproportionate share of their income towards energy costs, have less control over their residences and have fewer resources to invest in clean energy technology.
Over time, officials said, the bank will diversify its investments to include "other decarbonization measures that benefit communities."
"The Massachusetts Community Climate Bank will allow us to pursue this important work at scale, accelerating our progress toward a net zero future, and centering equity for low- and moderate-income households and Environmental Justice communities," MassHousing Executive Director Chrystal Kornegay said.
The governor's office said the new green bank will also be positioned to compete for federal funding from the National Clean Investment Fund through the Inflation Reduction Act, and possibly to connect to other federal finance opportunities, like those at the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Program Office.
Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unveiled a $2.6 billion framework that the agency said is designed "to build climate resilience and support coastal communities" with Inflation Reduction Act funds. Details on how states could seek some of that money are expected to be available by early summer.
Tuesday's announcement makes good on a pledge the governor made on her first day in office.
As a candidate for governor, Healey said she would not commit to pursue a carbon tax and told a WBUR and Environmental League of Massachusetts forum that she favors multi-state programs like the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and the Transportation Climate Initiative, a similar market-based compact aimed at reducing transportation emissions that never materialized and collapsed in the face of opponents who highlighted gas price increases that it would spur.
"I know things fell apart, okay," Healey said, referring to TCI. "But we're in a different place than we were a year, or two, or three ago. And we have an opportunity to revisit that and I promise as governor I will bring the urgency to that and the commitment to trying to drive regional solutions to our climate needs," she said in May 2022. | https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2023-06-14/healey-announces-new-green-bank-to-help-pay-for-eco-friendly-housing-projects | 2023-06-14 18:42:45 | 1 | https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2023-06-14/healey-announces-new-green-bank-to-help-pay-for-eco-friendly-housing-projects |
SEATTLE, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CTI BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq: CTIC) today announced two scientific poster presentations from the Company's pacritinib clinical program at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2022 Congress, being held in Vienna, Austria, June 9-12, 2022.
"Our presentions today demonstrate that full dose pacritinib achieved higher response rates and a similar, manageable safety profile compared to lower-dose ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis who have moderate or severe thrombocytopenia," said Adam Craig, President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI BioPharma. "As the commercial launch of VONJOTM (pacritinib) in the U.S. continues to exceed our expectations, we are pleased to highlight VONJO's clinical value as a potential best in class treatment for patients with cytopenic myelofibrosis with platelet counts below 50 × 109/L."
Presentation materials will be available at ctibiopharma.com.
Retrospective Comparison of Patient Outcomes on Pacritinib Versus Ruxolitinib in Patients with Myelofibrosis and Thrombocytopenia (New)
Poster Number: P1069
Session Name: Poster session
Session Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Presentation Time: 16:30 – 17:45 p.m. CEST (10:30 – 11:45 a.m. ET)
Presenter: Prof. Claire Harrison
Pacritinib is a novel JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with myelofibrosis and thrombocytopenia. Unlike the JAK 1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib, which must be dose-reduced or held in patients with thrombocytopenia, pacritinib has been studied at full dose regardless of platelet count. In this part of of the Phase 3 PERSIST-2 study, which focuses on retrospectively analyzing outcomes in patients treated with pacritinib versus ruxolitinib, patients were randomized 1:1:1 to pacritinib 200 mg twice daily (BID), pacritinib 400 mg once daily (QD) or best available therapy (BAT), with 45 percent of patients on BAT receiving ruxolitinib.
This analysis demonstrates overall and fatal adverse events occurred at similar rates on pacritinib versus ruxolitinib, as did bleeding events. Cardiac events occurred more commonly on pacritinib, though the difference was largely due to higher rates of grade 1 peripheral edema on pacritinib. There were lower rates of herpes zoster reactivation (n=0 vs. 1), pulmonary aspergilosis (n=1 vs. 0), deep venous thrombosis (n=0 vs. 1) and pulmonary embolism (n=1 vs. 0) on pacritinib and ruxolitinib, respectively. These results show that pacritinib, administered at the full dose of 200 mg BID, yielded higher response rates and a similar safety profile compared to lower-dose ruxolitinib, in patients with myelofibrosis who have moderate or severe thrombocytopenia.
Risk-Adjusted Safety Analysis of Pacritinib in Patients with Myelofibrosis (Encore)
Poster Number: P1068
Session Name: Poster session
Session Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Presentation Time: 16:30 – 17:45 p.m. CEST (10:30 – 11:45 a.m. ET)
Presenter: Dr. Naveen Pemmaraju
Pacritinib is a novel JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor that has shown significant activity in patients with myelofibrosis, including those with platelet counts <50 × 109/L. This safety analysis focuses on toxicities of interest for patients treated with pacritinib 200 mg twice daily (BID) and best available therapy (BAT), including ruxolitinib, on the Phase 3 PERSIST-2 and Phase 2 PAC203 studies. Because the average treatment duration was longer for patients on pacritinib 200 mg BID on PERSIST-2 and PAC203 compared to BAT on PERSIST-2, this analysis presents adverse events rates in these patients corrected for duration of exposure.
This risk-adjusted analysis demonstrates that the safety profile of pacritinib 200 mg BID is comparable to BAT. In particular, rates of bleeding were not elevated on pacritinib 200 mg BID compared to BAT, both overall and in patients with PLT <50 x 109/L. Rates of fatal events, thrombosis, major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and non-melanoma skin cancer were higher on ruxolitinib than pacritinib. These results indicate that pacritinb 200 mg BID may represent a full-dose therapeutic option for patients with myelofibrosis, including those with thrombocytopenia.
About VONJO (pacritinib)
Pacritinib is an oral kinase inhibitor with activity against wild type Janus Associated Kinase 2 (JAK2), mutant JAK2V617F form and FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), which contribute to signaling of a number of cytokines and growth factors that are important for hematopoiesis and immune function. Myelofibrosis is often associated with dysregulated JAK2 signaling. Pacritinib has higher inhibitory activity for JAK2 over other family members, JAK3 and TYK2. At clinically relevant concentrations, pacritinib does not inhibit JAK1. Pacritinib exhibits inhibitory activity against additional cellular kinases (such as CSF1R and IRAK1), the clinical relevance of which is unknown.
VONJO is indicated for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on spleen volume reduction. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).
Important VONJO Safety Information
Hemorrhage:
Serious (11%) and fatal (2%) hemorrhages have occurred in VONJO-treated patients with platelet counts <100 × 109/L. Serious (13%) and fatal (2%) hemorrhages have occurred in VONJO-treated patients with platelet counts <50 × 109/L. Grade ≥3 bleeding events (defined as requiring transfusion or invasive intervention) occurred in 15% of patients treated with VONJO compared to 7% of patients treated on the control arm. Due to hemorrhage, VONJO dose-reductions, dose interruptions, or permanent discontinuations occurred in 3%, 3%, and 5% of patients, respectively.
Avoid use of VONJO in patients with active bleeding and hold VONJO 7 days prior to any planned surgical or invasive procedures. Assess platelet counts periodically, as clinically indicated. Manage hemorrhage using treatment interruption and medical intervention.
Diarrhea:
VONJO causes diarrhea in approximately 48% of patients compared to 15% of patients treated on the control arm. The median time to resolution in VONJO-treated patients was 2 weeks. The incidence of reported diarrhea decreased over time with 41% of patients reporting diarrhea in the first 8 weeks of treatment, 15% in Weeks 8 through 16, and 8% in Weeks 16 through 24. Diarrhea resulted in treatment interruption in 3% of VONJO-treated patients. None of the VONJO-treated patients reported diarrhea that resulted in treatment discontinuation. Serious diarrhea adverse reactions occurred in 2% of patients treated with VONJO compared to no such adverse reactions in patients in the control arm.
Control pre-existing diarrhea before starting VONJO treatment. Manage diarrhea with antidiarrheal medications, fluid replacement, and dose-modification. Treat diarrhea with anti–diarrheal medications promptly at the first onset of symptoms. Interrupt or reduce VONJO dose in patients with significant diarrhea despite optimal supportive care.
Thrombocytopenia:
VONJO can cause worsening thrombocytopenia. VONJO dosing was reduced due to worsening thrombocytopenia in 2% of patients with pre–existing moderate to severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100 × 109/L). VONJO dosing was reduced due to worsening thrombocytopenia in 2% of patients with pre–existing severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <50 × 109/L).
Monitor platelet count prior to VONJO treatment and as clinically indicated during treatment. Interrupt VONJO in patients with clinically significant worsening of thrombocytopenia that lasts for more than 7 days. Restart VONJO at 50% of the last given dose once the toxicity has resolved. If toxicity recurs hold VONJO. Restart VONJO at 50% of the last given dose once the toxicity has resolved.
Prolonged QT interval:
VONJO can cause prolongation of the QTc interval. QTc prolongation of >500 msec was higher in VONJO-treated patients than in patients in the control arm (1.4% vs 1%). QTc increase from baseline by 60 msec or higher was greater in VONJO-treated patients than in control arm patients (1.9% vs 1%). Adverse reactions of QTc prolongation were reported for 3.8% of VONJO-treated patients and 2% of control arm patients. No cases of torsades de pointes were reported.
Avoid use of VONJO in patients with a baseline QTc of >480 msec. Avoid use of drugs with significant potential for QTc prolongation in combination with VONJO. Correct hypokalemia prior to and during VONJO treatment. Manage QTc prolongation using VONJO interruption and electrolyte management.
Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE):
Another Janus associated kinase (JAK)-inhibitor has increased the risk of MACE, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated.
Consider the benefits and risks for the individual patient prior to initiating or continuing therapy with VONJO particularly in patients who are current or past smokers and patients with other cardiovascular risk factors. Patients should be informed about the symptoms of serious cardiovascular events and the steps to take if they occur.
Thrombosis:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of thrombosis, including deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and arterial thrombosis (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated.
Patients with symptoms of thrombosis should be promptly evaluated and treated appropriately.
Secondary Malignancies:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of lymphoma and other malignancies excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated. Patients who are current or past smokers are at additional increased risk.
Consider the benefits and risks for the individual patient prior to initiating or continuing therapy with VONJO, particularly in patients with a known malignancy (other than a successfully treated NMSC), patients who develop a malignancy, and patients who are current or past smokers.
Risk of Infection:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of serious infections (compared to best available therapy) in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms. Serious bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal and viral infections may occur in patients treated with VONJO. Delay starting therapy with VONJO until active serious infections have resolved. Observe patients receiving VONJO for signs and symptoms of infection and manage promptly. Use active surveillance and prophylactic antibiotics according to clinical guidelines.
Interactions with CYP3A4 Inhibitors or Inducers:
Co-administration of VONJO with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers is contraindicated. Avoid concomitant use of VONJO with moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers.
Drug interruptions due to an adverse reaction occurred in 27% patients who received VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 10% of patients treated with BAT. Dosage reductions due to an adverse reaction occurred in 12% of patients who received VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 7% of patients treated with BAT. Permanent discontinuation due to an adverse reaction occurred in 15% of patients receiving VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 12% of patients treated with BAT.
Please visit http://www.ctibiopharma.com/vonjo_prescribing_information for full Prescribing Information and the Medication Guide.
About Myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis is bone marrow cancer that results in formation of fibrous scar tissue and can lead to thrombocytopenia and anemia, weakness, fatigue and an enlarged spleen and liver. Within the United States, there are approximately 21,000 patients with myelofibrosis, 7,000 of which have severe thrombocytopenia (defined as blood platelet counts of less than 50 x109/L). Severe thrombocytopenia is associated with poor survival and high symptom burden and can occur as a result of disease progression or from drug toxicity with other JAK2 inhibitors, such as JAKAFI and INREBIC.
About CTI BioPharma Corp.
We are a commercial biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel targeted therapies for blood-related cancers that offer a unique benefit to patients and their healthcare providers. CTI has one FDA-approved product VONJOTM (pacritinib), a JAK2 and IRAK1, that spares JAK1. VONJO is approved for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. CTI is conducting the Phase 3 PACIFICA study of VONJO in patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia as a post-marketing requirement.
VONJOTM is a trademark of CTI BioPharma Corp.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, including statements that pacritnib may be a potential best in class treatment for patients with cytopenic myelofibrosis with platelet counts below 50 × 109/L, are based on current assumptions that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, events or developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those risks more fully discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. "CTI BioPharma" and the CTI BioPharma logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of CTI BioPharma Corp. in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks belong to their respective owner.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A former deputy leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been named a government minister by Somalia’s new administration in what some call a chance to persuade fighters to denounce violence.
Mukhtar Robow was given the post of religious affairs minister, the government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Tuesday. Not all Somalis supported his ministerial appointment, with some calling it disrespectful to those who lost loved ones in al-Shabab attacks.
Robow, who once had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, defected from the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab in 2017 and at first was greeted with praise by Somalia’s government. But when he tried to seek the leadership of the country’s Southwest region in 2018, he was detained.
The reason behind Robow’s arrest has never been made clear, Somalia’s current president on multiple occasions has said the detention had no legal grounds. Somalia’s government didn’t comment on his appointment Tuesday.
Robow, who is believed to be in his early fifties, studied Islamic law in Sudan and is believed to have participated in the anti-Soviet fighting in Afghanistan. He once praised Osama bin Laden and tried to impose an Islamic state in Somalia. In 2008, the U.S. imposed sanctions on him and named him a “specially designated global terrorist.”
He left al-Shabab after a dispute with the group’s hardliners. “I disagreed with their creed, which does not serve Islamic religion,” he said at the time.
His defection occurred shortly after the U.S. removed the bounty from his head at the Somali government’s request. Somalia has engaged in U.S.-backed efforts encourage fighters to leave al-Shabab in the belief that each defection exposes weakness in the extremist group, which has thousands of fighters and still controls large parts of the rural south and central regions. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/somalia-names-former-al-shabab-deputy-a-government-minister/ | 2022-08-03 12:21:17 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/somalia-names-former-al-shabab-deputy-a-government-minister/ |
Most of Michigan had some rain over the past week. The drought stats show the rain has helped just a little bit in the overall statewide drought conditions.
There are two things to remember on drought rankings. The data is published on Thursdays using the conditions through Tuesdays. We can have a big rain on a Wednesday or Thursday leaving you feeling the map is out of date. Also remember that drought ranking is subjective. There aren’t any exact numbers that give the U.S. Drought Monitor an exact number. So you may feel the ranking at your yard, garden or farm field is inaccurate. It’s not a perfect system.
The latest drought monitor shows 85% of Michigan is at least abnormally dry. Over half of Michigan is in moderate drought. While we had some rain in the past week, the severe drought area actually expanded two percentage points to 6%.
The central and eastern Upper Peninsula is the only large area not in drought conditions.
In the past week there have been a few areas with heavy rain. A small area in northeast Lower near Oscoda had 5inches of rain a few days ago. The yellow shaded areas had 2 inches of rain this past week.
At the same time the drought is worsening in the Traverse City area, Leelanau County and the western shoreline south to Muskegon. Very little rain has fallen in the light blue shaded area this past week.
Fortunately the new upper-air pattern should continue to bring a widespread rain across Lower Michigan every three to five days. It probably won’t be enough rain to officially end the drought, but we should have some help from Mother Nature with watering our gardens and crops in the next few weeks. | https://www.mlive.com/weather/2023/07/drought-update-shows-rain-helped-but-just-a-little.html | 2023-07-07 21:08:33 | 1 | https://www.mlive.com/weather/2023/07/drought-update-shows-rain-helped-but-just-a-little.html |
When Purdue plays Minnesota today at Mackey Arena, it will be the first home game for the Boilermakers in 19 days, the team’s longest non-Christmas break stretch without a game in West Lafayette since 1997.
In those nearly three weeks, the Boilermakers have emphatically announced their presence in the national conversation, winning four games against major-conference opponents and rocketing from “others receiving votes” in the AP poll all the way to No. 5.
The Boilermakers have not always been perfect, Matt Painter will be the first to admit, but the 18th-year Purdue coach has liked what he’s seen from his team.
“Our competitive spirit, we’ve played hard,” Painter said. “We’ve been competitive, we’ve been quick to the basketball. That’s so important that we’re fighting to get extra possessions, whether that’s on the offensive glass or off deflections. Our guys have been able to stick with that.”
The Boilermakers (7-0) will try to take that attitude into their Big Ten opener today. Minnesota (4-3) is in its second year under coach Ben Johnson and, after a last-place finish in the Big Ten last season, is off to a somewhat rocky start this year, losing games to DePaul, UNLV and Virginia Tech and winning by one point apiece against California Baptist and Western Michigan.
But the Boilermakers got a lesson in how little records can matter when they faced previously 1-7 Florida State on Wednesday in Tallahassee. Purdue, playing on little sleep after plane trouble prevented them from getting to town until 2:30 a.m. the day of the game, was able to gut out a 79-69 victory and remain unbeaten, but it was not the walkover the Seminoles’ previous performances would have suggested.
“Not really sure how they were 1-7. They were pretty good,” said Boilermakers guard Fletcher Loyer, a Homestead graduate.
That Purdue was able to win anyway despite the travel issues, despite it being the Boilermakers’ fourth game in a week, all away from home, despite a slow start that saw Florida State lead for much of the first half, gives the Boilermakers confidence they can handle significant adversity.
“It’s huge; we were just able to keep our composure and still do our thing, even when we had a long flight and an early morning,” Purdue guard Braden Smith said. “We were just able to get over that hump and be successful.”
Though its record is less than impressive, Minnesota’s roster is not bereft of talent. The Golden Gophers brought in Minnesota native Dawson Garcia, a 6-foot-11 former top-40 recruit, as a transfer from North Carolina and he’s leading the team with 14.3 points per game. Morehead State transfer Ta’Lon Cooper is dishing seven assists per contest and the Gophers have some lineup versatility, which concerns Painter.
“Their ability to put a big lineup out there and try to get you on the glass and their ability to go smaller and put Dawson Garcia at (center) causes problems,” Painter said. “Either way that they play, (Johnson) just feels it out. He’s played bigger because he’s just trying to get his best players on the court and rightfully so.
“We have to be prepared to have big lineups and we have to be prepared for them to have smaller, skilled lineups, too.”
In their return home, the Boilermakers are hoping to get off to a better start than they have in recent games. In addition to falling behind early against Florida State, they trailed 14-7 last weekend against Duke and Gonzaga, though they won both games.
Purdue does not seem overly concerned with the slow starts, which have included a bevy of bricks on wide-open 3-pointers as opponents key on Boilermakers center Zach Edey in the game’s opening minutes.
“I think we’re fine,” Smith said. “They’re wide-open shots. They didn’t stop us, we’re just missing wide-open shots. They’ll fall.”
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to provide truckers with a much more reliable and longer-lasting D-ring design for use in pockets of flatbed trucks and trailers," said an inventor, from Port Orchard, Wash., "so I invented the STAKE POCKET TIE - DOWN. My design would allow maximum forces to be applied without risking damage to D-ring or Stake Pocket tie."
The patent-granted invention provides an improved D-ring design for the stake pockets of flatbed trucks, trailers, 4-wheel drive vehicles, oil rigs, container ships, military tanks and carriers, etc. In doing so, the design allows for increased sizes for added strength to prevent the D-ring from getting bent and damaged. As a result, it increases safety and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a durable design that is easy to install via bolts or welding. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and various sizes.
The original design was submitted to the Seattle sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-FED-2491, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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YORK, Pa. — Picture this: you're in a comfortable beach chair and watching the waves crash on the shore. What makes this moment even sweeter is knowing you didn't drain your bank account to take that trip...or did you?
"Sadly companies already overcharge us whenever they can, whenever they can legally," said Gerald Kasulis, the Vice President of Business & Channel Operations North America at Nord Security.
Kasulis ran a little travel experiment. He looked at a variety of international trips using his actual location based in the United States.
Then he looked for the very same trips but used a Virtual Private Network, or VPN, based in another country. He found that, oftentimes, he got a much better deal using a location outside of the US.
"You might be over-quoted, so you would be paying more than your counterparts buying the flights out of Europe," said Kasulis.
FOX43 Finds Out tried it for ourselves.
I downloaded a VPN app on my phone and used a VPN based in Mexico.
Then I searched for the exact same trip, at the exact same time in Cabo San Lucas on my laptop, which has an IP address based in the US, and on my phone using the Mexico VPN.
In this case, I used hotels.com.
For the exact same room, on the exact same days, the prices were drastically different: $3,759 using my US-based laptop and 52,650 pesos using the VPN in Mexico which converts to $2979.36 US dollars.
That's more than a $700 dollar difference.
To make sure it wasn't a fluke, we tried the travel site Agoda and this time used a VPN in Canada. While the savings weren't as drastic - there was still a significant difference in price. This time just using the Canadian VPN would have saved us more than $300.
We also did the same test using the actual hotel websites, not a third-party site, and there was no difference in price. This also didn't work if you are booking any travel within the US. Of course, this "hack" doesn't always work either. You'll have to search and try different VPN locations if you have a certain destination or hotel in mind. Kasulis also said this could work for flights and rental cars as well.
Expedia Group and Booking Holdings own most of those third-party booking sites, like hotels.com, Travelocity, Orbitz, Agoda, Priceline, and Kayak. We reached out to those companies several times to ask if there was any explanation for the price difference - and we never got a response.
Kasulis believes it's because these companies know Americans are willing to pay more for international trips, saying, "Those travel companies, they just charge by your geographical location and ultimately Americans, they overpay."
Using a VPN based in another country is perfectly legal. Kasulis also suggests that before you search for any type of trip, wipe your cookies and browsing history. That way it's harder for any website to track who you are, where you are, and what you search. Which in this case could save you money.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House press corps’ annual gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden.
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, sidelined by the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, featured Biden as the first president in six years to accept an invitation. Donald Trump shunned the event while in office.
“Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year,” Biden told an audience of 2,600, among them journalists, government officials and celebrities. “Now that would really have been a real coup.”
The president took the opportunity to test out his comedic chops, making light of the criticism he has faced in his 15 months in office while taking aim at his predecessor, the Republican Party and the members of the press.
“I’m really excited to be here tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have,” Biden said to the Hilton ballroom filled with members of the media.
Biden also made light of the “Let’s Go Brandon” slogan, which has become the right’s stand-in for swearing at the president.
“Republicans seem to support one fella, some guy named Brandon,” Biden said, causing an uproar of laughter among the crowd. “He’s having a really good year. I’m happy for him.”
As far as roasting the GOP, he said, “There’s nothing I can say about the GOP that Kevin McCarthy hasn’t already put on tape.”
He also took a jab at Fox News. “I know there are a lot of questions about whether we should gather here tonight because of COVID. Well, we’re here to show the country that we’re getting through this pandemic. Plus, everyone has to prove they are fully vaccinated and boosted,” Biden said. “Just contact your favorite Fox News reporter. They’re all here. Vaccinated and boosted.”
In addition to speeches from Biden and comedian Trevor Noah, the hourslong event had taped skits from talk-show host James Corden, comedian Bill Eichner and even Biden himself.
“Thank you for having me here,” Noah said to Biden. “And I was a little confused on why me, but then I was told that you get your highest approval ratings when a biracial African guy is standing next to you.”
While the majority of the speech was filled with cutting jabs, Biden did make note of the important role journalism plays in American democracy, especially in the last decade.
“I mean this from the bottom of my heart, that you, the free press, matter more than you ever did in the last century,” he said. “You are the guardians of the truth.”
The dinner had other serious moments, with tributes to pioneer journalists of color, aspiring student reporters as well as a dedication to the journalists detained, injured or killed during the coverage of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The premier event for news media in Washington, the correspondents’ dinner mixed Washington journalists like CNN’s Jake Tapper and MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid with celebrities Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, Brooke Shields, Caitlyn Jenner, Drew Barrymore and Martha Stewart. Among the large swath of government officials and other prominent figures was Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Accompanied by the first lady, the president came to the event while trying to strike a careful balance with the nation fatigued by the pandemic yet facing an uptick in infections. The ongoing national threat has struck closer to home for the president: Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive this past week and Dr. Anthony Fauci skipped the dinner for health precautions.
The U.S. was experiencing a COVID-19 case spike from a highly contagious subvariant of omicron, with confirmed infections rising to about 44,000 per day, up from 26,000 a month ago. Still, virus deaths and hospitalizations were near, or at, pandemic lows, with the BA.2 variant proving less severe than earlier virus strains.
In the wake of the recent Gridiron Club press dinner in Washington, dozens of attendees, including members of Congress and of Biden’s Cabinet and journalists, tested positive for COVID-19. The White House Correspondents’ Association said it was requiring same-day antigen testing for its dinner attendees even before the Gridiron outbreak, then added a vaccination requirement.
Biden, 79, decided to pass up the meal but turn up later for the program. While he planned to be masked when not speaking, a maskless president greeted award winners on the dais and could be seen smiling broadly during the dinner program.
The correspondents’ dinner debuted in 1921. Three years later, Calvin Coolidge became the first president to attend and all have since, except Trump. Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon opted not to attend every year of their presidencies, however, and Reagan, then recovering from an assassination attempt, missed the 1981 installment — but called in from Camp David.
“The thing I think this shows is the restoration to the health of the relationship,” Harold Holzer, author of the book “The Presidents vs. The Press” and the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York, said ahead of the dinner. “It’s still barbed, there are still tense moments. But that’s OK.” | https://www.wivb.com/news/washington-dc/biden-roasts-trump-gop-himself-at-correspondents-dinner/ | 2022-05-01 19:06:07 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/washington-dc/biden-roasts-trump-gop-himself-at-correspondents-dinner/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is decreasing in many parts of the U.S. after an alarmingly early and strong start to the season.
The number of flu hospital admissions fell for the second week in a row, according to a national surveillance system run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And the percentage of doctor’s office visits due to fever and other flu-like symptoms has dropped for three weeks in a row.
“It looks like for this first wave of (flu) activity, maybe we’ve seen the worst of that,” said the CDC’s Lynnette Brammer, who leads the government agency’s tracking of flu in the United States.
But she added there is still a lot flu spreading out there. CDC data indicates flu activity last week was high or very high in 45 states.
And the current decline doesn’t mean flu will recede for the rest of the winter — second surges are common, said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University infectious diseases expert.
“Viruses love to make you look foolish when you’re predicting what they’re going to do,” he said.
The annual winter flu season usually doesn’t get going until December or January, but this one took off in early November. It has been complicated by the simultaneous spread of other viruses, including COVID-19 and RSV.
The measure of traffic in doctor’s offices is based on reports of symptoms like fever, coughs and sore throats, not on lab-confirmed diagnoses, so it captures all respiratory illnesses together.
Whatever the current mix, the overall impact is waning. Health officials said Friday that 6.3% of outpatient medical visits last week were due to flu-like illnesses. It was as high as 7.5% but has been falling since the week of Thanksgiving.
Though flu activity remains high, officials said they’ve seen some decline in most parts of the country — including in the Southeast, where flu hit early and hard.
The CDC estimates there have been at least 190,000 hospitalizations and 12,000 deaths from flu so far this season. The deaths include at least 17 children.
Flu shots are recommended for nearly all Americans who are at least 6 months old or older. Health officials say it’s not too late to get vaccinated.
“It’s not over,” Brammer said.
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- Let the world savor the best of Chinese aesthetics
QINGDAO, China, July 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 3, 2023, Chinese sportswear giant ANTA Group and Tsinghua University joined forces to kick off the 2nd Global Sportswear Design Award (GSDA) at the Tsinghua (Qingdao) Academy of Arts and Science Innovation Research in Qingdao, China.
The high-profile creative competition, which attracts designers from around the world, aims to promote the "Healthy China" initiative, raise China's visibility in the world of sports, establish a collaborative mechanism between industry, academia, and research through interdisciplinary innovation, and provide impetus to China's sports sector to create internationally recognizable brands with global influence. The event will also serve to inspire anyone interested in fashion worldwide to experience what China is capable of when it comes to applying its aesthetic principles to sportswear design.
Lai Shixian, Co-CEO of ANTA Group, Chen Ke, COO of ANTA Group, Professor Lu Xiaobo from Tsinghua University who is also Vice President of China Artists Association and Management Committee Director of Tsinghua University-ANTA Group Joint Research Center ("the Center"), Professor Zhao Chao, Associate Dean of Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University (AADTHU) and Dean of the Center, as well as other leaders from both sides, attended the GSDA academic forum and the GSDA annual ceremony. This event included industry innovation exchanges, the awards and achievements release for the first edition GSDA, customized digital collectibles release, and the kickoff of the second GSDA, making it an important milestone event in the exploration of future sportswear design.
Themed MOVEvolution - Insight into the Future, the award is designed to provide insight into trends in sportswear design and the driving force behind the evolution of sports fashion. The competition is also meant to serve as an exploration into the future of sports equipment and apparel through the in-depth integration of industry, academia, and research, promoting the power of original design.
ANTA Group has collaborated with the Chinese sports delegation for eight consecutive Olympic Games, providing competition equipment for 22 national teams. The company will continue to support Chinese athletes with sportswear for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. This shows that more outstanding and cutting-edge products will get a chance to be used in prestigious sporting events.
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The Stealth Look for Lucid Air makes its public debut during Monterey Car Week at Motorlux on Wednesday, August 17
NEWARK, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), setting new standards with the longest-range, fastest-charging electric car on the market with the award-winning Lucid Air, today announced Stealth Look, a new optional exterior design theme for Lucid Air with a darker and overtly sporting personality.
"From its inception, Lucid Air was designed for two distinct looks that reflect the duality of its personality: standard Platinum Look, which highlights its luxurious nature; and now Stealth Look, which is simultaneously assertive yet under-the-radar," said Derek Jenkins, SVP of Design and Brand, Lucid Group.
"Lucid Air is undeniably one of the highest-performance vehicles on the road as exemplified by the Air Grand Touring Performance, with 1,050 horsepower, which secured the title of fastest production car in the Hillclimb Timed Shootout at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. The sinister style of Stealth Look is a perfect complement."
Turning to the Darker Side
Stealth Look will be available as an option for Air Grand Touring Performance, Air Grand Touring, and Air Touring.
Stealth Look darkly redefines the nature of Lucid Air, with changes to 35 components on the exterior of the vehicle – with dramatic effect. Among the most immediately visible changes, Air's mirror caps and distinctive cantrails framing the Glass Canopy roof feature a darker Stealth finish. Elements of the lower body trim, as well as the trim around the Intelligent Micro Lens Array headlights and one-piece blade taillights also feature the new darker Stealth Satin finish.
With Stealth Look, many exterior components that would otherwise be finished in platinum instead feature a dark Stealth Polished finish, reminiscent of the spéculaire black polishing technique employed in fine horology and jewelry. These include the front nose blade, C-pillar flags, and lower door and fascia trim. Elsewhere, Stealth Look adds black gloss and satin graphite accents to further enhance the sharpened appearance.
Stealth Look also includes unique wheel designs and finishes for each wheel size (wheel size availability depends on Air model variant):
- 21-inch Aero Sport Stealth wheels, with satin black wheel inserts
- 20-inch Aero Lite Stealth wheels, with satin black wheel inserts
Stealth Look can be paired with the full palette of exterior colors: Stellar White, Infinite Black, Cosmos Silver, Quantum Grey, and Zenith Red.
Stealth Look is priced at $6,000 USD ($7,500 CAD) and planned for introduction in Q1 2023.
Virtual Tour
Customers will be able to configure a Lucid Air with Stealth Look using the "Design Yours" Configurator starting Wednesday, August 10. Customers can also utilize Lucid Studio Live, a private virtual tour that lets customers browse and build their dream car with the guidance of a Lucid team member. Each one-to-one tour allows plenty of time for questions and offers an incredible 360° look at Lucid Air. Customers can see everything from views inside the cabin, into the trunk and frunk, to outside, and even above the vehicle—all set in their choice of iconic California backdrops. From there, customers can save a favorite design configuration to their Lucid account if they wish.
Customers interested in Lucid Studio Live can reach out to sales@lucidmotors.com to schedule their private virtual tour.
About Lucid Group
Lucid's mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating advanced technologies and the most captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. The company's first car, Lucid Air, is a state-of-the-art luxury sedan with a California-inspired design that features luxurious full-size interior space in a mid-size exterior footprint. Underpinned by race-proven battery technology and proprietary powertrains developed entirely in-house, Lucid Air was named the 2022 MotorTrend Car of the Year®. The Lucid Air Grand Touring features an official EPA estimated 516 miles of range or 1,050 horsepower. Deliveries of Lucid Air, which is produced at Lucid's factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, are currently underway to U.S. customers.
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TAMPA, Fla. – The driver of a dump truck tried to avoid a collision on a Tampa highway when another driver entered its path. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, it was a case of road rage.
Troopers are now searching for the driver of the green Toyota sedan who “intentionally” cut off the dump truck Thursday morning, just south of State Road 56 in Lutz.
Dashcam video was shared showing the incident.
The Toyota was seen speeding past the dump truck and entering its path. Troopers said it caused the dump truck driver to lose control, rotating into the path of two other tractor-trailers, causing those vehicles to crash as well.
Anyone with information is asked to call FHP by dialing *347.
Fortunately no one was injured in Thursday’s crash, but safe driving activists say these types of incidents happen too often.
“We work very closely with law enforcement, and we hear about it constantly, that people are driving more aggressively. They’re speeding, they’re aggressive, doing things that are really crazy on the road,” said Linda Unfried, co-founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Hillsborough County.
Data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shows an increase of reckless driving violations over the last several years.
Here’s how the uniform traffic citation report breaks down:
- 2018: 5,800
- 2019: 5,800
- 2020: 5,600
- 2021: 6,800
- 2022: 6,500+
66% of traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving, according to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration.
Experts say, key steps in preventing road rage include simply taking a deep breath and move on. Also, never provoke an aggressive driver no matter how much you may want to. Things can escalate quickly. | https://blackchronicle.com/florida-troopers-search-for-road-rage-suspect-who-caused-crash-involving-dump-truck-tractor-trailers-on-i-75/ | 2023-05-01 12:21:37 | 0 | https://blackchronicle.com/florida-troopers-search-for-road-rage-suspect-who-caused-crash-involving-dump-truck-tractor-trailers-on-i-75/ |
A public school district in Louisville, Kentucky, wants to stop the flow of guns in its buildings by installing AI weapons technology by a company called Evolv. But security experts and others are sounding the alarm about the system and its limitations that could require controversial patchwork solutions.
Louisville Public Media’s Jess Clark reports.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Upstart, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPST).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Upstart between March 18, 2021 and May 9, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 12, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Upstart, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) as a result, Upstart was experiencing a negative impact on its conversion rate; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Black bear captured at Florida airport after being spotted by TSA agents
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) - Agents with the Transportation Security Administration in Florida dealt with an unusual security call Tuesday night.
WWSB reports that TSA agents found a black bear roaming the perimeter of the Tampa International Airport.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said its team ended up catching the animal in a trap that was set in some nearby vegetation.
According to authorities, the bear was spotted on infrared cameras appearing to take a nap before they were able to capture it.
Wildlife officials said the bear was safely removed and brought to the Ocala National Forest.
“Thanks to these critical efforts, there was no risk to any employees or disruptions to airport operations,” airport officials shared in a statement.
According to the Tampa International Airport, this was the first such report of a bear coming onto its property.
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Boil water notice lifted for San Augustine Rural Public Water System customers
Published: Jan. 4, 2023 at 10:37 AM CST|Updated: 27 minutes ago
SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas (KTRE) - Customers of the San Augustine Rural Public Water System are no longer advised to boil their water before personal consumption.
The notice was issued on Dec. 26, 2022 and the Augustine Rural Water has taken the necessary corrective actions to restore the quality of the water distributed by this public water system used for drinking water or human consumption purposes and has provided TCEQ with laboratory test results that indicate that the water no longer requires boiling prior to use as of Wednesday.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Amos Toh of Human Rights Watch about a report showing algorithms deliver aid unevenly to poor households in Jordan. Many nations use algorithms to screen for aid programs.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Amos Toh of Human Rights Watch about a report showing algorithms deliver aid unevenly to poor households in Jordan. Many nations use algorithms to screen for aid programs.
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FULTON, Md., June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Window Nation, the nation's leading window replacement company, continues to demonstrate its unwavering commitment to being a people-first business by supporting and empowering communities across the nation. Through its philanthropic arm, Window Nation Cares, the company has championed numerous initiatives that have made a significant and lasting impact on individuals and families in need. Window Nation's dedication to philanthropy and corporate responsibility positions the company not only as a leader in the window replacement industry but also as a beacon of hope and change.
One standout event that captured the spirit of Window Nation's commitment to community support was the momentous Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake's Baltimore County Home Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, held in early June. This remarkable occasion highlighted the culmination of an awe-inspiring home renovation project, made possible through the collective efforts of esteemed corporate sponsors, with Window Nation leading the charge. By generously providing top-of-the-line windows and doors, Window Nation has played an integral role in transforming a dilapidated house into a safe, energy-efficient haven for a deserving family.
"It is with immense pride and joy that Window Nation contributed to the Habitat for Humanity project in Baltimore County," said Jeff Beck, the visionary President, and CEO of Window Nation. "We firmly believe that a secure and comfortable home can be a catalyst for positive change. By supporting Habitat for Humanity's mission and supplying quality windows and doors, we have the privilege of forever impacting the lives of the new homeowners."
But Window Nation's philanthropic endeavors do not end there. The company recently displayed its unwavering dedication to community well-being by actively participating in Health Care Access Maryland's 2nd annual 5K For the Health of It! This event, aimed at raising funds and awareness for improving healthcare access in underserved communities, brought together individuals, organizations, and corporations with a shared passion for making a difference. Window Nation, as a leading corporate supporter, not only provided financial assistance but also actively participated in the event, highlighting its commitment to improving the lives of those in need.
As the leading window replacement company in the nation, Window Nation understands that true success encompasses more than just business achievements. The company embraces its responsibility to positively impact the communities it serves and strives to inspire other corporations to follow suit. Through Window Nation Cares, the company continues to be a force for change, bringing comfort, hope, and opportunity to individuals and families across the nation.
For more information about Window Nation and its philanthropic initiatives, please visit www.windownation.com/cares.
About Window Nation:
Window Nation is one of the nation's premier window replacement companies, renowned for providing homeowners with top-quality, energy-efficient windows and doors. Founded in 2006 by visionary brothers Aaron and Harley Magden, Window Nation has rapidly grown into one of the largest home improvement companies in the country. Fueled by a passion for excellence and an unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction, Window Nation consistently delivers unparalleled products and exceptional service.
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Now available for Samsung Galaxy A53, A13, and more
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Speck Products, the leader in mobile phone protection innovation, announced ImpactHero™, a new line of Android smartphone cases. These cases were designed for people who want a slim, pocket-friendly case design while still providing excellent protection for their phones. The name ImpactHero honors how important smartphones have become to our everyday lives, and how they sometimes need 'super' protection against catastrophe.
"We at Speck are excited to now support a wider variety of Android phones from manufacturers like Samsung, TCL, Motorola, and more," said Jeff Eisses, Chief Revenue Officer at Speck Products. "Every phone could use a 'hero' to protect it from harm, and now having ImpactHero lets us reach a much wider audience that hasn't had many quality protection options up to now."
ImpactHero is made with a patented dual-layer construction to provide a soft-touch outer surface over protective inner cushioning, creating its ability to survive an eight-foot fall. Its slim profile enables uninterrupted wireless charging while featuring Microban® antimicrobial product protection against stain and odor-causing bacteria. The scratch-resistant, yet supple, surface of ImpactHero feels great in the hand and provides a secure grip while taking pictures and videos. Like Speck's other protective cases, ImpactHero includes a raised bezel that protects the screen when placed face down, full access to ports, covered buttons and an anti-stretch design to maintain its heroic form. Speck's suggested retail price for ImpactHero is $29.95 for most models. Visit SpeckProducts.com to learn more.
About Speck
Since 2001, Speck has been creating award-winning products ranging from protective cases for smartphones, tablets, and laptops, to accessories that make wearables extraordinary to use. Each Speck product is deliberately designed to make an impact—and take one. We're headquartered in Silicon Valley, a place where big ideas are transformed into life-changing products. Our community and environment inspire us to craft masterfully engineered items to get the most out of every day. We believe in demanding more from life, which means focusing on the details of what we carry so that you don't have to. Whether for work or play, Speck's thoughtful and innovative designs help you create a Life, Better Lived.
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Updated November 14, 2022 at 11:16 PM ET
Republicans are now just one House seat short of a majority after multiple calls from the Associated Press Monday night.
It's very possible the House will be called for Republicans some time Tuesday with 13 races that remain uncalled.
With votes reported Monday night, more House races have come off the board — with multiple going toward Republicans and one going to Democrats.
Republicans won both Arizona's 1st and 6th congressional districts, California's 41st and 45th, as well as New York's 22nd. Democrats won Oregon's 6th congressional district, and California's 13th district has shifted in their direction.
That means Republicans would only be able to lose three votes to pass legislation out of the House starting in January. That could be a major headache for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. — or whomever becomes the Republican speaker.
It's also still possible that that number shrinks depending on what happens, particularly in California's 22nd and 27th districts as more vote comes in. Republicans currently lead in both. Also, keep an eye on the race between incumbent Democrat Katie Porter and Republican Scott Baugh in California's 47th district. Porter's lead has shrunk to less than 2 points with 80% of the vote in, as of the time of publication.
Votes continue to trickle in slowly in California, and some races there remain uncalled. It traditionally takes a long time to count mail-in ballots in California, and this is commonplace for every recent election as it relates to House races.
Here's where things stand, by the numbers (as of Monday, 11:51 p.m. ET):
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Democrats picked up a seat this week in the 3rd congressional district in Washington state, a district that had been held by a Republican, Jamie Herrera Beutler. But she voted for former President Trump's impeachment and was ousted by the right in the primary.
There's an irony in the fact that she was ousted because she voted to impeach Trump and, now, a Democrat has taken over that seat. It's indicative of the broader message in this election.
Note: Please keep in mind that these numbers are fluid and will change as votes continue to roll in. See the latest results here.
The Senate: Democrats 48, Independents 2, Republicans 49, Uncalled 2
(The two independents caucus with the Democrats.)
With their wins the last two days in Arizona and Nevada, as well as their flip of the Pennsylvania seat, Democrats will retain the Senate.
It's a remarkable accomplishment for Democrats with a president whose approval rating has been below 50% for more than a year.
But base energy over the issue of abortion and a slew of Trump-backed candidates, who failed in purple states, proved to thwart a potential Republican Senate takeover.
What's left
Alaska: This has been added to the Republican total even though the race is not settled yet, because both leading candidates are Republicans, so this will stay in GOP hands. The question is at this point: which Republican. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R) trails Kelly Tshibaka (R) by less than 2 percentage points, or just under 3,000 votes, with 80% in. If neither candidate gets above 50%, this goes to a ranked-choice re-tabulation Nov. 23. Murkowski would likely be favored to win that.
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Georgia: Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) and Republican challenger Herschel Walker (R) are headed to a runoff because neither surpassed 50% on the ballot. Warnock missed the threshold by just under 23,000 votes. Democrats have the chance to expand their Senate majority with a win there.
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Nevada: Democratic incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto took the lead after a batch of votes Saturday night were reported in Clark County. Shortly thereafter, she was declared the winner, clinching Senate control for Democrats. There is still vote to count in Nevada, which we will monitor, including 15,000 provisional votes from Clark County, which could also help Cortez Masto extend her lead.
Arizona: Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly's lead expanded by about 8,000 votes with the Friday night batch of about 80,000 votes out of Maricopa County. The race was called in his favor quickly after that, though vote counting continues there, and there is a closely watched governor's race, where Democrat Katie Hobbs currently leads Trump-backed Kari Lake, who has made unfounded allegations of fraud in the election.
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PURCHASE, N.Y., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Townsquare Media, Inc. (NYSE: TSQ) ("Townsquare," or the "Company") announced today that Bill Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, and Claire Yenicay, Executive Vice President, Investor Relations, will present at the Gabelli Funds 14th Annual Entertainment & Broadcasting Symposium at the Harvard Club in New York City on Thursday, June 2, 2022. The presentation will begin at approximately 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
A live webcast and replay of the presentation will be available on the investor relations page of Townsquare's website at http://www.townsquaremedia.com and on the Gabelli Funds presentation portal at:
https://gabelli.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CEpkL_siTSGG0cqoHtI7tA.
About Townsquare Media, Inc.
Townsquare is a community-focused digital media and digital marketing solutions company with market leading local radio stations, principally focused outside the top 50 markets in the U.S. Our assets include a subscription digital marketing services business, Townsquare Interactive, providing website design, creation and hosting, search engine optimization, social media and online reputation management as well as other digital monthly services for approximately 27,850 SMBs; a robust digital advertising division, Townsquare Ignite, a powerful combination of a) an owned and operated portfolio of more than 330 local news and entertainment websites and mobile apps along with a network of leading national music and entertainment brands, collecting valuable first party data, and b) a proprietary digital programmatic advertising technology stack with an in-house demand and data management platform; and a portfolio of 321 local terrestrial radio stations in 67 U.S. markets strategically situated outside the Top 50 markets in the United States. Our portfolio includes local media brands such as WYRK.com, WJON.com and NJ101.5.com, and premier national music brands such as XXLmag.com, TasteofCountry.com, UltimateClassicRock.com, and Loudwire.com. For more information, please visit www.townsquaremedia.com, www.townsquareinteractive.com, and www.townsquareignite.com.
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Harris Positive for COVID-19, Biden Not ‘Close Contact’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House says.
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It's a sharp new reminder of the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to revert to pre-pandemic normalcy.
The White House said Tuesday that Harris tested positive on both rapid and a PCR tests, and said she “has exhibited no symptoms.”
Harris will isolate at her residence but continue to work remotely, and would only return to the White House once she tests negative for the virus.
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Vaccinations for COVID-19 began being administered in the U.S. on Dec. 14, 2020. The quick rollout came a little more than a year after the virus was first identified in November 2019. The impressive speed with which vaccines were developed has also left a lot of people with a lot of questions. The questions range from the practical—how will I get vaccinated?—to the scientific—how do these vaccines even work?
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MONROE COUNTY, MI – A man being held at the Monroe County Jail was found dead in his cell of an apparent suicide, officials said.
Jail correctional officers found the inmate at 11:49 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, and started cardio pulmonary resuscitation, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Jail medical staff assisted the officers with CPR until members of the Monroe City Fire Department and Monroe Community Ambulance arrived on scene and took over, police said.
Lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful and the inmate, a 48-year-old Monroe man, was pronounced deceased at 12:26 p.m., police said.
“The Sheriff’s Office is saddened at the loss of life and extends their condolences to the individual’s family,” Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough said.
Police declined to release the man’s name out of respect for the grieving family, police said.
The death is under investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau. The Sheriff’s Office Peer Support team and Chaplin were on scene to assist staff and the individual’s family.
Resources are available for those seeking mental health treatment and support.
Anyone experiencing distress or thoughts of suicide can seek help from the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Lifeline available by dialing 988. Military veterans can dial 988 and press 1 to contact the Veterans Crisis Line.
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ROCKVILLE, Md., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spartan Medical Inc., a veteran-owned-and-operated medical leadership team that serves as the vanguard for a diverse and complementary network of medical product and services companies, today announced it was named to Inc. Magazine's prestigious Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America.
Inc. 5000 is regularly compared to the Fortune 500 list, without the publicly-traded companies. Notable companies that have been previously named to the list include Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Jamba Juice, Timberland, Clif Bar, Pandora, Patagonia, and Oracle, among others. The Inc. 5000 recognition puts Spartan Medical in the top 0.07% of all privately-owned companies in America in terms of multi-year growth.
"The Inc. 5000 award shows that Spartan Medical is an emerging leader in the medical device industry and the medical operations management field," said Vince Proffitt, President of Spartan Medical. "Being named to this prestigious list means Spartan Medical is now part of a very exclusive community that consists of some of the most successful and renowned companies in the world."
Mr. Proffitt further explained, "Spartan Medical is independent, financially-stable, and debt-free. We have no conflicts of interest, and most importantly, we only answer to our customers and every member of the Spartan Family. This company has been built brick-by-brick in one of the most competitive industries on the planet. Our incredible growth during difficult economic times is based on three things: our people, our people, our people. Our culture matters, our military-mindset matters, our belief that nothing is impossible matters, but none of that would matter if we didn't have the right people in the right place at the right time. We do. Congratulations to the entire Spartan family. You've earned this."
Inc. Magazine will be revealing the ranking of each awardee company on Tuesday, August 9th and there will be a conference and gala for the awardees in Phoenix, Arizona on October 19th through the 22nd. The reveal event will list companies by their rankings in the United States, their home state, their region, and their industry.
Spartan Medical is a veteran-owned-and-operated government contractor for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and other local, state, and federal agencies. We provide some of the most advanced medical technologies & biologics, licensed medical staff, and best-in-class operations management expertise to our clients both domestic and abroad. Our executive team have all held leadership positions in both the public and private sector and our core strength is solving complex problems through creative thinking, innovative solutions, and highly skilled flexible teams. Spartan Medical maintains its vanguard position by providing medical facilities with best-in-class solutions that improve patient care and outcomes, especially for America's military and veteran communities.
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Supervisor in Tyre Nichols’ death retired before firing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis police supervisor on scene when Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by officers retired with his benefits the day before a hearing to fire him, according to documents filed to revoke his law enforcement certification.
Lt. DeWayne Smith was identified Friday in records obtained by media outlets as the officer that officials said earlier this month had retired before his termination hearing.
Some Memphis City Council members were upset an officer was allowed to retire before steps could be taken to fire them, including the council’s vice-chairman JB Smiley Jr., who said it didn’t seem fair that the then-unidentified officer could keep pension and other benefits.
“I just don’t like the fact that his parents are paying this officer to go on and live and that’s troubling,” Smiley said.
The attorney for Nichols’ family said the department should not have let Smith “cowardly sidestep the consequences of his actions” and retire after 25 years.
“We call for Memphis police and officials to do everything in their power to hold Lt. Smith and all of those involved fully accountable,” attorney Ben Crump said.
Seven other Memphis officers were fired after Nichols died following a traffic stop on Jan. 7, and five of them are charged with second-degree murder. Smith is not charged in Nichols’ death.
Nichols, 29, was pulled roughly from his car as an officer threatened to shock him with a Taser. He ran, but was chased down. Video showed five officers held him down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother.
The decertification documents against Smith reveal additional details about his actions that night.
Smith heard Nichols say “I can’t breathe” as he was propped up against a squad car, but failed to get him medical care or remove his handcuffs, according to the report.
Smith also didn’t get reports from other officers about using force and told Nichols’ family he was driving under the influence even though there was no information to support a charge, the documents said. Investigators said Smith decided without evidence that Nichols was on drugs or drunk, and video captured him telling Nichols “you done took something” when he arrived at the scene.
Additionally, Smith did not wear his body camera — violating police department policy. His actions were captured on the body cameras of other officers, documents said.
The U.S. Department of Justice is currently reviewing the Memphis Police Department policies on the use of force, de-escalation strategies and specialized units in response to Nichols’ death.
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CHICAGO (AP)Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles are rolling along with a playoff spot secured and their sights set on the No. 1 seed.
They’ve been particularly dominant in recent weeks. And it looks as though they have another mismatch on their hands.
The NFC East-leading Eagles will try to keep pace with the best start in franchise history when they visit Justin Fields and the struggling Chicago Bears on Sunday.
”It’s important for us to just continue to grow in our details and master our details,” said Hurts, the NFL’s top-rated passer.
The Eagles (12-1) have clearly established themselves as a Super Bowl favorite with Hurts leading the way. They boast the best record in the NFL by a two-game margin and locked up a playoff spot for the fifth time in six years with last week’s 48-22 romp over the New York Giants. That came on the heels of a 25-point win over Tennessee.
If things keep going this way, these Eagles have a chance to go down as the best team in franchise history.
That hinges on them winning the Super Bowl for the second time in six seasons. But for now, they’re racking up wins in a way only one other Philadelphia team has.
The 2004 Eagles are the only other squad in franchise history to start 12-1. Philadelphia won 13 of its first 14 that season and advanced to the Super Bowl before losing to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.
Chicago (3-10), of course, is in a far different place.
Though Fields has started to resemble the franchise cornerstone they hoped he would become, the Bears come out of a bye looking to stop their second six-game losing streak in three years. They haven’t dropped more than six in a row since an eight-game skid in 2002 that matched a franchise record.
The Bears can maybe take some comfort from Philadelphia. The Eagles lost five of their first seven games last year before going on a 7-2 run that propelled them to the playoffs.
”You can kind of flip it around pretty quickly in this league, I think, depending on what pieces you add and how guys grow in the system and all of that stuff,” Bears tight end Cole Kmet said. ”You definitely see that. It’s encouraging.”
SPOTLIGHT BEHIND CENTER
All eyes figure to be on the quarterbacks with Hurts making an MVP argument and Fields on a dazzling run.
Hurts comes in with 17 wins in his past 19 regular-season starts. He became the second-youngest QB to start 12-1 or better since the 1970 merger behind Miami’s Dan Marino in 1984, and he is the first at his position in NFL history with at least 10 rushing TDs in back-to-back seasons.
Fields returned to his show-stopping ways two weeks ago in a loss to Green Bay after missing a game because of an injury to his nonthrowing shoulder. Besides a 55-yard touchdown run, he also had arguably his best game as a passer, going 20 of 25 for a season-high 254 yards. He was not sacked for the first time this season, though he was intercepted on Chicago’s final two possessions.
”He’s always been a player that I’ve had a lot of respect for,” Hurts said.
SACK MASTERS
Philadelphia has orchestrated an almost-worst-to-first-transformation when it comes to sacks, with a league-leading 49 after finishing 31st with 29 a year ago.
The Eagles have 13 over the past two games after getting seven last week. Brandon Graham had three against the Giants, and Haason Reddick earned his 10th. That made him the first player since 1982 with 10 or more sacks in three straight years with three different teams.
”It’s a lot of production by a lot of different guys,” coach Nick Sirianni said. ”It’s what’s pretty impressive about it.”
ON SECOND(ARY) THOUGHT
The Bears are getting some reinforcements in the secondary with safety Jaquan Brisker and cornerback Kyler Gordon out of the concussion protocol. The rookies are expected to be in the lineup for the first time since a loss at Atlanta on Nov. 20.
Then again, while they were sidelined, the Bears lost safety Eddie Jackson to a season-ending foot injury.
”It’s obviously different because BoJack was a leader and people like that are sitting out, so that’s tough,” said Brisker, who leads the Bears with three sacks.
LOOKING BACK
The teams are playing at Soldier Field for the first time since their wild-card matchup four years ago.
The Eagles escaped with a 16-15 win in a game remembered mostly because of the double-doink field-goal miss by Chicago’s Cody Parkey off the upright and crossbar in the closing seconds.
The Eagles beat Chicago in a regular-season game in Philadelphia in 2019.
TOUGH FINISH
The Bears have a difficult stretch to end the season.
Three of their final four opponents are currently in first place, with home games against Buffalo next week and Minnesota in the finale, in addition to the matchup with Philadelphia. Chicago also visits Detroit on Jan. 1.
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Country singer/songwriter Alex Miller stops by Best of the Bluegrass to perform his rendition of 'My Old Kentucky Home.'
You can follow the Garrard County native and American Idol alum on his website https://alexmillercountry.com/.
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Anne Heche is in stable condition after a fiery car crash at a Los Angeles home
Anne Heche is in stable condition Sunday, two days after the car she was driving crashed into a home and became engulfed in flames, a representative for the actress said.
"Her family and friends ask for your thoughts and prayers and to respect her privacy during this difficult time," the representative said.
Heche was previously in an intensive care unit with "severe burns" following the Friday crash, a source close to Heche told CNN Saturday morning.
"She's lucky to be alive," the source said. "She has severe burns and has a long recovery ahead. Her team and her family are still trying to process what led up to the crash."
The vehicle was traveling at high speed when it ran off the road and collided with a residence, Los Angeles Police Public Information Officer Jeff Lee told CNN on Friday.
Heche was taken to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics in critical condition. It took firefighters more than an hour to "access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure," the LAFD said.
There were no other injuries reported.
Hours before Heche's crash on Friday, a new episode of her podcast "Better Together" was released but has since been removed from an Apple Podcast landing page.
During part of the podcast, Heche and her co-host, Heather Duffy, discuss drinking vodka and wine, and Heche talks about having a "bad day." It's unclear when the podcast was recorded. CNN has reached out to Heche's representatives for comment.
"Today's been a very unique day," Heche says in the podcast. "I don't know what happened, sometimes days just suck and I don't know if you ever have them, but some days Mama says are ... some days are those no good very bad days. And I don't know why some days just end up like this, and things don't really rock me like that."
On Saturday, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CNN authorities had yet to question Heche about the circumstances of the incident.
The significant nature of her injuries have prevented officers from interviewing her, the law enforcement source said.
The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the crash and a previous "misdemeanor hit and run" incident, an LAPD spokesperson told CNN on Saturday evening.
LAPD said no arrests have been made.
Heche first rose to fame on the soap opera "Another World," where she played the dual role of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991 and earned a Daytime Emmy Award. She followed that with films including "Donnie Brasco," "Six Days Seven Nights," and "Wag the Dog."
Her romantic relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late '90s resulted in intense media attention, much to Heche's professional frustration. In a 2021 interview with Page Six, Heche said she felt "blacklisted" after going public with their relationship.
"I didn't do a studio picture for 10 years," said Heche, who dated DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AkzoNobel (AKZA; AKZOY) supports the transportation industry with paints and coatings this summer. As millions vacation in North America, AkzoNobel is a part of the travel industry through its Aerospace, Powder and Yacht Coatings businesses. Tourists may visit popular locations coated with AkzoNobel's products. These include the Brooklyn Bridge, Bay Bridge, Bellagio Hotel, Nationals Park, Orlando International Airport and the Hard Rock Casino's guitar sign in Gary, Indiana. No matter where the journey leads, chances are one is only a few feet away from AkzoNobel products.
AkzoNobel's Aerospace Coatings has a crucial role in innovation and sustainability as air travel increases. AkzoNobel's Aerofleet Coatings Management system is a digital, data-driven service that helps airlines and other large operators tailor and optimize the coatings replacement and maintenance schedule for an individual aircraft. Even with technological advancements, airplanes tend to be taken out of service for maintenance every six or seven years without knowing if a repaint is needed. Aerofleet addresses this by capturing data from manual and drone-operated inspections and creating a database of every aircraft in a fleet. This technology makes it easier and more accurate to determine when an aircraft needs to be repainted rather than using time or flight hours.
Southwest Airlines® collaborated with AkzoNobel to celebrate its fourth anniversary of serving the Hawaiian Islands this year. The company brought color to the design that captured the Hawaiian cultural concept of Imua. The airline turned to AkzoNobel for its aerospace coating quality and expertise in emerging trends to bring it to life. The design used more than 90 gallons of paint and 16 different colors. AkzoNobel also provided a special color palette, as seen in this time-lapse video.
As drivers set out on summer road trips, AkzoNobel uses its Powder Coatings to provide protection. The company coats approximately 100 million new automotive wheels yearly with its Powder Coatings. AkzoNobel is now the sole supplier to Dicastal, which built its latest automotive wheel factory in Mexico and coats 3 million wheels annually. AkzoNobel also provides dielectric coatings for drivers who use electric vehicles that protect passengers from electrical currents in the battery and motor components.
For luxurious transportation, sailing cruises aboard the Aquidneck in Newport, Rhode Island, are often the highlight of a visit to Newport. Aquidneck is a beautiful and comfortable schooner for a relaxing sailing cruise. AkzoNobel used its Yacht Coating brands Awlgrip for the boat exterior and Interlux® on the bottom. Check out AkzoNobel's marine protective and yacht coatings brands to turn heads on the water this summer!
John Griffin, North America Regional Director, stated: "As you travel to your favorite destination this summer, AkzoNobel will be a part of your journey. It may be your electric vehicle on a family road trip, the airplane you board or sailing on a cruise ship. AkzoNobel is there to bring the power of color to your summer travels with various innovative paints and coatings in North America."
About AkzoNobel
We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering paints company that's committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.
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A Chicago reporter issued a stark warning on public safety after employees working at a luxury hotel housing migrants barred him from entering during a heated exchange caught on camera.
William Kelly spoke with workers at the Inn of Chicago, requesting additional information about the status of the hotel, but the employees quickly told him it was closed and he was not welcome because he wasn't a "resident" at the hotel.
Kelly recounted the "hostile" exchange with the individuals on "Fox & Friends First" and his broader concerns surrounding how using the hotel as a migrant facility could impact the Windy City's already-rampant crime.
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"It is very disturbing," Kelly told co-host Ashley Strohmier Friday. "This is right off of Michigan Avenue. We already have the retailers fleeing due to violent crime. Tourists obviously have flatlined in the city of Chicago. Hotels are struggling, and this luxury hotel is apparently being used to house migrants."
"The city of Chicago isn't talking about this at all, so Chicago residents are being kept completely in the dark," he continued. "We really have a ticking time bomb here, something… tragic could happen at the hotel. Something could spill out onto Michigan Avenue. We are entering Chicago's notorious murder season, and we already have an out-of-control crime problem. The police are understaffed, and our new mayor doesn't seem to have a plan."
The Chicago reporter caught the exchange on video after one worker told him the location was "private."
Kelly pressed the individuals, arguing the location was a hotel and he saw other people go inside, but one employee said "you cannot come in," and after further dialogue said, "It's closed for you."
"It's a private area, so therefore it's private," one person said. "You're not a resident here."
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Kelly said the hotel is completely closed to public. He said after speaking with migrants, he found that a majority of the individuals are from Venezuela.
He was quick to note that under outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot's leadership specifically, the city housed the migrants for a steep price tag, all at the expense of the city's taxpayers.
"Mayor Lightfoot is saying that this is going to cost the taxpayers between 20 and $25 million a month," Kelly said. "Where is this money going? There's never really, to my knowledge, been any accounting. We don't really even know how many migrants are at this hotel."
"You can be sure that… if this hotel was just being run out for the public… there'd be… city inspectors crawling all over this place to shut it down," he continued. "But yet… as of right now, there's nobody, no one who isn't somehow running this very secretive operation, is even allowed inside the hotel."
Kelly's broader concern surrounding the run-in with employees at the Inn of Chicago stems from the lack of transparency surrounding the use of city tax dollars.
"The real questions that I have are the people who are in a very secretive way trying to corral these migrants, and also how quickly they turn hostile," Kelly said. "That was the other thing that kind of shocked me was their attitude that Chicagoans almost have no right to know. They have no right to ask any questions, and the second I even asked my very first question before I even attempted to enter the hotel, they called 911."
Kelly has been a longtime critic of Lightfoot, and the pair have a history of tussles surrounding crime in the Windy City. He accused her of revoking his press credentials in order to protect her now-failed re-election campaign.
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Leadership Icon Ken Blanchard Joins Host Lisa Nichols for Special Interview
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Something Extra," a weekly podcast devoted to personal and professional leadership development, today celebrates its 200th episode with special guest and leadership icon Ken Blanchard.
"Since 2018, we have had the incredible privilege of hearing outstanding leaders share their stories and 'something extras' with us," said Lisa Nichols, podcast host and chief executive officer of St. Louis-based Technology Partners. "We have learned so much and have gotten an amazing response from our listeners week after week."
Nichols will host a LinkedIn Live event at 12 p.m. Central on Sept. 7 to celebrate the milestone.
Blanchard is a renowned author, as well as the cofounder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm founded in 1979. In addition to being a globally recognized speaker and consultant, Ken is a trustee emeritus of the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Cornell University, and cofounder of Lead Like Jesus, a world-wide Servant Leadership ministry.
"I can't think of a better guest to feature on this special episode," Nichols said. "Ken is an absolute icon in the business world and I am excited for our listeners to learn from his experience. He shares some amazing stories and insights on the episode that are not to be missed."
Nichols is dedicating the 200th episode to former podcast engineer, Daniel Williams, who passed away tragically in August.
"Daniel was an invaluable team member, husband, father, and son who left us entirely too soon," Nichols said. "His effort and energy around the podcast were big reasons we've made it to 200 episodes. We will never forget Daniel and appreciate all he did for "Something Extra" and Technology Partners.
Join Technology Partners CEO Lisa Nichols as she interviews leaders from around the world to share their stories and show us what it takes to influence, encourage, and be a true leader. Visit https://technologypartners.net/blog/category/something-extra/ for more information.
Technology Partners is an award-winning St. Louis-based company that provides business solutions through talent, technology, and leadership development. In business for nearly 30 years, the company has partnered with hundreds of corporate clients across a range of industries nationwide. Visit www.technologypartners.net for more information.
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Emina Bektas 2023 Libema Open Odds
The field is shrinking at the Libema Open, with Emina Bektas in a quarterfinal against Ekaterina Alexandrova. Bektas' odds to win it all at Autotron Rosmalen are +2500.
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Bektas at the 2023 Libema Open
- Next Round: Quarterfinals
- Tournament Dates: June 9-18
- Venue: Autotron Rosmalen
- Location: Rosmalen, Netherlands
- Court Surface: Grass
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Bektas' Next Match
On Friday, June 16 at 6:30 AM ET, Bektas will play Alexandrova in the quarterfinals, after getting past Sachia Vickery 6-4, 6-4 in the previous round.
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Bektas Stats
- Bektas defeated Vickery 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday in the Round of 16.
- Bektas has not won any of her five tournaments over the past year, with an overall match record of 8-4.
- Bektas is 7-1 on grass over the past year.
- Bektas has played 21.1 games per match in her 12 matches over the past year across all court surfaces.
- Bektas, over the past 12 months, has played eight matches on grass, and 22.6 games per match.
- Bektas, over the past year, has won 75.7% of her service games and 27.0% of her return games.
- Over the past year, in terms of serve/return winning percentages on grass, Bektas has won 76.9% of her games on serve and 30.8% on return.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In the slow buildup to the Indianapolis 500, Josef Newgarden talked openly about having to put on a brave face when he would arrive at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and how so many failures in the race that mattered most had weighed on him.
On Monday, Newgarden showed up wearing a smile.
He had passed Marcus Ericsson in a last-lap sprint to the finish a day earlier, and was back at the mostly empty speedway for all the spoils. He chatted with team owner Roger Penske, who got his 19th victory but first since purchasing the track, and posed for countless photos on the yard of bricks. William Behrends, the sculptor who will craft Newgarden’s face on the Borg-Warner Trophy, took reference images, and Newgarden later sat in a chair and fiddled with the Indy 500 ring on his finger.
“Each year gets tougher when you run it 12 years in a row. It just gets harder and harder to leave here with a broken heart,” Newgarden told The Associated Press. “You know, everybody that doesn’t win the race, I believe, ends up with a broken heart, or at least I have left every year just shattered, and you got to build yourself back up really quickly and keep going.
“So you know, I just removed it from the equation that it had to happen,” Newgarden continued. “It’s because maybe if it doesn’t, that’s OK. My career wouldn’t be a failure. I don’t feel that way. And I don’t think anyone else should.”
Still, there was a palpable sense of relief when Newgarden took the checkers, stopped his car at the flag stand and found a hole in the fence — he’d noticed it there years ago — and crawled under to celebrate with fans on the front stretch.
It wasn’t only Newgarden who had been putting on a brave face for the Indy 500. It was the entirety of Team Penske, the gold standard in IndyCar, but whose 18 — ahem, now 19 — triumphs in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” began to seem long ago.
In the four years since Simon Pagenaud reached victory lane on a dominant day for Team Penske, with Newgarden and Will Power joining him in the top five, there had been a pandemic that shut down the world; Penske had closed on his purchase of IndyCar and the speedway; and teammates had come and gone from the organization.
Newgarden has been a mainstay, though, ever since joining Power to become a cornerstone of the team in 2017, when he arrived from Ed Carpenter Racing and promptly won the series title. Newgarden added another IndyCar title two years later.
Yet the Indianapolis 500 had eluded him.
He finished eighth in 2018, fourth the next year and fifth in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the race to be run in August. The last two years? Newgarden failed to finish in the top 10, joining the rest of Team Penske in struggling on race day.
“I’m still in the camp that the championship is tougher,” Newgarden admitted after dousing himself in milk and kissing the yard of bricks Sunday. “But I don’t know how you compare the two. You’re looking at one standalone versus a championship, and putting a championship together is, I think, very, very difficult. You really see the best rise to the top. You see the best team, the best pit-stop performance. Consistently it adds up over a year, and it’s very difficult to do that.
“This is the single-most difficult race in the world to win,” Newgarden added. “I’ll stand by that. There’s no doubt.”
That he even had a chance to win Sunday would have been surprising a week earlier, when Newgarden struggled again with qualifying. He was solidly in the field but stuck near the middle of the pack, so he made a bold decision to take his time off the board and go again. The risky gamble wound up being a wash; Newgarden still started in the middle of the sixth row.
He had a quiet race, too, steering clear of trouble over a mostly forgettable first 180 laps.
The drama began with a red flag a few laps later, the first of three that IndyCar threw before the finish. But it was the last one that spurred controversy. Ericsson was leading the race and thought he had won when the yellow flag was flying with two laps to go. Instead, the cars were pulled down pit road and brought to a stop to set up a one-lap shootout.
Ericsson said later he disagreed with the decision, calling it unsafe to take green and white flags simultaneously on the first lap out of the pits. Newgarden was just thankful for a chance — something that had eluded Scott Dixon and many others who were forced to ride around under caution and watch someone else take the checkered flags.
“I’m happy they did it to give a good finish,” Newgarden said.
One that had the crowd of more than 300,000 on its feet. Ericsson held the lead through Turns 1 and 2, watched Newgarden slip around him on the backstretch, then made a bold snake-like move out of Turn 4 to hold him off the win.
As he was finding a hole in the fence to celebrate with fans, Penske and the rest of the team was celebrating. Over near his pit box, Newgarden’s wife, Ashley, crouched down with her face in her hands and cried.
“She’s probably got the toughest job in our family, not just because she looks out for everything else and helps make my world go ‘round, but she sees the negative impact — she sees the heartbreak — more than anyone else. She knows what that’s like,” he said. “I’m just happy we were able to finally win it. She knows that, too.”
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Man charged with murder after body found in basement wrapped in plastic
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - A 40-year-old Ohio man is facing several charges after police say a body was found in the basement of his home.
WOIO reports Paul Addicott II has been charged with murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidence, offenses against a human corpse, and cruelty against companion animals.
According to authorities, the charges stem from an incident on Nov. 16 when a man’s body was found wrapped in plastic inside Addicott’s home in Cuyahoga County.
Parma Police Department Lt. Daniel Ciryak said officers initially responded to the house that day for a domestic incident where Addicott was arrested after a woman was sent to the hospital.
Later that day, police said a family member went to the home to remove guns for safekeeping and discovered the body in the basement.
That family member called police and officers returned to the home, along with the Cuyahoga County medical examiner.
Authorities identified the body as 30-year-old Ryan Krebs. He died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner. Police said Krebs was reported missing on Aug. 25.
According to court documents, Krebs was murdered on Aug. 1.
On Tuesday, Addicott pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. The 40-year-old is currently being held on a $1 million bond at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center.
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LSU releases new details about National Championship celebration
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU has released new details about a 2023 Baseball National Championship celebration planned for Wednesday, June 28.
The celebration follows LSU Baseball’s seventh College World Series Championship in program history and the first since 2009.
RELATED: LSU captures 7th MCWS title in school history; first since ‘09
According to LSU, the celebration will take place at Alex Box Stadium – Skip Bertman Field at 7:30 p.m. The gates will open at 6:30 p.m.
Fans will be able to enter the stadium through gates 0-3.
University officials said admission for the celebration is free, and all non-premium areas (Champions Club and Suites) will be general admission. Field level setting will be reserved for guests of LSU Baseball and the university.
According to LSU, free parking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in the Hall of Fame, Old Front Nine, Gourrier South, Levee South, and Hayfield Lots.
The celebration at Alex Box Stadium – Skip Bertman Field is expected to include a presentation of the National Championship trophy. The celebration will also include remarks from LSU head coach Jay Johnson, members of the team, and other dignitaries.
The celebration is expected to wrap up with a fireworks show.
LSU officials said the LSU Athletics’ Geaux Safe clear bag policy will be in place for the celebration. No outside food or drinks will be allowed.
The below information was released for Champions Club and Suite Season Ticket Holders:
All Champions Club, Suite, and Terrace season ticket holders will be sent complimentary tickets for the celebration. You will not need the ticket to enter the stadium but will be scanned upon entry to the Champions Club or Suite level. All tickets will be sent via mobile delivery. Additional information will be sent via email.
The LSU Tigers are also expected to return to Baton Rouge from Omaha Tuesday, June 27. Fans are encouraged to show up to Alex Box Stadium – Skip Bertman Field to help welcome the Tigers home.
RELATED: When you can welcome home the LSU baseball national champions
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Advancing the speed and accuracy of aerial methane sensing
HOUSTON , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flogistix, LP and Commaris today announce that the companies are exploring combining their strengths and jointly addressing various energy market needs in aerial data acquisition and delivery.
The Commaris SEEKER is an innovative, electric, fixed-wing/VTOL hybrid aircraft designed explicitly for autonomous commercial aerial applications. The SEEKER has a long-endurance capability with more than three hours of flight time without a battery change, saving time and reducing costs while supporting multiple payload configurations at a top speed of up to 75 mph. The UAV employs an advanced, fully composite airframe with a wingspan of 15 feet and a payload lifting capability of up to 10 pounds. Its modular design is easy to assemble and disassemble in the field in under three minutes.
Well known in the area of production optimization and methane capture, Flogisitx's latest offering is our AirMethane program which is designed to identify fugitive methane leaks via a drone equipped with the most technologically advanced detection systems. Utilizing OGI camera, sniffer, and laser detection capabilities, our drones are able to pinpoint leaks with precise accuracy allowing for immediate resolution. All inspection reports and videos are available online via Flux, our performance dashboard, allowing for timely regulatory reporting and compliance auditing.
"Utilizing our methane detection methods is not new to the industry," said Mims Talton, CEO of Flogistix. "However, mounting these detection devices on a drone lifts our service to the next level. Our leak detection solutions are the most accurate and efficient methods to inspect well pads, pipeline right of ways, compressor stations, and other oil and gas locations. Not only can this method save time, but it is also the safest and most accurate aerial detection available."
"We are very excited to explore energy sector solutions in collaboration with Flogistix," said Kevin Colburn, President of Commaris. "Our UAV is designed to perform a wide variety of commercial inspection operations. Combining it with sensors we are integrating into the platform plus Flogistix's sector experience, operational acumen, and proven data delivery capabilities, will position both companies to jointly provide value in the rapidly growing field of aerial data collection and delivery."
Commaris has the SEEKER on display at the Energy & Drone Robotics Summit through June 22 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott in Houston, TX. Representatives are available for questions at booth #401.
A leader in production optimization and atmospheric solutions, Flogistix specializes in well-head compression, vapor recovery applications, and methane detection. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Flogistix operates in nearly every major U.S. shale play and basin and provides service through 14 regional field offices and warehouses located in 7 states. For more information, please visit www.flogistix.com.
Commaris, a brand of Terrafugia, Inc., delivers uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for commercial operations in power, gas, oil, mapping, agriculture, security, and more. Its flagship UAV, the SEEKER, provides industry-leading flight times with ultra-low noise output, fast and precise vertical takeoff and landing, and dual-GPS systems with automated route planning. The SEEKER's large payload-carrying capability is customizable with a variety of modular options, such as a 30x optical zoom EO/IR camera for inspection, a 120-megapixel high-resolution camera for terrain mapping and 3D modeling, a six-band multispectral camera designed for precision agriculture analysis, a LiDAR system, a laser methane sensor, or a corona discharge sensor, most of which will feature the ability to stream data to the operator in near-real time. Terrafugia is a member of the Geely Technology Group. For more information on Commaris, please visit www.Commaris.com.
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CLEVELAND — On Sunday night, the Washington Wizards fought harder than they had since Russell Westbrook played in the nation’s capital. Will Barton and Delon Wright proved the value of adding a couple of hard-working, savvy veterans, and Bradley Beal stepped up to claim ownership of the defense.
Washington’s minor improvements couldn’t mask lingering problems that allowed the Cavaliers to control the majority of the game. The defense remained a step behind most of the time, and the defensive rebounding was a pox.
With second-in-command Darius Garland out with an eyelid laceration suffered in the season opener last week, Mitchell was tasked with carrying the scoring load on the second night of a back-to-back. He had little trouble shredding the Wizards (2-1) as he worked his way to 37 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
He turned the tide in a fairly even game by luring Deni Avdija into foul trouble. The Wizards battled, but their inability to produce stops got in the way of progress as they got within range of the lead in the fourth quarter over and over again. They finally tied it with 25.9 seconds to play when Barton smartly poked the ball away from Mitchell at midcourt for an easy bucket, but overtime was a wash.
The Cavaliers (2-1) held a 48-35 rebounding edge and had 16 offensive boards that led to 24 second-chance points.
Beal had an energetic game to lead five scorers in double figures, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the defense’s struggles. He had 27 points, five assists and four rebounds. Kristaps Porzingis had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Rui Hachimura added 16 points off the bench.
Here’s what else to know about the Wizards’ loss:
Avdija’s struggles
Avdija earned the Mitchell assignment on defense to start but picked up four fouls in his first 11 minutes on the court.
The first two came quickly and forced Coach Wes Unseld Jr. to sub in Hachimura with 7:25 to play in the first quarter. Unseld likes Avdija as a starter — and as a closer at the end of games — because of his defensive upside, but the 21-year-old had trouble keeping up with the Cavaliers’ star point guard. Mitchell’s physicality — he gave Avdija a few meaningful bumps — and lightning quickness made it hard for Avdija to stay in front of him without slipping up.
Beal switched onto Mitchell near the end of the first half, and Avdija started on Caris LeVert after coming out of the locker room. He committed his fourth foul in the first 90 seconds.
The coaching staff wants Avdija to pay close attention to the mental side of his game. The young forward often struggles to shake off bad moments and communicates with his body language — which tends to wilt during tough games.
“Don’t be really down if sometimes it doesn’t go in. It’s part of the game — work on the body language,” Avdija said when asked what the coaches tell him most often. “... Overall just be more confident. Don’t overthink. It’s kind of part of the maturing process.”
Morris finds his rhythm
Monte Morris, the Wizards’ new point guard, had his best game yet with a quiet 13 points. He went 3 for 3 from the three-point line and notched six assists, guiding Washington’s offense with help from Beal and Kuzma, who also occasionally brought the ball up the court.
Unseld has long said the Wizards need a capable, reliable organizer at the head of their offense. Wright has closed all three games this season, but Morris doesn’t have to be a go-to defensive stopper. Unseld likes him for his professionalism and work ethic.
Free throws make the difference
The Wizards beat the Bulls in Friday’s home opener despite attempting just 11 free throws to the Bulls’ 33 — the highest free throw differential in a win since December 2019, the Wizards said — but that good fortune was bound to run out. Washington’s fouling kept the Cavaliers in control Sunday. Cleveland made 22 of 25 from the charity stripe; the Wizards made 9 of 15.
Lopez hits the deck
Sunday’s game featured reunions with two former Wizards: scrappy point guard Raul Neto and goofy big man Robin Lopez. The latter might have had the highlight of the game: Going up against Daniel Gafford under the basket in the second quarter, he fell onto his backside but still made a pseudo-behind-the-back shot just before hitting the floor. It felt very in character for him.
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Five-time All-Star Giancarlo Stanton will miss four to six weeks after an MRI revealed a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, according to the Athletic.
Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday and the Yankees recalled top prospect Oswald Peraza in a corresponding roster move. But, the MRI showed that manager Aaron Boone will be without one of his top players for more than 10 days.
“He worked very hard to try and avoid these things,” Boone said Sunday about the slugger’s injuries. “But, unfortunately it’s something that’s happened with him.”
The injury occurred while Stanton was decelerating after hitting a double in Saturday’s win over the Minnesota Twins, according to Boone.
Stanton missing time due to injuries has become a common theme for the former MVP.
In 2019, the slugger played just 18 regular-season games while dealing with a myriad of injuries. Lower body injuries have plagued the 6-6 outfielder while he has been in pinstripes, as he missed games with a hamstring injury in 2020 and a quad strain in 2021.
Last season, Stanton missed 29 games due to left Achilles tendinitis. He also missed time last season with an ankle injury. He missed 52 total games last season.
Outfielders Willie Calhoun, Franchy Cordero and Aaron Hicks could see more opportunities with Stanton sidelined for at least a month.
Before going down with the hamstring injury, Stanton was slashing .269/.296/.558 with four homers and 11 RBI in 13 games.
BREWER SENT DOWN
The Yankees outrighted right-hander Colten Brewer off the Major League roster and onto the roster of Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The righty appeared in three games with the team, recording a 4.32 ERA in 8.1 innings pitched.
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DETROIT — (AP) — Rickie Fowler has put himself in a position to win a PGA Tour title again.
He's hoping to take advantage for a change.
Fowler birdied six of his last eight holes Saturday to surge into the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 20 under, giving him another chance to end a four-year PGA Tour victory drought.
“I’m not scared to fail,” said Fowler, who had an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Adam Hdwin at Detroit Golf Club. “I’ve dealt with plenty of that.”
Indeed.
Two weeks ago in Los Angeles in the U.S. Open, Fowler squandered a chance with a closing 75 in a fifth-place tie. And last week at the Travelers Championship, he shot a career-best 60 in the third round to contend and closed with a 69 to drop into a tie for 13th.
“Felt really good Sunday last week and just didn’t get anything going, didn’t get anything out of it,” Fowler said. “Sunday at the U.S. Open, timing got a little off."
The 34-year-old Fowler has led or shared the 54-hole lead 10 times on the PGA Tour, and has has converted the advantage into a championship just twice.
Fowler, who has never won a major, won the 2019 Phoenix Open for his only victory in six years. He's making his 96th start since his last title, shooting to end the longest drought of his career and win for the sixth time on the PGA Tour.
“Whether it happens (Sunday) or not, it’s going to happen here soon,” said Fowler, who has seven top-10 finishes this season and is No. 17 in the FedEx Cup standings. "I've been playing a lot of really good golf and been putting myself in good positions.
“This definitely won’t be the last.”
Hadwin had a season-low 63 to tie the tournament record.
“One of the hardest things in golf is to get out of your own way when things are going well,” he said. “I’ve been victim of that.”
Hadwin was the victim of mistaken identity a few weeks ago when he was tackled by a security guard at the Canadian Open after fellow Canadian Nick Taylor's victory.
Hadwin rushed the 18th green at Oakdale in Toronto while spraying celebratory bubbly from a bottle after Taylor beat Tommy Fleetwood. A guard trying to protect Taylor took Hadwin to the ground and videos of the scene went viral on social media.
“Everybody knows who I am because I’m the guy who got tackled,” he said.
Taylor Pendrith, who is also Canadian, was third at 18 under after a 67. The big hitter bogeyed two of his last four holes at Detroit Golf Club.
Hadwin is hoping to become the fifth player from Canada to win on the PGA Tour this season.
“I certainly don’t want to be left behind,” he said. “It’s a pretty fun leaderboard right now with Taylor and I at the top on Canada Day.”
If Hadwin or Pendrith win the Rocket Mortgage Classic, it will mark the first time that five-plus players from outside the U.S. won on the PGA Tour in one season since six Australians earned titles during the 2013-14 season.
Monday qualifier Peter Kuest (65) and Aaron Rai (68) were 17 under. Taylor Moore (69) was another stroke back with four other players, including Collin Morikawa, who shot a 67 for the second straight day.
Play was suspended for 1 hour, 42 minutes because of lightning in the area and the schedule for the final round was adjusted in the hopes of completing the final round with inclement weather in the forecast.
The leaders will tee off Sunday morning just before 9 a.m. — about 5 hours before the original schedule — and threesomes will start on both the front and back nine.
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Broad range of impactful world-class leaders compose board of LLS, global leader in the fight against blood cancer.
RYE BROOK, N.Y., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) announced today National Board Officer appointments, as well as a new national board member. The National Board of Directors works alongside LLS leadership to drive forward the organization's steadfast commitment to saving lives and improving the quality of life for blood cancer patients and their families.
Effective July 1, 2022, the new officer appointments include: Jeff Sachs, Board Chair; Kathleen Meriwether, Vice Chair; Freda Wang, Secretary/Treasurer; Ruben Mesa, M.D., At Large.
Also effective July 1, 2022, Jim Reddoch, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Investments, and Chief Scientific Officer at Royalty Pharma, joins as a new board member.
"Volunteers are integral to the success of LLS, and we are grateful to the distinguished volunteer leaders serving on LLS's national board—all laser-focused on helping blood cancer patients and their families survive and thrive," said Louis J. DeGennaro, Ph.D., LLS president and CEO. "With their diverse talents and skills and dedication to charting a bold course for the future, LLS can continue transforming the landscape of blood cancer care. We congratulate our new slate of officers, welcome our new board member, and look forward to the impact we will have together."
"As a leukemia survivor and longtime LLS volunteer and donor, I've witnessed firsthand LLS's impact on the lives of blood cancer patients and families, through unprecedented strides in research, patient services and advocacy," said Jeff Sachs, LLS Board Chair. "I'm honored to chair the board of this organization, which has exemplary management and was recently recognized as an innovative, impactful leader among cancer organizations, with best-in-class transition of donor funds into effective patient-oriented, mission-driven programs."
Board Chair, Jeff Sachs (Atlanta, GA): Jeff Sachs retired as the North American senior managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotels and Hospitality Strategic Advisory and Asset Management Group. Before joining JLL, Sachs was a founding partner of Strategic Advisory Group, which was acquired by JLL in early 2016. Prior to forming Strategic Advisory Group in 1998, he was the national director of the public assembly consulting practice and the southeast director of the hospitality practice for Ernst & Young. He earned a bachelor's and master's degree in accounting from the University of Iowa. Sachs has been a volunteer with LLS since 2005, one year after surviving a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia.
Vice Chair, Kathleen Meriwether (Philadelphia, PA): Kathleen Meriwether is retired from Ernst & Young, LLP, where she served as Americas Life Sciences Leader for the firm's Forensic and Integrity practice. She specialized in assisting health sciences companies with internal and government investigations, global risks and compliance assessments and regulatory compliance analyses. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, she served as an Assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, specializing in health care fraud matters. She previously spent more than 16 years with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in a number of legal, regulatory affairs and compliance positions, including division counsel for the Oncology and Immunology franchise. Kathleen has a bachelor's degree in economics from LaSalle University and earned her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Novartis Corporation and is a cancer survivor.
Secretary/Treasurer, Freda Wang (New York, NY): Freda Wang is a managing director in Goldman Sachs' Public Sector & Infrastructure Group within the investment banking division. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, she was a managing director and head of structured banking within the Municipal Securities Group at UBS. Wang has spent over two decades providing investment banking services to some of the country's largest public sector organizations, including state and local governments, public utility systems, transportation and mass transit agencies and other public and quasi-public organizations. Over the course of her career, she has helped numerous governmental, corporate and nonprofit clients solve complex financing challenges related to public projects. Freda was named the 2018 Woman of the Year candidate for LLS's Connecticut Westchester Hudson Valley Chapter. She currently serves as treasurer and board member of FUSE Corps, and as vice chair of the board and chair of the finance committee of New York City Health & Hospitals. Freda earned a bachelor's degree in urban studies with a concentration in economics from Columbia College of Columbia University in New York City.
At Large, Ruben Mesa, M.D., FACP (San Antonio, TX): Dr. Mesa is executive director of the NCI designated Mays Cancer Center, home to the UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center, where he holds the Mays Family Foundation Distinguished University presidential chair. Dr. Mesa has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator in more than 100 clinical trials for patients with myeloid disorders and played a lead role in various FDA approvals. He has been a funded investigator of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on several projects in myeloproliferative neoplasms, and is appointed to the NCI Clinical Trial Advisory Committee. Dr. Mesa plays a range of leadership roles with the American Society of Hematology, and elected to the Board of the American Association of Cancer Institutes. Dr. Mesa completed his undergraduate training in nuclear engineering and physiology at University of Illinois and attended Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN, where he completed his internal medicine residency and hematology & medical oncology fellowship. He was then on the faculty of the Mayo Clinic in hematology and later served as deputy director of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center from 2012-2017.
Board Member, Jim Reddoch, Ph.D. (New York, NY): Jim Reddoch, Ph.D. is Executive Vice President, Investments, and Chief Scientific Officer at Royalty Pharma, where he has identified and analyzed new biopharma investment opportunities and partnerships for over 14 years. Prior to joining Royalty Pharma in 2008, Dr. Reddoch was Head of Healthcare Research at FBR Capital Markets. Previously, Dr. Reddoch was a biotechnology analyst at Bank of America and CIBC World Markets. He is on Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's external review board for its Technology Development Fund. Dr. Reddoch has a bachelor's degree from Furman University, a PhD in biochemistry and molecular genetics from the University of Alabama medical school and was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University.
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Dr. Dre to receive first Hip-Hop Icon Award from music industry group ASCAP
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dre will need to make room in his trophy case for another prestigious award.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said on Tuesday that Dr. Dre will receive the first-ever ASCAP Hip-Hop Icon Award. He’ll be honored at the organization’s Rhythm & Soul Music Awards Celebration of 50 Years of Hip-Hop on Thursday in Los Angeles.
“Dr. Dre’s groundbreaking early work laid a foundation for hip-hop as we know it today,” said Paul Williams, chairman of the board and president at ASCAP. “As a champion for some of today’s biggest artists and a successful entrepreneur, he changed the culture around hip-hop.”
The honor Dre is receiving will be presented to ASCAP members whose musical contributions have made an “indelible impact” on the art and culture of hip-hop.
DJ Kid Capri and DJ Drama will provide music for Thursday’s event.
Dre, a seven-time Grammy winner, has produced big hits for Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Nas and 50 Cent. He won his first Emmy for last year’s Super Bowl halftime performance with Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Lamar and 50 Cent.
The prolific producer emerged from the West Coast gangster rap scene alongside Eazy-E and Ice Cube as part of the group N.W.A., which made a major mark in the hip-hop culture and music industry with controversial lyrics in the late 1980s.
Earlier this year, Dr. Dre celebrated the 30th anniversary of “The Chronic” with a re-release of his highly acclaimed debut studio album. In 2010, he was honored with the ASCAP’s Founders Award.
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