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Joe Biden got the vibe shift he needed. Now he’s looking to make it count.
By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN
Pete Buttigieg wasn’t quite feeling it.
It was late and White House aides had given him the cryptic guidance during their prep call for his Sunday show appearances on July 24: “We’re not taking any swings.”
That last weekend in July, the transportation secretary was — like most Democrats — still reeling from the latest death of a reconciliation bill tackling climate change that he and so many others had hoped for. The potential loss of the electric vehicles tax credits he had worked on most closely, and the bigger goals like carbon emissions cuts had Buttigieg feeling dejected, despondent.
The circle of those in the know had been kept so tight that even Buttigieg, one of the Cabinet secretaries closest to President Joe Biden who was managing some of the policies involved — and a top TV pitchman — didn’t know how much was on the cusp of changing.
“There was a sense that things had stalled,” acknowledged a top Biden adviser. “People felt that they weren’t seeing what they thought they were going to see.”
The upside to a year and a half of false starts and breakdowns, Democrats say: They stumbled into having a pile of good news right before midterm campaigning really picks up, and just as the average gas price has fallen below $4 and Donald Trump’s last week included having the FBI search Mar-a-Lago and invoking the Fifth Amendment hundreds of times to the New York attorney general.
Three days after Buttigieg’s TV appearances, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Biden to tell him that he’d landed the deal with Manchin and brought the President’s agenda back to life.
With that deal, which included deficit reductions and the biggest investments in combating climate change the US has ever made, now through Congress and headed to the President’s desk, Biden and his team are rushing to reset the image they allowed to settle in of a doddering president wiling away his days in the Oval Office as time passed him by.
Three dozen White House aides, members of Congress and top staff as well as top political operatives spoke to CNN about Biden’s race against time to change perceptions of his presidency. It’s a sprint aimed at defying history by salvaging the Democratic majorities in Congress in the November midterms and — just as critically for the President — staving off any more defections from within his own party as he looks toward the reelection campaign that he is indeed planning to launch early next year.
While some even within the administration see the West Wing trying to put a rosy spin on a President who wasn’t doing much, aides who were most deeply involved point to calibrated, multi-dimension, simultaneous strategies often overlooked by those focused only on Biden jawboning his way through Oval Office meetings.
There was making sure Buttigieg held back in those Sunday show interviews. There was deploying Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for intense national security briefings about China on the Hill to push through the CHIPS and Science Act. There was the group of aides who huddled by the sofa in the Roosevelt Room about how to feed an echo chamber of prominent liberals blasting Senate Republicans for initially refusing to pass the veterans burn pits health bill out of anger at the reconciliation deal — and then get the tweets they helped generate in front of wavering Democrats to convince them to give up their objections for the sake of helping mess with Republicans.
And there was the quiet coordination with Manchin and Schumer as Biden held off declaring the climate emergency that many activists and Democratic officials were demanding, though they knew that would once again mean the President getting raked on social media by his own supporters. Though several options were prepared for how to declare a climate emergency, Biden aides say that gamble captures their approach: As disappointed as many of Biden’s supporters were in the moment, passing a law produced a much bigger result that can’t just be rescinded by a future president.
What came together “was not an overnight thing,” the adviser said. Biden “plays the long game and really does have the ability to look ahead and know you’re going to go through the rocky periods to get there.”
Biden’s caution not to make huge demands on any of the bills — not calling for universal background checks in the gun reform, or for his full Build Back Better agenda to make it through reconciliation, was also key. “This President, by not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, helped make so many of these things happen,” said a senior Senate Democratic aide.
The climate provisions are a perfect example of where the White House feels Biden’s role in setting the direction is being under-appreciated: Manchin wouldn’t have been the 50th vote without Schumer, but they say there wouldn’t have been 49 out of 50 votes there without Biden. Obama, they’ll note, didn’t get 50 out of 59 of his Senate Democrats on his cap-and-trade plan.
But by focusing on investments in clean energy projects that brought labor on board — and tending to a network of unions to keep speaking up in support, much like the network of veterans’ groups they were in touch with on the burn pits bill — instead of carbon fees, Biden “built a climate plan that fused 49 (Democrats) together and the fusion stuck all the way,” said a senior White House aide. “Obviously, not enough without Manchin. But without Biden’s approach, you aren’t even one vote away.”
Still, when Schumer finished the negotiations, his first stop was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, telling they had to talk with no staff in the room to keep it secret. She agreed to the terms. Biden, who’d given Schumer his sign off during a call a week and a half earlier, was the next call, to hear that it was done.
Along the way, close advisers say, Biden has proven his theory of his presidency: that major legislation can still actually move through Washington, that it can happen with bipartisan agreement even amid simultaneous partisan fights, that what may seem like outdated rules of governing and politics actually still matter in the age of instant gratification. That the answer to people yelling or threatening isn’t to yell back, no matter what was said about him by Republicans or his own party.
In this wave of momentum inside the White House, aides often bring up the people who called Biden “naïve,” just to swat that notion down. The phrase Biden and his aides return to often is that he and his allies have “met this moment.” Some in the West Wing have been sending around a line from his South Carolina victory speech in 2020, when luck and circumstance and strategy and perseverance suddenly resurrected then-candidate Biden after he seemed like he was finished: “For those that have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign.”
“We can’t do it all the time, and we can’t do it a lot of the time, but there are occasions when we can come together, and we should. And that’s an important signal for the country,” a senior White House official said late last week.
Summertime frustrations
Before they cautioned Buttigieg against going too hard, Biden’s aides had been planning his own big speech at the end of July, in Wisconsin — until aides to Gov. Tony Evers, who’s in a tight reelection fight, urged him not to come so they could avoid being together. White House aides had decided to go through with it anyway, until they realized that the necessary security measures would force them to cancel the local favorite Oshkosh Air Show.
Now that big Biden speech is being planned for shortly after Labor Day. Aides are preparing a hard-hitting kick off for midterm campaigning, with the President touting tangible, long-talked-about wins like lowering prescription drug costs and gun restrictions while hammering Republicans for being extremists who are in the pocket of special interests.
The hole Biden is hoping to crawl out of is deep, and it’s dark. Around the time when the Wisconsin speech would have happened, top Democratic operatives were quietly passing around numbers that left them depressed but not surprised. Biden’s disapproval rating was higher than his approval rating in Delaware — the state he represented for 36 years in the Senate, where they named the main rest stop and the train station for him years before he was elected president.
The numbers have been worse elsewhere. In state after state, district after district, with as much as a 20- to 25-point gaps between voters’ feelings about Biden and their feelings about the Democratic candidates for governor, Senate and House. For the August special election for a House district where Biden edged out Trump in 2020, the Democratic candidate is ahead in two internal polls, but Biden’s approval is in the mid-30s.
All summer long, Democratic focus groups across the country came back with a consistent complaint about Biden: He didn’t seem like he was even trying to deal with inflation or really anything else.
Approval ratings circled the drain — “there’s no bottom,” one operative in a high-profile race said late last month. Asked about Biden’s numbers, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly insisted he didn’t know how bad they were. Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, another one of Democrats’ most endangered incumbents, ducked answering a question about whether she’d be dragged down by Biden’s low approval rating by saying, “I can just tell you I don’t take Nevadans for granted.”
“It’s a time where everybody’s has been through so much, and even though their own personal situation may be fine, there’s a lot of anxiety in the country,” said Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, trying to explain how much people had turned on Biden, even as other Democrats and the Democratic agenda remained popular.
In the weeks after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and nothing else was going right, that disenchantment started leeching into the Oval Office too.
“When you’re the president, you’re the vessel for that frustration. And it’s hard, when you’re the most powerful person in the world, and you can’t do anything about it,” said another White House aide.
A change in the political winds
Getting the guns bill passed in the wake of the horrible school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was an important hinge moment, aides say.
Not only did it show that Republicans and Democrats could make a deal on an intractable issue, but it showed the passion in Biden that had not been evident in prior weeks. The issue has been personally important to the President ever since he was the senator who shepherded through the last major gun legislation 30 years ago.
Killing Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, aides said, was another important jolt internally, though largely lost in the cascade of other news. An adviser called that a “proof of concept” moment for a President whose long résumé lacked much of that commander-in-chief experience.
“The Beltway crowd dismissed him as out of touch,” said New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic Caucus chairman. “The agenda that he oversaw was widely popular with the American people. … Now these wins will only allow President Biden’s approval rating to catch up with the popularity of the agenda he’s put forward.”
If Biden can start to climb up a few points, hopeful Democratic operatives say, then candidates who were holding even against Republicans while he was in the 30s might really have a shot at winning. They’re not sure there’s enough time to turn public perception around, though, and Republicans are still looking to make him an anchor.
“None of them want to say they’re with Biden,” said Florida Sen. Rick Scott, the chair of the Senate GOP campaign arm. “I think they’re I think they’re trying to separate themselves from Biden all the time.”
The vibe shift in the last two weeks can be overstated. Pockets of staff dysfunction persist. The close klatch of aging advisers remains largely impenetrable for the rest of the staff, and even several high-level aides say they’re mystified about why decisions are so hard to make or why the President is sticking with his sparse public schedule.
Internal chatter a few weeks ago that the author Jon Meacham was about to officially join the West Wing as a top communications staffer encapsulated aides’ sense of ideas being flung against the wall. A decision on student loan cancellation that was originally promised in the spring will, in true Biden fashion, almost certainly be pushed all the way to the deadline on August 31 and, no matter where it lands, will end up frustrating some on the left for not going far enough.
Still convincing his party over 2024
Raul Ruiz, a physician and California congressman who was a key proponent of the burn pits legislation, stood outside the White House after the bill signing on Wednesday recalling how he’d started talking with Biden about the issue all the way back in 2018, a few minutes before a speech to buck up the House Democrats during the Trump years.
“People are going to start to realize this is Joe Biden’s doing. The difficulty is that, of course, there’s always a lag time to implementation,” Ruiz said. “But he will still be in office for the next two years. And once all these benefits start kicking in and lives have been improved, then he will be in office another four years.”
Biden still has convincing to do even among other Democratic leaders. Two New York members of Congress facing off in a primary against each other were both caught hesitating on supporting Biden for reelection in their primary debate. Both quickly backtracked, but one, Rep. Jerry Nadler, has told people that he believes the question is a Republican trap, getting Democrats talking about the future of an unpopular President rather than the more immediate questions about the Democratic agenda and what he sees as the Republican threat.
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, meanwhile, told CNN that as excited as he is about all Biden’s recent successes, he stands by comments he made late last month arguing that Biden shouldn’t run for reelection.
He said “tens” of colleagues have reached out to him to say they agreed, with several members also telling CNN privately that they worry about a rush of similar announcements urging Biden to step aside if Republicans still come out of the midterms with big victories.
“It has not changed my perspective or feelings one iota,” Phillips said. “This is the perfect time. The president himself used the term ‘bridge,’ that he would be a generational bridge. I’d like to see Joe Biden go out on top after having served as the most important, remarkable bridge at a time when the country was literally teetering.”
Comments like that leave Biden and his orbit wondering — after winning the presidency when few thought he could and scoring a legislative record few modern presidents can match — what it will take to get his own party to cheer him into reelection rather than continuing to circulate doubts.
“People should take him at his word. He generally is someone who tells you exactly what he’s going to do,” the top Biden adviser said. “This record of achievements and accomplishments—that is the kind of record you run on.”
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One injured in Barnett Road motorcycle crash
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - One person was injured Friday in a motorcycle wreck at Kovarik and Barnett roads.
It happened around 12:40 p.m. when a truck and the motorcycle were traveling northbound on Barnett Road. The truck reportedly stopped to turn west onto Kovarik Road, and the motorcycle driver had to make an evasive maneuver.
Police on scene said the motorcycle clipped the back of the truck and then drove off the road.
The motorcycle driver was taken to a hospital via an ambulance, and their condition is unknown at this time. They were reportedly not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. None of the truck occupants were injured.
This is a developing story. Stick with News Channel 6 as we learn more.
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MOORESTOWN, N.J., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.® (NASDAQ: TRHC), a leading healthcare technology company advancing the safe use of medications, today announced that it completed the sale of its SinfoníaRx business to Cureatr, following the sale of its DoseMeRx business to an affiliate of Fairlong Capital LLC earlier this year. The combined proceeds are $11 million.
"The successful sale of these two businesses, along with the sale of PrescribeWellness in August 2022, completes the strategic divestitures that we announced last year, advancing our commitment to focus on our core value-based markets," said Brian Adams, President and Interim CEO of TRHC.
TRHC completed the sale of DoseMeRx, an advanced precision dosing tool, on January 20, 2023. The sale of TRHC's Medication Therapy Management (MTM) business, SinfoníaRx, closed on March 2, 2023.
Conference Call
As previously announced, TRHC will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The Company's financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022, will be released after the close of the market on Monday, March 6, 2023.
About Tabula Rasa HealthCare
Tabula Rasa HealthCare (TRHC) (NASDAQ: TRHC) provides medication safety solutions that empower healthcare professionals and consumers to optimize medication regimens, combatting medication overload and reducing adverse drug events. TRHC's proprietary technology solutions, including MedWise®, improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, and lower healthcare costs. TRHC's extensive clinical tele-pharmacy network improves care for patients nationwide. Its solutions are trusted by health plans and at-risk provider groups to help drive value-based care. For more information, visit TRHC.com.
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Partnership will integrate cyber threat intelligence and risk management solutions into one of the leading markets in Latin America
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Resecurity, a U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence company, announced its partnership with ECOMIL SAS to expand Resecurity's AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and threat intelligence services to Colombia. Based in Bogotá, Colombia, ECOMIL SAS provides cybersecurity, IT management and networking solutions to enterprise and government customers in Colombia.
Colombia is rapidly transforming to a digital economy, where remote work has exploded 400% post pandemic. The transition to a digital economy has increased the threat of cyber-attacks, which increased 59% in the first half of 2020 alone. The uptick in cyber-attacks have increased the need for cyber security services in Colombia. To accelerate the adoption of AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, Resecurity is partnering with ECOMIL SAS to provide managed threat detection and response to Colombian organizations, along with tailored solutions oriented on needs of law enforcement, government agencies, aerospace and defense (A&D).
"We are thrilled to partner with ECOMIL and to join forces to deliver our solutions across all market verticals in Colombia" – said Gene Yoo, CEO of Resecurity, Inc.
"Partnership with Resecurity will positively impact on Colombian cybersecurity market, and will enable delivery of cutting-edge solutions to protect critical sectors of economy" – Edgar Ernesto Hernandez, CEO of Ecomil SAS.
Resecurity's innovative cybersecurity solutions allow organizations to automate the identification, assessment, and triage of possible cyber threats while staying ahead of cybercriminals using advanced tactics to attack organizations at scale. The AI-driven platform allows administrators to reduce potential blind spots and security gaps by quickly seeing in-depth analysis and specific artifacts obtained through the Dark Web, botnets activity, network intelligence, and high-quality threat intelligence.
Click here to learn more about Resecurity's cybersecurity solutions.
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https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/colombia-cybersecurity-outlook
Resecurity, Inc. (Los Angeles, California) is a cybersecurity company providing managed threat detection and response for Fortune 500. The company delivers a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence. Known for providing best-of-breed data-driven intelligence solutions, Resecurity's services and platforms focus on early-warning identification of data breaches and comprehensive protection against cybersecurity risks. Founded in 2016, it has been globally recognized as one of the world's most innovative cybersecurity companies with the sole mission of enabling organizations to combat cyber threats regardless of how sophisticated they are. Most recently, Resecurity was named as one of the Top 10 fastest-growing private cybersecurity companies in Los Angeles, California by Inc. Magazine. An official member of AFCEA, FS-ISAC, NDIA, SIA, Infragard, the American Chamber of Commerce in Saudi Arabia (AmChamKSA) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (AmChamMexico). To learn more about Resecurity, visit https://resecurity.com.
ECOMIL SAS is a leading technology services provider based in Bogotá, Colombia. ECOMIL provides Colombian organizations and companies with expertise in telecommunications, information security, network infrastructure, cloud solutions, and support/professional services with many years of experience in the market. https://www.ecomil.co.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A South Carolina man died Tuesday after falling from a fishing boat into the Holston River in Grainger County.
According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the incident took place on Tuesday, June 20, downstream of Smoky Island near 147 Mary Lane in Rutledge.
Robert Skipper Cogan, 75, of Indian Land, S.C., reportedly fell overboard from a drift boat while on a guided trout fishing trip with another fisherman. The TWRA said the fishing guide was able to pull Cogan to the shore and start CPR. He continued CPR until Grainger County EMS arrived and took over.
EMS was unable to revive Cogan and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been taken for an autopsy. The TWRA added that the incident remains under investigation.
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CHICAGO — A spa day worker is in critical condition after police say she was allegedly stabbed by a customer on the Southwest Side Wednesday night.
According to police, the 35-year-old woman was stabbed at a spa in the 3800 block of South Archer Avenue around 10:00 p.m. and police are still unsure what led to the incident.
Police say the woman was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition with stab wounds to her neck and wrists. A witness stated that it was the woman’s first day on the job and that allegedly the man who stabbed her had never been to the spa before.
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House lawmakers are prepping a bipartisan resolution to condemn China after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the weekend, which ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Though Republicans have sharply criticized the Biden administration for waiting for days as the balloon traveled across the continental U.S. to South Carolina before shooting it down, the resolution is not expected to focus blame on President Biden.
“We want it to be a bipartisan resolution about China, not about us fighting each other,” Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told reporters Monday night. “Because it’s too important of an issue, you know. We want to stand strong together against China instead of having our internal fights.”
McCaul said he sent a draft resolution to Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the panel, who has “made his comments.” The two were set to meet Monday evening to “hash it out,” according to McCaul.
He said the resolution could be released as soon as this week.
“Clearly, we’re focused on condemning China for sending a spy balloon into United States territory. Obviously, we have a lot more questions about what happened, and when the administration knew it,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Monday.
“Those are separate questions going on, and we need to have a briefing on it. But in the meantime, we’re trying to get an agreement with” the committees working on the proposal, he added.
Talk of a resolution comes the same week Biden is set to deliver the State of the Union address. McCaul said that event factored into his thinking about whether to write the resolution with a partisan edge.
“My strong recommendation was to make it bipartisan because with the State of the Union, I just think it’s important that we focus on our adversary China, rather than our internal politics or divisions,” he said.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will get a “gang of eight” intelligence briefing — alongside bipartisan congressional leaders as well as the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence committees — on the Chinese balloon sometime this week. He is pushing for a briefing open to all House members.
McCarthy said his questions will include why the U.S. did not shoot down the balloon earlier, when it was detected, and inquiries about other balloons detected in the past that were only assessed to be balloons later.
Gen. Glen VanHerck, the head of U.S. Northern Command, said Monday that the Defense Department assessed the presence of previous balloons in or near U.S. airspace during the Trump administration after the fact through other means of information collection.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Biden had authorized the military to take down the balloon last Wednesday, and officials waited to shoot it down over water so the debris would not harm any Americans.
McCarthy was not convinced that there was not a safe way to take down the balloon earlier.
“If you allow them to enter a sovereign nation of America in the airspace, what does that say? I would send a very clear message that you’re never going to enter,” McCarthy said.
“You could do it over Alaska without any problem. You could have done it over northern Idaho. You could have done it in Montana. These are not high populated areas that gave you a lot of opportunity.”
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Maine Public’s Political Pulse team returns to recap the year in Maine politics. We’ll also hear from the editorial page editors of the Portland Press Herald and Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel newspapers to discuss the top news of 2022 in Maine.
Panelists (first block):
Steve Mistler, chief politics and government correspondent, Maine Public Radio
Kevin Miller, State House correspondent, Maine Public Radio
Panelists (second & third blocks):
Siobhan Brett, opinion editor, Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
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WATCH LIVE: News conference with new A-State basketball coach
Published: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:44 AM CDT|Updated: 23 minutes ago
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The new leader of the hardwood pack is holding his first news conference in Red Wolf territory.
Last week, Arkansas State University hired Bryan Hodgson to lead the men’s basketball team.
At 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 27, A-State will hold a public introductory news conference in the auditorium of the Centennial Bank Athletics Operations Center.
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LOS ANGELES — Treat Williams, an actor who starred in "Everwood" and the film adaptation of "Hair," has died in a motorcycle crash, according to Vermont State Police.. He was 71 years old.
Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams' motorcycle in the town of Dorset, according to a statement from Vermont State Police.
“Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead,” according to the statement.
Williams was wearing a helmet, police said.
The SUV's driver received minor injuries and wasn't hospitalized. He had signaled the turn and wasn't immediately detained although the crash investigation continued, police said.
Williams, whose full name was Richard Treat Williams, lived in Manchester Center in southern Vermont, police said.
His agent confirmed the death to multiple outlets Monday evening.
"He was an actor's actor. Filmmakers loved him. He's been the heart of the Hollywood since the late 1970s," Williams' agent, Barry McPherson, told People magazine. "He was really proud of his performance this year. He's been so happy with the work that I got him. He's had a balanced career."
Williams starred as George Berger in the 1979 film adaption of the Broadway musical "Hair," a role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He was nominated again in 1981 for "Prince of the City." He starred on The WB's "Everwood" for all four seasons as Dr. Andy Brown and earned a SAG Award nomination for the role, and had recurring roles on the television shows "Chicago Fire" and "Blue Bloods."
Most recently, he starred as Mick O'Brien in "Chesapeake Shores," a drama series that began on the Hallmark channel, as well as other Hallmark films and Netflix's "Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square."
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Zirille’s zealous strive for greatness leads Homestead gymnastics
Published: Mar. 3, 2023 at 4:27 PM EST|Updated: 4 hours ago
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Homestead gymnastics aims for its third straight regional title on Saturday.
Four-time sectional champion Gina Zirille looks to defend her individual regional title with teammates Kendyl Bond and freshman Jillian Creager also competing at the Huntington North meet.
The Spartans are back-to-back state runners up.
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NEW YORK, March 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nirvana Water Sciences Corp. is making waves in the wellness world with a super-charged beverage portfolio.
The company began unveiling Nirvana Super™ beverages last week via a social media campaign that is going viral with over 1 million views on Instagram. The suite of functional spring waters, seltzers and shots have delicious spa-like flavors and are infused with powerful supplements. The full lineup officially launches at Expo West in Anaheim this week, but the soft launch last week blasted off early.
"We know that our proprietary ingredients will transform people's bodies—the science is proven; the question is, 'Can we make these products so compellingly enjoyable that wellness consumers can't ignore them?'" said David Vanderveen, Nirvana's CEO. "We seem to be connecting virtually already and can't wait to see what happens at Expo West."
Infused with myHMB® Clear, Nirvana's exclusive multi-patented water-soluble muscle wellness ingredient, the new suite of Nirvana Super™ products addresses consumers' growing interest in deep innovation, functionality, design and user experience. Nirvana's bold new visual identity will launch this month with eight unique flavors across three categories and is available in the company's positively pure™ lightly-flavored spring water format, sparkling seltzer and power-packed super shots.
"We realized that to become more than a water company, we needed to build a brand that extended far beyond the water aisle, "said Nirvana CMO Leila Khoury. "Nirvana Super™ and our updated product portfolio in a rainbow of flavors and colors tell a clear story about where the brand is headed. We want to surprise and delight wellness consumers when they discover our products. It's delicious, fun and energizing to transform yourself with Nirvana Super™!"
The new product development team at Nirvana has a track record of success transforming the experience of energy drinks, sports nutrition and CBD beverages and were able to leverage past relationships to quickly build a new portfolio.
Greg Clark, Vice President of Strategy and Product Development explained the massive shift and updates this way: "It's amazing to see the explosion in new functional food and beverage launches but very little real innovation. Consumers want more than just another funky flavor and brand name with a fairy dusting of fad ingredients. We are focused on the total customer experience, particularly the products that taste so good that we earn the questions we want to answer about our clinically proven ingredients like HMB."
Nirvana Super™ Water will have three new infused flavors and multiple functionalities with a mix of Vitamin D and a superior electrolyte complex added to the myHMB™ Clear solution. With lightly flavored essence of cool Cucumber Lime, Orange Peach and Strawberry Basil Lemonade, Nirvana Super™ Water will provide an experience that will not only hydrate but stimulate more than the taste buds.
Small and super-charged, Nirvana Super™ Shots are 2-ounce power shots with one gram of myHMB® Clear available in Citrus and Tropical flavors (think island fruit with a hint of citrus). Packing an extra punch, the Tropical flavor starts with our myHMB® Clear and Vitamin D3 combo for muscle and bone health and we add a proprietary B-vitamin complex solution and 100mg of caffeine for energy and focus.
And for those consumers who want to sparkle, Nirvana Super™ Seltzer is a lightly carbonated effervescence seltzer with a crisp Melon-Cello and Pineapple Orange twist, both super-infused with a special blend of myHMB® Clear and a proprietary energy complex solution. A third Nirvana Super™ Seltzer flavor with an additional functional punch is planned for later this spring as well.
"We are responding to the thirst for surprisingly great-tasting products that empower a healthy lifestyle for a variety of consumers. We make science taste great and look spectacular," said Vanderveen.
About Nirvana Water Sciences Corp.
Nirvana is an innovative wellness company that helps people transform their bodies at a cellular level and live stronger, longer and active lives. Our core line of products consists of lightly-flavored pure mountain spring waters, seltzers, shots and supplements infused with science-backed ingredients, including the unique super-ingredient, myHMB® Clear, a water-soluble form of HMB (βeta-hydroxy βeta-methylbutyrate).
The multi-patented myHMB® Clear formulation, developed by Naji Abumrad, MD, FACS, is the next generation of HMB. In this powerful liquid delivery form, HMB is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, allowing greater utilization by tissues to maximize benefits than in the powdered form. HMB has been studied extensively by scientists, physicians and leaders in the medical field for over three decades, and is clinically proven to maximize protein synthesis the body needs to reduce muscle soreness, boost muscle recovery time, and support lean muscle mass production.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Nancy Crampton-Brophy appeared in court on Monday for the first day of her trial. She is accused of shooting and killing her husband, Daniel Brophy, at his place of work, the Oregon Culinary Institute (OCI), in June 2018.
Court began with the judge ruling on a motion brought to him by Brophy’s defense attorneys. He agreed that the blog post Brophy wrote 11 years ago titled, “How to Murder Your Husband” would not be permitted as evidence. He noted that the post was old, it was written for a writing seminar and any value it might have to the case, he said, is outweighed by the prejudice it may cause in the jury.
The state prosecution gave its opening statements first. It painted Nancy Brophy as a woman who lied to police about her whereabouts on the day her husband was killed and who stood to gain a significant amount of money from his death.
The defense said that the state was going to present a circumstantial case while ignoring the largest fact of all: that Dan and Nancy Brophy were in love to the very end.
The prosecution then went on to outline how she visited “ghost gun” websites numerous times. Ghost guns are guns that do not contain a serial number, are unregistered and therefore untraceable. The prosecution claimed she bought a ghost gun kit that police found in a storage unit after Dan Brophy’s death. They went on to say she did not have the skills necessary to build that gun, so she went on to buy a Glock 17 9mm at the Portland Gun Expo and later she bought an aftermarket slide and barrel for it.
Brophy’s attorneys acknowledged that she visited the ghost gun sites and that she had purchased the two firearms. However, it said she was inspired by the crimes of Kevin Neal, a California man who killed five people and injured 10 others in 2017. Neal made a gun because he could not buy one. Brophy’s representation said she wanted to write a story that flipped the script on that idea with a woman who was in an abusive relationship and afraid to leave. According to Brophy’s lawyers, this protagonist would build a gun because she could not purchase one. In order to better relate to her protagonist, Brophy began doing research that led her to a “New York Times” article that had the links to the ghost gun websites she had visited.
Her representation said that Brophy bought the ghost gun kit in late 2017 and viewed it as a jigsaw puzzle. They alleged that she even asked her husband for help but realized she did not have the equipment or skill to put it together, so it sat without being used. Then, her lawyers claim that Dan Brophy knew that Nancy Brophy was going to buy a gun at the gun expo. Not only was she still working on her story, but given the number of mass shootings at the time and the recent Parkland shooting in Florida in February of 2018, they thought it might be good to have.
She purchased a slide and barrel because replacing some of the parts might be easier than building a whole gun, her attorney said. The defense said it would call to the stand at least two other writers who had also bought odd things to support their writing, including a large crossbow and a chastity belt. It also pointed out that Nancy Brophy had purchased other items to support her writing like night vision goggles, a telescope, handcuffs, glass doorknobs and many kinds of locks.
However, police never recovered the slide and barrel they know she purchased from eBay.
PHOTOS: Trial begins for romance novelist Nancy Brophy in husband's shooting death
Surveillance video
Prosecutors detailed surveillance video that showed a van investigators believe to be Brophy’s seen in the area of the Oregon Culinary Institute before Dan Brophy arrived at work on June 2, 2018. The van is seen again, according to prosecutors, arriving at the culinary school after Dan Brophy had entered as the sole occupant of the building and turned off the alarm around 7:21 a.m.
The van, which investigators believed to be Nancy’s, was seen leaving the area around 7:28 a.m.
RELATED: Romance novelist drove by Oregon Culinary Institute shortly before husband's body was found, court docs say
“Dan was standing at a commercial sink,” said the prosecutor. “He was filling up the ice and water buckets as he did every day for the students. He would have had his back to the door Nancy likely came through.”
He alleged that Nancy Brophy shot him, “… first through the back, penetrating his spine, piercing his heart. As Dan fell onto his back, possibly paralyzed, Nancy shot him through the chest, also piercing his heart.”
When Nancy Brophy allegedly returned home, neighbors saw her looking distraught, according to the prosecution. She said she was looking for her dogs who had gotten out but the neighbors never saw any dogs. A friend called to tell her about the police presence at the culinary institute. She called this friend back and forth several times before calling Dan Brophy’s mom, who asked why she hadn’t gone to see what was going on at the institute. She replied that there was too much of a police presence.
Nancy Brophy did go to culinary institute and detectives spoke with her in a recorded conversation, the prosecution said. Upon being told it was likely Dan Brophy who had been killed she said, “Yeah, I got that when everyone gave me a sad sack look.”
The prosecution pointed out that 10 minutes into the conversation, Nancy Brophy finally asked what happened to her husband and 47 minutes into the conversation she asked where Dan Brophy was.
The defense said it will call two psychologists to the stand who will explain what happens to someone’s brain and memory when traumatic things happen.
Life insurance policies
Another key piece of the state’s case against Nancy Brophy is that she had many life insurance policies out on her husband. They reported that the Brophys were paying around $1,000 a month for a number of life insurance policies while sometimes not paying their mortgage. It also pointed out that Dan Brophy took out $35,000 as a loan against his retirement to help with paying their mortgage.
Brophy’s defense attorneys pointed to the reason for the numerous policies have to do with her working in life insurance for a number of years and making commissions off of the policies she sold, even the ones she sold to herself. It also pointed to Dan being four years younger than her, making him eligible for better and cheaper policies for longer than she was eligible. It said that Nancy and Dan Brophy had agreed to take out the loan as part of their retirement plan. They were using the money to pay credit card debt, get up to date on the mortgage and do yard work in preparation of selling the lot and home. It also pointed out that if Dan Brophy had died just a few months later than he did, they would have had a large payout from an insurance policy.
“I don’t want to be the stupid question of the day, I think I have to be the question of the day,” Nancy Brophy can be heard saying in a recorded phone call to a detective just four days after the death of her husband. She asks if law enforcement could write a letter exonerating her as a suspect so her insurance will payout a $40,000 life insurance policy.
RELATED: Court docs: Romance novelist accused of killing chef husband sought independent life, stood to gain $1.5M
The defense never addressed this directly, nor did it address what happened when Nancy Brophy was arrested in September 2018.
The state said when police came to arrest Brophy, who was 68 at the time and had never been arrested before, she said, “Oh, you must think I killed my husband.”
The defense did, however, paint a picture of the Brophys as a couple who were madly in love — An exemplary couple who others wanted to be like. Nancy Brophy’s attorney read text messages of the two keeping in contact, cheering one another on and checking in with one another.
The defense closed by addressing the jury and saying that after all the evidence is laid out, “We are certain you will understand Nancy Brophy did not kill her husband.”
Witness called to the stand
Two witnesses were called to the stand. One was Kathleen Dooley, a student at the culinary institute who called 911 when Dan Brophy’s body was found, and the only other employee in the building at the time, Dorothy Damon.
Both Dooley and Damon described the same scene at the student entrance of the building on June 2, 2018. The student entrance was locked, which was an uncommon occurrence. Damon let students in who were waiting around 8 a.m. and many students went into the student lounge, including Dooley, as Damon ran across the street to make photocopies for her class.
“I remember a fellow student yelling, ‘Call 911’,” Dooley recalled. Her 911 call was played for the court. She was on the phone as she ran to look for Damon, who had returned and was using the restroom when she heard commotion.
Dooley and Damon said they returned to the back of the kitchen where Dan Brophy’s body had been found. Another student was administering chest compressions and reported that he was bleeding from his chest. Dooley told the 911 operator that he was not conscious and not breathing.
“I went to Dan and I knelt down beside him and I didn‘t know what to do, so I held his hand,” said Damon. “I wanted to see if he would squeeze it back and he didn’t.”
Damon said she realized Brophy was no longer alive.
“When I realized Dan was gone, I told her [student doing compressions] she could stop. I didn’t want her to keep trying without being able to do anything to save him. She was wearing herself out.”
It wasn’t long after that when paramedics arrived and then police did. Neither witness called to the stand on Monday spoke of Nancy Brophy at all.
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HAVANA (AP) — When Hurricane Ian tore through western Cuba in late September, causing an island-wide blackout, it left the government grappling with a deepening energy crisis and simmering discontent among Cubans.
It also once again thrust the Caribbean island into the middle of an escalating tug-of-war between its seaside neighbor, the United States, and ally, Russia.
At a time when Cuba is urging the Biden administration to ease U.S. sanctions that it says stifle hurricane recovery efforts, Russian oil has flooded into the island, providing relief to debilitating blackouts.
Russia has shipped an estimated $352 million in oil to Cuba since the start of the Ukraine war, the biggest inflow from Russia this century and enough to cover about 40% of the shortfall in the island’s supplies, according to independent estimates. The sales also potentially alleviated the weight of international sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
In an increasingly complex geopolitical situation, the island nation has been left with its hands tied.
“(It leaves them) between a rock and a hard place,” said William LeoGrande, a professor at American University who has tracked Cuba for years. “Cuba can’t afford to alienate either side in what is shaping up to be a new Cold War.”
But this time, 60 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cuba’s tough spot lies not in nuclear weapons, but rather its deepening energy crisis.
Cuba has depended on foreign oil as its primary energy source for decades.
Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviets sold Cuba oil well below market price. Later, Cuba hatched a similar deal with socialist ally Venezuela at the height of its oil boom, sending Cuban medics in exchange for discounted petroleum.
Since Venezuela has fallen into its own crisis, though, Cuba has been left short on both oil and a way to pay for it.
Despite speculation that Venezuela may be fronting part of the costs, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Cossío told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday that “Cuba, of course, pays.”
“Cuba has to buy petroleum for the well-being of the economy, and it’s willing to buy it from whoever sells it to us,” Cossío said.
Meanwhile, key power plants slowly decayed over years of deferred maintenance. The Cuban government struggled to bolster its own energy sector and harness the island’s potential for solar and wind energy.
The lack of investment is something the Caribbean nation blames on American sanctions meant to cripple the nation’s economy.
“The blockade deprives Cuba of indispensable financial resources,” Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodríguez said at a recent news conference. “The national electric energy system is passing through an extremely grave situation that’s the result of these limitations.”
The American embargo stretches back to the Cold War, though Cuba had a brief respite during the Obama administration. Restrictions came back into full force under the Trump administration, exacerbating economic turmoil caused by COVID-19.
While President Joe Biden has eased certain sanctions, many of the measures have stayed in place. Rodríguez says that they have cost Cuba $3 billion in seven months.
American officials and critics blame Cuba’s economic woes on mismanagement and failures to bolster its private sector.
Preexisting economic turmoil and blackouts came to a head this fall when Cuba’s power grid took a double hit.
In August, a crucial oil storage facility east of Havana caught fire, and in late September, Hurricane Ian tore through western Cuba, throwing the entire island into a blackout.
The Category 3 hurricane left three dead, at least 14,000 homes destroyed and the energy system with long-term damage.
Sporadic hours-long blackouts have fueled discontent, sparking small protests across the island, the first since larger protests in 2021. Many demonstrators last year were detained and issued harsh sentences.
Meanwhile, the island is facing its biggest migratory exodus in decades.
Cuba has found some respite in oil shipped in from Russia, which has been looking for new markets as international sanctions imposed for its invasion of Ukraine have cut it off from many other customers.
Increased sales to China, India and even Cuba have helped Russia ease the economic brunt of sanctions. It’s likely also helped Cuba stay afloat, explained Jorge Piñon, senior research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Center, which tracks the shipments.
“We know that Russian storage tanks are full. … They need to move that stuff,” Piñon said. “So good news for Cuba, and good news for Russia that Cuba is in that situation.”
Russia has sent at least eight shipments totaling 4.3 million barrels of oil, mainly crude, to Cuba since the beginning of the Ukraine war, according to Piñon’s center. And Piñon noted two more shipments are on their way. The center analyzes reports from oil tracking services and independently confirms the data using satellite technology.
Cuba, which largely depends on crude oil for power, runs a crude production deficit of about 60%. It fills the gap with Venezuelan crude — which accounts for about 60% — and Russian — which accounts for about 40%.
Since the turn of the century, Russia had sent only two shipments to Cuba: one in 2017 worth $35.3 million and another in 2018 worth $55.8 million, according to U.N. Comtrade data.
Russia has offered sharp discounts to other nations, though it’s unclear how much Cubans are paying or how they are doing so in the midst of their economic crisis.
Cuba has also contracted at least four floating power plants from a Turkish company. They can be plugged into a power grid for an extra boost of energy. That helped ease the worst of the blackouts, but LeoGrande noted the ships were a patchwork investment, likely expensive, and not a long-term solution.
At the same time, Cuba is among just a handful of countries in the United Nations to avoid condemning Russia for annexation of four regions of Ukraine. Rather, the Caribbean nation abstained from voting.
“They need to maintain a good relationship with Russia,” said LeoGrande. “It’s just too important and a lifeline for them to put it at risk.”
But Cuba’s hesitancy to denounce Russia on a global stage could complicate the slow thawing of its icy relationship with the U.S.
While the Biden administration has not followed through on campaign promises to reverse Trump-era restrictions, both the August fire and the hurricane have opened up a conversation between the two governments.
The Biden administration announced this month it would provide $2 million in hurricane relief to Cuba, following a Cuban appeal for assistance — though the administration made clear that the resources would be distributed through independent aid organizations instead of the Cuban government.
In August, the American government also provided 43 fire suits to Cuba following the blaze in the oil storage facility.
Rodríguez, Cuba’s foreign affairs minister, thanked the U.S. for the October offer over Twitter, saying it “will add up to our recovery efforts in support of the victims” of the hurricane.
He was quick to add, however, that sanctions have hampered recovery efforts, calling them “a constant hurricane.”
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MESA, Ariz., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Verra Mobility (NASDAQ: VRRM), a leading provider of smart mobility technology solutions, announced today that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021, after market close on April 21, 2022.
Verra Mobility's Chief Executive Officer, David Roberts, and Chief Financial Officer, Tricia Chiodo, will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss financial results for investors and analysts at 5:00pm ET on April 21, 2022.
To access the conference call, dial 1-800-289-0438 for the U.S. or Canada and 1-323-794-2423 for international callers with conference ID 4936039. The webcast will be available live in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website at ir.verramobility.com.
An audio replay of the call will also be available until 11:59 p.m. ET on May 05, 2022, by dialing 1-844-512-2921 for the U.S. or Canada and 1-412-317-6671 for international callers and entering passcode 4936039.
In addition, an archived webcast will be available in the "News & Events" section of the Investor Relations page of Verra Mobility's website at ir.verramobility.com.
About Verra Mobility
Verra Mobility (NASDAQ: VRRM) is committed to developing and using the latest in technology and data intelligence to help make transportation safer and easier. As a global company, Verra Mobility sits at the center of the mobility ecosystem – one that brings together vehicles, devices, information, and people to solve complex challenges faced by our customers and the constituencies they serve.
As a leading provider of connected mobility systems, Verra Mobility serves the world's largest rental car companies and commercial fleets by managing tolling and violation transactions for millions of vehicles each year through integration and connectivity with hundreds of tolling and issuing authorities. Verra Mobility also fosters the development of safe cities, partnering with law enforcement agencies, transportation departments and school districts mainly across North America operating thousands of speed, red-light, bus lane and school bus stop arm safety cameras, and by offering parking hardware and software solutions. Arizona-based Verra Mobility operates in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.verramobility.com.
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Which Adidas soccer shorts are best?
Whether you’re a casual player or your soccer club’s star, you always want to be at your best. Wearing the right clothes can go a long way in boosting your confidence and performance, and Adidas is a top athletic-wear brand to consider when shopping for new soccer gear.
Adidas shorts are always made with premium fabrics and offer excellent performance on the pitch. For example, the Adidas Men’s Tastigo 19 Shorts are popular among players because of their retro look, comfortable fit and breathable material.
What to know before you buy Adidas soccer shorts
Soccer shorts vs. other athletic shorts
Although soccer shorts can be worn to exercise or casually play other sports, it’s essential to know the difference between them and other athletic shorts. Soccer shorts typically have a more lightweight build and are designed to wick away moisture. They also primarily emphasize flexibility and mobility, so they’re cut shorter to let players move more quickly.
Size
Size is a matter of preference, as some players wear larger shorts while others like short-length shorts. However, whatever length you prefer, your shorts should have a snug fit around your waistband. Most soccer shorts also have a drawstring, so players can adjust the fit based on what they find comfortable.
Pockets
Most Adidas soccer shorts don’t have pockets, as they’re designed to provide players with superior speed and mobility. However, some do have pockets, which can be convenient if you plan on wearing them casually or for running errands. You can also wear soccer shorts with pockets to play, but you might feel slightly uncomfortable or hindered by the additional fabric.
What to look for in quality Adidas soccer shorts
Breathability
The best Adidas soccer shorts are made with polyester and incorporate Aeroready technology for maximum breathability. Aeroready technology is also excellent for wicking away sweat and moisture, letting players stay cool and dry longer. Some soccer shorts also have mesh backs for improved airflow.
Color
Soccer shorts come in nearly every color, but it’s best to wear something that suits your style or matches your club, school or team uniform. Some leagues won’t let you play unless you’re wearing the appropriate colors, so before making a purchase, check with them for any attire regulations you might be unaware of.
Split side hems
Some players prefer more traditional-style shorts with fully intact hems. However, shorts with split hems on the sides can help improve mobility and increase a player’s quickness and agility. Split hems are also more fashionable, making them ideal if you want to wear your shorts to run errands or to the gym.
Adidas PrimeGreen and PrimeBlue
Adidas is renowned for using recycled materials in manufacturing many of its products. PrimeGreen is a recycled high-performance material containing no virgin plastics, and PrimeBlue is recycled polyester made from plastics intercepted on beaches and coastal communities. Both are excellent for helping create a more sustainable future and manufacturing high-quality soccer shorts.
How much you can expect to spend on Adidas soccer shorts
You can find a reliable pair of Adidas soccer shorts for $20-$30. However, if you want something with a more premium construction or design, expect to pay up to $50.
Adidas soccer shorts FAQ
What should I wear underneath my soccer shorts?
A. You can wear your regular underwear, but many players prefer to wear spandex or compression undershorts as these support the leg muscles, regulate body temperature and promote better blood circulation.
Is there a difference between men’s and women’s shorts?
A. Functionally, no. However, shorts marketed toward men are generally longer and offer a more relaxed or loose fit, while women’s shorts have a shorter cut and a tighter fit.
What are the best Adidas soccer shorts to buy?
Top Adidas soccer shorts
Adidas Men’s Tastigo 19 Shorts
What you need to know: These shorts have a timeless look and offer a comfortable standard fit.
What you’ll love: They have an elastic closure for a secure feel, a mesh back for improved ventilation and are made with lightweight polyester fabric for superior breathability and moisture absorption. Also, they’re available in 11 colors and have a drawstring for adjusting the fit.
What you should consider: They don’t have any pockets, and the lighter colors, such as white, are see-through.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Adidas
Top Adidas soccer shorts for the money
Adidas Men’s Condivo 21 Shorts
What you need to know: These shorts have a straightforward design and a standard fit, making them ideal for casual or recreational players.
What you’ll love: They’re made with recycled PrimeBlue materials and a drawcord waistband for an adjustable fit. Aeroready technology helps wick away sweat and moisture, letting players stay cool for longer and the side hem slits provide increased mobility. Plus, they come in seven colors.
What you should consider: The fabric isn’t as tough as that of other Adidas soccer shorts, and some customers reported that they run small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Adidas Women’s Condivo 20 Soccer Shorts
What you need to know: These shorts are made with quality materials and have a lightweight build, making them great for players of all skill levels.
What you’ll love: They have a stylish streetwear design, making them versatile enough to wear casually or for other physical activities. They’re made with moisture-wicking Aeroready fabric, and the front-to-back drop in length gives players increased mobility. Plus, the heat-applied three-stripes logo gives them a premium look.
What you should consider: Although they’re available in five colors, many customers complained about the white ones being too see-through.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California elementary school teacher is charged with hiding a missing teenager for two years.
According to the Rancho Cordova Police Department, they arrested 61-year-old Sacramento City Unified School District employee Holga Olivares last week concerning the disappearance of Michael Ramirez, who was reported missing in June 2020.
Olivares was charged with the detention of a minor with intent to conceal from a parent and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, police said.
According to police, Ramirez was reported missing on June 9, 2020, after being last seen leaving his family's Rancho Cordova home.
Police said, "an extensive search" for Ramirez was conducted; however, law enforcement was unable to locate him.
On March 11, Ramirez, now 17, was "inexplicably returned home," police said.
Details on the disappearance or return were not been provided by the police.
According to CBS Sacramento, the school district has placed Olivares, who was employed at Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired K-8 School, on administrative leave.
Olivares appeared in court on Monday, several media outlets reported. | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/california-school-employee-arrested-in-connection-with-missing-teen-case | 2022-10-26 18:20:18 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/news/national/california-school-employee-arrested-in-connection-with-missing-teen-case |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Barrett Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81.
His death was announced Sunday on social media by the Motown Museum, which did not immediately provide further details.
“Barrett was not only a great singer and piano player, but he, along with his writing partner Norman Whitfield, created an incredible body of work,” Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a statement.
Strong had yet to turn 20 when he agreed to let his friend Gordy, in the early days of building a recording empire in Detroit, manage him and release his music. Within a year, he was a part of history as the piano player and vocalist for “Money,” a million-seller released early in 1960 and Motown’s first major hit. Strong never again approached the success of “Money” on his own, and decades later fought for acknowledgement that he helped write it. But, with Whitfield, he formed a productive and eclectic songwriting team.
While Gordy’s “Sound of Young America” was criticized for being too slick and repetitive, the Whitfield-Strong team turned out hard-hitting and topical works, along with such timeless ballads as “I Wish It Would Rain” and “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me).” With “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” they provided an up-tempo, call-and-response hit for Gladys Knight and the Pips and a dark, hypnotic ballad for Marvin Gaye, his 1968 version one of Motown’s all-time sellers.
As Motown became more politically conscious late in the decade, Barrett-Whitfield turned out “Cloud Nine” and “Psychedelic Shack” for the Temptations and for Edwin Starr the protest anthem “War” and its widely quoted refrain, “War! What is it good for? Absolutely … nothing!”
“With ‘War,’ I had a cousin who was a paratrooper that got hurt pretty bad in Vietnam,” Strong told LA Weekly in 1999. “I also knew a guy who used to sing with (Motown songwriter) Lamont Dozier that got hit by shrapnel and was crippled for life. You talk about these things with your families when you’re sitting at home, and it inspires you to say something about it.”
Whitfield-Strong’s other hits, mostly for the Temptations, included “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “That’s the Way Love Is” and the Grammy-winning chart-topper “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (Sometimes spelled “Papa Was a Rolling Stone”). Artists covering their songs ranged from the Rolling Stones (“Just My Imagination”) and Aretha Franklin (“I Wish It Would Rain”) to Bruce Springsteen (“War”) and Al Green (“I Can’t Get Next to You”).
Strong spent part of the 1960s recording for other labels, left Motown again in the early 1970s and made a handful of solo albums, including “Stronghold” and “Love is You.” In 2004, he was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which cited him as “a pivotal figure in Motown’s formative years.”
Whitfield died in 2008.
The music of Strong and other Motown writers was later featured in the Broadway hit “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations.”
Strong was born in West Point, Mississippi and moved to Detroit a few years later. He was a self-taught musician who learned piano without needing lessons and, with his sisters, formed a local gospel group, the Strong Singers. In his teens, he got to know such artists as Franklin, Smokey Robinson and Gordy, who was impressed with his writing and piano playing. “Money,” with its opening shout, “The best things in life are free/But you can give them to the birds and bees,” would, ironically, lead to a fight — over money.
Strong was initially listed among the writers and he often spoke of coming up with the pounding piano riff while jamming on Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say” in the studio. But only decades later would he learn that Motown had since removed his name from the credits, costing him royalties for a popular standard covered by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and many others and a keepsake on John Lennon’s home jukebox. Strong’s legal argument was weakened because he had taken so long to ask for his name to be reinstated. (Gordy is one of the song’s credited writers, and his lawyers contended Strong’s name only appeared because of a clerical error).
“Songs outlive people,” Strong told The New York Times in 2013. “The real reason Motown worked was the publishing. The records were just a vehicle to get the songs out there to the public. The real money is in the publishing, and if you have publishing, then hang on to it. That’s what it’s all about. If you give it away, you’re giving away your life, your legacy. Once you’re gone, those songs will still be playing.” | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-barrett-strong-motown-artist-known-for-money-dies-at-81/ | 2023-01-31 00:17:34 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-barrett-strong-motown-artist-known-for-money-dies-at-81/ |
This will be one of the rare instances NASA wants the world to see a spacecraft crash.
On Monday, NASA will intentionally crash its Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft into an asteroid. The broadcast will be available NASA.gov.
It is part of a test to see if scientists can alter the path of Didymos. The small asteroid is a half-mile wide and has an elliptical orbit around the solar system.
Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.
NASA said that the spacecraft’s camera will return one image per second back to Earth.
“In the hours before impact, the screen will appear mostly black, with a single point of light,” NASA said. “That point is the binary asteroid system Didymos which is made up of a larger asteroid named Didymos and a smaller asteroid that orbits around it called Dimorphos. As the 7:14 p.m. ET, impact of asteroid Dimorphos nears closer, the point of light will get bigger and eventually detailed asteroids will be visible.”
NASA said around 7:14 p.m. ET, the feed will go dark, indicating the spacecraft has crashed into the asteroid.
Officials have been spending recent weeks fine-tuning the spacecraft’s path. The spacecraft’s path will have to be programmed in before it crashes into Didymos. They have also tested the Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation, focusing on Jupiter and its moons.
“The Jupiter tests gave us the opportunity for DRACO to image something in our own solar system,” said Carolyn Ernst, DRACO instrument scientist at APL. “The images look fantastic, and we are excited for what DRACO will reveal about Didymos and Dimorphos in the hours and minutes leading up to impact.”
The asteroid’s surface is believed to be extremely rough and full of boulders. It does not have a known atmosphere.
In 2003, the asteroid came within about 5 million miles of Earth. By comparison, the moon is nearly 250,000 miles from our planet. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/nasa-to-broadcast-spacecraft-crashing-into-asteroid | 2022-09-21 20:18:16 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/nasa-to-broadcast-spacecraft-crashing-into-asteroid |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit accusing three major U.S. drug distributors of causing a health crisis throughout West Virginia was postponed Tuesday, a day after the companies prevailed in another case in the state.
Attorneys who represented Cabell County and the city of Huntington on the losing end of a verdict announced in federal court Monday were granted a continuance of a trial a day later in Kanawha County Circuit Court. The trial involves more than 100 other cities and counties statewide against the same defendants: AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp.
Attorneys for the municipalities and the companies met in the judge's chambers just prior to the start of the hearing. Once in the courtroom, attorneys for the plaintiffs asked that the start of the trial be continued. The defense had no objections and the request was approved.
In the federal bench trial, U.S. District Judge David Faber said the plaintiffs offered no evidence that the companies distributed controlled substances to any entity that didn’t hold a proper registration from the Drug Enforcement Agency or the state Board of Pharmacy. The defendants also had systems in place to monitor suspicious activity, as required by the Controlled Substances Act, he said.
"Plaintiffs failed to show that the volume of prescription opioids distributed in Cabell/Huntington was because of unreasonable conduct on the part of defendants," Faber wrote in a decision that came nearly a year after closing arguments in that case.
The Cabell County-Huntington lawsuit alleged the distributors created a public nuisance by flooding the Ohio River community with 81 million pills over eight years. The suit sought more than $2.5 billion that would have gone toward abatement efforts. But Faber said West Virginia’s Supreme Court has only applied public nuisance law in the context of conduct that interferes with public property or resources. He said to extend the law to cover the marketing and sale of opioids “is inconsistent with the history and traditional notions of nuisance.”
The companies blamed an increase in prescriptions written by doctors along with poor communication and pill quotas set by federal agents.
Huntington has long been an epicenter of the nationwide opioid addiction and overdose epidemic that has been linked to more than 500,000 deaths over the past two decades. That status led West Virginia to being aggressive in lawsuits over the trauma earlier than most states. It settled with the three distributors in 2017 and 2019 in deals worth a total of $73 million.
But the state did not participate in a $21 billion nationwide settlement with those companies that was finalized this year and would have resulted in a larger payout for West Virginia than what the state received in the earlier deals.
The nationwide impact of Monday’s ruling in West Virginia could be muted because the companies have struck the broader settlement, which is intended to have most of the funds go to fighting the opioid crisis.
In another lawsuit, the state of West Virginia reached a tentative $161.5 million settlement in May with Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc., AbbVie's Allergan and their family of companies and a $26 million settlement in March with Endo Health Solutions.
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Associated Press writer Geoff Mulvihill contributed to this report. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/after-west-virginia-opioid-verdict-another-case-postponed/AGS63L5LUFDCLIYJH4CF566NRM/ | 2022-07-05 17:16:37 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/after-west-virginia-opioid-verdict-another-case-postponed/AGS63L5LUFDCLIYJH4CF566NRM/ |
James Hale, former executive chef and co-owner of Acadia (1999-2015 in Little Rock’s Hillcrest) and briefly, for about a pre-pandemic year, chef at Capital Bar & Grill, departed the Little Rock restaurant scene in 2020 to head up the kitchen at The Grumpy Rabbit in Lonoke. Now he’s back, taking over last week as executive chef at Allsopp & Chapple, 311 Main St., Little Rock.
Wait a minute, you say, didn’t they just hire a new executive chef, Anthony Quintana, as of Feb. 28? Well, yes, but … co-owner Eric Carter reports that Quintana “had an opportunity in California that he could not pass up” and moved out there in May. Quintana replaced Bonner Cameron, who, as we recently reported, is now at Petit & Keet. Carter says Hale will make menu changes, “but we don’t have a specific timeline yet.”
Meanwhile, at The Grumpy Rabbit, 105 W. Front St., Lonoke, the website, grumpyrabbitlonoke.com, already lists Danyiel “EJ” Turner as daytime executive chef and Kyle Carson as evening executive chef.
Hale, at Acadia at the time, and Lee Richardson of what at the time was known as Ashley’s at the Capital Hotel, were nominated for the prestigious 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards in the Best Chef: South category (at the time comprising Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi). Neither won.
Dave Bisceglia, managing partner of Kemuri sushi seafood robata, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock’s Hillcrest, says progress is being made toward what he admits is an optimistic target to possibly open, or at least complete construction, over the July 4 weekend at its second location, what they’re colloquially calling “Kemuri West,” in what had been Kiyen’s Seafood Steak and Sushi in the Centre at Chenal shopping center, 17200 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock. Bisceglia reports some changes in the layout, primarily moving the restrooms, and putting a new bar area in the front. How close the menu hews to the one at the original will depend on staffing, he says. Bisceglia also told us he has brought on Phillip Mayfield, previously the food and beverage manager for Chenal Country Club and at one time manager of 42 bar & table at the Clinton Presidential Center, as Kemuri’s general manager.
The Senor Tequila restaurant in the Colony West Shopping Center, 10330 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, remains closed following a May 10 fire that caused smoke damage to the building.
Arkansas Business reports that Emily Gray and Hudson Sandefur, who hold the Central Arkansas franchise on Chicken Salad Chick outlets, including the one that recently opened in North Little Rock, have signed a lease for another, in the still-under-construction Shoppes at Chenal, at 17406 Chenal Parkway in west Little Rock, which they hope to open sometime later this year. The partners also have their eyes on Hot Springs; if sales warrant, a potential location in midtown Little Rock; and, the business publication says, eventually Texarkana.
That street address rang a bell so we double-checked to see what else is in the hopper for that shopping center, and bingo: That’s also going to be the location for The Toasted Yolk Cafe, a Houston-based, brunch-centered chain and franchise operation. We reported a couple of months ago on a building permit application for $600,000 for the 5,435-square-foot Suite 230 in that shopping center. We don’t yet have any kind of timeline on when it might open; the website, thetoastedyolk.com, lists it as “coming soon.”
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A slight recent contretemps involving the Little Rock outlet of popular Conway soul food restaurant YGFBFKitchen, which opened in mid-May in the former Bone’s Chophouse, 27 Rahling Circle, led us to realize we had never published its operating hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. The original Conway restaurant, 800 Fourth Ave., which closed temporarily to allow chef/co-owner MaryAnn Strange to concentrate her attention to the Little Rock operation, remains temporarily closed. YGFBF, you will recall, stands for “Your Girlfriend Best Friend,” which Strange first opened in 2017 as a food truck. The Little Rock phone number is (501) 448-2220; the Conway number is (501) 358-8533. YGFBFKitchen.com; facebook.com/YourGirlfriendBestFriendKitchen.
Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe, which has eight outlets in Arkansas, sent out an email blast to its customers last week presaging “Something Big Is Coming.” On Monday, we found out what it is: They’ve brought back the Mediterranean Lamb Burger, which the chain test-marketed last summer in Little Rock, Fayetteville and Bentonville, partnering with the American Lamb Board. The sandwich consists of two ground lamb patties, topped with grilled peppers and onions, feta cheese and tzatziki on a grilled Kaiser bun. At the time, it sold for $10.99 (including a side salad); like everything else, the price has gone up, now $11.99. It’ll be available for a limited time; order one in-house or online through Sept. 4 and be automatically registered to win a Blackstone griddle and a Taziki’s prize pack (officially, no purchase necessary);Mercado del Valle, 7725 Warden Road, Sherwood, a Mexican grocery store cum taqueria, now has a lunch menu. And a phone number: (501) 834-1555, Hours are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. daily.
Sunday is Father’s Day, and while it’s not nearly as big a day as Mother’s Day for the restaurant biz, it’s still advisable to make reservations if you’re taking Dad out for brunch.
And speaking of brunch, BrunchFest, a fundraiser for the Centers for Youth and Families, offers “mimosas, music, & more,” including brunch bites from area eateries, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 25 at The Hall, 721 W. Ninth St., Little Rock, hosted by the nonprofit’s Emerging Leaders young professionals group. Basic tickets, $25 (if you’re coming just for the food or are under 21), covers brunch samples from your favorite local restaurants, including @ The Corner, Hill Station, Community Bakery, Sauce(d) Bar and Oven, Kemuri sushi seafood robata, The Root Cafe, La Terraza Rum & Lounge, Graffiti’s, Star of India and the Arkansas Beef Council. For $35, add two mimosa tickets; for $75, “V.I.B.” (Very Important Brunchers) get unlimited mimosas, a separate entry port to the event, access to the V.I.B. Lounge in the venue’s upper deck (with its own specialty bar) and a souvenir cup. Admission is free for children 12 and younger. Visit e.givesmart.com/events/pN4. Call (501) 666-9436 or email FoundationMail@TheCentersAR.com for more information.
Has a restaurant opened — or closed — near you in the last week or so? Does your favorite eatery have a new menu? Is there a new chef in charge? Drop us a line. Send email to: eharrison@adgnewsroom.com | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jun/16/james-hale-takes-top-job-at-lr-eatery/ | 2022-06-16 06:50:17 | 1 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/jun/16/james-hale-takes-top-job-at-lr-eatery/ |
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks.
Five people were killed and 39 wounded in the southeastern city of Dnipro, where a Russian missile strike destroyed a section of an apartment building, regional Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said. Photos showed a large gap in the nine-story building.
Infrastructure facilities were also hit in the western Lviv region and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, in the Odesa region on the Black Sea and in northeastern Kharkiv. Kyiv, the capital, was also targeted.
Sunak made the pledge to provide Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems after speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday, the British leader’s Downing Street office said in a statement.
It didn’t say when the tanks would be delivered or how many. British media have reported that four British Army Challenger 2 main battle tanks will be sent to Eastern Europe immediately, with eight more to follow shortly after, without citing sources.
Zelenskyy tweeted his thanks to Sunak on Saturday “for the decisions that will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to other partners.”
Ukraine has for months sought to be supplied with heavier tanks, including the U.S. Abrams and the German Leopard 2 tanks, but Western leaders have been treading carefully.
The Czech Republic and Poland have provided Soviet-era T-72 tanks to Ukrainian forces. Poland has also expressed readiness to provide a company of Leopard tanks, but President Andrzej Duda stressed during his recent visit to the Ukrainian city of Lviv that the move would be possible only as an element in a larger international coalition of tank aid to Kyiv.
Earlier this month, France said it would send AMX-10 RC armored combat vehicles to Ukraine, designated “light tanks” in French. The U.S. and Germany announced the same week that they would send Bradley fighting vehicles and Marder armored personnel carriers, respectively, for the first time.
Sunak’s announcement came as Russian forces fired missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine on Saturday in the first major barrage in days.
In Dnipro, rescuers were using a crane to try to evacuate people trapped in the apartment building’s upper stories, some of whom were signaling with the flashlights on their mobile phones, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on Telegram. He also said there were likely people under the rubble.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said two Russian missiles hit an infrastructure object again on Saturday afternoon, following a similar attack in the morning, In the city of Kharkiv, the subway suspended operations amid the attacks, according to its Telegram channel.
Another infrastructure facility was hit in the western Lviv region, according to Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi.
Air defense systems were activated in other regions of Ukraine, as well, and as another round of air raid sirens sounded across the country in the afternoon, regional officials urged local residents to seek shelter.
Vitali Kim, governor of the southern Mykolaiv region, hinted in a Telegram post that some missiles have been intercepted over his province.
Military top commander Valeri Zaluzhny said that Russia overall fired 33 cruise missiles on Saturday, of which 21 were shot down.
Earlier in the day, explosions also rocked the capital, Kyiv. The blasts occurred before air sirens sounded, which is unusual. It’s likely the explosions came ahead of the warning sirens because the attack was by ballistic missiles, which are faster than cruise missiles or drones.
According to Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat, Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles flying from the north.
“The ballistics are not easy for us to detect and shoot down,” he told local media. The warning about the missile threat was late because of the lack of radar data and information from other sources.
An infrastructure target was hit in the morning missile attack, according to Ukrainian officials.
Explosions were heard in the Dniprovskyi district, a residential area on the left bank of the Dnieper River, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Klitschko also said that fragments of a missile fell on a nonresidential area in the Holosiivskyi district on the right bank, and a fire briefly broke out in a building there. No casualties have been reported so far.
This was the first attack on the Ukrainian capital since Jan. 1.
On Saturday morning, two Russian missiles hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. The strikes with S-300 missiles targeted “energy and industrial objects of Kharkiv and the (outlying) region,” governor Syniehubov said. No casualties have been reported, but emergency power cuts in the city and other settlements of the region were possible, the official said.
In the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine where fighting is most intense, three people were killed in Russian artillery attacks on Saturday, mayor Vitalii Barabash said. One person died in a rocket attack in Kryvyi Rih, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Reznichenko said.
The attacks follow conflicting reports on the fate of the fiercely contested salt mining town of Soledar, in Ukraine’s embattled east. Russia claims that its forces have captured the town, a development that would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of humiliating setbacks on the battlefield.
Ukrainian deputy defense minister Hanna Malyar said Saturday that the “fiece battles for Soledar are continuing.”
Moscow has painted the battle for the town and the nearby city of Bakhmut as key to capturing the eastern region of the Donbas, which comprises of partially occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and as a way to grind down the best Ukrainian forces and prevent them from launching counterattacks elsewhere.
But that cuts both ways, as Ukraine says its fierce defense of the eastern strongholds has helped tie up Russian forces. Western officials and analysts say the two towns’ importance is more symbolic than strategic.
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Hanna Arhirova reported from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Six arrested as Hong Kong snuffs out Tiananmen vigil, but memories live on
By Nectar Gan, CNN
The football pitches sat empty and silent under the cold glare of floodlights, barricaded off on all sides. Nearby, hundreds of police patrolled the grounds, stopping and searching passersby and sealing off entrances to the park.
For the second year in a row, the sea of candlelight that used to illuminate Hong Kong’s Victoria Park every June 4 was extinguished, as authorities sought to snuff out all public commemorations of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre from the city — the last place on Chinese controlled soil where they were held.
But the heavy police presence on Saturday failed to deter some Hongkongers from approaching the park and conducting their own acts of commemoration in defiance — by holding up electronic candles and phone flashlights or quietly singing songs of remembrance.
“It’s heartbreaking to see (Victoria Park) like this,” said a woman surnamed Lau who came to the park with a bouquet of white and red roses and electric candles.
“Hong Kong has sunk far and fast into a police state,” said Lau, a longtime volunteer for the Tiananmen Mothers Campaign, a group supporting the families of the victims.
For three decades, Hong Kong had mourned the victims of China’s bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters with a candlelight vigil on the night of June 4 that would be attended by tens of thousands of people vowing never to forget.
But since 2020, the Hong Kong government has banned the event citing risks from the coronavirus — though many Hongkongers believe that is just an excuse to clamp down on shows of public dissent following pro-democracy protests that swept the city in 2019.
On Friday, a government statement said large parts of Victoria Park would be closed from Friday night until the early hours of Sunday to “prevent any unauthorized assemblies which affect public safety and public order, and to prevent the risk of virus transmission due to such gatherings.”
It came a day after police warned that residents risk committing the crime of “unlawful assembly” if they showed up in the park — even if alone.
Throughout Saturday, large numbers of police patrolled the park and the neighboring Causeway Bay shopping district.
Among those they stopped and searched were people wearing black — the color of protest in Hong Kong, carrying flowers or walking with their phone torches switched on.
Police confirmed later that they had arrested five men and one woman, between the ages of 19 and 80. One was accused of possessing an offensive weapon; three were accused of obstructing officers; and one was said to have incited others to join an unauthorised assembly. It was not clear what the sixth person was accused of.
The police also cordoned off an area of a nearby shopping street where in previous years pro-democracy activists would gather to promote the vigil, sending some passersby there to be searched.
Still, some people were determined to visit the park and make their own small gestures of commemoration.
Lau, the Tiananmen Mothers Campaign volunteer, held up an electric candle for a photo in front of the barricaded football field. She said she and her colleagues had been handing out electric candles to Hongkongers all afternoon — in keeping with the group’s tradition.
“I think the vigil is the most important symbol of Hong Kong people’s pursuit of freedom — it shows the world our unswerving determination. I believe we all have a candle lit in our hearts tonight, no matter whether we choose to come out or not,” she said.
After nightfall, the police sealed off more areas of the park, driving residents out with advancing cordon lines. Eventually all the entrances were blocked off, allowing people only to leave the park.
Inside the park, two women sang “Democracy Will Triumph and Return,” one of the vigil’s traditional songs, as they walked down a jogging path. Police followed not far behind, pressing forward the cordon line.
Brian, a man in his 30s dressed fully in black, switched on the flashlight of his phone at 8 p.m., the traditional lighting-up time. He did this despite having been searched by police while sitting in the park earlier in the evening, when officers recorded his ID number. He said he was ready to pay the price.
“The government doesn’t want us to tell the truth. If we don’t come out, I worry that Hong Kong’s future generations won’t know about June 4 anymore,” he said.
Outside the park, people who could no longer enter walked along nearby streets, some with their phone flash lights turned on.
Joe, 46, brought his 11-year-old daughter to the park, only to be denied entry. They stood at a bus stop across the road instead, each holding an electric candle.
“The candles are of a symbol of Hong Kong’s remembrance, but now it seems like even holding them could be dangerous,” he said.
Still, he was glad to have brought his daughter along. “I want to let her known what happened back then, as much as I can,” he said.
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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Destination Outlets, in Jeffersonville, Ohio, is wrapping up summer with their Summer Concert Series.
The Summer Season will end as Shucking Bubba, hip-hop, funk and alternative band takes the stage at Destination Outlets on August 20th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm with gates opening at 5:00pm. The concert will be $10 or FREE for those who download the Destination Outlets membership app, just search 'Destination Outlets' in the app store. There will be delicious food trucks on site. As well as a VIP seating area sponsored by the newly opened, Open Box Outlet.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Serve Robotics, the leading autonomous sidewalk delivery company, today announced that Prahar Shah is joining the company as its Chief Revenue Officer. Prahar will lead Serve's commercial efforts and oversee the new partnerships and new verticals team as the company expands its robotic delivery platform.
Shah is a seasoned entrepreneur and business development executive. As DoorDash's first revenue leader, he built the business development, strategic partnerships, enterprise and new verticals functions during the company's formative years. Prahar led DoorDash's partnerships with major national chains, including Taco Bell and The Cheesecake Factory, and also led the company's expansion into new verticals such as alcohol, grocery, and convenience delivery. He has been named to Nation's Restaurant News' Power List, as one the most influential power players in the food industry.
Prior to DoorDash, Prahar founded Mobee, a VC-backed retail data company that was successfully acquired by Wiser and continues to operate today. He earned an Honors in Business Administration from Ivey Business School at Western University and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
"We couldn't be more excited to have Prahar join the Serve team to lead our ongoing partnership expansion. He has the depth of food technology and business development experience to help us expand our growing platform," said Serve Robotics co-founder and CEO, Dr. Ali Kashani. "Prahar's appointment will accelerate Serve's path to commercial scale as we work to bring autonomous delivery to more cities and countries in the coming months."
"Serve has demonstrated an impressive growth trajectory, becoming the market leader in autonomous delivery technology and commercial deployment of urban sidewalk robots," said Prahar Shah. "The talent, product leadership, and immense partner interest in Serve reminds me of DoorDash's earliest days. I'm thrilled to build on this considerable momentum to further scale the business."
To learn more about Serve Robotics visit ServeRobotics.com.
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Former Alabama linebacker Henry To’oTo’o has withdrawn from the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl due to an undisclosed injury, game officials confirmed Monday.
To’oTo’o was no longer listed on the official Senior Bowl game roster posted online Monday. Trey Wallace of Outkick.com first reported the news on To’oTo’o.
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To’oTo’o joins safety Jordan Battle as former Crimson Tide players who have recently pulled out of the annual all-star game and NFL draft showcase, which takes place Saturday at Mobile’s Hancock Whitney Stadium. Their departure leaves six Alabama representatives in the Senior Bowl: tight end Cameron Latu, offensive linemen Tyler Steen and Emil Ekiyor, defensive linemen Byron Young and DJ Dale and safety DeMarcco Hellams.
The 6-foot-2, 228-pound To’oTo’o was a first-team All-SEC pick in 2022, when he totaled 94 tackles, eight tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks for the Crimson Tide. He played his final two seasons at Alabama after beginning his college career at Tennessee.
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A 3-year-old boy died Thursday, more than three weeks after he was shot in the head and taken to a Tukwila fire station by a family member.
The child, Finesse Ezell, was shot in a residence in the 12000 block of 46th Avenue South on April 21 in Tukwila, according to police. The manner of death is undetermined, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Officers were responding to reports of a woman screaming on the phone in Tukwila’s Allentown neighborhood around 9:30 a.m., the Tukwila Police Department said online, when a family member brought Ezell to Fire Station 53.
The family member remained at the station and accompanied the toddler when he was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he was treated in critical condition.
Ezell died May 11.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Max Mitnik was experiencing a mental health crisis in 2020 when his parents called 911 trying to get help taking him to a hospital for treatment. One officer arrived to a residence in the Tanoan Country Club Community in the heights. The encounter resulted in the officer shooting 26-year-old Max Mitnik.
The family is suing Albuquerque police for the handling of the incident. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2022 but the family refiled the lawsuit, and now it has gone to federal court. The suit was filed by Mitnik’s parents on behalf of their son.
Max Mitnik’s father called 911 on June 4, 2020 and requested help from the Crisis Intervention Officials to transport the 26-year-old to the University of New Mexico hospital. The suit states Mitnik wanted to go to the hospital but didn’t want his parents to take him because he was afraid he was going to get violent and hurt his parents.
Two Albuquerque Police Department officers agreed to transport Mitnik to the hospital, then attempted to put him in handcuffs which caused Mitnik to protest. He went back into the house, grabbed a knife and locked himself in the bathroom.
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His mother was able to open the bathroom door and that’s when Matnik began walking toward Officer Jose Ruiz holding the knife. The officer then shot him in the head and the hip.
The lawsuit states Mitnik sustained a traumatic brain injury and is permanently disabled as a result of the gunshot wound to his head. He now has limited use of his left arm, requires assistance to walk, and depends on his parents for care.
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New offering delivers data-driven employee surveys that better predict employee behavior, simplifying results interpretation to help employers act on employee feedback and sentiment
ROSELAND, N.J., Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Built on the deep expertise and data of ADP Research Institute, ADP has launched Voice of the Employee, a survey solution to help employers collect employee feedback and sentiment throughout the entire employee lifecycle – and make more informed decisions based on those insights.
Today's employers face growing challenges to maintaining an engaged, productive workforce. According to ADP Research Institute, weekly connections between leaders and their workers can increase the likelihood of engagement by 3.8X.
"It's never been more important to create a workplace where employees feel valued and connected to their work – and doing that starts with listening to what they have to say," said Aaron Smith, SVP of global products and user experience, ADP. "Employee surveys are easy to create, but hard to get right. We designed Voice of the Employee to deliver reliable data that is more predictive of employee behaviors, so leadership can analyze results with confidence and focus on designing a workplace that meets the needs of the people in it."
Powered by ADP DataCloud analytics technology, Voice of the Employee offers research-reviewed survey templates that can be quickly configured and customized to cover a range of topics including employee engagement and resilience, HR experience, new hire on-boarding and candidate experience, benefits satisfaction and employee exit. Native availability with ADP's HCM platforms ensures native access to all HR data, providing the ability to build and maintain survey audience lists and send surveys automatically, based on events captured in the employee system of record, such as new employee 90-day onboarding or internal job changes.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking a new COVID-19 subvariant that is spreading rapidly across the country.
XBB 1.5 is a subvariant of the omicron variant. The CDC said it is now estimated to account for about 40% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as of Dec. 31, according to the agency’s data tracker.
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Dr. Barbara Mahon, director of the CDC’s proposed Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division, told CBS News that the agency expects the strain to dominate the Northeast as it spreads across the country.
It’s not exactly known where the subvariant came from, except that it is a recombinant of previous subvariants that seems to bind better to cells, allowing for greater spread.
“There’s no suggestion at this point that XBB.1.5 is more severe. But I think it is a really good time for people to do the things that we have been saying for quite a while are the best ways to protect themselves,” Mahon told CBS News.
The CDC’s COVID-19 Data Tracker shows XBB 1.5 accounts for an estimated 19% of cases in the southeastern United States. However, it accounts for over 70% of the cases in the Northeast. Puerto Rico is also seeing higher cases linked to XBB 1.5 as well.
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U. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. - Yourway, an Upper Macungie Township-based company that stores and delivers pharmaceutical products, is building a European flagship depot in Dublin, Ireland.
The location is close to pharmaceutical companies in Dublin and the Dublin Airport, with access to regional and international cities.
Yourway provides courier services, packaging and temperature-controlled storage for products used in clinical trials. The Dublin depot will be able to store products at room temperature to as low as -180 Celsius (equal to -292 Fahrenheit).
Yourway's move reflects how Lehigh Valley companies, from those as big as Air Products and Chemicals to lesser-known firms, participate in the national and global economy. Last month, Assa Abloy of Sweden acquired Vizinex RFID of East Allentown Township for an undisclosed price, and more recently Fronti Fabrications of the Palmerton area was purchased for $20 million by Chart Industries, based near Atlanta.
The new Dublin building will cover 69,120 square feet, more than 90% of which will be warehouse space. It will be used to transport clinical trials, high-value drugs and other materials, according to a Yourway statement. The Dublin Airport Logistics Park location also serves life-sciences companies such as Pfizer and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
"We've been doing business in Ireland for over 15 years, so it really made sense to establish a depot in Dublin," said Gulam Jaffer, founder and president of Yourway. "We see a huge potential for growth across Europe over the next few years, which brings more opportunities for Yourway."
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On the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco’s Market Street was filled with collapsed buildings, and the inferno that would destroy half the city was on its way.
Like many men in charge, California Academy of Sciences Director Leverett Mills Loomis left downtown San Francisco in a panic. According to a Chronicle report, his response to the disaster was almost comical, stuffing a single taxidermied bird specimen in each trouser pocket, before bolting to safety from the six-story Cal Academy building on Market between Fourth and Fifth streets.
Up on Nob Hill, botanist Alice Eastwood was calm.
“I’ve never been afraid of adventure,” she would say years later, “largely because the Lord always sends someone to take care of me when I’m in the midst of one.”
The 47-year-old head of the Cal Academy Department of Botany ate a quick breakfast, packed a lunch and arrived at the museum with flames visible down the street. The museum’s marble staircase had crumbled, but the metal banister remained. So she started climbing sideways, foot between the bars, one step at a time, until she reached the sixth floor. That’s where she had gathered more than a thousand of the most important plant specimens in the building. She had to find a way to get them out.
Eastwood remains a hero at the Cal Academy for what she did during the 1906 earthquake, and the decades before and after. The nearly 1,500 specimens and records she saved that day were among the only materials rescued from the building. They would be the foundation of the Cal Academy’s new collection, used to rebuild the science museum’s archive — now the largest of its kind on the West Coast.
And, yet, in a city that champions its innovators, eccentrics and most courageous residents, Eastwood, who qualifies as all three, is not a household name. Her tributes are isolated to the walls and desks of the science museum’s mostly unseen research offices. Her name echoes in the building’s quietest hallways.
Sarah Jacobs, a curator in the botany department, thinks about her all the time, recalling a specific conversation with botany collections manager Emily Magnagni.
“We’ve talked about this before,” Jacobs said. “ ‘Would you run into this building if it was, like, crumbling around you to try to save specimens? Do the specimens mean that much to you?’ … And I don’t think either one of us could say that we would.”
Eastwood, born in 1859, spent her early years on the grounds of the Toronto Asylum for the Insane, where her dad worked. She went to high school in Denver and then taught Colorado teens, spending her spare time and money exploring the wilds, collecting plants and corresponding with other plant obsessives.
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“I don’t know what it was that drew me to botany,” she would later tell The Chronicle. “I was a kind of freak in my family.”
The Cal Academy was one of the few places where she could study plants as a career. Co-founder Dr. Albert Kellogg had fought in the 1850s to create bylaws that welcomed women in the department. Eastwood was hired as an herbarium assistant by Mary Katharine Brandegee, the Academy’s botany curator, who had been just the third woman to attend medical school at UC Berkeley.
Eastwood did extensive field work. She designed her own rugged clothing — including long skirts made of denim and corduroy — and took ambitious trips, lugging bulky wooden specimen presses into remote areas in an attempt to comprehensively document California’s plant life.
In 1894 she joined several men scaling Mount Shasta in search of rare specimens.
“It was very pleasant,” she told The Chronicle years later. “I remember with particular pleasure that we skidded down 3 miles of the mountain on gunny sacks.”
Even her walk to work became an exercise in plant study; she wrote a 1896 paper about the weeds she found along the way, called “A Flora of the Nob Hill Cobblestones.”
Thomas Daniel, botany curator emeritus at Cal Academy, said Eastwood’s passion for plants was her life. Other than a love for port wine, it’s nearly impossible to find records of any other interests.
“That’s what occupied her time and her energy and her money,” said Daniel, who wrote a book about Cal Academy botany history. “She bought books for the library out of her salary. She paid assistants in the department out of her own pocket. It was a commitment. And she gave it full, full attention.”
When the grand six-story Cal Academy headquarters was built in the late 1800s, buttressed with stone and marble, it was declared “fire-proof” by the museum’s leaders.
But Eastwood must have loved her plants too much to believe it. She placed the most important plant specimens — the ones that told the botanical story of California — in their own disaster cabinet, which she could drop out a window and descend to safety.
But on the morning of April 18, 1906, the cabinet was damaged and she had to improvise. She placed individual specimens in her apron and lowered them six stories to a friend below.
A century later, parts of the story have grown murky. How much of the stairway was destroyed? Did she use rope to lower the specimens, or curtains tied together?
But the approaching firestorm, and the race against the clock with life at stake, was very real.
“It was coming. She could see it,” Daniel said. “In fact, she could see the fire coming down Market Street when she got to the Academy building early in the morning. And it was just getting closer over time.”
Eastwood commandeered a wagon, placing 1,497 specimens and records in the back and moving at least twice as each new destination burned. When she finally got the plants in the Crocker Bank vault, she mourned only for the specimens she couldn’t save.
“I do not feel the loss to be mine but it is a great loss to the scientific world and an irreparable loss to California,” she wrote in a 1906 letter to the Smithsonian Institution. “My own destroyed work I do not lament, for it was a joy to me while I did it, and I can still have the same joy in starting it again.”
Eastwood’s own home was lost in the inferno. All that was left of her personal possessions were the clothes on her back, and the thimble-sized lens, or loupe, that she used to inspect plants.
There’s little sign of Alice Eastwood today on the museum floor where packs of schoolchildren and members of the public roam.
While the African penguins, Claude the albino alligator and a tyrannosaurus rex skeleton are on the front of the brochures, Eastwood’s work might show up in the “Hidden Wonders” exhibit, which brings a handful of treasures from the Academy’s archive to the main floor. Most casual visitors have little reason to know the museum’s botany department even exists, let alone its historic matriarch.
Behind the scenes, though, there are several floors devoted to various disciplines of scientific research, and a vast archive entirely on site — a seemingly impossible number of collapsing floor-to-ceiling cabinets and secret rooms that house everything from dandelion spores to Galapagos tortoises the size of a leather recliner.
“I think our tally for scientific collections is 48 or 49 million items,” said Cal Academy head librarian Rebekah Kim, from tiny snails and pressed plants to an elephant pelvis.
Among Academy scientists, the Eastwood legend hasn’t aged a day. Botanists like Jacobs run into Eastwood-collected specimens regularly, in awe of the sheer scope of her life’s work.
Her efficient cursive is recognizable in the specimen books. Several examples of Allium Hickmanni, a rare species of wild onion common to San Luis Obispo and Sonoma counties, are dried, arranged and attached to a page with the care of an embalmed head of state. Eastwood’s notes offer important data. “March 21, 1931. Clay soil. It was collected near the summit.”
“There have to be many hundreds of thousands,” Jacobs said. “That number is so hard for me to wrap my head around. Imagining what it would take to catalog all of it. It just blows my mind.”
By the time a new Cal Academy of Sciences opened in 1916 in Golden Gate Park, the 57-year-old Eastwood had expanded her ambitions from a California herbarium to a worldwide collection of plants. Director Loomis threatened to shutter the botany department in the new museum, but ultimately didn’t dare; by that point Eastwood was arguably a larger figure than any of the executives.
Mentorship became a priority to the scientist, who never married but had close friendships with her fellow botanists. She was still working at Cal Academy when she turned 90 in 1949, while helping plan the San Francisco Botanical Garden. Chronicle reporter Carolyn Anspacher visited the 1221 Lombard St. cottage that year, finding cluttered rooms filled with plant collections, and a botanist who had just fallen off a ladder trying to change a light bulb.
“I lost my footing or something,” Eastwood told her. “I didn’t break anything but I’m pretty bruised, and that’s why you find me here clumping around in a bathrobe.”
Eastwood retired that year, but not really. She still had a desk at the Cal Academy when she died at age 94 on Oct. 30, 1953. There were 375,000 plant specimens in the herbarium at that time — most she had collected herself. It remains one of the largest botanical collections in the U.S.
“My job is to help, not to shine,” Eastwood said repeatedly during her career.
The mantra seems to carry on in the botany department, where hard work gets little public attention. Scientists are excited about a new high-tech scanner that will digitize a million California botany specimens — even knowing there’s little chance that a Castilleja specimen will end up alongside the albino alligator on a Cal Academy T-shirt or tote bag.
But asked pointedly, Daniel doesn’t hesitate to frame the importance of the department’s work.
“We’re not going to cure cancer or something,” he said, “but we may be the people who collect the plant that gets that, or that helps some medical issue.”
The knowledge gained from Eastwood’s travels — how the plant landscape changes and how ecosystems work — could be important to address climate change, Daniel adds.
“It’s very basic research that we’re doing, but it is really vital,” he said. “I think Eastwood (appreciated that), and that’s what drove her. It’s not about getting publicity for yourself. It’s about doing a good job and expanding knowledge because that’s how we progress as a society. That’s how we’re going to hopefully make things better.”
At the end of a 30-minute conversation, Daniel brightens and walks to a shelf filled with photos of Eastwood.
“I want to show you one more thing.”
He removes a small round cylinder from an antique stand. It’s the lens Eastwood saved from the fire, her only valued possession, which she wore around her neck until she died. It was her wedding ring. It was her purpose. It was her North Star.
And now it’s a reminder for those who carry on her work.
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Car Enthusiast Jay Leno Will Serve as Grand Marshal and Appear at the Event Hosted at the Only Resort Golf Course on the Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The third annual Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance™, one of the world's most prestigious automotive events, debuts at Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, Oct. 28, through Sunday, Oct. 30. The luxury automotive experience pays homage to remarkable cars of the past, present and future at Wynn Golf Club, the 129-acre championship golf course at Wynn Las Vegas.
"The Concours d'Elegance and its legendary display of design, craftmanship and grandeur is precisely the type of elevated experience that our guests will thoroughly enjoy for years to come," said Brian Gullbrants, President of Wynn Las Vegas. "Rare and priceless automobiles displayed upon the fairways of our Wynn Golf Club is a perfect match for this annual Wynn Las Vegas event."
The lineup of weekend events will include:
- The Gala Concours Dinner, kicks off festivities on Friday evening and offers live entertainment, tasting stations and curated cocktails at Wynn Las Vegas' premier nightclub, XS. The exclusive evening will showcase the Helene Awards™, a ceremony signature to the Las Vegas Concours d'Elegance that honors visionaries in the automotive industry.
- The centerpiece of the weekend, the Concours d'Elegance exhibition on Saturday, Oct. 29 will display a collection of rare and unique automobiles from around the world. The event is expected to showcase more than 100 exceptional collector cars from both pre- and post-war periods, and will include a special appearance by well-known automotive enthusiast and distinguished car collector Jay Leno. Each year, Concours d'Elegance highlights a different Marque, which is a distinctive automobile model or brand. The 2022 Marque is the Ferrari F40. The event also consists of nearly 20 judged, non-judged and contemporary classes, such as British Post-War Sports and Sports Racing, American Luxury (1925-1942), European Luxury (1925-1942), Antiques (pre-1924), Race Cars, and more. Starting at 2 p.m., an esteemed panel of judges will present Best of Show winners and standouts with the coveted Helene Award statuette.
- The Chairman's VIP Tasting on Oct. 29 is a premium lunchtime tasting experience underneath the grand rotunda on Wynn's event lawn, and features select hosted bars alongside a range of tasting stations designed by executive chef Kelly Bianchi. Assorted tasting stations include: a sushi station with sashimi and assorted rolls; a beef tenderloin carving station; a slider station featuring Maine lobster and surf and turf, among others; a made-to-order pizza and pasta station; and a whimsical donut station.
- The Concours Cookout will feature a variety of grab-and-go options and select hosted bars amid the beautiful greenery of Wynn's event lawn, also on Oct. 29. Grab-and-go offerings include a salad and sandwich station, a kebab station, a taco bar, backyard-inspired barbecue such as wagyu beef hotdogs and a spicy fried chicken sandwich, as well as desserts like custom ice cream sandwiches and caramel corn.
- Guests may also purchase a VIP experience that combines Concours d'Elegance exhibition viewing with entry to the fairway tasting tents. The Concours d'Elegance + Hosted Bar includes a selection of the fine- and casual-dining options Wynn Las Vegas is known for, as well as select beverages.
- The weekend of festivities conclude on Sunday, Oct. 30 with the Tour d'Elegance, a motorcade down the famous Las Vegas Strip where Jay Leno will serve as grand marshal.
Additionally, Wynn Las Vegas will offer a selection of room packages that showcase the resort's newly re-designed accommodations. These include:
- Chairman's Suite Package, which features two nights in a 1,280 square feet Wynn Parlor Suite, as well as two tickets to the Friday night Gala Concours Dinner, the Concours d'Elegance exhibition and Chairman's VIP Tasting.
- Chairman's Resort Package, which includes two nights in a Wynn Resort King, two tickets to the Concours d'Elegance exhibition and entry to the Chairman's VIP Tasting.
- Concours VIP Package, which features two nights in a Wynn Resort King, two tickets to the Gala Concours Dinner, two tickets to the Concours d'Elegance exhibition, and entry to the Concours Cookout.
- Concours Package, which consists of two nights in a Wynn Resort King, two tickets to the Concours d'Elegance exhibition and entry to the Concours Cookout.
Prices for each package vary. For additional event information, to buy tickets, or to apply for entry, please visit www.lasvegasconcours.com.
Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2022 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 21 signature dining experiences, 11 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 513,000 rentable square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 155,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club, and recreation and leisure facilities, including Wynn Golf Club, an 18-hole, 129-acre championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.
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The Ecommerce leader will now be able to offer further resources to brands and launch a new product: Emotive Attribution
LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Emotive.io, the leading all-in-one growth platform for eCommerce brands, is excited to announce its recent acquisition of Bloom Digital, a renowned marketing agency specializing in SMS marketing, email marketing, and paid advertising. This strategic acquisition strengthens Emotive.io's position as a comprehensive solution for eCommerce growth and enables the launch of a new product, Emotive Attribution, aimed at helping merchants optimize their marketing spend across all channels using a first-party pixel.
Founded in 2020 by Danielle Hixenbaugh, Bloom Digital Agency has quickly gained recognition for its customer-centric approach and results-driven strategies. As an anti-agency marketing agency, Bloom Digital puts people first and focuses on finding tailored solutions that align with clients' goals, delivering tangible and profitable results.
"Our agency's mission was always to revolutionize e-commerce marketing with top-notch strategies, reporting, and performance," said Danielle, owner of Bloom. "Emotive's goal is to be the ultimate solution for DTC brands looking to expand and scale. By joining forces, we're poised to become the all-in-one tool that e-commerce business owners have been longing for."
Emotive.io, originally founded in 2018 as an SMS platform for eCommerce brands, has recently expanded its offerings with two new product lines for 2023. Emotive Attribution is a groundbreaking addition to the platform, providing marketers with a comprehensive view of all marketing channel performance (Meta, Google, Snap, TikTok, SMS, Email, Pinterest, affiliate, and many more) in one centralized location. Leveraging a first-party pixel, attribution model comparisons, and conversion journey insights, Emotive Attribution equips merchants with robust tracking capabilities in the post iOS16 world, enabling them to optimize their marketing spend and drive better results using first-party data.
Furthermore, with the acquisition of Bloom, Emotive.io also introduces Emotive Services, an extension of the agency's expertise in SMS, email, and advertising revenue growth for eCommerce brands. Since its launch in Q4 of 2022, Emotive Services has rapidly grown into a 7-figure business line for Emotive.io, further expanding the platform's capabilities and providing merchants with a dedicated partner to drive revenue growth across multiple marketing channels.
"We are thrilled to welcome Bloom Digital to Emotive and launch Emotive Attribution as part of our all-in-one growth platform for eCommerce brands," said Brian Zatulove, CEO of Emotive.io. "This strategic acquisition and product expansion will enable us to provide even more comprehensive and effective solutions for eCommerce merchants, helping them grow throughout the entire funnel."
With the acquisition of Bloom Digital and the launch of Emotive Attribution and Emotive Services, Emotive.io solidifies its position as the go-to partner for eCommerce brands seeking to elevate their marketing efforts and achieve outstanding results.
Emotive Services and Emotive Attribution are available now. To learn more about the platform, or to request a demo, visit https://emotive.io/
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Emotive.io is an all-in-one growth platform for eCommerce brands, providing innovative solutions for SMS marketing, email marketing, advertising, and attribution. With its user-friendly platform and data-driven approach, Emotive.io helps eCommerce merchants optimize their marketing strategies, drive revenue growth, and build lasting customer relationships. For more information, visit www.emotive.io.
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WILDWOOD CREST — It’s been more than a decade since New Jersey strengthened a law allowing pedestrians the right of way in crosswalks, and likely longer still since Mike Garaguso’s parents drilled in the rules of the road: Look both ways before crossing the street.
That lesson appears to have been lost on some pedestrians in shore towns in New Jersey, where drivers often express frustration with those who stroll blithely into heavy summer traffic, protected only by some painted white lines.
Garaguso, 64, spoke at a July meeting of the Wildwood Crest Board of Commissioners, saying it can be difficult for him to watch out for all of the potential obstacles on busy summer days.
“There’s so much action for the driver to pay attention to,” he said at the meeting. Now, he said, many pedestrians walk directly into traffic. “When I was a little kid growing up, my mom and dad used to tell me ‘look both ways before crossing the street.’ The pedestrians, they’re basically not doing that.”
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He made the comment during Police Chief Robert Lloyd’s report to Public Safety Commissioner Joseph Schiff and the other members of the borough’s governing body.
Lloyd said drivers have a legal obligation to stop for any pedestrian in a crosswalk. But the driver does not have the sole responsibility, he said.
“If you’re a pedestrian, you cannot just walk out into the middle of traffic without looking to make sure that the roadway is safe before you enter,” Lloyd said.
Aside from the legal obligation, self-preservation plays a role. Traffic studies indicate a car traveling 25 miles per hour, the maximum speed limit in Wildwood Crest, will cover about 55 feet in the moment between a driver recognizing an obstacle and reacting.
“If you’re walking, you are responsible when you enter that crosswalk, just like your parents taught you,” Lloyd said.
At the same meeting, Lloyd also expressed concern about the amount of speeding taking place in the borough, and said that he and the commissioners have heard complaints about speed. Along Sunset Lake, he said, the posted speed limit is 20 rather than 25 mph, Lloyd said.
According to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, failing to stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk carries a $200 fine and two points on the driver’s license. The commission says pedestrians make up the second largest category of motor vehicle deaths and injuries.
“Pedestrians also have a duty to exercise due caution for their own safety,” reads information from the commission. “The law requires that pedestrians shall not leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield or stop.”
In 2010, stricter state laws brought new tension to interactions between pedestrians and drivers, perhaps most visibly in shore towns where there are crosswalks every block and some out-of-state drivers were not familiar with the rules.
And unless the pedestrian is in a crosswalk, or at an intersection where a crosswalk would be (what the state describes as an unmarked crosswalk), the vehicle has the right of way.
Lloyd’s report became something of a mid-summer safety primer, with the chief asking for compliance from bicycle riders, low speed vehicle operators and electric bikes and scooters.
He expressed particular concern for intoxicating driving, noting that there have been triple the number of DWI arrest this summer compared to last. He said there were nine DWI charges issues. He expressed frustration with those who would get behind the wheel while impaired.
“There are just too many safe options for people out there,” Lloyd said. “There’s no reason to put others and the public in jeopardy and drive intoxicated, so let’s find a different way to get home if we could, please.”
Bike riders must follow the same traffic rules as drivers, Lloyd said, including riding on the right and stopping for red lights. He said low speed vehicles, sometimes described as golf carts, must be registered and have safety belts, and if a child must legally have a safety seat in a car, the same goes for the low speed vehicle.
E-bikes and scooters may use the bike lanes in town, but are not allowed on the beachfront bike path in Crest, he said. A resident suggested as a mature adult who has difficulty riding a regular bike, the e-bike is a good option and questioned the rule.
“Unfortunately, we can’t allow just the mature adults to ride the bike path with their electric bikes and not allow the immature adults,” Lloyd said.
He added that plainclothes Crest officers would be enforcing these and other rules through the remainder of the summer, including rules on the public consumption of alcohol.
“They need to remain on private property. Do not be surprised if you get stopped if you’re walking around with a beer in your hand,” Lloyd said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/wildwood-crest-chief-look-before-entering-crosswalks/article_32f2347c-11d4-11ed-8f4e-df540d1e28f6.html | 2022-08-02 10:40:56 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/wildwood-crest-chief-look-before-entering-crosswalks/article_32f2347c-11d4-11ed-8f4e-df540d1e28f6.html |
MANKATO, Minn. – Five people have been arrested, one suspect is still on the loose, and hundreds of potentially dangerous pills have been seized after a morning drug raid in Blue Earth County.
The Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force (MRVDTF) says it had been investigating a group of Mankato residents for three weeks for selling Mbox 30 pills, which are counterfeit oxycodone pills that contain fentanyl. After agents conducted three controlled buys of the fentanyl pills and undertook hours of surveillance, 22 law enforcement officers searched four separate mobile homes in the University Mobile Home Park in Mankato around 8:30 am Wednesday.
The MRVDTF says it found 450 Mbox 30 pills, eight grams of cocaine, two loaded handguns, and several thousand dollars in cash. A 2-year-old child was also taken into protective custody after 33 Mbox 30 pills were found in the bedroom where the child was sleeping.
As part of Wednesday morning’s search, four people were arrested:
Geramy Durell Hopson, 35, accused of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Gary Don Mosley, 31, charged with 2nd Degree Controlled Substance Sales, Third Degree Controlled Substance Possession, Possess Firearm in Proximity to Controlled Substances.
Keontae Quentrell Jones, 24, accused of Third Degree Controlled Substance Sales, Fifth Degree Controlled Substance Possession, Child Endangerment.
Sean Michael Nelson, 33, charged with Third Degree Controlled Substance Sales, Fifth Degree Controlled Substance Possession.
A woman who was also sought as part of the investigation was located and arrested in Nicollet County at approximately 1400 hours:
Lisa Lynn Robel, 54, of rural St. Peter, accused of Third Degree Controlled Substance Sales.
MRVDTF Agents are also looking for another male believed to be involved with the distribution of the Mbox 30 pills;
Bryan Gerald Mortensen, 34, of Mankato, suspected of Third Degree Controlled Substance Sales. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
The MRVDTF issued a statement about Wednesday morning’s raid:
“Today’s seizure of 450 dangerous Mbox 30 pills far exceeds MRVDTF seizure amounts of the pills from any prior year. So far in 2022, MRVDTF Agents have seized close to 1000 of the fentanyl pills in the Mankato area.”
Assisting with the raid were Cannon River Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office, Mankato Department of Public Safety, Sibley County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit, Watonwan County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit, and Le Sueur County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit. | https://www.kimt.com/news/major-drug-bust-leads-to-five-arrests-in-southern-minnesota/article_0947d0fe-c671-11ec-9f1f-a347dcc10a26.html | 2022-04-27 22:24:12 | 1 | https://www.kimt.com/news/major-drug-bust-leads-to-five-arrests-in-southern-minnesota/article_0947d0fe-c671-11ec-9f1f-a347dcc10a26.html |
A newly created House Select Committee on the strategic competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party holds a primetime hearing Tuesday night. The focus will be on the U.S.’s relationship with China. Witnesses for the hearing include former Trump administration national security advisers and a human rights activist.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with NPR’s Deirdre Walsh to learn more.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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2022 is the second consecutive year ERIE's program has been recognized among the industry's best internship opportunities
ERIE, Pa., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Erie Insurance (ERIE) Future Focus internship program has been named to the Rising Insurance Star Executive (RISE) list of the insurance industry's 50 best internship programs in 2022. This is the second consecutive year that ERIE has been honored.
ERIE's summer internship program offers opportunities for college students to gain relevant and real-world business experience in the insurance industry and at a Fortune 500 company.
"We're excited to be included on the RISE Elite 50 list for the second consecutive year. Our interns often tell us that our program is a premier offering in the industry, and this recognition is certainly a bonus," said JR Wilwohl, talent acquisition partner and ERIE's internship program coordinator. "Year after year, the most impactful feedback comes directly from our interns, who, through an overwhelming response to our end-of-program survey, gave our 'Future Focus' program an average satisfaction rating of 4.8 out of 5 this year."
ERIE's internship program, which began more than 20 years ago and has helped launch the careers of hundreds of current ERIE employees, offers paid, competitive internships across several areas of the company.
According to Jon O'Camb, talent acquisition manager, ERIE's Future Focus internships are one of the company's largest pipelines for early career talent and ERIE is committed to growing diversity within its talent pool.
"Our commitment to celebrating and valuing diversity continues, and our internship program is an extension of that. We're widening our talent pipeline by strengthening relationships with historically Black colleges and universities across ERIE's footprint and working with ERIE's affinity networks and DEI leadership to help further reach diverse candidates," said O'Camb. "Once our interns are hired, we also provide them with multiple opportunities to engage with our company's DEI and community outreach teams and encourage them to become active in ERIE's nine employee affinity networks during their internship with us."
In 2022, more than 100 ERIE interns worked in ERIE's IT, Underwriting, Risk Control, Actuarial, Data, Sales & Marketing, Claims, Corporate Services, Customer Service, Finance, Accounting, Internal Audit, Investments and ERIE Experience departments.
Rising Insurance Star Executive (RISE) is an industry group founded to help bridge the talent gap by recognizing and advancing the best young talent in the insurance industry.
"There is nothing more impactful to building the talent pipeline for the Insurance Industry than our internships," read an announcement of the annual list from RISE. "Companies can test drive talent, learn from fresh perspectives, expose young professionals to their brand, foster leadership in current employees, and the list goes on. Interns gain real world experience, learn about their strengths and weaknesses and gauge whether a job or industry is the right career for them."
To learn more about ERIE's Future Focus internship program, visit erieinsurance.com/careers/intern.
According to A.M. Best Company, Erie Insurance Group, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, is the 11th largest homeowners insurer, 13th largest automobile insurer and 13th largest commercial lines insurer in the United States based on direct premiums written. Founded in 1925, Erie Insurance is a Fortune 500 company and the 19th largest property/casualty insurer in the United States based on total lines net premium written. Rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best, ERIE has more than 6 million policies in force and operates in 12 states and the District of Columbia. News releases and more information are available on ERIE's website at www.erieinsurance.com.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brave New World Enterprises (BNWE) is excited to have joined forces with Washington State Representative, Jesse Johnson and the Department of Commerce in creating the Black Eco Chamber, a small business development incubator designed to provide culturally unique services to black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs of color.
This program has been a long coordinated effort between BNWE Founder and President, Shyan Selah, and Representative Johnson to address the need for increased economic empowerment among African Americans in Washington State and as such, was included as a sponsored proviso by Rep. Johnson in the 2022-2023 state budget, endorsed by the Washington State Black Caucus, and approved by Governor Jay Inslee to this launch this year.
"As we enter into a new phase of the workforce post-pandemic, we have many challenges yet also opportunities," says Representative Johnson. "One of which is to foster and spearhead an entrepreneurial spirit to help cultivate ideas and support business. The Incubator will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to do just that. I am proud of what we can do with this program for our community and our State."
The Black Eco Chamber also directly serves as a supporting program to help the state's Department of Commerce reach its goals of expanding awareness and services to business owners of color.
"Equity in business opportunities builds a strong economy. Commerce is committed to working to close the racial wealth gap, in part by increasing business ownership of minority-owned firms. Support for programs like Black Eco Chamber program, in partnership with BNWE, is essential to build on momentum among regional economic development organizations, community-based organizations, and other affinity-based incubator programs to continue providing the necessary resources to support black entrepreneurs and business owners in industries that are poised for growth." said Linda Womack, Commerce Managing Director of Small Business Finance and Community Support. Womack noted that Minority Business Development Agency research that shows African-American owned employer firms in the U.S. contribute $128 billion in economic output and 1.2 million jobs per year.
As a Black-owned business, BNWE has made it a mission to provide this opportunity to businesses owned by historically disadvantaged communities, especially black business owners. As an organization that has been rooted in the arts and entertainment industry (with a record label, TV/Film, digital tech, and publishing divisions) and a long-term provider of services including media, marketing, branding, and events for businesses in King County, BNWE has created a unique and dynamic program in the Black Eco Chamber designed to elevate the profiles and function of other minority-owned businesses.
"There is not only an urgent need but also a deep hope simmering in the community," says BNWE President/CEO Shyan Selah. "The pandemic has totally upended social norms for us all, but has in particular for the black community both triggered cultural trauma that stems from economic dis-enfranchisement and lack of equitable opportunity. We aim to be solution developers engineering new ways to re-imagine equity."
In his efforts to ensure that mission, Shyan Selah has also brought on former Vice President of Retail Banking and Wealth Management and the Founder of ClearBlu Capital, Larry Gilmore, as the Co-Executive Director of the Black Eco Chamber.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to support Brave New World, the State of Washington, and the Black Eco Chamber to have a significant impact in addressing racial equity through entrepreneurship," says Gilmore. "We know that a high percentage of Black owned businesses have a high risk of failure due to the lack of capital and management solutions to scale. We also know that these communities have the highest risk impacting their wealth when exploring entrepreneurship. The Black Eco Chamber is committed to reducing these risks by providing a firm foundation for success with a variety of solutions. I'm confident we will provide long lasting solutions for years to come.``
Programming for the Black Eco Chamber includes networking events and monthly educational workshops covering topics including: starting a business in Washington State, Basic Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation, Corporate Funding Strategies, Franchising, and more. For the 2022-2023 schedule please visit: www.blackecochamber.com.
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CHARLESTON, WV — West Virginia Public Broadcasting is proud to announce that Larry Groce, co-founder and artistic director of Mountain Stage, will receive an honorary degree Saturday, Dec. 17 during the WVU December commencement ceremonies.
WVU President Gordon Gee will award Groce his Honorary Degree along with Carrie Lee Gillette, a special education teacher at Weir High School in Weirton.
“Larry Groce is a legend in the music industry,” said WVPB Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Butch Antolini. “Thirty-nine years ago, this month, Larry launched Mountain Stage and what has taken place since then is West Virginia history.”
In addition to his legendary work on Mountain Stage, Groce is a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame and Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Groce is being recognized for his overall contributions to the arts. Gillette is the first to receive what will be an annual Presidential Honorary Degree to celebrate the work of public school personnel throughout the Mountain State.
“Mountain Stage is now recognized internationally and is broadcast on nearly 300 stations all across America,” Antolini added. “The show is a true calling card for our state thanks to Larry’s vision and persistence. We are thrilled to be the exclusive producers of Mountain Stage and we can never thank Larry enough for all his contributions to the program’s success. He is a very deserving recipient of this honorary degree.”
Produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music, Mountain Stage can be heard every week on nearly 300 public radio stations across America, and around the world via NPR Music and mountainstage.org.
Recorded in front of a live audience primarily in Charleston, West Virginia, Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues, and country to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond.
The program’s original host and co-founder Larry Groce handed over full-time hosting responsibilities to West Virginia native and Grammy winner Kathy Mattea in September 2021.
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How many ways can you say “I love you”? Maybe it’s cooking your loved one’s favorite meals, buying a gift that’s been on their wish list for years, or saying “I’m proud of you” and really meaning it. For author and journalist Putsata Reang, it started when her mother was fleeing Cambodia and held her lifeless body while aboard a crowded navy vessel and searching for sanctuary. Against the captain’s orders, Reang’s mom held on to her small body — and hoped that she was still alive. When they arrived at an American naval base in the Philippines, military nurses and doctors helped save her life.
Throughout her memoir “Ma and Me,” Reang dedicates herself to repaying this debt by becoming a good Cambodian daughter. She works in the berry fields in Corvallis, Oregon, every summer; builds her career as an award-winning journalist in the U.S. before turning her focus to training journalists across Asia; and puts family first at every corner. She also explores her own queerness, a phase in her ma’s eyes, when in reality, a part of her that’s here to stay. Reang discusses the weight of cultural and familial duty and where she’s at now.
The interview has been edited for clarity and length.
I’ve always believed that there’s a difference between being pushed away from something versus being pulled toward something that’s better for you. Throughout the book, when did you feel like you were being called to something versus running away from something?
Cambodia as a country was a calling, specifically as a journalist. On my first trip to Cambodia at the age of 16, I visited the Tuol Sleng torture prison with my mom. It was a former high school turned torture prison under the communist Khmer Rouge regime. I learned that the communists specifically targeted and murdered journalists during the genocide. During that time, I had a feeling of certainty: I realized that I could never look away from war again.
I’ve dedicated my career and the rest of my life to writing these stories that explore not only displacement and trauma, but also people trying to reach for something better. This book is not only a story of queer love, but also being a child of refugees and exploring the layers of war.
A pervasive theme in your book is hope as the thing that you can hold onto. What gave you hope when you were writing this book, and what gives you hope now?
The journalists that I’ve worked with, and their courage to shed light on the brutalities of regimes in their countries, give me so much hope. I worked in the Philippines, which has one of the highest rates of journalist murders in the world. I remember talking to a radio journalist that said, “when I leave my house, I’m looking over my shoulder to make sure that I’m not being followed and will get assassinated.” That was a completely different reality for me being a journalist in the U.S. where I’ve never once looked behind my shoulder after writing a story that was critical of the city government, or whatever I was covering. The fact that even danger did not deter these journalists filled me with hope.
When I think of hope now, 10 nieces and nephews kept to mind. They kept me going when I wanted to give up on writing this book. This memoir started off as a love letter to them so they could learn more about their Cambodian side. I’m grateful for the way they’ve supported me in my relationship with April and came to our wedding, which was important for me and them.
Where is home for you then? Is it in Cambodia, America, or somewhere in between?
I refer to Cambodia as my homeland. Part of that has to do with feeling like a fraud in my own country because I am American too. I still struggle with this idea of claiming Cambodia as home because while I was born there, but so much of me is American. Home is so much more of an emotional container than it is a physical one. In recent years, I feel like home is wherever my wife April is. It’s a feeling of just being held and feeling safe.
Your memoir is dedicated to your wife April. Reading the book, I kept waiting for her name to show up, and it didn’t happen until well into the story. What did you want people to know about your love story, and even having this story in The Seattle Times where you worked 20 years ago?
It’s so rare to find someone who just brings such lightness into your life. I have been lucky enough to feel that twice. Both times did happen in Seattle — once in my early 20s, when the first time I fell in love with my girlfriend, I was a reporter at The Seattle Times at the time. And then I messed up so terribly that I left for California and then Cambodia. I don’t want to call it a coincidence that I’ve returned to Seattle and fallen in love. Finally, the ancestors were saying, “you deserve to have this love story.”
When I met April, I was determined to never come to America again. I had plans that I was just going to live abroad and continue to work with journalists in different countries for the rest of my life. It was a complete shock to myself and my family when I came back to Seattle. I have never been in a single place for this long. The act of staying is my growth curve, and the act of feeling settled within myself and within relationships is a very revolutionary thing in my worldview.
In the book, you talk about how narratives have the power to frame, contain and drown us. How has your deepened understanding of your mother’s story helped you know yourself?
Food continues to be a way to show love, and I’ve had to learn not to be my mom in that way. I go to great lengths to show love by cooking my wife’s favorite foods. but she needs to hear it in words. It’s the same way I need to hear my parents say “I’m proud of you,” but I don’t know how to ask for that. It’s a generational and cultural divide.
As adults, we may have to learn a different way of communicating than what we grew up with. This question is timely because I gave my students at the University of Washington the following writing prompt: “How do you want to be loved?” We’re all connected by the same desire to be seen and cared for in the ways that we need.
What do you want readers to remember after reading your memoir?
I am a living example and the living embodiment of hope. If my mother did not have hope that I was still alive, I would have been tossed overboard. We also must talk about genocide because that’s part of how my family fled Cambodia and came to the U.S.
There’s something much bigger and more profound than merely surviving. After reading this book, I want people to look at Cambodia and know that we are more than genocide and trauma. We are journalists, dancers, athletes, musicians, chefs and more. We all have a story, and we should take advantage of our own agency to put our own stories out there. | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/putsata-reang-finds-home-with-and-away-from-her-mom-in-memoir-ma-and-me/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-05-30 16:15:39 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/putsata-reang-finds-home-with-and-away-from-her-mom-in-memoir-ma-and-me/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
CORINTH, Miss. (WTVA) - A man was arrested in Corinth for stealing money and prescription drugs from an elderly woman
Corinth Police arrested Clayton Dunn following a report at a residence on Feb. 4.
Dunn was on the scene at the time of the call. He admitted to stealing the money and returned some of it.
Dunn admitted to stealing $1,840, as well as some prescription medication.
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PHILADELPHIA — The search is focusing on the Atlanta area for a teenage suspect in a 2022 ambush that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage, authorities said Monday.
The reward for information leading to the arrest of Dayron Burney-Thorn, of Philadelphia, has been increased to $50,000, up from $45,000, according to the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force.
A judge in January ordered an adult and three other juveniles to stand trial in the shooting. All are charged as adults with murder, aggravated assault, firearms crimes and other counts.
Authorities said five people jumped from a parked SUV and opened fire on teens who were walking away from an athletic field at Roxborough High School in September 2022. Nicholas Elizalde, 14, of suburban Havertown, was killed, and three other teens were taken to a hospital with wounds; another was treated at the scene.
Police have said they don’t believe Elizalde was one of the intended targets. They said one of the shooters chased a 17-year-old victim down the street, striking him with shots to the leg and arm, and tried to fire as he stood over the victim, but the gun either jammed or was out of bullets.
The shooting drew national attention around the U.S. amid a string of mass shootings and also came just after Philadelphia surpassed 400 homicides for the year. A total of 516 people were killed last year in the city, and the total of 562 the previous year marked the highest in the city in at least six decades.
Hours before the shooting, Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, signed an order banning deadly weapons from indoor and outdoor recreational spaces including parks, basketball courts and pools. A judge barred enforcement of the order after a legal challenge cited a state law that prevents any city or county from passing gun-control measures. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/05/08/philadelphia-school-ambush-atlanta-search/bebf8322-edcc-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html | 2023-05-08 18:56:41 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/05/08/philadelphia-school-ambush-atlanta-search/bebf8322-edcc-11ed-b67d-a219ec5dfd30_story.html |
Trevor Larnach Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Yankees - April 13
Published: Apr. 13, 2023 at 12:24 PM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
After going 0-for-4 in his last game, Trevor Larnach and the Minnesota Twins take on the New York Yankees (who will start Jhony Brito) at 7:05 PM ET on Thursday.
He had a hitless performance in his previous game (0-for-4) against the White Sox.
Trevor Larnach Game Info & Props vs. the Yankees
- Game Day: Thursday, April 13, 2023
- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Yankee Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Yankees Starter: Jhony Brito
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -139)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +160)
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Trevor Larnach At The Plate
- Larnach has an OPS of .780, fueled by an OBP of .389 to go with a slugging percentage of .391. All three of those stats are tops among Minnesota hitters this season.
- Larnach has picked up a hit in eight of 12 games this season, with multiple hits four times.
- He has hit a long ball in one of 12 games, and in 1.9% of his plate appearances.
- Larnach has driven in a run in six games this season (50.0%), including one multiple-RBI game.
- In four of 12 games this season, he has scored, including multiple runs once.
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Trevor Larnach Home/Away Batting Splits
Yankees Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 9.8 K/9, the fifth-best in MLB.
- The Yankees' 2.72 team ERA ranks third across all league pitching staffs.
- Yankees pitchers combine to allow seven home runs (0.6 per game), the second-fewest in baseball.
- Brito (2-0) gets the starting nod for the Yankees, his third this season.
- His last time out came on Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, when the righty went five innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing three hits.
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WASHINGTON — Congress is returning to Washington this week for what is expected to be a consequential few weeks of negotiations that could impact everything from the price you pay for prescription drugs to the cost of electric cars.
THE PLAN
Democrats came to Washington in January of 2021 with wide-ranging ambitions.
There were plans for changes to community college, child care, and prescription drugs — to name a few.
While infrastructure reform passed, progressives, for the most part, have been unable to get through the Senate many of their big ideas.
Remember Build Back Better last year?
It was a massive policy bill that Democrats wanted to pass.
The legislation failed, however, because Democrats in the Senate weren't unanimously supporting the idea.
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) was concerned about too much spending and inflation.
However, it appears as though Democratic leadership has convinced Senator Manchin to support something, and as a result, they will try to pass significant policy changes again.
The plan for the moment is to advance a scaled-down version of Build Back Better, perhaps sometime this month.
RETURN OF RECONCILIATION
Get ready to hear more about a word known as "reconciliation" in the coming days.
Under standard Senate rules, 60 votes are needed to defeat the filibuster and pass legislation.
However, the reconciliation process allows for some financial bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority vote.
Democrats have that if they all stick together in the Senate because the vice president breaks any ties.
Very few details on the proposed legislation have been released. Still, there is early agreement among Democrats to close tax loopholes for those making more than $400,000 by forcing new taxes on incomes from certain "pass-through" businesses.
According to reports, the change would make Medicare solvent until at least 2031.
The bill also includes, for the moment, prescription drug reform.
That policy proposal might limit how much a drug's price can be increased from year to year.
It could also lower seniors' prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies for the first time.
We are told the legislation could include other ideas, too, like electric car tax credits, just as long as every Democrat in the Senate supports it and is paid for.
New child tax credits or significant changes to child care policy are not expected to be included.
President Biden and congressional leaders are facing one major hurdle: the election is quickly approaching.
The ticking clock means Democrats won't have much time to negotiate and pass this. August recess and the campaign trail are looming.
Not to mention, Democrats are also trying this month to pass a bipartisan bill meant to boost computer chip manufacturing in the United States.
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Nick Cannon and his 11-year-old twins had a fun day in the water! Earlier this week, the proud dad shared a video of him and Mariah Carey’s kids, Monroe and Moroccan, enjoying the day at the waterpark -- which he rented out just for them.
“Waterpark to ourselves!!! It’s the Roc & Roe Takeover!!,” Cannon captioned the video.
In the clip, the 41-year-old entertainer controls the camera while he and the twins ride down a large tube slide into the water. When the trio gets to the bottom, Cannon sings along as Roc and Roe dance for the camera and celebrate.
In addition to the twins, Cannon is father of 5-year-old Golden "Sagon" and 1-year-old Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell, as well as 1-year-old twins Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir with Abby De La Rosa. The rapper also just welcomed his eighth child, Legendary Love Cannon, with model Bre Tiesi. Last year, Cannon welcomed his seventh child, Zen, with Alyssa Scott. Sadly, Zen died at five months old in December after a battle with brain cancer.
Cannon is no stranger to shutting down places to make sure his family has a great time. Earlier this month, he opened up about how he shut down Disneyland on his twins' second birthday for a special moment with their mother.
“We shut Disneyland down. It was the kids' second birthday," Cannon told ET about the day he and Carey renewed their vows on the twins’ second birthday. "...We were in the castle, it was amazing. Like I said, fairy-tale memories. There's no way that I could ever have an experience like that ever again."
Cannon also shared his feelings about his twins growing up. "They see the world a completely different way but they express it,” he said. “They call me on my mess all the time. They both got huge personalities."
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tigera, which provides the industry's only active Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) with full-stack observability for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud, today announced that it has been recognized as a 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year, for open-source software (OSS) on Azure. Tigera was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
"We are very proud to be recognized as Microsoft's Partner of the Year for OSS on Azure as it re-affirms the reach and pervasiveness of Tigera's Calico Open Source solution for container networking and security on Azure and AKS," said Ratan Tipirneni, President and CEO, Tigera. "As enterprises standardize across Microsoft Azure, customers require a resource-efficient and scalable networking and security solution that protects the workloads in a hybrid environment extending from the cloud (Azure and AKS) to traditional on-premises deployments (AKS on Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server). Calico is the only technology to support native Windows, eBPF, and Linux containers to match Microsoft's breadth of offerings in AKS, AKS on Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server, and self-managed Kubernetes in Azure."
The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services, and devices during the past year. Awards were classified in various categories, with honorees chosen from a set of more than 3,900 submitted nominations from more than 100 countries worldwide. Tigera was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services for open source on Azure.
The Open-Source Applications & Infrastructure category for the Azure Partner of the Year Award recognizes exceptional partners who excel in delivering outstanding open source-based applications or infrastructure solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. As the winner of this category, Tigera has demonstrated innovation, competitive differentiation, customer value and successfully met customer interoperability needs using Calico in combination with the benefits of using Microsoft Azure services.
"I am honored to announce the winners and finalists of the 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards," said Nick Parker, corporate vice president of Global Partner Solutions at Microsoft. "These partners were outstanding among the exceptional pool of nominees and I'm continuously impressed by their innovative use of Microsoft Cloud technologies and the impact for their customers."
Since June 2021, Tigera and Microsoft Azure together provide users with active build, deploy, and runtime security with full-stack observability for securing, monitoring, and troubleshooting containers on Azure and AKS. Tigera works closely with Microsoft to offer networking, security, and observability for containerized workloads running in Microsoft Azure.
Calico Open Source, the default CNI for AKS on Azure Stack HCI and Windows Server, is the most adopted networking and security solution for containers and Kubernetes. It provides businesses with:
- Data plane choice: eBPF, standard Linux, and Windows data planes
- Interoperability: Works with non-Kubernetes workloads
- Optimized performance: Built to go faster with lower CPU consumption
- Operation at scale: As your AKS deployments grow, Calico CNI can operate at scale without performance degradation
- Granular access controls: Rich networking and security policy model for secure communication
- Data-in-transit encryption: WireGuard-based encryption
- Full Kubernetes network policy support: Works with the original reference implementation of Kubernetes network policy. While Kubernetes network policy applies only to pods, Calico network policy can be applied to multiple types of endpoints including pods, VMs, and host interfaces.
Calico is a fundamentally open-source solution, and there is no cost for the use of Calico CNI, Calico IPAM or Calico networking and security policies on Azure AKS. For more comprehensive protection, AKS users can easily upgrade to advanced Calico Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) via Azure Marketplace to prevent, detect, troubleshoot, and automatically mitigate exposure risks of security issues in build, deploy, and runtime stages in containers. To learn more, watch an on-demand replay of Tigera's recent office hours with Microsoft. Users can also sign up for a free trial of Calico Cloud on Azure Marketplace.
Additionally, Tigera is a contributor to Azure Arc's "Jumpstart Friends," Microsoft AKS Hackfest, Microsoft's Cloud Native Partner Community, and AKS Office Hour. To learn more about how Tigera and Microsoft work together, visit here.
Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards are announced annually prior to the company's global partner conference, Microsoft Inspire, which will take place on July 19-20 this year. Additional details on the 2022 awards are available on the Microsoft Partner Network blog. The complete list of categories, winners and finalists can be found here.
Tigera provides the industry's only active Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) with full-stack observability for containers, Kubernetes, and cloud. The company's platform prevents, detects, troubleshoots, and automatically mitigates exposure risks of security issues in build, deploy, and runtime stages. Tigera delivers its platform as a fully managed SaaS (Calico Cloud) or a self-managed service (Calico Enterprise). Its open-source offering, Calico Open Source, is the most widely adopted container networking and security solution. Tigera's platform specifies security and observability as code to ensure consistent enforcement of security policies, which enables DevOps, platform, and security teams to protect workloads, detect threats, achieve continuous compliance, and troubleshoot service issues in real time.
Powering more than 100M containers across 2M+ nodes in 166 countries, Calico software is supported across all major cloud providers and Kubernetes distributions, and is used by leading companies including AT&T, Discover, Merck, ServiceNow, HanseMerkur, RealPage, L3Harris, and Mindbody.
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Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend said in an August 2017 email her only concern about signing a nondisclosure agreement was losing her job in Woods’ restaurant if the relationship ended and having control of her future in the business.
“I don’t have any problems with what’s in the document because I wouldn’t go public or use anything I know to hurt him or the kids,” Erica Herman wrote in the email to the CFO of Tiger Woods Ventures.
“But with my whole life in his hands now I would want to have some control over my future in the business. If something happened 5-10 years down the road I don’t want to be in my 40’s heartbroken and jobless.”
The email exchange was part of documents filed Sunday evening in advance of a Tuesday hearing. Woods’ attorneys are expected to ask Circuit Judge Elizabeth Metzger to halt Herman’s lawsuit against their billionaire client. They say the former couple’s NDA requires all disputes be settled privately by an arbitrator, not in court.
Herman has filed a lawsuit against Woods, accusing golf’s biggest star of beginning their sexual relationship when she was his employee and threatening to fire her if she didn’t sign the NDA she now wants voided.
Her email to Chris Hubman, the CFO of Woods’ company, was sent Aug. 7, 2017.
“In my mind, your employment by The Woods Jupiter and your personal relationship with TW are two separate items,” Hubman wrote back the next day. “I don’t think the end of one automatically impacts the other … although I admit it could be complicated. It will most likely depend on the terms, condition or reason for the relationship ending.
“The NDA doesn’t address the terms of your TWJ employment … only the dissemination and control of information that you become privy to as a result of your personal and professional relationship with TW.”
She signed the NDA on Aug. 9, 2017, according to documents.
Herman, in court documents filed late Friday, also accused Woods of having his lawyer break up with her at an airport last October after falsely telling her they were going on a weekend trip to the Bahamas. She says the lawyer then evicted her from Woods’ $54 million mansion north of Palm Beach and tried to get her to sign another NDA, which she refused.
Herman, who managed Woods’ Palm Beach County restaurant before and during the first years of their romantic relationship, argues the NDA is unenforceable under a new federal law that says such contracts can be voided when sexual abuse or sexual harassment occurred. Her attorney, Benjamin Hodas, contends that Woods’ alleged threat to fire her if she didn’t sign the contract was harassment.
“A boss imposing different work conditions on his employee because of their sexual relationship is sexual harassment,” Hodas said.
Herman, 39, is separately suing the trust that owns Woods’ mansion for $30 million, saying he verbally promised in 2017 she could live there for at least 11 years, but kicked her out after five.
Woods’ attorney, J.B. Murray, denies that the 47-year-old Woods ever sexually assaulted or harassed Herman, calling her accusations in court documents, “utterly meritless.”
Neither Hodas nor Murray responded to emails and phone calls seeking comment.
It is unknown if Woods will attend Tuesday’s hearing. He had ankle surgery last month stemming from his February 2021 car crash in Los Angeles and is likely to miss the rest of the major championships this year.
In Herman’s lawsuit against Woods, she wants Judge Metzger to either void the NDA or at least give her guidance about what she can say publicly. For example, can she discuss events that happened before their agreement or after their breakup? What about information she learned about Woods from others? She is also arguing the contract covers only her work relationship with Woods, not their personal matters.
In her unlawful eviction lawsuit against the trust, she is basing her $30 million claim on how much it would cost to rent a property like Woods’ mansion for the six years of residence she was allegedly denied.
When Hodas filed Herman’s lawsuit against the trust in October, he checked a box on a standardized form saying the case did not involve sexual abuse. In Herman’s March lawsuit against Woods, Hodas checked the box saying that case does involve abuse. Hodas has not explained the apparent discrepancy.
Herman says in her court filings that their romantic relationship began in 2015 and that in late 2016 she moved into Woods’ nearly 30,000-square-foot (2,800-square-meter) mansion in the ritzy Hobe Sound community.
Woods, in his court documents, says their romantic relationship began in 2017, shortly before she moved in with him that August — about the time the NDA was signed. In March 2017, Woods had placed the mansion into the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust, an entity he created that has only himself and his two children as beneficiaries.
Forbes Magazine estimates Woods’ net worth at $1.1 billion.
They were first seen publicly as a couple at the Presidents Cup in late September 2017, and Herman had been a steady presence at the larger tournaments and events, such as the 2019 Masters. She was also with Woods at the White House in 2019 when then-President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Herman says Woods pressured her to quit her job managing his restaurant in 2020, saying he wanted her to spend more time taking care of him and his children.
In another email, Herman wrote on Feb. 17, 2020, that she had spoken with Woods and “we realized it’s best if I remove myself from the daily operations of the restaurant.”
“Our lives have evolved and after 4 years I’ve realized I’m spread to(o) thin and I don’t have the time or the desire to dedicate to the restaurant,” Herman wrote to Hubman.
When Woods’ lawyers returned her personal belongings, they kept $40,000 in cash, “making scurrilous and defamatory allegations” about how she obtained it, she alleges.
Woods and his former wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced in 2010, some nine months after he was caught in a series of extramarital affairs that cost him blue-chip corporate sponsors and tarnished an image that had been largely impeccable.
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AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson contributed to this report.
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Stringer honored, No. 4 Ohio State women beat Rutgers 82-70
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rebeka Mikulasikova scored a career-high 31 points and Taylor Mikesell added 30 to help No. 4 Ohio State beat Rutgers 82-70 on a day the Scarlet Knights honored former coach C. Vivian Stringer. The New Jersey school dedicated the court to Stringer, who retired after last season. There have been only a handful of schools to name their courts after women’s basketball coaches. That includes Tennessee for Pat Summitt, North Carolina State for Kay Yow, Arkansas-Little Rock for Joe Foley and DePaul for Doug Bruno. Stringer was in attendance and at halftime her family and many former players gathered on the court to celebrate the dedication of it. Kaylene Smikle led Rutgers with 21 points. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/04/mikesell-mikulasikova-power-no-4-ohio-state-over-rutgers/ | 2022-12-04 20:52:25 | 0 | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/12/04/mikesell-mikulasikova-power-no-4-ohio-state-over-rutgers/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Leaders in largely Democratic Kansas City, Missouri, don’t control the city’s police department, hire the police chief or determine how the department spends its tax dollars. A 1930s-era law gives that power to a five-member board largely appointed by the Missouri governor, who since 2017 has been a Republican.
A longstanding dispute over that arrangement is erupting this summer. The two sides are preparing for a statewide vote in November on a constitutional amendment that would give the Republican-majority Legislature even more authority to set police funding.
A key legislative backer says Kansas City police need the support because some Democrats want to defund the force — a charge city leaders vehemently deny.
A local civil rights leader sued on behalf of city taxpayers, arguing that allowing the state to control the city’s police force amounts to “taxation without representation” and discriminates against Kansas City’s large Black population, which experiences much of its violent crime.
Mayor Quinton Lucas, who is the only person on the Board of Police Commissioners not appointed by the governor, has indicated the proposal will be challenged in court.
The debate echoes recent confrontations between Republican state officials and Democratic leaders of larger cities elsewhere over issues including voting rights, mask mandates and recognition of the Juneteenth holiday. And it comes as the nation continues to wrestle with racial injustice in policing.
Last year, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed restrictive election laws that opponents claimed targeted Democratic strongholds. And school boards in largely Democratic areas defied governors in Florida, Texas and Arizona who sought to ban mask mandates during the height of the pandemic.
Kansas City, with a population of about 508,000, about 28% Black, is the only Missouri city without local control of its police force. It’s believed to be the largest city in the U.S. in that situation, the mayor’s office said.
After racial injustice protests in 2020 sparked calls for more police accountability, Lucas and some City Council members passed two ordinances that would have given city officials some control over how $42.5 million of the police department’s $239 million budget for 2021-2022 fiscal year would be spent. The money would have been used to emphasize social service and crime prevention programs.
Critics, including the police union and former police chief, said the proposal was a roundabout way of defunding the department and would leave it with insufficient money to make it through the year.
Shortly after the ordinances passed, the state-appointed police board sued the city to undo them and won. The judge said state law gives the board exclusive authority over the police budget.
The fight prompted legislators to pass a bill requiring the city to increase police funding from 20% of its general revenue budget to 25%. Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill June 27.
But there was concern the move would run afoul of a state constitutional ban on unfunded state mandates for cities. So lawmakers put an amendment to address that on the November general election ballot.
Lucas tweeted that “the bill represents the raw exercise of power by state lawmakers over the people of Kansas City,” and would be challenged in court. He and other officials have noted the city already routinely funds the police department above the 20% requirement.
State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, a Republican who represents counties in suburban Kansas City, said he sponsored the legislation to stand with law enforcement during a time of “radical attempts across the country by city councils to defund the police.”
Melissa Robinson, a Democratic Kansas City Council member, said the current arrangement disenfranchises Kansas City taxpayers by allowing outsiders to decide how their tax dollars are spent.
She said supporters are strategizing how to persuade residents outside the city that the issue on the November ballot is centered on local control, a principle frequently lauded by Republicans.
“This is not about divisive conversations about blue lives and Black lives,” she said. “It’s the basic question of how government should work … We never said we wanted to decrease funding, we just wanted to separate out some money and ask questions about better ways to address crime.”
Luetkemeyer said all Missourians should care about how the Kansas City police department operates because the city is one of the main economic drivers in the state.
“If Kansas City sees a dramatic increase in crime because police are defunded, that’s going to have a ripple effect across the entire economy in the state of Missouri,” he said.
According to police department crime statistics, reports of the most serious crimes, such as homicides, sex assaults, robbery, fraud and weapons violations decreased 6% from 2020 to 2021.
Homicides in the city have fluctuated between 151 in 2017 to 157 in 2021, with a high of 179 in 2020. The statistics show 78% of homicide victims in the city in 2021 were Black men and women.
Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City and the civil rights leader who filed a lawsuit over the funding issue, said the current arrangement is steeped in racism.
During the Civil War, Missouri was sharply divided between Union and Confederate supporters, with much of the Union support centered in St. Louis and Kansas City, which had larger Black populations than elsewhere in the state.
In 1861, Missouri Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson, who supported the Confederacy, persuaded the Legislature to pass a law giving the state control over the police department in St. Louis. Missouri voters in 2013 approved a constitutional amendment returning that department to local control.
The state took over the new Kansas City Police Department in 1874. That changed in 1932, when the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the appointed board’s control of the agency was unconstitutional.
But the state took back control in 1939 at the urging of another segregationist governor, Lloyd Crow Stark, in part because of corruption under highly influential political organizer Tom Pendergast. In 1943, a new law limited the amount a city could be required to appropriate to a police board to 20% of its general revenue in any fiscal year.
Grant said she did not expect supporters of state control to acknowledge the racist elements of the situation.
“You can’t sidestep that,” she said. “That’s the big elephant in the room … We are the only city of our size in the country that does not have control of its police department. If state control is so great, why is it that we are the only people with it?”
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Grace Stanke knows a thing or two about confidence.
Fresh from trading in her Miss Wisconsin sash for the Miss America Crown, the 20-year-old got candid about how she practices self-love while embracing all sides of herself—as a nuclear engineering student, classic violinist, water skier and pageant winner sharing just when she feels most beautiful.
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Grace—who rocked a high pony throughout the competition—shared her secret when it comes to great hair and, once again, she attributed that to confidence and owning all parts of yourself—even those you may not love.
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TULSA, Okla., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) will participate in the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference Sept. 7-8, 2022, in New York.
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A link to the live webcast, replay and ONEOK's latest investor materials are available at www.oneok.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas — A triple-digit heatwave is in the forecast starting this weekend and the current forecast would tie or break daily record highs starting Sunday.
Saturday is expected to have the lowest high at 95 degrees, but triple-digits fill the calendar after that.
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- Keep an eye on your dog’s tongue and eyes. Red eyes and a tongue hanging very far out of a dog’s mouth is an indication that they are overheating.
- When it’s this hot, limit outdoor activity to short walks in shaded areas or consider taking an evening stroll.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amyris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRS), a leading synthetic biotechnology company accelerating the world's transition to sustainable consumption through its Lab-to-Market™ technology platform, today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement for the purchase and sale of 20,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of common stock in a registered direct offering. Each share of common stock is being sold together with a warrant to purchase 0.75 of a share of common stock at a combined purchase price of $1.50. The warrants will be immediately exercisable at a price of $1.80 per full share of common stock for a period of five years from closing.
In addition, in a concurrent private placement, the Company entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Foris Ventures, LLC, an entity affiliated with Amyris board member John Doerr (Chairman of Kleiner Perkins) for the purchase and sale of 13,333,334 shares of the Company's common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock is being sold together with a warrant to purchase 0.75 of a share of common stock at a combined purchase price of $1.50. The warrants will be immediately exercisable at a price of $1.80 per full share of common stock for a period of five years from closing.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the registered direct offering.
The closing of the offering and the concurrent private placement is expected to occur on or about December 30, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds to the Company from these transactions are expected to be approximately $50 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering and the concurrent private placement for general corporate purposes.
The securities issued in the registered direct offering described above (but not the securities issued in the concurrent private placement) are being offered by the Company pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-255105), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 7, 2021, and automatically became effective under SEC rules. The offering of the securities in the registered direct offering is made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 865-5711 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
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The United States Postal Service is continuing to host expansive, regional job fairs this month in an effort to bolster its workforce and fill hundreds of positions in southwest Ohio.
This week in Cincinnati, the USPS is hosting its fifth and sixth hiring events of the past two weeks to fill a void of city mail carriers for the organization. Today’s coordinated event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will have 17 Cincinnati USPS offices hosting job fairs with a strict focus on hiring more city mail carriers.
A further hiring event is scheduled on Friday at the Cincinnati Post Office from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The USPS said more than 200 full-time city carrier positions are immediately available in Cincinnati alone. All 17 post offices are offering a starting wage of $21.19 an hour, along with retirement plans and federal benefits, including healthcare.
Regarding the need for so many hiring events, Ohio’s USPS spokesperson Naddia Dhalai said, “As people retire, transfer, get promoted etc., more positions become available.”
“Hiring events have been very successful because potential applicants get to speak to hiring personnel,” Dhalai said. “They learn about the positions and how to navigate the application portal.”
Dhalai said that while not all USPS positions are immediately full-time, all USPS jobs eventually can become full-time positions “...usually within a year.”
In Dayton, where the USPS has hosted a job fair each Friday this month, the hiring initiatives are focused on both full-time mail carriers and support staff. The USPS said this Friday’s event is to recruit city carrier assistants and postal support employees, at $18.92 and $18.69 an hour, respectively.
The USPS is seeking more employees elsewhere in the state, too. According to Dhalai, there are 160 positions in Columbus that need to be filled, including “...letter carriers, mail handlers, clerks, tractor trailer operators.”
In Cleveland, the USPS released an advert that said over 300 USPS positions were available via a “drive-thru job fair” this Sunday. Positions to be filled include mail handler assistants, city carrier assistants, postal support employees, tractor trailer operators and automotive technicians; starting wages range from $17.32 to $27.52 an hour.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Evening" game were:
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DALLAS, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Burgher-Ray Ranch Group, the top-producing ranch team at Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty and led by ranch experts David Burgher and Harlan Ray, is thrilled to bring to market the stunning Brazos River Ranch in Palo Pinto, Texas, a glorious property along a waterway of history, beauty and majesty. The opportunities to own land on the river, especially in Palo Pinto County, are increasingly rare — and the views of the mighty Brazos from this ranch are, without a doubt, some of the most exceptional ever.
The 744+/- acre ranch is just south of the town of Palo Pinto and just a few miles north of Interstate 20, with access and frontage along scenic Highway 4 that make the ranch extremely easy to get to from multiple locations. Sited on the western side of the river, the ranch offers a mix of tree cover, high bluffs, excellent river access and grazing pastures. And then there are the vistas: diverse views of fertile bottomland; high and rocky river bluffs; sandy banks; and lush plateaus, the latter on the hilltops of the Palo Pinto Mountains.
The ranch features native vegetation for grazing and wildlife and a variety of tree species, including post oak, live oak, mesquite and juniper. The mighty Brazos River is the main water feature here and is easily accessible from the property via a well-built road coming from the high bluffs all the way down to the river. Water is provided to the ranch improvements through a water-collection system and there are stock tanks in several locations for watering livestock.
The ranch is fenced, with several pastures for rotating livestock and grazing cattle. Improvements include a fully enclosed barn (with sleeping quarters, full bath and porch) and an arena with catch pens and roping chutes. Adjacent to the arena is a pen for working cattle and livestock.
The Brazos River Ranch is especially well suited for recreational pursuits, including biking, hiking, rock climbing, fishing and hunting (think deer, turkey and dove). It is a place to enjoy fully — watching the world come to life as the sun rises over one of the most famous rivers in the world. Said the great writer John Graves about the Brazos: "You are not in a hurry there; you learned long since not to be."
Brazos River Ranch is offered for $7,999,000. For more information, contact the Burgher-Ray Ranch Group: 214-353-6601; burgherray.com; briggsfreeman.com.
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The legal battle between Cape May Brewing Co. and a local New Jersey brewer will proceed despite the major brewery’s effort to dismiss the lawsuit.
A Monmouth County Superior Court judge denied Cape May Brewing Co.’s motion Jan. 12 on Jan. 12 to dismiss a $10 million lawsuit brought by Asbury Park Brewery co-founder and now independent brewer Jeff Plate, which claims Cape May Brewing Co. stole his idea when launching its “Shore Tea” collaboration with Wawa.
The lawsuit claims Cape May Brewing Co. President Ryan Krill breached a non-disclose agreement and misused confidential information in releasing its “Shore Tea” this past summer. Attorneys for Cape May Brewing and Krill individually filed a motion to dismiss all six counts of the complaint, as well as any claims against Krill specifically. Judge Mara Zazzali-Hogan denied the motion in its entirety and allowed all six counts to proceed as well as the case against Krill.
The case will now go to trial, where Plate is seeking $10 million in damages for breach of contract and violation of trade secrets.
“I think the Judge’s finding underlines the merits of (Plate’s) claims. We are very confident that we will reach a positive resolution in this matter, and Mr. Plate’s rights will be vindicated,” said Martin Kafafian, Plate’s attorney, in a news release.
Plate told NJ Advance Media last summer he began working on a canned hard tea in 2020, dubbing it “Shore Tea.”
He brewed the beverage with his own recipe, secured the trademark — the trademark for “Shore Tea” is indeed registered under Plate’s name, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website — and the branding, he said. Packaging materials and even a website domain were ready to go, he added.
Plate left Asbury Park Brewery in March 2022 to pursue other projects — including Shore Tea. He said he approached Cape May Brewing Co. with the idea last year in hopes of working together.
Plate was told in late May the South Jersey brewery was not moving forward with his product, he had told NJ Advance Media. But two months later, he saw Cape May Brewing Co. was not only launching a similar beverage, but one with the same name. He issued a cease-and-desist letter July 22 to Cape May Brewing Co. and Wawa.
The Wall-based brewer said he didn’t take issue with Cape May making a hard iced tea, but rather it using the exact same name he had presented.
Cape May Brewing Co. did not respond to a request for comment, but over the summer denied all wrongdoing to NJ Advance Media, saying in a statement: “Any claims that the Peach Shore Tea product, name, branding or packaging were developed in imitation of anything from any third party are groundless.”
Plate and his legal team view the judge’s refusal to dismiss as proof they indeed have a case.
“This should eliminate any notion that (Plate’s) claims are frivolous or baseless, as Cape May has publicly stated,” Kafafian said in the news release. “Plate has previously found success in the alcoholic beverage industry and ‘Shore Tea’ represented his next enterprise. Those plans have been shelfed (sic).”
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Ineos Automotive is working on an electric off-roader that will enter production in 2026 at a plant in Austria, the British startup automaker said on Monday.
The first Ineos vehicle, the rugged Grenadier SUV, entered production at Ineos’ plant in France late last year. A Grenadier pickup truck is currently out testing and should join the SUV at the French plant next year.
Ineos hasn’t said what form the EV will take but has described it as a 4×4 smaller than the Grenadier.
It is being developed with Magna Steyr, which will also build the vehicle for Ineos at its plant in the Austrian city of Graz. Magna Steyr also helped develop the Grenadier, though the EV is thought to be getting a different platform. Magna Steyr also helped Fisker with development of its Ocean electric compact crossover.
Part of the development program will include testing on Austria’s Schöckl mountain, which is close to Magna Steyr’s plant and where all Mercedes-Benz G-Class variants are tested. Magna Steyr also helped Mercedes with development of the G-Class, and handles production of the iconic SUV.
“Having worked together on the engineering of the Grenadier, we’ve seen first-hand the value of applying Magna’s agility, knowledge, and experience to a complete vehicle development program,” Lynn Calder, CEO of Ineos Automotive, said in a statement.
The only Ineos confirmed for the U.S. at present is the Grenadier SUV. It is expected to start local sales later in 2023.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Watch for a stray shower or two north of I-4 this morning, but most of the storms spread inland this afternoon.
The rain chance is lowest farther south today, and that is also where it will be the hottest with temperatures in the low-mid 90s.
The rain chance drops to 30% Thursday and Friday, and most of the storms that form will quickly push east of I-75. The coastal communities stay mostly dry.
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1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Police in El Paso, Texas, say one person was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting Wednesday in a shopping mall.
One person has been taken into custody, El Paso police spokesperson Sgt. Robert Gomez said. No immediate information was given about that person.
Another person could be involved, Gomez said, and police were looking for them. No description was given.
A weapon was recovered at the scene, Gomez said, but he could not provide more information about that.
“It’s too early to speculate on motive,” Gomez said.
The three who were wounded were hospitalized, Gomez said. Their conditions were not known.
Gomez said police believe the scene is secure and that officers are sweeping through the whole mall to verify that.
“This is a large scene,” Gomez said. “It’s going to take some time to clear the mall.”
Authorities have set up a reunification center at a nearby high school.
Police earlier said the shooting was reported at the shopping mall’s food court.
Wednesday’s shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall happened in a busy shopping area and across a large parking lot from a Walmart where 23 people were killed in a racist attack in 2019.
The United States has seen dozens of people killed in mass shootings so far in 2023, most recently Monday at Michigan State University, where three students were killed and five more were wounded. In January, 11 people were killed in the Los Angeles-area city of Monterey Park as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans.
In 2022, more than 600 mass shootings occurred in the U.S. in which at least four people were killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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WFO EUREKA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, January 13, 2023
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Large breaking waves up to 23 feet are forecast to occur
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along west facing beaches.
* WHERE...Coastal Del Norte, Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern
Humboldt, and Mendocino Coast.
* WHEN...From 1 PM Thursday to 10 AM Friday.
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* IMPACTS...Dangerous surfing conditions and localized beach erosion.
Beachcombing is highly discouraged!.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Large breaking waves along the coast will lead to increased wave
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and jetties. These large waves can be erratic and unpredictable.
Use extra caution near the surf zone as these large waves will be
capable of sweeping people into the frigid and turbulent ocean
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water. Mariners traversing the bar are urged to exercise extreme
caution or stay in port until the threat subsides. Please contact
the U.S. Coast Guard for information regarding harbor and bar
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...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible beginning Friday afternoon. Total
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* WHERE...Western Plumas County/Lassen Park and West Slope
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* WHEN...From Friday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon.
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Report also finds generational differences in oral care knowledge and habits
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Dental released its 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report, a nationwide analysis of consumer opinions and behaviors relating to oral health.
The report shows oral health knowledge and habits vary across generational groups, despite a strong understanding of the critical connection between oral health and overall health. Delta Dental commissioned the research, which included more than 2,000 U.S. adults and parents of children 12 and under.
The report further indicates that adults and children plan to keep up with positive dental hygiene habits that were cultivated during the pandemic, and a notable portion of adults are turning to alternative oral care products.
"I am encouraged to see this year's report finds most adults understand the critical connection between oral and overall health and remain dedicated to practicing proper preventive dental care," said James W. Hutchison, President & CEO, Delta Dental Plans Association. "Delta Dental remains committed to supporting whole person health through research on new methods of health care delivery and innovative ways to achieve equitable access to dental care."
Below are key findings from the 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report:
A generational knowledge gap exists
- Most U.S. adults (92%) and parents (96%) say they consider oral health to be very important to overall health.
- However, when asked if maintaining good oral health enables a healthier lifestyle, 73% of Gen Z agreed compared to a higher average of 90% for Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers.
Gen Z seeks oral care products outside of medicine cabinet staples
- Gen Z is a driving force behind alternative oral care product usage, as they are almost twice as likely as Boomers (66% versus 36%) to use eco-friendly or non-traditional dental products.
- One in 10 adults turn to eco-friendly oral care products such as bamboo or plant-based toothbrushes.
Preventive care helps avoid serious dental issues and expenses
- Approximately 4 in 5 adults (81%) who maintained regular dental visits said they did not require future unexpected care, showing that prevention works.
- Top motivators of practicing proper oral health care among adults include saving money (87%) and preventing dental issues such as cavities and gum disease (66%).
To read the full 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report and learn more about the report's methodology and findings, click here.
About the report
The 2023 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report is based upon Delta Dental Plans Association-commissioned research conducted between January 6 and January 23, 2023, by Material Holdings, LLC, a global insights and strategy consultancy, using an email invitation and online surveys of two audiences recruited through an opt-in panel:
- 1,000 nationally representative Americans ages 18+
- 1,253 parents of children ages 12 and under
Geographic distribution quotas were set to ensure a reliable and accurate representation of the U.S. population of adults and parents with children 12 and under. Research in this report has a margin of error of +/- 3%.
About Delta Dental Plans Association
Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, Delta Dental Plans Association is the not-for-profit national association of the 39 independent Delta Dental companies. Through these companies, Delta Dental is the nation's largest dental benefits provider, covering more than 89 million Americans and offering the country's largest dental network with approximately 152,000 participating dentists. Over the last decade, Delta Dental companies provided over $1.88 billion in direct and in-kind support to improve the oral health of our communities.
Visit deltadental.com for information on individual dental insurance plans and group dental insurance plans.
Follow us on Twitter @DeltaDental and Facebook: Delta Dental Plans Association.
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- First cohort of non-profits and grassroots organizations to each be awarded $10,000 grants to continue to fuel their ongoing work and impact in local communities
PLANO, Texas, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An inspiring group of noteworthy local grassroots organizations from across the U.S. have been named recipients of $10,000 grants, in the first-ever Toyota "Need a Nudge" contest. The national initiative, launched in the fall of 2022, was conceived to help support and uplift non-profit organizations and leaders across the country, whose often unsung work is effecting positive change in the communities Toyota serves.
Through the contest, prospective "Need a Nudge" entrants were challenged to visit the Toyota.com/needanudge website during the campaign period, complete an entry form and submit a video statement of 60 seconds or less explaining why the entrant believed the organization deserved "a nudge," or should be chosen to receive one of the grants. More than 200 entries were received from across the country, each of which were posted to the contest website.
The public was invited to login during the voting period daily and vote for their favorite organization, and to spread the word of the funding opportunity. The top 25 entries accruing the highest number of votes in alignment with the eligibility criteria were declared the finalists, with Toyota determining the official prize winners based upon their numerical scores.
"Through our first-ever cohort of national 'Need a Nudge' contest winners, Toyota Motor North America is intent upon shining a much-deserved spotlight on many of the unsung local organizations making a difference in our communities far and wide," said Lisa Materazzo, Toyota Motor North America Group Vice President, Marketing. "We are humbled to be able to help identify and lend a supportive hand to these groups with this program, empowering them to continue their hard work with renewed commitment and passion."
The 2023 Toyota "Need a Nudge" grant winners are: UA3, Inc., New York, NY; GKSFund, Detroit, MI; Ladies of Charity Calvert County, North Beach, MD; SHADE Tanzania, Great Falls, VA; Gem City United Co., Laramie, WY; Kulture Klub Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN; The Blue and White Foundation, Inc., Bangor, PA; Hope Alzheimer's Center, Cranston, RI; Young Singers of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL; UR Community Cares, Manchester, CT; Concerned Black Men of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Feeding Tiny Tummies, Keene, NH; Lee County Literacy Coalition, Auburn, AL; Virginia Black Business Directory, Fredericksburg, VA; A Future Super Hero and Friends, Long Beach, CA and Victory Village Corp., Houston, TX.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in North America, who have contributed to the design, engineering and assembly of nearly 45 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 20 electrified options, with more in showrooms later this year.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
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EXTON, Pa., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh USA, Inc. today announced that its RICOH ProcessDirector™ and RICOH Supervisor™ integration received a coveted PRINTING United Alliance 2022 Pinnacle Product Award for Software - Variable and Transactional. The winning entry can be found online at the Pinnacle Product Awards Gallery.
Integrating RICOH ProcessDirector and RICOH Supervisor delivers users advanced data analytics via customizable dashboards, providing visibility down to the document level, including production volume and printer and inserter operator activities. With this operational data, users can identify trends for capacity planning, production optimization, and operator productivity, as well as detect production bottlenecks and gain actionable insights to produce consistent output more accurately and efficiently.
"We are thrilled to receive the prestigious PRINTING United Alliance 2022 Pinnacle Product Award for our game-changing integration of two powerhouse software solutions," said Andrew Vecci, Director, Product & Portfolio Management, Ricoh USA, Inc. "When solution providers have visibility into operational data that they can access in a practical, usable way, they are empowered to make informed business and investment decisions based on constantly evolving facts. Unlocking the power of that real-time information is critical to meeting customer needs in today's highly competitive production print market."
"One of the things I like best about our competition is that it is juried, and judges are basing their decisions on objective criteria. And with outstanding entries like the RICOH ProcessDirector™ and RICOH Supervisor™ integration, they had their work cut out for them," said Dawn Nye, Program Manager Pinnacle Awards, PRINTING United Alliance.
"The Pinnacle Product Award competition represents the best of the best among commercial hardware, software, consumables, and industrial and screen equipment," Nye said. "Congratulations to all the winners."
Open to all PRINTING United Alliance supplier members, the Pinnacle Product Award competition evaluates products that will be available for sale in 2022. A highly qualified panel of judges across the printing industry evaluated the annual contest's 160+ entries in more than 58 categories spanning analog, digital, output and non-output technologies.
For more information about the awards and how to participate in future Pinnacle Awards Programs, visit https://pinnacleawards.printing.org/.
| About Ricoh |
Ricoh is empowering digital workplaces using innovative technologies and services that enable individuals to work smarter from anywhere.
With cultivated knowledge and organizational capabilities nurtured over its 85-year history, Ricoh is a leading provider of digital services, information management, and print and imaging solutions designed to support digital transformation and optimize business performance.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group has major operations throughout the world and its products and services now reach customers in approximately 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ended March 2022, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,758 billion yen (approx. 14.5 billion USD).
For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com
© 2022 Ricoh USA, Inc. All rights reserved. All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have displaced tens of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans from disputed territory in the north of the country in recent weeks despite a peace deal agreed late last year, according to aid workers and internal agency documents seen by the AP.
The Mai Tsebri area in northwestern Tigray is close to the regional border with Amhara. It changed hands several times during the war, which erupted in 2020 and ended with a ceasefire in November. The Amhara people claim the area as their own.
Since early March, some 47,000 people uprooted from Mai Tsebri have gone to Endabaguna, a town roughly 55 kilometers (34 miles) further north, according to United Nations figures seen by the AP on Thursday.
Another report, prepared by a humanitarian agency, says residents fled Mai Tsebri because of “harassment, ethnic profiling and direct threats” from irregular Amhara forces that also carried out “evictions.”
That report adds that there have been no aid deliveries to Endabaguna since the displaced people started arriving. As a result, it says, they are “on the brink of starvation.”
The displaced people at Endabaguna are sheltering in a reception center originally built by the U.N. and Ethiopia’s government for refugees from Eritrea, which borders Tigray. The site was badly damaged during the war.
An aid worker who recently visited the center said conditions there were “very bad” and the number of people was “increasing day by day.”
“The roofing and pipelines are damaged, there is no toilet and latrine, the doors and windows of the rooms are looted (or) damaged, and there is no proper water supply,” said the aid worker, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
It was not immediately possible to get a comment from Amhara authorities.
A second aid worker, who also requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to a reporter, said many of the people recently uprooted from Mai Tsebri were displaced for a second time, having already been forced from their homes in the western part of Tigray.
Amhara forces annexed western Tigray in the early stages of the war. They stand accused of “ethnic cleansing” by the U.S. State Department after they forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans from the area.
Under the recent ceasefire, aid deliveries to Tigray resumed after two years of restrictions. However, aid workers say Amhara forces have continued to block food distribution around Mai Tsebri, and residents have reported killings.
One Mai Tsebri resident, Teferi Muley, said he fled the area in November after he was threatened by Amhara troops, who accused him of helping the Tigray rebels. He said he returned in March to the nearby village of Haida, where he witnessed the shooting of several artisanal gold miners by Amhara troops.
Last week Ethiopia’s government said it planned to fold the security forces of the 11 federal regions into the national army or police. This prompted a wave of protest across Amhara, as well as gun battles between the federal military and regional Amhara units who refused to disarm.
Humanitarian officials believe the upheaval will likely lead to an increase in displacements from Mai Tsebri, which already stand at an average of 150 households every day, according to an assessment by another aid agency. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/un-others-cite-new-displacement-from-ethiopias-tigray/ | 2023-04-14 18:42:17 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/un-others-cite-new-displacement-from-ethiopias-tigray/ |
Critical violations are those factors leading to foodborne illness and must be corrected immediately. Noncritical violations relate to maintenance of food operations and cleanliness.
BENTON COUNTY
Oct. 24
608 Food Store
608 S.W. Eighth St., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired.
Eighth St. Layout - Food Store
2101 S.E. J St., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired 8/2022.
Catfish John's
601 Hudson Road, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: No certified food manager documentation available. Catfish filets being thawed in standing water bath.
El Rancho
300 E. Centerton Blvd., Centerton
Critical violations: Observed beans at 115 degrees on the serving line, tamales at 122 degrees on serving line and queso at 115 degrees at the hostess area hot hold.
Noncritical violations: No documentation of a certified food protection manager. Beverages without lids or straws above or around food prep areas. Salsa at 48 degrees in the hostess refrigerator. No test strips. No retail food permit posted.
GPC Food Store
508 S.W. Eighth St., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired 6/2022.
GPC Kiosk
508 S.W. Eighth St., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired.
Idk? Cafe + Catering
115 N. Dixieland Road, Suite 9, Rogers
Critical violations: At least 18 pieces of rodent feces observed on top of storage bin in front of bathroom.
Noncritical violations: None
Latte Da
808 S. 52nd St., Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: No certified food manager.
MLK - Food Store
203 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway , Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired.
Walmart HQ Office
702 S.W. Eighth St., Bentonville
Critical violations: Container of sanitizer solution stored directly on floor.
Noncritical violations: Permit expired 6/30/2022.
Walmart HQ Office - Kiosk
702 S.W. Eighth St., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired 6/2022.
Oct. 25
Bliss Cupcake Cafe
4204 W. Green Acres Road, Suite 100, Rogers
Critical violations: Cleaning spray bottles not labeled with contents of container.
Noncritical violations: Open bag of brown sugar being kept on the floor. No test strips available at time of inspection.
Busy Minds Academy
2531 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: No documentation of a certified food protection manager.
Dickey's Barbeque Pit
4704 W. Green Acres Road, Suite 140, Rogers
Critical violations: No hand cleanser available at front handwashing sink. Chicken wings and potato salad in prep table are being held at 50 degrees. Contents of cleaner spray bottles not identified on container.
Noncritical violations: No certified food protection manager on staff. No test strips available at time of inspection.
Hogwild
2901 S.E. I St., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired 8/2022.
J Street - Food Store
2608 S.W. J St., Bentonville
Critical violations: Pickles made in facility were date-marked for more than seven days. Container of sanitizer stored directly on floor.
Noncritical violations: Permit expired 8/2022.
Kum & Go
1701 W. New Hope Road, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Trash and plastic wrappings on floor of beer walk-in cooler.
Prairie Creek Cove
14449 Arkansas 12 East, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: No documentation of a certified food protection manager. The bagged ice does not have identification regarding where it was packaged.
Redbird - Food
2403 S.E. J St., Bentonville
Critical violations: Food items in walk-in cooler at 45 degrees (beef, cheese, and strawberry yogurt).
Noncritical violations: None
Shredder's Pub
1889 Bella Vista Way, Bella Vista
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Butter at 47 degrees in the kitchen walk-in and the thermometer was between 45 to 48 degrees during the inspection.
Transportation - Food Store
601 N. Walton Blvd., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired.
Oct. 26
Jaclyn's Kitchen
14438 Arkansas 12 East, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Observed menu lacks asterisking. Posted permit is expired.
Mosaic Pizza Company @ Walmart
5000 W. Pauline Whitaker Parkway, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: No documentation for certified food protection manager on staff.
Star Mart
1845 S. Eighth St., Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Shelves, fans, floor and ceiling of walk-in cooler have an accumulation of grime.
Taqueria Real Jacona
1713 S. Eighth St., Rogers
Critical violations: The only kitchen handsink had knife, towels and a plastic bucket in it.
Noncritical violations: No certificate available at time of inspection for certified food protection manager. Bag of onions, boxes of tortillas and chips are stored directly on floor in storage area.
The Fat Chef
14550 Arkansas 12 East, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Sanitizer not dispensing in mechanical ware washing machine.
Walmart Market - Deli/Bakery
5000 Pauline Whitaker Parkway, Rogers
Critical violations: No signage at handwashing sinks in deli area.
Noncritical violations: None
Oct. 27
Andy's Frozen Custard
4200 JB Hunt Drive, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Sanitizer less than 100ppm in cloth buckets.
Choo Choo's Pizza
120 W. Rose St., Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Observed no documentation of a certified food protection manager. The facility does have food handler certification.
Juicy Tails
4204 JB Hunt Drive, Suite 80, Rogers
Critical violations: Eggs stored above ready-to-eat items in walk-in cooler. Open packages of shredded cheese in refrigerator and walk-in cooler not date-marked. Squeeze bottles by grill not labeled with contents of container.
Noncritical violations: Container and boxes of shrimp being stored on floor in walk-in freezer.
La Torcia Brick Oven Pizza
3505 U.S. 412 East, Siloam Springs
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: At least one employee who has supervisory and management responsibility and the authority to direct and control food preparation and service shall be a certified food protection manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a test that is part of an accredited program.
Monte Ne Inn
13843 Arkansas 94, East, Rogers
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: No certified food protection manager on staff. Can opener has metal filings and food debris around the blade and gear. Small amount of growth on plastic chute in ice machine.
NWACC Global Business Development
900 S.E. Eagle Way, Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Permit expired.
Siloam Station
1295 N. Mount Olive St., Siloam Springs
Critical violations: The permit holder shall be the person in charge or shall designate a person in charge and shall ensure that a person in charge is present at the retail food establishment during all hours of operation. Open beverage can sitting on top of the cutting board at the preparation station. Uncovered beverage cup on the shelf next to the prep station. Employee said they washed their hands in the restroom prior to coming back into the kitchen. Hand washing in the kitchen is required even when washing in the restroom. No handwashing sign posted at the handwashing sink. Handwashing sink has multiple drink containers in the sink. A handwashing sink shall be maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use and do not use for purposes other than handwashing. Facility uses time as a control from items in the hot holding case and pizza case.
Noncritical violations: Employee is not aware of having a procedure to follow when responding to bodily fluid events. Cases of food stored on the floor in the walk-in, employee said it was delivered today. Case of raw potatoes on the floor next to something that appears to be possibly dried fluid from either chicken or beef. Employee working with open food is not wearing an effective hair restraint. Tongs used to dispense food at the hot-case is placed under the unit on the counter. Door and handle of refrigerator where raw chicken is stored is visibly dirty. Ceiling in the walk in cooler is showing evidence of water/condensation leaking under the ceiling surface. FRP is starting to buckle and the braces are visibly stained.
Taco Time Food Mobile
20222 U.S. 62 East, Garfield
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Observed a pan stored in the handwashing sink and access was blocked by a blender. Clean single-use trash bag was used as a liner to store rice. No test strips.
Uptown Kitchen + Taphouse
4204 S. JB Hunt Dr., Suite 40, Rogers
Critical violations: Tartar sauce being held at 54 degrees and cream sauce being held at 52 degrees in ice bath.
Noncritical violations: No documentation for certified food protection manager.
Oct. 28
City Pump
623 W. Walnut St., Rogers
Critical violations: Spray bottle not labeled with contents.
Noncritical violations: None
Daylight Donuts
405 W. Centerton Blvd., Centerton
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Owner had documentation they had completed the certified food protection manager course with the Always Food Safe Company; however, the certificate did not have the ANSI symbol, certificate number or expiration date. Observed unpackaged sausages were stored in a grocery bag in the refrigerator.
Denny's
2209 S.E. Walton Blvd., Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Ice buildup around door frame of walk-in freezer.
El Matador Restaurant
2998 U.S. 412 East, No. 10, Siloam Springs
Critical violations: Server did not wash hands prior to placing tortillas on the grill. Food employee washed gloved hands, not removing the gloves. Employee handled tortilla with bare hand. No sanitizer being dispensed at all in the dish machine. Hot dogs not date marked as needed.
Noncritical violations: None
Lifeway Christian School
351 W. Centerton Blvd., Centerton
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Observed the manager stated she has taken the ServSafe course and is scheduled to take the exam next week.
Namaste Indian Supermarket - Deli
103 S.W. Winsted Lane, Unit 1, Bentonville
Critical violations: None
Noncritical violations: Facility is using buckets from hardware store to store food sauces.
Painting With A Twist
1401 S.E. Walton Blvd., Suite 111, Bentonville
Critical violations: Permit expired 04/30/2022.
Noncritical violations: None
Speedy's
1200 N. Lincoln St., Siloam Springs
Critical violations: Bag of hot dogs in the two-door cooler exceed the seven-day allowable use-by date. Packages of lunch meat in the customer grab-and-go case exceed the manufacturer's use-by date. Hot dogs in the two-door reach-in are not date-marked as needed. Quesadillas in the customer grab-and-go case are not date marked as needed. Cases of food stored on the floor in the walk-in freezer, repeat violation. Two cases of peppered eggs stored on top of a substance that may be ice melt that has been applied to the freezer floor.
Noncritical violations: Possible ice melt applied to the floor in the walk-in freezer but had not been cleaned up after application, still under the shelves. Interior and some nonfood contact components of the blended ice cream machine is visibly dirty. Residual particles inside along the bottom of the unit and some substance on the upper part of mixing bar above the blending guard. Exterior of the fryers are visibly dirty. Exhaust vent/hood is visibly dirty. Drain cover and the area around the drain for the soda fountains is visibly dirty.
The following establishments had no violations this reporting period:
Oct. 24 -- Lowell Senior Activity Center, 704 E. Monroe Ave., Lowell; Malco Rogers Towne Cinema Grill, 621 N. 46th St., Rogers; Meals On Wheels, 2004 S. 13th St., Rogers; MLK Cafe, 203 S.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Bentonville; Walmart Market - Deli / Bakery, 1400 N. Walton Blvd., Bentonville; Walmart Market - Food Store, 1400 N. Walton Blvd., Bentonville
Oct. 25 -- Five Guys Burgers & Fries, 2007 S. Promenade Blvd., Rogers; Levi's Gastrolounge, 224 S. Second St., Rogers; Parkside Public, 112 S. First St., Rogers; Redbird - Kiosk, 2403 S.E. J St., Bentonville; Woodland Academy, 2701 W. New Hope Road, Suite B, Rogers
Oct. 26 -- Evening Star Elementary School, 9649 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Bentonville; Fulbright Junior High School, 5303 Bright Road, Bentonville; Great Day Skate Place, 1615 Moberly Lane, Bentonville; McKinney Boys & Girls Club, 2801 N. Walker St., Bentonville; Reverie Coffee & Tea House, 14438 Arkansas 12, Suite B, Rogers; Walmart Market - Food Store, 5000 Pauline Whitaker Parkway, Rogers
Oct. 27 -- Buzzard's Pizza & Subs, 8399 Beaver Shores Drive, Rogers; First Friends Preschool and After School, 905 S. 13th St., Rogers; Mobius Learning Academy, 8313 W. Pleasant Grove Road, Bentonville; NWACC Food Court Kitchen, 1211 S.E. Eagle Way, Bentonville; Osage Creek Elementary School, 3001 S.W. Featherston Road, Bentonville; Recharge U, 1211 S.E. Eagle Way, Bentonville; Simply Done, 905 S. 13th St., Rogers
Oct. 28 -- Explore and Discover Preschool, 201 N.W. Second St., Bentonville; Takashimura Hibachi Express, 560 N. Curtis Ave., Pea Ridge; Wee Friends Discovery Center, 201 N.W. Second St., Bentonville | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/07/benton-county-restaurant-inspections/ | 2022-11-07 13:47:59 | 0 | https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/nov/07/benton-county-restaurant-inspections/ |
SAN ANGELO, TX — The saying goes, defense wins championships, and that was certainly the case Friday night as Wall who knocked off long-time rival Jim Ned 3-0.
The Hawks would get the lone score of the game from a field goal by Pierce Jameson with just over eight minutes left in the fourth quarter to secure the victory Friday.
Prior to the game this evening, the community of Wall and school district honored the late Clayton Weishuhn who was tragically killed in a car crash back in April, was a standout when he wore the green and white from 1974-1977. Following his days in Wall, he would play for Angelo State where he was a two-time All-American linebacker and member of the Rams’ 1978 NAIA National Championship team.
Wall is back in action next Friday when they travel to Peaster. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/locker-room/highlights-late-field-goal-lifts-hawks-over-indians-wall-renames-field-after-late-clayton-weishuhn/ | 2022-09-10 06:06:41 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/locker-room/highlights-late-field-goal-lifts-hawks-over-indians-wall-renames-field-after-late-clayton-weishuhn/ |
The brand will be minting three NFTs, in partnership with artists Nychos and CryptoDads, and will be offering a sweepstakes giveaway of the NFTs along with $500 to Dr. Squatch.
LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Squatch, the fast-growing men's natural soap and personal care company, today announced the launch of Crypto Cleanse, a limited edition bar soap inspired by the infatuation around cryptocurrency. In tandem with the product launch, Dr. Squatch will be minting 3 NFTs which they are creating in partnership with brand-aligned artists in the space. They will be offering a sweepstakes giveaway of the NFTs along with $500 to drsquatch.com.
Dr. Squatch minted a new limited edition bar on the bricc-chain and we're taking it to the moon with Crypto Cleanse. The brand mined unique ingredients like exfoliating Crypto Fortunei and skin-soothing Seven Golden Candlesticks to create this disruptive drop that gives you a verified clean. The invigorating minted banana scent leaves you feeling bullish about this non-fungible freshness.
"With the launch of this bar, we are seamlessly blending elements of entertainment and education in two areas that today's cultural zeitgeist cares about: personal care and cryptocurrency," said Josh Friedman, Chief Marketing Officer at Dr. Squatch. "By partnering with Nychos and CryptoDads, the brand is able to break into this new market of cryptocurrency and NFTs while staying true to our brand's values. Nychos dedicates his time to finding and supporting new artists by sharing their work and giving them a platform, just as Dr. Squatch does with emerging talent, while CryptoDads shares an interest with the brand in supporting causes focused on men's health."
"While we're excited to participate in the fun of NFTs, we also recognize the impact that NFTs and blockchain technology have on the environment. Our love for the planet is an important part of who we are at Dr. Squatch, which is why we are also partnering with Aerial to track and offset the carbon emissions created when minting NFTs."
In tandem with the Crypto Cleanse product launch, Dr. Squatch is launching a sweepstakes giveaway in which three entrants will be randomly selected to win an NFT created by artist partners, Nychos, CryptoDads, and an internal Squatch member. The Crypto Cleanse sweepstakes runs from July 22 - August 5. Each winner will win a custom-sourced minted NFT with a unique rendering of the Dr. Squatch "Squatch" logo in their own individual style as well as a $500 Dr. Squatch gift card.
"For this collaboration, I wanted to dissect the Squatch and break him down into his core elements," said Nychos. "The soap heart pumps suds through the veins, and the remainder is his disruptive, creative expression of communicating that message".
"We felt that Dr. Squatch was the perfect partner for us because of our shared desire to educate, entertain, promote health, and make a positive impact in our communities," said Crypto Dads. "In celebration of our partnership, we're excited to announce that Dr. Squatch has offered to donate $10,000 to St. Jude's Children Hospital to support our shared vision to help improve lives."
The Crypto Cleanse bar is available to Dr. Squatch subscribers for $6 and $8 for one-time purchasers on July 22. The Crypto Cleanse is available to purchase exclusively on Dr. Squatch's website at www.drsquatch.com.
About Dr. Squatch Soap Company
Dr. Squatch is a men's natural soap and personal care company, and one of the fastest-growing natural personal care companies in the country, reaching approximately $100 million in sales in 2020. Dr. Squatch's hero products are natural cold process bar soap, deodorant, shampoo and conditioner, and toothpaste. Dr. Squatch sells high quality personal care products for men made in America and wants all men to "Feel Like a Man, Smell Like a Champion" https://drsquatch.com.
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NEW YORK — Trucking company Yellow Corp. has shut down operations and is headed for a bankruptcy filing, according to the Teamsters Union and multiple media reports.
After years of financial struggles, reports of Yellow preparing for bankruptcy emerged last week — as the Nashville, Tennessee-based trucker saw customers leave in large numbers. Yellow shut down operations on Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal, following the layoffs of hundreds of nonunion employees on Friday.
In an announcement early Monday, the Teamsters said that the union received legal notice confirming Yellow was ceasing operations and filing for bankruptcy.
An official bankruptcy filing is expected any day for Yellow, after years of financial struggles and growing debt. Its expected liquidation would mark a significant shift for the U.S. transportation industry and shippers nationwide.
“Today’s news is unfortunate but not surprising. Yellow has historically proven that it could not manage itself despite billions of dollars in worker concessions and hundreds of millions in bailout funding from the federal government,” Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien said in a statement. “This is a sad day for workers and the American freight industry.”
The Associated Press reached out to Yellow for comment on Monday. No bankruptcy filings had gone live as of the early morning.
The bankruptcy reports have renewed attention around Yellow’s ongoing negotiations with unionized workers, a $700 million pandemic-era loan from the government and other bills the trucker has racked up over time. Yellow, formerly known as YRC Worldwide Inc., is one of the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carriers. The 99-year-old Nashville, Tennessee-based company's reported closure puts 30,000 jobs at risk.
Here’s what you need to know.
WHAT WOULD BANKRUPTCY MEAN FOR YELLOW?
According to Satish Jindel, president of transportation and logistics firm SJ Consulting, Yellow handled an average of 49,000 shipments per day in 2022. Last week, he estimated that number was down to between 10,000 and 15,000 daily shipments.
With customers leaving — as well reports of Yellow stopping freight pickups last week — bankruptcy would “be the end of Yellow,” Jindel told The Associated Press, noting increased risk for liquidation.
“The likelihood of them surviving and remaining solvent diminishes really by the day,” added Bruce Chan, a research director at investment banking firm Stifel.
Yellow declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press on Friday. In a Wednesday statement to The Journal, the company said it was continuing “to prepare for a range of contingencies.” On Thursday, Yellow said it was in talks with multiple parties about selling its third-party logistics organization.
Even if Yellow was able to sell its logistics firm, it would “not generate a sufficient amount of cash to keep them operational on any sort of permanent basis,” Chan said. “Without a major equity injection, it would be very difficult for them to survive.”
HOW MUCH DEBT DOES YELLOW HAVE?
As of late March, Yellow had an outstanding debt of about $1.5 billion. Of that, $729.2 million was owed to the federal government.
In 2020, under the Trump administration, the Treasury Department granted the company a $700 million pandemic-era loan on national security grounds. Last month, a congressional probe concluded that the Treasury and Defense Departments “made missteps” in this decision — and noted that Yellow’s “precarious financial position at the time of the loan, and continued struggles, expose taxpayers to a significant risk of loss.”
The government loan is due in September 2024. As of March, Yellow had made $54.8 million in interest payments and repaid just $230 million of the principal owed, according to government documents.
Yellow’s current finances and prospect of bankruptcy “is probably two decades in the making,” Chan said, pointing to poor management and strategic decisions dating back to the early 2000s. “At this point, after each party has bailed them out so many times, there is a limited appetite to do that anymore.”
In May, Yellow reported a loss of $54.6 million, a decline of $1.06 per share, for its first quarter of 2023. Operating revenue was about $1.16 billion in the period.
A Wednesday investors note from financial service firm Stephens estimated that Yellow could be burning between $9 million and $10 million each day. Using a liquidity disclosure from earlier this month, Yellow had roughly $100 million in cash at the end of June, the note added — estimating that the company has been burning through increasing amounts of money through July.
“It is reasonable to believe that the Company could breach its $35 mil. liquidity requirement at any moment,” Stephens analyst Jack Atkins and associate Grant Smith wrote.
DIDN'T THE COMPANY JUST AVERT A STRIKE?
Last week's reports of bankruptcy preparations arrived just days after a strike from the Teamsters, which represents Yellow’s 22,000 unionized workers, was averted.
A series of heated exchanges have built up between the Teamsters and Yellow, who sued the union in June after alleging it was “unjustifiably blocking” restructuring plans needed for the company’s survival. The Teamsters called the litigation “baseless” — with O’Brien pointing to Yellow’s “decades of gross mismanagement,” which included exhausting the $700 million federal loan.
On July 23, a pension fund agreed to extend health benefits for workers at two Yellow Corp. operating companies, averting a strike — and giving Yellow “30 days to pay its bills,” notably $50 million that Yellow failed to pay the Central States Health and Welfare Fund on July 15, the union said. While the strike didn’t occur, talks of a walkout may have caused some Yellow customers to pull back, Chan said.
“The financial struggles of Yellow are not related to the union and the contracts,” Jindel said, pointing to management’s responsibility around its services and prices. He added the union wages from Yellow are “lower than any competitor.”
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YELLOW WENT UNDER?
As Yellow customers take their shipments to other carriers, like FedEx or ABF Freight, prices will go up.
Yellow’s prices have historically been the cheapest compared to other carriers, Jindel said. “That’s why they obviously were not making money,” he added. “And while there is capacity with the other LTL carriers to handle the diversions from Yellow, it will come at a high price for (current shippers and customers) of Yellow.”
Chan adds that we’re in an interesting time for the LTL marketplace — noting that, if Yellow liquidates, “the freight would find a home” with other carriers, which may not have been true in recent years.
“It may take time, but there’s room for it to be absorbed,” he said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/yellow-shutting-down-filing-for-bankruptcy-teamsters-say/507-f2d8d111-16d3-48bd-92f5-afb41c6f12af | 2023-07-31 19:58:14 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/yellow-shutting-down-filing-for-bankruptcy-teamsters-say/507-f2d8d111-16d3-48bd-92f5-afb41c6f12af |
Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) will provide new options for the availability of Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel to treat patients with certain types of cancer
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- American Regent, Inc.® is pleased to announce the launch of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound), which is an alternative to Abraxane®.
"The addition of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) to our portfolio is a result of our recent merger with HBT Labs, Inc. and supports our expansion into the oncology market. We are pleased to be able to provide patients with this potentially life-extending medication, which is another product that we can proudly say has been manufactured in America," stated Joann Gioia, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at American Regent, Inc.
Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is a microtubule inhibitor indicated for the treatment of:
- Metastatic Breast Cancer after failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline unless clinically contraindicated
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer as first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer in combination with carboplatin, in patients who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation therapy
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas as first-line treatment, in combination with gemcitabine
Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is available for immediate shipment. Customers can order the product through their wholesaler/distributor, or by contacting our Customer Support Group at 1-800-645-1706.
Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is supplied as follows:
Please see the Important Safety Information, including Boxed Warning, below. To view the Full Prescribing Information, please click here. For additional information on Paclitaxel, please visit www.americanregent.com.
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Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound)
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INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is a microtubule inhibitor indicated for the treatment of:
- Metastatic breast cancer after failure of combination chemotherapy for metastatic disease or relapse within 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Prior therapy should have included an anthracycline unless clinically contraindicated.
- Locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as first-line treatment in combination with carboplatin, in patients who are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation therapy.
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, in combination with gemcitabine.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION INCLUDING BOXED WARNING
CONTRAINDICATIONS
- Baseline neutrophil counts of <1500 cells/mm3.
- A history of severe hypersensitivity reactions to Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound).
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Severe Myelosuppression
- Severe myelosuppression (primarily neutropenia) is dose-dependent and a dose-limiting toxicity of protein-bound paclitaxel. In clinical studies, Grade 3-4 neutropenia occurred in 34% of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC), 47% of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and 38% of patients with pancreatic cancer.
- Monitor for severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia by performing complete blood cell counts frequently, including prior to dosing on Day 1 (for MBC) and Days 1, 8, and 15 (for NSCLC and for pancreatic cancer).
- Do not administer Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) to patients with baseline absolute neutrophil counts (ANC) of less than 1,500 cells/mm3.
- In the case of severe neutropenia (<500 cells/mm3 for 7 days or more) during a course of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) therapy, reduce the dose of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) in subsequent courses in patients with either MBC or NSCLC.
- In patients with MBC, resume treatment with every-3-week cycles of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles after ANC recovers to a level >1500 cells/mm3 and platelets recover to a level >100,000 cells/mm3.
- In patients with NSCLC, resume treatment if recommended at permanently reduced doses for both weekly Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles and every-3-week carboplatin after ANC recovers to at least 1500 cells/mm3 and platelet count of at least 100,000 cells/mm3 on Day 1 or to an ANC of at least 500 cells/mm3 and platelet count of at least 50,000 cells/mm3 on Days 8 or 15 of the cycle.
- In patients with adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, withhold Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles and gemcitabine if the ANC is less than 500 cells/mm3 or platelets are less than 50,000 cells/mm3 and delay initiation of the next cycle if the ANC is less than 1500 cells/mm3 or platelet count is less than 100,000 cells/mm3 on Day 1 of the cycle. Resume treatment with appropriate dose reduction if recommended.
Severe Neuropathy
- Sensory neuropathy is dose- and schedule-dependent, occurs frequently and may require dose reduction or treatment interruption.
- If ≥ Grade 3 sensory neuropathy develops, withhold Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) treatment until resolution to Grade 1 or 2 for MBC or until resolution to ≤ Grade 1 for NSCLC and pancreatic cancer followed by a dose reduction for all subsequent courses.
Sepsis
- Sepsis occurred in 5% of patients with or without neutropenia who received protein-bound paclitaxel in combination with gemcitabine.
- Biliary obstruction or presence of biliary stent were risk factors for severe or fatal sepsis.
- If a patient becomes febrile (regardless of ANC), initiate treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics.
- For febrile neutropenia, interrupt Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and gemcitabine until sepsis resolves, and if neutropenia, until neutrophils are at least 1500 cells/mm3, then resume treatment at reduced dose levels.
Pneumonitis
- Pneumonitis, including some cases that were fatal, occurred in 4% of patients with or without neutropenia with the use of protein-bound paclitaxel in combination with gemcitabine.
- Monitor patients for signs and symptoms and interrupt Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and gemcitabine during evaluation of suspected pneumonitis.
- Permanently discontinue treatment with Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and gemcitabine upon making a diagnosis of pneumonitis.
Severe Hypersensitivity
- Severe and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylactic reactions. Cross-hypersensitivity between protein-bound paclitaxel and other taxane products has been reported and may include severe reactions such as anaphylaxis. Closely monitor patients with a previous history of hypersensitivity to other taxanes during initiation of therapy.
- Do not rechallenge patients who experience a severe hypersensitivity reaction to Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) with this drug.
Use in Patients with Hepatic Impairment
- Exposure and toxicity of paclitaxel can be increased in patients with hepatic impairment. Closely monitor patients with hepatic impairment for severe myelosuppression. Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is not recommended in patients who have a total bilirubin >5 x ULN or AST >10 x ULN.
- For MBC and NSCLC, the starting dose should be reduced for patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment.
- For pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is not recommended for patients with moderate to severe hepatic impairment (total bilirubin >1.5 x ULN and AST ≤10 x ULN).
Albumin (Human)
- Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) contains albumin derived from human blood, which has a remote risk of viral transmission.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity
- Can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. (See Special Populations).
- Advise females of reproductive potential of the potential risk to a fetus.
- Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception and avoid becoming pregnant during treatment with Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and for at least six months after the last dose of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound).
- Advise male patients with female partners of reproductive potential to use effective contraception and avoid fathering a child during treatment with Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and for at least three months after the last dose of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound).
ADVERSE REACTIONS
Randomized Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) Study
- The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) with single-agent use of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles (Albumin-Bound) vs paclitaxel injection in the MBC study are alopecia (90%, 94%), neutropenia (all cases 80%, 82%; severe 9%, 22%), sensory neuropathy (any symptoms 71%, 56%; severe 10%, 2%), abnormal ECG (all patients 60%, 52%; patients with normal baseline 35%, 30%), fatigue/asthenia (any 47%, 39%; severe 8%, 3%), myalgia/arthralgia (any 44%, 49%; severe 8%, 4%), AST elevation (any 39%, 32%), alkaline phosphatase elevation (any 36%, 31%), anemia (any 33%, 25%; severe 1%, <1%), nausea (any 30%, 22%; severe 3%, <1%), diarrhea (any 27%, 15%; severe <1%, 1%), and infections (24%, 20%), respectively.
- Sensory neuropathy was the cause of discontinuation in 7/229 patients.
- Other adverse reactions of note with the use of Protein-Bound Paclitaxel vs paclitaxel injection included vomiting, fluid retention, mucositis, hypersensitivity reactions, thrombocytopenia, neutropenic sepsis, and injection site reactions. Dehydration and pyrexia were also reported.
- Overall 11% of patients experienced creatinine elevation, 1% severe.
- Ocular/visual disturbances occurred in 13% of all patients (n=366) treated with Protein-Bound Paclitaxel and 1% were severe.
- Severe cardiovascular events possibly related to single-agent protein-bound paclitaxel occurred in approximately 3% of patients and included cardiac ischemia/infarction, chest pain, cardiac arrest, supraventricular tachycardia, edema, thrombosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, pulmonary emboli, and hypertension.
- Cases of cerebrovascular attacks (strokes) and transient ischemic attacks have been reported.
Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Study
- The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) of protein-bound paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin are anemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, alopecia, peripheral neuropathy, nausea, and fatigue.
- The most common serious adverse reactions of protein-bound paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin for NSCLC are anemia (4%) and pneumonia (3%).
- The most common adverse reactions resulting in permanent discontinuation of protein-bound paclitaxel are neutropenia (3%), thrombocytopenia (3%), and peripheral neuropathy (1%).
- The most common adverse reactions resulting in dose reduction of protein-bound paclitaxel are neutropenia (24%), thrombocytopenia (13%), and anemia (6%).
- The most common adverse reactions leading to withholding or delay in protein-bound paclitaxel dosing are neutropenia (41%), thrombocytopenia (30%), and anemia (16%).
- The following common (≥10% incidence) adverse reactions were observed at a similar incidence in protein- bound paclitaxel plus carboplatin–treated and paclitaxel injection plus carboplatin–treated patients: alopecia (56%), nausea (27%), fatigue (25%), decreased appetite (17%), asthenia (16%), constipation (16%), diarrhea (15%), vomiting (12%), dyspnea (12%), and rash (10%); incidence rates are for the protein bound paclitaxel plus carboplatin treatment group.
- Adverse reactions with a difference of ≥2%, Grade 3 or higher, with combination use of protein-bound paclitaxel and carboplatin vs combination use of paclitaxel injection and carboplatin in NSCLC are anemia (28%, 7%), neutropenia (47%, 58%), thrombocytopenia (18%, 9%), and peripheral neuropathy (3%, 12%), respectively.
- Adverse reactions with a difference of ≥5%, Grades 1-4, with combination use of protein-bound paclitaxel and carboplatin vs combination use of paclitaxel injection and carboplatin in NSCLC are anemia (98%, 91%), thrombocytopenia (68%, 55%), peripheral neuropathy (48%, 64%), edema peripheral (10%, 4%), epistaxis (7%, 2%), arthralgia (13%, 25%), and myalgia (10%, 19%), respectively.
- Neutropenia (all grades) was reported in 85% of patients who received protein-bound paclitaxel and carboplatin vs 83% of patients who received paclitaxel injection and carboplatin.
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Study
- Among the most common (≥20%) adverse reactions in the phase III study, those with a ≥5% higher incidence in the protein-bound paclitaxel/gemcitabine group compared with the gemcitabine group are neutropenia (73%, 58%), fatigue (59%, 46%), peripheral neuropathy (54%, 13%), nausea (54%, 48%), alopecia (50%, 5%), peripheral edema (46%, 30%), diarrhea (44%, 24%), pyrexia (41%, 28%), vomiting (36%, 28%), decreased appetite (36%, 26%), rash (30%, 11%), and dehydration (21%, 11%).
- Of these most common adverse reactions, those with a ≥2% higher incidence of Grade 3-4 toxicity in the protein-bound paclitaxel/gemcitabine group compared with the gemcitabine group, respectively, are neutropenia (38%, 27%), fatigue (18%, 9%), peripheral neuropathy (17%, 1%), thrombocytopenia (13%, 9%), asthenia (7%, 4%) dehydration (7%, 2%), nausea (6%, 3%), diarrhea (6%, 1%), pyrexia (3%, 1%), vomiting (6%, 4%), decreased appetite (5%, 2%), and hypokalemia (4%, 1%).
- Thrombocytopenia (all grades) was reported in 74% of patients in the protein-bound paclitaxel/ gemcitabine group vs 70% of patients in the gemcitabine group.
- The most common serious adverse reactions of protein-bound paclitaxel (with a ≥1% higher incidence) are pyrexia (6%), dehydration (5%), pneumonia (4%), and vomiting (4%).
- The most common adverse reactions resulting in permanent discontinuation of protein-bound paclitaxel were peripheral neuropathy (8%), fatigue (4%), and thrombocytopenia (2%.)
- The most common adverse reactions resulting in dose reduction of protein-bound paclitaxel are neutropenia (10%) and peripheral neuropathy (6%).
- The most common adverse reactions leading to withholding or delay in protein-bound paclitaxel dosing are neutropenia (16%), thrombocytopenia (12%), fatigue (8%), peripheral neuropathy (15%), anemia (5%), and diarrhea (5%).
- Other selected adverse reactions with a ≥5% higher incidence for all-grade toxicity in the protein-bound paclitaxel/gemcitabine group compared to the gemcitabine group, respectively, are asthenia (19%, 13%), mucositis (10%, 4%), dysgeusia (16%, 8%), headache (14%, 9%), hypokalemia (12%, 7%), cough (17%, 7%), epistaxis (15%, 3%), urinary tract infection (11%, 5%), pain in extremity (11%, 6%), arthralgia (11%, 3%), myalgia (10%, 4%), and depression (12%, 6%).
Postmarketing Experience
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of protein-bound paclitaxel or with paclitaxel injection and may be expected to occur with protein-bound paclitaxel. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
- Hypersensitivity Reactions: Severe and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reactions. Cross-hypersensitivity between protein bound and other taxanes has been reported.
- Cardiovascular: Congestive heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, and atrioventricular block.
- Respiratory: Pneumonitis, interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, radiation pneumonitis, lung fibrosis.
- Neurologic: Cranial nerve palsies, vocal cord paresis, autonomic neuropathy resulting in paralytic ileus.
- Vision Disorders: Reduced visual acuity due to cystoid macular edema. Abnormal visual evoked potentials suggest persistent optic nerve damage.
- Hepatic: Hepatic necrosis and hepatic encephalopathy leading to death.
- Gastrointestinal: Intestinal obstruction, intestinal perforation, pancreatitis, ischemic colitis, neutropenic enterocolitis.
- Injection Site Reaction: Extravasation. Severe events such as phlebitis, cellulitis, induration, necrosis, and fibrosis. Recurrence of skin reactions at a site of previous extravasation following administration of paclitaxel injection at a different site.
- Metabolic and Nutritional Disorders: Tumor lysis syndrome.
- Other Clinical Events: Skin reactions including generalized or maculopapular rash, erythema, and pruritus. Photosensitivity reactions, radiation recall phenomenon, scleroderma, and in some patients previously exposed to capecitabine, reports of palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia. Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Conjunctivitis, cellulitis, and increased lacrimation.
- Accidental Exposure: Upon inhalation of paclitaxel, dyspnea, chest pain, burning eyes, sore throat, and nausea. Following topical exposure, tingling, burning, and redness.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
- Caution should be exercised when administering Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) concomitantly with medicines known to inhibit or induce either CYP2C8 or CYP3A4.
USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Pregnancy
- Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise females of the potential risk to a fetus and to avoid becoming pregnant while receiving protein-bound paclitaxel.
Lactation
- Nursing must be discontinued when receiving treatment with Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and for two weeks after the last dose.
Females and Males of Reproductive Potential:
- Based on animal studies and mechanism of action, Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.
- Verify the pregnancy status of females of reproductive potential prior to starting treatment.
- Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception and avoid becoming pregnant during treatment with and for at least six months after the last dose of Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound).
- Advise males with female partners of reproductive potential to use effective contraception and avoid fathering a child during treatment with Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) and for at least three months after the last dose.
- Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) may impair fertility in females and males of reproductive potential.
Pediatric
- The safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.
Geriatric
- A higher incidence of epistaxis, diarrhea, dehydration, fatigue, and peripheral edema was found in patients 65 years or older who received protein-bound paclitaxel for MBC in a pooled analysis of clinical studies.
- Myelosuppression, peripheral neuropathy, and arthralgia were more frequent in patients ≥65 years of age treated with protein-bound paclitaxel and carboplatin in NSCLC.
- Diarrhea, decreased appetite, dehydration, and epistaxis were more frequent in patients 65 years or older compared with patients younger than 65 years old who received protein-bound paclitaxel and gemcitabine in adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.
Renal Impairment
- There are insufficient data to permit dosage recommendations in patients with severe renal impairment or end stage renal disease (estimated creatinine clearance <30 mL/min).
Hepatic Impairment
- Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) is not recommended for use in patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas who have moderate to severe hepatic impairment.
OVERDOSAGE
There is no known antidote for Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) overdosage. The primary anticipated complications of overdosage would consist of bone marrow suppression, sensory neurotoxicity, and mucositis.
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
- DO NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR OR WITH OTHER NON-PROTEIN BOUND PACLITAXEL FORMULATIONS.
Paclitaxel Protein-Bound Particles for Injectable Suspension (Albumin-Bound) has different dosage and administration instructions from other paclitaxel products. - Dose reductions or discontinuation may be needed based on severe hematologic, neurologic, cutaneous, or gastrointestinal toxicity.
- Closely monitor the infusion site for extravasation or drug infiltration during administration.
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HOUSTON, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FibroBiologics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing fibroblast-based therapeutic cures for chronic diseases, will present preclinical and safety-centered limited clinical trial data for the single-dose infusion of tolerogenic human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) data at the 2022 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Meeting being held in person from June 1 – 4, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a T cell-mediated autoimmune disorder targeting the myelin sheath of the axon process of the neurons, leads to severe progressive cognitive impairment, sensory deprivation, and weakened coordination. FibroBiologics is investigating the therapeutic capability of human dermal fibroblasts in reducing the rate of progression of MS, thereby slowing down the disruption of communication between the brain and the body. Extensive preclinical studies of tolerogenic HDFs, which can elicit immunological tolerance, were performed in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) animal model of multiple sclerosis. The phase 0/1 primary safety clinical trial studied a single-dose infusion of tolerogenic HDFs into four relapsing-remitting and one secondary progressive MS patient. Results indicated that administration of HDFs in the EAE model of MS led to a Treg-dependent disease inhibition that was significantly better than that achieved with adipose or bone marrow-derived MSCs. In addition, the safety clinical trial primary outcome indicated a strong correlation for CBC, blood chemistry, and electrocardiogram data for all patients when compared to pre-infusion test results with no adverse events reported.
"Tolerogenic HDFs are capable of suppressing pathogenic T cell activation, stimulating T regulatory (Treg) cell expansion, inhibiting dendritic cells (DC) maturation, stimulating oligodendrocyte expansion and myelin protein expression, as was evidenced by our in vivo studies," said Dr. Hamid Khoja, Chief Scientific Officer at FibroBiologics. "While we are excited about the promise of HDFs, we understand that further studies are required, and to that end, FibroBiologics is in the process of submitting an IND application to the US FDA to study the safety and efficacy profile of various concentrations of HDFs and the impact of multiple-dose infusions over an eighteen-month study period."
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Based in Houston, FibroBiologics is a regenerative medicine company developing a pipeline of treatments for chronic diseases using fibroblast cells. FibroBiologics holds 150+ US and international issued patents/patents pending across various clinical pathways, including disc degeneration, orthopedics, multiple sclerosis, wound healing, reversing organ involution, and cancer. FibroBiologics represents the next generation of medical advancement in cell therapy. For more information, visit www.FibroBiologics.com.
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Ever since he was a boy in the border city of Nogales, Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway says people have been crossing over into America looking for a better life. Only recently, he says, has this become red meat for national politicians.
"Caravans staging in Mexico, they're heading this way and it's gonna be a mass invasion," he says, chuckling. "It's never materialized the way they describe it."
On a recent afternoon, it was quiet in the high desert along the US-Mexico border several miles east of town. It's usually this way, Hathaway says.
"There you go, that's Mexico right there," he says, getting out of his SUV along a dirt road.
Hathaway is a former former DEA agent in Nogales and in South America. But he dresses more like the old west: a cowboy hat, suspenders, key chain dangling off his belt. A hundred feet or so to his left, he points to a section of newer border fence, with its coils of razor wire dangling off the American side. Construction stopped when Donald Trump left office.
A few construction rigs and some fencing lie on the other side of the road near the dried Santa Cruz River, where some of the first Spanish explorers entered what is today the U.S. in the 15th Century. It was long before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the sheriff likes to note.
"It's very peaceful right where we're standing here right by the border where you can just walk right through and be in Mexico," he says.
Or crouch under some short vehicle barrier fencing and walk right into the U.S. People are continuing to do that in places like this, even despite a recent federal judge's ruling allowing the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 to stay in place.
President Trump used that order to block most migration from Mexico. Under Title 42, most Mexicans and Central Americans who are caught are being sent back immediately. But there appear to be plenty of exceptions.
This Tucson shelter is still seeing record numbers
People seeking asylum are still crossing and at least one shelter for them in Arizona is seeing record numbers. Seventy miles to the north of Nogales, the Casa Alitas Welcome Center in Tucson is taking in 375 people in a day, just a few days after the judge kept the closures in place at official southern ports of entry.
Many unloading from busses in the hot sun look exhausted. They're carrying the few items they could take in plastic bags given to them in detention. A baby sleeps on one woman's shoulder as she gets ready to take a Covid test. The shelter's director, Teresa Cavendish, says this is likely the first time the migrants have felt safe in ages.
"Something caused them to leave their homes, whatever that something was was traumatic and dangerous to them," she says. "And then they've spent time on the US-Mexico border, a very unsafe space to be in."
Shelter staff says what's being left out of the bitter partisan immigration battles in Congress is the fact that so many people are fleeing dangerous situations right now, as violence and global instability has risen especially in Latin America during the pandemic.
Cavendish and other aid workers in Tucson are preparing for the likelihood of handling upwards of a thousand people a day very soon.
"We are continuing to move forward," she says. "This pause in Title 42 we believe is just that, a pause."
Most of the people arriving here now are from countries like Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia, or even farther afield like the Middle East. Immigration authorities cannot easily return them to their home countries or to Mexico, so they're being allowed into the country for now as their asylum claims are processed.
That can take years.
One Colombian family is hoping to get to Atlanta
Colombian Wilmar Romero has been staying at Casa Alitas with his wife and two young children for two weeks. Speaking in Spanish through an interpreter, Romero says he had to leave Bogota because an armed gang made a threat to his family.
They first flew to Mexico City, then traveled by bus for three days to Mexicali. Soon after, they crossed at a known gap in the border fence near Yuma, Arizona.
Romero says he's grateful to be in a safe place and shelter staff has been helping him book plane tickets to Atlanta, where he has a friend and hopes to find work.
His story is typical, according to aid workers here. Once he and his family crossed near Yuma, they simply waited to surrender at a certain place that the U.S. Border Patrol tends to pick migrants up at and detain them. He and his family were eventually brought to this shelter more than three hours away. They hadn't heard about Casa Alitas, nor did they even know for sure where in Arizona they were. They were just desperate to flee to safety, according to Romero.
A lot of the federal funding supporting aid is set to run out
A good deal of the funding to support the growing humanitarian need in cities near the border like Tucson is coming from the federal government. Much of it is set to run out by the end of the month, warns Tucson Mayor Regina Romero.
"I'm concerned that Congress will not allocate funding for a mess in terms of a broken immigration system that they refuse to fix," Romero says.
During the Trump administration, the Border Patrol was criticized for dropping off asylum seekers in Tucson's parks or its Greyhound bus station with no plan or support network available to them. The practice often dubbed as "rural releases" continued some during the Biden administration, putting a strain on more rural towns nearby that lacked any formal aid infrastructure.
"We will do everything we possibly can to avoid street releases, our whole community will," says Cavendish. "But there's going to come a time that we have so many people in shelter with us that the unavoidable is unavoidable."
There are plenty of critics of Title 42 along this stretch of the border, particularly in more progressive leaning cities like Tucson. Romero, the city's first Latina and first female mayor, says it's ironic that Republicans sued to keep a public health order in place.
"For example, Attorney General Brnovich here of Arizona was fighting cities like Tucson when we were instituting public health measures to protect our communities from Covid-19," Romero says.
The Attorney General declined an interview request, but in a statement called the judge's ruling keeping Title 42 in place a win.
A border sheriff calls Title 42 'dishonest'
Back in Nogales, Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway says he's mostly given up on federal leaders, after two decades of an impasse on immigration reform. He's also concerned that just continually using taxpayer money to build up more humanitarian aid infrastructure in cities like Tucson will only serve as an incentive for more illegal crossings.
He recently penned an editorial in Arizona's largest newspaper calling for Title 42 to be lifted, saying it's dishonest to be using a public health order to restrict migration, adding that it's just growing the bottleneck of asylum cases at the border.
"If someone at the cabinet level in the Biden administration heard this, that's what I would say, get the deciding officials that make these decisions right at the border," the sheriff says. "Have a line where they immediately decide the cases."
The Biden administration has just launched a small program to start doing that but it may not survive a court challenge.
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LONDON (AP) — BBC presenter Gary Lineker made a low-key return to live TV on Saturday as he led the broadcaster’s coverage of FA Cup soccer but opted not to directly address his recent suspension over a tweet that criticized the U.K. government’s migration policy.
Lineker was reinstated by the BBC on Monday after the public broadcaster backed down and reversed its suspension of the former soccer great following a huge backlash and major interruptions to its normal sports coverage last weekend.
The 62-year-old Lineker, a former star for the England national team and one of the BBC’s best-known hosts, was back in the studio alongside fellow former players Alan Shearer and Micah Richards ahead of Manchester City’s FA Cup quarterfinal against Burnley at the Etihad Stadium.
“Alan, it’s great to be here,” Lineker said, his voice sounding more hoarse than usual, but he made no other reference to the recent turmoil in his opening remarks.
Instead, it was Shearer who addressed the situation after he and a host of other soccer experts and commentators refused to work for the BBC last weekend in solidarity with Lineker. As a result, several soccer programs were canceled and the popular “Match of the Day” — featuring Premier League highlights — was reduced from its normal 80 minutes to just 20 minutes of game footage without any commentators or analysis.
“I just need to clear up and wanted to say how upset we were (for) all the audiences who missed out on last weekend,” Shearer said. “It was a really difficult situation for everyone concerned. And through no fault of their own, some really great people in TV and in radio were put in an impossible situation. And that wasn’t fair. So it’s good to get back to some sort of normality and be talking about football again.”
Lineker responded: “Absolutely. I echo those sentiments,” before switching focus to the upcoming game.
Lineker, who is known for his wit and frequent puns, had earlier posted a photo on Twitter from the stadium with the comment: “Ah the joys of being allowed to stick to football.”
Lineker was suspended after he criticized the government’s new migration plan — aimed at stopping people from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel — describing it on Twitter as “immeasurably cruel” and calling the government’s language “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s.”
The Conservative government called Lineker’s comparison offensive and unacceptable, and some lawmakers said the BBC should fire him. The broadcaster instead said Lineker would be “stepping back” until he agreed to keep his tweets within BBC impartiality rules. But Lineker refused to backtrack on his comments and critics accused the BBC of suppressing free speech.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — How ironic is it that the “City of Brotherly Love” has topped the list of rudest cities? Even a city in the Volunteer State made the top three.
A survey conducted by the e-learning platform Preply asked more than 1,500 residents of the 30 largest metropolitan areas to rate the rudeness of the average resident in their city on a scale of 1 to 10.
Philadelphia was No. 1 on the list, scoring 6.43 on the rudeness scale. With its residents slow to embrace outsiders, locals tend to point to a “feeling of insularity” to explain their behavior, according to the survey.
“Many residents have learned to keep to themselves while growing up in a busy city,” the survey stated.
Memphis, Tennessee, scored 6.05, making it the second rudest city in the U.S.
The study showed that more than any other city, Memphis also ranked highest in common rude behaviors seen throughout the country.
“In Memphis, be prepared to have difficulty merging into traffic and brace yourself for city residents who are likely to be quite noisy in public,” said Preply.
Third in the lineup of rude cities was New York (6.0), where the most common rude behavior in the U.S. is most prominent: being absorbed by a phone in public. The city also ranked high for closed-off body language.
“When we consider a behavior rude, it’s likely because it’s either confrontational or inconsiderate toward others,” according to the survey. “However, in major metropolitan cities, where we interact with many more people on a daily basis, what appears to be confrontation or insensitivity may be a form of self-preservation.”
Here are the top five rudest cities in America:
- Philadelphia (6.43)
- Memphis, Tennessee (6.05)
- New York (6.00)
- Las Vegas (5.98)
- Boston (5.90)
In contrast, the survey found that the most polite cities appear to be in the South, Midwest and West.
Austin, Texas, with a score of 3.91, was the least rude city, with its “laid-back, friendly city atmosphere,” according to the survey. San Diego (4.17) and Fort Worth, Texas, (4.20) rounded out the top three.
“In general, the state of Texas has a reputation for politeness and friendliness, along with the rest of the South, underscoring the stereotype of Southern hospitality,” the survey stated.
Here are the top five most polite cities in America:
- Austin, Texas (3.91)
- San Diego (4.17)
- Fort Worth, Texas (4.20)
- Nashville, Tennessee (4.33)
- Indianapolis (4.47)
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Rebounding resolve: Bloomington South girls put away North in 2nd half
It was the time and place for Bloomington South's seniors to step up.
Or more correctly, hit the floor. That's where Panther Abbie Lucas dove after rival Bloomington North missed two tries at tying a game the Panthers looked to have complete control of just two minutes before.
A nine-point lead was down to one after a steal and layup by Jamie Lian. South looked rattled. But Lucas grabbed the loose ball, from her back fired a pass to Carlie Pedersen, who raced to the other end for a layup with 4:11 left. A minute later, South was up by 10 and cruising to a 58-47 Conference Indiana girls' basketball victory on Thursday at South.
"The shock was Abbie actually dove on the ball," South coach Larry Winters said. "Normally, she's just a reacher. For her to give up the body at that point in the game, when we had to have it, kind of energized everybody.
"But it was a whole game of runs. I thought in the first half, we had an opportunity to be in a bigger lead and they hit a couple rebound basket 3s. It's a game of runs and we understand that, so we just had to make sure that we were able to have the last one. And tonight, we were."
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It was part of an 8-0 run. Pedersen got loose again for a transition layup and was fouled while scoring. She missed the free throw, but Lucas grabbed the rebound and scored. North missed a free throw and South came down and found Heim for a layup and a 51-41 lead with 3:17 to play.
"It gave us some room to breathe," said Pedersen, who finished with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds. "It's not over, but we have a chance now, just all defense from here on out."
Lucas (10 points, seven rebounds), Pedersen and Caitlin Heim (10 and eight) combined for 25 points and 20 rebounds in the second half.
"I thought mainly Caitlin and Abbie Lucas, in the second half, because we didn't get much from them in the first half because of the foul trouble," Winters said. "They both stepped up and did a pretty good job.
"Carlie was pretty consistent all night as far as being aggressive and wanting the basketball. And at the end of game, when we wanted to run a little bit of the clock off, I thought Mya (Lawrence), Carlie and Caitlin did a hell of a job making sure we did secure the rebound and we did a better job of holding on to the ball."
It was a big win for the Panthers (6-4, 3-0), keeping them atop Conference Indiana with two games to go.
North off target
North (6-6, 0-2) never found a rhythm offensively for very long. It had some chances in transition early, but South shut that down. An uncontested shot inside was tough to come by, especially after halftime when South's lineup was whole.
As a result, the Cougars shot just 38%, made 4 of 16 3s and a team averaging 69% made just 9 of 19 shots at the line. North's usual scoring balance was there, but no one made more than four buckets.
"We weren't able to string together enough stops to really come back and take that lead and change the momentum of the game," North coach Jeff Turmail said. "But when they needed to make a big play, they did. They shot well from the free throw line tonight and we did not. 9-for-19 is really hard because free throws have been a strength for us."
Mia Robbennolt had 13 points and nine rebounds, but just three and one, respectively, after halftime. Avery Patterson had 10 points, Mallory Barrow nine and Ava Reitmeyer eight.
"There was a lot of inside pressure," Turmail said. "They were throwing a lot of people in the post. Which we should expect to see with our strength inside. Maybe an off-night, where we come back Saturday and have a much better shooting day. But in these really tight games, if you're not shooting very well, you have to get a couple stops."
Foul play
North wasn't hitting from long range all night, but the Cougars were getting to the line early and often. It got the Panthers in foul trouble, but not scoreboard trouble.
The first key was North's 4-of-9 shooting at the line, leaving two and-1 opportunities lagging along with the front end of a 1-and-1. One of the misses even led to Kenli Sullivan's third foul with 6:27 still left to halftime. The sophomore, North's second leading scorer, never got going, finishing with just two points.
Second was the lift South's bench gave. Starter Mya Lawrence had seven points in the second quarter, but reserve Kate Barada started the period off with a 3 and two freshmen pitched in. Violet Hall scored inside and Julia Lashley splashed a 3 with two minutes left to answer one by North's Avery Patterson to turn a 13-11 deficit into a 28-22 lead by halftime.
"Everybody that came in contributed in some way," Winters said. "Whether it be a big bucket that we needed, or rebound or good defensive stop. I thought (Grace) McKay, Barada, Lashley, Hall all came in and gave us really good minutes and playing out of position because losing both inside players, had to move people around a little bit."
Glass cleaning
Rebounding was the most critical issue at halftime. North won the boards 19-12 in the first half with nine on the offensive end. By the final horn, South had a 36-30 rebounding edge, with 11 on the offensive end in the second half. Heim had five of them to finish with eight overall, while Lucas had seven boards, with five after halftime.
"They had a huge second half offensive rebounding," Turmail said. "But credit them. That's their go-to and do extremely well at that. We lost some of that ability to commit to the little things in the second half."
Heim had three stickbacks in the first five minutes of the third quarter to set the tone, the first two before Patterson and Barrow fueled a 9-0 surge to get within 32-31. But Cougars scored just three points over the last 3:55 of the third and a score off an out of bounds play with two seconds left by Lucas built a 40-34 lead.
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"We just emphasized rebounding because in the first half, rebounding was a big problem," Heim said. "Especially with me and Abbie in foul trouble. Then just sticking together as a team and being on the same page."
Robbennolt carried North through the first half with 10 points and eight rebounds, including five on the offensive end. But North just couldn't take full advantage when it had the chance, shooting just 8-of-23 in the first half. Robbennolt was stymied after that, held without a bucket in the second half.
"The guards held them off the best they could until we were able to get (Heim and Lucas) back on the floor.," Winters said. "When they came back on the floor, it helped everybody with relaxing and knowing we had the size back in there."
It was a challenging moment but that's why the Panthers are working so hard to challenge each other in practice every day. A CI title is now within reach.
"I know in the locker room we made one big point and that was to lock down on defense and get all the rebounds we could," Petersen said. "Abbie and Caitlin were in foul trouble and we realized, we don't need them to (do all the rebounding) we all have to put our part in. So we dug in deep on that."
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BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 58, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 47
Bloomington North (47): Sullivan f 1-3 0-2 2, M.Robbennolt f 3-8 6-8 13, Patterson g 4-12 1-5 10, Ma.Barrow g 4-8 0-1 9, Reitmeyer g 3-6 2-3 8, Lian 1-4 0-0 2, A.Robbennolt 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 17-45 9-19 47.
Bloomington South (58): Heim f 5-8 0-0 10, A.Lucas f 5-9 0-0 10, Pedersen g 7-17 2-3 18, M.Lucas g 0-1 0-0 0, Lawrence g 2-6 3-4 8, Hall 1-3 0-1 2, Lashley 2-4 2-3 7, Barada 1-1 0-0 3, McKay 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-49 7-11 58.
Bloomington North (6-6, 0-2 CI) 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 — 47
Bloomington South (6-4, 3-0) 11 | 17 | 12 | 18 — 58
3-point goals: Bloomington North 4-16 (M.Robbennolt 1-2, Ma.Barrow 1-3, A.Robbennolt 1-3, Patterson 1-6, Lian 0-2), Bloomington South 5-13 (Pedersen 2-6, Barada 1-1, Lashley 1-2, Lawrence 1-3, A.Lucas 0-1). Rebounds: Bloomington North 30 (M.Robbennolt 9, Reitmeyer 5), Bloomington South 36 (Pedersen 10, Heim 8, A.Lucas 7). Team fouls: Bloomington North 19, Bloomington South 19. Turnovers: Bloomington North 11, Bloomington South 12. JV result: Bloomington South, 42-33. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2022/12/16/rebounding-resolve-bloomington-south-girls-put-away-north-in-2nd-half/69722924007/ | 2022-12-16 13:14:05 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/high-school/basketball/2022/12/16/rebounding-resolve-bloomington-south-girls-put-away-north-in-2nd-half/69722924007/ |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, August 20, 2022
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519 PM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Oneida
County through 600 PM EDT...
At 519 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
New London, or near Rome, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Rome, Lee, Verona, Vienna, Sylvan Beach, Blossvale, New London, Delta
Lake, Taberg and Verona Beach.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 214DEG 17KT 4322 7558
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Justice Department’s criminal division is leaving at the end of July after two years of overseeing work that ranged from corporate fraud prosecution to war crimes investigations.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite’s tenure has included work to combat human smuggling, prosecute white-collar crime and pursue accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
“Under his leadership, the division has accelerated its efforts to keep the American people safe and tackle some of the most complex and urgent challenges our nation faces,” Garland said.
He did not name a reason for Polite’s departure, but the length of his tenure is similar to many of his predecessors. He is expected to join a law firm this summer after a short break, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Polite was confirmed to the role overseeing more than 600 federal prosecutors in 2021. He previously served a four-year stint as U.S. Attorney in New Orleans ending in 2017, and started his public-service career as a federal prosecutor in New York.
A Harvard University graduate, Polite has also been a Philadelphia-based law firm partner, a vice president at a large company in New Orleans and a white-collar defense attorney. | https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-top-official-in-justice-departments-criminal-division-to-depart/ | 2023-07-18 01:14:32 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-top-official-in-justice-departments-criminal-division-to-depart/ |
Sony's imaging technology supports "With My Eyes," a project to assist people with visual impairments
SAN DIEGO, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sony Electronics announces the DSC-HX99RNV kit, a new retinal projection camera kit that helps people with visual impairments see to capture the world around them. This kit consists of Sony's DSC-HX99 compact camera and QD Laser's RETISSA NEOVIEWERi , a viewfinder that uses laser retinal projection technology. Together, Sony and QD Laser are offering a new experience with focus-free retinal projection, allowing people with low vision a new, sharper way to view and photograph the world.
"We continue to leverage creativity and technology to enhance the accessibility of our products, services and experiences. The Retina Projection Camera kit is a step in our commitment to a future that empowers all types of creators," says Yang Cheng, Vice President, Imaging Solutions, Sony Electronics Inc. "Sony welcomes the opportunity to use our digital imaging technology in this new and innovative way."
The DSC-HX99 is the Cyber-shot travel zoom modelii that covers everything from wide-angle to super-telephoto in a compact body completed with a 24-720 mm (30x) high-power zoom lens. QD Laser's RETISSA NEOVIEWER viewfinder is an accessory viewfinder for the camera. A digital image from the camera is directly projected to the retina through the RETISSA NEOVIEWER to see the surroundings, allowing the user to take a photo and record a video. Together, the technology offers a new way to view landscapes and people's faces, read signs, and capture images through retinal projection. It is equipped with functions that allow you to enjoy full-fledged shooting, such as high-speed, high-precision AF performance and support for recording in RAW format.
"The laser retinal projection of RETISSA NEOVIEWER is a completely new technology that has been put to practical use for the first time in the world," says Dr. Mitsuru Sugawara, President and CEO of QD Laser, Inc. "With the DSC-HX99 RNV kit that includes Sony's digital still camera, we hope that people who may have found traditional viewfinders difficult to use will now enjoy taking photos, expanding their range of activities and discovering new worlds."
With the aim of having more people use the camera kit, Sony offers it at $600 MSRP by bearing a portion of the costsiii. Sony also plans a collaboration with Japanese and American schools for the blind that assist people with low vision.
The new Retina Projection Camera kit will be on display at the CSUN Technology Assistive Conference 2023 trade show in Anaheim from March 13-17, 2023, as a touch-and-try opportunity for users. After the conference, Sony will be looking to collaborate with others to host a touch-and-try eventiv for potential users to have a hands-on experience with the kit before purchasing. The kit will be available to purchase in the US in limited quantities through Sony's website electronics.sony.com, starting early Summer 2023.
For more information about the DSC-HX99 RNV kit, please visit LINK.
About Sony's showcase at CSUN Technology Assistive Conference 2023, please visit LINK.
About the project, With My Eyes
Since December 2020, QD Laser has been working on "With My Eyes," a project to transform the "difficult to see" into "clearer sight" for 2.5 billion low-vision people around the world and has been working with supporting companies to deliver "visible experiences" to people with low vision and enrich their lives. In March of 2022, Sony partnered with QD Laser for the "With My Eyes 3 - Discovering a World of My Own" video, featuring a low-vision para-swimmer who traveled and spent time seeing the sea with his own eyes and taking photos using RETISSA SUPER® CAPTURE on Sony's digital camera. Sony has participated as a supporting company since the second phase, provided equipment from the third phase, and is promoting the project jointly with QD Laser as a major supporting company.
About Sony Electronics Inc.
Sony Electronics is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world, with a portfolio that encompasses electronics, music, motion pictures, mobile, gaming, robotics and financial services. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Sony Electronics is a leader in electronics for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. Sony Electronics creates products that innovate and inspire generations, such as the award-winning Alpha Interchangeable Lens Cameras and revolutionary high-resolution audio products. Sony is also a leading manufacturer of end-to-end solutions from 4K professional broadcast and A/V equipment to industry leading 4K and 8K Ultra HD TVs. Visit http://www.sony.com/news for more information.
Notes:
i RETISSA NEOVIEWER is not a medical device. It is not approved by the FDA to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any specific condition. Depending on visual impairment, it may be difficult to recognize images (e.g., if the function of the retina is totally impaired). The name has been changed from the previous name "RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE". RETISSA and NEOVIEWER are registered trademarks or trademarks of QD Laser. More information here: https://retissa.biz/en/retissa-neoviewer https://retissa.biz/en/retissa-neoviewer
ii HX series – Travel high Zoom; compact size and zoom.
iii Sony is bearing the majority of the cost to support the low-vision community. One unit per person is available for purchase, subject to supply. This product may not be suitable for all low-vision people. Users are encouraged to touch-and-try before purchase.
iv User needs to contact Sony Digital Production Center by phone (323) 352-5007 or email (DMPC@sony.com) to get an appointment. For more information about the DSC-HX99 RNV kit, please visit: https://electronics.sony.com/imaging/compact-cameras/all-vlog-compact-cameras/p/dschx99rnvkit
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Truck makers pledge to comply with new California rules phasing out gas-powered vehicles
By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some of the nation’s largest truck makers on Thursday pledged to stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade, part of an agreement with state regulators aimed at preventing lawsuits that threatened to delay or block the state’s emission standards.
California is trying to rid itself of fossil fuels, passing new rules in recent years to phase out gas-powered cars, trucks, trains and lawn equipment in the nation’s most populous state.
It will take years before all of those rules fully take effect. But already some industries are pushing back. Last month, the railroad industry sued the California Air Resources Board to block new rules that would ban older locomotives and require companies to purchase zero-emission equipment.
Thursday’s announcement means lawsuits are less likely to delay similar rules for the trucking industry. The companies agreed to follow California’s rules, which include banning the sale of new gas-powered trucks by 2036. In the meantime, California regulators agreed to loosen some of their emission standards for diesel trucks. The state agreed to use the federal emission standard starting in 2027, which is lower than what the California rules would have been.
California regulators also agreed to let these companies continue to sell more older diesel engines over the next three years, but only if they also sell zero-emission vehicles to offset the emissions from those older trucks.
The agreement also clears the way for other states to adopt California’s same standards without worrying about whether the rules would be upheld in court, said Steven Cliff, executive officer of the California Air Resources Board. That means more trucks nationally would follow these rules. Cliff said about 60% of the truck vehicle miles traveled in California come from trucks that arrive from other states.
“I think that this sets the stage for a national framework for zero emission trucks,” Cliff said. “It’s a really stringent California-only rule, or a slightly less stringent national rule. We still win in the national scenario.”
The agreement includes some of the largest truck makers in the world, including Cummins Inc., Daimler Truck North America, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Hino Motors Limited Inc, Isuzu Technical Center of American Inc., Navistar Inc, Paccar Inc., Stellantis NV, and Volvo Group North America. The agreement also includes the Truck and Engine Manufacturing Association.
“This agreement enables the regulatory certainty we all need to prepare for a future which will include ever increasing volumes of low and zero-emissions technologies,” said Michael Noonan, director of product certification and compliance for Navistar.
Heavy-duty trucks like big rigs and buses use diesel engines, which are more powerful than gasoline engines but also produce much more pollution. California has lots of these trucks that ferry freight to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, two of the busiest ports in the world.
While these trucks make up 3% of vehicles on the road, they account for more than half of nitrogen oxides and fine particle diesel pollution, according to the California Air Resources board. It’s had a big impact on California cities. Of the top 10 most ozone-polluted cities in the U.S., six are in California, according to the American Lung Association
Mariela Ruacho, clean air advocacy manager for the American Lung Association, said the agreement is “great news” that “shows California is a leader when it comes to clean air.” But Ruacho said she wants to know how the agreement will change estimates of health benefits for Californians. The rules regulators adopted in April included an estimated $26.6 billion in health care savings from fewer asthma attacks, emergency room visits and other respiratory illnesses.
“We really want to see an analysis of what if any emission loss would be and what that means for health benefits,” she said.
Cliff said regulators are working to update those health estimates. But he noted those estimates were based on banning the sale of new gas-powered trucks by 2036 — a rule that is still in place.
“We’re getting all the benefits that would have been,” he said. “We’re essentially locking that in.”
California has reached similar agreements int the past. In 2019, four major automakers agreed to toughen standards for gas mileage and greenhouse gas emissions. | https://kion546.com/news/2023/07/06/truck-makers-pledge-to-comply-with-new-california-rules-phasing-out-gas-powered-vehicles-2/ | 2023-07-07 02:04:52 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/2023/07/06/truck-makers-pledge-to-comply-with-new-california-rules-phasing-out-gas-powered-vehicles-2/ |
Mexico detains drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, wanted for killing of US agent
By Tara Subramaniam and Rey Rodriguez, CNN
A notorious drug lord on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list has been detained by the Mexican Navy, a Navy source told CNN on Friday.
Rafael Caro Quintero, known as the “narco of drug traffickers,” is considered by Mexican authorities to be the founder of the Guadalajara cartel. They accuse him of trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.
Caro Quintero, whose exact age is not known but is believed to be in his 60s, is wanted by US authorities for allegedly kidnapping and conspiring to murder Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in 1985.
Camarena Salazar was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in retaliation for a raid in 1984 of Caro Quintero’s 2,500-acre marijuana farm by Mexican authorities, according to the DEA. The events were serialized in the Netflix drama “Narcos: Mexico.”
Caro Quintero spent 28 years in prison in Mexico for his role in the murder before he was released on a technicality in 2013. The Mexican Supreme Court later overturned the decision that freed him.
The fugitive then returned to drug trafficking as a senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel, according to the FBI.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday the United States will seek immediate extradition of Caro Quintero so he can be tried “in the very justice system (DEA) Special Agent Camarena died defending.”
“There is no hiding place for anyone who kidnaps, tortures, and murders American law enforcement,” Garland said.
Caro Quintero has previously said attempts to arrest him were “misplaced vengeance” — “conveniently rewriting history,” according to the DEA.
In 2018, US authorities announced a $20 million reward for Caro Quintero. Then-FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich told a news conference at the time that Caro Quintero is “considered one of the Mexican godfathers of drug trafficking.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. / JARRELL, Texas (FOX 44) – Two local trench deaths are among those prompting the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to launch enhanced enforcement initiatives to protect workers from known industry hazards.
OSHA reports that in the first six months of 2022, 22 workers have fallen victim to hazards in trenching and excavation work – surpassing 15 in all of 2021.
To stress the dangers of disregarding federal workplace safety requirements for trenching and excavation work, OSHA enforcement staff will consider every available tool at the agency’s disposal. These actions will place additional emphasis on how agency officials evaluate penalties for trenching and excavation-related incidents – including criminal referrals for federal or state prosecution to hold employers and others accountable when their actions or inactions kill workers or put their lives at risk.
In keeping with its National Emphasis Program for excavations, OSHA compliance officers will perform more than 1,000 trench inspections nationwide – where they might stop by, and inspect, any excavation site during their daily duties.
A recent incident in Jarrell, Texas highlights the dangers of trenching and an impetus for OSHA’s action. On June 28, two workers, aged 20 and 39, suffered fatal injuries when the unprotected trench more than 20 feet deep collapsed upon them as they worked. Trench shields, which could have saved their lives, sat unused beside the excavation.
OSHA says that trenching and excavation operations require protective systems and inspections before workers can enter. When employers fail to install trench protection systems or properly inspect the trench, workers are exposed to serious hazards – including risk of being buried under thousands of pounds of soil. By some estimates, a cubic yard of soil can weigh as much as 3,000 pounds – equal to that of a compact car.
States which operate their own Occupational Safety and Health plan have similar emphasis programs in place, and OSHA also encourages those states to consider additional measures – including criminal referrals for federal or state prosecution for trenching-related incidents.
Trenching standards require protective systems on trenches deeper than five feet and soil and other materials kept at least two feet from the edge of a trench. Additionally, trenches must be inspected by a knowledgeable person, be free of standing water and atmospheric hazards and have a safe means of entering and exiting prior to allowing a worker to enter.
OSHA’s On-Site Consultation Program, a free and confidential health and safety consulting program for small- and medium-sized businesses, will assist employers in developing strategic approaches for addressing trench-related illnesses and injuries in workplaces.
The agency also urges workers to contact their local OSHA or state plan office, or call 800-321-OSHA, if their employer requires working in or beside trenches that are not sloped, shored, or shielded and are five or more feet in depth.
OSHA’s trenching and excavation webpage provides additional information on trenching hazards and solutions, including a safety video. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/jarrell-trench-deaths-among-those-triggering-osha-enforcement/ | 2022-07-15 16:20:55 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/national-news/jarrell-trench-deaths-among-those-triggering-osha-enforcement/ |
Merritt Island, Palm Bay teams head to state wrestling duals
Merritt Island and Palm Bay high schools will send wrestling teams to the FHSAA's state duals tournament on Friday, and the two enter the quarterfinal round with different outlooks based on their relative strengths.
Eight teams remain in each classification and will compete for state titles over two days in Kissimmee. Competition will begin at 10 a.m. Friday and run through the day. The finals start at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Merritt Island will face Miramar in a Class 2A semifinal. The Mustangs advanced with a 47-30 dual win over Heritage.
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Coach Graham Smith couldn't pick a favorite in his team's match with Miramar.
"It's hard to, because we're facing a team without a lot of common opponents," he said. "The strength of our team in a dual meet is that we are balanced throughout the lineup. If someone else has a hole, we're pretty good at taking advantage of that."
As for the entire field, Fleming Island is one of two favorites based on its 10 returning individual state medalists. The other favorite is Lake Gibson, which eliminated the Mustangs last January and is the defending 2A champion.
In Class 1A, Palm Bay faces the Hernando team it has wrestled three years in a row in the dual tournament. The Pirates won that one last year, moving on but losing in a tight semifinal match with eventual state champion Jensen Beach. Palm Bay coach Sean Ballard credited the Falcons as being among the favorites again.
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"I think they have a lot back, and they had a tough region, so they've proven themselves," Ballard said. He also mentioned First Baptist Naples as a favorite based on its wrestler rankings. As the Pirates enter the tournament, Ballard classified his wrestlers into three groups: the young and less-experienced, the experienced group that includes a handful of returning state medalists and a third group.
"We have some that we're waiting to take the next step or next leap," he said. "We've got four or five of each group."
To Smith, the chance of an up-and-comer making a key contribution is one interesting aspect to this weekend's competition as opposed to the individual state tournament.
"That's the thing about a dual meet. Everyone matters," he said. "You can have the best kid in the state, but the most he can do is win his match and pin. There are guys who maybe aren't the star, but in that one moment, they have the chance to help the team and be just as important." | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/01/18/preview-merritt-island-palm-bay-in-fhsaa-state-wrestling-duals-2023/69818227007/ | 2023-01-19 00:52:35 | 0 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/01/18/preview-merritt-island-palm-bay-in-fhsaa-state-wrestling-duals-2023/69818227007/ |
LISLE, Ill., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Navistar, Inc. (Navistar) President and CEO Mathias Carlbaum signed a commitment to develop science-based targets aligned with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) criteria and submit the targets for validation. That commitment has since been approved by the SBTi, a global entity that allows businesses to set emissions reductions targets in line with the latest climate science.
"In measuring our 2021 emissions, we found Navistar's total footprint was approximately 61 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent," said Carlbaum. "Submitting decarbonization targets to SBTi will aide in keeping us on track with our goals to continually push our corporate and manufacturing operations toward more sustainable benchmarks."
In 2022, Navistar completed a carbon footprint measurement, gauging all 2021 emissions. This includes emissions from the company's direct operations, upstream or downstream emissions that occur elsewhere related to Navistar's activities, emissions from the production of parts that Navistar uses to make its vehicles and the estimated lifetime emissions from Navistar's vehicles used by customers. By doing this research, Navistar can ensure hard data is available for a starting point when setting sustainability goals.
The SBTi requires that a company submit targets within 24 months of signing a commitment letter. The overall ambition of SBTi targets is to cut in half world emissions before 2030 and achieve net zero emission before 2050, in alignment with the Paris Climate Agreement.
"We are not waiting for SBTi target validation to be completed," said Tobias Glitterstam, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. "We are introducing the International® S13 Integrated Powertrain, which offers up to a 15% gain in fuel efficiency *, marking a leap in the progress toward carbon neutral transport. We also continue to push the boundaries with our electric vehicle portfolio – the IC Bus ® Electric CE Series and the International ® eMV™ Series."
Near-term is generally a five-to-10-year target. As part of the target-setting, Navistar will be defining the exact period of the target in consultation with SBTi through the validation process. The near-term target will guide Navistar in decarbonization efforts over the coming years and show the overall initial slope of reductions necessary to achieve the Paris Agreement objectives.
Other brands within the TRATON GROUP, Scania CV AB and MAN Truck & Bus, also participate in the SBTi. This initiative aligns directly with Navistar's goal to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility and continue on a more sustainable path toward a zero emissions future.
To learn more about Navistar's commitments to sustainability, please visit www.navistar.com/sustainability/our-commitments.
About Navistar
Navistar, Inc. ("Navistar") is a purpose-driven company, reimagining how to deliver what matters to create more cohesive relationships, build higher-performing teams and find solutions where others don't. Based in Lisle, Illinois, Navistar or its subsidiaries and affiliates produce International® brand commercial trucks and engines, IC Bus® brand school and commercial buses, all-makes OnCommand® Connection advanced connectivity services, and Fleetrite®, ReNEWeD® and Diamond Advantage® brand aftermarket parts. With a history of innovation dating back to 1831, Navistar has more than 14,500 employees worldwide and is part of TRATON SE, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry. Additional information is available at www.Navistar.com.
* Comparing the fuel economy of the 2017 GHG International® A26 engine in a 2017 International® LT® Series truck with aero package to the fuel economy of the new International® S13 Integrated Powertrain in a 2024 International® LT® Series truck with the LT aero package and chassis enablers. Actual customer results may vary due to various factors, including but not limited to truck specifications, weight of the vehicle, predictive features, environmental conditions, etc.
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Sunday's golf: Rory McIlroy back on top of the world by winning CJ Cup
Ridgeland, S.C. — Rory McIlroy capped off his steady march back to No. 1 in the world on Sunday with an explosive burst of three birdies late in the round to hold off Kurt Kitayama and win the CJ Cup in South Carolina.
Tied with Kitayama with five holes to go at Congaree, McIlroy ran off three straight birdies to seize control and finished with two bogeys, hardly enough to ruin the moment. He closed with a 4-under 67 for a one-shot victory.
McIlroy, who finished at 17-under 267, won for the 23rd time on the PGA Tour and 31st time worldwide.
It was his ninth time reaching No. 1 in the world, behind only Tiger Woods and Greg Norman (both 11) in getting to the top of the ranking the most times.
This was no less special, and it showed when McIlroy’s voice choked ever so slightly with emotion after he won.
“I’ve worked so hard over the last 12 months to get back to this place,” McIlroy said. “I feel like I’m enjoying the game as much as I ever have. I played with that joy and it’s definitely showed over these last few months.
“It’s a big achievement. I’m really proud of myself right now.”
This felt like a long time coming.
He won the CJ Cup for the second straight time. The South Korea-based tournament was held in Las Vegas last year, when McIlroy was No. 14 in the world. So began his climb back to No. 1, with victories in the Canadian Open and the Tour Championship to capture the FedEx Cup, and with help from Scottie Scheffler cooling from his torrid stretch through the Masters.
McIlroy was No. 1 when golf shut down for three months at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and he lost the ranking to Jon Rahm when the Spaniard won the Memorial in the middle of July in 2020.
Scheffler finished in the middle of the pack at Congaree, meaning McIlroy could have been runner-up and still reclaimed the No. 1 ranking. He wanted the trophy, and it was harder work than he imagined.
McIlroy was staked to a one-shot lead going into the final round and never trailed, though he didn’t have it easy until he walked toward the 18th green.
Rahm, coming off a win at the Spanish Open, tied him on three occasions early while playing in the group in front of him. Rahm was still in the mix until his tee shot on the long par-3 14th caught a plugged lie in the face of the bunker, leading to bogey.
He wound up with 69 to tie for fourth.
The real threat was Kitayama, three times a winner while playing in Asia and Europe. The 29-year-old Californian overcame an early two-shot deficit and was tied for the lead until McIlroy took over with a 15-foot birdie on the 14th.
On the 348-yard 15th, Kitayama drove the green to 45 feet and McIlroy was in a bunker. McIlroy blasted out to 5 feet and converted the birdie, while Kitayama ran his putt 6 feet by the cup and missed it coming back to settle for par.
McIlroy effectively sealed it with a 20-foot birdie on the 16th, although there was a nervous moment at the end. With a two-shot lead on the final hole, McIlroy gunned his long birdie putt some 8 feet by and Kitayama had just outside 20 feet for birdie.
Both missed, and McIlroy had a smile of satisfaction and relief.
Kitayama played bogey-free and closed with a 67 for his third runner-up since joining the PGA Tour last year, behind McIlroy, Xander Schauffele in Scotland and Rahm in Mexico. He made $1,134,000.
“That’s a tough group of guys to beat,” Kitayama said. “I just have to keep improving.”
K.H. Lee had a 68 and finished third, with Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood (65) another shot behind.
LPGA
Lydia Ko won her 18th career title in the country of her birth after completing a 7-under 65 final round at the BMW Ladies Championship.
Ko finished the South Korea-based tournament with a 21-under 267, four strokes ahead of Andrea Lee, who had a final round of 3-under 69.
Ko slipped to 15 under when she had a bogey at the No. 7 before firing in six birdies to leave the rest of the pack behind.
There was a three-way tie for third place with Hye-Jin Choi, Hyo Joo Kim and Lilia Vu all ending up at 16-under 272.
Atthaya Thitikul, who carded a tournament record 9-under 63 on the first day, ended up fourth following a disappointing round of 2-over 74 on Sunday with five bogeys and only three birdies.
Champions
Steven Alker birdied three straight holes to break out of a late four-way tie for the lead and won the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, Virginia, the opening event in the Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions.
Alker, who started the tournament as the Schwab Cup leader in the three-event finish to the season, made birdies at Nos. 15, 16 and 17 and beat K.J. Choi by one shot for his fourth victory of the season. That ties Steve Stricker for the most on the tour this season.
Jerry Kelly, who led after each of the first two rounds on the James River Course at the Country Club of Virginia, had the lead until the par-4 15th hole, when his birdie try stopped on the edge of the cup. Playing partners Alker and Padraig Harrington made their putts to pull even at 12 under, and moments later, a hole ahead, Choi also got to 12 under.
Alker added birdies on the par-5 16th and the par-3 17th, then closed with a tap-in par on the par-5 18th, raising his arms in triumph as it fell, making Choi’s closing birdie good enough only for a runner-up finish.
Kelly, who closed with an even-par 72, Harrington (69) and Doug Barron (69) shared third, two shots behind, with Ernie Els (67) and Brian Gay (69) sharing sixth. Els was one shot back after a birdie at the par-4 11th, but finished with seven consecutive pars.
European
Yannik Paul made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win his first European tour title by one stroke at the Mallorca Open in Palma, Spain.
Paul overcame a two-shot deficit with three holes to play at the Son Muntaner Golf Club. The German had three birdies and four bogeys for a 1-over 72, finishing the tournament on 15 under to win in his 26th appearance on the European tour.
Marcus Armitage (73) had a two-shot lead with three holes left but finished bogey, double-bogey, bogey. He ended in a tie for sixth.
Paul had consecutive bogeys on Nos. 14 and 15 to lose the lead but recovered at the end.
England’s Paul Waring (66) and Germany’s Nicolai von Dellingshausen (69) tied for second on 14 under.
Ryan Fox (74) tied for fourth on 13 under to move past Matt Fitzpatrick for second place in the Race to Dubai rankings entering the final stretch of the season. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/golf/2022/10/23/rory-mcilroy-back-on-top-of-the-world-by-winning-cj-cup/69584823007/ | 2022-10-23 23:23:37 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/golf/2022/10/23/rory-mcilroy-back-on-top-of-the-world-by-winning-cj-cup/69584823007/ |
FARGO, N.D., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pedigree Technologies, a leading provider of telematics and IoT solutions offering real-time visibility and management tools, has integrated Traxen's iQ-Pilot™ into its suite of Cab-Mate ELD (Electronic Logging Device) solutions for Canada and the U.S.
Traxen's iQ-Pilot™ is an intelligent, AI-driven cruise control technology that reduces highway fuel consumption by an average of 10% for Class 7 and 8 trucks.
The innovative iQ-Pilot™ system utilizes perception sensors such as radars, high-definition maps, GPS, over- the-air data and artificial intelligence to automatically control the speed of an on-highway heavy-duty truck. The AI software optimizes the truck velocity in response to traffic, grades, curves, speed limit changes, weather conditions, and other factors to significantly reduce fuel consumption or increase EV range. The solution also improves vehicle safety, driver convenience and insurance costs.
iQ-Pilot™ also interfaces with the Pedigree's Cab-Mate ELD tablet to provide a world class, informative and intuitive user interface to the drivers. Much like the smart screens being offered in consumer vehicles, the IQ Pilot application helps drivers better understand the traffic, weather, and road conditions that guide the truck's speed. Without this display, drivers are less likely to trust AI-based decisions and tend not to use cruise control.
Other integrated display features include single logon, hours of service reports, gamification to drive fuel efficiency, trip computer, data analytics, fleet dashboards, efficiency reports, trucks eco-routing, over the air (OTA) updates and vehicle gateway interface. IQ-Pilot can be installed on any truck with automated manual transmission.
"iQ-Pilot is a Connected-Adaptive-Predictive Powertrain Control system on steroids." says Ali Maleki, founder and CEO of Traxen. "It not only manages acceleration, coasting, engine braking, and gear optimization, but uses GPS location to consider speed limits, gradients, and real-time data like road conditions, traffic, weather and drivers' Hours of Service."
John Elsner, Pedigree Technologies' CEO, adds, "Integrating advanced technology like Traxen's iQ-Pilot into our Cab-Mate ELD platform is a further demonstration of our mission to seek out and add new, more effective technologies to serve our heartland customers."
Traxen Inc. is a software AI technology company founded in 2018, located in Michigan. Traxen specializes in designing advanced driver-assistance systems for the commercial truck segment with a focus on maximizing fuel efficiency savings for fleet managers & owners.
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Pedigree is challenging the telematics status quo. Traditional solutions overlook the complex operating environments of Heartland industries such as transportation, Oil & Gas, and heavy equipment. These enterprises need panoramic insights into all service and supply chain assets, not just fleets. We can help with that. It starts by listening intently to our customers' aspirations to connect the unconnected. With telematics as a foundation, we integrate and layer smart technologies to offer an additional visibility into assets, inventory, and business-critical systems all through a single pane of glass. For more information about this release or Pedigree Technologies, please contact Jessica Slyter at Jessica.Slyter@pedigreetechnologies.com.
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NEW YORK — Françoise Gilot, an accomplished painter whose art was eclipsed by her long and stormy romantic relationship with a much older Pablo Picasso, and who alone among his many mistresses walked out on him, died Tuesday at a hospital in Manhattan. She was 101.
The death was confirmed by her daughter Aurelia Engel, who said Gilot had recently been dealing with heart and lung ailments.
“You imagine people will be interested in you?” Gilot quoted a surprised Picasso as saying after she told him that she was leaving him. “They won’t ever, really, just for yourself. Even if you think people like you, it will only be a kind of curiosity they will have about a person whose life touched mine so intimately.”
But unlike his two wives and other mistresses, Gilot rebuilt her life after she ended the relationship, in 1953, almost a decade after it had begun despite an age difference of 40 years. She continued painting and exhibiting her work and wrote books.
In 1970, she married Jonas Salk, the American medical researcher who developed the first safe polio vaccine. Still, it was for her romance with Picasso that the public knew her best, particularly after her memoir, “Life with Picasso,” written with Carlton Lake, was published in 1964. It became an international bestseller, and so infuriated Picasso that he broke off all contact with Gilot and their two children, Claude and Paloma Picasso.
Gilot’s frank and often-sympathetic account of their relationship — she dedicated the book “to Pablo” — provided much of the material for the 1996 Merchant-Ivory movie, “Surviving Picasso,” in which she was played by Natascha McElhone, with Anthony Hopkins as Picasso.
If Gilot’s book sold well, so has her art. With her work in more than a dozen museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, her paintings fetched increasingly higher prices well into her later years.
As recently as June 2021, her painting “Paloma à la Guitare” (1965), a blue-toned portrait of her daughter, sold for $1.3 million in an online auction by Sotheby’s. That surpassed her previous record price, $695,000, paid for “Étude bleue,” a 1953 portrait of a seated woman, at a Sotheby’s auction in 2014. And in November 2021, her abstract 1977 canvas “Living Forest” sold for $1.3 million as part of retrospective of her work at Christie’s in Hong Kong.
Lisa Stevenson, the head of curated sales for Sotheby’s in London, told ARTnews after the 2021 auction, “It isn’t commonly known that Gilot’s commitment to art was present long before her relationship with Pablo Picasso, and she was sadly often left in his shadow.”
Gilot preferred to leave judgments about her art and life to others. As she told The New York Times in a profile of her published in January 2022, “I am not going to make a big deal of being more than what I am — or less.”
Marie Françoise Gilot was born into a prosperous family on Nov. 26, 1921, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, the only child of Emile Gilot, an agronomist and chemical manufacturer, and Madeleine Renoult-Gilot. Her 19th-century ancestors had owned a couturier house of fashion whose clientele included Eugenia, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III.
Marie Françoise was drawn to art from an early age, tutored by her mother, who had studied art history, ceramics and watercolor painting. Her father, however — recalled by Gilot as an authoritarian who had forced her to write with her right hand, though she was left-handed — had other ideas. Envisioning a career in science or the law for his daughter, he persuaded her to enroll at the University of Paris, where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1938 at age 17.
She went on to study at the Sorbonne and the British Institute in Paris and received a degree in English literature from Cambridge University. As war crept closer to France in 1939, her father sent her to the city of Rennes, northwest of Paris, to enroll in law school. All the while, she continued working on her paintings.
Then came the German occupation of Paris, in June 1940, and she joined other students in an anti-German protest march at the Arc de Triomphe. In a clash with the French and German authorities, Gilot was arrested, briefly detained and put under watch. “From day one, we were not the kind of people who would become collaborators,” she said of her family.
She continued her law studies at the University of Paris, but after taking her second-year examinations, in June 1941, she lost interest and abandoned the field, deciding to devote herself to art. She began private lessons with a fugitive Hungarian Jewish painter, Endre Rozsda, and attended classes at the Académie Julian, which numbered Matisse, Bonnard, Léger and Duchamp among its alumni. Her father was unhappy about the decision, however, and the two clashed frequently, until Gilot moved in with her grandmother.
As Gilot described it in “Life With Picasso,” her first encounter with Picasso, in May 1943, was accidental. She was dining with her closest friend, Geneviève Aliquot, and an actor, Alain Cuny, at Le Catalan, a small restaurant on the rue des Grands-Augustins, near Picasso’s Left Bank studio. Picasso was at another table accompanied by his mistress at the time, the Surrealist photographer Dora Maar.
Picasso asked Cuny to introduce him to the two young women. Learning that both were painters, he invited them to visit his studio. They did so together the following day and several more times before Geneviève returned to her home in southern France. Gilot continued to visit Picasso, seemingly fearless of his growing attraction to her.
She spent much of that summer with Geneviève in Provence. But in the winter of 1944 her relationship with Picasso blossomed. She was 22; he was 62. She later recalled lying naked by his side. “He was very gentle,” she wrote, “and that is the impression that remains with me to this day — his extraordinary gentleness.”
To be drawn into Picasso’s world would also prove tumultuous. With the liberation of Paris in August 1944, Picasso was again an international star, and he thrust himself into politics by joining the French Communist Party. In an interview for this obituary in 2007, Gilot recalled that German officers would arrive at Picasso’s studio at least once a month.
“They’d never be in uniform when they came, a group of five or six,” she said, “and Pablo would ask me to follow them to make sure they didn’t plant any documents they could ‘find’ later. He was always concerned about that.”
Meanwhile, Dora Maar was still present in his life, as was his longtime mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. Maar began to worry, rightly, that Gilot would replace her. Indeed, in May 1946, Gilot agreed to move in with Picasso, and a volatile chapter in her life began.
By all accounts, while Picasso’s painting and ceramics reflected a new happiness — he portrayed Gilot as a nymph to his centaur — he apparently now felt that he had conquered her and began seeing other women.
She gave birth to Claude in May 1947 and Paloma in April 1949. She also continued painting, adopting a colorful abstract style associated with the postwar School of Paris rather than imitating Picasso. In April 1952, she had a well received exhibition in Paris. But by then Picasso had been traveling to southern France without her and made little secret of his new affairs.
Finally, on Sept. 20, 1953, unwell and unhappy, Gilot told Picasso that she was going to leave him.
“No woman leaves a man like me,” he replied, according to her account in “Life With Picasso.” She wrote: “I told him maybe that was the way it looked to him, but I was one woman who would, and was about to. A man as famous and as rich as he? He couldn’t believe it, he said.”
Gilot had a brief affair with a Greek philosopher, Kostas Axelos, but remained in contact with Picasso, even informing him of her decision in 1955 to marry a childhood friend, Luc Simon, a French artist. Her daughter Aurelia was a product of that marriage before it ended in divorce in 1962, a year after Picasso married Jacqueline Roque, his second wife.
Gilot’s final rupture with the artist was over “Life With Picasso.” His friends attacked her over the memoir, and so did the French Communist Party. Picasso himself made three vain attempts to prevent the book from being published in France. Then he refused to see Claude and Paloma again, apparently keeping his word until his death in 1973.
By then Gilot had married Salk, shuttling between a home in the La Jolla section of San Diego and her studio in southern France. In 1975, she published a new book, “Interface: The Painter and the Mask,” a memoir of her life as an artist. The next year she became chairwoman of the fine arts department at the University of Southern California, a post she held until 1983.
In addition to Engel, she is survived by Claude Picasso, the director of Picasso Administration, which manages the artist’s estate; by Paloma Picasso, the fashion and jewelry designer best known for her perfumes; and four grandchildren.
After Salk’s death in 1995, Gilot made her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in an apartment that doubled as a studio — “an airy refuge with barrel-vaulted ceilings, towering bookcases and an outsize window that bathes her canvases in a cool north light,” Ruth La Ferla wrote in the 2022 Times profile.
Gilot also kept a small studio in Paris while continuing to work prolifically, holding exhibitions in Europe and the United States through 2021. In 2018, she published a book of sketches, many in vivid color, that she completed during travels to India, Senegal and Venice from 1974 to 1981.
But Picasso, though long gone from her life and by then long dead, nevertheless remained an imposing and, as a giant of 20th-century art, overshadowing presence.
In 1990, Gilot, continuing to reflect on him, published “Matisse and Picasso: A Friendship in Art,” an account of the two artists’ rivalrous friendship that focused on the years in which she witnessed it. In 2012, she and the Picasso biographer John Richardson curated a well-attended show, “Picasso and Françoise Gilot: Paris-Vallauris, 1943-1953,” at the Gagosian Gallery in Manhattan, displaying work that she and Picasso created during their years together.
“Looking at the 30 paintings here, including naturalistic portraits of herself and her grandmother, cubist still lifes and abstractions and pictures of herself and her children, you might think for a moment that you are looking at more Picassos,” Ken Johnson wrote in his review of the show for the Times.
Asked by La Ferla if she had ever felt competitive with Picasso or his friends — among them Chagall, Braque, Matisse and Giacometti — Gilot replied: “That never entered my mind. I started painting, after all, at 3 years old. As a child, you aren’t thinking in terms of me, me, me. You are not capable of that.”
But she acknowledged that those 20th century masters had an inevitable impact. They “helped me grow,” she said, and by their very attention instilled in her a measure of self-confidence.
“I realized,” she said, “if they are so great, then I am not so small.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/francoise-gilot-artist-in-the-shadow-of-picasso-dies-at-101/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-06-06 21:46:40 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/francoise-gilot-artist-in-the-shadow-of-picasso-dies-at-101/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
NEW ORLEANS — After more than 400 studies for an Alzheimer's Disease cure, there's still no answer.
And this most common form of dementia is growing. It's expected to affect 16 million Americans by 2050.
Now, there are four everyday lifestyle choices that you can do, that could lower your risk of Alzheimer's in the future.
Study 1: Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, and cold water fish, such as salmon and tuna, improves brain health and learning ability in middle age. Even people with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer's show improvement in the memory area, and brain blood vessels.
When asked should people be taking fish oil every single day, from the womb to the tomb, Dr. Nicolas Bazan replied, “The answer is yes.”
Director of the LSU Health Sciences Center’s Neuroscience Center of excellence, Dr. Bazan has made several discoveries on how fish oil protects the brain and eyes.
His research and published findings have been ongoing since 1970. He found fish oil is protective even when the brain is damaged, like from a stroke. Daily fish oil pills should be two parts DHA to one part EPA.
Study 2: This one was done at LSU Health.
More fiber in your diet is more likely to keep your gut bacteria, called the microbiome, in balance. That could lower the risk that bad bacteria can damage the brain.
“The connection gut-brain is there, is a fact, is very important. There are nowadays in fact hundreds of papers published per week on this,” Dr. Bazan explained.
Study 3: The antioxidants in honey could protect against the destructive free radicals made in the body, and restore cell defense systems. And that could reduce brain decline.
“The point is, honey, plus fish oil could be helpful because the honey will prevent the destruction, the oxidation of the fish oil," Dr. Bazan explained as an additional benefit.
Study 4: Viagra is the health gift that keeps on giving. The Nobel prize-winning scientist, and Dr. Bazan's colleague, discovered how this now E.D. drug produced nitric oxide that makes blood vessels relax. Later it was found to reduce heart muscle damage after a heart attack. Now there are new findings. Men on Viagra-class drugs are 69 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's over six years.
Dr. Bazan offered more about its benefit when the active ingredient in the medication was put in a petri dish with brain cells, called neurons.
“And those cells look healthier, function better, and the memory areas of the brain look stronger.”
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Two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s key lieutenants have turned on the man behind the FTX cryptocurrency trading platform, agreeing to plead guilty to several criminal fraud charges, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York said Wednesday night.
The impending guilty pleas come a week after the agency announced a criminal charges against former FTX chief executive Bankman-Fried, who was extradited to the US Wednesday from the Bahamas to New York. He is expected to appear in Manhattan federal court Thursday and is facing charges that include securities and wire fraud.
Caroline Ellison, 28, former chief executive of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, 29, cofounder and chief technology officer of FTX, are cooperating in the criminal case building against their former crypto leader. Ellison is a Newton native whose parents work in the economics department at MIT, and Wang is a 2015 MIT graduate who grew up in New Jersey.
Here’s a summary of what we learned — and what is likely to happen next.
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What are Ellison and Wang pleading guilty to?
Both admitted that they played central roles in helping Bankman-Fried build his crypto empire, which was centered around two companies: FTX and trading firm Alameda Research.
Ellison agreed to plead guilty to seven criminal charges, including wire fraud, securities fraud, and commodities fraud, and Wang pleaded guilty to four. Two federal agencies — the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — also filed civil charges against Ellison and Wang.
What did they do wrong?
Wang developed the software code that allowed Alameda to secretly access billions of dollars in FTX customer funds, which is forbidden. Ellison knowingly used FTX customer funds for Alameda’s trading activity, among other things.
All along, Bankman-Fried and Ellison told investors that his crypto trading firm had no special privileges on the FTX exchange. But in fact, Alameda had access to FTX customer funds, the ability to draw down “on a virtually unlimited line of credit,” and an exception to maintain a negative balance in its FTX account. These privileges did not apply to any other FTX customer.
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Wang and Ellison admitted to knowing about and facilitating this close relationship between the firms, which was at odds with what Bankman-Fried presented to the public and to investors.
Ellison also lent money from Alameda to Bankman-Fried so that he could “make undisclosed venture investments, lavish real estate purchases, and large political donations,” the SEC said. Other executives took out loans, including Wang.
And at Bankman-Fried’s direction, authorities said Ellison purchased FTX’s digital currency, known at the FTT token, to prop up its price, which further masked the true finances of the companies.
What happens to them now?
Martin Weinberg, a prominent Boston criminal defense lawyer, said that because the amount of money lost in FTX’s collapse is so massive, those involved could face many decades in prison — especially if they did not corporate with the government. He said that in pleading guilty, Ellison and Wang were “motivated by their own self-interest” to receive a “more compassionate sentence.”
“It’s very clear that Ellison and Wang rushed into the US Attorney’s Office in New York and cut a deal,” he said.
He also said any sentencing hearing focused on Ellison or Wang could be years away.
“Ordinarily, the government will defer the sentencing hearing until after the cooperation is complete,” he said. “In this case, that could be a significant amount of time.”
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What does this mean for Bankman-Fried?
The charges against Ellison and Wang indicate that Bankman-Fried was the key leader in the massive, years-long fraud that occurred between FTX and Alameda. The SEC said several times in its complaint that when Ellison and Wang committed fraud, it was “at Bankman-Fried’s direction.”
The charges contradict Bankman-Fried’s previous defense, which he shared during public interviews and appearances after FTX filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11. Bankman-Fried has claimed that he was removed from day-to-day operations at Alameda.
“I haven’t been running Alameda, I haven’t been thinking about its finances, I haven’t been making those decisions,” he said during a virtual interview at The New York Times DealBook Summit on Nov. 30.
Investigators said the opposite was true.
“Bankman-Fried remained the ultimate decision-maker,” the SEC wrote, adding that he continued to borrow money from Alameda to fuel personal purchases and investments.
What about others who were involved?
It’s likely that more key executives at FTX and Alameda could step forward in the coming days. They’re certainly being advised to do that by US Attorney Damian Williams, whose office brought the charges against Bankman-Fried, Ellison, and Wang.
“If you participated in misconduct at FTX or Alameda, now is the time to get ahead of it,” Williams said in a video posted to Twitter.
Weinberg said Williams’ plea is surprisingly direct.
“It’s an unusually explicit message,” he said.
Who else might come forward?
For about a year, Ellison had a co-CEO at Alameda, Sam Trabucco. The SEC complaint only mentioned Trabucco — a Roxbury Latin School and MIT graduate — three times, simply referring to his employment history at Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund.
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Trabucco joined Alameda around 2019 as a trader, then served as co-CEO alongside Ellison until August, when he unexpectedly stepped down. The complaint doesn’t mention what role he may have played in the scheme, and he could not be reached for comment.
Anissa Gardizy can be reached at anissa.gardizy@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @anissagardizy8 and on Instagram @anissagardizy.journalism. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/22/business/caroline-ellison-gary-wang-agreed-plead-guilty-ftx-charges-heres-what-know-about-crypto-meltdown-whats-next/ | 2022-12-22 16:39:07 | 0 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/22/business/caroline-ellison-gary-wang-agreed-plead-guilty-ftx-charges-heres-what-know-about-crypto-meltdown-whats-next/ |
Fyle partners with MdK to provide real-time expense management on cards clients already have
NEWARK, Del., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fyle Inc, the expense management platform, has teamed up with Mueller dotKonnect (MdK), a business process outsourcing firm to automate expense reporting and credit card reconciliation for a wide range of clients from start-ups to large enterprises across industries.
Fyle's unique approach to expense management by integrating with all credit cards, providing real-time feeds and its robust 2-way integration with Sage Intacct, Xero and other accounting software made it an easy choice for MdK to select Fyle as the backbone for MdK's SpendX offering, a comprehensive solution with a blend of people, software and spend analytics.
"Fyle rightly fits with our approach of transforming, managing and empowering clients with an optimal mix of people, process & technology. Spend analytics being part of the value proposition helps our clients make strategic decisions,'' said Dave Nissen, CEO of Mueller dotKonnect.
The partnership means MdK's clients will get access to AI-enabled expense management software, the freedom to choose their own business credit card and spend analytics to make efficient financial decisions.
"Our goal is to provide tech-enabled services to our clients to streamline and improve processes and Fyle as a preferred partner for expense management strengthens that," said Beth Ulbrich, Vice President of MdK.
"We have been working to build a world where not a single second is spent on managing expenses. Our partnership with Mueller dotKonnect is a step in that direction. By bringing Fyle's services to their clients, we want to assist them in their mission of transforming organizations," said Yashwanth Madhusudan, CEO of Fyle.
"We are excited to partner with Fyle because of the automation possibilities, real-time data from credit card spend, ability to work with client's existing credit cards, proactive support and more importantly the collaborative approach of the product team to listen, understand and deliver solutions to our clients," said Phani Ilapakurty, President of MdK.
About Mueller dotKonnect
Mueller dotKonnect LLC (MdK) is a business process (finance, accounting, tax, payroll) outsourcing firm focused on small & medium businesses. MdK 'works with' or in many cases 'works as' the finance and accounting department of companies, with an approach of integrated and extended teams. Mueller dotKonnect is a related entity of PKF Mueller, a reputed CPA firm established in 1968
About Fyle
Fyle has the singular aim of reducing the time spent on business expense management. Nestled within everyday tools like Gmail, Outlook, Slack, MS Teams, text messages, and email, Fyle provides employees a unique way of submitting expense receipts on the go.
Fyle is the only solution that directly integrates with Visa or Mastercard business credit cards to provide real-time data feeds. Fyle's AI-enabled engine instantly codes & categorizes spend information, and pushes the data to accounting software like NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online, and Xero.
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KILLEEN, Texas — Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was killed at around 10 a.m. on Monday in Killeen after she was ejected from her vehicle.
According to police, the victim, 41-year-old Amanda Elizabeth Love, was traveling westbound on W. Stan Schlueter Loop at a "high rate of speed", lost control of her vehicle, and struck landscape fixtures which caused the vehicle to roll over.
Love was airlifted to a hospital after police found her lying on the shoulder of the roadway, and was pronounced dead at Baylor Scott & White.
Investigators with the Traffic Unit continue to investigate this fatality and there is no additional information at this time. | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/killeen-woman-dead-from-rollover-crash-after-losing-control-of-her-vehicle | 2023-05-31 19:52:40 | 1 | https://www.kxxv.com/hometown/bell-county/killeen-woman-dead-from-rollover-crash-after-losing-control-of-her-vehicle |
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said his country supports reforming the U.N. Security Council to give a more powerful role to developing nations, including African countries.
Sergey Lavrov spoke Tuesday in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, after meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
“We confirmed our positions when it comes to the reforming of the U.N. Security Council,” Lavrov said. “The main problem here is the underrepresentation in the Security Council of developing states and the only solution to this problem is bigger representation of Asian, African and Latin American countries.”
Uganda is the third stop on Lavrov’s tour of Africa as Russia tries to break diplomatic isolation over its war in Ukraine. Lavrov will end his trip with a visit to Ethiopia, the headquarters of the 54-nation African Union.
Lavrov spoke alongside Museveni, a U.S. ally whose government also maintains friendly ties with Russia.
Uganda is one of 25 African nations that abstained or didn’t vote in the U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. Many nations on the continent of 1.3 billion people have long-standing ties with Moscow, dating back to the Cold War when the Soviet Union supported their anti-colonial struggles.
Museveni said Tuesday that Russia has been a friend to Uganda for more than 100 years. Russia cannot suddenly become an enemy because of its rivalry with the U.S., he said.
“We want to make our own enemies, not fight other people’s enemies,” Museveni said. “This is our doctrine.”
At the start of the war in Ukraine, Museveni and his son, Ugandan infantry commander Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, made public comments widely seen as sympathetic toward Russia.
Russian officers regularly assist Uganda to maintain military equipment and authorities recently gave a contract to a Russian firm that will install tracking devices in military vehicles to combat violent crime.
African leaders in recent months have pressed for Africa’s permanent representation on the U.N. Security Council. The matter of reforming the 15-member council has provoked debate for decades.
Museveni earlier this year said reforms would stop what he described as “mistakes” such as the removal from power of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, who ruled for nearly 42 years before he was ousted by an uprising in 2011 and later was captured and killed.
The Security Council’s five permanent members reflect the international power structure at the end of World War II: the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain. The council’s 10 other seats rotate among U.N. members who serve two-year terms.
While there is widespread support for revamping the council to reflect current global realities, efforts have been mired in national and regional rivalries.
The African Union has called for the council to be expanded to 26 members with six additional permanent seats, including two for Africa with veto power, and five non-permanent seats for Africa. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/russias-lavrov-urges-un-reforms-to-raise-africas-voice/ | 2022-07-26 19:11:51 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/russias-lavrov-urges-un-reforms-to-raise-africas-voice/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – While riding his all-terrain vehicle along the coast near Florence, Oregon, Wednesday afternoon, Adoni Tegner came across what he could only describe as a sea monster.
“It just didn’t look anything like what I’ve ever seen. It looked more stringy and it almost looked like it had been a large squid or something,” he said.
The thing was the size of a pickup truck. It reeked of decomposing mammal, and it was covered in what appeared to be long, white hair.
Tegner rushed back to town to bring his girlfriend, Merica Lynn, out to see what he’d found. She was just as shocked and had no idea what she was looking at.
“We’ve seen whales wash up before, and some that had been stuck on the shore for a few weeks, and never have they grown hair like that,” she said.
Lynn touched it and said it was “firm but squishy” and felt blubbery. She could tell it was the body of something; she just didn’t know what. Tegner was confused by the long tendrils that appeared to be attached to it. He could see them move every time waves hit it.
“If it had been torn apart, it was really odd how the muscle structure broke down and almost made it look like it had some kind of tentacles on it,” he said.
The ribs — under what appeared to be hair and flesh — also looked unusual to him.
Lynn took a video and posted it on Facebook to ask if anyone knew what it was.
Friends started chiming in saying it appeared to be a “globster,” the name given to large, decomposing marine animals that have washed ashore in the past and appear to be covered in fur.
If it is a globster, Tegner and Lynn are perhaps one of only a handful of people in the world who’ve reported finding one.
According to LiveScience, something similar washed ashore on a beach in The Philippines in 2018. Like the thing Tegner and Lynn found, this so-called globster was covered in what looked like white hair and was as big as a truck.
At the time, a fishery law enforcement official said it was likely the remains of a whale.
In another report, LiveScience says globsters tend to intrigue people because they’re “mysterious and deformed.” The article cited marine biologist Ben Roesch who’s studied the massive, odd objects that have washed ashore in the past and said they often turn out to be whales or sharks or other sea creatures.
Lynn was surprised at how closely the globster they found resembled ones that have been seen in the past.
KOIN 6 News contacted Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center to see if a marine biologist could share more information about the mysterious discovery on the beach.
Jim Rice, a stranding program manager, replied and said it simply appears to be the decomposed remains of a dead whale.
“What looks like hair is the decomposing remains of other body tissues: muscle, nerves, tendons etc. I would estimate that this one has been dead for several months,” he said.
Oregon State Parks first reported this globster to him in late September.
Rice said OSU typically receives a few such reports of severely decomposed whales each year along the Oregon coast.
Tegner and Lynn say they’ll never forget what they saw that day on the beach. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/couple-discovers-what-appears-to-be-a-globster-on-the-oregon-coast/ | 2022-10-14 04:02:14 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/couple-discovers-what-appears-to-be-a-globster-on-the-oregon-coast/ |
HSINCHU, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS), an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services ("OSAT"), announced a US$1.477 cash dividend per ADS (or approximately US$1.147 per ADS after the Taiwan withholding tax and Citibank, N.A.'s depositary fees) will be distributed on July 27, 2023.
ADS holders are encouraged to check with their securities brokers for receipt of dividend payments. Questions may be directed to Citibank, N.A.'s Tiffany Ma (Tel: +1-973-461-5734 or tiffany.ma@citi.com).
About ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC.:
ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. ("ChipMOS" or the "Company") (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 8150 and NASDAQ: IMOS) (www.chipmos.com) is an industry leading provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test services. With advanced facilities in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Industrial Park and Southern Taiwan Science Park in Taiwan, ChipMOS is known for its track record of excellence and history of innovation. The Company provides end-to-end assembly and test services to leading fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers and independent semiconductor foundries serving virtually all end markets worldwide.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America will reimburse customers more than $100 million and pay $150 million in fines for “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, withholding reward bonuses on credit cards and opening accounts without customer consent.
Combined, it is one of the highest financial penalties in years against Bank of America, which has largely spent the last 15 years trying to clean up its reputation and market itself to the public as a bank focused on financial health and not on overdraft fee income and financial trickery.
BofA must refund $100 million to customers, pay $90 million in penalties to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and $60 million to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. “Bank of America wrongfully withheld credit card rewards, double-dipped on fees, and opened accounts without consent,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, in a statement. “These practices are illegal and undermine customer trust.”
Empowered by a broad mandate from the White House, Chopra and the bureau have focused heavily in the past year on the issue of “ junk fees ” — fees charged to Americans that are often seen as unnecessary or exploitative by banks, debt collectors, airlines and concert venues. Banks such as BofA, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and others have been a target for the bureau under the Biden administration.
Part of the fines and penalties come because Bank of America had a policy of charging customers $35 after the bank declined a transaction because the customer did not have enough funds in their account, the CFPB said. The agency determined that the bank double-dipped by allowing fees to be repeatedly charged for the same transaction.
The fees often came when customers had routine monthly transactions, like a gym membership. If a customer had too low of a balance to cover the transaction, it would be declined and BofA would charge the customer a $35 fee. The business, who hasn’t been paid, often would recharge the customer’s account, resulting in another $35 non-sufficient funds fee.
The bank ended this practice last year, but will still have to repay customers who got charged before the policy was changed.
BofA has been cutting down on its reliance on overdraft fee revenue for more than a decade, and cut how much it charges customers for an overdraft to $15 last year. Brian Moynihan, the bank’s CEO and chairman, told The Associated Press in 2022 that under these new policies, overdraft fee income was down 90% from 2021. The bank said that it voluntarily reduced overdraft fees and eliminated all non-sufficient fund fees in the first half of last year.
Bank of America also offered people cash rewards and bonus points when signing up for a card, but the CFPB said the bank illegally withheld promised credit card account bonuses.
The CFPB also found that, since at least 2012, Bank of America employees illegally applied for and enrolled consumers in credit card accounts without their knowledge or authorization. It is a similar to, but smaller than, a charge that was made against Wells Fargo, which paid billions in fines after it was determined that the San Francisco bank opened millions of unauthorized bank accounts in order to meet unrealistic sales goals.
In 2014 the CFPB ordered Bank of America to pay $727 million for illegal credit card practices. Last year it was ordered to pay a $10 million civil penalty over unlawful garnishments. Also in 2022, the CFPB and OCC fined Bank of America $225 million and required it to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in redress to consumers for botched disbursement of state unemployment benefits at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-bank-of-america-to-pay-more-than-100m-for-doubling-fees-opening-accounts-without-customer-consent/ | 2023-07-12 05:02:19 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-bank-of-america-to-pay-more-than-100m-for-doubling-fees-opening-accounts-without-customer-consent/ |
Japan to keep stake in Russian energy project in Sakhalin
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s industry minister says that a Japanese consortium has decided to retain its stake in the new Russian operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project. Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said the company would notify Moscow of its decision by a Nov. 11 deadline. Nishimura welcomed it as a step toward securing stable energy supplies for resource-scarce Japan. He said shareholders of Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co., or SODECO, a consortium of Japanese companies holding a 30% stake in Sakhalin-1, voted unanimously to keep the stake. The project earlier was led by Exxon Mobil. Many major Western energy companies have withdrawn from projects in Russia due to the war in Ukraine. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/04/japan-to-keep-stake-in-russian-energy-project-in-sakhalin/ | 2022-11-05 03:40:51 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/04/japan-to-keep-stake-in-russian-energy-project-in-sakhalin/ |
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