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DEERFIELD, Ill. — DEERFIELD, Ill. — Surgalign Holdings, Inc. (SRGA) on Thursday reported a loss of $39.1 million in its fourth quarter.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation on Thursday that would make the minimum pay for public school teachers in the U.S. $60,000 a year, following calls from President Biden to give teachers a raise last month.
The Pay Teachers Act of 2023, co-sponsored by a number of lawmakers including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), would provide states with federal funds to establish minimum teacher salaries of at least $60,000 a year. It would also triple the funding of the Title I-A program, which provides funding to schools with a high percentage of students that come from low income backgrounds.
“It is simply unacceptable that, in the richest country in the history of the world, many teachers are having to work two or three extra jobs just to make ends meet,” Sanders said in a statement. “No public school teacher in America should make less than $60,000 a year.”
The bill would also triple funding for rural education programs and prop up programs to diversify the teacher workforce.
The push from Sanders to boost public teacher pay comes after Biden included a call for raises for public educators in his State of the Union address last month.
“Any nation that out-educates is going to out-compete us,” Biden said in the speech. “Let’s give public school teachers a raise.”
Sanders has blasted the pay of public school teachers in the U.S. in the past, and cited rising levels of stress and increasing trends of teachers quitting as the reason why the federal government needed to support them.
The legislative push by Sanders has garnered the support of the National Education Association, the largest labor union in the country.
Lawmakers in the House introduced legislation late last year to increase the minimum wage of teachers in the U.S. to $60,000. The American Teacher Act, sponsored by Reps. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), would encourage states to raise their minimum salaries for teachers through a federal grant program. | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/sanders-introduces-bill-to-raise-minimum-teacher-pay-to-60000-a-year/ | 2023-03-09 19:21:47 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/sanders-introduces-bill-to-raise-minimum-teacher-pay-to-60000-a-year/ |
On Wednesday night, the U.S. played out a tense tie with the Netherlands in the Women’s World Cup. It was a close game — a repeat of the 2019 final — and the Dutch were ahead and looking better for a long stretch. The U.S. team now faces Portugal with a place in the knockout round on the line. Deepa talks with Ellen Hyslop from the “Gist of It” sports podcast for more on that and the rest of the action so far.
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(The Hill) — Rapper and actor Queen Latifah, comedian Billy Crystal, singer Dionne Warwick, Bee Gees member Barry Gibb and opera star Renée Fleming are joining an exclusive club: They’re this year’s Kennedy Center Honors recipients.
The John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts announced the slate of five honorees on Thursday, saying the group is being recognized for lifetime artistic achievements.
The honorees represent “an extraordinary mix of individuals who have redefined their art forms and demonstrated remarkable tenacity and authenticity in becoming an original,” Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter said. “Each of them has explored new terrain, stretched artistic boundaries, and most importantly, committed to sharing their gifts with the world,” Rutter said in a statement.
Gloria Estefan will host the Honors gala on Dec. 3 in Washington, which is traditionally attended by the sitting president.
President Joe Biden restored the custom in 2021 after former President Donald Trump declined to attend the black-tie event in 2017 following criticism of him by several honorees. The Trumps ultimately didn’t attend any of the Kennedy Center Honors while they were in the White House.
The December soiree will also mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, with the Kennedy Center calling it “a uniquely American culture whose constant evolution is one of enduring relevance and impact.”
Past Honors recipients include: Gladys Knight, U2, Dick Van Dyke, Al Pacino, Tom Hanks, Carlos Santana and Bette Midler, among others.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until February 6, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against F45 Training Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: FXLV), if they purchased or acquired the Company's shares pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
If you purchased shares of F45 as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-fxlv/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by February 6, 2023.
F45 and certain of its executives and others are charged with failing to disclose material information in its IPO Registration Statement and Prospectus (collectively, the "Offering Documents"), violating federal securities laws.
On July 26, 2022, the Company disclosed that its CEO had resigned, that about 60% fewer exercise studios would be opening than previously stated, that a $250 million credit line was no longer available, and that it made significant cuts to its financial guidance including decreasing full-year 2022 revenue to just between $120 million and $130 million, compared to the prior guidance of $255 million to $275 million, and full-year Adjusted EBITDA between $25 million and $30 million, compared to the prior guidance of $90 million to $100 million.
On this news, shares of F45 plummeted over 60%, from a close of $3.51 on July 26 to close at $1.35 on July 27, 2022, more than a 78% decline from its offering price of $16 per share on July 16, 2021.
The case is Kenzie Goer v. F45 Training Holdings, Inc., et al., No. 1:22-cv-01291.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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NEW YORK, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Homology Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIXX).
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According to a filed complaint, Homology Medicines, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had overstated the efficacy and risk mitigation of its lead product candidate, HMI-102; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to commercialize HMI102 in its present form; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Coming off a rare loss that also resulted in the loss of a critical contributor, the West Essex field hockey team found the perfect antidote under overcast skies Monday afternoon.
Two goals from Cielle McInerney in a 77-second span of the third period and 21 stops from Abby Zanelli helped West Essex, No. 5 in the NJ.com Top 20, bounce back in a big way with a 2-1 decision over No. 2 Oak Knoll on Monday in North Caldwell.
The emotional victory was earned without the talents of team captain Haleigh Farese, who suffered a facial injury that required 35 stitches and cost her some teeth during Saturday’s narrow loss to The Hill School (PA).
“I give that I give a lot of credit to my girls because to lose their starting senior captain at defense ... it was awesome,” West Essex coach Jill Cosse said. “These are the kinds of things that you look back on and just you see what you’re made of as a person. That’s the substance you want to be made of.”
It was a big step for a young team, which improved its record to 10-2.
“We lost 16 seniors, lost seven starters who started for four years on my field,” Cosse said. “I only had four returners back in this lineup ... They had to play with something more than just their skills. I give them a lot of credit because they knew that we are 11-deep and then we’ve been building out from that 11 since when last season ended in November.”
It was perhaps only appropriate that a member of West Essex’s small but experienced senior class picked up the slack in Farese’s absence, as McInerney’s goals erased a small but dangerous 1-0 deficit from halftime. The fourth-year Knights had accomplished plenty during their time in North Caldwell, but a victory against their rivals from Summit proved elusive, as they had gone 0-2-1 versus the Union County foe over the past three seasons.
The current group refused to let another opportunity for a win pass it by, as the team matched the score by which it lost to Oak Knoll last year.
“We worked so hard all season for this game and just like to bring it all together finally for the last time just you know really means a lot for us,” McInerney said. “I knew that this was going to be a lot of pressure. We have a lot of girls younger girls compared to last year, when we had all senior starters. A lot of girls now are first-year starters. my message to them was to just stay calm and just let them know we’re in it together.”
“We’ve played with them before, it’s always been a constant rivalry,” Zanelli said of the importance of the annual West Essex-Oak Knoll showdown. “We’ve been so equally matched over the years and it’s just so exciting when we finally have that game where the intensity is just off the walls and it brings out the best in our play.”
Oak Knoll (7-4) refused to go quietly, jumping out to an early lead when Emma Ramsey scored on the first of four first half penalty corner attempts. The Royals were awarded 14 more such attempts in the second half but were stymied by Zanelli, whose 21 saves were good for her best tally against a New Jersey-based opponent this season. Cosse praised Alexa Sedicino for stepping in for the injured Farese on defense, which withstood one final sustained pressure after a final penalty corner in the final minute. They spent the final 45 seconds on the other end running out the clock to secure the narrow victory.
“I thought we actually played really well,” Oak Knoll coach Ali Good said. “I just thought sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way ... I thought their goalie played sensationally, I thought my goalie (Madeline Sepe) played excellently. You just have to be able to capitalize on those (corner) opportunities. My group, they’ll keep their heads up. We’re a strong program and we’ve scheduled the hardest schedule by far in the entire state.
“Our losses and wins may look odd to people. But for us, that’s not what matters. It’s about them growing as a team, getting better as a team. I really want them to come away with this with confidence because I thought that they played a great game and I’m really proud of the way that they played today.”
West Essex returns to action next Monday afternoon on the road against Westfield, while Oak Knoll faces a matinee at No. 3 Camden Catholic on Saturday morning.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Patient Square Capital announced today that Kaveh Samie has been named a Partner of the firm and will serve as Chairman and CEO of MENA and Head of International Fund Partnerships. Prior to joining Patient Square, Mr. Samie was Executive Chairman and the Head of MENA for Neuberger Berman. He has also served as a Senior Advisor to Patient Square.
For over 35 years, Mr. Samie has built relationships with CEOs and large sophisticated investors, managed transactions, and run regional activities in the Middle East and North Africa as well as other geographies.
"I have known Kaveh for over a dozen years and worked directly with him for over ten. Kaveh is an unmatched expert in the Middle East region. His knowledge, insights and relationships will be instrumental in allowing us to continue to raise capital to invest in companies improving patient lives," said Jim Momtazee, Managing Partner of Patient Square.
"Kaveh will have a tremendous impact here as we seek to strengthen and grow our relationships with our limited partners. We feel quite fortunate to leverage his expertise," said Jake Cabala, Partner at Patient Square and Head of Fund Partnerships.
"Working with the team at Patient Square this past year as a Senior Advisor has been a rewarding experience, and it's a team I'm honored to join full time," said Mr. Samie. "I'm eager to play my part in expanding the horizon of what Patient Square can accomplish."
Prior to joining Neuberger Berman, Mr. Samie was the CEO and Head of MENA and New Markets for KKR, where he led the firm's efforts to expand their presence, resulting in substantial regional growth. He managed transactions and relationships with government entities and sovereign wealth funds during his nine years at the firm. He also opened the first regulated office of a global private equity and alternatives firm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Before joining KKR, Mr. Samie was a Managing Director and Global Head of Equities for HSBC Middle East and North Africa. Prior to this role he was the Regional Head of Equities covering sovereign wealth funds, government entities, and family offices at Salomon Smith Barney and Citigroup. Previously, he worked at Oppenheimer & Co., Prudential Securities, and Bank of Julius Baer.
About Patient Square Capital
Patient Square Capital (www.patientsquarecapital.com) is a dedicated health care investment firm that partners with best-in-class management teams whose products, services and technologies improve health. Patient Square utilizes deep industry expertise, a broad network of relationships and a true partnership approach to make investments in companies grow and thrive. Patient Square invests in businesses that strive to improve patient lives, strengthen communities, and create a healthier world. Patient Square's team of industry-leading executives is differentiated by the depth of focus in health care, the breadth of health care investing experience, and the network it can activate to drive differentiated outcomes.
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WFO PORTLAND Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, January 22, 2023
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NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are starting a new women’s basketball league to give top players another option to play in the U.S. in the offseason once the league’s prioritization rules go into effect next year.
The new league, which is called Unrivaled, will run from January through March and have 30 of the top women’s players playing on six teams. Instead of the traditional 5-on-5 game, the teams will play 3-on-3 and 1-on-1 at a custom-built soundstage in Miami.
The league was first reported by ESPN.
“We remain committed to the WNBA, however there’s a problem that exists, which is players having to choose whether to play overseas to maximize earnings in the winter or stay home with family. We’ve decided to create our own solution,” Collier tweeted.
The hope is to raise enough funding to pay players roughly what they make during the WNBA season to help offset the money they’d be losing out on by not playing overseas in the offseason. The maximum base salary for WNBA players is just over $230,000. Players like Stewart have earned more than a million dollars playing overseas in the past.
“Every initial player will receive equity ownership within the league and earn salaries that are competitive to the WNBA,” Collier said. “We do plan on expanding.”
Collier said the new league will play on shortened full courts with more spacing, more scoring and shorter games.
The prioritization rules were part of the collective bargaining agreement that was ratified in 2020 and requires players to return from their international teams by the start of WNBA training camps or else not be able to play in the league’s season. Overseas seasons often run through the middle of May, conflicting with the WNBA calendar.
Unrivaled would join Athletes Unlimited as a domestic offseason option for women’s basketball players. AU has 44 players in its league and is set to begin its third season next year.
“I think the future is bright,” said Megan Perry, who was announced Thursday as AU’s head of sport. “The more opportunities they have to play the better it is. I don’t think we could be anything but excited about the new opportunities that exist domestically for women’s basketball. You look at the overall landscape of women’s basketball in the global community — it’s good for the game and speaks to the demand that exists. There’s room for everyone at the table.”
Both Stewart and Collier have played overseas in their careers. Collier stopped after giving birth to her first child last year. Stewart’s wife, Marta Xargay, is expecting their second child in the fall.
“Stewie & I both have daughters. It’s our responsibility to show them & every young girl that looks up to us that sometimes you don’t have to wait your turn,” Collier tweeted. “You can either beg for a seat at the table or you can build your own table. We’re building our own table.”
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FATE) between April 2, 2020 and January 5, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 22, 2023.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Fate securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Fate class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=11392 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than March 22, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose, among other things, that: (1) the Janssen Collaboration Agreement was less sustainable than Fate had represented to investors; (2) accordingly, certain of the clinical programs, milestone payments, and royalty payments associated with the Janssen Collaboration Agreement could not be relied upon as future revenue sources; (3) as a result, Fate had overstated the impact of the Janssen Collaboration Agreement's on Fate's long-term clinical and commercial profitability; and (4) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the truth emerged, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Fate class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=11392 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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THE SOUND MIND, SOUND BODY CONTEST WILL BENEFIT YOUTH PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BOSTON, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ASICS and BSN SPORTS have announced the launch of a nationwide Sound Mind, Sound Body Contest targeting youth programs from across the country. Four awards totaling $12,000 each will be distributed with a focus on teams who support the sports of cross country, track & field, volleyball and wrestling.
The entry window for the Sound Mind, Sound Body Contest is now open and will run through Friday, March 17, 2023. Twelve finalists will be selected in mid-March and the four winning teams will be unveiled in an announcement on May 1. Interested teams can nominate themselves or another deserving team by visiting www.bsnsports.com/ib/asicscontest.
"ASICS is honored to launch the new Sound Mind Sound Body Contest alongside BSN SPORTS," said ASICS Elite Athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist Valarie Allman. "Participating in youth sports was integral to the athletic successes that I have enjoyed throughout my career and we are proud to help support young athletes through these four targeted awards."
"The impact of a great coach extends well beyond the win column. Great coaches teach athletes confident leadership, effective communication skills, tools to build relationships, how to carry themselves through times of adversity and so much more. For these reasons, BSN SPORTS is eager to spotlight influential coaches leveraging the power of sport for good through the Sound Mind, Sound Body Contest. By teaming up with our partners at ASICS, award recipients will benefit from meaningful resources to continue developing well-rounded athletes and teams," said BSN SPORTS President Terry Babilla.
In addition to the monetary prize, the contest will award each winning team a free professional development session through the Believe in You Empowerment Program (valued at $1,000). The Believe in You Empowerment Program, developed by BSN SPORTS' parent company Varsity Brands, provides free resources and curriculum to guide teachers and coaches in facilitating character education and leadership development to help students unlock their potential and strive toward their goals.
For more information on ASICS, please visit, www.asics.com and for BSN SPORTS, please visit, www.bsnsports.com.
About BSN SPORTS
Dallas-based BSN SPORTS is the leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods apparel and equipment. A division of Varsity Brands, BSN SPORTS markets and distributes its products to over 150,000 institutional and team sports customers in colleges and universities, middle and high schools, and recreational programs throughout the United States via catalog, e-commerce, and direct sales. Focused on providing game changing solutions through local partnerships, multi-brand selection and one-stop shopping for equipment and uniforms, BSN SPORTS' more than 3,000 employees have been helping elevate participation in team sports since 1972. For more information about BSN SPORTS please visit www.bsnsports.com.
About ASICS
Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, meaning "A Sound Mind in a Sound Body," is an old Latin phrase from which ASICS is derived and the fundamental platform on which the brand still stands. The company was founded more than 70 years ago by Kihachiro Onitsuka and is now a leading designer and manufacturer of performance athletic footwear, apparel and accessories. For more information, visit www.asics.com. Follow @ASICSamerica on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for exclusive content and real-time news around ASICS products, events, and elite athletes.
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Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports.
Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords and others use to judge creditworthiness. The companies also will start giving people a year to resolve delinquent medical debt that has been sent to collections before reporting it — up from six months previously.
Next year, the companies also will stop counting unpaid medical debt under at least $500.
The companies say these moves will wipe out nearly 70% of the medical debt listed on consumer credit reports.
Patient advocates call that a huge advance. But they question whether medical debt should be on credit reports at all, given that many see it as a poor indicator of whether someone is trustworthy for a loan or rent.
“These aren’t people who bought shoes they couldn’t afford,” said Amanda Dunker, of the nonprofit Community Service Society of New York. “They went to a doctor because they were sick or needed help with an injury.”
Brooke Davis had about $1,300 in medical debt from a breast cancer scare that lingered for years on her credit report.
The 48-year-old McDonough, Georgia, resident said that made it difficult to rent an apartment, and she needed a co-signer for a car loan.
“You can’t get anything, you can’t even get a credit card if you have bad credit,” she said.
The non-profit RIP Medical Debt relieved Davis’s debt last fall. But more health problems and the loss of a job have pushed Davis back into debt. She’s currently stuck with a swollen knee for which she can’t see her doctor.
“I don’t have the money to really go for my knee right now, so I’ve just been suffering with it,” she said.
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has said its research shows mortgages and credit cards are better predictors than medical bills of whether someone will repay a debt.
The agency, which monitors banks, lenders and other financial institutions, has noted that people often don’t have time to shop for the best price when they seek care and may have little control over the progress of a serious illness.
Medical billing errors can wind up on credit reports. And patients are sometimes unsure about what they owe or whether an insurer will eventually pay it.
The agency said earlier this year it estimates that 58% of the debt in collections and on credit records is from medical bills, and past-due medical debt is more prevalent among Black and Hispanic people.
The bureau is trying to determine whether unpaid medical bills should be included on credit reports.
John McNamara, an assistant director with the bureau, declined to estimate when the agency might make a decision. It could propose a rule, after hearing from all sides on the issue, that would end the practice.
Credit reporting companies also are considering whether medical debt should remain on the reports, said Justin Hakes, a vice president with the Consumer Data Industry Association.
The three national credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax and TransUnion — announced the medical debt changes in March, after the bureau said it would hold those companies accountable for the accuracy of their reports.
Patient advocates said those changes will help a lot of people.
The wait in reporting delinquent debt will give patients time to figure out how to resolve a bill, noted Chi Chi Wu, an attorney with the National Consumer Law Center.
“It gives more breathing room to deal with the insurance company or your provider,” Wu said. “Everybody has a story about that.”
Much of the medical debt that landed on Melina Oien’s credit report several years ago was for bills that were under $500. The Tacoma, Washington, resident said she was living in an expensive place, Hawaii, where her former husband was stationed for the military. They were getting care for a daughter who had health issues that included a rare condition that affected her metabolism.
“We would zero out our checking account with living expenses every month,” she said. “When you are counting out $5 for gas until the next payday, how do you pay a $30 bill?”
A severance package from the military eventually helped them pay their medical debt a few years ago. Oien said her credit score jumped about 70 points just from that.
But before that happened, they had to deal with higher interest rates on any loans they took out, and they could only get a mortgage after her sister gave them money to pay down some debt.
“It was embarrassing, it was very stressful,” said Oien, who now works as a patient advocate.
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NY Buffalo NY Zone Forecast for Saturday, January 21, 2023
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Zone Forecasts for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
NYZ001-222215-
Niagara-
Including the city of Niagara Falls
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow early this afternoon.
Snow with a chance of rain late. Snow accumulation an inch or less.
Highs in the mid 30s. Light winds. Chance of precipitation
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows around
30. Light winds, becoming north 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
90 percent.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning,
then scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers overnight.
Lows in the lower 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming southwest
with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then
scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. West
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain and sleet. Lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ010-222215-
Northern Erie-
Including the city of Buffalo
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...A chance of rain and snow early this afternoon. Snow and
rain late. Snow accumulation an inch or less. Highs in the upper
30s. Light winds. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows around
30. Light winds, becoming north around 10 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or
less. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west.
Chance of snow 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening,
then a chance of snow showers overnight. Near steady temperatures in
the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming southwest with
gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and sleet. Lows around 30. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ002-222215-
Orleans-
Including the city of Medina
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow early this afternoon.
Snow with rain likely late. Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in
the upper 30s. Light winds. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Accumulation around an inch. Lows in the lower 30s.
Light winds, becoming north 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 90 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then
scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers overnight.
Near steady temperatures in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then
scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. West
winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain and sleet. Lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ011-222215-
Genesee-
Including the city of Batavia
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow early this afternoon.
Snow with rain likely late. Snow accumulation an inch or less. Highs
in the upper 30s. Light southeast winds. Chance of precipitation
90 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows around
30. Light winds, becoming north around 10 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or
less. Near steady temperatures in the lower 30s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow showers overnight.
Near steady temperatures in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and sleet. Lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows around
20. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
around 30.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ085-222215-
Southern Erie-
Including the cities of Orchard Park and Springville
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...A chance of snow and rain early this afternoon. Snow and
rain late. Snow accumulation an inch or less. Highs in the mid 30s.
Light southeast winds. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation ranging from around an inch
across the lower elevations to 1 to 2 inches across the higher
terrain. Lows in the upper 20s. Light winds, becoming north around
10 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation ranging from
little or nothing across the lower elevations to around an inch
across the higher terrain. Highs ranging from the lower 30s inland
to the mid 30s along the Lake Erie shore. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening,
then a chance of snow showers overnight. Near steady temperatures
ranging from the upper 20s on the hilltops to the lower 30s across
the lower elevations. West winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming southwest
with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Windy with highs ranging from the
lower 30s inland to the mid 30s along the Lake Erie shore. West
winds 15 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow and rain. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain. Lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Numerous snow showers. Lows 20 to 25. Chance of
snow 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
around 30.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ012-222215-
Wyoming-
Including the city of Warsaw
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...A chance of snow early this afternoon. Snow late.
Accumulation an inch or less. Highs in the mid 30s. Light south
winds. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the
upper 20s. Light winds, becoming north around 10 mph. Chance of snow
near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or
less. Near steady temperatures ranging from the upper 20s on the
hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower elevations. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening,
then a chance of snow showers overnight. Windy. Near steady
temperatures ranging from the upper 20s on the hilltops to around
30 across the lower elevations. West winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts
up to 40 mph overnight. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Windy
with highs ranging from around 30 on the hilltops to the mid 30s
across the lower elevations. West winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up
to 40 mph in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain, sleet and freezing rain. Lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows around
20. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ019-222215-
Chautauqua-
Including the city of Jamestown
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Snow and rain this afternoon. Snow accumulation around an
inch. Highs in the mid 30s. Light southeast winds. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the
upper 20s. Light winds, becoming north 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow
near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or less.
Highs ranging from around 30 on the hilltops to the mid 30s across
the lower elevations. North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west.
Chance of snow 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening,
then a chance of snow showers overnight. Windy with lows ranging
from the upper 20s in interior valleys to the lower 30s along the
Lake Erie shore. West winds 15 to 30 mph, becoming southwest. Chance
of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Windy with highs ranging from around 30 on the hilltops to the mid
30s across the lower elevations. Southwest winds 15 to 30 mph,
becoming west.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow and rain. Highs in the upper 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and sleet. Lows in the upper 20s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Numerous snow showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
Chance of snow 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Snow showers likely. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Lows in the lower 20s. Chance
of snow 60 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ020-222215-
Cattaraugus-
Including the city of Olean
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...A chance of snow and rain early this afternoon. Snow and
rain late. Snow accumulation around an inch. Highs in the mid 30s.
Southeast winds 10 mph or less. Chance of precipitation near
100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the
upper 20s. Southeast winds 10 mph or less, becoming north. Chance of
snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or less.
Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, increasing to
10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening.
Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow and freezing rain. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain, sleet and freezing rain. Lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Numerous snow showers. Lows around 20. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ021-222215-
Allegany-
Including the city of Wellsville
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...A chance of snow and rain early this afternoon. Snow late.
Snow accumulation an inch or less. Highs in the mid 30s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the
upper 20s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north. Chance of
snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or
less. Highs in the lower 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds 10 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs ranging from around 30 on the hilltops to the mid 30s across
the lower elevations. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain. Lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows around
20. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ013-222215-
Livingston-
Including the city of Geneseo
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...A chance of rain and snow early this afternoon. Rain and
snow late. Snow accumulation ranging from little or nothing across
the lower elevations to an inch or less across the higher terrain.
Highs in the upper 30s. Southeast winds 10 mph or less. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the
lower 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north. Chance of
snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or less.
Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperatures ranging from
the upper 20s on the hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower
elevations. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
ranging from the lower 30s on the hilltops to the mid 30s across the
lower elevations. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain. Lows around
30. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows around
20. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ014-222215-
Ontario-
Including the city of Canandaigua
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain and snow early this afternoon.
Snow and rain late. Snow accumulation ranging from little or nothing
across the lower elevations to an inch or less across the higher
terrain. Highs in the upper 30s. Light winds, becoming southeast
5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows ranging
from the upper 20s on the hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower
elevations. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming north. Chance of
snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or less.
Near steady temperatures ranging from the upper 20s on the hilltops
to the lower 30s across the lower elevations. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Near steady temperatures ranging from
the upper 20s on the hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower
elevations. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Windy
with highs ranging from the lower 30s on the hilltops to the mid 30s
across the lower elevations. West winds 15 to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and freezing rain. Lows around 30.
Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs around 30.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ003-222215-
Monroe-
Including the city of Rochester
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow late. Little or no snow accumulation.
Highs in the upper 30s. Light southeast winds. Chance of
precipitation 80 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Accumulation around an inch. Lows in the lower 30s.
Light winds, becoming north 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or
less. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming
northwest. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries overnight. Near
steady temperatures in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then
scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and sleet. Lows around 30. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
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NYZ004-222215-
Wayne-
Including the city of Newark
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow likely late. Little or no snow
accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. Light winds, becoming
southeast around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the lower 30s.
Southeast winds 10 mph or less, becoming northeast. Chance of snow
near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Additional accumulation an inch or
less. Near steady temperatures in the lower 30s. North winds 10 to
20 mph, becoming northwest. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening.
Near steady temperatures in the lower 30s. West winds 10 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 35 mph overnight.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then
scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow
40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and sleet. Lows in the lower 30s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ005-222215-
Northern Cayuga-
Including the city of Fair Haven
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow likely late. Little or no snow
accumulation. Highs in the upper 30s. Light winds, becoming
southeast around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Accumulation 1 to 2 inches. Lows in the lower 30s.
Southeast winds around 10 mph, becoming light. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Little or no additional accumulation. Near
steady temperatures in the lower 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening,
then scattered flurries overnight. Lows around 30. West winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph overnight. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the mid 30s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain, snow and sleet. Lows around 30. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows in the
lower 20s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
around 30.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows in the lower 20s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s.
$$
NYZ006-222215-
Oswego-
Including the city of Oswego
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Snow and rain likely late. Snow accumulation
ranging from little or nothing across the lower elevations to an
inch or less on the Tug Hill. Highs ranging from the lower 30s on
the Tug Hill to the upper 30s across the lower elevations. Light
winds, becoming southeast around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation ranging from 1 to 2 inches
across the lower elevations to 2 to 3 inches on the Tug Hill. Lows
ranging from the mid 20s on the Tug Hill to around 30 across the
lower elevations. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming light.
Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Little or no additional
accumulation. Highs ranging from the upper 20s on the Tug Hill to
the mid 30s across the lower elevations. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Near steady temperatures ranging from the mid 20s on the Tug Hill to
the lower 30s across the lower elevations. West winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph overnight.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs ranging from around 30 on
the Tug Hill to the mid 30s across the lower elevations. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows 20 to 25.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow, rain, sleet and freezing rain. Lows in the
upper 20s. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Numerous snow showers. Lows 15 to 20. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the upper 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ007-222215-
Jefferson-
Including the city of Watertown
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Scattered snow showers early. Snow likely late.
Accumulation an inch or less. Highs in the mid 30s. South winds
10 mph or less, becoming southeast. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Additional accumulation ranging from 1 to 2 inches
across the lower elevations to 2 to 3 inches on the Tug Hill. Lows
in the upper 20s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast.
Chance of snow near 100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the morning, then
scattered flurries in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the upper
20s on the Tug Hill to the lower 30s across the lower elevations.
North winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest. Chance of snow
50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries in the evening,
then snow showers likely overnight. Windy with lows ranging from the
mid 20s across the Tug Hill to around 30 along the Lake Ontario
shore. West winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Chance
of snow 60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers in the morning, then a chance of
snow showers in the afternoon. Windy with highs ranging from the
upper 20s on the Tug Hill to the mid 30s across the lower
elevations. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 80 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow likely. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance of snow
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow and freezing rain. Lows in the mid 20s.
Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs around 30. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Numerous snow showers. Lows 10 to 15. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the mid 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
in the lower 30s.
$$
NYZ008-222215-
Lewis-
Including the city of Lowville
337 AM EST Sun Jan 22 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Snow likely late. Little or no accumulation. Highs
in the lower 30s. South winds around 10 mph. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.TONIGHT...Snow. Accumulation 1 to 3 inches. Lows in the mid 20s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming light. Chance of snow near
100 percent.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance
of snow showers in the afternoon. Little or no additional
accumulation. Highs around 30. North winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
northwest 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of snow showers in the evening,
then snow showers likely overnight. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds
10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph overnight. Chance of snow
60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Snow showers likely in the morning, then a chance of snow
showers in the afternoon. Highs ranging from the upper 20s on the
hilltops to the lower 30s across the lower elevations. West winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows 15 to 20.
.WEDNESDAY...Snow likely. Highs in the upper 20s. Chance of snow
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Snow, sleet and freezing rain. Lows in the mid
20s. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
.THURSDAY...Occasional snow. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow
80 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Numerous snow showers. Lows 10 to 15. Chance of
snow 60 percent.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in
the lower 20s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Lows 15 to 20.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
around 30.
$$
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
California was only going to evade the heat for so long, and the heat is set to return with a bang this holiday weekend.
This weekend will be by far the hottest of the year so far as a strong high pressure system builds into the West Coast.
The 292-day streak of failing to reach 100 degrees in Sacramento is expected to end on Thursday. The state has been treated to a mild, cool spring, which has been vital towards fostering a manageable snowmelt period.
The high temperature on Wednesday was 90 in downtown Sacramento yesterday, which is technically still below average for this time of year.
Thursday is when the warming trend will really ramp up. Widespread 100 degree temperatures are expected on Thursday, with even warmer temperatures expected on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the high pressure parks itself overhead.
Risk of heat illness will be high, in part due to the lack of exposure to heat so far this year. Although temperatures will drop slightly after this weekend, the heat will be sticking around for much of next week including Independence Day.
Whether the plan is to hit the road or stay local, check out the localized forecasts below.
Central Valley
Temperatures are expected to soar near 110 degrees and potentially even higher in certain locations this weekend.
Moderate to extreme heat risk is the main weather story with highs 10-15 degrees above average.
High temperatures will rise to around 105 on Friday and could get close to 110 on Saturday, the peak of the heatwave. Further north in the valley, temperatures will push even higher. The forecast high in Redding is 111 on Saturday.
Highs will drop a few degrees from Saturday to Sunday but will remain very hot, similar to Friday's highs.
The Delta breeze won’t be around this weekend to cool temperatures down all that much at night. Overnight lows in the upper 60s and lower 70s are expected so don't expect much relief, especially on Saturday and Sunday.
High pressure systems are associated with sinking air and low winds, so expect air quality to decrease slightly as a result as well, particularly in areas affected by firework smoke.
Tahoe/Sierra
One of the main features of the weather pattern as of late for the Sierra has been afternoon thunderstorms.
The first half of the week featured some picturesque thunderstorms along the Sierra crest, but the storm activity is expected to die down by this weekend due to the high pressure squashing the instability that helps spark development.
Temperatures are expected in the 70s and 80s in the Sierra. South Lake Tahoe, an extremely popular Fourth of July destination, is forecast to push into the upper 80s.
One of the most dangerous places for heat risk will be in the foothills. When high pressure sits overhead, an inversion sets up in the overnight hours. Clear nights and calm winds allow for overnight temperatures in the valley to drop while temperatures in the foothills above the inversion remain elevated. Lows are expected in the upper 70s in areas within this "thermal belt" and areas below 5,000 feet are forecast to reach 100.
Higher in the mountains, overnight lows are expected to drop into the 50s.
Bay Area/Coast
The coast will be a great spot to escape the heat this weekend.
Cool conditions will be present this weekend along the California coast as the rest of the state bakes. High temperatures in San Francisco are expected to be in the 70s and the mornings will still be dominated by fog up and down the coast, as is usually the case this time of year.
Just a few miles inland in areas like Livermore, highs on Saturday are expected to shoot past 100.
Breezy conditions will be present on Friday but expect winds to calm down on Saturday and Sunday.
WATCH ALSO: | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/weekend-forecast-dangerous-heat-northern-ca/103-d978d0f2-b04f-4ddb-b1fa-c5936b7b2410 | 2023-06-29 23:58:31 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/weekend-forecast-dangerous-heat-northern-ca/103-d978d0f2-b04f-4ddb-b1fa-c5936b7b2410 |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
6-8-2-0
(six, eight, two, zero)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
6-8-2-0
(six, eight, two, zero) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Midday-game-17664692.php | 2022-12-19 19:58:26 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Midday-game-17664692.php |
Dear Abby: When I was 13, my 10-year-old cousin let a boy we did not know well into my house. Nobody else was there with us. He told her he wanted to “make out” with me, and he came upstairs. I confronted him and told him to leave. Later on, I told my mother about the incident, thinking I would be commended on my bravery.
Shortly afterward, against my will, she insisted my aunt, a hairstylist, cut my long hair up to my chin. I sobbed during the entire ordeal. My hair had given me confidence about my looks, which I needed because I was large-chested and embarrassed at that age about it. By cutting my hair against my will, my mother made me no longer trust her and think she didn’t love me or like me.
In later years, I realized she may have done it so I would not attract boys and there would be less risk of my being harmed by a boy like the one who got into our house. If that was the case, she should have sat me down and explained that the boy could have hurt, raped or even killed me. I am giving her the benefit of the doubt.
Recently, my aunt and I had a falling-out, and I remembered she was the one who actually did the cutting. I am feeling resentment toward her after all these years. I would like parents to know that cutting a teenager’s hair at such a vulnerable stage of their development should not be a punishment. It is disrespectful and oversteps a child’s boundaries. Am I correct in my thinking? — Still Remembers in Virginia
Dear Still Remembers: Yes, you are. Your mother punished you for being an attractive young girl, which wasn’t your fault. What she did was a form of assault and blaming the victim, and it was outrageous. It’s a shame your aunt couldn’t have talked some sense into your mother.
P.S. You did nothing wrong. Your cousin let the boy into the house, and your cousin should have been lectured about it.
Dear Abby: I went through breast cancer a few years ago. My breasts are now two different sizes because of the lumpectomy. I wear a gel prosthetic in my bra to camouflage it, and I’m extremely self-conscious about it. Because of this, I haven’t dated in 10 years. How can I get past this fear of rejection? — Out of the Game in Illinois
Dear Out: I wish you had joined a cancer support group right after that lumpectomy. If you had, you would have received emotional support and tips for dating from other women who have had cancer surgery. Countless women have had breast surgery similar to yours.
If a potential partner is interested in you as a person, they won’t be turned off by the fact that your breasts aren’t the same size. Many women are born with asymmetrical breasts and live full, happy lives. A way to get past this fear would be to open up and reach out. Another would be to talk to your doctor or a mental health professional. The only thing you SHOULDN’T do is hide yourself away as though having survived cancer is something to be ashamed of.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a shooter opened fire inside the building of about 200 students, police said.
Police received a call about an active shooter at The Covenant School — a Presbyterian school — around 10:15 a.m. Authorities said that about 15 minutes after that call to police, the shooter was dead. The remaining students were ferried to a safe location to be reunited with their parents.
Here’s what we know and don’t know about the shooting:
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED?
Nashville police said six people, including three students, were killed. The victims were identified as Cynthia Peak, 61; Katherine Koonce, 60; Mike Hill, 61; and Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, all age 9. Police officers also killed the shooter.
The website of The Covenant School, founded in 2001, lists a Katherine Koonce as the head of the school. Her LinkedIn profile says she has led the school since July 2016. Peak was a substitute teacher, and Hill was a custodian, according to investigators.
On Tuesday night, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Peak was a close friend of his wife, Maria, and that the two had been scheduled to have dinner after Peak taught that day.
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WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE NASHVILLE SHOOTER?
Police gave unclear information on the shooter’s gender. For hours, police identified the shooter as a 28-year-old woman and eventually as Audrey Hale. Then at a late afternoon press conference, the police chief said that Hale was transgender. After the news conference, police spokesperson Don Aaron declined to elaborate on how Hale identified.
In an email Tuesday, police spokesperson Kristin Mumford said Hale “was assigned female at birth. Hale did use male pronouns on a social media profile.”
Police said Hale was a former student of the school, but it was unclear if Hale had any current affiliation with the school or was related to anyone in the school at the time of the shooting. Police said the shooter had made a detailed map of the school and conducted surveillance of the building before carrying out the massacre.
Police said Hale had two “assault-style” weapons and a pistol when Hale shot through the front door to enter the building. Police said Tuesday that Hale had legally purchased seven firearms from five different stores in the Nashville area.
Investigators found a sawed-off shotgun, a second shotgun and other unspecified evidence during a search of Hale’s home. Police Chief John Drake said Hale’s parents were unaware that Hale had obtained most of the weapons. They told police Hale was under a doctor’s care for an undisclosed emotional disorder, Drake said. Hale’s parents also said they believed Hale had only purchased one gun and had sold it.
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HOW WAS THE NASHVILLE SHOOTER KILLED?
A team of five Nashville police officers entered the school after the initial call, said Aaron, the police spokesperson. While clearing the first floor of students and staff, they heard shots being fired on the second floor.
Two of the officers opened fire in response and fatally struck Hale at about 10:27 a.m., police said. Police identified Rex Engelbert, a four-year member of the force, and Michael Collazo, a nine-year member, as the officers who fatally shot Hale.
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WHAT VIDEOS HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND WHAT DO THEY SHOW?
Police released body camera footage Tuesday from two officers that showed a team of Nashville Police SWAT officers briefly speaking to a staff member outside before entering the building and searching several classrooms quickly. They then rush toward the second floor where gunshots could be heard.
Officers are heard yelling commands, followed by a barrage of gunfire. Shortly after, an officer yells for Hale to stop moving and “get your hands away from the gun.” Hale, whose face and injuries are blurred in the released footage, is seen laying on the floor motionless.
The six-minute video supplements a release late Monday, of about two minutes of edited surveillance footage that shows the shooter’s car driving up to the school, glass doors being shot out and the shooter ducking through one of them.
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DO WE KNOW THE MOTIVE?
Investigators were sent to the shooter’s home shortly after Hale was killed, police said. Hale had a map of the school with a planned route for the shooting, and officers found writings, police said.
No motive has been confirmed by police, but officials said Hale targeted the school, not any particular individual killed in the shooting.
Chief Drake said officers found writings that detailed the plan to attack the school and potentially other locations. He said in an interview with NBC News that investigators believe the shooter had “some resentment for having to go to that school.”
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HOW MANY SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAVE THERE BEEN SINCE COLUMBINE?
There have been 15 mass shootings at schools or universities in the U.S. since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Mass shootings are defined as more than four people dying, not including the perpetrator, according to a database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University, in addition to other AP reporting:
Of those 15 shootings, 175 people have died, the data shows. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/what-we-know-about-the-nashville-christian-school-shooting/ | 2023-03-29 02:39:00 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/what-we-know-about-the-nashville-christian-school-shooting/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — An arsonist was arrested for dumping burning trash at the entrance to a far eastside school.
Sunday morning around 6:00 a.m., Indianapolis Metro Police say they were called to Renaissance Elementary School – it is also The Jane Pauley Community Health Center – and saw the front of the building was on fire.
Police say that she set trash cans on fire, then dumped them onto the steps. IMPD found the woman waiting outside by the fire when they arrived.
Firefighters were able to quickly put out the flames with little damage to the outside of the school. There were no injuries from the fire.
The woman was arrested for the arson, but police have not announced a motive for why she did it. IMPD is still investigating. | https://wibc.com/149922/garbage-fire-dumped-at-far-eastside-school/ | 2023-04-23 20:47:16 | 0 | https://wibc.com/149922/garbage-fire-dumped-at-far-eastside-school/ |
HONOLULU (AP) — One man died and two others were seriously injured when a retaining wall partially collapsed behind a suburban Honolulu home, authorities said Friday.
Bystanders tried to remove large rocks with a mini excavator to free several people trapped underneath the debris. But firefighters who arrived at the scene around noon told them to stop because the remainder of the 15-foot (4.5-meter) retaining wall was unstable, the Honolulu Fire Department said.
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Firefighters began manually removing the rocks, and rescued two men about 15 minutes after they arrived at the home in Kailua.
It took them longer to get to the third man who was buried under more debris. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:35 p.m.
Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said paramedics took two patients to hospitals in serious condition. One person was treated but declined transportation to a hospital. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/1-killed-after-retaining-wall-collapses-in-17686557.php | 2022-12-31 03:46:16 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/1-killed-after-retaining-wall-collapses-in-17686557.php |
Stars vs. Wild: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs First Round Game 1
Published: Apr. 17, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
On Monday the Minnesota Wild go on the road to play the Dallas Stars for Game 1 of the NHL Playoffs First Round, starting at 9:30 PM ET on . The Wild are the underdog (+130) in this game against the Stars (-150).
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Stars vs. Wild Game Info
- When: Monday, April 17, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel:
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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Stars Betting Insights
- The Stars have compiled a 38-20 record when favored on the moneyline this season.
- Dallas has gone 26-12 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -150 or shorter (68.4% win percentage).
- Based on this contest's moneyline, the Stars have an implied win probability of 60.0%.
Wild Betting Insights
- The Wild have won six, or 30.0%, of the 20 games they have played while the underdog this season.
- This season Minnesota has won four of its 11 games, or 36.4%, when it's the underdog by at least +130 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win by the Wild, based on the moneyline, is 43.5%.
Stars vs. Wild Rankings
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Stars Advanced Stats
- In Dallas' past 10 games, it went over twice.
- In the past 10 games, the Stars have scored one more goal per game than their season average.
- The Stars create the seventh-most goals in the league, averaging 3.4 per game for a total of 281 this season.
- The Stars are ranked third in league action for the fewest goals against this season, having given up 215 total goals (2.6 per game).
- The team's goal differential is fourth-best in the league at +66.
Wild Advanced Stats
- The Wild and their opponents hit the total on just one occasion over Minnesota's past 10 contests.
- During their last 10 games, the Wild and their opponents are averaging 7.1 goals, 0.6 goals lower than their season-long per-game average.
- The Wild have the NHL's 23rd-ranked scoring offense (239 total goals, 2.9 per game).
- The Wild have given up 2.7 goals per game, 219 total, the sixth-fewest among NHL teams.
- They have a +20 goal differential, which ranks 14th in the league.
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It took him almost five years, but chef Carlos Delgado finally opened his highly anticipated, two-part dream in Blagden Alley: Amazonia and Causa, casual and fine-dining love letters, respectively, to his native Peru.
Worth the wait? Read on.
Taking the stairs versus the elevator to Amazonia goes a long way toward fitting in your 10,000 steps a day. Either way, once you reach the summit, the reward is a sweep of color and animation: a jungle of green plants, a sun-drenched rooftop bar, a lounge that’s busy and beautiful with fanciful wallpaper and plush seating. No detail is too small. Order a pisco sour, and the egg white froth is inscribed with the word Causa with the help of a stencil and citrus ash, a sustainable alternative to bitters.
Our well-informed server practically insists we start with madurito, and the way she describes the combination of hard-fried plantain plied with smoked pork ragu, toasted peanuts and molten cheese has us biting, and eager to follow her recommendations. The menu is a collection of what the chef thinks of as “must haves” in the Peruvian repertoire, so naturally we add a few skewers to our order: juicy chicken thighs, lush salmon belly, pleasantly chewy duck tongues, everything cooked over long-burning Japanese charcoal.
The kitchen, shared with Causa, revels in freshness. Your ceviche is made to order, and brighter for the effort. If your only experience with hearts of palm is out of a can, do yourself a favor and order the salad starring the crunchy vegetable flown over from Hawaii, paired with creamy avocado and carpeted with coins of fried plantains and pickled Peruvian peppers shaped like red teardrops.
Lomo saltado is a class act, stir-fried in a wok to a rosy hue with a wash of sauce that hints of soy but tastes more of beef — something you might expect a French chef to whip up. Bomba rice cooked in fermented corn beer and swirled with sofrito arrives with lobes of sea urchin whose maritime fragrance puts you enticingly close to the Pacific.
The server might forget to tell you, so let me: A 20 percent gratuity is added to your bill — fine by me, finer when I’m informed at the drop of the check.
“We’re going to touch on coastal cooking, then the Andes, and finish in the Amazon,” says our guide at Causa, the six-course tasting menu experience that opens with a toast to the restaurant’s name in the form of a gorgeous snack. Sunny yellow mashed potatoes paved with cucumber slices and topped with diced scallops bound with mayonnaise — a play on Peru’s popular causa rellena — is reduced to a single bite, the goodness held together on two sides with sheer sweet potato tiles. Mouth, meet world-class potato salad.
Good impressions form even before you sit down here, though, when you’re introduced to a display of fish near the entrance. Most of the specimens are flown in whole from Japan; recent models have included amberjack, madai, triple tail and bonito. Your eyes are also drawn to a room that’s minimalist but inviting. Floating above the bar is a shimmering panel of mother-of-pearl; illuminating the tables are lights tucked into floppy woven baskets. Wine pairings are a possibility, but so is a pisco flight, three drinks for between $30 (for staff favorites) and $80 (for rare vintages) and a lesson in how varied grape brandy can be.
Unadvertised, a flurry of hors d’oeuvres shows up. They include a little blimp of a crab croquette crowned with black caviar and a single mussel, nestled in its shell with a tangy tomato emulsion and presented as if on a beach, amid small stones and seaweed. Delgado — a veteran of China Chilcano in Penn Quarter who’s assisted by chef de cuisine Alex Lazo, 31, a fellow Peruvian — explains much of his cooking in person.
“I’m the highest-paid food runner here,” Delgado, 32, likes to joke. The personal appearances are a chance for diners to chat up the chef and for Delgado, an earnest teacher, to welcome patrons to what he calls “my home, my kitchen, where I just try to take care of you.”
A diner could get used to the pampering. The official first course is a nod to Delgado’s mentor, José Andrés: yellowtail that’s been aged a week to develop umami and arranged with crushed Peruvian corn and yellow crumbles of frozen leche de tigre, the “tiger’s milk” that “cooks” raw fish. Liquid nitrogen is added to the dish before it’s served, creating the light fog. Recipients are coached to stir the ingredients together and create their own ceviche. Fun! Delicious, too. A much plainer, but no less intriguing, dish follows: banana fingerling potatoes encased in cocoons whipped up from egg whites, salt and huacatay, the Peruvian herb reminiscent of tarragon, mint and citrus. “In Peru, we’d use edible clay,” Delgado says of the shell, which is cracked at the table to reveal potatoes infused with the flavor of huacatay.
Small skewers of ultra-rich salmon belly, basted with a brassy sauce of red wine vinegar, cumin and aji panca, and tempeh (sometimes beef tongue), beaded with quinoa, follow. “There’s a 500-year-old tradition of quinoa in Peru,” a server lets us know.
Items from the “fish market” section part of the menu cost extra — from $29 to $350 (for four pounds of Spanish mackerel) — a detail some customers have told me they’ve chafed at. Why the tease after you’ve already paid up front for the dinner?
Because, I want to say, six courses for $85 is a relative bargain compared to much of the fine-dining competition, and everyone else offers supplements, too. I have yet to splurge on a whole fish, which the kitchen serves several ways, but I’ve sampled from among the rest of the catch, and I can vouch for the scallops, which come in live from Rhode Island and can also be ordered with different preparations. A purist when it comes to some ingredients — a squeeze of lemon is the most garnish I tend to use on oysters — I ordered the Rhode Island scallops “natural.” Definitely worth the $35 surcharge, flavored as they were with just a suggestion of lime and salt along with their blushing pink roe, delicate and tasting sweetly of the sea.
For $75, there’s abalone from Japan, presented in thin slices in a pool of ponzu sauce with pleasantly chewy beech mushrooms. Anyone who has ever fished for abalone will understand the cost attached to the luxury good. (Remind me to tell you about the time I took an early-morning swim in 50-degree water off the coast of northern California with one of the principals of Cakebread Cellars, only somewhat cheered to hear him tell me that “the sharks shouldn’t bother us.”)
Spain’s influence on Peru surfaces in one of the most sumptuous dishes of the night, bomba rice swollen with the flavor of garlic and culantro — think cilantro, but more pungent — and dressed with soft scored calamari. Moments such as this bring to mind Central in Lima, widely regarded as one of the top restaurants in the world and a reminder that Peru has one of the best natural pantries of any country.
Plenty of top chefs have elevated the idea of meat and potatoes. Delgado’s wagyu beef, sliced thin as a ribbon, paired with a 30-layer bar of potato, parmesan and brilliant aji amarillo, ranks as a favorite of the genre. The dish is a hat tip to pachamanca, the ancient practice of cooking layers of food underground over hot rocks.
Dessert stars macambo, a fruit from the cocoa family, in a dreamy mousse piped to look like soft-serve ice cream. Inside and atop the swirl are passion fruit gelato and gel, bright foils to the delicate white base.
The ending will be familiar to patrons of the fine (dining) arts: bonbons hidden in a little box that unfolds to reveal separate stages for miniature cookies, chocolates and fruit gems, one night mango torched with charapita, the pricey Amazonian pepper.
The last impression is a customary send-off, delivered in distinctive fashion, by an ambitious chef who might just as well go by the title Mr. Ambassador.
Amazonia and Causa
920 Blagden Alley NW. 202-780-8607. causadc.com. Accessibility: No barriers to entry, although the foyer is small. An elevator leads to the top floor. ADA-compliant restrooms. Pandemic protocols: Staff members are not required to wear masks but are all vaccinated. Amazonia: Open for indoor and outdoor dining 5 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, 5 p.m. to midnight Wednesday through Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday, 4 to 11 p.m. Sunday. Prices: Appetizers $6 to $19, main courses $19 to $38. Sound check: 75 decibels/Must speak with raised voice. Causa: Open for indoor dining 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Prices: $85 for six-course chef’s tasting menu. Supplements from the fish market $29 to $350. Sound check: 70 decibels/Conversation is easy. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/10/14/amazonia-causa-restaurant-review/ | 2022-10-14 11:13:59 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/10/14/amazonia-causa-restaurant-review/ |
New global commerce platform partners with goat milk skincare brand for retail experience powered by Firework
SCHENECTADY, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Live Rocket, the new global livestream commerce platform launched by HSN's former CEO Mark Bozek, and Beekman1802, the world's top goat milk skincare brand, announced the first-ever holiday pop-up shop and livestream event at the Seaport in Manhattan. The Beekman 1802 Kindness Holiday Shop opened to the public on Tuesday, November 29 at Live Rocket Studios at 22 Fulton Street. The livestream shopping event will take place on Thursday, December 1, at 6pm ET, and will be streamed online at www.beekman1802.com and powered by Firework, a leading video commerce platform.
Beekman 1802 is a cult-favorite goat milk skincare brand founded by Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell. What started 15 years ago with hand-wrapped goat milk bar soap, has expanded into the company responsible for two of the most successful launches in the history of QVC and HSN. The brand is known for its efficacious skincare and commitment to Kindness.
"Mark was instrumental in launching Beekman 1802 on television and establishing our loyal following which has contributed to our current reign on QVC and HSN," said Beekman 1802's CMO, Brad Farrell. "We are excited to be working with Mark and his team to combine an immersive retail and digital experience in a way that's never been done before. Adding Firework to the collaboration combines years of visionary expertise on all things video commerce."
The Beekman 1802 Kindness Holiday Shop and livestream shopping event will feature exclusive deals and gifts for Live Rocket, the global e-commerce and media company which is redefining experiential retail and joining leading brands at the Seaport in Lower Manhattan, including the recently opened Tin Building by Jean-Georges, and more.
"In just one hour, a record 40,000 live viewers joined our first LiveRocket.com livestream," noted Vincent Yang, Co-Founder and CEO of Firework. "We're excited to build on that success in partnership with Beekman 1802 and show the world what video commerce should look like—embedded directly within a brand's own website."
"While many brands are attempting to drive incremental revenue via livestream, Beekman 1802 has been at the forefront of livestream shopping and successful in driving both real-time sales and viewership. Combined with Live Rocket's first record-breaking livestream powered by Firework last summer, we look forward to this unique combination-activation," said Mark Bozek, Live Rocket's Founder and CEO.
Beekman 1802 was born with one act of Kindness and the discovery of nutrient-dense goat milk. The brand quickly became a skincare company synonymous with efficacious goat milk products that moisturize, exfoliate, and nourish the skin's microbiome. With their Clinically Kind® approach to skincare that is clinically tested, scientifically proven, and made for sensitive skin, they have long proven that There's Beauty in Kindness™.
Launched in October 2021, Live Rocket is a global commerce and media company at the epicenter of the evolving commerce & media business, launching live-stream commerce, live in-studio launches, events, and soon across digital & linear television in the United States. Live Rocket's digital streaming capabilities are currently powered by the Firework platform.
Firework is the world's leading video commerce solution built for brands. Leveraging shoppable and livestream video and powerful monetization capabilities, Firework empowers the world's most dynamic and exciting retailers, consumer brands, and publishers to build engaging video experiences on their owned and operated digital properties and across channels at a global scale.
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The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Ayaka Furue
The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club will see Ayaka Furue as part of the field in Évian-les-Bains, France from July 27-30, up against the par-71, 6,527-yard course, with a purse of $6,500,000.00 at stake.
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Ayaka Furue Insights
- Over her last 19 rounds, Furue has finished better than par on 14 occasions, while also carding one bogey-free round and 15 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has finished with the best score of the day in one of her last 19 rounds, while scoring among the top five in six rounds and the top 10 on 10 occasions.
- Over her last 19 rounds, Furue has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round seven times, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on 13 occasions.
- Furue has finished in the top 10 three times in her past five appearances, and as high as the top five in one.
- Furue has finished with a score better than the tournament average in each of her past five tournaments, including two finishes within three shots of the leader.
- Furue is aiming for her seventh finish in a row in the top 20 this week.
- Furue has made the cut eight times in a row, and hopes to continue that run this week.
Over the last year
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- Evian Resort Golf Club measures 6,527 yards for this tournament, 490 below the average course on the Tour in the past year (7,017).
- In the past year, Tour stops have seen an average score of -5, while Evian Resort Golf Club has a recent scoring average of -6.
- Evian Resort Golf Club is 6,527 yards, 17 yards shorter than the average course Furue has played in the past year (6,544).
- In the past year, the events she has played have had a scoring average of -4 among finishers, higher than the -6 average at this course.
Furue's Last Time Out
- Furue was in the 65th percentile on par 3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, with an average of 3.06 strokes on the 16 par-3 holes.
- Her 4.10-stroke average on the 40 par-4 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open was strong, putting her in the 83rd percentile of the field.
- Furue shot better than 97% of the competitors at the U.S. Women’s Open on the tournament's 16 par-5 holes, averaging 4.56 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 5.02.
- Furue carded a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, better than the field average of 1.5.
- On the 16 par-3s at the U.S. Women’s Open, Furue had three bogeys or worse, which equaled the field average.
- Furue's six birdies or better on the 40 par-4s at the U.S. Women’s Open were more than the tournament average (3.0).
- In that most recent competition, Furue's showing on the 40 par-4s included a bogey or worse 10 times (compared to the field's better average, 8.4).
- Furue finished the U.S. Women’s Open with a birdie or better on seven of the 16 par-5s, bettering the field's average of 2.8.
- The field at the U.S. Women’s Open averaged 2.6 bogeys or worse on the 16 par-5s, but Furue finished without one.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Furue Odds to Win: +2000 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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MIAMI, March 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ChenMed, a leading medical practice providing personalized, VIP, primary care to Medicare-eligible seniors, has established a new quarterly award to honor the inspiration, passion and commitment demonstrated by team members transforming the care of the neediest populations. The Orchid Award honors the excellence of clinical support staff whose work, day after day, brightens the lives of underserved, older Americans.
The inaugural group of five 2023 ChenMed Orchid Award winners includes:
Monica Jones, Patient Continuity and Needs Advocate – Dedicated Senior Medical Center, Clearwater, Florida:
Monica goes above and beyond to meet patients' needs, including reaching out to them when they are lonely and need support. She reaches out in moments of need to make a difference. She does this out of pure love and the joy of giving.
Raquel Garcia, Center Clinical Manager – Chen Senior Medical Center, Pembroke Pines, Florida:
Raquel is always on the move. She makes sure all her care promoters keep finding ways to love on and delight patients as they help doctors transform care. Plus, Raquel frequently spotlights key patient experience quality measures to fuel constant improvement in service outcomes. She also is always ready and available to help anyone and everyone at the center, leading by example to better fuel an amazing culture of service excellence.
Kierra Davis, Care Facilitator – Chen Senior Medical Center, Hollywood, Florida:
Kierra consistently leads her center's efforts to provide comfort and hope to those experiencing hard times. In addition to organizing flowers and cards, she attends funerals for patients who have passed, and even family members of patients, regularly. She keeps track of our late patients' birthdays, sends cards during the holidays, and reaches out to invite family and surviving spouses to center events.
Raneshia Lee, Care Promoter – Dedicated Senior Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri:
Raneshia has done so much for her patients. Her compassion and hard work are effortless and genuine. She goes out of her way to care for patients, including coordinating medication delivery at a patient's home. She is always willing to adjust her schedule based on the needs of the center. She even recruited family members to join the ChenMed family.
Jennifer Arthur, Care Facilitator – JenCare Senior Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia:
Jennifer is a disciplined and dedicated woman who demonstrates passion in her work. She recently noticed a patient lose balance in the parking lot and she rushed out the door to help the patient. Her sense of urgency to care for our patients is just one of the ways she demonstrates our values of love, accountability and passion.
The award itself is named to celebrate ChenMed co-founder, Mary Chen, whose favorite flower – the orchid – symbolizes love and strength across many cultures and customs. Eligible recipients of the ChenMed Orchid Award include care promoters, care facilitators, care coordinators, pharmacy technicians, radiology technicians, echocardiogram technicians, patient continuity and needs advocates (PCNAs), case managers, clinical managers, and operational managers. Not only do they perform vital medical tasks across ChenMed's national footprint, but they also treat patients, families, and caregivers with respect, kindness, and dignity, while building trust and inspiring those around them to do more and do better for their patients.
"We are honored to shine a light on the clinical support staff who are the soul of our primary care provider-led practice and who play a key role in detecting and managing high-risk diseases that allow us to reduce the hospital sick days of our beloved senior patients," said Stephanie Chen, J.D., Chief Legal, and Culture Officer at ChenMed. "These employees are skilled medical heroes whose service should be recognized and applauded, and we established the Orchid Award to do just that."
The entire ChenMed family congratulates these first-ever Orchid Award winners. Any staff member can nominate a colleague for the quarterly Orchid Award. Winners receive a special gift, which includes a ChenMed Orchid Award enamel pin, a glass trophy, and recognition in ChenMed internal communications materials and quarterly Town Hall meetings.
About ChenMed
ChenMed is a privately-owned medical, management, and technology company that delivers the high-touch and personalized primary care Medicare-eligible seniors need to enjoy better health. Headquartered in Miami, the company operates more than 125 senior medical centers in 15 states. Twice named a "Most Loved Workplace" by Newsweek, celebrated as a Fortune "Change the World" company, and a certified Great Place to Work® by the Great Place to Work Institute, ChenMed brings concierge-style medicine and better health outcomes to the neediest populations. ChenMed brands include Chen Senior Medical Center, Dedicated Senior Medical Center, JenCare Senior Medical Center, and IntuneHealth. Its leading healthcare technology organization, Curity™, was recently named a "Best Place to Work in IT" by ComputerWorld. See ChenMed's 2022 Impact Report.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Shares has launched a crowdfunding portal to help social impact healthcare entrepreneurs raise capital from physicians and healthcare professionals interested in investing in social impact healthcare ventures. Currently, startups on the portal can conduct offerings via Healthcare Shares under Rule 506(c) from accredited investors.
Healthcare Shares is also working on Regulation CF approval. This is the same exemption WeFunder or Start Engine use to engage in equity crowdfunding from non-accredited investors.
If Healthcare Shares obtains approval from the SEC/FINRA for Reg CF offerings, Healthcare Shares issuers will have the option to conduct offerings under either Reg CF or Rule 506(c) or concurrently under both exemptions.
Healthcare Shares was founded by serial healthcare entrepreneur Laurence Girard, who previously raised more than $35 million in equity financing for Fruit Street Health from more than 500 physicians and angel investors. Fruit Street is a CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program delivered via telehealth and live group video conferencing with registered dietitians.
"At Fruit Street we raised more than $35 million from more than 500 physicians and angel investors who believed in our social mission of preventing Type 2 diabetes through the power of telehealth. These investors also participated on our advisory board through a discussion forum called Basecamp and periodic Zoom meetings. We have been crowdfunding capital for Fruit Street, crowdsourcing knowledge from clinicians and industry veterans, and built a network of evangelists who believe in our company's mission of preventing Type 2 diabetes. During my tenure at Fruit Street, I have received hundreds of requests from social impact healthcare entrepreneurs who want to raise capital from physicians and industry leaders instead of having one venture capital or private equity firm as an investor. These entrepreneurs feel that clinicians are more focused on having a social impact in healthcare than the majority of venture capital firms. There is also tremendous value in getting feedback about a healthcare product from physicians and clinicians taking care of patients on the front line of healthcare. Plus, having a health plan or hospital CEO as an investor might provide for a valuable introduction," said Girard.
Healthcare Shares is seeking investors interested in investing in Healthcare Shares itself or the social impact healthcare startups on its platform. It hopes to build a network of investors, who beyond making capital contributions, may become advisors to startups they help fund.
Healthcare Shares is also looking for healthcare startups interested in becoming issuers and raising capital via Healthcare Shares.
"Healthcare Shares evens the playing field for innovators in healthcare. Imagine a physician coming up with an idea for a new medical device. Even if the device is sorely needed and has great financial potential, the probability of that physician raising a $1 million seed round from a venture capitalist may be quite low, particularly without specific connections. Instead, the physician can go on Healthcare Shares and raise $1,000 from 1,000 physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who believe in their idea. Now the physician has raised $1 million for their idea and has a network of clinicians/healthcare executives ready to help them develop their idea," said Girard.
About Healthcare Shares
Healthcare Shares is a new crowdfunding portal that aims to help social impact healthcare entrepreneurs raise capital from clinicians and healthcare executives interested in supporting their social mission. To register as an investor or startup on our platform, please visit www.healthcareshares.com or email contact@healthcareshares.com.
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CALGARY, AB, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - PsiloTec Health Solutions Inc., operating as Zylorion Health, ("Zylorion" or the "Company"), a precision mental health care and psychedelic therapy focused innovator, is pleased to announce the filing of the Company's third provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO").
The provisional patent application covers the composition of matter of Zylorion's novel psilocybin-based compound, ZYL-314, for the treatment of mental health disorders and other central nervous system conditions and cognitive disorders.
"Our clinical team has been working tirelessly with our research partners on the development of novel second generation and industry leading compounds, and we are extremely excited about this discovery," commented Dr. Peter Silverstone, Chief Executive Officer. "ZYL-314 is truly unique and achieving this milestone demonstrates Zylorion's commitment to bringing innovative new therapies to market and creating long-term shareholder value through a strong portfolio of intellectual property assets".
The Company continues to gather the necessary data and evidence to support the claims and conversion of the composition of matter provisional patent and anticipates filing an application under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) within the next twelve months.
Zylorion is a biotech company engaged in the development and delivery of integrated precision mental health therapies to address psychological and neurological mental health conditions. Zylorion is focused on the research, development and commercialization of psychedelic-based compounds coupled with novel therapeutic treatment programs targeting a continuum of mental health conditions, such as MDD (major depressive disorder), TRD (treatment resistant depression), PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), general depression, anxiety disorders, and a number of addictive tendencies. Zylorion aims to leverage leading technologies to support the scalability and accessibility of its integrated therapy programs in its mission to enable those experiencing mental health challenges to thrive.
This news release contains statements that constitute forward-looking information ("forward-looking information") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that discusses predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information.
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Giveaway Entries Accepted Through March 10th for one School's Athletic Program to
Win Free Uniforms Valued Up To $50,000
DALLAS, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BSN SPORTS, a division of Varsity Brands and the nation's largest direct marketer and distributor of sporting goods to the school and league markets, today announced the launch of their Ultimate Victory Uniform Makeover. The Makeover will award one school the opportunity to refresh their athletic program's uniforms by earning free custom uniforms through BSN SPORTS proprietary Victory Line for all Varsity and JV teams, with a product value up to $50,000. The winning school will also receive a custom uniform reveal video package to amplify excitement around their new gear with students, staff and community before taking the field or court.
Entries are eligible on behalf of any high school employees or representatives and will be accepted through the Ultimate Victory Uniform Makeover site through Friday, March 10, 2023. The randomly selected winning school will work with a dedicated BSN SPORTS team to custom design new uniforms for all Varsity and JV teams within the approved sports, including: Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Softball, Baseball, Soccer, Track & Field, Cross Country, Tennis, Wrestling, Lacrosse, Ice Hockey and Esports.
Terry Babilla, BSN SPORTS President, said, "All school leaders, from coaches and Athletic Directors to Principals, want their student athletes to feel their best on and off the field, and it's our goal to help them have the resources they need to create lasting memories with their student athletes. For many student athletes, taking the field or court with confidence includes representing their team with high quality uniforms that look great – an opportunity that every school district may not be able to provide. Through BSN SPORTS' largest uniform giveaway to a single campus to date, we are thrilled for the opportunity to provide a full athletic program with brand new uniforms that will spark excitement among athletes and inspire greater team pride."
Giveaway winners can expect to design their new uniforms by curating one-of-a-kind designs within BSN SPORTS Victory Line. As part of the company's extensive selection of private label goods – which includes performance apparel, travel gear and fundamentals, and team accessories and hardgoods – Victory Line Uniforms launched in 2017 to bring expertly crafted uniforms comprised of performance-driven materials to market at competitive team pricing, but more importantly, fast and reliable delivery times. The BSN SPORTS Victory Line will provide all winning teams with thousands of NFHS-approved designs featuring team colors, branding, mascots and number functionality for a standout look.
About BSN SPORTS
Dallas-based BSN SPORTS is the leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods apparel and equipment. A division of Varsity Brands, BSN SPORTS markets and distributes its products to over 150,000 institutional and team sports customers in colleges and universities, middle and high schools, and recreational programs throughout the United States via catalog, e-commerce, and direct sales. Focused on providing game changing solutions through local partnerships, multi-brand selection and one-stop shopping for equipment and uniforms, BSN SPORTS' more than 3,000 employees have been helping elevate participation in team sports since 1972. For more information about BSN SPORTS please visit www.bsnsports.com.
About Varsity Brands
With a mission to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for young people, Varsity Brands elevates the student experience, promotes participation and celebrates achievement through three unique but interrelated businesses: BSN SPORTS, a Varsity Sport Brand; Varsity Spirit; and Herff Jones, A Varsity Achievement Brand. Together, these entities promote personal, school and community pride through their customizable products and programs to elementary and middle schools, high schools, and colleges and universities, as well as church organizations, professional and collegiate sports teams and corporations. Through its dedicated employees and independent representatives, Varsity Brands reaches its individual and institutional customers each year through competitions, camps and sales.
Media Contact
Lisa Bartek
Director of Communications, BSN SPORTS
lbartek@varsitybrands.com
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Dentsply Sirona Inc. ("Dentsply Sirona" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: XRAY). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Dentsply Sirona and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On April 19, 2022, Dentsply Sirona issued a press release announcing the termination of Chief Executive Officer Don Casey, effective immediately, and stating that Casey "will cease to serve as a member of the Company's Board." On this news, Dentsply Sirona's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on April 19, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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Storm Prediction Ctr, Norman, OK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, July 21, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 479
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
103 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2022
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 479 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
NY
. NEW YORK COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ALBANY CLINTON COLUMBIA
DELAWARE DUTCHESS ESSEX
FULTON GREENE HAMILTON
HERKIMER MONTGOMERY OTSEGO
PUTNAM RENSSELAER SARATOGA
SCHENECTADY SCHOHARIE ULSTER
WARREN WASHINGTON
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of south central
Jefferson and northern Oswego Counties through 145 PM EDT...
At 102 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Selkirk Beach, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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...
Sandy Island Beach State Park, Pulaski, Adams, Selkirk Shores State
Park, Nine Mile Point, Southwick Beach State Park, Mexico Point
State Park, Richland, Orwell, Sandy Creek, Lacona, Altmar,
Mannsville, Ellisburg, Smartville, and Port Ontario.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 36 and 41.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4352 7594 4349 7647 4356 7644 4357 7636
4356 7631 4356 7628 4358 7626 4369 7626
4376 7628 4385 7598
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 248DEG 25KT 4362 7631
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Accelerating Growth and Innovation in Additive Manufacturing
TOKYO, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Corporation (Nikon) today announced an investment in Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. (HMT), an award-winning industry leader in additive manufacturing (AM), successfully created an approach that enables users to integrate additive tools onto any platform. This groundbreaking technology allows users to take full advantage of the manufacturing process by unifying multiple complementary technologies in one set up.
Parts manufacturers will often use AM processing and machining in tandem, depending upon their specific production goals and tolerances. HMT enabled a game-changing leap forward by unlocking the freedoms of additive while retaining the precision and surface finish capabilities of CNC, all in a single system. When using their patented AMBIT™ deposition heads only a simple tool change is required to switch from cutting to adding metal, giving users unprecedented flexibility. HMT's tool changeable heads are not limited to laser processes but are also compatible with numerous materials and a vast array of deployment methods. HMT can upgrade existing vertical platforms to enable both additive and subtractive machining capabilities in one system or create bespoke solutions with customized heads to meet the user's objectives.
Nikon manufactures some of the most precise equipment in the world, with its products being used in applications ranging from semiconductor manufacturing and mass production of panels for televisions and smart devices, to medical systems, automotive and satellites. Nikon established the Next Generation Project Division to accelerate the launch of new growth businesses, including advanced materials processing technologies, through synergies resulting from strategic investments and alliances with industry-leading companies worldwide.
This latest investment will enable HMT and Nikon to leverage their combined expertise to accelerate innovation and expand the hybrid manufacturing landscape. Yuichi Shibazaki, Nikon Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Next Generation Project Division said, "This investment in HMT is the latest component of our Next Generation Project program to further industrialization of digital manufacturing. As an industry leader with demonstrated collaborative capabilities, HMT and its AMBIT™ portfolio are well-matched with Nikon technologies. We look forward to working with them as part of our commitment to creating value and advancing society through novel industries like hybrid manufacturing."
Dr. Jason B. Jones, HMT Co-founder and CEO, said, "We are honored to receive investment from such a longstanding technology leader as Nikon. Together we will more fully deliver on the promise of additive and digital manufacturing. We expect the results of this technology will touch the lives of virtually all people on earth in the coming decades."
"Hybrid is all about synergy," Peter Coates, HMT Co-founder and CTO added. "For the better part of ten years in this industry we have taken pride in the strategic nature of our collaborations and our partnership with Nikon takes this to a whole new level by adding value to advanced manufacture."
Nikon has been a pioneer in optical technology markets worldwide since its inception in 1917. Today, utilizing advanced technologies, Nikon offers a wide range of products and solutions from digital cameras and binoculars to industrial precision equipment such as FPD and semiconductor lithography systems, microscopes, measuring instruments and products for the healthcare industry. Nikon aims to take advantage of its technologies to generate new core pillars of growth including material processing while continuing to be a leading company in precision and optics fields resulting in sustainable long-term increase in enterprise value.
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, LLC which is the US-based operating company of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc. has been a global industry leader in hybrid and additive manufacturing since 2012. Pioneering a solution to marry the freedoms of additive with the precision of CNC machining, Hybrid has developed an unprecedented line of compact interchangeable deposition and inspection heads with elegant integration methods. This extends the capabilities of the everyday CNCs and robots without compromise, accelerating the adoption of the next wave of digital manufacturing.
Contact: Lisa Block, lisab@hybridmanutech.com
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WATCH Torino v Juventus LIVE & ONLY on beIN SPORTS | via Foxtel, Kayo, Fetch & beIN SPORTS CONNECT
Juventus suffered a humiliating 2-0 defeat at Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday (AEDT), leaving Allegri's team on the brink of a group-stage exit from the UEFA Champions League.
Meanwhile, Juve has taken just 13 points from its first nine matches of the Serie A season, its worst return at this stage of a campaign since 2015-2016 (12 points), and the club is already 10 points adrift of leader Napoli.
Bianconeri chairman Andrea Agnelli was forced to reject reports Allegri would be fired after the loss in Israel, after which the Juventus coach revealed the team would hunker down at its Continassa training ground ahead of Sunday's (AEDT) Derby della Mole.
Subsequent reports suggested that decision irritated several players, but Allegri claimed that is not the case on Saturday (AEDT), saying: "These are unfounded rumours. The team has never asked not to retire.
"We know the moment, we came back on Wednesday, we trained when we arrived and the next morning we were on the pitch.
"We are focused on trying to get out of this situation which is certainly not beautiful. We know that we cannot come out with just one match, but we must start achieving results.
"I talk to the team every day. Withdrawal is just a moment to be together, it is not a punishment.
"We had yesterday and today to do double workouts, to give a little more order because it is normal that when there are no results, we tend to see things blacker than they are."
Juventus is winless in its past six away games in Serie A (D2 L4), its longest such run since it failed to win on seven consecutive road trips in 2010, but Allegri says the Bianconeri retain a sense of togetherness.
"It is not my personal challenge, it belongs to everyone," he added. "It is not that one wins and the others lose, it is done all together.
"The team has worked well for two days, this afternoon we will do the last refinement and then we will arrive tomorrow evening to play against Torino." | https://www.beinsports.com/au/serie-a/video/allegri-denies-juve-unrest-ahead-of-turin-der/1968485 | 2022-10-14 21:59:00 | 0 | https://www.beinsports.com/au/serie-a/video/allegri-denies-juve-unrest-ahead-of-turin-der/1968485 |
Newest payment option promises greater product accessibility alongside Conn's industry-leading white glove, next-day delivery services
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Conn's HomePlus (NASDAQ: CONN) announces a new layaway program, its latest addition to a wide array of payment options designed to meet every customer's needs. Customers can now enjoy the benefits of layaway alongside key differentiators like national brand products, industry-leading white glove, next-day delivery and in-house repair services.
The layaway program is a component of Conn's commitment to unlocking greater product accessibility and payment options for all, especially during a time of economic volatility. Industry research by Salesforce found over 40% of consumers plan to start their holiday shopping earlier due to decades high inflationary trends. Conn's customers will now be able to shop for the holiday season early while enjoying the program's measured approach to payment.
"Our guiding vision is that everyone deserves a home they love and a big part of that is our commitment to providing a payment option for every customer," said Chandra Holt, President and CEO of Conn's HomePlus. "We know our customers, like so many across the country, are feeling the pressure of inflation and the rising cost of living, especially heading into the holiday shopping season. Our layaway program provides all customers with a credit-free payment option so they can create a home they love."
Available in all Conn's store locations, the layaway option allows Conn's HomePlus customers to purchase appliances, furniture, mattresses and eligible electronics by making a deposit and then making biweekly payments over a 12-week period, with no additional fees or charges.* No credit history is required to be eligible. The layaway offering empowers all customers to love an item today and get it when they're ready.
Layaway is the latest addition to Conn's expansive portfolio of payment options, including lease-to-own, private label credit cards, in-house financing and more. Together, these programs provide a customized payment process and shopping experience that can meet every customer's needs.
For more information on Conn's layaway offering, please visit https://www.conns.com/layaway.
*No additional fees or charges, except for cancellation fees, if applicable.
Conn's HomePlus (NASDAQ: CONN) is a specialty retailer of home goods, including furniture, appliances and consumer electronics, with a mission to elevate home life to home love. With more than 160 stores across 15 states and online at Conns.com, our over 3,500 employees strive to help all customers create a home they love through access to high-quality products, next-day delivery and personalized payment options, including our flexible, in-house credit program. Additional information can be found by visiting our investor relations website at https://ir.conns.com and social channels (@connshomeplus on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn).
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Bostonians remember deadly marathon bombing 10 years later
BOSTON (AP) — A decade after two homemade bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the city will mark the somber occasion Saturday with prayers for those who died and activities demonstrating the community’s resilient spirit.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who was making her first run for City Council when the bombing happened, will join families who lost love ones to lay a wreath at memorial sites. A brief ceremony will be held later in the day at the finish line of marathon, where bells will ring followed by a moment of silence.
The 127th running of the Boston Marathon takes place Monday.
“I have since spoken with many, many community members, families who have been forever impacted and who carry that trauma with them to this day,” Wu said, recalling how people streamed into her campaign office that day with a sense of “confusion and fear and shock about what was happening.”
“The whole world saw Boston pull together in that moment and, to this day, we still carry that moniker of resilience and strength,” she added.
Three people were killed and more than 260 were injured when two pressure-cooker bombs went off at the marathon finish line. Among the dead were Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old Boston University graduate student from China; Krystle Campbell, a 29-year-old restaurant manager from Medford, Massachusetts; and 8-year-old Martin Richard, who had gone to watch the marathon with his family.
During a tense, four-day manhunt that paralyzed the city, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier was shot dead in his car. Boston Police Officer Dennis Simmonds also died a year after he was wounded in a confrontation with the bombers.
Police captured a bloodied and wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston suburb of Watertown, where he was hiding in a boat parked in a backyard, hours after his brother died. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, had been in a gunfight with police and was run over by his brother as he fled.
“I think we’re all still living with those tragic days 10 years ago,” Bill Evans, the former Boston Police Commissioner, said.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death and much of the attention, in recent years, has been around his bid to avoid being executed.
A federal appeals court is considering Tsarnaev’s latest bid to avoid execution. A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston heard arguments in January in the 29-year-old’s case, but has yet to issue a ruling.
The appeals court initially threw out Tsarnaev’s death sentence in 2020, saying the trial judge did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases. But the U.S. Supreme Court revived it last year.
The 1st Circuit is now weighing whether other issues that weren’t considered by the Supreme Court require the death sentence to be tossed a second time. Among other things, Tsarnaev says the trial judge wrongly denied his challenge of two jurors who defense attorneys say lied during jury selection questioning.
The bombing not only unified Boston — “Boston Strong” became the city’s rallying cry — but inspired many in the running community and prompted scores of those impacted by the terror attack to run the marathon.
“It really galvanized and showed our sport’s and our city’s resiliency, our desire together to continue even better and to enhance the Boston Marathon,” Boston Athletic Association President and CEO Jack Fleming said. “The bombing in 2013 resulted in a new appreciation or a different appreciation for what Boston, what the Boston Marathon, has always stood for, which is that expression of freedom that you receive and get while running.”
On Saturday, the focus will mostly be on remembering victims and survivors of the bombing but also, as Wu said, “really making sure this was a moment to focus on where the city and our communities, our families are headed in the future.”
That sentiment will be reflected in what has become known as “One Boston Day,” where acts of kindness and service take place to honor victims, survivors and first responders. This year, nearly two dozen community service projects are happening including a shoe drive and several food drives, blood drives and neighborhood cleanups.
“This time of year evokes a strong emotion for so many of us across the City and the people touched by the tragedy ten years ago. But the most prevailing one is that Boston is indeed strong, and that our communities show up for each other in times of need,” Jacob Robinson, the executive director of West Roxbury Main Streets, one of the groups hosting the shoe drive, said in a statement.
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AP Sports Writer Jimmy Golen contributed to this report.
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Ukrainian Americans attempt to bring relatives to US, Mexico
6 Ukrainian Americans discuss how they're trying to rescue family from Ukraine
Twice daily, Yuliya Day reaches out by phone from Los Angeles to see how her mother and aunt are doing in the attic they’ve rented in Warsaw. The sisters, 68 and 70 years old, crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border with two cats and few belongings after fleeing Kharkiv.
Between calls, Day resumes her months-long effort to bring her mom and aunt out of Europe and into the United States. The 42-year-old special needs instructor is among six Ukrainian Americans who spoke to Reuters about navigating any route they can find through what they described as the difficult and confusing legal process of bringing in loved ones fleeing war.
The Biden administration expects most Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by Russia's invasion to stay in Europe. But it said in March it would accept up to 100,000 using existing legal pathways. On April 25, a "Uniting for Ukraine" website went live allowing Ukrainians with American financial sponsors to apply to stay and work in the United States for up to two years under a humanitarian parole program that does not offer a path to citizenship.
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As of mid-last week, around 14,500 Uniting for Ukraine applications had been filed, according to the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency (USCIS).
Potential sponsors must upload details about their employment and assets. Applicants must pass identity and security checks before they can travel to the United States and be considered for parole.
The program has given Iryna Bashynskyy of Portland, Oregon, hope. Since February, Bashynskyy has been looking for ways to get her niece, Yana, out of Ukraine. Now, Bashynskyy is gathering documents, including her tax returns and bank statements.
"It’s a hustle," Bashynskyy said. "But I’ll try to accomplish it."
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Yana asked to only be identified by her first name out of safety concerns.
"It is necessary to somehow escape from here," Yana, 23, said through a translator from her apartment in Kyiv. "I’m scared about my life, about my future. Because you don’t know where a bomb will drop, at what time, and what will happen."
New York-based attorney Marina Shepelsky has been receiving hundreds of calls from people with relatives in Ukraine. For the first month and-a-half of the Russian invasion, Shepelsky – a Ukrainian refugee whose family fled the Soviet Union in 1989 – was advising them to apply for tourist visas.
BOSTON-BASED UKRAINIAN WOMAN REVEALS TEXT FROM BROTHER AMID WAR: 'WE ARE ALIVE'
"Now I’m kind of discouraging it," Shepelsky said, saying Uniting for Ukraine offers "a better status."
Nearly 3,500 Ukrainians were issued temporary U.S. visas for tourism or business in March, up sharply from about 900 in February, according to U.S. State Department statistics. A State Department spokesperson told Reuters tourist visas must be used for temporary stays and are not appropriate for beginning an immigrant or refugee process. The spokesperson did not explain why more Ukrainians got tourist visas in March, but said applications are evaluated case-by-case.
WAITING IN MEXICO
Leonard Mogul is seeking a spousal immigration visa for the woman he married in a non-denominational, 30-minute Zoom wedding in early March. Her wedding band was a ring he had bought her during a New Year’s vacation in Cancun. He had tried earlier for a tourist visa, and was given a visa interview appointment in late September.
"I didn’t want her to be alone in Europe by herself for that long," said Mogul, who is pursuing the spousal visa and does not plan to apply for Uniting for Ukraine.
CALIFORNIA VISUAL ARTIST HELPS KIDS HEAL FROM THE HORRORS OF WAR
Artem Plakhotnyi, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based dance teacher, had been trying for weeks to book an emergency visa appointment for his sister-in-law and her 4-year-old twins. Four days after Russian soldiers invaded Ukraine, his cousin and his cousin's 9-year-old daughter died trying to flee Kharkiv, he said. After repeated attempts, he boarded a flight to Warsaw and then flew with his relatives to Tijuana, where they requested and received humanitarian parole last month.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said as of April 25, when Uniting for Ukraine went live, Ukrainians at the southwest border who did not have valid visas or pre-authorization to travel to the United States through Uniting for Ukraine may be denied entry.
A Mexican government source told Reuters last week around 530 Ukrainians were at a shelter outside Mexico City, looking for sponsors in the United States. Most had been flown by the Mexican navy from Tijuana. Mexico’s navy confirmed the Ukrainians, among them almost 200 minors, were at the shelter.
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Ilona Dluzhynska, a Ukrainian advocate in Mexico, said other Ukrainians have traveled to Mexico City from the border on their own and are in hotels awaiting immigration processing.
Back in Los Angeles, Day is working through the Uniting for Ukraine process, and remotely booking accommodations for her mother and aunt and coordinating veterinary appointments for their cats.
"My mom and aunt don’t speak other languages" than Ukrainian, she said. "They’ve never left Ukraine. They’ve never even been on a plane."
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She said she’s considering flying to Poland.
"Honestly, I just want to be able to hug my mother and cry with her, and not being able to do this – they feel totally lost over there."
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They’re songs only played for about a month of the year, but that doesn’t stop millions from knowing every single note and lyric.
VerizonSpecials looked at trends from the sunny coasts of California to the skyscrapers of New York and everywhere in between to find the most popular Christmas song in each state.
Take a look at any Christmas song list from the mid-1990s and beyond, and you’ll find Mariah Carey’s megahit “All I Want for Christmas is You” at or near the top of the heap.
This list is no different, but there is a slight variation.
The “SuperFestive!” version of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the most popular song in 15 states (Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin) and the District of Columbia.
If you didn’t know, Mariah Carey recorded the “SuperFestive!” version In 2011 as a duet with Justin Bieber for “Under the Mistletoe” album.
The second most popular Christmas song is more of a classic.
“White Christmas” was the most popular song in nine states (Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia).
According to the study, the Bing Crosby version is the most popular. “‘White Christmas’ won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards,” said VerizonSpecials.
The list was made by compiling a list of the most commonly streamed Christmas songs and comparing them on Google Trends and Semrush, an online marketing platform.
Full list of most popular Christmas songs by state
- “All I Want for Christmas Is You (SuperFestive!)”: Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
- “White Christmas”: Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia
- “Blue Christmas”: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee
- “Feliz Navidad”: California, Florida, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas
- “Winter Wonderland”: Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oregon
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”: Alaska, Delaware, Maine, South Dakota
- “Last Christmas”: Colorado, Hawaii
- “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”: New Hampshire, Wyoming
- “A Holly Jolly Christmas”: Idaho
- “Mary, Did You Know?”: Arkansas
The list also compared the Christmas songs to recent Billboard hits. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/whats-the-most-popular-christmas-song-in-your-state/ | 2022-12-13 16:13:49 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/whats-the-most-popular-christmas-song-in-your-state/ |
GUANGZHOU, China, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HUYA Inc. ("Huya" or the "Company") (NYSE: HUYA), a leading game live streaming platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Total net revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were RMB2,464.6 million (US$388.8 million), compared with RMB2,604.8 million for the same period of 2021.
- Net loss attributable to HUYA Inc. was RMB3.3 million (US$0.5 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with net income attributable to HUYA Inc. of RMB185.5 million for the same period of 2021.
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to HUYA Inc.[1] was RMB46.6 million (US$7.4 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB265.9 million for the same period of 2021.
- Average mobile MAUs[2] of Huya Live in the first quarter of 2022 increased by 8.5% to 81.9 million from 75.5 million in the same period of 2021.
- Total number of paying users[3] of Huya Live in the first quarter of 2022 was 5.9 million, compared with 5.9 million in the same period of 2021.
"Our operational results this quarter reflect the outcome of our continuous focus on content enrichment and user engagement as we grew our mobile MAUs by 8.5% year-over-year to reach 81.9 million amid a challenging macro environment," said Mr. Rongjie Dong, Chief Executive Officer of Huya. "As a leading game live streaming platform, we remain dedicated to providing rich content for our growing community and bringing more opportunities to our content creators. Additionally, in our relentless efforts to advance product innovation to enable a cross-platform, more immersive experience for our community, our users can now better integrate their live streaming experience on Huya's platform with their game plays. Moreover, we believe the most recent regulatory changes for live streaming will contribute to the industry's overall development in the long run, and we will continue to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Leveraging our operational and technological expertise, we believe in our agility and ability to navigate the evolving and dynamic market conditions."
Ms. Ashley Xin Wu, Vice President of Finance of Huya, commented, "Given the continued macro headwinds and the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, we achieved RMB2,464.6 million total net revenues and RMB333.6 million gross profit in the first quarter of 2022. As we continue to invest in content to drive sustainable business development, we are committed to further enhancing operational efficiency and refining resource allocation to support key areas of our business. We remain confident that by fostering quality content, driving product innovation, running efficient operations and enhancing our compliance capabilities, we will strengthen Huya's core competitiveness in the game live streaming industry."
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total net revenues for the first quarter of 2022 were RMB2,464.6 million (US$388.8 million), compared with RMB2,604.8 million for the same period of 2021.
Live streaming revenues were RMB2,151.7 million (US$339.4 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB2,392.3 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to decreased average spending per paying user on Huya Live, as the recent macro environment adversely affected the sentiment of the Company's paying users.
Advertising and other revenues increased by 47.2% to RMB312.8 million (US$49.4 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB212.5 million for the same period of 2021, primarily driven by the increase in content sub-licensing revenues.
Cost of revenues increased by 1.9% to RMB2,131.0 million (US$336.2 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB2,090.9 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to the increase in revenue sharing fees and content costs.
Revenue sharing fees and content costs increased by 3.4% to RMB1,807.5 million (US$285.1 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB1,748.6 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to the increase in spending on e-sports content and the increase in revenue sharing fees in relation to certain broadcaster incentive programs.
Bandwidth costs decreased by 7.3% to RMB168.3 million (US$26.6 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB181.5 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to improved bandwidth cost management and continued technology enhancement efforts.
Gross profit was RMB333.6 million (US$52.6 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB513.9 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to lower revenues and increased cost of revenues primarily driven by higher revenue sharing fees and content costs. Gross margin was 13.5% for the first quarter of 2022, compared with 19.7% for the same period of 2021.
Research and development expenses decreased by 1.4% to RMB196.3 million (US$31.0 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB199.1 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to the decrease in share-based compensation expenses.
Sales and marketing expenses increased by 0.3% to RMB145.1 million (US$22.9 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB144.6 million for the same period of 2021.
General and administrative expenses decreased by 3.9% to RMB80.8 million (US$12.7 million) for the first quarter of 2022 from RMB84.1 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to the decrease in share-based compensation expenses.
Other income was RMB28.3 million (US$4.5 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB76.0 million for the same period of 2021, primarily attributable to realized damages received in the first quarter of 2021 from a favorable outcome in a broadcaster-related lawsuit.
Operating loss was RMB60.2 million (US$9.5 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with operating income of RMB162.1 million for the same period of 2021.
Interest and short-term investments income were RMB59.2 million (US$9.3 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB65.1 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to decreased interest rates.
Income tax expenses were RMB9.4 million (US$1.5 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB39.4 million for the same period of 2021, primarily due to lower taxable income.
Net loss attributable to HUYA Inc. was RMB3.3 million (US$0.5 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with net income attributable to HUYA Inc. of RMB185.5 million for the same period of 2021.
Non-GAAP net income attributable to HUYA Inc., which excludes share-based compensation expenses and gain on fair value change of investments, net of income taxes, was RMB46.6 million (US$7.4 million) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB265.9 million for the same period of 2021.
Diluted net loss per American depositary share ("ADS") was RMB0.01 (US$0.002) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with diluted net income per ADS of RMB0.77 for the same period of 2021. Each ADS represents one Class A ordinary share of the Company.
Non-GAAP diluted net income per ADS was RMB0.19 (US$0.03) for the first quarter of 2022, compared with RMB1.10 for the same period of 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, short-term deposits and short-term investments of RMB10,473.4 million (US$1,652.1 million), compared with RMB10,959.1 million as of December 31, 2021, primarily due to the increase in investments and prepayments to content providers.
Recent Development
Regulatory Update
On May 7, 2022, the PRC government issued the Opinion on Live Streaming Virtual Gifting and Enhancing the Protection of Minors (the "Opinion"). The Opinion stipulates that internet platforms shall, among other restrictions, (i) within one month of the publication of the Opinion terminate all billboard functions that rank users or broadcasters by the volume of virtual gifts that they send or receive, respectively, (ii) restrict certain interaction and engagement functions between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. every day, and (iii) prohibit minors from purchasing virtual gifts.
The Company will continue to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in providing live streaming services, including the Opinion. The Company is carefully considering the provisions of the Opinion and assessing their implications for the Company's business. The Company expects the Opinion, and the compliance measures to be taken, will have a negative impact on the live streaming services of the market participants of the industry, including that of the Company, which in turn may adversely affect the Company's results of operations and prospect. The Company will proactively seek guidance from and cooperate with government authorities in connection with its efforts to comply with the Opinion and any related implementation rules. There is no assurance that the measures that the Company takes will be effective or the implementation of the Opinion would not have a material adverse impact on the Company's business operations and financial results in the coming quarters.
Conference Call
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 7:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on May 17, 2022 (7:00 p.m. Beijing/Hong Kong time on May 17, 2022).
For participants who wish to join the call, please complete online registration using the link provided below 20 minutes prior to the scheduled call start time. Upon registration, participants will receive the conference call access information, including dial-in numbers, Direct Event passcode, a unique registrant ID and an e-mail with detailed instructions to join the conference call.
Participant Online Registration: http://apac.directeventreg.com/registration/event/3368875
Once registration is complete, please dial-in at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time of the earnings call and enter the Direct Event passcode and registrant ID as instructed to connect to the call.
Additionally, a live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.huya.com.
A replay of the conference call will be accessible approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live call until May 24, 2022, by dialing the following telephone numbers:
About HUYA Inc.
HUYA Inc. is a leading game live streaming platform in China with a large and active game live streaming community. The Company cooperates with e-sports event organizers, as well as major game developers and publishers, and has developed e-sports live streaming as one of the most popular content genres on its platform. The Company has created an engaged, interactive and immersive community for game enthusiasts of China's young generation. Building on its success in game live streaming, Huya has also extended its content to other entertainment content genres. Huya's open platform also functions as a marketplace for broadcasters and talent agencies to congregate and closely collaborate with the Company.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information is prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"), except that the consolidated statement of changes in shareholders' equity, consolidated statements of cash flows, and the detailed notes have not been presented. Huya uses non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to HUYA Inc., non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders, non-GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary shares, and non-GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per ADS, which are non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP gross profit is gross profit excluding share-based compensation expenses allocated in cost of revenues. Non-GAAP operating income (loss) is operating income (loss) excluding share-based compensation expenses. Non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to HUYA Inc. is net income (loss) attributable to HUYA Inc. excluding share-based compensation expenses and gain on fair value change of investments, net of income taxes. Non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders is net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders excluding share-based compensation expenses and gain on fair value change of investments, net of income taxes. Non-GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per ADS is non-GAAP net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by weighted average number of ADS used in the calculation of non-GAAP basic and diluted net income (loss) per ADS. The Company believes that separate analysis and exclusion of the impact of (i) share-based compensation expenses, and (ii) gain on fair value change of investments, net of income taxes add clarity to the constituent parts of its performance. The Company reviews these non-GAAP financial measures together with GAAP financial measures to obtain a better understanding of its operating performance. It uses the non-GAAP financial measure for planning, forecasting and measuring results against the forecast. The Company believes that non-GAAP financial measure is useful supplemental information for investors and analysts to assess its operating performance without the effect of (i) share-based compensation expenses, which have been and will continue to be significant recurring expenses in its business, and (ii) gain on fair value change of investments, net of income taxes, which may recur when there is observable price change in the future. However, the use of non-GAAP financial measures has material limitations as an analytical tool. One of the limitations of using non-GAAP financial measures is that they do not include all items that impact the Company's net income for the period. In addition, because non-GAAP financial measures are not measured in the same manner by all companies, they may not be comparable to other similar titled measures used by other companies. In light of the foregoing limitations, you should not consider non-GAAP financial measure in isolation from or as an alternative to the financial measure prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the table captioned "HUYA Inc. Reconciliations of GAAP and Non-GAAP Results" at the end of this announcement.
Exchange Rate Information
This announcement contains translations of certain RMB amounts into U.S. dollars at a specified rate solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB6.3393 to US$1.00, the noon buying rate in effect on March 31, 2022, in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. The Company makes no representation that the Renminbi or U.S. dollars amounts referred to in this announcement could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars or Renminbi, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as Huya's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. Huya may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Huya's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: Huya's goals and strategies; Huya's future business development, results of operations and financial condition; the expected growth of the game live streaming market; the expectation regarding the rate at which to gain active users, especially paying users; Huya's ability to monetize the user base; Huya's efforts in complying with applicable data privacy and security regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions in China; the impact of the COVID-19 to Huya's business operations and the economy in China and elsewhere generally; any regulatory developments in laws, regulations, rules, policies or guidelines applicable to Huya; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Huya's filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and Huya does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.
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Opinion: Breastfeeding isn’t ‘free.’ Here’s what it cost me.
What’s the least helpful advice for a parent desperate to find scarce baby formula? “TRY BREASTFEEEDING! It’s free and available on demand.” “God literally designed mothers to feed their babies.” This is cruel to any parent who can’t make the milk their child needs. And it’s not true.
Even in the best-case scenario, breastfeeding isn’t free. It costs money for the supplies that keep a nursing mother comfortable and healthy enough to keep producing milk. And it costs time. I can show you exactly how much time, because I used an app to track every minute I spent nursing and pumping over the first six months of my son’s life.
For the first six months of my son’s life, I tracked every minute I spent feeding him — either nursing him or pumping milk for bottles. On average, this took 2 hours 40 minutes each day, for a total of nearly 500 hours.
I nursed or pumped 1,700 times, at all hours of the day and night. A quick pump might take five minutes; a long nursing session could run 1.5 hours.
Fewer than 10 percent of the sessions were devoted to pumping. But pumping can be more time-consuming than nursing — and that doesn’t count time for cleaning and sterilizing pump parts.
Six months is how long the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed. I was able to breastfeed my son for that long thanks in part to privileges that aren’t available to most women in the United States, including lengthy paid leave, excellent health insurance and a highly accommodating employer.
Breastfeeding does have enormous value as a source of nutrition, bonding and even antibodies for diseases such as covid-19. But breastfeeding doesn’t always work for mothers and babies. And when it does, it has a real price.
If mothers in the United States were paid to nurse and pump at a rate equivalent to women’s median annual salary, this is what their time would be worth:
SUPPLY COSTS
$1339
TIME SPENT
8.1
hTIME COSTS
$11460
Adjust the salary slider to see the value of your time if you were to breastfeed for six months.
Every woman’s experience is unique. Below, I describe how my expenses and the cost of my time broke down month by month.
Before birth
+$636.37, including $100.70 to upgrade an insurance-covered breast pump; nursing bras; and formula in case we needed it as a safety net
As I learned four years ago, when I came home from the hospital with my first baby and a pair of cracked and bleeding nipples, the idea of breastfeeding as a blissful miracle is a fantasy. A 2005 study in the medical journal Pediatrics found that a major reason women stopped breastfeeding was physical pain. This time around, I started investing in keeping myself and my baby healthy before my son arrived.
I stocked my medicine cabinet with products: soothing lanolin cream, healing gel patches and nipple protectors that made me look like Madonna in a cone bra. Some of these items are eligible for purchase with funds from tax-preferred health savings accounts — a benefit that, while increasingly common, is by no means universal. Out of pocket, they’re expensive: supplies that should be acknowledged essentials but can easily feel like luxuries as they add up.
Month one
+$257.94, including a $100 travel fee for a home visit from a lactation consultant
+123 hours 42 minutes nursing
+2 hours 19 minutes hours pumping
It’s no exaggeration to say that breastfeeding a newborn is a full-time job — especially in the beginning.
In the month after my son came home from the hospital, I spent the equivalent of three workweeks nursing him, sometimes as much as five hours a day. A lot of that time was in the evening when he, like a lot of babies, would cluster feed — eat on and off for hours before finally falling asleep. (No wonder women frequently cite concerns about their milk supply as a reason to stop breastfeeding.)
It helped that my husband had three months of paid parental leave — and used it. Ten percent of dads in the United States don’t take any time off after their children are born. Seventy percent take 10 days or fewer. Even those with more employer-provided leave don’t always take it, whether because the leave isn’t paid or because of social or professional pressure. It was so valuable to have my husband home caring for our 3-year-old, making sure I ate and stayed hydrated, and handling middle-of-the-night diaper changes.
Another incredible benefit: The lactation consultants from the Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington are in-network on my insurance. A few days after we came home from the hospital, a former labor and delivery nurse visited our house, made sure my son was latching and transferring milk well, and checked in on my well-being. I paid $100 out of pocket to cover her travel fee, but without insurance, the visit would have cost three times as much.
Month two
+$48.85 for lactation tea, bottle nipples and nursing pads
+82 hours 17 minutes nursing
+7 hours 42 minutes hours pumping
As babies get older, they eat more quickly and efficiently. But post-delivery, mothers’ bodies still have plenty of work to do.
The standard medical leave for a vaginal delivery is six weeks, with an additional two weeks for recuperation from a Caesarean section. Given the magnitude of the changes a woman’s body experiences during pregnancy and labor, as well as the tremendous work she does during delivery and the wide variety of postpartum health consequences, this doesn’t exactly seem like enough. That’s especially true if a woman is using her body to produce the food that keeps someone else alive.
I live in D.C., which pays a little over $1,000 maximum per week of new parents’ salaries for eight weeks; employers may pay the rest of an employee’s salary during that period, and offer more extended paid leave as well. But for women who don’t have paid leave to bond with their babies during and after these recovery periods, and whose families rely on their income, taking nonmedical leave might not be a viable choice.
It can be difficult to pin down exactly when women go back to work after giving birth; women’s workforce participation, laws, cultural norms and company policies have shifted so much in recent generations. But one analysis of 2001 workforce data published in 2008 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 7 percent of mothers were working just one month after giving birth and 26 percent had gone back to work after two months.
Month three
+$51.08 for lactation tea and more bottles
+64 hours 30 minutes nursing
+8 hours pumping
By the time they’ve been around for a couple of months, babies start smiling and interacting. At this point, my son was nursing quickly enough that I had time to start enjoying his emerging personality.
The fact that the United States is the rare country without government-guaranteed paid maternity leave is repeated ad nauseam in debates about family policy. Instead, the Family and Medical Leave Act provides most new parents with 12 weeks of unpaid job protection, leaving it up to individual families to decide whether they can afford to take that time. My employer provides parents of any gender paid time off to spend with their new children. But if I’d had to take unpaid time to bond with my son — beyond the eight weeks of D.C.-provided medical leave — I would have spent a lot more time thinking about what this precious time cost me in terms of lost income.
Month four
+$151.85, including new valves for my manual pump and a few extra nursing bras, given my son’s tendency to spit up on me and my desire not to do laundry every day
+60 hours 13 minutes nursing
+13 hours 26 minutes pumping
There are a lot of wonderful things about having what by U.S. standards is “generous” maternity leave. High on that list for me was getting to put off regularly pumping breast milk for someone else to feed my baby.
Pumping milk is hard, even with improvements in breast pump technology. There’s no way around what it involves: having a very sensitive part of your body pulled into a plastic tube 30 or more times per minute, for as much as a half-hour at a time. I’ve never had an experience that made me feel so much sympathy for factory-farmed animals.
And while it’s wonderful for a baby to bond with other people through feeding, adding bottles into the routine doesn’t mean a mother gets her time back. By some estimates, healthy babies who nurse well remove milk from their mother’s breasts twice as fast as a breast pump does. Some women don’t respond well to pumps, meaning they have to spend even longer pumping than they would breastfeeding, or pump even more frequently than their baby eats from a bottle.
Month five
+$111.51, including fenugreek tea and brewer’s yeast that I add to oatmeal chocolate chip cookies; both are thought to boost milk production, and even if they don’t, the cookies taste great
+54 hours 3 minutes nursing
+8 hours 54 minutes pumping
I returned to work. This transition was made easier because The Post has comfortable, dedicated pumping rooms for nursing mothers that include sinks and microwaves we can use to clean pump parts, and refrigerators for storing expressed milk. This is more than what is required by federal law, which states only that employers must ensure that women who want to pump have a place to do it that’s private, and that’s not a bathroom. If that space is a shared conference room, or full of computer servers, or chilly, well, too bad.
For best results while pumping — an ungainly experience at best — it helps to be relaxed. That’s hard if you have to tune out office chitchat, cover up quickly if a co-worker with a key barges into your “private” room, or balance awkwardly to avoid spilling breast milk if there isn’t a table available — all while hooked up to what feels like a piece of industrial equipment. Yet for anyone who wants to keep breastfeeding exclusively, pumping is mandatory: If a woman doesn’t keep removing milk from her breasts, her body will stop making it. For too many women in the United States, that means enduring conditions that are uncomfortable at best if they want to continue to nurse after going back to work.
Month six
+$81.06, including new valves and tubing for my electric breast pump, which becomes less efficient as those pieces wear out
+49 hours 36 minutes nursing
+11 hours pumping
Unlike the first time I had a baby, when I returned to the office this time I still worked from home twice a week. That makes me different from the 60 percent of Americans who have jobs they can’t perform from home. On the days I do work from home, I can nurse instead of pumping.
Not every job has the flexibility that comes with writing and reporting. While working on this column, I nursed my son through Zoom briefing by the Food and Drug Administration about efforts to address the formula shortage and pumped while watching a hearing on the agency’s budget request for the coming year. But many of the other accommodations and benefits that made it possible for me to breastfeed my children should be norms, not wonderful aberrations.
Not every mother wants to breastfeed. Not every parent can. But for those of us who do, breastfeeding is anything but free. A society that truly values breastfeeding would assume some of the costs associated with nursing, rather than pretending they don’t exist. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/breastfeeding-cost-time-money/ | 2022-05-31 14:12:02 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/breastfeeding-cost-time-money/ |
There's no bad blood between Paris Hilton and her mom, Kathy Hilton, after the 41-year-old heiress refuted her mom's claims that she's been "trying and trying" to get pregnant.
While walking the red carpet at the 2022 Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Breakfast at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Paris explained to ET's Cassie DiLaura that her mom jumped the gun on her pregnancy plans and chalked the flub up to nerves.
"Yeah, we're fine," Paris tells ET. "I don't know where she came up with that. I was like, 'Mom, I've never even talked about that with you.' So, I think she just got nervous during the interview and, you know, you just say things. You're not even thinking."
The saga comes following a November interview Kathy gave to E! News, in which she spoke about Paris' fertility journey.
"It breaks my heart because I know she is trying and trying," Kathy shared at the time. "I always say, 'Just relax.'"
Paris refuted those claims when she took to her Instagram Story and shared that, while she's excited about the possibility of being a mom, she and husband Carter Reum "wanted to enjoy our first year of marriage together as a couple" before "planning on starting our family in 2023."
"We're so excited," Paris tells ET. "We have all the embryos waiting and ready but we just wanted to have our first year of marriage just us two because I think you need that. If you just rush into kids in one second, you don't get to enjoy that whole year of honeymooning around the world."
Paris also offered an update on her upcoming autobiography, Paris: The Memoir.
"I was just reading it again the other night going through the final edit and I was like, 'Oh my god. There's so many things in here I’ve never spoken about with my sister, my mother, like, none of my friends," she tells ET. "No one. So, it's just a really important story and things that I’ve [gone] through, and I hope that when other girls read it, maybe they can get advice on what to do in life or not to do. I really thought it was time to really just tell my true story."
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NEW YORK, Nov. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Torrid Holdings (NYSE: CURV) pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted in July 2021 (the "IPO"), of the important January 17, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Torrid securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Torrid class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9874 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 17, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO's offering documents failed to disclose the following material facts: (1) in the first half of 2021, Torrid had experienced a temporary surge in demand as a result of changed consumer behaviors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and government stimulus and that such ephemeral demand trends had dissipated and were not internally projected to continue following the IPO; (2) Torrid was suffering from severe supply chain disruptions caused by the emergence of the Delta variant of COVID-19, which had first emerged in May 2021; (3) Torrid was running materially below historical inventory levels as a result of supply chain disruptions; (4) as a result, Torrid did not have sufficient inventory to meet expected consumer demand for its fiscal third quarter of 2021; (5) as a result, late inventory arrival had materially impaired the Company from effectively matching consumer buying trends, creating an undisclosed risk of increased markdowns and promotional activities necessary to sell undesirable inventory; (6) Torrid's CFO planned to retire shortly after the IPO; and (7) as a result of the above, the Registration Statement's representations regarding Torrid's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the IPO, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Temu, the online marketplace offering quality goods at hard-to-beat prices, is expanding its selection of merchandise to meet the wide-ranging needs of customers as it enters its second month of operation.
Visitors to the Temu website (www.temu.com) and mobile apps can browse the thousands of deals being uploaded each day across more than 100 product categories. They range from makeup and dresses to baseball gloves and power tools.
Temu can rapidly expand its selection of quality, affordable merchandise because of its access to a global network of top-notch suppliers cultivated over the years by Pinduoduo. Both Temu and Pinduoduo are part of Nasdaq-listed PDD (NASDAQ: 100), one of the world's biggest e-commerce groups with more than 11 million suppliers and manufacturers.
By connecting manufacturers directly with consumers through its digital platform, Temu can reduce the number of intermediaries standing between buyer and seller and keep prices low.
Launched in the US in September 2022, Temu was created with the goal of empowering consumers with more choices of quality products at affordable prices. Temu has said that it will benefit from Pinduoduo's international brands initiative to help manufacturers create global brands and connect them to consumers globally.
About Temu:
Temu is a global online marketplace featuring the widest selection of unique quality merchandise at affordable prices, made possible by sourcing and fulfillment capabilities built over the years. Created with the goal of empowering consumers, Temu works closely with its global network of suppliers and logistics partners to create and curate personalized quality products for consumers to enjoy the conveniences and comforts of life.
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The U.S. women's national team has not only been wildly successful on the field, the players have also been unabashedly outspoken, using their platform to advocate for equal rights for themselves and others.
The team's efforts to secure equitable pay finally came to fruition this week. The four-time Women's World Cup winners reached a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that gives them the same pay as their male counterparts.
But the historic milestone wasn't achieved just because the women filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2019, or complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016. It was decades in the making.
Former goalkeeper Briana Scurry, who started on the team that won the 1999 World Cup, said the job of a national team player is first to be a skilled player and a great teammate. But there's always been another unspoken component.
“Part two is you have to understand that there is a standard of doing more than just being a footballer, you have to push the envelope further and further, raise the bar in terms of equality," Scurry said. “It was so clear to all of us back then that we deserved so much more than we were getting when we were the ones winning World Cups and Olympic Games, and bringing great notoriety to soccer in this country.”
—In 1995, before the Atlanta Games became the first Olympics to include women's soccer, a group of nine players, including Scurry, Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, sat out of a training camp in a dispute over bonuses.
—Following the team's memorable 1999 World Cup victory at the Rose Bowl, 20 of the team's players refused to play in a tournament in Australia. That led to the team's first collective bargaining agreement.
Akers, who is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame, said that back when the team was founded in the 80s, the players got a $10 per diem and had to wear their own cleats in games. They were given hand-me-down uniforms from the men's team.
Out of necessity, it became “part of the team's DNA” for the players to advocate for themselves off the field, Akers said.
"That’s also a part of playing for the US National Team, you’re representing your country, you’re representing your family, your teammates, and you’re out there giving everything you have to be the best you can be — and that doesn’t just mean as a soccer player, it means as a person and it means how you interact and work to make the world better," she said.
Over the years, the battles extended beyond just pay.
Abby Wambach led a group of players in protesting the artificial turf fields at the 2015 World Cup in Canada, claiming — rightly — that the men's World Cup would never be held on fake grass. The players said the game is inherently different on turf and there’s a greater risk of injury. The tournament went on as planned, but the point was made for future World Cups.
Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem before two games in 2016 in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who knelt to draw attention to racial inequity.
At a match in Texas this year, a number of players wore armbands that read “Protect Trans Kids" hours after Gov. Greg Abbott called for investigations into parents for seeking gender-affirming care for their transgender children, likening it to child abuse.
One of the team's most dramatic stands for equality came in 2016, when five high-profile players — Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Becky Sauerbrunn, Hope Solo and Carli Lloyd — filed their EEOC complaint.
Unsatisfied with the lack of response, the women filed a gender discrimination lawsuit in 2019, just a few months before the team went to France and won the World Cup, spurring chants of “Equal Pay!” from fans celebrating the victory.
The U.S. Soccer Federation settled the lawsuit with the women earlier this year, and vowed to work with both the men's and women's teams to equalize pay going forward. On Wednesday, the teams announced that deals had been struck.
“We wouldn’t be where we are today without all the generations of women’s national team players that came before that decided to fight for better everything,” Sauerbrunn said. “So much credit needs to go to them and I hope that they feel pride in what they did because we wouldn’t be here without them."
Amanda Cromwell, who played for the national team from 1991-98, appearing in 55 matches, is proud of that legacy.
“I hope these women know the players that came before them, Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, they paved the way for this group, and we fought our battles back then with some contract issues and trying to get more,” Cromwell said. "We’ve come a long way, I’ll say that.”
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To the self-proclaimed “licensed therapist” who described a prior writer as jealous and conflicted. No legitimate mental health professional would engage in such armchair diagnosis. It is unethical for a “therapist” to provide an evaluation of another person without having seen them.
No Christmas light display is elegant, classy, or beautiful. They’re gaudy, sacrilegious displays of wasteful, conspicuous consumption, seeking pride rather than Christ-like humility.
I am ticked off that the people in Ormond Beach are making our town trashy by parking in the street and on top of that they park facing traffic. There are no reflectors on the front of your cars, check it out. At least park with traffic.
To the person complaining about the weather forecasters using feels like instead of the actual temperature. You say you have a thermometer, so why do you care which temperature the weather person gives?
I’m ticked off at these doctor offices, banks, and government offices who close on the day after the holiday. Christmas and New Year’s were on Sunday not Monday. It’s not our fault that it fell on a weekend day. As if you don’t get enough days off during the year. Get your rear in gear and open up for business!
I’m ticked off that Walmart is too cheap to replace their nasty old floors and instead have chosen to take up all of their floors down to the concrete and now have it prepared as slick polished concrete it is like an ice-skating rink.!
When, oh when, oh when will the Orange County Sheriff’s Office start enforcing the speed limit on North Econlockhatchee Trail north of University Boulevard? It’s become dangerous for me to back out of my driveway because of the speeders.
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Thank you to the Walgreens on the corner of Gatlin Avenue and South Semoran Boulevard for putting on their marquee sign ‘Caring and serving our Beautiful City.’ So right! There are many inspiring and helpful people in our community. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-op-ticked-off-010323-20230102-vuic4zfygzbzpdubfeyg3jnqg4-story.html | 2023-01-02 17:53:49 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-op-ticked-off-010323-20230102-vuic4zfygzbzpdubfeyg3jnqg4-story.html |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An officer-involved shooting in Indianapolis left a suspect hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department announced the shooting in a tweet, saying “the suspect involved in this OIS was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.”
No officers were injured, IMPD said.
Local news reports said the incident shut down traffic in the area of Interstate 65 and Kessler Boulevard on the city's northwest side.
It was not immediately clear what led up to the shooting. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/indianapolis-police-shooting-leaves-suspect-17867579.php | 2023-03-29 22:56:10 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/indianapolis-police-shooting-leaves-suspect-17867579.php |
On Galactic Travels™, the Special Focus for October is Tapes and Topographies.
Tapes and Topographies is a project of Todd Gauthreaux of Frisco, Texas, north of Dallas. Todd has released music under various names. Some of the labels that have released his music include Past Inside the Present, Whitelabrecs, Dronarivm, and Shimmering Moods. | https://www.wdiy.org/wdiy-headlines/2022-10-01/galactic-travels-the-special-focus-for-october-2022 | 2022-10-01 22:47:49 | 1 | https://www.wdiy.org/wdiy-headlines/2022-10-01/galactic-travels-the-special-focus-for-october-2022 |
2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta Schedule: Friday Start Time, How to Watch Live Stream, Tee Times & Pairings
Austin Smotherman leads the field at the 2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta through one round of play, with a score of -8. Play continues at Vidanta Vallarta in Vallarta, Mexico, watch the second round to see how the action plays out.
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MIAMI, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, is today announcing the winners of its Partner of the Year Awards. The annual event recognizes partners' continued dedication to the IFS Partner Program, commitment to excellence in the service(s) delivered to mutual customers, and expertise in leveraging innovation to extend the capabilities of IFS's solution. The announcement is taking place this year at the IFS global partner event, IFS Unleashed (Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC), Miami, Florida, United States, October 10-14, 2022).
The 2022 IFS Partner of the Year Awards comprises twelve categories that recognize the tremendous achievements of IFS's partner ecosystem and considers partners across all industries, countries, and market segments.
Merlin Knott, Global Head, Partner and Channels, IFS, said: "The aim of the Partner of the Year awards is to commend our partners for their continued commitment to excellence within the global IFS partner ecosystem. What we have seen from the entries we received, and especially the winners we have selected, is a spirit of resilience and determination to succeed despite the challenges and deliver for customers at that critical Moment of Service™.
"That spirit translates into the great results we are achieving on the ground," added Knott. "So far in 2022, the total number of deals we have conducted involving a partner is up 14% Year on Year (YoY), while we have also completed just under 1000 new certifications. In addition, we have seen the overall number of deals closed Year to Date (YTD) rise by 25% YoY. These figures, and our awards, bear witness to just how important our partner ecosystem is to us."
As with previous years, an internal steering committee of global and regional IFS representatives reviewed nominations for the merit-based categories of the awards. Added to that, a panel of veteran industry analysts, Mickey North Rizza (IDC), Daniel Newman (Futurum), and Adam Holtby (Omdia), led on judging nominations for the Innovative and Services categories, drawing on their broad experiences to judge a particularly competitive pool of entries. The awards also featured a Customers' Choice Partner of the Year category, which was nominated by IFS customers.
Michael Ouissi, Chief Customer Officer, IFS, said: "These awards bear witness to the ongoing efforts and achievements of all our partners through these testing times. Their performance over the past calendar year has been outstanding, and their ongoing commitment to working with us to deliver choice, innovation, and business value to our customers deserves to be warmly commended.
"We continue to see the value of our partner ecosystem as it grows with +1,255 additional certified partners and consultants compared to 2020. The benefits of which were reflected in our revenue figures for the Financial Year 2021 (FY21), as Partner contribution to License Revenue reached 28%. While the overall contribution of partners has increased by 50% YoY. These awards are a celebration of the vital contribution our partners are making to our business."
The full list of winners is as follows:
Global System Integrator Partner of the Year – Accenture
Finalists: Capgemini and Infosys
A merit-based award, this category recognized those that demonstrated a significant contribution to the continued growth of the IFS ecosystem on a global scale through new customer acquisition, while also delivering unmatched support services to customers.
Regional System Integrator Partner of the Year – Baker Tilly Digital
Finalists: IBM and Tietoevry
A merit-based award, this category recognized those that demonstrated a significant contribution to the continued growth of the IFS ecosystem in the region through new customer acquisition, while also delivering unmatched support services to customers.
IFS Foundation Partner of the Year – HOIST
This category awards partners on demonstrating true commitment to continued business growth and building a strong partnership together.
IFS Spirit Award – Cooper Software
This category recognizes partners who showed a significant commitment to a "One IFS" mentality, collaborating as a team to create opportunities, deliver successful projects, increase customer satisfaction and market awareness across all IFS solutions.
Customers' Choice Partner of the Year – InfoConsulting
Finalists: Nayo Technologies and Xitricon
Nominated by IFS customers, this award celebrates the contribution of organizations that have demonstrated their dedication to a genuinely customer-centric approach.
Innovative Partner of the Year – Cedar Bay
Finalists: Baker Tilly Digital and Enterprise Analytics
This award recognizes partners for demonstrating excellence in consistent innovation and implementation of customer solutions, leading to a positive and sustainable impact on their businesses.
Services Partner of the Year – Enterprise – Infosys
Finalists – Capgemini and HOIST
This nomination-based award recognized the IFS partners, whose expertise in implementation methodology, breadth of knowledge of IFS solutions, and superior customer service mentality was instrumental in delivering a multitude of successful projects in record-time - driving exponential ROI for customers.
Services Partner of the Year – Mid-Market – Enterprise Analytics
Finalists – RutterKey and Addovation
This award recognizes partners who provide exceptional delivery of services to mid-market customers supported by expert advice and guidance. This partner displays the value of innovation to mid-sized businesses, solving immediate business challenges and forming the foundation for future transformation.
Channel Partner of the Year – Novacura
Finalists: NEC and InfoConsulting
This merit-based award honors the partner who has demonstrated exceptional efforts in new business development, thought leadership, and products and services that promote IFS in emerging markets.
Growth Partner of the Year – Arcwide
Finalists – Capgemini and Accenture
A merit-based award, this category recognized those partners that, in the past 24 months, exemplified accelerated growth and rapid implementation, having onboarded at minimum one new customer in the past 24 months and demonstrated a true commitment to continued business growth together.
Technology Alliances Partner of the Year – Microsoft
Finalists – Boomi and HERE
This merit-based award recognized the IFS partners that provided exponential value to IFS customers through the delivery of innovative add-on technology; demonstrated ability to respond to ever-changing business circumstances, and contributed to the adoption of IFS solutions within new customer bases to drive pipeline/revenue growth.
Emerging Markets – Tech Mahindra
Finalists - Kurumsal Bilgi Sistemleri and Technodyn
This merit-based award honors the partner who has demonstrated exceptional efforts in new business development, thought leadership, and products and services that promote IFS in emerging markets.
For more information on IFS's partner network, please visit https://www.ifs.com/partners/partner-program
About IFS
IFS develops and delivers cloud enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers—at the Moment of Service™. The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 5,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support our 10,000+ customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.
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VALCOURT, QC, Aug. 30, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - BRP Inc. (TSX: DOO) (NASDAQ: DOOO) will hold its second quarter FY23 financial results conference call on Wednesday, September 14, 2022.
José Boisjoli, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Sébastien Martel, Chief Financial Officer, will present the results of the second quarter of FY23 and address questions from analysts on a conference call at 9 a.m. (EDT).
The press release will be distributed on Canadian and American newswires on Wednesday, September 14, at approximately 6 a.m. (EDT).
For investors and analysts:
Telephone: 1 (888) 440-2167 (toll-free in North America)
Event code: 2279047
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Webcast: Click here to access the webcast
Business media are allowed to join the call but will not be permitted to ask questions. This webcast will also be live on the Internet here and accessible to media and interested participants. An archived recording will be available here two hours after the event for 30 days following the original broadcast.
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We are a global leader in the world of powersports products, propulsion systems and boats built on 80 years of ingenuity and intensive consumer focus. Our portfolio of industry-leading and distinctive products includes Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and pontoons, Can-Am on and off-road vehicles, Alumacraft and Quintrex boats, Manitou pontoons and Rotax marine propulsion systems as well as Rotax engines for karts and recreational aircraft. We complete our lines of products with a dedicated parts, accessories and apparel portfolio to fully enhance the riding experience. With annual sales of CA$7.6 billion from over 120 countries, our global workforce includes close to 20,000 driven, resourceful people.
Ski-Doo, Lynx, Sea-Doo, Can-Am, Rotax, Alumacraft, Manitou, Quintrex, and the BRP logo are trademarks of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Woman arrested after stealing $50K watch, cash from hotel guest, police say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A woman in Las Vegas is accused of stealing a $50,000 watch and thousands of dollars from a hotel guest staying on the Strip.
According to an arrest report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Anniajah Pratt stole a $50,000 Patek Phillipe watch, $50,000 in cash that the guest had in a backpack and $500 from his wallet.
KVVU reports the incident happened on May 6 at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.
Vegas police said the man told them he recalled drinking at a bar in the casino and then going back to his room. However, he noticed everything was missing when he woke up, including a $500 Apple Pay deduction.
Police reported surveillance video showed an unidentified woman in an elevator with the man around 3:20 a.m. The video then showed the woman leaving in a vehicle registered to Pratt around 6:25 a.m.
The man was able to identify Pratt in a photo lineup, according to police.
On May 11, authorities said they served a search warrant on Pratt’s apartment. While they did not recover the items, they did find clothes resembling the outfit that she was seen wearing in the surveillance video.
Police concluded in the arrest report that no one else had access to the man’s property other than Pratt based on their investigation.
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Dynamic application security testing (DAST) leader provides AWS customers fast and flexible cloud access to AppSec scanning solutions
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Invicti Security announced the availability of its AppSec solutions as both a private listing and public offer in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. The engagement with AWS makes it easier for existing AWS customers to purchase and deploy Invicti's software directly in the cloud, allowing for a simple way to scan for vulnerabilities and help make web applications more secure.
Any customer can purchase Invicti using their existing AWS cloud agreement to simplify the procurement process, which can count toward their contracted annual AWS spending. By giving customers the option to purchase through the AWS Marketplace, AWS customers have the convenience of consolidated billing and access to flexible funding sources to support their cloud migration efforts.
"Now, AWS customers can protect their web applications with Invicti's DAST solution in a streamlined purchasing process," said Alvaro Warden, Director of Channels, Invicti. "Having the option for customers to add Invicti to their AWS bill directly through AWS Marketplace simplifies procurement, expedites return on investment, and extends the reach of our accurate, automated, continuous scanning solution to AWS customers worldwide."
Invicti Security provides application security with zero noise by making it simple for teams to build security automation into every step of the SDLC. It eliminates hundreds of hours of manual tasks by reducing time-wasting false positives using Proof-Based Scanning technology. It also helps developers fix issues quickly with detailed documentation that pinpoints vulnerability locations. In the past year, Invicti supported its customers with the ability to scan over 420,000 web applications and added nearly 750 new customers to its roster of more than 3,600 worldwide.
Invicti Security – which acquired and combined respective DAST leaders Acunetix and Netsparker – is on a mission: application security with zero noise. An AppSec leader for more than 15 years, Invicti's best-in-DAST solutions enable DevSecOps teams to continuously scan web applications, shifting both left and right to identify, prioritize and secure a company's most important assets. Our commitment to accuracy, coverage, automation, and scalability helps mitigate risks and propel the world forward by securing every web application. Invicti is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has employees in over 11 countries serving more than 4,000 organizations around the world. For more information, visit our website or follow us on LinkedIn.
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COLUMBUS, Ga., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac Incorporated announced today that it has published its second Sustainability Bond Report two years after issuing its first sustainability bond on March 8, 2021. The sustainability bond reinforces the company's longstanding commitment to uphold the core values of our business approach that balances purpose and profit. With the publication, the Company has fulfilled its commitment to publish such a report every year until fully allocated.
The report details that since the issuance, $397 million, which represents 100% of the net proceeds, has been allocated to four Eligible Categories under Aflac Incorporated's Sustainability Bond Framework: Communities, Green Buildings, Renewable Energy and Socioeconomic Advancement and Empowerment. These categories also align with and incorporate the priorities set forth in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The report also describes, where feasible, the estimated environmental and social impacts of the assets, which range from 268,700 megawatts of solar power generation to 18,064 patients receiving access to quality healthcare.
While the Framework permits net proceeds to be attributed to investments in or financings of Eligible Sustainability Assets completed up to 36 months before the issuance of a Sustainability Bond, 88% of the investments were new investments.
Commenting on the report, Aflac Incorporated President and Chief Operating Officer Frederick J. Crawford said: "In today's environment, there is a demand from both customers and investors to balance purpose and profit like never before, and that is what we are doing. Call it corporate social responsibility; environmental, social and governance; or just doing the right thing. At Aflac, we believe that helping our stakeholders and the people in our communities have a better quality of life, while being mindful of environmental impacts, is not only the right thing to do, but that it also makes good business sense and gives people a greater desire to be affiliated with of our company. As we strive to deliver value to the people who depend upon us, we will continue to identify ways to advance the approach that is known as The Aflac Way."
Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and social responsibility, including through its 2022 Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report, at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
ABOUT AFLAC INCORPORATED
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL) is a Fortune 500 company helping provide protection to more than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., paying cash fast when policyholders get sick or injured. For over 67 years, the insurance policies of Aflac Incorporated's subsidiaries have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. In the U.S., Aflac is the number one provider of supplemental health insurance products.1 Aflac Life Insurance Japan is the leading provider of cancer and medical insurance policies in force in Japan, where it insures 1 in 4 households. In 2021, the company became a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). In 2022, the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 16th consecutive year, on Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies for the 22nd time and in Bloomberg's Gender-Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at aflac.com or aflac.com/espanol. Investors may learn more about Aflac Incorporated and its commitment to ESG and social responsibility at investors.aflac.com under "Sustainability."
1 LIMRA 2021 U.S. Supplemental Health Insurance Total Market Report
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" to encourage companies to provide prospective information, so long as those informational statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements. The company desires to take advantage of these provisions. This document contains cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected herein, and in any other statements made by company officials in communications with the financial community and contained in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Forward-looking statements are not based on historical information and relate to future operations, strategies, financial results or other developments. Furthermore, forward-looking information is subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. In particular, statements containing words such as "expect," "anticipate," "believe," "goal," "objective," "may," "should," "estimate," "intends," "projects," "will," "assumes," "potential," "target," "outlook" or similar words as well as specific projections of future results, generally qualify as forward-looking. Aflac undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.
The company cautions readers that the following factors, in addition to other factors mentioned from time to time, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements:
- difficult conditions in global capital markets and the economy, including those caused by COVID-19
- defaults and credit downgrades of investments
- global fluctuations in interest rates and exposure to significant interest rate risk
- concentration of business in Japan
- limited availability of acceptable yen-denominated investments
- foreign currency fluctuations in the yen/dollar exchange rate
- differing interpretations applied to investment valuations
- significant valuation judgments in determination of expected credit losses recorded on the Company's investments
- decreases in the Company's financial strength or debt ratings
- decline in creditworthiness of other financial institutions
- concentration of the Company's investments in any particular single-issuer or sector
- major public health issues, including COVID-19 and any resulting or coincidental economic effects, on the Company's business and financial results
- the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified sales associates, brokers, employees, and distribution partners
- deviations in actual experience from pricing and reserving assumptions
- ability to continue to develop and implement improvements in information technology systems and on successful execution of revenue growth and expense management initiatives
- interruption in telecommunication, information technology and other operational systems, or a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data residing on such systems
- subsidiaries' ability to pay dividends to the Parent Company
- inherent limitations to risk management policies and procedures
- operational risks of third party vendors
- tax rates applicable to the Company may change
- failure to comply with restrictions on policyholder privacy and information security
- extensive regulation and changes in law or regulation by governmental authorities
- competitive environment and ability to anticipate and respond to market trends
- catastrophic events, including, but not limited to, as a result of climate change, epidemics, pandemics (such as COVID-19), tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, war or other military action, terrorism or other acts of violence, and damage incidental to such events
- ability to protect the Aflac brand and the Company's reputation
- ability to effectively manage key executive succession changes in accounting standards
- level and outcome of litigation
- allegations or determinations of worker misclassification in the United States
Analyst and investor contact - David A. Young, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667 or esg@aflac.com
Media contact - Ines Gutzmer, 762.207.7601 or igutzmer@aflac.com
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Delores Lowery remembers vividly the day in 2016 when she was working in a weaving plant near her home in Bennettsville, S.C., and the world around her seemed to go dim.
She turned to her co-workers. "And I asked, I said, 'Why y'all got it so dark in here? They said, 'Delores, it's not dark in here.' I said, 'Yes it is. It's so dark in here.'"
She landed in the hospital. Her A1C level, which shows the average percentage of sugar in someone's blood over the past few months, was 14.
A reading of 6.5% or higher indicates diabetes.
Lowery's home in Marlboro County is at the heart of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the "Diabetes Belt" — 644 mostly Southern counties where rates of the disease are high.
And of those counties, NPR found that more than half have high levels of medical debt. That means at least 1 in 5 people have medical debt in collections.
That's much higher than the national rate, which is 13%, according to the Urban Institute, a social-policy nonprofit. In Marlboro County, 37% of people have medical debt in collections.
NPR measured the overlap of Diabetes Belt counties and high medical debt counties by merging the institute's medical debt database with the CDC's list of Diabetes Belt counties.
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Institute economist Breno Braga says medical debt, like diabetes, is concentrated in the South.
"The single most important predictor of a county's medical debt is the prevalence of chronic conditions. So it's basically the share of the population that has disease, such as diabetes, hypertension and other types," he says.
Lowery has been dealing with both the medical and financial challenges of Type 2 diabetes, and much more. The years since her diagnosis have been extremely difficult, with one life-changing event having overwhelming health and financial consequences.
In 2017, she came home one day to find her daughter, Ella Shantrica, on the floor, stabbed to death. The body of her granddaughter, 8-year-old Iyana, was found 12 days later in a nearby creek. In February, a man was found guilty in the killings and sentenced to life in prison.
In an interview in the front room of that tidy single-family home in Bennettsville, Lowery says it took some time before she could bring herself to return to the house.
"Every day, 24 hours a day, that incident is in my head," she says. "It will never, ever go away."
She credits her church's pastor with helping her go back to the home, which she shares with her grandson Tyreon, a teenager on the autism spectrum. With her daughter gone, Lowery says she is Tyreon's sole caregiver.
Paying for diabetes care along with bills for food and housing has been a constant financial strain that eventually put her in debt.
"The cost of living was so extremely high in trying to raise my grandson that I just got behind," she says.
She's not alone. In addition to NPR's findings, research from the American Diabetes Association says people with the disease have more than twice the medical expenses annually as those without the disease.
"Because diabetes is a chronic illness, there are always six-month appointments," says Donna Dees, who lives in Georgia and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2008. "Every six months, go to the doctor, you've got lab work. So that's how the costs keep building up and building up."
Dees built up thousands of dollars in medical debt and got help from RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit group that says it has wiped out more than $8 billion in medical debt.
Lowery will tell you that she gets high-quality and compassionate health care from a local provider. But the financial challenge of living with diabetes has put her health into decline.
A drug that once helped her, Ozempic, is now too costly for her.
She says the medicine had been helping bring her diabetes under control. She was getting it delivered to her home, but she didn't meet her copays and the bills piled up as unpaid debt.
Soon, the deliveries stopped and Lowery tried to renew the prescription at the local pharmacy.
"I went to get it and the woman told me, 'I don't think you're going to be able to afford this.' I said, 'Why not?' She said, 'Because it's seven hundred and some dollars.'"
Worse, as the drug's profile skyrocketed in recent months as a "Hollywood" treatment for weight loss, demand increased and a shortage developed.
Lowery said earlier this year that she hadn't been able to get Ozempic for several months and that her diabetes was getting worse. Her insurance company has been no help.
"Nobody is willing to work with me with Ozempic. I don't know what to do," Lowery says. "They won't send me the medicine."
She and her provider even talked about getting physician samples, but given Ozempic's growing popularity, that didn't work.
A changing economy
In Lowery's hometown, others are struggling too.
More than 1 in 3 residents of the surrounding county have medical debt in collections, and 1 in 3 live in poverty.
It wasn't always this way, locals tell NPR. The area once hummed with manufacturing companies, restaurants and other amenities. There were plenty of good jobs to go around.
But one by one, employers moved out. Today, downtown Bennettsville is pretty quiet. South Carolina as a whole has nearly 100,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than it did in 2000.
"Bennettsville used to be a more thriving community years ago," says Lowery's health care provider, nurse practitioner Pat Weaver. "With a lot of our plants leaving for, you know, overseas in the last 15-20 years really made a devastating impact. We used to have a hospital here and now we no longer have that. It is very poor."
Weaver works for CareSouth, a nonprofit health center that has a federal government designation as a safety net provider.
As she walks the halls of the clinic, checking on colleagues and patients, she says that of the 3,300 appointments she takes every year, more than 90% of them have Type 2 diabetes.
She and others point to Bennettsville's changing economic fortune as a source of health problems in the community. Half the households in the city have an income less than $32,000.
She says lower-income residents often can't or don't choose the kinds of healthy meals that would help them control their diabetes.
"The fast foods don't help at all, and a lot of people just eat it every day, and that's a problem. It truly is," Weaver says. "But we have programs to help them. We even have a program where we take patients to the grocery store and we teach them what to buy."
CareSouth takes other steps, too, to fight the effects of poverty and disease in Bennettsville. The center has a sliding fee scale based on ability to pay and an in-house pharmacy that uses a federal program to keep drug prices down.
For Lowery, having a medical provider like Weaver has been a lifeline. "She's seen me through so much," Lowery says. "She tried different medicines to get my diabetes intact."
Finding Weaver came at a time when her family's murders threw her into depression, her finances spiraled out of control, and her diabetes worsened. Weaver, she says, helped get her into counseling.
"When she found out what had happened, I honestly believe in my heart that she cried just like I cried," Lowery says. "She did so much for me."
South Carolina's choice on Medicaid
While there is no easy solution for Lowery, who is over 65 and on Medicare, the Urban Institute and others say a simple policy change could prevent others from getting to such a difficult stage in their disease and finances: Expand Medicaid.
"Seventy-nine out of the 100 counties with the highest levels of medical debt are in states that have not expanded Medicaid under the ACA," the Urban Institute's Braga says.
The ACA is the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, which offered states the option to expand their health insurance programs for the poor.
South Carolina is one of 10 states that have declined, and where NPR identified more than two dozen counties that fall within the Diabetes Belt and have high rates of medical debt. There's evidence from other states that people became healthier and owed less money to medical providers after Medicaid expansion.
A Boston University researcher looked at health centers just like CareSouth — more than 900 of them serving nearly 20 million patients.
The centers in states that did expand Medicaid reported better diabetes control than those in states that didn't expand the program, and the effect was quick — within three years of the expansion.
Those improvements happened consistently among Black and Hispanic patients, who have higher rates of diabetes.
A study in Louisiana found that people who gained Medicaid coverage after an expansion there had reduced medical debt.
An eye on the future
Lowery says going forward she will continue to rely on her faith and her church community to help her through the tough times.
Still, she worries about the possible worsening of her diabetes and the financial stress of daily life.
"I wish things would get better," she says. "I think I would sleep a little better, because sometimes it's kind of hard for me to try to keep some food on the table."
This story was edited by Robert Little and Kamala Kelkar. It was produced by Meg Anderson. Photo editing by Virginia Lozano.
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New Radiation Oncology Center in Georgetown celebrated with ribbon cutting
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — There’s a new Radiation Oncology Center in Georgetown — eight years in the making.
Georgetown Community Hospital and Central Kentucky Cancer Care officially cut the ribbon during a ceremony Wednesday.
The center’s made possible by a $7.8 million investment from Lifepoint Health which will provide expanded cancer treatment services to the surrounding communities.
“What it’s required is eight years of diligent work. Step by step by step to actually get to today’s announcement. So it’s the culmination of a lot of years of work and we just couldn’t be more proud,” said Mayor Tom Prather.
The center is officially open for patients.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsNation) — As the new year looms, so does a slew of new laws and regulations in across the U.S. While they’re mostly on the state level, much of this legislation will have major impacts across country.
MINIMUM WAGE
Amid inflation and no changes on the federal level, several states will raise their minimum wages in 2023.
The federal wage in the U.S. is $7.25, a rate that hasn’t been changed since 2009. As of fall 2022, 15 states have minimum wage rates that match the federal minimum wage, down from 16 last year.
In the new year, 27 states will see an increase in their minimum wage, with a majority of the states implementing them starting Jan. 1.
Of the states set to increase minimum wages in 2023, Montana will see the lowest rate at $9.95 an hour, while Washington state is the highest at $15.74 an hour.
Michigan and Ohio will raise theirs to $10.10 an hour. California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington and New York will all bump theirs to $15 dollars an hour or more.
On the federal level, all military members’ salaries will increase by 4.6%, due to the annual Defense Spending Bill.
NEW LEGALIZED DRUG LAWS
Six states are set to either legalize recreational marijuana use in 2023 or put marijuana up for a vote. This does not include New York, which made recreational sales legal Thursday.
Connecticut, Maryland and Missouri will roll out their rules and regulations for legalized recreational marijuana for adults over 21.
Voters in Maryland and Missouri, which currently offer medical marijuana to adults, passed ballot measures in November that approved the change.
Colorado voters also passed a ballot measure in the midterm election to legalize psychedelic mushrooms. While the substance won’t be available for some time, due to working out specifics of its regulations, the state will decriminalize those substances by Jan. 4, 2023, according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
Oklahoma, Ohio and Minnesota are expected to vote on the issue in the new year.
Capped insulin prices
The cost of a life-saving drug for people with diabetes will be capped starting on Jan. 1. The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act includes a $35 a month limit on what patients pay out of pocket for insulin. However, it’s only for patients who will qualify as seniors on Medicare.
A push in Congress to cap insulin for all Americans, not just seniors, failed. Lawmakers want to try for it again in 2023. | https://www.koin.com/news/new-year-new-laws-the-changes-you-can-expect-in-2023/ | 2022-12-31 00:22:14 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/news/new-year-new-laws-the-changes-you-can-expect-in-2023/ |
NEW YORK — Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue for months following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion.
In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care plans will now cover abortion for employees “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability.”
The new policy will also offer “travel support” for workers and dependents covered under their health care plans so they can access services that are not available within 100 miles of their locations, Donna Morris, the retailer’s chief people officer, said in the memo.
Walmart employs nearly 1.6 million people in the U.S. In Arkansas, where the company is based, abortion is banned under all circumstances unless the procedure is needed to protect the life of the mother in a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest.
A Walmart spokesperson did not immediately reply for a request for comment on whether the company's health plan — or travel support — will cover elective abortions.
Previously, the company’s benefits plan had covered abortion only in cases “when the health of the mother would be in danger if the fetus were carried to term, the fetus could not survive the birthing process, or death would be imminent after birth,” according to a copy of the policy viewed by The Associated Press but not confirmed by Walmart.
Many companies — including Meta, American Express and Bank of America — have said they will cover travel costs for their employees in the aftermath of the high court ruling that tossed out Roe v. Wade. But dozens of others corporations, and organizations that represent some of the nation’s most powerful companies have continued to stay quiet. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/walmart-expands-abortion-coverage-for-employees-after-roe-v-wade-supreme-court-ruling-overturned/507-7abcf413-7f6c-49bb-8013-5c1b11c4914b | 2022-08-19 19:48:45 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/walmart-expands-abortion-coverage-for-employees-after-roe-v-wade-supreme-court-ruling-overturned/507-7abcf413-7f6c-49bb-8013-5c1b11c4914b |
Jason Momoa is embarking on "new beginnings" to help the environment.
The "Aquaman" actor, who has long been known for his thick mane of hair, shaved most of it off to draw attention to protecting oceans from plastic waste.
Momoa posted a video to his Instagram account, holding a shorn braid in his hand as the rest of his head was being shaved.
Momoa supports the reduction or elimination of single-use plastics and is the founder of Mananalu Water, which sells water in aluminum bottles and uses the proceeds to remove plastic from the ocean. The company says aluminum is far more recyclable than plastic.
"Here's to new beginnings, let's spread the aloha. Be better at protecting our land and oceans. We need to cut single-use plastics out of our lives and out of our seas," Momoa said in the video. | https://abc11.com/jason-momoa-instagram-long-hair-shaved-off-ocean-conservation-single-use-plastic-issue/12206142/ | 2022-09-07 15:26:29 | 0 | https://abc11.com/jason-momoa-instagram-long-hair-shaved-off-ocean-conservation-single-use-plastic-issue/12206142/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Rent the Runway, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of RENT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Rent the Runway Class A common stock in or traceable to the Company's October 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Rent the Runway was continuing to face extraordinary business headwinds, such as transportation headwinds and labor wage rate increases, from the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) Rent the Runway's active subscriber enrollments had sharply decelerated from the growth trajectory represented in the offering documents and, as a result, Rent the Runway was several months away from approaching its pre-pandemic levels of active subscriptions; (iii) Rent the Runway needed to substantially increase marketing and advertising costs from historical figures in order to attempt to grow its active subscriber network; (iv) Rent the Runway was suffering from ballooning fulfillment and transportation costs; and (v) as a result, Rent the Runway was suffering accelerating operational losses at the time of the initial public offering and was far less likely to achieve profitability in the near term, if ever, than represented.
DEADLINE: January 13, 2023 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/rent-the-runway-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=35023&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of RENT during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is January 13, 2023. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Second Largest Operator of Franchised Sola Salon Studio Locations Prepares for Continued Growth
BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salon Freedom Holdings, LLC (Salon Freedom), the fastest growing and second largest operator of franchised Sola Salon Studio locations, is pleased to announce the addition of Erin Bracke to its executive team as Chief Operating Officer effective Monday, December 5th. Erin will lead sales, marketing and operations across the company, from recruiting and on-boarding new Sola Pros to delivering a world class experience to customers every day. She'll contribute to the company's business strategy, while leading the design and deployment of all sales and operational systems, processes and programs.
"We couldn't be more pleased with the addition of Erin to our team," said David Raduziner, Co-Founder and CEO of Salon Freedom. "Erin is an intelligent, energetic and passionate leader, who will continue to build our strong culture for our 1,000+ Sola professionals. She brings a unique combination of sales and operations experience to the company and will be a great resource not only to us but to the entire Sola system."
Erin will be relocating to the Nashville area where Salon Freedom has invested approximately $10 million, with an additional $3+ million planned investment over the next 12 to 24 months. The company plans further development in excess of $10 million in Pennsylvania and New Jersey during that period.
Erin previously served as VP of Field Sales at Vacasa, a tech driven vacation rental management company. "We believe the combination of Erin's tech company and multi-unit rental experience will help drive Salon Freedom toward 100 Sola units and beyond," said Todd Recknagel, Salon Freedom's Board Chair. He added, "Her energy and enthusiasm is contagious." Prior to Vacasa, Erin had a long career in successively more senior operations management roles at Lifetime Fitness, a premium family health and fitness brand.
"Erin is a perfect fit for Salon Freedom's culture of care and support. We can't wait to get her fully engaged with our team and customers," said Steve Breuner, Co-Founder and CMO. "We have no doubt she'll bring a fresh perspective on marketing, sales and operations that will drive our business success as we continue our dramatic growth."
Bo Breuner, Philadelphia Development Director, who is running the fastest growing market in the country for Salon Freedom noted, "We eagerly anticipate the contributions Erin will make to our system bringing new ideas and sophistication to our operations – there's much to learn from her."
About Sola Salon Studios
In 2004, Sola Salons was established with the opening of its first location in Denver, Colorado. Now with more than 645 locations open in the U.S., Canada and Brazil, Sola is proud to offer almost 20,000 independent beauty professionals the freedom and benefits of salon ownership without the risk and overhead of opening a traditional salon. Its innovative salon model empowers hairdressers, estheticians, nail techs and other like-minded professionals to take control and independently manage their careers. Sola provides beauty professionals with beautiful, fully equipped salon studios alongside the support and tools they need to launch their salon business in no time. For more information, please visit www.solasalons.com.
About Salon Freedom Holdings
Salon Freedom was formed in 2008 to develop franchised Sola Salon locations. The company announced a major investment in March, 2022 by Three20 Capital Group, Geneva Glen Capital, and Stonehenge Partners. Salon Freedom currently operates 42 locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Tennessee with an additional 8 locations planned or under construction for completion by Q2 2023.
About Three20 Capital Group
Three20 Capital Group is a private equity firm led by franchise veterans Todd Recknagel and Kristi Mailloux. Three20 has a depth of experience in franchising, distribution, energy efficiency and multi-unit businesses. A sampling of Brands they have partnered with include Massage Envy, Office Pride, Take 5 Oil change, Mr. Handyman, Molly Maid, Quatrro Business Services and AM Conservation Group. www.Three20group.com
About Geneva Glen Capital
Geneva Glen Capital is a Chicago-based private equity firm that invests in proven private companies with leading market positions, significant growth potential, and stable cash flows. GGC makes control investments and targets companies headquartered in the U.S. or Canada with EBITDA between $2 million and $20 million. The firm works closely with management teams to establish and execute on a clearly defined value creation and growth plan. www.genevaglencapital.com
About Stonehenge Capital
Stonehenge is an Ohio-based private equity firm serving the lower middle market. Founded in 1999, Stonehenge has a long history of partnering with leading entrepreneurs and managers who are focused on building winning teams, accelerating growth, and creating shareholder value. Stonehenge provides flexible capital that meets the needs of all stakeholders, including majority equity, minority equity, debt, and combinations thereof. Stonehenge has raised more than $1 billion of committed capital and is currently investing out of its fifth institutional fund. www.Stonehengepartners.com
Contact David Raduziner, CEO at draduziner@solasalons.com or Todd Recknagel, Board Chair at todd@three20group.com
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Board members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee the governance of Walt Disney World said Wednesday that their Disney-controlled predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.
The five supervisors were appointed by the Republican governor to the board after the Florida Legislature overhauled Disney’s government in retaliation for the entertainment giant publicly opposing so-called “Don’t Say Gay” legislation that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, as well as lessons deemed not age-appropriate.
In taking on Disney, DeSantis furthered his reputation as a culture warrior willing to battle perceived political enemies and wield the power of state government to accomplish political goals, a strategy that is expected to continue ahead of his potential White House run.
The new supervisors replaced a board that had been controlled by Disney during the previous 55 years that the government operated as the Reedy Creek Improvement District. The new board members held their first meeting earlier this month and said they found out about the agreement after their appointments.
“We’re going to have to deal with it and correct it,” board member Brian Aungst said Wednesday. “It’s a subversion of the will of the voters and the Legislature and the governor. It completely circumvents the authority of this board to govern.”
In a statement, Disney said all agreements were above board and took place in public.
“All agreements signed between Disney and the District were appropriate, and were discussed and approved in open, noticed public forums in compliance with Florida’s Government in the Sunshine law,” the statement said.
Separately, Disney World service workers on Wednesday were voting on whether to accept a union contract offer that would raise the starting minimum wage to $18 an hour by the end of the year.
The agreement covers around 45,000 service workers at the Disney theme park resort, including costumed performers who perform as Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters, bus drivers, culinary workers, lifeguards, theatrical workers and hotel housekeepers.
Workers could see their hourly wages rise between $5.50 and $8.60 an hour by the end of the five-year contract if it’s approved, according to union leaders.
A contract approved five years ago made Disney the first major employer in central Florida to agree to a minimum hourly wage of $15, setting the trend for other workers in the region dominated by hospitality jobs. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/29/disney-world-desantis-florida-theme-park/a28422a2-ce74-11ed-8907-156f0390d081_story.html | 2023-03-29 21:53:28 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/29/disney-world-desantis-florida-theme-park/a28422a2-ce74-11ed-8907-156f0390d081_story.html |
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Which duck boots for men are best?
The best duck boots for men keep your feet dry in wet weather and have added traction for slippery surfaces. They can be a lace- or pull-up design with any height, but should always have quality footbeds for added comfort. It’s also a huge bonus if they have an attractive, clean look.
The Sorel Men’s Caribou Storm Waterproof Boots are a top pick because they have a waterproof design with added seam sealants and soft foam footbeds with thick insulation. They also sport a classic duck boot design.
What to know before you buy duck boots for men
What are duck boots for men?
Duck boots for men are water-resistant footwear built to withstand wet weather. They typically have a rubber lower portion sewn to an upper section made from waterproof fabric or leather.
The best ones ensure waterproofing with added details such as seam sealant to prevent water from leaking through the seams, a fully gusseted tongue to prevent water from seeping in near the laces and being made from waterproof materials. They should also be comfortable and have traction-control outsoles to prevent you from slipping on wet surfaces.
Styles of duck boots for men
There are five types of men’s duck boots for you to consider:
- Lace-up: This traditional style gives you control over your fit, with laces that run the length of the boot.
- Chelsea: This pull-up design has elastic at the sides for snug-fitting boots that give you the freedom to pull them on and go.
- Short: These slip-on boots are ideal for helping you brave wet, muddy conditions, as they only reach the bottom of your ankle.
- Ankle: This popular style lands at the top of your ankle and strikes a balance between coverage, comfort and style.
- Tall: These typically land mid-shin and provide the most coverage for freezing, wet weather.
Rain boot vs. snow boot
Duck boots for men that are made for the rain have comfortable footbeds and maximum waterproofing, with seam sealants and slip protection on their outsoles. Snow boots should have those features plus thicker outsoles, with added insulation and lining for warmth. Otherwise, each boot type has a similar aesthetic.
What to look for in quality duck boots for men
Enhanced traction
The best duck boots help you stay on your feet, even when walking on slippery, wet surfaces. Many boots built for bad weather have outsoles designed to increase traction on slippery surfaces. While some brands highlight their products’ designs that support enhanced traction, some don’t. If you’re ever unsure, look at the bottoms to confirm. Thick rubber outsoles with added texture are both excellent signs of increased grip.
Seam-sealed
Seams are typically a weak point for duck boots, providing an entry point for water to seep in. Added seam sealants create a barrier to prevent moisture from leaking inside, doing a far better job of keeping your feet warm and dry.
Comfortable footbeds
While you might not go jogging in your duck boots, that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have shock-absorbent properties for added comfort. An excellent way to ensure they are comfortable is to look for a pair with thick rubber outsoles and foam footbeds that better distribute the impact of each step. They also decrease the strain on your bones and joints for long days on your feet.
How much you can expect to spend on duck boots for men
Depending on their quality, brand and materials, you can get a pair of high-quality boots between $60-$250.
Duck boots for men FAQ
How can you ensure that your duck boots fit well?
A. Since you are apt to wear them in cold weather, try them on with your thickest pair of socks before wearing them out. They should be snug but not tight.
What is the best way to clean your duck boots?
A. Use a brush designed to clean the material on the upper portion of the boots, and then use a wet rag to clean their lower rubber section. Next, wipe them down from top to bottom with a clean, damp rag and moisturize the leather as the manufacturer recommends. Let them dry, but don’t set them in direct sunlight.
What are the best duck boots for men to buy?
Top duck boots for men
Sorel Men’s Caribou Storm Waterproof Boots
What you need to know: These waterproof boots keep your feet warm and dry with thick insulation and seam-sealed construction.
What you’ll love: These winter boots have a lace-up design with metal eyelets, soft fleece lining and genuine leather uppers. Their thick rubber outsoles have enhanced traction to prevent you from slipping on icy surfaces, and they have soft foam footbeds to keep you comfortable.
What you should consider: Some people reported that these boots have a slightly tighter toe box than their other Sorel shoes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top duck boots for men for the money
Sperry Men’s Avenue Duck Boots
What you need to know: These leather ankle boots are comfortable and built to protect your feet in wet weather.
What you’ll love: These seam-sealed leather and rubber waterproof boots help your feet stay dry. They are fully lined for warmth and have comfortable footbeds. Their outsoles also have traction support to keep you stable on slippery surfaces.
What you should consider: Some users said these boots are slightly narrower than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: These high-performance boots give you added flexibility and stability for long days on your feet in bad weather.
What you’ll love: They’re made to feel similar to athletic shoes. They have thick, padded insoles and outsoles for added comfort with sealed seams, enhanced traction and thick insulation for cold, wet weather. They are also lightweight with a durable, long-lasting design.
What you should consider: Some reviewers with narrow feet said they had to wear these boots with extra thick socks to get them to fit more securely.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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A man repeatedly caught trying to smuggle finches from Guyana into New York for birdsong competitions was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in prison.
It was Insaf Ali's second time being sentenced in a Brooklyn federal court for a crime related to bird trafficking, and he vowed it would be his last.
“I’m going to stay away from the birds,” Ali pledged in a video he submitted to the court, “because it's trouble."
Ali, 62, pleaded guilty last summer to conspiring to import wildlife illegally. He was stopped at John F. Kennedy Airport in January 2022 with two packs of hair curlers that smugglers use to slip the small birds past customs officials.
He was previously arrested in 2018 carrying finch-stuffed hair curlers in his socks at JFK, authorities said. In that case, he pleaded guilty to smuggling and was sentenced to two years’ probation and a $7,800 fine.
Songbird competitions have been a pastime in the Caribbean for centuries. Aficionados judge the animals on such factors as how many times they chirp or sing.
But with the birds sometimes fetching thousands of dollars, the contests have fed wildlife trafficking that authorities in Latin America and the U.S. have tried to combat.
Stuffed into curlers and concealed to evade detection, finches sometimes die as they're flown to the U.S., and U.S. Customs and Border Protection worries that such smuggling could spread bird diseases.
Prosecutors argued in a Jan. 31 memo that Ali deserved “significant” prison time, calling him “one of New York’s finch-smuggling kingpins."
His lawyer, Christine Delince, asked for leniency. She said in a Jan. 26 memo that Ali is “incredibly remorseful” for a crime fueled by a love of seed finches that dates to his childhood in Guyana and has given him solace through many personal difficulties.
“His actions were not just about money,” she wrote, saying the birds “are a part of him and a part of his culture.”
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Therapist-created app seeks to offer a simple but powerful approach to mental health support and help employers reduce burnout, turnover, and loneliness in remote working environments.
LEHI, Utah, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With its network of specialized therapists and research-backed resources, Noble, a connection-based mental health app, announced the launch of a new offering for corporate clients seeking to combat loneliness in the workplace. Faced with ever-evolving mental health challenges, employers can leverage Noble's vast array of expertise and tools to prioritize employee mental health through an impact-focused approach.
With the increase in virtual or hybrid work, research suggests that loneliness is on the rise. Full-time remote employees are more likely to be lonely (65%) than those who typically work in in-person office environments (58%). Despite living in a world more connected than ever, we are seeing the highest rates of loneliness, anxiety, and depression, leading to employee burnout and high turnover.
"At Noble, we're focused on equipping employers with the means to cultivate meaningful human connection to reduce burnout, turnover and loneliness, while ultimately ensuring a healthier, happier employee experience," said Eric Red, co-founder of Noble. "We build outcome-focused, data-driven programs that connect employees with specialized help and human-to-human support."
Noble's four-part model combines the best technology with the best mental health professionals to impact outcomes in a lasting, meaningful way.
- Motivate: A user experience that builds trust, confidence, and motivation to begin healing.
- Assess: Clinical assessments offer a complete, systematic approach to identifying needs.
- Connect: Bringing together humans and technology for increased connection and improved outcomes.
- Support: Safe, skilled, and empathetic mental health professionals offering help to anyone at any time.
Through Noble, individuals gain access to therapist-created, research-backed Therapy Roadmaps on a variety of topics and one-on-one support from a dedicated mental health professional who will meet them right where they are.
"Employees experiencing feelings of loneliness in the workplace is an ongoing issue in today's society that only continues to escalate," said Dr. Kevin Skinner, LMFT, CSAT-S, EMDR, and co-founder of Noble. "We built Noble because we're passionate about helping people in every aspect of their daily lives. With Noble, employees gain anytime access to high-quality, empathetic therapy content centered on topics such as loneliness, depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and more. They also receive one-on-one support from a dedicated mental health professional who is there to guide and support them in whatever way they need."
To learn more about Noble and its approach to connection-based mental health support, visit www.noble.health. For more information on corporate offerings and proven mental health resources for employees, visit www.noble.health/corporate.
About Noble Corporate: Noble builds outcome-focused programs that connect employees with specialized help and human-to-human support. They use technology to enhance, not replace, human connection. For more information, please visit www.noble.health/corporate
About Noble: Noble is an innovative, mental health-focused app that offers therapist-created, research-backed Therapy Roadmaps designed to help individuals find healing through connection and habit-building. Roadmaps increase the effectiveness of one-on-one therapy sessions by providing automated, between-session content, individualized assignments, and thoughtful assessments for clients. Noble aims to reduce burnout for mental health professionals by creating an opportunity to earn a passive income and providing access to supplemental therapy tools and resources for a more consistent, interactive client experience. For more information, please visit www.noble.health.
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MINNEAPOLIS , June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-year industry veteran advisor Julie Hetland, CFP, ChFC, CLU, CASL and her husband Jason Hetland, MBA, CEPA have affiliated their wealth management practice with Bleakley Financial Group and established a new office in Minneapolis, MN under the name Bleakley Financial – Twin Cities.
The Twin Cities team - which includes associates Meghan Bohlke, Samantha Bettendorf and Melissa Schurhamer - operate a planning-centric wealth management practice specializing in retirement, business & estate planning for affluent families across the country.
Julie Hetland said of the new affiliation, "The decision to launch Bleakley Financial – Twin Cities was based on the evolving needs of our clients. Aligning with a group where the focus is on planning - while providing broader access to financial solutions available in the marketplace - allows us to better optimize outcomes for our clients. The vision of Bleakley, along with the advisor support model they have built, align perfectly with how we want to engage with our clients and run our practice going forward."
According to Andy Schwartz, co-founder and principal of Bleakley Financial, "We couldn't be more excited to partner with Julie, Jason and the rest of the Bleakley Twin Cities team. We are confident that the great financial planning work they do today for clients will only be enhanced by accessing the expanded support services and open architecture investment platform available to them through our affiliation. We look forward to a successful and mutually beneficial partnership with the group for many years to come."
Jason Hetland added, "The decision to change firms was not made quickly or lightly. Our team's sole commitment has been to help clients achieve their long-term financial security goals by acting as a fiduciary and delivering the best advice and recommendations available. After thoroughly evaluating several different firms, we selected Bleakley Financial because of their deep bench of talented resources, their innovative technology offerings to support clients and advisors and their expansive advisor platform that will allow us to deliver enhanced financial, estate and tax planning along with flexible investment solutions."
Vince Nauheimer, Managing Director at Bleakley Financial added, "Julie, Jason and the team share our core values around client service, a robust planning process and pro-active client engagement. With our expanded advisor service model, we believe affiliating with Bleakley opens more options for advisors like Julie to execute on their ambitious business goals, while being more responsive to industry changes and technology advancements that will ultimately benefit the client. We're thrilled to partner with Julie, Jason and the Twin Cities team and stand ready to support their future growth."
Advisors associated with Bleakley Financial Group may be: (1) registered representatives with, and securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC, (2) registered representatives with, and securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC and investment advisor representatives of Bleakley Financial Group; or (3) solely investment advisor representatives of Bleakley Financial Group, and not affiliated with LPL Financial. Investment advice offered through Bleakley Financial Group, a registered investment adviser and separate entity from LPL Financial.
Julie Hetland is solely an investment advisor representative of Bleakley Financial Group and not affiliated with LPL Financial.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres submitted a letter to the Security Council on Sunday proposing the immediate activation of a rapid action force following a plea for help from Haiti as gangs and protesters paralyze the country.
The letter, which was seen by The Associated Press but has not been made public, said the rapid action force would be deployed by one or several member states to help Haiti’s National Police. That force would “remove the threat posed by armed gangs and provide immediate protection to critical infrastructure and services,” as well as secure the “free movement of water, fuel, food and medical supplies from main ports and airports to communities and health care facilities.”
The letter also states the secretary-general may deploy “additional U.N. capacities to support a ceasefire or humanitarian arrangements.”
However, the letter notes that “a return to a more robust United Nations engagement in the form of peacekeeping remains a last resort if no decisive action is urgently taken by the international community in line with the outlined options and national law enforcement capacity proves unable to reverse the deteriorating security situation.”
A Canadian official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told the AP on condition of anonymity that “we are watching the situation in Haiti closely and will be working with our international partners to assess Haiti’s broader request for international support.”
The letter suggests that the rapid action force be phased out as Haitian police regain control of infrastructure, and that two options could follow: member states establish an international police task force to help and advise local officers or create a special force to help tackle gangs “including through joint strike, isolation and containment operations across the country.”
The letter notes that if member states do not “step forward with bilateral support and financing,” the U.N. operation may be an alternative.
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The secretary-general said the issue is a matter of urgency, noting Haiti “is facing an outbreak of cholera amid a dramatic deterioration in security that has paralyzed the country.”
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Associated Press reporters Carla Bridi in Brasilia, Brazil and Rob Gillies in Toronto contributed. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/ap-un-ponders-rapid-armed-force-to-help-end-haitis-crisis/ | 2022-10-10 14:03:16 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/ap-un-ponders-rapid-armed-force-to-help-end-haitis-crisis/ |
European Central Bank confirms plans for first rate hike in 11 years
By Anna Cooban and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
The European Central Bank held off on raising interest rates on Thursday, but confirmed plans for a hike next month in a bid to fight inflation.
The bank announced that it would raise the cost of borrowing by 25 basis points in July — its first rate hike in more than a decade — and said a bigger hike could follow in September “if the medium-term inflation outlook persists or deteriorates.”
“Inflation is undesirably high and is expected to remain above our target for some time,” ECB President Christine Lagarde said at a press conference.
The ECB raised its forecast for annual inflation in the eurozone “significantly” to 6.8% this year, and said it would remain just above its target of 2% in 2024. It also cut its growth forecasts. GDP for the 19 countries that use the euro is now projected to rise by 2.8% in 2022 and by just 2.1% next year.
Eurozone inflation hit an all-time high of 8.1% last month, according to Eurostat.
The war in Ukraine has fueled global inflation and exerted pressure on the European Union to find alternatives to Russian oil and gas, on which it is heavily reliant. Europe has agreed to wind down its exports — introducing phased embargoes on oil and coal — and is now scrambling to source alternative supplies of energy at a time of soaring fossil fuel prices.
Lagarde said that energy prices were almost 40% higher than in May 2021, and would remain high in the near term.
“If the war were to escalate economic sentiment could worsen, supply side constraints could increase, and energy and food costs could remain persistently higher than expected,” she said.
The ECB has been slower in moving to tackle inflation than its counterparts in the United Kingdom and United States, which have both raised rates in the past few months. But its task is more tricky as Europe is more directly exposed to the economic fallout from the war in Ukraine.
The central bank is trying to strike a delicate balance between raising rates to hold down rising prices, but not by so much that it tips the region into a recession.
Bill Papadakis, a macro strategist at Bank Lombard Odier, told CNN Business that the ECB’s decision to raise rates and wrap up its bond buying program from July 1 were the “right moves.”
But the prospect of a larger hike in September could be a mistake, he said.
“More costly energy eats into consumers’ real incomes, undermining growth, which is likely to suffer if the ECB goes ahead with aggressively tighter monetary policy,” he said.
There is some reason for optimism, though. High levels of employment and the reopening of sectors that were shut during the pandemic are among factors supporting consumption, Lagarde said.
“The conditions are in place for the economy to continue to grow and to recover further over the medium term,” she said.
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DEARBORN, Mich. (WKRN) — Michigan State Police have confirmed the person found deceased in the trunk of a car in Dearborn, Michigan on Sunday is a missing Tennessee mother missing for more than a week.
Eleni Kassa, 31, of Murfreesboro did not pick up her child from school on Nov. 17. Her family reported her missing the following day, Nov. 18.
Last week, the Murfreesboro Police Department issued a missing person alert for Kassa. According to a release from MPD, the missing person investigation revealed a possible domestic violence incident occurred with Kassa and her girlfriend, Dominique Hardwick, 36, following an argument at Kassa’s Murfreesboro apartment.
Kassa’s cell phone and car were left at the apartment. The two were believed to be traveling in Hardwick’s black Dodge Charger with Tennessee plates.
MSP stated Dearborn police received a hit from a license plate reader of a vehicle linked to a missing endangered case out of Murfreesboro. Authorities confirmed the vehicle was a black Dodge with Tennessee plates.
MSP tweeted that Dearborn officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but when officers approached the car the driver took off. After losing sight of the car, the chase was stopped; however, a short time later, officers responded to a crash at a residence involving that same Dodge. MSP reported officers heard a gunshot and officers returned fire.
According to MSP, the front-seat passenger, a 34-year-old woman, was injured in the crash and taken to the hospital. The driver, now identified as Hardwick, was found dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said Monday night that Hardwick’s autopsy results were “consistent with a self inflicted gunshot wound.” A 9mm Glock pistol was recovered from the vehicle.
Kassa’s body was discovered in the trunk of the vehicle with “trauma that was not a result from the crash.” As of Monday night, authorities say the circumstances surrounding her death haven’t been determined.
“Detectives are still interviewing witnesses, including the front seat passenger in the crash,” police wrote in a tweet.
Earlier on Monday, Kassa’s family told Nexstar’s WKRN they were bracing for the autopsy results to confirm if the body discovered was their loved one. They also wanted to thank law enforcement for all their hard work trying to locate Kassa.
Last week, Micky Ghirmay, Kassa’s brother, said he reported his younger sister missing after she didn’t pick up her six-year-old daughter from school on Nov. 17.
“She’s a wonderful mother, and she is a wonderful sister, and she’s just everybody’s favorite person,” Ghirmay said.
A GoFundMe account, which was originally created to help raise money to find Kassa, will now be used to care for her daughter.
“We just, we don’t want to be without her,” said Bini Habet, Kassa’s cousin.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he didn’t rape a longtime magazine advice columnist, a federal judge said Wednesday, clearing away a potential roadblock to an April trial.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected the 11th-hour offer by Trump’s legal team to provide a DNA sample to rebut claims E. Jean Carroll first made publicly in a 2019 book.
Kaplan said that lawyers for Trump and Carroll had over three years to make DNA an issue in the case and that both chose not to do so.
He said it would almost surely delay the trial scheduled to start April 25 to reopen the DNA issue four months after the deadline passed to litigate concerns over trial evidence and just weeks before trial.
Trump’s lawyers did not immediately comment on Kaplan’s ruling. Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, declined to comment.
Carroll’s lawyers have sought Trump’s DNA sample for three years to compare it with stains found on the dress Carroll wore the day she says Trump raped her in an upscale Manhattan department store dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996. An analysis of DNA on the dress concluded it did contain traces of an unknown man’s DNA.
Trump has denied knowing Carroll and said repeatedly, and sometimes angrily, that he never raped Carroll and that she was making the claim to stoke sales of her book.
After refusing to provide Trump’s DNA sample, his lawyers recently switched tactics, saying they would provide his DNA if Carroll’s lawyers turned over the full DNA report on the dress.
Kaplan wrote in an order that Trump had provided no persuasive reason to relieve him of the consequences of his failure to seek the full DNA report in a timely fashion.
And the judge noted that the report did not find evidence of sperm cells and that reopening the dispute would raise a “complicated new subject into this case that both sides elected not to pursue over a period of years.”
He said that a positive match of Trump’s DNA to that on the dress would prove only that there had been an encounter between Trump and Carroll on a day when she wore the dress, but that it would not prove or disprove that a rape occurred and might prove entirely inconclusive.
Kaplan added: “His conditional invitation to open a door that he kept closed for years threatens to change the nature of a trial for which both parties now have been preparing for years. Whether Mr. Trump’s application is intended for a dilatory purpose or not, the potential prejudice to Ms. Carroll is apparent.”
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Members of the University of Oklahoma Faculty Senate want more clarification about a subcommittee policy that identifies risks associated with hosting visitors of foreign countries.
In January 2021, the university formed the Enterprise Risk and Compliance Oversight Steering Committee. The panel, which advises the president, identifies compliance and regulatory risk areas and appointed the ERCO Foreign Influence Subcommittee.
The Dec. 12 Faculty Senate regular meeting agenda states: “OU has long supported and depended upon international partnerships and collaborations. OU welcomes visitors to its campuses, including from partner institutions and foreign governments.”
The Office of Export Controls will run restricted party screenings on all non-U.S. citizen individuals named by hosts, or OU employees, students, trainees, scholars, and affiliates who are hosting a non-citizen for a visit, and will make recommendations where appropriate.
The agenda states: “The Policy on Hosting non-citizen visitors on campus is designed to enable OU to host while reducing risk and protecting the interests of OU; its employees, students, visitors; and the community. This Policy also provides a means to track Non-Citizen Visitors for compliance and risk management purposes.”
The document also offered 15 exclusions wherein non-citizens will not require screenings, which had senate members questioning why the policy exists in the first place.
Sen. Jonathan Stalling, Harold J. & Ruth Newman Chair of U.S.-China Issues and professor of International and Area Studies, expressed concern about the policy because he hosts many non-citizens.
“Of course, we have a lot of international visitors. Going through the list of exclusions, it seems to exclude everyone I could think of, and I found that to be quite peculiar, and it was very difficult to see who, or what this is targeting,” he said.
Stalling said that he wasn’t sure about whether he would be affected by the policy because his visitors will most likely fit under one of the listed exemptions, but he expressed concern that this kind of policy would deter professors from inviting non-citizen visitors to OU.
“It’s very strong language, and it seems like it could deter hosts for visiting scholars if they are not reading the fine print,” he said. “ It did send some chills down my back when reading about how you have to make sure you are supervising them for every minute and that you’re liable for anything that happens to them when unsupervised.”
Boris Apansov, OU professor of math, expressed concern about the language of the document. He wanted to know how the policy would affect relationships between OU faculty and outside scholars.
“It would be an embarrassment for us to ask these type of questions when we are asking leading experts in some fields whether they are citizens or not,” said Apansov. “If they are not citizens, then what should you do? Treat them as foreigners?”
He called the policy “unjustified draconian measures,” at least until representatives of the school qualify the scope of the screenings.
Hunter Heyck, professor of the history of science, said that the policy exists because universities are being targeted by foreigners for their information.
“There were some high profile cases … of people having accessed information they shouldn't have and that was blown into a large political issue, and so I think basically, similar offices at universities have been instructed to come up with policies like this by the federal government,” Heyck said.
He argued that this kind of policy protects institutions from non-citizens who are seeking access to restricted, or classified research or information for which they do not have clearance. | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/university_of_oklahoma/ou-faculty-senate-looking-for-answers-to-new-policy-restricting/article_d54a42e4-7bfd-11ed-b40d-4febc9ca2ee8.html | 2022-12-15 00:29:15 | 0 | https://www.normantranscript.com/news/university_of_oklahoma/ou-faculty-senate-looking-for-answers-to-new-policy-restricting/article_d54a42e4-7bfd-11ed-b40d-4febc9ca2ee8.html |
ASI's 2023 Ad Impressions Study shows logoed items remain consumers' favorite form of advertising
TREVOSE, Pa., May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Promotional products are a powerful and cost-effective advertising medium, according to the latest edition of the Ad Impressions Study by the Advertising Specialty Institute® (ASI).
ASI's national award-winning research and editorial team produced the most comprehensive study of promo products end-users in the $25.8 billion promotional products industry by surveying nearly 25,000 consumers nationwide over an entire year. Download the study at asicentral.com/study.
The updated study reveals new findings and definitive data on the reach and effectiveness of promotional products, also known as swag. Promo products cost as little as 1/10 of a penny, which is lower than nearly any other advertising medium, and deliver recall to 85% of recipients worldwide, with recall highest for apparel. Plus, promo products remain the most preferred form of advertising among U.S. consumers, beating radio, newspaper, TV, magazine, mobile and internet ads.
ASI's free study provides authoritative proof of the longevity of products, impressions earned over a product's lifetime, cost per impression (CPI), preferred methods of advertising by age bracket and geographic region, popularity of Made-in-USA and sustainable products, and the positive impact on the advertiser's business.
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The future will contain a lot less asterisks.
The UCF Knights have announced the official date that they'll leave the American Athletic Conference for the relative big show of the Big 12.
The University of Central Florida will join the Big 12 conference on July 1, 2023. UCF Athletic Director Terry Mohajir marked down the Knights' transition to the major conference on
June 10.
"UCF teams in [the AAC] have produced many championships and other memorable moments. The 2022-23 athletics seasons will conclude a full decade for UCF in the AAC, and we are proud of the contributions we've made to grow and enhance the stature of the conference. We're proud to participate and compete in this very competitive league for one more year," Mohajir said
UCF reached an agreement with the American Athletic Conference to compete for one more season before transitioning its membership to the Big 12 next year. Joining UCF in the move from the AAC will be the University of Cincinnati and the University of Houston.
“I would like to thank UCF President Alexander Cartwright, Cincinnati President Neville Pinto, and Houston President Renu Khator – as well as Tulane President Michael Fitts, who is chair of our Board of Directors - for their efforts and leadership to arrive at a sensible resolution to the three schools’ departure from the conference," said AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco in a
statement.
The three schools will each pay $18 million in exit fees. They were already paying a $10 million exit fee in four annual payments through 2024. However, after the agreement, they will pay an additional $8 million to leave in 2023. | https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/ucf-will-join-big-12-in-july-2023-31805454 | 2022-06-13 19:56:50 | 1 | https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/ucf-will-join-big-12-in-july-2023-31805454 |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)Kim Davis sees a change in hockey from when she was a girl growing up in Chicago. Back then, she said, the sport didn’t seem like a place for Black girls like her.
”There were no intentional messages that said the sport was for me, or for us,” said Davis, the NHL’s executive vice president of social impact, growth and legislative affairs.
That is slowly changing, Davis said.
She was hired in 2017 to lead diversity and inclusion initiatives in a league that has been criticized for its efforts in those areas. As the NHL prepares for its All-Star celebration in South Florida, its attempts to increase diversity continue to attract attention, not all of it positive.
Some have questioned the NHL’s commitment to change, and others have resisted some of its diversity efforts. Davis said the league hopes to combat criticism by holding itself accountable and ”proving people wrong.”
”We don’t mind the hard questions being asked,” Davis said, ”as long as the assessment is fair.”
As the start of Black History Month coincided with the All-Star events, the NHL debuted a mobile museum that highlights minority and underrepresented contributors to the game, from Angela James, who was the first Black woman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, to Kevin Weekes, the former NHL goalie who became the first Black former player to be a hockey analyst on national television.
”Inclusion is what’s most important because you can be diverse, but if you’re not inclusive, what’s the point of having diversity?” said Jeff Scott, the NHL’s vice president for community development and growth, who helped with the museum’s creation. ”What we’re showing here with this experience is the representation of access and opportunities.”
Scott, who is Black, mentioned that hockey did not appear to be an option for him growing up. The goal of the museum, which is set up inside a bus that the league plans to bring to all 32 NHL markets, is to help eliminate some of the same barriers to entry into the sport that existed when he was young.
”Had I known that there was an option, or there were people out there that look like me,” Scott said, ”I may have been more inclined to do that.”
The league in October released an internal demographic study of its staff and 32 teams. The report found that the NHL’s workforce is 83.6% white with men making up 62% of the total, based on the 4,200 people who participated in a voluntary and anonymous survey (about 67% of all employees). More than 90% of the league’s players and nearly all of its coaches and officials are white.
Davis said the league plans to update the survey every two years to mark its progress.
”We knew our demographics would be controversial at best,” Davis said, ”but we wanted to be transparent because we are holding ourselves, first of all, accountable to the change.”
By the time the next report is released, Davis said she hopes both fans and employees feel more welcomed by the league.
”The word I like to use is intentionality,” Davis said. ”We’re being intentional about making sure that people who otherwise have not seen the sport of hockey as something that was accessible to them, see it as accessible.”
One of those ways is through the NHL’s ”Pathway to Hockey” summit, which encourages newcomers to learn about hockey and consider careers in the NHL by telling the stories of people who work for the league.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican and potential presidential candidate, criticized the league’s original advertisement of the summit, calling it discriminatory. The ad noted that participants must identify as female, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+ and/or disabled.
”We do not abide by the woke notion that discrimination should be overlooked if applied in a politically popular manner or against a politically unpopular demographic,” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ press secretary, said in a statement. ”We are fighting all discrimination in our schools and our workplaces, and we will fight it in publicly accessible places of meeting or activity. We call upon the National Hockey League to immediately remove and denounce the discriminatory prohibitions it has imposed on attendance to the 2023 `Pathway to Hockey’ summit.”
The NHL, after revising the post, held the summit in Fort Lauderdale as planned, with more than 120 attendees, Davis said. She estimated that the participants had an average age of 25.
As recently as five years ago, Davis added, the league likely wouldn’t have been able to attract a diverse pool of people in that age group.
”When you’re not visible, a lot of times you’re nonexistent,” Scott said. ”We as a league are hyper-focused on what the future and growth of our game looks like while also sustaining and maintaining our current fan base.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — This U.S. Open is not to be mistaken as “Golf, But Louder” on so many levels.
Mostly the loud part.
Bringing the second-oldest championship in golf to Los Angeles Country Club — so exclusive that some Angelenos don’t know it’s there — was always going to come with a cost. It’s a small footprint in the rotation of U.S. Open courses, meaning a small crowd compared with the likes of Oakmont or Pinehurst No. 2.
The North course is magnificent, even if it doesn’t look to be a traditional U.S. Open. With a blazing sun in the forecast for the weekend, the players likely will get what they’ve been expecting since they arrived — firm, fast and demanding.
Missing is the noise.
Defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick discovered as much when he made his first hole-in-one as a professional Friday at the par-3 15th hole.
“I wish it would have been louder,” Fitzpatrick said. “I wish it was a few more people. But, yeah, I’m surprised there’s not been as many people out as I thought this week.”
It could be like going to a game at Dodgers Stadium, which has a reputation of fans not arriving until the third inning. The weekend might be a better gauge.
Then again, the USGA allotted only 22,000 tickets, the majority of those going to corporates and club members. The estimate on public sales was around 8,000 of that stash.
That’s the trade-off of going small, with few regrets from the USGA if it means a quality course, such as The Country Club last year in Brookline, Massachusetts, in the Boston suburbs.
“We think about U.S. Opens over a five-year period,” said Mike Whan, the CEO of the USGA. “If you only thought about the U.S. Open every year — like how much revenue you make, what’s the biggest bank — we probably wouldn’t go to smaller footprints. All those we control how many folks get on because the experience would be pretty tough.”
Whan said the USGA determined 22,000 would be the right fit — in hindsight, he said, it could have gone up to 25,000. That might be the case when the U.S. Open returns to LACC in 2039.
“But this isn’t a 35,000 opportunity,” he said.
The numbers, however, aren’t really the issue for this U.S. Open. That’s not what has kept the volume turned down, and it’s especially noticeable at the end. The U.S. Open champion will be crowned on Sunday afternoon, and the question is how many people will be able to say years later, “I was there.”
It’s tight behind and around the 18th. The small grandstand directly behind the 18th green is for special ticket holders. There’s a tiny deck above that for those even more special.
And there’s no room on either side. To the right of the 18th green is the ninth green — they are separated by 22 yards, with the 10th tee in the middle. To the left is the putting green, part of which serves as the first tee and the early portion of the fairway.
What the public gets is a small grandstand with 189 sets to the left of the ninth green. That’s part of a complex that does have 972 seats in a grandstand to the right of the 18th green, more removed than at most courses.
“Given that 1, 9 and 18 all come together in front of the clubhouse with little space between the holes, combined with the slope and barranca, it was very difficult to accommodate a large grandstand,” the USGA said in a statement, anticipating such observations.
The USGA is contemplating a plan to allow spectators to line the 18th fairway well back of the green — think of a British Open, or the Tour Championship when Tiger Woods won in 2018. That can only happen if officials are assured there won’t be a playoff.
It’s not just the area behind and around the 18th. The barranca running through LACC, and a few of the bridges over it, create pinch points that keep the gallery some hundreds of yards from the green.
The route from the eighth green to the ninth tee boxes goes next to the 16th green, and in front of the tee box at the 17th. The crowd has to go around.
There’s that other fact of the massive hospitality structure down the right side of the first fairway, with two smaller marquees. With more tickets sold to the corporate side than the public, it’s convenient to stay in the boxes for much of the day to watch on TV, much like some corporate boxes at football and baseball games.
Big crowds don’t always lead to big noise. Chambers Bay in 2015 and Erin Hills in 2017 were on massive pieces of property, but the fans were so far removed on parts of the course that it was hard for fans to feel part of the action.
It all leads to a quiet U.S. Open compared with others, the trade-off for being at a gem like LACC on the edge of Beverly Hills.
But at least the noise will be from cheers, not from a speaker system playing music.
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BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Since China prioritized its COVID-19 response from the dynamic zero-COVID policy, some Western media and intellectuals have been questioning China's "preparedness" of making the change.
Preparedness can only be evaluated by the results to which it leads – in the case of COVID-19, the number of lives saved. Since the outbreak, China has been preparing the Chinese to deal with the virus. The dynamic zero-COVID policy was put into place to buy time for the deadly original strain and the subsequent variants to become less deadly.
Li Guangxi, expert of the State Council's Joint Prevention & Control Mechanism said in an interview that "once the virus come to the world, it was very severe. It will make hospital, especially for the ICU beds, occupied. It happened in every area of the world." "And now, once the virus become much much less severe and mild, at this time, we want to ease our measures. We will certainly have some surge of the cases. However, the mortality rate and the severe type of COVID-19 will become much less than before," Li said.
According to Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, proportion of severe and critically ill cases have fallen from 16.47 percent in 2020 to 0.18 percent in recent times.
The National Health Commission's medical administration department's director Jiao Yahui said in a press conference in December that China's COVID-19 makeshift hospitals will be retrofitted and equipped with more treatment capacities to become sub-designated hospitals for COVID-19 patients. China has about 138,100 critical care beds, 10 per 100,000 people. There's a total of 80,500 critical care specialists and 220,000 intensive care nurses in China, and over 106,000 doctors and 178,000 nurses are capable of handling ICU works.
To protect the vulnerable population, including the elderly, which is a critical challenge for the country, China has launched the second COVID-19 booster shot on December 14. The inhalable vaccine was also rolled out for those who are weary or unable to get a jab in the arm.
Supplies of anti-epidemic medicine were also ramped up. Beijing's drug administration and authorities have sent joint working groups of more than 50 people to five large pharmaceutical wholesale enterprises in Beijing to alleviate the shortage of epidemic treating and prevention drugs. Data from the China Resources Pharmaceutical Commercial Group Co., Ltd showed that the company had supplied more than 3.5 million boxes of anti-epidemic drugs to over 4,000 clients in Beijing in a week – that included 300 hospitals, more than 2,200 community health centers and over 1,500 retail pharmacies.
In Shanghai, fever clinics in 145 secondary and higher-level hospitals were asked to remain fully open. In Zhejiang Province, internet hospitals have opened up in some cities to respond to the surging demand for diagnosis and treatment in fever clinics.
Prevention and control are a process of establishing institutions and boosting medical capabilities to deal with the evolving situations. China has rapidly adapted to the current situation and making adjustments based on feedback from the public and medical community. And the policy change reflects the fact that China is ready to take on what comes next.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Quinn Ewers’ mullet is gone. The big arm is still there.
So is the competition that comes with the big name of Manning behind it.
Texas wraps spring practice Saturday with the Longhorns’ annual scrimmage, allowing the first real look at the biggest quarterback battle in the Big 12 between Ewers, early-enrolled freshman Arch Manning of the famed football family, and second-year reserve Maalik Murphy, a top recruit who spent his freshman season of 2022 on the sidelines.
Coach Steve Sarkisian has revealed little about the competition, but noted this week that Ewers’ experience from 2022 has given him an edge so far.
“Quinn, naturally, is kind of a step ahead of everybody with his experience that he has. I think that we’re now getting a full dose of Maalik, feel good about him. And, I think Arch, you know 13 practices into college football, is performing well,” Sarkisian said. “I feel very comfortable about where we’re at. I feel good about it.”
Ewers started 10 games last season, throwing for 2,177 yards and 15 touchdowns with six interceptions. He missed two games with an injury, struggled badly at times but finished strong with 116 consecutive passes without an interception as Texas finished 8-5.
And when the season was finished, Ewers cut the golden locks of his signature mullet hairstyle that flowed out of the back of his helmet. Some saw it as a sign Ewers of getting more serious and sharpening his game with Manning coming to campus.
Sarkisian sees an overall maturity blooming in Ewers.
“One thing we had talked about is sometimes your appearance/perception precedes you and then you almost have to overcome yourself,” Sarkisian said when spring drills started. “So all of a sudden now the guy gets a haircut and he cleans his beard up a little bit. And everyone thinks Quinn’s real serious right now. But that’s human nature, right?”
Manning’s first spring with the Longhorns promised to be a whirlwind as soon as he landed on campus as one of the hottest recruits in the country. The grandson and nephew of three former NFL quarterbacks carries the burden of astronomical expectations at Texas.
A Manning can’t help but be great, right?
“He’s a kid. He’s a college kid,” Sarkisian said, noting Manning twice lost his student ID in a week. “I think, so many times, you see the Manning name and you think he’s this perfect, in a box, like nothing’s wrong with him. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with him, but he’s still a kid. I love that about him.”
Sarkisian said all positions would be open when practice started, including quarterback.
“Quinn has an entire year of a head start, but I don’t want to hold Arch back,” Sarkisian said of Cooper Manning’s son. “I want to see how far he can take this thing and what it can look like.”
And along came Murphy, who forced his way into the conversation about the competition.
One of the nation’s top recruits out of California two years ago, he was the No. 3 last season behind Ewers and Hudson Card and didn’t play. His development was hindered by nagging injuries that started in high school and continued into the early part of spring drills.
But Murphy returned with a flourish and may have even pushed his way to the No. 2 spot.
“Ultimately, can Maalik push Quinn? Of course he can. How far can he take it? Quinn’s job is to keep raising his level of play so he (Maalik) can’t catch him. And that should be at every position across the board.”
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The American Legion Post 386 holds hot dog sales from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays at 1206 American Legion St. in Greensboro.
Hot dogs are $2.50, and customers may dine in or take out.
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The post will hold sales on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 but will be closed Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. Sales will resume Jan. 7.
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Summit Rotary Club’s October Students of the Month were Mariah Gwinn, a sophomore at High Point Central, and Tirrod Marsh, an eighth-grader at Jackson Middle School.
The award recognizes students who have made notable progress in academics, attendance and attitude despite significant obstacles. Each monthly winner receives a $100 gift card and is invited to a Summit Rotary lunch meeting with their family to receive a plaque. Nominators receive $50 gift card. The monthly winners are eligible to be selected as the Student of the Year and receive $1,000.
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The Student Improvement Award program is a partnership of Summit Rotary Club and Greensboro Parks and Recreation.
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A nominator may be anyone who maintains regular contact with the student and has observed the student’s improvement, including school officials, coaches, teachers, counselors, therapists, volunteers, mentors or someone who works with the student through a nonprofit or other government agency.
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CANNES, France, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindshare, the media services company that is part of GroupM and WPP, has been named Media Network of the Year at the 2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
The agency, picking up the award for the second time in four years after winning in 2019, was chosen by a cross-industry panel of international judges for campaigns run in the US, India, the UK and Australia.
The Grand Prix in media was awarded to #TurnYourBack – a campaign created by Ogilvy and DAVID, with media from Mindshare, for Dove:
The Bold Glamour filter presents an "ideal" of beauty, and it looks very real. Almost too real. Dove has always fought against damaging and unrealistic expectations of beauty. Dove is encouraging people to #TurnYourBack on the Bold Glamour filter. The influencer-led campaign started with creators sharing their feelings on the filter and the damage it can do to their perception and expectation of what constitutes beauty.
#TurnYourBack also won a further Gold Media Lion in the Consumer Goods category.
Mindshare was additionally awarded a Silver Lion for Media Planning for the #StandUpToJewishHate – Blue Square campaign for the Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism (FCAS), which it worked on with Wunderman Thompson in the US; a Silver Lion for its media work on the FitChix campaign, which was entered by VMLY&R in Australia, and a Bronze Lion for Use of Data & Analytics for the Thumbstopping Beauty Biases campaign for Dove in India.
Adam Gerhart, Global CEO Mindshare, said: "We are incredibly honored, humbled and beyond thrilled to be named Media Network of the Year for the second time in four years by a jury of our peers. This award is testament to the energy and empathy that everyone at Mindshare displays every day to help drive Good Growth and this award belongs to every one of our amazing people, our partners and our clients."
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Mindshare is a media services company that accelerates Good Growth for its clients in the age of transformation. The solutions we create are both Good for consumers and drive Growth for our clients. We were the first purpose built company created by WPP and today we are 10,000 people working in 116 offices in 86 countries, helping to drive Good Growth for our clients, our people, the industry and the world. www.mindshareworld.com
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Bentley’s Blower Continuation Series will compete in a handful of historic races in 2023.
Bentley is building 12 continuation cars based on the 1929 Blower that Sir Henry Ralph Stanley “Tim” Birkin made famous in the 1920s and 1930s by racing all over Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Named after its supercharged 4.5-liter inline-4 engine, the Blower was never as successful as Bentley’s standard naturally aspirated cars, but it became an icon of the golden age of Bentley racing.
It’s only fitting, then, that a Blower will return to the track. Bentley plans to use for the track Car Zero, the prototype built ahead of the 12 customer cars for validation purposes, according to a company press release. The schedule includes a race at the U.K.’s Donington Park circuit April 29-30, followed by a June 29-July 3 outing at the Circuit de la Sarthe that hosts the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a race at Spa-Francorchamps Sept. 28-30.
The Le Mans historic race will mark the first appearance of a factory-backed Bentley entry since 2003, when the Speed 8 scored the brand’s last 24 Hours of Le Mans victory. Granted, historic racing is a bit different from a true factory racing program. Some of the customer cars, eight of which have been completed so far, are also expected to race there, according to Bentley.
To build its first Blowers in almost a century, Bentley scanned every last part of “Team Car #2,” otherwise known as chassis HB 3403, from its heritage collection, a car the automaker considers to be the most famous Bentley in the world. A digital model was created from those scans, and specialist firms were recruited to make new versions of the original parts. Assembly is being handled by Bentley’s Mulliner personalization division.
Blower Car Zero got some additional modifications for racing in the 21st century, including a rain light, external mirrors, towing points, a fire extinguisher, and a battery isolation switch. This qualified the car for a Historic Technical Passport, which makes it eligible for FIA-sanctioned historic races. Drivers will be a mix of professionals and journalists with racing experience, according to Bentley.
Car Zero recently completed a six-hour endurance test at Goodwood. Driver Stuart Morley guided it through 380 miles at an average speed of 83 mph. Bentley expects similar conditions in racing, which the automaker aims to use to prove the quality of its craftsmanship.
“By going racing with Blower Car Zero, we will prove the performance, authenticity, and durability of our Continuation Series by taking on the original competition,” Mulliner CTO Paul Williams said in a statement, “and give our customers confidence that they too can take their continuation cars to the track.”
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you're not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably.
Haraldur Thorleifsson, who until recently was employed at Twitter, logged in to his computer last Sunday to do some work — only to find himself locked out, along with 200 others.
He might have figured, as others before him have in the chaotic months of layoffs and firings since Elon Musk took over the company, that he was out of a job.
Instead, after nine days of no answer from Twitter as to whether or not he was still employed, Thorleifsson decided to tweet at Musk to see if he could catch the billionaire's attention and get an answer to his Schrödinger’s job situation.
“Maybe if enough people retweet you’ll answer me here?” he wrote on Monday.
Eventually, he got his answer after a surreal Twitter exchange with Musk, who proceeded to quiz him about his work, question his disability and need for accommodations (Thorleifsson has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair) and tweet that Thorleifsson has a “prominent, active Twitter account and is wealthy" and the “reason he confronted me in public was to get a big payout.” While the exchange was going on, Thorleifsson said received an email that he was no longer employed.
Thorleifsson, who lives in Iceland, has about 141,000 Twitter followers (Musk has over 130 million). He joined Twitter in 2021, when the company, under the prior management, acquired his startup Ueno.
He was lauded in Icelandic media for choosing to receive the purchase price in wages rather than a lump sum payout. That's because this way, he would pay higher taxes to Iceland in support of its social services and safety net.
Thorleifsson tweeted to Musk that “The reason I asked you in public is because you (or anyone else at Twitter) didn’t reply to my private messages."
“You had every right to lay me off. But it would have been nice to let me know!” he added.
Thorleifsson's next move: “I’m opening a restaurant in downtown Reykjavik very soon,” he tweeted. “It’s named after my mom.”
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Arizona Coyotes secure a main part of their core in Matias Maccelli's three-year deal
Matias Maccelli's off-the-charts playmaking abilities elevated those around him, made him pop into everyone's radars and led to the Arizona Coyotes locking him down for the next three years.
Maccelli took a leap forward in his first full season in the league and is considered one of the building blocks for the organization moving forward. His success last year made him one of the main priorities for the Coyotes this offseason.
While many weren’t happy with Maccelli getting left off the top three finalists for the Calder Trophy, he’s not one to dwell on the past. Especially now that he's earned a three-year deal worth $10.2 million.
Maccelli had split time between the Coyotes and the Tucson Roadrunners of the American Hockey League in 2021-22 and wasn’t close to the player he was in his first season. An impressive preseason sparked by his dedication to his success paved the way for a breakout rookie campaign.
“Last year, it was just having a good summer and not rushing it too much and believing in myself," Maccelli said. "It turned out pretty well, so I’m pretty happy about that.”
The 22-year-old ranked among the top rookies in the league and still finished with the most assists (38), despite being out for six weeks with an injury. He also became the first player in franchise history to lead all NHL first-year players in assists for the season.
“There’s still a lot of stuff I can learn for sure," Maccelli said. "But overall, to get the games under my belt and get more comfortable and I don’t have to be nervous about interviews and having a lot of people there and all that stuff for me is good."
As the Coyotes continue to move through the rebuild, the team is establishing depth in its forwards. The free agency signing of Nick Bjugstad will mark a reunion for their line with Lawson Crouse that found dynamite last season.
"Having (Bjugstad) on my line last year was huge. He helped me a lot on the ice and even off the ice, so I think it was great," Maccelli said.
“For me, it’s just fun going to the rink every day," Maccelli added. "Next year, I think we’re going to be a lot better. We got a couple of big names coming in and I’m super excited and ready to go.”
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MOSCOW, Idaho — THIS DAY IN SPORTS…October 11, 1975:
The University of Idaho dedicates the Kibbie Dome with a game against rival Boise State. The arena had functioned as “New Idaho Stadium” since October, 1971, on the site of the old wooden Neale Stadium, which had ben destroyed by a fire two years earlier. Then the roof was added—it came about thanks to a donation from William Kibbie and contributions from student fees. On the field that day, the Broncos and Vandals tied, 31-31. It was a great game, but Idaho quarterback Dave Comstock uttered the obligatory “like kissing your sister” analogy afterward.
The Kibbie Dome has been the site of some robust games between the heated in-state rivals. In 1977 Boise State won 44-14 after getting an onside kick with 1:28 left in the game and kicking a field goal. Idaho fans never forgot that. In 1981, the Broncos watched a huge lead evaporate in the second half as already-fired coach Jerry Davitch turned his team loose with all the pressure gone. Boise State survived 45-43 but would not win in the Dome again until 1997, a stretch that included Idaho’s 12-game winning streak over the Broncos.
Boise State, however, would not lose another road game to the Vandals. The Broncos were victorious in Pullman in 1999 and 2001 before the series returned to the Kibbie Dome. In 2006, Boise State ran “Statue Left” for the first time with Jared Zabransky and Ian Johnson, 2½ months before the famed “Statue of Liberty” variation beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. The final football game between the two schools was played in the Dome in November, 2010. The Broncos, with arguably the best team in school history, routed the Vandals 52-14 behind Heisman Trophy finalist Kellen Moore.
By the way, on this day in 1980, Cedric Minter went over the 4,000-yard mark in career rushing and scored four touchdowns in a 44-21 Boise State win over Idaho at Bronco Stadium. The Vandals had entered the top 10 in the Division I-AA rankings, but the Broncos had started their surge toward the I-AA national championship, two weeks after a players-only meeting in Bozeman righted the ship following a frustrating 18-17 loss to Montana State.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Neeraj Agarwal will act as a scientific advisor for Vial's Oncology CRO alongside Dr. Guru Sonpavde, Dr. Arati Rao, and Dr. Antoni Ribas. Together, they will lend their expertise to the Vial team as Vial continues to expand their Oncology CRO.
Vial is a next-generation tech-enabled CRO reimagining the clinical trial industry. Vial offers best-in-class trial management through one seamless system and innovative CRO services across multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology. Vial's CRO distinguishes itself by leveraging technology to streamline processes that deliver efficient trials and a superior CRO experience. Vial is thrilled to work with brilliant minds like Dr. Agarwal, who welcome a new approach to clinical trials.
Dr. Neeraj Agarwal is an internationally recognized genitourinary cancer specialist. He has been the overall study chair of multiple Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III trials and serves as a steering committee member of numerous other studies.
Dr. Agarwal was recently named Senior Director of Clinical Research Innovation at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, where he holds multiple other leadership positions. In addition to Vial's Scientific Advisory Board, Dr. Agarwal is a consultant to the Oncology Drug Advisory Committee (ODAC) of the FDA. He also leads early therapeutics in the SWOG genitourinary cancers committee.
On serving as an Oncology CRO advisor, Dr. Agarwal stated, "Over the last two decades, the entire process of conducting clinical trials has exponentially grown cumbersome. It is critical for this process to become more efficient to improve administrative work for the investigating teams, make it easier for our patients to enroll, improve the accrual timeline, and expedite and decrease the cost of drug development."
Dr. Agarwal's expertise in oncology and years of experience within the clinical trial industry will be an excellent addition to Vial's Scientific Advisory Board.
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About Vial: Vial's mission is to empower scientists to cure all human diseases. Vial has executed that vision by launching a next-generation CRO (with slated launches in Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, and a Neurology CRO), a site network (Dermatology Clinical Trials, Ophthalmology Clinical Trials, Gastroenterology Clinical Trials, Women's Health Clinical Trials, Neurology Clinical Trials), and technology platform (VialConnect CTMS) to accelerate research. Vial has over 125 employees and is based in San Francisco, California, and has contributed to over 750 trials from Phase I through Phase IV.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Progyny, Inc. ("Progyny" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PGNY). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Progyny and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On December 7, 2022, Jehoshaphat Research published a short report addressing Progyny, entitled "A Love Child of Accounting Games & Credit Risk" (the "Jehoshaphat Report"). The Jehoshaphat Report alleges that Progyny "is deceiving the investor community via its financial reporting practices" and that Progyny "is actually unprofitable but masks this problem with accounting games." Among other items, the report alleges that Progyny "apparently decided to recently stop accruing allowances for customer cancellations, which . . . may have added up to another ~400bps to both revenues and gross profit margins" and that "credit losses" reported by Progyny "are more like reversals of inflated revenues," citing the Company's "corporate customer base of high quality." On this news, Progyny's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on December 7, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi businessman has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for misusing over $6 million in business loans through a coronavirus pandemic relief program.
Christopher Paul Lick of Starkville received the 78-month sentence Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Glen H. Davidson. The sentencing took place in Oxford nearly two months after Lick pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
Rather than use the money for his businesses, Lick admitted using it for personal investments in the stock market and to buy a home valued at more than $1 million, according to a news release Monday from Clay Joyner, the U.S. attorney for northern Mississippi.
“The sentence imposed in this case was well deserved," Joyner said. "For more than two years, the defendant was living lavishly on taxpayer dollars while millions of Americans were struggling during the pandemic."
Lick filed fraudulent loan applications to banks that were providing loans as part of the Paycheck Protection Program, according to court records. The records show Lick owned and managed four companies, including Aspen River Candle Co., based in Columbus, Mississippi. Joyner said Lick admitted overstating the number of employees and payroll expenses to receive money.
Rather than use the Paycheck Protection Program money for his businesses, Lick admitted he bought a home valued at more than $1 million and used some of the money for personal investments in the stock market, the news release said.
Paycheck Protection Program loans were guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Jermicha Fomby, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Jackson, said in the news release that Lick “took very proactive steps to defraud the U. S. Government and the citizens of this nation.” | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Mississippi-businessman-sentenced-in-pandemic-17375412.php | 2022-08-15 23:41:44 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Mississippi-businessman-sentenced-in-pandemic-17375412.php |
Phoenix jewelry store robbery ends in shooting at strip mall, MCSO says
PHOENIX - An armed robbery in a jewelry store ended with a victim being shot at a north Phoenix strip mall, says the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on July 12.
The incident happened near I-17 and Anthem Way around 6 p.m.
Deputies responded to the store and found a person who had been shot. The victim was rushed to the hospital with possible life-threatening injuries, MCSO says.
The suspect is on the loose.
No further information is available.
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Metaverse Blockchain company Coinllectibles™️, a fully owned subsidiary of Cosmos Group Holdings Inc. (OTC: COSG), is pleased to announce its partnership with accomplished Thai artist Natee Utarit to feature two of his works – Micro History of Politic No. 3 – Lost, and Ruin of The Four Noble Truth, at the upcoming ART SG exhibition in January 2023.
Born in Bangkok in 1970, Natee Utarit studied at the College of Fine Art in 1987 and graduated in Graphic Arts at the Painting and Sculpture Faculty at Silpakorn University in 1991. His work is part of many renowned collections, such as the Bangkok University, Bangkok, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, as well as private collections in Europe and Asia.
Commenting on stepping into the foray of 3D art DOTs, Utarit said, "I mostly focus on the exploration of the medium of painting connecting it with photography and classical Western art. Light and perspective are some of the elements I chose to work with, focusing on painting as a means to explore image making. With the employment of autostereoscopic technology on my works now, collectors will get to enjoy an immersive experience of my digital works on a 3D glasses-free tablet, which may allow them to have new interpretations of my works in 3D form. This is a novel way of art appreciation and I look forward to the launch at ART SG 2023."
Terry Lee, Head of Art at Coinllectibles added, "We are very pleased to be working with Natee to feature two of his impressive works for our upcoming exhibition at ART SG. With the previous success of our inaugural 3D art DOT sell-out at the Web 5.0 conference in November, we are confident to bring on more artists, and give our art collectors' community the opportunity to appreciate and acquire art in both physical and digital forms."
More information on Utarit's 2 artworks are as follows:
Micro History of Politic No. 3 – Lost
Micro History of Politic No. 3 – Lost is a work of art that uses allegories to express social commentary. It features domestic livestock herded together, creating this imagery that alludes to George Orwell's Animal Farm. With the different animals facing multiple directions, it suggests collective confusion, which would ultimately lead to chaos if the situation remains unmanaged. This also reflects the allusion in Orwell's novel to the dangers of ignorance and indifference.
Ruin of The Four Noble Truth
Ruin of The Four Noble Truth is a work of art that presents a dialogue between a painting and a sculpture, expanding on the Deja Vu series that started in 2018.
The large bronze sculpture resembles the remains of ancient western civilizations while depicting contemporary Roman inscriptions of The Supreme Truth of Buddhism, which is the height concept and core of all ideas from the East. The sculpture questions existence itself, among the conflict between culture and context of history raises contemporary questions related to the existence of identity and various forms of relationship between East and West in the past.
The sculptured image reappears in the painting as an event that reminds the existence of this polarized relationship. The story in the painting is a parallel world in an unknown time, presenting reality as much as imagination and distrust of what differs from traditional beliefs.
The interaction of these two works reconstructs historical events to illustrate the relationship and conflicts that lead to the question, what if Eastern cultural ideas became an important role in shaping the world's way of thinking and direction, instead of the culture from the other side?
For more information on Coinllectibles' DOT offerings, please visit www.coinllectibles.art.
Forward Looking Statements
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About Cosmos Group Holdings Inc
Cosmos is a business group that operates in two business segments:
- Arts and Collectibles
- Financing
Through Coinllectibles™, the group provides authentication, valuation and certification (AVC) service, sale and purchase, hire purchase, financing, custody, security and exhibition (CSE) services to art buyers through traditional channels, as well as through leveraging blockchain technology through the creation of digital ownership tokens (DOTs). With subsidiaries licensed under Hong Kong's Money Lenders Ordinance, the group currently primarily provides unsecured personal loan to private individuals, with a small portfolio of mortgage loans. The group is integrating the two business segments by offering secured financing services to prospective art and collectibles purchasers to provide a one-stop arts and collectibles purchasing and financing experience.
About the Company – Coinllectibles™️
Coinllectibles™️ is a technology company supporting the collectibles industry with a focus on rare memorabilia and artworks that exist and have intrinsic value in the real world, whether tangible or intangible in nature.
Coinllectibles™️ applies blockchain, marketplace, metaverse and DOT technologies as tools to disrupt and enhance the real world collectibles industry. The technology underpinning DOTs (digital ownership tokens) has multiple functional use cases that Coinllectibles™️ is applying to areas including art, sports, watches, numismatics, limited edition toys, limited edition fashion wear and sneakers. DOTs have the power to transform our societies and some areas may be subject to regulations. Coinllectibles™️ uses DOT technology solely to provide a legally-binding digital ownership token (DOT) to a tangible or intangible collectible.
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About Coinllectibles™️ DOT
Coinllectibles™️ prides the DOT as the industry "Gold Standard". Being a Gold Standard, a DOT contains the following on Arweave – (1) a sale and purchase agreement reflecting the purchase, by the person minting the DOT™️, of the underlying asset at a fair value with all rights and restrictions clearly detailed, (2) bailment terms governing the rights to possession whilst the underlying asset remains with Coinllectibles™️, (3) a transfer deed reflecting the transfer of the ownership of the underlying asset (together with all rights and restrictions) by the transferor to the holder of the DOT™️, (4) ownership title deed written into the description of the DOT™️ and (5) the unequivocal identification file of the underlying asset, whose ownership is reflected in the title deed represented by the DOT™️.
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The Gator Women’s Basketball team defeated Prairie View A&M 68-53 Wednesday, Nov. 3o in the O’Connell Center. Florida has now improved their overall record to 7-1.
Florida Continues Its Hot Start
The Gators are currently on a four-game winning and have only lost to Florida State this season so far. They started the season off hot with a three-game win streak. They recently took wins over Green Bay and a nail-biting overtime victory against the University of Houston during the St. Pete Showcase last week. A few days prior to that, they beat Furman and Bethune Cookman University.
The beginning of the game showcased quite the momentum from the Gators. Throughout the first quarter, Florida lead the way by as many as 13 points thanks to a few key players. They turned to sophomore Alberte Rimdal, KK Deans, and Nina Rickards for four three-point shots.
Rimdal is transforming to be a strong asset to the team. She is averaging 6.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.6 steals. As for her minutes, they have increased from 16.1 to 25.3 this season.
Senior players Deans and Rickards have been showing up with stellar performances lately. They both lead in scoring against the Panthers with 16 points apiece. Deans helps the team in assists with 3.6 assists per game. As for her averaging statistics, it totals up to 12.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.4 steals and 45.5 3P%. During the team’s game against the University of Houston, Deans shot 19 points and five assists.
Make that 3 more on the board for @kkdeans 😤
UF 48, PVAMU 43#GoGators pic.twitter.com/g0YhovxXld
— Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) November 30, 2022
Rickards also knows how to come out big. She shot seven points at the final quarter, which ultimately forced Prairie View A&M to fall behind. This guard is averaging 6.6 rebounds, 2.6 steal and 11.7 points per game.
Another big player in Wednesday’s game was Taliyah Wyche, a 6-foot-3 inch sophomore forward. She lead in points the whole second half.
@therawestleahh_ sinks 1 at the line 👏
UF 60, PVAMU 49#GoGators pic.twitter.com/FPlzebUQCG
— Gators Women’s Basketball (@GatorsWBK) December 1, 2022
Next up for Gators Women’s Basketball
One thing Florida will need to work on is its turnovers. Florida coughed up possession 22 times, after committing a season-high record of 30 turnovers against Houston. The Panthers scored 19 points off the Gator’s turnovers, while Florida scored only five off Prairie View A&M’s 12 turnovers.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Max Verstappen used an easy Sunday drive to keep Red Bull undefeated on the season, as the reigning two-time Formula One champion drove from ninth to the victory at the Miami Grand Prix.
Red Bull has won all five races so far this season, and teammate Sergio Perez’s second-place finish in Miami was the fourth 1-2 finish for Red Bull this year. Verstappen has three wins this season, while Perez, the pole sitter in Miami, has two.
The win was the 38th of his career for Verstappen, who tied Sebastian Vettel for most victories for Red Bull. At this pace, he’ll smash Vettel’s record by the end of what many critics are already complaining is a boring Red Bull-dominated season.
“I call that simply (expletive) lovely,” Verstappen said on his radio. “That was a good race, a good race all around, so thank you very much. That was really, really good, also good for the team, again”
Red Bull boss Christian Horner praised Verstappen’s poise over the 57-lap race that gave him his second consecutive victory in Miami.
“Well done, Max. That was a mighty middle stint, really impressive on the hard tire and thanks for racing cleanly with your teammate,” Horner said.
Red Bull has said it will allow Verstappen and Perez to cleanly race for the championship, and Perez seemed poised to take the points lead in Miami by starting from the pole. Verstappen held a six-point lead in the standings over Perez at the start of the race, but was relegated to a ninth-place starting position because qualifying was cut short before his final qualifying attempt by a Charles Leclerc crash.
But the Dutchman had no problem driving through the field. He went from ninth to sixth in the first four laps, using a pass of two cars in one corner to gain ground. He was fifth by the ninth lap, fourth on Lap 12 and finally behind Perez in second on Lap 15.
Verstappen took the lead when Perez pitted on Lap 20 and he held nearly a 18-second lead with 15 laps remaining. When he finally made his pit stop, Verstappen returned to the track in second but only 1.6 seconds behind Perez.
It took him just minutes to pass Perez for the win, taking the lead in a wheel-to-wheel battle with nine laps remaining. Although Verstappen has won from a lower starting position before, he becomes the first driver since Niki Lauda in 1984 at the French Grand Prix to win from ninth.
The victory also came on the anniversary of the 2016 announcement that Verstappen was being promoted from the junior team to Red Bull ahead of the fifth round of that season.
Verstappen now holds a 14-point lead over Perez in the standings.
Perez finished second, a full 5.3 seconds behind Verstappen.
“I tried, I gave it all,” Perez said as the crowd chanted his nickname “Checo! Checo! Checo!”
Fernando Alonso was third for Aston Martin but finished 26 seconds behind. It was the fourth podium in five races for the resurgent Spaniard.
“It was not easy, it was never easy, but it was a lonely race,” Alonso said.
George Russell was fourth for Mercedes, followed by Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari, and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, who drove from 13th to sixth. Leclerc was seventh, and Alpine drivers Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon were eighth and ninth.
Kevin Magnussen, driver for American team Haas, finished 10th to score a point for just the second time this season. Haas has used the Miami race to spotlight all its American sponsors, including Chipotle, which promised 10,000 free burritos if a Haas driver scored a point Sunday.
Logan Sargeant, the first American driver on the grid since 2015, finished last in his home race. Sargeant was born and raised less than 20 miles away from the circuit in Fort Lauderdale. He started last.
“I put the car in a place I shouldn’t have in Lap 1 and took my front wing off. From there it was a difficult afternoon,” Sargeant said. “On a normal strategy our pace would’ve been pretty solid all things considered. Despite today, I still loved the weekend.”
The sold-out crowd of 90,766 included Jeff Bezos, Tom Cruise, Elon Musk, Serena and Venus Williams, and Roger Federer, while LL Cool J handled driver introductions. The drivers walked out to a new song by will.i.am called “The Formula” made specifically for Sunday’s race. The song, which is a collaboration with Lil Wayne, was performed by a symphony.
Russell after the race said the pre-race show was distracting for the drivers, who discussed the pageantry in their weekly meeting.
“Everybody’s got their different personalities; I guess it’s the ‘American way’ of doing things during sport,” said Russell, president of the driver association. “Personally, it’s not for me. Because I am here to race. I’m not here for the show, I’m here to win.
“I don’t think there is any other sport in the world that 30 minutes before you go out to do your business, you are out there in the sun, all the cameras on you, and making a bit of a show of it,” Russell continued. “I can appreciate that in the entertainment world. We only want the best for the sport. We are open to changes, but I guess we wouldn’t want to see it every weekend.”
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Amber Alert issued after mother took newborn from Phoenix hospital, officials say
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) - An Amber Alert was issued for an infant who was allegedly taken by his mother in a duffel bag from an Arizona hospital.
According to Phoenix police, the 5-day-old boy, identified as Baby Santana, was last seen Wednesday at Valleywise Health Medical Center at around 11:45 a.m.
Authorities said the baby’s mother, 24-year-old Rosa Santana, was seen leaving the hospital with the baby in the duffel bag.
The newborn had a feeding tube attached and is in need of life-saving medical treatment.
Rosa Santana is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds and has brown hair with brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark shirt, dark pants and carrying a black duffle bag.
Anyone with information about the Amber Alert should call 911.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.
The space agency attempted the test two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way.
“This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during a briefing at NASA headquarters in Washington.
The Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail of dust and rubble stretching several thousand miles (kilometers). It took days of telescope observations from Chile and South Africa to determine how much the impact altered the path of the 525-foot (160-meter) asteroid around its companion, a much bigger space rock.
Before the impact, the moonlet took 11 hours and 55 minutes to circle its parent asteroid. Scientists had hoped to shave off 10 minutes but Nelson said the impact shortened the asteroid's orbit by about 32 minutes.
The amount of debris apparently played a role in the outcome, scientists said. The impact may also have left Dimorphos wobbling a bit, said NASA program scientist Tom Statler. That may affect the orbit, but it will never go back to its original orbit, he noted.
Neither asteroid posed a threat to Earth — and still don’t as they continue their journey around the sun. That’s why scientists picked the pair for the world’s first attempt to alter the position of a celestial body.
Planetary defense experts prefer nudging a threatening asteroid or comet out of the way, given enough lead time, rather than blowing it up and creating multiple pieces that could rain down on Earth.
“This is spectacular that we’ve taken this first step ... but we really need to also have that warning time for a technique like this to be effective," said mission leader Nancy Chabot of Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, which built the spacecraft and managed the $325 million mission.
“You’ve got to know they’re coming,” said NASA's Lori Glaze.
Launched last year, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — was destroyed when it slammed into the asteroid 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) away at 14,000 mph (22,500 kph).
”We’ve been imagining this for years and to have it finally be real is really quite a thrill,” said Statler.
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UPDATE from EPISD: The secure at Franklin High School was lifted before 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. Out of an abundance of caution, the secure began at approximately 11:25 a.m. due to an incident in the surrounding area.
El Paso ISD Police officers worked with local law enforcement to investigate a situation in the vicinity of campus. An individual was apprehended off campus by El Paso Police Department officers.
District officers will remain on campus throughout the day as a precaution. The safety and security of our students and staff is our top priority.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The main campus of Franklin High School has been placed on lock down due to the presence of an armed individual according to El Paso Police department.
Over 22 reports were made about and an individual with a firearm, which started at around 11:30 a.m. Road closures have been set in the surrounding area.
EPISD released the following statement:
Franklin High School is currently in a secure due to an incident in the vicinity of the campus. El Paso ISD Police officers are actively working with local law enforcement as they jointly investigate the situation. District officers will remain on campus throughout the day out of an abundance of caution. During a secure, normal operations are maintained within the campus and no individuals are allowed in or out of the facility. The safety and security of our students and staff is our top priority.
Multiple law enforcement agencies are responding to the incident.
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These two essential audience segments are pre-built using predictive behaviors so fundraisers can begin targeted outreach instantly.
DALLAS, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GivingDNA, an all-in-one fundraising analytics, data visualization, and wealth profiling tool, is excited to introduce two new donor sets: philanthropic non-donors and cryptocurrency donors. These opportunity segments are pre-built to analyze your donors' giving behaviors, and then predict who an organization can reliably engage for that next gift, removing the guesswork and identifying prospects who have a tendency to give. The segments are also ready to use, so fundraisers are empowered to act on the new donor sets immediately.
One of the newest opportunity segments is an organization's philanthropic non-donors — These constituents are already in your database and are actively supporting other nonprofits, but have yet to give to you. By using this segment, fundraisers can better understand acquisition opportunities already on file and the constituent motivations to better align messaging to resonate with the segment's values and interests.
"In today's economic uncertainty, continued acquisition of new donors is just as important as retaining and stewarding the donors we have," said Ryan Carpenter, Vice President of Client Success at GivingDNA. "The good news is, this segment is prime for conversion as they have familiarity with your organization. By leveraging this segment, you can better understand donor motivations and customize your case to their interests and draft your appeal accordingly."
The second opportunity segment identifies potential cryptocurrency donors so fundraisers can begin stewarding them in a manner relevant to how they give. GivingDNA's unique crypto segment will be a game-changer for the industry, as these essential insights can drive a nonprofit's giving strategy for years to come. For example, fundraisers will determine how many donors use cryptocurrency and whether they should accept crypto donations. They will also identify a new generation of donors poised to give sizable gifts. According to The Giving Block, which provides an ecosystem for crypto donation, one nonprofit found its average crypto gift was $3,000 and its highest was $55,000.
"Crypto cannot be ignored anymore, and we want to make it easier for marketers to target and serve those with this asset," said Rebecca Gregory Segovia, General Manager of GivingDNA. "This exciting new feature will help fundraisers identify crypto donors already in their files and open channels for those donors to make a greater impact in the organization."
"The brilliant thing about this new opportunity through GivingDNA is that you don't have to understand crypto in order to receive it as a donation," said Pat Duffy, Co-Founder of The Giving Block. "The Giving Block makes it easy for nonprofits to accept crypto donations and immediately convert the gift to cash. This means that nonprofits have the potential to receive larger gifts and engage a younger donor audience, without having to worry about having an in-depth understanding of crypto."
GivingDNA is the next generation of wealth intelligence + data analytics that uniquely combines your internal data with external insights to inform all areas of your fundraising strategy, from annual fund segmentation to mid/major gift prospecting and portfolio optimization. Fundraisers rely on GivingDNA for real-time data visualization to guide insights and strategy across their entire organization. Visit GivingDNA/demo.com to learn more and book a demo.
Founded in 2018, The Giving Block, a Shift4 company, is turning Crypto Philanthropy into one of the greatest forces for good on the planet by making cryptocurrency fundraising easy for nonprofits while empowering donors to give Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to their favorite causes. The Giving Block currently enables more than 1,000 mission-driven organizations, charities, universities, and faith-based organizations of all sizes to accept cryptocurrency donations and helps them maximize their fundraising outcomes with strategic consulting and personal support. Learn more and discover why cryptocurrency is the fastest-growing donation method for Millennial and Gen-Z donors at TheGivingBlock.com.
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PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Cameron Ward threw for 343 yards and three touchdowns as Washington State beat California 28-9 on Saturday, despite Ward being intercepted twice in the end zone.
Renard Bell caught eight passes for 115 yards and a touchdown for Washington State (4-1, 1-1 Pac-12), which played four of its first five games at home.
The Cougars were coming off a heart-breaking loss to Oregon last weekend.
“I'm proud of this team and how it responded,” WSU coach Jake Dickert said. “This was the prettiest, ugly, gutty win we knew we needed to have.
“To come back the next week ... just shows the type of team we can be."
Jack Plummer completed 23 of 33 passes for 273 yards for California (3-2, 1-1), which was coming off a big win over Arizona.
Both teams scored over 40 points last weekend, but points were scarce for most of this game.
After a scoreless first quarter, Washington State got a 34-yard punt return by Robert Ferrel, coupled with a personal foul on the Bears, to start a drive on the Cal 20-yard line. Jaylen Jenkins ran the ball in from the 2 for a 7-0 lead.
Cal drove to the WSU 24, but had to settle for a 42-yard field goal by Dario Longhetto to pull within 7-3.
On WSU's next drive, Ward was intercepted in the end zone by Cal safety Daniel Scott. The Golden Bears advanced to midfield, but Plummer was sacked on consecutive plays and they had to punt.
Washington State kept the 7-3 lead at halftime in a defensive battle, with each team barely topping 100 yards of offense.
Washington State had the first drive of the second half, and Ward quickly connected with Bell on a 47-yard completion to the Cal 17. Ferrel caught a 17-yard touchdown pass barely a minute into the half for a 14-3 lead.
Cal went three-and-out, and Washington State advanced to the Bears' 21-yard line. But a scrambling Ward was intercepted in the end zone again, this time by Craig Woodson, to kill the drive.
Dickert said Ward kept his composure despite the interceptions.
Ward was able “to gut through it and come back and make some big-time throws,” Dickert said. “A quarterback needs a short memory.”
Jaydn Ott scored on a 2-yard run for California early in the fourth quarter, a touchdown set up by receptions of 30 and 49 yards by Jeremiah Hunter. The 2-point conversion pass failed and Washington State led 14-9.
Ward threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Bell four plays later to lift the Cougars to a 21-9 lead with 12 minutes left in the game.
“You want to get him the ball,” Dickert said of Bell.
Ward added another touchdown pass to tight end Billy Riviere with six minutes left.
Cal coach Justin Wilcox said his team could not get to Ward.
“We had three or four chances for some negative plays on them, but we just couldn’t get him (Ward) on the ground," Wilcox said.
“We had a couple of big plays in the air, and that was nice to see, but we gotta score more than that, everybody knows that," Wilcox said.
“We got nothing going in the run game. Pass protection wasn’t where it needed to be. We’re all gonna share in that, but we didn’t expect to be as poor as we were in those areas today, especially coming off of last week," Wilcox said.
TRIBUTE TO 1997 TEAM
The 1997 Washington State team that broke a 61-year drought by winning the conference championship and going to the Rose Bowl was honored during Saturday's game. Dickert said that team shows what is possible at Washington State and had particular praise for former coach Mike Price, who led the Cougars to the Rose Bowl twice. “There should be a statue of coach Price somewhere,” Dickert said.
NOT OTT
Ott, who ran for 274 yards and three touchdowns last week against Arizona, was held to 69 yards on Saturday. “We knew we had to corral him coming in,” Dickert said. “He earned every yard he got.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Washington State: The Cougars defense seems to have recovered from a collapse that allowed Oregon to score three quick touchdowns in the closing minutes of the Ducks’ 44-41 win last week.
California: The Golden Bears took a step back from their 49-31 win over Arizona last weekend.
UP NEXT
Washington State: The Cougars play at No. 6 Southern California next Saturday in their toughest challenge of the season.
California: The Bears have a bye next weekend, before playing at Colorado on Oct. 15.
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A donation drive for the children of a Newark man who died in a motorcycle crash in Kearny earlier this month has raised more than $13,000.
Helder Martins, 45, died in the early hours of April 14 when he was riding his motorcycle east on Bergen Avenue when it struck a Cali Carting truck that was pulling out of the company’s lot, the Kearny police crash report said. The truck was making a left turn onto Bergen Avenue at the time.
So far 128 people have donated $13,110 to the GoFundMe.com campaign toward educational expenses for Daniel and Sofia Martins, Helder’s children. The goal is $30,000.
“We lost a good friend, great father and amazing man, Helder Martins,” the GoFundMe page says. “He leaves behind many broken hearts, but the hearts dearest to his are of his daughter Sofia Martins and his son Daniel Martins.”
Helder Martins was a foreman for JR Cruz Construction of Aberdeen, an active parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Church In Newark and a motorcycle rider with the Mondego Motorcycle Club of Kearny, his obituary said.
“Helder’s life was shortened while doing something that truly brought joy to his life,” the donation page says. “His zest for life, infectious smile that he brought to everyone that he encountered will be missed.” | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/04/donation-drive-established-for-family-of-newark-dad-who-died-in-kearny-crash.html | 2023-04-25 17:32:28 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/04/donation-drive-established-for-family-of-newark-dad-who-died-in-kearny-crash.html |
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