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NY Mag highlights Kamala Harris' 'slip in political traction,' says she 'reached an unparalleled low point'
Harris' office has seen a lot of staffing turnover in the last year, as two more aides decided to leave in July
In an article headlined "The Kamala Harris Conundrum," New York Magazine highlighted Vice President Kamala Harris' "slip in political traction" and said the vice president has reached an "unparalleled low point."
The article, written by Gabriel Debenedetti, said that Harris was "partly a victim of the enormous expectations" the Biden administration placed on her while "selecting the future leader of a vibrant, thriving post-Trump Democratic Party."
Debenedetti said some of Harris' supporters would argue she was "one of the few things" keeping the Biden administration's plummeting popularity at bay.
It leaves "Democrats with a conundrum: a successor-in-waiting who is just as disliked as the standard-bearer but is also exactly as irreplaceable," Debenedetti wrote.
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Harris has seen a lot of staff turnover in the last year as two more aides, domestic policy adviser Rohini Kosoglu and director of speechwriting Meghan Groob, decided to depart the vice president's office in July.
New York Magazine also said the vice president was the "most scrutinized" person to hold the position in recent administrations. The report said that in viewing from a "sympathetic perspective," Harris had "hit her stride" in taking on abortion rights.
"It took one and a half uncomfortable years for her set of skills to align with the administration’s strategic needs," Debenedetti wrote.
The article said that Harris' "thankless portfolio" was the reason for "slip in political traction."
The piece added that Harris' popularity decline started with her visit to Central America and "appeared dismissive of a suggestion that she visit the border."
The vice president laughed at a question by a reporter in March 2021, who wondered if Harris was planning to visit the border. "Not today," she said, chuckling. She added that she had visited before and probably would again.
The report said that Harris was concerned that taking on the border crisis was a "clear political loser."
"She remained silent at a tense meeting with Biden, letting other officials speak when he asked for updates. Afterward, she told aides to underscore that she was focused on the origins of migration, not the border itself," the New York Magazine article said.
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Harris' supporters and advocates are most frustrated with questions concerning her "preparedness" for the "top job" as President Biden tested positive for COVID-19.
"The concern comes mostly from her occasionally stumbling responses to journalists," according to New York Magazine. Party donors have expressed concern for Harris as a potential presidential candidate due to the "implosion" of her 2020 campaign as well, Debenedetti wrote. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-mag-highlights-kamala-harris-slip-political-traction-reached-unparalleled-low-point | 2022-08-01 17:34:31 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/media/ny-mag-highlights-kamala-harris-slip-political-traction-reached-unparalleled-low-point |
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The prime ministers of India and Australia on Thursday lent a touch of cricket diplomacy to their ties as they inaugurated a test match between their two teams in the western city of Ahmedabad.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian host Narendra Modi handed caps emblazoned national emblems to rival captains Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma. They clasped their hands and raised them to the delight of thousands of cricket fans.
The two prime ministers were cheered by cricket fans as they went around the stadium named after Modi and later sat down to watch the start of the game.
Modi and Albanese also saw a photo exhibition highlighting their countries' cricketing ties. The India-Australia cricket rivalry is considered one of the most intense in the world, comparable to the Ashes test series played between England and Australia.
Albanese arrived Wednesday in Ahmedabad, a key city in Modi's home state of Gujarat, at the start of his four-day visit to India. He paid tributes to Mohandas Gandhi, India's independence leader, during a visit to the Sabarmati Ashram, which was one of Gandhi's abodes in India. Albanese later attended a cultural event related to the Hindu Holi festival at the state governor's residence.
Albanese will leave later Thursday for Mumbai, where he will visit India's homemade aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which was commissioned into the Indian navy in September.
The two leaders will hold official talks Friday in New Delhi.
“Australia and India are important partners,” Albanese said in Perth before leaving for India. “We share common values. We are both vibrant democracies. We have an interest in improving our economic relations.”
He said India, along with Indonesia, would grow to be the third- and fourth-largest economies in the world, which presented “an incredible opportunity” for Australia.
India’s goods exports to Australia stood at $8.3 billion and imports from the country aggregated to $16.75 billion in 2021-22, according to the economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative.
While India’s exports range from agriculture, garments and railway engines to telecom, 95% of India’s imports from Australia are raw materials and mining products needed by Indian industry.
Both leaders have expressed their commitments to a “free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific." They stress the progress of the Quad, an alliance of Australia, India, Japan and the United States, that aims to counter China’s rising influence in Asia.
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Cooke Aquaculture has filed an appeal in Thurston County Superior Court against Washington’s decision to terminate its leases for fin fish net pens in state waters. In court documents, the company said the decision was arbitrary, politically motivated and contrary to science.
In a statement, Cooke wrote it has a state Supreme Court ruling and legislative mandate on its side, supporting the farming of native species. It also argued that the deadline of 30 days to harvest all fish and remove all its farm equipment from two sites was unreasonable.
The state Department of Natural Resources originally set a deadline of Dec. 14 for Cooke to remove its facilities from leased areas at Rich Passage off Bainbridge Island and Hope Island in Skagit Bay, but the agency extended the deadline for removal of fish to Jan. 14 and removal of Cooke's net pens to April 14.
The appeal is against both the Department of Natural Resources and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. It states the company’s rights to due process were violated and asks the court to reinstate Cooke’s leases and award damages. See the full appeal below.
This is not the first time Cooke Aquaculture has filed suit against DNR for termination of a net pen lease. The debate over net pen fish farming in Washington state waters has intensified since the 2017 net pen collapse at Cypress Island.
Letters sent by DNR to the Canada-based company in November notifying the company that its leases would not be renewed described multiple contract violations and a history of negligence, exemplified by the 2017 collapse.
The resulting spill of hundreds of thousands of nonnative Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound and the Salish Sea led to legislative action in 2018 banning nonnative net pen farming. Cooke replaced its Atlantic salmon fish stocks with sterile native steelhead.
Speaking at a televised press conference on Nov. 18, Franz announced an end to the practice of commercial net pen fish farming in Washington. She said there is no way to safely farm finfish in open sea net pens without jeopardizing struggling native salmon and that it is not in the state’s best interest to support it.
Among DNR’s arguments against commercial net pen fish farming are tribal concerns that they undermine tribal treaty fishing rights, both by potentially hurting struggling salmon species and because some of the net pens have interfered with access to tribes’ traditional and customary fishing areas. But at least one tribe in Washington opposes the steps taken by DNR.
The Jamestown S’Klallam has a joint venture with Cooke and sees fish farming as a key to fulfilling its treaty rights, by providing more fish in what it sees as a responsible and sustainable manner. | https://www.knkx.org/environment/2022-12-14/cooke-aquaculture-files-suit-over-terminated-net-pen-leases-in-wa | 2022-12-14 22:28:28 | 1 | https://www.knkx.org/environment/2022-12-14/cooke-aquaculture-files-suit-over-terminated-net-pen-leases-in-wa |
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BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — HarborOne Bancorp Inc. (HONE) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $7.3 million.
The bank, based in Brockton, Massachusetts, said it had earnings of 16 cents per share.
The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 19 cents per share.
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ROME, Italy — Italian police on Thursday said they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend last week on the ancient Roman Colosseum is a tourist who lives in Britain.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says an aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium spotted the North Atlantic right whale on Jan. 8.
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The North Atlantic right whale is considered an endangered species. NOAA says it's estimated that there are only 70 reproductively active females remaining. | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/severely-injured-entangled-whale-spotted-off-north-carolinas-coast | 2023-01-13 22:51:47 | 1 | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/severely-injured-entangled-whale-spotted-off-north-carolinas-coast |
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) holds a narrow 2-percentage point lead over Republican rival Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff, according to a new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey.
The poll released on Thursday found that 49 percent of very likely voters surveyed said they would back Warnock, compared to 47 percent who said they would vote for Walker. A separate 4 percent said they were undecided; that polling falls within the margin of error, effectively tying the two candidates.
When undecided voters were asked which candidate they were leaning toward, support for Warnock increased to 51 percent while Walker’s support rose to 49 percent.
But when respondents were asked who they expected would win the Georgia Senate runoff regardless of whom they supported, a wider gap emerged: 57 percent said they expected Warnock to prevail compared to 43 percent who said Walker would.
The development comes less than a week before Georgia holds its runoff election, the last Senate election of the November midterms. Warnock is vying for his first full-term in office after he won a special election in 2020 against former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), but neither he nor Walker notched at least half of the vote needed to avoid a December runoff.
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Pierre Curtis named Furman women's basketball coach, succeeding Jackie Carson who leaves for ACC
Pierre Curtis has been promoted to women's basketball coach at Furman.
Curtis replaces Jackie Carson, who was named Thursday as senior associate commissioner for women’s basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Curtis, who has been on the staff at Furman for 10 years, will be the eighth coach in program history. He has served as the team’s associate head coach since 2019.
"Over the past decade, Coach Curtis has played a critical role in the growth of our program and in the successes of our student-athletes, on the court and off," athletic director Jason Donnelly said in a school release Friday. "He has earned the respect of our team, our coaches, and our administration through his leadership, commitment to athletic and academic excellence, his ability to recruit and then develop players, and his shared values with Furman Athletics."
Curtis coached girls basketball at Harrisonburg (Virginia) High School for two seasons before coming to Furman.
He is a native of Chicago and played high school basketball in Denver before enrolling at Charis Prep School in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Curtis was a standout at James Madison and finished his career as the Dukes’ all-time leader in starts, assists, and steals. He played professionally in Germany during the 2010-11 season before beginning his coaching career.
"I want thank Jason Donnelly and President (Elizabeth) Davis for trusting me with this great opportunity," Curtis said. "I am also very grateful to Jackie Carson for all she has done for me and Furman University. To have my first head coaching job be at a place where I have such affinity and connection to is a dream come true. I can't wait to begin working with our team and building towards our goals of winning a conference championship and having NCAA Tournament success."
Furman was 11-19 last season and 3-11 in the Southern Conference.
Carson, 45, was at Furman for 13 seasons, leading the Paladins to a 205-197 record. She was a star player for Furman from 1996-2000 and had her jersey retired. She is a member of the Furman University Hall of Fame.
“This is an incredible opportunity and I look forward to working with our schools, coaches and partners on all things ACC Women’s Basketball,” said Carson. “I’m humbled and eager to join Commissioner (Jim) Phillips and the ACC staff.”
Furman has been to the NCAA Tournament twice, losing to Louisiana Tech in 1995 and Tennessee in 2000. The Paladins lost to Auburn in their only WNIT appearance in 2014. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/furman/2023/06/10/furman-women-basketball-pierre-curtis-jackie-carson-acc/70309323007/ | 2023-06-10 19:35:04 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/furman/2023/06/10/furman-women-basketball-pierre-curtis-jackie-carson-acc/70309323007/ |
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Saddleback Church, the Southern California megachurch founded by best-selling author Rick Warren, is appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention for having women pastors on staff, according to the denomination.
Saddleback is asking the annual meeting of the SBC, which convenes next month in New Orleans, to overturn a February decision by the denomination’s Executive Committee to expel it.
The committee said Saddleback “has a faith and practice that does not closely identify with the Convention’s adopted statement of faith, as demonstrated by the church having a female teaching pastor functioning in the office of pastor.” That was an allusion to Stacie Wood, wife of Lead Pastor Andy Wood, who holds the role of teaching pastor.
The appeal extends the standoff between the nation’s largest Protestant denomination and one of its largest, most successful churches.
Saddleback was one of five congregations that the committee ousted over the issue of women as pastors. One of those congregations, Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, is also appealing its dismissal.
Under SBC bylaws, churches can appeal a dismissal by the Executive Committee to the full SBC annual meeting. Monday was the deadline for filing appeals.
The SBC’s statement of faith says that men should be in authority in families and churches. “While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture,” the statement says. The SBC is not a hierarchy and can’t tell a member congregation what to do, but it can deem a church to be “not in friendly cooperation with the Convention,” the verbal formulation for ouster.
Saddleback, with multiple campuses across Southern California, had 54,000 members as of 2021, according to its annual membership report to the SBC. It averaged attendance of 28,000.
The standoff began in 2021 when Saddleback announced it was ordaining three women as pastors. After founding pastor Warren retired in 2022, he was succeeded as lead pastor by Andy Wood, whose wife, Stacie Wood, then assumed a role as teaching pastor.
And earlier in May, Saddleback announced that Katie Edwards, one of the three women ordained in 2021, would assume the role of pastor of its flagship Lake Forest campus.
Saddleback did not issue a statement on the appeal this week.
But in a video statement released in March after the Executive Committee vote, Andy Wood said that the church’s leaders do interpret the Bible to say that men should be in authority over a church — but that they can authorize women to be pastors. All of the elders at Saddleback are men, he said.
“A man who is an elder can empower women and mobilize women to use their spiritual gifts in the local church,” he said, saying there are examples of this occurring in the Bible.
Fern Creek Baptist Church also sent formal notice to the SBC that it is appealing the decision to oust it. The Rev. Linda Barnes Popham has served as Fern Creek’s pastor since 1993.
“We obviously interpret scripture referring to women in ministry differently than some others in Baptist life,” the church said in an earlier response to the SBC’s Credentials Committee, which reviews churches’ qualifications and can recommend their dismissal to the Executive Committee. “We are happy to meet with you to further discuss how we feel Jesus has led us to this interpretation.”
Fern Creek said the question of women in ministry should be a “second or third tier issue” on which Baptists can disagree.
Other churches that were ousted in February, and which are not appealing, said they would continue to operate with women as pastors. They include Calvary Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi; New Faith Mission Ministry in Griffin, Georgia; and St. Timothy’s Christian Baptist Church in Baltimore.
Also appealing its dismissal on a separate issue is Freedom Church in Vero Beach, Florida. It is disputing the Executive Committee’s decision to dismiss it “based on a lack of intent to cooperate in resolving concerns regarding a sexual abuse allegation.” The denomination has been roiled by allegations in recent years of sexual abusers remaining in ministry, prompting the convention to vote for stricter policies.
Freedom Church, in an earlier letter to national, state and local Southern Baptist entities, disputed any allegation of abuse and asked for additional information about the decision.
Warren, author of the widely successful “The Purpose Driven Life,” started Saddleback Church with his wife, Kay Warren, more than four decades ago. With Warren’s charisma and easy, informal preaching style, Saddleback eventually attracted tens of thousands and fostered an ambitious plan to expand the church’s reach across Southern California as well as globally — a vision his successor has promised to continue.
David Sons, chairman of the Executive Committee, said this will be the first time any churches have ever appealed their dismissals to the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting. He urged representatives attending the meeting “to be prepared and informed about the process.”
Ed Stetzer, a church-growth expert and professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, said Saddleback succeeded in connecting with the contemporary, casual culture of its surroundings while holding firm to its core beliefs.
“It’ll be the choice of the convention” whether Saddleback still holds essential Southern Baptist beliefs, as it claims to, said Stetzer, a former director of the SBC-affiliated Lifeway.
But if the convention upholds the church’s ouster, “it will lose something that Saddleback has brought to the SBC for decades — a vibrancy, a new way of thinking.”
The SBC has been in membership decline for nearly two decades. In statistics released earlier this month by Lifeway Research, the denomination fell to 13.2 million members in 2022. That is the lowest level since the late 1970s, which marked the start of years of doctrinal battles that led to a strong rightward shift in the convention.
Southern Baptists’ rate of baptisms — seen by many as a better sign of spiritual vitality than membership — are also in long-term decline despite a small post-pandemic bounce in 2022.
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Reporter Deepa Bharath contributed to this report
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four air crew members were missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States, officials said Saturday.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11 p.m. Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said.
A search involving U.S., Canadian and Australian personnel was underway to find the crew who are all Australian men, officials said.
Debris that appeared to be from a helicopter had been recovered, Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Douglas McDonald said.
The Taipan was taking part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint U.S.-Australian military exercise that is largely based in Queensland. This year’s exercise involves 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Defense Minister Richard Marles said the helicopter ditched, which refers to an emergency landing on water.
“Defense exercises, which are so necessary for the readiness of our defense force, are serious. They carry risk,” Marles told reporters in Brisbane. “As we desperately hope for better news during the course of this day we are reminded about the gravity of the act which comes with wearing our nation’s uniform.”
Hill said the exercise was postponed on Saturday morning but had restarted limited activity later in the day. Australia had grounded its Taipan fleet as a precaution, Hill said.
It was the second emergency involving an Australian Taipan this year, after one ditched into the sea off the New South Wales state coast in March. That helicopter was taking part in a nighttime counterterrorism training exercise when it ran into trouble. All 10 passengers and crew members were rescued.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Brisbane for a meeting on Saturday and is due to travel with Marles to north Queensland on Sunday to see the exercise.
Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute to the missing air crew at the outset of a meeting with their Australian counterparts, Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
“It’s always tough when you have accidents in training, but … the reason that we train to such high standards is so that we can be successful and we can protect lives when we are called to answer any kind of crisis,” Austin said.
“Our guys tend to make this look easy and they make it look easy because they’re so well exercised and rehearsed and trained, and this is unfortunately a part of that, what it takes to get them to where we need them to be,” Austin added.
Blinken said, “We’re so grateful to them for their dedication, for their service, for everything they’ve been doing to stand up for the freedom that we share and that is what unites us more than anything else.”
Marles thanked the United States for their contribution to the search and rescue effort.
The missing helicopter had just dropped off two Australian commandos before it hit the water, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Australia announced in January that its army and navy would stop flying the European-built Taipans by December 2024, 13 years earlier than originally planned, because they had proven unreliable. They will be replaced by 40 U.S. Black Hawks. Marles said at the time the Lockheed Martin-designed Black Hawks “have a really good proven track record in terms of their reliability.”
Australia’s Taipans had been plagued by problems since the first helicopter arrived in the country in 2007.
Australia’s entire fleet of 47 Taipans was grounded in 2019 to fix a problem with their tail rotor blades. A year later, 27 Taipans were grounded because of a problem with doors.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jayden Saddler scored 14 points as Saint Peter's beat Siena 73-72 in overtime on Saturday.
Saddler went 6 of 9 from the field for the Peacocks (12-17, 7-13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Jaylen Murray was 4 of 13 shooting (2 for 4 from distance) to add 12 points. Latrell Reid had 10 points, while adding six rebounds.
Isiah Dasher made two free throws with 27 seconds left in overtime for the final margin. Murray's 3-pointer tied it at the end of regulation.
The Saints (17-14, 11-9) were led by Javian McCollum, who posted 22 points. Jared Billups added 13 points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks for Siena. Jackson Stormo finished with 12 points and seven rebounds.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and NAPLES, Fla., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) and NCH Healthcare System today announced the intention to enter into a joint venture to operate a 50-bed, freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Naples, Florida.
Recently, the Board of Directors of NCH Healthcare System approved its investment in this collaboration with Encompass Health. The hospital is currently under construction in Naples at 14305 Collier Boulevard and scheduled to open in August 2022. When the hospital opens, NCH Healthcare System intends to relocate its existing 54-bed rehabilitation unit, The NCH Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Rehabilitation, to the new hospital.
Quality care and exceptional patient outcomes have been a cornerstone to NCH's mission to help its patients live longer, happier, and healthier lives. In support of that mission, this collaboration will enhance inpatient rehabilitation services in Naples.
"This joint venture combines the expertise and resources of Encompass Health, the nation's largest provider of inpatient rehabilitation services, with the trusted healthcare provider NCH Healthcare System, a multi-facility healthcare system with an excellent reputation for providing high quality care throughout Collier County and southwest Florida for over 60 years," said Lori Bedard, President of Encompass Health's Southeast Region. "We are excited to partner with NCH Healthcare System and look forward to providing patients with customized rehabilitation services that improves their quality of life."
"NCH is proud to be able to collaborate with Encompass Health to expand the scope of inpatient rehabilitation services we can offer to our community," said Paul Hiltz, President & CEO, NCH Healthcare System. "Our focus at NCH has always been on enhancing quality for an exceptional patient experience."
Complementing local acute care services like those provided by NCH Healthcare System, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals serve patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries, including strokes and other neurological disorders, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions. In addition to 24–hour nursing care, the inpatient rehabilitation hospitals offer physical, occupational and speech therapies to restore functional ability and quality of life.
The NCH Healthcare System is a not-for-profit, multi-facility healthcare system located in Naples, Florida, and is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. The System is more than just two hospitals (referred to as the NCH Baker Hospital and NCH North Naples Hospital) with a total of 713 beds. NCH is an alliance of 775 physicians and medical facilities in dozens of locations throughout Collier County and southwest Florida that offers nationally recognized, quality health care to our community. NCH delivers 3,500 babies and houses the only pediatric ER in Collier County serving more than 19,000 children every year. We take pride in caring for the next generation of leaders. Our mission is to help everyone live a longer, happier, healthier life. For more information, visit www.NCHmd.org.
As a national leader in integrated healthcare services, Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) offers both facility–based and home–based patient care through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies and hospice agencies. With a national footprint that includes 150 hospitals, 252 home health locations, and 99 hospice locations in 42 states and Puerto Rico, the Company provides high–quality, cost-effective integrated healthcare. Encompass Health is ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information, visit encompasshealth.com, or follow us on our newsroom, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Statements contained in this press release which are not historical facts, such as those relating to the likelihood, timing and effects of the opening of the jointly owned hospital, are forward-looking statements. In addition, Encompass Health may from time to time make forward-looking public statements concerning the matters described herein. All such estimates, projections, and forward-looking information speak only as of the date hereof, and Encompass Health undertakes no duty to publicly update or revise such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Encompass Health's actual results or events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors. While it is impossible to identify all such factors, factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated include, but are not limited to, any adverse outcome of various lawsuits, claims, and legal or regulatory proceedings that may be brought by or against Encompass Health or NCH Healthcare System; the continued spread of COVID-19, including the speed, geographic reach and duration of the spread; the actions to be taken by Encompass Health or or NCH Healthcare System in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in the regulation of the healthcare industry at either or both of the federal and state levels; competitive pressures in the healthcare industry and Encompass Health's response thereto; the hospital's ability to maintain proper local, state and federal licensing; potential disruptions, breaches, or other incidents affecting the proper operation, availability, or security of Encompass Health's or NCH Healthcare System's information systems; the ability to attract and retain nurses, therapists, and other healthcare professionals in a highly competitive environment with often severe staffing shortages and the impact on labor expenses from potential union activity and staffing shortages; changes, delays in (including in connection with resolution of Medicare payment reviews or appeals), or suspension of reimbursement for Encompass Health's services by governmental or private payors; general conditions in the economy and capital markets; and other factors which may be identified from time to time in Encompass Health's SEC filings and other public announcements, including Encompass Health's Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.
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Media contact: Amanda Lucey I 678-591-6357
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Omron Automation Americas welcomes partners and customers to its Proof of Concept Centers across the United States. This multi-location, multi-day event is a forum for customers to access leading-edge technical information, application knowledge and industry insights to lead their digital engineering transformation.
HOFFMAN, Ill., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry-leading automation solution provider, Omron Automation Americas, continues to demonstrate its commitment to customers and their automation needs with their event, OPEN 2022. Hosted at four Proof of Concept Centers, customers will have access to the technologies, resources, and best practices that make for integrated, intelligent and interactive solutions that enable sustainable business success.
This two-day event allows customers to participate in live and virtual sessions designed to stimulate discussion around the creation of advanced solutions. Omron and industry experts will cover a diverse array of technical and educational topics including control, safety, motion, vision, robotics, and IIOT.
Technology developers will provide access to Omron's exclusive range of hardware, software and solutions during hands-on demonstrations. Participants will experience first-hand highly advanced intelligence capabilities that solve the immediate market needs of labor shortages and productivity improvements while addressing the future of automation coexisting with the global environment. OPEN 2022 will allow customers to find the right solutions to increase profitability, reduce risk and achieve sustainability excellence.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The contract standoff between the Chicago Bears and Roquan Smith continued Thursday with the star linebacker watching practice from the sideline and new coach Matt Eberflus saying he expects healthy players to participate on the field.
The Bears removed Smith from the physically unable to perform list on Wednesday, opening up the possibility of fines for missing practices, a day after he went public with a trade request. Eberflus declined to discuss what actions the team might take.
“I’m not gonna get into the details of what discipline is there,” he said. “But we will certainly work through that when the time comes.”
Eberflus did make one thing clear.
“We expect all of our healthy players to practice," he said.
Smith, who does not have an agent, accused the Bears of using bad-faith tactics during negotiations for a contract extension in a statement to NFL.com on Tuesday. He said the front office led by new general manager Ryan Poles has made take-it-or-leave-it offers since talks began in April that would be “bad for myself, and for the entire LB market if I signed it.”
Smith, the No. 8 overall draft pick in 2018, is entering the fifth and final year of his rookie contract. He was a second-team All-Pro in 2020 and 2021.
Poles said this week he planned to continue to work toward an extension rather than a trade. He also insisted his feelings about Smith have not changed, that he still thinks highly of him.
But the Bears' new regime has a challenge on its hands with one of the team's best players in a stare-down with the organization.
“For me it’s about being respectful to everybody in the building," Eberflus said. "Do I certainly know what Roquan’s going through? I don't know. I’m not in his chair. I don't know that. You never put yourself in another man’s shoes. His perspective may be something different. That’s where he is. I’m gonna be respectful of that.”
Eberflus told reporters in his opening statement they would have to ask Smith why he decided not to practice. He also said they'd have to ask Smith in response to questions about what he can accomplish by watching from the sideline and if he'll participate without a new deal.
“I don’t have that understanding one way or the other. I don’t know. You’ll have to ask him,” Eberflus said.
The team has not made Smith available to the media since training camp opened because he is not practicing. Eberflus said he thought there was a possibility Smith would participate on Thursday.
“Like I said I expect all the healthy guys to practice,” he said.
The Bears hired Poles and Eberflus to replace the fired Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy after going 6-11 and missing the playoffs for the ninth time in 11 years. Eberflus and his staff plan to use Smith as a weakside linebacker in a 4-3 scheme.
The Bears' first preseason game is against the Kansas City Chiefs at Soldier Field on Saturday. They open the season at home against San Francisco on Sept. 11.
But they're missing one of their most important players as they try to implement a new scheme.
“To bridge any gap you’re going to need communication, right, so that’s the first step,” Eberflus said. “In any relationship you need communication so I would just say that.”
But are the lines open?
“That’s going to be with Ryan and Roquan to deal with,” Eberflus said.
NOTES: Eberflus said WR N'Keal Harry had ankle surgery and did not give a timetable for his return. He also said RB David Montgomery and TE Cole Kmet will miss Saturday's game with undisclosed injuries.
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Great gardening tips: How to save fruit and vegetable seeds for next year
These 4 insights will help gardeners store seeds for years to come
As a new season of the year approaches, novice gardeners who have leftover seeds might wonder if they should toss out their packets or hold onto them for next year.
This could be especially of interest to Americans who are making fruit and vegetable gardens a priority as this year's inflation continues to hit grocery staples.
Gardening experts have a few tricks up their sleeves for storing seeds.
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Here are four smart gardening tips for those who would like to save seeds for a future harvest.
Which seeds can last a year or more?
Most store-bought seeds and seed-filled produce are "hybrid varieties" and typically do not yield seeds that can germinate and reproduce, according to Justin West, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based co-founder and CEO of Thrive Lot, an online gardening platform.
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"If you want to store seeds and repopulate your gardens and orchards, you need to start with heirloom varieties," he told Fox News Digital.
West said almost all heirloom seeds can last a year or more if they’re stored properly.
"Lettuce, peppers, parsnips and onions will only last a couple of years," West said.
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"The longest lasting seeds are beans and corn," he said.
"Beans have been sprouted after over 100 years in ideal storage conditions."
How should seeds be stored?
Saving seeds for future planting can be done, but gardeners should ensure their storage plans will keep the seeds in optimum conditions.
"Beans have been sprouted after over 100 years in ideal storage conditions."
"The seeds should be stored in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight," said Stacie Krljanovic, head groundskeeper and adviser at Patio Productions, an outdoor furniture and garden marketplace in San Diego, Calif.
Garden seeds need to be kept in a sealed container to avoid mold and mildew growth, she told Fox News Digital.
She said it’s also important to keep seeds away from heat sources, such as radiators or heaters, because these heat-generating devices can dry out seeds and make them unusable if care isn't taken.
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"Make sure your seed storage area is rodent-proof so that mice, rats or other pests don't eat your seeds before you're ready to plant them," Krljanovic added.
Carrots, cucumbers, peas and tomatoes can usually be stored for up five years, according to Krljanovic.
Meanwhile, zucchini and spinach can usually be stored for up to eight years — while onions and garlic can usually be stored for up to 10 years.
When is the best time to plant?
In the Northern Hemisphere, most fruit and vegetable seeds can be planted in the spring, according to West of Thrive Lot.
Gardeners should start off their new plants indoors, so that those plants have the best chance of success.
He recommends gardeners start off their new plants indoors, so that those plants have the best chance of success.
"For young fruit trees especially, you [can] start them in small pots and keep them well watered until late fall, then plant them just after the first frost," West told Fox News Digital.
Vegetables, on the other have, have an ideal growing season, according to West.
"Many [vegetables], like lettuce, can be grown multiple times per year depending on your climate," he said.
"So, you can start some lettuce in early spring, some in the summer and even more in the fall [across] most of the U.S."
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Some seeds require cooler weather to germinate, while others require heat, said Katie Burdett, owner of Growing with Gertie, an organic gardening and slow food blog. She's based in Lakeside, Mich.
"Plant cool-loving seeds like lettuce, spinach, kale, radish, turnip and bok choy in the spring and fall for the best results," Burdett told Fox News Digital.
She added, "Other heat-loving crops like tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, corn and zucchini should be planted in late spring or early summer, depending on your growing zone."
How can you put your seeds to the test?
While most seeds can be saved for future use, gardeners can test their viability before planting them in an outdoor garden bed.
"If you find older seeds that you want to use, you can do a germination test," said Deborah Niemann, a six-time homestead author in Joliet, Ill.
Germination tests can help gardeners find out if their seeds are any good if they sprout after being exposed to water.
She also owns and operates the Thrifty Homesteader, a self-reliant living blog and academy.
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Niemann said germination tests can help gardeners find out if their seeds are any good if they sprout after being exposed to water.
She recommends soaking seeds for a few hours (ideally in a jar with a sprouting lid), draining them of water and rinsing them several times in a two- or three-day period to keep the seeds moist.
Alternatively, for small seeds, Niemann recommends using wet paper towels to add moisture if a sprouting lid isn’t available.
The paper towels can be misted several times a day; or lightly wrapping them in plastic keeps the seeds moist.
Germination timelines vary by plant, so it’s best to consult seed packets to see how long it will take moistened seeds to sprout, said Niemann.
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(NerdWallet) – The Monday following Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday, has historically been a one-day, online-exclusive sale event. But now, as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and other holiday season sales increasingly expand and blend into one another, it’s becoming more difficult to resist the constant pressure to shop.
A solid strategy can help you make the most of Cyber Monday without busting your budget. Here’s what to do.
Know what’s on sale
Cyber Monday (Nov. 28 this year) is a great opportunity to save money if the deals match your shopping. So what’s likely to go on sale?
“Retailers have been extremely cautious with supply chain issues, and it looks like they’ve stocked up quite a bit. So I think if everybody continues to do that, we’re going to see large category-level sales,” says Jay Klauminzer, CEO of Raise, a discount gift card marketplace.
For example, major retailers may offer steep savings throughout furniture, apparel or other departments. In addition, Klauminzer expects shoppers will see bigger bargains on consumer electronics such as laptops, TVs, phones and headphones, as well as discounts on hotels, cruise lines and other travel bookings.
Check retailer announcements for updates on what will be marked down, and watch for deals early. Some retailers plan to launch cyber sales before Cyber Monday officially lands. For example, Kohl’s Cyber Kickoff event starts Saturday, Nov. 26, and Macy’s Cyber Monday sale runs from Nov. 27-28.
Use shopping tools to maximize savings
You’ll already be online, so why not use a shopping app or browser extension to save time and money? Reputable tools like PayPal Honey, ShopSavvy, Rakuten and Slide can help you compare prices, find coupons and earn cash back on Cyber Monday purchases. Explore multiple tools ahead of Cyber Monday to find the ones you like.
“Comparison shopping is still always going to be your best friend,” says Chris Costello, senior director of marketing research at Skai, a marketing platform.
Using a search engine to look up a product is another simple way to scope out the best prices across retailers. But Costello says that shoppers who go this route may also be more likely to encounter advertisements alongside regular product listings. Ads, which are labeled as such and are often featured prominently in search results, can make better deals less visible.
“Yes, you are doing your research, but at the same time the advertisers and the brands are trying to win you over,” Costello says.
Understand your budget and your payment options
It’s easy to get carried away with holiday spending, especially online shopping. The convenience of paying with credit cards, “buy now, pay later” plans and services like PayPal can put your finances at risk.
Make a list of everything you plan to buy and set a spending limit before shopping. Knowing how much money you have coming in and going out each month will help you identify an amount you can realistically spend without compromising your emergency savings or racking up debt that you can’t pay off immediately.
As you plan your budget, think about this: “Do you already have credit card debt? Can you really afford to take on any additional debt?” says Sharita Humphrey, a Houston-based certified financial education instructor. “Asking, ‘Where am I financially?’ I think that’s going to help us to understand how to properly make financial decisions that may impact our credit.”
Keep track of your purchases and add up the expenses as you shop. That way, you’ll know if you’re approaching your spending limit. If you take on debt, compare the cost of different payment methods first. Make sure you’re aware of payment deadlines and any interest charges or fees you may face if you cannot pay on time or in full. Losing track of these details could make your purchase significantly more expensive.
“Throwing it on your credit card bill thinking you’ll get to it eventually and ending up paying 25% interest over time and it takes you two years to pay it off, that’s where consumers start to get into trouble,” Klauminzer says.
Resist the urge to buy everything immediately
As short-lived as holiday deals may seem, take comfort that Cyber Monday won’t be your last chance to score discounts. Some retailers stretch out Cyber Monday savings into a full Cyber Week. And experts are confident that there will be plenty of deals to go around.
“I don’t think that this year will have the same kind of ‘snooze you lose’ environment that the supply chain issues of last year might have had,” Costello says. “You can be more patient because I think we are going to see those deals later into the season.”
If you don’t find deals on the goods you want now, check again in a few days or weeks.
“Certain categories don’t move like retailers thought they would, and they need to clear those before the holidays. And so you’ll see, actually, sporadic, big deals pop up throughout the month of December as well,” Klauminzer says.
Keep your budget top of mind, whether or not there’s a discount at stake. Before adding an item to your virtual shopping bag, ask yourself, “‘Is this something I need right now? Is this something that I can save towards?’” Humphrey says. Then you can decide whether it’s in your best interest to delay the purchase by a couple of weeks or months or skip it indefinitely.
It’s important to think long term and focus on “not getting caught up in the frenzy so much that we end up feeling financially overwhelmed after the holidays have ended,” Humphrey says. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/how-to-set-your-cyber-monday-shopping-strategy/ | 2022-11-27 19:12:29 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/how-to-set-your-cyber-monday-shopping-strategy/ |
CRFD: Fire damages storage area of gas station, cause under investigation
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A fire that damaged a storage area of a gas station in Richland County is under investigation.
The Columbia Richland Fire Department responded to a gas station near Greystone Boulevard and Stoneridge Drive for a structure fire at around 7:30 a.m. Friday.
Just before 7:30 Friday morning @ColaFire 2nd Shift crews were dispatched to a gas station near Greystone Boulevard & Stoneridge Drive for a reported structure fire.
— Columbia-Richland Fire Department (@ColaFire) June 3, 2022
Fire was found on the outside of a storage area for the station and the flames had started to spread to the roof. pic.twitter.com/b8ZYaD68E9
Officials say crews were able to quickly contain the fire.
No injuries were reported.
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WAUSAU – Marathon County government this week named Chris Holman as the county’s new deputy county administrator, effective May 16.
Prior to joining Marathon County, Holman served as the county executive for Portage County from 2018-2022. During that time, he led numerous successful projects, such as expanding the county’s highway facilities, revising fiscal policies to better inform decision making, and upgrading the county’s IT infrastructure to support more modern platforms. Additionally, Holman has served on several state and national boards focusing on U.S. agriculture where he advocated for the issues facing many small-to-mid size farms.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Ahead of a widely expected presidential campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced himself to an eager audience of Iowa Republicans on Friday with a message that leaned into the antagonism toward the left that has made him a popular figure among conservatives.
“We will never surrender to the woke mob,” he said at the Rhythm City Casino Resort in the eastern Iowa city of Davenport. “Our state is where woke goes to die.”
With the Iowa caucuses less than a year away, Republicans in the state are taking a harder look at DeSantis, who is emerging as a leading rival to Donald Trump. The former president, who is mounting his third bid for the White House, will be in Davenport on Monday as early signs warn that some Republicans may be looking for someone else to lead the party into the future.
Trump mocked DeSantis’ trip on social media, asking “why would people show up?”
And White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took issue with the Florida governor’s threatening language that criticized young transgender people and their parents.
“When … these MAGA Republicans don’t agree with an issue or with policy, they don’t bring forth something that’s either going to have a good faith conversation. They go to this conversation of ‘woke.’ … What that turns into is hate; what that turns into is despicable policy.”
DeSantis appeared alongside Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and was heading to the capital city of Des Moines later in the day to meet with a small contingent of GOP lawmakers and to promote his newly released book, “The Courage to be Free.”
The visit is an early test of DeSantis’ support in the state that will kick off the contest for the Republican nomination next year. Trump remains widely popular among Iowa Republicans, though positive views of the former president have slipped somewhat since he left the White House. Now, 80% say they have a favorable rating of him, down slightly from 91% in September 2021, according to a Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released on Friday. Eighteen percent have unfavorable views of Trump.
The poll’s movement suggests Iowa Republicans are not singularly committed to Trump for 2024 and are open to considering other candidates. Though slightly behind the well-known Trump, DeSantis gets a rosy review from Iowa Republicans — 74% favorable rating. Notably, DeSantis has high name recognition in a state over 1,000 miles away from his own; just 20% say they aren’t sure how to rate him.
Sandy Bodine said she was impressed with DeSantis as the ballroom emptied out after Friday’s morning event.
“He’s very articulate, uses common sense it seems in governing,” the retired human resources worker for 3M Co. said.
Bodine would consider attending the 2024 caucuses and supporting DeSantis, though she is registered to neither major political party and has never caucuses before. Regardless, Trump is out of the running for Bodine, who is from nearby Clinton.
“I don’t like Trump,” she said. She “unfortunately” voted for Biden in 2020, she said. “He’s not a statesman and we need a statesman. I can see DeSantis as a statesman.”
But others in the crowd suggested they would stick with the former president. Retiree Al Greenfield, of Davenport, said he came out of curiosity but “I don’t particularly care for” the Florida governor. “He doesn’t have the experience,” said Greenfield, who’s 70. “He doesn’t know the swamp.”
Greenfield is ardently for Trump and plans to caucus for him next year.
Nearby stood Diana Otterman, of Bettendorf, who was still considering her options.
“Gov. DeSantis is a wonderful man. I’m for DeSantis, but I’m also for Trump. I haven’t decided yet,” the 70-year-old retiree said. “So we’ll see how God works it out and how the people vote.”
While DeSantis was making his presence known in Iowa, several prominent former Trump supporters called on him to take the next step and announce he’s running.
“More than ever our country needs strong leadership, someone that gets things done & isn’t afraid to stand up for what’s right,” tweeted former Pennsylvania Rep. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Lou Barletta. “Come on, Ron, your country needs you!”
Barletta had accused Trump of disloyalty after the former president endorsed a rival in his gubernatorial primary.
DeSantis’ visit coincided with a trip to the state by former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who announced her 2024 candidacy last month. Trump’s stop on Monday will be his first visit to the state since launching his latest presidential bid.
In recent weeks, DeSantis’ team has begun holding conversations with a handful of prospective campaign staffers in key states. Late last month, he gathered privately with donors, elected officials and national conservative activists to discuss his views, which include limiting how race and sexuality are taught in schools.
DeSantis is expected to announce his candidacy in late spring or early summer, after the conclusion of the Florida legislative session in mid-May.
The anticipation is reminiscent, to an extent, of the support in Iowa for George W. Bush ahead of the 2000 election, though with significant differences, said veteran Iowa GOP activist David Oman.
DeSantis is seen, as Bush was, as a next-generation, big-state Republican governor who won reelection resoundingly, said Oman, who was among Iowa Republicans who helped recruit Bush to run.
Bush swooped into Iowa amid fanfare in June 1999 and sailed to victory in the Iowa caucuses the following year en route to the 2000 GOP nomination and the White House. Not insignificantly, Bush enjoyed the hands-on campaign outreach in Iowa of his father, former President George H. W. Bush, who had built lasting relationships during his 1980 and 1988 Iowa caucus campaigns.
“There’s another former president in this cycle. Only he is not interested in helping a first time candidate,” Oman said, referring to Trump. “W was the overwhelming favorite in Iowa. I believe there is not an overwhelming favorite this time.”
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AP writers Jill Colvin and Darlene Superville contributed from Washington.
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Today will be sunny with a high of 66 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
Patchy frost will begin in the early hour around 4 a.m. with frost occurring before 9 a.m. Bitingly cold temperatures will accompany the frosty conditions and gradually warm up as the day goes on.
The advisory for frost in Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hamilton, Logan, Greene, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby and other counties are in place until 10 a.m.
A Freeze Warning is in affect this morning for Adams, Brown, Clermont and Clinton until 10 a.m.
Tonight will be mostly clear and cool with a low of 43 degrees.
Monday involves sunny skies and slightly warmer temperatures with a high of 72 degrees. Calm wind will fall around 5 mph afternoon wise.
The overnight is once again mostly clear with lows falling in the mid-40′s.
Tuesday will be mostly sunny with a high of 75 degrees. The low overnight involves 50 degree temperatures. Skies will be mostly cloudy with dry conditions expected.
A partly sunny sky is what Wednesday calls for with a high of 79 degrees.
Rain showers are possible following a cold front moving in Wednesday night into Thursday, according to NWS. Despite the possibility of wet conditions, skies will be mostly cloudy.
The low will be 57 degrees overnight.
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GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: STWD) ("the Company") today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.48 per share of common stock for the quarter ending December 31, 2022. The dividend is payable on January 13, 2023 to stockholders of record as of December 30, 2022.
About Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD) is a leading diversified finance company with a core focus on the real estate and infrastructure sectors. An affiliate of global private investment firm, Starwood Capital Group, the Company has successfully deployed over $93 billion of capital since inception and manages a portfolio of over $27 billion across debt and equity investments. Starwood Property Trust's investment objective is to generate attractive and stable returns for shareholders, primarily through dividends, by leveraging a premiere global organization to identify and execute on the best risk-adjusted returning investments across its target assets. Additional information can be found at www.starwoodpropertytrust.com.
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Stock watch for top QB prospects after 2023 NFL Scouting Combine originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The 2023 NFL Draft doesn't have the same buzz in terms of elite-level quarterback prospects compared to some recent years like 2021.
But we could still see as many as four quarterbacks selected in the first round next month.
There isn't a Trevor Lawrence-type prospect in 2023, but there are still several intriguing options at the QB position, including a former Heisman Trophy winner in Alabama's Bryce Young.
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Which of these players stood out at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last week? Let's take a look.
Bryce Young, QB, Alabama: "He's short. He's 5-foot-10 but he weighed in heavier at the combine than he did as a player at Alabama. And I think he weighed in heavier at the combine than he will at the NFL level. I think he just threw on a bunch of weight to get over 200, which he did. But very accurate (passer). I think if you're just looking at the play, he's the best player at that position in this year's draft. But if you want to factor in size, along with the play, and ceiling and that nature, I could see a world in which CJ Stroud is actually the first QB taken off the board. I can't do it with Anthony Richardson or Will Levis. But Bryce Young is the best player, you just have to be comfortable with him playing at 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds."
CJ Stroud, QB, Ohio State: "I think he helped (his draft stock) a little bit. I think his on the field work was pretty impressive. But it's going to be more about the interviews and what teams feel you can handle, and that will continue through the spring. These teams that have the chance to take him will meet with him several times I'm sure, and see what his ability to retain and regurgitate information is like. This is the guy I would move up for if I'm (Raiders head coach) Josh McDaniels because I think he could be a very good fit in the McDaniels offense. He's a pocket passer and he's accurate. In the right system, I think he could have a lot of success."
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Anthony Richardson, QB, Florida: "It would require real hubris to believe that you can turn Anthony Richardson into Josh Allen. Does that mean it can't happen? No, but you'd have to have some irresponsible levels of confidence to take him inside the top five. He completed about 50 percent of his passes at Florida. He's working with pros there. ... What I was told was, if you think he can be the next Josh Allen, great. That guy has done something basically nobody else has done in terms of going from an inaccurate player to now an accurate player and one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
"But the thing that made Josh Allen's projection more enticing in some ways was that he was at Wyoming. Who's he throwing to? He's throwing to guys whose careers are done when they leave the field, for the most part. Richardson is in the SEC working with real pro-level talent on the offensive line and the skill positions, and he still completed 50 percent of his passes. That, to me, would be a little scary. But in the right system, could you turn him into a bigger, faster version of Jalen Hurts? That's why this guy is going to go in the first round. That's a thing. And not only bigger and faster, a better arm than Jalen Hurts."
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NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicom Group Inc. ( NYSE: OMC) has been recognized as the most effective marketing communications company in the world in the 2021 Global Effie Effectiveness Index. The Effie Awards are one of the industry's most prestigious honors celebrating "ideas that work" in the industry.
Four Omnicom agency networks – BBDO Worldwide, DDB Worldwide, OMD and TBWA\Worldwide – placed in the top six of the Most Effective Agency Network category. At the local level, DDB Colombia, Sancho BBDO and Colenso BBDO ranked in the top ten of the Most Effective Agency Offices in the world.
These notable rankings demonstrate Omnicom's standout talent among the 4,500 global finalists involved.
"This is an incredible honor to be recognized by the Effies, especially during a very difficult period where our people had to contend with a global pandemic among other geopolitical challenges," commented John Wren, Chairman and CEO of Omnicom Group. "I'm so proud of all of our winners and want to congratulate them. Our ranking is a reflection of our people's dedication to upholding the most effective and creative work in the industry."
"The 2021 Effie Index reflects work achieved during one of the most challenging periods in recent history. The brands and agencies included in these rankings have shown a relentless commitment to marketing effectiveness, and represent the tenacity, agility and creativity across our global industry," said Traci Alford, Global CEO, Effie Worldwide. "Congratulations to all of the top ranked companies for continuing to deliver ideas that work and grow your businesses."
About Effie
Effie is a global 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to lead and evolve the forum for marketing effectiveness. Effie leads, inspires and champions the practice and practitioners of marketing effectiveness through education, awards, ever-evolving initiatives and first-class insights into marketing strategies that produce results. The organization recognizes the most effective brands, marketers and agencies globally, regionally and locally through its 50+ award programs across the world and through its coveted effectiveness rankings, the Effie Index. Since 1968, Effie is known as a global symbol of achievement, while serving as a resource to steer the future of marketing success. For more details, visit effie.org.
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Omnicom Group (www.omnicomgroup.com) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms offer services in advertising, strategic media planning and buying, precision marketing, commerce and brand consulting, experiential, customer relationship marketing (CRM), public relations, healthcare marketing and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominari Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: DOMH) ("Dominari" or the "Company") today provided an update on the $2 million share repurchase program (the "Share Repurchase Program") authorized by the Company's Board of Directors on December 5, 2022.
The Company reported that on February 2, 2023, the Company purchased 4,520 shares of common stock at $3.8476 per share.
Additional shares may be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions, or other means in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and Rule 10b -18 of the Exchange Act. The timing, number of shares repurchased, and prices paid for the stock under this program will depend on general business and market conditions as well as corporate and regulatory limitations, including blackout period restrictions.
About Dominari Holdings Inc.
Dominari Holdings Inc. (f/k/a Aikido Pharma Inc.) until recently was focused primarily on the development of a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anticancer and antiviral therapeutics and related patent technology. In September 2022, the Company agreed to acquire a registered broker-dealer and transition its primary business operations to fintech and financial services. Upon the final closing of this acquisition, the Company's fintech and financial services business will be operated through its subsidiary, Dominari Financial Inc. The Company continues to develop its therapeutics and related patent technology, as well as other ventures, through its subsidiary, Aikido Labs, LLC.
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Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Words such as "may," "might," "will," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "predict," "forecast," "project," "plan," "intend" or similar expressions, or statements regarding intent, belief, or current expectations, are forward-looking statements. While the Company believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to us on the date of this release. These forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including without limitation those set forth in the Company's filings with the SEC, not limited to Risk Factors relating to its business contained therein. Thus, actual results could be materially different. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Just weeks after the Florida High School Athletic Association voted overwhelmingly to stop asking young female athletes about their periods, there’s word the governor could soon be taking over the association.
Some lawmakers have drafted a bill that would give the governor control and allow prayers before each public school game.
Students like Amanda Aleau are not comfortable with the plan.
“We need more diversity when it comes to decisions instead of one person’s idea,” Aleau said.
She, like many others, is concerned the governor could be calling the shots.
The FHSAA is a private non-profit organization with 16 board members, most of whom are elected.
HB 225 allows the governor to reduce the board to just eight members of his choosing.
Some young athletes are concerned with one person picking everybody to represent an entire state.
FHSAA board member Chris Patricca is one of those concerned with the proposal.
“Again, making sure that every county in the state is represented when you only have nine members who are appointed as opposed to elected, we might lose some of that diversity of thought,” Patricca said.
Patricca, whose seat expires in June, represents students from Fort Myers to Miami, and she said that she believed everyone on the board took every decision made seriously.
The new proposal would also allow two minutes of opening remarks before each game. The remarks would not be reviewed ahead of time and could allow prayer or speeches.
“I would say that over the past year or year and a half maybe, politics has creeped into the decision making at the table,” Patricca noted.
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We turn now to a David and Goliath fight in Florida. Residents of a mobile home park there are suing the multibillion-dollar company that owns it. Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks because mobile homes are the only homes they can afford to buy. But they only own the structures, not what's underneath them. So many are now at the mercy of big companies that own the land where their homes sit. NPR's Chris Arnold and Robert Benincasa report.
ROBERT BENINCASA, BYLINE: Five years ago, Mike Noel retired and moved from Rhode Island to Florida.
CHRIS ARNOLD, BYLINE: And he thought he'd found the perfect spot - a mobile home community named Heritage Plantation. It's about 20 minutes from the ocean in Vero Beach.
MIKE NOEL: I thought I was moving to paradise and, you know, beautiful weather. And I could fish 12 months of the year instead of three or four months, like in Rhode Island.
BENINCASA: Noel was a manager at a small company that made stainless steel screws. He spent most of his modest retirement savings buying a home here. It looks more like a regular house than what you might think of as a mobile home.
ARNOLD: Yeah. It's got a small yard, a covered carport, a little spot for his gear.
NOEL: This is my shed.
ARNOLD: Nice. So yeah. So you've got a whole bunch of fishing rods.
NOEL: Yeah.
BENINCASA: They're called mobile homes because they get brought in on trucks in big pieces. But then they're screwed together and put up on foundations. And basically, they're not mobile after that.
ARNOLD: And since the mobile home park owns the land underneath them, that makes this a pretty vulnerable form of home ownership. Noel says he learned that the hard way after it started to rain.
NOEL: The first time it flooded here, it was like, holy crap. This is not good.
BENINCASA: And he says whenever a hard rain came through, the roads and driveways flooded, and it wouldn't drain away for hours or sometimes days.
NOEL: When - the 10th time that it flooded, well, I started reaching my limits because now it wasn't just two, three, four or five inches. It was two feet or a foot.
ARNOLD: Residents say that the water has damaged their homes and is often deep enough that people get trapped in their houses. Some are elderly. They say emergency vehicles have refused to respond to calls due to the flooding.
NOEL: The people across the street are in their 90s. I know people that couldn't get to their chemotherapy appointments.
ARNOLD: Residents here say there have been other issues, too - problems with electrical wiring, potholes and bad lighting that's caused people to fall on the roads at night and end up in the hospital.
BENINCASA: People like 79-year-old Stan Paxton. He says he needed shoulder surgery after he fell on slimy residue that regularly gets left behind by the flooding.
STANLEY PAXTON: I was just walking my dog. Next thing I know, my left foot goes up from underneath me, and I'm going down this way, and I hit the pavement with my shoulder.
BENINCASA: A group of residents has detailed these and other complaints in a lawsuit against the park's owner, a company called Equity Lifestyle Properties, or ELS. They allege that ELS has ignored their complaints and failed to fix the broken storm water drain system for about 20 years. ELS denies wrongdoing.
ARNOLD: What these residents say they're dealing with may be part of a much bigger problem. Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks, and many desperately need this affordable housing option. But in recent years, big companies have been buying up mobile home parks around the country.
BENINCASA: And critics say some are making enormous profits, collecting and raising rents on their often lower-income residents without spending enough money even on basic upkeep.
ARNOLD: Complaints about mobile home park companies ranged from sewage backups, water and power outages and, in some cases, aggressive eviction policies and unfair business practices.
BETH FEGAN: They're taking advantage of a group of people that really don't have the resources to fight against it.
BENINCASA: That's Beth Fegan, an attorney whose law firm sued Harvey Weinstein as part of the #MeToo movement. Mike Noel and some other residents managed to track her down.
ARNOLD: And she took the case. She's filed a lawsuit in federal court against ELS.
FEGAN: It's a nationwide company that knows it's wrong and won't do anything about it.
BENINCASA: ELS is a multibillion-dollar publicly traded company that lists about 200 mobile home parks in its portfolio. It also owns RV parks and marinas. Its net income was about $263 million last year.
ARNOLD: Fegan says the problems with mobile home parks go way beyond this one individual case.
FEGAN: We're trying to right a wrong that we see that is systemic in an industry and really use it as an example to let the industry know that we're going to come after them, right? If they don't put the money in to maintain the infrastructure in these parks - that we're willing to take on that fight.
BENINCASA: She says in the case of the residents at the Vero Beach park...
FEGAN: The park knows that they cannot pick up their home and leave. And so these complaints have really just gone ignored.
BENINCASA: The manager at the ELS Park wouldn't talk to us when we visited. ELS said in a statement that homeowners are free to sell their homes and often do. ELS says that the lawsuit misrepresents conditions at the park and that the company invests in it to ensure it remains a desirable neighborhood.
ARNOLD: ELS also says that the suit only involves three residents out of the hundreds who live there. But that's not really true. Technically, there are three plaintiffs, but 27 residents signed court papers in support of the lawsuit getting class action status. And Beth Fegan says more than 75 answered questionnaires to help her with the case. We did meet with some residents, though, who don't support the lawsuit.
BENINCASA: I'm Robert.
ARNOLD: Hi. I'm Chris.
JEAN BRUCE: I'm Jean.
ARNOLD: Nice to meet you.
J BRUCE: You're Chris?
ARNOLD: Yeah.
J BRUCE: Hi.
ARNOLD: Hi. Richard?
DICK BRUCE: Dick.
J BRUCE: Yeah.
ARNOLD: Nice to meet you.
J BRUCE: He prefers Dick.
ARNOLD: Dick and Jean Bruce welcome us into their really nice manufactured home here. They've got an antique banjo clock on the wall - it was her grandfather's - and other keepsakes.
BENINCASA: Dick is a former head of the park's homeowners association, and he's not a big fan of this lawsuit.
D BRUCE: I'm not an advocate, per se, for ELS. I'm just going to say that they're not as bad as what some folks will make it sound like.
ARNOLD: The couple's retired. And they worry that forcing the company to spend more money will result in the company charging them higher rent for the land underneath their home.
J BRUCE: I'm not saying I don't want the flooding fixed, but we need to be aware of what we are asking for and what we may get. We're on a fixed income. But we've seen our rent go up every year.
BENINCASA: The Bruces tell NPR they recently moved out of Heritage Plantation because of differences with their neighbors about the lawsuit. They also say the flooding isn't as bad as it used to be. In its statement, ELS says it has already spent more than $300,000 improving the storm drain system over the last three years and that it is, quote, "fully operational and compliant."
ARNOLD: Some residents say it seemed to them, though, that major repairs only started happening after the homeowners here began organizing and meeting with lawyers. And they say there is still a flooding problem.
BENINCASA: ELS wouldn't do an interview. But a former ELS board member and current shareholder Michael Torres agreed to talk. He says collecting rents without having a lot of expenses is exactly what makes mobile home parks a good investment.
MICHAEL TORRES: It's just basically resurfacing roads and having a shared community center. You don't own walls and roofs.
ARNOLD: The residents have to fix their own roofs.
BENINCASA: Torres now manages more than $2 billion through his company, Adelante Capital Management. It invests in publicly traded real estate investment trusts like ELS.
TORRES: I consider it the kind of the gold standard of investing in property.
ARNOLD: And Torres doesn't seem to have too much sympathy for the homeowners at the park in Florida.
TORRES: Streets flood. You know, you chose that community. Buyer beware. It's like people that move next to the school and complain about the noise. I mean, there's always basically somebody that has, you know, some complaint.
BENINCASA: Torres says nobody forces residents to buy homes in a particular park. He was not speaking on behalf of the company but adds...
TORRES: I mean, unfortunately, it's called landlord for a reason.
ARNOLD: Meaning the landlord controls the universe there and their tenants are at their mercy, basically.
TORRES: Pretty much, pretty much.
BENINCASA: As for the lawsuit, Torres says he doesn't know all the facts. But he's not particularly worried about it as an investor in ELS.
TORRES: It's a nuisance. It's just part of the cost of doing business.
ARNOLD: OK, maybe. But the lawsuit says that ELS is responsible for providing an adequate stormwater drainage system. This case involves the residents at this one ELS Park. But NPR spoke to a former manager, Ann, at a different ELS Park in Florida. She described very similar problems.
ANN: We would have constant flooding. And we would have, like, catfish swimming in the roads.
BENINCASA: Ann says she worked there for several years until 2017 and doesn't want to use her whole name for fear of hurting her ability to get another job. She says sometimes people would get stuck in their homes at that park, too, because the water was too deep to drive through.
ANN: They wouldn't be able to leave because if they did try, the water would then get into their engine.
ARNOLD: How often did this happen?
ANN: Any time it rained heavily.
ARNOLD: Ann says as the park manager, she repeatedly asked ELS to fix the flooding problems.
ANN: Oh, well, at least three times a year. But we never received any kind of response, basically saying that there was, like, nothing that they could really do.
ARNOLD: This is not the first time that residents have banded together to sue ELS.
BENINCASA: Jim Allen is a lawyer in California who brought a case involving an ELS park there in 2009. He remembers there were kids in that park, and his suit alleged the playground was dangerous.
JIM ALLEN: It had sharp edges. It had a slide you couldn't use. They had a lake, and the lake basically stunk. It was just - it was putrid.
ARNOLD: Allen says there are so many mobile home parks neglecting residents that representing residents is now the heart of his law practice. In the case of the California ELS park, he alleged that the electrical system in the park was shot. Power would go out to the homes regularly. Sewage backed up in some houses.
BENINCASA: And there's something else. Allen argued in the trial that ELS had a bonus structure that incentivized managers to squeeze out more profits by forgoing maintenance.
ALLEN: So what happens then is, you know, you want to get your bonus, so you don't authorize repairs. And that's why it was such a rundown condition.
PAXTON: ELS says that it encourages park managers to act in the best interests of the property and the residents and that the manager at the Heritage Plantation Park in Florida received her full bonus last year despite the property being overbudget.
BENINCASA: In addition to the lawsuit at that park, the local government has gotten involved. Indian River County has been fining ELS $100 a day because the broken stormwater system appears to be dumping water into county sewers. When we visited the park, we met with Joe Earman, the county commissioner.
JOE EARMAN: I think as of today, they're up to owing the county $146,700 because basically, their stormwater is going in our sewer system.
ARNOLD: ELS says it's repaired the problem and is now working to resolve the issue with the county. But Earman says it shouldn't take 20 years for the flooding problems residents have been struggling with here to get fixed.
EARMAN: It's frustrating to me as a county commissioner because how about you just do the right thing? This company needs to fix the stormwater issue here. And I think they can afford it.
BENINCASA: In the California case, the residents eventually got a $10 million settlement, though ELS did not admit liability. But that took more than seven years. Beth Fegan expects the current case will go to trial in January. I'm Robert Benincasa.
ARNOLD: And I'm Chris Arnold, NPR News.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia and target the country’s biggest bank and major broadcasters in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, proposed having EU member nations phase out imports of crude oil within six months and refined products by the end of the year.
“We will make sure that we phase out Russian oil in an orderly fashion, in a way that allows us and our partners to secure alternative supply routes and minimizes the impact on global markets,” von der Leyen said.
The proposals must be unanimously approved to take effect and are likely to be the subject of fierce debate. Von der Leyen conceded that getting all 27 member countries — some of them landlocked and highly dependent on Russia for energy supplies — to agree on oil sanctions “will not be easy.”
The EU gets about 25% of its oil from Russia, most of which goes toward gasoline and diesel for vehicles. Russia supplies about 14% of diesel, S&P Global analysts said, and a cutoff could send already high prices for truck and tractor fuel soaring.
If approved, the ban on oil imports would be the second package of EU sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry since the country invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In a video message posted on Twitter, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed Von der Leyen’s proposal for an oil embargo. He said Ukraine is not happy it will be delayed for several months, but “it’s better than nothing.”
“I think what should be clear now is that (the time) for half-sanctions or half-measures when it comes to sanctions is gone,” Kuleba said, arguing that the EU can no longer support Ukraine on one hand by imposing sanctions, while continuing to pay Russia for oil and gas and support their “war machine.”
“As long as Russia continues to receive revenues in billions … from the European Union … we cannot speak of defeating Russia,” he said. “They will continue financing their war machine from oil and gas revenues.”
In addition to sanctions on various entities and individuals, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and members of his family, the EU previously approved an embargo on coal imports.
The EU has started discussions on a possible natural gas embargo, but consensus among member countries on targeting the fuel used to generate electricity and heat homes is more difficult to secure. The region gets about 40% of its natural gas from Russia.
Hungary and Slovakia previously said they wouldn’t take part in any oil sanctions. Von der Leyen didn’t elaborate on whether they would receive an exemption from the sanctions, although it appeared likely.
Slovak Economy Minister Richard Sulik said Wednesday that Slovakia was not against the punishing measures but is asking for a transition period of three years. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said his country is ready to support the package but also needs to be allowed more time — about two or three years — before it can implement a ban on Russian oil, in order to increase the capacity of pipelines to get oil from other sources.
Ukraine’s Kuleba said that any country which continued to oppose the embargo on Russian oil could be considered “complicit in the crimes committed by Russia in the territory of Ukraine.”
The EU and Russia are playing “a game of chicken. It is hard to say who will swerve/blink first. The Russians for fear of running out of money. Or Europe for fear of the lights going out,” James Nixey, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at London’s Chatham House think tank, said.
Von der Leyen also said that the EU should target high-ranking military officers and others “who committed war crimes in Bucha,” a suburb of the capital Kyiv. Ukrainian officials have alleged that retreating Russian troops carried out mass killings of civilians in Bucha.
“This sends another important signal to all perpetrators of the Kremlin’s war: We know who you are. We will hold you accountable. You’re not getting away with this,” von der Leyen told the lawmakers.
EU diplomats confirmed that the European Commission’s plans also include an asset freeze and travel ban on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. The diplomats have direct knowledge of the discussions but were not authorized to speak publicly as negotiations continue.
Kirill is a longtime Putin ally and has justified Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Von der Leyen said that Putin’s intention is “to wipe out Ukraine from the map,” but predicted he will fail in his deadly enterprise. “Ukraine has risen in bravery and in unity,” she said. “And it is his own country, Russia, that Putin is sinking.”
Banks are also in the EU executive arm’s sights, and notably Russia’s biggest, Sberbank. Von der Leyen said the aim is that “we de-SWIFT Sberbank.” SWIFT is the major global system for financial transfers, and the EU has already excluded several smaller Russian banks from it.
“We will also de-SWIFT two other major banks in Russia. By that, we hit banks that are systemically critical to the Russian financial system and Putin’s ability to wage destruction,” she said.
Von der Leyen added that those alleged to be spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine would be targeted.
“We are banning three big Russian state-owned broadcasters from our airwaves. They will not be allowed to distribute their content anymore in the EU, in whatever shape or form, be it on cable, via satellite, on the internet or via smartphone apps,” she said.
Von der Leyen didn’t name the broadcasters but branded the television channels “as mouthpieces that amplify Putin´s lies and propaganda aggressively. We should not give them a stage anymore to spread these lies.”
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Danica Kirka in London and Karel Janicek in Prague contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON — Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies, including the U.S. Naval Academy, shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, The Associated Press has learned.
A Pentagon report on reported assaults at the Army, Navy and Air Force academies shows an overall 18% jump in assaults reported by students compared with the previous year. The increase was driven largely by the Navy, which had nearly double the number of reported assaults in 2022, compared with 2021. It’s unclear whether the phasing out of COVID-19-related restrictions contributed to the increase, including at the Naval Academy, which is directly adjacent to bars in downtown Annapolis.
An anonymous student survey accompanying the report shows increases in all types of unwanted sexual contact — from touching to rape — at all the schools. And it cites alcohol as a key factor.
The military services and the academies have struggled for years to combat sexual assault and harassment, with a myriad of prevention, education and treatment programs every year. But despite reams of research, recommendations and a shift to more independent prosecutions, the numbers continue to grow.
The increases have triggered outrage on Capitol Hill and a steady stream of legislation. But as yet, the changes have not appeared to make a dent in the problem, although officials argue that improved treatment programs have encouraged more victims to report the crimes.
According to U.S. officials, 155 students reported assaults during the 2022 school year, compared with 131 the previous year. Of those, students at the U.S. Naval Academy reported 61 — nearly double the school’s total for the previous year, when there were 33, which was by far the lowest of all the academies for that year.
Cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado reported 52, the same as the previous year, and those at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York reported 42, a slight decrease from last year’s 46.
Not all of the assaults included in the report happened while the students were enrolled in the academies. Because students at the academies are encouraged to report assaults, they sometimes will come forward to talk about events that happened in the years before they started school there. As a result, 16 students reported an assault in the 2021-22 school year that occurred prior to joining the military.
Another 35 cases involved civilians, active-duty service members and prep school students who allegedly were assaulted by someone who was a student. Altogether, the total number of reported assaults with any connection to a student was 206 — about 28% higher than last year’s total of 161.
U.S. officials provided details about the findings on the condition of anonymity because the report had not yet been publicly released. The report was expected to be released later Friday.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a brief dip in cases at the academies during the shortened 2019-20 school year, when in-person classes were canceled and students were sent home in the spring to finish the semester online.
At the start of the 2020-21 school year, students faced a number of restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic. But those were reduced a bit over time, and bars and restaurants reopened. By the end of that year, the numbers began to increase again, and officials said it’s hard to tell what, if any, impact COVID-19 had on the 2021 school year.
The Pentagon puts out two reports every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by military academy students and by U.S. service members. But because sexual assault is such an underreported crime, the department also conducts anonymous surveys every two years to get a clearer picture of the problem among both the students and the active duty population. Pentagon leaders believe the survey provides a more accurate depiction of the assaults and the contributing factors.
Based on the surveys, students at the academies are also less likely to report an assault than service members who are out of school. Students may worry more about the impact on their military career or even on the career of their attacker.
According to the latest survey of academy students, 21.4% of women said they experienced unwanted sexual contact in the 2022 school year, compared with about 16% in 2018, the last year the survey was done, due to COVID-19 restrictions. For men, the rate went from 2.6% in 2018 to 4.4% in 2022.
Based on the survey, attacks against women were most often by a male who was usually in the same class year and more than half the time knew them from school or other activities. Attacks on men were more often — 55% of the time — by a female who was in the same class year and knew them.
Alcohol use was involved in well more than half of the cases reported in the survey, with a high of 65% at the Naval Academy. The report recommends additional alcohol use policies.
The report also found that sophomores and junior men were most at risk. And women are still far more likely to actually report an assault than men.
Pentagon leaders have for years pushed public campaigns urging students to report any attacks, and they argue that an increase in assault reports suggests that students feel more comfortable coming forward to seek help.
According to the report, the rates of unwanted sexual contact reported in the survey are “at or above civilian rates” based on 2014 and 2018 statistics from the American Association of Universities. No other more recent statistics were available, so it’s difficult to accurately compare the military academies with other non-military universities. | https://www.capitalgazette.com/education/naval-academy/ac-cn-naval-academy-assault-reports-20230310-esi5nmhju5eynibugqsnxrwk3q-story.html | 2023-03-10 21:20:00 | 1 | https://www.capitalgazette.com/education/naval-academy/ac-cn-naval-academy-assault-reports-20230310-esi5nmhju5eynibugqsnxrwk3q-story.html |
SHEWSBURY, N.J., April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The ECHL announced today that SponsorCX has been named the "Official Sponsorship Management Software Provider of the ECHL."
The partnership will offer a world-class sponsorship management solution to all teams across the ECHL at an affordable league-wide rate. SponsorCX provides an end-to-end sponsorship management software solution, which allows teams to:
- Manage accounts, contacts, activities, and create customized agreements.
- Organize inventory assets in a single location.
- Create and track the fulfillment process through a collaborative task management portal.
- Manage artwork approvals, proof of performance, billing, and trade with customized reporting.
- Access and manage sponsorship information through the SponsorCX mobile app.
"With several ECHL Teams already on-board the SponsorCX platform, furthering our relationship with SponsorCX allows all ECHL Teams the opportunity to streamline their sponsorship fulfillment and ensure our partners are maximizing their exposure throughout the League," said ECHL Commissioner Ryan Crelin.
"We are excited to announce this game-changing partnership with the ECHL," says Jason Smith, founder and CEO of SponsorCX. "We are ready and poised to deliver an innovative sponsorship management solution to every team across the ECHL, while maintaining the leagues mission to provide world-class hockey entertainment."
About the ECHL
Formed in 1988-89 with five teams in four states, the ECHL has grown into a coast-to-coast league with 28 teams in 20 states and two Canadian provinces for its 35th season in 2022-23. There have been 738 players who have gone on to play in the National Hockey League after starting their careers in the ECHL, including 11 who have made their NHL debut in the 2022-23 season. The ECHL has affiliations with 28 of the 32 NHL teams in 2022-23, marking the 26th consecutive season that the league has affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL. Further information on the ECHL is available on its website at ECHL.com as well as on Twitter and Facebook.
About SponsorCX
SponsorCX is a leader in sponsorship management within the sports, entertainment, causes, arts, and events industries. It is a complete sponsorship management tool to assist in managing sales, fulfillment, and inventory to maximize sponsorship revenue. The company was founded in 2020, and continues to grow rapidly as the newest and most innovative sponsorship software solution in the industry. Learn more at sponsorcx.com
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Olaplex Holdings, Inc..
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Olaplex common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering conducted on or around September 30, 2021.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) macroeconomic pressures and competition in the haircare market were more robust than the Company had represented to investors; (ii) accordingly, the Company was unlikely to maintain its sales and revenue momentum; and (iii) as a result, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to achieve the financial and operational growth projected in the offering documents; and (iv) as a result, the offering documents were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
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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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A poll found that Florida Republicans strongly favor former President Trump over their governor, Ron DeSantis, in a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary contest.
The new Florida Atlantic University Mainstreet PolCom Lab poll showed that Trump held a 20-point lead over DeSantis among registered GOP voters when asked whom they would support if the 2024 primary were held today. Half said Trump, while 30 percent said DeSantis and 7 percent said they were undecided.
Other candidates who trailed behind them include entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at 4 percent; Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at 3 percent; and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), former Vice President Mike Pence and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) each at 2 percent. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) followed with 1 percent.
The poll was conducted from June 27 to July 1 — before DeSantis faced blowback for a controversial video attacking Trump for his LGBTQ record.
“The poll highlights Donald Trump’s quite durable support. He does especially well with white working-class voters, who have consistently formed a steadfast base for the former President,” FAU political science professor Kevin Wagner said in the poll’s summary. “This persistent support continues to bolster Trump’s strong and steady position within the party.”
Still, the gap between the two candidates is narrowing. In April, a similar poll showed Trump held a 24-point lead over DeSantis, with 57 percent supporting Trump, 33 percent supporting DeSantis, 5 percent undecided, and approximately 6 percent support for other candidates.
Among all voters surveyed in Florida — not just Republicans — respondents supported DeSantis more than Trump: 54 percent approve of DeSantis (41 percent strongly, 13 percent somewhat), and 43 percent disapprove (34 percent strongly, 9 percent somewhat). Trump’s favorability is at 50 percent (33 percent strongly, 17 percent somewhat), and his unfavorability is at 47 percent (38 percent strongly, 9 percent somewhat).
The poll also showed DeSantis would beat President Biden in a head-to-head match-up by 13 points, if it were held today: 49 percent would support DeSantis, 36 would support Biden, 11 percent would support “other” and 4 percent were undecided.
In a match-up between Trump and Biden, on the other hand, Trump would lead by a narrower margin of 10 points: 49 percent would support Trump, 39 percent would support Biden, 10 percent would support “other” and 2 percent were undecided.
“These poll results could be an important motivator for DeSantis to promote his bid for the Republican primary, as he may be a stronger candidate against the incumbent,” FAU political scientist Dukhong Kim said in the summary report. “The poll indicates that the margin held by Trump or DeSantis at this time is larger than the 3.3 percent vote difference observed in the 2020 presidential election, suggesting that Florida is shifting towards becoming a safe state for Republicans.”
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — The first time Cameron Young played the Old Course at St. Andrews was one of his best moments in golf. The most recent one was even better.
In his British Open debut, Young plotted his way around the course in a gentle breeze and finished with a long two-putt birdie for an 8-under 64 for a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy among the earlier starters.
Young, whose father is the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow in New York, first came to Scotland in 2010 when he was 13. He played some of the fabled courses in the area — St. Andrews, Carnoustie, North Berwick — not knowing then that he would even pursue a career in golf.
“Any time you set foot on the first tee or 18th green or anywhere, there’s just no hiding how special of a place it is,” Young said. “And it’s certainly been a goal to get to an Open Championship. And for my first one to be here is a little bit extra special for me.”
He's not even sure he played his best for his opening round. His tee shots weren't always going where he was looking. But in his short time back at St. Andrews, he learned enough about where to go and how to play the centuries-old course to get by just fine.
Young went out in 31. He drove over the green on the par-4 12th, pitched back to 8 feet and holed it for birdie to reach 7-under par. A record score at St. Andrews on a good day for scoring was within reach.
But he three-putted for par on the 14th. His 10-foot birdie chance on the 15th spun out of the cup. He missed another good chance from 15 feet on the next hole.
Even so, the 25-year-old New Yorker had few complaints. He loves links golf.
“I don’t think I’ve figured that much of it out, honestly,” Young said. “You could play every day here for a year and you would just scratch the surface of what you can know about this place. There’s so many humps and bounds and little nuances to the golf course that we could never know in the four or five days that I’ve had to prepare.”
As for that trip? He still has great memories, none that top St. Andrews.
“My dad asked for permission to play from the back tees. I think that’s something you have to do, if I remember correctly,” he said. “So when we came out to hit our first tee shots with the R&A building right there, there were a bunch of R&A members presumably watching. And I’m glad I didn’t know. I’m sure I would have been nervous out of my mind.”
It's hard to detect a pulse from Young now. He has been around the game long enough to realize not to get too far ahead. This is an ideal start, and for now, that's all it is.
“I’m happy I shot 64. I’m happy that, as far as I know, I’m still leading The Open Championship, but it’s not going to change how I feel an hour from now,” he said.
His rookie year on the PGA Tour is among the best, though Young is not satisfied because he hasn't won. He was just inside the top 500 in the world a year ago. Now he is No. 32, thanks to four top-three finishes, including at the PGA Championship, where he finished one shot out of a playoff at Southern Hills.
Now he can only hope for another chance in the year's final major.
His father, David Young, is a master professional with the PGA of America. He thought the trip to Scotland was critical in his son finding a real passion for golf.
“It rained like the first four days we were there, and I have these pictures of him wearing my raingear down to his knees, soaking wet,” David Young said at the PGA Championship. “I’m thinking, ‘After this trip, this kid is never going to want to play golf again.’ But it did just the opposite. It got him excited about it.”
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- Preclinical data demonstrating OQL051, a gut-restricted CDK4/6 inhibitor, as a potential prophylactic treatment for chemotherapy-induced diarrhea
- Survey of academic and community oncologists studying the prevention and treatment patterns of papulopustular, acneiform skin toxicity associated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor (EGFRi) therapy, demonstrating that the majority (98%) of doctors would use a novel agent to treat this adverse event if available
SEATTLE, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OnQuality Pharmaceuticals ("OnQuality"), a targeted oncology supportive therapy company developing innovative medications to address unmet needs in oncodermatology and oncogastroenterology (cancer therapy-induced side effects occurring in the skin and gastrointestinal tract, respectively) and to improve quality of life for patients receiving anticancer medications, today announced it will have two abstracts published in the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Proceedings, a Journal of Clinical Oncology supplement, on June 3, 2022. The first abstract highlights preclinical data for its therapeutic candidate OQL051, a gut-restricted CDK4/6 inhibitor for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea (CID). The second reports findings from a survey study on the prevention and treatment pattern of papulopustular, acneiform skin toxicity associated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor (EGFRi) therapy.
CID is a potentially life-threatening adverse effect of chemotherapy, often requiring dose reduction or disruption of treatment. To address this unmet need, OnQuality is developing OQL051, a gut-restricted CDK4/6 inhibitor with the potential to prevent CID while minimizing the interference with systemically administered chemotherapy regimens. OQL051 was designed using OnQuality's AI-enabled CARE (Computation-Aided dRug-target-toxicology sEarch methodologies) platform. Previously presented preclinical data demonstrate that OQL051 can decrease CID and protect the intestinal epithelium. When exposed to irinotecan, OQL051 aided in preserving microbial diversity in the murine intestine. ASCO will publish OnQuality's preclinical data from in vitro and in vivo experiments demonstrating that, along with preventing diarrhea, OQL051 has the potential to protect gastrointestinal tissue from chemotherapy damage.
Acneiform skin toxicity is a dermatologic adverse effect associated with the use of EGFRi cancer therapies, seriously affecting quality of life, and EGFRi dose reductions and/or interruptions may diminish the effectiveness of cancer treatment. OnQuality surveyed 51 oncologists with questions related to EGFRi practice of prevention and treatment patterns. Of the participating oncologists, 98% responded that they would use a novel agent to treat patients with EGFRi-associated skin toxicity. According to the survey results, 35% of practicing oncologists said they employed dose reduction when their patients developed Grade 2 skin toxicity, while 76% reported that when patients did not respond to standard treatments, they interrupted the EGFRi therapy. These results demonstrate that effective prevention and treatment for skin toxicities associated with EGFRi inhibitors remains an unmet need for many patients and a treatment challenge for oncologists. OnQuality is developing OQL025, a therapy designed to reduce the degree and incidence of acneiform skin toxicity induced by EGFRi cancer therapy, allowing patients to remain on the full dosage of EGFRi therapy and improving their quality of life.
"The online publication of these abstracts at ASCO represents the exciting potential therapeutic value of our OQL051 program and the critical unmet need of acneiform skin toxicity. Strengthened by the compelling preclinical data and survey study, we look forward to the publication of these data as part of the ASCO conference," said Robert C. Tyler, Ph.D., Senior Medical Director of OnQuality. "The OnQuality team is diligently working to address the prevention and treatment of adverse effects of cancer treatments."
Details regarding the online publications can be found on the ASCO website and below.
Online Publication Details
Abstract Title: Preclinical study of OQL051, a gut-restricted CDK4/6 inhibitor for chemotherapy-induced diarrhea [online publication]
Abstract Authors: Robert Claude Tyler, Wenqin Zeng, Wenqin Li, Liping Chen, Shilan Liu, Shiyi Zhang
Abstract Number for Publication: e24085
Link: https://meetings.asco.org/abstracts-presentations/211379/video
Abstract Title: A survey study of prevention and treatment patterns by academic and community oncologists for papulopustular, acneiform skin rash associated with epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor (EGFRi) therapy [online publication]
Abstract Authors: Mario E. Lacouture1, Milan J. Anadkat, Anisha B. Patel, Omkar Marathe, Mark L. Webb, Robert C. Tyler, Liping Chen, Chengguang Wu, Wenxi Li, Juegang Ju, Jie Luo, Hong Tang, Nicholas J. Vogelzang
Abstract Number for Publication: e24083
Link: https://meetings.asco.org/abstracts-presentations/211252/video
About OnQuality Pharmaceuticals
OnQuality Pharmaceuticals is dedicated to pioneering the discovery and development of targeted supportive oncology therapies that address treatment-related toxicities at their molecular source. By treating on-target toxicities of the anti-cancer treatments, OnQuality's targeted supportive therapy candidates have the potential to reduce the severity and incidence of adverse events while sustaining the efficacy of the cancer treatments. OnQuality's targeted therapies, therefore, have the potential to improve both the quality of life and outcomes for cancer patients.
OnQuality is leveraging its proprietary, AI-enabled CARE (Computation-Aided dRug-target-toxicology sEarch methodologies) platform to identify targets and drug candidates, to develop first-in-disease targeted supportive therapies addressing unmet medical needs in the emerging areas of oncodermatology and oncogastroenterology. This includes VEGFR inhibitor-induced Hand-Foot Skin Reaction, capecitabine-induced Hand-Foot Syndrome, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor-induced skin toxicity, chemotherapy-induced diarrhea and gastrointestinal side effects of immunotherapies. For more information about OnQuality Pharmaceuticals, please visit www.onqualityrx.com.
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Testimony underway in trial of Whitehouse woman accused of abusing foster children
The boys told a school counselor that they were fearful of their foster parents and for their own lives.
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Testimony began on Tuesday in the criminal case against a Whitehouse woman who is charged with abusing her twin foster children.
Cheryl Layne, 46, was arrested in September 2019 and charged with third-degree felony injury to a child. During opening arguments, the state alleged that Cheryl Layne hit her foster sons with an archery arrow after they did not clean their room. It is also alleged that the boys’ foster father pushed at least one of the boys’ faces into a plate of food because they did not finish eating. The defense rebutted, claiming that the accusations against Layne amounts to government overreach, taking away the authority of parents within their own homes. The defense claimed that parents should be able to punish and discipline children as a means of deterrence from future bad behavior.
The first witness called was a Whitehouse ISD junior high counselor who said they received a note asking her to contact the boys, who were both students in Whitehouse ISD. The counselor said they noticed that the boys’ clothes did not fit properly and were stained and that the boys looked stressed and anxious.
They said one of the boys would cry on and off and looked emotionally distressed. The counselor testified that the boys said when their foster father pushed one of the boys’ face into the plate of food, it caused a nose bleed. Immediately after the plate incident, the counselor testified, the boys told them that Layne told one of the boys to get a belt because it was her “turn to hit them.” It was at this time the counselor said they learned the boys had bruises on them.
The boys told the counselor that they were fearful of their foster parents and for their own lives. They said Cheryl and Mark Layne told them not to tell anyone about what had happened.
During cross-examination of the counselor, the defense argued that there’s no proof of where the boys got bruised and that it is just as likely they sustained the injuries from playing football. The defense also argued that Layne was not present during the plate incident.
The next witness called was the school nurse who examined one of the boys. She testified that the boy said he was bruised by his foster father who “slammed his head into the trash can.” The nurse said the boy also told her he sustained injuries from his foster mother beating him with a belt and striking him with an archery arrow. The nurse said she notified law enforcement because the boys said they didn’t feel safe going home and that the described injuries were consistent with the marks found on the boy’s body.
A detective spoke next, reviewing photos of the bruises and marks considered to be consistent with possible hits from a rod and/or belt. She discussed the nature and location of the injuries, what items and amount of force may have been used, along with what may have been happening when the child was injured. She also considered the age of the child.
The detective said there are times when she does not pursue cases, when arrest charges are not given, or when CPS is overruled. In this case, however, an arrest warrant was sought and executed.
The defense then began cross-examination and insinuated the boys’ stories could have been influenced by other people they talked to before the detective. The defense asked if the injuries could have been caused by something other than a belt, and the detective said they could. However, the detective insisted her investigation was not influenced by confirmation bias.
The defense continued by asking why the detective had not interviewed Layne herself as a witness, to which the detective said she felt she already had enough information for probable cause to pursue an arrest warrant.
Next, the state called a Smith County Sheriff’s Office detective to the stand, who showed photos of archery arrows and a leather belt, stating the belt was found on a table in the home, among other belts. The detective also described possible blood stains on a pillow and blood detected on the floor; they were spotted using a special chemical.
The state followed this with testimony from a forensic investigator, who addressed the blood on the pillow. The defense asked whether testing could indicate how long the blood had been on the pillow, and the investigator said it could not.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) congratulates Amtrak, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern and the Port of Mobile (Ala.) on their Nov. 22 agreement, ending more than six years of challenging negotiations.
The parties began mediation with FMCS in June after the dispute was brought before the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in 2021. The agreement brings the Gulf Coast one step closer to the restoration and expansion of passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile almost two decades after Hurricane Katrina caused a major disruption to the region's rail infrastructure.
"FMCS extends our congratulations to each of the parties and their leadership for their steadfast determination in coming to an agreement," FMCS Acting Director Greg Goldstein said. "FMCS is pleased we were able to assist in what has been considered by many to be a trying and contentious dispute."
FMCS Commissioners Dave Moora and Brenda Pryor, along with Ron Molteni and Bob Granatelli from the STB, were appointed to mediate the case and helped lead the parties to a resolution just eight days prior to a scheduled final Nov. 30 hearing before the STB.
"It was evident that Amtrak, the host railroads, and the Port of Mobile were committed to their engagement in the process and showed good-faith throughout our work with them," said Moora. "It's really an incredible feeling any time an agreement can be reached, and especially one with such a considerable public benefit and impact on the economy."
The U.S. Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) is the nation's premier public agency for dispute resolution and conflict management. FMCS was created by Congress as a neutral and independent government agency upon enactment of the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act) and mandated to resolve industrial conflict and promote labor-management peace and cooperation, minimizing the impact of these disputes on the free flow of commerce. With headquarters in Washington, D.C. and offices across the country, the agency has a proud track record of decades of effective dispute resolution and conflict management services for employers and unions across industries and work activities in the private, public, and federal sectors. FMCS is also recognized for its success facilitating negotiated rulemaking processes and for its robust employment mediation program in the federal sector as well as its global program, partnering with more than 60 countries to provide international consulting and training. For more on FMCS or to request services, visit www.fmcs.gov
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Brings more than three decades of sophisticated legal industry experience
NEW YORK, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph J. Palermo has joined Crowell & Moring as Chief Operating Officer and will be responsible for leading the firm's business operations and administrative support and delivering exceptional client service.
Palermo steps into the role of strategic partner to the firm's leadership, supervising all business functions, including Finance, Talent, Human Resources, Marketing, Information Technology, Client Innovation, Practice Management, and Office Operations. He will provide executive oversight of the firm's business, as well as its consulting services, including Crowell & Moring International and Crowell Health Solutions.
"Joe possesses superior business acumen, outstanding interpersonal skills, and a proven track record of success collaborating and leading a consensus-driven organization," said Philip T. Inglima, chair of Crowell's Management Board. "We are confident that he will drive improvement and innovation, foster best practices, and achieve the highest level of performance and efficiency across the firm's business operations."
Prior to joining Crowell, Palermo served as Chief Operating Officer at Lowenstein Sandler LLP. He held the same role at K&L Gates LLP for a decade, overseeing the firm's global operations in the Americas, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East. Prior to those roles, he served as Chief Financial Officer for two other national law firms.
Over the past four years, Crowell has added more than 175 lawyers and expanded to Chicago, Denver, Doha, and Shanghai.
"With our significant growth over the last four years, and in alignment with our commitment to investing in and innovating our business functions, we recognized the value of bringing on board a Chief Operating Officer with demonstrated experience not only managing, but strengthening a firm's business operations, so that lawyers can focus on serving their clients," said Chahira Solh, chair of the firm's Executive Committee. "Joe is not only well-credentialed, but collaborative and pragmatic. He will contribute tremendously to our team-oriented culture that prioritizes diversity, equity and inclusion and client service excellence."
"I am delighted to join a firm that values collegiality, collaboration, and diversity in the way Crowell does," said Palermo. "I look forward to working with the firm's lawyers and professionals to develop goals that are consistent with the firm's strategic growth priorities and reflect Crowell's commitment to delivering best-in-class client service."
Palermo earned his MBA from Boston College's Carroll Graduate School of Management, and his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University.
About Crowell & Moring LLP
Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, industry and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex litigation and arbitration, regulatory and policy, and corporate and transactional issues. The firm is consistently recognized for its commitment to pro bono service as well as its programs and initiatives to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Truong to guide Vena's legal affairs as SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
TORONTO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vena, the Complete Planning platform loved by finance and trusted by business, today announced that Le Huong Truong has been promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and will join Vena's executive leadership team led by CEO Hunter Madeley.
"It's important for all leaders to find the right balance of speed and certainty, especially in our high-growth environment," said Madeley. "Le's strong, stable advice and counsel have provided a solid foundation for Vena's continued success. We are fortunate to be able to lean on and learn from Le as we continue to build our company and culture."
Truong joined Vena as Vice President and General Counsel in 2020, leading the legal function to deliver on its core mandate of managing risk and driving growth at scale. She was also instrumental in completing Vena's Series C funding round, which raised approximately $300 million in one of the largest funding rounds for a Canadian tech company.
Previously, Truong served as Senior Corporate Counsel at technology solutions provider CDW, overseeing the company's Canadian legal function as a member of its Canadian leadership team. Prior to that, she served as Legal Counsel for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and as an associate at the law firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Truong holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Waterloo. She also earned a master's degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto.
"It's an honor and a privilege to serve on the executive leadership team alongside Hunter and so many other talented Venanites," Truong said. "Coming off a record-setting first half, I am excited at the opportunity to help guide our company in its mission and in the continued service of our customers."
Vena is the only native Excel Complete Planning platform built for Microsoft 365 with Power BI Embedded. Vena transforms how business, finance and operations leaders Plan To Grow™ with the Vena Growth Engine, the SaaS platform and methodology that empowers and inspires your plans and guides your growth journey. Over 1,300 of the world's leading companies power their growth with Vena. For more information, visit venasolutions.com.
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The Pennsylvania-based baby products company 4moms is recalling over two million MamaRoo swings and about 230,000 RockaRoo rockers in the U.S. and Canada amid concerns that their restraint straps can hang below the seat, posing entanglement and strangulation hazards for crawling infants.
In notice posted on the U.S. Consumer Products and Safety Commission website Monday, the company said it has received two reports of incidents involving infants who became caught in the strap under the unoccupied MamaRoo infant swing after they crawled under the seat, including a 10-month-old infant who died from asphyxiation and a 10-month-old who suffered bruising to his neck before being rescued by a caretaker. 4moms has not received any reports of entanglement incidents involving the RockaRoo.
The MamaRoo is a baby swing that offers multiple motions and speeds. The recall includes only MamaRoo models that use a 3-point harness: versions 1.0 and 2.0 (model number 4M-005), version 3.0 (model number 1026), and version 4.0 (model number 1037). The product's model number is located on the bottom of the unit. According to the CPSC, the MamaRoo model that uses a 5-point harness is not included in this recall.
The RockaRoo is a baby rocker with front to back gliding motion. The recalled product's model number is 4M-012 and can be found on the bottom of the unit.
The swings and rockers were sold at BuyBuy Baby and Target stores nationwide and online at 4moms.com and Amazon.com from January 2010 through August 2022 for between $160 and $250.
Customers with infants who can crawl are urged to immediately stop using the recalled swings and rockers and place them in an area where the child cannot access it. Consumers should contact 4moms immediately to register for a free strap fastener that will prevent the straps from extending under the swing when not in use.
Recall Alert
Contact 4moms toll-free at 877-870-7390 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, by email at safetyandrecall@4moms.com or online at 4moms.com and click the "Safety and Recall" link at the top of the page. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/over-2-million-mamaroo-and-rockaroo-infant-swings-recalled-after-infants-death/3048476/ | 2022-08-15 19:30:50 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/recall-alert/over-2-million-mamaroo-and-rockaroo-infant-swings-recalled-after-infants-death/3048476/ |
One human and more than 37 million birds—comprised mostly of poultry across 172 commercial flocks and 119 backyard flocks in 34 states—have been been affected in the current avian influenza outbreak.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in April 2022 that a Colorado man was the first reported U.S. citizen to have contracted the H5N1 virus during the current outbreak. The patient was an inmate at a state correctional facility whose pre-release employment program involved the depopulation, or killing, of poultry at a commercial farm in Montrose County. His only symptom was fatigue, and he has since made a complete recovery.
Stacker compiled statistics on the avian influenza in Nebraska using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The data is current as of May 9. According to the USDA, the affected count captures the total number of birds on the premises where the H5N1 virus was detected. Although it is possible that not every bird was carrying the virus, all birds within an affected population are culled to prevent further spread.
Impact from state to state varies based largely on the number of commercial operations within each state. In Ohio, just one backyard flock and 20 birds were affected. In neighboring Pennsylvania, close to 4 million birds have been destroyed. Worse still, Iowa, which had the highest number of chickens of any U.S. state in 2021 with 60 million heads, has been the most severely impacted in terms of quantity, losing a little more than 13 million birds since the virus was first reported in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana in February 2022.
The impact of the outbreak is being felt by many Americans at the grocery store. According to the USDA’s Food Price Outlook for April 2022, poultry prices are predicted to increase between 7.5% and 8.5%, and egg prices are predicted to increase between 6% and 7% due, in part, to decreased production at some of the country’s biggest commercial flocks.
Read on to learn more about how the current avian influenza outbreak is affecting wild and commercial birds in your state.
- Number of birds affected in Nebraska: 4.9 million
--- #2 most birds affected among all states
--- 12.9% of all birds affected nationwide
Counties with the most birds affected in Nebraska
#1. Knox: 2.1 million birds affected (43.7% of all cases in Nebraska)
#2. Dixon: 1.7 million (36.0%)
#3. Butler: 987,000 (20.3%)
#4. Merrick: 90 (0.0%)
#5. Holt: 50 (0.0%)
#6. Washington: 50 (0.0%)
#7. Scotts Bluff: 30 (0.0%)
States with the most birds affected
#1. Iowa: 13.4 million
#2. Nebraska: 4.9 million
#3. Pennsylvania: 3.9 million
#4. Wisconsin: 3.0 million
#5. Minnesota: 2.9 million
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman was sentenced Tuesday to more than two years in prison for trying to set fire to a 7-Eleven store in St. Louis during a 2020 protest that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Nautica Turner, 27, pleaded guilty in February to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit arson. She was sentenced in U.S. District Court in St. Louis.
Federal prosecutors say that on June 1, 2020, Turner poured lighter fluid to start a fire at a 7-Eleven store in the downtown area of St. Louis. She first tried to light a cardboard box, and when that failed tried to light a fire in a trash bin outside the store, according to her plea agreement.
The trash can fire also failed, but someone else later started a fire that burned the convenience store to the ground.
The fire occurred on a violent night of protests that followed Floyd's death on May 25, 2020.
In September, Justin Cannamore of St. Louis County was sentenced to three years in prison in connection with the fire. Prosecutors said he demonstrated a technique using lighter fluid to better burn the convenience store. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Woman-sentenced-for-trying-to-burn-store-during-17361780.php | 2022-08-09 17:09:06 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Woman-sentenced-for-trying-to-burn-store-during-17361780.php |
Participating ISHRS physician members offering free corrective surgeries for eligible candidates
CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to help the growing number of patients unknowingly and fraudulently being operated on by unlicensed individuals who either lack training or are not authorized to perform surgery even under direct supervision of a licensed physician, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) will host its second annual "World Hair Transplant Repair Day" on November 11, 2022.
This worldwide event is part of the ISHRS's Fight The FIGHT (an acronym for Fight the Fraudulent, Illicit, and Global Hair Transplants) global consumer awareness campaign designed to educate and help people who have been victims of this widespread practice. Victims may reach out individually to participating volunteer physicians through the campaign's website at HairRepairDay.org for a chance to receive a pro bono restorative hair procedure.
"The ISHRS is committed to raising awareness of this widespread problem of unqualified technicians illegally performing hair transplant procedures, oftentimes resulting in irreparable damage to unsuspecting patients," said Nilofer Farjo, MBChB, FISHRS, president of the ISHRS. "Consequences of this unscrupulous practice include permanent scarring, infection, visible donor scarring, poor growth, thin patches of hair or bald spots, and hair depletion from over-harvested donor areas – all of which can be difficult, and in some cases impossible, to correct."
The ISHRS explains that many clinics around the world promote themselves as hair restoration experts -- luring vulnerable patients with cheap prices and false advertising presented with misleading information. In many cases, physicians are not even present to perform the surgery.
While the number of hair transplant surgeries has increased in recent years, so too has the proliferation of fraudulent, illicit clinics trying to capitalize on the demand to permanently correct hair loss. According to results of a recent member survey conducted by the ISHRS, 51% of ISHRS members reported there are Black Market hair transplant clinics in their cities. In 2021, 5.4% of hair restoration patients sought treatment to repair previous surgery from offices where the physician did not perform the surgery, up from 4.2% in 2019.
When performed by a qualified physician, a hair transplant is an excellent procedure for treating hair loss safely and effectively. The ISHRS is committed to patient safety and continually strives for the best outcomes for all patients, offering members superior education and training to improve their techniques. To help ensure patients have the information needed to make informed decisions about who performs their hair restoration surgery, the ISHRS urges potential patients to ask the following questions, as well as questions regarding costs, risks and short- and long-term benefits and planning:
- Who will evaluate my hair loss and recommend a course of treatment? What is their education, training, licensure, and experience in treating hair loss?
- Who will be performing my surgery, what role will they play, and what is their education, training, licensure, and experience performing hair restoration surgery?
- Other than the licensed physician, will anyone who is not licensed by the state (or country) be making incisions or cutting my scalp to obtain grafts during my surgery? If so, please identify this person, explain his or her specific role and why this person is legally permitted to perform surgery without a license.
- Is everyone involved in my surgery covered by malpractice insurance?
"The best advice to avoid being a victim of a physician that chooses to let someone less qualified and unlicensed do your surgery is to ask questions and insist the doctor be the one to perform the surgery. Do your homework and don't settle for less," said Ricardo Mejia, MD, chair of the ISHRS Communications and Public Education Committee.
For more information or to take part in this worldwide educational campaign and event, contact fightthefight@ishrs.org and visit www.HairRepairDay.org.
#HairTransplantRepairDay
The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) is a global non-profit medical association and the leading authority on hair loss treatment and restoration with 1,000 members throughout 70 countries worldwide. Above all, the ISHRS is dedicated to achieving excellence in patient outcomes by promoting the highest standards of medical practice, medical ethics, and research in the medical hair restoration industry. The ISHRS also provides continuing medical education to physicians specializing in hair transplant surgery and is committed to delivering the latest information on medical and surgical treatments to consumers suffering from hair loss, and most commonly from androgenetic alopecia – male pattern baldness and female pattern hair loss. It was founded in 1993 as the first international society to promote continuing quality improvement and education for professionals in the field of hair restoration surgery. For more information and to locate a physician, visit www.ishrs.org.
Conducted by Relevant Research, Inc., of Chicago, IL, USA, the ISHRS 2022 Practice Census is a compilation of information provided solely by participating physicians. The information published in this survey was developed from actual historical information and does not include any projected information. The margin of error for the sample is within plus or minus 6.1 percent at the 95 percent confidence level. For a full reprint of the ISHRS 2022 Practice Census Report, visit Hair Restoration Statistics.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The second year of a moose research project in the Adirondack region was announced by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
As part of a multi-year project assessing moose health and population, 19 moose were fitted with GPS collars this year.
According to DEC, they partnered with researchers at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), and Native Range Capture Services to safely capture, collar, and collect biometric data on the sample moose.
“Each year of this valuable research increases our understanding of New York’s moose population and its vital role in our State’s biodiversity,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. “The data collected through DEC’s research partnership with Cornell, SUNY ESF, and Native Range Capture Services helps us understand the health of our moose and allows us to make evidence-based management decisions to support this treasured species in the future.”
The GPS collars are used to give location data and information on moose activity patterns, movements and morality. The data collected will help to contribute to the continued management of moose in New York.
DEC says that past research on moose in the Adirondacks has helped to give researchers a better understanding of adult moose survival and reproduction, but not as much on calf survival in the state.
Biologists will now be able to know and investigate more factors limiting moose population growth, by collaring calves.
One of those factors is the effects of parasites on juvenile moose survival.
DEC says that parasites, as well as winter ticks, brain worms, giant liver fluke, and their associated diseases all have become more of a management concern in the northeast and other places.
“There are multiple stressors in New York that might be limiting moose population growth,” said Angela Fuller, Cornell University Professor and U.S. Geological Survey New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Leader. “Our research team includes wildlife and disease ecologists and wildlife managers, working closely to better understand the role that parasites might be playing in limiting moose populations. The recent moose collaring effort will allow us to estimate calf survival and better understand moose health.”
The research project is funded by a Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration grant through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The funds are collected through federal excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment and then apportioned to states for wildlife conservation, according to DEC.
“The opportunity to capture and sample live moose provides us with a ton of valuable information about moose health,” said Krysten Schuler, Wildlife Disease Ecologist and Director of the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab. “Unfortunately, we are seeing more evidence of parasites, like winter ticks and liver flukes, on the young moose, but this study allows us to identify management options for these problems.”
Research also included sampling white-tailed deer pellets and water sources to detect and better understand the commonness and distribution of brain worms and giant liver fluke across the area.
Research showed that larvae from the parasites are found in deer scat, picked up by snails and then accidentally eaten by moose as they forage plants.
In the fall of 2021, trail cameras were put up to find out the range overlap between deer and moose to monitor hair loss on moose infested with winter ticks. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/dec-and-partners-conduct-second-moose-research-project-in-the-adirondacks/ | 2023-02-06 22:22:05 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/dec-and-partners-conduct-second-moose-research-project-in-the-adirondacks/ |
COVID-19 positive outpatients are at an increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders compared with individuals who tested negative for the virus, a new study presented today at the 8th European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress has shown
VIENNA, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The study, which analysed the health records of over half of the Danish population, found that those who had tested positive for COVID-19 were at an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and ischaemic stroke.
Out of the 919,731 individuals that tested for COVID-19 within the study, researchers found that the 43,375 people who tested positive had a 3.5 times increased risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, 2.6 times with Parkinson's disease, 2.7 times with ischaemic stroke and a 4.8 times increased with intracerebral haemorrhage. While neuroinflammation may contribute to an accelerated development of neurodegenerative disorders, the authors highlighted implications of the scientific focus on long-term sequelae after COVID-19.
The study analysed Danish in- and outpatients between February 2020 and November 2021, as well as influenza patients from the corresponding pre-pandemic period. Researchers used statistical techniques to calculate relative risk, and results were stratified for hospitalisation status, age, sex, and comorbidities.
Dr Pardis Zarifkar, lead author from the Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, explained, "More than two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the precise nature and evolution of the effects of COVID-19 on neurological disorders remained uncharacterised. Previous studies have established an association with neurological syndromes, but until now it is unknown whether COVID-19 also influences the incidence of specific neurological diseases and whether it differs from other respiratory infections".
The increased risk of most neurological diseases was, however, no higher in COVID-19 positive patients than in people who had been diagnosed with influenza or other respiratory illnesses. COVID-19 patients did have a 1.7 times increased risk of ischaemic stroke in comparison to influenza and bacterial pneumonia in patients over 80 years of age.
The frequency of other neurodegenerative illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, Guillain-Barré syndrome and narcolepsy did not increase after COVID-19, influenza, or pneumonia.
Dr Pardis Zarifkar added, "These findings will inform our understanding of the long-term effect of COVID-19 on the body and the role that infections play in neurodegenerative diseases and stroke."
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The new laboratory will be one of the most extensive battery testing and engineering laboratories in North America, helping automotive and industrial battery manufacturers advance safety and access global markets.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, officially began construction of its North America Advanced Battery Laboratory in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Located near the center of the United States (U.S.) automotive industry, the facility will help enable electric vehicle (EV) and industrial battery original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their suppliers with shorter development cycles, faster time-to-market and the ability to be more competitive in the global marketplace.
UL Solutions commemorated the milestone on June 5, at the site of its future laboratory in Auburn Hills alongside federal, state and local government officials, including:
- U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- Quentin Messer, Jr., chief executive and economic competitiveness officer – chair, Michigan Strategic Fund, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
- David Coulter, county executive, Oakland County
- Kevin McDaniel, mayor of the City of Auburn Hills
"We are thrilled to be part of this region's innovation ecosystem, where we will sit side-by-side with the world's top OEMs, electric vehicle and industrial battery product manufacturers, and high-tech companies focusing on the future of mobility and electrification," said Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO, UL Solutions. "The development of our Auburn Hills laboratory demonstrates UL Solutions' commitment to operating at the forefront of the industry and applying our safety science expertise to enable technological innovation and speed to market."
"Michigan workers are the best in the world and workers like those at UL Solutions' new laboratory will be at the leading edge of our clean energy future. This investment will not only create jobs, but help solidify Michigan's position at the forefront of advanced manufacturing and mobility," said Sen. Stabenow.
"I am thrilled to join UL Solutions as they innovate the future right here in southeast Michigan. UL Solutions is doing cutting-edge work in the EV and industrial battery space which is critical to the health of our planet. Once completed, the facility will be one of the most extensive battery testing and engineering laboratories in North America and I am so proud that they have chosen to call Michigan home," said Rep. Stevens.
"UL Solutions' investment in Michigan's talented workers is more proof that our work to grow Michigan's economy, invest in our people, and build the future of cars, chips, and batteries is paying off," said Gov. Whitmer. "UL Solutions' North America Advanced Battery Laboratory will test electric vehicle batteries being built right here in Michigan so that we can safely put those batteries in Michigan-made cars and trucks and get them into garages and driveways around the world. Michigan won this investment over several other states because of our strong workforce and our leading battery and automotive manufacturers. When we invest in our people, grow economic opportunity, and equip ourselves with the right economic development tools, we win transformational projects like this one. I will continue working with anyone to create good-paying jobs, bring critical supply chains home, and win the future of mobility and electrification."
"The City of Auburn Hills, in coordination with the State of Michigan, has made new mobility, specifically the automotive and EV battery sectors, a priority driver for our economy," said Mayor McDaniel. "We are pleased to welcome UL Solutions to Auburn Hills, where their new laboratory will help North American manufacturers bring safer products to market in the U.S. and for export throughout North America."
Supply chain issues, energy independence, sustainability goals, and local innovation and manufacturing velocity are among the key factors driving an influx of public and private investment to establish the foundation of a new domestic supply chain for EV and industrial batteries. The U.S. government reported that EV suppliers and OEMs have announced $36 billion (USD) of investment.
The new laboratory will house dedicated UL Solutions experts and equipment capable of providing thermal fire propagation, electrical, mechanical abuse and environmental testing based on various UL and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards, United Nations (UN) goals and initiatives, and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and OEM specifications.
UL Solutions plans to open its North America Advanced Battery Laboratory in mid-2024. When completed, the facility will be one of North America's most extensive battery testing and engineering laboratories.
About UL Solutions
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
Pictured in the image above (left to right): Kathy Seegebrecht, regional vice president, Americas, UL Solutions, David Coulter, County Executive, Oakland County, Oakland County Commissioner Brendan Johnson, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, Auburn Hills Mayor Kevin McDaniel, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Jennifer Scanlon, president and CEO, UL Solutions, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Jeff Smidt, senior vice president, Industrial Testing, Inspection and Certification, UL Solutions, Quentin Messer, Jr., Chief Executive & Economic Competitiveness Officer - Chair, Michigan Strategic Fund at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Milan Dotlich, vice president and general manager, Energy and Industrial Automation, UL Solutions and Mary Joyce, vice president and general manager, New Mobility, UL Solutions.
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San Jose police are investigating a stabbing near Yerba Buena High School that left a man injured, the department said Thursday afternoon.
The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect and motive for the crime were not immediately known, but officers were still at the scene determining whether the incident involved students at the high school, officials said.
Communities across the Central Coast and Bay Area face serious flood risks as a Pineapple Express storm brings heavy rainfall Thursday night into Friday. This map shows what areas are at most danger. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/san-jose-police-probe-stabbing-near-high-school-17830528.php | 2023-03-10 02:39:22 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/san-jose-police-probe-stabbing-near-high-school-17830528.php |
West Wisconsin Railroad Club Train Show
Published: Sep. 27, 2022 at 12:50 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The West Wisconsin Railroad Club is holding its 20th Train Show, October 8 & 9 at the L.E. Phillips YMCA Sports Center on Craig Road in Eau Claire.
Hours are Saturday, October 8 from 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday, October 9 from 10 am – 3 pm
Adults $8.00 -- $7.00 with a non-perishable food donation
Students 6-16 $3.00
Children 5 and under are free
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CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden opened the first day of the new year by watching its first sunrise and attending Mass at a Roman Catholic church in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Biden worshipped Sunday at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Christiansted, where he has attended religious services during his past visits to the island of St. Croix.
Asked about any New Year’s resolutions as he exited church, Biden replied, “Good year next year. Looking forward to it.” He flashed a thumbs up.
Biden and his wife, first lady Jill Biden, woke up at 6:30 a.m. to watch the sunrise from the secluded beach outside the home where they are staying in the Solitude Bay area of St. Croix, White House officials said.
A holiday tradition of theirs while on the island has been to join scores of residents at Point Udall, the easternmost point on the island, to watch the first sunrise of a new year. Biden, who travels with a heavy security presence, stayed away on Sunday.
He spent New Year’s Eve at the home, which is owned by their friends Bill and Connie Neville.
Before time ran out on 2022, Biden and the first lady wished their fellow Americans a happy new year during a taped appearance on Saturday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.”
Asked about his message for 2023, Biden said “optimism.”
"I’ve never been more optimistic about America in my whole career. And you know, the interesting thing is we’ve been through so much, so much difficulty, the pandemic, through a whole range of things. Look at how the American people fought back and they got up. There’s nothing that can hold them down. We’re the most unique country in the world, we’re a product of possibilities. That’s what we believe in and so I just think, I’m really optimistic.’’
The first lady encouraged people to “commit to an act of kindness” and “ to take care of one another and especially take care of your health this year.”
“Go get that COVID vaccine and get your flu shot,” she said.
Biden has kept a relatively low profile since arriving on St. Croix after dark last Tuesday.
His first public appearance came Friday when he and his grandson Hunter, 16, played golf at The Buccaneer Hotel and Golf Resort in Christiansted.
Later Friday, the Bidens taped the appearance with Seacrest and then took Hunter and his sister, Natalie, 18, to dinner at one of the island’s best restaurants.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, Mexico’s veteran political chameleon who played a key role in the country's democratic reforms, has died at age 89, his family announced Sunday.
His relatives did not give a cause of death, but he had been in ill health for some time.
Since entering politics in the 1970s, Muñoz Ledo was never far from the center of power, even if that meant changing parties.
Tributes poured in from most of Mexico’s political parties; he had belonged to most of them at some point. And many of the tributes began with phrases like “despite our differences,” because Muñoz Ledo eventually broke with all of them.
A brilliant strategist, Muñoz Ledo was able to conceive of many possible paths in Mexico’s long transition to democracy. But he was never able to imagine one without himself in a central role.
In a 2020 interview with The Associated Press, Muñoz Ledo joked about his own mortality. Asked if he represented the “living history” of Mexican politics, the husky-voiced political pro answered, “I'm about to become dead history.”
“I am dedicating all my experience and history to democratizing this country,” he said. “That is the last legacy I have.”
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote in his Twitter account, “I regret the passing of Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, who I agreed with for a long time. The recent disagreements don't erase the long, good moments of friendship and comradery.”
On the other end of the political spectrum, former president Felipe Calderón — López Obrador's arch-nemesis — wrote: “I heard about the death of P. Muñoz Ledo. Despite our differences, we worked together in the opposition” to pass electoral reforms.
Those reforms eventually made elections fair enough so that the opposition could unseat the long-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2000. The PRI, as the party is known, had held Mexico's presidency for 70 uninterrupted years at that point.
Muñoz Ledo started his career in the PRI in the 1970s, but broke with the party in 1988 to support the presidential candidacy of leftist Cuauhtémoc Cardenas. Cardenas lost in a fraud-filled election.
Muñoz Ledo then became a leading member of Cardenas' Democratic Revolution Party.
But in 2000, he ran for the presidency of the now-defunct Authentic Revolution Party.
In another switch, he abandoned his campaign midway in 2000 to endorse — and campaign for — ex-president Vicente Fox of the conservative National Action Party. Despite the ideological differences, Muñoz Ledo sensed that Fox's plainspoken charisma could finally oust the PRI from power.
Despite working on government reform during the Fox administration, Muñoz Ledo — who had held diplomatic and Cabinet posts before, and would later go on to serve in Congress — quickly broke with Fox, too.
By 2008, he was in the Labor Party, but was already eyeing López Obrador as the next charismatic leader for Mexico.
It was with López Obrador's Morena party that Muñoz Ledo played his last big political role, as leader of Morena in the lower house of Congress.
True to form, Muñoz Ledo broke with López Obrador in 2022.
“The current government is cheap populism, and violates the rule of law,” Muñoz Ledo said at the time.
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Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday by a gunman who opened fire on him as he delivered a campaign speech on a street in western Japan.
Here’s a global look at other high-profile assassinations in the 21st century:
— Oct. 15, 2021: British lawmaker David Amess is stabbed to death by an Islamic State supporter while meeting with voters.
— July 7, 2021: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated by gunmen who also wound his wife Martine in an overnight raid on their Port-au-Prince home. More than 40 people have been arrested in Haiti for the attack, including high-ranking police officers and a group of former Colombian soldiers.
— April 20, 2021: Chad President Idriss Deby Itno is killed while battling rebels in the north. Hours earlier he had been declared the winner of an election that would have given him another six years in power.
— Feb. 13, 2017: Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is killed by VX nerve agent at a Malaysian airport. He had been seen as a possible threat to his brother’s rule and reportedly had met with U.S. intelligence agencies.
— Dec. 19, 2016: Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is shot dead by a Turkish policeman shouting condemnation of Russia’s military role in Syria, in front of a shocked gathering at a photo exhibit. The gunman was later killed in a shootout with police.
— June 16, 2016: British lawmaker Jo Cox is shot and stabbed to death by a far-right supporter in the English village of Birstall, part of her constituency.
— Feb. 6, 2013: Tunisian left-wing opposition leader Chokri Belaid is fatally shot outside his Tunis home. His killing — followed six months later by that of another left-wing leader, Mohammed Brahmi — plunged Tunisia into political chaos with effects reverberating to this day. No one has been convicted in either case.
— Sept. 11, 2012: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens is killed when militants storm the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. Another three Americans died.
— Oct. 20, 2011: Longtime Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is hunted and summarily killed by insurgents after being toppled in a NATO-backed uprising.
— March 2, 2009: Guinea-Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira is killed by renegade soldiers in his palace, hours after a bomb blast killed his rival in the West African nation.
— Dec. 27, 2007: Benazir Bhutto, the first female prime minister in a Muslim-majority country as well as Pakistan’s second nationally elected prime minister, was shot at then attacked by a suicide bomber at a political rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
— Feb. 14, 2005: Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is killed by a suicide truck bomb on a seaside boulevard in Beirut. Another 21 people died and 226 were wounded in the attack, which is seen by many in Lebanon as the work of neighboring Syria.
— Dec. 29, 2003: Archbishop Michael Courtney, the pope’s ambassador in Burundi, is shot by gunmen as he was returning from a funeral and died during surgery.
— March 12, 2003: Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is shot dead in front of the Serbian government headquarters in Belgrade. He was a key leader of the revolt that toppled former President Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000. Twelve people were convicted in connection with the killing, which was carried out to halt his pro-Western reforms, according to a Serbian court ruling.
— May 6, 2002: Populist Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is gunned down in a northern Netherlands city, days before a general election in which he was a candidate, by an animal rights activist.
— June 1, 2001: Nepal’s King Birendra is killed when his son, Crown Prince Dipendra, opens fire on his family in the royal palace. The dead include Queen Aiswarya, a prince and five others. Officials said the shooting followed a dispute over the prince’s marriage.
— Jan. 18, 2001: Congo President Laurent Kabila is assassinated in the presidential palace in the capital, Kinshasa, by one of his bodyguards, who was killed minutes later by security forces. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/abe-gadhafi-and-other-political-assassinations-this-century/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-07-11 08:19:33 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/abe-gadhafi-and-other-political-assassinations-this-century/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
The Houston Texans are signing former Alabama running back BJ Emmons, Pro Football Network reported on Wednesday night.
The Texans have a roster spot open at the position after Darius Anderson went on injured reserve because of a dislocated knee, and Emmons worked out for the team on Wednesday.
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Emmons already has played football this year. The Tampa Bay Bandits made Emmons the first running back chosen in the USFL Draft on Feb. 23.
For the Bandits, Emmons ran for 244 yards and one touchdown on 97 carries and gained 105 yards on 19 receptions in nine games.
Emmons will join five running backs on Houston’s roster. Rex Burkhead led the Texans with 427 rushing yards in 2021, and Royce Freeman had 95 rushing yards in seven games last season for Houston. Marlon Mack is a former 1,000-yard rusher who has played seven games in the past two seasons, Dare Ogunbowale ran for 137 yards for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021 and Dameon Pierce joined the team from Florida in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft.
As a freshman at Alabama in 2016, Emmons ran for 173 yards and one touchdown on 35 carries before sustaining a season-ending foot injury in the eighth game.
Emmons left Alabama after his freshman season for Hutchinson Community College, and he played for Florida Atlantic in the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
An undrafted rookie last year, Emmons signed with Seattle, but the Seahawks released him on June 16, 2021.
Emmons signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in time for training camp, and he ran for 90 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries in three preseason games in 2021.
After failing to make the regular-season roster, Emmons spent a week on the Raiders’ practice squad before being released. Emmons returned to the NFL for a week on the Seahawks’ practice squad in November, and he spent the final month of the season on the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squad.
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Man wanted by Canadian police rescued by Coast Guard after stolen boat capsizes
ASTORIA Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - Authorities in Oregon say a man had to be rescued by aircrews after a boat he was in capsized on Friday.
KPTV reports crews with the U.S. Coast Guard were called to rescue a boater, later identified as 35-year-old Jericho Labonte, caught in high surf where the Columbia River flows into the ocean.
According to the Coast Guard, while crews were on a training mission, they received a mayday call broadcast from a small boat caught in waves off the coast.
Crews said they immediately notified authorities at the Cape Disappointment State Park, who launched rescue boats.
The Coast Guard said when crews arrived, they realized the surf would make a boat rescue too dangerous. So, they decided to lower a rescue swimmer to meet Labonte in the water.
Authorities said as rescuers approached the boat, waves flipped the vessel and rolled it several times.
However, a rescue swimmer was able to reach Labonte and pull him to safety.
According to the Coast Guard, the boater was taken to a base in Astoria where emergency medical responders treated him.
Astoria police later said that Labonte came back as a wanted person by Canadian police and the boat ended up being stolen.
Authorities also accused Labonte of throwing fish on the porch of “The Goonies” house in Astoria.
Police said they were not aware of the man’s identity at the time of the rescue. So, Labonte was allowed to walk out of the hospital.
Authorities say they remain on the lookout for the rescued boater.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Forte’s last start over a mile was impressive enough that trainer Todd Pletcher wasn’t too shocked at what he achieved in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, or the way he did it.
Forte served notice as an early Kentucky Derby favorite, rallying from mid-pack to overtake Cave Rock and win the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 1 1/2 lengths on Friday at Keeneland. His fourth victory in five starts comes just over a month after he won the Breeders’ Futurity at the track by a neck.
Pletcher’s colt went off as a 4-1 choice in the 1 1/16-mile race but had work to do running in the middle on the backstretch. Forte quickly made his charge through the 10-horse field and got off the rail to close in on Bob Baffert-trained Cave Rock, the 4-5 favorite, and the leaders by the final turn.
“The last time, he made the lead pretty comfortably,” Pletcher said of Forte. “But he got to waiting and laying on the horse next to him, so today, if we were lucky enough to get in a position to get (the lead), we wanted to give ourselves plenty of space and not get close to the horse next to him.”
Forte turned it on entering the stretch, racing past Cave Rock at the eighth pole to claim his third consecutive victory as a 2-year-old, perhaps solidifying his credentials for Horse of the Year honors. Mike Repole, whose stable co-owns the horse with Florida Panthers owner Vincent Viola, was giddy over his good fortune, just five months after he won the Belmont Stakes with Mo Donegal.
“My whole family thinks you just show up and you win a Grade 1 (race) and that that’s normal,” he said. “I’m not fooled about how blessed I am that this is happening.”
Wonder Wheel preceded Forte’s rally with one of her own in the $2 million Juvenile Fillies, and in more dramatic fashion.
The dark bay filly surged past Leave No Trace in the final furlong for a three-length victory. It was her fourth win in five starts, including last month’s Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland, with a second and likely sealed her claim as the top 2-year-old female.
“She didn’t break very well,” jockey Tyler Gaffalione said of her 1 1/16-mile trip in 1:44.9. “I got pushed back a little further than I wanted to be. … Spots kept opening up inside so I just going forward and it just worked out.”
The $1 million Juvenile Turf capped the five-race stakes card with its most exciting ending, as Victoria Road nosed past Silver Knott after running three-wide at the top of the stretch. It looked like a dead heat at the wire before a photo finish showed the Irish-bred colt eking out his fourth consecutive victory with a head bob. Curly Larry and Mo was the early pace setter before finishing 14th.
“I thought in the lane he had won,” jockey Ryan Moore said. “And when the out rider was saying it was close, I was pretty sure he held on.”
Mischief Magic came on late to earn a one-length victory over Dramatised in the $1 million Turf Sprint. Meditate had it a little easier in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, beating Pleasant Passage by 2 1/2 lengths.
The championship went off on a clear, sunny day at the picturesque track in the heart of Bluegrass horse country. The grandstands were filled, a huge difference from the 2020 running without spectators because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Transformative project significantly expands public transit options, saves up to 20 minutes off cross-county trips and creates equitable mobility to some of LA's key destinations
- Opening marks culmination of Arcadis' nine-year relationship with key client LA Metro, drawing on global expertise to provide construction management support services for major infrastructure work
- Use of innovative technologies such as Sequential Excavation Method (SEM) mining and digital traffic modeling key to addressing the more complex challenges of project
LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcadis is pleased to mark the grand opening of the new LA Regional Connector, having worked with key client Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) to provide construction management support services to help drive development since 2014. The new 1.9-mile underground light-rail extension will now support riders with a seamless one-seat journey from the heart of downtown LA to the communities of Azusa, Pasadena, East Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Long Beach.
The completion of the Regional Connector project improves connections by bringing together the Metro L (Gold), A (Blue), E (Expo), B (Red) and D (Purple) lines at the 7th Street/Metro Center Station. The new A and E lines will share five downtown Los Angeles stations, giving travelers plenty of transfer options along the way. Some customers riding to and through downtown Los Angeles could save up to 20 minutes by eliminating the need to transfer.
The Regional Connector will provide residents with much-needed access to public transit options and create equitable mobility to some of L.A.'s key business, educational, and cultural hubs.
Construction on the Regional Connector began in 2014, with Arcadis drawing on over 40 years of global experience to provide Construction Management Support Services to drive development. One of the key parts of the project was the strategic use of sequential excavation method mining (SEM), which is well-suited for tunneling in areas prone to earthquakes, such as Los Angeles, and doesn't disturb existing building foundations and utilities. Digital solutions also played an important role, including use of a digital traffic model during planning to help understand anticipated traffic patterns and help mitigate disruption during construction.
Macaria Flores, Arcadis City Executive in Los Angeles, said: "Los Angeles is challenged by traffic and congestion and the Regional Connector is part of that solution. The Regional Connector will get people out of their cars, onto public transportation, and improve quality of life for so many Angelenos."
Greg Steele, Global President of Mobility at Arcadis, said: "Increasingly, our clients are looking for well-connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure to benefit cities and communities all around the world. Drawing on decades of experience, we have been able to leverage our global knowledge from clients across Australia, Europe, and North America to deliver a project that truly sets the standard when it comes to seamless and sustainable transport options. The Regional Connector will not only support social equity, but also progress the sustainability agenda by helping to reduce transport emissions and drive wider economic growth."
Arcadis will continue to lead construction management support services, guiding the construction of the new light rail stations.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Whole30®, the leading 30-day personalized dietary program, is proud to announce the return of its 10th Annual Global September Whole30, an annual tradition where Whole30'ers are supported daily with free resources via digital and social community events and access to exclusive offerings from Whole30 Approved partners. This year, those who join the Whole30 will have the opportunity to build a support network, expand their horizons in the kitchen with new recipes, and embark on a personalized well-being journey.
For those unfamiliar with the program, Whole30 is not a weight loss diet, nor is it prescriptive long-term. Instead, it's a 30-day whole foods-based program that combines the benefits of an elimination diet with the science of behavior change, helping you determine which foods work best with your body and lifestyle. Rather than evaluating success by the scale or tape measure, Whole30 focuses on non-scale victories like improved mood, increased energy, better sleep, healthier digestion, and reduced cravings.
"At Whole30, we empower people to trust their own bodies and define health on their own terms. As you leave summer behind and return to a normal routine, September is the perfect time to reprioritize your health and habits and reconnect with your body and food," said co-founder Melissa Urban. "Our community is showing us they're eager to lean into our grounding, supportive practice, and I'm proud to be celebrating thirteen years of the Whole30 with them and for them."
Urban goes on to share mindset tips on how to make the most of your Whole30 to foster a deeper connection to yourself.
- Practice self-care: Prepare yourself for this journey with the Whole30 Dashboard, featuring free resources, recipes, meal planning tips, and shopping lists. Document your journey with companion books including the Whole30 Day-by-Day journal and five Whole30 cookbooks.
- Keep it simple: Prepare meals based on whole food ingredients and add flavor with a dressing or sauce. You'll find thousands of free Whole30 recipes on our website and @Whole30Recipes Instagram feed, where more than 1.5 million people gather to find Whole30 inspiration.
- Shortcut with partner brands: You don't have to make everything from scratch. Tap into partners like Thrive Market, Trifecta, Chipotle, or Made by Whole30 sauces and marinades for approved eats that can lighten your mental load and meal prep.
- Brush up on your boundaries: Use your Whole30 to practice setting and holding boundaries around your health and commitments, to improve your self-confidence and results.
- Celebrate your wins: Get inspired by hundreds of testimonials, and share your non-scale victories when your Whole30 is over. You can also download the free shareable Whole30 graphics and calendar to track your progress.
To connect with others and share your Whole30 journey, use #SeptemberWhole30 on Instagram. For more information on the Global September Whole30, visit whole30.com.
About Whole30®: Whole30, the leading nutritional reset, is a 30-day structured elimination program recognized by many dietitians and medical professionals as the gold standard for identifying food sensitivities. Focused on Non-Scale Victories (NSVs) rather than weight loss, the Whole30 offers life-changing physical, emotional, and mental improvements. The Whole30 was co-founded in 2009 by CEO Melissa Urban, a six-time New York Times bestselling author who has reshaped the health and wellness industry and created a fully integrated ethos to support the Whole30 community and beyond. The Whole30 Approved® trademark is licensed to more than 140 innovative health and lifestyle brands for its endorsement strength, community recognition, and persuasive purchasing power. In 2020, the brand debuted its Made by Whole30 line of salad dressings and dipping sauces made with ingredients that go beyond even the Whole30 standards.
The Whole30 brand's mission is to provide a program and community that empowers people to create positive and sustainable health changes. With a combined social media base of more than 4.4 million fans and followers, the brand's vision is to change lives everywhere, one Whole30 at a time. For more information, visit whole30.com.
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Tax Day traditionally falls on April 15 in the United States, but in 2020 and 2021 the IRS pushed back the deadline to give taxpayers more time to file their income tax returns during the coronavirus pandemic. This year, the IRS decided not to extend the deadline, and millions of taxpayers were required to file their returns by Monday, April 18, 2022.
An estimated 19 million Americans requested an extension to file their 2021 income tax return, according to the IRS. Recent online search data shows that interest in the tax filing extension date is increasing as the deadline approaches.
THE QUESTION
Is the tax deadline for people who filed extensions coming soon?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, the tax deadline for people who filed extensions is coming on Oct 17.
WHAT WE FOUND
If you requested an extension to file your 2021 tax return, you have until Oct. 17, 2022, to file an accurate and completed return. This is because Oct. 15, which is the usual filing extension due date, falls on a Saturday this year, according to the IRS and eFile, an IRS-authorized e-file provider.
The IRS is encouraging taxpayers who requested extensions to file their tax returns electronically as early as possible to avoid the last-minute rush ahead of the Oct. 17 deadline. If a taxpayer is due a refund, the IRS advises that they should choose direct deposit when filing electronically in order to get their refund in the fastest time possible.
Filing electronically as soon as possible can also help taxpayers who did not file an extension and missed the April 18 deadline avoid further penalties and interest if they owe taxes, the IRS says on its website.
“We continue to urge people to file electronically and do it as soon as possible. Even if people have an extension to file until October, sending the tax return as soon as possible can either help get them a refund quicker or it can save them money if they owe by avoiding additional interest and penalties,” IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said.
The IRS explains that “an extension to file a tax return is not an extension to pay taxes.” This means that penalties and interest could apply to any amount taxpayers still owe following the original April 18 deadline.
“Taxpayers were still required to pay 100% of the taxes owed by April 18, while the looming [Oct. 17] deadline lets you submit the actual return without incurring extra fees or penalties,” SoFi, a personal finance company and online bank, says on its website.
The IRS shares a few e-filing options to help taxpayers who filed for an extension:
- IRS Free File: Eligible individuals can use the IRS Free File program to prepare and file their 2021 federal tax return for free. Taxpayers can also choose the brand-name tax preparation software company that is best for them. Some companies offer free state tax return preparation. Those who earned more than $73,000 have the option to use IRS Free File Fillable Forms.
- MilTax online software: MilTax online software is also available for members of the military and certain veterans, regardless of income. This software is offered through the Department of Defense.
- Commercial software: The software uses a question-and-answer format that makes doing taxes easier. The return is signed electronically and transmitted through IRS-approved electronic channels.
- Authorized e-file provider: Tax pros accepted by the IRS electronic filing program are authorized IRS e-file providers. They are qualified to prepare, transmit and process e-filed returns.
Taxpayers who owe taxes can review all of their payment options online at IRS.gov. These options include paying taxes through an online account with IRS Direct Pay or paying by debit card, credit card, or digital wallet. The IRS also has options for people who can't pay their taxes, such as applying for a payment plan.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith has a lifetime of thoughts she’d like to set down.
The actor, singer, entrepreneur and co-host of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk” has a deal for what Dey Street Books is calling an “honest and gripping memoir” that will cover her “complicated marriage to Will Smith,” among other topics. The book is currently untitled and scheduled for next fall.
“Jada Pinkett Smith chronicles lessons learned in the course of a difficult but riveting journey — a rollercoaster ride from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power,” read Thursday’s announcement by Dey Street, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
According to the announcement, Pinkett Smith will recount her “unconventional upbringing in Baltimore,” her friendship with late rapper Tupac Shakur, her love story with Smith and her experiences with motherhood.
“In crisis at age 40, Jada recounts the excruciating choices she was forced to make to redefine her life in every way,” the publisher said.
Pinkett Smith, 51, is known for such films as “Collateral” and “The Matrix Reloaded,” as well as being vocal about her battles with depression and the hair-loss disorder alopecia areata, the source of Chris Rock’s infamous joke at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony.
When the comedian likened her shaved head to Demi Moore’s look in “G.I. Jane,” Will Smith — who published his own bestselling memoir last year — stunned the world by striding from his front-row seat to the stage and slapping Rock.
Pinkett Smith addressed the slap two months later, on an episode of “Red Table Talk,” saying the incident had prompted thousands to reach out to her with their own experiences with alopecia areata. She also said she hoped “these two intelligent, capable men have an opportunity to heal, talk this out, and reconcile.” | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-jada-pinkett-smith-has-deal-for-no-holds-barred-memoir/ | 2022-10-07 11:41:13 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-jada-pinkett-smith-has-deal-for-no-holds-barred-memoir/ |
BRUCE CROSSING, MI – What keeps a hungry wolf at bay? Turns out, an angry braying donkey that’s bonded with the other farm animals and doesn’t want to see them dragged away and eaten will do the trick.
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, some livestock farmers have turned to donkeys for non-lethal means of protecting their herds. The practice has historical precedent in Michigan, but has also gained in popularity worldwide.
Cliff Lindberg owns a 400-acre farm in rural Ontonagon County, where last month his pair of donkeys lounged in the tall grass, their eyes trained on a nearby herd of beef and the tree line beyond them. The farmer said the donkeys managed to keep the wolves away from his cattle ever since their arrival.
“You wouldn’t even notice a difference. They don’t eat that much,” Lindberg said. “You know, they eat hay and grain, and they have access to salt.”
The donkeys arrived 11 years ago, paid for with federal funding for non-lethal techniques to keep wolves away from livestock and pets. They require hoof care but are largely a “maintenance-free animal,” Lindberg said.
Before the guard donkeys arrived on his farm, Lindberg said wolves did kill a yearling even after being chased away earlier in the night. They came back to feast on the buried carcass the next day, too.
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Lindberg’s not really sure how the donkeys keep the wolves away, but they’ve certainly done the trick.
“I really couldn’t tell you how they do that,” he said. “But they, they’re doing their job.”
Donkeys blended into livestock herds are among the many methods in the toolbox federal agricultural authorities use to help farmers and ranchers keep wild predators from attacking their animals.
Brett Huntzinger, U.S. Department of Agriculture specialist in non-lethal predation prevention, said U.P. farms with donkeys have fewer livestock losses to wolves and coyotes.
“They’re a lot more vigilant than cows and even horses at times. So, they’re more protective and they will go after coyotes and wolves,” he said.
“I have a neighbor not far away from me that has two or three now and he has some cows and calves and he said even if there’s a deer in the field across the road, the donkeys are, you know, they’re just watching it. And they’re just kind of on it; they’re a lot more alert.”
The donkeys will loudly bray at predators and even chase and try to kick at them; donkeys don’t take kindly to canines of any sort, wild or domesticated. That character trait has led to them being used more frequently by ranchers out West to deter wolves and coyotes.
Lindberg encourages other farmers to use donkeys. He contends wolves are just being wolves when they prey on domesticated animals and it’s up to people to take better care.
“They’re a wild animal. They don’t know any better. They’re just working things, instinct. If they’re hungry, they’re going to take down the first thing that comes on,” the farmer said.
Huntzinger said more farmers have had success with other non-lethal methods to scare wolves away, including electric fences, tying colorful flags along fence lines called fladry, and installing motion-sensor flashing lights and loud noises. These methods work better when farmers properly dispose of animal carcasses when they do have livestock deaths, he said.
In tough cases, Huntzinger will even sit outdoors with night-vision gear to watch for lurking predators and set off a type of firework to scare them away.
Wolves are federally protected as an endangered species in Michigan and can only be shot and killed if a human life is in danger, not when livestock or pets are attacked.
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GEM Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) successfully listed on the Swiss Exchange (SIX)
SHENZHEN, China, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At 21:00 Beijing time on July 28 (15:00 Zurich local time), the Global Depositary Receipt (GDR) of GEM was officially listed on the SIX (Swiss Stock Exchange). After the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) revised the "China-Europe Access" rules and expanded the scope of application, GEM became one of the first two listed companies on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange approved to issue GDR projects and the first Chinese listed company to successfully issue GDR projects on SIX.
According to the announcement of GEM, the company completed a book-run offering of 31,002,500 GDRs on the SIX at US $12.28 per GDR, raising US $381 million. GEM has firstly exercised the overallotment rights of a global coordinator and price stabilization operator in the first batch of Swiss GDR companies. GEM exclusively and successfully completed the release at the high end of the release range.
Investors from more than 50 institutes worldwide have subscribed to the GDR offering, and the demand was very strong; the subscription amount is 261% of the issued amount. Foreign institutions accounted for 52.5% of the subscription. The issue result shows the support and recognition of global investors for GEM's green industry. The capital raised will be invested in GEM's European power battery recycling and new energy materials manufacturing project and Indonesia's nickel resource project. The project will meet the requirements of the European Union's New Battery Law and satisfy the needs of new energy development in Europe, ensuring the rapid deployment of GEM on the European new energy industry market. As a result, GEM will leverage the power of the European capital markets to rapidly expand this green industry from China to the world.
As an important practitioner of mixed mechanism and mixed capital, Chna's State-owned Enterprise Mixed Ownership Reform Fund, together with Xiamen C&D Inc., XMXYG Co.,Ltd. and other Chinese groups, led the investment in GDR issued by GEM.As an outstanding ESG leader, the world's second-largest producer of power battery core materials, and the most significant urban mining enterprise in China, GEM was the first to land on the SIX and was backed by capital from the funds to grow into a global leader in Europe, conveying the concept of sustainable development of China's ecological environment and circular economy to the world.
Twenty years ago, GEM was founded based on the idea of "Green-Eco-Manufacture" and put forward the industrial concept of "limited resources, unlimited recycling." We hope to solve the contradiction between resource shortages and environmental deterioration through practicing an industrial model of urban mining. On January 22, 2010, GEM was listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange as China's first urban mining stock. In 20 years, with the support of the capital market in China GEM has undertaken activities, including cell phone battery recycling, electronic waste recycling, recycling of scrapped vehicles, recycling lithium cobalt nickel strategic resources, and, later on, recycling of power batteries and power battery material manufacturing, GEM has constructed 16 advanced recycling industrial parks in 11 provinces and cities in China. Its green footprint spans over 900 square kilometers in China. GEM has also built green factories in Indonesia, South Korea, and South Africa. Now, we have recovered and treated more than 10% of China's electronic waste. The annual recovery of cobalt resources exceeds 200% of the original cobalt mined in China. It accounts for 20% of the global cobalt resources recovered. Annual recovery of nickel resources accounts for 8% of China's original nickel production; Annual recycling of batteries accounts for about 10 percent of China's total waste. GEM turns waste into high-quality products and enters the international market chain; 50% of the world's cemented carbide tool products are made of GEM's ultrafine cobalt powder. More than 15% of the world's new energy vehicles with ternary power batteries are loaded with ternary precursor "core" materials manufactured by GEM. In the past 10 years, GEM's activities have avoided more than 2 million tons of carbon emissions, equal to saving more than 3 million barrels of oil and reducing deforestation by 3,000 hectares. GEM has contributed to building a recycling society and curbing the greenhouse gas effect as a Chinese enterprise and has become a representative of the world's advanced enterprises practicing green and low-carbon development.
At the GDR IPO celebration ceremony jointly held by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and SIX on July 28, Mr. Xu Kaihua, chairman of GEM, praised the pioneering efforts made by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and SIX for Chinese companies to issue GDR. . He said that the Chinese and Swiss capital market regulators have demonstrated the speed of high-speed rail and the power of cooperation to the world in the issuance and review of the GDR project of Chinese enterprises and will light up the passion of Chinese enterprises to go global!
GEM promises to its global investors to implement the management rules of the SIX, adhere to its operational integrity, protect shareholders' rights and interests, promote ESG cooperation in the global industrial chain, and help the world to recycle for the future, realizing Chinese enterprises' green contribution to curbing global greenhouse gas emissions and creating green value and good returns for international investors.
GEM believes that standing at the intersection of global industrial changes; the world is moving towards carbon neutrality. Green has become the background color of world development. Carbon neutrality has become the new development channel of the world.
Only by going globally can Chinese enterprises share the great opportunities of green growth.
As a leading green enterprise in urban mining in China, GEM will seize the bright future of the green era and use the power of the global capital market to expand the green industry from China to the world. GEM and global investors join hands to warm a pot of "carbon neutrality" wine, drink together, with passionate enthusiasm, and sail towards a green future!
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Where to find free tea in Shreveport, Bossier City for McAlister's Free Tea Day
McAlister's Deli is saying "thank you" to customers with free tea all day July 20. Here's where to get it in Shreveport and Bossier City.
The 15th annual Free Tea Day lets customers get a free 32 oz. tea of their choice all day on Thursday, July 19. The teas are limited to one per customer in-store and four per order online.
Customers can choose from the classic sweet or unsweet teas, tea with lemonade, half sweet / half unsweet, tea with one flavor shot and the limited-time PassionBerry tea.
Both the Shreveport location at 1671 E. 70th St. and the Bossier location at 2511 Beene Blvd. are participating in the Free Tea Day.
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DETROIT (AP) — Vitek Vanecek made 32 saves and blanked Detroit for 58 minutes as the New Jersey Devils downed the Red Wings 5-1 on Wednesday night.
Dougie Hamilton, Nico Hischier, Alexander Holtz and Jack Hughes each had a goal and an assist. Michael McLeod also scored for New Jersey.
The Devils, who are 14-2-1 on the road, won the season series 2-1.
Lucas Raymond scored on a late power play to prevent a shutout. Red Wings goalie Villo Husso stopped 21 shots.
Detroit forward Robby Fabbri made his season debut. He tore the ACL in his right knee in March.
Just five seconds after Detroit's Ben Chiarot was sent to the penalty box for tripping, Hamilton broke a scoreless deadlock midway through the second period on a slap shot. Hughes and Hischier were credited with assists.
The second New Jersey goal later in the period was nearly a carbon copy. With Jake Walman in the penalty box for tripping, Hamilton took a shot from the point that Hischier redirected past Husso.
The Devils made it 3-0 two minutes into the third. Husso stopped Miles Wood's shot on a 2-on-1, but the Detroit goaltender couldn't recover in time when Holtz pounced on the rebound and passed the puck to McLeod.
Two seconds after the Red Wings killed off another tripping penalty, Holtz flicked a shot from the slot over Husso's shoulder.
NOTES: The Red Wings assigned LW Jakub Vrana to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League after he cleared waivers. Vrana played three games for the Griffins on a conditioning loan prior to being waived. He has spent most of the season in the player assistance program, set up by the NHL and NHL Players’ Association. ... Hamilton has 24 points in 32 career games against Detroit. ... New Jersey is 19-0-1 when leading after two periods.
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Updated February 20, 2023 at 6:22 PM ET
When President Biden made a secret trip Monday to Ukraine marking the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he declared that the United States is going to back Ukraine as long as it takes.
"I thought it was critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about U.S. support for Ukraine in the war," Biden said, standing beside Ukrainian President President Volodymr Zelenskyy.
Biden announced a half a billion dollars of additional assistance to Ukraine including the delivery of "artillery ammunition, anti-armor systems, and air surveillance radars to help protect the Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments."
But after Congress appropriated more than $112 billion in military and economic support in the space of a single year — and with no signs of an end to the conflict — polls show a growing number of Americans feel the United States is giving Ukraine too much.
That sentiment has fueled calls for more scrutiny of how U.S. assistance is being used in a country known for its struggles with corruption.
"My great fear is that there's going to be some scandal," said Mark Cancian, an expert in military procurement who has worked both at the Office of Management and Budget and the Pentagon. "Either weapons show up in the Middle East, someplace where they're not supposed to be, or some oligarch is discovered to have siphoned funds off and is sailing around the Mediterranean in his yacht, paid for by American taxpayers."
So far, there have not been signs that U.S. aid to Ukraine has ended up in the wrong hands. But the war is far from over. Ukraine is asking for more support to continue fighting Russia. And the long and expensive work of rebuilding after the conflict has yet to begin.
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"When you spend that much money that fast, there's bound to be problems, there's bound to be leakage," said John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.
Sopko, who has reported on failure after failure with aid for Afghanistan, warns that a country can only absorb so much aid before things begin to spill over into the illicit economy.
"You take a sponge, you put it on your kitchen counter and you fill it with water. Drip, drip, drip. It holds the water, " Sopko said. "Then all of a sudden it reaches a certain point, and then all the water starts spreading out from that sponge."
That tipping point tends to be between 15% to 45% of a nation's GDP. Ukraine's GDP before the war was $200 billion.
Congress is promising greater oversight
The risks of problems have sparked concern on Capitol Hill. Republican and Democratic supporters of Ukraine are worried about maintaining public support for U.S. aid.
At the start of the conflict, some 60% of Americans backed sending weapons to Ukraine, according to polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Now, that's slipped to 48%.
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has supported Ukraine, but more recently has warned that there "can't be a blank check" for Ukraine aid when the United States faces so much debt of its own.
The House Armed Services Committee plans to hold a hearing on oversight efforts with the Defense Department's Inspector General on Feb. 28, according to a senior committee aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the hearing.
The aide said that Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., will pursue "unprecedented oversight" of U.S. aid sent to Ukraine.
The most recent congressional funding package built in more funding for oversight of the aid, and Republican leaders have asked for more regular updates on checks and balances on the spending.
The administration has ramped up reviews of the aid
Administration officials have ramped up their oversight. Government watchdogs have launched more than 60 reviews and completed at least 14.
One report, released last month, found that there's a "significant risk of misuse and diversion given the volume and speed of assistance" during the war. It also cites a classified Pentagon report that raised concerns that the Defense Department isn't able to fully monitor the weapons, in part because U.S. troops are not allowed in the country.
But so far, there has been no credible evidence of wide-scale problems, said Jessica Lewis, assistant secretary for the State Department's bureau of political-military affairs.
The administration is taking steps to prevent Russia – or someone else – from getting their hands on U.S. weapons.
"We should all be concerned about the possibility of a weapon ending up in the wrong hands outside of Ukraine," Lewis said. "That is why we have to put all of these things in place."
U.S. inspectors have been to Ukraine and the defense staff has been increased at the Kyiv embassy, she said. The Ukrainian government has signed detailed security agreements about safeguarding the weapons and not transferring them to third parties.
"That is our responsibility to our own national security," she said. "It's our responsibility to our war fighters, and it's our responsibility to the American public to make sure when we transfer a weapon, we are doing so responsibly."
The reviews are spread among a host of watchdogs. That could be a problem
The myriad oversight reviews are being done by a sprawling number of administration offices in several departments and agencies. John Sopko said he is concerned that there's a lack of coordination.
He said there should be a dedicated team for the work and he worries that the U.S. government is waiting too long to set that up. That's a lesson that should have been learned from Afghanistan, he said, where his office would have been more effective had it been established much earlier in the conflict.
Sopko is particularly worried about economic aid. The U.S. is sending about $50 billion to help prop up the Kyiv government, money that helps pay the salaries of officials, police officers and teachers.
"That was one of the biggest concerns we had in Afghanistan," he said. "Because the salaries we were paying weren't going to the right people or weren't going to people at all ... So we had ghost civil servants, ghost people in the military, ghost teachers or whatever."
U.S. officials say government auditors are working with the World Bank to ensure taxpayer dollars are not misspent.
Ukraine has a history of corruption, but it's a sensitive issue right now
Last year, Ukraine was ranked 116 out of 180 countries for corruption by Transparency International. The issue has scuttled the country's bid to join the European Union and kept it out of NATO.
Talking about corruption in Ukraine is kind of taboo these days. Those who raise concerns have been accused of spreading "Russian propaganda."
But, just months before the war started, Biden himself was complaining about corruption, explaining that was why Ukraine wasn't getting closer to joining the NATO alliance.
"The fact is, they still have to clean up corruption," Biden said. "The fact is, they have to meet other criteria to get into the action plan. And so school's out on that question."
The administration has avoided public criticism of Ukraine since Russia invaded. But it has quietly continued to press for change.
Zelenskyy — who was elected to office on an anti-corruption platform — had submitted a bill in early 2021 to close the Kyiv Administrative District Court, long criticized for corruption.
But it wasn't until December that it happened, just days after the U.S. State Department sanctioned its chairman, Pavlo Vovk, for soliciting bribes.
"I think that that's a pretty good example that corruption can be pretty resilient in Ukraine," said Steven Pifer, a Clinton-era U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. "It took some time... but it finally was shut down. And that was a good thing for Ukraine's justice system."
Then last month, Zelenskyy fired another group of officials in a corruption scandal. "I want people to understand," Zelensky said in a video address during the scandal, "We will never return to how things were before ... to the lifestyles that bureaucrats had gotten used to, to the old way of chasing power."
Strong oversight may be in Biden's best political interests
In Washington, many of the calls for more oversight are coming from Republicans and Democrats who support the war effort. They do not want to give political leverage to those who are more interested in cutting assistance altogether.
"We as Democrats — as the White House — I think we should continue to work with these national security Republicans ... and their fellow travelers in good faith to not let domestic politics prevent us from staying united behind Ukraine," said Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass.
It's also in Biden's political interests to work with those Republicans. He's widely expected to make a run for a second term in the 2024 election, and he doesn't want a Ukraine spending scandal to become an election issue.
In Ukraine Monday, Biden emphasized that there was broad, bipartisan support in Washington - and that Americans are invested in the Ukrainian cause.
"For all the disagreement we have in our Congress on some issues, there is significant agreement on support for Ukraine," he said.
"It's not just about freedom in Ukraine," Biden said. "It's about freedom of democracy at large."
NPR's Lexie Schapitl and Devin Speak contributed to this report.
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SHANGHAI and HONG KONG, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene" SEHK: 6996.HK), a leading commercial-stage innovative, global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing first-in-class and/or best-in-class medicines for hematology and oncology, today announced that ATG-022, a Claudin 18.2 antibody drug conjugate (ADC) in-house discovered and developed by Antengene, has been granted two Orphan Drug Designations (ODD) consecutively by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer. To date, Antengene has received 3 ODDs from the FDA for two of its in-house products.
Orphan Drugs, also known as Rare Disease Drugs, refers to pharmaceutical products developed for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of rare diseases or conditions. Orphan Drug Designations by the U.S. FDA are meant to support the development of drug candidates that could potentially bring substantial therapeutic benefits to patients with rare diseases (a condition with a prevalence of less than 200,000 in the U.S.), and to provide incentives to the subsequent development, registration and commercialization to designated drugs. Those incentives include tax credit on expenditures incurred in clinical studies, a waiver of the New Drug Application (NDA) fee, and 7-year market exclusivity in the U.S. regardless of the patent status of the designated drug.
ATG-022 is an antibody-drug-conjugate targeting Claudin 18.2. Claudins are cell adhesion molecules normally expressed within the tight junctions between cells to form a barrier that regulates cell permeability. In cancer, Claudins are expressed at the cell surface due to changes in cell polarity. The Claudin 18.2 isoform is overexpressed in various primary malignant tumors including gastric, esophageal and pancreatic cancers. The Phase I CLINCH study of ATG-022 in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors, already approved by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and Bellberry Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) in Australia, is currently ongoing in China and Australia.
"We believe the that Orphan Drug Designation represents an important regulatory milestone for ATG-022, recognizing the significant and urgent unmet need for new treatments to help patients who are fighting difficult to treat and devastating diseases such as pancreatic and gastric cancers," said Dr. Amily Zhang, Antengene's Chief Medical Officer. "We are enthusiastic about the potential for ATG-022 to treat gastric and pancreatic cancers. Moving forward, Antengene will work closely with regulators and clinical investigators to advance the CLINCH trial and fully assess ATG-022's therapeutic potential for solid tumors."
About Gastric cancer
Gastric cancer is malignancy arises in the gastric epithelium. According to the statistic for 2019 of the World Health Organization's (WHO), gastric cancer was ranked the ninth by mortality among all cancers. In 2022, there were an estimated 26,000 gastric cancer diagnoses and 11,000 gastric cancer-related death in the U.S. The current 5-year survival of patients with metastasized and local gastric cancers are 70% and 32%, respectively[1].
About Pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a highly malignant type of gastrointestinal cancer. According to the statistics of the World Health Organization (WHO), pancreatic cancer was ranked 13th and 7th globally by its incidence rate and mortality rates in 2012. In 2018, the U.S. reported over 55,000 newly- diagnosed pancreatic cancer cases and 44,330 related deaths. Whereas pancreatic cancer is still defined as an orphan disease currently, it is projected that by 2030, pancreatic cancer will become the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths.
About ATG-022
ATG-022 is an antibody-drug-conjugate targeting Claudin 18.2. Claudins are cell adhesion molecules normally expressed within the tight junctions between cells to form a barrier that regulates cell permeability. In cancer, Claudins are expressed at the cell surface due to changes in cell polarity. The Claudin 18.2 isoform is overexpressed in various primary malignant tumors including gastric, esophageal and pancreatic cancers.
Data from preclinical studies, including results from gastric cancer-patient derived xenograft models presented at the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR 2022), showed that ATG-022 binds to Claudin 18.2 with low nanomolar affinity and demonstrated potent in vitro and in vivo antitumor effects, including in vivo efficacy demonstrated in Claudin 18.2 low expression models. This could pave the way for broad clinical utility of ATG-022 in gastric cancer patients with a wide range of Claudin 18.2 expression levels. ATG-022 demonstrated an excellent safety profile in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) toxicology studies.
About Antengene
Antengene Corporation Limited ("Antengene", SEHK: 6996.HK) is a leading commercial-stage R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative first-in-class/best-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, in realizing its vision of "Treating Patients Beyond Borders".
Since 2017, Antengene has built a pipeline of 9 oncology assets at various stages going from clinical to commercial, including 6 with global rights, and 3 with rights for the APAC region. To date, Antengene has obtained 29 investigational new drug (IND) approvals in the U.S. and Asia, and submitted 10 new drug applications (NDAs) in multiple Asia Pacific markets, with the NDA for XPOVIO® (selinexor) already approved in Mainland China, Taiwan China, South Korea, Singapore and Australia.
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Thieves key on hack that leaves Hyundai, Kia cars vulnerable
By TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Some Hyundai and Kia cars and SUVs are missing a “key” anti-theft device, and thieves know. An insurance industry group says these cars are stolen at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the auto industry because their keys lack computer chips for theft “immobilizer” systems. The crime wave apparently started in the Milwaukee area two years ago and spread to multiple Midwest cities and as far away as Colorado and New Mexico after instructional videos appeared on social media. The Highway Loss Data Institute found that Hyundais and Kias without immobilizers had a vehicle theft claim rate of 2.18 per 1,000 insured vehicle years. The rest of the industry combined had a rate of 1.21. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/09/21/thieves-key-on-hack-that-leaves-hyundai-kia-cars-vulnerable/ | 2022-09-22 05:49:38 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/09/21/thieves-key-on-hack-that-leaves-hyundai-kia-cars-vulnerable/ |
The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.
Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Two oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, jutting peninsulas like Florida, clashing storm fronts and the jet stream combine to naturally brew the nastiest of weather.
That’s only part of it. Nature dealt the United States a bad hand, but people have made it much worse by what, where and how we build, several experts told The Associated Press.
Then add climate change, and “buckle up. More extreme events are expected,” said Rick Spinrad, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Tornadoes. Hurricanes. Flash floods. Droughts. Wildfires. Blizzards. Ice storms. Nor’easters. Lake-effect snow. Heat waves. Severe thunderstorms. Hail. Lightning. Atmospheric rivers. Derechos. Dust storms. Monsoons. Bomb cyclones. And the dreaded polar vortex.
It starts with “where we are on the globe,” North Carolina state climatologist Kathie Dello said. “It’s truly a little bit … unlucky.”
China may have more people, and a large land area like the United States, but “they don't have the same kind of clash of air masses as much as you do in the U.S. that is producing a lot of the severe weather,” said Susan Cutter, director of the Hazards Vulnerability and Resilience Institute at the University of South Carolina.
The U.S. is by far the king of tornadoes and other severe storms.
“It really starts with kind of two things. Number one is the Gulf of Mexico. And number two is elevated terrain to the west,” said Victor Gensini, a Northern Illinois University meteorology professor.
Look at Friday's deadly weather, and watch out for the next week to see it in action: Dry air from the West goes up over the Rockies and crashes into warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, and it’s all brought together along a stormy jet stream.
In the West, it's a drumbeat of atmospheric rivers. In the Atlantic, it's nor'easters in the winter, hurricanes in the summer and sometimes a weird combination of both, like Superstorm Sandy.
“It is a reality that regardless of where you are in the country, where you call home, you’ve likely experienced a high-impact weather event firsthand,” Spinrad said.
Killer tornadoes in December 2021 that struck Kentucky illustrated the uniqueness of the United States.
They hit areas with large immigrant populations. People who fled Central and South America, Bosnia and Africa were all victims. A huge problem was that tornadoes really didn't happen in those people's former homes, so they didn't know what to watch for or what to do, or even know they had to be concerned about tornadoes, said Joseph Trujillo Falcon, a NOAA social scientist who investigated the aftermath.
With colder air up in the Arctic and warmer air in the tropics, the area between them – the mid-latitudes, where the United States is – gets the most interesting weather because of how the air acts in clashing temperatures, and that north-south temperature gradient drives the jet stream, said Northern Illinois meteorology professor Walker Ashley.
Then add mountain ranges that go north-south, jutting into the winds flowing from west to east, and underneath it all the toasty Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf injects hot, moist air underneath the often cooler, dry air lifted by the mountains, “and that doesn't happen really anywhere else in the world,” Gensini said.
If the United States as a whole has it bad, the South has it the worst, said University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd, a former president of the American Meteorological Society.
“We drew the short straw (in the South) that we literally can experience every single type of extreme weather event,” Shepherd said. “Including blizzards. Including wildfires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes. Every single type. … There's no other place in the United States that can say that.”
Florida, North Carolina and Louisiana also stick out in the water so are more prone to being hit by hurricanes, said Shepherd and Dello.
The South has more manufactured housing that is vulnerable to all sorts of weather hazards, and storms are more likely to happen there at night, Ashley said. Night storms are deadly because people can't see them and are less likely to take cover, and they miss warnings in their sleep.
The extreme weather triggered by America’s unique geography creates hazards. But it takes humans to turn those hazards into disasters, Ashley and Gensini said.
Just look where cities pop up in America and the rest of the world: near water that floods, except maybe Denver, said South Carolina's Cutter. More people are moving to areas, such as the South, where there are more hazards.
“One of the ways in which you can make your communities more resilient is to not develop them in the most hazard-prone way or in the most hazard-prone portion of the community,” Cutter said. “The insistence on building up barrier islands and development on barrier islands, particularly on the East Coast and the Gulf Coast, knowing that that sand is going to move and having hurricanes hit with some frequency … seems like a colossal waste of money.”
Construction standards tend to be at the bare minimum and less likely to survive the storms, Ashley said.
“Our infrastructure is crumbling and nowhere near being climate-resilient at all,” Shepherd said.
Poverty makes it hard to prepare for and bounce back from disasters, especially in the South, Shepherd said. That vulnerability is an even bigger issue in other places in the world.
“Safety can be bought," Ashley said. “Those that are well-to-do and who have resources can buy safety and will be the most resilient when disaster strikes. … Unfortunately that isn't all of us.”
“It’s sad that we have to live these crushing losses,” said Kim Cobb, a Brown University professor of environment and society. “We’re worsening our hand by not understanding the landscape of vulnerability given the geographic hand we’ve been dealt.”
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Operation North Pole comes to Fort Riley
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The season of giving is upon us as the American Legion hosted its 14th Operation North Pole out at Fort Riley Saturday. Members of the legion provide gifts to children that are in need.
“When I was in the military sometimes money was tight and we’re here now and able to give them assistance to provide a Christmas that others may not have,” said Barry Maples, legion member.
The legion supports the children of deployed soldiers, those in the soldier recovery unit, those enrolled in the exceptional family member program, and survivor outreach families. Members said they love to provide assistance to those families in need.
“We like to use this as kind of a two-fold event we like to provide for our service members and their children plus we like it’s a way for us to continue to serve and so we do that and at the end of the day though it all about were providing them a service and then at the end we hope we might get a couple of new members out the whole thing,” said Roger Beckley, legion chairman.
At the end of the day, little kids get to see Santa and receive a gift that lights up their eyes.
“It’s tremendous being able to see the joy in all these people’s faces as little kids come up and they get their presents it’s just great,” said Maples.
Not only do the children get to have fun with games and gifts but the members love to enjoy it as well.
“We got gentlemen like ourselves that get into the Christmas spirit and you got guys like this getting their face painted, don’t get better than that,” said Beckley.
Legion members say this event is just special in so many ways.
“It’s an event that we just love to do and give back to the warriors and their families and their children and put them in the Christmas spirit,” said Beckley.
The legion said that they gave about 600 toys to the children in need.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on February 28, 2023 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In March 2015, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. This policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in MLPs are attributed to various sources, including net investment income and return of capital. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution policy. The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with 'yield' or 'income'. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
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By DAVID RISING
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched its second large salvo of missiles at Ukraine in recent days early Monday, damaging buildings, killing two people and wounding 40 in the eastern city of Pavlohrad but failing to hit Kyiv, officials said.
Air raid sirens began blaring across the capital about 3:45 a.m., followed by explosions as Ukrainian defense systems intercepted missiles.
Eighteen cruise missiles were fired from the Murmansk and Caspian regions, and 15 of them were intercepted, said Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
The , said all missiles fired at the city were shot down, as well as some drones. He didn’t provide further head of Kyiv’s city administration, Serhii Popkodetails.
The attack follows Friday’s launch of more than 20 cruise missiles and two explosive drones at Ukraine, the first to target Kyiv in nearly two months.
In that attack, Russian missiles hit an apartment building in Uman, a city about 215 kilometers (135 miles) south of Kyiv, killing 21 people, including three children.
In Monday’s attack, missiles hit Pavlohrad, in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, killing two people and wounding 40, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Seven missiles were shot at the city and “some were intercepted” but others struck an industrial facility, sparking a fire, authorities said. Damage was reported to 24 apartment buildings, 89 homes, six schools and five shops, according to regional authorities.
Missiles also hit three other areas in the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging residential buildings and a school, said Serhii Lysak, the region’s top official.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Monday that Russia conducted “a group missile strike with long-range precision-guided airborne and seaborne weapons on facilities of Ukraine’s defense industry … all designated facilities were struck.”
A Russian-installed official in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region, Vladimir Rogov, said the attack hit ammunition and fuel depots in Pavlohrad, which he said would impede Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive.
The attacks also damaged Ukraine’s power network infrastructure, which will take several days to repair, according to Ukraine’s energy minister, Herman Haluschenko. He said that nearly 20,000 people in the city of Kherson and wider region had been left without power, along with others in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Moscow has frequently launched long-range missile attacks during the 14-month war, often indiscriminately hitting civilian areas.
Anticipating the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russian forces are especially focused now on destroying logistical routes and centers of Ukraine’s armed forces, southern regional military spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk told Ukrainian TV.
Bolstering Ukraine’s capabilities for the counteroffensive are recent deliveries of American-made Patriot missiles that improve anti-missile defenses. It was not clear whether any of them were employed in trying to stop Monday morning’s attack. In addition, Ukraine has been building up its mechanized brigades with armor supplied by its Western allies, who have also been training Ukrainian troops and sending ammunition.
Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, has come under periodic attack as Zelenskyy has vowed to reclaim it and other occupied territory.
On Monday, Russian officials reported knocking down at least two Ukrainian drones in Crimea, but they didn’t make clear whether any had hit their targets. The peninsula is home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. On Saturday, two Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil depot in Crimea.
Ukraine doesn’t acknowledge responsibility for such attacks.
In what has become a grinding war of attrition, the fiercest battles have been in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is struggling to encircle the city of Bakhmut in the face of dogged Ukrainian defense.
Troops from Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and other forces are fighting Ukrainian troops house-to-house to try to gain control of what has become known as the “road of life” — the last remaining road west still in Ukrainian hands, critical for supplies and fresh troops.
Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the head of Ukrainian ground forces, said Russia continued to exert “maximum effort” to take the city but so far had failed.
“In some parts of the city, the enemy was counterattacked by our units and left some positions,” he said.
In Russia’s Bryansk region, which borders northern Ukraine, an explosive device derailed a freight train, regional governor Alexander Bogomaz said.
There were no immediate indications who set off the explosive, but Bryansk has suffered sporadic cross-border shelling during the war. In March, two people were reported killed in what Bryansk officials said was an incursion by Ukrainian saboteurs.
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Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv contributed to this report.
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Atlantic hurricane season ends with 14 named storms
MIAMI (AP) - An Atlantic hurricane season that had 14 named storms officially ended on Wednesday, leaving residents in the Florida Keys to celebrate even as others around Florida and Puerto Rico continue to grapple with the damage caused by Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Fiona.
The 2022 season had an unusually calm first half but made up for that with the three destructive hurricanes in the second half, ending with an average number of named storms. The season runs from June 1 until Nov. 30.
This year’s period saw eight hurricanes with winds of at least 74 mph (119 kmh), and two of them intensified to major hurricanes with winds reaching at least 111 mph (179 kmh), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. An average hurricane season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes, forecasters said.
This season was notable for a record-tying inactive August. This year was the first time since 1941 that the Atlantic Ocean has gone from July 3 to the end of August with no named storm, Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said. Since 1950, only 1997 and 1961 had no named storms in August.
Several hundred Florida Keys residents gathered Wednesday to mark the season’s close by burning hurricane warning flags. The event featured a blast blown on a conch shell, a symbol of the Keys, and speakers recalled those affected by the 2022 hurricanes and expressed gratitude that the Keys were spared major impacts. Members of Key West’s ceremonial Conch Republic administration then doused the hurricane flags with rum and set them ablaze. The event was staged beside the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham, a maritime museum docked at Key West’s Truman Waterfront.
In late September, Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 storm in southwest Florida before leaving nearly 150 deaths and a swath of destruction as it moved northeast across the state. After making its way back to the Atlantic, the storm headed north and struck South Carolina as a Category 1 storm. With 150-mph (241-kmh) maximum sustained winds, Hurricane Ian tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the U.S., officials said.
Hurricane Nicole’s eye hit central Florida’s Treasure Coast area as a Category 1 storm in early November, but the greatest damage seemed to occur more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the north around Daytona Beach, where beach erosion started by Hurricane Ian worsened and led to homes collapsing into the ocean.
Hurricane Fiona was the season’s first major hurricane, eventually becoming a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph (215 kmh) as it rumbled toward Canada. The center of the storm missed the mainland U.S., but it hit Puerto Rico as a Category 1 in mid-September, leaving the entire island without power and at least 25 people dead.
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SAN ANTONIO — Draft night excitement is reaching overdrive in San Antonio as the Spurs are set to select generational prospect Victor Wembanyama first overall.
Expect fans in Fiesta mode to be honking down Commerce and starting the party to welcome Wemby to the Alamo City. ESPN's coverage of the draft will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday night, and there will be plenty of watch parties across the city, with the biggest unfolding at the AT&T Center.
KENS 5 is hosting special draft coverage starting at 6 p.m. Nate Ryan will be live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and Casey Viera will be in the studio with former Spur Devin Brown, who won a ring here in 2005.
Jeff Garcia and Tom Petrini will be in New York, Vinnie Vinzetta will be in the field in San Antonio, and reporters will be across the city to capture a historic night.
In addition to the special at 6, we'll have full team coverage in our 10 p.m. newscast, on our website and social media accounts, and on KENS+.
Spurs' second-year star Jeremy Sochan announced that he'll be the NBA's player correspondent on Thursday night, and fans can vote on his hair color for the event.
The first pick is practically guaranteed to be Wembanyama, but the Spurs have the assets and flexibility to make an even bigger splash on draft night. They own picks number 33 and 44 in this draft, and many believe San Antonio will look to trade one or both of them to get another first rounder. Through 2029, they have 12 first-round draft assets and 12 in the second round.
It's shaping up to be an eventful night.
Your favorite local watering hole will probably have the draft on Thursday night. Watch parties are planned at the Friendly Spot, McFinnigan's and Smoke BBQ downtown. Southtown 101 will be unveiling a new mural of the 7-foot-5 Frenchman, and you can expect a rowdy bunch at the Roo Pub where fans erupted on lottery night.
The watch party at the AT&T Center is free, and so is parking. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are free and required, but the team says entry will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis until capacity is reached. More information can be found here. | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/nba/spurs/how-to-watch-nba-draft-where-watch-party-spurs-fans-san-antonio-wembanyama/273-bbdd3d8b-2fca-4373-b879-7a59726bfb26 | 2023-06-20 23:42:52 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/nba/spurs/how-to-watch-nba-draft-where-watch-party-spurs-fans-san-antonio-wembanyama/273-bbdd3d8b-2fca-4373-b879-7a59726bfb26 |
Veterans Day Pop Quiz: CVN Challenges Americans to Test Their Knowledge of the Military Community to Connect with Veterans in More Meaningful Ways
STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From patriotic parades to concerts to ceremonies, Veterans Day is filled with events across the country to honor those who have served. But as the nation celebrates veterans, the new CVN Military 101 Survey reveals that Americans' overall knowledge about the U.S. military and veterans is low. When asked what percentage of the population has ever served in the U.S. military, nearly half (48%) of Americans answered, "not sure." Now, Cohen Veterans Network (CVN) a not-for-profit philanthropic organization that serves post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members and military families through a nationwide system of mental health clinics, is challenging Americans to gain a better understanding about veterans and the military community with a Veterans Day Pop Quiz. With the quiz, the network seeks to bridge the civilian-military divide, helping Americans to connect with veterans in more meaningful ways this Veterans Day and beyond.
"Each year, our country really shows up for veterans on Veterans Day, which is encouraging," says Cohen Veterans Network President and CEO Dr. Anthony Hassan. "But this year, we're asking Americans to take it one step further by learning something new and interesting about the military community. In doing so, civilians then have an opportunity to engage with veterans more thoughtfully by asking them questions or sharing something that they've learned for an even deeper impact in their show of support."
The CVN Military 101 Survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults, conducted by The Harris Poll, also found:
- More than half (55%) of Americans believe the majority of U.S. veterans experience PTSD.
- More than half (55%) of Americans believe anyone who serves in the military is a called a "soldier."
- Over a quarter (28%) of Americans answered "not sure" when asked how many branches there are in the U.S. military. Only 14% of Americans provided the correct response.
- Nearly 7-in-10 Americans (69%) answered "not sure" when asked how many service members leave military service and transition to civilian life each year.
- More than half (57%) of Americans answered "not sure" when asked what percentage of the U.S. military is made up of Guardsmen and Reservists.
"It is a critical time for us as a nation to do all that we can in support of veterans' mental health," says Dr. Hassan. "Developing meaningful connections with those who have chosen to wear the uniform is a part of that. We hope Americans take our Veterans Day Pop Quiz to gain a better understanding of military service and use that to connect more purposefully with the veteran community."
Since its inception in 2016, CVN has treated more than 45,000 clients. The network provides high-quality, accessible mental health services to post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members and military family members through its 22 Cohen Clinics across the country. Treatment is available for a wide variety of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, adjustment issues, anger, PTSD, grief and loss, family issues, transition challenges, relationship problems, and children's behavioral problems. Care is available in person or via CVN Telehealth, face-to-face video therapy.
To take the Veterans Day Pop Quiz and explore meaningful ways to connect with veterans, go to cohenveteransnetwork.org/VeteransDay.
ABOUT THE SURVEY
The CVN Military 101 Survey was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Cohen Veterans Network and included 2,023 American adults aged 18 or older who participated in an online survey between October 19 - 21, 2022. Results were weighted to Census targets for education, age/gender, race/ethnicity, region, household income, and propensity to be online were adjusted where necessary to bring them in line with their actual proportions in the population.
ABOUT COHEN VETERANS NETWORK
Cohen Veterans Network (CVN) is a 501(c)(3) national not-for-profit philanthropic organization for post-9/11 veterans, active duty service members and their families. CVN focuses on improving mental health outcomes, operating a network of outpatient mental health clinics in high-need communities, in which trained clinicians deliver holistic evidence-based care to treat mental health conditions. It was established in 2016 by philanthropist Steven A. Cohen with a commitment of $275 million to build the network. Learn more about CVN here.
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LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was killed and 15 people were injured Thursday when an SUV crashed into a private elementary school on a narrow road in southwest London as the children were celebrating the end of the school year. The crash wasn’t believed to be terrorism, and the driver was taken into custody.
The girl died at the scene, Detective Chief Superintendent Clair Kelland said at a briefing near the crash site in London’s Wimbledon district.
“Our thoughts are with her family at this incredibly difficult time,” said a visibly shaken Kelland, who is the Metropolitan Police force’s local commander for southwest London. “The driver of a car, a woman in her 40s, stopped at the scene and has since been arrested for causing death by dangerous driving and remains in police custody.”
She confirmed that the crash wasn’t being treated as terror-related, but urged people not to speculate as to what happened.
Dr. John Martin, chief paramedic for the London Ambulance Service, said that 16 people were treated at the scene for injuries, including the girl who died. He said 10 of the injured were later taken to a hospital. It was not immediately clear how many of the injured were children, though police indicated in an early update that at least seven children had been hurt.
Police were called to The Study Preparatory School, a private all-girls school, at 9:54 a.m., along with paramedics from ground and air ambulances.
Stephen Hammond, Wimbledon’s representative in Parliament, said the children were having a party when the incident happened.
“I think it was a usual end-of-year celebration party. Just in the garden,” he said. “As I understand it, they were inside the school but outside the classroom.”
The crash occurred about a mile away from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which is hosting the world-famous Wimbledon tennis tournament. Unlike the grand slam event, the school is located in a fairly remote area surrounded by local parks, horse trails and golf courses.
Police extended a large cordon around the school and television pictures from overhead showed the SUV, which appeared to be a Land Rover, up against the wall of the building.
Dog walkers and passersby were moved away from the scene as an air ambulance remained on the edge of Wimbledon Common, a large open space, while a number of ambulances were parked nearby.
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) _ Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $398.4 million.
On a per-share basis, the Irvine, California-based company said it had net income of 65 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 64 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 61 cents per share.
The medical device maker posted revenue of $1.35 billion in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.33 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $1.52 billion, or $2.44 per share. Revenue was reported as $5.38 billion.
For the current quarter ending in March, Edwards Lifesciences expects its per-share earnings to range from 58 cents to 64 cents.
The company said it expects revenue in the range of $1.37 billion to $1.45 billion for the fiscal first quarter.
Edwards Lifesciences expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.45 to $2.60 per share, with revenue ranging from $5.6 billion to $6 billion.
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2 more R. Kelly accusers testify at trial in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Two more accusers took the witness stand at R. Kelly’s child pornography and solicitation of minors trial Monday, bringing to three the total number of accusers to have testified to date at the federal trial in Chicago.
The first accuser, who testified two weeks ago under the pseudonym “Jane,” is critical to another of the charges — that the R&B singer successfully rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial by threating witnesses and concealing video evidence.
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Kelly, 55, was handed a 30-year prison sentence by a federal judge in New York in June for convictions on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
In all, the prosecution cited five accusers in pre-trial filings, though it is unclear if both of the remaining accusers will testify before the government rests sometime this week. The trial was expected to last a month, wrapping up in mid-September.
An accuser who used the pseudonym “Pauline,” told jurors Monday she was a middle school classmate of Jane’s and that Jane introduced her to Kelly in 1998 when they were 14 and Kelly was around 30.
When she was at Kelly’s Chicago home later that year, Pauline said she was startled to walk in on Kelly and a naked Jane in a basement area. She said Kelly told her that “we all have secrets” and that this is “our secret.”
Pauline several times told jurors she had loved Kelly. But, as a 37-year-old mom, she said she now had a different perspective.
“If somebody did something to my kids, I’m killing ‘em. Period,” she said.
Kelly sexually abused her over 100 times, starting when she was 14, and they first had intercourse when she was 15, she testified.
Under cross-examination, lead Kelly lawyer Jennifer Bonjean accused Pauline of being imprecise about how many times she had sex with Kelly when she was underage.
“Whether it is once or twice, what’s wrong is wrong,” Pauline shot back.
The second accuser to testify Monday, referred to only as Tracy, said she was introduced to Kelly when she was 16 by a boss at a record company she was interning for in 1998. Tracy told jurors she repeatedly rebuffed Kelly’s advances.
At a room in Kelly’s Chicago studio, she recalled telling him after he began pulling her close to him, “You know I’m 16?” Minutes later, when he “exposed himself… I tried to pull back but he had a hold of my shirt,” Tracy testified.
On another occasion, she described Kelly coming into a hotel room where Tracy was staying and yelling at her for having clothes on under her bathrobe.
“I told him I didn’t want to have sex,” she testified.
But she said Kelly ordered her to get into the bed with him anyway and that at several points used force to sexually abuse her. She said she first had intercourse with Kelly when she was 16, then dozens of times when she was 17 and 18.
Tracy began to cry on the stand Monday as she began to tell jurors about the day Kelly walked into a room where Tracy had been waiting. Kelly arrived with Jane.
“I was really confused and just really angry,” she recalled. “I just didn’t really think there was anyone else but me and Rob.”
Kelly’s 2008 trial revolved around a video that state prosecutors said showed Kelly abusing Jane. But after acquitting Kelly in 2008, jurors said they had no choice because the girl did not take the witness stand at that trial.
Jane did testify at the current trial, saying she was the child in the video and Kelly was the adult man.
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Shop owner scores $1 million bonus for selling the winning Powerball ticket
By Stella Chan, CNN
The owner of Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, who came to the United States from Syria in 1980 with $14,000 in his pocket, is now a millionaire after selling the sole winning Powerball lottery ticket.
California Lottery officials presented the check to Joe Chahayed and his sons Joe Jr. and Danny on a rainy election day outside of their gas station.
Chahayed said lottery officials were waiting for him before he opened his shop this morning. “They said, ‘congratulations, your station sent a winner,'” he recounted.
Chahayed hopes the winner is from the neighborhood, and is glad a portion of the lottery money will go towards California schools. “I have 11 grandchildren and I have to share with them,” he said, then thanked the media for coming out in the rain to celebrate the winnings. “I encourage you to buy a ticket from this station. We guarantee you one day you’re going to be winners too,” said Chahayed.
“Somebody is holding on to a very important piece of paper this morning worth $2.04 billion, that’s two billion forty million dollars,” said Carolyn Becker, California Lottery spokesperson. “That person needs to keep it safe. We will not know who they are until they come forward, but we have a second record to talk about today and that’s California lottery raised more money than ever thanks to one growing jackpot for California public schools.” She said this is the first time the California lottery has created a billionaire.
Chahayed came to America 42 years ago with his wife and two children. “I work hard, seven days a week, I raise my kids, graduate from college, I bought a house, and I bought a business all because I work hard and I’m an honest man,” Chahayed boasted.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Some people are upset over a Clearwater charter school that is under construction.
During Clearwater's City Council meeting on Thursday night, city officials and residents came out to discuss the controversy.
Along Nursery Road in Clearwater, crews are building Discovery Academy of Science.
The construction is happening where a church was. Council members said they see the school opening and don't believe those who oppose the plans can stop that.
On Discovery Academy of Science's website, the charter officials state their plan is to take their two current campuses and combine them at this location in Clearwater.
This location is close to Belleair Road where a Largo High School teenager, Ethan Weiser, was hit and killed in August.
Dozens of people against these plans showed up to the Clearwater council meeting. There were also a number of parents whose children will attend the new charter school who support the construction.
People who oppose the charter school said the area is dangerous in terms of traffic and sidewalks and school of this size will only attract more traffic.
City officials took the time to address many concerns. They said over the years, there have been many emails regarding this project.
They also said they received 26 public records requests. City officials explained people are hostile when addressing concerns which they feel have been a challenge in this situation.
Council members said this is a first for a project like this to see some much negative attention.
The city's attorney said did their diligence considering all the concerns, explaining why the council can’t stop the construction of the school.
The city conducted multiple traffic studies. From that, traffic mitigation measures were put in place. Charter school officials are widening the road to include turn lanes in both directions of the school’s entry.
The city's engineer talked about the study and explained how requirements were met.
Through the studies, officials said area traffic wouldn't be congested with traffic.
Even with that, people showed up Thursday against these plans. Some had signs in their hands.
"I saw someone drive around the speed bump and I see people speeding all the time. I invite you to come to my house," one woman who lives in the area and opposed the new school over traffic concerns.
Other parents said it's been frustrating to deal with delays because they're excited for the school their kids will soon attend.
"I have been frustrated with the delays and I’m excited for my kids to have a spacious classroom with better technology," one parent whose child will attend Discovery Academy of Science said.
Officials said once the school opens, the area traffic will be monitored. If there are issues, the Florida Department of Transportation and the city will intervene.
Some council members suggested putting stop lights and stop signs out there. Another member said they plan to ask Pinellas County for money to address concerns like sidewalks and speeders.
Officials with the charter school stated on their website they are hoping to open their doors to students this year.
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Dodgers fourth. Mookie Betts grounds out to third base, Brian Anderson to Luke Voit. Freddie Freeman homers to center field. Will Smith homers to center field. Chris Taylor flies out to right field to Tyrone Taylor. Miguel Vargas lines out to third base to Brian Anderson.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 2, Brewers 0.
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Brewers fourth. William Contreras homers to left field. Willy Adames pops out to second base to Freddie Freeman. Christian Yelich grounds out to shortstop, Miguel Rojas to Freddie Freeman. Mike Brosseau strikes out swinging.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Dodgers 2, Brewers 1.
Dodgers fifth. James Outman pops out to shortstop to Willy Adames. Miguel Rojas singles to deep left field. Trayce Thompson walks. Austin Barnes walks. Trayce Thompson to second. Mookie Betts pops out to first base to Luke Voit. Freddie Freeman singles to right field. Austin Barnes to second. Trayce Thompson scores. Miguel Rojas scores. Will Smith flies out to right center field to Tyrone Taylor.
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2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Dodgers 4, Brewers 1.
Dodgers sixth. Chris Taylor hit by pitch. Miguel Vargas homers to left field. Chris Taylor scores. James Outman singles to right field. Miguel Rojas singles to center field. James Outman to second. David Peralta pinch-hitting for Trayce Thompson. David Peralta singles to shallow right field. Miguel Rojas to second. James Outman scores. Austin Barnes walks. David Peralta to second. Miguel Rojas to third. Mookie Betts out on a sacrifice fly to deep left center field to Joey Wiemer. Miguel Rojas scores. Freddie Freeman flies out to left field to Christian Yelich. Will Smith walks. Chris Taylor strikes out swinging.
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BAHAMAS (NEXSTAR) – A Pennsylvania woman is dead after reportedly being attacked by a bull shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
According to Royal Bahamas Police Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings, the woman and her family booked a tour to snorkel in the waters off Green Cay, roughly a half-mile northwest of the private island of Rose Island, near Nassau.
While in the water, the 58-year-old woman’s family reportedly saw a bull shark attack her, local outlet Eyewitness News reports.
Family members and tour company employees were able to rescue the woman and bring her to mainland New Providence. The woman had suffered injuries to her upper extremities, according to Skippings, and was pronounced dead by emergency medical services.
Police have not identified the woman, who was a passenger aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas.
A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean confirmed to Nexstar that the incident happened during an “independent shore excursion” and added that the cruise line is “providing support and assistance to the guest’s loved ones during this difficult time.” Harmony of the Seas is on a seven-night cruise after sailing out of Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
According to Reuters, a 21-year-old American woman was killed in a shark attack in the same area in 2019.
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The NBA has fined Phoenix Suns and Mercury managing partner Robert Sarver $10 million and suspended him for a year after an independent investigation found he engaged in hostile, racially insensitive and inappropriate behavior.
The report, commissioned by the NBA last fall, found Sarver had "engaged in conduct that clearly violated common workplace standards, as reflected in team and League rules and policies. This conduct included the use of racially insensitive language; unequal treatment of female employees; sex-related statements and conduct; and harsh treatment of employees that on occasion constituted bullying."
The NBA released the report, conducted by a New York law firm, on Tuesday. The investigation came after an ESPN.com report about Sarver's behavior.
Part of the findings found Sarver had "on at least five occasions during his tenure with the Suns/Mercury organization, repeated the N-word when recounting the statements of others." He also "engaged in instances of inequitable conduct toward female employees, made many sex-related comments in the workplace, made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female employees and other women, and on several occasions engaged in inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees."
Sarver, who has been the Suns' and Mercury's majority owner since 2004, cannot have any involvement with the team during the yearlong suspension and must complete a workplace training program. The $10 million fine is the maximum allowed as determined by the NBA by-laws.
According to the NBA, 320 current and former employees who worked for Sarver were interviewed.
The NBA said Sarver and the Suns and Mercury organizations cooperated with the investigation.
"Regardless of position, power or intent, we all need to recognize the corrosive and hurtful impact of racially insensitive and demeaning language and behavior," NBA commissioner Adam Silver stated Tuesday, "On behalf of the entire NBA, I apologize to all of those impacted by the misconduct outlined in the investigators' report. We must do better."
Sarver responded to the report Tuesday by accepting the NBA's decision and apologizing.
"Good leadership requires accountability. For the Suns and Mercury organizations, that begins with me," he said in part. "While I disagree with some of the particulars of the NBA's report, I would like to apologize for my words and actions that offended our employees. I take full responsibility for what I have done. I am sorry for causing this pain, and these errors in judgment are not consistent with my personal philosophy or my values."
Suns Legacy Partners, which manages and operates the Suns and Mercury, said it is continuing to improve its workplace.
"These efforts include hiring new HR leadership, updating our employee handbook to clearly define our expectations for appropriate workplace behavior, adopting a strong code of conduct, instituting robust processes to report misconduct, and holding trainings on respect in the workplace and our corresponding policies and procedures," it said in a statement.
"We nevertheless take seriously the NBA's findings and will implement the workplace improvements the NBA has identified, to the extent that we have not yet done so."
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Burglars spray dog with mace during home invasion of Instagram influencer
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5/Gray News) - The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a home invasion of an Instagram influencer in which burglars sprayed a dog with mace and hauled off with designer duds.
Police are working to learn if the victim was targeted by a social media follower.
Liziane Gutierrez has 1.2 million Instagram followers. FOX5 covered her journey in the past as she volunteered to aid refugees in Ukraine.
While at the gym one day, Gutierrez says burglars broke into her West Valley home.
Surveillance video shows the individuals inside the home as Duchess the dog approached. One of them sprayed the dog with mace repeatedly.
The burglars went upstairs and, within minutes, hauled off with designer bags and jewelry.
“They took most everything that I have, but this is nothing compared to what she’s going through. How do you do this to a puppy?,” Gutierrez said.
Duchess has been going to the veterinarian and is on medications. Gutierrez hopes she can maintain her dog’s sight and keep her eyes.
“Every time I see the footage, my heart is in pieces. She’s my baby,” Gutierrez added.
Las Vegas police’s Summerlin Area Command could not say yet whether the culprits targeted the woman’s home because of her profession or if they broke into other houses in the neighborhood.
“Now everything changed,” Gutierrez said. “A lot of people watch us to target us.”
Officers advise residents to have an alarm, lock all doors and windows securely, and close the blinds while out of the home.
Police also advise people to hold off social media posts while they are on vacation this summer until they return home.
Anyone with information that can help can call police at 702-385-5555.
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Green Bay-based caregiver service settles claim it refused to care for HIV patient
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Green Bay-based caregiver service accused of refusing to provide in-home care to a person with HIV has settled the allegations with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Helping Hands Caregivers, which serves clients in 9 counties in Northeast Wisconsin, was accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Federal prosecutors say a number of its caregivers refused to provide in-home service to a client with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and Helping Hands ended its relationship with the client as a result.
Helping Hands will pay $10,000 in compensatory damages to that person, adopt a non-discrimination policy, train staff, and in the future provide written notification of complaints to the Department of Justice. Helping Hands did not admit liability.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- RFG Advisory, an innovative and fast-growing platform for independent Advisors, is pleased to announce it has been awarded on the USA Today list of Best Financial Advisory Firms 2023. This award is presented by USA Today and Statista Inc., a world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on April 26th, 2023, and can currently be viewed on the USA Today website.
USA Today and Statista selected Best Financial Advisory Firms 2023 based on two dimensions: recommendations by clients and peers and a firm's growth of Assets Under Management (AUM). Recommendations were collected via an independent survey sent to over 20,000 individuals, while the development of AUM was analyzed both short and long term based on publicly available data. In the consideration for the top 500 RIA firms, recommendations had a weight of 20% while development of AUM had a weight of 80% (short-term and long-term growth were equally weighted) to derive the final score.
RFG Advisory is ecstatic to be recognized on the USA Today list of Best Financial Advisory Firms 2023 based on both qualitative client and peer recommendations and quantitative growth data.
Bobby White, Founder and CEO of RFG, added, "RFG is always striving to improve what we offer to our Advisors, so they can be at their best for their clients. Being recognized by such a highly regarded publication shows us we're on the right track."
"We're absolutely thrilled and humbled to be named to this prestigious list of financial advisory firms," said Shannon Spotswood, President at RFG Advisory. "This is an honor that reflects our dedication to building an RIA of the future. Everything we do is in relentless pursuit of excellence for our independent Advisors, enabling them to grow, deliver exceptional client experiences and reimagine their potential."
In the past year, RFG was named a Best Place to Work for Financial Advisors, won top Wealthmanagement.com honors for their Advisor support initiatives, RFG Assist, and added 17 new Advisors to their team.
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RFG Advisory is an innovator in the wealth management industry. Passionately committed to serving independent financial advisors and their clients, RFG Advisory prides itself on being a service company first, a technology company second and a hybrid-RIA third. RFG Advisory delivers a turn-key integrated platform that provides Advisors all of the tools and resources they need to be the CEO of their practice, not the COO, including turn-key technology, institutional-caliber investment management, marketing, compliance, business consulting and operational support. Focused on amplifying independence, Advisors who affiliate with RFG Advisory maintain all of the equity in their business and pay a basis point fee for access to RFG's investment and technology platform. Additionally, through RFG Capital, the firm buys stakes in advisor practices to facilitate succession planning and provide loans to advisors to enable the move to full independence.
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Fiona dumps more rain on Puerto Rico; troops rescue hundreds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona is dumping more rain on Puerto Rico. The deluge comes a day after the storm knocked out power and water to most of the island. National Guard troops have rescued hundreds of people who got stranded. The governor warned that it could take days to get the lights back on. The blow from Fiona was made more devastating because Puerto Rico has yet to recover from Hurricane Maria, which killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed the power grid in 2017. Five years later, more than 3,000 homes on the island are still covered by blue tarps.
Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral
LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II with pomp and pageantry. Crowds massed in the streets of London and at Windsor Castle to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an era. The first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s drew world leaders and other royalty. Before the service, a bell tolled 96 times for each year of Elizabeth’s life. Royal Navy sailors pulled a gun carriage carrying her flag-draped coffin to Westminster Abbey before pallbearers carried it inside. Atop the coffin was a handwritten note from King Charles III. After a committal service at a chapel in Windsor Castle, the coffin was lowered into the royal vault.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge has ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed’s conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn on Monday ordered that Syed’s conviction be vacated and she approved the release of the now-41-year-old who has spent more than two decades behind bars. Syed has always maintained that he never killed his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. The case received widespread attention in 2014 when “Serial” focused on Lee’s killing and raised doubts about some of the evidence prosecutors had used. Last week, prosecutors filed a motion saying a lengthy investigation had uncovered new evidence that could undermine Syed's conviction.
Ukraine warns of 'nuclear terrorism' after strike near plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile has blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors. Ukrainian authorities denounced Monday's attack as an act of “nuclear terrorism." Ukraine's nuclear operator said the missile struck within 300 meters (328 yards) of reactors at South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant. The strike followed warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin of possible stepped-up attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure after his forces suffered humiliating battlefield setbacks. It also renewed fears of a possible radioactive disaster in the near seven-month war. One Western analyst said the Russian military was apparently trying to knock Ukrainian nuclear plants offline before winter sets in.
On sidelines of UN, a push for China's abuses to be punished
NEW YORK (AP) — Diplomats and human rights advocates speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly are calling for forceful action on China's alleged persecution of ethnic minorities. Abuses in the far western region of Xinjiang have been exposed for years by watchdogs and journalists, but were given a new imprimatur with a report released by the U.N.'s human rights office last month detailing a ruthless campaign of torture and ethnic cleansing. Fernand de Varennes, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on minority rights, said Monday that “inaction is no longer possible” and “if we allow this to go unpunished what kind of message is being propagated?” China has called the report “a patchwork of false information."
Strong earthquake shakes Mexico´s Pacific coast; 1 killed
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A magnitude 7.6 earthquake has shaken Mexico’s central Pacific coast, killing at least one person and setting off an earthquake alarm in the capital. The quake hit at 1:05 p.m. local time, according to the U.S. Geologic Survey. And it caused at least some damage near the epicenter Alarms for the new quake came less than an hour after a quake alarms warbled in a nationwide earthquake simulation marking major quakes that struck on the same date in 1985 and 2017. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the secretary of the navy told him one person was killed in the port city of Manzanillo, Colima.
US contractor freed by Taliban in swap for drug trafficker
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released. The White House and family members said Monday his release came in an exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States. Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who spent more than a decade in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020 and is believed to have been held since then by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network. Negotiations for his release centered on a deal that also included the release of Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and member of the Taliban.
Witnesses: Myanmar air attack kills 13, including 7 children
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'Out of control' STD situation prompts call for changes
NEW YORK (AP) — Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases are prompting U.S. health officials to call for new prevention and treatment efforts. Infections rates for some STDs, including gonorrhea and syphilis, have been rising for years. But recently released statistics show that that last year the rate of infectious syphilis cases reached its highest since 1991 and the total number of cases rose 26% to hit its highest since 1948. Experts are calling for reducing stigma, broadening screening and treatment services, and supporting the development and accessibility of at-home testing
Diggs scores 3 TDs for Bills in 41-7 rout of Titans
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes, including three to Stefon Diggs, and the Buffalo Bills rolled past Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans 41-7 in their home opener. The Bills followed a season-opening 31-10 rout of the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams by throttling an opponent that has been their nemesis in each of the past two seasons. Fullback Reggie Gilliam and linebacker Matt Milano, with a 43-yard interception return, also scored touchdowns for Buffalo. Buffalo's defense limited Tennessee to 182 yards of offense and 12 first downs, while registering two sacks and forcing four turnovers. The Titans fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2012. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-11-38-p-m-edt/article_62d28a37-3e74-5f16-b698-e78011b47f30.html | 2022-09-20 04:19:25 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/ap-news-summary-at-11-38-p-m-edt/article_62d28a37-3e74-5f16-b698-e78011b47f30.html |
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge stood for photo after photo as if at a wedding. And in a way it was: He had gotten hitched to the New York Yankees for the rest of his baseball life.
Judge posed with his wife, parents, Yankees management, agents and even Derek Jeter and Willie Randolph, and discussed his $360 million, nine-year contract and owner Hal Steinbrenner’s decision to appoint him the team’s 16th captain — the first since Jeter retired.
“It’s family. The fans are family,” Judge said, thinking about joining Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Jeter and Mariano Rivera as Yankees lifers. “Just getting this chance to build this relationship with everybody, that’s what I’m all about.”
Judge was at his parents’ home in California when the deal fell into place early Dec. 7. With San Francisco and San Diego also pursuing Judge, Steinbrenner interrupted a vacation, pulling over on a highway between Milan and the French border to speak with Judge at about 3 a.m. PST.
“He shot me a message earlier about, ‘What’s the holdup? What’s it going to take to get this to the finish line?’ So we hopped on a quick call,” Judge said.
Steinbrenner increased New York’s offer from an eight-year deal to a nine-year agreement.
Just before Opening Day, Judge had turned down the Yankees’ offer of $213.5 million over seven years through 2029. Steinbrenner called Judge on Oct. 24 — the day after Houston eliminated the Yankees — to jumpstart talks, and invited the outfielder to his home in Tampa, Florida.
“One of the conversations we had two weeks ago, I actually said to him, ‘As far as I’m concerned, you are not a free agent, you are a Yankee, and we need to do everything we can to ensure that remains the same,’” Steinbrenner said.
Judge had not been aware of rumors that he was headed to the Giants: “I was actually on a plane, so I really kind of missed all the stuff going on about where I would go.”
Judge, the reigning American League MVP after setting an AL record with 62 homers. gets $40 million annually, a full no-trade provision and a hotel suite on road trips.
“I get a chance to continue something the Yankees are so big on, which is legacy,” Judge said. “I get a chance to continue my legacy here in pinstripes, the best city in the world, the best baseball city, in front of the best fans.”
The Yankees also finalized their deal with left-handed pitcher and two-time All-Star Carlos Rodón on Wednesday. Rodón, 30, had 31 starts with San Francisco last season, going 14-8 with a complete game and a 2.88 ERA.
New York had six previous captains in the Steinbrenner family era: Thurman Munson (1976-79), Graig Nettles (1982-84), Willie Randolph (1986-88), Ron Guidry (1986-89), Don Mattingly (1991-95) and Jeter (2003-14).
“Not only great baseball players, but great ambassadors of the game and great ambassadors of the New York Yankees,” Judge said of the former captains. “How they pride themselves on the field, day in and day out, how they take pride in what they do off the field and represent this organization and represent these pinstripes. This is an incredible honor I don’t take lightly.”
Judge sat on a dais at Yankee Stadium between his wife, Samantha, and Steinbrenner. Flanking them were Jeter; Judge’s agent, Page Odle; Yankees president Randy Levine; general manager Brian Cashman; manager Aaron Boone and chief operating officer Lonn Trost.
Judge homered in his first big league at-bat for the Yankees in 2016, and the 6-foot-7 outfielder has become a larger-than-life figure in the Bronx. He was voted AL Rookie of the Year in 2017 and helped New York reach the playoffs in each of the last six seasons.
A four-time All-Star, he hit .311 this year and tied for the major league lead with 131 RBIs.
“Yankee fans are big on history and tradition,” Jeter said. “It’s not a title that’s thrown around too lightly.”
He was made captain in June 2003 by owner George Steinbrenner. Hal Steinbrenner took over from his father as the Yankees’ controlling owner in November 2008.
Earlier Yankees captains included Clark Griffith (1903-05), Kid Elberfeld (1906-08), Willie Keeler (1909), Hal Chase (1910-11), Frank Chance (1913 to midseason), Rollie Zelder (1913 midseason until end), Roger Peckinpaugh (1914-21), Babe Ruth (1922) and Gehrig (1935-39).
Judge smiled when asked whether he seriously considered leaving New York.
“I got a chance to sit down with my wife and talk about a couple of things,” he said. “We both kind of came to the decision that was in our heart, which was we belong in New York, we belong in the city. And there’s a lot of unfinished business here in New York. And I’m looking forward to finishing that business. and try to leave a legacy here for the next group of guys coming behind me.”
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Ride-share giant Uber is launching a new targeted ad feature as it works to find additional revenue streams.
Uber's "Journey Ads" service was announced this week.
The company says riders will be able to "opt-out" of the service.
Ads will be based on a rider's location and target to them based on that feature.
Customers will see ads when they are checking to see their driver's location.
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Fighting resumes after Sudan cease-fire as number of people displaced passes 2.5 million
CAIRO (AP) — Residents are reporting that clashes between warring factions resumed in Sudan’s capital and a neighboring city after a three-day cease-fire expired. Sudan descended into conflict in mid-April after months of worsening tensions exploded into open fighting between rival generals seeking to control the African nation. The fresh clashes signal that U.S. and Saudi efforts to extend the truce period that ended Wednesday morning failed. Residents of the capital, Khartoum, and the neighboring city of Omdurman say fierce clashes have broken out again. The fighting between Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force already has killed thousands of people and forced more than 2.5 million to flee their homes. country | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/21/fighting-resumes-after-sudan-cease-fire-as-number-of-people-displaced-passes-2-5-million/ | 2023-06-21 16:40:07 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/21/fighting-resumes-after-sudan-cease-fire-as-number-of-people-displaced-passes-2-5-million/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro’s fifth volume on Lyndon Johnson, one of the book world’s most long-awaited publications, is unlikely to be delayed by the death of his longtime editor, publishing luminary Robert Gottlieb.
“Mr. Caro is continuing his work on Volume 5 with limited interruption,” Caro spokesperson Paul Bogaards said Thursday, a day after Gottlieb’s death at 92.
No release date has been set for what’s supposed to be the final book in “The Years of Lyndon Johnson” series, the first of which was published in 1982. Late last year, Caro told The Associated Press he had no sense when the fifth volume would be done, saying then that he still hoped to visit Vietnam and spend time in a village subjected to U.S. attacks during the Vietnam War.
Caro had worked with Gottlieb — also the editor of such celebrated authors as Toni Morrison, Joseph Heller and Nora Ephron — for more than a half-century. Their collaboration began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Power Broker,” continuing with the first four Johnson biographies, and a brief volume on Caro’s writing process, “Working.”
Their unique collaboration was the basis for an acclaimed documentary, “Turn Every Page,” directed by Gottlieb’s daughter, Lizzie Gottlieb, and released last year.
As Caro told the AP ahead of the documentary’s release, he and Gottlieb did not have the kind of ongoing communication many writers and editors have. Caro did not consult with Gottlieb while writing his books or show him early drafts, waiting instead to turn in a completed manuscript. They saw so little of each other in social gatherings that Lizzie Gottlieb would say that she only got to know Caro through making the film, which does depict the pair editing “Working.”
The two Bobs argued fiercely over “The Power Broker” — when hundreds of thousands of words were cut from what still ended up as a 1,200-page book — but had since enjoyed a much warmer and more seamless working relationship.
“From the day 52 years ago that we first looked at my pages together, Bob understood what I was trying to do and made it possible for me to take the time, and do the work, I needed to do,” Caro said in a statement Wednesday — adding that he looked upon Gottlieb as a “great friend.”
The Johnson books, which have brought Caro a Pulitzer and a National Book Award among other honors, have become an obsession with history fans. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf receives more queries from fans about the fifth volume, expected to cover the last nine years of Johnson’s life, than about any other book.
Caro is a famously thorough researcher and expansive narrator whose books usually exceed 600 pages and can take up to a decade or more to finish. His most recent Johnson book, “The Passage of Power,” was released in 2012.
“You can’t speed up the research,” Caro told the AP last year, saying the scope of the final volume was “huge.”
Bogaards declined comment on who might edit the final book, which the 87-year-old Caro had acknowledged was shadowed by his and Gottlieb’s ages. Caro has said he sometimes receives mail from fans, urging him to finish Volume 5 and reminding him, “Do you know how old you are?”
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Dolphin skull found in luggage at Detroit Metro Airport
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ROMULUS, Michigan (WWJ) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents discovered a dolphin skull in unaccompanied luggage at Detroit Metro Airport last week.
The luggage was unintentionally separated from its owner during travel, and when the luggage reentered the country, X-ray screenings showed an image of what appeared to be a skull-shaped object.
Further investigation by customs agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials determined the object was a skull from a young dolphin.
“Certain fish and wildlife, and products made from them, are subject to import and export restrictions, prohibitions, permits or certificates, as well as other requirements,” according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. “This includes wild birds, land or marine mammals, reptiles, fish, shellfish, mollusks or invertebrates, and any animal part or product, to include skins, tusks, bone, feathers, or eggs.” The dolphin skull was seized and turned over to law enforcement wildlife inspectors for investigation.
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Safety products from CES 2023
Every year, new technological advancements make it easier to keep yourself, your property and your family safe. This year’s CES was filled to the brim with useful safety devices that are worth adding to your home. We’ve seen new releases from ADT, Alarm.com, Vivint and other top brands, all aimed at keeping you safe and giving you peace of mind.
In this article: Google Nest Doorbell, Ring Car Cam and Moen Flo Smart Water Shutoff
ADT+
The ADT+ app will enable you to control all your ADT devices and compatible Google Nest cameras, video doorbells and thermostats. ADT has announced they will integrate Matter sometime in 2023, expanding the range of smart home products you can use with the ADT+ app. Matter is an open-source interoperability standard that will allow smart home devices from various brands to work together instead of each one needing its own app and voice assistant.
ADT+ will be available to new customers using self-setup devices sometime in February. Existing customers and new customers with professionally-installed devices will have to wait until later in the year.
Alarm.com Water Dragon
The Water Dragon is a small device that uses Z-Wave Long Range technology to detect water issues. The device integrates with Alarm.com security systems to send alerts when leaks are detected.
According to Dan Kerzner, chief product officer at Alarm.com, “The Water Dragon monitors unexpected water activity, so Alarm.com customers can better avoid the conditions that cause
mold, costly repairs, and even property loss before it’s too late. Whole-home security encompasses more than just intruder protection.”
Ring Always Home Cam
Amazon announced the Always Home Cam in late 2020 and offered a look at the device in action at CES 2023. It’s a miniature drone that patrols your home for intruders while you’re away. It works alongside your other Ring devices and begins flying if your Ring Alarm contact sensors or motion detectors are triggered. You can also set custom flight paths for it to patrol anytime you’re away.
The drone is only available by invitation, and Amazon hasn’t set an official release date. You’ll need to have a Ring Home Security System to get the most out of it.
Ring Car Cam
The long-awaited Ring Car Cam is finally available for pre-order. It detects motion and begins recording when someone approaches your vehicle. You’ll get motion alerts when it’s connected to your home Wi-Fi. If you subscribe to the Ring Protect Go plan, you’ll receive alerts regardless of your vehicle’s location.
The Ring Car Cam has dual-facing cameras to see in and out of your vehicle. It costs $199.99, but it is set to increase to $249.99 after January 31. Pre-orders are available now, and the device will ship starting on February 15.
Moen Smart Water Network
Like the Water Dragon, the Moen Smart Water Network aims to protect your home’s plumbing infrastructure. This system utilizes a variety of products, such as the Flo Smart Water Monitor, Smart Leak Detectors and a Smart Sump Pump Monitor, to track your water usage, monitor potential leaks and keep your pipes from freezing.
The system can shut your water off when pipes begin to freeze. Additionally, it can notify you when a leak is bound to occur. Many of Moen’s smart water devices are already available for purchase, and at CES 2023, Moen announced the addition of a Smart Sprinkler Controller and Smart Wireless Soil Sensors.
Lockly Flex Touch Pro
Unlike other smart locks, this model can be retrofitted to existing deadbolts. It lets you unlock your door with a fingerprint scanner and can store up to 99 fingerprints, meaning you won’t have to worry about your loved ones getting locked out. It isn’t currently compatible with Matter, the latest smart home protocol, but Lockly has stated that Matter support is being developed for future products.
Best safety tech you can buy right now
This wired video doorbell can tell the difference between people and things, reducing the unnecessary alerts you’ll receive. It records video continuously and lets you view a three-hour snapshot any time.
Sold by Amazon
This battery-powered camera two-pack features night vision and 24/7 monitoring. It can store one hour of footage during a Wi-Fi outage. Most were impressed with the ease of use and picture quality.
Google Nest Learning Thermostat
This smart device displays a handy leaf icon when it’s set to a temperature that saves energy and money. It’s compatible with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Many reported significant savings on their energy bills.
This kit includes a base station, two keypads, eight contact sensors, two motion detectors and a range extender. Many of the components stick to your walls, windows and doors, so you don’t have to worry about a tricky installation process.
This handy sensor can detect the sound of broken glass in your home. It uses AI technology to differentiate different sounds and reduce false alarms.
This device expands Ring’s security capabilities to your vehicle. It works even when your vehicle is turned off. It can store videos on the cloud for up to 180 days.
Sold by Amazon
This device lets you turn your water on and off via an easy-to-use app. Additionally, it can detect potential leaks and turn your water off automatically. It can alert you or turn your water off automatically in response to extreme temperatures.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
This three-pack sends you alerts when potential leaks may occur. You can use it alongside the Moen Flo Smart Water Shutoff to extend your home’s water-damage protection. Many said they were easy to install.
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NEW YORK, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Internova Travel Group, one of the world's largest travel services companies, announced today that it has named airline industry veteran Ralph Susca as Senior Vice President, Partner Relations.
Susca has worked for American Airlines for 28 years, most recently as District Sales Manager in the Greater New York City area where Internova was one of his key accounts. He starts with the company on April 10 and will report to Peter Vlitas, Executive Vice President, Partner Relations.
His responsibilities will include bolstering Internova's strategic airline relationships in order to maximize the marketing and sales of their products to the company's more than 100,000 travel advisors globally.
"The relationships we maintain with airlines are crucial to the success of our travel advisors," Vlitas said. "With his lengthy experience at American Airlines, Ralph will be a key resource for our travel advisors and their clients in strengthening our air programs. Our travel advisors can feel confident that they have the strongest team in the industry supporting them in this key area."
About Internova Travel Group
Internova Travel Group is one of the largest travel services companies in the world with a collection of leading brands delivering high-touch, personal travel expertise to leisure and corporate clients. Internova manages leisure, business and franchise firms through a portfolio of distinctive divisions. Internova represents more than 100,000 travel advisors in over 6,000 company-owned and affiliated locations predominantly in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with a presence in more than 80 countries.
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(The Hill) — Former President Donald Trump suggested to his aides while he was president that the United States could trade Puerto Rico to Denmark for Greenland, according to a new book from two reporters.
The New York Times journalist Peter Baker and The New Yorker magazine journalist Susan Glasser revealed in their book, “The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021,” that Trump’s plan to buy Greenland came from Ronald Lauder, a New York cosmetics heir who had known Trump since college.
Baker wrote in an article Wednesday that Lauder discussed the idea of purchasing Greenland with Trump from the early days of his presidency, and Lauder offered to serve as a back channel to negotiate with Denmark, which owns Greenland.
Reports in 2019 revealed Trump’s interest in purchasing Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, and that some of his advisers supported it while others dismissed it as a fascination.
John Bolton, who was serving as national security adviser at the time, directed his aide Fiona Hill to form a team to consider ideas to acquire Greenland, Baker reported. Bolton believed increasing U.S. presence in Greenland made sense to oppose Chinese influence in the Arctic region, but buying it outright was not feasible.
Trump continued to press for acquiring the island, the world’s largest, suggesting that the U.S. take federal money away from Puerto Rico to buy Greenland or trade the two islands.
Trump said in an interview for the book that the idea to buy Greenland was his own idea.
“I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States,” Trump reportedly said.
Denmark’s prime minister rejected the idea of selling Greenland to the U.S., calling it “absurd.”
The Trump administration faced strong criticism for its response after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, with local officials slamming the White House at the time for being slow to respond.
A former Department of Homeland Security official said in 2020 that Trump called Puerto Rico “dirty” and asked to trade it for Greenland after officials visited the island following the hurricane.
Trump did not immediately return a request from The Hill for comment. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/book-trump-wanted-to-trade-puerto-rico-for-greenland/ | 2022-09-16 18:28:36 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/book-trump-wanted-to-trade-puerto-rico-for-greenland/ |
If you just watched The Wonder now that it's streaming on Netflix, you might be pondering its jarring ending. The psychological drama from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio asks you to believe in the power of storytelling and how it can alter reality. Case in point: The young girl visited by Florence Pugh's Nurse Lib Wright claims to be able to survive without food, but someone might be spinning a yarn.
Let's run through the themes of The Wonder, sort the truth from the storytelling and find out why the movie opens and ends in such an odd way.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
What's with that weird opening?
You might have been double-checking which movie you'd put on after seeing this period drama's strange beginning. To the sounds of haunting choral voices, we see the semi-built structure of an old-fashioned two-storey house. The camera pans through what appears to be a lot in a film studio, filled with equipment and other pieces of set. Then actor Niamh Algar says in voiceover: "Hello. This is the beginning. The beginning of a film called The Wonder. The people you're about to meet, the characters, believe in their stories with complete devotion. We are nothing without stories, and so we invite you to believe in this one."
The camera then stops on the interior of a ship sailing to Ireland in 1862, where the Great Famine "still casts a long shadow and the Irish hold England responsible for that devastation." It zooms in on Florence Pugh, who plays English nurse Lib Wright, the main character of the tale.
Yep, it's all a tad pretentious. But it effectively sets up the main theme of the film: the power of belief. The whole reason Nurse Wright is summoned by a self-appointed committee to a village in Ireland is that many people want to believe a young girl called Anna O'Donnell has miraculously lived without food for four months. Nurse Wright is enlisted to watch the girl for two weeks to determine how she's still alive.
This framing also sets us up to be aware of the transportive power of storytelling -- you're quickly immersed in the creaking, drippy, smokey world of the ship and Nurse Wright's journey, a journey the narrator has invited us to believe in.
What does Nurse Wright drink every night?
Nurse Wright's addiction to what looks to be laudanum, a tincture of opium, is another nod to that question of what's real and what isn't. Nurse Wright has suffered her fair share of tragedy -- her baby daughter died and her husband left her soon after -- and the night cap might be her way of coping. Pricking her finger with blood could be a way of checking she's still alive -- or it could be a form of self-harm. Amid the stresses of her current job, the ritual seems to further loosen Nurse Wright's grip on reality.
Is it true that Anna doesn't need to eat?
Not long into Nurse Wright's stay with the O'Donnell family, we see young Anna's mother lean in close to her daughter's face during a nightly prayer. It isn't clear if we're witnessing a loving kiss on the forehead or something more disturbing. Nurse Wright soon escalates her watch over the miracle patient by insisting the O'Donnells no longer come into Anna's room. From this point onward, Anna's condition deteriorates rapidly.
About two-thirds through the film, after summoning the committee, Nurse Wright reveals her assessment of the situation: "Anna's mother, Mrs. O'Donnell, has been passing her food from her own mouth. She cups her face and kisses her good morning and good night, and she feeds her daughter with each kiss, like a bird." When her mother is prevented from kissing her, Anna quickly becomes ill, no longer receiving any sustenance at all.
Why does Anna refuse to eat?
Even after Nurse Wright reveals her findings to the committee, Anna's mother refuses to admit the truth. She and her husband are willing to let the experiment continue, even if Anna dies, refusing to give up their religious beliefs. In any case, Anna has "chosen" the path to death, believing that if she dies, "one soul will be released... from Hell." Anna thinks this soul will be her brother, who groomed and raped her at 9 for years. He was "punished" for the "Unholy" act with a deadly illness, but their mother says he'll be released to Heaven with Anna's sacrifice. Anna believes this is her duty because she loved her brother back.
What's with the narrator at the end?
In the end, Nurse Wright uses the power of storytelling and belief to save Anna. After discovering the horrifying narrative Anna's mother has fed her, Nurse Wright convinces Anna she could face a different fate: That she can die and make her sacrifice, but also be reborn as a 9-year-old again who didn't suffer terrible acts. Mixing the opioid liquid with milk, Nurse Wright induces Anna into a trance-like state in which she experiences rebirth, assuming the new identity of "Nan."
Nurse Wright fakes a report of Anna dying so the committee don't press charges against her, and she burns down the O'Donnell's house so evidence of a body appears to be destroyed. Escaping Ireland, Nurse Wright, William and Nan safely make it to Sydney, posing as the Cheshire family. There, we see them share a fancy meal, with Nan shown to be eating again.
To the sound of more hopeful, ethereal tones, the camera pans and we return to the film studio. There, we see Algar dressed in all black, no longer playing Anna's older sister Kitty, but the mysterious narrator. She whispers: "In. Out. In. Out." Again, pretentious, but this goes back to the idea of believing in stories and the power of faith.
Is The Wonder based on a true story?
Irish-Canadian writer Emma Donoghue adapted The Wonder from her own 2016 novel (Donoghue did the same with her 2010 novel Room, the 2015 adaptation seeing Brie Larson win the best actress Oscar). The story of The Wonder isn't based on real-life events but was inspired by the phenomenon of "the fasting girl," dating back to the 1500s, whereby girls would starve themselves as a form of penance.
In an interview with Pan Macmillan, Donoghue explains:
"I was instantly intrigued by these cases, which seemed to echo medieval saints starving as an act of penance, and also modern anorexics, but weren't exactly the same as either. In researching the novel I looked at almost fifty of them, which ranged from Ireland and Britain, to Western Europe, to the USA and Canada, from the 1500s right through to the 1900s. That's an average of only about one a decade; these self-starving celebrities were very rare. In some cases they may have heard of each other, but the cases didn't cluster; they happened at long, random intervals, anywhere from urban Brooklyn to rural Wales." | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/the-wonder-the-ending-explained-and-all-your-questions-answered/ | 2022-11-18 21:54:14 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/the-wonder-the-ending-explained-and-all-your-questions-answered/ |
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. Three others received lengthy prison sentences.
IRNA said the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guard announced the arrests of a network of people linked to the Israeli agency. It said the members had previous criminal records and tried to disrupt the country's security.
Israel and Iran are regional arch-enemies and Iran occasionally announces the detention of people it says are spying for foreign countries, including the United States and Israel. Iran does not recognize Israel and supports anti-Israeli armed groups across the region, such as Hezbollah and Hamas.
Network members stole and destroyed private and public property and kidnapped individuals and interrogated them, according to the report. It said the alleged spies had weapons and received wages from Mossad in the form of cryptocurrency.
IRNA identified the executed prisoners as Hossein Ordoukhanzadeh, Shahin Imani Mahmoudabadi, Milad Ashrafi and Manouchehr Shahbandi. Three other members of the group received sentences of five to 10 years in prison, according to the news agency, but they were not identified.
Iran and Israel have long accused each other of spying. Israel views Iran as its greatest threat and has repeatedly threatened to take military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran denies it is seeking such weapons and has vowed a harsh response to any Israeli aggression.
In January, Israel said it had broken up an Iranian spy ring that recruited Israeli women via social media to photograph sensitive sites, gather intelligence and encourage their sons to join Israeli military intelligence.
In July, Iran said it arrested members of an armed group linked to Mossad after they sneaked into Iran from across its western border.
In 2020, Iran executed a man convicted of leaking information to the U.S. and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general who was later killed by a U.S. drone strike in Iraq. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/State-news-Iran-executed-4-people-for-spying-for-17629918.php | 2022-12-04 07:09:51 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/State-news-Iran-executed-4-people-for-spying-for-17629918.php |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Despite a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling, lawmakers are skipping town and heading back home for the holiday weekend.
This should not impact negotiations between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s, R-Calif., team. Lawmakers are essentially on call to return to Washington at any moment to vote on a compromised deal, but it remains unclear how negotiators will get there.
“We’re less than a week from defaulting on our debt,” said Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C. “We should all be outraged, and we should all be here.”
Before leaving for the holiday weekend without a debt ceiling deal, Democrats took to the House floor to air their frustrations.
“Five Republicans could join all 213 Democrats and left the debt ceiling right now,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. “But they went home.”
Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Republicans already did their job by passing a plan to cut spending and raise the debt ceiling.
“We’ve done the responsible thing,” Arrington said.
With just seven days to go before the potential deadline, pressure is mounting for Biden and McCarthy to cut a deal both parties can get behind.
“I’ve put forward a proposal that will cut spending by more than $1 trillion,” Biden said.
On Thursday, Biden said negotiators are making progress each day, but he said Democrats will not support cuts that harm the American people.
“Huge cuts in the number of teachers, police officers, border patrol agents,” Biden said.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said she hopes McCarthy stands firm and doesn’t scrap cost-saving measures like work requirements for welfare programs.
“I think there is some concern where cuts will end up in this, but if we get those, I think all will be fine,” Mace said.
Negotiators have a tough job on their hands over the next few days. Although the deadline is June 1, McCarthy has vowed to give lawmakers 72 hours to review the bill before holding a vote. | https://www.wfla.com/news/washington-dc/with-no-debt-ceiling-deal-in-sight-lawmakers-head-home/ | 2023-05-25 22:26:21 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/washington-dc/with-no-debt-ceiling-deal-in-sight-lawmakers-head-home/ |
Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire recognized for maternity care
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Marshfield Medical Center in Eau Claire is being recognized as one of the best in the country for maternity care.
U.S. News and World Report released its list of the best hospitals for maternity care Tuesday, with Marshfield Medical Center of Eau Claire’s Birth Center being one of only a few hundred earning honors. Evaluations include how well hospitals perform, c-section rates, newborn complication rates, breast milk feeding rates, and more.
Bethany Calkins, Birthing Center Nurse Manager, says it means a lot to be recognized.
“It’s great. Obviously, I think it’s a wonderful testament to the commitment of our staff and our providers, nurses in our profession. Learning never stops and training never stops. And so we want to make sure that we are at the top of our game as it relates to patient quality and safety,” Calkins said.
According to U.S. News and World Report, 22 facilities across the state of Wis. received this honor, including Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire and La Crosse.
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