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Chalk it up to another unfortunate side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Blood-sucking lampreys are back.
Sea lampreys are parasitic fish from the northern Atlantic and Baltic, western Mediterranean and Adriatic seas that have cartilage skeletons instead of bones. Their wide, jawless mouths have a circular row of teeth and a rough, raspy tongue that allow them to latch onto a host and feast on its body fluids, such as blood. While it sounds like the plot line of a campy horror movie, this is actually happening in real life.
The fish gained access to the freshwater Great Lakes through a canal in the 1830s and became established in all five lakes not long after. Agencies like the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) have battled the sea lamprey population since 1958 through chemical lampricides and physical barriers and traps. Such efforts helped to reduce the number of these “vampire fish” by 95%.
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But COVID-19 restrictions prevented many of these operations, meaning that the sea lampreys are starting to reestablish themselves across the Great Lakes, including Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. This is because in 2020, only 25% of streams could be treated, and in 2021, only 75% could be treated.
It might sound like a short period of time, but robust invasive species like sea lampreys often only need a small window of opportunity to regain their stranglehold over vulnerable habitats. Experts say the population could grow quickly in the next year or two, and the numbers are trending upward.
“You never want any delays, you never want a lack of focus or lack of pushing things out time-wise,” Great Lakes policy director at the National Wildlife Federation, Marc Smith, told Undark Magazine. “That’s kind of what COVID did.”
Marc Gaden, communications director of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, agrees.
“If you ease up control, even for a short time — like two years in COVID — they’ll take advantage of that,” he told Undark. “It would be Pollyannaish to think there’s not going to be any effect.”
But before you panic and envision sea lampreys preying on swimmers, these lampreys mainly pose a danger to fish. They attach to cold-water organisms, not warm-blooded humans.
“One might latch on if the person is really cold or if the lamprey is starving to death,” Cory Brant, a research assistant at Michigan State University, explained to the Great Lakes Echo.
Fortunately, there are no known instances of this happening.
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The main danger to humans rests in the fact that these lampreys can — and have — decimated the trout population, as well as other commercially fished populations like the sturgeon, carp, whitefish and perch.
Before control measures were implemented in the last century, 85% of fish not outright killed by lampreys displayed signs of attack, according to Michigan State University. And the 100 million pounds of fish killed annually by lampreys decimated the fishery-based economy supported by the Great Lakes.
Lampreys — which are a valuable keystone species in their native ecosystems — have the ability to destroy livelihoods, leading to crashing property values and economic decline. It also impacts those who fish for recreation.
“Without sea lamprey control there would be no sport fishing on the Great Lakes,” former USFWS employee Mark Holey told the Door County Pulse. “Can you tell me of a sea lamprey problem? No, maybe not like you used to be able to tell, but that’s because they’re spending around $15 to $20 million a year to manage the number so you can have these fisheries.”
If you see a sea lamprey, you can report it to the Invading Species Hotline at 800-563-771 or call the Sea Lamprey Control Centre of Fir visit www.invadingspecies.com to report a sighting. You can also call the Sea Lamprey Countrol Centre of the DFC at 800-553-9091 with questions. If you catch a fish that has a lamprey attached to it, do not throw it back in the water. Instead, kill it and throw it in the trash.
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Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State
(THE CONVERSATION) Extinction is part of life on Earth. Through much of our planet’s history, species have been forming, evolving and eventually disappearing. Today, however, human activities have dramatically sped up the process. The Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering the sixth mass extinction in its history.
There’s broad agreement that there is a biodiversity crisis, but there are many different views about why protecting it is important.
Some people, cultures and nations believe biodiversity is worth conserving because ecosystems provide many services that support human prosperity, health and well-being. Others assert that all living things have a right to exist, regardless of their usefulness to humans. Today, there’s also growing understanding that nature enriches our lives by providing opportunities for us to connect with each other and the places we care about.
As a conservation biologist, I’ve been part of the effort to value biodiversity for years. Here’s how thinking in this field has evolved, and why I’ve come to believe that there are many equally valid reasons for protecting nature.
Defending every species
Conservation biology is a scientific field with a mission: protecting and restoring biodiversity around the world. It came of age in the 1980s, as humans’ impact on the Earth was becoming alarmingly clear.
In a 1985 essay, Michael Soulé, one of the field’s founders, described what he saw as the core principles of conservation biology. Soulé argued that biological diversity is inherently good and should be conserved because it has intrinsic value. He also proposed that conservation biologists should act to save biodiversity even if sound science isn’t available to inform decisions.
To critics, Soulé’s principles sounded more like environmental activism than science. What’s more, not everyone agreed then or now that biodiversity is inherently good.
After all, wild animals can destroy crops and endanger human lives. Contact with nature can lead to disease. And some conservation initiatives have displaced people from their land or prevented development that might otherwise improve people’s lives.
Valuing nature’s services
Soulé’s essay spurred many researchers to push for a more science-driven approach to conservation. They sought to directly quantify the value of ecosystems and the roles species played in them. Some scholars focused on calculating the value of ecosystems to humans.
They reached a preliminary conclusion that the total economic value of the world’s ecosystems was worth an average US$33 trillion per year in 1997 dollars. At the time, this was nearly twice the global value of the entire world’s financial markets.
This estimate included services such as predators controlling pests that would otherwise ruin crops; pollinators helping to produce fruits and vegetables; wetlands, mangroves and other natural systems buffering coasts against storms and flooding; oceans providing fish for food; and forests providing lumber and other building materials.
Researchers have refined their estimates of what these benefits are worth, but their central conclusion remains the same: Nature has shockingly high economic value that existing financial markets don’t account for.
A second group began to quantify the nonmonetary value of nature for human health, happiness and well-being. Studies typically had people take part in outdoor activities, such as strolling through a green space, hiking in the woods or canoeing on a lake. Later, they measured the subjects’ physical or emotional health.
This research found that spending time in nature tended to reduce blood pressure, lower hormones related to stress and anxiety, decrease the probability of depression and improve cognitive function and certain immune functions. People exposed to nature fared better than others who took part in similar activities in nonnatural settings, such as walking through a city.
Losing species weakens ecosystems
A third line of research asked a different question: When ecosystems lose species, can they still function and provide services? This work was driven mainly by experiments where researchers directly manipulated the diversity of different types of organisms in settings ranging from laboratory cultures to greenhouses, plots in fields, forests and coastal areas.
By 2010, scientists had published more than 600 experiments, manipulating over 500 groups of organisms in freshwater, marine and land ecosystems. In a 2012 review of these experiments, colleagues and I found unequivocal evidence that when ecosystems lose biodiversity, they become less efficient, less productive and less stable. And they are less able to deliver many of the services that underlie human well-being.
For example, we found strong evidence that loss of genetic diversity reduced crop yields, and loss of tree diversity reduced the amount of wood that forests produced. We also found evidence that oceans with fewer fish species produced less-reliable catches, and that ecosystems with lower plant diversity were more prone to invasive pests and diseases.
We also showed that it was possible to develop robust mathematical models that could predict reasonably well how biodiversity loss would affect certain types of valuable services from ecosystems.
Many motives for protecting nature
For years, I believed that this work had established the value of ecosystems and quantified how biodiversity provided ecosystem services. But I’ve come to realize that other arguments for protecting nature are just as valid, and often more convincing for many people.
I have worked with many people who donate money or land to support conservation. But I’ve never heard anyone say they were doing it because of the economic value of biodiversity or its role in sustaining ecosystem services.
Instead, they’ve shared stories about how they grew up fishing with their father, held family gatherings at a cabin or canoed with someone who was important to them. They wanted to pass on those experiences to their children and grandchildren to preserve familial relationships. Researchers increasingly recognize that such relational values – connections to communities and to specific places – are one of the most common reasons why people choose to conserve nature.
I also know many people who hold deep religious beliefs and are rarely swayed by scientific arguments for conservation. But when Pope Francis published his 2015 encyclical Laudato si’: On Care for Our Common Home and said God’s followers had a moral responsibility to care for his creation, my religious relatives, friends and colleagues suddenly wanted to know about biodiversity loss and what they might do about it.
Surveys show that 85% of the world’s population identifies with a major religion. Leaders of every major religion have published declarations similar to Pope Francis’ encyclical, calling on their followers to be better stewards of Earth. Undoubtedly, a large portion of humanity assigns moral value to nature.
Research clearly shows that nature provides humanity with enormous value. But some people simply believe that other species have a right to exist, or that their religion tells them to be good stewards of Earth. As I see it, embracing these diverse perspectives is the best way to get global buy-in for conserving Earth’s ecosystems and living creatures for the good of all.
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Florida Southern men's basketball ranked, area colleges rally
It was entirely plausible for Mike Donnelly to think that his Florida Southern Moccasins could be a good team in the 2022-23 men’s basketball season.
After all, the head coach’s program last year won nine of 11 games down the stretch, finishing strong despite just missing the NCAA Tournament. Last year’s men’s program finished 16-14.
This year, the area Division II program is ranked No. 18 in the latest DII national poll. With the high ranking, it’s the first season Florida Southern has been ranked since culminating the 2019-20 campaign ranked No. 4.
And that team got off to a fast start just like this year’s. The Moccasins started the season 7-0, which is Donnelly’s best start since he was hired eight seasons ago.
“We have great player leadership led by our three captains (senior guard) EJ Dambreville, (junior forward) Farris Kabalaoui and (sophomore guard) Jadin Booth,” Donnelly said. “Our guys do a great job not only supporting each other, but they also hold each other accountable as well, which is really a key factor to creating a winning culture.”
The latest win for Florida Southern was a 88-79 victory over Eckerd College on Nov. 30. Booth was up to 16 points, five boards and three assists and Dambreville posted 12 points, five assists and six boards. Sophomore forward Wes Bongiorni was up to 16 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
Next up for Florida Southern (7-1) will be at Florida Tech, 4 p.m. Saturday.
“As a coaching staff, we try to keep things as simple as possible for our guys,” Donnelly said. “We certainly demand a lot, but we spend a lot of time talking to our team about the importance of stacking good days. We just stress to our guys that we need to keep working hard, stay humble and keep believing in what we are doing as a program both on and off the floor. We have a really good (group) of guys this year. They are a lot of fun to be around.”
Webber off to hot start
Webber International is off to its best start since 2009.
Up to a 4-2 start, the Warriors' most recent win was against Keiser Dec. 3 at home –- an 85-58 victory. Junior guard K’Shun Stokes scored a team-high 20 points with five rebounds.
Webber’s next game will be vs. the University of Fort Lauderdale at 7 p.m. Thursday at home.
Warner fizzles off after hot start, loses to Southeastern
Despite starting off 4-0, the Royals dropped four out of the past five, including a 64-57 loss to Southeastern on Saturday.
Warner freshman Nick Lowery scored 12 points.
Sun Conference Player of the Week for the second time, Southeastern senior small forward Riley Minix put up a game-high 24 points and a whopping 23 rebounds.
Warner (6-5) will gear up for Florida National University at 5 p.m., Saturday on the road. And Southeastern (5-5) will compete against No. 11 Florida College at 7 p.m., Friday on the road.
Polk County starts fast, loses momentum
The Eagles have lost four in a row after starting off 4-2.
On Monday, Polk State was blown out 107-64 by Indian River State College. Freshman Dominick Nelson scored a team-high 22 points and brought down six rebounds.
Polk State (4-6) will next play Miami Dade College at noon Saturday at home.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — “If I hadn’t been a girl, I’d have been a drag queen.”
Dolly Parton has uttered those words famously and often. But if she really were a drag queen, one of Tennessee’s most famous daughters would likely be out of a job under legislation signed into law by Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday.
Lee signed off on the legislation without issuing a statement or in a public ceremony. The bill goes into effect July 1.
Across the country, conservative activists and politicians complain that drag contributes to the “sexualization” or “grooming” of children. Several states are considering restrictions, but none has acted as fast as Tennessee to ensure children are not exposed to drag. The efforts seek to extinguish popular “ drag story hours ” at which queens read to kids. Organizers of LGBTQ Pride events say they put a chill on their parades. And advocates note that the bills, pushed largely by Republicans, burden businesses in an un-Republican fashion.
The protestations have arisen fairly suddenly around a form of entertainment that has long had a place on the mainstream American stage.
Milton Berle, “Mr. Television” himself, was appearing in drag on the public airwaves as early as the 1950s on “Texaco Star Theater.” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is a bona fide cultural phenomenon. Highly popular drag brunches bring revenue to restaurants. That such spectacles are now being portrayed as a danger to children boggles the minds of people who study, perform and appreciate drag.
“Drag is not a threat to anyone. It makes no sense to be criminalizing or vilifying drag in 2023,” said Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, a professor of culture and gender studies at the University of Michigan and author of “Translocas: The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance.”
“It is a space where people explore their identities,” said La Fountain-Stokes, who has done drag himself. “But it is also a place where people simply make a living. Drag is a job. Drag is a legitimate artistic expression that brings people together, that entertains, that allows certain individuals to explore who they are and allows all of us to have a very nice time. So it makes literally no sense for legislators, for people in government, to try to ban drag.”
Drag does not typically involve nudity or stripping, which are more common in the separate art of burlesque. Explicitly sexual and profane language is common in drag performances, but such content is avoided when children are the target audience. At shows meant for adults, venues or performers generally warn beforehand about age-inappropriate content.
The word “drag” does not appear in the Tennessee bill. Instead, it changes the definition of adult cabaret in Tennessee’s law to mean “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors.” It also says “male or female impersonators” now fall under adult cabaret among topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers and strippers.
The bill then bans adult cabaret from public property or anywhere minors might be present. It threatens performers with a misdemeanor charge, or a felony if it’s a repeat offense.
The bill has raised concerns that it could be used to target transgender people, but sponsors say that is not the intent.
The Tennessee Pride Chamber, a business advocacy group, predicted that “selective surveillance and enforcement” will lead to court challenges and “massive expenses” as governments defend an unconstitutional law that will harm the state’s brand.
“Tourism, which contributes significantly to our state’s growth and well-being, may well suffer from boycotts disproportionately affecting members of our community who work in Tennessee’s restaurants, arts, and hospitality industries,” chamber President Brian Rosman wrote in an email to The Associated Press. “Corporations will not continue to expand or relocate here if their employees — and their recruits — don’t feel safe or welcomed in Tennessee.”
John Camp, a Pride organizer in Knoxville, said the event in Tennessee’s third-largest city will be somber this October — describing it as “more of a march than a celebration.” There were 100 drag performers last year, he said, but he is unsure how many can participate this year.
Several other states, including Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Montana and Oklahoma, are considering similar bans. And the Arkansas governor recently signed a bill that puts new restrictions on “adult-oriented” performances. It originally targeted drag shows but was scaled back following complaints of anti-LGBTQ discrimination.
“I find it irresponsible to create a law based on a complete lack of understanding and determined willful misinterpretation of what drag actually is,” Montana state Rep. Connie Keogh said in February during floor debate. “It is part of the cultural fabric of the LGBTQ+ community and has been around for centuries.”
Tennessee state Sen. Jack Johnson, the Republican sponsor, says his bill addresses “sexually suggestive drag shows” that are inappropriate for children.
Months ago, organizers of a Pride festival in Jackson, west of Nashville, came under fire for hosting a drag show in a park. A legal complaint spearheaded by a Republican state representative sought to prevent the show, but organizers reached a settlement to hold it indoors, with an age restriction.
And in Chattanooga, false allegations of child abuse spread online after far-right activists posted video of a child feeling a female performer’s sequined costume. Online commentators falsely said the performer was male, and it has gone on to be used as a rationale to ban children from drag shows.
“Rather than focus on actual policy issues facing Tennesseans, politicians would rather spend their time and effort misconstruing age-appropriate performances at a library to pass as many anti-LGBTQ+ bills as they can,” Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement last week.
At times, the vitriol has become violence. Protesters, some of them armed, threw rocks and smoke grenades at one another outside a drag event in Oregon last year.
The Tennessee drag bill marks the second major proposal targeting LGBTQ people that lawmakers in the state have passed this year. Last week, lawmakers approved legislation that bans most gender-affirming care. Lee also signed that bill into law on Thursday.
Lee was fielding questions Monday from reporters about the legislation and other LGBTQ bills when an activist asked him if he remembered “dressing up in drag in 1977.” He was presented with a photo that showed the governor as a high school senior dressed in women’s clothing that was published in the Franklin High School 1977 yearbook. The photo was first posted on Reddit over the weekend.
Lee said it is “ridiculous” to compare the photo to “sexualized entertainment in front of children.” When asked for specific examples of inappropriate drag shows taking place in front of children, Lee did not cite any, only pointing to a nearby school building and saying he was concerned about protecting children.
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McMillan reported from northeastern Pennsylvania. Associated Press writers Jonathan Matisse in Nashville and Amy Beth Hanson in Helena, Montana, contributed to this report.
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Local robotics team makes national tournament
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - In order to advance to the national competition, LAAS competed in a local one right in Alva. They finished fourth overall and second in the BEST category.
With that second place finish, the Lobos advanced to Regional’s in Denver, Colorado. They will face 24 other top teams and the administration is excited.
“Oh my goodness we’re so excited to go to Denver. it’s a 12 hour bus ride but when you get there you’re building robots with eight other, well you’re competing with eight other states. So that’s kind of cool to meet kids who are interested in robotics from all over the country,” Principal Michelle Smith said.
The Lobos have competed since 2003-2004 and have accomplished many things such as 12 state titles in that time span. Gavin Price, the CEO of the robotics team was on the 2019 team and knows this time around will be different.
“It feels pretty awesome. Feels like I’m a part of something pretty cool. The last time we went our robot could have been a lot better, but this year I think we have a pretty good chance of being able to do something out there,” Price said.
Each student has a part to play. Jake Levison, a freshman is one of the main builders of the robot and with limited time and resources faced adversity early on.
“Supplies, we find ourselves needing a material that we don’t have. A mechanism that we don’t have or can’t make and just really the communication as well was our main issues,” Levison said.
Cole Adams, a sophomore in charge of programming the robot. He’s in year two of being apart of the team and has no issue with the robots progression.
“Right now I think it’s running great all the programming works just as we programmed it we may need to make a few minor adjustments just for driver experience but I think the robots working like a charm,” Adams said.
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HOUSTON, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Surge Energy US Holdings Company ("Surge Energy" or the "Company") today announced that it was listed in the Houston Chronicle's Top 100 Private Companies headquartered in Houston, TX as published on June 18, 2023.
Surge Energy Ranked 16th on the list of top private companies as determined by the Houston Chronicle. The list is based on 2022 revenues and was published in the Houston Chronicle 100 on June 18, 2022. Of the companies listed in the top 20, Surge Energy is the largest exploration and production operator and is the youngest company listed. This is the third consecutive year the Company has been listed in the top 20.
"Being recognized on the Houston Chronicle's Top Private Companies list demonstrates the strength of our people and assets," stated Chief Executive Officer Linhua Guan. "2022 was a record-breaking year for Surge for oil and gas production, revenue, adjusted EBITDAX, and net income and we look forward to continuing to deliver strong results into the future."
About Surge Energy
Surge Energy is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development, exploitation, production, and acquisition of oil and natural gas reserves in the Midland Basin of West Texas, one of three primary sub-basins of the Permian Basin. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and currently holds approximately 161,000 net acres in the Permian Basin as of year-end 2022. For more information, visit our website at www.SurgeEnergyA.com.
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California police officer killed in accidental shooting: 'A tragic loss'
Colton police officer Lorenzo Morgan was on the force for three years when he was killed on Thursday
A police officer in Southern California was killed in an accidental shooting on Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.
Colton Police Department announced the death of Officer Lorenzo Morgan on Thursday evening. Additional details surrounding his death have not been released as of early Friday morning.
The fallen officer began his law enforcement career at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Academy, beginning in April 2019 and graduating in September 2019.
Morgan completed his field training at the Colton Police Department in May, months before his death.
TWO LOS ANGELES-AREA POLICE OFFICERS DIE AFTER SHOOTOUT WITH SUSPECT
Colton police honored the fallen officer in a Facebook post late Thursday evening.
"Officer L. Morgan was a beloved father, friend, colleague, and a caring officer who loved working for the Colton Community," the department wrote.
OHIO POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN HEAD AFTER RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL: POLICE CHIEF
A picture of Morgan smiling was captioned "EOW 10/27/22". "EOW" refers to "end of watch."
The statement said he is survived by his parents, fiancé, son and soon-to-be born son.
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BRONX, N.Y., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping your mother make pancakes when you were three…riding your bike without training wheels…your first romantic kiss: How do we retain vivid memories of long-ago events? As described in a paper published online on April 25 in Neuron, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found the explanation.
"The ability to learn new information and store it for long periods is one of the brain's most remarkable features," said Robert H. Singer, Ph.D., a co-corresponding author of the paper. "We've made a startling discovery in mice regarding the molecular basis for making those long-term memories." Dr. Singer is professor of cell biology and in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, chair emeritus of anatomy & structural biology, and director of the Program in RNA Biology at Einstein.
Some aspects of the cellular basis of memory were already known. They're made by neurons (nerve cells) and stored in a brain region called the hippocampus. They form when repeated neural stimulation strengthens synapses—the connections between nerve cells. Proteins are needed to stabilize the long-lasting synaptic connections required for long-term memories. The blueprints for those proteins are molecules of messenger RNA (mRNA) that, in turn, are transcribed (copied) from memory-associated genes.
"The paradox is that it takes a long time—several hours—to form a lasting memory, yet the mRNAs and proteins associated with making proteins disappear in less than an hour," said Sulagna Das, Ph.D., first and co-corresponding author of the paper and research assistant professor of cell biology at Einstein. "How could that be?"
To answer that question, the research team developed a mouse model in which they fluorescently tagged all the molecules of mRNA that flow from Arc, a gene critically important for converting our activities and other experiences into long-term memories. The researchers stimulated synapses in neurons from the mouse hippocampus and then—using high-resolution imaging techniques they developed—observed the results in individual nerve cells in real time.
To their amazement, they observed that a single stimulus to the neuron triggered numerous cycles in which the memory-coding gene Arc produced mRNA molecules that were then translated into synapse-strengthening Arc proteins.
"We saw that some of the protein molecules made from that initial synaptic stimulus go back to Arc and reactivate it, initiating another cycle of mRNA formation and protein production followed by several others," said Dr. Singer.
"With each cycle, we saw more and more protein accumulating to form 'hot spots' at the synapse, which are where memories are cemented into place. We'd discovered a previously unknown feedback loop that explained how short-lived mRNAs and proteins can create long-lived memories," said Dr. Das.
Consider what's involved in memorizing a poem, suggested Dr. Singer: "To make a lasting memory requires that you read the poem repeatedly and each reading can be thought of as an intermittent stimulus that adds memory-building protein to the synapse."
Dr. Das noted that faulty expression of the Arc gene has been implicated in memory difficulties in humans and is linked to neurological disorders including autism spectrum disorder and Alzheimer's disease. "What we learn about Arc's response to nerve-cell stimulation can provide insights into the causes of these health problems," she noted.
The paper is titled "Maintenance of a short-lived protein required for long-term memory involves cycles of transcription and local translation." Additional Einstein authors include Pablo Lituma, Ph.D., and Pablo Castillo, M.D., Ph.D., in the Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience.
About Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine is one of the nation's premier centers for research, medical education and clinical investigation. During the 2022-23 academic year, Einstein is home to 740 M.D. students, 194 Ph.D. students, 118 students in the combined M.D./Ph.D. program, and approximately 225 postdoctoral research fellows. The College of Medicine has more than 1,900 full-time faculty members located on the main campus and at its clinical affiliates. In 2022, Einstein received more than $202 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health. This includes the funding of major research centers at Einstein in cancer, aging, intellectual development disorders, diabetes, clinical and translational research, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas where the College of Medicine is concentrating its efforts include developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities. Its partnership with Montefiore, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. For more information, please visit einsteinmed.edu, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and view us on YouTube.
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Teens killed Spanish teacher over bad grade, prosecutor says
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa teenagers killed their high school Spanish teacher last year because of frustration over a bad grade, prosecutors said Tuesday in court documents that for the first time reveal a possible motive.
The documents were filed ahead of a hearing Wednesday where a judge will hear arguments on whether to suppress any of the evidence against Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale, who are charged with murdering high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber in the small town of Fairfield.
A lawyer for Miller is asking the court in Fairfield to invalidate four search warrants and suppress evidence from Miller’s home, comments he made to police and information taken from his cellphone and the social media platform Snapchat.
Graber’s body was found in a Fairfield park Nov. 3, 2021, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties. She had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Miller and Goodale were 16 at the time.
Fairfield is a town of about 9,400 people that’s some 100 miles (159 kilometers) from Des Moines.
Investigators found that Miller met with Graber at Fairfield High School on the afternoon of Nov. 2, 2021, to discuss his poor grade in her class. Graber later drove her van to a park where she was known to take daily walks after school, authorities say. Witnesses saw her van leaving the park less than an hour later with two males in the front seat.
The van was left at the end of a rural road. After getting a phone call from Goodale, a witness later picked up Goodale and Miller as they walked to town on that road, investigators say.
In a police interview, Miller described the frustrations he had with the way Graber taught Spanish and over how the grade in her class was lowering his GPA.
“The poor grade is believed to be the motive behind the murder of Graber which directly connects Miller,” court documents filed by Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding and Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown said.
Miller initially denied any involvement in Graber’s disappearance but “later stated he had knowledge of everything but did not participate,” according to court documents. He told police that the real killers — a “roving group of masked kids” — forced him to provide his wheelbarrow to help move her body and to drive her van from the park.
The documents say a witness provided photos of a Snapchat conversation “that identify Goodale’s admissions that he acted in concert with another person to bring about Graber’s death.” The witness identified Goodale as making statements that implicate both Goodale and Miller by name.
Miller’s lawyer, Christine Branstad, says that the search warrants were issued illegally in part because “law enforcement failed to provide information to the issuing magistrate to show the informant is reliable or that the information from the informant should be considered reliable.”
Miller is scheduled for trial on March 20 in Council Bluffs, and Goodale’s trial is Dec. 5 in Davenport.
Both teens, now 17, will be tried as adults. In Iowa, the penalty for a first-degree murder conviction is life in prison. Iowa Supreme Court rulings require juveniles convicted of even the most serious crimes to be given a chance for parole.
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Husband and wife create mobile coffee shop
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln couple has been serving up coffee with a special twist and with a unique name. Lately, they’ve become a bit of a local hit.
The Long ‘N Grinding Road started its business amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a husband-and-wife-run mobile coffee business that is a popular stop for Sunday farmers market goers.
Donna and Tom Upton of Lincoln combined their love of the Huskers and their love of The Beatles together to create the ‘Long ‘N Grinding Road’, a play on words of the famous Beatles song “Long and Winding Road.”
Together, they grind up coffee and have made themselves a crowd favorite at the weekly Sunday farmers market in college view and garnering regular visitors almost instantly.
“It’s cool, somewhat overwhelming sometimes when we started this we did get training but we jumped right into it and the first day we were really busy and she said do you see that long line and I said ‘oh we kind of have to speed up,” Tom Upton, the owner said.
They serve all types of drinks from espresso, smoothies and their most popular, ‘The Gold Rush’, a combination of caramel and white mocha.
The Long N’ Griding Road is one of the first vendors Sunday market visitors will see when they go through the front entrance.
The shop also donates 10% of its funds to the food bank of Lincoln.
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Frederick Lawrence Tilsner, age 61, died at his residence Aug. 28, 2022. Piasecki Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
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Curis working with clinical sites to resume enrollment
Preliminary clinical data update expected in 2023
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Curis that it may resume enrollment of additional patients in the monotherapy phase of the TakeAim Leukemia study.
Previously, Curis announced that the FDA had placed partial clinical holds on the TakeAim Leukemia and TakeAim Lymphoma studies in April 2022. On August 18, 2022, Curis reported that the partial clinical hold on the TakeAim Lymphoma study was lifted. After review of the comprehensive data package submitted by Curis, the FDA has notified Curis that it may resume enrollment of additional patients in the monotherapy dose finding phase (Phase 1a) of the TakeAim Leukemia study, in which the company has agreed to enroll at least nine additional patients at the 200mg dose level. The partial hold remains in place for the combination therapy phase (Phase 1b) and the expansion phase (Phase 2a) of the study until Phase 1a is complete and the FDA approves proceeding to the next phases of the study.
Before lifting the restriction on patient enrollment, the FDA reviewed additional data provided by the company related to the risk of rhabdomyolysis, a side effect also associated with statins, as well as with cancer medications such as Odomzo® and Cotellic®. The FDA also reviewed the company's strategy for utilizing objective laboratory measurements, similar to those used with Odomzo and Cotellic, to identify rhabdomyolysis, as well as the company's strategy for managing rhabdomyolysis, if it is detected.
"We are pleased to announce the results of the FDA's review and to have addressed potential concerns about the identification and management of rhabdomyolysis," said James Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curis. "We are working with our clinical sites to quickly resume enrollment of additional patients."
Similar to the TakeAim Lymphoma study, the Company is updating its timeline for clinical data release to reflect the availability of updated preliminary data from the TakeAim Leukemia study in 2023. In addition, Curis is proactively discussing the clinical plans for emavusertib in leukemia, including alignment on optimal dose and development path, with the FDA's leukemia division.
About Emavusertib (CA-4948)
Emavusertib is an IRAK4 kinase inhibitor and IRAK4 plays an essential role in the toll-like receptor (TLR) and interleukin-1 receptor (IL-1R) signaling pathways, which are frequently dysregulated in patients with cancer. TLRs and the IL-1R family signal through the adaptor protein MYD88, which results in the assembly and activation of IRAK4, initiating a signaling cascade that induces cytokine and survival factor expression mediated by the NF-κB protein complex. Additionally, third parties have recently discovered that the long form of IRAK4 (IRAK4-L) is oncogenic and preferentially expressed in over half of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The overexpression of IRAK4-L is believed to be driven by a variety of factors, including specific spliceosome mutations such as SF3B1 and U2AF1. In addition to inhibiting IRAK4, emavusertib was also designed to inhibit FLT3, a known oncologic driver, which may provide additional benefit in patients with AML and MDS.
About TakeAim Leukemia
The TakeAim Leukemia study (NCT04278768) is a Phase 1/2 open-label dose escalation, dose expansion clinical trial investigating emavusertib as a monotherapy and in combination with azacitidine or venetoclax in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) AML or high risk MDS. After dose escalation in monotherapy to determine the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) and assuming the partial hold for the phase 1b cohort dose escalation in combination to determine the RP2D is lifted, we plan to expand five cohorts: monotherapy in AML patients with spliceosome and FLT3 mutations, monotherapy in patients with MDS and spliceosome mutations and combination therapy with azacitidine or venetoclax in patients without spliceosome or FLT3 mutations. The goals of the study are to determine several parameters including safety, maximum tolerated dose (MTD), RP2D and signals of activity.
About TakeAim Lymphoma
The TakeAim Lymphoma study (NCT03328078) is a Phase 1/2 open-label, dose escalation, dose expansion clinical trial investigating emavusertib as monotherapy and in combination with ibrutinib in patients with R/R hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other B cell malignancies. After dose escalation in both monotherapy and combination therapy to determine the RP2D, we plan to expand four cohorts for combination treatment: marginal zone lymphoma, activated b-cell diffuse large b-cell lymphoma, primary CNS lymphoma, and patients developing adaptive resistance to ibrutinib monotherapy. The goals of the study are to determine several parameters including safety, MTD, RP2D and signals of activity.
About Curis, Inc.
Curis is a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. In 2015, Curis entered into a collaboration with Aurigene in the areas of immuno-oncology and precision oncology. As part of this collaboration, Curis has exclusive licenses to oral small molecule antagonists of immune checkpoints including the VISTA/PDL1 antagonist CA-170, and the TIM3/PDL1 antagonist CA-327, as well as the IRAK4 kinase inhibitor, emavusertib (CA-4948). Emavusertib is currently undergoing testing in the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Lymphoma trial, in patients with hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other B cell malignancies, both as a monotherapy and in combination with BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, and the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial in patients with AML and MDS, for which it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the TakeAim Leukemia trial during which no new patients will be enrolled in the combination phase (Phase 1b) of emavusertib with azacitidine or venetoclax and expansion phase (Phase 2a), and current study participants benefiting from treatment may continue to be treated with emavusertib at doses of 300mg BID or lower. In addition, Curis is engaged in a collaboration with ImmuNext for development of CI-8993, a monoclonal anti-VISTA antibody, which is currently undergoing testing in a Phase 1 trial in patients with solid tumors. Curis is also party to a collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, under which Genentech and Roche are commercializing Erivedge® for the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma.
For more information, visit Curis's website at www.curis.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, any statements with respect to Curis's plans, strategies and objectives to resume and further patient enrollment in its TakeAim Lymphoma trial and in the monotherapy dose escalation phase (Phase 1a) of the TakeAim Leukemia trial, and its ability to resolve the remaining partial clinical hold on the combination therapy phase (Phase 1b) and the expansion phase (Phase 2a) of the TakeAim Leukemia study, statements concerning product research, development, clinical trials and studies and commercialization plans, timelines, anticipated results or the therapeutic potential of drug candidates including any statements regarding the initiation, progression, expansion, use, safety, efficacy, dosage and potential benefits of emavusertib in clinical trials as a monotherapy and/or as a combination therapy, Curis's plans and timelines to provide preliminary, interim and/or additional data from its ongoing or planned clinical trials, any statements concerning Curis's expectations regarding its interactions with the FDA, statements with respect to mutations or potential biomarkers, and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. 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In connection with its agreement with Oberland Capital, Curis faces risks relating to the transfer and encumbrance of certain royalty and royalty-related payments on commercial sales of Erivedge, including the risk that, in the event of a default by Curis or its wholly-owned subsidiary, Curis could lose all retained rights to future royalty and royalty-related payments, Curis could be required to repurchase such future royalty and royalty-related payments at a price that is a multiple of the payments it has received, and its ability to enter into future arrangements may be inhibited, all of which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and stock price. Curis will require substantial additional capital to fund its business. 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The closure plan has been met with vehement opposition from state and local public officials, local physicians and the hospital's own Governing Board.
MNA President and Framingham resident Katie Murphy will also testify, calling Tenet's plan "shameful" with no "medical, moral or financial justification that will allow Tenet to profit from the suffering of the most vulnerable patients in our community."
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will hold a public hearing tomorrow, July 6th, on a controversial proposal by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare to close its outpatient oncology services at MetroWest Medical Center's Framingham Union Hospital campus. The hearing, which is the first in-person hearing scheduled by DPH since the onset of the COVID pandemic, will be held in Nevins Hall at the Memorial Building (City Hall) at 6 p.m.
Tenet's closure plan, which includes the loss of oncology infusion and radiation oncology services, has been met with strong opposition from state and local public officials, local physicians and even the hospital's local Governing Board.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents nurses and health professionals working in more than 85 of the state's healthcare facilities from Cape Cod to Pittsfield including the nurses at Tenet-Owned MetroWest Medical Center (the Leonard Morse campus) and St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, opposes the closure. The organization's President and Framingham resident Katie Murphy will be attending the hearing to offer strong testimony condemning the closure and calling out Tenet Healthcare for yet another attempt to "profit from the suffering of the most vulnerable in our community."
"As a practicing nurse, and on behalf nurses who provide oncology care in the Commonwealth, I can tell you there is no medical, no moral and no financial justification for Tenet's decision to abandon this vital service to this community," Murphy will testify. "For patients coping with a cancer diagnosis, the stress, anxiety and physical strain can be an enormous burden, which makes local access to treatment vital for positive outcomes. It is even more important for a community like Framingham, which has a significant and growing population of residents who lack the means to easily travel the long distances Tenet callously will force them to travel for the care they should be getting close to home."
The MNA was astonished to read in Tenet's official statement on the closure, claiming the decision was made "with the community's best interest in mind."
"To characterize this decision as in this community's best interest is akin to Vladimir Putin calling the bombing of Ukraine a process of urban renewal," according to Murphy. "It appears that the only interest Tenet has in any decision it makes is on how it increases its profit margin and its value for shareholders."
Murphy and the MNA will make the case that Tenet can easily afford to maintain the service, after the for-profit corporation received more than $2.6 billion in Federal and State COVID relief funding and after posting a profit of more than $695 million for 2020 and 2021 and has added an additional $97 million in profits for the first quarter of 2022, catapulting its stock price threefold.
Despite this largesse, Tenet has pursued an aggressive campaign to cut needed beds and services to the patients in Massachusetts, including its closure in October of all inpatient medical beds and the emergency department at MetroWest Medical Center's Leonard Morse campus and the pediatric unit on the Framing Union campus. In 2021 it forced the longest strike by nurses in the state's history to avoid providing safe staffing levels and, as a deliberate means of prolonging that strike, closed more than 100 beds at St. Vincent Hospital depriving the residents of that community desperately needed care during the height of the Omicron COVID surge. And at the same time it announced the closure of the oncology service at Framingham Union, Tenet eliminated its in-person interpreter service for a community where up to 40 percent of its residents speak a foreign language. "Shameful is too kind a word for these decisions," according to Murphy's testimony.
The DPH hearing is required under law to allow the public impacted by any closure to voice their concerns as part of the process for DPH to determine if the service to be closed is "essential" to the protection of public health for the community served by the hospital; and if it is, to require the hospital to either alter the plan, or to provide a detailed explanation of how those service will be delivered in the alternative.
Murphy's testimony includes a warning to DPH to look at any plan or promises made by Tenet in lieu of this process with critical skepticism given Tenet's checkered history. "Having worked with this corporation and Ms. Jackson (Tenet's CEO) we can report that Tenet has shown limited ability to honor the agreements it reaches or the commitments it makes to those they serve," according to Murphy's testimony. "In fact, over the last 20 years this corporation has been subject to more than $1.6 billion in fines and penalties for all manner of fraud and corporate malfeasance."
Murphy will use her testimony to raise public awareness of a glaring weakness in the state's ability to adequately preserve all types of services deemed by DPH to be essential as the law does not grant DPH the authority to stop any closure. In fact, the MNA has tracked dozens of service closures in recent years by highly profitable hospital systems including the decision earlier this year by Tufts Medical Center to close its inpatient pediatric beds, the closure of more than 74 desperately needed adult and adolescent psychiatric beds at Providence Hospital in Holyoke last year, and most recently, the planned closure of the Birthing Center by Northeast Health Corporation and Beth Israel Lahey Health (a hearing on that closure will be held on July 20th).
"Right now, there is no mechanism in the state to allow the Department of Public Health or any other entity in the state to fully protect the public from any corporation that chooses to close any service, no matter how vital it is shown to be for the health and wellbeing of that community. The time has come to provide that authority under law," Murphy will testify. "You can be sure that the MNA, with the support of other concerned residents and policy makers, will be advocating for the DPH to have the authority to move beyond just listening to communities crying desperately for help. The time has come for your critically important agency to finally have the power to make and enforce its decisions for the good of those communities."
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The next Jan. 6 hearing will focus on extremist groups. Here are some of the names you may hear
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection is holding a hearing Tuesday focusing on the role of extremist groups in the deadly riot.
In the lead-up to the hearing, members of the committee said the presentation will zero in on connections between then-President Donald Trump's administration and groups such as the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
Here are some of the key figures that could come up in the committee's hearing:
Joe Biggs
Joe Biggs, a Proud Boys leader from Florida and former InfoWars correspondent, assumed a top leadership role within the Proud Boys after the Jan. 4 arrest of Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, according to the Justice Department. Biggs allegedly led the Proud Boys in a march to and around the Capitol building, and was present at the initial breach of Capitol grounds.
Biggs faces nine federal charges including seditious conspiracy and has pleaded not guilty.
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and served as national security adviser for the first 23 days of the Trump administration. After reports that he had misled the administration over his communications with Russia before Trump took office, Flynn was forced to resign. He was charged with, pleaded guilty to — and then attempted to withdraw that plea — lying to the FBI over his Russian contacts. Flynn eventually received a presidential pardon from Trump ending the three-year legal saga.
After the 2020 election, Flynn was heavily involved in the Stop the Steal movement. His outlandish theories about overturning the election eventually reached the White House, most notably during the December 2020 Oval Office meeting where Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell suggested that the then-President should implement martial law or seize voting machines.
Kelly Meggs
Kelly Meggs is a leader of the Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers and is one of several members charged with seditious conspiracy. He has pleaded not guilty. Text messages from around Jan. 6 show that Meggs discussed the possibility of using the Proud Boys as a "force multiplier" on Jan. 6 with other Oath Keepers, and that he was in touch with former Trump adviser Roger Stone about providing security during the Stop the Steal rally.
Meggs allegedly led the infamous first "stack" of Oath Keepers up the steps and into the Capitol building on Jan. 6, according to the Justice Department. Once inside, Meggs allegedly went searching for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Ethan Nordean
Ethan Nordean, a Proud Boys leader from Washington state, also assumed a top leadership role in the absence of Tarrio. Nordean, along with Biggs, led a large group of Proud Boys in a march from the Washington Monument to the Capitol.
Nordean faces nine federal charges including seditious conspiracy and has pleaded not guilty.
Dominic Pezzola
Rochester Proud Boys member Dominic Pezzola is accused of smashing a window with a stolen police officer's riot shield, precipitating the first breach of the Capitol building.
He was allegedly one of the first rioters inside, and was at the front of the group who chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up the stairs.
Pezzola faces 10 federal charges including seditious conspiracy and has pleaded not guilty.
Sidney Powell
Sidney Powell is an attorney and former prosecutor who became a legal hero in Trump-world for her defense of Flynn when he faced charges in Robert Mueller's probe and later for her failed efforts to challenge the 2020 elections results. After the 2020 election, she joined Rudy Giuliani and other Trump attorneys in lobbing some of the most outlandish false election-rigging claims, as she famously promised that she was "going to release the Kraken" in her legal gambits.
She now faces legal ethics complaints for how she handled the Trump-aligned post-election litigation. Before the 2020 election, she had represented Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser, when he sought to back out of a plea deal he had reached with Mueller for false statements made to the FBI.
Stewart Rhodes
Stewart Rhodes, an Army veteran and graduate of Yale law school, founded the Oath Keepers in 2009 and has led the far-right organization ever since. Rhodes was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 but is not alleged to have entered the building, though phone records show he allegedly communicated with members who did go inside the Capitol and with members staged at an armed "quick reaction force" just outside Washington, D.C.
Rhodes was also a member of a "VIP" Signal chat alongside Roger Stone, Ali Alexander, Alex Jones and other key Trump allies, according to people familiar with Signal messages that prosecutors have obtained.
Rhodes, along with nine other members of the Oath Keepers, is set to go to trial in September on charges of seditious conspiracy. He is currently being held in a federal detention facility near Washington, D.C. Rhodes has pleaded not guilty to all criminal charges stemming from Jan. 6.
Kellye SoRelle
In 2020, Kellye SoRelle volunteered for Lawyers for Trump and assisted in some of the Trump campaign's efforts to challenge the outcome of the presidential election. She is a close ally of Rhodes, and was photographed with him outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. She has provided information to both the House select committee and the FBI but has not been charged with a crime.
Roger Stone
Longtime political operative and ally of Trump, Roger Stone was a large presence in the lead-up to Jan. 6, with connections to both Trump and far-right extremists involved in the Capitol riot.
Stone, whom Trump pardoned in July 2020 after being convicted of crimes that included lying to Congress, attended the Stop the Steal rally on Jan. 6 and had a protective detail made up of members of the Oath Keepers, some of whom have been criminally charged with seditious conspiracy. According to former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony to the committee last month, Trump — the night before the Capitol riot — told chief of staff Mark Meadows to ask Stone and Flynn what was going to happen on Jan. 6.
Stone has testified before the committee, asserting his Fifth Amendment rights to every question.
Enrique Tarrio
Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio was arrested on unrelated offenses two days prior to Jan. 6 and was not in Washington on the day of the attack, but is alleged to have stayed in touch with a rally planning group within the Proud Boys called the Ministry of Self Defense, or MOSD.
The MOSD's first event, according to prosecutors, was the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington, and Tarrio sent the group a voice message on Jan. 4 acknowledging they wanted to "storm the Capitol." As the attack unfolded, Tarrio allegedly wrote in an encrypted message, "Make no mistake ... We did this."
Tarrio, Biggs, Pezzola and Nordean are among the Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious conspiracy. Like the other three, Tarrio has pleaded not guilty.
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By leveraging Ginkgo's ultra high throughput encapsulated screening capabilities, AgBiome aims to unlock even higher performance of its microbial strain pipeline
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and BOSTON, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AgBiome®, Inc., a leader in global microbial innovation, and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, today announced a partnership to optimize the performance of products in AgBiome's pipeline of agricultural biologicals. Organizations developing next generation agricultural inputs can access Ginkgo's platform to accelerate discovery and deployment of new products. By leveraging Ginkgo's ultra high throughput encapsulated screening capabilities, AgBiome aims to provide growers with new and improved live microbial strain products.
The biological crop protection market has significantly grown in recent years as growers have increasingly sought effective and sustainable alternatives to synthetic pest control products. By leveraging Ginkgo's suite of advanced biology tools, AgBiome aims to enhance the breadth and efficacy of novel biological products.
"We believe we can identify improved variants at massive scale, which can help deliver more potent agricultural biologicals and bring the next generation of products to market," said Magalie Guilhabert, Head of Ag Biologicals, Ginkgo Bioworks. "We are thrilled to work with an industry leader like AgBiome as we seek to optimize live microbial strain products in their pipeline and provide even better solutions to growers around the world."
"AgBiome is committed to creating the most effective crop protection products, and we are always looking for new technologies to enable better performance," said Scott Uknes, Co-founder and Co-CEO of AgBiome. "We are excited to utilize Ginkgo's capabilities in ultra high throughput assay development to evolve the next generation of biologicals as we continue to provide growers with improved product efficacy."
AgBiome's crop protection products, discovered using its proprietary Genesis™ platform, are based on natural microbial strains that have undergone extensive testing and evaluation to ensure consistent performance. Ginkgo's ultra high throughput encapsulated screening technology makes it possible to search through up to 1 million strain variants in a single run and select the best performing candidates for further development. Built on nanoliter encapsulation technology, Ginkgo's screening capabilities provide nanoscale growth and assay compartments and make it possible to greatly reduce the screening time for large libraries.
About Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks is the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, providing flexible, end-to-end services that solve challenges for organizations across diverse markets, from food and agriculture to pharmaceuticals to industrial and specialty chemicals. Ginkgo's biosecurity and public health unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, is building global infrastructure for biosecurity to empower governments, communities and public health leaders to prevent, detect and respond to a wide variety of biological threats. For more information, visit ginkgobioworks.com and concentricbyginkgo.com, read our blog, or follow us on social media channels such as Twitter (@Ginkgo and @ConcentricByGBW), Instagram (@GinkgoBioworks and @ConcentricByGinkgo), or LinkedIn.
About AgBiome
At AgBiome, we partner with the microbial world for human benefit. We are recognized as a Certified B Corp for upholding high environmental, social and governance standards. Our proprietary GENESIS™ discovery platform efficiently captures diverse, unique microbes for multiple industries, including agriculture, human health, and industrial products and processes. For agriculture, we combine our novel microbial collection and data science with validated industry-best assays for insect, disease, herbicide, and nematode control. Through our commercial subsidiaries, AgBiome develops and sells proprietary crop protection solutions. The first of these, Howler®fungicide, launched in 2019, is a revolutionary fungicide for disease control in a broad variety of crops, followed by Theia® fungicide, which launched in late 2022. For more information, visit http://agbiome.com
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A high-speed railway could once again be in New Mexico’s future. A Las Cruces State Senator says he will be introducing the idea again after it failed in the legislature last session.
State Senator William Soules says the high-speed rail would travel anywhere from 150 to 200 miles per hour from Chihuahua, Mexico through New Mexico all the way to Denver. He says this would not be an easy or fast process if approved, but the economic benefits it would bring to the state in 20 years would be transformative.
“I’m under no illusions that this is going to happen next year, but we outta be seriously talking about it,” Soules said. “It would require international cooperation between Mexico and the United States. It would require cooperation between the governments of the state of Chihuahua, probably going through El Paso, or at least very near, so the state of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado.”
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The high-speed rail is not something that can travel on our existing rail system for safety reasons so it would have to be built with entirely new tracks at a high cost. Soules says he has no idea exactly how much a project like this would be, but estimates say it could be in the billions.
“It’s hugely expensive, I recognize that but it’s also a huge economic potential for the area going forward,” Soules said.
Soules says some have voiced their concerns with the cost of the potential project, the time it would take to build, and the fact that trains aren’t used like they were decades ago.
The first potential high-speed rail in the United States is under construction in California at a price tag of $105B that’s set to be running by the end of the decade.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Activists demanded Tuesday that Jamaica repeal a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex, noting that the government still has not heeded a regional rights panel's recommendation two years ago to do so.
The call comes as a growing number of islands in the conservative Caribbean region strike down similar but rarely invoked laws that often seek life sentences and hard labor. Jamaica has resisted such a repeal, and is considered the Caribbean nation most hostile toward gay people.
“Jamaica is really an outlier,” said Devon Matthews with Rainbow Railroad, a Canadian group that helps members of the LGBTQ community escape violence. “The situation has gotten significantly worse in the last number of years.”
Rainbow Railroad released a report Tuesday along with Human Dignity Trust, a U.K. nonprofit legal organization, that found the LGBTQ community in Jamaica faces “horrific violence, discrimination and persecution and lack(s) the most basic protections under the law.”
Since 2019, Rainbow Railroad has seen an increase in calls for help from gay people in Jamaica, with 411 violent incidents reported last year, compared with 377 the previous year, Matthews said in a phone interview.
“The data doesn’t even do justice to the degree of violence that we’re seeing,” she said. “It’s truly horrifying.”
In February 2021, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that Jamaica’s government was violating a right to privacy, equal protection, humane treatment and freedom of movement involving two members of the island’s LGBTQ community who were forced to flee Jamaica.
One defendant, Gareth Henry, is a gay man who was beaten several times by Jamaica police in front of angry crowds and now lives as a refugee in Canada along with his mother, sister and other relatives. The other defendant, Simone Edwards, a lesbian woman, obtained asylum in the Netherlands after she was shot twice in anti-gay violence, according to Human Dignity Trust.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which is part of the Organization of American States, recommended at the time that Jamaica repeal its so-called anti-buggery law. This has not yet happened.
“A lot of beautiful people lost in this violence could have been protected if the state had stepped up,” Matthews said.
Jamaica’s government has argued that it doesn’t enforce its 1864 anti-sodomy laws, but activists say having them remain on the books encourages homophobia and violent acts against the gay community in the religious country of some 2.8 million people.
Matthews said the laws sometimes are enforced by communities and families even if they’re not enforced at a state level.
A spokesperson for the office of Jamaica’s prime minister did not immediately return a message for comment.
And while it’s legal for women in Jamaica to engage in same-sex intimacy, Rainbow Railroad reported that it’s not uncommon for their families to organize so-called “corrective rapes” of them or their partner.
Activists also note that gay Jamaicans struggle to access jobs, medical care, education and housing.
Similar discrimination was reported in other Caribbean islands that have since repealed same-sex laws, with Barbados doing so in December, following in the steps of Antigua & Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis. But such laws remain on the books in six other countries in the Americas: Jamaica, Guyana, Grenada, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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The Habit Burger Grill Opens in Merced, CA on August 10th
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Habit Burger Grill, the California-based restaurant company renowned for its award-winning Charburgers grilled over an open flame, signature sandwiches, fresh salads and more announces the grand opening of a new location in Merced. Located at 3680 G Street., the fast-casual restaurant will serve up its 'Habit Hospitality' beginning August 10th.
In honor of the exciting grand opening, The Habit Burger Grill will host exclusive pre-opening VIP events for The Habit's CharClub members. Guests can receive an invite to this exclusive sneak peek by signing up for the CharClub at www.habitburger.com/merced.
- Free Charburger Day (Saturday, August 6th): The first 200 guests at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. will receive a free freshly-made Charburger, fries and drink. Must be a CharClub member and present VIP invitation.
- Free Charburger Day (Monday, August 8th): The first 200 guests at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. will receive a free freshly-made Charburger, fries and drink. Must be a CharClub member and present VIP invitation.
- Free Habit Day (Tuesday, August 9th): The first 200 guests at 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. will receive a free chargrilled meal from one of our pre-set menus. Must be a CharClub member and present VIP invitation.
The restaurant will offer dine-in, takeout and drive-thru ordering. Curbside pick-up and delivery will be available via The Habit Mobile App and online at order.habitburger.com. Guests also have additional convenient ordering options including state-of-the-art indoor self-serve kiosks and delivery through DoorDash, Postmates and Uber Eats.
"Since our first store opening back in 1969, we have been just as excited for each new location thereafter. We are committed to bringing our hometown vibe into everything we do, from the food we cook to the energy each new location brings," said Iwona Alter, Chief Brand Officer at The Habit Burger Grill.
The Habit Burger Grill was named in Thrillist's list of "Underrated Burger Chains that Need to be in Every State!" With its cooked-to-order mantra, The Habit Burger Grill's open flame sears a distinctive smoky flavor into their famous Charburgers, fresh marinated chicken, sushi-grade ahi tuna and tenderloin steak. Guests at The Habit Burger Grill can always count on freshly-made, handcrafted quality served up with genuine hospitality.
This Habit Burger Grill's dining room will be open Monday - Sunday from 10:30 am - 10:00 pm with the drive-thru remaining open until 11:00 pm.
Connect with The Habit Burger Grill on social media at facebook.com/habitburgergrill, instagram.com/habitburgergrill, twitter.com/habitburger, tiktok.com/@habitburgergrill, and youtube.com/habittube.
Born in Santa Barbara, California in 1969, The Habit Burger Grill is a burger-centric, fast-casual restaurant concept that specializes in preparing fresh, cooked-to-order chargrilled burgers and handcrafted sandwiches featuring grilled tenderloin steak, grilled chicken and sushi-grade ahi tuna cooked over an open flame. In addition, it features fresh handcrafted salads and an appealing selection of sides and shakes. The Habit Burger Grill was named the "best tasting burger in America" in July 2014 in a comprehensive survey conducted by one of America's leading consumer magazines, named in Thrillist's list of "Underrated Burger Chains that Need to be in Every State!" and featured in Newsweek's "America's Favorite Restaurant Chains 2022." The Habit Burger Grill has since grown to over 330 restaurants in 14 states throughout Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Washington as well as 13 international locations, seven in China and six in Cambodia. More information is available at www.habitburger.com.
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Consumer confidence dipped again in April as anxiety over a slowing economy and possible recession weighed on American households.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 101.3 in April from 104 in March.
Optimism about current conditions ticked up again, although consumers are less positive about the short-term future.
The index remains below 2022’s average level of 104.5.
The business research group’s present situation index — which measures consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions — inched up to 151.1 from 148.9 last month.
The board’s expectations index — a measure of consumers’ six-month outlook for income, business and labor conditions — fell to 68.1 this month from 74 in March. A reading under 80 often signals a recession in the coming year. The Conference Board noted that reading has come in below 80 every month but one since February of 2022.
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(CNN) — Newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said Friday afternoon that the social media company “will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.” That means suspended accounts like the one held by former President Donald Trump won’t immediately return to Twitter.
“No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes,” Musk added.
In the wake of Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, questions have been raised about whether the billionaire will reverse permanent bans, allowing people like Trump back onto the platform. Musk has repeatedly stressed his intention to rethink Twitter’s content moderation policies, as well.
Musk had previously indicated that he was not a supporter of permanently banishing people from Twitter and that Trump would be permitted to return under his ownership.
By unbanning users and unwinding content moderation efforts, Musk could make Twitter less palatable for its most vulnerable users, typically women, members of the LGBTQ community, and people of color, according to safety experts. It could also roll back progress Twitter has made in cracking down on accounts and posts that promote abuse, spam and misleading information.
Musk’s commitment to a moderation council should pause some of those concerns for now. Twitter, however, already has a Trust and Safety Council, which is comprised of a “group of independent expert organizations from around the world” to “advocate for safety and advise us as we develop our products, programs, and rules.” It’s unclear if Musk was aware of that fact.
Trump has previously said he would remain on his platform, Truth Social, instead of rejoining Twitter, but a change in his approach could hold major political implications, as November’s midterm elections near and Trump shifts his focus to 2024 and his political future.
Throughout Trump’s White House tenure, Twitter was central to his presidency, a fact that also benefited the company in the form of countless hours of user engagement. Twitter often took a light-touch approach to moderating his account, arguing at times that as a public official, the then-President must be given wide latitude to speak.
But as Trump neared the end of his term — and he increasingly tweeted misinformation alleging election fraud — the balance shifted. The company began applying warning labels to his tweets in an attempt to correct his misleading claims ahead of the 2020 presidential election. And following the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, the platform banned him indefinitely.
But Musk has said he disagreed with Twitter’s permanent ban policy.
“I do think it was not correct to ban Donald Trump; I think that was a mistake,” Musk said at a conference in May, pledging to reverse the ban were he to become the company’s owner.
Jack Dorsey, who was the CEO of Twitter when the company banned Trump but has since left the company, responded to Musk’s comments saying he agreed that there should not be permanent bans. Banning the former President, he said, was a “business decision” and it “shouldn’t have been.”
On Thursday, Musk wrote in a posted note to Twitter advertisers that “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences! In addition to adhering to the laws of the land, our platform must be warm and welcoming to all.”
CNN’s Clare Duffy, Brian Fung and Paul LeBlanc contributed to this article
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) spoke on Tuesday but failed to make any progress on breaking the logjam of nearly 300 military promotions the senator is holding up, Tuberville said.
According to a Tuberville spokesperson, the two officials had “another cordial conversation” and spoke about the planned Senate briefing with Defense officials to discuss the Pentagon’s abortion policy that sparked the fight. The policy allows the department to cover travel expenses for military members to seek abortion care.
The Pentagon and Democrats have been trying to move him off the holds.
“Coach looks forward to the briefing and to further discussions to resolve the situation,” the spokesperson added.
Tuberville told reporters at the Capitol, however, that the talks have yet to yield any progress toward a resolution.
“No, not yet,” Tuberville said. “None. … Just cordial [conversations]. Everybody gives their position and then, ‘Well, let’s talk again.’”
A Defense Department official confirmed the call and said, the “Secretary underscored to Sen. Tuberville the mounting disruption the holds were inflicting on military families, who have already sacrificed so much.”
“Secretary Austin has also explained to Sen. Tuberville, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that his blanket holds were increasingly harming U.S. military readiness and national security at a critical geopolitical moment,” the official added.
Tuberville added that he was hopeful the annual National Defense Authorization Act could codify a reversal of the Pentagon’s policy after the House included such language in their version last week, which he said he was pleased with. Senate Democrats are not expected to include that provision in the upper chamber’s version of the bill.
“I like what the House has in [their version]. I just don’t know about ours,” said Tuberville, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Ellen Mitchell contributed.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS) ("Pan American") announces that it has filed the required notice setting the record and meeting dates in respect of the special meeting of shareholders (the "Pan American Meeting") to consider the previously announced transaction with Yamana Gold Inc. ("Yamana") and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (the "Arrangement"). The record date for determination of shareholders eligible to vote at the Pan American Meeting is set as December 14, 2022 and the Pan American Meeting will be convened on Tuesday, January 31, 2022. Pan American has been advised that the Yamana shareholder meeting (the "Yamana Meeting" and, together with the Pan American Meeting, the "Meetings") will be convened on the same date.
The management information circular in respect of the Pan American Meeting is expected to be mailed and filed following the record date. Pan American expects that such mailing will be concurrent with the availability of the management information circular for the Yamana Meeting.
Further details relating to the Arrangement and the Meetings, including the location of the Meetings and manner of voting, will be contained in the respective management information circulars of Pan American and Yamana.
Pan American owns and operates silver and gold mines located in Mexico, Peru, Canada, Argentina and Bolivia. We also own the Escobal mine in Guatemala that is currently not operating. Pan American provides enhanced exposure to silver through a large base of silver reserves and resources, as well as major catalysts to grow silver production. We have a 28-year history of operating in Latin America, earning an industry-leading reputation for sustainability performance, operational excellence and prudent financial management.
Learn more at panamericansilver.com.
Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Forward-looking statements and information can be identified by statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "is expected" or "expects" be taken, occur or achieved. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements or information in this news release relate to, among other things: the record and meeting dates for the Meetings; and the mailing and filing of the management information circulars for the Meetings.
The forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release reflect Pan American's current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Pan American, are inherently subject to significant operational, business, economic and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies.
Pan American cautions the reader that forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release and Pan American has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others, the possibility that the Meetings will not be held on the expected date or at all. Additional risks, uncertainties and other factors are identified in Pan American's most recent form 40-F and Annual Information Forms, and in their respective subsequent quarterly report filings, which have been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities, as applicable.
Although Pan American has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set out or implied by the forward-looking statements and information, this list is not exhaustive and there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, described or intended. Investors should use caution when considering, and should not place undue reliance on any, forward-looking statements and information. Forward-looking statements and information are designed to help readers understand Pan American's current views in respect of the transaction and related matters and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Pan American does not intend, nor does it assume any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, changes in assumptions, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.
This news release does not constitute (and may not be construed to be) a solicitation or offer by Pan American or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives or agents to buy or sell any securities of any person in any jurisdiction, or a solicitation of a proxy of any securityholder of any person in any jurisdiction, in each case, within the meaning of applicable laws.
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In her first week on the job at a Philadelphia abortion clinic, Amanda Kifferly was taught how to search for bombs. About a year later, protesters blocked the entrances and exits of the The Women’s Centers, at one point pulling Kifferly into something resembling a mosh pit, where they surrounded her and shoved her around.
And on the night of last winter’s arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could end the nationwide right to abortion, people gathered outside a clinic in New Jersey with lawn chairs, a cooler and a flaming torch — a sight that brought to mind lynchings and other horrors of the country’s racist past, says Kifferly, who now serves as vice president for abortion access.
Such scenes have become familiar for providers and patients across the country over the decades since the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion. At times the violence has been far more severe, including bombings, arson and murders — from the 1993 killing of Dr. David Gunn outside a Florida abortion clinic to the 2015 fatal shooting of three people inside a Colorado Planned Parenthood.
Now providers and some in law enforcement worry what will come next. They’re preparing for an increase in violence once the Supreme Court rules, saying there has historically been a spike when the issue of abortion gets widespread public attention, such as after a state approves new restrictions. If the decision ends Roe v. Wade — as a leaked draft opinion indicates may happen — they also anticipate protests, harassment and other violence to be more concentrated and intensify in states where abortion remains legal.
“We know from experience, it’s not like the people protesting clinics in banned states just pack up and go home,” said Melissa Fowler, chief program officer for the National Abortion Federation.
The group and the hundreds of abortion clinics it represents have been on “heightened alert” since the opinion leaked, Fowler said. The organization has staff who specialize in security on call around the clock. They go out to clinics to do drills with employees and volunteers on scenarios such as bomb threats or active shooters and advise them on things like where to position security cameras. They also conduct safety assessments at the homes of physicians, monitor online threats and consult with local law enforcement.
In some places, local police are working with clinics to try to tamp down potential for violence. In Jacksonville, Florida, the sheriff’s office said last month they would station an officer outside the clinic, and police in Little Rock, Arkansas, installed a camera atop a crane near an abortion clinic that has been the site of protests, hoping to deter bad actors.
Immediately following the leak and for days afterward, police in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, initiated extra patrols around The Women’s Center location, Kifferly said.
But the relationship between clinics and local police isn’t always a positive one, and clinics must weigh whether having a heavy police presence will frighten patients, Fowler said. In Kifferly’s experience, how well clinics and police departments work together varies by city and state. She recalled asking an officer for help as she was assaulted outside the Philadelphia clinic, and the officer responding that she should “call 911.”
NAF, which collects monthly data from its over 500 members on harassment and violence, reported a spike in incidents in 2020, the most recent year for which the group has published data. The number of death threats or threats of harm and of assault and battery both increased by more than double, and providers reported more than 24,000 incidents of hate email or internet harassment.
Abortion providers reported an uptick after Donald Trump became president, and “extremists felt like it was OK for them not to be in the shadows,” Fowler said. The coronavirus pandemic seemed to exacerbate things, Kifferly said, and in all four states where The Women’s Centers operates — New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia and Pennsylvania — “we were besieged by protesters” angry that abortion clinics were open while their churches or businesses were closed.
Abortion opponents also have been targets of violence, and say they’ve also seen an increase in incidents since the draft opinion leaked, though the FBI in a 2020 memo described the incidents as historically “rare.”
Shortly after the draft opinion became public, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis said the draft had made extremist violence — by people on either side of the issue — more likely.
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said those were among more than 40 incidents of violence, intimidation and vandalism at pregnancy centers and churches in recent weeks.
In early June, a man with a gun, knife, zip ties and other items was arrested near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in the middle of the night. He told police he wanted to kill the justice because he was upset about the draft opinion as well as the fatal mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The court is expected to issue its ruling in the coming days or weeks.
As for what might occur next for abortion providers, much focus has been on how to provide care to people seeking it, should abortion be banned in more states. But Fowler said another concern is also front of mind: “We also need to focus on safety.”
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Padres sixth. Luke Voit strikes out swinging. Eric Hosmer doubles to deep left center field. Austin Nola singles to right field. Eric Hosmer scores. Nomar Mazara pops out to shallow left field to Johan Camargo. Ha-Seong Kim strikes out swinging.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Padres 1, Phillies 0.
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- FTX CEO John Ray's go-to, three-person team has worked with him on at least three bankruptcies throughout the last three decades, including restructuring Enron in the early 2000s, Nortel in 2009 and Overseas Shipbuilding Group in 2014.
- Individually, the new FTX CEO will collect $1,300 hourly plus expenses for his work on the FTX case, working out to $2.6 million annualized.
- In one bankruptcy case Ray worked on, he billed around 156 hours in a two-month period, netting him $120,582, so his billings for FTX may run higher or lower.
FTX CEO John J. Ray is leaning on a team that he's grown to know over years of bankruptcy restructurings, and the company is paying them millions for the work that they're doing to unpack FTX's tangled morass of accounts and shoddy records.
Ray and his top team are not like typical employees who work directly for the company. Instead, like bankers and lawyers who are working on the bankruptcy proceedings, the new leadership team is professional independent contractors. That means, among other things, that they get paid immediately, before any FTX investors receive recompense for their losses.
According to court filings, the new FTX CEO will collect $1,300 hourly plus "reasonable expenses" for his work untangling what U.S. Attorney Damian Williams called "one of the biggest frauds in American history" in a news conference Tuesday. That works out to an annualized $2.6 million, assuming Ray works a standard 40-hour workweek for 50 weeks over a year, allowing for two weeks of unpaid vacation.
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In one bankruptcy case Ray worked on, he billed around 156 hours in a two-month period, netting him $120,582, so his billings for FTX may run higher or lower.
Ray did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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By way of comparison, when Ray led Enron through its own fraud recovery process in 2005, helming the energy company through part of its bankruptcy as chairman and CEO, he collected a more modest $1.2 million on an annualized basis.
Ray also has a tight team that has worked with him on at least three bankruptcies throughout the last three decades, including restructuring Enron in the early 2000s, Nortel in 2009 and Overseas Shipholding Group in 2014.
Those bankruptcy guns for hire are:
- Kathryn Schultea, chief administrative officer, who has worked with Ray since Enron. She is also the president and CEO of RLKS, and served at Enron and successor bankruptcy companies from 1999 to 2014, ultimately rising to assist Ray as chief administrative officer in 2008.
- Mary Cilia, chief financial officer
- Raj Perubhatla, chief information officer
LKS is charging $975 an hour per person, or $5.85 million annualized, for these other three leaders, who are contracted through RLKS Executive Solutions, a company which specializes in bankruptcy officers for hire. The leaders from RLKS oversee administrative, financial and information technology efforts: a critical part of reconstructing what Ray has called "an utter failure of corporate controls at every level."
The total for all four officers, then, runs to $4,225 an hour, or $8.45 million annualized.
FTX has recovered about $1 billion worth of assets so far, but it could be months or years before creditors are made whole. Enron's restructuring dragged on for more than a decade. Nortel's proceedings are still carrying on in 2022, over 11 years later.
Correction: Ray has a team that worked with him on restructuring Overseas Shipholding Group in 2014. An earlier version misstated the company name.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women's professional tennis made its WTA tournament debut in the capital of Texas on Monday, and Katie Volynets beat Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in an all-American matchup to reach the second round of the ATX Open.
The 21-year-old Volynets, who is ranked a career-high 92nd this week, was broken only once in the match while taking four games served by the 58th-ranked Riske-Amritraj, including all three in the final set.
In January, Volynets qualified for the Australian Open and reached the third round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, upsetting No. 9 seed Veronika Kudermetova.
Volynets next faces No. 3 seed Anastasia Potapova or wild-card entry Elizabeth Mandlik, whose mother, Hana Mandlikova, won four Grand Slam singles titles. Potapova and Mandlik are scheduled to play each other Tuesday.
In other Day 1 results at the hard-court tournament, 151st-ranked Mirjam Bjorklund, who got into the field via a wild-card invitation, eliminated 50th-ranked Alycia Parks 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 — Parks accumulated 14 aces and 11 double-faults; and Anna Blinkova defeated qualifier Ann Li 6-4, 6-4.
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Chewbacca and his friends are in the dumps – or may soon be.
The maker of the Funko Pop! collectibles plans to toss millions of dollars' worth of its inventory, after realizing it has more of its pop culture figurines than it can afford to hold on to.
Waning demand for the pop culture vinyl toys, combined with a glut of inventory, is driving the loss as the company hits a financial rough patch.
The inventory has filled the company's warehouses to the brim, forcing Funko to rent storage containers to hold the excess product. And now, the product is worth less than it costs to keep on hand.
Funko said that by the end of last year, its inventory totaled $246 million worth of product — soaring 48% percent from a year earlier.
"This includes inventory that the Company intends to eliminate in the first half of 2023 to reduce fulfillment costs by managing inventory levels to align with the operating capacity of our distribution center," Funko said in a press release on Wednesday. "This is expected to result in a write down in the first half of 2023 of approximately $30 to $36 million."
The company reported a Q4 loss of nearly $47 million, falling from a $17 million profit for the same period during the previous year. Apart from dumping inventory, cost-saving measures will include a 10% cut of its workforce, company executives said on an earnings call with investors on Wednesday.
The collectibles market is still hot
The news came as somewhat unexpected to Juli Lennett, vice president and industry advisor for NPD's U.S. toys practice.
"I was a bit surprised because the collectible market is one of the big stories for 2022. Collectibles were up 24%," she told NPR. "That'll include any other types of action figure collectibles as well. But Funko, of course, is the biggest player in that space."
At the same time, she adds, that jump still marks a slowdown when compared to the avid interest in collectibles seen just a few years ago. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the "kidult" market — toys aimed at ages 12 and up — has seen immense growth. Grown-ups seeking the comfort of nostalgia and a way to relieve stress picked up toys and collectibles.
Funko was part of that pandemic-era boom: It posted over $1 billion in net sales for 2021, a 58% increase from the year before.
The company owes its fast growth to its vast collection of licensing deals with popular franchise properties, like Star Wars and Harry Potter. The company keeps its finger on the pulse of the latest pop culture crazes — be it the meme-friendly "This is fine" dog or, yes, even Cocaine Bear. The figurines cater to adult collectors, which account for a large fraction of toy sales. The resell market is just as hot; a Willy Wonka figurine set was believed to be the most expensive Funko sale to date when it resold for $100,000 in 2022.
But as pop culture fads come and go, so does the value of the toys that celebrate them.
That said, Lennett doesn't sense a passing fad when it comes to Funkos and other collectibles – at least not yet.
"Adults are going to continue to be interested in collectibles," she said. "There are too many new buyers that are buying into these categories and it's going to take some time before they all go away."
Is there an afterlife for the Funkos?
Some think the Funkos should be donated instead of dumped. Others say the supposedly worthless batch could be sent to comics stores — often small, independent shops that could use the Funko revenue.
Even if the beloved Funkos do end up in the landfill, there's always a chance that they could be unearthed one day. Thirty years after Atari dumped millions of copies of its famously unpopular video game based on the movie E.T., the cartridges were excavated. They later fetched more than $100,000 each on eBay.
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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock search committee that will help find a new law school dean will be led by a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Paula Casey, 71, professor emeritus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, serving from 1993–2000, will be chairperson of the dean's search committee. Former President Bill Clinton appointed Casey to the U.S. attorney's office in 1993.
Before her federal appointment, Casey taught law school classes at UALR from 1979-1993. From 1986 to 1991, she was the associate dean of the law school. She rejoined the Bowen faculty in 2001. In 2012, Casey was named the interim dean of Bowen law school, becoming the first woman in that job. She retired from the university in 2016.
"I am honored to be leading the search to fill this vital leadership role for the Bowen School of Law," Casey said in a statement Monday. "Bowen, with its talented and dedicated faculty, offers a strong doctrinal education and a broad array of clinical offerings. The dean is tasked with a critical job of educating the next generation of legal minds as well as guiding our extensive clinics that help so many Arkansans in need of legal advice."
Arkansas has two law schools, one at UALR and the other at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Both are looking for new law school deans.
Cynthia Nance, who has been leading the UA-Fayetteville School of Law temporarily since July 1, accepted the temporary appointment after Alena Allen stepped down as the Fayetteville law school's interim leader.
Nance is dean emeritus and the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the U of A School of Law, previously serving as the Fayetteville campus' law dean from 2006-11.
In the case of the Bowen law school search committee in Little Rock, UALR members are:
• Anastasia Boles, professor of law.
• Terrence Cain, professor of law.
• Rebecca Feldmann, director of the Veterans Legal Services Clinic.
• Shanna Fitzgerald, budget director.
• Rejena Grotjohn, assistant dean for student affairs and diversity initiatives.
• Wanda Hoover, assistant dean for external relations.
• Almas Khan, assistant professor of law.
• Joni Lee, vice chancellor for university affairs.
• Melissa Serfass, professor of law librarianship.
• Kelly Terry, associate dean for experiential learning and clinical programs.
Community search committee members are:
• Mark Hayes, executive director of Arkansas Municipal League.
• Michelle Ator, partner at Friday, Eldredge and Clark.
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Joe Volpe.
• Tasha Taylor, partner at Taylor and Taylor Law Firm.
Theresa Beiner, the first non-interim female dean at the UALR law school, told university administrators over the summer about her intention to step down as dean. She will leave the dean's job effective July 1, 2023, and return to a faculty position, according to UALR.
Beiner, 58, originally joined the Bowen School in 1994. She became dean in 2018, planning to serve for about five years.
The UALR law school has an estimated enrollment of 442 students. In 2022, there were 147 first-year law students and four Master of Studies in Law students.
UALR officials said they aim to have a new dean start in the summer of 2023.
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LSU vs. Miami (FL) Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
Published: Mar. 25, 2023 at 2:38 AM CDT|Updated: 43 minutes ago
Sunday's contest that pits the LSU Lady Tigers (31-2) against the Miami Hurricanes (22-12) at Bon Secours Wellness Arena should be a one-sided matchup based on our computer prediction, which projects a final score of 75-62 in favor of LSU, who is heavy favorites by our model. Game time is at 7:00 PM ET on March 26.
In their last matchup on Friday, the Lady Tigers claimed a 66-63 win against Utah.
LSU vs. Miami (FL) Game Info
- When: Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- Where: Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN
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LSU vs. Miami (FL) Score Prediction
- Prediction: LSU 75, Miami (FL) 62
LSU Schedule Analysis
- The Lady Tigers' signature win this season came in a 66-63 victory against the No. 8 Utah Utes on March 24.
- The Lady Tigers have eight wins against Quadrant 1 teams, tied for the 17th-most in Division 1.
- When facing Quadrant 2 teams, LSU is 9-0 (1.000%) -- tied for the fourth-most victories.
- The Lady Tigers have tied for the 47th-most Quadrant 3 wins in the nation (seven).
LSU 2022-23 Best Wins
- 66-63 over Utah (No. 8/AP Poll) on March 24
- 76-68 at home over Tennessee (No. 24/AP Poll) on January 30
- 69-60 at home over Ole Miss (No. 21) on February 16
- 66-42 at home over Michigan (No. 18/AP Poll) on March 19
- 83-66 over Georgia (No. 32) on March 3
Miami (FL) Schedule Analysis
- The Hurricanes registered their signature win of the season on March 20, when they beat the Indiana Hoosiers, who rank No. 2 in the AP's Top 25, by a score of 70-68.
- The Hurricanes have tied for the 21st-most Quadrant 1 victories in the country (seven), but also have tied for the 40th-most Quadrant 1 defeats (nine).
- Against Quadrant 2 teams, Miami (FL) is 5-2 (.714%) -- tied for the 36th-most wins.
- The Lady Tigers have the most Quadrant 3 wins in the nation based on the RPI (seven).
Miami (FL) 2022-23 Best Wins
- 70-68 on the road over Indiana (No. 2/AP Poll) on March 20
- 77-66 at home over Virginia Tech (No. 4/AP Poll) on January 8
- 70-65 over Villanova (No. 10/AP Poll) on March 24
- 62-58 at home over North Carolina (No. 20/AP Poll) on January 5
- 86-82 at home over Florida State (No. 28) on February 9
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LSU Performance Insights
- The Lady Tigers average 82.7 points per game (fifth in college basketball) while allowing 57.2 per contest (26th in college basketball). They have a +841 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by 25.5 points per game.
- Offensively, LSU is putting up 77.3 points per game this season in conference action. As a comparison, its season average (82.7 points per game) is 5.4 PPG higher.
- In home games, the Lady Tigers are putting up 8.7 more points per game (85.9) than they are on the road (77.2).
- When playing at home, LSU is giving up 10.4 fewer points per game (52.8) than in road games (63.2).
- The Lady Tigers have been putting up 73.4 points per game in their last 10 appearances, an average that's significantly lower than the 82.7 they've scored over the course of the 2022-23 season.
Miami (FL) Performance Insights
- The Hurricanes' +222 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 6.5 points per game) is a result of putting up 70.4 points per game (80th in college basketball) while giving up 63.9 per outing (171st in college basketball).
- In conference action, Miami (FL) is putting up fewer points (67.3 per game) than it is overall (70.4) in 2022-23.
- At home, the Hurricanes average 74.8 points per game. On the road, they average 65.9.
- At home, Miami (FL) gives up 60.6 points per game. On the road, it allows 68.3.
- The Hurricanes have fared worse offensively in their past 10 games, compiling 63.7 points per contest, 6.7 fewer points their than season average of 70.4.
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The unofficial start of summer saw violent incidents across the country.
According to theGun Violence Archive, there were 15 mass shooting incidents across a dozen states during Memorial Day weekend, with at least 70 injured and at least nine killed.
That's almost exactly the same tragic tally as in 2022, when Memorial Day weekend saw 71 injured and nine killed, also across 15 incidents.
And in recent years, city officials and law enforcement have been boosting summer resources.
"However you decide to spend your holiday weekend in Chicago, your safety is my top priority. And to that end, our public safety agencies have plans in place for the weekend and summer months to ensure that everyone can enjoy our city in peace," said Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago.
Historically, crimes tend to spike during the summer. But experts are mixed on why that might be.
One theory is that the warmer weather makes people more aggressive. And after decades of study, there is a growing body of research that suggests there might be a link.
One study from Drexel University found that this held for unusually warm days during months that were typically colder, not just during the summer season.
Another theory is that more potential incidents are possible simply because warmer weather means more people are outside. Not to mention, kids and young adults are out of school.
SEE MORE: Report shows US gun deaths reached record levels during COVID pandemic
This last point is especially important because people within the age range of 15–24 tend to commit the most crimes.
Criminologists sometimes refer to this drop-off in crime as "the age-crime curve."
Some cities are trying to speak directly to younger people with unique approaches.
"This plan is designed to ensure that our young people are safe and engaged," said Brandon Scott, Mayor of Baltimore.
"The Summer of Safety is designed to promote the safety of our city's most valuable asset, which is our kids," said Eric Johnson, Mayor of Dallas.
There's data to support this idea.
In 2021, the National Bureau of Economic Research looked at data from New York City's youth employment program, the largest of its kind in the country.
Participants in the program decreased the chance of any arrest by 17% and decreased the chance of felony arrests by 23%.
From program leaders to city officials, many have echoed the sentiment to Scripps News, emphasizing the importance of youth development in the summer.
"Giving young people productive things to do goes a long way to cut down on violent crime, but also gives them hope and opportunities," said Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland.
"We have to make a change in our lives, a change in our families, a change in our community, and a change in the churches!" said teacher Mary Camper.
But not everyone is on board with the approach.
The Executive Director of the Violence Interrupters in Chicago told Fox News that the current approach is not working.
"It’s just insane because we cannot keep repeating the same mistakes expecting different results here in Chicago when it comes to reducing gun violence," said Tio Hardiman.
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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Voters in Philadelphia are determining who will likely lead the nation’s sixth-largest city in a crowded field of Democratic candidates on Tuesday, as the city faces upticks in gun violence and quality-of-life issues that make people feel unsafe.
Five front-runner candidates — including former city council members, former city officials and a grocery store franchiser — have sought to differentiate themselves in a tight contest.
The Philadelphia race serves as the latest barometer of how residents of some of the nation’s largest cities hope to emerge from the pandemic, which heightened concerns about crime, poverty and inequality. The results have sometimes been tumultuous in other parts of the country, leading to the defeat of the incumbent mayor of Chicago in February and the ouster of San Francisco’s district attorney last year.
Philadelphia voters will choose between front-runner candidates including former council members Allan Domb, Helen Gym and Cherelle Parker; former city controller Rebecca Rhynhart; and political outsider and grocer Jeff Brown. They are vying to replace Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney, who is term-limited.
Only one Republican, former city council member David Oh, is running. He and the Democratic nominee will face each other in the Nov. 7 general election. Because Philadelphia is heavily Democratic, it is likely that whoever wins the primary will become the next mayor.
The candidates have pledged to tackle the city’s violence and crime, and address the rampant quality-of-life issues, but how they plan to get there varies. The candidate who is able to muster their base and appeal to the widest cross-section of voters will ultimately tip the scales in a tight contest.
Voters on Tuesday will also elect seven out of more than 30 total Democratic and Republican candidates for city council-at-large seats and three contested district seats.
To the west, voters in Allegheny County, which encompasses the state’s second largest city of Pittsburgh, will choose among six Democratic candidates vying to replace the county’s top official, who is term-limited. The winner will face a lone Republican contender in the November general election. Unlike in the Philadelphia mayor’s race, the primary winner will not necessarily be the person most likely to fill the county executive’s seat.
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Open Creator Protocol is an open source tool built on Solana giving creators control to enforce royalties on new collections and enjoy additional creator-centric features
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Magic Eden ("The Company"), the leading cross-chain NFT platform, launched the Open Creator Protocol in response to recent royalty enforcement changes in the NFT landscape. The Open Creator Protocol (OCP) is an open source tool built on top of Solana's SPL managed-token standard. Creators launching new collections who opt in to using the protocol will be able to protect their royalties and enjoy additional features including dynamic royalties and customizable token transferability.
"The Solana community has been waiting for solutions to NFT royalties," Jack Lu, CEO and Co-Founder of Magic Eden commented. "We have been in active conversations with multiple ecosystem partners to identify solutions for creators in a timely manner. Our intention with Open Creator Protocol is to immediately support royalties for creators launching new collections, while continuing to coordinate with ecosystem partners for more solutions."
The Open Creator Protocol, which will impact creators launching new collections, will be available starting December 2. Magic Eden will enforce royalties on all collections who adopt the protocol and allow creators to ban marketplaces that have not enforced royalties on their collection. For new collections that don't adopt OCP, royalties will remain optional on Magic Eden. At the same time, Magic Eden will also welcome the inclusion of other future royalty enforcement protocols that emerge and gain market adoption.
Open Creator Protocol includes additional features beyond royalty enforcement, including dynamic royalties and customizable token transferability. The dynamic royalties feature will specify a relationship between an NFT's sale price and royalty amount via a linear price curve, potentially reducing the nominal value of royalties for buyers who pay a higher price for the NFT. Customizable transferability can include many use cases, such as the collection's tokens remaining untradable before mint closes, or limitations on tradability by time, total number of trades, or metadata text. This can create fun ways for creators to gamify the rules of their own collection's trading behavior. Magic Eden is also unveiling bulk transfers on the platform so collectors can move their NFTs freely for collections using the Open Creator Protocol.
Upon launch, Magic Eden will be hosting "Magic Mint", a free mint for users to pilot the Open Creator Protocol and its many features, including protected royalties, dynamic royalties, and customized transferability. The mint will supply a couple thousand gift boxes, some of which will contain prizes including a free MacBook Air laptop, whitelist access to the Tomorrowland's December mint (The Symbol of Love and Unity), access to Genopet's game, and free NFTs from Degen Trash Panda and Liberty Square. The collection will have enforced royalties per the Open Creator Protocol.
About Magic Eden
Magic Eden is the leading cross-chain NFT platform driving the next billion users to Web3. Led by former crypto, tech, and hospitality leaders, Magic Eden is building a user-friendly platform powered by market-leading minting and trading solutions. Magic Eden brings dynamic cultural moments onto the blockchain, empowering users across thousands of digital communities to create, discover and collect unique NFTs. For more information, please visit www.magiceden.io.
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(NEXSTAR) – The California roll is a staple at sushi restaurants around the U.S. No matter where you order it, you’ll find pretty much the same three ingredients — cucumber, avocado and crab (sometimes imitation crab) — rolled up in seaweed and rice.
The roll’s provenance isn’t as well known as its ingredients, but the most widely accepted origin story takes us pretty far from California — and more than 4,500 miles from Japan, for that matter.
The California roll is widely reported to have originated in Vancouver, Canada. Hidekazu Tojo came to Vancouver in the early ’70s and started working at one of the city’s only sushi restaurants, reports Food52. At that time, the average diner liked tempura and teriyaki dishes, but wasn’t really interested in raw fish, Tojo told the publication.
People were interested, however, in eating cooked crab. So he crafted the roll using cooked crab, avocado and cucumber.
The other thing Tojo did to cater to diners’ tastes was turn the roll inside out, with seaweed hidden underneath a layer of rice. Traditionally, seaweed is wrapped around the rice and fish fillings of maki.
“In Japan, people [were] bashing me,” Tojo said in an interview with Great Big Story. “But people like it.”
The dish is still available today at Tojo’s restaurant in Vancouver, but you won’t find it listed as “California roll” on the menu. It’s called Tojo Maki.
So where did the name “California roll” even come from? Tojo attributes it to a broad generalization by Japanese media who wrote about his new creation. Even though there are large Japanese communities along the whole West Coast, “they cover everything ‘California’ in Japan,” Tojo told Insider.
The restaurant also started to draw large crowds from Los Angeles, reports Culture Trip, which may have contributed to its California name.
But there’s also another sushi chef, Noritoshi Kanai, who claims to have invented the roll in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles Times profile credits him with popularizing sushi in the U.S. through his Japanese food import business.
But Tojo swears that despite the name confusion, the dish we know today as the California roll was created 50 years ago with his own two hands.
“In Japan you have pride,” the chef told Food52. “Good chef never copies. Never.”
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— As an action star, Sylvester Stallone’s most iconic characters — Rocky Balboa, Rambo — have always relied on plain old brawn for his powers. (OK, and some human growth hormone.) But in “Samaritan,” the 76-year-old Stallone stars as aged superhero with superhuman strength living anonymously as a garbage collector. The film, which premieres Friday on Amazon Prime Video, was made by MGM but has seen its release delayed numerous times over the past two years before landing exclusively on the streaming platform.
— “Funny Pages,” which opens Friday in theaters and on video-on-demand, represents an even more winding path to release. Owen Kline (son of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates) struggled to find attention for his directorial debut. But after “Uncut Gems” filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie signed on as producers, A24 picked up the film and it premiered earlier this year in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival. And the film — a grungy coming-of-age tale that channels a low-budget ’90s indie spirit — is one of the year’s standout debuts. Daniel Zolghardri stars as a teenage cartoonist who shirks his posh family life in Princeton, New Jersey, to live alone in Trenton and try to make it as an R. Crumb-like artist.
— In “Me Time,” Kevin Hart plays a stay-at home father whose wife (Regina Hall) and kids go away for the weekend, allowing him to reconnect with an old friend (Mark Wahlberg). A wild weekend ensues. Streaming Friday on Netflix.
— AP Film Writer Jake Coyle
MUSIC
— If 13 is an unlucky number, don’t tell DJ Khaled. His new album “God Did” is his 13th full-length set and he’s teased it with the banger “Staying Alive” alongside frequent collaborators Drake and Lil Baby. Another apparent combo on the Friday release is a song with Future and Lil Baby, at least according to an Instagram post. Khaled also confirmed that Future would be featured on the record two times, and in a third post shouted out his two rap peers for “believing” in him. “They don’t believe in us, Future did, Lil Baby did,” Khaled wrote. If that’s not enough to entice you, earlier in August he confirmed that Jay-Z would also feature on the record.
— Marcus King and his blistering guitar skills have once again teamed up with Black Keys frontman and Grammy-winning producer Dan Auerbach to create the album “Young Blood,” out Friday. “Young Blood” follows King’s Grammy-nominated album “El Dorado,” and features the bluesy, rocking “Blood on the Tracks.” Born into a musical family, King’s musical gifts earned him a following as a teenager and the album is soaked in ’70 rock ’n’ roll. One highlight is the Free-sounding “Good and Gone” with the opening line “Look out your window baby, here come your man/Looking suspicious with that gun in his hand.”
— Duncan Sheik returns with a clutch of his own music on Friday after working on theater musicals for a while. “Claptrap” is the singer-songwriter’s ninth studio album and first in seven years. It boasts the slinky “Experience,” the Peter Gabriel-ish ballad “Maybe” and the electronic-bouncy “There’s No Telling,” which includes a nod to his theatrical roots in the lyric, “Don’t cry for me, Argentina.” The “Barely Breathing” songwriter has made a second name for himself on the stage, including the Broadway shows “Spring Awakening” and “American Psycho” as well as the new “NOIR.”
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— The nickname Canoe Man has a friendly ring to it. It was, however, what a British man was branded for faking his drowning death in an insurance scam. The quirkily titled miniseries “The Thief, His Wife & The Canoe” is based on the real-life story of a former prison officer whose scheme went far afield of what he promised his spouse. The couple, played by Eddie Marsan (“Sherlock,” “Ray Donovan”) and Monica Dolan (“A Very English Scandal”), left their sons in the dark and grieving over their still-alive dad, which didn’t endear them to the judge who ultimately presided over the case. The series debuts Tuesday on the BritBox streaming service.
— “Katrina Babies” reveals the hurricane’s unending toll on New Orleans. The HBO documentary is from first-time filmmaker and New Orleans native Edward Buckles Jr., who was 13 when the deadly hurricane hit in 2005. He’s spent the past half-dozen years collecting the memories of those who also endured the tragedy as youngsters. The film combines interviews, home movies, animation and archival footage to reveal the grief yet harbored by survivors and to probe the trauma of multigenerational racism. “Katrina Babies” debuts Wednesday on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
— Looking for something to tide you over until “The Crown” returns later this year? Try PBS’ “The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family,” a three-part docuseries debuting Sunday on PBS and PBS.org. Even casual royal followers may know that Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded for alleged crimes of adultery and treason. Turns out Anne’s fate was rooted not only in her lofty ambitions but those of her power-hungry family, as detailed in the series by rare original letters and documents from the 16th-century, the perspective of Tudor scholars and dramatic re-enactments.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
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(NewsNation) — Dramatic video shows a 130-foot yacht slowly sinking into the sea.
The footage gathered by the Italian Coast Guard captured the impressive vessel being slowly swallowed up by the Mediterranean just nine miles off the coast of Italy.
The Coast Guard scrambled to rescue nine people before the yacht, named “My Saga,” went under.
The yacht, built in 2007, was equipped with six staterooms for up to 12 guests and an additional four cabins for its crew. Designed to perfectly sail the open ocean, questions have been raised as to what exactly caused the yacht to go down this week.
There have been a number of yacht incidents in the world in 2022, according to the publication Super Yacht Times.
The publication reports that eight motor yachts caught fire, three sank, two were attacked, and a 50-meter sailing yacht was hit by a rescue vessel.
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south Friday and put air rescue services on high alert, after severe storms killed at least 12 people elsewhere in Europe a day earlier.
Two girls, ages 4 and 8, were killed when sudden strong winds toppled trees late Thursday at a lake in the Lavant Valley of southern Austria. Officials said 13 people were injured, two of them seriously. Many of the victims were vacationers visiting the tourist region.
Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen called the children’s deaths “an unfathomable tragedy.” The mayor of the nearby town of Wolfsberg, Hannes Primus, said the area looked “like a battlefield.”
In Lower Austria, three women were killed when lightning struck a tree near the central town of Gaming, causing it to fall over.
Fierce storms also killed at least seven people in France and Italy on Thursday. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Friday during a visit to Corsica that five people were killed on the island – correcting a figure of six dead he had given a day earlier.
Germany’s national weather service DWD warned of “extremely abundant, prolonged rain” along the edge of the Alps could drop as much as 140 liters of water per square meter (5.5 inches) over a 48-hour period that could cause flooding.
The Bavarian Red Cross said it was raising the alarm level for its air rescue specialists, putting helicopter crews on heightened alert.
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Top-rated birdhouses and feeder kits
IN THIS ARTICLE:
Buildable birdhouses and bird feeder kits are an excellent opportunity to combine crafting with birdwatching. Most are geared toward children — activities like these help nurture creativity and fine motor skills — but can also be enjoyed by adults.
The kits, typically made of wood, often come with acrylic paints and paintbrushes. Some require tools for assembly, while others come with pre-cut pieces that can be easily slotted together. This DIY project is suitable for children ages 3 and up (younger kids may choke on the pieces).
What to look for in a quality birdhouse or feeder
Wild birds are most attracted to red, blue, yellow and orange. Avoid painting a birdhouse or bird feeder white; colorful birds avoid white, which makes it easier for predators to see them.
Birdhouses come as singles or multi-packs, which often offer a better value for the price. Some even include wind chimes, which can enhance outdoor decor and accent existing garden ornaments.
Best birdhouse and feeder kits
Toysmith Build A Bird Bungalow
This kit has a classic gable roof design you would typically expect for a birdhouse. It features sustainable wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. The kit includes wood pieces, a chain for hanging, four paint pots, a paintbrush, nails and glue.
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Melissa & Doug Created by Me! Birdhouse
This birdhouse comes from an established brand known for creating high-quality products for children. It has a gable roof, and a pretty leaf pattern on the front makes it stand out. The kit includes wooden panels, screws, four paint pots and a paintbrush.
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Hapray Four-pack Buildable DIY Birdhouse Kit
Four kids can have fun building these birdhouses together. Each has a different design, so kids can choose their favorite. All feature a wooden base and gable roof. This kit contains the unassembled birdhouses, 24 paint colors, four paintbrushes, one painting palette, four hanging strings and glue.
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Made By Me Build and Paint Your Own DIY Birdhouse
This birdhouse with a gable roof is easy for kids to assemble. No tools are needed; you simply glue the wooden pieces together according to the instructions. The kit comes with six paint colors, a paintbrush and hemp hanging cord.
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Home Composer Four-pack DIY Birdhouse
This set includes both DIY birdhouses and wind chimes (two of each). The birdhouses have different structures, both with gable roofs, and the wind chimes feature a cute snail or butterfly. The kit includes pre-cut and slotted wooden pieces (no tools required), 12 paints and two brushes.
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Oriental Cherry Four-pack DIY Birdhouse Kit
This set features two birdhouses with different designs and gable roofs, as well as two wind chimes with butterfly or rainbow ornaments. The kit includes pre-cut and slotted wooden pieces, 12 paints, three brushes and four hanging strings.
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Plaid Enterprises Wood Surface Crafting Birdhouse
If all you want to do is decorate your birdhouse, consider this option. The wooden structure resembles a gazebo with its unusual five-sided roof. This birdhouse comes pre-assembled without paint, so you’ll have to use your own or buy it separately.
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Neliblu Store 12 Wooden Birdhouses
This set is great for a birthday party or other gathering. It contains 12 wooden birdhouses with various designs to choose from. Each house is individually wrapped with five paint colors, a brush and hanging string. The set is also available as a pack of six.
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Gooidea Two-pack Make Your Own Bird Feeder
These bird feeders have a charming design resembling a beehive. They feature attachable wind chimes, with room on the ledge for multiple birds to feed. Each kit contains two bird feeders, eight chime rods, 12 paints, two brushes and hanging strings.
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Cedar Alpha DIY Bird Feeder Kit
This is one of the more attractive bird feeders, made of cedar wood with a gable roof. It’s one of the larger options, with enough room for multiple birds to feed out of the plastic container. The kit includes a wooden base, two plastic windows, a hanging chain, screws, paints and brushes.
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KidSquare Three-pack Bird Feeders
These unconventional bird feeders have a floral design that would look right at home in the garden. The kit contains wooden plates for three feeders, three metal bowls for holding seeds, 12 paint colors, three brushes, three hanging strings, and decorative stickers.
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This bird feeder comes conveniently pre-assembled and ready for painting. The pine feeder features a gable roof and can accommodate multiple birds. This set comes with four paint pots, a paintbrush and hanging chain.
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Worth checking out
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The Birdwatching Lover Apparel Birder Gift T-shirt makes an excellent gift for hardcore enthusiasts, available in men, women and youth sizes.
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Another gift idea, The Unemployed Philosophers Guild Birds on a Wire Mug features various black birds that become vibrantly colored once a hot beverage is poured inside.
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Keep track of the birds you see with the Rite in the Rain All-Weather Birders Journal.
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Wagner’s Four Season Black Oil Sunflower Seed will attract a variety of bird species, including cardinals, chickadees, finches, nuthatches and woodpeckers.
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If you’re interested in learning more about the birds in your yard, the “Smithsonian Handbooks: Birds of North America” will teach you about over 700 species.
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Make your yard even more appealing to birds with the Ancient Graffiti Solid Copper Birdbath.
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Frisch concedes race against Boebert as it goes to recount
DENVER (AP) — Democrat Adam Frisch conceded Friday in his tight U.S. House race against Republican Lauren Boebert that is likely headed to a recount, but highlighted how his surprisingly strong showing revealed that Republican voters in the sprawling Colorado district are tiring of Boebert’s brash style.
The Associated Press has declared the election in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District too close to call. AP will await the results of a potential recount to call the race. With nearly all votes counted, the incumbent Boebert leads Frisch by about 0.17 percentage points, or 554 votes out of over 327,000 votes counted.
“America is tired of the circus, tired of the lack of respect for our institutions and democracy, and tired of the lack of civility in our discourse,” Frisch said. The Democrat added that he hasn’t ruled out another bid for the seat in 2024. Prognosticators, pundits and the political establishment had largely thought Frisch’s campaign futile, but the thin margin is its own small victory for Frisch.
“We were written off by the political class, we were written off by the donor class and we were written off by the political media,” Frisch told the AP. “I wish more people didn’t take nine months to call me back.”
Frisch said he supports the recount but that it would be unrealistic to think it would flip enough votes for him to win. He called Boebert to concede the race.
In Colorado, a mandatory recount is triggered when the margin of votes between the top two candidates is at or below 0.5% of the leading candidate’s vote total. On Friday, that margin was around 0.34%.
Frisch’s comments come after Boebert claimed victory late Thursday in a tweeted video of her standing in front of the U.S. Capitol.
“Come January, you can be certain of two things,” said Boebert before thanking her supporters, “I will be sworn in for my second term as your congresswoman and Republicans can finally turn Pelosi’s house back into the People’s House.”
The unexpectedly close margin for Boebert, one of Congress’s staunchest supporters of former President Donald Trump, was the latest indication that Trump’s influence on Republican voters could be waning amid a nationwide fight over the direction of the Republican Party. It is a question some Republican leaders raised in partly blaming Trump for their dismal midterm results even as the former president forged ahead in launching his 2024 presidential bid.
Like the former president, Boebert’s provocative style has galvanized anti-establishment angst and won a loyal following on the right. With frequent TV appearances and a near-household name, the campaign cash flowed in — she raised $6.6 million in the past two years, an astronomical sum for a freshman member of the House.
Frisch campaigned on a largely conservative platform and against what he dubbed Boebert’s “antics” and “angertainment.”
The former city council member in the posh town of Aspen hoped to entice disaffected Republican voters and build a bi-partisan political coalition. He rarely mentioned he was a Democrat on the campaign trail and backed removing Democrat Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, saying he wanted to lower the partisan temperature in Washington. It was an indirect dig at Boebert that resonated with voters in a highly rural district that, though conservative, have often backed pragmatists.
“We have shown the country that extremists politicians can be defeated, loud voices are not invincible, and shouting will not solve problems,” said Frisch.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Maude's Award Recipients were announced today, honoring three organizations with $25,000 and five Individuals with $5,000 each. Maude's Awards was created in 2019 by Richard Ferry (Cofounder: Korn-Ferry) in honor of his beloved wife of 65 years. In 2013, Maude was diagnosed with dementia. Richard continues the journey to discover and share innovations addressing challenges of persons living with dementia and their care partners. More information here: The Awards – Maude's Awards (maudesawards.org)
I'm Still Here (ISH) – Winchester, MA - ISH redefines what it means to live with dementia, replacing the predominant "despair" narrative with "hope" – soliciting, identifying, and supporting programs that, through engagement, promote the inherent dignity of people living with dementia. The focus is Nonpharmacological approaches that inform and educate individuals and communities, and thus reduce the stigma so often associated with dementia.
Elderwise – Seattle, WA – The Elderwise® mission is to enrich the lives of caregivers and adults living with dementia through teaching and demonstrating the philosophy and practice of Spirit-Centered Care®. Our adult day program models this way of thinking and our education program teaches this approach. We highlight working from one's own essence and recognizing the essence of others, regardless of cognitive changes.
Jewish Family & Children's Service (JF&CS) Waltham, MA; Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) -Charlottesville, VA - The JF&CS Memory Café Percolator and Dementia Action Alliance together lead "Living Well with Dementia at the Café", to help memory cafés foster leadership and empower participants living with dementia. Achievements include a written café coordinators' guide, and "Café Chats: Living Well with Dementia," featuring trained advocates presenting at a memory café.
Dana Territo – Baton Rouge, LA - The Memory Whisperer® is Dana's byline for her weekly column she's written since 2013 in Louisiana's The Advocate Newspaper. It answers reader's questions on all things Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. "I feel the information I provide assists caregivers and affected individuals in navigating the journey of dementia. Moreover, I am supporting and advocating for this population."
Bonnie Erickson – Billings, MT - "I, along with several others with a dementia diagnosis, co-founded the non-profit National Council of Dementia Minds. We are the first national organization completely governed by people living with a dementia diagnosis. Our presentations are shared free of charge to medical students, medical professionals, policy makers, researchers, care facilities, families and our beloved care partners."
Pam Nolte – Seattle, WA – "The facilitator of a respected memory loss program in Seattle contacted me in 2010 to ask whether Taproot Theatre would create an improv class for individuals with memory loss. I developed, guided and, along with other professional actors, have taught those improv classes for Taproot since then, adding brain science to the training of teachers in this program."
Hailey Richman – Plainview, NY - "Kid Caregivers is a nonprofit organization which supports children who are acting as caregivers. Our mission is to help young people learn coping skills and improve the lives of adults living with Alzheimer's disease. Our Puzzle Time program pairs young people with seniors. Together, they solve jigsaw puzzles which stimulates the brain, and provides a sense of accomplishment."
Mary Crescenzo –Topanga, CA - Mary's innovation includes her pioneer work in arts engagement and dementia through her multidisciplinary approach to "Care Through the Artssm". As author of The Planet Alzheimer's Guide: 8 Ways the Arts Can Transform the Life of Your Loved One and Your Own, Mary's advocacy continues as public speaker, playwright of Planet A, and in creative writing work with care partners.
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CONAGRA BRANDS REPORTS FY22 FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR RESULTS
Published: Jul. 14, 2022 at 7:30 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
Provides fiscal 2023 guidance
CHICAGO, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2022, which ended on May 29, 2022. All comparisons are against the prior-year fiscal period, unless otherwise noted. Certain terms used in this release, including "Organic net sales," "EBITDA," "Two-year compounded annualized," and certain "adjusted" results, are defined under the section entitled "Definitions." See page 7 for more information.
Highlights
CEO Perspective Sean Connolly, president and chief executive officer of Conagra Brands, commented, "Throughout fiscal 2022 our team took decisive actions to offset inflation and invest in our business. I'm pleased that our brands continued to resonate with consumers, and we continued to grow share."
He continued, "I was also pleased to see margin improvement materialize in the fourth quarter in Grocery & Snacks and Foodservice. This represents an important inflection that we expect will extend to our Refrigerated & Frozen and International businesses as fiscal 2023 progresses."
Total Company Fourth Quarter Results
In the quarter, net sales increased 6.2% to $2.9 billion. The increase in net sales primarily reflects:
The 6.8% increase in organic net sales was driven by a 13.2% improvement in price/mix, which was partially offset by a 6.4% decrease in volume. Price/mix was driven by the Company's inflation-driven pricing actions that were reflected in the marketplace throughout the quarter and favorable brand mix. The volume decrease was primarily a result of the elasticity impact from inflation-driven pricing actions.
Gross profit decreased 1.1% to $713 million in the quarter and adjusted gross profit increased 0.3% to $723 million. Gross profit in the quarter benefited from higher organic net sales, supply chain realized productivity, lower COVID-19 pandemic-related expenses, and cost synergies associated with the Pinnacle Foods acquisition. These benefits, however, were not enough to offset the impacts of cost of goods sold inflation of 17.3% and the lost profit from the Sold Business. Gross margin decreased 183 basis points to 24.5% in the quarter and adjusted gross margin decreased 147 basis points to 24.9%.
Selling, general, and administrative expense (SG&A), which includes advertising and promotion expense (A&P), increased 14.7% to $499 million in the quarter primarily due to brand impairment charges. Adjusted SG&A, which excludes A&P, decreased 7.8% to $242 million driven by decreased incentive and deferred compensation.
A&P for the quarter decreased 38.7% to $46 million, driven primarily by lapping increased investment in the prior year period.
Net interest expense was $96 million in the quarter, a decrease of 2.1% or $2 million compared to the prior-year period.
The average diluted share count was flat compared to the prior-year period at 482 million shares.
In the quarter, net income attributable to Conagra Brands decreased 48.6% to $159 million, or $0.33 per diluted share. Adjusted net income attributable to Conagra Brands increased 20.6% to $314 million, or $0.65 per diluted share in the quarter, driven primarily by an increase in operating profit and a strong performance from the Company's Ardent Mills joint venture.
Adjusted EBITDA, which includes equity method investment earnings and pension and postretirement non-service income, increased 13.5% to $591 million in the quarter, primarily driven by an increase in adjusted operating profit and a strong performance from the Company's Ardent Mills joint venture.
Total Company Fiscal 2022 Results For the full fiscal year, net sales increased 3.1% to $11.5 billion. The growth in net sales primarily reflects:
For the full fiscal year, gross profit decreased 10.7% to $2.8 billion and adjusted gross profit decreased 10.5% to $2.9 billion. The benefits from supply chain realized productivity, higher organic net sales, lower COVID-19 pandemic-related expenses, and cost synergies associated with the Pinnacle Foods acquisition were not enough to offset the impacts from cost of goods sold inflation of 16.4%, the lost profit from the Sold Businesses, and elevated supply chain operating costs. Gross margin decreased 382 basis points to 24.6% and adjusted gross margin decreased 378 basis points to 24.8%.
For the full fiscal year, EPS decreased 30.8% to $1.84 and adjusted EPS decreased 10.6% to $2.36, driven by a decrease in adjusted operating profit.
For the full fiscal year, the Company generated $1.2 billion in net cash flows from operating activities and $713 million of free cash flow.
Grocery & Snacks Segment Fourth Quarter Results Reported and organic net sales for the Grocery & Snacks segment increased 7.2% to $1.2 billion in the quarter.
In the quarter, price/mix increased 14.4% and volume decreased 7.2%. Price/mix was primarily driven by favorability in inflation-driven pricing coupled with favorable brand mix. The volume decline was primarily due to the elasticity impact from inflation-driven pricing actions. In the quarter, the Company gained share in staples categories such as syrup and refried beans, and snacking categories including microwave popcorn and meat snacks.
Operating profit for the segment decreased 19.9% to $163 million in the quarter. Adjusted operating profit increased 17.0% to $255 million, as the negative impact of cost of goods sold inflation was more than offset by higher organic net sales, supply chain realized productivity, lower COVID-19 pandemic related expenses, lower A&P investment, and cost synergies associated with the Pinnacle Foods acquisition.
Refrigerated & Frozen Segment Fourth Quarter Results Net sales for the Refrigerated & Frozen segment increased 3.4% to $1.2 billion in the quarter reflecting:
On an organic net sales basis, price/mix increased 12.4% and volume decreased 8.1%. Price/mix was primarily driven by favorability in inflation-driven pricing coupled with favorable brand mix. The volume decline was primarily due to the elasticity impact from inflation-driven pricing actions. In the quarter, the Company gained share in categories such as frozen single serve meals, frozen meat substitutes, and frozen desserts.
Operating profit for the segment decreased 34.4% to $77 million in the quarter. Adjusted operating profit decreased 6.4% to $185 million as the benefits of higher organic net sales, supply chain realized productivity, lower A&P investment, decreased COVID-19 related expenses, and cost synergies associated with the Pinnacle Foods acquisition were more than offset by cost of goods sold inflation and lost profit from the segment's Sold Business.
Foodservice Segment Fourth Quarter Results Net sales for the Foodservice segment increased 21.5% to $287 million in the quarter reflecting:
On an organic net sales basis, volume increased 4.5% as restaurant traffic continued to improve from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, partially offset by the elasticity impact from inflation-driven pricing actions. Price/mix was favorable 17.1% in the quarter, primarily driven by inflation-driven pricing and favorable product mix.
Operating profit for the segment increased 13.2% to $22 million in the quarter. Adjusted operating profit increased 53.0% to $29 million as the benefits of higher organic net sales and supply chain realized productivity more than offset the impact of cost of goods sold inflation.
International Segment Fourth Quarter Results Net sales for the International segment increased 0.9% to $231 million in the quarter reflecting:
On an organic net sales basis, price/mix increased 5.6% and volume decreased 3.2%. The price/mix increase was driven by inflation-justified pricing. Volume decreased primarily due to the elasticity impact from inflation-driven pricing actions.
Operating profit for the segment decreased 78.4% to $6 million in the quarter. Adjusted operating profit decreased 25.7% to $20 million as the benefits of higher organic net sales and supply chain realized productivity were more than offset by cost of goods sold inflation and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange.
Other Fourth Quarter Items Corporate expenses decreased 33.3% to $53 million in the quarter and adjusted corporate expense decreased 30.8% to $55 million in the quarter primarily as a result of lower incentive compensation expense.
Pension and post-retirement non-service income was $19 million in the quarter compared to $13 million of income in the prior-year period.
In the quarter, equity method investment earnings were $48 million. The 42.1% increase on a reported basis was primarily driven by favorable market conditions for the Ardent Mills joint venture, and the venture's effective management through recent volatility in the wheat markets.
In the quarter, the effective tax rate was 14.4% compared to (32.0)% in the prior-year period. The adjusted effective tax rate was 22.3% compared to 21.3% in the prior-year period.
In the quarter, the Company paid a dividend of $0.3125 per share.
Outlook The Company expects cost of goods sold inflation to continue into fiscal 2023 and has communicated additional pricing increases that will take effect in the second quarter of FY23. Guidance anticipates gross inflation (input cost inflation before the impacts of hedging and other sourcing benefits) in low-teen levels. Guidance also assumes volume elasticities increase from fiscal 2022 levels but remain below historical levels. The Company does not expect the elevated performance that its joint venture, Ardent Mills, delivered in the back half of fiscal 2022 to continue throughout fiscal 2023.
The Company is providing the following guidance for fiscal 2023:
The inability to predict the amount and timing of the impacts of foreign exchange, acquisitions, divestitures, and other items impacting comparability makes a detailed reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures impracticable. Please see the end of this release for more information.
Items Affecting Comparability of EPS The following are included in the $0.33 EPS for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 (EPS amounts rounded and after tax). Please see the reconciliation schedules at the end of this release for additional details.
The following are included in the $0.64 EPS for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 (EPS amounts rounded and after tax). Please see the reconciliation schedules at the end of this release for additional details.
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Organic net sales excludes, from reported net sales, the impacts of foreign exchange, divested businesses and acquisitions, as well as the impact of any 53rd week. All references to changes in volume and price/mix throughout this release are on an organic net sales basis.
References to adjusted items throughout this release refer to measures computed in accordance with GAAP less the impact of items impacting comparability. Items impacting comparability are income or expenses (and related tax impacts) that management believes have had, or are likely to have, a significant impact on the earnings of the applicable business segment or on the total corporation for the period in which the item is recognized, and are not indicative of the Company's core operating results. These items thus affect the comparability of underlying results from period to period.
References to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) refer to net income attributable to Conagra Brands before the impacts of discontinued operations, income tax expense (benefit), interest expense, depreciation, and amortization. References to adjusted EBITDA refer to EBITDA before the impacts of items impacting comparability.
References to two-year compounded annualized numbers are calculated as: ([(1 + current year period's growth rate) * (1 + prior year period's growth rate)] ^ 0.5) – 1.
Discussion of Results Conagra Brands will host a webcast and conference call at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time today to discuss the results. The live audio webcast and presentation slides will be available on www.conagrabrands.com/investor-relations under Events & Presentations. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-877-883-0383 for participants in the U.S. and 1-412-902-6506 for all other participants and using passcode 7662840. Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes prior to the call start time. Following the Company's remarks, the conference call will include a question-and-answer session with the investment community. A replay of the webcast will be available on www.conagrabrands.com/investor-relations under Events & Presentations until July 14, 2023.
About Conagra Brands Conagra Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CAG), headquartered in Chicago, is one of North America's leading branded food companies. Guided by an entrepreneurial spirit, Conagra Brands combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus on innovation. The Company's portfolio is evolving to satisfy people's changing food preferences. Conagra's iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Duncan Hines®, Healthy Choice®, Marie Callender's®, Reddi-wip®, and Slim Jim®, as well as emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®, offer choices for every occasion. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.
Note on Forward-looking Statements The information contained in this document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements regarding our expected future financial performance or position, results of operations, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, and other statements that are not historical facts. You can identify forward-looking statements by their use of forward-looking words, such as "may", "will", "anticipate", "expect", "believe", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "should", "seek", or comparable terms. Readers of this document should understand that these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance or results. Forward-looking statements provide our current expectations and beliefs concerning future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and factors relating to our business and operations, all of which are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, and factors include, among other things: the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the acquisition of Pinnacle Foods, Inc. (the "Pinnacle acquisition") may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the risk that the Pinnacle acquisition may not be accretive within the expected timeframe or to the extent anticipated; the risks that the Pinnacle acquisition and related integration will create disruption to the Company and its management and impede the achievement of business plans; risks related to our ability to achieve the intended benefits of other recent acquisitions and divestitures; risks associated with general economic and industry conditions; risks associated with our ability to successfully execute our long-term value creation strategies; risks related to our ability to deleverage on currently anticipated timelines, and to continue to access capital on acceptable terms or at all; risks related to our ability to execute operating and restructuring plans and achieve targeted operating efficiencies from cost-saving initiatives, and to benefit from trade optimization programs; risks related to the effectiveness of our hedging activities and ability to respond to volatility in commodities; risks related to the Company's competitive environment and related market conditions; risks related to our ability to respond to changing consumer preferences and the success of our innovation and marketing investments; risks related to the ultimate impact of any product recalls and litigation, including litigation related to the lead paint and pigment matters, as well as any securities litigation, including securities class action lawsuits; risk associated with actions of governments and regulatory bodies that affect our businesses, including the ultimate impact of new or revised regulations or interpretations; risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, suppliers, consumers, customers, and employees; risks related to our forecasts of consumer eat-at-home habits as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic abate; risks related to the availability and prices of supply chain resources, including raw materials, packaging, and transportation, including any negative effects caused by changes in inflation rates, weather conditions, health pandemics or outbreaks of disease, actual or threatened hostilities or war, or other geopolitical uncertainty; disruptions or inefficiencies in our supply chain and/or operations, including from the COVID-19 pandemic; risks related to disruptions in the global economy caused by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine; risks associated with actions by our customers, including changes in distribution and purchasing terms; risks and uncertainties associated with intangible assets, including any future goodwill or intangible assets impairment charges; risks related to a material failure in or breach of our or our vendors' information technology systems; the amount and timing of future dividends, which remain subject to Board approval and depend on market and other conditions; risks related to the Company's ability to execute on its strategies or achieve expectations related to environmental, social, and governance matters, including as a result of evolving legal, regulatory, and other standards processes, and assumptions, the pace of scientific and technological developments, increased costs, the availability of requisite financing, and changes in carbon markets; and other risks described in our reports filed from time to time with the SEC. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements included in this document, which speak only as of the date of this document. We undertake no responsibility to update these statements, except as required by law.
Note on Non-GAAP Financial Measures This document includes certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EPS, organic net sales, adjusted gross profit, adjusted operating profit, adjusted SG&A, adjusted corporate expenses, adjusted gross margin, adjusted operating margin, adjusted effective tax rate, adjusted net income attributable to Conagra Brands, free cash flow, net debt, net leverage ratio, and adjusted EBITDA. Management considers GAAP financial measures as well as such non-GAAP financial information in its evaluation of the Company's financial statements and believes these non-GAAP measures provide useful supplemental information to assess the Company's operating performance and financial position. These measures should be viewed in addition to, and not in lieu of, the Company's diluted earnings per share, operating performance and financial measures as calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Certain of these non-GAAP measures, such as organic net sales, adjusted operating margin, and adjusted EPS are forward-looking. Historically, the Company has excluded the impact of certain items impacting comparability, such as, but not limited to, restructuring expenses, the impact of the extinguishment of debt, the impact of foreign exchange, the impact of acquisitions and divestitures, hedging gains and losses, impairment charges, the impact of legacy legal contingencies, and the impact of unusual tax items, from the non-GAAP financial measures it presents. Reconciliations of these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are not provided because the Company is unable to provide such reconciliations without unreasonable effort, due to the uncertainty and inherent difficulty of predicting the occurrence and the financial impact of such items impacting comparability and the periods in which such items may be recognized. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.
Hedge gains and losses are generally aggregated, and net amounts are reclassified from unallocated corporate expense to the operating segments when the underlying commodity or foreign currency being hedged is expensed in segment cost of goods sold. The Company identifies these amounts as items that impact comparability within the discussion of unallocated Corporate results.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Christie, one of the only 2016 presidential candidates to seriously consider taking on Donald Trump again, says he and his fellow Republican rivals made a strategic error in that race.
Instead of going after Trump directly, Christie said, each hoped to winnow the GOP field before taking on the combative outsider.
“None of us ever got there,” the former New Jersey governor said last week. “It was over quick.”
More than seven years later, Republicans are still trying to figure out how to run against Trump, a calculation that’s only become more complicated with an indictment of the former president by a Manhattan grand jury.
Trump’s unrestrained and norm-busting style carried him from reality TV to the White House, transforming the Republican Party in his image along the way. But his style has befuddled those who try to compete against him, especially now as they seek to win over some of his supporters rather than draw their ire.
Some in 2016 tried to ignore Trump, like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who treated the celebrity businessman like a sideshow. Some tried to figuratively wrestle with him in the mud, like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who traded insults with Trump by mocking his hair and the size of his hands.
Neither approach worked.
“I think most politicians are not used to playing the game in such a pugilistic fashion as Trump and not as good at it,” said Jason Roe, a Michigan-based Republican political strategist.
As the 2024 field takes shape, candidates and potential contenders are struggling with how to make the case that the party needs to move on from Trump without alienating his influential “Make America Great Again” loyalists.
Trump is still considered the GOP front-runner despite facing a criminal indictment, being the subject of several other investigations, spreading false claims about his 2020 election defeat and inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, among other things.
Most of Trump’s rivals or those who are eyeing a 2024 campaign have largely avoided talking about those scandals, instead opting for more shrouded criticism. Even with Trump becoming the first former president to be charged with a crime, most of his GOP rivals were quick to echo Trump’s complaint that the case is politically motivated.
Few, however, addressed the allegations related to Trump’s role in payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters. Trump has denied the allegations and proclaimed his innocence.
One notable exception is former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who has been critical of Trump in recent months and announced in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” that he’s running for president. Hutchinson said Trump should drop out and focus on his legal troubles, calling them “too much of a sideshow and a distraction.”
Hutchinson, who considers himself part of the evangelical community that makes up a key bloc of the Republican electorate, said all of the serious investigations Trump is facing “should give Americans pause.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to announce a campaign and is seen as Trump’s top rival, accused prosecutors of stretching the law to target an opponent. But his remarks came a week after DeSantis took a shot at the tawdry circumstances underlying the case when asked to comment on it.
“I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair,” DeSantis said.
In an interview with Piers Morgan that aired a few days later, DeSantis lobbed a few subdued critiques about Trump’s leadership style but tried to brush off Trump’s repeated insults.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who launched her campaign in February, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is considering a presidential run, both avoided criticizing Trump by name in speeches last month at a conservative gathering and instead noted how the GOP had lost so many elections in recent years.
Haley told the crowd, “If you’re tired of losing, then put your trust in a new generation,” a remark seen as a jab at the 76-year-old Trump. Pompeo said Republicans cannot follow “celebrity leaders with their own brand of identity politics, those with fragile egos who refuse to acknowledge reality.”
Those tactics are what Roe said might be the best strategy to run against Trump — mocking his electoral performance rather than getting into a slugfest.
Roe, speaking shortly before news of Trump’s indictment broke, said the case and Trump’s reaction to it had already “sucked up all the oxygen.”
“I don’t think it pays off getting into a fight with him now,” he said.
That seems to be the calculus for Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence. He has mostly taken a softer approach with Trump despite having to flee to safety as Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and some in the crowd chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!”
Pence, who is now considering his own presidential campaign, has made limited criticism of Trump and reserved his sharpest comments for an untelevised speech in Washington to politicians and journalists.
Speaking last month at the white-tie Gridiron Dinner, Pence said Trump was “wrong” on Jan. 6 and his “reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol.”
But on Thursday and Friday, after news of Trump’s indictment broke, Pence repeatedly called the case an outrage.
If there’s one lesson from 2016, it’s that Trump’s Republican rivals can “get so preoccupied with trying to trade blows him that they don’t realize that they’re taking mortal punches,” Roe said. “And he gets stronger in that environment.”
No one learned that lesson quite like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Cruz initially was friendly with Trump as they competed for the party’s nomination in 2016 and Cruz even praised the New Yorker.
But as the campaign wore on, the relationship soured and the two traded insults. Trump disparaged the appearance of Cruz’s wife and bizarrely suggested that Cruz’s father may have been involved in President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Cruz, asked last week what lessons he learned from taking on Trump, had a pithy response.
“Get more votes than your opponent,” he said with a smirk.
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New technologies often benefit highly paid, college-educated professionals — while putting others out of work. Research indicates generative AI could benefit middle-skill workers in surprising ways.
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New technologies often benefit highly paid, college-educated professionals — while putting others out of work. Research indicates generative AI could benefit middle-skill workers in surprising ways.
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Kawhi Leonard ruled out for Game 3 of Clippers-Suns series originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea
The Los Angeles Clippers will be without their top two players when they take the floor for a pivotal matchup against the Phoenix Suns Thursday night.
Kawhi Leonard will miss Game 3 of the Clippers' first-round series due to a right knee sprain, the team announced. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Leonard is considered "day-to-day" ahead of Saturday's Game 4.
Leonard led the Clippers in points (31), rebounds (8), assists (7) and minutes (39) in Tuesday's Game 2 loss in Phoenix. He was even better in Game 1, putting together a 38-point masterpiece across 42 minutes to give the Clippers a 1-0 series lead.
Game 1 was Leonard's first playoff game since 2021, when he suffered an ACL injury during the first round that kept him out for the entire 2021-22 season. He played 52 games in the 2022-23 regular season, averaging 23.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
Along with Leonard, Paul George is also sidelined for the Clippers. George is recovering from a sprained right knee and reportedly is expected to miss L.A.'s first-round series.
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Tipoff for Game 3 from Crypto.com Arena is set for 7:30 p.m. PT on Thursday.
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The Trump Effect still matters in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. It’s less important in New Mexico, except for how badly it will hurt Republican Mark Ronchetti in the general election for governor.
How can I be sure Ronchetti, a former television weatherman, will win the nomination in the June 7 primary election?
The state Democratic Party spent all of May pounding Ronchetti while ignoring the other four Republicans running for governor. That’s the best evidence of which candidate poses the greatest threat to Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
The Democrats’ handouts have a singular tone.
“Mark Ronchetti won’t keep you safe.”
“The weatherman and reality TV star opposes policies that help New Mexicans thrive.”
“Ronchetti and the GOP don’t support moms.”
Every attack is aimed at Ronchetti’s kneecaps. Chop him down and Lujan Grisham might get reelected. Democrats see no need to react to the other Republican candidates.
Jay Block might as well be in the witness-protection program for all the attention he commands.
Rebecca Dow ran a terrible campaign while genuflecting to former President Donald Trump. A state representative from Truth or Consequences, Dow should have resigned her legislative office and devoted at least a year to campaigning in Albuquerque.
Dow didn’t have the will to prepare to win. She made sport of Ronchetti’s thin knowledge of government but never turned it to her advantage. Dow conducted herself as a regional candidate in a statewide race, riding a horse and firing a pistol in her hackneyed advertisements.
Two other Republicans also are running. Their names aren’t important, as their campaigns were less effective than Dow’s.
If I’m correct that Ronchetti is steamrolling toward the nomination, he will have to answer to charges of flip-flopping on Trump.
Ronchetti in 2019 publicly denigrated Trump as the “orange one.”
Ronchetti reversed field in clumsy style, supporting the polarizing president before the 2020 election. By then, Ronchetti was running for the U.S. Senate, a race he lost by 6 percentage points to Democrat Ben Ray Luján.
Ronchetti was a late entry in the Senate election but a formidable one. He received more votes than Trump in New Mexico, cashing in on his likability as a weatherman.
Gov. Lujan Grisham will be happy to link Ronchetti to Trump. The former president twice lost New Mexico, and his coattails aren’t long in this state.
Aside from Trump, Ronchetti’s other problem in the general election would be his lack of gravitas. He must sell himself as a better alternative than Lujan Grisham, though he’s managed nothing in his 48 years.
Ronchetti attempts to dismiss his critics by babbling about them with his telegenic young daughters. His tactic was a novelty during the Senate campaign. But at this stage, it’s evidence Ronchetti uses his children as props to deflect attention from all he doesn’t know.
He has to hope the middle ground is so disappointed with Lujan Grisham it gets behind an untested politician. That’s happened before in New Mexico.
Republican Gary Johnson knocked off Democratic Gov. Bruce King in 1994. Johnson was a political novice. King was the state’s longest-serving governor.
Everything broke just right for Johnson, thanks in part to Green Party candidate Roberto Mondragón.
Johnson defeated King by 10 percentage points. Mondragón received 10.3 percent of the vote, draining support from King.
Mondragón might have been a spoiler who denied King a fourth term as governor. More likely, Johnson would have won a one-on-one match-up with King, whose popularity had dipped. Mondragón’s presence made the race easier for Johnson to win.
No third-party candidate will help Ronchetti siphon votes from Lujan Grisham. To pull the upset, he has to find a way to move indifferent voters to his side.
Based on the intensity of the Democratic Party’s reaction to Ronchetti, the Republicans have settled on the right candidate. For all his flaws, Ronchetti could turn the general election into a horse race. Neither Block nor Dow could make that claim, at least not with sincerity.
That a television personality is the Republicans’ best hope for governor speaks poorly of their party. They fielded no one with political experience who could outpoint Ronchetti.
Candidates with celebrity status probably lose more often than they win. For every Ronald Reagan who broke through in a governor’s race, there is a Lynn Swann who didn’t.
Still, if Lujan Grisham could handpick her opponent, the choice would be obvious. She would prefer a sinking Dow to a glib weatherman.
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TOKYO (AP) — Torrential rain pounded southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides and leaving two people dead and at least six others missing, officials said Monday.
Rain falling in the regions of Kyushu and Chugoku since the weekend caused flooding along many rivers, triggered mudslides, closed roads, disrupted trains and cut the water supply in some areas.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency heavy rain warning for Fukuoka and Oita prefectures on the southern main island of Kyushu, urging residents in riverside and hillside areas to take maximum caution. More than 1.7 million residents in vulnerable areas were urged to take shelter. The emergency warning was downgraded later Monday to a regular warning.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is scheduled to attend a July 11-12 NATO summit in Lithuania, said he will make a final decision on whether to go after assessing the extent of damage Tuesday morning. “Either way, we will do our utmost to respond to the disaster by putting people’s lives first,” he said.
Two people died and at least six others were missing, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency and prefectural officials.
A man was found dead in a vehicle that fell into a swollen river in Yamaguchi prefecture. In the town of Soeda in Fukuoka prefecture, two people were buried by a mudslide. One was rescued alive but the other died, according to prefectural officials.
In Kurume, also in Fukuoka, a mudslide hit seven houses, burying 21 people. Six were able to escape on their own. Rescue workers extracted nine people alive and were working to remove five others, but one remained missing, according to the disaster agency.
Toyota Motor Corp. suspended night-time production at three Fukuoka factories on Monday as a safety precaution. Normal production was expected to resume on Tuesday.
In the city of Karatsu in Saga prefecture, rescue workers were searching for three people whose houses were hit by a mudslide, the agency said. Video on NHK public television showed one of the destroyed houses reduced to just a roof sitting on the muddy ground amid flowing floodwaters.
At least three other people were missing elsewhere in the region.
NHK showed water from the swollen Yamakuni River gushing over a bridge in the town of Yabakei in Oita prefecture.
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Much of America will soon have a Thanksgiving turkey and all the fixings in their oven.
However, cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires, according to the American Red Cross. Most are started because of unattended cooking.
That’s why the American Red Cross is sharing several tips, so you can safely enjoy the holiday with minimal damage.
One of the first things you should never do is leave cooking food unattended.
If using the oven, be sure to check on what you’re cooking and stay inside the home. Meanwhile, if you’re using the stove and have to step away — even for a short while — turn it off. You must always keep an eye on whatever you’re frying.
Another thing you can do is avoid wearing or putting any flammable materials close to the cooking source.
Move any items that could burn away from the stove. That includes dishtowels, bags, boxes, paper and curtains. Any loose clothing or dangling sleeves can also catch on fire, so avoid wearing them. As always, make sure you keep children and pets at least three feet away.
If you see smoke or grease starts to boil on the stove, turn the burner off. After you turn it off, carefully remove the pan from the burner.
While cooking, you can also keep a pan lid or cookie sheet nearby in case the pan catches on fire. You can use those items to cover the pan and put out the fire safely. However, make sure you leave the pan covered until it’s completely cooled down.
Another way you can avoid mishap is by turning pot handles to the back of the stove. This will ensure no one bumps them or knocks them over.
Lastly, set a timer to remind yourself that the stove or oven is on. Before going to bed or leaving home, you should also check the kitchen to ensure everything is turned off.
The Red Cross also suggested that families check smoke alarms and practice an escape plan so everyone can get out quickly.
For more information, you can visit the Red Cross website.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 16, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
520 PM EDT Thu Jun 16 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SENECA...NORTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN CAYUGA
AND CENTRAL ONONDAGA COUNTIES...
At 520 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Cayuga to near Kirkville, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Onondaga, Syracuse, Auburn, De Witt, Van Buren, North Syracuse,
Seneca Falls, Solvay, Waterloo and Chittenango.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for central New
York.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Binghamton.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Stitch Fix, Inc. ("Stitch Fix") (NASDAQ: SFIX) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of purchasers of Stitch Fix Class A common stock between December 8, 2020, and March 8, 2022, inclusive.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Stitch Fix, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: According to the filed complaint, Stitch Fix made numerous false and misleading statements to investors concerning the synergy between the Company's Fix and Freestyle programs, and repeatedly denied claims that the Freestyle program could cannibalize the Company's legacy Fix business. Specifically, Stitch Fix repeatedly assured investors that the Company's Freestyle business was "an additive experience" and "complementary" to the Fix business, that "the combination of those two things will allow us to address many more types of clients," and that "we see solid growth in both sides of the business." In truth, Stitch Fix concealed that these programs were not complementary or additive. Stitch Fix knew that the Freestyle program would be much preferred to the Company's original Fix model and that the Freestyle program would inevitably cannibalize the Company's legacy Fix business.
Aggrieved Stitch Fix investors only have until October 25, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Fallston and Southern girls lacrosse played chess Wednesday night. The latter, no matter how many times it put the Cougars in check, couldn’t corner them into checkmate.
That’s because No. 3-seed Fallston thrives in adverse situations. And there were plenty of them in its 21-18 win over the sixth-seeded Bulldogs in a girls Class 1A state quarterfinal.
Southern jumped out to a 4-1 lead but Fallston responded with three goals to even the score. Later, four in a row from the Bulldogs to go up 10-8 gave way to return fire and a 4-1 run from the Cougars. The two teams tangoed with the lead. Southern stepped first for much of the game, eliciting a rebuttal.
Fallston gained its final lead, 14-13, midway through the second half and held on until the final horn.
Ava Lambros, Ally Shromsky and Ayla Galloway netted four goals apiece for the Cougars. Sydney Grafton and Macy Budke each contributed hat tricks. And goalie Cameron Rohner made six saves, including a few monumental ones amidst the scoreboard tug of war.
“Lacrosse is just a game of runs,” Southern coach Cortney Yeatman said, calling this season the best of her coaching career. “It happened for them and it happened for us. Our [last] run was happening there at the end, we just didn’t have enough time.”
Fallston survived Southern and will face Smithsburg on Friday in a neutral location with a trip to the state championship on the line. The Cougars are looking for their third straight finals trip after finishing as runner-up each of the past two seasons.
Fourth-year coach Maddie Palko credited their ability to respond in the face of adversity to a medley of the team’s grit and connectedness. She called them a family — literally — featuring three sets of sisters. But does she teach the team to battle through those tough moments?
Palko called a lifeline. She posed the question to her team.
“No!” “Maybe?!” “You teach it without saying it!”
Palko also teaches AP History at Fallston, so she spends a lot of time around the girls. She told them, “‘With the journey we’ve had in the last couple of games being so close, use this. It’s going to put you in a good mental position. There’s nothing like being down in a real tight pressure situation.’ ... I’m hoping that this is preparing them mentally.”
Those particular qualities, which have fueled a deep playoff run, first became apparent in Fallston’s 15-11 senior night win over Hereford on May 5. They started believing in themselves.
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“I think when we were able to have that really big win,” Palko said, “that’s when they started thinking, ‘We can do this.’ That showed us that some of those tough losses along the way really does make us better.”
Finding ways to battle back has been Fallston’s calling card in this playoff run, now two wins away from finally getting to that elusive championship.
Fallston boys advance, beating Southern, 10-5
Patrick Mull didn’t need much bulletin board material ahead of No. 4-seed Fallston’s state quarterfinal matchup with No. 5 Southern, the team that downed the Cougars in the boys 1A state final a year ago.
“The motivation is pretty much there,” Fallston’s boys coach said. “That’s a very, very good team. ... When you play a team in a state final like that last year, it was humbling for us for sure. I’d be lying if I didn’t say our guys had them circled. We wanted to see them again.”
The Cougars were physically imposing. They double teamed the top Bulldogs attackers — particularly Jordan Fanzo, who netted Southern’s first three goals. And when adversity hit, Fallston responded soundly.
Landon Mills saved 14 shots, the game’s biggest difference maker, according to Mull. Ian Swartzendruber’s hat trick led the offense. Lucas Hurlburt, Quinn McLaughlin and Greg Hoer each contributed two goals apiece.
“We didn’t take some good shots early on when they did,” Southern boys coach Brendan Brace said. “I think that was the difference in the game. They capitalized on their opportunities and we did not.”
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RICHMOND, Va., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilb Group announced today that it has acquired an agency with locations in both Kansas and Alabama that specializes in benefits enrollment and administration. The transaction became effective February 1, 2023.
About Hilb Group: The Hilb Group is a leading property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Hilb Group is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm. Hilb Group seeks to grow through strategic acquisitions and by leveraging its resources and expertise to drive organic growth in its acquired agencies. The company has completed more than 150 acquisitions with over 125 offices in 27 states. Hilb Group is rated as one of the Fastest Growing Brokers by Business Insurance, a Top P/C Agency by Insurance Journal, and one of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Inc. 5000. For more information on Hilb Group's growth as well as career opportunities, please visit our website at http://hilbgroup.com.
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Congressman introduces bills to protect Floridians from toxic water
Congressman Brian Mast proposed three new bills Tuesday focusing on toxic water and its’ potential impact on human health.
His Stop Poisoning Florida Act would prohibit discharges from Lake Okeechobee at both the Port Mayaca and St. Lucie Locks when the water exceeds toxicity levels that the U.S. Environment Protection Agency has determined is too toxic to touch.
“If it’s toxic, they can’t move that toxic water from one water body to another,” Mast said. “They can’t poison our beautiful, pristine water here with the toxic water that shows up in Lake Okeechobee.”
A second measure would add public health to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ operational priorities.
The third measure would require public notification if water released from a flood risk management project is contaminated with toxic algae.
The congressman said the goal is to get these measures included in the 2024 Water Resources Development Act.
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Want to fit in in Cousins Beach? Invest in oversized T-shirt.
The Summer I Turned Pretty premiered on Amazon PrimeVideo June 17 and viewers immediately fell in love with the idyllic, coming-of-age show, which transported them back to their own special summer memories. It was a feeling costume designer Jessica Flaherty could relate to.
"It's so rare that we get to have this really pure remembrance, where it hits you in a spot where you can smell and taste that time," Flaherty exclusiely told E! News of the series, which is based on Jenny Han's beloved young adult trilogy. Centering on the love triangle between 16-year-old Belly (Lola Tung) and two brothers, Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Castelegno), it perfectly captures the magic of firsts and the wistful ache that only a teenage summer can inspire.
An essential element that makes up that nostalgic and dreamy effect is the style of its characters, which straddle the line between TV-cool and refreshingly normal especially in the age of Gossip Girl and Outer Banks.
"Sometimes it's hard because a show that's really fashionable and current and on the pulse, could be like, 'What are kids wearing?'" Flaherty explained. "But that's not what we're doing. It was important to stay true to the vision and focus on the horizon line, like these are the colors, the arc and the beats we want to do. Bright purple might be the color of the summer, but we're doing pastel blues. It's finding that little niche that exists in the world."
Flaherty took E! News inside that process of establishing the unique style for each character and in The Summer I Turned Pretty.And she also revealed how oversized T-shirts became an essential piece, the surprising TV show she found inspiration in and how they almost lost Belly's dream debutante gown.
The Summer I Turned Pretty is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
652 AM CDT Tue May 24 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Kenedy, southeastern
Jim Hogg, Hidalgo, Starr, northwestern Cameron, southern Brooks and
Willacy Counties through 745 AM CDT...
At 652 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles southeast of Rachal to near La Joya
City Hall. Movement was east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Edinburg, Mission, Pharr, Harlingen, Weslaco, San Juan, Alamo, Donna,
Mercedes and Rio Grande City.
This includes the following highways...
US Highway 83 between mile markers 810 and 816, and between mile
markers 820 and 850.
Interstate Highway 69 E between mile markers 28 and 51.
Interstate Highway 69 C between mile markers 1 and 12.
US Highway 77 between mile markers 728 and 762.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 724 and 764.
US Highway 281 between mile markers 784 and 812.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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TOKYO, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc., a leader in online mobile games, announced that its head-to-head football simulation game Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team will have a collaboration with the J.League. Starting Friday, October 7th new players including Pepe, Makoto Soda, Mitsuru Sano, Takeshi Sawada, and Ken Wakashimazu wearing the official J.League kits for the 2022 season will appear in the game. In addition, various in-game campaigns will be held to celebrate the collaboration. See the original press release (https://www.klab.com/en/press/) for more information.
J.LEAGUE Collaboration Campaign
Players who were part of the J.League in the original Captain Tsubasa story will appear in Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team wearing the official J.League kits for the 2022 season!
The campaign will feature Ken Wakashimazu, Makoto Soda, and other players.
There will be other campaigns including a login bonus, daily scenarios, event missions, and a Dreamball Exchange update. Be sure to check out the in-game notifications for more details.
Overview of Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team
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HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas grand jury declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival, where some spectators were packed so tightly they could not move their arms or even breathe, his attorney and prosecutors said Thursday.
Lawyer Kent Schaffer confirmed that the Harris County grand jury had met and decided not to indict his client on any criminal charges stemming from the concert.
“He never encouraged people to do anything that resulted in other people being hurt,” Schaffer said, adding that the decision is “a great relief.”
Circumstances of the deaths limited what charges prosecutors were able to present before the grand jury, eliminating potential counts such as murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, said Alycia Harvey, an assistant district attorney with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
That left prosecutors to focus on possible counts of endangering a child in connection with the deaths of the two youngest concertgoers, ages 9 and 14, she added.
“”The grand jury … found that no crime did occur, that no single individual was criminally responsible,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said.
The Nov. 5, 2021, crowd surge in Houston killed 10 young festivalgoers who ranged in age from 9 to 27. The official cause of death was compression asphyxia, which an expert likened to being crushed by a car.
Roughly 300 people were injured and treated at the scene, and 25 were taken to hospitals.
Houston police and federal officials have been investigating whether Scott, concert promoter Live Nation and others had sufficient safety measures in place.
During a news conference Thursday afternoon after the grand jury’s decision, police presented various details from their investigation including a timeline of events during Scott’s performance, the location at the concert site where the deaths occurred and video showing areas where crowds of people collapsed on each other.
But Police Chief Troy Finner declined to say what the overall conclusion of his agency’s investigation was or whether police should have stopped the concert sooner. Finner said police plan to make the more than 1,000-page report in the case public so people can read all the information investigators reviewed.
“The chief of police is not going to get up here and point fingers at anybody. I respect the grand jury’s decision. I simply want people to read (the offense report), read the entire investigation and everybody will see, very, very complicated,” Finner said.
Schaffer said he feels sympathy for those who were killed at the festival and their families.
“But Travis is not responsible,” Schaffer said. “Bringing criminal charges against him will not ease their pain.”
The grand jury declined to indict five other people, including festival manager Brent Silberstein. An attorney for Silberstein did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
More than 500 lawsuits were filed over the deaths and injuries at the concert, including many against Live Nation and Scott. Some have since been settled.
Kevin Haynes, a Houston attorney whose firm is representing hundreds of people injured at the concert, said he was disappointed by the grand jury’s decision but the civil cases will continue “to ensure responsible parties are held accountable in the ongoing pursuit of justice.”
About 50,000 people attended the festival.
A 56-page event operations plan for the event had detailed protocols for various dangerous scenarios including a shooting, bomb or terrorist threats and severe weather. But it did not include information on what to do in the event of a crowd surge.
In November, a task force unveiled a new agreement that local officials, public safety agencies and promoters said will clearly outline the responsibilities of all parties involved in such events to ensure they are safe.
Finner said Thursday that elevated platforms are now mandatory at such shows and they will be staffed by Houston police, firefighters and others who will all have authority to halt an event if they see problems.
Similar crushes have happened all over the world, from a soccer stadium in England to the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to Halloween festivities in the South Korean capital. Most people who who die in crowd surges suffocate.
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This new Post Malone-themed Raising Cane's is pink and tattooed
MIDVALE, Utah - When Utah's biggest star asked for a Raising Cane's near his house, the chicken chain delivered in a big way.
A new Post Malone-themed Raising Cane's is now open in Midvale, Utah, complete with a pink, tattooed exterior and "old, stinky" outfits the rapper wore on tour.
Raising Cane's founder Todd Graves, a close friend of Post Malone, joined him in Utah Thursday for the ribbon cutting and grand opening. Graves said Posty, whose real name is Austin Richard Post, personally requested the location be built near his home, then asked if he could custom design the restaurant.
Rapper Post Malone attends ribbon-cutting for Post Malone-themed Raising Cane's restaurant (KSTU/FOX)
"It's a really cool restaurant," Post Malone said at the ribbon cutting. "Yeah, we got like crazy stuff. We put some armor in there, some old stinky outfits that I wore on tour and for events, and they still have the musk on them and they're still 100% collectors."
READ MORE: Post Malone rejected by Australian bar because of his face tattoos
According to Raising Cane's, the 1974 Ford F250 you'll find in the parking lot is featured in one of Post Malone's music videos. The building is painted pink and covered in tattoo art, just like Post Malone.
Rapper Post Malone attends ribbon-cutting for Post Malone-themed Raising Cane's restaurant (KSTU/FOX)
The bathrooms are medieval themed with gothic armor, and Posty's love for ping pong is represented by a ping pong track system that runs through the restaurant's walls.
READ MORE: Post Malone says he was injured on-stage, again
There’s even a Post Malone-themed vending machine.
Post Malone has several multiplatinum hit songs and is one of the top streamed artists on Spotify. Raising Cane’s, which touts a secret sauce that only store managers know how to make, has more than 600 restaurants across the United States.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As a huge storm approached California, officials began ordering evacuations, including in a high-risk coastal area where 23 died in 2018 in a series of mudslides.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the orders were for those impacted by the Alisal Fire last year, the Cave Fire in 2019 and the devastating Thomas Fire in 2017, one of the largest in California history.
In 2018, massive torrents carrying huge boulders, mud and debris roared down coastal mountains, and through the town of Montecito to the shoreline, killing 23 people and destroying more than 100 homes. Among those killed were two children whose bodies were never found.
Montecito Fire Department Chief Kevin Taylor said Wednesday that homes near waterways are at greatest risk.
“What we’re talking about here is a lot of water coming off the top of the hills, coming down into the creeks and streams and as it comes down, it gains momentum and that’s what the initial danger is,” he said.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa has been cleared by his doctors to participate in Sunday's pregame ceremony for retiring Dave Stewart's No. 34 jersey with the Oakland Athletics.
According to the White Sox, La Russa will travel with the team to Chicago after the series finale against the A's, but the 77-year-old Hall of Famer hasn't been cleared to return to the dugout as an active manager.
La Russa managed Stewart during some of his best years in Oakland, including four straight 20-win seasons from 1987-1990 and the team's World Series championship in 1989.
La Russa missed his 12th straight game Saturday because of an unspecified health issue. Bench coach Miguel Cairo has been running the defending AL Central champions while La Russa is away.
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Democrats acknowledge 50 year anniversary of Roe, vow to fight for abortion protection
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - As an investigative team hits a dead-end in who leaked the Dobbs decision back in May, Democrats in Washington are doubling down to protect the rights that ruling took away.
“One of Republicans top priorities is to force women to be pregnant,” said Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) “No matter their circumstance, no matter their wishes”
Murray and a handful of other democratic leaders took the lecturn Tuesday, to take a stand against Republican-led efforts to roll back women’s health care rights, and their rights to privacy.
“They started with the appeal of Roe V. Wade, and then they’re moving in directions that are criminalizing people, moving to prevent birth control” said Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto.
Cortez Masto is introducing the ‘Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act,” which would allow women to move freely across state lines to seek care.
It will likely hit a wall in the Republican controlled house, which passed a pair of anti-abortion measures in their first week back in power.
For staunch pro-life advocates, like Anna DeMeuse who traveled to Washington for the March for Life last week -
It’s a fight for the long-haul.
“Our endgame is personhood for every pre-born child both on the federal level, and the state level,” said DeMeuse
According to the center for reproductive rights, as it stands right now, 12 states have outright bans bans on abortion, with 12 other states heavily restricting access to abortion care.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Roughly 20 minutes had passed since his North Carolina team had lost a grind-it-out battle against rival Duke, and Armando Bacot had taken his customary seat behind a small table with his back to a wall-mounted television.
The questions started coming from a reporters surrounding him, probing what had gone wrong. But they weren’t just about one game. They were about an entire season, one that has seen an experienced team open with a No. 1 ranking after a magical ride to the national-title game only to close the regular season in precarious at best standing for a return to the NCAA Tournament.
“Could you have ever thought that you’d be in this position?” one reporter asked.
“No,” Bacot said, “but I’m here.”
The Tar Heels (19-12) are flirting with becoming the first team to open at No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press poll and miss the NCAA Tournament since its expansion to 64 teams in 1985. They’ve struggled to make outside shots or win close games, building a postseason resume filled with far more missed opportunities than high-end wins.
And that has them headed to this week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament likely needing multiple victories — and maybe nothing short of the title — to ensure they hear their name called on Selection Sunday.
They open play Wednesday as a No. 7 seed in a second-round game against the Louisville-Boston College winner.
There are multiple answers for what has gone wrong.
Second-year coach Hubert Davis has mentioned his team looking weighed down by some of the high expectations to repeat last year’s run, which included spoiling retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game at Duke and then handing him the final loss of his career in the Final Four during an epic first-ever in the NCAA Tournament between the storied rivals.
“We knew since the start of the season,” starting guard R.J. Davis said. “Just the expectations that were being upholded, just out there in the media, just the noise. … Sometimes you put too much stress on yourself and you try to meet those expectations (instead of) just going out there and just play freely.”
Some problems are obvious, such as flirting with setting a program record for the worst 3-point shooting (.309) in a season — which has made it difficult to space the floor for driving lanes or Bacot inside unlike last year’s late run.
Yet there have also been trouble with details and closing out games, a surprise for a team that returned four starters.
Take Saturday’s 62-57 loss to the Blue Devils. UNC missed multiple shots for the lead or to tie late, the last being Caleb Love’s leaning 3-pointer down 60-57 with 8 seconds left. Yet both Hubert Davis and first-year Duke coach Jon Scheyer mentioned another telling sequence after UNC had hit back-to-back 3-pointers to take a 49-45 lead.
First UNC defender Puff Johnson allowed left-handed Duke wing Mark Mitchell drive to his strong hand and score on a layup.
Then Duke re-inserted Dereck Lively II, a defensive-minded big man who scores through movement and activity moreso than back-to-the-basket moves. Almost immediately, Duke point guard Tyrese Proctor saw Lively pick-and-rolling freely to the basket for a lob and tying dunk that erased momentum.
“That was the moment for us,” Scheyer said, “and that was the moment to dig down.”
“I’ve talked to you guys all year and to the team about the importance of discipline and details,” Hubert Davis said. “That’s a perfect example of discipline and details from a defensive standpoint. Those are things that have been told and taught. Those are the type of things you just can’t do down the stretch.”
Now the Tar Heels can only look forward to what’s left.
They stood at 1-9 in Quadrant 1 games atop the resume, the lone win coming last week against No. 13 Virginia at home. The losses included a four-overtime setback against now-No. 2 Alabama in November.
Of the 38 teams to be AP preseason No. 1 since 1985, nearly half (18) have at least reached the Final Four. Six teams won the championship — most recently, the Tar Heels in 2008-09 — and seven others reached the title game.
And of that group, nary a one has missed the field entirely.
“Yes, we know we’re in a tough spot,” R.J. Davis said. “but we’ve just got to go out there and just hoop.”
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The most powerful climate policy tool available to the federal government is a single number. It's called the social cost of carbon, and it represents the cost to humanity of emitting greenhouse gas pollution into the atmosphere.
The social cost of carbon adds up all the damage from carbon emissions – the lost crops, flooded homes and lost wages when people can't safely work outside, plus the cost of climate-related deaths. The answer is expressed in dollars.
The current social cost of carbon is $51 per ton of carbon dioxide emitted.
Most climate experts agree that number is too low. That's a problem because it can make it seem like the costs of climate solutions – such as the immediate price tag for building more public transit or expanding wind energy – outweigh the benefits, when in fact many of the benefits to humanity are simply being underestimated.
The Environmental Protection Agency agrees that $51 is too low, and proposes more than tripling it to $190.
"That is an absolutely enormous improvement," says Tamma Carleton, a climate economist at the University of California, Santa Barbara who is an expert on the social cost of carbon. "We don't have other avenues for large-scale climate policy at the federal level. This is our main tool."
But the new number is also controversial, because of the way that the EPA assesses the value of human lives lost due to climate change.
If you make more money, your life is worth more
A major reason the EPA's new social cost of carbon is higher is because this is the first time the federal government has added to its calculations the cost of climate-related deaths outside America, including in developing and low-lying countries that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
But the EPA didn't assign the same dollar value to every life. Instead, a life lost in a lower-income country due to climate change is worth less than a life lost in a higher-income country.
The upshot is that the value of a climate-related death in the United States is equal to about 9 deaths in India, or 5 deaths in Ukraine or 55 deaths in Somalia. It also suggests that the life of a person in Qatar is worth almost twice as much as the life of an American.
"It's inherently inequitable to use this kind of approach," says Vaibhav Chaturvedi, a fellow at the Council on Energy, Environment and Water in New Delhi, India and a leading expert on global climate economics. "All lives are equally valuable."
Chaturvedi argues that the EPA's approach is both philosophically and logically wrong, because America's greenhouse gas emissions endanger people everywhere. In fact, the people who live in low-lying and low-income countries are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising seas and extreme weather.
That's true in India, he says, where climate-driven disasters killed an estimated 2,200 people last year, according to the Indian Meteorological Department. "What makes India very vulnerable [to climate change] is that it's still a very low-income economy," says Chaturvedi. For the EPA to assign less value to the lives of the people most affected by greenhouse gas emissions doesn't make sense, he argues.
The EPA does not apply the same method to lives within the U.S. – the agency applies one value to all American lives, regardless of income.
The EPA declined to answer NPR's questions about its method because the proposed social cost of carbon is currently accepting comments from the public. But an FAQ on the EPA's website explains how the EPA conducts what it calls "mortality risk valuation."
"The EPA does not place a dollar value on individual lives," the FAQ explains. "Rather, when conducting a benefit-cost analysis of new environmental policies, the Agency uses estimates of how much people are willing to pay for small reductions in their risks of dying from adverse health conditions that may be caused by environmental pollution."
Daniel Hemel, a law professor who studies how policymakers assign value to lives saved for the purpose of regulations, says the EPA's social cost of carbon does put a dollar amount on human lives. "You'll hear agencies say 'We're not valuing lives.' I don't know, they kind of are. They're deciding how much it's worth it to spend to save a life," he says.
Getting this number right is important for the future of global warming
If you assigned the same value to lives around the world, the social cost of carbon would be much higher – almost double the number the EPA is currently proposing, says Tamma Carleton, who examined this question for a study published last year.
An even higher social cost of carbon would theoretically push the U.S. government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions more quickly and dramatically. "We'd end up being more concerned about climate change," explains Hemel.
It's unclear why EPA economists didn't choose this route. Hemel speculates that some policymakers might be concerned about proposing a social cost of carbon that is so high, it appears to require the U.S. to take drastic, and politically unpopular, steps to slash greenhouse gas emissions. For example, banning gas-powered vehicles or eliminating domestic fossil fuel extraction.
Chaturvedi argues that the U.S. is missing an opportunity by not embracing the full value of the lives saved around the world if emissions fall. He says an even higher social cost of carbon could spur the development of new renewable energy technology or even methods to remove carbon from the air, which the U.S. could then export to the rest of the world.
Getting this number right is ethically important
The moral implications of the EPA's approach loom at least as large as the practical and political ones.
"To systematically discount the value of deaths outside the United States is a grave moral mistake," says bioethicist Paul Kelleher of the University of Wisconsin. "It's important to get it right because these are life and death decisions."
An estimated 74 million lives could be saved this century if greenhouse gas emissions are eliminated by 2050, a study published last year suggested.
"Every molecule of carbon dioxide matters." The social cost of carbon, Kelleher says, "will make a difference to who lives, who dies, how good their lives are [and] how bad their deaths are," for decades to come.
Hemel worries about the message that the EPA's approach sends at home.
"I think we send a problematic message to Americans when we use a method for assigning values to lives outside the United States that ends up valuing light-skinned people from the global North more than dark skinned people from the global South," he says.
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The details surrounding Travis Barker’s hospitalization have been revealed. On Tuesday morning, the Blink-182 drummer was spotted with his wife, Kourtney Kardashian, by his side as he was rolled on a stretcher after suffering a medical emergency.
A source tells ET, "Travis was sick and had intense pain in his abdomen and it really concerned him and Kourtney. They called 911 and he was rushed to the hospital. After speaking with Travis and running several tests, doctors said Travis is suffering from pancreatitis.”
The source had not heard what caused the pancreatitis. Another source tells ET that Kourtney drove Travis to West Hills Hospital and an ambulance transferred him to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
According to the Mayo Clinic, the condition is an inflammation of the pancreas. “Pancreatitis can occur as acute pancreatitis — meaning it appears suddenly and lasts for days. Some people develop chronic pancreatitis, which is pancreatitis that occurs over many years,” the Mayo Clinic states.
Pancreatitis can sometimes improve with treatment, but more severe cases can lead to life-threatening complications. Some symptoms include stomach pain, fever, nausea and vomiting.
TMZ was first to report the news.
On Tuesday, Barker was spotted lying on a stretcher while Kardashian was seen comforting her husband.
Per TMZ, Kardashian, who was dressed in black sweats and a black hoodie, followed closely behind the ambulance before joining her husband at Cedars-Sinai.
Prior to the photos, the drummer tweeted out a cryptic message that read, "God Save Me." Barker’s 16-year-old daughter, Alabama, also asked for prayers on Instagram. Additionally on TikTok, the teen posted an image of her holding her father’s hand with a message that read, “Please say a prayer.” She later deleted the pic.
The rocker’s hospitalization comes the same day that his son, Landon, joined Machine Gun Kelly onstage during his sold-out show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
The 18-year-old took the stage to sing their latest collaboration, “Die in California." In Instagram Stories posted by Landon, he's dressed in a head-to-toe black ensemble with shiny embellishments and looks completely in his element as he belts out the song to the massive crowd at the arena.
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January 6 committee member says panel will ask former Secret Service agent to testify again
By Paul LeBlanc and Christian Sierra, CNN
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, told CNN on Sunday the panel will ask former Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato to testify again.
“We’re in a position in the very near future to call the witnesses from the Secret Service back in for a few additional questions,” the California Democrat told CNN’s Pamela Brown on “CNN Newsroom,” explaining that the panel had wanted to “get through all the documentary evidence … over a million documents,” which they’ve now done.
The House select committee has made clear it believes Ornato was a central figure who could provide valuable information about former President Donald Trump’s movements and intentions leading up to and on January 6.
Not only did Ornato once run Trump’s detail, but he also made the unprecedented move of joining White House staff as the deputy chief of staff in December 2019 on a temporary assignment and eventually returned to the Secret Service to run its training program.
To this point, Ornato has met with the panel on two occasions — in January and March — as part of its investigation.
It’s not clear whether Ornato will end up testifying related to the claims from Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson specifically testified that Ornato had told her about Trump lashing out in anger and lunging at a member of his protective detail as he demanded to be taken to the Capitol on January 6.
Asked Sunday who else from the Secret Service would be called back to testify, Lofgren also mentioned the head of Trump’s Secret Service detail, Robert Engel, “and a few others,” but did not specify whom.
“We want to make sure that we’re getting the straight story. Some of the testimony received doesn’t seem to align with some of the documents, so we have a need to understand that better from them,” she said.
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Russian authorities on Wednesday detained a former state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest against Moscow’s war in Ukraine, and charged her with spreading false information about Russia’s armed forces, her lawyer said on social media.
Marina Ovsyannikova was charged over a protest she staged last month, holding a banner that said “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin is a killer, his soldiers are fascists. 352 children have been killed (in Ukraine). How many more children should die for you to stop?”
If tried and convicted, Ovsyannikova faces up to 10 years in prison under a new law that penalizes statements against the military and that was enacted shortly after Russian troops moved into Ukraine, lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov said in a Telegram post.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ovsyannikova’s home was raided, and she was taken for questioning. Zakhvatov said she will spend the night in a holding cell at Moscow police headquarters.
Ovsyannikova used to work as a producer with Russian state-funded Channel One. She made international headlines on March 14, when she appeared behind the anchor of an evening news broadcast holding a poster that said “stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here.” She was charged with disparaging the Russian military and fined 30,000 rubles ($270 at the time).
After quitting her job, Ovsyannikova became somewhat of an activist, staging antiwar pickets and speaking out publicly against the conflict.
She was fined two more times in recent weeks for disparaging the military in a critical Facebook post and comments she made at a court where opposition figure Ilya Yashin was remanded in custody pending trial for spreading false information about the military.
According to Net Freedoms, a legal aid group focusing on free speech cases, as of Wednesday there were 79 criminal cases on charges of spreading false information about the military and up to 4,000 administrative cases on charges of disparaging the armed forces.
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Thomas Fremont
July 29, 1945 - Feb. 19, 2023
DULUTH, Minn. - Thomas Fremont, 77, Duluth, Minn., died Sunday, Feb. 19, in Essentia St. Mary’s Medical Center.
Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., followed by a memorial service at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Duluth. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
Arrangements by Dougherty Funeral Home.
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Toddler orders 31 cheeseburgers using mom’s phone
KINGSVILLE, Texas (KRIS) - A 2-year-old Texas boy really loves cheeseburgers, so much so that he used the DoorDash app on his mom’s phone to order 31 of them from McDonald’s.
Kelsey Golden, a mother of three, got a notification Monday from DoorDash saying her McDonald’s order was going to take a little longer than usual because of its size. She was shocked because she never placed an order.
As it turned out, her youngest son, 2-year-old Barrett, had placed it, using her unlocked phone.
“So, I was working. I was using my phone, and sometimes, whenever I’m on my computer and my phone, he’ll come grab the phone out of my hand. And he did. He usually likes to take pictures of himself, so he was doing that. I thought I locked the phone, but apparently, I didn’t,” Golden said.
The mother was amazed when she heard a knock on the door, and the delivery driver handed her what Barrett ordered: 31 cheeseburgers.
“She was like, ‘Did you have 31 burgers?’ It’s like, ‘Oh, wow, no, I didn’t order these,’” Golden said. “But I did. My son did.”
The cost of the cheeseburgers alone was $58.59. But the 2-year-old is apparently a generous tipper, giving the DoorDash driver another $16.50.
With other fees on top, Golden ended up paying a total of $91.70 for the order.
Barrett only ate about half of one burger, so Golden says she gave away some of the others to their neighbors.
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FORT GREENE, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Some residents of a western Brooklyn neighborhood say that they’ve been hearing a mysterious sound, intermittently, at various times of the day, for months now. They say that they want help from the city to figure out what it is and to allow them to get a quiet night’s sleep.
“[It’s] like a ‘woo-woo-woo-woo!'” said Mo Hussain, a five-year resident of the Fort Greene neighborhood. “It almost sounds unnatural. It really gets under your skin.”
Hussain is an active member of groups on apps including Nextdoor and WhatsApp that trade video, recordings, complaint records and other information about the sound and its effects.
“You feel like your teeth are about to fall out, your window panes might shatter,” Hussain said. “It’s really an unnatural sound, and it’s unnerving.”
Dawn Luisa, who’s lived in Fort Greene for three years, said that she’s heard the sound at random times off and on for over a year.
“It sounds like a tuning fork. It’s really annoying,” she said at first, but then added, “It sounds like a headache.”
It can go on for a short while, or for up to a half hour, according to residents. Luisa said that the time of day doesn’t matter.
“Just when you think, ‘Oh it’s gone,'” she said, “Then you’re like, ‘Wait, do you hear that? Oh I hear that.'”
“It’s also problematic,” she continued, “because it’s so eerie sounding, and so it’s difficult to ignore.”
Hussain elaborated on how the intermittent nature of the sound affects his household.
“I’m the father of a 9-year-old boy,” he explained. “Sometimes, it kicks up right at bedtime … just enough to prevent him from going to sleep.”
Fort Greene has seen more new construction in recent years than almost any other part of the city. Local residents suspect that the sound may be related to one or more construction projects, but they say that they’re just not sure.
Hussain said that they’re looking to the city to help solve the mystery. He said that various members of the community groups of which he’s a part have been sending emails, filling out web forms, calling 311, and otherwise complaining to the city, in the hope of getting some answers.
When they do, he said, “It’s kind of, ‘Tough luck, can’t help you without more information.’ So it’s frustrating for us.”
Residents’ complaints have been referred to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
A spokesperson for the Department of Environmental Protection told PIX11 News that it has scheduled an appointment for next week to meet with one of the local residents who’ve called 311, and will do an inspection.
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IRVINE, Calif., April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Minnesota Real Estate Developer Sentenced To 78 Months in Prison And $1.5 Million Special Assessment for Tax Evasion, Mail and Wire Fraud
The evidence presented at trial proved that from 2009 until January 2012, the real estate developer willfully evaded the payment of employment and excise taxes owed by him and the three businesses he controlled. One of the ways he avoided paying taxes was by transferring over $1.1 million into a bank account in the name of a shell company with no legitimate business purpose but used by him to pay personal expenses. The developer evaded payment of more than $700,000 in taxes.
He had also filed a fraudulent financial statement, making numerous misrepresentations to the IRS to avoid paying the taxes he owed. For example, he failed to disclose multiple personal vehicles that he owned, and he denied the existence of the shell company's bank account, which he was using to receive monthly compensation of $50,000 from two of his companies. The developer also falsely claimed to be living in Bayport, Minnesota, when, in truth, he had already moved into a $1.4 million house he was purchasing in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Read on to know how you can save yourself from becoming a similar cautionary tale.
Who is a Real Estate Professional?
To be a real estate professional, an individual must spend the majority of his or her time in real property businesses:
- Development or redevelopment
- Construction or reconstruction
- Acquisition or conversion
- Rental
- Management or operation
- Leasing
- Brokerage
Furthermore, to qualify as a real estate professional, the taxpayer must spend:
- more than 50 percent of his/her time in real estate activities; AND,
- more than 750 hours in real estate activities.
From our experience, we know that your examiner will give serious attention to the fact whether you are able to satisfy him that you materially participate in one or more of the specific real estate trades or businesses listed above. The examiner will try to determine who is the real estate professional, husband or wife. The auditor will request and closely examine your documentation regarding time. You are required under the law to provide proof of services performed and the hours attributable to those services.
We advise you to seek legal guidance from a dually California licensed Tax Attorney and CPA immediately if you or your business entity (S Corp, C Corp, LLC, Partnership, etc.) have received an audit notice from the IRS or a California Taxing Authority, such as Franchise Tax Board (FTB), the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) and the Employment Development Department (EDD) concerning a tax audit. Depending on what the federal or California auditor finds, an examination of your business and personal tax filings could lead to devastating outcomes, including an unexpected tax assessment, costly accumulated interest, and/or substantial civil penalties—none of which even begins to approach the danger involved in an IRS or California criminal tax investigation. If the government believes that there is strong enough evidence to prosecute you for tax evasion or related offenses successfully, you will be at risk of jail time, in addition to much higher financial fines and criminal restitution.
Material Participation
A taxpayer materially participates in an activity if he or she works on a regular, continuous, and substantial basis in operations. If a taxpayer does not materially participate, losses are passive, which means they generally are not deductible in the absence of passive income. Material participation is time sensitive.
Under an audit, you shall be required to identify the amount of your participation in a trade or business activity for each year. The type and quantity of time documented shall determine whether an activity should be treated by you as passive or non-passive. Please note that you can have a significant financial interest in a business and yet not materially participate. Real estate investing is generally passive under the tax code but can rise to the level of trade or business depending on the individual facts and circumstances of your case.
Material participation is a year-by-year determination. Consequently, it is conceivable you could be passive in one year and non-passive (in other words, materially participating) in the subsequent year. An examiner will try to determine if reported losses are classified properly on your given return. Losses from businesses, whether conducted as a Schedule C, Schedule Form, partnership, or S Corporation, are passive if the taxpayer does not materially participate.
Material participation does not apply to the following activities:
- Rentals are generally passive, whether or not the taxpayer materially participates. However, rental real estate interests of real estate professionals are subject to the material participation tests.
- Working interests in oil and gas activities are excepted from the passive loss limitations. If liability is not limited, the taxpayer has a "working interest."
- Income from a partnership or S Corporation that trades in stocks, bonds, or securities for the accounts of the partners or shareholders is non-passive. Income or losses, even from a limited partnership interest, may be deducted as non-passive.
You should know that The IRS and California taxing authorities, such as the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), and the Employment Development Department (EDD), have been aggressive in auditing real estate professionals. To survive the audit and prove that the statutory requirements have been met, it is critical that taxpayers establish credibility by maintaining detailed, accurate records. Let us discuss some of the common issues faced by taxpayers involved in the real estate industry.
Passive Active Loss
Prior to 1986, a taxpayer could generally deduct losses in full from rental activities and trades or businesses regardless of his or her level of participation. This gave rise to significant numbers of tax shelters that allowed taxpayers to deduct non-economic losses against wages and investment income. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 added IRC § 469, which limits the taxpayer's ability to deduct losses from businesses in which he or she does not materially participate and from rental activities.
Federal tax law disallows any deduction for a taxpayer's net loss from passive activities for the year. Passive activities include, by definition, any rental activity, including any rental activity conducted through the means of a separate entity, such as a partnership or limited liability company. An exception to this disallowance rule prevails if the taxpayer is deemed a "real estate professional." Passing muster as a real estate professional requires the taxpayer to meet certain statutory tests (see above). Difficulties can arise in meeting these tests, especially if taxpayers are nonchalant about keeping good records.
Section 469(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that no tax deduction is allowed for the taxpayer's net passive loss for the year. The passive loss rule applies to all taxpayers other than taxable corporations, so called C corporations. Losses from one passive activity are allowed only to the extent that there are other passive activities that generate a net profit. Passive activities can include more than rental operations. For example, allocations of income and loss from limited partnerships, no matter what the business purpose of the partnership, are generally considered passive in nature.
Any excess passive loss not deductible in the current year is suspended and can be carried forward indefinitely into future years and can be deducted if there are net profits from passive activities. Alternatively, if a passive activity is sold, the taxpayer can deduct all suspended losses at that time. There is no expiration of the suspended losses as long as the taxpayer still owns the property in question. Rental activities are passive activities by definition.
The passive loss rules are extraordinarily complex and obtuse. Let's use some examples to depict the basics of the passive loss rules as they apply to rental activities.
Julia is a full-time attorney who leases a single-family residence to tenants. This is her only passive activity. Her adjusted gross income (AGI) for the current year, Year 1, is $200,000 before considering any rental loss. For Year 1, the rental had a loss of $(15,000). Julia is not allowed to deduct any of this loss for the current year. Rather, the loss is suspended and carried forward into future tax years, starting with Year 2, when it can offset future profits generated by the rental residence or profits generated by any other passive activity.
Continuing with Example 1, assume that during the following year, Year 2, the rental residence shows a net loss of $(5,000) through July 1, at which time Julia sells the residence. Julia can now deduct all $20,000 of the losses from the rental, as she has disposed of her entire interest in this passive activity. She is allowed to deduct all these losses in Year 2 even if the rental residence had been sold at a loss.
The foregoing examples included a mention of adjusted gross income (AGI) for the taxpayers. AGI is basically the taxpayer's gross taxable income for the year, less business deductions, rental losses, and contributions to retirement accounts. Readers may know this as the so-called "bottom line" on page 1 of Form 1040. From AGI, various other deductions, such as home mortgage interest, property taxes, and charitable contributions, are deducted in deriving taxable income.
How are Real Estate Professionals Audited?
You must understand that your examiner will scrutinize your situation thoroughly. Expect to be asked: What are your real property trades or businesses? Where do you materially participate? Are you or is your spouse the real estate professional?
You will be requested to provide documentation of your timekeeping; the auditor is likely to closely examine your log. The examiner will scrutinize all activities you are involved in—even if they are not related to real estate and even if you are not getting paid.
You will be interviewed. You will be asked questions about your personal life, business, civic activities, philanthropy, family obligations, and hobbies. Be mindful that the examiner is building a case around all of your time spent in all activities to determine the remaining time available for real estate. The examiner is going to assess your credibility.
Knowing what to say and, more importantly, what not to say is the key to the entire process. Therefore, it is absolutely crucial that you are thoroughly prepared for an audit. While representing you, we strive not to be surprised by anything raised by the IRS or a California taxing authority conducting the audit or disclosed by you during the course of the audit. That is where our years of experience comes in. Once we determine that you might be facing potential criminal tax liabilities, your primary goal becomes the prevention of initiation of a criminal tax investigation, and we do whatever we can to achieve that.
Our Approach to Dealing with Audits
During an eggshell audit, the IRS or a California taxing authority is looking for the possibility that you, as a subject of a civil audit, will make a mistake and provide information leading to the initiation of a criminal tax investigation. As your attorney representing you in an eggshell audit, our goal is extremely clear: the resolution of the audit without a referral by the civil examiner to the IRS's criminal investigation division (CID). However, as simple as that goal is, reaching it is cumbersome and perilous. That is where we come in!
Using our decades of experience, we have distilled our approach to four key aspects while we represent you as you undergo an eggshell audit:
- Understanding deeply how civil audits arise and the steps that need to be taken as your counsel to prepare you for the audit;
- Recognizing when you are facing an eggshell audit and recognizing whether you might have committed criminal tax fraud;
- Key techniques to employ when representing a real estate entity going through an eggshell audit and the signals to look for when evaluating whether a civil investigation has turned criminal; and
- Steps to take after a criminal investigation has started to lessen the possibility of referral for prosecution.
The IRS is very thorough in its approach and has a deep understanding of all vulnerable areas related to the tax filings of those in the real estate industry. The IRS audits real estate entities so frequently that it has even developed a Passive Activity Loss Audit Technique Guide to assist its IRS Revenue Agents during audits by providing insight into the issues, accounting practices, and methods unique to the real estate industry. In general, the guide identifies issues unique to the real estate industry of which the Revenue Agents should be aware. It directs Revenue Agents to look for certain vital sources of information and outlines steps and techniques to be taken in conducting effective and focused audits/investigations of real estate entities. However, using our extensive experience, we use the same tools to the advantage of our clients. In other words, we know what weapons and strategies the other side might deploy, making us ready to defend every blow that might come our way.
If you know you cheated on your tax returns, the biggest mistake you can make is to consult the original preparer. The reason is that they are likely to become the primary witness against you if the government decides to initiate criminal tax proceedings. They would have absolutely no incentive to protect you and are likely to reveal everything, including the information that you thought was confidential. A CPA, EA, or CTEC certified preparer generates most of his income from tax accounting and preparation; thus, they are strongly motivated to protect their reputation with the taxing authorities at the expense of your reputation. As uniquely qualified and extensively experienced Criminal Tax Defense Tax Attorneys, Kovel CPAs our firm provides a unique platform to efficiently achieve the optimal and predictable results that simultaneously protect your liberty and your net worth.
If you have failed to file a tax return for one or more years or have taken a position on a tax return that could not be supported upon an IRS or state tax authority audit, eggshell audit, reverse eggshell audit, or criminal tax investigation, consider hiring the Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing. Hiring our firm can make all the difference between paying the proper amount of income taxes due, as opposed to doing jail time, paying a hefty penalty, and paying for the cost of a long and agonizing prosecution.
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More Commonly Asked Tax Audit Questions
- How should Tax Audits be Handled by Criminal Tax Counsel?
- How to survive audit when I cheated on return being audited
- What is an eggshell audit?
- What is a reverse egg shell audit?
- Why is a reverse egg shell audit dangerous for a taxpayer?
- Warning signs of a criminal referral from an IRS audit
- Effective tax defense counsels goals in an egg shell audit?
- How are the 4 goals and outcomes 1 and 2 best obtained?
- What are the possible outcomes of an egg shell audit?
- Is it my right to know why I was selected for examination?
- What can I do to prepare for an audit?
- What is an IRS civil examination?
- How IRS decides which tax returns are audited
- What are my appeal options if I disagree with IRS?
- What are my basic taxpayer rights if the IRS audits me?
- Options if I am unable to pay at the conclusion of audit
- What a 30 or 90-Day Letter from the IRS means
- What is involved with appealing disagreements?
- Rights to disagree with IRStaxauditor'sss findings
- Can I stop the IRS from repeatedly auditing me?
- Can I have the examination transferred to another area?
- Can I record my IRS interview and is it a good idea?
- How many years of returns are at risk during an audit?
- Common reasons for the IRS to conduct a tax audit
- How to avoid negative consequences from an IRS interview
- Have to agree to interview by taxing authority directly?
- Are all audits the same?
- What should I do if the IRS is investigating me?
- What ifIdon'ttt respond to a taxing authority audit notice
- Your rights during an IRS tax audit
- Risks of attending an IRS audit without a tax lawyer
- Most common audit technique used by taxing authorities
- Don't go into an IRS audit without representation
- Why hire an attorney to represent me in an audit?
- Why hire David W. Klasing to represent me in an audit
California Sales Tax Questions and Answers
- Common issues encountered during sales tax audit
- What is a sales tax audit?
- Disagreeing with business audit conclusions
- Timeline to file Petition for Redetermination?
- What should Petition for Redetermination contain?
- Is the appeals conference formal or informal?
- Appeals Division's Decision and Recommendation
- Are a mark-up percentage and a profit margin the same?
- Problems with the mark up audit
- Can State Board of Equalization ignore my business records
- What is a sales tax deficiency determination?
- Business being audited for sales tax. Should I be worried?
- Audit determined fraud to avoid sales and use tax
- Definition of "sale" for California Sales Tax
- What do California sellers need to know about sales tax?
- How do I apply for a sellers permit?
- What are my obligations as a permit holder?
- What is sales tax?
- What is tangible personal property?
- What is a sale?
- What are total gross receipts?
- What is use tax?
- Who is responsible for paying the use tax?
- Who is a retailer engaged in business in California?
- Who is a qualified purchaser?
- Do I need a Certificate of Registration Use tax?
- Do I need a Use Tax Direct Payment Permit?
- What types of sales are exempt from sales tax?
- How are Internet Transactions Taxed?
- How is California sales or use tax determined?
- What is the statewide sales and use tax rate?
- Are there other local and district sales and use taxes?
- Total sales and use tax rate calculation
- How to protect against successor liability in California
- Recourse when issued California sales tax liability notice
- CA Sales Tax liability extend to purchasers/successors?
- Waiting Until Audited to Take Action on Tax Matters
- Sales tax records needed in California
- What are California's sales and use taxes?
- Why does the State of California audit businesses to ensure compliance with sales and use taxes? How does the State determine whether to audit my business?
- The BOE reviews the purchase invoices of my business
Questions and Answers for Criminal Tax Representation
- When tax defense counsel parallels tax crime investigation
- Guilty of tax obstruction by backdating documents?
- To be found guilty of tax obstruction must a person actually be successful in impeding the IRS's functions?
- Help! The Document I Gave the IRS Had False Information
- Tax crime aiding or assisting false return IRC §7206(2)
- What is the crime known as tax obstruction § 7212?
- What is the difference between tax perjury and tax evasion?
- What is the tax crime commonly known as tax perjury?
- What is a Klein Conspiracy?
- Increased possibility of civil action in IRS investigation
- Am I Guilty of Tax Evasion if the Law is Vague?
- What happens if the IRS thinks I committed tax crimes?
- What are ways to defend against a tax evasion charge?
- Difference between criminal tax evasion and civil tax fraud
- What accounting method does the IRS use for tax fraud
- Can I Change Accounting Method to the Accrual Method
- What is the willfulness requirement for tax evasion?
- I didn't know I committed tax fraud. Can I get off?
- Concealed assets from IRS. Can I avoid tax evasion charges
- How government proves I willfully engaged in tax evasion
- What is the venue or court where a tax crime case is heard?
- Must the IRS prove tax crimes beyond a reasonable doubt?
- Is it a crime to make false statements to the IRS?
- Will the IRS overlook my tax evasion if it's minor?
- Failed to tell IRS about my nominee account
- Audit risk with cash based business transactions
- How to defend a client charged with tax evasion
- Is it tax evasion if I didn't file income tax return?
- Government says I attempted to evade my taxes. Now what?
- I forgot to pay my taxes or estimated tax. Is this a crime?
- Government proof I "willfully" failed to pay taxes
- 5 Ways to Respond to Tax Evasion Charges
- Being audited after using a tax professional
- Rules for what an IRS agent can do while investigating me
- How tax preparers, attorneys and accountants are punished
- How the IRS selects tax crime lead for investigation
- How does the IRS prosecute suspected tax crimes?
- Does IRS reward informant leads for suspected tax crimes?
- How the government proves deficiency in a tax evasion case
- Do prior tax crimes factor into new IRS tax convictions?
- Requesting conference before investigative report is done
- Requesting conference after IRS Special Agent Report
- What are my rights during an IRS criminal investigation?
- Avoid prosecution for tax crime with voluntary disclosure?
- Defense tactics that make it hard for to prove willfulness
- How a tax attorney can stop your criminal tax case?
- What can you generally tell me about tax crimes?
- Continuing filing requirement with investigation pending
- Federal criminal code crimes that apply to tax issues
- Penalty for making, subscribing, and filing a false return
- CID special agent's report for criminal prosecution
- What is the discovery process in a criminal tax case?
- What the IRS includes in indictment for tax case
- What is the hardest element of a tax crime to prove?
- IRS methods of gathering evidence to prove tax crime
- What does a grand jury do in IRS tax crime prosecution?
- Failure to keep records or supply information
- Failure to make a return, supply information, or pay tax
- What is attempting to evade payment of taxes?
- What is income tax evasion and how is it punished?
- What is attempted income tax evasion?
- What is the crime of failure to pay tax? What is punishment
- Crime of making or subscribing false return or document
- Criminal Investigation Division investigation tactics
- Tax crimes related to employment tax forms and trust funds
- Tactics to defend or mitigate IRS criminal tax charges
- How the IRS generates leads about suspected tax crimes
- What is the crime "evasion of assessment" of tax?
- Specific examples of "attempting" to evade tax assessment
- What is the so-called Spies evasion doctrine?
- Does overstating deductions constitute tax evasion?
- Is it tax evasion if my W-4 contains false statements?
- IRC §7201 attempt to evade vs. common-law crime of attempt
- What are the penalties for Spies tax evasion?
- How government proves a taxpayer attempted tax fraud
- What is a tax that was "due and owing."
- What is evasion of assessment for tax liability?
- Is evasion of assessment different from evasion of payment
- Does the IRS have a dollar threshold for tax fraud?
- What is the IRS burden of proof for tax fraud convictions?
- Are Tax Laws Constitutional?
- What is the source of law that defines tax evasion?
- Does section 7201 create two distinct criminal offenses?
- Does tax evasion definition include partnership LLC
- What if I helped someone else evade taxes?
- Is it illegal to overstate deductions on my tax return?
- Is it illegal to conceal bank accounts from the IRS?
- Do later losses justify prior deductions?
- Common reasons the IRS and DOJ start investigations
- What is the Mens Rea component of tax crimes?
- What is a proffer agreement and what are the risks?
- Why to have an attorney to review a proffer agreement
- Why enter into a proffer agreement?
- Limited use immunity from proffer agreements
- Difference between civil and criminal fraud allegation
Questions about delinquent payroll taxes and trust fund recovery penalty
- What happens if an employer continues to incur new payroll tax liabilities?
- California Employment Taxes Basics
- How Does the IRS Develop an Employment Tax Fraud Case from the First Indication of Fraud to a Criminal Indictment?
- Can more than one person be considered responsible by IRS
- How unpaid employment tax payments are allocated
- When a corporate officer is considered a responsible party
- Examples of trust fund recovery penalty determinations
- Failing to pay employment taxes after notice is given
- How to determine responsible person for trust fund recovery
- Assessing trust fund recovery penalty and option to appeal
- What is the trust fund recovery penalty?
- What are the penalties for failure to pay employment taxes
- When am I considered liable for company's employment taxes
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Which eczema products are best?
People of any age can develop eczema, a chronic condition that often results in itching and inflamed skin. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2% to 10% of all adults in developed countries have some form of eczema. Fortunately, there are ways to help combat the symptoms of this condition, such as topical creams or prescription treatments. The best over-the-counter eczema product is the Aquaphor Healing Ointment Variety Pack.
What to know before you buy eczema products
Causes and symptoms of eczema
Eczema is an overarching term for many different types of dermatitis. The common types of eczema include:
- Contact dermatitis: This is caused by a direct response to an irritant, including cosmetics, jewelry and fragrances.
- Atopic dermatitis: Atopic dermatitis is the most common type of eczema and is a chronic condition caused by an inflammatory immune response.
- Dyshidrotic eczema: While the cause of this type of eczema is unknown, it’s marked by small, fluid-filled blisters that pop up on the palms, fingers and soles of the feet.
- Neurodermatitis: This type of eczema causes rough, itchy patches of skin.
It is usually caused by one or more of the following:
- Genetics: Those with a family history of dermatitis, allergens or asthma are more likely to also develop eczema.
- Environmental triggers: Common allergens, such as pollen, food and pet hair or dander, can result in an allergic reaction, leading to a flare-up. Other things, such as extremely dry air, high heat, air pollutants and strong fragrances in hand soap can also lead to it.
- Immune system issues: Mental or physical stress, infection and asthma can all trigger eczema.
Signs of eczema include dry and itchy skin, small bumps on the skin, rashes, swelling or inflammation and blisters. For some people, symptoms last only a few days. For others, they can last several weeks. And, in some cases, eczema is a chronic condition that can affect someone their own life, though it’s often marked by occasional flare-ups among periods where it isn’t an issue. Fortunately, most at-home treatments can help soothe flare-ups.
Primary ingredients
Although every eczema product is different, here are the three main ingredient categories you can expect to find:
- Emollients: Emollients help rebuild and protect the skin barrier by returning natural fats to it. Common emollients are cocoa butter, fatty acids, paraffin, shea butter, petroleum jelly and ceramides.
- Humectants: These can help bring moisture back to the skin. Common humectants include aloe vera, hyaluronic acid, lactic acid and glycerin. Used alone, these ingredients could cause a mild burning sensation on the skin. Most lotions and gels with humectants also contain soothing ingredients that prevent this issue.
- Occlusives: These help lock and seal in the moisture obtained from humectants. A common problem with many creams and lotions is that they evaporate quickly. With occlusives, this is no longer an issue. Common ones are petroleum jelly, coconut oil and mineral oil.
Many products for eczema include one or more of the ingredients above. Used in combination, they can provide the most relief. If you want to check how much moisture is in your skin, use a skin moisture analyzer to get fast results. This can help you determine what type of product to get.
Prescription vs. over-the-counter products
Over-the-counter solutions to eczema can handle most flare-ups, but if you’re having chronic issues, consult with a dermatologist. They should be able to prescribe medicated creams such as hydrocortisone cream to help you get a better handle on it.
What to look for in quality eczema products
Form
Eczema products usually come in the following forms:
- Lotions absorb quickly into the skin but are primarily made from water. Unless medicated, the moisture doesn’t last for long.
- Creams and ointments have a higher oil concentration than water and feel heavier on the skin. These last longer, so you don’t have to reapply them as often. Many are ideal for highly sensitive skin.
- Skin barrier creams help lock in moisture and generally include ingredients such as ceramides. Consult a doctor before using one.
- Plant-based oils, such as tea tree oil, offer minor or temporary relief. Use these with caution if you have known allergies.
Container size and style
Most containers are either pumps, jars or tubes. Some have an applicator nozzle, while others require you to remove a lid to use them.
Lotions usually come in 12- to 24-fluid-ounce containers, while thicker ointments and jars are between 8 and 14 ounces, on average.
Choose a container size based on how frequently you plan to use it. If you want to take the product with you, go with a smaller container. But if you want something to put by the sink or on the bedside table, choose a larger one.
Ingredients to avoid
Many creams, ointments and lotions claim to be able to hydrate the skin and bring immediate relief to things such as rashes or itchiness. However, certain ingredients can make the issue worse by drying out or irritating your skin. This includes salicylic acid, retinol, artificial fragrances, botanicals and ethanol.
Cross-reference any ingredients with any known allergies before purchase. If you’re not sure what type of eczema you have, consult a doctor to find out what they recommend.
How much you can expect to spend on eczema products
A small container of ointment or bottle of lotion costs around $10-$30. Specialty skin care treatments and larger containers can cost $30-$80.
Eczema products FAQ
How do you diagnose eczema?
A. A dermatologist or another health care provider can examine your skin for common signs of eczema, such as dry or red skin. They will also ask a series of questions about your symptoms. In some cases, you may undergo an allergy skin or blood test to determine the type you have.
Are organic products best?
A. Many organic lotions, ointments and creams contain botanicals and essential oils, which could cause an allergic reaction in some people. A better option for those with sensitive skin or frequent flare-ups is a hypoallergenic solution.
Is eczema curable?
A. No, but having a good moisturizing routine can help alleviate symptoms. Along with this, avoid scratching itchy areas. Also, switch to mild soaps and detergents, ideally without artificial scents. If the air is dry, use a humidifier.
What are the best eczema products to buy?
Top eczema product
Aquaphor Healing Ointment Variety Pack
What you need to know: Included in this variety pack are a jar and a tube of strong ointment that seals in moisture and protects your skin.
What you’ll love: It can create a soothing barrier for cracked and dry skin while restoring smoothness. It’s thick and unscented, making it ideal for long-term relief.
What you should consider: It contains lanolin, which can cause broken skin to sting.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top eczema product for the money
Aveeno Eczema Therapy Daily Moisturizing Cream For Sensitive Skin
What you need to know: This moisturizing cream is free from steroids and fragrances, making it ideal for those with sensitive skin who want something for daily use.
What you’ll love: Gentle and hydrating, this 12-fluid-ounce bottle can help soothe dry or irritated skin. It has colloidal oatmeal, ceramides and lipids that restore the skin’s natural protective barrier.
What you should consider: It requires frequent reapplication for those with more chronic skin irritation.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and iHerb
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Perfect for full-body use, this lotion can help soothe and hydrate irritated or dry skin.
What you’ll love: It’s a great addition to any skin care routine, especially after a shower or bath. The formula contains aloe vera and witch hazel extract, which can smooth and soothe the skin.
What you should consider: It does have a light scent, which could be problematic for sensitive skin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (NewsNation) — The federal judge overseeing the search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home declined on Thursday to unseal the affidavit.
Instead, Judge Bruce Reinhart will allow the Justice Department until Aug. 25 to provide a redacted version to the court. The judge said there are portions of the affidavit that could be unsealed.
The affidavit prosecutors used to get the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home could provide more intimate details as to what the Department of Justice believed was at Mar-a-Lago and why they felt the need to search the home.
Attorneys representing the news media have also fought to have the affidavit unsealed.
“I feel good about today’s hearing,” said Deanna Shullman, an attorney representing the media. “Judge Reinhart seemed to have a very good sense that it is his job as the gatekeeper in this case to balance the interest in the public of accessing these materials against the interest of the government of keeping them secret.”
There have been scant specifics released thus far from the Justice Department about what investigators were looking for in Trump’s home — other than the belief classified and top secret documents were inside. The FBI did remove classified and top secret documents from Mar-a-Lago but nothing is definitively known about what those documents pertained to.
A public release of the affidavit could shed light on those details, possibly cooling, or further heating, the volatile political rhetoric surrounding the search.
On Monday, Trump called for the affidavit’s unredacted release. He later told Fox News Digital he would do “whatever he can” to cool the rhetoric.
The Department of Justice has resisted releasing the affidavit, saying the investigation is ongoing, and releasing the document could hamper investigators’ efforts.
“If disclosed, the affidavit would serve as a roadmap to the government’s ongoing investigation, providing specific details about its direction and likely course, in a manner that is highly likely to compromise future investigative steps,” the DOJ wrote in a motion to keep the affidavit sealed.
The release of the search warrant used by the FBI to enter Mar-a-Lago painted a picture of the possible crimes authorities believe Trump may have committed, including violating the Espionage Act. The warrant also revealed 33 documents ranging from “top secret” to “classified” were pulled from the estate.
Trump and his legal team claim all of the documents were declassified and rightfully in his possession. The fact the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago indicates authorities do not believe that claim to be true.
Reports circulated last week that there may have been top secret and highly sensitive documents related to nuclear weapons kept at Mar-a-Lago.
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CAMDEN, New Jersey -- Johnny Bobbitt was sentenced in federal court Monday for his role in a GoFundMe scheme that made national headlines.
Bobbitt was one of three people who pleaded guilty in the 2017 scandal.
On Monday, a federal judge sentenced Bobbitt to three years of probation and ordered him to pay $25,000 in restitution.
SEE ALSO | Mark D'Amico, accused ringleader in GoFundMe scam, sentenced to 27 months in federal prison
Prosecutors say Bobbitt conspired with Kate McClure and her former boyfriend, Mark D'Amico, to concoct a feel-good story about the homeless veteran using his last $20 to help McClure when her car ran out of gas on I-95 in Philadelphia.
The story initially captured the hearts of people around the world and they used the lie to raise $400,000 in online donations during the holidays in late 2017 and early 2018.
SEE ALSO: Mark D'Amico, accused ringleader in GoFundMe scam, sentenced to 27 months in federal prison
Their story started to unravel after the veteran sued the couple, accusing them of not giving him the money.
Court documents revealed that almost no part of their story was true and that the couple spent large chunks of the money in a matter of months on lavish casino trips and a BMW.
The trio became the center of a Hulu documentary produced by the Action News investigative team, called "No Good Deed, A Crowdfunding Holiday Heist."
Watch Now: No Good Deed | A Crowdfunding Holiday Heist
Bobbitt was sentenced to five years of probation on state charges in 2019.
D'Amico, the accused ringleader of the scheme, was sentenced earlier this year to 27 months in federal prison.
In July, McClure was sentenced to one year in federal prison.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Proof of Impact (POI), a next-generation platform for ESG and impact data intelligence, announced today a $6 million raise in Pre-Series A funding. Rakuten Capital led the round with first-time participation from a global suite of investors including Franklin Templeton Blockchain Fund, Five T, Blockrocket VC and Advaita Capital. Existing investors Franklin Templeton Advisors, CV VC, Working Capital Fund, Asiri and Oxford Angel Fund also participated. This Pre-Series A round was substantially oversubscribed and was expanded from the initial $5 million target. The round closed less than eight months after POI's $2.3 million seed round.
Proof of Impact has created a unique product toolset that enables purpose-driven investors, asset managers, enterprises, consultants and other institutions to better understand and fulfill their impact- and ESG-related objectives and progress — with the unique goal of tying verified impact to financial performance. The platform operates in more than 30 different industries, and its client base of over 100 companies has grown to span six continents. Collectively, customers have entrusted Proof of Impact with over one billion ESG and impact data points that have been validated by its platform.
The new funding will allow Proof of Impact to accelerate go-to-market efforts focused on private credit and private equity fund managers, expand its impact-linked finance solutions, and further extend its core product offering by incorporating blockchain-based innovations in the form of proprietary impact oracles.
Proof of Impact will additionally leverage the deep expertise and insight of two new appointments to its Board of Directors: Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel from Rakuten and Gayatri Sarkar of Advaita Capital. The directors will provide focused strategic guidance as the company drives growth and scaling efforts adding to an assemblage of industry veterans with vast experience in technology, finance and impact investing.
"Proof of Impact's strategy of empowering businesses to measure and improve their impact on the environment and society is consistent with Rakuten Group's mission and sustainability goals. We were impressed with the company's data-driven products and the management team's demonstrated ability to rapidly grow their customer base. We look forward to working with them on the next stage of their growth," noted Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel, Managing Partner at Rakuten Capital.
About Proof of Impact
Proof of Impact's mission is to empower the transition to a more sustainable and purposeful world by linking ESG and impact data with strategic business performance. The company provides a digital platform to collect, verify, and visualize ESG and impact data in order to generate granular insights and contextual analysis, translating raw ESG & impact data into actionable intelligence.
Proof of Impact provides the greater purpose-driven economy with the ability to comprehensively view companies' past and predicted performance towards their social and environmental objectives — for transparent, continuous, and dynamic impact management at scale.
Email: media@proofofimpact.com
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40.5% of surveyees feel shipment companies are not very responsive to customer complaints
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodFirms, a globally renowned research, ratings, and reviews platform, recently released its new research report-"The Global Shipping Industry - Demands, Challenges, and the Future Outlook." This survey from GoodFirms attempts to gauge the current state of the global shipping industry, including the key trends impacting consumers and shipping providers, challenges faced by customers and shipment companies, and efforts toward sustainability and zero-emission goals.
The study highlights how the shipping industry has evolved immensely to cater to the demand from new-age sectors in collaboration with a spectrum of rising new technologies, such as GPS, blockchain, AI, etc.,
The survey report points out the current state of the global shipping industry and highlights the rise of shipping costs amidst regained manufacturing activities in the post-pandemic period, port congestion, and increase in fuel prices.
Ecommerce deliveries, courier services and logistics are noted to be the most used shipment services. 97.8% surveyees reported using e-commerce deliveries, 90.9% courier services, 77.5% logistics providers, 51.2% freight forwarding services, 49.5% shipping companies, 21.5% container cargo services, 10.2% ship operators, and 3.5% use other shipment services.
The research also hints on the top factors that prompted customers to prefer a shipping firm over others. 70.8% respondents chose speed of delivery, 50.5% selected cost of delivery, 40.6% considered the reputation of the shipment firms, 37.6% chose package tracking system, and 33.4% selected customer service.
About the top challenges faced by shipment customers in the delivery process, the survey found that 70.9% reported annoying customer service, 61.8% mentioned late delivery, and 50.5% suffered due to damaged items during shipment. Other issues faced by shipment customers include refund for damaged items, poor package tracking, etc.
Rising operational costs, disruptions due to wars, re-routing expenditures, and regulatory issues are top challenges faced by shipping organizations.
Furthermore, the survey reveals the sustainability and green shipment measures undertaken by the global shipping industry, such as 61.5% of shipment companies are finding zero carbon routes to reduce emissions. 57.9% have deployed technology to reduce carbon footprints, 29.5% seek cross-industry collaborations to lower carbon emissions, etc.
GoodFirms concludes that shipping providers will likely put more money into technological systems to enhance their productivity, environmental friendliness, and competitiveness in the market.
"Technologies like automation, blockchain, data analytics, will increase personalization, reduce latencies in deliveries and expedite shipping processes,"says GoodFirms.
Key Findings:
- 65.7% of shipping customers are satisfied with the punctuality of their shipping providers.
- 95.8% of surveyees would reconsider a shipment company if their previous shipment came with damaged goods
- 55.2% of surveyees worry about their shipment until it arrives
- 68.9% are willing to pay more for green deliveries with lesser emissions.
About Research:
GoodFirms research-"The Global Shipping Industry - Demands, Challenges, and the Future Outlook" analyzes the current state of the global shipping industry and the unprecedented challenges it is facing presently. The survey also highlights the key measures taken by the shipping industry to attain zero-emission goals in the future.
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Keeping up with anticipated U.S. EV sales growth will require a lot more chargers, according to a new S&P Global Mobility study.
Even accounting for home charging, which is how most EV drivers currently charge most of the time, the U.S. public charging network will need to quadruple in size between 2022 and 2025, and grow more than eightfold by 2030, according to the study.
The study estimates that there are currently about 126,500 Level 2 AC chargers and 20,431 DC fast chargers in the U.S., plus 16,822 Tesla Superchargers and destination chargers specific to that automaker. The number of chargers grew more in 2022 than the preceding three years combined, with the U.S. adding about 54,000 Level 2 chargers and 10,000 DC fast chargers, according to S&P’s estimates.
Yet that growth isn’t happening fast enough, the firm’s analysts argue. S&P anticipates EV new-vehicle market share will jump from 5.2% in the first 10 months of 2022 to 40% by 2030, with the number of EVs on U.S. roads increasing from 1.9 million today to 7.8 million in 2025 and 28.3 million in 2030. For reference, the study estimates 281 million vehicles of all types operating on U.S. roads today.
Based on those projections, the U.S. will need 700,000 Level 2 chargers and 70,000 DC fast chargers by 2025, 1.2 million Level 2 chargers and 109,000 DC fast chargers by 2027, and 2.1 million Level 2 chargers and 172,000 DC fast chargers by 2030, according to the study.
That’s in addition to home chargers, some of which could morph into more powerful DC wallbox units in the coming years, bridging the gap between AC chargers and still faster public DC fast chargers, according to S&P.
Efforts to speed up expansion of the public charging network are already underway. A federal EV charging network of 500,000 chargers is starting to take form, while California has calculated that it needs 1.2 million EV chargers by 2030 to support its emissions-reduction targets. The state’s plan to reach that goal will essentially double its charger count by 2026, and that’s not including the nationally funded chargers or any private ones.
Outside the U.S., one example of a truly large buildout of Level 2 chargers is what’s planned for Seoul—more than 200,000 new chargers by 2026. In multiple cities, the U.S. might benefit from something of that magnitude.
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MBF appoints first Latina CEO
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) is proud to announce the appointment of changemaker and education equality advocate Tanya Ramos-Puig as Chief Executive Officer. Building on MBF's 25-year history of protecting children, Ramos-Puig will lead MBF into its next season of achieving its mission to educate and empower all children and teens against abuse, bullying, digital dangers, and other forms of child victimization.
"In 1997, MBF began as a legacy to my late wife, Monique Burr. Today, after developing multiple evidence-based and trauma-informed programs for children and teens, the Foundation welcomes a new dynamic leader with vast experience in the non-profit sector. We believe that Tanya's commitment to our life-changing work will further our reach and impact," said Ed Burr, MBF Founder and Board Chairman. "I also want to thank our outgoing CEO, Lynn Layton, for her commitment and leadership over the past 14 years."
"I am humbled and honored to serve as the new leader of MBF, an organization with a proven track record of educating and empowering children across the globe with tools and strategies they can use to help adults keep them safe," said Ramos-Puig. "Working alongside our passionate MBF team, the board, and supporters, I am confident the next chapter will prove to be one of growth and sustainability as we work to fulfill our mission of protecting children."
For nearly three decades, Ramos-Puig has devoted her career to improving educational opportunities and life outcomes for youth in the most under-resourced communities around the world.
She recently served as President at The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Latin Recording Academy®. With a history of growing organizations through her key leadership roles – including CEO at Pencils of Promise, CRO at Education Pioneers and The Children's Aid Society, where she received the Annie E. Casey Foundation Award – Ramos-Puig is known for being a tireless advocate for educational equity. She is an alumna of Coro New York Leadership Center and INROADS, serves as a board member at both Raised by US and Classy.org, and has served as an Adjunct Professor at LaGuardia Community College.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from NYU, a Master of Science in Urban Policy and Management from The New School, where she received a Jacob Kaplan Fellowship, and graduated from the Executive-Level Program at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management.
For more, visit https://www.mbfpreventioneducation.org/tanya-ramos-puig-mbf-ceo.
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- Tanya Ramos-Puig, Chief Executive Officer, Monique Burr Foundation for Children. Photo credit: David Lang
About the Monique Burr Foundation for Children
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1997 in remembrance of Monique Burr, a devoted child advocate. MBF Prevention Education Programs include MBF Child Safety Matters®, MBF Teen Safety Matters®, MBF Athlete Safety Matters®, and MBF After-School Safety Matters®. The programs are comprehensive, evidence-based, trauma-informed prevention programs that educate and empower children and adults with information and strategies to prevent, recognize, and respond appropriately to abuse, bullying, cyberbullying, digital dangers, exploitation, and human trafficking. MBF Programs have been delivered to millions of youth throughout the U.S. and across the globe.
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The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who say they were defrauded by their colleges, according to a proposed settlement in a Trump-era lawsuit.
The agreement filed Wednesday in San Francisco federal court would automatically cancel federal student debt for students who were enrolled at one of more than 150 colleges and later applied for debt cancellation because of alleged misconduct by the schools.
Almost all the schools involved are for-profit colleges. The list includes DeVry University, the University of Phoenix and other chains still in operation, along with many that have folded in recent years, including ITT Technical Institute.
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement that the settlement would resolve the claims “in a manner that is fair and equitable for all parties.”
The deal has yet to be approved by a federal judge. A hearing on the proposal is scheduled for July 28.
If approved, it would mark a major step in the Biden administration’s efforts to clear a backlog of claims filed through the borrower defense program, which allows students to get their federal loans erased if their schools made false advertising claims or otherwise misled them.
The class-action suit was initially filed by seven former students who argued that President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, had intentionally stalled the borrower defense process while she rewrote its rules. When the suit was filed, no final decision had been made on any claims for more than a year.
When the department under DeVos started deciding claims months later, it issued tens of thousands of denials, often without any explanation. At the time, the judge overseeing the case blasted DeVos for the “blistering pace” of rejections, saying her approach “hangs borrowers out to dry.”
Tens of thousands of borrowers were still in limbo when the Biden administration took over and started negotiating a settlement in 2021, according to court documents. The latest federal data shows there are more than 100,000 pending claims for borrower defense.
Under the proposed settlement, anyone who attended an eligible school and applied for cancellation as of Wednesday would get their federal student loans and interest fully forgiven. They would also get refunds for past payments made on those loans.
An additional 68,000 plaintiffs who did not attend eligible schools will get a “streamlined review” of their claims. The oldest claims will get reviewed first, while the most recent ones will get a decision within 2½ years.
All borrowers who were caught up in DeVos’ flurry of denials will have their rejections revoked and their claims will be treated as if they have been pending since the date they were originally filed.
The Project on Predatory Student Lending, which represented students in the suit, said the agreement will help create a “fair, just and efficient for future borrowers.”
“This momentous proposed settlement will deliver answers and certainty to borrowers who have fought long and hard for a fair resolution of their borrower defense claims after being cheated by their schools and ignored or even rejected by their government,” said Eileen Connor, director of the project.
Borrower defense claims are typically reviewed individually, but the Education Department decided to grant automatic cancellation in this case because of “common evidence of institutional misconduct” at the schools in question, according to the settlement.
At some schools, there was already proof of “substantial misconduct,” while others were included because of high rates of claims coming from their former students, according to the deal.
The borrower defense process was started by Congress in 1994 but was rarely used until the collapse of the Corinthian Colleges chain in 2015. The for-profit company closed its campuses amid widespread findings of fraud, prompting thousands of students to apply for debt cancellation.
That led the Obama administration to expand the program and create clearer rules. It became the centerpiece of the administration’s efforts to crack down on for-profit colleges that lied or used high-pressure tactics to recruit students. Students at Corinthian and other chains said they enrolled on promises that they would land high-paying jobs, only to graduate with few job prospects.
Earlier this month the Biden administration agreed to cancel federal student debt for anyone who attended a Corinthian school from the company’s founding in 1995 to its collapse two decades later. The action will erase $5.8 billion in debt for more than 560,000 borrowers, the largest single discharge in the Education Department’s history.
The settlement adds to the administration’s effort to cancel student debt for certain groups of borrowers. It has erased billions of additional dollars in debt from other former for-profit college students, along with borrowers who have severe disabilities and those with jobs in public service.
Biden has also faced mounting pressure to pursue mass student debt cancellation. The White House recently signaled that it is considering canceling $10,000, but no decision has been reached.
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SaaS offerings give banks the flexibility and scalability to modernize risk management to quickly adapt to global market volatility
AUSTIN, Texas, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The recent failure of several prominent banks, highlighted the need for financial services institutions to better anticipate and manage risk. To address these challenges, Oracle today launched new cloud-native services that can help banks strengthen their finance and risk management processes to reflect their target risk appetite and limit exposure.
The four new services provide banks with highly scalable profitability management and customer analytics, funds transfer pricing, asset liability management, and cashflow forecasting. With these solutions, firms can get better insight into how threats, including changes in interest rates, liquidity, customer behavior, and market rate volatility can impact their business. With this intelligence, they can make more effective, data-driven decisions based on early warning signals, adjust their risk management strategies to avoid crisis, and continually measure risk-adjusted performance.
"Recent events demonstrate that financial institutions have an opportunity and obligation to better use data to understand and manage risk," said Sonny Singh, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Financial Services. "With powerful analytics and AI built-into our new cloud solutions, firms can bolster their risk management, economic stress-testing, and scenario analysis capabilities to mitigate exposure and get ahead of the regulatory response that is likely to come from these banking failures."
With a microservices architecture, robust APIs, and a single, transparent data layer, the cloud services help banks embrace a component-based approach to modernization based on their individual business requirements. The services can run standalone, work seamlessly together, and coexist with existing applications.
"Financial institutions need to look beyond what's regulated today to factor in behavioural and market-implied scenarios, to protect themselves – and their customers – from catastrophic risk in the future," said Sid Dash, Chief Researcher at Chartis Research. "With the right tools and a common data foundation that can handle optionality and the behavioural aspects of their business, firms can develop a much more holistic approach to managing both risk and the regulations to come."
Tune in live on June 15th at 11:00 am ET to hear Sid Dash and Oracle's Jason Wynne discuss more on the banking failure fallout and how to get ahead of regulatory change at: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:7072586932127502338/
The new finance and risk management services include:
Oracle Financial Services Profitability and Balance Sheet Management Cloud Services
With strong headwinds threatening current and future performance, profitability, and risk profiles, banks need more flexible and robust analytics to measure and forecast performance and risk. With built-in analytics and AI, Oracle Financial Services Profitability and Balance Sheet Management Cloud Services includes applications for Profitability Management and Customer Insights, Funds Transfer Pricing, Asset Liability Management, and Balance Sheet Planning and Optimization to give banks deeper insights into profitability and interest rate risk.
Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management Cloud Service
Information silos and fractured data flows frequently prevent banks from accurately managing balance sheet risk and meeting business and regulatory requirements. Oracle Financial Services Asset Liability Management Cloud Service empowers banks with full balance sheet and income statement modeling that can model any financial instrument in any currency down to the transaction level via a high-performance, scalable, common cash flow engine. With the service, banks gain a clear view of profitability, earnings, and overall exposure of the balance sheet to actively incorporate risk into decision-making and promote a transparent risk management culture.
Oracle Financial Services Funds Transfer Pricing Cloud Service
Banks can utilize funds transfer pricing to answer complex profitability questions, but many struggle to accurately assess profit across a myriad of dimensions. Oracle Financial Services Funds Transfer Pricing Cloud Service enables banks to determine the spread earned on assets and liabilities, and the spread earned as a result of interest rate exposure for each customer account.
Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management Cloud Service
Banks face mounting margin pressure from rising interest rates, economic turbulence, and complex regulatory and compliance requirements. Oracle Financial Services Profitability Management Cloud Service provides financial institutions an enterprise-wide view of profitability drivers and risk-adjusted performance across multiple dimensions including product, business unit, legal entity, and channel. Together, with the solution's sustainable, repeatable, and integrated performance measurement process firms can continually generate fully reconcilable profitability and performance insights to inform any adjusts in strategy that need to be made to minimize risk.
The services are built on the high performance, scalability, security, and compliance of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), including OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes and Oracle Autonomous Database. With the most cloud regions available globally, in addition to the most extensive set of distributed cloud options, the services can be deployed based on sovereignty or data residency needs.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s state prosecutor dropped its charges against Neymar on Friday, but a Brazilian company involved in the case will continue to fight the soccer player in court.
The case stems from Neymar’s transfer in 2013 from Santos to Barcelona.
The state prosecutor withdrew all charges against Neymar, his father and the former executives of the Brazilian and Spanish clubs. However, the trial will continue because Brazilian company DIS, which brought the case, maintained its accusation that the parties involved committed fraud and corruption.
DIS claims that it was paid far less than the 40% it says it was due as part owners of Neymar’s player rights.
The state prosecutor announced the decision to drop the case after hearing testimony from former Barcelona executives Sandro Rosell and Josep Bartomeu on Friday. State prosecutor Luis García told the court he did not see any evidence that a crime was committed.
All the defendants deny any wrongdoing.
State prosecutors had been seeking a two-year prison sentence and a fine of 10 million euros ($10 million) for Neymar. They had also wanted five years for Rosell and three years for the former president of Santos, Odilio Rodrigues.
Neymar, who now plays for Paris Saint-Germain, told the court last week that he had “followed my heart and chose Barça.”
DIS is seeking five-year jail terms for the 30-year-old Neymar, his father, Rosell and Bartomeu. DIS also wants compensation of 34 million euros ($34 million) and a fine of 195 million euros ($194 million) that would be paid by the accused to the Spanish state.
DIS, which owns a chain of supermarkets in Brazil’s São Paulo region, said it acquired rights to receive 40% of a future Neymar transfer in 2009 when it paid Neymar’s family 5 million Brazilian reals (then $2 million).
DIS says it only received its due percentage from the 17 million euros ($17 million) that Barcelona and Santos initially announced as the transfer fee between the clubs, while the real cost was about 82 million euros ($82 million).
The trial is expected to conclude on Monday.
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Eggland's Best Recognized for Seventeenth Consecutive Year by Leading Men's Magazine
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This year, the Men's Health team showcased foods with the most protein, fiber and healthy fats to share how consumers can maintain a nutritious diet while staying within budget. After consulting dietitians and taste-testing each product to ensure a thorough review process, Men's Health has once again recognized Eggland's Best for its superior nutrition, naming Eggland's Best Eggs as the "Best Egg" in its 2022 Best Foods for Men Awards.
"Year over year we are honored to be recognized by the trusted Men's Health publication in its prestigious Best Foods for Men Awards," said Kurt Misialek, President and CEO of Eggland's Best. "We're committed to providing eggs with superior taste, quality and nutrition to ensure men and the entire family can enjoy their meals while staying healthy. Winning this award is a sign of our dedication to that commitment."
Compared to ordinary eggs at the grocery store, Eggland's Best eggs contain six times more Vitamin D, 25% less saturated fat, more than double the Omega-3s and Vitamin B12 and ten times more Vitamin E. The superior nutrition of Eggland's Best is due to its proprietary all-vegetarian hen feed that contains healthy grains, canola oil and a wholesome supplement of rice bran, alfalfa, sea kelp and Vitamin E. In addition, independent testing has revealed that Eggland's Best eggs have stronger shells than ordinary eggs, which leads to less breakage and helps them stay fresher longer.
"Eggland's Best eggs are a staple ingredient in my household that I incorporate in my meals due to their exceptional nutrition," said Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, Dalina Soto. "With six times more Vitamin D, ten times more Vitamin E, and 25 percent less saturated fat, I only recommend Eggland's Best eggs to my clients to ensure their whole family is getting essential vitamins and nutrients."
Eggland's Best eggs have been the recipient of more than 100 awards and honors for the product's superior taste, nutrition, freshness and variety. For more information on Eggland's Best eggs and delicious recipes, visit www.egglandsbest.com.
Eggland's Best is the #1 branded egg in the U.S. and is an excellent source of Vitamins D, B12, E, B5 and riboflavin. Eggland's Best eggs have six times more Vitamin D, more than double the Omega-3s, 10 times more Vitamin E and 25% less saturated fat than ordinary eggs. Eggland's Best's patented method of production and verification ensures that every Eggland's Best egg has these superior qualities. Independent testing has also confirmed that Eggland's Best eggs stay fresher longer than ordinary eggs. The distinctive "EB" stamp on the shell assures consumers and food service customers that Eggland's Best eggs meet the highest production and safety standards.
Eggland's Best was voted "America's Most Trusted Egg Brand" by American shoppers in the BrandSpark Most Trusted Awards; "America's Most Recommended™ Eggs" by women in the Women's Choice Awards; and "Product of the Year." In addition, Eggland's Best has received more than 100 awards and honors from trusted publications, such as Prevention Magazine, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Taste of Home, Women's Health, and many others.
Eggland's Best's hens are fed a strictly controlled proprietary, high-quality all-vegetarian diet, which results in a better-tasting, more nutritious egg that stays fresher longer. Eggland's Best eggs are available in large, extra-large, jumbo, cage free, organic, hard-cooked, cage free hard-cooked, organic hard-cooked, liquid egg whites, various frozen varieties and are certified Kosher. For more information, visit www.egglandsbest.com.
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On Monday the Forest Service released a report acknowledging last year's Cerro Pelado fire began after planned pile burns got out of control. That fire burned about 45,000 acres.
Two other Forest Service prescribed burns last summer also combined to become the state's largest ever wildfire, the Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire. Officials are calling for further change in the way prescribed burns are conducted.
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez says the news about how the Cerro Pelado fire began was not unexpected.
"It's been outrage, but not surprise," she told KUNM.
She said prescribed burns last year did not use all available technology to ensure that fires were out.
After a nationwide pause in prescribed burning last year and an agency review, she said Forest Service officials told her that in the pile burns that they have done since then, they have used handheld infrared technology to determine if there was any residual heat, and that they have also used drones.
Forest Service officials in New Mexico say they have worked harder to communicate with local communities about plans and about the benefits of prescribed fire to clear out flammable vegetation in forests.
Leger Fernandez agrees there has been an improvement but added: "It needs to be a communication that exchanges information in both directions and I don't think we're seeing enough of that."
Plus, she said the Government Accountability Office is producing a report into the practice of prescribed burning and she would have liked a pause on all prescribed burns until its release.
There is no release date for that report but she expects it by early next year.
Senator Ben Ray Luján also said in a statement that the Forest Service must do better and that technology could help. And Senator Martin Heinrich said in a statement: "It is frustrating and deeply concerning to learn now that the Cerro Pelado Fire was also caused by an escaped prescribed fire."
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INDIANAPOLIS — Christian Djon Myers, 22, remains in critical condition with wounds he suffered after a Sunday afternoon gunfight with IMPD officers on the city’s northside.
Investigators said Myers fled from officers who attempted to arrest him for allegedly shooting at the car of his child’s mother around 3 a.m. Sunday in Broad Ripple Village.
”We knew who that subject was,” IMPD Chief Randal Taylor said. “There was communication back and forth between the victim and the suspect who had a child in common. That allowed us to track that situation and ultimately come across him and try to get him under wraps before he led us on a little bit of a pursuit and then, of course, the incident with the shots fired at officers.”
IMPD patrol officers and detectives from the Violent Crime Unit spotted Myers’ car around 4 p.m. at a convenience store/gas station at East 38th Street and Fall Creek Parkway.
Before they could apprehend him, Myers drove off and led officers on a short chase that ended with a collision with another vehicle at 62nd Street and Binford Boulevard.
As the passenger in Myers’ car surrendered and a handgun with an extended magazine tumbled to the pavement, the wanted man ran off northbound on Binford, jumping a ditch and a slight fence on the west side of the boulevard before crashing through trees and brush into the 5800 block of Winding Way Lane where a witness said that she saw the gunman take cover behind a large electrical box along the street.
That’s when the witness and police agree Myers opened fire first at three officers who shot back and wounded him twice before he dropped his handgun which was also fitted with an extended magazine and a Glock switch that would permit it to be fired in auto mode. That gun, recovered by IMPD, is shown below.
Dents from police bullets riddled the metal box while on Monday Myers’ blood still stains the ground where he hid and shot it out with officers.
”Our specialty units are usually assigned a target,” said Taylor. “They’re not out just looking in general, making traffic stops and those kind of things. They have someone they’re looking at who has done some pretty bad things that they’re on those groups’ lists.”
IMPD’s VCU is assigned to track down those specific armed suspects of violent crimes.
Myers faces charges from the early Sunday morning incident including intimidation, criminal recklessness, battery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer.
That last charge stems from Myers’ 2020 arrest in Fishers for pulling a gun on the same woman, who was pregnant at the time, and his later guilty plea to a count of domestic battery.
The Marion County Prosecutor will determine if Myers will face charges for his role in the shootout with police and whether the officers acted within the law while returning fire.
”It’s a dangerous job and our officers know that and, unfortunately, these things happen,” said Taylor. “There’s no rhyme or reason to it often but we’re dealing with some people who are willing to do some bad things and we have to be prepared to deal with them.”
Sunday’s non-fatal Officer Involved Shooting marked the second such incident in the past thirty days involving IMPD officers.
Earlier this month Lawrence Police fatally wounded a man who had shot one of their officers during an arrest for failure to appear in court on a gun charge.
Authorities have not yet released Body Worn Camera video from either incident.
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The difference between potting soil and garden soil
For new gardeners, all soil probably seems the same. However, the potted cactus you keep in your living room won’t thrive in the same soil the marigolds in your garden do, so you can’t use all soil interchangeably.
Potting soil and garden soil are the two most common soil types, so understanding the difference between them is vital if you want your plants and flowers to grow.
If you mainly grow your plants in containers, potting soil is the best option. If you’re looking for soil specifically for your garden beds, though, garden soil is the better option. Keep reading to learn all you need to know about each type, so you always make the right choice for your gardening projects.
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What is potting soil?
Despite its name, potting soil doesn’t contain soil. Instead, the mixture, sometimes called potting mix, features a blend of peat moss, perlite, bark, compost and other rocks and minerals.
Because it’s soil-free, you don’t have to worry about potting soil containing any fungus or other microorganisms that might be harmful to your plants. It is a safe option for plants grown in pots and features a loose texture that allows it to drain more effectively, so you don’t have to worry about the roots getting too wet.
You can find some potting soils that contain added fertilizers or crystals to help the plants retain water. Special potting soil blends are also sold for specific plants like roses, orchids and succulents. There are even custom blends for starting seeds.
Potting soils are available in bags in various sizes. It usually costs between $0.30 to $2 per pound.
Benefits of potting soil
- Its loose texture prevents potting soil from compacting, helping it drain more quickly. This allows plants’ roots to experience healthy root growth.
- Thanks to the blend of materials, you can use potting soil straight from the bag without adding any amendments.
- Potting soil is available in customized blends for specific plants to maximize healthy growth.
- Because it doesn’t contain any microorganisms, there’s less risk of disease for your plants and flowers.
Drawbacks of potting soil
- Potting soil is typically more expensive than garden soil, making it a poor option for large areas like a garden.
- Potting soil doesn’t contain much organic material, so it doesn’t provide enough nutrients to grow across multiple seasons.
Top potting soils
Proven Winners Premium All-Purpose Potting Soil
This potting mix offers a medium weight that allows for adequate drainage and plenty of air around your plants’ roots. It helps plants stay moist even in hot weather. The soil can become compacted when used for outdoor potted plants.
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We’re fans of this potting soil because it’s effective for both indoor and outdoor container plants. It promotes excellent drainage and airflow to boost plant growth and even features added fertilizer to feed various plants. The texture can be a bit too light for some plants.
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FoxFarm Ocean Forest Potting Soil
This potting soil is ready for use right out of the bag and offers an adjusted pH to provide optimum fertilization. The potting mix components contain earthworm castings, bat guano and crab meal to feed container plants. Its price tag may turn off some buyers.
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What is garden soil?
Garden soil contains topsoil that’s fortified with compost, sand, clay, loam and other organic materials to provide plenty of nutrients for plants. It’s heavier than potting soil and retains water more effectively.
Because it’s nutrient-rich and holds water well, garden soil is ideal for in-ground plants and garden beds. From time to time, though, it usually requires amendments to give it the proper consistency and restore lost nutrients.
Like potting soil, garden soil is available in bags in a range of sizes. You’ll typically pay between $0.20 to $1 per pound.
Benefits of garden soil
- Garden soil is more affordable than potting soil, so it’s more economical for large areas like gardens.
- Garden soil contains a high amount of organic material so that it can feed plants for long periods.
- Garden soil packs well around in-ground plants’ roots to help them develop a robust and sturdy base.
- You can easily renew garden soil by adding scraps from your kitchen to the soil.
Drawbacks of garden soil
- Garden soil doesn’t work well for indoor plants because it can prevent roots from breathing and draining well in containers.
- Because it contains organic materials, garden soil is more prone to microorganisms that can cause plant disease.
Top garden soils
Espoma Company Organic Vegetable and Flower Soil
This garden soil features an organic formula with earthworm casings and peat moss to provide plenty of nutrients for in-ground plants. It doesn’t contain any insects either and works particularly well for plants grown in shady areas. The soil is somewhat heavy, though, so it isn’t the best option for all plants.
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Miracle-Gro All Purpose Garden Soil
We love this garden soil for annuals, perennials, vegetables, fruits and other in-ground garden plants. It’s fortified with continuous-release plant food to help promote healthy growth for up to three months. Some buyers complain about quality control issues, though, with some bags containing many twigs.
Should you get potting soil or garden soil?
It all depends on where and how you’re planting. If you’re growing plants in pots and other containers, potting soil is the way to go. For in-ground plants, you’re better off with garden soil.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a barber and needed a better way to sanitize my chair during the COVID-19 pandemic," said an inventor, from Mullica, N.J., "so I invented the SANIBOX. My design would prevent the sanitizing spray from damaging floors and creating a sticky residue on other surfaces."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved method for sanitizing chairs within a barbershop or salon. In doing so, it prevents the sanitizing spray from contacting the floor and other surfaces. As a result, it helps to reduce messes and damage and it saves time and effort. The invention features an effective design that is easy to use so it is ideal for barbers and hairstylists. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Philadelphia sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-PLB-176, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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What do you need to make baby food at home?
Feeding your baby solid foods is a milestone filled with both excitement and apprehension. It’s common for your head to be flooded with questions, including whether you should make your own baby food at home.
When you’re juggling work, keeping the house clean or doing one of the many other tasks parents are responsible for, preparing homemade baby food might seem too time-consuming. However, the process can be simple, especially when you’re prepared. So, if you’re looking for an alternative to store-bought baby food, here are 12 must-have tools for making baby food at home.
How to make baby food
Regardless of the recipe, making baby food consists of a few simple steps. However, the methods and tools used will vary depending on preference.
- Choose the fruits or vegetables. When you’re first starting to feed your baby solids, stick to a single fruit or vegetable at one time, and only feed them that food item for one week. If your baby has an adverse reaction, you’ll know exactly what food item caused it when using this method. Once they’ve been introduced to a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, you can combine several items in one puree.
- Soften the food. For the first few months, it’s essential to steam or boil all fruits and vegetables, even if they’re already soft. Steaming and boiling will break down the fibers and sugars and make them easier to digest. After a month or two, you can discontinue cooking fruits and only have to steam or boil vegetables that need to be softened.
- Blend or puree to your desired consistency. The younger the baby, the smoother their food will need to be. You can add breast milk, formula or water to thin out the food.
Methods for preparing baby food
All-in-one baby food maker
An all-in-one baby food maker is ideal if you’re looking for a hands-off experience. Depending on the model and brand, some food-making systems will steam, chop and blend with just the touch of a button. You can also find some that defrost frozen food servings, reheat refrigerated baby food and sterilize bottles.
Steam or boil
Steaming and boiling are two of the most common methods for softening vegetables. While boiling is the most convenient and doesn’t require additional tools, it leads to more significant nutrient loss. However, you can use boiled water when thinning out purees to capture some of the nutrients. Steaming is the best way to keep in all the nutrients. Plus, a dedicated steamer pot can make the process straightforward.
Blender or masher
Most kitchen blenders are powerful enough to puree fruits and vegetables. If you use a pot to steam or boil the food, you can also opt for a hand blender for easy cleanup. However, if you don’t have any of those tools and don’t mind a little manual labor, you can also use a potato masher or baby food masher. However, a manual masher is better suited for older babies who don’t need a thin puree.
Tips for making baby food
- Babies are much more susceptible to foodborne illnesses, so be sure to thoroughly wash fruits, vegetables, tools and the preparation area.
- Don’t forget about frozen fruits and vegetables. In some instances, frozen fruits and vegetables may be more nutritious than fresh food.
- Instead of making a single serving of baby food every day, try to make a few large batches and freeze them.
- Freeze baby food in baby food storage containers, which make it simple to grab a single serving when your little one is ready to eat.
Must-have tools for making baby food at home
Best baby food-making systems
Beaba Babycook Solo 4-in-1 Baby Food Maker
This all-in-one baby food maker steams, sterilizes, chops, blends, defrosts and reheats, creating the most effortless homemade baby food experience. As a bonus, the steam basket is elevated to allow for true steam cooking that retains the maximum amount of nutrients and flavor from fruits and vegetables. Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
NutriBullet Baby Complete Food-Making System
Included in this food-making system is a blending base, batch bowl with a lid, short cup with handles and lid, six storage cups with lids and a silicone freezer tray with a lid. Also, all of the bowls and cups are made from durable plastic that’s BPA-free and non-toxic. Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s and Buy Buy Baby
Best products for steaming baby food
NutriBullet Baby Bullet Turbo Food Steamer
In addition to steaming fruits and vegetables, this turbo steamer defrosts frozen baby food, cooks hard-boiled eggs and sterilizes pacifiers, bottles and toys. It’s also straightforward to use with a few intuitive settings and a built-in indicator. Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
Oster 3-quart Stainless Steel Steamer
This steaming set includes a stainless steel base and a 3-quart steaming basket. In addition to softening vegetables for baby food, you can also use it to steam salmon, boil pasta or as a Dutch oven. Sold by Amazon
Hamilton Beach 5.5-quart Digital Food Steamer
If you don’t have time to watch over the steamer pot constantly, this digital food steamer automates the process, so you can spend time with your baby or get ready for the day. It has two steaming bowls, which means you can make two things at once or one large batch. Sold by Amazon
Best products for blending baby food
Ninja Professional Compact Smoothie and Food Processing Blender
If you don’t want to get a product that only makes baby food, you can also use a high-powered blender. This Ninja blender includes a 72-ounce capacity pitcher for large batches and two 16-ounce cups for smaller servings. Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
KitchenAid Variable Speed Corded Hand Blender
After steaming or boiling vegetables, use this hand blender to puree right in the pan or the included 3-cup capacity blending jar. Plus, with an included pan guard, you don’t have to worry about scratching your cookware. Sold by Amazon and Kohl’s
Making baby food doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive, as proven by this food masher, which is ideal for creating thicker purees. Everything conveniently fits inside the bowl and lid, so you can take it wherever you go. Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
Best products for storing baby food
Baby Brezza Reusable Baby Food Storage Pouches
When you’re on the go, these food storage pouches are ideal for ensuring your baby stays fed all day. They’re dishwasher-safe, freezer-safe and BPA-free. It also comes with a filling funnel that holds the pouch open for no-mess filling. Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
WeeSprout Glass Baby Food Storage Jars
These glass jars come in a 4- or 8-ounce size option with measurement markings, and they are BPA-free, phthalate-free and PVC-free. Plus, they’re safe to use in the freezer, dishwasher and microwave. Sold by Amazon
Nuk Baby Food Flexible Freezer Tray and Lid Set
Whether you have leftover baby food or made a large batch for later use, this baby food tray will keep purees fresh in the freezer. It holds nine 1-ounce servings and is flexible enough to pop out a single cube. Sold by Amazon
Oxo Tot Baby Blocks Freezer Storage Containers 2 ounces
This set includes a tray and six 2-ounce plastic storage containers that are airtight, watertight and leakproof, so they will be safe in a diaper bag. They’re also microwave-safe, dishwasher-safe and freezer-safe. Sold by Amazon and Buy Buy Baby
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Mel Gibson is back in New Mexico.
The Oscar winning actor is filming “The Informant” in Las Cruces.
According to the New Mexico State Film Office, the production also stars Kate Bosworth, Dominic Purcell and Nick Stahl.
“The Informant” is the story of a terminally ill undercover narcotics cop who enlists the aid of his partner and their junkie informant to stage his death in order to support his financially struggling family.
The production is directed by Michael Oblowitz and produced by Daniel Cummings.
“We’re thrilled to welcome ‘The Informant’ to Las Cruces and bring new opportunities to our local film crew and small businesses,” said Jonathon Sepp, Las Cruces film liaison.
According to the New Mexico Film Office, the production will employ approximately 30 New Mexico crew members, two New Mexico principal actors, and approximately 10 New Mexico background talent.
Las Cruces is one of the areas to benefit from the state’s rural uplift credit, which gives a production a 5% incentive to film at least 60 miles outside of the Bernalillo and Santa Fe county corridor.
From July 2021 through May 2022, the area had 23 projects in the Las Cruces area with a direct spend of $7.9 million into the local economy.
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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are "looking into" an altercation between a fan and LA Clippers star Russell Westbrook.
The incident appears to have happened during halftime of the Suns and Clippers Game 1 Sunday night at Footprint Center.
Video circulating online shows Westbrook in a private club area of the arena telling a fan to "watch your mouth, motherf*****" after the fan had apparently taunted him. Westbrook and the fan were separated by a staff member as the two continued to jar at each other.
The area is commonly used by players as a shortcut to get to locker rooms and is commonly occupied by fans.
The Clippers went on to win the game 115-110. Westbrook was 3-19 shooting and finished with 9 points, 11 rebounds, and 8 assists.
The Suns say the team is aware of the incident and that they are looking into it.
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This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear excerpts from Colin Powell's U.N. speech and more of NPR's archival audio.
There wasn't just one moment that led to the Iraq War. But one speech, delivered 20 years ago at the United Nations, would come to define and undermine the conflict.
On Feb. 5, 2003, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell sat in front of members of the U.N. Security Council. He'd been a staunch critic of U.S. intervention against Iraq's authoritarian leader, Saddam Hussein.
But with the world watching, Powell made a case for war.
"My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources — solid sources," he said. "These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence."
Powell used information that intelligence officials assured him was credible. There were reconnaissance photos, elaborate maps and charts, and even taped phone conversations between senior members of Iraq's military.
"Saddam Hussein has chemical weapons," Powell said. "Saddam Hussein has used such weapons. And Saddam Hussein has no compunction about using them again — against his neighbors, and against his own people."
Powell repeatedly used one phrase during his hour-long speech: "weapons of mass destruction." He said those words a total of 17 times. It was the phrase the Bush administration kept publicly using to help justify invading Iraq.
A month and a half after the U.N. speech, President Bush ordered air strikes over Baghdad. It marked the beginning of a military operation "to disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger," Bush said in a televised address to the nation.
U.S. forces toppled Hussein's regime in a matter of weeks, and the search intensified for evidence of Iraq's so-called "weapons of mass destruction." But the weapons were nowhere to be found.
Americans started asking questions.
"It's kind of embarrassing they haven't found anything," said Allen Hunley, a Tennessee dentist who spoke to NPR in July 2003 while attending the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. "It's almost like they were salesmen and they had a thing to sell."
National security analyst Joseph Cirincione also criticized Powell's speech in comments to NPR. Particularly, Powell's assurances that there was solid evidence behind his claims of sophisticated and illicit Iraqi weapons programs.
"Now we know that that just wasn't true," said Cirincione, then the director for non-proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
California Rep. Jane Harman served as the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, and voted in support of the 2002 measure OK'ing the use of military force against Iraq. Reports of a "very long and scary list of active weapons of mass destruction" influenced that decision, Harman told NPR.
"I believed what I was told," Harman said on All Things Considered in January 2004. "And I'm as surprised as you that it turns out that there are no stockpiles of weapons."
Journalists and members of Congress started digging into the rationale for war laid out in Powell's U.N. speech. They discovered faulty and exaggerated reports from an intelligence community under political pressure from top White House officials.
There were also claims Bush took advantage of Powell's reputation by dispatching him to the U.N.
"As Bush said to him at the time, 'Maybe they'll believe you. Maybe the audience will believe you,' " journalist and Powell biographer Karen DeYoung told NPR in 2006. "Because it was always clear in the Bush administration that Powell was more popular than anyone else."
To this day, the Iraq War is widely viewed as a foreign policy and humanitarian disaster. The conflict dragged on for almost nine years and claimed nearly 4,500 American lives. Over 185,000 Iraqi civilians were killed, according to Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Some 2 million Iraqis had been displaced from their homes by the time U.S. forces pulled out in 2011.
Three years later, President Obama ordered troops back to Iraq to help combat the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS — assuring Americans he would not commit to "another ground war." U.S. forces officially withdrew in December 2021 after almost seven years of fighting.
Powell later called his U.N. speech a "great intelligence failure" and a "blot" on his record, telling NBC News' Meet the Press in 2004 he trusted the information he'd gotten.
"But it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate and wrong and in some cases deliberately misleading," Powell said. "And for that, I am disappointed. And I regret it."
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Woman turns stop at grocery store into $1M lottery check
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (Gray News) - A Florida woman could check a lot more off her grocery list thanks to purchasing a lucky lottery ticket.
According to the Florida Lottery, Karen Dowling, 62, won a $1 million jackpot while playing the 500X THE CASH scratch-off game earlier this month.
Lottery officials said she purchased her ticket from a Publix grocery store on Peachland Boulevard in the Port Charlotte area.
Officials said that Dowling claimed her million-dollar prize at lottery headquarters and chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.
According to the Florida lottery, the $50 scratch-off game features a top prize of $25 million with the overall odds of winning a prize at 1-in-4.5.
The retailer where Dowling purchased her winning ticket will also receive a $2,000 bonus commission, according to officials.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas businessman at the center of the scandal that led to the historic impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton was charged Friday with making false statements to mortgage lenders to obtain $172 million in loans.
The federal indictment of real estate developer Nate Paul is the result of a yearslong FBI investigation — a probe Paxton involved his office in, setting off a chain of events that led to a separate federal probe of the attorney general and his impeachment and suspension from office last month.
Paul was charged with eight counts of making false statements while seeking loans from mortgage lenders in the U.S. and Ireland. There was no mention of Paxton or the attorney general’s office during the hearing.
Paul, 36, who entered the federal courtroom shackled and wearing jeans, a blue shirt and Nikes, did not enter a plea during his initial appearance in an Austin court nor visibly react as the charges were read. He was released ahead of trial but ordered to surrender his passport and inform the court of any travel outside Texas.
Following the hearing, Paul left through a back door and climbed into a car in a gated area outside the courthouse.
Paul is “adamant that he is not guilty,” defense attorney Gerry Morris said after hearing, adding that he did not know when his client last spoke with Paxton. An attorney for Paxton, Dan Cogdell, speculated Thursday evening that prosecutors might use the charges against Paul to try to get him to “flip” and cooperate in the investigation of the attorney general.
Paul is accused of overstating his assets and understating his liabilities while seeking loans in 2017 and 2018, including by giving financial institution false and counterfeit records. In one case, prosecutors said, Paul told banks he had $18 million in an account when he had less than $13,000. In another case laid out in the 23-page indictment, Paul is accused of telling a credit union he had around $3 million in liabilities when he actually owed more than $28 million at the time.
A grand jury handed up the indictment Tuesday but a judge sealed the document until after the court hearing, which took place just a few blocks from Paul’s downtown Austin offices.
Prosecutors said each count of making false statements carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison and a fine up to $1 million.
FBI agents examining Paul’s troubled real estate empire searched his Austin offices and palatial home in 2019. The next year, eight of Paxton ’s top deputies reported the attorney general to the FBI on allegations of bribery and abuse of office, including for hiring an outside lawyer to examine the developer’s claims of wrongdoing by federal agents.
The allegations by Paxton’s staff prompted an FBI investigation that in February was taken over by the Justice Department’s Washington-based Public Integrity Section. They are also central to 20 articles of impeachment overwhelmingly approved by the GOP-led state House of Representatives. They include abuse of public trust, unfitness for office and bribery.
The impeachment accuses Paxton of using his office to help Paul over his unproven claims of an elaborate conspiracy to steal $200 million of the developer’s properties. The bribery counts say that in return the developer employed a woman with whom Paxton had an extramarital affair and paid for expensive renovations to the attorney general’s million-dollar Austin home.
Paxton’s lawyers sought to rebut the latter claim this week by releasing a bank statement that included a 2020 wire transfer purportedly showing Paxton, and not a donor, paying more than $120,000 for a home renovation. But the document raised new questions about the men’s dealings.
The wire transfer was dated Oct. 1, 2020 — the same day Paxton’s deputies signed a letter informing the head of human resources at the Texas attorney general’s office that they had reported their boss to the FBI. The $121,000 payment was to Cupertino Builders, whose manager had done work for Paul and had an email address with his company, state corporation and court records show.
Paul has faced numerous lawsuits from creditors and business partners over the years, with several of his companies filing for bankruptcy or being placed under the supervision of court-appointed overseers. Last year, one of those receivers wrote in a report that Cupertino Builders was used for “fraudulent transfers” from Paul’s business.
Paul has denied bribing Paxton. The attorney general has also broadly denied wrongdoing and said he expects to be acquitted during an impeachment trial in the state Senate, where his wife is a member.
The Senate will set its own rules for a trial that has little precedent, given that Paxton is just the third sitting official in Texas history to be impeached. The proceeding is set begin no later than Aug. 28.
Paxton was separately indicted on securities fraud charges in 2015, though he has yet to stand trial.
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American Division
First Team
Pitcher: Gabriella Diaz, Bayonne, Sr.
Pitcher: Isabella Pisano, Hoboken, Fr.
Pitcher: Angelica Ureta, North Bergen, Jr.
Catcher: Alyssa Urbanski Bayonne, Sr.
First Base: Zoe Mays Union, City, So.
Second Base: Nayah Diaz, Bayonne, Sr.
Shortstop: Adrianna Troya, North Bergen, Sr.
Third Base: Alyssa Rivera, Hudson Catholic, Sr.
Outfield: Maci Covello, Kearny, Sr.
Outfield: Anastasia Jones, Bayonne, So.
Outfield: Amaiah Richardson, Hoboken, Sr.
Outfield: Ava Rivera, Union City, Sr.
DH: Nayalise Fleitas, Union City, Jr.
UT: Alexandria Colon, Kearny, Sr.
UT: Haley O’Connor, Hudson Catholic, Sr.
Player of the Year: Caitlin Gaetani, Bayonne, So.
Pitcher of the Year: Kimberly Velasquez Union City, Jr.
Coach of Year: Samantha Maggio, Bayonne
Honorable Mention
Bayonne: Annie O’Neil, Eva Reynolds
Hoboken: Alexa Barcero, Jolie Jacobelli
Hudson Catholic: Jula Sanchez, Mia Botello
Kearny: Izzy Moya, Sara Ryan
North Bergen: Caitlyn Fernandez, Luz Ortega
Union City: Jailyn Suarez, Nicole Castro
National Division
First Team
Pitcher: Athena Aguero, Memorial, Jr.
Catcher: Giana Weber, Snyder, Sr.
First Base: Jocelyn Oms, Memorial, Sr.
Second Base: Olivia Smith, St. Dominic Sr.
Shortstop: Chelsea Soto, McNair, Jr.
Third Base: Emily Matos, St. Dominic, Fr.
Outfield: Alicia Negrillo, Memorial, Jr.
Outfield: Jada Serrano, Snyder, So.
Outfield: Meghan Dirkin, St. Dominic, Jr.
Outfield: Tess Cangialose, St. Dominic, Jr.
DH: Brooke Nagurka, Mermorial, Jr.
DH: Abigail Reimer McNair, So.
UT: Meredith Antonio, Snyder, Jr.
UT: Julieann Cartargena, Dickinson, Sr.
UT: Mia Genao, Snyder, Sr.
Player of the Year: Jermirah Birchett, McNair, Fr.
Pitcher of the Year: Oliva Weber, St. Dominic, Sr.
Coach of Year: Brian Murphy, St. Dominic
Honorable Mention
Dickinson: Stephanie Andilema
McNair: Arianna Curran, Maya Cruz
Memorial: Jaileen Infante, Juliano Sorto
Snyder: Lana Genao, Lymaris Tirado
St. Dominic: AnaGrace Farulla, Kelly Hester
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Texas family of 5 expecting ‘1 more child’ surprised with quadruplets
HOUSTON (KHOU) – A Texas family of five was in for the surprise of a lifetime when they found out they would be adding quadruplets to the family.
After trying for just “one more child,” Gaby and Patrick Hagler discovered they would be having four.
The couple got married in 2018, each bringing in a child of their own from previous marriages, Paxton and Kalleigh. It didn’t take long to become a family of five with Sammy, their now almost-3-year-old son.
While Gaby Hagler said, “Life was already hectic,” the couple decided their family would feel complete with one more child.
She got pregnant but suffered a miscarriage. After healing from that loss, they wanted to try again.
With the help of fertility medication, Gaby Hagler got pregnant again. But at her 12-week ultrasound, they were shocked to find out she was carrying quadruplets.
For the next several months, the Haglers navigated the high-risk pregnancy.
“It became this beautiful group effort where everyone believed these boys could make it to that day, and we did,” Gaby Hagler said.
On June 22, at 34 weeks, Gaby Hagler gave birth to four sons – Adam, Bennett, Coby and Dane. Three weeks after their birth, they were able to head home.
“There are moments of chaos, but it’s not what I expected,” Gaby Hagler said. “The love in this house now is tangible.”
The family of nine is finally complete and ready for the journey ahead.
“We’re looking forward to what life has in store for these guys,” Patrick Hagler said.
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NEW YORK, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the common stock of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (NYSE: SWK) between October 28, 2021 and July 28, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 23, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Stanley Black & Decker securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Stanley Black & Decker class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13771 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 23, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) rising interest rates, inflation, and trends in returning to work away from home were in fact quickly eroding then heightened demand for Stanley's tools and outdoor products; (2) the heightened, extraordinary demand Stanley had enjoyed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 and 2022 was returning to 2019 pre-pandemic levels; (3) Stanley's operations were already showing signs of slowing demand; (4) as a result of reorganization, share repurchasing, and dividend growth, Stanley lacked the cash to react with agility to changes in demand; (5) as a result of Stanley's inability to react to a sharp decline in demand, the Company's results and metrics, particularly sales volume, were severely negatively impacted; and (6) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Stanley Black & Decker class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13771 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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–Data results shared across facial injectables, body contouring and skincare portfolio highlights Allergan Aesthetics' continued commitment to advancing aesthetic medicine
–Analyses of 15 years of post-marketing surveillance data demonstrate the global reported rate of delayed-onset nodules associated with dermal fillers on the Vycross technology platform is low (<0.016%).
–Results from 3 clinical studies showcasing a customizable platform with patent-pending LTN Complex, to address the appearance of facial hyperpigmentation in a wide range of demographic populations
–Dr. DiAnne Davis to discuss the new Forces of Beauty® Report from the DREAM (Driving Racial Equity in Aesthetic Medicine) Initiative® and at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) reception
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, (NYSE: ABBV) announced today that eight scientific abstracts from its leading portfolio of aesthetic products and treatments will be presented at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) meeting taking place October 6-10 in Denver.
Allergan Aesthetics has one of the largest, most-researched portfolio and pipeline in the medical aesthetics industry. Data presented across a broad spectrum of aesthetic indications aims to further scientific research and improve patient outcomes.
"Our scientific excellence continues to help drive advancements in aesthetic medicine, as well bring impactful treatments to our customers and patients globally," said Darin Messina, Senior Vice President, Allergan Aesthetics R&D. "The data presented at ASDS reinforces our leadership in aesthetics and also the commitment of our research and development team to drive innovation for the industry and share learnings with the broader medical community."
At the meeting, researchers will spotlight global post-marketing surveillance data on the reported rates of delayed-onset nodules presenting four or more weeks after injection of hyaluronic acid fillers based on the Vycross technology platform. The analyses of 15 years of data demonstrate the global reported rate of delayed-onset nodules associated with dermal fillers on the Vycross technology platform is low (<0.016%). Inflammatory nodules, which typically require intervention/treatment, were reported less frequently than non-inflammatory nodules.
Additionally, Dr. DiAnne Davis, a board-certified cosmetic dermatologist out of Dallas, Texas, will discuss the new Forces of Beauty® Report from Allergan Aesthetics' DREAM (Driving Racial Equity in Aesthetic Medicine) Initiative® at the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) reception on Friday, October 7. The report provides a new understanding of what inclusive and representative beauty looks like today by shedding light on how narrowly defined Eurocentric ideals continue to impact women of color. By surveying over 4,000 women aged 21-65, from multiple geographic locations and backgrounds, the report explores what defines beauty, how beauty impacts women's lives, and the interplay between beauty and race.
Key abstracts are outlined below. Complete abstracts and details on presentation dates and times can be found on the ASDS website.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION & APPROVED USES
JUVÉDERM® Collection of Fillers Important Information
INDICATIONS
JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injectable gel is indicated for deep (subcutaneous and/or supraperiosteal) injection for cheek augmentation to correct age-related volume deficit in the mid-face and for augmentation of the chin region to improve the chin profile in adults over the age of 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC injectable gel is indicated for subcutaneous and/or supraperiosteal injection for improvement of jawline definition in adults over the age of 21 with moderate to severe loss of jawline definition.
JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC injectable gel is indicated for injection into the mid-to-deep dermis for correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds (such as nasolabial folds) in adults over the age of 21.
JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC injectable gel is indicated for injection into the lips for lip augmentation and correction of perioral rhytids, and for the improvement of infraorbital hollowing in adults over the age of 21.
JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gels are indicated for injection into the mid-to-deep dermis for correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds (such as nasolabial folds).
JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gel is also indicated for injection into the lips and perioral area for lip augmentation in adults over the age of 21.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
CONTRAINDICATIONS
These products should not be used in patients who have severe allergies, marked by a history of anaphylaxis or history or presence of multiple severe allergies, and should not be used in patients with a history of allergies to Gram-positive bacterial proteins or lidocaine contained in these products.
WARNINGS
- Do not inject into blood vessels. Introduction of these products into the vasculature may lead to embolization, occlusion of the vessels, ischemia, or infarction. Take extra care when injecting soft tissue fillers; for example, after insertion of the needle and just before injection, the plunger rod can be withdrawn slightly to aspirate and verify the needle is not intravascular, inject the product slowly, and apply the least amount of pressure necessary. Rare, but serious, adverse events associated with the intravascular injection of soft tissue fillers in the face have been reported and include temporary or permanent vision impairment, blindness, cerebral ischemia or cerebral hemorrhage leading to stroke, skin necrosis, and damage to underlying facial structures. Immediately stop the injection if a patient exhibits any of the following symptoms: changes in vision, signs of a stroke, blanching of the skin, unusual pain during or shortly after the procedure. Patients should receive prompt medical attention and, possibly, evaluation by an appropriate healthcare professional specialist should an intravascular injection occur
- Product use at specific sites in which an active inflammatory process (skin eruptions such as cysts, pimples, rashes, or hives) or infection is present should be deferred until the underlying process has been controlled
PRECAUTIONS
- To minimize the risk of potential complications, these products should only be used by healthcare professionals who are knowledgeable about the anatomy and the product(s) for use in indicated area(s), and who have appropriate training in facial anatomy, vasculature, safe injection techniques, and identification and management of potential adverse events, including intravascular complications
- The potential risks of soft issue injections should be discussed with patients prior to treatment to ensure they are aware of signs and symptoms of complications
- The safety and effectiveness for the treatment of anatomic regions other than indicated areas for each product have not been established in controlled clinical studies
- The safety for use of these products in patients with known susceptibility to keloid formation, hypertrophic scarring, and pigmentation disorders has not been studied
- The safety for use during pregnancy and in breastfeeding females has not been established
- The safety for use of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC has been established in patients between 35 and 65 years of age for cheek augmentation and in patients between 22 and 80 years of age for chin augmentation
- The safety for use of JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC in patients under 18 years, and the safety for use of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC, JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC, and JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC in patients under 22 years, has not been established
- Dermal filler implantation carries a risk of infection. Follow standard precautions
- Dermal fillers should be used with caution in patients on immunosuppressive therapy
- Patients taking medications that can prolong bleeding (such as aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and warfarin) may experience increased bruising or bleeding at treatment sites
- Patients who experience skin injury near the site of implantation may be at a higher risk for adverse events
- If laser treatment, chemical peel, or any other procedure based on active dermal response is considered after treatment, or before skin has healed from a procedure prior to treatment, there is a possible risk of eliciting an inflammatory reaction at the injection site
- The safety for use of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injectable gel in patients with very thin skin in the mid-face has not been established
- The safety for use of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC with cannula for cheek augmentation has not been established in patients with Fitzpatrick Skin Types V and VI
- JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC was not evaluated in subjects with significant skin laxity of the chin, neck, or jaw in the chin augmentation study
- The effect of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC injection into the chin on facial hair growth has not been studied
- Patients may experience late-onset adverse events with injectable gel implants, and late-onset nodules with use of JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC
- Based on preclinical studies, patients should be limited to 20 mL of any JUVÉDERM® injectable gel per 60 kg (132 lb) body mass per year. The safety of injecting greater amounts has not been established
- Injection of more than 9 mL of JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC for improvement of jawline definition has not been studied
ADVERSE EVENTS
The most common reported side effects for JUVÉDERM® injectable gels were redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps/bumps, bruising, discoloration, and itching. For JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC, dryness was also reported. The majority were mild or moderate in severity.
To report an adverse reaction with any product in the JUVÉDERM® Collection, please call Allergan® Product Support at 1-877-345-5372. Please visit JuvedermDFU.com for more information.
Products in the JUVÉDERM® Collection are available only by a licensed physician or properly licensed practitioner.
Please see Directions for Use or visit https://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/juvederm-voluma-xc_dfu.pdf for JUVÉDERM® VOLUMA® XC
Please see Directions for Use or visit https://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/juvederm-volux-xc_dfu.pdf for JUVÉDERM® VOLUX™ XC
Please see Directions for Use or visit https://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/juvederm-vollure-xc_dfu.pdf for JUVÉDERM® VOLLURE® XC
Please see Directions for Use or visit https://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/juvederm-volbella_dfu.pdf for JUVÉDERM® VOLBELLA® XC
Please see Directions for Use or visit https://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/juvederm-ultra-plus-xc_dfu.pdf for JUVÉDERM® Ultra Plus XC
Please see Directions for Use or visit https://www.rxabbvie.com/pdf/juvederm-ultra-xc_dfu.pdf for JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC
Indications
CoolSculpting® Elite is FDA-cleared for the treatment of visible fat bulges in the thigh, abdomen, and flank, along with bra fat, back fat, underneath the buttocks (also known as banana roll), and upper arm in patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of ≤ 30, and in submental and submandibular areas in patients with a BMI of ≤ 46.2. It is also FDA-cleared to affect the appearance of lax tissue with submental area treatments.
Important Safety Information
CoolSculpting® Elite is contraindicated in patients with cryoglobulinemia, cold agglutinin disease, or paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria.
Ask your patient about any medical conditions including recent surgery, pre-existing hernia, and any known sensitivities or allergies.
During the procedure patients may experience sensations of pulling, tugging, mild pinching, intense cold, tingling, stinging, aching, and cramping at the treatment site. These sensations subside as the area becomes numb. Following the procedure, typical side effects include temporary redness, swelling, blanching, bruising, firmness, tingling, stinging, tenderness, cramping, aching, itching, or skin sensitivity, and sensation of fullness in the back of the throat after submental or submandibular area treatment.
Rare side effects may also occur. Paradoxical hyperplasia (visibly enlarged tissue volume in the treated area) may develop 2 to 5 months after treatment, will not resolve on its own, and may require surgical intervention for correction.
As with any medical procedure, a consultation should be done by a licensed healthcare professional to determine if the patient is a candidate for treatment. For a complete list of Contraindications, Warnings, Precautions, and Potential Side Effects, consult the CoolSculpting® Elite System User Manual. Treatment applications that deviate from the guidelines are not recommended.
CoolTone® Uses
The CoolTone® device is FDA-cleared for improvement of abdominal tone, strengthening of the abdominal muscles, and development for firmer abdomen. CoolTone® is also FDA-cleared for strengthening, toning, and firming of buttocks and thighs.
CoolTone® Important Safety Information
The CoolTone® procedure is not for everyone. You should not have the CoolTone® treatment in areas with metal, electrical, or electronic implants/devices like cardiac pacemakers, implanted hearing devices, implanted defibrillators, implanted neurostimulators, drug pumps, or hearing aids.
Tell your doctor if you have any medical conditions as CoolTone® should not be used over a menstruating uterus, over areas of the skin that lack normal sensation, in patients with fever, malignant tumor, hemorrhagic conditions, epilepsy, recent surgical procedure, pulmonary insufficiency, or pregnancy.
CoolTone® should be used with caution in patients with Graves' disease (an autoimmune disorder that causes overactive thyroid), active bleeding disorders, or seizure disorders.
Women who are close to menstruation may find that it comes sooner, or cramping is increased or intensified with CoolTone® treatments, therefore, it is recommended to not undergo treatment during this time of the month.
CoolTone® should not be used in the heart or head areas, areas of new bone growth, over the carotid sinus nerves, or over the neck or mouth. CoolTone® should not be applied over swollen, infected, inflamed areas or skin eruptions. Caution should be used for patients with suspected or diagnosed heart problems.
Common side effects may include, but may not be limited to, muscular pain, temporary muscle spasm, temporary joint or tendon pain, and redness at or near the treatment site.
Ask your Healthcare Provider if CoolTone® is right for you.
Please see full Important Safety Information for additional information at coolsculpting.com/cooltone.
Patient results may vary.
RESONIC™ Important Safety Information
RESONIC™ (Rapid Acoustic Pulse™ device) is indicated for use as an accessory to the 1064 nm Q-Switched laser for black ink tattoo removal in Fitzpatrick Skin Type I-III patients. The RESONIC device is also indicated for long-term improvement in the appearance of cellulite as supported by clinical data demonstrating treatment benefits up to 1 year of observation. The most common side effects may include mild to moderate temporary redness of the treatment site, mild pain, heat, and pinpoint redness. Your results and experience may vary, so it is important to talk to your healthcare provider about whether RESONIC is right for you. For full safety information, please visit www.RESONIC.com/ISI.
DiamondGlow® Uses
The DiamondGlow® device is a general dermabrasion device that gently removes the top layer of skin and delivers topical cosmetic serums onto the skin.
DiamondGlow® Important Safety Information
The DiamondGlow® treatment is not for everyone. You should not have a DiamondGlow® treatment if you have compromised skin quality. Tell your provider if you are pregnant or lactating, or if you have medical condition, including allergies, and if you are using topical medications on the area to be treated.
Typical side effects include a scratchy, stinging sensation during the treatment and temporary tightness, redness or slight swelling after the treatment. Rare serious side effects may also occur and include severe skin irritation and allergic reactions.
SkinMedica® Pro-Infusion Serums Disclaimer
SkinMedica® Pro-Infusion Serums are intended to meet the FDA's definition of a cosmetic product, an article applies to the human body to cleanse, beautify, promote attractiveness, and alter appearances. These products are not intended to be drugs that diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. These products have not been approved by the FDA and the statements have not been evaluated by the FDA.
About Allergan Aesthetics
Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, develops, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Their aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Their goal is to consistently provide customers worldwide with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. www.AllerganAesthetics.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release are, or may be considered, forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, failure to realize the expected benefits from AbbVie's acquisition of Allergan plc ("Allergan"), failure to promptly and effectively integrate Allergan's businesses, competition from other products, challenges to intellectual property, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry and the impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, such as COVID-19. Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of AbbVie's 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. AbbVie undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are voting Tuesday in an unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the brash deputy president who styles himself as the outsider and a “hustler.”
The election is considered close, and East Africa’s economic hub could see a presidential runoff for the first time. Economic issues such as widespread corruption could be of greater importance than the ethnic tensions that have marked past votes with sometimes deadly results.
Kenya is a standout with its relatively democratic system in a region where some leaders are notorious for clinging to power for decades. Its stability is crucial for foreign investors, the most humble of street vendors and troubled neighbors like Ethiopia and Somalia.
Hundreds of voters lined up hours ahead of polls opening in some locations, often after being summoned by volunteers’ whistles. Difficulties were reported at times with the electronic voting system, and presidential candidate George Wajackoyah told journalists that voting kits weren’t working in his stronghold. Though polling in low single figures, Wajackoyah and his pledges to legalize marijuana have prompted questions over whether he could draw enough votes to force a runoff.
The top candidates are Raila Odinga, a democracy campaigner who has vied for the presidency for a quarter-century, and 55-year-old Deputy President William Ruto, who has stressed his journey from a humble childhood to appeal to millions of struggling Kenyans long accustomed to political dynasties.
“In moments like this is when the mighty and the powerful come to the realization that it is the simple and the ordinary that eventually make the choice,” a smiling Ruto told journalists after becoming one of the first voters. “I look forward to our victorious day.” He urged Kenyans to be peaceful and respect others’ choices.
“I have confidence that the people of Kenya are going to speak loudly in favor of democratic change,” Odinga told journalists on his way to vote. A cheering crowd jogged alongside his convoy as he arrived to vote in the Nairobi neighborhood of Kibera.
Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s first president, cut across the usual ethnic lines and angered Ruto by backing longtime rival Odinga after their bitter 2017 election contest. But both Odinga and Ruto have chosen running mates from the country’s largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu.
The 77-year-old Odinga has made history by choosing running mate Martha Karua, a former justice minister and the first woman to be a leading contender for the deputy presidency. “Make your voice heard,” she said after voting early in a knitted cap, a sign of the unusually cold weather in parts of the country.
Rising food and fuel prices, debt at 67% of GDP, youth unemployment at 40% and corruption mean economic issues are at the center of an election in which unregulated campaign spending highlighted the country’s inequality. But personalities still matter.
“We need mature people to lead, not someone who abuses people. Someone who respects elders,” said 55-year-old teacher Rosemary Mulima, who arrived with friends at a polling station on the outskirts of Nairobi to find an estimated 500 people in line before dawn. She had “very high” hopes for Odinga on his fifth try,
Others predicted a lower turnout than the 80% five years ago and blamed voter apathy. The electoral commission signed up less than half of the new voters it had hoped for, just 2.5 million.
“The problems from 2017, the economy, the day-to-day life, are still here,” said 38-year-old shopkeeper Adrian Kibera, who wasn’t sure he would bother to vote. “We don’t have good choices,” he said, calling Odinga too old and Ruto too inexperienced.
Kenyans are hoping for a peaceful vote. Elections can be exceptionally troubled, as in 2007 when the country exploded after Odinga claimed the vote had been stolen from him and more than 1,000 people were killed. Ruto was indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity for his role in the violence, but his case was terminated amid allegations of witness tampering.
In 2017, the high court overturned the election results, a first in Africa, after Odinga challenged them over irregularities. He then boycotted the new vote and proclaimed himself the “people’s president,” bringing allegations of treason. A public handshake between him and Kenyatta calmed the crisis.
This is likely Odinga’s last try, and Kenyans and election observers will be watching to see how his often passionate supporters react to the results and any allegations of rigging.
Ruto and Odinga have said they will accept the official results — if the vote is free and fair. “It is every Kenyan’s hope,” the president told journalists after voting.
More than 22 million people are registered to vote. Official results must be announced within a week, but impatience is expected if they don’t come before this weekend. The underfunded Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is under pressure to ensure an untroubled vote.
To win outright, a candidate needs more than half of all votes and at least 25% of the votes in more than half of Kenya’s 47 counties. No outright winner means a runoff election within 30 days.
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RENTON, Wash. (AP)With such limited numbers for their rookie minicamp on Friday, of course the Seattle Seahawks were going to line up Charles Cross at left tackle and Abe Lucas at right tackle.
There’s a decent chance those two end up in the same spots in Seattle’s starting lineup come September.
”I wouldn’t be surprised to see some guys have a shot at pushing for a lot of playing time out of this class,” coach Pete Carroll said. ”I don’t know how much different that is, but it seems that it’s really specific and we can all kind of visualize how that’s going to happen.”
Seattle had questions at left and right tackle entering the draft and seemed to answer those by taking Cross with the No. 9 overall pick out of Mississippi State and following up in the third round by selecting Lucas out of Washington State.
Cross seems almost certain to be the starting left tackle, especially since last year’s starter, Duane Brown, is a free agent. Lucas is likely to be in a competition with Jake Curhan, a part-time starter from last season, for the right tackle job.
Those decisions and competitions are coming later in the summer. Friday was about getting on the field as professionals for the first time.
”It’s pretty helpful just having another guy there who I can talk to and relate to,” Cross said.
Cross was the higher-profile pick. But for Lucas, getting drafted by the Seahawks keeps him at home playing for the team he grew up cheering for. Lucas is from Everett, Washington, and he said his first memory of being a Seahawks fans was the Super Bowl loss to Pittsburgh, however painful that was for Seattle.
Lucas was across the state in Pullman during the draft. He drove home early in the week and quietly spent time with family before reporting to the Seahawks.
”I really was just staying with my family and just kind of keep it on the (downlow), kind of away from everybody,” Lucas said.
The challenge for both tackles will be how well and how quickly they can adjust to changes in their stances and playing in a run-oriented offense. Both played in college in the Air Raid offense, where pass blocking was the priority, and each played the majority of his time in a two-point stance.
They’ll play in a traditional three-point stance with the Seahawks and will have plenty of run-blocking responsibilities. But on the first day, Carroll said both seemed to adjust just fine.
”These guys are too good athletically. I mean, they’re really comfortable in their bodies, and can move and they’re well-proportioned, and they’re quick and they can run fast for big guys,” Carroll said. ”It’s just not going to be a big transition like we might think.”
NOTES: Fifth-round pick CB Tariq Woolen did not practice due to a sore hamstring. Carroll said Woolen went through the walkthrough earlier in the day. … One interesting name on Seattle’s tryout roster is Nick Paul from Division II Northeastern State. Paul is listed at 6-foot-4 and 385 pounds but Carroll indicated Paul is even larger. Seattle is giving Paul a look at defensive tackle. ”This the biggest man I ever saw, now. He did OK,” Carroll said. … The Seahawks have signed four of their nine draft picks: Woolen and fellow fifth-rounder Tyreke Smith, and seventh-round picks Bo Melton and Dareke Young.
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Ablaye Ndiaye made the long journey from Dakar, Senegal, to the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, Germany to play basketball. But the 35-year-old's personal highlight during the week-long Games didn't happen on a basketball court. It was on the track of Berlin's Olympic stadium, where Ndiaye carried the blazing Olympic torch during the opening ceremony on June 17. A rapturous crowd of 50,000 cheered him on.
"Holding the torch at the opening ceremony was a great moment," Ndiaye told NPR on Friday, two days before the end of the games. It's little surprise that he was selected as one of a handful of athletes to participate in the final relay leg of the torch run. The captain of Senegal's 34-athlete delegation, Ndiaye has an affectionate ease with his teammates and coaches, and his celebratory dances during basketball games have become iconic enough to make the World Games highlight reels. His charisma is evident at the end of this video about Senegal's performance at a recent tournament.
"Ablaye provides the team with energy, he brings joy. He's basically the face of the team," said Yoro Ndiaye, team Senegal's basketball coach.
While many of the Senegalese athletes have intellectual disabilities – including Ndiaye, who has Down syndrome – the basketball team is "unified," an inclusive mix of athletes with and without disabilities. The Special Olympics features unified competitions and supports unified sports locally to help build social inclusion.
According to Yoro Ndiaye, this mix is indicative of the Senegalese delegation's wider dynamic. "[Here at the Games,] we don't see a difference between athletes and coaches. The whole delegation is one team. Not even just the basketball team. We do everything together," he said.
Intellectual disability in Senegal
Unfortunately, the Senegalese delegation's cohesive, tightly-interwoven nature doesn't reflect the reality for many living with intellectual disabilities in the country.
"It's very difficult in Senegal for people with intellectual disabilities," said Rajah Diouri Sy, national director of Special Olympics Senegal. Sy argues that this is especially true when it comes to educational opportunities. Inclusive education, which puts all students – both with and without disabilities – together in classes is a rarity. Research has shown that students with disabilities benefit from being integrated into mainstream schools rather than segregated.
"Most of our (inclusive) schools are private. And they are expensive. It is difficult for families to take their children to private schools. In both Dakar and other regions, we lack schools for people with intellectual disabilities," she continued. According to the nonprofit group Humanity & Inclusion, children with disabilities in Senegal are nearly twice as likely to be out of school than those without disabilities.
Sy's first involvement with the Special Olympics came through her daughter Khadija, who has Down syndrome and became a track and field athlete in 2004. Now Rajah has run the organization's Senegalese outlet for more than a decade, overseeing growth from just six athletes to roughly 3,000 today.
"There's a stigma in Senegal for children with intellectual disabilities, which we are trying to fight. Most of the time, people will blame mothers if a child has an intellectual disability. This often leads to people hiding children with intellectual disabilities. But things are starting to change now," said Sy.
A victory at the Special Olympics
Special Olympics Senegal aims to break that stigma down as well as connect young people with intellectual disabilities to broader networks of care. In addition to organizing teams in eight different sports, it partners with health-care providers, government agencies and NGOs to facilitate services like free health screenings, subsidized follow-up care, educational referrals and support for parents. For Sy, it's especially important that this effort isn't limited to Dakar, the capital.
"We are trying to engage more athletes and be present in their communities. We say that athletes don't come to us, we have to go to them," she said. According to the World Bank, Sub-Saharan African disability rates are higher in rural areas.
Special Olympics Senegal's primary focus remains sports, which Ndiaye's coach argues is strategic. "Sports can help develop both intellectual and physical abilities and capacities. It also gives our athletes an opportunity to interact with others and have a place in society," Yoro Ndiaye said.
Building confidence in athletes is just as important to the organization as connecting young people to more traditional services. Thanks to the organization, athletes in Senegal have become assistant coaches and found jobs. According to Rajah, two athletes recently got married.
Ndiaye, who works in construction and lives with family members, says he has built the confidence to expand his social circles and fit in.
"I've made friends in the Special Olympics, and I also have new friends in my community. People are more engaged, I interact with more people. I feel like I don't face as much discrimination because I am really part of my community," he told NPR.
His warm, humor-infused relationship with his teammates and coaches illustrates his point and puts Sy credo into practice. Ndiaye ensured that even down periods in an exciting, if long week for the team were filled with laughs, quick to crack jokes with teammates and coaches.
"We must continue to work to fight discrimination and isolation. That's the main aim of the Special Olympics. It's always inclusion," said Sy.
There's much work to do until the fight is won in Senegal and beyond. But it's definitely a victory to see Ndiaye and his teammates laughing together between games in Berlin's sprawling, ordinarily-drab exhibition grounds, a Special Olympics venue that has been given a jolt of life by the masses of colorfully-uniformed athletes, volunteers and spectators.
Ndiaye and his teammates weren't without their victories on the court, either. Senegal bested France on Saturday to win the bronze medal in 5-on-5 unified basketball. "My family is very proud that I'm part of the Special Olympics and have come [to Berlin] for the World Games," he said prior to the pivotal game. And now there's a medal to boast about as well.
Dave Braneck is a journalist in Berlin covering sports, politics and labor. His Twitter handle is @braneck
Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Ocean Center and Daytona Beach Bandshell
to Host Single Largest Collegiate Cheer and Dance Event in the World on April 5-9, 2023
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Varsity Spirit – the global leader in cheerleading, dance team and band apparel, camps and competitions, and a division of Varsity Brands, the market leader in team sports, school spirit and achievement recognition -- is pleased to announce that the NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship, produced by the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance, returns to Daytona Beach for the 27th year on April 5-9, 2023.
A record turnout of teams and participants are expected to compete for the golden trophy at two different venues – the Daytona Beach Bandshell and the Ocean Center.
More than 10,000 participants and 450 teams from colleges across the country will compete with approximately 20,000 spectators expected to be in attendance, all record numbers for the annual event that relocated to Daytona Beach back in 1996. Teams will be utilizing 30+ hotels in the area and approximately 18 buses that will provide city-wide transportation.
"Daytona Beach has become an iconic backdrop for the NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship. Year after year, teams from across the country come together to showcase their skills and represent their universities," said Bill Seely, President of Varsity Spirit. "It is an honor and a privilege to host the largest college cheerleading and dance event in the world at one of the most recognized venues where we can recognize student athletes for the impact they have on America's colleges and universities."
"NCA and NDA are thrilled with the turnout for our 2023 Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship in Daytona Beach, Florida," said Bill Boggs, Sr. VP and Director of College Programs for NCA & NDA. "Teams from all across the country in addition to some international teams will take part in this year's event that will showcase the top college cheer and dance teams, and how well they represent their respective colleges and universities on and off the courts and fields throughout the entire year."
New to the event schedule this year will be a Saturday night celebration party for participants at the Daytona Beach Bandshell. This one-of-a-kind event will feature an array of glow-in-the-dark entertainment including a DJ, LED yard games, stilt walker and other circus-style performers.
"Daytona Beach has hosted the NCA & NDA Collegiate National Championship for the past 27 years. We are very proud of this long-standing relationship, and we look forward to welcoming them back for many more years," said Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick L. Henry.
In addition to competing at the Daytona Beach Bandshell and the Ocean Center, participants, along with their coaching staff and family and friends, will be able to enjoy all that the Daytona Beach area has to offer during their visit.
"The NCA & NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship is a great opportunity to showcase the destination to the thousands of visitors that compete and attend this event from all over the country," said Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lori Campbell Baker. "This world-class event brings positive economic impact into the community, and we hope that all the competitors and their families have a great experience in the destination."
"The NCA & NDA Collegiate Championship is a great event, not just for our facility but for the entire community, and we look forward to welcoming them back in 2023," said Ocean Center Director Tim Riddle. "From the teams to the crowd, the energy and excitant this event brings is like no other. We're grateful for the continued partnership and opportunity to host such a prestigious competition."
The NCA & NDA Collegiate National Championship is open to the public and will be live streamed on Varsity TV. For more information about the event and to purchase tickets, visit https://www.varsity.com/nca/school/competitions/college-nationals/.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Dollar General stores across Ohio shut down Friday morning, and employees, the company’s corporate office, and the state’s attorney general were all providing different reasons.
Workers at the Clintonville location said they received a call from the retailer’s corporate office telling them to close. They added that they did not know why or have a timeline for when they would reopen.
In Westerville, however, no employees were seen inside the Dollar General, but a sign on the door explained it was “temporarily closed for inventory” and would “open at 11:30.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who sued Dollar General in November over allegations of deceptive pricing practices, said he knew why the stores were closing.
“[They] are shutting down to re-tag all their shelf prices — exactly the reason we sued them,” Yost wrote on Twitter. “Glad to see this first step — but we are going to insist on the court order to enforce continued compliance with Ohio’s market fairness laws.”
Nexstar sister station WKBN in Youngstown also discovered closures, and employees at three stores in that region confirmed to the outlet that Dollar General’s corporate office closed the stores so workers could perform price changes.
Later, at 1 p.m., the Dollar General Corporation Public Relations team responded with its own explanation for the closures, as well as an update on its storefronts.
“Dollar General closed select stores this morning to address an overnight systems error,” a spokesperson wrote. “This issue has been resolved and all impacted stores are now open to continue serving our customers. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
With 12 different consumer complaints in hand, Yost’s office sued the company in November, accusing its stores of listing items at a certain price on shelves, but sometimes charging more or double at the register.
Franklin County Auditor Michael Stinziano took legal action of his own in December. His inspectors found pricing discrepancies at eight out of 10 stores checked, and placed stickers warning of overcharging on their cash registers.
The Dollar General corporate office and its legal team responded on Jan. 9 with a motion to dismiss the lawsuit from the state. Court records show Dollar General followed up with a repeated motion to dismiss on Thursday, claiming the state showed no proof of its accusations. Further, the defense added that overcharging at its stores is actually legal.
“The allegations are so vague and ambiguous that Dollar General cannot reasonably be required to frame a responsive pleading with any substantive value,” wrote Kimberly E. Ramundo, an attorney representing Dollar General. “The alleged price discrepancies are not actionable under the [Consumer Sales Practices Act] because they are governed by a separate statutory regime, which not only permits price discrepancies but also subjects them to regulatory oversight.”
Dollar General also objected to Yost’s earlier request for a restraining order against Dollar General, which would force them to charge the prices advertised on stores’ shelves.
A Butler County judge will consider whether or not to grant that restraining order in a hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
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The latest Russian missile barrage against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure has marked one of the largest such attacks in months.
On Thursday, Russia fired over 80 missiles in a massive effort to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and cripple the country’s energy system.
Russia has been regularly launching similar strikes since October in a bid to demoralize the population and force the Ukrainian government to bow to the Kremlin’s demands.
Thursday’s strikes differed from earlier attacks, though, by including a larger number of sophisticated hypersonic missiles that are the most advanced weapons in the Russian arsenal. But just like previous such barrages it has failed to cause lasting damage to the country’s energy network, with repair crews quickly restoring power supplies to most regions.
Here is a look at the latest Russian missile attack and the weapons involved.
WHAT DID UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY?
Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said that Russia launched 81 missiles and eight exploding Iranian-made Shahed drones in a barrage early Thursday, and Ukraine’s air defenses downed 34 missiles and four drones.
According to Zaluzhnyi, those missiles included six hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, the most advanced weapons in the Russian arsenal. Ukrainian air force spokesman Yurii Ihnat emphasized that Ukraine lacks assets to intercept the Kinzhal and the older Kh-22 missiles that were also used in Thursday’s strikes.
Russia’s Defense Ministry described the barrage as a “strike of retribution” in retaliation for what Moscow described as a cross-border raid by Ukrainian saboteurs who attacked two villages in the Bryansk region in western Russia last week. A group of self-exiled Russians fighting alongside Ukrainian forces claimed responsibility for the attack, while Ukraine denied involvement. Moscow didn’t say how many missiles were fired, but claimed they hit the designated targets.
HOW DID THE LATEST BARRAGE DIFFER FROM EARLIER RUSSIAN ATTACKS?
Military analysts noted that the number of Kinzhal missiles used in Thursday’s barrage was significantly higher compared to previous strikes, which have typically involved no more than a couple of such weapons.
The Kinzhal is one of the latest and most advanced Russian weapons. The Russian military says the air-launched ballistic missile has a range of up to 2,000 kilometers (about 1,250 miles) and flies at 10 times the speed of sound, making it hard to intercept. A combination of hypersonic speed and a heavy warhead allows the Kinzhal to destroy heavily fortified targets, like underground bunkers or mountain tunnels.
Russia has used the Kinzhal to strike targets in Ukraine starting from the early days of the invasion, but it has used the expensive weapon sparingly and against priority targets, apparently reflecting the small number of Kinzhals available.
The precise targets for Russian strikes and the resulting damage remain unclear as Ukrainian authorities have maintained a tight lid of secrecy on such information to avoid giving Russia a clue for planning future attacks. It’s also unclear what missiles Russia has used to hit which targeted facilities, although Western officials and military analysts have argued that Russia has faced an increasing shortage of state-of-the-art weapons, with new production far too slow to compensate for the amount already spent.
The British Defense Ministry noted Friday that the intervals between Russian missile strikes have grown bigger, probably “because Russia now needs to stockpile a critical mass of newly produced missiles directly from industry before it can resource a strike big enough to credibly overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.”
The Kinzhal is carried by MiG-31 fighter jets, some of which are based in Belarus. Russia has used the territory of its ally as a staging ground for the invasion and maintained its troops and weapons there.
WHAT OTHER WEAPONS DID RUSSIA USE?
The Ukrainian military said that Thursday’s barrage also included six older Kh-22 missiles, which are launched by Tu-22M heavy bombers and fly at more than three times the speed of sound.
The massive weapon, which has a range of 600 kilometers (370 miles) and dates back to the 1970s, was designed by the Soviet Union to strike U.S. aircraft carriers and other warships. It packs a big punch thanks to its supersonic speed and a heavy load of 630 kilograms (nearly 1,400 pounds) of explosives, but its outdated guidance system could make it highly inaccurate against ground targets, raising the probability of collateral damage.
Like in previous strikes, Russia also fired the modern Kh-101 cruise missiles carried by strategic bombers and the Kalibr cruise missiles that are launched by warships. The long-range, high-precision missiles are subsonic and the Ukrainian military has said it has successfully engaged them.
Another fixture in the Russian strikes were S-300 air defense missiles that Russia uses against ground targets at a comparatively smaller distance from the front line. While its relatively small warhead lacks the punch of bigger weapons designed to hit ground targets, Russia appears to have a big stock of such missiles and Ukraine can’t intercept them.
Russia has also used some shorter-range air-launched missiles carried by fighter jets and the Iranian exploding drones. Ukrainian officials have said that the military has become increasingly successful in tackling them, downing the bulk of drones launched in each strike.
Ukrainian officials and experts say that by using numerous types of of missiles as well as drones in one massive attack Russia tries to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.
“It’s much more difficult for the Ukrainian air defenses to deal with an attack when they launch a motley collection of ballistic and ordinary missiles along with drones,” Zhdanov said. “Russia has been searching for weak spots in Ukrainian air defenses and it has partially succeeded.”
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