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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis authorities released video footage Friday showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother and pleaded, “I just want to go home.”
The video is filled with violent moments showing the officers, who are also Black, chasing and pummeling Nichols and leaving him on the pavement propped against a squad car as they fist-bumped and celebrated their actions.
The footage emerged one day after the officers were charged with murder in Nichols’ death. The chilling images of another Black man dying at the hands of police provoked tough questions about the nation's policing culture and raised the specter of renewed protests less than three years after a wave of demonstrations wracked the country.
The recordings shows police savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack. The Nichols family legal team has likened the assault to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
After the first officer roughly pulls Nichols out of a car, Nichols can be heard saying, “I didn't do anything,” as a group of officers begins to wrestle him to the ground.
“Get on the ground!," one officer yells, as another is heard yelling “Tase him! Tase him!”
Nichols calmly replied soon after being wrestled to the pavement, “OK, I’m on the ground.” Moments later, as the officers continue to yell, Nichols says, “Man, I am on the ground.”
An officer yells, “Put your hands behind your back before I break your (expletive).” Moments later, an officer yells, “(Expletive), put your hands behind your back before I break them.”
“You guys are really doing a lot right now,” Nichols says loudly to the officers. “I’m just trying to go home.”
“Stop, I’m not doing anything,” he yells moment later.
The camera is briefly obscured, and then Nichols can be seen running as an officer fires a Taser at him. The officers then start chasing Nichols.
Other officers are called and a search ensues before Nichols is caught at another intersection. The officers beat him again, this time using a baton, kicking and punching him.
Security camera footage shows three officers surrounding Nichols as he lies in the street cornered between police cars, with a fourth officer nearby.
Two officers hold Nichols to the ground as he moves about, and then the third appears to kick him in the head. Nichols slumps more fully onto the pavement with all three officers surrounding him. The same officer kicks him again.
The fourth officer then walks over, unfurls a baton and holds it up at shoulder level as two officers hold Nichols upright, as if he were sitting.
“I’m going to baton the f--- out you,” one officer can be heard saying. His body camera shows him raise his baton while at least one other officer holds Nichols. The officer strikes Nichols on the back with the baton. He strikes strikes him again, and then a third time.
The other officers then appear to hoist Nichols to his feet, with him flopping like a doll, barely able to stay upright despite the bracing arms.
An officer then punches him in the face, as the officer with the baton continues to menace him. Nichols stumbles and turns, still held up by two officers. The officer who punched him then walks around to Nichols’ front and punches him three more times. Then Nichols collapses.
Two officers can then be seen atop Nichols on the ground, with a third nearby, for about 40 seconds. Three more officers then run up and one can be seen kicking Nichols on the ground.
At one point, as Nichols is slumped up against a car and none of the officers are rendering aid, the body camera footage shows a first-person view of one of them reaching down and tying his shoe.
It takes more than 20 minutes after Nichols is beaten and on the pavement before any sort of medical attention is provided to him, even though two fire department officers arrived on the scene with medical equipment within 10 minutes.
Cities across the country braced for large demonstrations. Nichols’ relatives urged supporters to protest peacefully.
Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis described the officers' actions as “heinous, reckless and inhumane,” and said that her department has been unable to substantiate the reckless driving allegation that prompted the stop.
She told The Associated Press in an interview that there is no video of the traffic stop that shows Nichols recklessly driving.
During the initial stop, the video shows the officers were “already ramped up, at about a 10,” she said. The officers were “aggressive, loud, using profane language and probably scared Mr. Nichols from the very beginning.”
Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, warned supporters of the “horrific” nature of the video but pleaded for peace.
“I don’t want us burning up our city, tearing up the streets, because that’s not what my son stood for,” she said Thursday. “If you guys are here for me and Tyre, then you will protest peacefully.”
Speaking at the White House, President Joe Biden said Friday that he was “very concerned” about the prospect of violence and called for protests to remain peaceful.
Biden said he spoke with Nichols' mother earlier in the day and told her that he was going to be “making a case” to Congress to pass the George Floyd Act “to get this under control.” The legislation, which has been stalled, is meant to tackle police misconduct and excessive force and boost federal and state accountability efforts.
Court records showed that all five former officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith — were taken into custody.
The officers each face charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. Four of the five officers had posted bond and been released from custody by Friday morning, according to court and jail records.
Second-degree murder is punishable by 15 to 60 years in prison under Tennessee law.
Patrick Yoes, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, condemned the alleged actions of the Memphis officers.
“The event as described to us does not constitute legitimate police work or a traffic stop gone wrong. This is a criminal assault under the pretext of law," Yoes said in a statement.
Rallies and demonstrations were planned Friday night in Memphis, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Portland, Oregon and Washington.
New York Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, said he and other mayors across the country had been briefed by the White House in advance of the video’s release, which he said would “trigger pain and sadness in many of us. It will make us angry.”
Romanucci and civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who also represents Nichols' family, called on the police chief to disband the department’s so-called scorpion unit focused on street crime.
Davis said other officers are still being investigated for violating department policy. In addition, she said “a complete and independent review” will be conducted of the department’s specialized units, without providing further details.
As state and federal investigations continue, Davis promised the police department’s “full and complete cooperation."
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Associated Press reporters Aaron Morrison in New York; Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee; and Rebecca Reynolds in Lexington, Kentucky, contributed to this report.
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Vote in Ukraine’s Russia-held areas stokes tension with West
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The final day of voting was taking place in Russian-held regions of Ukraine on Tuesday in preordained referendums that are expected to serve as a pretext for their annexation by Moscow.
The ballots are heightening tension between the Kremlin and the West, with Russia warning it could resort to nuclear weapons to defend its own territory.
Formal annexation of captured chunks of eastern Ukraine, possibly as soon as Friday, sets the stage for a dangerous new phase in the seven-month war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that after the ballots “the situation will radically change from the legal viewpoint, from the point of view of international law, with all the corresponding consequences for protection of those areas and ensuring their security.”
Faced with recent humiliating battlefield setbacks for the Kremlin’s forces in Ukraine, and increasingly cornered by Kyiv’s counteroffensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin has since last week tried to raise the stakes by talking up Moscow’s nuclear option. The regional ballots and a call-up of Russian military reservists are other strategies aimed at buttressing Moscow’s exposed position.
Western allies are standing firm with Ukraine. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna on Tuesday was the latest high-ranking foreign official to visit Kyiv, saying Paris is determined “to support Ukraine and its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council chaired by Putin, spelled out the threat in the bluntest terms yet Tuesday.
“Let’s imagine that Russia is forced to use the most powerful weapon against the Ukrainian regime that has committed a large-scale act of aggression, which is dangerous for the very existence of our state,” Medvedev wrote on his messaging app channel. “I believe that NATO will steer clear from direct meddling in the conflict in that case.”
The United States has dismissed the Kremlin’s nuclear talk as scare tactics.
Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, responded to Putin’s nuclear threats from last week. Sullivan told NBC on Sunday that Russia would pay a high, if unspecified, price if Moscow made good on threats to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine.
The Ukraine war is still gripping world attention, as it causes widespread shortages and rising prices not only for food but for energy, inflation hitting the cost of living everywhere, and growing global inequality. The talk of nuclear war has only deepened the concern.
Misery and hardship are often the legacy of Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian areas now recaptured by Kyiv’s forces. Some people have had no gas, electricity, running water or internet since March.
The war has brought an energy crunch for much of Western Europe, with German officials seeing the disruption of Russian supplies as a power play by the Kremlin to pressure Europe over its support for Ukraine.
The German economy ministry said Tuesday that the Nord Stream 1 pipeline leading from Russia to Europe has reported a drop in pressure, only hours after a leak was reported in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea off Denmark. Both pipelines were built to carry natural gas from Russia to Europe.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the problems were “very alarming” and would be investigated.
The referendum in Russian-held areas of Ukraine, whose outcome is expected to be a predetermined victory for Moscow, is rejected as a sham by Ukraine and many other countries.
The five-day voting, in which residents are asked whether they want their regions to become part of Russia, has been anything but free or fair. Tens of thousands of residents had already fled the regions amid the war, and images shared by those who remained showed armed Russian troops going door-to-door to pressure Ukrainians into voting.
The balloting on Tuesday was held at polling stations.
With his back against the wall amid Ukraine’s battlefield successes, Russian media are speculating that Putin may follow up on last week’s order of partial mobilization by declaring martial law and shutting the nation’s borders for all men of fighting age.
The call-up has in some ways backfired on Putin. It has triggered a massive exodus of men from the country, fueled protests in many regions across Russia and sparked occasional acts of violence. On Monday, a gunman opened fire in an enlistment office in a Siberian city and gravely wounded the local chief military recruitment officer. The shooting came after scattered arson attacks on enlistment offices.
In the latest move to stem the tide of men fleeing Russia to avoid mobilization, Russian officials declared plans to set up a military recruitment office right on the border with Georgia, one of the main routes of the exodus.
And trying to assuage public outrage, numerous Russian officials and lawmakers have acknowledged that mistakes were made during the mobilization — when military conscription offices were rounding up random people without military experience who weren’t supposed to be called up — and promised to quickly correct them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday once again decried the Russian mobilization as nothing more than “an attempt to provide commanders on the ground with a constant stream of cannon fodder.”
Zelenskyy vowed that the Ukrainian military will push efforts to take back “the entire territory of Ukraine,” and has drawn up plans to counter “new types of weapons” used by Russia.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that Putin had told Turkey’s president last week that Moscow was ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine but had “new conditions” for a cease-fire.
Even as the voting has continued in Russia-held areas, Russian forces have kept up their strikes across Ukraine. Overnight, Russian missile attacks targeted the southern areas of Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv, damaging residential buildings and other sites, officials said.
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Officials to reveal 3D models showing what a Las Vegas shooting memorial could look like
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The white angel wings jut upright from the earth with a warm glow of light, towering above the site of modern America’s deadliest mass shooting.
As the sun sets over the Las Vegas Strip, painting a purple horizon, visitors gaze up at the monument erected in the same place where 58 people were shot and killed and hundreds more were injured on the final night of a country music festival on Oct. 1, 2017. Two survivors later died from their gunshot wounds.
This scene is depicted in one of five design renderings for a permanent memorial to be built on the site of the shooting to honor victims, survivors and first responders.
Clark County is set to unveil 3D models of each design at a new exhibit in downtown Las Vegas later Monday morning, marking a major step in an arduous planning process that began more than three years ago and had been stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The exhibit at Clark County’s government center will be open until early September.
“These concepts show in vivid detail the power of what this memorial effort means to so many in five unique ways,” Jim Gibson, chairman of the Clark County Commission, said in a statement. Gibson’s district includes the site of the shooting.
Each of the five potential designs includes a garden element, with trees along walking paths or flower beds framing the memorial. One design showcases large horse statues. Another is centered around a cluster of light poles, each with photos of a victim.
Later this month, a committee tasked with planning the memorial will collect public input on the design proposals that they say will help them craft their final plan for a memorial. The committee is set to submit its plan to the county commission for approval ahead of the massacre’s sixth anniversary.
“No matter which design concept gets recommended, we can be proud of the process our committee put into place and amazing ideas inspired by it,” Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick said in a statement.
Kirkpatrick and former Gov. Steve Sisolak formed the planning committee in 2019. It includes a survivor of the shooting and the sister of victim Neysa Tonks, a 46-year-old mother of three from Las Vegas.
Each of the proposed memorials on display at the exhibit were put together by a different design team with community input that the committee gathered in a series of earlier surveys, including one that found a clear majority of respondents wanted the permanent memorial to be built at the site of the massacre.
In response, MGM Resorts International donated 2 acres (0.8 hectares) of the 15-acre (6.1-hectare) property for the memorial in August 2021. The casino company recently sold the remaining land to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation based in central North Dakota.
The permanent memorial will be separate from a community healing garden in downtown Las Vegas built by more than 1,000 volunteers in the days after the shooting.
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It’s the double feature everyone is talking about — Barbenheimer.
“I don’t think Barbie and Oppenheimer want to be tied together in any capacity,” Miss America Grace Stanke told WTMJ’s Erik Bilstad on Wisconsin’s Morning News. “I’m super excited for both Barbie and Oppenheimer. Specifically for Oppenheimer as a Nuclear Engineer.”
Stanke, of Wausau, is perhaps the one person who can relate to both films. Stanke, who studied Nuclear Engineering at UW-Madison, was posed the tough question ‘Who is more influential? Barbie or Robert Oppenheimer?’ — a difficult choice to make.
“100% Robert Oppenheimer,” she said. “For me, seeing someone who is able to utilize science and think about it critically is really an incredible thing and an important part of human history and an important part of human future as well.”
Barbie is also a part of the past and the future.
“Growing up, I was someone who did play with Barbie’s; and Miss America is similar where it’s a woman who young girls look up to, right? That is what Miss America is,” Stanke said. “It’s a role model for young girls to strive for. I do think Barbie will help capitalize on that sort of women’s empowerment aspect in showing that we’re capable of really anything.”
Stanke posted on social media that she wanted to see both movies, making it a double feature. She got quite a response.
“There was a lot of people that are reaching out and are offering to pay for the ticket or offering to help make it happen in a sense,” Stanke said.
So which movie will Stanke see first?
“I am gonna go Oppenheimer first,” Stanke said. “Obviously I think that is more up my alley.” | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/21/wausau-native-miss-america-grace-stanke-weighs-in-on-barbenheimer/ | 2023-07-21 20:25:57 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/news/2023/07/21/wausau-native-miss-america-grace-stanke-weighs-in-on-barbenheimer/ |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed the PACT Act, a bill expanding health care access for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
Survivors and the loved ones of victims were at the White House for the emotional ceremony.
Veteran Ken Brownell said the day was “a great emotional release.”
“I’ve been fighting for this for years,” veteran Brandi Benson said.
Before Wednesday, many veterans say they suffered in the shadows.
“This is the most significant law our nation has ever passed to help millions of veterans,” Biden said.
Veteran John Baenen said he and his entire troop returned home with invisible wounds and conditions the VA refused to treat.
“I was 28 years old and did a cat scan … they told me I had the bone structure of a 58-year-old man,” he said. “We’re recognized now. We couldn’t even get the government to recognize us.”
The president said starting immediately, veterans can get coverage for 23 health care conditions that were previously denied.
For Danielle Robinson and many other families, the coverage comes too late. Danielle Robinson is the widow of Heath Robinson, who the bill is named after.
“It’s just bittersweet,” Danielle Robinson said. “He was around a burn pit for three months in Iraq.”
Their daughter was by the president’s side during the signing.
“I didn’t see this coming at all when we were fighting our battle, but I’m grateful for it happening. And I’m grateful for being the face of this if I had to be,” Danielle Robinson said.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough said his administration is already hiring thousands to handle an influx of patients no longer in the shadows.
“The VA is ready to take this on,” McDonough said. | https://www.wric.com/washington-dc/bittersweet-biden-signs-bill-for-veterans-exposed-to-toxic-burn-pits/ | 2022-08-10 22:31:10 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/washington-dc/bittersweet-biden-signs-bill-for-veterans-exposed-to-toxic-burn-pits/ |
Conference Call Scheduled for November 29, 2022 at 9:00am ET
HAIFA, Israel, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT) (TASE: ESLT) ("Elbit Systems" or the "Company") announced today that it will be releasing its third quarter 2022 financial results on Tuesday, November 29, 2022.
Results Conference Call
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About Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international high technology company engaged in a wide range of defense, homeland security and commercial programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems, advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, signal intelligence systems, data links and communications systems, radios, cyber-based systems and munitions. The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing platforms, developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial applications and providing a range of support services, including training and simulation systems.
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Growing up, I rarely saw people that looked like me in TV shows and movies I liked to watch. I watched Disney a lot, and I was already seven years old when the first Black princess was introduced. It’s nearly 13 years later, and Disney is still in the stage of trying to meet acceptable standards of racial representation.
It was recently announced that Halle Bailey, a Black woman, will be playing Ariel in the live action remake of “The Little Mermaid.” This is a hopeful step in the right direction for media representation at Disney, but it doesn’t change the company’s long history of racial stereotyping and exclusion in its films.
After its debut with “Snow White” in 1937, it took Disney over 80 years to give its young and impressionable audience Black representation with “The Princess and the Frog.” Even then, Princess Tiana isn’t presented in the same manner as her white counterparts. Tiana’s storyline is the only one driven by financial hardship, whereas Cinderella, Aurora, Snow White and Ariel are born into wealthy families. With Tiana working two jobs and her mother cleaning houses, these women fall into the stereotype of the “Black servant” that history has associated with Black womanhood.
Not only is Tiana represented in a way that strips her of her femininity, but she’s also represented in a way that strips her of her humanity –– literally. Less than 30 minutes into the film, Tiana is transformed into a frog and spends the majority of the film in that state. The first time Black children saw themselves as a princess was quickly ripped away. In fact, the only Black character that stays Black the entire film is the villain.
On top of this, the film is set in the 1920s Jim Crow South, yet it doesn't acknowledge the racial implications of the time. Obviously, the white directors who planned the movie don’t understand the Black experience, but that doesn’t give them justification to make the only Black princess an animal. It seems like they thought introducing a Black princess, regardless of if she is human or not, would make up for Disney’s racist track record with other films like “The Jungle Book,” where King Louie has been accused of being a racist caricature of a Black person, or “Dumbo,” where a leader of a group of crows is called Jim Crow.
However, it’s clear Disney doesn’t truly care as much about Black representation as they let on. Eleven years after Princess Tiana spent three-fourths of her film as a frog, Disney-Pixar Studios did something similar yet again.
The 2020 film “Soul” focuses on the character Joe Gardner, a Black pianist and music teacher. For most of the film, his body is inhabited by the spirit of a character called 22 who is played by white actress Tina Fey. Ironically, Joe Gardner’s body is “colonized” by whiteness while he takes the form of a cat. Another example of white voice actors taking over Blackness lies in "The Lion King" where Moira Kelly voices Nala, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Matthew Broderick voice young and old Simba. While children cannot see white people are behind these characters, it’s a testament to the lack of effort Disney has put forth in diverse representation.
Some would argue Disney is taking steps now to undo the harm they have caused with racist films and to diversify their character repertoire. For example, Disney+ has recently added disclaimers before movies such as “Peter Pan,” “Dumbo” and “Aladdin” that state Disney’s disapproval for the blatant racism in the movies. However, a warning statement isn’t enough. It doesn’t erase the franchise’s racist history, and it certainly doesn’t show signs of active change in modern films.
If Disney really wants to make up for their mistakes, they need to rely on more than performative statements and the occasional Black lead.
While Disney can’t undo the past, they can make efforts to continue expanding diversity both on and off screen. They can hire voice actors that actually identify with the characters they are playing. They can hire cultural consultants to avoid making tone-deaf statements or stereotypes in films as they have a history of doing. They can make sure people of color actually remain people for the entirety of their films. They can make sure Halle Bailey isn’t the last person of color to lead in a movie.
As a child, I know it would have helped me embrace my Blackness had I not been met with racist and exclusive media. Hopefully, the live action remake of “The Little Mermaid” is just the beginning of a new trajectory for Disney in the realm of representation and inclusivity. | https://www.technicianonline.com/opinion/opinion-disney-has-a-long-disappointing-history-of-racist-representation-in-their-media/article_8d127c5c-394b-11ed-a9ee-334edf4bb6e0.html | 2022-09-21 10:54:39 | 1 | https://www.technicianonline.com/opinion/opinion-disney-has-a-long-disappointing-history-of-racist-representation-in-their-media/article_8d127c5c-394b-11ed-a9ee-334edf4bb6e0.html |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s new government was inaugurated after formally winning parliament's approval Wednesday, some six months after an election that reaffirmed the domination of autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic and his right-wing populists.
The vote in the 250-seat assembly was 157 for and 68 against the new cabinet. The rest of the lawmakers were absent.
The new government, which will be led by Vucic’s close party associate Ana Brnabic for her third consecutive term as prime minister, will have to deal with strategic decisions facing the Balkan country. Those include Western calls for Serbia to join sanctions against its ally Russia over the war in Ukraine and normalize relations with the former Serbian province of Kosovo — if it wants to join the European Union.
The new cabinet has 28 ministers, including some staunchly pro-Russian like Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic. It also has officials who are considered pro-Western, but they will run less prominent ministries that will have little say on Serbia’s future foreign policy decisions.
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Vucic, who leads the ruling SNS party and who wields almost full influence over government policies, has said he has “limitless trust” in Brnabic, 47, who became Serbia’s first female — and openly gay — premier in 2017.
In her inaugural speech in Parliament, Brnabic tried to downplay claims that the new government is either pro-Russian or pro-Western.
“We are building a European Serbia and (EU) membership itself certainly does not depend only on us,” she said. “Serbia will also continue to invest in its friendships with other countries,” she added, in an apparent reference to Russia and China.
Although its largest portion of foreign trade is with EU-member states, Serbia is almost entirely dependent on Russian gas and has bought weapons from Russia, while China is a major investor.
A former anti-Western ultranationalist, Vucic has said he wants to lead Serbia into the EU. But he has refused to join Western sanctions against Russia and maintains friendly ties with Moscow despite the war in Ukraine. Aligning foreign policies with those of the EU remains one of the main pre-conditions for Serbia to join the 27-nation bloc.
Political analyst Milan St. Protic said Vucic and the governments he has hand-picked during his 10-year rule have allowed the expansion of Russian influence in the country.
“It is clear that Serbia has found itself in the Russian jaws,” Protic said. “When that door was opened, they (the Russians) came in from all sides.”
Vucic won another five-year mandate in the April vote, which was both a parliamentary and a presidential election.
Analysts have said Vucic wanted to delay the formation of a new government as long as possible to put off making big decisions that could hurt his standing among his predominantly pro-Russian electorate.
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HEFEI, China, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iFLYTEK was included as a constituent of the Hang Seng (China A) Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index (HSSUSB) for its outstanding performance in making environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies central to the company's advancement. iFLYTEK is committed to fostering systemic innovations to ensure the highest standard of corporate environmental accountability and the greatest societal impact.
Selection for the index includes a thorough sustainability assessment undertaken by the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA). The assessment measures seven core indicators: corporate governance, human rights, labor practices, environment, equitable operations, consumer issues, community engagement and development.
iFLYTEK has sought to meet the climate challenges of our times by fostering innovative technology applications for mitigating industrial and individual impacts on the environment. This approach earned many honors for iFLYTEK, including an "Outstanding Practice Case" from the China Association for Public Companies, a AAA rating in the China Securities Index ESG Evaluation, and the Best ESG Information Disclosure Award from New Fortune.
iFLYTEK takes pride in the company's continued efforts to provide environmental solutions that address society's most pressing needs using advanced artificial intelligence technology.
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LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. ("Innovative Industrial Properties" or the "Company") (NYSE: IIPR).
Class Period: May 7, 2020 – April 13, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 24, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that the Company's focus is to be a cannabis company lender rather than a real estate investment trust; (2) that the true values of the Company's properties are significantly lower than Innovative Industrial Properties represents; (3) existential issues in its top customers; (4) that as a result, its top customers may not be able to continue making payments to the Company, which would face significant issues replacing these customers; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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BUCKEYE, Ariz. — The Buckeye Police Department is investigating the death of a woman who was found in a vehicle Tuesday morning.
The 19-year-old's body was discovered at about 11 a.m. near Skyline Regional Park, located in the 2600 block of North Watson Road. The woman did not show any obvious signs of trauma, police said.
Investigators are still trying to determine the circumstances leading up to the woman's death.
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What is the Valley?
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
Mesa
Chandler
Scottsdale
Tempe
Glendale
Surprise
Peoria
Gilbert
El Mirage
Avondale
Litchfield Park
Goodyear
Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
How big is Maricopa County?:
Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm sought on Wednesday to toughen up pollution restrictions to ensure that harmful pollutants are eliminated by 2050 to potentially save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
The European Commission’s proposals center on air, waste and water pollution, and need the backing of the EU parliament and member states before they can be made mandatory. That is likely to take many months.
Air pollution is the biggest threat to the bloc’s 450 million citizens. The proposals include the doubling of limits to permissible fine air particles by 2030. Such particles are make up a significant part of air pollution overall, which the EU says is killing nearly 300,000 people a year.
Because effective enforcement of pollution rules has so far proven difficult, the proposals will empower ailing citizens to seek legal redress with better compensation rights and collective action to seek damages.
On just air pollution, the Commission estimates that as much as 121 billion euros could be saved by 2030 if the rules are adopted.
“The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of prevention,” said Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is affecting all EU plans and environmental protection is no exception given that Moscow’s energy squeeze on EU nations has already forced many nations to revive policies centered around fossil fuel use.
Delivering on anti-pollution measures “is not getting easier in the current geopolitical conditions but we cannot afford distractions,” said Sinkevicius. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/science-and-technology/ap-eu-commission-proposes-tougher-pollution-rules/ | 2022-10-26 11:52:32 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/science-and-technology/ap-eu-commission-proposes-tougher-pollution-rules/ |
TORONTO, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Black Professionals in Tech Network (BPTN) is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for its inaugural tech industry awards ceremony, Obsidi By BPTN Awards, presented by BMO. The awards ceremony, set to take place on June 21, 2023 aims to celebrate the contributions of leading Black professionals and Black-led organizations in North America who are making a tangible difference in the tech industry. The initiative is unique in terms of the concept because it directs an important spotlight on the body of work of a cohort of influential and innovative Black professionals, a racialized community group seldom heard or even celebrated within the tech industry.
The nominations for the categories below must be submitted via the Obsidi By BPTN Awards, presented by BMO website, no later than Friday, January 20, 2023, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. However, all the award winners will be officially announced on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, during Black History Month.
The awards ceremony will honour Black professionals and Black-led organizations making a tangible difference in the following ten categories:
- Black Tech Executive of the Year
- Black Employee Resource Group of the Year
- Black Marketer of the Year
- Black Venture Capital Firm of the Year
- Black Breakout Professional of the Year – Sales Division
- Black Breakout Professional of the Year – Technology Division
- Black Product Innovator of the Year
- Black Designer of the Year
- BMO Black Tech Community Builder of the Year
- BMO Black Entrepreneur of the Year, Technology Industry
"Obsidi By BPTN Awards, presented by BMO, is a game-changing initiative. Get ready to be inspired and amazed by all the exceptional achievements within North America's Black tech ecosystem. We know that Black professionals and Black-led organizations are crushing it both in the workforce and business. Now we're providing them with a platform to cement their legacies in history and reaffirm what we've always known; Black professionals are an innovation powerhouse in the tech industry to be reckoned with!" announces Lekan Olawoye, CEO and founder of BPTN.
"We are honoured to partner with BPTN to recognize Black professionals in technology. The best teams are diverse teams, and BMO is committed to celebrating top talent and their achievements in the industry. These awards are the first of their kind. We're thrilled to raise the bar for future generations," added Bojan Pavlovic, CIOO North American Personal & Business Banking and Wealth Management, BMO Financial Group.
For more information about the nomination criteria, table bookings, sponsorship and any other event details, please visit obsidi.com.
For media passes or all other media relations inquiries, please contact Brendan Waller, Director of Product Marketing, BPTN, bwaller@bptn.com.
Black Professionals in Tech Network (BPTN) is the largest Black community of tech professionals in North America. Founded in 2018, BPTN bridges the network gap in the tech industry by providing Black technical and business professionals with senior executive sponsorship, skills building and a strong peer network to level up their careers. BPTN partners with companies to attract, hire and retain Black talent. With more than sixty thousand members and 66 customers, BPTN has launched Obsidi, a multi-sided networking platform for professionals looking to learn, grow and level up their careers.
Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of CAD$1.14 trillion as of October 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ P.H. Glatfelter Co. (GLT) on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $2.1 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said it had a loss of 4 cents.
The maker of specialty papers and fiber-based engineered materials posted revenue of $364 million in the period.
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TOKYO (AP) — Leaders of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of the “Quad.” What is the group, where did it come from and why do diplomats keep coming up with strange names for various partnerships?
WHAT IS THE QUAD?
Formally the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, the Quad began as a loose partnership after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, when the four countries joined together to provide humanitarian and disaster assistance to the affected region. It was formalized by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007, but then fell dormant for nearly a decade, particularly amid Australian concerns that its participation in the group would irritate China.
The group was resurrected in 2017, reflecting changing attitudes in the region toward China’s growing influence. Both the Trump and Biden administrations saw the Quad as key to a pivot toward placing more focus on the Indo-Pacific region, particularly as a counterweight to China’s assertive actions. The Quad leaders held their first formal summit in 2021 and met again virtually in March.
IS IT AN “ASIAN NATO”?
China has complained that the group represents an attempt at forming an “Asian NATO,” though unlike the European alliance there is no mutual-defense pact in effect. Quad members say the group is meant to deepen economic, diplomatic and military ties among the four countries. And while they don’t often explicitly say it, those partnerships are meant to be a bulwark against Chinese aggression. In a March 2021 declaration laying out the “Spirit of the Quad,” the leaders said, “We bring diverse perspectives and are united in a shared vision for the free and open Indo-Pacific. We strive for a region that is free, open, inclusive, healthy, anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion.”
WHO ARE THE NEW FACES?
Tuesday’s meeting marks the first in-person gathering of the group for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who took office last October, as well as for Australia’s new prime minister, Anthony Albanese. He was sworn-in on Monday, just two days after Australia’s parliamentary election and one day before the summit.
WHAT ABOUT INDIA?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending as he faces increasing global scrutiny over his government’s crackdown on minorities and some authoritarian tendencies. In addition, while the other members of the Quad have been united in standing up against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, especially with sanctions, India increased its purchases of Russian energy supplies after the invasion. Moreover, the invasion has led to food shortages that are causing price spikes, yet India banned wheat exports following a heat wave that could make this global challenge much tougher to resolve.
WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED?
South Korea has expressed interest in joining the Quad, though U.S. officials have said they are not contemplating adjusting the group’s membership. The group has held “Quad-plus” meetings that have included South Korea, New Zealand and Vietnam, which could form the basis for future expansion or partnership in the region.
WHY THE ODD NAME?
Diplomats can’t help themselves. Once they start up different pairings or partnerships, they can’t resist assigning shorthand names like the Quad or baffling acronyms like AUKUS ( the new Australia- U.K.-U.S. alliance ). Another acronym that got attention this week while President Joe Biden was in Asia: IPEF, short for the U.S.-proposed new trade pact called the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Philadelphia Flyers are in rebuilding mode, so that makes waiting for Matvei Michkov to finish his commitment in Russia a bit easier.
The Flyers answered perhaps the biggest question coming into Wednesday night's NHL draft by taking the Russian right winger at No. 7 overall.
Michkov wasn't the first Russian selected. That was defenseman Dmitriy Simashev at No. 6 by Arizona despite Michkov being considered possibly the best Russian prospect since Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin in 2005.
Now the Flyers have no choice but to be patient after the team drafted a Russian in the first round for the third time in its history.
“We can't wait to have that answer ourselves,” general manager Daniel Briere said of exactly when Michkov will play for Philadelphia.
“It is what it is. We know he has got a contract for three more seasons. But for us we just felt after watching him play and after meeting him, we just felt it's a talent that we cannot pass up and if we have to wait, we'll wait.”
Especially if this pick turns into what Briere hopes.
“We hope that this turns out to be a home run. Time will tell,” Briere said. “It’s a little early. But we feel when he’s ready to come, he could really be a difference-maker. And that’s the risk that we were willing to take it to wait a little bit, to hopefully have a difference-maker on our hands.”
The Flyers met with the 5-foot-10, 172-pound right wing, who's so elusive Arizona general manager Bill Armstrong called him a “ghost” on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old forward from Perm, Russia, has been playing for Sochi in the KHL, and he is under contract with St. Petersburg through the 2025-26 season. He was rated the No. 2 international skater behind Sweden's Leo Carlsson, who went second overall to Anaheim.
Michkov brings speed and the kind of playmaking ability that could make him a superstar in the NHL. He persuaded the Flyers to be patient when they met with him a couple times.
The Russian also made clear he loves the Flyers.
“He wanted to be part of the Flyers,” Briere said. “We saw it on stage. His reaction was amazing. He convinced us basically in the meeting he wanted to be there and he wanted to be a Flyer. Our staff felt really good about selecting him.”
A translator who spoke for the Russian said Michkov expects to reward the patience of the Flyers and their fans.
“The ice will show everything,” the translator said. “So maybe everyone has to wait a bit, but when Matvei comes to the ice, everyone will see the wait was worth it.”
Michkov had 20 points in 27 games after being loaned to Sochi on Dec. 20. He started last season moving between St. Petersburg’s KHL and Division II teams.
In the 2021-22 playoffs for SKA St. Petersburg's junior team, he scored a playoff-best 13 goals in 17 games. He also won a silver medal and was the MVP of the 2021 Under-18 world championships, where he led all players with 12 goals and 16 points in seven games.
Briere said the team has made clear to fans that its turnaround won't be instantaneous.
“He’s a clear example of that,” Briere said of Michkov.
Not going higher also seems to have provided Michkov with some motivation.
“He likes to play against the best ones,” the translator said. “So he’ll do his best to play against them, win against them so he will have double motivation to prove that he’s the best player.”
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Apartment buildings are springing up virtually overnight in Grand Junction. An Aspen developer, using a modular construction model, put up two 24-unit apartment buildings in about two weeks.
This is not something Grand Junction is used to seeing, and not just because of the alternative building method. This development, called Struthers Residences, isn’t the only new apartment development we’ve seen. The Eddy, which is on the West side of Las Colonias, was recently completed. Then there is Railyard at Rimrock, which is a 196-unit apartment complex that opened last year.
Still more are planned by several different developers. The Aspen developer building Struthers, Shannon Sweeney, is planning to add 649 housing units to the Grand Valley. Hundreds more are also being planned, with some getting ready to start building.
With so many new, privately developed apartments being built, does it make sense to add new taxes for affordable housing? It’s complicated.
All these new units are great, but they are all market rate apartments, which aren’t affordable to many lower-income residents. While increasing the overall supply should, in theory, lower rents in older units, we still see a need for the city to play a role in solving the affordable housing crisis.
Grand Junction has three housing related ballot measures that will be voted on next Tuesday — 2A, 2B and 2C. To get it out of the way, 2C is a no-brainer. It allows the city to issue 99-year leases on city owned land for affordable housing projects. Longer leases give outside developers more certainty when pursuing a project and it doesn’t really cost the city anything.
The other two measures are a more difficult call.
Question 2B adds an 8% tax just on short-term rentals. At first glance this may seem pretty unfair. Why target this one specific type of business? We don’t have the same problem with these short-term rentals that the mountain towns do.
Proponents of 2B say that short-term rentals are actually benefiting from a tax loophole. While hotels and other vacation rentals pay higher commercial property tax rates, short-term rentals, like the ones found on Airbnb, pay the lower residential rate.
The revenue raised from this tax is estimated to be about $325,000, so a pretty small amount to the city. To us this is a tax policy question. The fact that the revenue would go toward affordable housing is an added benefit. We think it’s fair to try to establish tax parity between different vacation rental businesses.
Question 2A asks voters to raise the lodging tax rate by 1% to help fund affordable housing projects. This could raise around $1 million, according to the ballot question.
Supporters say this would provide a steady source of revenue to go toward its housing strategy. This is where our primary concern lies. Developing a housing strategy is important, but it’s also a pretty high level. If you want to point to exactly where this tax money will go, you really can’t except to say it will fund affordable housing. Specifics on how or where will be determined later. That makes us a little nervous.
Using lodging tax to take on affordable housing isn’t necessarily bad policy, but this feels a little rushed. Why not come up with some concrete, specific plans first and then ask for the money? The cart seems to be ahead of the horse.
And the last time we checked, the city was awash with unexpected revenue. Why not address immediate problems with cash on hand, then come back to the voters with a cogent plan on how a new tax will be used to address the affordable housing problem? | https://www.gjsentinel.com/wednesday-editorial/article_3e677028-57d5-11ed-bdf0-c3a65dd8b5d5.html | 2022-11-02 11:39:45 | 1 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/wednesday-editorial/article_3e677028-57d5-11ed-bdf0-c3a65dd8b5d5.html |
The first cracks are appearing in Arsenal's English Premier League title bid, right before the team's biggest match of the season.
A 1-1 draw at home to Brentford on Saturday came a week after a lackluster 1-0 loss at Everton.
Hardly the run of results the leader will have wanted heading into the big one on Wednesday, when second-placed Manchester City comes to Emirates Stadium.
Six points separate the teams, though City can reduce that when the defending champion hosts Aston Villa on Sunday. Beat Arsenal, too, and City could even climb into first place — albeit having played a game more.
Arsenal was flat against a Brentford team which — following the playbook of Everton — defended in numbers and hit on the break, leading to lots of sterile possession from Mikel Arteta's team.
Leandro Trossard's first goal for Arsenal since his move from Brighton gave the hosts the lead in the 66th minute when he converted a cross from Bukayo Saka.
Ivan Toney claimed Brentford's equalizer with a close-range header eight minutes later after Arsenal failed to clear a free kick.
It is the first time this season that Arsenal has gone back-to-back games without a win, and this was the just the second time the team has dropped points at home.
“Games are won in margins in this league," Arteta said, “and when you take the margins away it becomes really difficult. The team had a really strong performance again today but we didn’t get the three points.”
NEWCASTLE HELD
Newcastle has finally hit something of a sticky patch, too.
The Saudi-owned team drew at relegation-threatened Bournemouth 1-1, a week after drawing West Ham 1-1 at home. In fact, Newcastle has had five draws in its last six league games.
Newcastle is clinging on to fourth place but all of these draws will give hope to the chasing pack.
TOTTENHAM'S BAD DAY
Tottenham lost a game and one of its key players.
As if getting thrashed by Leicester 4-1 wasn't bad enough, Tottenham saw star midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur go off in the second half with what looked like a serious leg injury ahead of a last-16 match against AC Milan in the Champions League next week.
Bentancur gave Tottenham the lead but Leicester replied through goals from Nampalys Mendy, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho and Harvey Barnes.
Manager Antonio Conte was back in the dugout for Spurs after gallbladder surgery.
FELIX'S FIRST GOAL
João Félix’s second match for Chelsea went better than his first.
The Portugal forward scored his first goal for the club in a 1-1 draw at West Ham on his return from a three-game suspension following a sending-off on his debut a month ago.
Félix guided home a volley off a cross from another new signing, Enzo Fernandez, in the 16th minute only for Emerson Palmieri — a former Chelsea player — to equalize in the 28th.
It was a third straight draw for Chelsea’s expensively assembled team, which is languishing in ninth place.
FACING THE SACK
Southampton manager Nathan Jones' job is in the balance after Saints squandered a lead in a 2-1 home loss to Wolverhampton, which played more than an hour with 10 men and scored goals in the 72nd and 87th minutes.
January signing Joao Gomes scored the winner to leave Southampton in last place and four points from safety.
Under Jones, who replaced Ralph Hasenhuttl three months ago, Southampton has lost seven of its eight league games.
As the fulltime whistle was greeted by a chorus of deafening boos, Jones headed straight down the tunnel.
“I have never done that in my life before,” Jones said. “In terms of 390 games, I have never done that, but I am not sure if me going round clapping would have shown respect.”
Asked if it was likely to be his last match in charge, Jones replied: “I have no idea.”
Fulham beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 to climb to seventh place, and Brighton was held by Crystal Palace to 1-1.
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CLAREMONT, Calif., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Claremont McKenna College junior Pieter van Wingerden has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, the nation's most prestigious and competitive scholarship for aspiring public service leaders.
Van Wingerden studies Government and Asian Studies at CMC and is interested in political, economic, and military issues in the Indo-Pacific. He is CMC's 20th Truman Scholar since the coveted scholarship was established by Congress in 1975. From Edmonds, Washington, he is the only Washington resident to win a Truman this year.
Each Truman Scholar demonstrates outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector, and academic excellence. Truman Scholars receive funding for graduate studies, leadership training, career counseling, and special internship and fellowship opportunities within the federal government.
Established as the living memorial to former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, and a national monument to public service, the Truman Scholarship carries the legacy of President Truman by supporting and inspiring the next generation of public service leaders.
This year, 62 new Truman Scholars were selected from 705 candidates nominated by 275 colleges and universities. They were recommended by 17 independent selection panels based on the finalists' academic success and leadership accomplishments, as well as their likelihood of becoming public service leaders. Regional selection panels included distinguished civic leaders, elected officials, university presidents, federal judges, and past Truman Scholarship winners.
As he sat in his Government 150 classroom, van Wingerden received the joyful news from CMC President Hiram E. Chodosh, who arrived toward the end of class to make the surprise announcement, eliciting cheers from van Wingerden's classmates.
Chodosh said he found the setting "fitting," as "it doesn't take away from this outstanding individual accomplishment to recognize the investments that each of you make in one another peer-to-peer, and that your great faculty members, amazing program directors, and academic leadership team make in each of you."
"Our entire CMC community comes together to celebrate Pieter's Truman Scholarship," Chodosh continued. "His commitment to CMC and public service are inspirational."
A stunned van Wingerden demonstrated the poise he displays on the mound as a left-handed pitcher for the CMS baseball team. He quickly regathered his composure, and stood up to shake hands with Chodosh, CMC Director of Fellowship Advising Brian Davidson '08, Prof. Jack Pitney, and Prof. Ellen Rentz, Associate Dean of the Faculty for Curriculum; who had all gathered to share in the celebration.
"I didn't see this coming at all," van Wingerden admitted. "It's so kind of you all to be here. I really appreciate the recognition."
Prof. Lisa Koch leads the "U.S. National Security Policy" (Govt. 150) course, where the announcement was made. Her experience as a Truman Scholar herself helped as she mentored van Wingerden through the application process. "I'm absolutely thrilled by the news," she said. "Pieter is very well-prepared. He has the depth of policy knowledge, the acumen, and the desire to serve his country that are the hallmarks of Truman Scholar. I'm just thrilled by his accomplishments."
"We talked about national security policy all semester in class, So I think we all helped Pieter to prepare," she added, sparking laughter from her students.
As an American who grew up abroad, van Wingerden has experienced firsthand the important role our nation's foreign policy plays in protecting and promoting international peace and security. His time in Hong Kong during the 2014 and 2019 pro-democracy protests sparked his desire to enter public service. He carried his overseas experiences to campus, where he runs the Claremont chapter's Alexander Hamilton Society, leading seminars on China's grand strategy and cross-strait relations. He previously earned grants from the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies to research national security apparatuses in East Asia and U.S. arms sales policies toward Taiwan, as well as interning with the Project 2049 Institute and the U.S. Department of Defense. He has also served as a research assistant at the Rose Institute for State and Local Government.
After the announcement, Prof. Pitney, who is a member of CMC's Truman Scholar committee, shared that he has been involved with the Truman Scholarships for the past 37 years. "The scholarship really gets to the whole mission of CMC of public leadership and public affairs," he said.
A College-record of five Claremont McKenna College juniors were named finalists for the Truman Scholarship this year, and CMC was one of only two institutions with an unprecedented five finalists.
As for van Wingerden, Pitney said, "I look forward to his future tenure as Secretary of Defense."
When van Wingerden emerged from class, he said he wanted to "thank a lot of people and institutions here at CMC: Brian Davidson, Professor Koch, Professor Terrill Jones, the Rose Institute and the Keck Center, as well as Coach Walkenbach and the entire baseball team. From the day I stepped foot in Claremont, they have all supported me toward my pursuits in foreign policy and national security, and —more broadly— just wanting to serve my country, and do some good work in the public sector."
Five to seven years after he completes graduate school, van Wingerden aspires to become a national security professional, specifically working with policymakers. "I cannot imagine a more rewarding career than joining the national security community that is tasked with collecting and synthesizing complex information for policymakers – chiefly the president," he said. "Working with policymakers to keep Americans safe and advancing American values and interests would be a great honor but an even greater responsibility."
Winning the Truman Scholarship "is really a great honor," he continued. "And I'm thankful and appreciative of the faith and confidence that the Truman Foundation has put into me and their willingness to invest in me as someone who wants to enter the public sector."
When asked, "What's next?" van Wingerden replied: "I gotta call my folks!"
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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a long shot effort to put a majority of the Senate on the record opposing the decision.
While the bill is not expected to pass — and is unlikely to even get a vote — the legislation introduced by two Republicans and two Democrats on Monday is intended to send a signal to state legislatures and the public that a majority of the Senate supports codifying Roe, even if they can’t get the necessary 60 votes to pass it in the 50-50 Senate.
“We still think there is utility in showing there is a bipartisan majority that would want to codify Roe,” even though the bill doesn’t have enough votes, said Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who introduced the legislation with Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
The legislation would prohibit most state regulations that prevent abortion access before fetal viability, generally considered to be around 24 weeks. It would allow state restrictions after that point, as long as the mother’s life is protected. It would also protect access to contraception, an issue after Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion to the decision overturning Roe that decisions guaranteeing access to contraception and other rights may need to be revisited.
The bipartisan bill is narrower than legislation preferred by most Democrats — passed by the House but blocked by Senate Republicans — that would have protected abortion rights and expanded them beyond what was allowed in the landmark 1972 Roe v. Wade decision. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Collins and Murkowski all voted against that bill despite opposition to the overturning of Roe.
Kaine said he felt like Democrats “left votes on the table” after that effort. He said he was encouraged by a new law designed to reduce gun violence that passed the House and Senate after horrific shootings in Texas and New York.
“There were not 60 votes either” for that legislation until members decided that inaction was no longer an option, he said.
Democrats would need 10 Republican votes to overcome a filibuster and get a bill through the 50-50 Senate, but only Collins and Murkowski have publicly backed abortion rights.
By overturning Roe, the court has allowed states to enact strict abortion limits, including many that had previously been deemed unconstitutional. The ruling is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half of the states.
Already, a number of GOP-controlled states have moved quickly to curtail or outlaw abortion, while states controlled by Democrats have sought to champion access. Voters now rank abortion as among the most pressing issues facing the country, a shift in priorities that Democrats hope will reshape the political landscape in their favor for the midterm elections.
The support of Kaine and Sinema, a moderate, comes as some activists have accused President Joe Biden and other top Democrats of failing to respond forcefully enough to the decision.
Kaine said there is an increased sense of urgency since the June decision, and suggested he or others may go to the floor at some point and request a vote, an effort that is unlikely to succeed but could call attention to the bill as majorities of Americans say they disagree with the Supreme Court decision.
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Mubashar Hasan, Western Sydney University
(THE CONVERSATION) Bangladesh, which became independent from Pakistan in 1971, is a young country. Only 7 percent of the 160 million people in this South Asian country – which is home to more Muslims than Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia combined – are over the age of 60, according to a 2016 United Nations Development Program report.
It is young, but not hopeful. Youth unemployment is high in Bangladesh, especially among those with only a primary school education. According to a recent survey, 82 percent of young people are not optimistic about getting a job.
One consequence of this youthful unrest is religious radicalization. Once lauded for its secularism, Bangladesh is now seeing young people increasingly adopt more conservative Islamic values. Though many conservative Muslims denounce violence in the name of Islam, religiously motivated crimes are on the rise. Since 2013, at least 30 secular bloggers, authors, intellectuals and publishers have been murdered.
But there is another story about youthful anger in this Muslim nation, too. And it contradicts that all-too-familiar narrative about radicalization. It’s the story of hip-hop.
Tupac, Eminem and young rage
Over the past 15 years or so, a new kind of musical activism has emerged in Bangladesh, one inspired by American rappers like Tupac Shakur, Eminem, NWA and Public Enemy.
The old school hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur – who was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996 – holds particular significance for Bangladeshi MCs. Like Shakur, who spoke of police brutality and racism in the U.S., Bangladesh’s young rappers want to use their music to criticize their country’s political dysfunction, democratic erosion and gaping inequality.
Hip-hop was born as protest music in the United States. The genre emerged in the late 1970s, as black Americans raised their voices against the poverty, police brutality and violence taking place in black communities.
Songs like “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy and NWA’s “F*!k tha Police” underpinned the black struggle for black freedom and freedom of speech in America. This trend continues today, with hip-hop fueling the social movement Black Lives Matter.
Breaking the culture of silence
Over the past 12 months, I have listened to about 50 tracks by some two dozen Bangladeshi hip-hop artists. With this project, which grew out of my research on political Islam in Bangladesh, I hope to understand how this emerging underground genre reflects the youthful unrest that drives violence and radicalization in the country.
Though many Bangladeshi rappers rhyme about love, money and romance, there are several recurring political themes. One is the culture of silence around inequality.
“Everyone is silent … nobody is talking,” observes rapper Skib Khan in “Shob Chup.” The elite need inequality, he says, because “otherwise how will the rich get servants to serve their families?”
In Bangladesh, more than 60 million people – nearly a third of the population – live below the poverty line of US$1.90 per day. Twenty percent of Bangladeshis hold 41 percent of all wealth in the country.
Inequality is visible everyday in the slums of the capital Dhaka, arguably the world’s most crowded city. But it is ignored in the nation’s political debate.
“Shob Chup,” which translates to “everyone is silent,” frames the country’s inequality and disenfranchisement as a betrayal of the inclusive, secular and democratic ideals behind Bangladesh’s 1971 revolution.
Rapping for freedom of speech
Bangladeshi hip-hop, which is celebrated with an annual festival in Dhaka, is also a defense of free speech in a country where that right is rapidly eroding.
In 2013, the government amended the Information and Communication Technology Act to mandate a jail sentence of seven up to 14 years for online speech deemed “offensive” by the courts. Since then, 1,271 Bangladeshi journalists and activists have been charged with cyber defamation, according to the international nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch.
A proposed new digital security law would impose even stricter regulation of speech.
In his track “Bidrohi,” or “rebel,” rapper Towfique Ahmed sees these crackdowns as a violation of Bangladesh’s founding ideals.
“I haven’t seen the war but I heard of it. I don’t know how to do revolution but my blood is on fire,” he raps. “Don’t take me as someone who is stupid because of my silence.”
Another group Cypher Project raps about the high-profile 2014 murder case in which security forces abducted and killed seven people in the Bangladeshi city of Narayanganj.
Dysfunctional politics
Bangladesh’s politics is bloody. By virtually any measure – political equality, freedom of speech, human rights, religious tolerance, press freedom – this is a country struggling with the most basic tenets of democracy.
Rappers’ criticism of Bangladeshi politics can be fierce.
One group, Uptown Lokolz has declared elections, which are held every five years, pointless. The “country’s situation changes in every five years,” they rap. Yet “whoever comes in the power … everything is lost under the curtains of self-interest.”
Rappers also indict self-serving politicians for the rise in religious violence in Bangladesh. In “White Democracy,” the rapper Matheon wonders “for how long religion would be subject of big politics … maybe I am a Christian but I understand your corruption.”
Research confirms that mainstream parties in Bangladesh have embraced religious zealotry for political gain, giving Islamic extremists more power. Religious radicalization is not a marginal phenomenon in Bangladesh: Studies have found that many who support terrorism in the name of religion come from a middle-class background.
The U.S.-based Bangladeshi rapper Lal Miah condemns politicians who foment religious zealotry as “frauds who are betraying the secular spirit of 1971.”
Towfique Ahmed has perhaps the most pointed critique. Bangladeshi politicians corrupting society for their own benefit, he says, are waging “false Jihad.”
Speaking truth to power in a time and place where that habit is strongly discouraged sends a powerful political message. Hip-hop in Bangladesh, as in the U.S., becomes protest music simply by unflinchingly portraying the harsh reality that too many young people live everyday.
This article has been updated to correct the date and location of Tupac Shakur’s death.
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Dear Amy: Should I decline opportunities to see friends or family if it is to attend an unpleasant activity?
My friends love watching painfully terrible movies and discussing the plot and production in excruciating detail.
And my family is upset that I don’t want to attend sporting events that I no longer enjoy due to my poor vision, auditory sensitivities and overall lack of interest.
I just want to enjoy their company without these dreadful background distractions that are not in my wheelhouse, and they show disappointment when I decline or offer a quieter alternative.
I’ve tried to make the best of it, but I can’t even attend ironically.
Unironic in IL
Dear Unironic: It’s a shame you can’t attend these movie events, even ironically, because a sense of irony (or of seeing the humor) can be extremely helpful – especially when listening to others gasbag on about a terrible movie.
I wonder, also, if these friends might be interested in viewing a movie of your choosing?
Overall, if you don’t want to attend a gathering – for any reason – then don’t attend. Your best strategy is to learn to tolerate others’ disappointment if you choose not to attend a gathering where you will be uncomfortable.
Your friends and family are trying to include you, and even when declining – you should thank them for the invitation.
Dear Amy: My friend “Annie” and I are both in our mid-20s and love musicals. We decided to travel to New York in October to see a few shows.
The tickets are fairly pricey, so I was planning on saving money by staying with a friend who lives in the city. I thought my friend could probably make room for Annie, too.
After we agreed on the dates and shows, Annie sent me a screenshot with an order confirmation for her tickets, accompanied by a message saying she’d invited her husband and hoped that was OK.
I was frustrated. It was the first time in our planning she’d mentioned her husband coming. The way she did it really boxed me in.
Her husband and I are friends, but the past few times he joined us for shows he fell asleep and audibly snored.
If she had brought it up earlier, I would have pushed back.
I now have two questions. First, my friend can’t host three extra people in a tiny apartment. Is it all right if I leave Annie and her husband to find a hotel on their own?
Second, how do I express that even though I like her husband, I don’t always want him included on every trip; and that she needs to ask way earlier in the planning process if she wants to bring him?
Broadway Blues
Dear Broadway: Younger couples sometimes feel the need to do every single thing together (more seasoned couples offer one another more latitude), and I have a theory that Annie’s husband might have wheedled his way in just as she was perusing the online theater seating chart for her ticket.
But even if Annie felt danced into a corner, she absolutely should have run this change past you before committing.
You fear that your friend’s choice has transformed your fun two-person Broadway weekend into a production of Sartre’s famous three-character play “No Exit” (“Hell is other people…”), but I hope you will take this as a valuable lesson to always communicate and clarify. (Trust me, this lesson is worth the price of a Broadway ticket.)
Tell her now, “I’m frustrated. I thought this was a two-person weekend. I like your husband, but now I feel like a third wheel. I really wish you had discussed this with me beforehand. Also, unfortunately there is no way my friend can squeeze in three extra people, so can you two find a place to stay?”
After telling her this, I hope you will simply will yourself into having a fun time in New York. If you let this frustration defeat you, the weekend really will have been a waste.
Dear Amy: I am flabbergasted by the letter from “Disturbed” telling about the wedding invitation she received that was asking for donations toward the honeymoon, the wedding cake, etc.
I hope most potential newlyweds would understand how off-putting it actually is.
I had a beautiful wedding and requested nothing from my guests, except their treasured attendance!
Put Off
Dear Put Off: Marrying couples may have misunderstood my off-repeated advice that they need to finance their own weddings.
(I never intended that their guests should pay.)
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Owl Capital Inc. ("Blue Owl") (NYSE:OWL) today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
"Blue Owl's strong second quarter results reflected the stability and resiliency of our financial profile, which compared favorably to the ongoing volatility and dislocation we saw in public equity and debt markets during the quarter. Assets under management grew 91% year over year to $119 billion, supported by our meaningful permanent capital base, reflecting robust demand for our differentiated strategies," said Doug Ostrover, CEO of Blue Owl. "We feel very well positioned for the current market environment and see significant opportunities to raise and deploy capital across the business."
Blue Owl issued its full detailed presentation of its second quarter ended June 30, 2022 results, which can be viewed through the Investor Resources section of Blue Owl's website at https://ir.blueowl.com/events-and-presentations.
Dividend
Blue Owl declared a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per Class A Share, payable on August 29, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 22, 2022.
Quarterly Investor Call Details
Blue Owl will host its second quarter 2022 investor call via public webcast on August 4, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET. To register, please visit the Investor Resources section of Blue Owl's website at https://ir.blueowl.com/events-and-presentations. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (888) 330-2454 (U.S. callers) or +1 (240) 789-2714 (non-U.S. callers); conference ID 4153114. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, there will be a webcast replay available on the Investor Resources section of Blue Owl's website.
About Blue Owl
Blue Owl is a global alternative asset manager with $119.1 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2022. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, the firm deploys private capital across Direct Lending, GP Capital Solutions and Real Estate strategies on behalf of Institutional and Private Wealth clients. Blue Owl's flexible, consultative approach helps position the firm as a partner of choice for businesses seeking capital solutions to support their sustained growth. The firm's management team is comprised of seasoned investment professionals with more than 30 years of experience building alternative investment businesses. Blue Owl employs over 450 people across 10 offices globally.
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These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Blue Owl's control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of strategic acquisitions; costs related to acquisitions; the inability to maintain the listing of Blue Owl's shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"); Blue Owl's ability to manage growth; Blue Owl's ability to execute its business plan and meet its projections; potential litigation involving Blue Owl; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the possibility that Blue Owl may be adversely affected by other economic, business, geo-political and competitive factors; and the impact of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic on Blue Owl's business.
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World leaders call for open, pragmatic collaborations to address global challenges at IFF Annual Meeting
GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Finance Forum (IFF) 2022 Annual Meeting themed "The Ever-Changing World: Reshaping Our Shared Future" is being held online in Guangzhou on December 2-4, 2022.
Guests addressed the opening ceremony include Han Seung-soo, IFF Co-chairman, Chair, Council of the Presidents of the UN General Assembly (UNCPGA), António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister, Singapore, Henry Paulson, Former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Ho Hau Wah, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, and Zhou Xiaochuan, IFF Chairman of General Assembly.
Zhang Xin, Vice-Governor of Guangdong Province and Guo Yonghang, Mayor of Guangzhou also spoke at the event.
Guterres said financing for climate action must go hand-in-hand with financing for a just transition – including through investments in universal social protection, decent job creation, and re-skilling programmes for the new economy.
The guests called for open and pragmatic cooperation to address major global challenges the world faces.
Co-hosted by the Guangzhou municipal government and the IFF, the annual meeting bring together major international organizations, world leaders and business executives to discuss a whole range of global issues including polycrisis, climate crisis, green finance and China's economic outlook.
Georgieva called on China to further calibrate the COVID strategy to mitigate its economic impact to sustain and balance economic recovery.
Vice governor Zhang said Guangdong is currently contributing to the sustainable development of the global financial industry including by deepening reform and opening up and boosting cooperation in the Greater Bay Area.
In the three-day event, industry experts, world leaders, economists and academics will discuss Chinese economy, international cooperation, global finance governance, green transition, carbon pricing, global supply and value chains.
About International Finance Forum (IFF)
The International Finance Forum (IFF) is a non-profit, non-official independent international organization founded in October 2003 by leaders from China, the US, the EU and the other G20 countries, in concert with emerging economies and the leaders of multiple international organizations, including the UN, the World Bank and the IMF. Also known as the Finance 20 (F20), the IFF is also a high-level permanent dialogue mechanism and multilateral cooperation organization within the world of finance.
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Opal Lee, the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' hosts annual walk in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas - Thousands across the country are honoring Juneteenth in different ways. In North Texas, many are set to hit the pavement to celebrate with the woman who helped make it a federal holiday.
Opal’s Walk for Freedom is a 2.5-mile walk in Fort Worth’s historic southside neighborhood.
It represents the two-and-a-half years it took to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas and free the slaves here.
The walk is named in honor of Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth."
She campaigned for years to have June 19 declared a federal holiday. That officially happened in 2021 when President Joe Biden signed it into law.
Proceeds from Opal’s Walk go to the National Juneteenth Museum, which will be built in Fort Worth.
Construction is set to begin soon and is expected to take about two years.
Check-in for Opal’s Walk starts at 9 a.m. Monday. The walk itself starts just before 11 a.m.
There’s also a virtual walk at www.juneteenthftw.com/opalswalkforfreedom for those who can’t attend.
Free admission at Fort Worth Botanic Gardens on Juneteenth
The Fort Worth Botanic Gardens is also welcoming visitors for free in honor of Juneteenth.
This is the second year in a row the botanical garden will waive admission fees on the federal holiday.
The garden’s president said they’re proud to celebrate the day in Fort Worth, the home of Lee and the future National Juneteenth Museum.
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Rooftop Cinema Club hosting Juneteenth double feature
The Rooftop Cinema Club in Fort Worth is hosting a special double feature for Juneteenth.
The films "Love and Basketball" and "Candyman" will be shown on the roof of the Worthington Renaissance Hotel Monday night.
For ticket information, visit rooftopcinemaclub.com/fort-worth/venue/rooftop-cinema-club-downtown-ft-worth/.
Trinity Metro adjusts schedule for Juneteenth
There will be changes to Trinity Metro’s schedule in Tarrant County because of the federal holiday.
The bus and paratransit services will operate on a Sunday schedule.
TEXRail, the Trinity Railway Express, and ZipZone will all operate on regular schedules.
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NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t critics, political foes or their bosses that united Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham when they gathered via text message for a gripe session shortly after the 2020 election.
It was their own network’s news division.
“They’re pathetic,” Carlson wrote.
“THEY AREN’T SMART,” Ingraham emphasized.
“What news have they broken the last four years?” Hannity asked.
The Nov. 13, 2020, conversation was included among thousands of pages of recently released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox for its post-election reporting. Like much of what was uncovered, the exchange ultimately may have little bearing on whether Fox will be judged guilty of libel.
Instead, the material offers insight into how Fox’s stars and leadership responded at a time of high anxiety and how giving its audience what it wanted to hear took precedence over reporting uncomfortable truths.
The revelations have bolstered critics who say Fox News Channel should be considered a propaganda network rather than a news outlet.
Yet while Fox’s news side has seen the prominent defections of Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace in recent years, it still employs many respected journalists — such as Jennifer Griffin, Greg Palkot, John Roberts, Shannon Bream, Bryan Llenas, Jacqui Heinrich and Chad Pergram.
They’re left to wonder whether the raft of recent stories about Fox — from the Dominion documents and from Carlson’s use of U.S. Capitol security video to craft his own narrative of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack — will make their jobs more difficult. Will fewer people want to work with them because of the dominance of Fox’s opinion side?
Fox says it has increased its investment in journalism by more than 50% under Suzanne Scott, Fox News Media CEO, and usually leads its rivals in ratings during major breaking news stories.
“We are incredibly proud of our team of journalists who continue to deliver breaking news from around the world and will continue to fight for the preservation of the First Amendment,” the network said in a statement.
The post-election period in 2020 offered a stern test. The network’s election night declaration that Joe Biden had won in Arizona, ahead of any other news organization, infuriated its viewers. Many were sympathetic to former President Donald Trump’s claims of significant voter fraud even if, then as now, there has been no evidence of that.
After she covered a Nov. 19 news conference with Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani, then-Fox reporter Kristin Fisher said her boss in Washington, Bryan Boughton, called to say he was unhappy with her report. She said she was told she needed to do a better job of “respecting our audience,” according to documents released in the case.
“I believed that I was respecting our audience by telling them the truth,” Fisher, who now works at CNN, testified in a deposition on the Dominion case.
She later claimed that airtime was taken away from her in retaliation.
Heinrich drew the ire of Fox opinion hosts by tweeting a fact-check on some of Trump’s claims. In a text message, Carlson profanely said she should be fired.
“She has serious nerve doing this,” Fox publicity chief Irena Briganti said in an internal memo released among the court papers, “and if this gets picked up, viewers are going to be further disgusted. Her job is to report, not to taunt the president of the United States.”
During a Nov. 14 text conversation, Scott and Lachlan Murdoch, the executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corp., talked about how a Trump rally should be covered on the network.
“News guys have to be careful how they cover this rally,” Murdoch said. “So far some of the side comments have been slightly anti, and they shouldn’t be. The narrative should be this huge celebration of the president.”
In another message, he called Fox correspondent Leland Vittert “smug and obnoxious.” Vittert now works at NewsNation.
A week after the election, a Fox Corp. senior executive, Raj Shah, said in a memo that “bold, clear and decisive action is needed for us to begin to regain the trust that we’re losing with our core audience.”
Dominion argues, as part of its lawsuit, that nervousness about what its viewers wanted led Fox to air allegations that the voting machine company was complicit in fraud that hurt Trump, even though many people at the network didn’t believe them. In his own deposition, Fox founder Rupert Murdoch agreed the election had been fair and it “was not stolen.”
Fox counters that it was airing newsworthy charges made by the president and his followers.
Concern over the Arizona backlash spread to the news division, according to court documents. Fox News anchor Bret Baier said defending the call made him uncomfortable and suggested instead awarding the state to Trump. Roberts also sent a memo saying he’d been getting “major heat” over the decision.
In 2012, Fox stood strongly behind its decision desk when network commentator and veteran GOP aide Karl Rove questioned its correct call that Barack Obama had won in Ohio, essentially assuring him of reelection against Republican Mitt Romney.
In a memorable television moment, Megyn Kelly marched down the hall to hear the decision desk’s explanation for why the call was made.
Eight years later, signs of timidity at Fox appeared in the days after its Arizona call. When other news organizations ultimately declared Biden the president-elect on the Saturday morning after the election, Fox waited about 15 minutes.
On Nov. 20, 2020, Rupert Murdoch discussed with Scott in a private memo whether two Washington executives key to the Arizona race call should be fired, saying it would send a “big message” to Trump allies. The executives, Bill Sammon and Chris Stirewalt, lost their jobs two months later.
A Fox spokeswoman characterized the discussions about the Arizona call as part of a typical postmortem that happens after big news events. Despite “intense scrutiny,” Fox stood by its call. Even though Sammon and Stirewalt were forced out, Fox kept consultant Arnon Mishkin, who has run its decisions desk, for the 2024 election.
Scott, answerable to corporate bosses, noted in her deposition that she considered herself a television producer.
“I don’t consider myself a journalist,” said the head of Fox News Media. “I consider myself a TV executive. I hire journalists. I hire news people.”
Longtime Fox News Channel chief Roger Ailes wasn’t a journalist, either — his background was in politics. To some longtime Fox watchers, though, Ailes recognized that Fox’s opinion side drew strength from a solid news side, and he kept stronger barriers between the two.
Some of the information revealed in recent weeks illustrates how, in many ways, Fox has become less of an agenda-setter than an outlet that follows its audience, said Nicole Hemmer, a Vanderbilt University professor and author of “Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s.”
To date, no one in Fox management has talked about the Dominion case to its journalists, leaving some wondering whether there is anyone standing up for them, said one Fox journalist, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of professional retribution.
“There is some fine journalism still being done at Fox News today,” said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She cited the transition of “Fox News Sunday” from Wallace to Bream.
The fallout from the Dominion case, however, leaves open the question of whether Fox journalists will be allowed to do their jobs unconstrained by other forces, she said.
“It would be useful for Fox News, at this point, to make a clear statement that the news division has complete and total autonomy and that a clear line is drawn between it and the rest of Fox,” Jamieson said.
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18th Annual Florida Bat Fest is coming to Lubee
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The Florida Bat Fest will be Saturday, October 22nd from 10am to 5pm.
Organizers expect record turnout, anywhere between 4 to 5 thousand people.
There will be over 100 vendors, 150 bats and a beer barn.
The main bat building has 12 species.
They recently just had new babies born and ready to show off, “The baby bats were born earlier this year. We have 5 variable flying foxes born so people are going to be able to see those pups interacting with their moms and playing with each other. They are very curious right now they are just kind of starting to wander away from mom. Seeing the pups is a very unique experience” said director, Brian Pope.
Lubee will be debuting their new bat barn -- which is a large, shaded education area.
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BOSTON (AP) — Mikal Bridges was considered a defensive star and complementary offensive player in Phoenix before abruptly having his five-year run there ended when he was shipped to Brooklyn as part of the trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Suns.
Bridges gave his new team another glimpse of the go-to potential he could grow into.
Bridges scored 38 points and the Nets overcame a 28-point deficit to stun the Boston Celtics 115-105 on Friday night.
He has reached 30 or more points in three of Brooklyn’s last six games. Bridges also had 10 rebounds, playing nearly 43 minutes.
“I think we kind or realized over a couple of games that offense wasn’t really our problem,” Bridges said. “I feel like our offense is pretty good. But our defense, we got stops and stayed together possession-by-possession. … We just kept and stayed together.”
It was Brooklyn’s first victory over Boston in four meetings this season.
Bridges played through pain in the second half after knocking knees with Derrick White, hitting on the same spot he did in a similar collision with Jalen Brunson in Wednesday loss to the Knicks.
“I think when I got traded it was kind of at the right time because when everybody was out in Phoenix I had to take up another role offensively and be more aggressive,” Bridges said. “By the time I got traded I was in a great rhythm and was confident.”
Fellow former Sun Cam Johnson added 20 points. Dorian Finney-Smith finished with 17.
It is the largest comeback by a Boston opponent since the Los Angeles Clippers also rallied from 28 down to beat Boston 123-112 at TD Garden on Feb. 9, 2019.
The Celtics have lost two out of three and lost more ground on East-leading Milwaukee, which was idle Friday. Boston, which made 26 3-pointers in a 139-96 win over the Nets on Feb. 1, went just 9 of 30 from beyond the arc on Friday.
“They beat us in every analytical category possible,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “If we don’t commit to the margins, no matter how hard we play, we’re not going to win.”
Jaylen Brown led Boston with 35 points. Jayson Tatum, who was celebrating his 25th birthday, added 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Boston led by 28 in the first half before being outscored 69-43 over the second and third quarters.
The Nets scored just 23 points in the first 16 minutes of the game, allowing Boston to go up 51-23 with 7:23 left in the first half.
It evaporated in a rash of pull up jumpers and one-and-done possesses for the Celtics as Brooklyn mounted a 57-23 run to nudge in front 80-74 with 3:56 in the third quarter. The lead was 106-90 early in the fourth.
During one wild sequence, the Nets secured four offensive rebounds and had five shots on a single possession before the Celtics were finally able to corral the ball, triggering a fast break and layup by Derrick White. It was one of the few highlights for Boston the rest of the way.
The Nets’ frantic rally also saw the Celtics lose big man Robert Williams for the night after he left early in the third with left hamstring tightness.
A 3-pointer by Marcus Smart got Boston as close as 110-102 with just over four minutes to play. But Finney-Smith answered with a triple of his own on the Nets’ next possession.
The lead grew as high as 51-23 early in the second, but the Nets chipped it down 64-55 at halftime.
NEW INJURY FOR SIMMONS
Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said Ben Simmons began experiencing some back soreness this week while starting to increase his activity to strengthen the sore left knee that has kept him sidelined since the All-Star break restart. There isn’t a timeline for him to return, and there hasn’t been discussion of sitting him down for the remainder of the season.
TIP-INS
Nets: Outscored the Celtics 40-27 in the second quarter, shooting 65% (15 of 23) from the field. Bridges had 15 points in the period. … Johnson, who celebrated his 27th birthday, was whistled for three fouls in less than three minutes of action. It contributed to the Nets putting Boston in the bonus at the 8:48 mark of the opening quarter.
Celtics: Finished with 19 turnovers, leading to 21 Brooklyn points. …Went 0 for 6 from 3-point line in third quarter. … Al Horford played his 1,000th career regular-season game. He’s only the 11th active player to reach that plateau. After his milestone was announced to the TD Garden crowd, he capped the ensuing possession with a 3-pointer to put Boston in front 16-5.
UP NEXT
Nets: Host Charlottes on Sunday night.
Celtics: Host New York on Sunday night.
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More Twitter workers flee after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum
(AP) - Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay.
Some took to Twitter to announce they were signing off after Musk’s deadline to make the pledge. A number of employees took to a private forum outside of the company’s messaging board to discuss their planned departure, asking questions about how it might jeopardize their U.S. visas or if they would get the promised severance pay, according to an employee fired earlier this week who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
While it’s not clear how many of Twitter’s already-decimated staff took Musk up on his offer, the newest round of departures means the platform is continuing to lose workers just as it is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, one of the busiest events on Twitter that can overwhelm its systems if things go haywire.
“To all the Tweeps who decided to make today your last day: thanks for being incredible teammates through the ups and downs. I can’t wait to see what you do next,” tweeted one employee, Esther Crawford, who is remaining at the company and has been working on the overhaul of the platform’s verification system.
Since taking over Twitter less than three weeks ago, Musk has booted half of the company’s full-time staff of 7,500 and an untold number of contractors responsible for content moderation and other crucial efforts. He fired top executives on his first day as Twitter’s owner, while others left voluntarily in the ensuing days. Earlier this week, he began firing a small group of engineers who took issue with him publicly or in the company’s internal Slack messaging system.
Then overnight on Wednesday, Musk sent an email to the remaining staff at Twitter, saying that it is a software and servers company at its heart and he asked employees to decide by Thursday evening if they want to remain a part of the business.
Musk wrote that employees “will need to be extremely hardcore” to build “a breakthrough Twitter 2.0″ and that long hours at high intensity will be needed for success.
But in a Thursday email, Musk backpedaled on his insistence that everyone work from the office. His initial rejection of remote work had alienated many employees who survived the layoffs.
He softened his earlier tone in an email to employees, writing that “all that is required for approval is that your manager takes responsibility for ensuring you are making an excellent contribution.” Workers would also be expected to have “in-person meetings with your colleagues on a reasonable cadence, ideally weekly, but not less than once per month.”
As of 7 p.m. Pacific Time, the No. 1 topic trending in the United States was “RIPTwitter” followed by the names of other social media platforms: “Tumblr,” “Mastodon” and “MySpace.”
Twitter did not respond to a message seeking comment.
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ENTERPRISE – Landon Harmon has slid comfortably into the role of ace.
The tall, lanky sophomore had a stellar outing Tuesday night, striking out 13 and walking none as No 3-ranked East Union beat cross-county rival West Union 8-2.
Harmon (4-1), a Mississippi State commit, has won four-straight decisions. His ascension in the rotation has eased the loss of Rudy Baldwyn, who pitched the Urchins to the Class 2A state title last season.
“We count on him, and he’s good,” East Union coach Jamie Russell said.
Harmon was spotted an early lead as the Urchins (11-4) scored three runs in the top of the first. Rett Johnson launched a two-run home run to the opposite field to kickstart the scoring.
It was a 4-0 lead when No. 8 West Union (8-1) finally started making solid contact off Harmon. The Eagles collected both of their runs and five of their six hits in the third and fourth innings but still trailed 7-2 entering the fifth.
West Union stranded three runners in scoring position over those two frames.
“We had some insurance runs, so I wasn’t really worried about that,” Harmon said. “I was just going to flick them in there, and if they hit them, they hit them.”
Of his 13 strikeouts, nine came against the 3-4-5-6 hitters in West Union’s lineup. He got into only three three-ball counts in 6 1-3 innings of work.
“When you can throw that first slider for a strike and (hitters) not even even swing at it, it’s really critical for the whole at-bat,” Harmon said. “That first pitch is so important – a lot of people take it for granted.”
East Union scored three runs with the aid of two errors in the fourth, and that chased West Union starter Benton Burks (2-1). He was charged with seven runs on six hits.
The Urchins added to their lead in the sixth when Tristan Baldwyn smacked a solo homer.
“Harmon’s probably as good an arm as you’ll see. When you fall down 4-0 and you’re fighting from behind the rest of the night, it really puts you behind the 8-ball,” West Union coach Ashley Russell said.
Extra Bases
Big Inning: Jude Treadaway led off the game with a single and scored on Johnson’s homer. Ben Basil added an RBI groundout later in the inning.
Big Stat: Of Harmon’s 102 pitches, 73 were for strikes.
Coach Speak: “He’s got a two-seamer running and really relied on his off-speed against those big guys and setting them up. He did a really great job of hitting his spots.” – Jamie Russell
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- Topline Phase 3 NEURO-TTRansform results show eplontersen continued to halt neuropathy disease progression and improve quality of life through 85 weeks
- Data further strengthen eplontersen's differentiated profile, positioning it to be an important potential treatment for patients with ATTRv-PN
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced positive topline, 85-week data from the Phase 3 NEURO-TTRansform study in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN). Ionis and AstraZeneca's eplontersen continued to show sustained improvements in measures of neuropathy disease and a favorable safety and tolerability profile.
An overview of key results from the 85-week topline analysis is available here. At 85 weeks, eplontersen continued to show a sustained reduction in serum TTR concentration compared to baseline and continued to halt disease progression as measured by the modified Neuropathy Impairment Score +7 (mNIS+7). Eplontersen also showed continued improvement on the Norfolk Quality of Life Questionnaire-Diabetic Neuropathy (Norfolk QoL-DN) compared to baseline. Results from the NEURO-TTRansform primary analysis at 66 weeks were presented earlier this year.
"These positive findings further strengthen eplontersen's efficacy and safety profile, underscoring its potential to be an important, differentiated advancement for patients with this progressive, debilitating and fatal disease," said Eugene Schneider, M.D., Ionis' executive vice president and chief clinical development officer. "A substantial number of eplontersen-treated patients showed improvement in neuropathy impairment and quality of life through 19 months of treatment. ATTRv-PN continues to be an underserved patient population and we look forward to working with regulatory authorities to bring this important new, self-administered treatment to patients."
Results from the 85-week exploratory analysis of NEURO-TTRansform will be submitted for presentation at an upcoming medical meeting. As part of a global development and commercialization agreement, Ionis and AstraZeneca are seeking regulatory approval for eplontersen for the treatment of ATTRv-PN in the U.S. and plan to seek regulatory approval in Europe and other parts of the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the New Drug Application for eplontersen for the treatment of ATTRv-PN with a PDUFA action date of Dec. 22, 2023. Eplontersen was granted Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S.
Eplontersen is currently being evaluated in the Phase 3 CARDIO-TTRansform study for transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a systemic, progressive and fatal condition that typically leads to progressive heart failure and often death within three to five years from disease onset.
About Eplontersen
Eplontersen is an investigational LIgand-Conjugated Antisense (LICA) medicine designed to inhibit the production of TTR protein. Eplontersen is being developed as a monthly self-administered subcutaneous injection to treat all types of ATTR. ATTR amyloidosis is a systemic, progressive and fatal disease in which patients experience multiple overlapping clinical manifestations caused by the inappropriate formation and aggregation of TTR amyloid deposits in various tissues and organs, including peripheral nerves, heart, intestinal tract, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, thyroid and bone marrow. The progressive accumulation of TTR amyloid deposits in these tissues and organs leads to organ failure and eventually death.
About Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloid Polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN)
Hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) is caused by the accumulation of misfolded mutated TTR protein in the peripheral nerves. Patients with ATTRv-PN experience ongoing debilitating nerve damage throughout their body resulting in the progressive loss of motor functions, such as walking. These patients also accumulate TTR in other major organs, which progressively compromises their function. The damage from misfolded TTR protein accumulation leads to disability within five years of diagnosis and is generally fatal within a decade.
About the NEURO-TTRansform Study
NEURO-TTRansform is a global, open-label, randomized trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of eplontersen in patients with ATTRv-PN at week 35, week 66 and week 85. The final analysis comparing eplontersen to an external placebo group was completed at week 66. All patients were then followed on treatment until week 85 and evaluated four weeks after the last dose in an end-of-trial assessment. Following treatment and the end-of-trial assessments, patients were eligible to enter an open-label extension study to continue receiving eplontersen once every four weeks or enter a 20-week post-treatment evaluation period. For more information on the NEURO-TTRansform study, please visit: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04136184
About Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
For more than 30 years, Ionis has been a leader in RNA-targeted therapy, pioneering new markets and changing standards of care. Ionis currently has four marketed medicines and a promising late-stage pipeline highlighted by cardiovascular and neurological franchises. Our scientific innovation began and continues with the knowledge that sick people depend on us, which fuels our vision to become the leader in genetic medicine, utilizing a multi-platform approach to discover, develop and deliver life-transforming therapies.
To learn more about Ionis visit www.ionispharma.com and follow us on Twitter @ionispharma.
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This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding Ionis' business and the therapeutic and commercial potential of eplontersen, Ionis' technologies and other products in development. Any statement describing Ionis' goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties including those related to our commercial products and the medicines in our pipeline, and particularly those inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing medicines that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such medicines. Ionis' forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although Ionis' forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Ionis. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Ionis' programs are described in additional detail in Ionis' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2022, and the most recent Form 10-Q quarterly filing, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these and other documents are available from the Company.
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Most-downloaded app in App Store sells products linked to forced labor in China, analysis shows
Products made in China’s western province of Xinjiang are being sold to U.S. consumers through the online shopping platform Temu, in breach of a ban that forbids goods from the region due to links to forced labor, according to research by a global supply chain verification firm.
Temu, owned by PDD Holdings, which operates Chinese e-commerce site Pinduoduo, launched in the U.S. in September and quickly became the most downloaded app on Apple’s U.S. App Store. Its marketplace carries clothes and home decor at rock-bottom prices, and the company is aiming to take on global retail behemoths such as Amazon.com and Ebay.
But Tel Aviv-based Ultra Information Solutions says it found at least 10 items made or sold by businesses in Xinjiang that are also available in the U.S. on Temu, where their company links and origins are obscured. Ultra used its digital vetting platform Publican to compare products sold on Temu — such as sandals, sunglasses and other items — with those sold by the parent company inside China.
“It’s a systematic violation of U.S. trade policies,” Ultra co-founder Ram Ben Tzion said.
Representatives for Temu and PDD didn’t reply to multiple requests for comment.
Chinese shopping app Temu is now the most downloaded app in the United States. But it’s raising red flags for lawmakers who are suspicious of Chinese-owned apps that collect reams of American consumer data.
Citing what the U.S. State Department has called “horrific abuses” against the Uyghur people of Xinjiang, who are predominantly Muslim, federal officials banned the importation of cotton from the region in 2021 and expanded the law and its enforcement to all Xinjiang products last year under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. Statements from former detainees and reports from an array of researchers and advocacy groups have alleged that the Chinese government put more than 1 million people in detention camps in the region and that laborers in fields and factories were forced or coerced. The Chinese government has said the camps are for reeducation purposes.
In the U.S., Temu has grown in popularity with two advertisements aired during the Super Bowl in mid-February. Its 30-second spot — which cost millions to produce and air — features a trendy shopper twirling and dancing in an array of outfits with the tag line “Shop Like a Billionaire.” The ad has since been viewed on YouTube 341 million times. Temu is chasing Shein, the Chinese fast-fashion behemoth with estimated U.S. sales of $8 billion last year. If it succeeds, it would join only a handful of Chinese internet services to have become popular in the U.S. market, including Alibaba Group Holding’s AliExpress and ByteDance’s TikTok.
PDD became successful in China as a dollar-store version of Chinese online retailers Alibaba and JD.com, selling lower-priced goods. Its domestic app Pinduoduo is a marketplace that recruits suppliers to offer products. Temu operates a similar model but goes a step further and handles delivery, promotion and after-sales services for merchants on its platform, as its Chinese parent seeks to expand in the U.S. and European markets quickly.
Temu opened an office in Boston to serve the U.S. and Canada, where it launched in February. Temu also operates in Australia and New Zealand. According to data analytics firm YipitData, U.S. sales grew 6% on a weekly basis during the last week in May, the most recent data available, with an average of $34 an order.
The vetting platform Publican couldn’t find conclusive evidence that any of the products sold on Temu and PDD were made with forced labor, only that the companies that produced them are in Xinjiang. “However, their proximity means there is a probable risk, not just a theoretical risk,” Ben Tzion said. Publican’s supply-chain vetting has been contracted to more than 35 government agencies, including tax, customs and law enforcement in South America, Africa and elsewhere with a goal of interdicting fraudulent and illegal shipments, he said.
Manufacturing is leaving China for cheaper countries. To survive, Chinese factories are trying to create their own global brands to sell their goods.
In addition to sunglasses and sandals, Publican also found children’s clay, a ring, wall paneling, rice storage containers, a car-window ice scraper, colanders and a bathmat sold on the PDD and Temu sites. The PDD-available items were identified as coming from companies in Xinjiang.
Ultra said it wasn’t paid for its research and it wasn’t commissioned by any third party. “It was our initiative to illustrate how our technology can be a critical component in the enforcement of UFLPA as well as other trade-related compliance challenges,” Ben Tzion said.
Shipments from China sold directly to consumers can bypass the U.S. ban on Xinjiang products because they fall below an $800 value threshold that triggers reporting requirements to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Bloomberg testing on Shein garments shipped to the U.S. on two occasions last year found that their cotton came from Xinjiang.
An April report from the Congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said that Shein and Temu pose “risks and challenges to U.S. regulations, laws and principles of market access” resulting from such direct-to-consumer sales. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and the panel’s top Democrat, Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, sent letters to Temu, Shein and two other companies in May seeking to determine whether they are importing products derived from forced labor in China.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday named two new Chinese companies that will be restricted from sending goods to the U.S. under the UFLPA. The additions bring the total to 22 Chinese firms that are designated to the UFLPA entity list. Customs and Border Protection began enforcing the UFLPA in June 2022. In its first year, the CBP has reviewed more than 4,000 shipments valued at over $1.3 billion, according to the DHS.
Did you know it takes 5,000 gallons of water to make a T-shirt and jeans? Patt Morrison talks with Dana Thomas about her book “Fashionopolis.”
Responding to the revised entity list Friday, Republican Rep. Christopher H. Smith of New Jersey and Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, co-chairs of the Congressional Executive Commission on China, said the list is only one part of enforcement. Forced labor goods with ties to Xinjiang, “such as car parts, solar panels, rayon, and garments from fashion companies such as Temu and Shein continue to enter the U.S. market.” The lawmakers said they will work “toward the goal of stopping imports of forced labor-made goods. American consumers should not be unwittingly subsidizing the PRC’s genocide” in Xinjiang. | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-15/temu-sells-products-linked-to-forced-labor-in-china | 2023-06-15 22:34:54 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-15/temu-sells-products-linked-to-forced-labor-in-china |
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Keno" game were:
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)Walking off the field after a 20-all tie was a novel experience for most of the Washington Commanders and New York Giants. None of them seemed to like it.
Commanders coach Ron Rivera was at a loss for words. It was a common feeling Sunday.
”I addressed them and I really wasn’t sure how to address them,” Rivera said. ”We came up here and expected to win. We didn’t. We tied. It doesn’t hurt us. It doesn’t help us because these are the guys we are competing with right now.”
The Giants (7-4-1) ended a two-game losing streak, while the Commanders (7-5-1) are unbeaten in four (3-0-1) and have only one loss in their last eight games. The teams held the final two NFC postseason spots as the standings stood at the final whistle.
Neither had a realistic chance to score in the 10-minute overtime. Giants rookie linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux had a blindside sack on Taylor Heinicke at the Commanders’ 1-yard line in OT, but all it did was help set up it a long-shot 58-yard field goal attempt by Graham Gano as time expired.
Gano had hit from 48 and 27 yards in the opposite direction. He estimated his maximum range in that direction was 53 yards. He was spot on. His kick was solid and dropped five yards shot.
”It’s frustrating to tie, you obviously want to win,” said Gano, who played for a Rivera-coached Carolina Panthers team in 2014 that got into the playoffs with a 7-8-1 record. The tie was the difference.
Heinicke threw two touchdown passes for Washington and hit a crucial fourth-down pass on a tying 90-yard touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter.
”It’s very weird,” said Heinicke, who was 27 of 41 for 275 yards. ”It feels like a loss, but it doesn’t count as one. That’s the only positive from this game.”
Heinicke threw touchdown passes of 19 yards to Terry McLaurin (8 catches, 105 yards) and 28 to Jahan Dotson that tied it with 1:45 to play. That drive featured Heinicke rolling to his left to hit Curtis Samuel for 20 yards on a fourth-and-4 play from his own 27 with less than three minutes to play.
”As a team it doesn’t hurt as much,” Giants linebacker Jihad Ward said of his tie. ”But in Jihad mentality, I treat it like we lost.”
Daniel Jones threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Hodgins, and Saquon Barkley scored on a 13-yard run for the Giants, who are trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
”It’s not a loss, it’s not a win either,” said Jones, who finished 25 of 31 for 200 yards. ”I think you understand that part of it but just disappointed that we could’ve played better, could’ve taken advantage of some situations and won the game. That’s the disappointing part.”
The Giants’ defense set up Hodgins’ first NFL touchdown early in the second half for a 20-13 lead. Linebacker Azeez Ojulari, who came off injured reserve for the game, sacked Heinicke and forced a fumble. Oshane Ximines recovered, fumbled and Ojulari recovered at the 20-yard line.
Washington took leads of 10-0 and 13-10 only to see the Giants tie it just before halftime on Gano’s second field goal. Joey Slye kicked two field goals for the Commanders.
McLaurin scored after breaking a tackle by Fabian Moreau on a short pass from Heinicke. He called the tie a weird expierience.
”You don’t really know what to do next,” McLaurin said. ”The fans are still standing in the stands. The thing about it is that it doesn’t really help us but it doesn’t really hurt us, either.”
Barkley tallied on a 13-yard run through a gapping hole for New York’s TD.
INJURIES
Commanders: LT Sam Cosmi left in the third quarter with an ankle injury. C Tyler Larsen was taken off the field on a cart after being hurt in the fourth quarter. Rivera had no injury update after the game.
Giants: Top DL Leonard Williams left in the second half with a neck injury. He said he was going to talk to the trainers after the game.
UP NEXT
Commanders: Have a bye and then play host to the Giants on Dec. 18.
Giants: Host Philadelphia Eagles on Suday.
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The viral lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag is back in stock with new colors – including tie-dye
Updated: 8:46 AM PDT Mar 17, 2023
Athletic apparel giant lululemon has launched its popular Everywhere Belt Bag in tie-dye, and it also restocked in multiple colors, just time for your spring wardrobe refresh. Can't see the products? Click here for the best viewing experience. The Everywhere Belt Bag is inarguably one of lululemon’s hottest products ever made, and it’s often sold out in popular colors. Related Video Above: 10-Minute Core WorkoutThe 1L Everywhere Belt Bag can be purchased for just under $40. Two new designs were released this week – the Wordmark Grid Mini Raw Linen and Hyper Dye Multi/Rover. In addition, popular colors that are usually hard to find have been restocked, including white, brown, pastel blue, grey sage, and the popular black color with gold zipper and gold lululemon logo. The bag has gone viral on social media platforms such as TikTok for its versatility – The 1L version can easily hold an iPhone Pro Max, keys, wallets and more. Its fabric is water-repellent, and it has interior pockets that can hold your essentials. “Love the bag - easy to carry and holds a lot of items,” one customer said in an online review. The popular belt bag also comes in a bigger size – Everywhere Belt Bag Large 2L can be purchased for $48, and as of Friday, it has restocked in five colors, including the popular camo design. Customers can also get the mini belt bag in three colors – solar orange, trench/black and black.
Athletic apparel giant lululemon has launched its popular Everywhere Belt Bag in tie-dye, and it also restocked in multiple colors, just time for your spring wardrobe refresh.
Can't see the products? Click here for the best viewing experience.
The Everywhere Belt Bag is inarguably one of lululemon’s hottest products ever made, and it’s often sold out in popular colors.
Related Video Above: 10-Minute Core Workout
The 1L Everywhere Belt Bag can be purchased for just under $40. Two new designs were released this week – the Wordmark Grid Mini Raw Linen and Hyper Dye Multi/Rover.
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lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag in Hyper Dye Multi/Rover
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lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag in Wordmark Grid Mini Raw Linen
In addition, popular colors that are usually hard to find have been restocked, including white, brown, pastel blue, grey sage, and the popular black color with gold zipper and gold lululemon logo.
Everywhere Belt Bag in Black
Lululemon
lululemon.com
$38.00
The bag has gone viral on social media platforms such as TikTok for its versatility – The 1L version can easily hold an iPhone Pro Max, keys, wallets and more. Its fabric is water-repellent, and it has interior pockets that can hold your essentials.
“Love the bag - easy to carry and holds a lot of items,” one customer said in an online review.
The popular belt bag also comes in a bigger size – Everywhere Belt Bag Large 2L can be purchased for $48, and as of Friday, it has restocked in five colors, including the popular camo design.
Everywhere Belt Bag Large 2L
lululemon
lululemon.com
$48.00
Customers can also get the mini belt bag in three colors – solar orange, trench/black and black.
Mini Belt Bag
Lululemon
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$38.00
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
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(NewsNation) — White House Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci said he would testify before Congress if called to do so, something Republicans have said they would ask him to do if they win back the House and Senate in November.
Republicans are anxious to launch an investigation into Fauci, a man the party has gone to great lengths to denigrate during the pandemic, and the Biden administration for its response to the COVID-19 outbreak. If Republicans win back Congress in November, the expectation is high this investigation will begin.
Fauci said on NewsNation’s “Rush Hour” Tuesday that if Republicans want to investigate him they can “go ahead” and “of course” he would testify if asked to.
“I’ve testified before Congress a little more than 250 times over the last 38 years,” Fauci said on NewsNation’s “Rush Hour.” “I have no trouble testifying. When they say they’re going to investigate… everything about me, all the records, are out there. Every one of my emails practically have been FOIA’d, through the Freedom of Information Act.”
Republicans have made Fauci a target of their frustrations around COVID-19 mandates and shutdowns since the beginning of the pandemic. They have floated a theory that Fauci funded research that might be traced back to the origins of the virus.
“One way or another, if we are in the majority, we will subpoena his records and he will testify in the Senate under oath,” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.
Fauci does not seem overly worried about Republican inquiries.
“If they’re going to investigate me, I’d like to ask ‘investigate me for what’?” Fauci added. “For telling people to get vaccinated? For telling people to wear a mask? For telling people to abide by common sense, good public health practices?
On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump said he did “the opposite” of whatever Fauci would advise him to do early in the pandemic.
“I don’t have any comment to that, none, no comment at all,” Fauci said. “The record speaks for itself. Done.”
Monkeypox, meanwhile, was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization on Saturday after the outbreak spread across 70 countries globally. WHO said the circumstances surrounding the outbreak were “extraordinary.”
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “I know this has not been an easy or straightforward process and that there are divergent views.”
The United States has not yet declared the outbreak an emergency, but Fauci has said it’s not out of the question, saying it was “under active consideration” by the secretary of HHS.
Fauci also said he was “not sure” if the White House would name a “monkeypox coordinator” as it did for COVID-19.
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Ante Jazic has lived a life he didn’t dare dream, hearing the roar of crowds from his place on pitches all over Europe and Canada.
“I never thought I would make a career in soccer,” Jazic says. “I mean, I’m a kid from Halifax, Nova Scotia, which is not known for producing soccer players. That’s a province known for producing NHL hockey players.”
In retirement, Jazic is living another unforeseen dream.
Jazic — co-owner and director of the Little Rock Rangers Youth Academy and technical adviser for the pre-professional team Little Rock Rangers — played for teams in Austria, Russia and Croatia. He was playing for L.A. Galaxy when he met his wife, the former Annemarie Dillard.
“Being a professional athlete and especially a professional coach, it’s a very nomadic lifestyle. As our family has grown I’ve kind of distanced myself from that and I’m just happy with the life we’re living and the way we’re raising our kids, and the fact that we get to grow this soccer club organically from the start,” says Jazic, father of three young children.
Jazic’s position as a midfielder, moving the ball forward to give his teammates opportunities to score, parallels his role with the Rangers.
“Right now, we are sending our best players to [Major League Soccer] academies out of state,” says Jazic, who aims for development of individual players. “My number one goal is to have a complete pathway from the youth game to the professional game and put Arkansas on the soccer map in the U.S.”
Jazic had just retired from Chivas U.S.A. and was head coach of the U15 Canadian Youth National Team and assistant coach of the U20 Canadian Youth National Team and the Canadian Men’s National Team in October 2013 when he and Annemarie moved to Little Rock, her hometown, a few months after they married.
Jazic was traveling extensively, and Annemarie, weary of traffic jams and smog in L.A., suggested they move because he could fly out of anywhere. She gave him two options: Dallas or Little Rock. He chose Little Rock, the more similar of the two to Halifax.
“I think my wife was shocked. She expected me to say Dallas,” Jazic says.
Jonathan Wardlaw had set up the Rangers staff by 2013 and filled a roster with players who had not yet played their first game when he got wind that there was a retired MLS player living in the area.
“I was starstruck. I thought, ‘I can’t just call this guy up because I’m going to fumble the whole conversation,’” Wardlaw says.
He sent Jazic a text, though, and the two met for drinks.
“He started coming to trainings and just kind of sitting in the stands or standing in the tunnel and just kind of watching from a distance,” Wardlaw says.
Jazic gave training advice, and he suggested a summer youth camp, with Rangers players assisting. Offseason training led to parents’ requests for youth teams, and ultimately the birth of the Rangers youth program.
“That’s how we became partners,” Wardlaw says. “Our families are pretty close now. We meet up at the lake and go do stuff together or just go over to their house for pizza and it’s just a good relationship.”
Soccer comes up in conversation during those gatherings, but it does not dominate.
Annemarie was not even a soccer fan when she met Jazic.
“I didn’t know anything about it,” she says.
Jazic had just suffered a potentially career-ending ankle injury during a Galaxy match when they met on a blind date.
“Instead of allowing that to be the end of his career he had surgery and came back from that injury and he played for almost eight more years,” Annemarie says.
That tenacity has carried him through many challenges, she says.
“He is an incredibly determined human being and I think that unwavering determination has led him to the success that he’s had in soccer,” she says. “I am amazed at everything he and his family has had to overcome for him to get to where he is. He didn’t grow up having private lessons — he has worked for everything he has and so did his parents.”
Jazic has held onto the work ethic set by his family.
MOWING LAWNS, PICKING UP ROCKS
Until hiring someone to do the job recently, Wardlaw and Jazic routinely mowed the Rangers field on Vance Street, tossing rocks out of the way as they went. They needed rocks in certain places to facilitate drainage, so they filled those with gravel. They also had to research grass species and roots and soil, an attempt to grow the lushest, most resilient playing field possible.
“Whatever it takes,” Jazic says.
Jazic’s parents, Mario and Sanja, emigrated from Croatia to Canada a few years before he was born.
“Obviously soccer is really popular in Croatia, so when I was about 5 my mom registered me for organized soccer for the first time,” he says.
Canadian winters were not conducive to outdoor sports like soccer, but Jazic excelled at hockey as well as basketball, volleyball and cross-country. He was, also, provincial champion in badminton. But he gravitated toward soccer.
“I fell in love with the game and just kind of moved up the ranks recreationally,” he says. “I got bumped up pretty quickly and that was very eye opening. I was playing against adults who were physically far superior than I was, obviously. But through that I met some great people and a lot of those same players mentored me throughout my career.”
He played for the provincial teams, the equivalent of state teams in the United States, and his coaches recognized his talent and fast-tracked him to adult competitions.
At 17, he was invited to try out for the Canadian Youth National Team.
“That was the first time I faced adversity in my soccer career, the first time I was cut from a team,” he says. “I was the only kid from Atlantic Canada invited to the camp and there were all these kids from Ontario, British Columbia — soccer hotbeds. I was invited because back then they would call the token kid from Atlantic Canada, bring them up and then just send them back on their way.”
Jazic had just finished his freshman year at Dalhousie University in Halifax in 1995. The Dalhousie Tigers had gone undefeated and won a national championship, and Jazic was named conference Rookie of the Year.
When his mother asked him to join the family on a trip to Croatia, he thought, “Why not?”
GOING TO CROATIA
“My uncle had a flat and beneath his flat, lived the daughter of a professional soccer coach,” he says. “My uncle knew that I played soccer, and that I was pretty good at soccer. So before I even arrived he begged the lady to organize a tryout with her father, a tryout with a local professional team. I wasn’t aware this was transpiring.”
That was an opportunity Jazic couldn’t turn down. He opted to stay behind for the tryout instead of flying back for his second year at Dalhousie.
“My dad didn’t speak to me for six months,” he says.
Jazic’s father worked in construction and desperately wanted his son to get a college degree.
Signing with Hrvatski Dragovoljac meant dropping out of Dalhousie, and his father didn’t yet see soccer as a way forward for him.
Croatian soccer was cutthroat, and while Jazic had talent and drive he lacked the benefit of the same daily play or coaching in Canada that his new teammates had gotten since childhood, so he had to put in extra time and effort.
“If I just take a step back and reflect about if I was Croatian, looking at a guy from Canada coming to take one of their spots …” he says, who was not fluent in Croatian. “It took a long time for me to earn their respect and the only way I did that was through hard work and dedication every day, and the coaches were extremely tough on me.”
He had not gotten much playing time during the first six months, before his visit home that Christmas.
“I’ll never forget it. My flight was returning and I didn’t want to go back,” he says. “I was crying at home because I was homesick, I missed my friends and it was a very difficult time in my life. And it was my father who said, ‘You signed a two-year deal. You need to honor that commitment.’ He made me get back on that plane.”
That set his trajectory.
“If he would have said, ‘It’s OK. Don’t go back,’ there’s a 99.9% chance I would have stayed and gone back to school, but thankfully he gave me that push to go back and from there things started getting better for me,” he says.
Since childhood, Jazic’s parents had expected him to set his own alarm, gather his gear and ask them for a ride in time for practice.
“My parents and what they instilled in me: commitment, work ethic, determination, overcoming adversity. They came to Canada with nothing and worked for every dime,” he says. “They invested all their resources in their children. I had to work then, too.”
At 14, he ran a local paper route with his brother.
“We would wake up at 5:30 a.m. before school and then deliver the afternoon paper again at 3:30 p.m. after school,” he says. “When I was 16, I worked the back shift at a gas station from midnight to 6 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays for two years. I’d sleep for a couple of hours then go to soccer games or practices.”
That tenacity stayed with him as an adult, and in 1999, it began to pay off.
“There are two big clubs in Croatia — Dinamo Zagreb and Hadjuk Split. Those are factories or stepping stones to other teams in Europe,” Jazic says.
His father grew up playing soccer — still played recreationally as an adult in Canada — and had been a supporter of Hadjuk Split since childhood.
“From that small club in Zagreb I got transferred to Hajduk Split. So once I made it there my dad knew I was on a good path,” Jazic says.
Three years later he was transferred to Rapid Vienna, an Austrian team, and its central location afforded him the opportunity to see much more of Europe.
“It was just a melting pot of Europeans and culture in their downtown in Vienna,” he says. “I was in my early 20s and I wish I appreciated it all and enjoyed it all more. I was more focused on my career at that time so I didn’t appreciate that opportunity, that lifestyle that I had, but looking back on it that was a great time.”
MAKING A MISTAKE
In 2004, when he was offered a spot with Russia’s Kuban Krasnodar he took it, purely for financial reasons. He signed a contract while training in Germany, without even seeing the Russian city that would be his home.
“I really didn’t take a look at the broader picture and the lifestyle and environment I would be in,” he says. “When I landed in Russia, I knew I made a mistake.”
Journeys to games across that massive country could take 14 hours and cross seven time zones, and Russians did not readily welcome foreigners to their land.
“Going from Vienna to Russia was very eye opening. It was a very different mentality — the Russian mentality is very cold — and that was probably the most difficult time in my life in terms of my professional career,” he says.
He played out his two-year commitment.
“You only have one life to live. If you’re not happy every morning waking up and doing the things you’re supposed to love to do, and you’re not enjoying it at all and regretting every decision you make and just being miserable and not embracing the opportunity. It was time for a change, and I kind of re-evaluated how I was going to live my life,” he says.
Opportunity presented itself and Jazic leapt.
“Luckily enough that my Canadian national team coach — I was playing with a team camp at the time, while I was in Europe — he got a job with L.A. Galaxy and MLS, and he asked me if I was interested in joining, and I was. I couldn’t wait to get on that plane. I was out of Russia as quick as I could and I started in Los Angeles.”
Former professional soccer player Paul Stalteri — who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham, among others — played on the Canadian National team, with Jazic as captain. They later coached together as well.
“He was left-footed, I was right-footed,” Stalteri says. “He played as a left back and was a good skillful player, smart, a good defender, could get forward, could play passes.”
Stalteri has visited Jazic in Little Rock a few times, taking in a Rangers game and golfing.
“I have a really good relationship with him. He kind of flies under the radar. That just speaks to the kind of personality he has,” Stalteri says. “He doesn’t want to be the focal point or the talking point, but to have a guy with that much knowledge and experience in the game … it’s a huge advantage to the young kids there to have that opportunity in front of them.”
Uche Onyeyiri of Conway agrees.
“He has been an inspiration to my son, the fact that he has played soccer at the level of some of the European clubs that we follow and the fact that he has trained and scouted some people who are top soccer players in the world,” Onyeyiri says.
DRIVING TWO HOURS TO TRAIN WITH JAZIC
Ana Marquez drives her son Julian from El Dorado to Little Rock multiple times each week to practice with the Rangers.
“We drive two hours because Ante was very straightforward with their vision as far as development for the individual player and not just, ‘Let’s rack up trophy after trophy,’” Marquez says. “I really like that about him because I wanted my son to grow and improve his skills.”
The Rangers youth program is expanding from Little Rock into Searcy.
“We’ll probably expand to more cities. It’s kind of grown into this thriving business, and it’s kind of unique to be a part of it from the ground up and grow any which way we want,” Jazic says. “We’ve been really cerebral about it and that gives me a lot of joy, seeing the growth and seeing the development of kids and developing those relationships.”
When he was playing, Jazic supposed he would eventually be traded to a team that would take him home to Canada. He is happier, though, with the way things turned out.
“Meeting my wife and having this beautiful family was the best thing that has happened to me,” he says. “I never thought I would be living in Arkansas, but it’s been one of the biggest blessings.”
SELF PORTRAIT
Ante Jazic
BEST MOMENT ON THE PITCH: First time captaining my country.
FAVORITE TIME OF DAY: Morning carpool with my two boys.
MY IDEAL VACATION: Summertime in the mountains.
SOMETHING I WATCHED RECENTLY AND ENJOYED: "Formula 1: Drive to Survive."
FAVORITE SOCCER TEAM: Real Madrid.
SOMEDAY I WANT TO: Own a professional soccer team.
MY GUILTY PLEASURE: Dairy Queen blizzard.
BIGGEST PET PEEVE: Tardiness.
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Gang Green and star defensive tackle Quinnen Williams have yet to agree on a long-term contract extension.
That is why Williams was a no-show at the start of the Jets offseason program, which began Monday morning.
After the season’s conclusion, Williams told reporters that he wanted a new contract before the start of the Jets offseason program. He also said he wouldn’t attend the voluntary portion of the offseason program if he didn’t receive a contract extension.
Williams also said there’s a chance he might not show up to the mandatory portion of workouts in June without a new contract. The Jets agreed to an contract extension with his older brother Quincy in March.
Now he is also looking for a long-term deal past the 2023 season.
“I have done everything on and off the field that I can do,” Williams said in January regarding his contract extension. “I love this organization, I have been here four years and I have been through the ups and downs.
“I believe in Coach [Robert] Saleh and Joe [Douglas] what he has going on and the defense and what they have going on and this organization. As you guys can see, this defense is going to a new level, going from last, last year to top five and I want to be part of that for years to come.”
The first phase of the offseason will be two weeks of meetings, strength and conditioning. Phase two will include on-field workouts for the next three weeks. The third phase will consist of a total of 10 days of OTAs (organized team activities), with mandatory minicamp being held June 13-15.
Williams is entering the final year of his rookie contract that will pay him $9.5 million. But he wants to be paid like one of the top defensive tackles in the league.
Following his 2022 season, Williams certainly has a case to be paid like one of the top players at his position. In 16 games, Williams had the best season of his career as he registered 55 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and 12 sacks as he was a first-team All-Pro. He was also named to his first Pro Bowl and was voted the Jets’ team MVP.
At the NFL Annual Meetings last month, Douglas said talks with Williams’ agent, Nicole Lynn were in a “positive place.” But there’s no timeline on when the contract will get done.
Currently, the Jets have just a little over $8 million in salary cap space. This is before the likely trade of quarterback Aaron Rodgers as he is under contract with the Packers for a $59 million salary in 2023.
As rapper Fat Joe once said, “yesterday’s price is not today’s price.” How it relates in this case, the longer the Jets wait to pay Williams, the more expensive it will get for them. Already this offseason, several defensive tackles have signed rich contracts.
The Commanders signed Daron Payne to a four-year $90 million extension last month with a $46 million signing bonus, now the third-highest salary for a defensive tackle. That is because earlier this month, the Titans and Jeffery Simmons agreed to a four-year, $94 million extension with $47.7 million in guarantees.
Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald remains the top earner in terms of defensive tackles as he signed a three-year, $95 million extension before the 2022 season, including a $25 million signing bonus.
Williams will likely command a contract between what Payne saw and the four-year, $81 million contract the 49ers signed Javon Hargrave to this offseason. The Jets certainly don’t have to give Williams a new deal right now, as he is under contract until after the 2023 season.
Gang Green will also have the franchise tag at their disposal should they have to use it. The franchise tag tender in 2023 was $18.9 million.
Dolphins’ Christian Wilkins and the Giants’ Dexter Lawrence are two defensive tackles in the 2019 draft class who also want new contracts. So, the sooner, the better for the Jets to work out a deal with Williams.
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Biden announces student loan handout as national debt soars
Biden will cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt for certain Pell Grant recipients
President Biden announced Wednesday that he will cancel $10,000 of federal student loan debt for certain borrowers making less than $125,000 per year, and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, while extending the pause on federal student loan payments through the end of the year.
"In keeping with my campaign promise, my Administration is announcing a plan to give working and middle class families breathing room as they prepare to resume federal student loan payments in January 2023," Biden tweeted.
Biden is expected to give remarks on the plan Wednesday afternoon.
The nation's federal student debt now tops $1.6 trillion after ballooning for years. More than 43 million Americans have federal student debt, with almost a third owing less than $10,000 and more than half owing less than $20,000, according to the latest federal data.
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The national debt, according to the Treasury Department, currently sits at $30.7 trillion.
Biden said his administration will forgive student loan debt up to $20,000 for borrowers who attended college on Pell Grants; and $10,000 for borrowers who did not receive Pell Grants. Biden said the forgiveness "only applies to those earning less than $125,000."
Biden also said that borrowers with undergraduate student loans are able to "cap repayment at 5% of your monthly income."
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Pandemic-era payment freezes were set to end on Aug. 31, but Biden on Wednesday also extended the payment pause "one final time through Dec. 31, 2022."
The Department of Education on Wednesday said the application for loan cancellation will become available "no later than when the pause on federal student loan repayments terminates at the end of the year."
"Earning a college degree or certificate should give every person in America a leg up in securing a bright future. But for too many people, student loan debt has hindered their ability to achieve their dreams—including buying a home, starting a business, or providing for their family," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement Wednesday. "Getting an education should set us free; not strap us down! That’s why, since Day One, the Biden-Harris administration has worked to fix broken federal student aid programs and deliver unprecedented relief to borrowers."
Cardona added that the Biden administration is "delivering targeted relief that will help ensure borrowers are not placed in a worse position financially because of the pandemic, and restore trust in a system that should be creating opportunity, not a debt trap."
As for the income-driven repayment plan — the Education Department said the update will "substantially reduce future monthly payments for lower- and middle-income borrowers."
The proposed rule would cut in half the amount borrowers have to pay each month on undergraduate loans—from 10% to 5%. The rule would also have borrowers with both undergraduate and graduate loans paying a weighted average rate.
That proposed rule would also forgive loan balances after 10 years of payments, instead of the current 20 years under many income-driven repayment plans, for borrowers with original loan balances of $12,000 or less.
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According to a Penn Wharton Budget Model, a one-time maximum debt forgiveness of $10,000 for borrowers who make less than $125,000 will cost around $300 billion for taxpayers.
The announcement comes as the United States is facing record-high inflation. But when asked if the plan would increase inflation, a senior administration official said the steps the Biden administration is taking will offset each other, noting there are "certain conditions and assumptions under which it could well be neutral or deflationary."
The official said that the "combination" of an extension in the pause in loan payments and the "targeted debt relief" will "largely offset" inflation.
"That's our view," the official said, adding that "if all borrowers claim the relief that they are entitled to, 43 million federal student loan borrowers will benefit, and of those, 20 million will have their debt completely canceled."
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Republicans are blasting the Biden administration's move, with Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel calling it "Biden's bailout for the wealthy."
"As hardworking Americans struggle with soaring costs and a recession, Biden is giving a handout to the rich," McDaniel said. "Biden's bailout unfairly punishes Americans who saved for college or made a different career choice, and voters see right through this short-sighted, poorly veiled vote-buy."
And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed the move, saying Democrats have "found yet another way to make inflation even worse, reward far-left activists, and achieve nothing for millions of working American families who can barely tread water."
"President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces in order to avoid taking on debt," McConnell said. "This policy is astonishingly unfair."
McConnell noted that the "median American with student loans already has a significantly higher income than the median American overall."
"Experts who studied similar past proposals found that the overwhelming benefit of student loan socialism flows to higher-earning Americans," he said. "Democrats specifically wrote this policy to make sure that people earning six figures would benefit."
He added: "This is the one consistent thread that connects Democrats’ policies: Taking money and purchasing power away from working families and redistributing it to their favored friends." | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-announces-student-loan-handout-national-debt-soars | 2022-08-24 16:36:24 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-announces-student-loan-handout-national-debt-soars |
Media hits JD Vance for 'delayed' reaction to Ohio train derailment, buries how Dem senator responded later
Newsweek, The Independent target Vance over claims he went 10 days without commenting on the disaster in East Palestine
News outlets are targeting Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, over his allegedly "delayed" response to the toxic train derailment that has plagued his state in recent days while burying the facts.
On Monday, Vance released a lengthy statement on social media about the unfolding disaster in East Palestine, urging his constituents to contact his office regarding their concerns and needs about the situation on the ground.
Several Twitter critics accused the freshman senator of waiting "ten days" to comment despite the fact that he had first tweeted about the derailment on Feb. 4, the day after it happened.
But that didn't stop outlets like Newsweek and The Independent from adding fuel to the fire.
Newsweek's report Monday night, which originally ran the headline "J.D. Vance Slammed for Delayed Statement on Ohio Trail Derailment," quoted some of Vance's Twitter critics, one saying, "Where the hell have you been?!" and another one writing, "The accident happened [10] days ago, and this is your first public comment."
The report waited until its ninth paragraph to mention the Feb. 4 tweet.
Notably, Newsweek admitted in its report that Ohio's senior Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown didn't tweet about the derailment until Feb. 6 and "has not released an official statement from his office." Those admissions weren't made in the article until the tenth and eleventh paragraphs.
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The headline was later changed to "Timing of J.D. Vance's Official Statement on Derailment Stirs Critics" and its first paragraph clarified that Vance was facing pushback for releasing "an official statement" 10 days after the derailment after initially saying he hadn't released "a statement." No editor's note explaining the changes was added to the report.
On Tuesday, The Independent followed in Newsweek's footsteps, running the headline "JD Vance slammed for delayed reaction to Ohio train derailment: ‘Gibberish'" citing similar online critics.
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But the British outlet waited until its eleventh paragraph to mention Vance's Feb. 4 tweet and its twelfth to acknowledge Brown's Feb. 6 response was even later.
Neither Newsweek nor The Independent immediately responded to Fox News' requests for comment. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-hits-jd-vance-delayed-reaction-ohio-train-derailment-buries-dem-senator-responded-later | 2023-02-15 00:23:59 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-hits-jd-vance-delayed-reaction-ohio-train-derailment-buries-dem-senator-responded-later |
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesys Spine announced today the first two patients have been enrolled in the prospective SIros™ Lateral Sacroiliac Fusion Study. Dr. Tyler Ptacek, Rapid City, S. Dak. and Dr. Douglas Beall, Oklahoma City, Okla., were the first physicians in the study to enroll patients. This clinical study will be conducted across four centers in the United States.
"We are thrilled to announce the enrollment of the first patients in the SIros SI Fusion Study. The SIros system transfixes and stabilizes the SI joint to relieve pain and we are confident it will be the preferred lateral solution. It is exciting to become part of the limited group of companies that have data to support the lateral SI joint fusion procedure. We are working with Talosix, our research partner and a leader in real world evidence, to conduct this study and anticipate presentation of the data in 2023," said Genesys Spine's Chief Strategy Officer, SI Fusion, Meredith Gavlick.
"A couple of years ago, I incorporated the SIros system into my practice as a solution for SI joint pain. Not only have I been impressed with my patient outcomes, but I am also confident the results of this study will reinforce what I have seen firsthand," said Tyler Ptacek M.D. DABA.
"Up to 25 percent of low back pain patients experience sacroiliac joint pain*. Being able to treat these patients with a reliable transfixing implant coupled with the flexibility to tailor the procedure to my patient population has been paramount. I am proud to be able to offer it to my patients who are suffering from SI joint pain," said Chief of Operations of Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma and Director of Interventional Spine Services and Principal Investigator of the Study, Douglas P. Beall, M.D.
The SIros Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System is intended for sacroiliac joint fusion for conditions including degenerative sacroiliitis and sacroiliac joint disruption. The system consists of 3D Printed implants designed to transfix the sacroiliac joint and minimize micromotion to enable bony fusion.
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MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) — Two leaders are out at an Indiana addiction treatment center after three recent deaths and calls by police to yank its license.
The executive director and director of nursing are no longer working at Praxis Landmark Recovery, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation site for men near South Bend, the company told WNDU-TV.
Other senior managers “will supervise the facility around the clock,” Landmark Recovery said in a statement released Friday. “This ensures our patients stay safe during this time.
Three men have died since July 4 and another man was revived with multiple doses of Narcan, authorities said.
Landmark Recovery said it will not accept new patients until “we confirm that all staff meet our high standards.”
The St. Joseph County Police Department has asked state regulators to investigate the 160-bed facility and revoke its license.
There have been more than 200 calls to police and fire departments in 2023, said Troy Warner, a spokesperson for county police.
Those incidents include nine overdoses, two rapes, a sexual assault and a stabbing, he said.
“The facility is a large drain on our county first-responder resources and is harmful to its patients and our community,” Warner wrote to Jay Chaudhary, director of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction.
Landmark Recovery, a Tennessee-based company that has locations in 10 states, said a national accrediting agency, the Joint Commission, visited the facility. The Indiana center opened in 2022.
“The full report is not yet available, but the preliminary findings indicate that our care model is sound. We look forward to sharing more in the future,” Landmark Recovery said. | https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/2-officials-are-out-at-indiana-addiction-center-after-3-deaths/ | 2023-07-17 15:02:23 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/2-officials-are-out-at-indiana-addiction-center-after-3-deaths/ |
(WANE) January 19 is National Popcorn Day so we’ve compiled some facts regarding the popular snack food as compiled by The Popcorn Board.
- Americans consume about 14 billion* quarts of popcorn a year. That’s 43 quarts per man, woman, and child.
- Indiana is among the top popcorn producing states
- Popcorn kernels can pop as high as 3 feet up in the air
- There are four kinds of corn; popcorn, field corn, sweet corn, and flint corn. However only popcorn pops
- Fall is the peak period for popcorn sales for home consumption
Because popcorn and movies go hand in hand, theaters across the country will have special popcorn promotions on Thursday. Visit popcornday2023.com for details. | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/its-national-popcorn-day-here-are-some-fun-facts/ | 2023-01-19 13:23:17 | 0 | https://www.wane.com/top-stories/its-national-popcorn-day-here-are-some-fun-facts/ |
After more than four months of ferocious fighting, Russia claimed a key victory: full control over one of the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.
But Moscow’s seizure of the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk province came at a steep price. The critical question now is whether Russia can muster enough strength for a new offensive to complete its capture of the Donbas and make gains elsewhere in Ukraine.
“Yes, the Russians have seized the Luhansk region, but at what price?” asked Oleh Zhdanov, a military analyst in Ukraine, noting that some Russian units involved in the battle lost up to a half their soldiers.
Even President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Monday that Russian troops involved in action in Luhansk need to “take some rest and beef up their combat capability.”
That raises doubts about whether Moscow's forces and their separatist allies are ready to quickly thrust deeper into Donetsk, the other province that makes up the Donbas. Observers estimated in recent weeks that Russia controlled about half of Donetsk, and battle lines have changed little since then.
What happens in the Donbas could determine the course of the war. If Russia succeeds there, it could free up its forces to grab even more land and dictate the terms of any peace agreement. If Ukraine, on the other hand, manages to pin the Russians down for a protracted period, it could build up the resources for a counteroffensive.
Exhausting the Russians has long been part of the plan for the Ukrainians, who began the conflict outgunned — but hoped Western weapons could eventually tip the scales in their favor.
They are already effectively using heavy howitzers and advanced rocket systems sent by the U.S. and other Western allies, and more is on the way. But Ukrainian forces have said they remain badly outmatched.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said recently that Russian forces were firing 10 times more ammunition than the Ukrainian military.
After a failed attempt at a lightning advance on the capital of Kyiv in the opening weeks of the war, Russian forces withdrew from many parts of northern and central Ukraine and turned their attention to the Donbas, a region of mines and factories where Moscow-backed separatists have been fighting the Ukrainians since 2014.
Since then, Russia has adopted a slow-and-steady approach that allowed it to seize several remaining Ukrainian strongholds in Luhansk over the course of recent weeks.
While Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that their troops have withdrawn from the city of Lysychansk, the last bulwark of their resistance in Luhansk, the presidential office said Tuesday the military was still defending small areas in the province.
Zhdanov, the analyst, predicted that the Russians would likely rely on their edge in firepower to “apply the same scorched earth tactics and blast entire cities away” in Donetsk. The same day that Russia claimed it had taken Lysychansk, new artillery attacks were reported in Donetsk.
But Russia's approach is not without drawbacks. Moscow has not given a casualty count since it said some 1,300 troops were killed in the first month of fighting, but Western officials have said that was just a fraction of real losses. Since then, Western observers have noted that the number of Russian troops involved in combat in Ukraine has dwindled, reflecting both heavy attrition and the Kremlin’s failure to fill up the ranks.
The limited manpower has forced Russian commanders to avoid ambitious attempts to encircle large areas in the Donbas, opting for smaller maneuvers and relying on heavy artillery barrages to slowly force the Ukrainians to retreat.
The military has also relied heavily on separatists, who have conducted several rounds of mobilization, and Western officials and analysts have said Moscow has increasingly engaged private military contractors. It has also tried to encourage Russian men who have done their tour of duty to sign up again, though it's is unclear how successful that has been.
While Putin so far has refrained from declaring a broad mobilization that might foment social discontent, recently proposed legislation suggested that Moscow was looking for other ways to replenish the ranks. The bill would have allowed young conscripts, who are drafted into the army for a year and barred from fighting, to immediately switch their status and sign contracts to become full professional soldiers. The draft was shelved amid strong criticism.
Some Western officials and analysts have argued that attrition is so heavy that it could force Moscow to suspend its offensive at some point later in the summer, but the Pentagon has cautioned that even though Russia has been churning through troops and supplies at rapid rates it still has abundant resources.
U.S. director of national intelligence Avril Haines said Putin appeared to accept the slow pace of the advance in the Donbas and now hoped to win by crushing Ukraine's most battle-hardened forces.
“We believe that Russia thinks that if they are able to crush really one of the most capable and well-equipped forces in the east of Ukraine ... that will lead to a slump basically in the Ukrainian resistance and that that may give them greater opportunities,” Haines said.
If Russia wins in the Donbas, it could build on its seizure of the southern Kherson region and part of neighboring Zaporizhzhia to try to eventually cut Ukraine off from its Black Sea coast all the way to the Romanian border. If that succeeded, it would deal a crushing blow to the Ukrainian economy and also create a corridor to Moldova's separatist region of Transnistria that hosts a Russian military base.
But that is far from assured. Mykola Sunhurovsky, of the Razumkov Center, a Kyiv-based think tank, predicted that growing supplies of heavy Western weapons, including HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, will help Ukraine turn the tide of the war.
“The supplies of weapons will allow Ukraine to start a counteroffensive in the south and fight for Kherson and other cities,” Sunhurovsky said.
But Ukraine has also faced massive personnel losses: up to 200 soldiers a day in recent weeks of ferocious fighting in the east, according to officials.
“Overall, local military balance in Donbas favors Russia, but long term trends still favor Ukraine,” wrote Michael Kofman, an expert on the Russian military and program director at the Virginia-based CNA think tank. “However, that estimate is conditional on sustained Western military assistance, and is not necessarily predictive of outcomes. This is likely to be a protracted war.” | https://www.lex18.com/news/high-cost-of-russian-gains-in-ukraine-may-limit-new-advance | 2022-07-05 16:16:12 | 1 | https://www.lex18.com/news/high-cost-of-russian-gains-in-ukraine-may-limit-new-advance |
BEIJING (AP) — Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a relative respite from sweltering heat.
Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday.
Such a streak was last recorded in 1961 — decades before most Beijing residents had air conditioning or even fans. A lack of rainfall may be contributing to the heat, with the typically dry capital receiving even less than usual this year.
While temperatures have since moderated — Monday’s temperature at midday was 33 C (91 F) — they are expected to rise again this week to as high as 39.6 Celsius (103 Fahrenheit) in Beijing and other parts of the country, authorities said.
Meanwhile, more than 10,000 people were urgently moved to safety due to flooding in the central province of Hunan, the Xiang’xi Emergency Management Bureau on Sunday.
Around 70 houses collapsed, 2,283 were damaged and farm fields were flooded. Losses so far have been estimated at least 575 million yuan ($79 million).
To the north in Shaanxi province’s Zhenba county, authorities reported the worst flooding in 50 years had washed out roads and damaged homes.
No deaths have been reported from the floods thus far.
The heat this year has been unusual, although China has regular summer flooding. Eleven provinces — around half of China’s land area — were expected to received heavy rains in coming days, mainly in the humid south.
In 2021, more than 300 people died in the central province of Henan. Record rainfall inundated the provincial capital of Zhengzhou on July 20 that year, turning streets into rushing rivers and flooding at least part of a subway line.
China’s worst floods in recent history were in 1998, when 4,150 people died, most of them along the Yangtze River. | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/ap-heavy-flooding-displaces-10000-in-china-as-beijing-has-respite-from-extreme-heat/ | 2023-07-03 22:18:11 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/ap-heavy-flooding-displaces-10000-in-china-as-beijing-has-respite-from-extreme-heat/ |
Local Health Plan Supported More Than 70 Community Organizations and Participated in More Than 250 Community Events to Help Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Hoosiers
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2022, communities across Indiana sought to improve their health and wellness in the face of countless healthcare challenges like COVID-19 variants, mental health challenges, and more. Through it all, MHS has committed to help residents of Indiana improve their health and wellbeing through awareness, education and action.
This past year, MHS provided funding and support to more than 70 organizations and participated in more than 250 events with community partners to improve the lives of Hoosiers. Recognizing the impact of social determinants of health, MHS expanded its support beyond medical needs and took action to empower and uplift communities, ensuring a strong foundation for overall health and wellness. These activities addressed challenges such as food insecurity, vaccinations, nutrition, health education, and health literacy.
"Speaking with members of the community, we've learned so much about their personal struggles with health, and I'm proud of our involvement in helping them on the path toward health and wellness," said Kevin O'Toole, MHS President & CEO. "To see the people of Indiana active and engaged in their health and wellbeing is a powerful image. I have the utmost appreciation for our employees and everyone in our communities working together to improve their lives."
Through health initiatives and engagement efforts, MHS helped transform the health of Indiana communities with multiple initiatives, including:
- Walk for Wellness: MHS organized several Walk for Wellness events around the state of Indiana for Hoosiers in rural areas. Each Walk for Wellness event offered free dental and vision services, immunizations, and additional community resources, including vouchers to Shoe Sensation for a new pair of shoes. MHS partnered with Indiana Black Barbershop Initiative, Community Action of Southern Indiana, Inc. (CASI), Southeastern Indiana Economic Opportunity Corporation (SIEOC), Green Tree Mall, Shoe Sensation, and Indiana Immunization Coalition to successfully bring Walk for Wellness services to Hoosiers.
- Block Out Hunger: MHS and Pacers Sports & Entertainment teamed up for four Block Out Hunger events in 2022 and into 2023. Block Out Hunger aims to provide individuals and families in need with healthy food options. MHS also worked with the Rock Initiative at Eastern Star, Indianapolis Black Firefighters Association, Edna Martin Christian Center, and the Indianapolis Fire Department to provide individuals and families with bags of groceries from Kroger filled with healthy food options, including vegetables, fruit, meat, soup, crackers, and other pantry staple items. Each family also received a Pacers/Fever swag bag and tickets to a Pacers game.
- Nine13 Sports: As new partnership launched in 2022, Nine13 Sports and MHS created new and fun perspectives of health and fitness lessons being taught in local schools. MHS sponsored 18 events with Nine13 in six Indiana schools, reaching 2,133 students through programming.
- MHS Adopt-A-School: As part of the MHS Adopt-A-School program, Bloomingdale Elementary School held its first Health and Wellness Resource Fair, providing over 85 families with immunizations, insurance coverage resources, health education, library cards, tutoring, shoes, warm clothing items, and more.
- Back-to-School Vaccination Events: MHS partnered with the City of Lawrence, Shalom Health Center, and the Indiana Department of Health to bring free vaccinations to adults and children every Thursday in July at the Fort Ben Farmers Market. Children who received their back-to-school vaccinations during an event also received a free MHS backpack. A total of 149 vaccinations were administered to 76 individuals throughout the month of July.
These positive partnerships, programs, sponsorships and events brought improved health and well-being throughout Indiana, while allowing MHS to support and build meaningful relationships among communities. These connections remain a priority for MHS as it moves into the new year.
For more information about MHS services and benefits, please visit mhsindiana.com.
Managed Health Services (MHS) is a managed care entity that has been proudly serving the state of Indiana for more than 25 years through the Hoosier Healthwise and Hoosier Care Connect Medicaid programs; and the Healthy Indiana (HIP) Medicaid alternative program. MHS also offers Ambetter from MHS in the Indiana Health Insurance Marketplace, and Wellcare By Allwell, a Medicare Advantage plan. All of our plans include quality, comprehensive coverage with a provider network you can trust. Visit mhsindiana.com to learn more. MHS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise.
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — One Rhode Island city has found a creative way to combat homelessness in the community.
Monday night, the Woonsocket city council approved the purchase of a 45-foot coach bus, which will be turned into a miniature shelter.
For months, Woonsocket council members have been working to secure what’s called a “Dignity Bus.”
The bus was originally found and pursued by the state, but the process was held up.
“I was a little bit upset about it,” City Council Vice President Valerie Gonzalez recalled. “We had been working on it for quite a bit.”
Gonzalez was on vacation in Florida when she got the news the bus was falling through, so she took matters into her own hands.
“When I woke up, I was just, ‘Oh my God, the bus is in Florida and so am I,’” she added. “So I made a few phone calls and was able to meet with the organization ‘The Source.’”
She was able to convince the company to sell directly to the city instead of working with the state.
She said that will be a huge advantage to the city’s homeless population.
“We can house our citizens first,” Gonzalez said. “Sometimes having the need right in the backyard of your community; these social workers get frustrated seeing the need right in front of them. They can qualify the people for assistance, but they can’t help them because they aren’t the next on the priority list.”
The $150,000 Dignity Bus can house up to 20 people, more than half of Woonsocket’s estimated homeless population.
Each double-decker bunk has its own bed, privacy curtain, and phone charger. The temperature-controlled bus also features TVs, as well as storage for belongings and even pets.
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The Source CEO Anthony Zorbaugh said homeless people were involved in the design and build of the bus.
“It’s different when somebody’s going through it to then be part of the process and really listening to them and giving them the tools they need to move forward,” Zorbaugh explained.
Woonsocket is only the second community in the country that will own a Dignity Bus.
Gonzalez expects the bus to arrive in mid-July. There will then be a two-day training by The Source for those who will be working on it. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/rhode-island-city-gets-bus-to-help-house-its-homeless-population/ | 2023-06-08 04:39:23 | 1 | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/rhode-island-city-gets-bus-to-help-house-its-homeless-population/ |
The shortest day ever recorded was June 29, and it was shorter than a typical 24 hours by 1.59 milliseconds. Some scientists say its climate change, others say maybe it's because of earthquakes.
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The shortest day ever recorded was June 29, and it was shorter than a typical 24 hours by 1.59 milliseconds. Some scientists say its climate change, others say maybe it's because of earthquakes.
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Although state officials won’t disclose the name of a Cache Valley commercial facility where avian influenza has been detected, men in hazmat suits could be seen Monday disposing of chickens outside the Oakdale Egg Farm near Lewiston, Utah.
A Utah Department of Agriculture and Food vehicle was at the sprawling food operation, and a truck being used in the disposal featured a door logo for Patriot Environmental Services, which specializes in cleanup at disasters of various types.
Notations on Google Maps indicate that both Oakdale and its nearby sister plant, Ritewood Inc., are temporarily closed. The same type of electronic map notation has been placed on Zootah in Logan, Utah, where the UDAF confirmed a flu case on Friday.
A representative for Oakdale Farms declined to address the matter when contacted by The Herald Journal, referring all calls back to the state agriculture agency. But a truck driver who takes deliveries from Oakdale told the newspaper that shipments from there have stopped and all the trucks servicing the facility are being sanitized at a separate site.
No deliveries appeared underway Monday, and in addition to the hazmat crew, a mobile food service had set up a quonset hut in the parking lot, apparently to feed cleanup workers.
An unattributed news media report over the weekend said more than a million birds are being exterminated at the Lewiston egg plant, but the state declined to comment.
“I’m not sure how that information is getting out, but I am not able to confirm that,” UDAF public information officer Bailee Woolstenhulme said. “We are not able to release the name of the farm or confirm the location of the farm. What I can do is explain the process and why chickens have to be depopulated if they do catch the avian flu, if it is present on a farm.”
She did indicate the outbreak in Cache Valley involves a farm and said previously reported cases of the flu in Utah County were limited to a backyard flock.
Some commercial egg operations in Utah do have a million chickens or more.
The reason the Zootah outbreak was disclosed while the specific location of others have been kept secret is because the zoo is a public facility, Woolstenhulme said. As of late last week, only one bird at Zootah was known to have the virus, and the other fowl at the zoo were being quarantined.
“The affected birds are considered captive wildlife and not poultry, some of which are endangered species. UDAF officials are working with the zoo owners on a specialized response plan to avoid depopulation of these birds,” a state press release said.
Woolstenhulme said disposal of infected fowl is a process closely regulated by the Utah Department of Agriculture. It can involve either landfill burial or burning at the discretion of the affected facility.
The virus is spread to chickens through migrating wild birds. According to the Centers for Disease Control, avian flu viruses rarely infect people, but there have been some cases of human infection ranging from mild to severe and even fatal.
During disposal, the risk of spread remains.
“Yes, there is still somewhat of a risk,” Woolstenhulme said, “and that is why when they’ve been depopulated the barns go through extreme sanitation measures and that is why there are approved disposal methods, so there would be limited exposure that people have to them.”
She would not say specifically how chickens are killed in situations like the one in Cache County, only that it involves slow oxygen deprivation.
“We typically don’t like to talk about it because it’s not very pleasant no matter how we kill them,” she said.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark is learning the NCAA’s issues in real time and during a period of sweeping change and uncertainty.
While Monday is Yormark’s first day working full-time out of the Big 12 office, leaving behind Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, the ex-CEO of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has been steadily involved in conference matters since landing his first job in college athletics.
He was named the Big 12’s new leader on June 29. A day later, conference realignment became a pressing issue again when Southern California and UCLA said they would be leaving the Pac-12 in 2024 to join the Big Ten.
Beyond that, Yormark has to get familiar with name, image and likeness compensation for athletes, the transfer portal, FBS conferences potentially splitting from the NCAA with their own governance structure for football, and the future of the College Football Playoff.
“One of his best qualities is he doesn’t pretend to know what he doesn’t know … He asks a lot of questions, and listens,” Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades said of Yormark. “He hasn’t been in the industry, so he’s got to absorb all of that, which is, just under normal circumstances, difficult. But then throw on top of that conference realignment part two.”
When asked during his introduction at Big 12 football media days in mid-July if there were active talks with any Pac-12 schools, Yormark said his league was “open for business” and exploring all options for the future — but gave no specific details.
Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff expressed frustration Friday, saying he has spent the past month “trying to defend against grenades being lobbed in from every corner of the Big 12 trying to destabilize our remaining conference.” He also said his league intends to keep its current members and entertain new additions.
The Big 12 is going through another transition in membership, and its media rights deal with ESPN and Fox Sports expires after the 2024-25 academic year. While Oklahoma and Texas are set to leave for the Southeastern Conference no later than the 2025 season, four new schools will join the Big 12 next summer.
Yormark brings an outside perspective to what has been a resilient conference, as well as a background in building brands.
Before joining Roc Nation in 2019, where he was chief operating officer on the commercial side of the business, Yormark spent almost 15 years with the Nets, overseeing the club’s move from New Jersey and construction of the Barclays Center. He previously worked for NASCAR, where he oversaw a $750 million agreement with Nextel Communications for naming rights to the circuit’s top racing series.
Yormark said he pledged the Big 12 board of directors that he would ensure the league would be “bold and humble, aggressive and thoughtful, and innovative and creative” in growing its brand and business — and becoming a bit more contemporary.
“One thing is crystal clear. There is no higher priority than to best position the Big 12 for its upcoming multimedia rights negotiations,” Yormark said. “Everything we do must create momentum for these negotiations, as well as building the value of the Big 12 brand and business.”
When the Big 12’s only football national champions leave, the league will have only half of its original 12 members. Nebraska left for the Big Ten and Colorado went to the Pac-12 in 2011. Texas A&M and Missouri joined the SEC the following season.
The Big 12 added TCU and West Virginia in 2012, the same year Bob Bowlsby became commissioner. The 70-year-old decided earlier this year that he was ready to step out of that role.
Within weeks of the Sooners and Longhorns getting invitations from the SEC last summer, the Big 12 approved membership for football independent BYU and American Athletic Conference schools Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida.
Yormark plans to visit all 14 campuses in the coming months, including the four schools that will join next summer, as well as departing Oklahoma and Texas.
“He’s the perfect guy for us right now,” TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said. “He’s going to be aggressive, he’s going to be bold. He’s not going to apologize for it. … We’ve got to just stand behind him and let him do his thing and continue to put us in the best possible positions as we can.”
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A new book explores the history of Hammond and features many vintage black-and-white photos.
Former Hammond Historical Society President Curtis Vosti wrote "Hammond," a new photographic history book by Arcadia Publishing.
"I wanted to get out of my Covid warren in the basement, and I knew of Arcadia and I pitched them an idea," he said.
Vosti worked on the book for about a year, doing research at the Hammond Public Library, Calumet Regional Archives at Indiana University Northwest and even the Library of Congress Archives in Washington D.C. He described it as a primer on Hammond with "a challenge to Hammond youth to use the book to spur interest in whatever slice of Hammond history they look for."
"It’s 163 pictures and 15,000 words telling stories of Hammond’s history with a lot of interesting details and numerous contemporary names and references," he said.
He's a former writer for The Hammond Times and Crain's who served as parks administrator for Hammond and as a governor's appointee to the Little Calumet River Basin Development Commission. He's also an attorney who serves on the board of the historical society.
"I am a current board member, past president and in two stints, have been a board member for about 15 years," he said. "I believe you know a town by its history, and so I wanted to learn about Hammond’s history because I was a beat reporter covering Hammond; I can’t remember how I first got involved, but the late, great Suzanne Long encouraged and inspired me and so many others."
He said the book is filled with interesting findings such as that Caroline Hohman was a successful businesswoman who donated land for three churches other than her own Episcopalian faith, that Hammond's population grew for its first nine decades and that the first Hammond Central High School was started in 1884 at the Central School on Hohman Avenue.
"Thomas Hammond wrote an 1890 history of Hammond entombed in the cornerstone of Hammond Tech after it was removed in 1949 from the cornerstone of Central School," he said. "1890 was the last reported siting of Potawatomie displaced from Hammond. Most of the tribe had been banished from Indiana in 1838. Hammond got its Lake Superior Courthouse in 1903 after city leaders failed in their push for the county seat to be moved to Hammond."
The book covers how the government documented child labor at the W.B. Conkey printing plant and other Hammond businesses a decade before child labor laws were implemented, that a machine invented by a Hammond man provided to be critical to Dairy Queen's success and other interesting facts.
"The Hammond Pros played the Green Bay Packers in the 1920s in Harrison Park," he said. "Hammond’s Indiana Hotel was an important scene of a 1925 crime that led to the national decline of the second coming of the KKK. When President Coolidge and the First Lady Edith left Wicker Park’s dedication and traveled back to a north Hammond train station, it was reported a young girl ran beside the motorcade waving a flag. A new street near that location was later named Coolidge Street.
He said the book was filled with striking photos such as of strikers lined up near the then-new Hammond High School in 1919, the devastation of the 1901 packinghouse fire that left half the city unemployed and Calvin Coolidge visiting Wicker Park when it was dedicated in 1927.
There's also an infamous photo of former Lake County Sheriff Rudy Bart leaving the U.S. District Court of Northern Indiana in Hammond in 1988 after testifying in a mask and becoming part of the witness protection program.
Vosti hopes people take away that Hammond has a storied history and a promising future after decades of decline.
"There's lots of unexplored leads for interested Hammond residents and students," Vosti said.
Vosti will have an author signing from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 25 at Miles Books at 2819 Jewett Ave. in downtown Highland.
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The inclusion training will be developed in partnership with HospitableMe and will be available to any bar or restaurant free of charge.
FORT COLLINS, Colo., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, New Belgium announced the next phase of its ongoing commitment to uplift and support communities often left out of the craft beer community with the Poured for All Initiative – a year-round investment to provide pathways for more spaces, including bars and restaurants that serve New Belgium beer, to become more welcoming and inclusive for all.
In partnership with DEI training provider HospitableMe, New Belgium is developing a completely free, first-of-its-kind inclusivity training with the goal of building more inclusive and welcoming environments in thousands of bars and restaurants, including those that serve beers from New Belgium and Bell's Brewery (which recently combined with New Belgium). This includes New Belgium and Bell's own taproom coworkers, who will receive the training as soon as it's ready.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated an already alarming decline in welcoming spaces for marginalized groups – for example, the rapid decline in LGBTQ+ bars. In the 1980s there were an estimated 200 lesbian bars, but that number is now down to 15, per NBC and other news sources. With its Poured for All Initiative, New Belgium and HospitableMe will develop and promote a custom training that empowers hospitality staff to better understand and exhibit inclusive behaviors that foster a truly welcoming space for all identities, including people with LGBTQ+, BIPOC and intersectional identities who are currently underrepresented in craft beer spaces and elsewhere.
"For more than 30 years, New Belgium has invested deeply in coworker and community wellbeing, seeking to be intentional about hearing our most underrepresented perspectives. In that spirit, we've approached beer with the commitment to be 'brewed for all,'" said Courtney Simmons, New Belgium Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. "But we have work to do in scrutinizing whether all the spaces we drink beer are truly welcoming for members of marginalized groups. This initiative is about putting our resources to work in fostering more welcoming bars and restaurants across the country with the lowest possible barriers to access."
The training, which complements existing bystander intervention training from organizations like Safe Bars and will be available for free on Hospitable Me's seamless digital platform, will combine simple but critical lessons with personal stories to enable any bar or restaurant staff member to better understand experiences of their underrepresented patrons and to help foster a truly welcoming and inclusive experience for people of all backgrounds and identities. Once the training is released in the coming months, establishments that train their entire staff will receive a digital certificate and optional window cling to help promote their commitment to inclusivity.
"We're excited to partner with New Belgium Brewing, a craft beer pioneer and leader in inclusivity to create this groundbreaking training. As a leading global provider of strategy and education for inclusive hospitality, HospitableMe looks for projects that have a tangible impact on LGBTQ+ and other historically excluded communities. Because this training will be accessible to all companies at no cost, it will have positive impacts reaching far beyond just New Belgium's walls as we seek to make bars and restaurants more inclusive and welcoming for people everywhere," said Billy Kolber, CEO and Co-founder of HospitableMe.
In addition to the Poured for All Initiative, New Belgium is re-releasing its Biere de Queer purple ale, with all proceeds benefitting local LGBTQ+ organizations in our home communities – including Blue Ridge Pride in Asheville, NoCo Equality in Fort Collins, and Frameline in San Francisco. New Belgium is also raising awareness on how to be a good LGBTQ+ ally and conscious consumer during Pride and all year long with the New Belgium Guide to Rainbow Washing. For every social media share the guide receives, New Belgium will donate $1 (up to $50,000) to the Equality Federation, an advocacy accelerator rooted in social justice, building power in its network of state-based LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations combating anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
"As a longtime DEI practitioner in the brewing and hospitality industries, I know how critical it is to create and maintain welcoming spaces for the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate and have a beer during Pride and beyond," said Dr. J Jackson-Beckham, President of the Board of Safe Bars and Equity & Inclusion Partner for the Brewers Association. "New Belgium's training will be a great complement to the bystander intervention work we do at Safe Bars. I'm thrilled to see New Belgium continue to lead the craft industry by example."
"We're proud of Asheville's strong culture of inclusivity toward residents and visitors alike, and New Belgium has consistently shown us they share these values through their presence in our community," said Kit Cramer, President and CEO, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. "But we also share a constant drive to do better, and New Belgium's training will be a hugely helpful asset to bars and restaurants across North Carolina and the entire country. Asheville will be more welcoming, and our local businesses stronger and more inclusive, because of New Belgium's investment."
New Belgium has been an advocate for LGBTQ+ communities for more than 30 years, and was proud to be the first craft brewer to receive a perfect score of 100 on HRC's Corporate Equality Index and the first craft brewer to be recognized on HRC's Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality. With a commitment to continuously learn, grow, and improve, the company recently expanded its DEI leadership by hiring DEI Director Courtney Simmons, who brings deep experience in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, to lead this work across New Belgium and Bell's. Diversity, equity and inclusion practices play a central role in New Belgium's Human Powered Business model, based on the idea that deep and consistent investments for the benefit of coworkers and communities produces better business results in the long term.
The training will be available beginning in the Fall of 2022, and businesses interested in participating can click here to pledge to join the Poured for All Initiative.
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Debiopharm Innovation Fund strategically invests in Whitelab Genomics' mission to make genomic medicine development faster and leaner for more efficient access to cancer patients in the future
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm Innovation Fund, the strategic investment arm of Swiss biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm (www.Debiopharm.com), announced today their investment in Whitelab Genomics alongside French Venture Capital company, Omnes Capital, in a $10 Million Series A Round to advance their mission to accelerate the development of genomics medicines via technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Whitelab Genomics' computational platform reduces biotherapies' development time and cost, enabling faster access to the market and cheaper therapeutic solutions available for patients in need. Debiopharm's investment in Whitelabs Genomics contributes to the growth plan of the start-up' R&D team and US operations. Such an investment aligns with Debiopharm's focus on investing in digital health solutions that improve the cancer patient journey, transform pharmaceutical R&D, and shift healthcare towards a more patient-centric approach.
Founded in 2019 by David Del Bourgo, MBA, and Julien Cottineau, Ph.D., alongside a team of world-class data scientists specialized in AI, computational biologists, molecular biologists, and genomic medicine scientists, the start-up offers in-silico simulations customized for target discovery, vector, and payload design, genotoxicity assessment and identification of experimental protocols of in vitro and in vivo strategies.
"We're moving into a time where AI-based technology will play a critical role in drug development. With better ways to develop drugs, de-risk assets, de-risk any toxicity, and ensure efficacy, we're able to bring more personalized drugs to patients – that's precisely what Whitelab Genomics is proven to do," stated Tanja Dowe, CEO of the Debiopharm Innovation Fund.
"The value of using this AI-based platform is the potential acceleration of pre-clinical, translational stage, helping drug research companies quickly design payloads and vectors and identify the best experimental protocols for in vitro and in vivo tests," said Hamzeh Abdul-Hadi, Investment Director of the Debiopharm Innovation Fund.
"We are very excited to close this first institutional investment round with such renowned investors with deep knowledge of the pharma environment. With this funding, we can continue developing our proprietary data sets and algorithms for both payload and vectors, and develop our collaborations with our customers," expressed David Del Bourgo, CEO and co-founder of Whitelab Genomics.
About Whitelab Genomics
WhiteLab Genomics, based in Paris and Cambridge (MA) was founded in 2019 by David Del Bourgo and Julien Cottineau, experts in genomics drug development and commercialization. WhiteLab Genomics aims to revolutionize genomic therapies development using public and private data and in-house AI algorithms. Whitelab Genomics supports its clients through the in-silico development phases enabling them to quickly develop target vectors and payloads and save precious time needed to give patients access to new genomic therapies. In only 2 years, Whitelab Genomics has convinced leading European and US Biotech and pharma to use its solutions for their new drug development programs, including RNA, DNA & Cell therapies. WhiteLab Genomics is also collaborating with world-renowned INSERM and Genethon laboratories and has been selected by Y-Combinator in its Winter 2022 batch. The company has won multiple awards, including the Galien Foundation nominee for startups, the Alumni New Venture Fund from the Polsky Innovation Center at the University of Chicago, and the Future 40 from Station F.
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About Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Debiopharm Innovation Fund, the strategic investment arm of Swiss biopharmaceutical company Debiopharm, provides strategic funding and guidance for companies with an ambition to improve the patient journey, re-imagine how clinical trials are conducted, along with companies offering digital platforms that support cutting-edge drug technologies. Since 2017 Debiopharm has invested in 14 digital health companies, typically leading the investment rounds.
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GOP hosts election watch party
AUBURN — The DeKalb County GOP will host an election night watch party at McIntyre Place, 116 S. Jackson St., in downtown Auburn, Tuesday from 5:30-8 p.m.
Light refreshments will be provided. There will be a cash bar
Results come in with all three voting centers counted.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Dingdong (Cayman) Limited ("Dingdong" or the "Company") (NYSE: DDL).
Class Period: June 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 24, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Dingdong lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/dingdong-cayman-limited/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Dingdong was actively flouting its food safety responsibilities, failing to deliver on its stated commitment to provide "fresh" groceries to customers historically disserved by supermarkets, traditional Chinese wet markets, or traditional e-commerce platforms; (2) Dingdong's quality control measures, which were so heavily touted in the Registration Statement, were, in fact, inadequate, exposing Dingdong to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement; and (3) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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Just after sunrise on June 25, the man staggered along a residential street in Newton, barefoot, shirtless, his shorts exposing part of his backside.
By nightfall, three people were dead, residents were urged to lock their doors and windows, and the man who had been walking through the city at daybreak was hospitalized in Boston for psychiatric reasons.
The violence seemed like a lightning strike — ferocious and without warning.
But Christopher L. Ferguson Jr., 41, the man accused of carrying out the deadly assault, had been clear about this: He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder nearly two decades earlier, and since then, life had been a “storm.”
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Years of his own writings, court filings, and conversations with friends and neighbors detail a man whose struggles and alleged crimes underscore weaknesses in the state’s mental health care system, which has buckled under surging demand unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic, and, some advocates say, needs an overhaul that gives families more power to help their relatives.
The victims, Gilda D’Amore, 73, her husband, Bruno, 74, and her 97-year-old mother, Lucia Arpino, appeared to be casualties of a “random” attack, the Middlesex district attorney’s office said. The D’Amores had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary the day before. Their loved ones became concerned Sunday morning when they didn’t show up to church to renew their vows.
Ferguson’s fate now rests with the criminal justice system, which will likely weigh his alleged crimes against his mental state at the time prosecutors say he killed the D’Amores and Arpino inside their home.
Ferguson’s defense attorney has already said he plans to pursue “certain psychological issues” that may impact the case and received the court’s permission to spend $5,000 for a psychological evaluation of his client. Ferguson is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Gilda D’Amore and faces other charges in the attacks on her husband and mother. He has pleaded not guilty.
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A few days after the arraignment, a judge allowed a request to transfer Ferguson to Bridgewater State Hospital where officials will evaluate his competency to stand trial and assess his criminal responsibility. In a statement, Ferguson’s lawyer, Dmitry Lev, expressed “our deepest condolences” to the victims’ families but declined to discuss his client.
It is important, he said, that the case proceed “in the court of law rather than in the court of public opinion.” Several of Ferguson’s relatives declined to speak with the Globe or didn’t respond to requests for comment.
But police interviews sketch some details about Ferguson’s mental state. His former girlfriend told investigators Ferguson was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had been experiencing a manic episode since February, according to an affidavit filed in court. The sister he lives with described his recent behavior as “erratic.”
One of Ferguson’s neighbors, Ilana Margalit, said his sister told her that he was hospitalized for mental health issues earlier in June, but was back at home by June 20, even though the family wanted him to remain in the hospital longer.
The Middlesex DA’s office declined to comment.
When a loved one with mental illness faces prosecution in a criminal case, their family members commonly relay similar stories about challenges in getting “consistent, quality care” for their family member, said Robert Kinscherff, a clinical psychology professor at William James College in Newton.
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“The course of the illness can be waxing and waning. They get better. They get worse. They are in treatment. They go out of treatment,” said Kinscherff, who is also executive director of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Ferguson appears to have used the online publishing platform Medium to write about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his early 20s, hospitalizations for psychiatric treatment while he lived in California, and thoughts of suicide. He also wrote frequently about his struggles on his now-deleted website, BlackandBipolar.net.
The National Institute of Mental Health defines bipolar disorder as a mental illness that causes unusual shifts in a person’s mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration that can make it difficult to carry out daily tasks.
Ferguson grew up in Newton and showed promise during his younger years. In 2004, he earned an undergraduate degree in American Studies and Ethnicity with a minor in Spanish from the University of Southern California. A year earlier, he was inducted into the school’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a prestigious academic honor society, records show.
In 2019, he announced on Facebook that he had published an e-book: “Singular and Focused: Reflections on Goal Orientation, Advancement, and Achievement.”
“The road to greatness is a never ending process of paying dues,” he wrote in the motivational text.
Posts about bipolar disorder were a recurring theme. In 2014, he shared a news story about actor Lee Thompson Young, known for the TV show “The Famous Jett Jackson,” who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and killed himself. Ferguson wrote that they were students at USC at the same time.
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“After learning we shared the same diagnosis, it hit home as they say,” Ferguson wrote.
He also likened his mental health to Ye, the musician formerly known as Kanye West, who compared his own bipolar diagnosis to having a “sprained brain.”
“When I look back to the earnest effort I gave in grad school, I was essentially the equivalent of a running back going for a 1,000-yard season with torn-up knee ligaments,” Ferguson wrote in July 2020.
He had nearly 40 blog posts on his website; archived writings viewed by the Globe mostly span April 2020 to August 2021.
Ferguson wrote about his manic episodes: He had five from 2005 to 2014. The bouts occurred at roughly 18-to-24-month intervals, and he was hospitalized 11 times, he wrote.
The episodes messed up “everything from finances, academic/occupational endeavors, housing, and relationships,” he wrote. “Going on eight years removed from this near-decade of utter unpleasantness, I don’t fear relapse anymore.”
Though he went through treatment and was prescribed medication, Ferguson wrote that he “self-medicated” with alcohol, smoking, and marijuana use — “a vice triumvirate that, in concurrence, I called, ‘the trifecta.’ ”
Adam Caramanica, who grew up in Newton and had communicated with Ferguson recently, said Ferguson had expressed frustration with managing his bipolar disorder.
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“He talked about how he had this issue, and he had tried to get help and that it didn’t work,” said Caramanica, who lives in San Diego.
Kinscherff, the clinical psychology professor, said it’s important not to stigmatize people with mental illness. Though there are examples of people with mental illness committing serious crimes driven by their disease, he said, “most will not harm anyone, and if they do, they’re more likely to harm themselves.”
Keith Halpern, an attorney who has defended people with mental illness in murder cases, said most of those defendants have relatives who spent years trying to help.
The families, he said, describe the mental health care system as a revolving door that discharges patients before they’re ready because their health insurance coverage has run out. They also report there’s no effective method to ensure that people take prescribed psychiatric medications, Halpern said.
Summing up their stories, he said: “The system is a complete disaster.”
Lisa Dailey, executive director at Treatment Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization in Arlington, Va., said Massachusetts is among three states without an outpatient civil commitment law that would give the courts the authority to keep patients with mental illness in treatment, including taking psychiatric medications.
Critics, including the Committee for Public Counsel Services, say such an approach is coercive and “proven ineffective.”
“Successful treatment must involve people’s voluntary willingness to participate,” said Laura Sanford, a CPCS attorney.
Dailey disagreed, saying it ensures the system doesn’t drop patients who have trouble adhering to treatment and gives them the opportunity to recover.
Psychiatric treatment in a traditional clinical setting can be challenging and some patients experience discrimination, said Thomas Brown, a trauma survivor who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and has been certified by the state as a peer specialist to help others recover.
“We often think that once we get people into a psychiatric hospitalization, they’re good, they’re safe, they’re getting what they need,” he said. “Generally that’s not what happens.”
On the day of the killings, investigators gathered evidence they say linked Ferguson to the triple homicide: a backpack with Ferguson’s ID, a footprint, surveillance video. After officers arrived at his home, they summoned an ambulance to take him to a Boston hospital, where he was involuntarily committed for 72 hours for psychiatric care.
The following day, police charged Ferguson with murder.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic Gov. John Carney is proposing to boost Delaware’s government operating budget by more than 7% over the current year’s budget, with hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending for state employee pay raises, health care and affordable housing.
The spending plan Carney announced Thursday calls for an operating budget of $5.48 billion, up from this year’s $5.1 billion budget, which included pay increases for state employees ranging from 2% to 9%, as well as a $500 one-time bonus.
Carney’s proposal follows December a forecast from the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council showing an estimated surplus at the end of the current fiscal year of $662 million. That cushion is one reason that Carney is proposing to direct about $665 million in cash to a capital budget of almost $1.3 billion for construction and transportation projects. The capital budget reflects a slight decrease from the current year’s $1.46 billion budget.
Carney is also proposing a one-time supplemental appropriation of $325 million for the operating budget, which includes $51 million toward the state’s current $8.9 billion liability for post-employment benefits for retired state workers.
The final part of Carney’s spending plan is $59.8 million in grants of taxpayer money for community organizations, nonprofit groups and volunteer fire companies, down from the current year’s record $69.4 million grants package.
Carney’s proposal includes pay raises of 9% for teachers and 3% for other public school employees. It also increases “Opportunity Funding” targeted at improving academic performance among “disadvantaged students,” by $15 million over the current year to $53 million. The funding applies to students with disabilities, low income or whose first language is not English.
The budget proposal also includes $30 million for mental health services for elementary and middle-school students.
Last year, Carney signed legislation mandating that weighted funding for disadvantaged students —defined as low-income students, students whose first language is not English and students with disabilities — become a permanent fixture in the state budget. The legislation was required under the state’s settlement of a 2018 lawsuit alleging that Delaware was failing to provide adequate educational opportunities for those students.
Carney also wants to raise the minimum wage for full-time government workers to $15 an hour, and to increase subsidies for child care providers by $10 million and increase the eligibility for subsidized care.
The governor also is proposing $101.5 million for affordable housing initiatives, with $60 million of that total coming from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Other proposals include $53.7 million for environmental initiatives and $50 million for economic development.
Despite hundreds of millions in new spending, Carney’s proposal maintains the state’s $316 million “rainy day fund,” which has never been tapped, and directs almost $19 million into a separate “budget stabilization” reserve fund he created, bringing the total to $421.5 million.
Administration officials also are proposing to increase the standard deduction for personal income tax filers by 75% to $5,700 for individuals and $11,400 for joint filers, starting in tax year 2024. The budget proposal also calls for increasing the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit to 7.5% of the federal credit, starting in tax year 2023. Officials said the changes would cost the state $24.9M in fiscal 2024 and $55.7 million the following year. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/carney-proposes-operating-budget-increase-of-more-17743778.php | 2023-01-26 18:17:35 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/carney-proposes-operating-budget-increase-of-more-17743778.php |
Amber Heard finally paid Johnny Depp $1 million she owed after bitter defamation battle
Amber Heard has finally ponied up the $1 million she owed ex-husband Johnny Depp after losing a nationally-televised defamation trial in Virginia last year, according to a source close to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor.
The six-week courtroom spectacle ended in June 2022 with a $10.35 million judgment against Heard for defaming Depp by penning a 2018 op-ed that referred to herself as a domestic abuse victim. The jury handed Heard $2 million in her countersuit.
Depp, 60, agreed to settle the case last December for $1 million, which was paid this month by the "Aquaman" actress' insurance company.
A source close to the actor said he would evenly split the payout among five charities: the Make-A-Film Foundation, The Painted Turtle, the Red Feather, Tetiaroa Society and the Amazonia Fund Alliance.
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The payment appears to be the final chapter in the warring exes' protracted divorce and subsequent legal battles that have lasted more than seven years.
The pair wed in 2015 and split up the following year amid allegations of abuse and infidelity.
News of the satisfaction of the settlement comes as Heard, 37, makes a bid to relaunch her floundering acting career.
Heard is scheduled to appear at the 69th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, Italy, on June 24 for the world premiere of her new movie "In the Fire," Deadline reported.
It will be the first time she's appeared on the red carpet promoting a film since the devastating defamation trial.In the film, Heard plays a widowed American psychiatrist dispatched to Colombia in the 1890s to care for a disturbed child.
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After the trial, Heard relocated with her young daughter to Madrid, Spain, and was briefly interviewed recently by local media in a TikTok video.
"I love Spain so much," Heard told the reporter in Spanish. He asked if she planned to stay in the country. "Yes, I hope so. Yes, I love living here," she replied.
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She confirmed she had movie projects in the works, adding, "I move on. That's life."
Heard's spokesperson did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, December 23, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
240 PM CST Thu Dec 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...For the Hard Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures
from the lower single digits to the lower teens are expected.
For the Wind Advisory, northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts
up to 40 mph are expected.
* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Arkansas,
north central and northwest Louisiana, southeast Oklahoma and
east and northeast Texas.
* WHEN...For the Hard Freeze Warning, from 6 PM this evening to
noon CST Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, until 6 AM CST
Friday.
* IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will
create hazardous boating conditions for small craft. Frost and
freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation
and could severely damage unprotected plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds
and rough waves can overturn small craft.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
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Commemorating the 123rd U.S. Open Championship, the limited edition 'DEWAR'S 19 Year Old - The Champions Edition' honors the terroir of the famed California wine region
HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DEWAR'S® Blended Scotch Whisky, the world's most awarded blended Scotch whisky, has released DEWAR'S 19 Year Old - The Champions Edition. The limited-edition whisky is released in partnership with the 123rd U.S. Open Championship, held at The Los Angeles Country Club (LACC), June 15-18, of which DEWAR'S is the official Scotch whisky partner for the third year running.
Created by four-time Master Blender of the Year, Stephanie Macleod and her team, The Champions Edition is extra-matured in hand-selected red wine casks from nearby Napa Valley, a region known for its award-winning fine wines, to produce a Scotch whisky that is rich and complex. The Champions Edition was inspired by the ethos of the U.S. Open's "From Many, One" campaign, bringing together up to 40 grain and single malt whiskies. It features notes of red berries and black cherries, which resolve into a rich and fruity finish with a hint of nutmeg. Part of the bottle proceeds go towards the USGA Foundation, which celebrates, serves, and advances the game of golf.
It is the third DEWAR'S 19 Year Old limited edition created in partnership with the USGA, with previous iterations in 2022 finished in new American Oak and Rye Casks, and in 2021 finished in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks. Like all DEWAR'S whiskies, DEWAR'S 19 Year old is double aged for extra smoothness.
"I am delighted to introduce the third iteration of DEWAR'S Champion's Edition, a whisky that fittingly pays homage to the terroir of California. In previous years we have created Scotch whiskies that offer incredible depth and breadth of flavor using the best of our Scottish terroir finished exclusively in American Oak casks: from first fill ex-Bourbon to new, never used American Oak and Rye Casks. And this year is no different. We're celebrating another great American Oak cask seasoned by red wine from California's Napa Valley. These imparts deep berry notes on the whisky. It marks the first non-fortified wine cask-finished whisky that we have created for DEWAR'S; the result is a wonderfully smooth and complex Scotch whisky, which I'm sure new and experienced Dewar's drinkers alike will enjoy," said Stephanie Macleod, Master Blender for DEWAR'S.
In addition to The Champions Edition, DEWAR'S will again serve as the official cocktail of the U.S. Open with the DEWAR's Lemon Wedge cocktail. This refreshing libation combines the smoothness of the award-winning DEWAR'S 12 Year Old whisky with lemonade and club soda, and is topped with a golf tee pick and a lemon wedge for garnish.
"Connecting with friends or family after a round of golf is intrinsic to the game, with many golfers enjoying the established tradition of a round of drinks at the 19th hole. It is an important occasion for us, where golfers can both celebrate or commiserate, depending on their performance on the course, over a small dram or a refreshing highball. Whether golfers prefer sipping our DEWAR's 19 Year Old - Champion's Edition neat or enjoying the award-winning DEWAR's 12 Year Old in a DEWAR's Lemon Wedge cocktail, we toast to golf's enduring spirit of camaraderie, competition and celebration," noted Brian Cox, Vice President of DEWAR'S North America.
Whisky cocktails continue to experience a resurgence in popularity, with drinkers experimenting beyond the classic whisky sour or highball, testament to the breadth and depth of flavor that Scotch whisky can imbue in a cocktail. For those who cannot make it to the course but want to raise a toast to the game with the signature DEWAR'S Lemon Wedge cocktail at home, DEWAR'S has created a cocktail kit via Cocktail Courier available nationwide; see HERE.
The third iteration of the DEWAR'S Champions Edition Commemorative Bottle for the 2023 U.S. Open will be available in limited quantities, sold at select fine wines and spirits retailers as well as online HERE.
For more information on DEWAR'S whisky products, please visit www.dewars.com or on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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DEWAR'S 19 YEAR OLD "THE CHAMPIONS" EDITION
Limited edition bottles on shelves nationwide HERE
MSRP $79.99 (750 mL each)
ABV: 43%
DEWAR'S LEMON WEDGE COCKTAIL
Ingredients:
1½ oz. DEWAR's 12-year-old
3 oz. Club Soda
2 oz. Lemonade
Method: Combine ingredients over ice and stir for desired dilution. Garnish with lemon. Cheers!
Available for purchase on CocktailCourier.com HERE
MSRP: $74.99
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About DEWAR'S
Founded in 1846 by John Dewar, DEWAR'S® has grown from a small wine and spirits merchant shop in Scotland, to one of the largest Scotch whisky brands in the world. Best known for its iconic DEWAR'S WHITE LABEL, it has expanded its family to create a portfolio of premium and super premium whiskies including DEWAR'S 12-Year-Old, DEWAR'S 15-Year-Old, DEWAR'S 18-Year-Old, DEWAR'S Double Double Series, DEWAR'S Caribbean Smooth and the exclusive DEWAR'S 25. These whiskies are crafted using the DEWAR'S oak marrying ageing process, which involves returning the hand-crafted blend to vintage oak casks for further maturation. The result is a smoother taste with a long, lingering finish; a taste that wins medals and applause, making DEWAR'S the world's most awarded blended Scotch. The DEWAR'S brand is part of the portfolio of Bacardi Limited, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited.
About Bacardi Limited
Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held international spirits company in the world, produces and markets internationally recognized spirits and wines. The Bacardi Limited brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including BACARDÍ® rum, GREY GOOSE® vodka, PATRÓN® tequila, DEWAR'S® Blended Scotch whisky, BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® gin, MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wines, CAZADORES® 100% blue agave tequila, and other leading and emerging brands including WILLIAM LAWSON'S® Scotch whisky, ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur, and ERISTOFF® vodka. Founded more than 162 years ago in Santiago de Cuba, family-owned Bacardi Limited currently employs approximately 9,000, operates production facilities in 10 countries, and sells its brands in more than 160 markets. Bacardi Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited. Visit http://www.bacardilimited.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram or Twitter.
About the USGA
The USGA is a nonprofit organization that celebrates, serves and advances the game of golf. Founded in 1894, we conduct many of golf's premier professional and amateur championships, including the U.S. Open and U.S. Women's Open. With The R&A, we govern the sport via a global set of playing, equipment, handicapping and amateur status rules. The USGA campus in Liberty Corner, New Jersey, is home to the Association's Research and Test Center, where science and innovation are fueling a healthy and sustainable game for the future. The campus is also home to the USGA Golf Museum, where we honor the game by curating the world's most comprehensive archive of golf artifacts. To learn more, visit usga.org.
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MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Gladstone Land Corp. (LAND) on Monday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations.
The McLean, Virginia-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $6 million, or 17 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 19 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had a loss of $4.3 million, or 12 cents per share.
The real estate investment trust specializing in farmland, based in McLean, Virginia, posted revenue of $21.2 million in the period.
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DUI suspect crashes into Girl Scout cookie stand
GRANITE BAY, Calif. (KCRA) - The California Highway Patrol is investigating after a suspected drunken driver is accused of crashing a Tesla into Girl Scouts selling cookies outside of a Walmart in Granite Bay, California.
“I saw the yellow tape and I was just shocked to hear Girl Scouts were injured. This is a pretty low-key parking lot,” resident Ken Klinger said.
According to California Highway Patrol, two girls, ages 9 and 10, have moderate injuries including cuts and scratches. Officials say a 78-year-old woman has major injuries. All three went to the hospital.
“I hope to God they’re going to be OK,” Klinger said.
The ordeal was captured by people in the parking lot.
One woman said she took photos from her car but never got out.
“I just wish the young Girl Scouts a quick recovery,” resident Les Brown said.
Brown said he just picked up cookies from another Walmart earlier in the day and was horrified to learn what had happened.
California Highway Patrol says the driver was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
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BALTIMORE, August 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Canton Group, a strategic technology consulting and engineering company headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, has been competitively awarded a prime contract by the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA). The contract is for three years with two additional one-year options. Established in 1986, MSA's original mission has been to build, manage, and maintain athletic facilities in the state, such as the Pimlico Racing Facility and the Camden Yards Sports Complex which includes Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium. An independent unit from the state's Executive Branch of government, MSA has expanded its business objectives to include overseeing projects in partnership with local governments, universities, and private sector organizations.
Under the contract, The Canton Group will be providing comprehensive project management, website hosting, maintenance, and support services to MSA. As the incumbent, The Canton Group will continue to provide web hosting for MSA and will be completing a Drupal upgrade (from Drupal 8 to 9). This upgrade will ensure MSA's website – utilized as an informational hub to provide updates on projects (new, existing, and completed) – is secure, modern, and scalable.
"We are thrilled to continue our partnership with MSA" said Ethan Kazi, The Canton Group CEO. "Over the last six years, we have collaborated with MSA to improve their website, upgrading the platform to follow industry best practices and ensure accessibility. The Canton Group looks forward to implementing innovative solutions that enable MSA to achieve their mission objectives."
MSA's work not only benefits Maryland's sports enthusiasts but they are also dedicated to improving opportunities for education, businesses, and the local communities. Highlights of previous work include 21st Century School Building Programs and Project C.O.R.E., or Creating Opportunities for Renewal and Enterprise, which orchestrates the demolition of blighted structures throughout Baltimore City. For close to 25 years, The Canton Group has provided support to over 20 Maryland state agencies including the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), Maryland State Ethics Commission (MD Ethics), the Maryland State Board of Elections (MD SBE) and many others.
The Canton Group is consistently recognized as the leading software development and implementation firm in the Baltimore Metropolitan area, providing website and development services. Dedicated to delivering state-of-the-art technology solutions that help clients achieve critical business and organizational objectives, The Canton Group's award-winning team of experts helps clients leverage technology to innovate and gain operational agility.
For more information about The Canton Group, please visit https://cantongroup.com/.
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The Ford F-150 Lightning was the first electric pickup truck available to federal agencies for fleet use—but because it’s currently sold out, those agencies can’t order any of the trucks.
Outside first reported that the United States Forest Service (USFS) is currently evaluating the Lightning, and that it is the only electric pickup available through the Government Services Administration (GSA), which handles federal vehicle purchases.
Ford Pro spokesperson Elizabeth Kraft confirmed to Green Car Reports that the F-150 Lightning is the only electric truck available on the GSA list, but since it’s currently sold out, it does not appear on the list at this time.
Ford has already raised the price of the base F-150 Lightning Pro—the most likely one for the fleet—by more than $12,000, so the USFS and other government agencies that want to purchase trucks will be paying more.
EV purchases help agencies comply with the Biden administration’s Executive Order 14057—”Catalyzing America’s Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability”—which directs federal agencies to make all new light-duty federal fleet vehicles electric by 2027, expanding to include all other vehicles by 2035. That sets the stage for the entire federal vehicle fleet—totaling more than 600,000 vehicles—to go electric.
The Biden administration has held true to some but not all of its EV-related platform. In addition to moving toward an all-electric federal fleet, the administration has made progress on other points, including a revitalized EV tax credit, expanded charging infrastructure, and stronger fuel-economy rules. Yet the plan for a national charging network doesn’t address all so-called “charging deserts,” and the revamped EV tax credit will exclude many models in the near term due to new price caps and domestic-assembly requirements.
There are more options on the way. With deliveries of the Lordstown Endurance already starting, utilitarian Canoo electric trucks on the way, and the Chevy Silverado EV due next year—albeit in pricier versions with a $39,900 base model available later—the list of eligible electric trucks won’t be so exclusive for long.
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Combat death puts spotlight on Americans fighting in Ukraine
(AP) - Harrison Jozefowicz quit his job as a Chicago police officer and headed overseas soon after Russia invaded Ukraine. An Army veteran, he said he couldn’t help but join American volunteers seeking to help Ukrainians in their fight.
Jozefowicz now heads a group called Task Force Yankee, which he said has placed more than 190 volunteers in combat slots and other roles while delivering nearly 15,000 first aid kits, helping relocate more than 80 families and helping deliver dozens of pallets of food and medical supplies to the southern and eastern fronts of the war.
It’s difficult, dangerous work. But Jozefowicz said he felt helpless watching from the United States last year during the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan, particularly after a close friend, Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, died in a suicide bombing at Kabul.
“So, I’m just trying to do everything I can to make sure I can help others not go through what I went through,” he said Saturday during an interview conducted through a messaging platform.
A former U.S. Marine who died last week was believed to be the first American citizen killed while fighting in Ukraine. Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, died Monday while working for a military contracting company that sent him to Ukraine, his mother, Rebecca Cabrera, told CNN.
An undetermined number of other Americans — many with military backgrounds — are thought to be in the country battling Russian forces beside both Ukrainians and volunteers from other countries even though U.S. forces aren’t directly involved in fighting aside from sending military materiel, humanitarian aid and money.
Russia’s invasion has given Ukraine’s embassy in Washington the task of fielding inquiries from thousands of Americans who want to help in the fight, and Ukraine is using the internet to recruit volunteers for a foreign force, the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine.
“Anyone who wants to join the defense of security in Europe and the world can come and stand side by side with the Ukrainians against the invaders of the 21st century,” President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a recruitment pitch.
Texan Anja Osmon, who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan while serving in the U.S. Army from 2009 through 2015, said she went to Ukraine on her own. A medic, she said she arrived in Ukraine on March 20 and lived in the woods with other members of the International Legion before a new commander sent her away because he didn’t want female fighters.
Osmon, 30, said her mother wants her home before September. But for now she’s anxious to get out of the hotel where she is staying in Lviv and catch on with another fighting force nearer the action.
“I can’t turn away from injustice,” she said. “No one should be scared.”
U.S. Marine veteran Eddy Etue said he quit his job in the gig economy, found a friend in Colorado to watch his cat and gave up his home four blocks from the beach in San Diego, California, to help out in Ukraine, where he’s been about two weeks. He first worked with an aid organization but now is training with the International Legion.
Etue, 36, said he simply couldn’t stay home. “It’s just the right thing to do,” said Etue, who financed the journey through an online fundraising campaign.
Etue’s family history pulled him toward Ukraine. He said his grandparents left Hungary with nothing but their four children and clothes after the 1956 revolution, which was put down by Soviet forces that killed or wounded thousands.
“What’s happening here will affect not only the people who are experiencing it but their children and grandchildren as well,” he said. “I know that from personal experience.”
Jozefowicz, the former Chicago cop, says there are thousands of American and other volunteers in Ukraine. Multiple organizations are operating in the country, and Jozefowicz said his group alone has placed scores of volunteers in positions all over the country, with about 40 of those being combat jobs.
“We do not facilitate a civilian going into any direct-action role. We only guide and connect prior military volunteers,” he said.
But there’s plenty of other work to do. Groups of volunteers are getting medical and food supplies to people in the nation of 44 million people, he said, and others are working with refugees and others who’ve had to flee their homes.
“The closer I got into Ukraine and the more time I spent in Ukraine, the more voids I found that needed to be filled to maximize my groups volunteer efforts,” he said.
Osmon, who said she’s been in contact with Jozefowicz’s group, said she supplied troops with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications after days in the woods.
“Most everyone had air raid fever from hiding in the trenches in the snow and cold air,” she said. “Bronchitis was ravaging us.”
Etue said he got a feel for the country after making a 24-hour round trip with another volunteer to pick up a vehicle in Odessa. He said he’s been impressed with the quality of people serving in the International Legion since Ukrainians have done a good job of weeding out the inexperienced and “war tourists” who don’t have much to offer a military unit.
“I think they’re doing amazingly well given that they’re at war with one of the largest standing armies in the world,” he said.
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Taco Bell bringing back fan-favorite Volcano Menu
(Gray News) - Taco Bell says it’s bringing back a fan-favorite with the Volcano Menu this summer.
The fast-food restaurant announced the menu will feature the Volcano Burrito and Volcano Taco along with lava sauce that can be an option to add to any item.
The menu was established in 1995 and this summer’s return with mark the third time it’ll be available for fans.
According to Taco Bell representatives, the menu will return to the general public on June 29 with rewards members having access on June 27.
The Volcano Menu, known for its fiery flavors, will be available for a limited time at participating restaurants nationwide.
Taco Bell said it would release more information about the menu’s return.
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HOUSTON, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the world's leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, today announced that it will ring the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Tuesday, June 21, to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the merger between Bristow Group Inc. and Era Group Inc.
Bristow President and CEO Chris Bradshaw will ring the bell alongside other employees from the Company and members of the Board of Directors.
The Opening Bell will ring at 9:30 a.m. ET, and interested parties may tune in to broadcast media coverage of the bell as well as a live stream on the NYSE's website at: https://www.nyse.com/bell. Videos and photos during and following the ceremony will be shared on NYSE's social media channels: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and on Twitter @NYSE. Bristow will also share the event across social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, and on Twitter @bristowgroup.
About Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. is the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions. Bristow primarily provides aviation services to a broad base of major integrated, national and independent offshore energy companies. Bristow provides commercial search and rescue (SAR) services in several countries and public sector SAR services in the United Kingdom (U.K.) on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Additionally, the Company offers ad hoc helicopter and fixed wing transportation services.
Bristow currently has customers in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dutch Caribbean, Guyana, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad, the U.K. and the U.S. To learn more, visit our website at www.bristowgroup.com.
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- ELC co-developed with Hyundai Motor Company to protect EV batteries, increase driving range, and make it easier to get on and off vehicles.
- The system adjusts the height by up to 6 cm in various circumstances, including rough roads, highways, and parking lots.
- Provides features seen in the air suspension system, offering a competitive height control system that meets the purpose of the vehicle.
SEOUL, South Korea, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new system that automatically adjusts the height of vehicles depending on the purpose, for example, to protect electric vehicle (EV) batteries, increase driving range, and make it easier to get in and out of vehicles will soon be made available in the market. The system is applicable not just for EVs and PBVs, but also for high-performance cars, and is expected to improve not only driving performance, but also take an important step forward for affordability, safety, and user convenience.
On March 6th, Hyundai Mobis (KRX 012330) announced that it jointly developed the Electronic Leveling Control (ELC) with Hyundai Motor Company. ELC can be applied in different environments, such as rough roads, highways, and parking lots. The two companies are currently verifying the reliability of the technology using test vehicles.
ELC allows the driver to adjust the height of the vehicle by up to 6 cm upwards or downwards to best fit the driving circumstances. ELC uses an electric hydraulic pump to control the height of the vehicle from all four wheels. Sensors attached to the car detect the changes in the vehicle height depending on the driving speed and the gross vehicle weight, and the car automatically controls the height. Drivers can also manually adjust the height as needed. Hyundai Mobis plans to develop an ELC technology in connection with the front-road-scanning camera and navigation data in the future.
There are many benefits of controlling vehicle height. In EVs, you can protect the high-voltage batteries that are installed at the bottom of the vehicle, by raising the height. You can prevent the underside of your car from being scratched while driving on rough surfaces such as road curbs, unpaved roads, and speed bumps. Lowering the vehicle when driving on highways minimizes air resistance, thereby increasing the cruising distance. It also improves the driving performance because the center of gravity becomes lower.
When applying the ELC on PBVs, you can lower the vehicle height depending on whether the vehicle door is open or closed, thus improving passenger convenience when loading and unloading baggage or when getting in or out of the vehicle. With ELC, PBVs can maintain the proper height even when too much baggage is loaded or when a lot of people have got in the vehicle without being overly pressed down.
What is great about ELC is that you can enjoy the features you expect to see in premium air suspension systems, including protecting the underside of the vehicle, improved energy efficiency, enhanced convenience when getting on or off the vehicle, and maintaining a certain vehicle height.
Park Jung-hun, Vice President, Head of the Safety Parts Lab, Hyundai Mobis, said, "ELC is a technology that has been developed to be applicable not only in the EV and the PBV market, but also in high-performance cars. We expect ELC to attract a huge amount of attention in the future mobility market as it will materialize different new features."
Hyundai Mobis is zeroing in on R&D exercises that give a competitive advantage in key technologies required in future mobility, and that fulfill the purpose of the vehicles while at the same time satisfying user needs. In particular, Hyundai Mobis is focused on securing advanced software and semiconductor technologies that are designed to deliver total mobility solutions that blend autonomous vehicle sensors and brake, steering, suspension, and lighting systems.
About Hyundai Mobis
Hyundai Mobis is the global no. 6 automotive supplier, headquartered in Seoul, Korea. Hyundai Mobis has outstanding expertise in sensors, sensor fusion in ECUs and software development for safety control. The company's products also include various components for electrification, brakes, chassis and suspension, steering, airbags, lighting, and automotive electronics. Hyundai Mobis operates its R&D headquarters in Korea, with four technology centers in the United States, Germany, China and India. For more information, please visit the website at http://www.mobis.co.kr/
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Conway Borough announces boil-water advisory
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Conway Borough announces boil-water advisory
The mayor of Conway Borough in Beaver County is warning residents of a boil-water advisory Thursday night.Effective immediately and until further notice, residents of Conway living from 5th Avenue to Route 65 are instructed to boil their water, Mayor Debbie Giska-Rose said. Giska-Rose cited water breaks that happened Thursday as the reason behind the advisory.
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The mayor of Conway Borough in Beaver County is warning residents of a boil-water advisory Thursday night.
Effective immediately and until further notice, residents of Conway living from 5th Avenue to Route 65 are instructed to boil their water, Mayor Debbie Giska-Rose said.
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- Low-code solutions accelerate digitalization and integration of front- and back-end processes, and enhance customer experiences
- Mendix and Capgemini will jointly build and deliver low-code insurance solutions
BOSTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in modern enterprise application development, today announced that it has expanded its go-to-market relationship with Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering solutions, to build and deliver joint industry solutions based on the Mendix low-code platform. Mendix and Capgemini have been working together on multiple insurance-related engagements since 2011 in France, Netherlands, UK, and the Americas.
"As a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology, Capgemini has extensive insurance domain capabilities and resources." said Jethro Borsje, chief ecosystems solutions officer at Mendix. "The company understands the strategic impact of low-code and how insurance organizations can best use it to optimize operations and customer experience. Together, we will jointly build and deliver solutions that make the insurance industry more efficient."
The whipsaw effects of the pandemic forced insurance companies to become more digital and agile. However, significant challenges remain, such as providing better customer experiences and automating processes.
Insurance companies still work with disparate systems that are not integrated, nor customer friendly. Some carriers have been able to engage customers and derive insights from multiple data sources. Using customizable templates and solutions, they can digitize processes much more quickly.
"At Capgemini, we aim to build agile, scalable, and secure solutions for our clients with the most impactful partners" said Kiran Boosam, Head of Insurance Innovation at Capgemini. "The Mendix platform is widely recognized as a low-code market leader, and together we have delivered several customized solutions for clients. Thus, it seems appropriate to combine our synergies, standardize our approach, and accelerate the implementation roadmap."
Mendix and Capgemini will develop two low code solutions that streamline and digitize critical insurance processes – Direct to Consumer and Underwriter Workbench
As we become a more agile and web-based society, many insurance carriers are changing the way they engage their customer by offering online interfaces. The D2C solution is a chassis that enables Insurance carriers to deliver "quick to customer" insurance solutions with a positive customer experience. Personalized screens offer the flexibility to customize the interface by market opportunity, so you can use the same chassis and apply it to pet insurance, warrantee, D&O, etc. Also, a responsive omni-channel approach allows you to re-enter the quote process through emailed link, enabling a positive customer experience as they access the tool through multiple devices.
Underwriters expect their employers to offer digital tools that make their job easier, such as gathering insights from many different data sources to make an underwriting decision. Toward that end, Mendix and Capgemini are building connectors that link disparate data sources that enable underwriters to have the data available from one control panel. The Mendix platform also enables insurance organizations to go to market with robust, high-quality applications and experiences up to 10 times faster than with traditional coding.
Specifically, Mendix and Capgemini are cooperatively building an "Underwriting Workbench" that connects front-end experiences with backend systems such as Guidewire, so underwriters can better manage tasks, workflows, assignments, and reassignments. It also has the capability to enable a 360-degree view of the customer as well as role-based views for underwriters, brokers, and different lines of business.
"The benefit of these solutions and working with Capgemini is that insurance companies will be able to quickly offer unique insurance products, as well as improve the underwriting process," said Ron Wellman, head of Industry Clouds at Mendix. "This is critical in order to achieve greater levels of efficiency and improve customer satisfaction."
For more information, visit Capgemini | Mendix.
Mendix and Capgemini will demonstrate the power of the Mendix low-code platform and Underwriting Workbench in booth #126 at the upcoming Digin digital insurance conference June 8 – 10 in New Orleans. Discover how easy it is to customize the Underwriting Workbench and how low-code can facilitate successful digital transformation.
In a digital-first world, customers want their every need anticipated, employees want better tools to do their jobs, and enterprises know that sweeping digital transformation is the key to survival and success. Mendix, a Siemens business, is quickly becoming the engine of the enterprise digital landscape. Its industry-leading low-code platform and comprehensive ecosystem integrates the most advanced technology to support solutions that boost engagement, streamline operations, and relieve IT logjams. Built on the pillars of abstraction, automation, cloud, and collaboration, Mendix dramatically increases developer productivity and empowers a legion of not-so-technical, 'citizen' developers to create apps guided by their particular domain expertise, facilitated by Mendix engineered-in collaborative capabilities and intuitive visual interface. Recognized as a leader and visionary by leading industry analysts, the platform is cloud-native, open, extensible, agile, and proven. From artificial intelligence and augmented reality to intelligent automation and native mobile, Mendix is the backbone of digital-first enterprises. The Mendix enterprise low-code platform has been adopted by more than 4,000 leading companies in 46 countries.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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RIP CURRENT STATEMENT
Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
342 AM CST Mon Feb 13 2023
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...Kenedy Island, Willacy Island and Cameron Island
Counties.
* WHEN...From this evening through Tuesday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.
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Hungry ticks can use this static trick to land on you and your pets
By Maddie Burakoff – AP Science Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows.
Humans and animals naturally pick up static charges as they go about their days. And those charges are enough to give ticks a boost to their next blood meal, according to a study published Friday in the journal Current Biology.
While the distance is tiny, “it’s the equivalent of us jumping three or four flights of stairs in one go,” said study author Sam England, an ecologist now at Berlin’s Natural History Museum.
Ticks are “ambush predators,” explained Stephen Rich, a public health entomologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
They can’t jump or fly onto their hosts, he said. Instead, they hang out on a branch or a blade of grass with their legs outstretched — a behavior known as “questing” — and wait for people or animals to pass by so they can grab on and bite.
It seemed that ticks were limited to how far they could stretch on their “tippy toes,” England said. But now, scientists are learning that static charges may help expand their reach.
“They can now actually end up latching onto hosts that don’t make direct contact with them,” he said.
The researchers looked at a species of tick called the castor bean tick, which is common across Europe. This bloodsucker and its cousins are major culprits in spreading diseases to animals and humans, including Lyme disease, and are most active in warm months.
Researchers found that when they charged up electrodes and placed them near young ticks, the creatures would whiz through the air to land on those electrodes.
A normal level of static — the charge that fur, feathers, scales or clothes pick up with movement — could pull the critters across gaps of a fraction of an inch (a few millimeters or centimeters), according to the study. While those distances may seem small to us, for a tiny tick, they represent a big leap, England said.
In the future, there might be ways developed to reduce that static, experts said. But for now, Rich said people should keep using classic tick prevention measures, including repellents, to keep themselves safe from bites.
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What to Know
- New York City is sending additional employees to Puerto Rico to assist officials in the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.
- The team will join representatives of Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Administration and other emergency responders all with the aim of assessing the damages of the infrastructure and services impacted by Fiona's pass through the island.
- The news of the additional city employees being sent to the island comes a day after a team of emergency management specialists was deployed to Puerto Rico.
New York City is sending additional employees to Puerto Rico to assist officials in the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.
The team will include representatives from New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM), New York City Department of Buildings, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and the New York City Department of Design and Construction.
“Once again, our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean countries are facing darkness because of a devastating hurricane. With Hurricane Fiona leaving the region, we know that this is a painful moment for so many here in our city and across the globe,” Adams said. “New York City stands with our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and all affected countries. A first group of emergency responders are already on the ground, ready to respond and assess the needs, and we are ready, willing, and able to send additional assistance needed to those impacted by this devastating storm.”
The team will join representatives of Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Administration and other emergency responders all with the aim of assessing the damages of the infrastructure and services impacted by Fiona's pass through the island.
The news of the additional city employees being sent to the island comes a day after a team of emergency management specialists was deployed to Puerto Rico. Additionally, the city says, that a larger multi-agency team of 11 specialists and first responders is set to deploy to Puerto Rico later this week. This team will help to rebuild connectivity for smaller municipalities and removing downed trees.
NYCEM continues to monitor the situation in the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries, and the city stands ready to provide additional aid to those affected countries.
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“Our city has strong ties to the people of Puerto Rico and we are proud to answer this call beyond the five boroughs to assist them,” NYCEM Commissioner Zach Iscol said in a statement. “Rebuilding is daunting. It requires a strong commitment and collaboration with other agencies, governments, and private sector partners. As we have in the past, our team is dedicated to this work and will be with the people of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and other countries in the days ahead.”
For information on how to help those impacted by Hurricane Fiona, click here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-to-deploy-emergency-managers-to-puerto-rico-in-wake-of-hurricane-fiona/3875051/ | 2022-09-21 20:08:43 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-to-deploy-emergency-managers-to-puerto-rico-in-wake-of-hurricane-fiona/3875051/ |
Deep in the pit of despair that was the Flyers’ 2021-22 season, after their 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on March 13, a deflated interim coach Mike Yeo bemoaned the players for playing the way they “wanted to play” instead of playing “winning hockey.” He lamented the turnovers and the free ice — a reoccurring trend of the season — that allowed Montreal to tie the game late on a shorthanded goal.
So, he issued a warning to the Flyers, from the young, inexperienced players to the veterans.
» READ MORE: Method to the madness: Inside John Tortorella’s plan to rebuild the Flyers
“Take ice time away,” Yeo said of how he planned to send his message home. “Put guys on the fourth line. Scratch guys if we have to. I don’t even know if we have enough [players]. Call guys up. These are veteran players we’re going to have to do it to, too.”
Even mid-thought, Yeo hesitated in his threat, acknowledging that the team’s unrelenting injury woes stressed his ability to make drastic personnel changes. Yeo then walked his comments back two days after the game, claiming that the first two periods “weren’t that bad.” The Flyers maintained the status quo leading up to the trade deadline, shipped off three players including longtime captain Claude Giroux via trade in March, and lost 15 of their final 21 games of the season.
But as it relates to the 2022-23 Flyers, coach John Tortorella isn’t showing any regard for the status quo.
Down 2-0 to the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night after two periods, Tortorella stapled the team’s leading goal scorer Travis Konecny and points leader Kevin Hayes to the bench for the entire third period. Winger James van Riemsdyk had exited after injuring his left hand after blocking a shot during the first period, so the Flyers leaned on nine forwards to finish the contest.
Tortorella opted to keep his precise reasoning behind benching Konecny and Hayes “in the room” following the Flyers’ 3-0 loss. But in the locker room just moments after the final horn sounded, Konecny and Hayes made it known that they weren’t benched because Tortorella was thrilled with their execution through 40 minutes.
Both Konecny and Hayes were on the ice for the Sharks’ first goal of the night, and Konecny was also on the ice for their second. Seven minutes into the second period, a Hayes offensive-zone, power-play giveaway turned into an odd-man rush and a scoring chance for the Sharks. Two minutes later, a Konecny defensive-zone giveaway turned into a goal for Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson, the team’s first of the night.
“He’s been honest about that since Day 1 of camp,” Konecny said. “Doesn’t matter who you are, you’ve got to play the right way. If we weren’t doing the right things tonight, and I know I was out [on the ice] for two goals. I had some mistakes tonight. It’s his decision.”
» READ MORE: Philadelphia gives Oskar Lindblom, former Flyer and cancer survivor, a hero’s welcome home
With Konecny and Hayes out of the picture for the third period, Tortorella threw the kitchen sink at the Sharks. He reconfigured the Flyers’ power play, utilizing Wade Allison, Zack MacEwen, Travis Sanheim, Ivan Provorov, and Lukáš Sedlák on the second unit (MacEwen, Sanheim, and Sedlák are not power-play regulars).
Although it’s impossible to speculate on how the Flyers would have looked if Konecny and Hayes weren’t absent for the final 20 minutes, the team arguably played its best period of the night in the third without them. The Flyers won the puck-possession game (22 shot attempts to the Sharks’ eight) and created three high-danger scoring chances, their most in a single period, according to Natural Stat Trick.
“I think in the third period, that was more of our style,” Konecny said. “We were coming at them. We were getting pucks in and working hard. So, if there’s one thing you can take from [the game], it’s the third.”
Generally speaking, the concept of Tortorella benching a player or limiting their minutes isn’t shocking. Winger Hayden Hodgson played just 4:26 in the Flyers’ season opener against the New Jersey Devils and was placed on waivers the following day. Tortorella’s willingness to discipline his veterans, especially two of the few offensive-minded, bona fide NHL players at his disposal, comes with far more intrigue.
» READ MORE: Flyers coach John Tortorella finds plenty for his team to work on following film study
No, Tortorella wasn’t loose-lipped with his exact motivation for benching Konecny and Hayes. But the overarching message from the start of the Tortorella era has been clear — If any Flyers player wants to be a part of the solution, they can’t be a part of the problem.
Giving away the puck like it’s Halloween candy is being a part of the problem. Defying Tortorella’s defense-first vision is being a part of the problem. Just six games into the regular season, Konecny and Hayes are more than capable of being parts of the solution, just as they have been at other times this year.
The Flyers want to play the brand of winning hockey that eluded them last season. This time around, players will be held accountable on the path toward that goal. | https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-hayes-konecny-tortorella-nhl-accountability-20221025.html | 2022-10-25 14:12:28 | 1 | https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-hayes-konecny-tortorella-nhl-accountability-20221025.html |
MetroHealth helps WWII hero return home from Cleveland
Published: Jun. 25, 2022 at 11:17 PM EDT|Updated: 24 minutes ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The last living WWII veteran to receive a Medal of Honor made a special trip Saturday from Cleveland back to his home state.
Hershel Woodrow ‘Woody’ Williams was the VIP passenger for the Metro Life Flight team, along with his grandson Brent.
According to a hospital spokesperson, two veterans flew the helicopter carrying Williams to Huntington, West Virginia.
The spokesperson said VA Medical Center and Navy warship are named in honor of the 98-year-old.
You can watch part of Williams’ journey home in the video below:
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Which mascara is best, Lancome or Maybelline?
When deciding which mascara to buy, you have a choice of colors and formulas, including waterproof formulas, and those that lengthen, volumize and curl lashes. You also have the choice of premium beauty and drugstore brands. Lancome mascaras are top-selling luxury products. Maybelline differs by offering some of the popular mascaras in the drugstore category.
Both Lancome and Maybelline make a wide selection of mascara formulas. However, Lancome’s high-end mascaras come with premium price tags. Maybelline mascaras are available at appealing budget-friendly prices.
Lancome mascara
Lancome distances itself from many brands on the market for high-performing products with patented ingredients. It makes several fan-favorite mascaras that are known for producing excellent results that include darker, longer and thicker lashes.
In addition to premium formulas, Lancome also makes mascara brushes that are designed to coat each lash while they lift and enhance the lash line. They also define without leaving behind clumps.
Lancome mascara pros
Whether you choose a Lancome mascara that lengthens, thickens or curls, chances are you’ll be impressed with the results. That’s because the brand uses quality ingredients that produce lash looks that beauty enthusiasts love. The brand’s top-selling mascaras come in standard and waterproof formulas to suit different customers’ needs. However, both options provide long wear that lasts all day.
Another benefit of Lancome mascara is that it’s made without harsh additives such as sulfates, triclosan, phthalates, silicone and formaldehyde. Most of the brand’s top formulas are easy to find online from trusted retailers, including Amazon, Macy’s, Sephora and Ulta Beauty.
Lancome mascara cons
The most obvious downside of Lancome mascara is the price, which makes it impractical for some budgets. Depending on the formula, a tube will cost $25-$37. This can get costly over time, especially for mascara wearers who apply it every day.
While Lancome mascara is known for producing outstanding results, some users occasionally complain of concerns such as flaking and unimpressive volume. While these complaints are common in most mascaras, they can be even more disappointing with high-priced luxury mascaras that come at high prices.
Best Lancome mascaras
Lancome Hypnose Drama Waterproof Mascara
This top-selling Lancome mascara is waterproof and offers all-day wear in a volumizing formula. Because it doesn’t tend to flake, it’s a good choice for those who wear contact lenses.
Sold by Amazon
Lancome Idole Lash Lifting and Volumizing Mascara
The unique curved brush of Idole mascara does a good job lifting and curling lashes. The special formula lengthens lashes while giving them noticeable volume. The long-wearing color lasts for hours.
Sold by Sephora
Lancome Definicils High-Definition Mascara
If you need a mascara that defines every lash and gives them a longer appearance, Definicils is the one to buy. It features a classic straight brush that’s simple to control and works well for small, lower lashes. The highly-pigmented formula makes lashes pop.
Sold by Amazon
Maybelline mascara
Maybelline is one of the most trusted drugstore brands on the market, and its mascaras are arguably some of the most popular available. The company makes a large selection of formulas, including several longtime favorites that have been top-sellers for generations.
Whether you prefer standard or waterproof mascara, Maybelline has you covered. Most of the brand’s formulas are available in a choice of both options.
Maybelline mascara pros
Not everyone can spend $20 or more on mascara. That’s where a brand like Maybelline comes in. Their affordable mascaras range in price from $6-$12 a tube, which is a fraction of the cost of premium brands like Lancome. What’s more, many Maybelline mascaras are known for producing natural-looking lashes.
Premium mascaras are often preferred for the exceptional results they deliver. However, Maybelline offers numerous types of mascaras that lengthen, thicken and define just about as well as their pricier counterparts. Although the waterproof mascaras provide reliable wear in wet conditions, they are also easy to remove from lashes with makeup remover.
Maybelline mascara cons
If you are looking for a mascara that produces dramatic results, some Maybelline mascaras fall short. Volumizing and lengthening mascaras by the brand are your best options. Additionally, some customers complain about clumps and subpar brushes.
Because it’s a drugstore brand, Maybelline products can readily be found at brick-and-mortar stores. However, many online retailers that sell beauty products only offer premium products. If you want to buy Maybelline mascaras online, Amazon and Ulta are two well-known retailers that offer a nice selection.
Best Maybelline mascaras
Maybelline Sky High Lash Sensational Volumizing Mascara
When it comes to a mascara that does it all, Sky High Lash Sensational Mascara is made to impress. It lifts, lengthens and volumizes while providing all-day wear. The flexible brush coats even the smallest lashes while eliminating clumps.
Sold by Amazon
Maybelline Full ‘N Soft Waterproof Mascara
Maybelline’s Full ‘N Soft Mascara lives up to its name by creating a full appearance without making lashes stiff or clumpy. Although the waterproof formula wears for hours in wet conditions, it’s simple to remove with mild soap and water or a quality eye makeup remover.
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The Supreme Court said Wednesday that the federal government improperly lowered drug reimbursement payments to hospitals and clinics that serve low-income communities, a reduction that cost the facilities billions of dollars.
The high court ruled unanimously in a case involving payments for drugs, largely for cancer, that are used by Medicare patients in hospital outpatient departments. The Biden administration had stood by a Trump administration decision to reduce the payments.
The government had said that the hospitals and clinics, because of their special status serving low-income communities, are able to buy the drugs at a deep discount. The government said reimbursing the hospitals, called 340B hospitals, at the same rate as other hospitals that pay more created an incentive for the hospitals to overprescribe the drugs or prescribe more expensive drugs. It said that lowering the reimbursement would also save Medicare beneficiaries money in co-payments because those are linked to reimbursement rates.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court that “absent a survey of hospitals’ acquisition costs” the Department of Health and Human Services “may not vary the reimbursement rates for 340B hospitals. HHS’s 2018 and 2019 reimbursement rates for 340B hospitals were therefore contrary to the statute and unlawful.”
In a statement, the Chicago-based American Hospital Association and other groups involved in the case called the decision a “decisive victory for vulnerable communities and the hospitals on which so many patients depend.” They hope to work with the administration and the courts on a reimbursement plan.
The case before the justices involved Medicare, which provides health insurance for nearly 60 million people age 65 and older or people with certain disabilities. Under Medicare, health care providers get reimbursed by the government for expenses including drugs used in hospital outpatient departments.
Hospitals had been getting reimbursed at a rate based on the average price of the drugs. But in 2018 the Trump administration said that 340B hospitals and clinics, which serve low-income communities, would be reimbursed at a lower rate. That’s because 340B hospitals and clinics are entitled to discounts from drug manufacturers that let them buy drugs at a lower cost. The administration cut the reimbursement rate by nearly 30%, an annual decrease to 340B hospitals and clinics of about $1.6 billion.
Affected hospitals sued and a federal judge initially ruled for them, but that decision was reversed by an appeals court.
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The 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic Odds & Preview: Nicolai Hojgaard
The field for the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit, Michigan at Detroit Golf Club includes Nicolai Hojgaard. The event takes place from June 29 - July 2.
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Nicolai Hojgaard Insights
- Over his last 16 rounds, Hojgaard has finished under par six times, while also carding six rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has posted a top-five score in one of his last 16 rounds, while ranking among the top 10 scores of the day twice.
- Over his last 16 rounds, Hojgaard has finished within three strokes of the best score of the round twice, and within five strokes of the top score of the day on five occasions.
- In his past five events, Hojgaard's average finish has been 37th.
- He has made the cut in three of his past five appearances.
- Hojgaard has finished with a better-than-average score in one of his past five tournaments.
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Rocket Mortgage Classic Insights and Stats
- Courses on the Tour have played at an average length of 7,024 yards in the past year. This tournament will be held on a par 72 that registers at 7,370 yards, 346 yards longer than average.
- Detroit Golf Club has seen an average tournament score of -11 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course Hojgaard has played in the past year has been 43 yards longer than the 7,370 yards Detroit Golf Club will be at for this event.
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -11.
Hojgaard's Last Time Out
- Hojgaard was in the 44th percentile on par 3s at the RBC Canadian Open, with an average of par on the six par-3 holes.
- His 4.25-stroke average on the 24 par-4 holes at the RBC Canadian Open was poor, putting him in the 12th percentile of the field.
- On the six par-5 holes at the RBC Canadian Open, Hojgaard was better than 66% of the field (averaging 4.50 strokes).
- Hojgaard did not have a birdie on any of the six par-3s at the RBC Canadian Open (the other participants averaged 1.2).
- On the six par-3s at the RBC Canadian Open, Hojgaard did not record a bogey or worse (the field averaged 1.2).
- Hojgaard's three birdies or better on par-4s at the RBC Canadian Open were less than the field average of 6.3.
- At that most recent tournament, Hojgaard had a bogey or worse on nine of 24 par-4s (the field averaged 7.5).
- Hojgaard ended the RBC Canadian Open with a birdie or better on three par-5 holes, while the field averaged 4.2 on the six par-5s.
- The field at the RBC Canadian Open averaged 0.8 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Hojgaard finished without one.
Rocket Mortgage Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: June 29 - July 2, 2023
- Course: Detroit Golf Club
- Location: Detroit, Michigan
- Par: 72 / 7,370 yards
- Hojgaard Odds to Win: +6600 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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LOS ANGELES — Umar Kremlev will remain the president of the International Boxing Association after the amateur sport’s governing body voted against holding a new election Sunday, a decision that puts the Olympic future of boxing in serious doubt.
The Russian was re-elected in May after an opponent, Boris van der Vorst of the Netherlands, was barred from running against him. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in June that van der Vorst should have been eligible to run against Kremlev, but the IBA group still decided not to hold a new election.
The decision goes against the wishes of the IOC, which suspended the IBA (then known as AIBA) in 2019 after years of financial mismanagement and poor organization. The IOC ran the boxing tournament itself at Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and it plans to run a boxing tournament at the Paris Games in 2024, keeping the IBA excluded.
Boxing is not currently on the Olympic program for Los Angeles in 2028, and the IOC’s statement was the latest in months of suggestions that the decision could be permanent. Boxing was an ancient Olympic sport that was first introduced to the modern games in 1904, and it has been included in every Olympic program since 1920.
Kremlev has not taken a conciliatory tone toward the IOC’s demands. In fact, he called for the IBA to become less Olympic-focused in remarks after the decision Sunday.
“I am working for you, not a side organization,” Kremlev said through a translator. “No one else should have influence on the organization.”
The IOC has been critical of the IBA’s governance under Kremlev, who was elected in December 2020. Kremlev addressed the IBA’s debt from years of sketchy financial dealings under former president Wu Ching-Kuo by inking a major sponsorship deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom.
Van der Vorst was the preferred candidate of a group of largely Western nations who hoped to change the governing body’s direction in accordance with the IOC’s wishes to improve its chances of staying on the Olympic program. USA Boxing and several other governing bodies expressed their disappointment with the IBA this weekend after it declined to change course.
The IBA also suspended the Boxing Federation of Ukraine on Friday, preventing it from voting in the extraordinary congress. Kremlev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month at the opening of a boxing center.
The IBA cited “government interference” as its reason for suspending the Ukrainian body a day after it wrote to the IBA members calling for Kremlev to be voted out. The organization claimed it will still support the participation of Ukrainian boxers in IBA events.
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PHOENIX (AP) — It was the defining moment of the recently finished World Baseball Classic: Japan’s star pitcher Shohei Ohtani vs. United States slugger Mike Trout. Ninth inning. Two outs. One-run game.
Team USA pitcher Merrill Kelly said the storybook scene was just as dramatic for the players in the dugout as it was for fans watching. But he also admitted there was a thought that crept through his head.
“How are we possibly going to put a pitch clock on a situation like this?” Kelly said.
Well, we’re about to find out.
Major League Baseball’s new rules package is set for its regular-season debut Thursday when all 30 teams play their first game. For many fans, it’ll be the first time seeing the sport’s sizable list of rules changes, including a pitch clock, limits on infield shifts and bigger bases. They’ve been tested in spring exhibitions but weren’t used in the WBC.
“This is the next level — having the rules applied in games that matter,” said Diamondbacks three-time All-Star Evan Longoria. “Nobody’s getting numbers stamped on the back of a baseball card during spring training.
“I think this is going to be a huge adjustment.”
The good news for baseball is that the rules changes have been widely praised during spring training. Games move at a noticeably crisper pace: MLB says spring games averaged about 2 hours, 35 minutes through the first three weeks, 26 minutes shorter than spring games last season.
The limitations on the infield shift haven’t been a particularly big concern. The bigger bases — which could help curb collisions and injuries — have hardly been noticed.
MLB has also shown a willingness to listen to feedback from players. Last week, the commissioner’s office sent a memo trying to clarify some rules issues from spring training.
But everyone knows the real test begins Thursday.
“I think there will be a lot more gamesmanship during the regular season,” Cubs pitcher Drew Smyly said.
Some of that showed in spring training. New York Mets ace Max Scherzer and other pitchers tried weaponizing the pitch clock, hurrying hitters or waiting them out within the bounds of the 15-second timer — 20 seconds with someone on base — to mess with their timing.
“Really, the power the pitcher has now — I can totally dictate pace,” the three-time Cy Young Award winner said.
The cat-and-mouse game between pitchers and would-be base stealers will be particularly intriguing during the season’s opening weeks. Pitchers can only disengage from the rubber twice in each at-bat, meaning limited chances for pickoff attempts. If a pitcher disengages a third time and doesn’t record an out, a balk is called and all runners advance one base.
Stolen bases and stolen base attempts during spring training increased about 50% over the numbers from last year’s spring games.
And they could jump again in the regular season.
“We didn’t want to tip our hand, to be honest with you,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said of his team’s running strategy. “But trust me, we’re working on things behind the scenes.”
The emphasis on athleticism is at the core of what MLB wants in its 2023 games, and the sport has been aggressive in its marketing. A recent video on MLB.com — with the cheeky title “Get that shift … outta here!” — featured ‘Breaking Bad’ actor Bryan Cranston celebrating the changes.
So far, it seems players and coaches are cautiously optimistic the rule changes will be a good thing.
Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw said the idea of a pitch clock was much more scary than the actual pitch clock.
“I find myself staring at it and thinking about it more than I probably need to,” the three-time NL Cy Young winner said. “As we get going into the regular season, I don’t think it will affect me.”
San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler said he expects the new rules to take some of the mind games out of baseball.
“Before you could step out of the batter’s box and catch your breath, look up at the sky, take your time getting back in,” Kapler said. “The worst you would get is the umpire saying, ‘Let’s go’. Now there is a real penalty for it.
“Taking all the thoughts out of your head. I think it will be most advantageous for the athletes.”
The Ohtani vs. Trout showdown in the WBC — which ended with Ohtani striking out his Los Angeles Angels teammate to preserve a 3-2 victory for Japan — wasn’t subject to this year’s rules.
Would the pitch clock make that situation move a little more briskly? Sure.
But Lovullo — the Diamondbacks manager — said the good of the new rules outweighs the bad. He was watching the U.S. play Mexico during the WBC a few weeks ago when he felt the game dragging a little. At first, he thought it was the eighth inning.
Then he realized it was just the third.
Suddenly, a pitch clock didn’t sound so bad.
“I’ve adjusted and I think everyone’s adjusted,” Lovullo said. “I think the rules are really good.”
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AP freelance writer Gary Schatz in Arizona contributed to this report.
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Researchers say data indicates that healthcare professionals may be able to diagnose demential up to nine years before its onset.
A study published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association points to signs like balance issues, falls, impairment and problem-solving issues could be clues that help doctors warn of dementia years before symptoms.
University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust researchers in the UK were able to examine data from the UK Biobank in their study.
They found that for those who developed Alzheimer's, more were likely to have suffered a fall in the previous 12 months.
Dementia-related diagnoses were more common in those who had impairment when it came to problem-solving and recalling numbers.
Also for those who developed balance issues like progressive supra-nuclear palsy, they were twice as likely as others to have had a fall.
Nol Swaddiwudhipong, a study author, said, “When we looked back at patients’ histories, it became clear that they were showing some cognitive impairment several years before their symptoms became obvious enough to prompt a diagnosis.”
Swaddiwudhipong said, “The impairments were often subtle, but across several aspects of cognition.”
Scientists say early diagnosis is important to allow time for entry into clinical trials and to have a chance to alter the course of the disease.
Dr. Douglas Scharcre, a professor of clinical neurology and psychiatry at the Ohio State University College of Medicine, said, “For degenerative disorders, which are progressive conditions, it is not surprising to see the pre-diagnostic cognitive and functional decline.”
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TRAVERSE CITY — A color-coded map highlighting a variety of downtown public projects and its impact on business dominated discussion at the monthly meeting of the Downtown Development Authority Friday morning.
The map was put on monitors in the Commission Chamber of the Governmental Center during the report from CEO Jean Derenzy and remained in place for rest of the nearly 75-minute meeting.
The repaving of East Front Street between Grandview Parkway and Boardman Avenue in September begins what will be two busy years of projects, culminating with the reconstruction of Grandview Parkway scheduled for completion in October of 2024.
Derenzy and several DDA board members said it's important the public knows downtown won’t be closed during these construction projects, but getting information out will be critical. Derenzy said DDA staff is meeting Monday to discuss signage and detours for the Grandview Parkway project, even though it isn’t scheduled to start until April 2024.
“We are very cognizant that businesses will be impacted the next two years,” said Derenzy, who later added “the time is now” to begin understanding how the Grandview Parkway project will affect downtown accessibility.
The first project — the repaving of East Front Street — is scheduled for night work for a two-week period next month.
But new sheet piling to shore up the wall along the Boardman River in the alley of the 200 block of Front Front Street, scheduled to begin in October, promises to create more issues, including parking as well as trash removal and deliveries to businesses.
DDA chair Gabe Schneider and board member Pete Kirkwood said communication will be the key.
“We downplay the impact at our own peril,” said Kirkwood, who later added this work is necessary. “What are our choices?”
The spring of 2023 also is filled with projects, including the reconstruction of the North Cass and South Union Street bridges, sewer realignment in the alley of the 100 block of East Front Street and work on Lot B, site of the Farmers Market.
Derenzy said deck replacement of the two bridges will be similar to the West Front Street bridge, putting it out of commission for six months.
Derenzy said work on the north and south side of the Boardman River will address items of significance while also keeping preservation of the natural resource as the top priority.
In other business during the meeting, the DDA board:
- Heard an update on a downtown retail incubator planned for 116 Cass St. Derenzy said the DDA is continuing to work with the owners of the property as well as with the Traverse City SCORE chapter and Traverse Connect about specific plans for having 10 to 15 businesses working out of the space at any one time to get established.
- Approved a contract with Valley City Sign for a maximum of $34,373 for the fabrication and installation of wayfinding signs in the district, with contingency funds to replace a recently-damaged pedestrian kiosk. This action was tabled in July to give local companies a chance to submit bids, which came in higher than Valley City Sign.
- Accepted a $400,000 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. for façade improvement within the DDA.
- Approved entering into a contract with the County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority for a grant of $77,950 for some additional assessment work along the 100 and 200 block alleys of East Front Street. | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/business/projects-will-challenge-access-downtown/article_b9dedd6e-1fcb-11ed-a003-ffb0c30e2498.html | 2022-08-20 15:49:28 | 0 | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/business/projects-will-challenge-access-downtown/article_b9dedd6e-1fcb-11ed-a003-ffb0c30e2498.html |
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — De’Anthony Melton was an LA kid who rooted hard for the Clippers and not that other team in town.
Melton sure had more fun beating the Lakers in Philly.
Joel Embiid had 38 points and 12 rebounds, Melton scored a career-high 33 points off the bench and the 76ers recovered after blowing a nine-point lead in the final 30 seconds of regulation to beat Los Angeles 133-122 in overtime on Friday night.
“We will take the win,” 76ers coach Doc Rivers said. “Usually when you give up a lead like that, to gather yourself and play well in overtime is rare.”
Anthony Davis had 21 of his 31 points in the fourth and finished with 12 rebounds, while LeBron James scored 23 points for the Lakers. James (sore left ankle) and Davis (illness) both missed a loss in Toronto on Tuesday.
James gutted out his injury but made only 9 of 22 shots and missed 7 of 8 3-pointers.
Russell Westbrook had 12 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, joining Magic Johnson as the only Laker with a triple-double off the bench.
The Lakers were down 12 with 2 1/2 minutes remaining in regulation but rallied on clutch buckets and costly fouls by the Sixers. James converted a three-point play with a minute left that pulled the Lakers to 115-110.
Austin Reaves buried a 3 with 12 seconds left that pulled the Lakers to 119-117 and got a tremendous rise out of the Lakers fans well represented in the crowd. Down 120-117, Reaves was fouled by Matisse Thybulle on a 3-point attempt. He made the first two free throws and missed the third.
“I don’t know anybody that makes two and misses one,” Reaves said. “It sucks to miss. I’m sure my mom will be frustrated with me for missing a free throw.”
Davis then was fouled by Tobias Harris with 3.7 seconds left. Davis missed one of two that made it 120-all and sent the game into OT.
“It hurts, for sure, especially when you make the first one,” Davis said. “I watched the tape trying to see what I did wrong. Obviously, I left it short.”
The Lakers made 16 of 20 free throws in the fourth.
“I felt like a football coach when the guy has a field goal,” at the end, Rivers said. “I hope he misses one of the field goals. He did. We got it to overtime, which is an amazing statement. Really. That should never happen.”
The Lakers then missed their first nine shots of OT and were outscored 13-2. James Harden scored nine points in overtime and finished with 28 points and 12 assists.
Melton had a career game in the third alone with three steals, hit four 3s and he made all six shots in a 16-point quarter. He made eight 3s overall and had seven steals.
Embiid highlighted a wild first half with a 20-point first quarter of 8-of-9 shooting overall and two 3-pointers. Embiid actually scored as many points as the Lakers in the quarter when he led the Sixers to a 31-20 lead. Embiid’s eight baskets also matched the Lakers’ total.
He closed the quarter with a powerful dunk over poor Thomas Bryant that rattled into the second level of suites.
Embiid briefly went to the locker room at the start of the second and that left an opening for the Lakers. The Sixers traditionally struggle when Embiid is off court, not terribly surprising since he is the reigning NBA scoring champion.
But this was outing was particularly abysmal.
The Lakers went on a 13-2 run with Embiid on the bench, a run that wasn’t steadied until, yes, Embiid returned and hit a 3 for a 36-34 lead. The game then morphed into a 3-point shootout. The Lakers hit four, the 76ers made six and Philly took a 61-59 lead into the break.
Who kept the Lakers close in the half? It sure wasn’t James and Davis. Try Reaves, who hit two 3s and scored 15 points that kept the Lakers within striking distance. He finished with 25.
TIP-INS
Lakers: Johnson had a triple-double off the bench on Feb. 14, 1996 against the Hawks. … James missed his first six shots and Davis was whistled for two fouls inside the first 4 minutes of the game and picked up his fourth early in the third.
76ers: Harden joined James, Westbrook and Oscar Robertson as the only players in NBA history with 23,000 career points and 6,500 career assists. … Melton is the first Sixer ever and only the second NBA player ever with 30 points, eight 3s and seven steals in a game.
UP NEXT
Lakers: Wrap a six-game road trip Sunday at Detroit.
76ers: Play the second game of a seven-game homestand Sunday against Charlotte.
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Yesterday we took stock of our five Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023 finalists, and one of the vehicles we named—the Cadillac Lyriq, Ford F-150 Lightning, Genesis GV60, Kia EV6, and Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV—will earn the annual distinction.
But there’s always a lot of interest in the backstory, and why some models didn’t make the cut. So we’ll address some of that with a few points.
Firstly, Best Car To Buy has always been limited to those models that are completely new or substantially redesigned in the calendar year leading up to the award, and due to be widely available in at least the year following the award.
This year we narrowed the funnel a bit more by counting out plug-in hybrids. That’s why our finalist roundup didn’t include the Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid, Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid, Kia Sportage Plug-In Hybrid, or Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring. While they’re all good solutions for some commuters who don’t live along a route with weekend road-trip fast-chargers, PHEVs simply are not the greenest entries—not even the Volvo S60 or V60 Recharge Plug-In Hybrid sedan and wagon, with their 41 electric miles, or the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid, with its 38 electric miles.
The Rivian R1T was one of our finalists for 2022, and it’s more than just the first fully electric pickup in production. Loaded with clever cargo features, punchy and athletic yet refined and nimble, it took personal trucks into a more charming zone—and, we dare say, left most of our editorial crew wanting one in their own driveway. This year marked the introduction of the Rivian R1S SUV—the model that fits even cozier with Rivian’s all-encompassing lifestyle vision, including up to seven seats and better range and efficiency than the R1T. But we’re disappointed to report it can’t be a finalist, as we still haven’t been in the R1S any significant amount of time. Only a single member of our extended editorial staff has been in one. Attempts to get one for testing were not fruitful.
Likewise, we thought the Nissan Ariya was going to be a very strong contender, even with the e-4orce performance model not yet out. It looked poised for the right mix of refinement and efficiency, as Green Car reports noted an earlier preview drive. Nissan declined to supply us one for our Atlanta-area group evaluation.
And in another loss due to timing, the Audi Q4 wasn’t made available for group evaluation, while only a couple of our extended staff have spent even brief time in it. This model, related to the VW ID.4, remains promising due to its accessible pricing for a luxury-brand EV.
This year we dropped our minimum driving range for electric vehicles, pointing to the wider deployment of fast-chargers and the increased prevalence of households with more than one EV. The quirky Mazda MX-30 EV arrived for a first round of deliveries but hasn’t been back since. Mazda has listed the model simply as “sold out”—after around 500 deliveries.
We would also have liked to give the Toyota BZ4X and Subaru Solterra another close look, but they’ve been subject to long recalls, affecting deliveries—and the presence of press-fleet cars we might easily follow up with. And the closely related Lexus RZ still hasn’t arrived.
A couple of our possibilities had already been driven by enough of our extended staff going into the finals, such that they were pushed out of contention. Not enough of us, for instance, could get behind the design statement or utility of the BMW iX, for instance. And while the Mercedes-Benz EQE sedan’s leaner proportions, less weight, and lower price than its EQS fastback sibling make a more compelling model than the flagship EQS that was a finalist last year, we were split over whether it should be on this year’s shortlist. That said, the made-in-U.S. EQS SUV got a spot.
Finally, the GMC Hummer EV is one of the most noteworthy new electric vehicles, and we found it the right kind of rush for truck fans who wouldn’t have considered EVs. Is it even a green vehicle? That debate aside, we have too many questions about what this monster does for the market from here on—even if it does lay the tracks for higher-production-volume trucks later.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Three-time Pro Bowl left tackle Taylor Lewan did not practice Wednesday as the Tennessee Titans went through a walk-through session.
The Titans (0-2) host the Las Vegas Raiders (0-2) on Sunday.
“We’ll see where it is Sunday,” Vrabel said. “We’ll continue to evaluate Taylor.”
Outside linebacker Bud Dupree (hip), defensive back Ugo Amadi (ankle) and reserve offensive tackle Jamarco Jones (triceps) also did not practice Wednesday. The Titans made a handful of other roster moves.
They signed a pair of defensive backs in adding Terrance Mitchell from New England’s practice squad and Andrew Adams from Pittsburgh’s practice squad. They also placed running back Trenton Cannon (knee) and defensive back Chris Jackson on injured reserve, putting Tennessee at nine in that category.
Tennessee also brought back offensive lineman Christian DiLauro to the practice squad. DiLauro had been with the Titans during training camp before being cut Aug. 30.
Mitchell has started 51 of 83 games over seven seasons with Dallas, Chicago, Kansas City, Cleveland and Houston. He has eight career interceptions and nine forced fumbles. He started13 of 14 games last season in Houston.
Adams has started 35 of 87 games over six seasons with the Giants and Tampa Bay. An undrafted free agent out of Connecticut, he has seven career interceptions, two forced fumbles and 12 special teams tackles. He started three of 14 games played last season with Tampa Bay.
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David Herzberg was alarmed when he heard that Richard Sackler, former chairman of opioid giant Purdue Pharma, was listed as an inventor on a new patent for an opioid addiction treatment.
Patent No. 9861628 is for a fast-dissolving wafer containing buprenorphine, a generic drug that has been around since the 1970s. Herzberg, a historian who focuses on the opioid epidemic and the history of prescription drugs, said he fears the patent could keep prices high and make it more difficult for poor addicts to get treatment. "It's hard not to have that reaction of, like ... these vultures," said Herzberg, an associate professor at the University of Buffalo.
James P. Doyle, vice president and general counsel of Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, the Purdue subsidiary that holds the patent, said in an email statement that the company does not have a developed or approved product and "therefore no money has been made from this technology."
He wrote, "the invention behind the buprenorphine patent in question was developed more than a dozen years ago. If a product is developed under this patent, it will not be commercialized for profit."
Yet, the patenting of a small change in how an existing drug is made or taken by patients is part of a tried-and-true pharmaceutical industry strategy of enveloping products with a series of protective patents.
Drug companies typically have less than 10 years of exclusive rights once a drug hits the marketplace. They can extend their monopolies by layering in secondary patents, using tactics critics call "evergreening" or "product-hopping."
Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, a patent law expert at Stanford University, said the pharmaceutical industry gets a greater financial return from its patent strategy than that of any other industry.
AztraZeneca in 2001 famously fended off generic versions of its blockbuster heartburn medicine Prilosec by patenting a tweaked version of the drug and calling it Nexium. When Abbott Laboratories faced multiple generic lawsuits over its big moneymaker Tricor, a decades-oldcholesterol drug, it lowered the dosage and changed it from a tablet to a capsule to win a new patent.
And Forest Laboratories stopped selling its Alzheimer's disease drug Namenda in 2014 after reformulating and patenting Namenda XR to be taken once a day instead of twice.
Another common strategy is to create what Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb calls "patent thickets," claiming multiple patents for a single drug to build protection from competitors. AbbVie's rheumatoid arthritis drug Humira has gained more than 100 patents, for example.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awards patents when an innovation meets the minimum threshold of being new and non-obvious. Secondary patents are routinely granted to established drugs when an improvement is made, such as making it a once-a-day pill instead of twice a day, said Kristina Acri, an economist and international intellectual property expert at the Fraser Institute and Colorado College.
"Is there a better way? Maybe, but that's not what we're doing," Acri said.
The controversial patent that Sackler and five co-inventors obtained is widely known as a "continuation patent." (The original patent application for the wafer was filed in August 2007.)
Continuation patents do not necessarily extend the patent life of a drug, but they can have other uses. In 2016, Rhodes filed a lawsuit against Indivior alleging patent infringement.
Indivior, formerly part of Reckitt Benckiser, sells a film version of the popular addiction treatment drug Suboxone that is placed under the tongue — an oral medicine similar to what Rhodes has patented. Indivior's comes in a lime flavor.
Indivior's film, which federal regulators approved in 2010, dominates the market with a 54 percent average market share, according to the company's most recent financial report. And the company has vigorously fought rivals, including filing lawsuits against firms such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, which sought approval to manufacture generic versions. Indivior declined to comment.
The Rhodes Pharmaceuticals version would be a wafer that melts quickly in the mouth. The inventors list potential flavors including mint, raspberry, licorice, orange and caramel, according to the patent.
For opioid historian Herzberg, the patent battles between companies like Rhodes and Indivior are "absolute madness."
Decisions on what is available on the market to treat addicts should be based on what is the best way to treat the people who have the problem, he said.
Patent battles, Herzberg said, are "not how you want drug policy getting made."
Attempts to change the patent system have intensified over the past decade as prices of prescription drugs continue to climb.
In 2011, President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act, which included the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The PTAB is an alternative to using the cumbersome U.S. court system to challenge weak patents. Generic drug manufacturers have used the board's "inter partes review" process and overturned 43 percent of the patents they challenged, according to recent research.
Critics of the administrative process, including the pharmaceutical industry trade group PhRMA, said it creates "significant business uncertainty for biopharmaceutical companies." Often companies have to defend their products twice — both in the courts as well as before the PTAB, said Nicole Longo, PhRMA's director of public affairs.
Drug giant Allergan attempted to overcome the PTAB's review process by arguing that the patent couldn't be challenged at the review board because they sold the patent to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, which had sovereign immunity. A federal appeals court ruled this summer that Allergan could not shield its patents from the PTAB review this way.
This year, several members of Congress proposed bills that would unwind or limit changes made by the America Invents Act, though nothing is likely to happen before the midterm elections. The STRONGER Patents Act, introduced in both the House and Senate, would weaken the PTAB board by aligning its claims standards with what has been established by court rulings.
Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation that is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
KHN's coverage of prescription drug development, costs and pricing is supported in part by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Speedway, Indiana is the racing capital of the world! Millions of people visit the small town every year for the Indy 500.
We went out into the community to talk with the people who work and live there to see what it’s like, not only during the month of May, but all year.
While the track is a big part of their community, town leaders want you to come visit to see what the spirit of Speedway is all about.
“Whenever I go on vacation, people say where are you from and I say Speedway, Indiana. They go, Speedway, Indiana where’s that at? I’d say, have you ever heard of the track? They say, oh Indianapolis, and I say, no Speedway,” said Phil Smith who has lived in Speedway for more than 50 years.
The roughly 5 mile town, with 12,000 people is built on tradition and community.
“It’s a great place to live,” Smith added.
Councilor Gary Raikes grew up here and takes pride in his town.
“A lot of communities have just the four common seasons, but we have the month of May,” said Raikes, “That’s our fifth season and for a lot of us, it’s our favorite season.”
While the focus is on May, he wants Speedway to be a destination all year. He’s worked on bringing new businesses to Main Street, schools continue to rank in the top of the state. Public safety is a major focus, and soon a program will extend its trails to the edge of the town.
“We’ll have another million visitors throughout the year that are coming to see our museums, frequent our other restaurants and retail,” said Raikes.
Vincent Noblet, the President of the Speedway Town Council added, “Visitors to the town of Speedway are welcomed the same as any other small town in the United States, everybody waves and says hi, you don’t get the big city feel. You get more of the ‘how can I help you?’”
Sharing the spirit of Speedway with you, in hopes you’ll be racing here to experience it, for yourself.
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Uber driver shot in head, still drives passengers to safety
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA/Gray News) - An Uber driver in Texas received praise for his “heroic efforts” to get himself and his riders to safety when someone started shooting a gun as he was dropping the passengers off.
Daniel Palacios picked up three women heading to a party June 9. He said in an interview Wednesday that as he reached the location, he knew something was off.
“‘Hey you guys can’t get out. I can’t let you out, it’s not safe,’” Palacios said he told them.
He says he went into “dad mode” and instantly told them to get down.
“Two bullets ricocheted off the ground, and I felt the third,” he said. “I said ‘I have been shot. Get down!’”
The one thing he knew he had to do was stay calm. He drove himself and his passengers to the hospital.
Palacios was released from the hospital, but he says he is having trouble sleeping.
“I keep thinking, ‘Was there something else I could have done? Is there something else I could have (done to) either help more people out or just not be in that situation all together?’” he said. “It’s just a bunch of ‘what ifs’ that pause me each night.”
A spokesperson for Uber released a statement crediting the driver.
“The details being reported by the driver are terrifying, and we praise his heroic efforts to protect the riders,” the company stated. “We have reached out to offer support.”
Amarillo police said there had not been any arrests related to the shooting by Wednesday evening. A spokesperson said there had been multiple parties involving young crowds that may be connected to other crimes, and the violent crimes unit along with the juvenile investigative squad were on this case.
“We are very concerned,” said Sgt. Carla Burr. “Two people were injured the other night.”
Despite his doubts, Palacios said he feels like he took the best course of action.
“I did the right thing, I know I did,” he said.
He and his fiancée started a GoFundMe to help raise money for medical bills and repairs to his vehicle.
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LOSITETI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden got an up-close look Sunday at the historic East Africa drought as she walked along arid land and listened as some Maasai women described how their children and livestock are going hungry. She appealed for more countries to join the United States to help alleviate the suffering.
Some areas of the Horn of Africa have endured five consecutive failed rainy seasons, meaning there was no rainfall or an insufficient amount to help farmers with their crops and livestock. An upcoming sixth rainy season, beginning in March, is expected to be about the same or worse.
Biden, who was on the final day of a five-day visit to Africa, toured an outreach center in the town operated by World Vision with support from UNICEF and the World Food Program. She chatted with people who had brought their children to be screened for malnutrition and she participated in a discussion with a group of women, including a mother of 10 children, who shared their stories.
“They talked about how their livestock are dying. Obviously, you can see the drought here, how bad it is,” the first lady told reporters afterward. “The one source of water here feeds 12 villages and each village has approximately a thousand to 1,200 people.”
“So they are coming here, the people are coming to get water, they’re bringing their livestock to get water. But unfortunately, for many of them, the way they make their living is from their livestock and for most of them, the livestock are dying, so they’re having a hard time,” she said.
Biden noted that the United States has provided 70% of the money sent to the region to help alleviate the suffering, “but we cannot be the only ones.”
“We need to have other countries join us in this global effort to help these people of the region,” she said, adding that the drought was competing with humanitarian efforts tied to Russian’s war in Ukraine and an earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria.
“I mean, there are a lot of competing interests but, obviously here, people are actually, livestock, people are starving,” she said.
Meg Whitman, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya, who accompanied Biden, said people know intellectually what’s going on in the region but “it’s different when you just see it.”
Underscoring Biden, Whitman said that “everyone needs to help as best we can here because this is going to continue for the foreseeable future.”
Members of the Maasai community, who are predominantly herders, live in Kajiado county where Biden visited.
Nearly 23 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are thought to be highly food insecure, which means they do not know where they will find their next meal, according to a food security working group chaired by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
A Maasai elder, Mingati Samanya, 69, said he lost 10 cows during the recent prolonged dry season and struggled to find hay for the rest of his herd.
“The short rains last year were insufficient and right now we are back to struggling for pasture. We hope the long rains will be enough,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Biden sought to use her stature to help focus the world’s attention on the worsening humanitarian crisis in East Africa by touring the drought-stricken area near Kenya’s border with Tanzania.
On the nearly three-hour drive south of Nairobi, the capital, Biden’s lengthy motorcade passed over dry river and creek beds. Numerous cows were walking alongside the highway — many so thin that their ribs were showing.
Throngs of people lined both sides of the motorcade route at various points, waving or using their cellphones to record the event.
Some 4.4 million people in Kenya are facing high levels of food insecurity, with the number projected to rise to 5.4 million in March, according to an analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
Already, 11 million livestock that are essential to many families’ health and livelihood have died. Many of the people affected are farmers who have watched their crops wither and die, and their water sources run dry.
Northern Kenya, which is arid and semi-arid and is where pastoralist communities live, is most affected.
The country’s agriculture sector heavily relies on rainfall, and the meteorological department is predicting delayed rains in the upcoming short rainy season that should begin in March.
President William Ruto announced last October that his cabinet had lifted a decade-old ban on openly cultivating and importing genetically modified crops. The decision came amid pressure from the U.S. government, which had argued that the ban affected U.S. agricultural exports and food aid.
Last week, Ruto led the country in praying for rain.
The first lady has been highlighting the drought along with women and youth empowerment since arriving in Namibia last Wednesday.
Biden had visited Kenya in 2011, when her husband, Joe Biden, was serving as vice president, to help raise awareness about what then was considered a severe famine. U.S. officials and aid organizations say the current drought is far worse.
About halfway through drive to Lositeti, the first lady traded her black SUV for a smaller one more suited for the rugged terrain ahead. The village was the final stop on a five-day, two-country visit that took her from Namibia, along the Atlantic coast in southern Africa, to Kenya in the east.
It was her sixth visit overall to Africa, and her first as first lady. She traveled with her granddaughter, Naomi Biden, who is 29.
Biden met throughout the week with young people, women and entrepreneurs as she promoted U.S.- backed programs that teach about HIV/AIDS, preventing infection and safe sex practices. Other programs she visited help people learn skills to find jobs or start businesses to support their families.
Along the way, she managed to make some news with her comments in an interview with the AP in which she gave the strongest indication yet that her husband will seek to be reelected in 2024.
Asked if the only thing left to do was to decide on when and where to announce the campaign, she replied, “Pretty much.”
The president, who later was asked about his wife’s comments, offered a more measured response, saying he had “other things to finish before I get into a full-blown campaign.”
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Nicole causes problems for residents in Ian damaged areas in Southern Sarasota County and Charlotte County
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WWSB) - Many of the residents that had homes destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Ian more than a month ago, now having to deal with Tropical Storm Nicole. This storm adding insult to injury.
It’s been a very rough couple of weeks for George Goins. His Port Charlotte home damaged by Ian more than a month ago and then early Thursday morning Nicole making an appearance.
“All of a sudden, then around 2am, I couldn’t see out this window,” said Goins. “I didn’t realize the tarp was covering it, but then the water started pouring in and there was no stopping it.”
Goins says someone improperly installed the blue tarp which was covering his damaged roof and was supposed to protect his home. Officials say tarps blowing away and water leaking into homes has been the biggest issue with Nicole.
“There’s old school tarps where you throw on a hardware tarp and you put some sandbags down to hold them down, we’ve seen examples of that in the neighborhoods where that hasn’t worked,” said Brian Gleason, Communications Manager for Charlotte County.
Officials say the Operation Blue Roof tarps that you see on many of the homes have held up well. Keith Tourville, who is staying in a friend’s home in Holiday Estates in Englewood says, that this home has a blue tarp on it. There are some minor leaks. His home and so many others in his neighborhood destroyed by Ian.
“I’ve lived in this park many years, they’re just not the same people, they are feeling stress and shock,” said Tourville.
Goins says that between Ian and Nicole he has had enough. He says he’s planning to sell his home and move back to New Jersey.
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Erin Brockovich visits East Palestine after toxic train derailment: 'All clear my a--!'
Erin Brockovich hopes to advocate for the residents affected by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has arrived in East Palestine three weeks after the disastrous train derailment that devastated the small Ohio community to work with the victims so "they can get justice, know their legal rights, and so we can hold the railroad accountable."
In a tweet, Brockovich announced her arrival to East Palestine and her plan to hold a town hall meeting on Friday, Feb. 24. at 6 p.m. to work with the victim's of the disaster. The 5,000 residents in the small Ohio community are facing devastating damages after a Norfolk South train carrying toxic chemicals derailed, causing an ecological disaster.
As an environment activist, Brockovich is best known for her film "Erin Brockovich" which shares her involvement in a lawsuit against PG&E.
Her visit comes after U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and former President Donald Trump both made stops in East Palestine to address the train derailment earlier this week. However, Brockovich has made it clear that her visit is not political, tweeting, "I don't care who you voted for, when crisis hits, we are all Americans, we are all human beings."
Instead of focusing on President Biden's absence from the disaster site, Brockovich has spent her time talking with local East Palestine residents about their concerns following the derailment.
In East Palestine, Brockovich tweeted images of her talking with the "wonderful people" and sharing their experiences.
"@keithricheal074 lives 5 blocks from the derailment in #EastPalenstine, and he says local police knocked on his door the night of the derailment to warn them." Brockovich tweeted Thursday. "He says he’s worried about what will happen to his dogs months from now if they go outside and eat the grass."
Today, Brockovich posted an image of visible oil in East Palestine water with the caption, "Taken today!! "All Clear" My A--!"
OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT: OFFICIALS INSIST EAST PALESTINE IS SAFE BUT RESIDENTS AREN'T BUYING IT
Her tweet comes after Republican Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Tuesday visited East Palestine homes and drank tap water from each in an effort to reassure residents that their water supply was safe for human consumption.
Last week, Brockovich was tweeting about the Ohio train derailment calling for the Biden Administration to "STEP UP NOW."
"The Biden administration needs to get more involved in this #PalestineOhio train derailment now." Brockovich shared on Monday, Feb. 13.
She also criticized Republican Sen. J.D. Vance for his response to the situation sharing, "Hold them responsible. Hold them all responsible."
Last week, the Ohio Senator set Twitter ablaze after sharing a video on Twitter of him scraping the bottom of a local creek bed with a stick, which appeared to show "chemicals coming out of the ground."
"There are dead worms and dead fish all throughout this water," Vance said in the video as he stood next to Leslie Run Creek in East Palestine, Ohio.
"This is disgusting," he said.
A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not offer an exact cause of the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment but outlined several operational concerns.
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Who killed Kasey Schoen? The 25-year-old man was shot five times in Indianapolis while sitting in his truck 24 years ago. His case is getting new attention as the man first convicted of his murder was just set free. Now, Kasey’s family wants to know– will anyone be held accountable?
Leon Benson spent almost 25 years in prison at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, convicted of Kasey’s murder. But, last week, he was exonerated from murder! His case was overturned, police admitted they had the wrong man. Leon joined FOX59’s Angela Ganote live this morning to speak about his journey to freedom and staying strong after so many years wrongfully imprisoned.
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Call shows inmates knew Boston gangster 'Whitey' Bulger was moving to prison
Inmates at a troubled West Virginia prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death found out ahead of time that the notorious Boston gangster would be arriving, according to new details revealed in court.
Sean McKinnon, who is accused of acting as a lookout while two other men killed Bulger, told his mother on a phone call shortly before Bulger came to USP Hazelton in October 2018 that inmates were preparing for the arrival of a “higher profile person."
After McKinnon told her that it was Bulger, she told him to stay away from the gangster, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah Nowalk, according to a transcript of a hearing Monday in Ocala, Florida.
McKinnon told his mother: “I can’t,” to which she responded: “You get in trouble.”
“Don’t worry. Oh, I don’t plan it,” McKinnon said, according to the prosecutor.
The call was among new information disclosed about the slaying of 89-year-old Bulger during a detention hearing for 36-year-old McKinnon, who is charged with conspiring with two other men — Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 55, and Paul J. DeCologero, 48 — to kill Bulger hours after he arrived at Hazelton from another lockup in Florida.
Bulger’s killing has raised questions about why the known “snitch” was transferred to the troubled prison, known as “Misery Mountain,” and why he was placed in the general population instead of more protective housing.
An attorney for McKinnon, who was Geas' cellmate, told the judge that the phone call doesn’t show he was involved in any plot to kill Bulger. She said it wasn't just that McKinnon knew, but “the entire unit was alerted that Whitey Bulger was coming to the unit.”
“The fact that his roommate was a henchman has nothing to do with him. He didn’t select his roommate. The fact that he knew that doesn’t really tell the Court that he was involved in the conspiracy,” defense attorney Christine Bird said, according to the transcript.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip Lammens on Monday ruled that McKinnon should remain locked up until trial, calling him a risk of flight and danger to the community.
Nowalk told the judge that surveillance video shows Geas and DeCologero entering Bulger's cell around 6 a.m. The footage shows McKinnon sitting at a table that faces Bulger's cell while the other two men were inside the cell for about seven minutes. Bulger was found dead in his bed about two hours later, Nowalk said, according to the transcript.
An inmate witness told the grand jury in the case that he asked McKinnon and DeCologero if they were the guys who killed Bulger and they said they were, Nowalk said. That same witness "then indicated that Pauly (DeCologero) told him that Bulger was a snitch,” Nowalk said.
DeCologero “said as soon as they saw Bulger come into the unit, they planned to kill him,” Nowalk said. “And then Pauly (DeCologero) told this inmate witness that Sean McKinnon was the lookout,” she said.
An inmate witness will also testify that DeCologero said that he and Geas “used a belt with a lock attached to it” to beat Bulger to death, Nowalk said.
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on his gang’s main rival, according to the bureau. He later became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives.
Bulger strongly denied ever being a government informant. An intake screening form Bulger signed after arriving at Hazelton said he answered “no” when asked if there were any reasons he should be kept out of the general population and if he ever assisted law enforcement in any way.
There is no attorney listed in the Bulger case yet for DeCologero, who has since been moved from Hazelton to another federal prison facility.
DeCologero, who was in an organized crime gang led by his uncle in Massachusetts, was convicted of buying heroin that was used to try to kill a teenage girl his uncle wanted dead because he feared she would betray the crew to police. The heroin didn’t kill her, so another man broke her neck, dismembered her and buried her remains in the woods, court records say.
Geas, a Mafia hitman, remains at Hazelton. He and his brother were sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for their roles in several violent crimes, including the 2003 killing of Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno, a Genovese crime family boss in Springfield, Massachusetts. Geas remains in prison at Hazelton.
McKinnon had been on supervised release when he was arrested last week in Florida on charges including conspiracy to commit first degree murder. He is also charged separately with making false statements to a federal agent. Prosecutors say he told federal agents he wasn’t aware of what happened to Bulger.
McKinnon pleaded guilty in 2015 to stealing a dozen handguns from a Vermont firearms dealer. He was moved to a halfway house in February before being released from there in July. | https://www.koat.com/article/call-shows-inmates-knew-boston-gangster-whitey-bulger-was-moving-to-prison/40972611 | 2022-08-24 15:36:29 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/call-shows-inmates-knew-boston-gangster-whitey-bulger-was-moving-to-prison/40972611 |
MILWAUKEE, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today announced that it plans to release 2nd quarter earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Management will discuss the results the same day in a live webcast at 7:30 a.m. Central Time (8:30 a.m. Eastern Time), which can be accessed on the company's website.
The webcast will be available for replay at the same URL beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Time) on July 19, 2022. The replay will remain available for 30 days in this location. Supplemental financial information referenced in the webcast and the text of the 2nd quarter press release can be found on the company's website, in the section titled "Financial Information," after 7:30 a.m. Central Time on July 19, 2022.
About ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. For more information, visit www.manpowergroup.com.
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NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear aligner innovator, Candid, has partnered with Altius Healthcare Management to bring their fusion of in-person and remote orthodontic technology to practices throughout the Lone Star State. This key partnership will provide high-demand clear aligner treatment to Altius' patients and prove Candid's unique value to rural populations.
Founded in 2016, Altius has long been committed to bringing excellent oral healthcare to rural Texans.
"Our founders noticed that providers in rural areas were retiring and younger dentists were not taking their places," says Altius CEO, Darren Boggs. "We increase access to dental services in these smaller markets while providing stable career opportunities in the communities we serve."
Candid is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of Altius' patients by minimizing in-person appointments. Its remote monitoring platform, CandidMonitoring™, lets patients share photos of their teeth with their dentist every 14 days to ensure treatment is tracking according to plan. While the treating clinician may recommend as many in-person appointments as they would like, only two are required—one for pre-treatment records and one for post-treatment records.
"In rural areas, access to care is limited—especially for orthodontics," says Boggs. "In many cases, our patients must drive over 30 minutes to find an orthodontist. Our goal is to provide a strong alternative to traditional braces that is affordable and convenient for our patients. We think Candid aligns perfectly with our mission of expanding access to care in rural communities."
"Partnering with Altius is particularly exciting because it shows how Candid can empower practices in rural communities with a convenient way to generate revenue while meeting patient demand," says Candid's CEO, Nick Greenfield. "Our clear aligner system is designed to meet the needs of any dental practice and their patients—no matter where they're located."
As Altius begins rolling out Candid at their locations, the excitement among practice staff is building.
"Our doctors and staff are excited to offer Candid clear aligners in their offices," says Boggs. "We anticipate that Candid will bring new patients interested in clear aligners into their practices, which they can convert into loyal customers. With the right incentives, training, and support, we believe that Candid will become a meaningful part of our revenue streams."
About Candid
Candid is a clear aligner orthodontic system that makes treatment accessible and affordable for doctors and patients. Since 2020, Candid has brought high-quality clear aligners and patient support to dental practices and dental service organizations across the United States via CandidPro. Learn more at candidco.com.
About Altius
Altius is the largest DSO focused on serving rural populations in the State of Texas. Founded in 2016, Altius strives to bring quality, compassionate, and accessible oral healthcare to their patients while creating economic opportunities in the communities they serve. Learn more at altiusdental.com.
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Cleveland police, FirstEnergy respond to car accident into pole
Published: May. 9, 2023 at 6:30 AM EDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A live wire is down after a car accident at East 58th Street and Superior Avenue sent two to the hospital early Tuesday morning.
Cleveland EMS say they transported a 21-year-old man to MetroHealth Medical Center in serious condition.
The other person in the car was in stable condition, EMS say.
Cleveland police say they are investigating.
This is a developing story. return to 19 News for updates.
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