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What do you need to go snow tubing?
Snow tubing is a fun activity you can do this winter with friends and family. It’s much safer than skiing and snowboarding, and requires no athletic skills or expensive equipment.
However, there is some gear you’ll need before hitting the slopes for a snow tubing adventure. It’ll help you stay warm and dry throughout the day and let you enjoy the experience without worrying about the weather.
What do I need to go snow tubing?
Snow pants
You don’t want to wear jeans or jogging pants to go snow tubing, because while you may not come in heavy contact with snow, you’ll want to stay dry as long as possible. Snow pants let you wear layers underneath for extra warmth and have an exterior fabric that repels moisture.
Winter jacket
Like snow pants, a winter jacket should keep out moisture from snow and rain and be wind-resistant. Thicker jackets usually have more insulation, making them suitable for colder days, but if you want increased mobility, you can opt for a more lightweight jacket and wear layers underneath.
Winter boots
Most winter boots are fully waterproof, and lined with comfortable fabrics to provide long-lasting warmth and protection from the elements. Whether you want a bulky or lightweight pair of boots is up to you, but bulkier often means warmer, while lightweight doesn’t limit your mobility.
Gloves
Protecting your extremities in cold weather is crucial, so you should invest in a warm pair of gloves. The best gloves are lined with insulation in the fingers and palms, and have enough grip and flexibility so you can grab and hold onto objects effortlessly.
Other accessories
Before snow tubing, you may also want to get a winter hat to keep your head warm and goggles to protect your eyes from wind, snow, rain or debris.
Best snow pants
Top snow pants
The North Face Women’s Apex STH Snow Pants
What you need to know: These slim-fit pants are great for winter sports and keep you dry all day.
What you’ll love: They have a concealed-zip pocket at the waist for storing small items, interior adjustable waist tabs, gaiters with gripper elastic for improved airflow, and are made with 100% wind-proof fabric.
What you should consider: The sizing isn’t proportionate for those with a curvy figure, as the ankles and thighs can feel constricting.
Where to buy: Sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top snow pants for the money
Arctix Men’s Essential Snow Pants
What you need to know: These pants have a lightweight feel and offer excellent durability and protection against the elements.
What you’ll love: These pants have 85 grams of insulation and a coating that provides superior protection from wind and moisture. They have a lightweight build that doesn’t restrict mobility and reinforced ankle and hem guards to protect against wear and tear.
What you should consider: They don’t have as many pockets as other snow pants.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best hiking pants
Top hiking pants
Stoic Venture Insulated Jacket
What you need to know: This jacket is great for casual everyday wear and for snow tubing on mild-temperature winter days.
What you’ll love: It’s stylish and is packed with synthetic insulation that traps heat, helping you keep warm for extended periods. Also, the drawcord allows for an adjustable fit and extra heat retention.
What you should consider: It’s unsuitable for frigid temperatures and heavy precipitation.
Where to buy: Sold by Backcountry
Top hiking pants for the money
Moerdeng Men’s Waterproof Ski Jacket
What you need to know: This jacket is excellent for snow tubing and comes in 11 stylish colors.
What you’ll love: It has an inner wear-resistant soft shell that’s highly wind-resistant, with wrist cuffs that help trap heat to keep you warm. Its relaxed fit makes it suitable for wearing base layers for extra warmth.
What you should consider: The waist is broad, so cool air can enter from underneath if you’re not wearing enough layers.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best winter boots
Top winter boots
Salomon Men’s X Ultra Winter CS WP Boots
What you need to know: These boots are sturdy and excellent for casual wear or winter activities.
What you’ll love: They have a waterproof leather upper, Thinsulate insulation to help you keep warm in frigid temperatures and an advanced chassis midsole for superior motion control and flexibility.
What you should consider: Their slim build makes them unsuitable for long-distance hiking, and the laces become worn quickly.
Where to buy: Sold by Backcountry
Top winter boots for the money
Columbia Men’s Bugaboot III Snow Boot
What you need to know: These boots are all-terrain-ready and offer excellent support.
What you’ll love: They have a waterproof leather upper and 200 grams of insulation. The midsole is packed with cushioning, and the advanced traction outsole helps you traverse wet surfaces.
What you should consider: They run small, and the rubber isn’t as durable as that of other boots.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best gloves
Top gloves
Crab Grab Men’s The Five Gloves
What you need to know: These gloves have the durability of a mitt with the flexibility of a glove, making them ideal for snow tubing and other winter activities.
What you’ll love: They have durable face fabric that can withstand scrapes and impacts, and a waterproof membrane for keeping out snow and slush. The inside is loaded with PrimaLoft insulation, and the palm has a grippy surface.
What you should consider: They’re high-performance skiing and snowboarding gloves, so they may be too expensive if you’re looking for casual gloves to wear while snow tubing.
Where to buy: Sold by Backcountry
Top gloves for the money
Carhartt Men’s Waterproof Insulated Gloves
What you need to know: These gloves will help keep your fingers warm so you can focus on having fun when snow tubing.
What you’ll love: These have a durable shell, a waterproof insert and lined fabric with FastDry technology for wicking away moisture. Also, the reinforced polyurethane palm provides added comfort and warmth.
What you should consider: Some reviewers report the wrist cuff elastic being too tight, making it difficult to slip them on.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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- Brownfield coal mining site to be converted to produce clean, renewable solar energy
- Site located in energy community featuring existing transmission infrastructure
- Toyota signs agreement with Savion to offtake 100 MW of electricity to be generated by project
MARTIN COUNTY, Ky., May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The sun will power more of Toyota Motor North America Inc.'s (Toyota's) operations thanks to a new power purchase agreement with Savion. Today, Toyota announced that it has agreed to offtake 100-megawatts (MW) of the electricity generated as part of renewable energy company Savion's Martin County Solar Project through a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA). The project is converting the former Martiki Coal Mine, a brownfield site in Martin County, on the border of Kentucky and West Virginia, into a new, clean solar photovoltaic energy facility. Once an active coal mine on the top of a mountain that closed in the 1990s, the Martiki site has clear access to light from the sun, making it an ideal location for reclamation and the installation of solar photovoltaic panels for electricity generation. Construction on the project is anticipated to begin in mid-2023 and commercial operation is expected in 2024.
"The Martin County Solar Project in Kentucky is really special as an example of how renewable energy VPPAs can bring new opportunities to former coal and energy communities and will help Toyota achieve our goal of increasing purchased renewable electricity to 45 percent or more of our total purchased electricity by 2025," said David Absher, senior manager of environmental sustainability at Toyota Motor North America. "It is important that renewable power is more available to large-scale U.S. energy buyers, and converting brownfields like this offers a path forward for former energy communities to take advantage of the infrastructure they already have with transmission lines while providing clean energy to the grid."
The 100 MW that Toyota will offtake from the project will be used primarily to help reduce the company's carbon footprint in North America, supplementing the model it has created of environmental stewardship in Kentucky, the state with Toyota's largest vehicle manufacturing plant in the world. The move is in-line with the company's plans to make all its operations in North America carbon neutral by 2035.
Savion is developing the Martin County Solar Project with the support of local development partner Edelen Renewables. With dedicated support from state officials and local leadership, the project's development phase continues to advance. The overall project, once completed, is expected to be one of the largest solar energy generation facilities operating in Kentucky.
"We are thankful for the local community, community officials, state officials, and the many local professionals that have supported this project," said Kevin Butt, regional environmental sustainability director at Toyota Motor North America.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE: TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 45 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 22 electrified options.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
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Canada bans foreign home buyers for two years to cool market
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced Thursday it will ban foreign investors from buying homes in Canada for two years in a bid to cool off a hot housing market.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland took a number of measures to tamp down speculation and demand amid record home prices in announcing the federal budget for the year.
The government announced a two-year ban on foreign home buying as well as higher taxes for people who sell their home within a year, though both measures include multiple exceptions including for permanent residents and foreign students.
The budget also includes billions for new housing and measures to help Canadians trying to get into the market, including a new savings account and changes to the first-time home buyers tax credit.
The government is under pressure to cool an overheated market after prices climbed by more than 20% last year, while rental rates have also been rising.
The federal Liberal government is also promising $500 million Canadian (US$397 million) in additional military aid to Ukraine as well as more humanitarian and financial support to Kyiv in response to Russia’s invasion.
Canada responded to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion Canadian (US7.2 billion) in new military spending over the next five years. Canada will remain far short of NATO’s spending 2% of GDP target, even as other allies dramatically ramp up their own military investments following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Last month, the Canadian government announced it selected Lockheed Martin Corp. and the F-35 as the preferred bidder in its competition to buy a new fighter jet.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — The fetal heartbeat bill passed by the 2018 Iowa legislature and signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds has been blocked by a permanent injunction for several years.
The bill originally was blocked by a temporary injunction in 2018, and then the permanent injunction in 2019. But with changes to how the Iowa Supreme Court reversed its 2018 decision, abortion is not recognized as a fundamental right in the state; the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and the governor is trying to get the injunction lifted.
On Friday, legal counsel for Governor Reynolds, the state of Iowa and the State Board of Medicine made their pitch to a Polk County Judge.
“As a result my clients are here today asking this court to dissolve the injunction against them in 2019 because now there is no fundamental right to an abortion in the state of Iowa’s constitution or the U.S. Constitution,” said Chris Schandevel, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom. “Now that it is clear that strict scrutiny is no longer the test and now it is clear that the viability line is no more, faithfully applying Iowa binding law requires the court to reach a different result.”
The fetal heartbeat bill includes exceptions for rape, incest and health of the mother. The petitioners in the hearing on Friday said that regardless of the Iowa Supreme Court ruling, the request to lift the permanent injunction is baseless.
“This is a draconian and inhumane law that bans abortion at the earliest stages before many people know they are pregnant,” said Rita Bettis Austen, the Legal Director of the ACLU of Iowa. “Judge Huppert’s final order in 2019 permanently prohibiting the state from enforcing this law against Iowans closed this case, and the state’s efforts to revive it and start enforcing the abortion ban are meritless.”
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Award recognizes entrepreneurs whose ambition, courage and ingenuity have driven success, transformed their industries and made a positive impact on their communities.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced that Ellen Stang, MD, founder and executive chairwoman of ProgenyHealth was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Greater Philadelphia Award winner.
The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is one of the preeminent competitive awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. Dr. Stang was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous award winners, leading CEOs, investors and other regional business leaders. The candidates were evaluated based on their demonstration of building long-term value through entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth and impact, among other core contributions and attributes.
"I am extremely honored to receive this award. Beyond the personal recognition, this achievement further acknowledges the importance of ProgenyHealth's work, helping all moms to have healthier pregnancies and healthier babies said Dr. Stang. "I am proud to be a national advocate for health equity, and take an active role to help ensure that all moms get the care and support they need throughout their pregnancy and in the post-partum period. Not only will this improve health outcomes throughout our country, it's the right thing to do."
For nearly four decades, EY US has honored entrepreneurs whose ambition, courage and ingenuity have driven their companies' success, transformed their industries and made a positive impact on their communities. Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners become lifetime members of a global, multi-industry community of entrepreneurs, with exclusive, ongoing access to the experience, insight and wisdom of program alumni and other ecosystem members in over 60 countries — all supported by vast EY resources.
"Through Dr. Stang's vision, inspiration and continued leadership, ProgenyHealth has become the industry leader in maternity and NICU care management," said Susan Torroella, CEO, ProgenyHealth. "She has continually taken an entrepreneurial approach to addressing complex healthcare variables and is making the childbirth experience safer for mothers and their infants. I am very fortunate to have her as our Executive Chairwoman."
Since 1986, the Entrepreneur Of The Year program has recognized more than 11,000 US executives.
As a Greater Philadelphia award winner, Dr. Stang is now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023 National Awards. The National Award winners including the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth Forum®, one of the nation's most prestigious gatherings of high-growth, market-leading companies. The Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner will then move on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in June 2024.
About ProgenyHealth
ProgenyHealth empowers our health plan and employer partners to change the trajectory of maternal and infant health outcomes across America. Informed by more than 20 years of experience and patient data, our end-to-end maternal and infant care management solution helps ensure the best possible outcomes for every expecting mother we touch. Our wholly integrated, tech-enabled solution builds a network of support for an uninterrupted continuum of care from prenatal health, through any resultant NICU stay, and all the way to one full year of life. From the very beginning, we unite early health risk assessment data with self-directed digital tools and dedicated case managers who work tirelessly to connect at-risk moms-to-be with the resources, care, and support they need for a healthier, full-term delivery. Our industry-leading intelligent platform, Baby Trax™, integrates utilization management and case management, while also driving payment validation & assurance activities based on clinical data. By promoting predictable, equitable, and standardized high quality care journeys, we ensure healthier outcomes—and lower costs—across an entire at-risk population. In so doing, we help overcome systemic barriers to support healthier pregnancies and healthier starts to life for all moms and babies, one family at a time. To learn more, visit www.progenyhealth.com
About Entrepreneur Of The Year®
Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world's most prestigious business awards program for unstoppable entrepreneurs. These visionary leaders deliver innovation, growth and prosperity that transform our world. The program engages entrepreneurs with insights and experiences that foster growth. It connects them with their peers to strengthen entrepreneurship around the world. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the first and only truly global awards program of its kind. It celebrates entrepreneurs through regional and national awards programs in more than 145 cities in over 60 countries. National Overall Award winners go on to compete for the World Entrepreneur Of The Year® title. Visit ey.com/us/eoy.
About EY
EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available via ey.com/privacy. EY member firms do not practice law where prohibited by local laws. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — KaVontae Turpin is making the most of his first chance to make a National Football League roster.
The Dallas wide receiver became the first player in nine seasons to have kickoff and punt return touchdowns in the same game, leading the Cowboys to a 32-18 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday night.
“My body’s still wild, but I’m still here trying to focus. I got this big opportunity, so I can’t really complain about it. I work through it," Turpin said.
Turpin signed with the Cowboys on July 28 after garnering MVP honors in the United States Football League this past spring. Before Turpin, the last player to run back a punt and kickoff in the same game — preseason, regular season or playoffs — was Detroit's Jeremy Ross on Dec. 8, 2013, against Philadelphia.
Coach Mike McCarthy said he has been impressed with Turpin since he has been in camp.
“Obviously, he had a very successful run there with the USFL, but really from the first day of practice, I mean, he came in and I was really impressed with the way he picked up the receiver play and the language," McCarthy said. "But you can see he’s dynamic in the return game. Two excellent big plays set the tempo.”
Turpin had six special teams touchdowns during his collegiate career at TCU, but he was dismissed in 2018 when he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend. He was initially suspended but then kicked off the team because the school was unaware of a previous assault case in New Mexico. Turpin pleaded guilty in the Texas case with a chance to clear the conviction from his record and attended an abuse intervention program.
After going undrafted in 2019, Turpin played in the indoor Fan-Controlled Football League, the Spring League and the European League of Football for three years before signing with the USFL. As a member of the New Jersey Generals, he led the league in receiving yards and had the lone punt return for a TD.
“It’s been a crazy year, you know. I’ve been playing football all year round, so I haven’t got a chance to get my body back," Turpin said. "I’m just happy for this opportunity the Cowboys gave me after the USFL to come out here and show everybody what I can do, prove to myself I belong in this league.”
After a 22-yard field goal by Dustin Hopkins gave the Chargers a 3-0 lead midway through the first quarter, Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown.
Turpin got a nice wall of blockers in the middle of the field before getting into open space near the 40 and going untouched up the right sideline.
Dallas had a 29-10 lead at halftime after a pair of touchdowns in the final minute of the second quarter. That included Turpin's 86-yard punt return, where he eluded a tackle attempt from punt gunner Deane Leonard after fielding the ball, did a couple juke moves and then broke free for the score.
After two days of joint practices earlier in the week, both teams rested most of their starters. Dallas improved to 1-1 while the Chargers are 0-2.
Cooper Rush and Will Grier each directed first-half TD drives for the Cowboys, while Rico Dowdle and Malik Davis each had rushing scores. Dowdle finished as the game's leading rusher with 44 yards on 13 carries.
Easton Stick played the first half for the Chargers and connected with Joshua Palmer on a wide receiver screen for an 18-yard touchdown early in the second quarter to give the Chargers a short-lived 10-7 advantage. Palmer finished with three receptions for 75 yards.
“It was a really poor first half for us, about as poorly as you can play, and that really put us behind, overall," Chargers coach Brandon Staley said. “I didn’t like the way that that first half felt or looked. It was really in all three phases. When you have two turnovers and you give up two special teams touchdowns, that’s the way the score is going to look.”
LATE SCORE
Chargers' wide receiver Michael Bandy had eight catches for 69 yards, including a 1-yard TD late in the fourth quarter.
INJURIES
Chargers: RB Isaiah Spiller suffered an ankle injury during the second half and did not return.
UP NEXT
Cowboys: Finish the preseason at home against Seattle on Friday.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
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Met cuts season to 18 operas, matching fewest in 4 decades
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The financially challenged Metropolitan Opera is cutting its schedule to 18 productions next season, matching pandemic-curtailed 2019-20 for the fewest since 14 in the strike-shortened 1980-81 season. The Met will have six new productions and 12 revivals, down from seven new stagings and 16 revivals this season and from a recent high of 28 productions in 2007-08. In an effort to spark ticket sales that have lagged since performances resumed in September 2021, just under one-quarter of 191 staged performances will be works composed since 1986. Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking” opens the season Sept. 26. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/22/met-cuts-season-to-18-operas-matching-fewest-in-4-decades/ | 2023-02-23 03:52:29 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/22/met-cuts-season-to-18-operas-matching-fewest-in-4-decades/ |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog met Thursday in Moscow with officials from Russia’s military and state atomic energy company as he pursues a long-running drive to set up a protection zone around a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Russian company Rosatom described the talks on measures needed to safeguard Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the surrounding region as “substantive, useful and frank.” International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi indicated that more negotiations were needed after “another round of necessary discussions.”
“It’s key that the zone focuses solely on preventing a nuclear accident,” he tweeted. “I am continuing my efforts towards this goal with a sense of utmost urgency.”
The meeting in Moscow came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a defiant wartime visit to the U.S. capital, his first known trip outside his country in the nearly 10 months since Russia invaded.
The visit to Washington was aimed at reinvigorating support for Ukraine in the U.S. and around the world at a time when Russia appears to have lost battlefield momentum. There is concern that Ukraine’s allies are growing weary of providing the military and economic assistance that have enabled Ukraine to keep fighting.
The Russian military on Thursday reported that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu paid a visit to Russian troops on the front line what the Kremlin calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. The exact location of the visit was not disclosed.
A video released by the Russian Defense Ministry showed Shoigu inspecting temporary troop quarters in dugouts and talking to military commanders.
Before his trip to Washington, Zelenskyy met with Ukrainian troops in the eastern city of Bakhmut, the recent focus of some of the war’s most intense combat. Russian President Vladimir Putin has never been seen traveling to front-line areas. Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported that Putin visited his Ukraine command headquarters last week, but its location wasn’t disclosed, and it wasn’t even clear if it was in Ukraine.
The IAEA’s Grossi has urged Russia and Ukraine for over three months to agree on a safety zone around Europe’s largest nuclear power station. Zaporizhizia province and areas across the Dnieper River from the nuclear power plant have been under regular shelling since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly called for a demilitarized zone around the plant, which was seized by Russian forces early in the war.
Although all six of the plant’s reactors are shut down, the reactor core and used nuclear fuel must still be cooled for lengthy periods to prevent them overheating and triggering dangerous meltdowns like the ones that occurred in 2011 when a tsunami hit the Fukushima plant in Japan. Ukraine saw the world’s worst nuclear accident, at Chernobyl in 1986.
Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other for the repeated shelling, which has led on multiple occasions to the Zaporizhizia plant losing the electricity needed to operate the cooling system. Ukrainian officials earlier this month also accused Russian troops of installing multiple rocket launchers at the site.
Grossi said in November that the main issues under discussion involve military equipment and the radius of the safety zone. He said the IAEA’s proposal is very simple: “Don’t shoot at the plant, don’t shoot from the plant.”
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Day-to-day instability is pushing many spouses of active-duty military members to a breaking point.
Even women who grew up in military families, as self-described Army and Navy brats, say they did not realize what they were signing up for when they began to juggle the pressures of life as a military partner.
They face obstacle after obstacle — from struggling to secure a job to finding child care — because they constantly uproot their families as military assignments change.
When Elisa Borah’s husband was deployed to Iraq for 15 months in 2006, she juggled caring for her two young children alone while also attending graduate school.
“I did my best to find close relatives and other friends and family to help out during that time,” she says. “I remember the thing I most wanted help with — and this sounds kind of strange — was just someone to watch the kids while I went to the grocery store by myself and could just do some adult tasks that I needed to get done.”
Borah is now the director of the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness, a joint initiative of the Dell Medical School Department of Health Social Work and the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. Her latest effort is a new pilot program that aims to connect military families with resources and peer support.
There are currently 700,000 active duty military spouses in the U.S. Borah says she was inspired to come up with a solution to help them because she has seen the benefits of supporting spouses of veterans who didn’t know where to go for help with their concerns.
Borah anticipates that as soon as a spouse in the program is assigned to a new location, they could join a group of peers in the area with a semi-structured curriculum to get connected to resources.
In Texas, Melissa Megoulloa is eager to be a mentor to fellow spouses. Her husband, Sgt. First Class Jose Megoulloa, was a Marine prior to entering the Army.
Melissa Megoulloa, her husband Sgt. First Class Jose Megoulloa and their children. (Courtesy of Melissa Megoulloa)
Sgt. First Class Megoulloa has been in the service about 24 years, including his reserve time, and they have been married 18 years. As a family, they have moved all over the country for his assignments, but they live off-base near Fort Cavazos now.
“At least the soldiers get very specific guidelines. This is where you have to go. This is where you show up. This is who you speak to. This is what you wear,” Megoulloa says. “There are no instructions for [the] family.”
Every time they move, Megoulloa only knows to arrive at an address by a certain date.
“As a spouse, I have to figure out … Where are we going to live? Where are the kids going to go to school? How are we going to say our goodbyes?” she says. “What are we setting up for day care? Are we going to have two cars? What’s the mortgage or the rent look like? All of that falls on us.”
Borah says stories like this are common.
“Spouses feel somewhat on their own in terms of making it all work, managing everything, while the service member is really focused on their work — which is extremely important. And spouses completely understand that,” Borah says. “But spouses just feel like they don’t have enough guidance or information about how to really succeed in this life.”
Another spouse, Scot Shumski, is based at Fort Lee in Virginia with his wife, Capt. Promotable Julia Flores, and their three children.
She joined the military later in life in 2016. The couple has been married for 19 years. Military life as a spouse has, without a doubt, put a damper on his career, Shumski says.
“Sometimes I think the military, they’re trying hard. They’re putting efforts out. They understand it’s a problem,” he says. “But as someone who lived a civilian life for the first 44 years and then was exposed to military life, I see a lot of the 1950s in the military and not reflective of a two-person working family where both individuals are high-goal, oriented-career individuals.”
Scot Shumski with his wife, Capt. Promotable Julia Flores, and their three children. (Courtesy of Scot Shumski)
Shumski says he’s looking forward to being part of a peer support group as a way to network and get job assistance.
Borah says employment challenges have become the number one issue spouses raise. But, there’s recently been a renewed focus on this issue.
“There’s a lot of great partnerships with national nonprofit organizations that are supporting spouse employment efforts in terms of everything they need to network, develop interview skills, resume development, etc.” Borah says. “And then there’s also legislation underway to support employment abroad, which there have been restrictions in place in the past. In addition, there’s focus on child care because that also is a related challenge that without reliable, really effective, safe child care, spouses can’t feel comfortable or find the time and space to actually get there to focus on that employment.”
Kayla Doble with her husband Maj. Brandon Doble and their children. (Courtesy of Kayla Doble)
Kayla Doble and her family are based at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. But they’re getting ready to move overseas for the first time to Korea for her husband Maj. Brandon Doble’s latest assignment as a U.S. Army engineer.
The couple has been married 11 years. Doble is looking forward to connecting with a peer support group to feel less alone and find ways to practice more self care.
“I didn’t know how it would feel as a mom to watch my kids cry because they miss their dad. I didn’t know what it would feel like to miss my other half so much and not be able to talk to him,” Doble says. “And so to be told by people that don’t live this life, well you get this, and you get medical care and you get housing and you get all of these things. I would trade those in in a heartbeat, sometimes.”
Borah says it’s a common concern that people don’t understand military life.
“Their civilian counterparts, their families, their friends, they just don’t really understand the experience,” Borah says “What we’re trying to create is a sense of community among other spouses where we can freely talk about and express these difficulties and feel understood, feel supported.”
Borah believes military spouses have a lot of support, but ultimately, it’s not always provided in a consistent manner.
“Sometimes it is,” she says, “but I just believe that if we provide that regular, consistent support, that would be ideal.”
Ashley Locke produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Gabe Bullard. Locke also adapted it for the web.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Phillipsburg Mayor Todd Tersigni is asking for the public’s help to find suspects following an uptick in shots-fired incidents, including an incident just this past weekend.
The mayor took to the town’s Facebook page Monday afternoon to say that all available resources are being used to track down the suspects responsible in the most recent incidents.
“These incidents are the number one priority of the police department and our town as a whole,” the post says. “... I would ask the community, as a whole, to assist our police department in any way possible.” | https://www.nj.com/warren/2022/08/pburg-mayor-wants-publics-help-following-uptick-in-gunfire-incidents.html | 2022-08-15 18:51:18 | 0 | https://www.nj.com/warren/2022/08/pburg-mayor-wants-publics-help-following-uptick-in-gunfire-incidents.html |
If you've got a thirst for eggnog, there's a reason to raise a glass of the drink right now!
December 24, aka Christmas Eve, is designated as National Eggnog Day.
The drink dates back centuries.
The beverage is typically made with a mix of milk, cream, sugar, whipped eggs and spices.
It appears to have originated in Britain where it was called "posset" and often used as a remedy.
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Biden pushes US as a crucial ally to African leaders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making his case to African leaders gathered in Washington that the United States can be a critical catalyst to their growing continent in the years ahead.
Biden on Wednesday is presenting his vision during the three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, an effort to narrow a trust gap with Africa that has widened over years of frustration about America’s commitment to the continent. The Biden administration is pitching the U.S. as a reliable and quality partner to help promote fair and democratic elections and push critical health and energy growth.
But this push comes as the United States has fallen well behind China in investment in sub-Saharan Africa, which has become a key battleground in an increasingly fraught competition between the major powers. The White House insists the gathering is more a listening session with African leaders than an effort to counter Beijing’s influence, but Biden’s central foreign policy tenet looms over all: America is in an era-defining battle to prove democracies can out-deliver autocracies.
That message was clear in Wednesday’s events: a Biden speech before business leaders from both continents, a smaller presidential sitdown with some of the continent’s leaders whose countries will hold elections in 2023, and a first lady-hosted White House dinner for all the leaders and their spouses.
The summit is the largest international gathering in Washington since before the start of the pandemic. Roads all around the city center were blocked off, and motorcades zoomed by gridlocked traffic elsewhere, ferrying some of the 49 invited heads of state and other leaders.
Biden has already pledged $55 billion in economic aid to African countries over the next three years, U.S. support for a permanent Group of 20 seat for the African Union, and the appointment of a special representative to implement summit commitments. Administration officials say more is to come.
The continent, whose leaders often feel they’ve been given short shrift by leading economies, remains crucial to global powers because of its rapidly growing population, significant natural resources and a sizable voting bloc in the United Nations. Africa also remains of great strategic importance as the U.S. recalibrates its foreign policy with greater focus on China — what the Biden administration sees as the United States’ most significant economic and military adversary.
All the summit-related activity got a rise out of China. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the U.S. should “respect the will of the African people and take concrete actions to help Africa’s development, instead of unremittingly smearing and attacking other countries,” an apparent reference to China.
Wang said at a briefing Wednesday that it is the “common responsibility of the international community to support Africa’s development.” But he added: “Africa is not an arena for great power confrontation or a target for arbitrary pressure by certain countries or individuals.”
Vice President Kamala Harris opened the summit Tuesday spotlighting Africa’s youthful population — making a case that the continent’s demographics will inevitably lead it to become a key global player in the decades to come. She announced that the administration would invest an additional $100 million to expand the Young African Leaders Initiative.
About 60% of Africa’s population is under 25, and the young population is expected to grow to 80% by 2050.
Conflict on the continent was a primary focus of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s meetings on Tuesday with the leaders of Ethiopia, where a fragile peace deal is holding in the country’s restive northern Tigray region, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the eastern region of which is embroiled in violence involving domestic rebel groups and others supported by neighboring Rwanda.
In Blinken’s meeting with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi, the State Department said he warned that cross-border military operations must be coordinated with the U.N. peacekeeping mission there, and urged the immediate implementation of a November ceasefire deal that called for an end to state support for insurgent groups.
With Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Blinken praised the government for steps it has taken to improve humanitarian conditions in Tigray in line with a peace deal signed last month. But he also “urged accelerated implementation of the agreement and access to the conflict areas by international human rights monitors.”
Blinken told Abiy there was an “urgent need” for Eritrean forces to leave Ethiopian territory. Eritrea, which has sent troops to help Ethiopia put down a rebellion in Tigray, is one of only a handful of African nations not been invited to the summit.
Thursday is to be dedicated to high-level discussions among leaders. President Biden will open the day with a session on partnering with the African Union’s strategic vision for the continent.
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Associated Press writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.
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(The Hill) – Three men were convicted on Wednesday of all charges against them over supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020.
The jury found Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico and Paul Bellar guilty of providing material support for terrorist acts, gang membership and carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony.
The men are members of the Wolverine Watchman, a far-right paramilitary group. Several others arrested in connection with the plot were also members of the group.
A jury previously convicted two men, Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer in August. Another jury was unable to reach an unanimous conclusion on Fox and Croft and acquitted two other defendants.
The Associated Press reported that Morrison, Musico and Bellar held gun drills in a rural county with Fox, who led the plot and despised Whitmer.
Prosecutors argued the men were hoping to incite a civil war with the kidnapping.
Whitmer was ultimately unharmed, and the men were arrested before the plot could be set into motion. FBI informants and agents infiltrated the plan early on.
FBI Special Agent Mara Schneider, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Detroit field office, said in a release from the Michigan attorney general’s office that the defendants believed violence was an appropriate way to address ideological grievances.
“Today’s verdict sends a clear message they were wrong,” Schneider said. “Violence is never the answer, and the FBI remains committed to investigating and holding accountable anyone who seeks to further an ideological cause through violence.”
The defense argued that the three men cut off their ties with Fox before the Whitmer plot developed and noted that they did not travel to northern Michigan to overlook Whitmer’s home or participate in a weekend training session inside a “shoot house,” according to AP.
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Which bearded dragon leash is best?
Bearded dragons need more out of life than a glass terrarium and occasional handling. You want to let your bearded dragon experience outside, but you’re nervous about it getting loose. If something startles it in public, you could lose it or it could get injured.
Getting a dragon leash solves this problem and looks adorable, too. If you’re looking for a quality dragon leash, the Adoggygo Bearded Dragon Harness is the top choice.
What to know before you buy a bearded dragon leash
A bearded dragon leash is a tiny harness and adjustable leash small enough for a lizard to fit in. Popular versions have leather wing attachments to give your reptile the dragon look. Harnesses are made with your dragon in mind and should not harm it during use.
How to use a bearded dragon leash
Before applying the leash, make sure you and your dragon are calm. It is not safe to try leashing a frustrated lizard.
- Lay it out: Loosen your leash as wide as possible to make it easy to put on your dragon.
- Fit the arms: Gently help your dragon put its arms through the harness. If one size doesn’t fit, try another. Don’t force your dragon’s arms through the harness.
- Adjust the leash: Once you have the right size, adjust the leash to hold it snugly to your dragon. The harness shouldn’t let your dragon slip out or be too tight and squeeze it.
- Observe and review: Put your dragon on the floor or other space where it’s safe to see if the dragon can slip out of the harness. Adjust your harness as needed to ensure proper fitting.
- Have an adventure!
Size
Whether your bearded dragon is a juvenile or an adult, you want your leash to fit well. Just like terrariums and other dragon needs, leashes come in multiple sizes. This lets the leash continue to fit your dragon throughout its life cycle.
Materials
Your dragon’s skin is tough, but it is still delicate enough to injure or irritate. Look for leashes or harnesses with soft leather and other material that won’t chafe them. If you have a larger dragon, some owners can use ferret or small animal harness options.
Style
Your bearded dragon leash should fit like a harness and go over its arms. Some black or colorful strap leashes simply go around the dragon to secure it. Other options include decorative dinosaur or dragon wings that make your dragon the talk of the day. These wings can typically be removed if needed.
What to look for in a quality bearded dragon leash
Adjustability
Your dragon may not be fully grown, or maybe it had a big meal recently. An adjustable harness lets you ensure your dragon is comfortable on the leash. It should not be too loose or your dragon can get out; too tight and you could injure it. Be sure your harness is adjustable so it fits your dragon properly.
Wingspan
The wings attached to many dragon leashes are adjustable, removable and have different wingspans. Smaller wings are better for juvenile lizards or those new to this style leash. There are also wings that expand directly out, making it look like your dragon is in flight. With larger wingspans, be sure your dragon has enough room to roam without being stepped on.
Safety
The safety of your bearded dragon can depend on the leash entirely. If it is too loose or breaks and your dragon gets free, something could harm it or it could get lost. You want to ensure that your leash is made of quality materials that won’t break or irritate your dragon’s scales.
How much you can expect to spend on a bearded dragon leash
They’re typically priced around $8-$12.
Bearded dragon leash FAQ
Is a leash safe for my dragon?
A. Yes. Dragon leashes are made to comfortably hold the dragon without harming it. However, you should always monitor your dragon when it’s on the leash to avoid injury.
What kinds of leashes can I use for my dragon?
A. Leashes made for bearded dragons are ideal but other small animal leashes also work. The style of leash is what is most important when selecting one. Use a harness rather than a collar-style leash, because collars can injure a bearded dragon’s neck.
What’s the best bearded dragon leash to buy?
Top bearded dragon leash
Adoggygo Bearded Dragon Harness
What you need to know: This is a leash with small dinosaur wings to help your bearded dragon stand out.
What you’ll love: The harness and wings are made of soft leather. The wings are designed to be smaller and safer for juvenile or smaller lizards. There are three harness sizes in the pack to provide your dragon with comfort as it grows into an adult.
What you should consider: This leash is designed for smaller lizards and may not fit every life stage.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top bearded dragon leash for the money
Yamadura Adjustable Lizard Leash
What you need to know: This is a classic dragon leash with soft, black leather wings and an adjustable strap.
What you’ll love: There are three harness options to keep your dragon snug on the leash. The leather is designed to protect your dragon’s skin and is lined with gold to accentuate the wings.
What you should consider: A few customers reported difficulty with adjusting this dragon leash and said their dragons escaped the harness.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Adoggygo Leather Wing Harness with Removable Leash
What you need to know: This is a lizard harness with a classic wing design, adjustable leash and colorful options.
What you’ll love: This leash has three sizes of chest straps to fit your lizard throughout its life. It comes in pastel blue and pink so your dragon stands out in a crowd.
What you should consider: A few reviewers said this harness was not comfortable for larger dragons.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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PANAMA CITY (AP) _ Copa Holdings SA (CPA) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $124.1 million.
The Panama City-based company said it had profit of $3.01 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to 32 cents per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 27 cents per share.
The holding company for Panama's national airline posted revenue of $693.4 million in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $674.5 million.
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Howard County Council member Christiana Rigby has proposed two bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in newly constructed buildings and public transportation in the county.
The two bills were introduced by the District 3 representative on Jan. 3 and will get a public hearing at 7 p.m., Tuesday. The bills will be voted on at a Howard County Council legislative session Feb. 6.
“We must act with urgency to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and comprehensively address climate change at the local level,” Rigby said. “To meet these goals, I am advancing a legislative package that progresses critical climate and transportation initiatives in Howard County. Howard County must continue to lead the way into a climate-resilient future.”
Last year, the Maryland General Assembly passed the Climate Solutions Now Act, which sets statewide carbon reduction goals for the state. Under this law, Maryland must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2031, and ultimately reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045.
All-electric building standards
Rigby’s proposed Clean New Buildings Climate Act would require Howard County government to make recommendations for all-electric building standards for new construction and present them to the County Council at the end of the year, according to a county news release.
Last year, the county developed a preliminary Climate Action and Resiliency Plan that states that buildings account for roughly 40% of Howard’s local greenhouse gas emissions, 11% directly from onsite fuel combustion in buildings.
Howard must move toward all-electric buildings by phasing out the use of fossil fuels in new construction, RIgby said.
“In addition to the climate benefits, all-electric buildings also enhance the safety and health conditions for residents who live and work in buildings,” the news release said. “Numerous academic and medical studies have linked the use of natural gas in buildings to higher rates of childhood asthma, poor air quality, and exposure to hazardous pollutants.
The proposed legislation will not impact existing buildings in the county that rely on fossil fuels.
Stepping up public transportation
Rigby’s proposed Transit Investment Act would create a dedicated fund for public transit operations in the county’s operating budget. The bill would also direct an estimated $500,000 to fixed-route transit operations annually.
Fixed-route transportation systems use buses, vans, light rail and other vehicles to operate on a predetermined route according to a predetermined schedule. These types of systems have printed or posted timetables and designated stops where riders are picked up and dropped off.
Howard’s preliminary Climate Action and Resiliency Plan states that the transportation sector accounts for about 55% of the local greenhouse gas emissions.
“These emissions are largely driven by single-occupancy vehicle trips within the county,” the news release said.
The proposed bill is also intended to improve and encourage more county residents to use the public transportation system. The county asserts that many residents do not use the bus because of limited routes and frequency of service.
“The Transit Investment Act seeks to address these issues by directing increased investment into Howard County’s public transit services,” the news release said. “The funds generated from this legislation must be used to make improvements to fixed-route transit operations in Howard County, which may result in new [Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland] transit routes, better bus frequency, and improvements to existing bus infrastructure and service.”
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Charlsie Buteaux is the owner of Cajun Hot Tamales & Hot Dogs and is a driving instructor at Pelican Driving School, a company started by her mother and now run by her sons. Charlsie is grounded in family in both her workplaces; the food trailer is inspired by her grandmother's recipes, handed down to her.
You can’t miss the Cajun Hot Tamales & Hot Dogs trailer; it’s painted a stunning pink that reflects the personality of its owner.
For folks who may be unfamiliar, Louisiana hot tamales are similar to their Mexican cousin, featuring a spicy beef and pork mixture wrapped in cornmeal and corn husks.
Starting at a farmers market in Jeanerette in 2010, Charlsie says she started making tamales from scratch (and adding some love) and just never stopped. Their chili is a nine-time award winner, so you should try that too.
Charlsie is full of drive and energy and has big plans for the future. Follow on Facebook (Cajun Hot Tamales and Hot Dogs) to keep up with where she’s at next. You will get good food and a welcoming smile.
What was your first job? My first job was as a cashier in Jeanerette at Winn-Dixie. I was 16 years old and was ready to start earning my own money
Describe a typical day in your life. I wish there was a such thing. I am still trying to figure out a set schedule for myself
What advice would you give the younger you? Go to college and get your degree BEFORE getting married.
What event in your life most shaped who you are now? My marriage and my divorce. Lessons were learned from both.
What values do you live by? You get what you give. Romans 12:19 Basically, just be a good person for no reason.
What do you most appreciate? I appreciate peace, love, and family.
What is your favorite journey? My two favorite journeys have been my pregnancies.
Where is your favorite place to be alone? In my vehicle, music loud, and singing along.
What living figure most inspires you? I honestly cannot pick one. So many people inspire me in many different ways.
What was the best advice you were ever given? My Mama always told me not to depend on a man. That’s fine and dandy until your joints start hurting.
What book would you tell everyone to read? The Bible.
What is the best thing about where you live? I live a block from where I grew up. I’m close to family and I have wonderful neighbors.
How do you "let the good times roll"? I love to go to concerts or go anywhere to listen to live music.
What did you want to be when you grew up? An attorney or a nurse.
What is your motto? Everything happens for a reason.
How would you like to be remembered? Well, hopefully, I am remembered for my kind heart and honesty.
What do you say to yourself when you doubt yourself? I remind myself that I have come a long way from five years ago and that not every day will be a perfect day.
What three things are vital to BEing YOU? Prayer, faith and love.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Uh and um. It’s a bad habit.
What is your favorite word? Pray.
What do you collect? I used to collect shot glasses and snow globes. Do Magnalite pots count?
What food could you live on for a month? Spaghetti!! Hands down.
What would you change about yourself? Better time management skills
What literary, movie or cartoon character do you most identify with? Nancy Drew. I have some mean PI skills.
Describe yourself in five words. Faithful, loving, kind, nurturing, protective.
What is your idea of happiness? A healthy family and a concert.
What is your favorite movie? "To Kill a Mockingbird."
What music defines who you are? I love all kinds of music. I wouldn’t say any certain type defines me.
Who is your style icon? It would have to be my friend, Teri Savoy. She could dress me for any occasion.
What do you most regret? Staying in an abusive marriage for the kids instead of leaving it for the kids.
What question do you wish I'd asked? What food will you not eat?
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- Evolved's novel and proprietary cultivated meat platform enables the sustainable creation of functional tissues that are structurally and biochemically similar to conventional meat
- New funding will support Evolved's further product development and the initial scale-up of its production process
TORONTO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Evolved Meats ("Evolved"; formerly known as CaroMeats), a Canadian biotechnology startup, has raised $2 million in its seed round to accelerate its product development and to support the initial scale up of its production processes. This round is led by Canada's leading protein company, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., and financing is joined by a global protein fund, Big Idea Ventures, and investors Garage Capital, Saltagen Ventures, the University of Waterloo's Velocity Fund, and strategic angels.
Worldwide demand for meat is expected to double by 2050, and new forms of production will be needed to help service it. In addition to that supply challenge, global meat production drives ~15% of total carbon emissions and is a key driver of climate change. By growing meat directly from stem cells, Evolved's technology represents a sustainable path forward to mitigate both of these challenges. Evolved's species agnostic platform grows whole cuts of meat that are structurally and biochemically identical to conventional cuts of meat butchered from animals (eg. steak, pork belly, chicken breast, fillet of fish, etc). In addition, Evolved can leverage its ability to grow functional tissue to create a unique production system that gives it the opportunity to become a low cost operator in the space.
Evolved's unique approach is enabled by provisionally patented innovations in tissue engineering, which its CEO Alireza Shahin developed during his PhD and post-doctoral work in Dr. Ravi Selvaganapathy's lab at McMaster University. Through his novel approaches to cell sheet engineering, Shahin discovered that he was able to create functional tissues that could then be arranged to replicate any cut of meat from any species. This allows Evolved to recreate the fibrous texture, marbling, taste, mouthfeel, and nutrition of conventional meat directly from cells, and this is achieved without the need for any exogenous materials, such as scaffolding or binders.
"Our ambition is to recreate meat in a way that is identical to nature by biofabricating functional muscle tissues and capturing the entire muscle to meat transition. The proprietary technologies underlying our modular system allow us to do exactly that. However, recreating whole cuts of meat is only part of the challenge. Our unique ability to create functional tissues will help us scale out our production while driving towards price parity with conventional meat," said Shahin. "This mix of familiar cuts and affordable prices will enable Evolved to lead a massive transformation of the food system, and we are excited to work with Maple Leaf Foods and Big Idea Ventures to usher in that change."
"Maple Leaf Foods' vision is to be the most sustainable protein company on earth. We are committed to supporting promising new technologies with the potential to nourish people and protect the planet," said Michael McCain, President and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods. "We are excited to invest in Evolved, as they pursue their vision to produce cultivated meat production using their unique technology."
"Evolved Meats are working to solve important scale-up challenges to cell-based meats," said Andrew D. Ive, Founder and Managing General Partner of Big Idea Ventures. "By removing the need for scaffolding, Evolved Meats technology breaks down not one but several barriers in the cultivated meat production process and makes non-processed meat cuts possible. We are excited to invest and support the company, and as an active board member I look forward to working with the Evolved Meats team."
Added John Cappuccitti, co-founder and COO, "We have a once in a generation opportunity to reimagine our relationship with natural food, and we owe it to ourselves, the planet, and nature to make sure we do things sustainably. By creating whole cuts of meat directly from cells, we are enabling consumers to enjoy meat without compromise. We encourage anyone who wants to join this mission to reach out."
About Maple Leaf Foods
Maple Leaf Foods is a carbon neutral company with a vision to be the most sustainable protein company on earth, responsibly producing food products under leading brands including Maple Leaf®, Maple Leaf Prime®, Maple Leaf Natural Selections®, Schneiders®, Schneiders® Country Naturals®, Mina®, Greenfield Natural Meat Co.®, Lightlife® and Field Roast™. The Company employs approximately 13,500 people and does business primarily in Canada, the U.S. and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and its shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (MFI).
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NEW YORK (AP) — Parts of New York finally caught a break Sunday after a storm spent days dumping a potentially record-setting amount of snow on cities and towns east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Many businesses in the hardest-hit areas remained closed, but highways reopened and travel bans in many areas were lifted, though bands of lake-effect snow were expected to bring up to 2 feet (0.6 meters) by Monday morning in some parts of the state that were largely spared in earlier rounds.
“This has been a historic storm. Without a doubt, this is one for the record books,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a briefing Sunday.
Snow began falling Thursday in towns south of Buffalo. By Saturday, the National Weather Service recorded 77 inches (196 cm) in Orchard Park, home to the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, and 72 inches in Natural Bridge, a hamlet near Watertown off the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
Similar multiday storms have brought bigger snowfall totals than that in the past to New York, but the ferocity of the storm on Friday appeared to threaten the state’s record for most snowfall in a 24 hour period: the 50 inches (127 centimeters) that fell on Camden, New York, on Feb. 1, 1966.
National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Alumbaugh, who is based in Buffalo, said it was too early to say whether any of this year’s snowfalls exceeded that record.
Hochul is asking for a federal disaster declaration for the affected areas, which would potentially unlock some aid. She said teams were checking on residents of mobile home parks in areas that got enough snow to potentially crumple roofs.
Due to the heavy snowfall, a Sunday football game between the Buffalo Bills’ and Cleveland Browns was moved to Detroit.
New York is no stranger to dramatic lake-effect snow, which is caused by cool air picking up moisture from the warmer water, then releasing it in bands of windblown snow over land.
This month’s storm is at least the worst in the state since November 2014, when some communities south of Buffalo were hit with 7 feet (2 meters) of snow over the course of three days, collapsing roofs and trapping drivers on a stretch of the New York State Thruway. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-parts-of-ny-dig-out-after-potentially-historic-snowfall/ | 2022-11-20 20:55:11 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-parts-of-ny-dig-out-after-potentially-historic-snowfall/ |
KINGSLEY — The Kingsley Area Schools board of education selected two candidates, including the current superintendent of Elk Rapids Public Schools, for a second round of interviews after the board held first-round interviews for their open superintendent position.
After interviewing four candidates for superintendent on Monday, the Kingsley school board voted to bring Julie Brown, superintendent of Elk Rapids Public Schools, and Brad Reyburn, principal at Newaygo High School, back for a second round of interviews on Dec. 14.
Brown has been superintendent at Elk Rapids, which has a student population of about 1,200, since September 2020. Prior to that, she was the superintendent of Houghton Lake Community Schools in Roscommon County.
Reyburn is currently the principal at Newaygo High School, which has a student population of about 500. He has experience as a middle school and an elementary school principal as well.
The board voted unanimously to bring Reyburn back for an interview, but voted 6-1 to bring Brown back for a second round of interviews. Trustee Tony Temple was the lone “no” vote.
The board also interviewed Waldron Area Schools Superintendent Jack Ledford and Stephenson Area Public Schools Superintendent Susanne Carpenter on Monday. Waldron had a student population of 244 during the 2021-22 school year and Stephenson had a student population of 459 in the 2021-22 school year, according to MI School Data.
For both candidates, the board agreed that they were personable and had done great work at their current districts, but the trustees all had concerns about how their experiences with small districts would translate in their transition to leading Kingsley. The board voted unanimously to not bring Carpenter and Ledford back for second interviews.
“We don’t have the luxury here of bringing someone on who can’t hit the ground running,” Board President Beth Lajko said of Carpenter.
Board members took turns asking each candidate about their leadership and communication styles, their background, their reason for applying, tough decisions they’ve had to make as leaders, priorities they see for Kingsley and finances.
Each candidate emphasized their passion for public education and a student-first mentality.
During her interview, Brown emphasized the importance of engaging the community as a leader and communicating frequently and openly with all district stakeholders. She added that she sees Kingsley as a community that needs to heal, and she said communication is central to that.
“Our communities that make up the district are vital,” Brown said.
She also explained that she is seeking out the position at Kingsley, not because she wants to leave Elk Rapids necessarily, but because she believes in Kingsley’s “community of tradition and excellence” ethos and wants to be a part of a school district that “beats the odds,” because she was a student who beat the odds that were against her, she said.
Brown also said she doesn’t feel that, as a superintendent, she can “lead from behind a desk,” and, instead, she leads by example. She added that she also has high standards and that some may say she is hard to work with because she always puts the needs of the kids first.
During Reyburn’s interview with the board, he talked about how Kingsley high scores on standardized tests will be important to maintain and also improve still. He also mentioned the importance of a strategic plan and that he is very open and tries to make himself as available as possible.
Throughout his interview, Reyburn emphasized that he thinks that being involved in the community and being visible within the school and classrooms is important. As principal of Newaygo High School, Reyburn said he tries to get into every classroom every day, and he said he and his wife are very involved in the community through their work and their kids.
“I enjoy being part of the community,” Reyburn said. “I enjoy that piece very much.”
John Scholten from Michigan Leadership Institute is assisting the school board through the superintendent search process. After the four interviews were completed, Scholten read written comments from the community aloud.
In the comment sheets, many people had extra questions for the candidates and expressed concerns about their qualifications.
Many comments expressed concerns about how Carpenter and Ledford’s experience in such smaller schools would translate to working in Kingsley. One comment said that the fact that Reyburn has no superintendent experience is “terrifying”. Other written comments said that Reyburn came across as genuine.
The board agreed that Reyburn came across as genuine and confident and trustworthy and that he has a lot of leadership potential, but he lacks superintendent experience. However, many board members were impressed by his work as a principal and the fact that he has experience across all levels.
Trustee Vivien Snyder said that in his time at Newaygo High School, the graduation rate went from 82 percent to 93 percent in six years. Scholten added that Reyburn has also taken on superinendent training with MLI and other leadership education on his own time.
The board agreed that Brown was well-spoken, confident, she had a great experience, student-first mentality and she’s not afraid of making tough decisions. But the board members had questions about why she would make a lateral move like this while her district is in the middle of a construction project.
The board also had concerns about rumors that surfaced in the written comments and rumors they had heard personally.
Some people wrote in comment sheets that the “rumor mill” around Brown’s leadership at Elk Rapids is not flattering. Some commenters wrote that they heard she isn’t fitting in well at Elk Rapids Schools and that she is not good with teachers.
Scholten said he was disheartened to hear the rumors about Brown, and he read multiple comments from each candidate’s references that were positive about each candidate from other leaders in education, the candidates’ mentees, board presidents and other board trustees.
Some board members, including Tina Schelich, Lajko and Snyder, said they were hesitant to give credence to the rumors because they have been unsubstantiated and Brown received otherwise positive references.
Temple said that the fact that the board does not know enough about the source of those rumors concerns him that they may have a repeat of their most recent superintendent situation, which is why he voted against bringing her in for a second interview.
Kingsley’s superintendent of more than 10 years, Keith Smith, resigned in September in exchange for a full buyout of his remaining 5-year rolling contract, which totaled about $700,000. Smith’s leadership, treatment of teachers and decision to retroactively change students’ grades over a technical error drew criticism from the community, as did the board’s decision to buy out the rest of his contract.
Brown and Reyburn will each return to Kingsley for their own tours of the district and second-round interviews on Dec. 14. | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/kingsley-narrows-superintendent-search-to-2-candidates/article_a4b086ea-7511-11ed-b868-53a186c1dcfa.html | 2022-12-06 13:30:34 | 1 | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/kingsley-narrows-superintendent-search-to-2-candidates/article_a4b086ea-7511-11ed-b868-53a186c1dcfa.html |
If the MLive readers are correct, then there will be some huge surprises coming this high school football season across the Grand Rapids area.
MLive posted a series of polls on Aug. 1, asking readers to vote for the teams they think will win the each of the six OK Conference divisions. The polls have been closed and the votes have been tabulated. | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/08/mlive-readers-pick-football-champions-for-ok-conference-champions.html | 2022-08-22 11:14:06 | 1 | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2022/08/mlive-readers-pick-football-champions-for-ok-conference-champions.html |
Thomas "Tom" Leon West, 85, died Thursday, May 12, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Iuka. He was the only son of Leon West and Elizabeth Stephens West, born in Tupelo on May 17, 1936. He married the former Inez Stewart of Shannon in July of 1953. Tom attended Itawamba Junior College and then earned his Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering from Mississippi State University. Tom was a dedicated engineer for 42 years at the Mississippi Department of Transportation before retiring in 1998. He and his wife are longtime members of Shannon United Methodist Church. In his free time, Tom enjoyed fishing, his proudest catch was over 50 pounds. He also enjoyed spending time at Pickwick and deer hunting with his best friends. Tom is survived by his wife of 68 years, Inez West of Shannon; two children, Elizabeth West of Counce, Tennessee, and John Thomas West of Austin, Texas; two grandchildren, Marshall Thomas West and Sarah West of Austin, Texas; nephew, Chris Rose of Knoxville, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, May 28, 2022 at Shannon Cemetery with Rev. Phillip Box officiating. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation to the charity of your choice, Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo or Shannon United Methodist Church. Expressions of sympathy and fond memories may be made at www.peguesfuneralhome.com.
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SAN ANTONIO — Jeremy Sochan had 29 points and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs had a franchise-high 22 3-pointers and season-high 39 assists in a 132-114 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night.
Orlando rookie Paolo Banchero had 27 points and Wendell Carter Jr. added 16 points. The Magic have lost five of their last seven games in their push for a berth in the postseason play-in tournament.
Sochan returned from a one-game absence, but the Spurs were without Keldon Johnson, Malaki Branham, Tre Jones, Rome Langford.
San Antonio responded with its best shooting game of the season, making 57% of its shots from the field and going 22 fof 41 from 3-point range.
Collins was 3 for 3 on 3-pointers as he continues his career rejuvenation after playing just 29 games the previous three seasons. Collins, who had two surgeries on his left foot following another surgery to repair a torn left labrum, sat out all of 2021.
San Antonio had 19 assists in the first half, which was eight off their average per game.
Sandro Mamukelashvili had consecutive alley-oop passes to Sochan. The first led to a one-handed dunk by Sochan that gave the Spurs a 62-54 lead with 2:38 remaining in the first half. They teamed up for another alley-oop dunk 36 seconds later.
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Magic: Banchero was averaging 24 points in his previous five games. … Orlando’s last victory in San Antonio was 117-110 on Nov. 4, 2018. … F Franz Wagner made his 68th start this season after being listed as questionable with a sprained right ankle. Wagner had 11 points and two rebounds in 28 minutes.
Spurs: San Antonio’s previous high for 3-pointers was 18, set against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 26. … Johnson has missed two straight games with sore left foot. … C Charles Bassey did not play in the second half after suffering a left knee injury. Bassey remained on his back for about 45 seconds after blocking Jalen Suggs’ attempted layup to the close of the first quarter. Bassey appeared to land awkwardly, but rose on his own and went to the bench to close the quarter. Bassey returned to play 3:42 in the second quarter, but did not play in the second half.
UP NEXT Magic: At Phoenix on Thursday.
Spurs: Host Dallas on Wednesday.
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Trump’s inaugural chair pleads not guilty to latest charges
NEW YORK (AP) — The chair of former President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the latest charges in an indictment accusing him of secretly working for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump’s foreign policy.
Wealthy businessman Tom Barrack, who was arrested last year and released on $250 million bail, entered the plea during a remote court appearance before a Brooklyn federal court judge.
He pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making multiple false statements at a June 2019 interview with federal agents. An updated indictment had been filed earlier this month.
The trial for the Los Angeles-based private equity manager is scheduled to begin with jury selection in late August.
In 2017, he was a key figure in UAE investments in a tech fund and real estate totaling $374 million.
Prosecutors say Barrack sought to leverage lucrative international business deals with the United Arab Emirates to benefit the political agendas of both the Trump campaign and the UAE.
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First time in Japan for a celebrity to join in an NFT project!
TOKYO, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --It is officially announced that KSK Angel Fund LLC will join in the "FLOWER LOLITA" project, an NFT collection originated in Japan and operated by Art Sensor Inc., as an investor and Co-Founder.
NFT is also known as a combination of digital data, which can be owned, and blockchain technology, which cannot be tampered with or altered.
There have been times in the past when celebrities have made headlines as purchasers of NFT collections. However, Keisuke Honda, who is internationally active, has decided to join the management and promotion side of the NFT Collection as a founder for the first time in Japan, and we believe that he will contribute to further raising awareness of NFT and expanding the market.
The future presented by this collection
FLOWER LOLITA is a unique collection consisting of 6,666 NFTs, each with a different expression and ornamentation. This kind of NFT collection is called a generative collection.
Recent examples of generative collections include "Shinsei Galvers," a domestic project with a total transaction value of approximately 1.3 billion yen, and "Neo Tokyo Punks," a domestic project with a total transaction value of approximately 400 million yen.
We are confident that "FLOWER LOLITA," which we are offering this time, has similar market potential, and we also emphasize the importance of the project's expansion through the activation of the DAO community among its owners.
As part of the roadmap for the stimulation of the DAO community, the creation of 3D art for NFT owners is also planned. In the metaverse space, which is currently expanding its market significantly, 3D art will become indispensable as one's avatar. The creation of 3D art for the NFT Collection is intended to be based on such future-oriented content.
Furthermore, we feel that the presence of Keisuke Honda, who will be participating in this project, will have a significant impact on the stimulation of the community. We expect that this project will help to expand awareness of NFT and blockchain to people who have not had contact with these areas before, and will provide them with an opportunity to join the community.
FLOWER LOLITA is a Japan-based NFT project that aims to increase awareness of NFT and blockchain technology, enhance the project, improve the quality of the collection, and return profits to the participants.
About The Team
Atsushi Ishikawa / founder
Representative Director of Art Sensor Inc. He has experience in founding and selling various businesses. He is also involved in contemporary art projects, and is an entrepreneur with a variety of activities such as hosting exhibitions and ART media.
Keisuke Honda / Co-founder
Professional soccer player & coach, entrepreneur and investor. As an investor, he has invested in over 180 domestic and international startups with his personal fund "KSK Angel Fund". In 2018, he co-founded "Dreamers Fund" with actor Will Smith.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kskgroup2017
Kenichi Mogi / Blockchain Engineer
Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University Graduate School. Representative of development company Gashfara,Inc. He has experience in original game production at Enix and artificial intelligence development (company acquisition) with SmallTalk. Currently, he teaches at Digital Hollywood Graduate School and is an engineer who invests in various startups as an angel investor.
Hayatti/ adviser
The founder of "Love Addicted Girls," whose VT exceeded 517 ETH, and "AstarCats," an NFT project that sold out 4,000 units within 2 minutes of the start at Astar Network, the first project of its kind in Japan. He is also active as an advisor for NFT collections.
Twitter account: https://twitter.com/HayattiQ
Message from Keisuke Honda
I believe that anime and manga, which are well-established in Japanese culture, have a high affinity with NFT and are areas where Japan has a high potential to win. The greatest appeal of the "Flower Lolita" project is its content, and I believe it can compete on a global scale. I am confident that Web3 will continue to expand in the future, and I am looking forward to seeing how NFT will challenge the world first
About FLOWER LOLITA
Flower Lolita is an NFT project consisting of a unique collection of 6666 NFTs. Having DAO, a Web3-like organization, in mind, it plans to launch a variety of products, including blockchain games and 3D avatar creation, starting with the launch of NFT. Celebrities will be added to the team to further accelerate the development of the project. Through participation in Discord and the NFT purchasing experience, you can join a group of investors and NFT enthusiasts who believe in the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
Launch: May 22, 2022
WL: 0.05 ETH (pre-sale) Public: 0.07 ETH (public sale)
If you are interested in purchasing FLOWER LOLITA and do not know how to buy NFT, please feel free to contact us via direct mail on Twitter.
Official website: https://www.flowerlolita.io
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/flowerlolitanft
Official Discord: https://discord.com/invite/flowerlolita
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It is the third-straight season in which the Bulldogs started 3-0. Reserve Roman Penn scored 12 points and Darnell Brodie scored 10 with 10 rebounds.
Buffalo’s Armoni Foster made two foul shots to give the Bulls (1-3) a 52-43 lead with 13:38 remaining before Drake proceeded to outscore Buffalo 22-12 over the next eight minutes and led 65-64 with 5:31 left. Penn’s three-point play with 2:08 to go broke a 72-all tie and the Bulldogs never trailed again.
LaQuill Hardnett finished with 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Bulls, Armoni Foster scored 16 and Zid Powell 15.
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Shawn and Haylee Ladner of Mississippi always dreamed of having a big family, with Haylee expressing her desire to have at least four kids since they married, in 2019. Unfortunately, their journey to parenthood has not been easy, as the couple experienced two heartbreaking miscarriages before turning to intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment. This fertility treatment involves placing sperm directly into the uterus to conceive.
Expecting one or possibly two babies, the Ladners got a big surprise when they learned there were five.
“When we went for our appointment, my wife had two viable eggs to be fertilized, so we thought twins would be the max,” Shawn wrote on the family’s GoFundMe page. “To say we were in shock would be a severe understatement.”
Haylee shared the news with family and friends on Facebook.
“As many of you know, Shawn and I had our third IUI in August,” Haylee wrote in the post. “We were excited to find out we were pregnant, but little did we know, we were not pregnant with 1 baby but 5 babies! Yes, you read that right, 5 babies! We are both very excited and honestly a little nervous to embark on this journey. As of right now, all of the babies are measuring on time and have strong little heartbeats. Please keep us in your prayers as we move toward our new adventure!
Haylee’s pregnancy was an especially rare one, with four identical females, a phenomenon that occurs in only 1 in 60 million pregnancies. One of two fertilized eggs divided four ways, resulting in identical quadruplet girls, and the other egg was their brother. University of Mississippi Medical Center reports that there is evidence of only one other instance of this combination in medical literature since 2018.
Haylee, a middle school teacher, carried the five babies until 28 weeks gestation, which is typical for multiple pregnancies with three or more babies. She was admitted to Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she stayed for five weeks. While her technical due date was set for May 10, the family welcomed the babies on Feb. 16.
When WDAM asked if the couple would have more children, Shawn responded quickly.
“Definitely not,” he told the channel. “Five is enough.”
Girls Adalyn, Everleigh, Malley, Magnolia and little boy Jake are all doing well in the neonatal intensive care unit, breathing on their own and off of ventilators.
“They’re thriving, and we’re looking forward to the day when they can come home,” Haylee said in a statement from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. “They are the greatest blessing of my entire life.”
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The Lamborghini Urus will lose its non-electrified V-8 powertrain in 2024 and go all-electric in 2029, according to a recent Autocar report.
A Urus plug-in hybrid, retaining the current twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 but adding electric assist, will launch next year as Lamborghini’s second plug-in hybrid, following the Aventador-replacing Revuelto, CEO Stephan Winkelmann said in an interview with Autocar.
A prototype of the Urus plug-in hybrid has already been spied testing, but this is the first confirmation that Lamborghini will do away with the non-hybrid powertrain option. Adding electric assist to the V-8 should make the plug-in hybrid the most powerful Urus to date. The lineup currently tops out at 657 hp.
The Urus, which is Lamborghini’s most popular model, was launched in 2018 as a 2019 model and was updated last year to Urus S spec. A sportier Urus Performante was also added to the lineup last year.
An electric Urus will follow as Lamborghini’s second EV, after the 2028 launch of what is expected to be a 2+2 grand tourer. Representing a new, fourth model line with no direct predecessor, we’ve been told it’s targeting 300 miles of range with a comfortable rear seat. Once its all-electric powertrains arrive, Lamborghini plans to use them for its more luxurious models for the time being, only building electric supercars if absolutely required by regulations.
In the intervening years, Lamborghini will introduce additional variants of the Revuelto, as well as a Huracán replacement. Lamborghini will also reconfigure its factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. It will reportedly build the Revuelto and Huracán replacement on the same line, marking the first time two Lamborghini models will share an assembly line.
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STOCKHOLM, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oncopeptides AB (publ) (NASDAQ Stockholm: ONCO), a biotech company focused on research and development of therapies for difficult-to-treat hematological diseases, today announces that the number of shares and votes in Oncopeptides has changed as a result of the company's share issue as announced on July 14, 2022. As a result of the share issue, the number of outstanding shares and votes has increased by 15,061,443 from 75,307,217 to 90,368,660. The share capital has increased by approximately SEK 1,673,494 from SEK 8,367,469 to SEK 10,040,963.
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Mobil: + 46 70 262 96 28
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About Oncopeptides
Oncopeptides is a biotech company focused on research and development of pharmaceuticals for difficult-to-treat haematological diseases. The company uses its proprietary PDC platform to develop peptide-drug conjugated compounds that rapidly and selectively deliver cytotoxic agents into cancer cells. The first drug coming from the PDC platform, Pepaxto® (INN melphalan flufenamide), was granted accelerated approval in the U.S., on February 26, 2021, in combination with dexamethasone, for treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Due to regulatory hurdles the product is currently not marketed in the U.S. On June 23, 2022, CHMP adopted a positive opinion recommending full approval of Oncopeptides Pepaxti® (melphalan flufenamide), in EU in patients with triple class refractory multiple myeloma. Oncopeptides is developing several new compounds based on the PDC platform. The company is listed in the Mid Cap segment on Nasdaq Stockholm with the ticker ONCO. More information is available on www.oncopeptides.com.
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How Monumental Sports investment impacts Mystics
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Natalie, Kelsey Nicole Nelson and Subria Whitaker analyze how NBC Sports Washington's rebranding as Monumental Sports Network, plus Monumental Sports & Entertainment's investment into D.C. sports, impacts the Mystics. | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/podcasts/brother-from-another/tagovailoa-fields-step-into-next-level-of-stardom | 2023-06-29 05:46:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/podcasts/brother-from-another/tagovailoa-fields-step-into-next-level-of-stardom |
The Colorado baker who won a partial Supreme Court victory after refusing on religious grounds to make a gay couple's wedding cake a decade ago lost his latest legal fight.
Jack Phillips challenged Colorado's anti-discrimination law after refusing to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
A lawyer for Jack Phillips urged Colorado's appeals court — largely on procedural grounds — to overturn a 2021 ruling in a lawsuit brought by a transgender woman.
The controversy began in 2017 when Autumn Scardina, called Phillips' cake shop requesting a birthday cake that had blue frosting on the outside and was pink inside.
During the trial, Phillips, a Christian, testified he did not think someone could change genders and he would not celebrate “somebody who thinks that they can.”
However, the appeals court didn't believe that was a good enough reason to refuse to make the cake.
“We conclude that creating a pink cake with blue frosting is not inherently expressive and any message or symbolism it provides to an observer would not be attributed to the baker,” said the court, according to The Associated Press.
Phillips is reportedly planning to appeal the ruling.
In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had acted with anti-religious bias in enforcing the anti-discrimination law against Phillips after he refused to bake a cake celebrating the wedding of Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins in 2012. The justices called the commission unfairly dismissive of Phillips’ religious beliefs.
The high court did not rule then on the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to LGBTQ people. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/colorado-baker-loses-appeal-after-refusing-to-make-transgender-reveal-cake | 2023-01-27 22:34:30 | 1 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/colorado-baker-loses-appeal-after-refusing-to-make-transgender-reveal-cake |
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour comes to MetLife Stadium: What you need to know
NEW JERSEY - Swifties, get ready. Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is finally stopping at MetLife Stadium this weekend.
Swift is playing three shows at the East Rutherford, New Jersey stadium this weekend, beginning Friday, May 26.
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If you're looking to see the show, here's a quick rundown of what you need to know:
- The shows will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers will be one of the opening acts on all three days, while GAYLE will also open on Friday, Gracie Abrams will also open on Saturday and OWENN will also open on Sunday.
- The stadium's parking lot opens at 12:30 p.m. Parking costs $40 per car, $100 per limousine and $160 per bus.
- The stadium's gates open at 4:30 p.m.
- NJ Transit is urging fans to purchase round-trip tickets in advance through NJ Transit's mobile app.
- Guests are allowed to carry any kind of clear, plastic, vinyl or PVC (see-through) bag that is 12" x 6" x 12" or less in size into the stadium. Only 1 bag is allowed per person. Non-clear, small purses or handbags (clutch-type bags) that are 4.5" x 6.5" or less in size are also allowed, but only 1 per person. For more information now hat bags are allowed, visit the MetLife Stadium website.
- Food of any kind that is in a clear plastic bag is allowed, along with factory-sealed, plastic bottles of water or soft drinks that are 20 ounces or less in size. For a full list of what guest can and cannot carry into MetLife Stadium, visit their website.
If you haven't gotten tickets yet for the concert, be prepared to pay a pretty penny for the show. According to StubHub, as of publication on Wednesday, the cheapest price for a single ticket was $1,496, with the most expensive tickets costing in upwards of $16,000. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-comes-to-metlife-stadium-what-you-need-to-know | 2023-05-24 20:12:34 | 0 | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-comes-to-metlife-stadium-what-you-need-to-know |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
01-02-09-16-21-22-23-24-29-48-52-54-58-66-67-73-74-76-78-79
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WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 17, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service SAN DIEGO CA
130 PM PDT Sat Jul 16 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 114.
* WHERE...San Diego County Deserts and Coachella Valley.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Sunday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 110.
* WHERE...San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.
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Kroger is contracting with former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a lobbying push to win approval of its proposed merger with Albertsons, the company said in a press release.
Boehner, who works for law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs, will “provide strategic counsel” to Kroger executives and won’t register to lobby.
Squire Patton Boggs’ Tommy Andrews and David Schnittger, two former Boehner aides, and Caren Street, former chief of staff to then-Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) and executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, will lobby on Kroger’s behalf.
Kroger is hiring several well-connected lobbyists as it seeks to dissuade concerns in the nation’s capital about the $25 billion merger between two of the largest supermarket chains.
Unions representing more than 100,000 Kroger and Albertsons workers are rallying against the merger, arguing that it would lead to job losses and price hikes.
Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), the top lawmakers on the Senate’s antitrust panel, grilled the CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons in November, expressing doubts about the companies’ promises to keep jobs intact and lower prices.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is led by Lina Khan, a fierce opponent of corporate consolidation, is reviewing the merger and is widely expected to sue to block it.
“Given the parties’ records of raising food prices for consumers and cutting benefits to workers to pad their own profits, and the unusual circumstances of a $4 billion dividend payment that will be paid out by Albertsons in early November, the FTC should oppose this proposed merger,” Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in an October letter to Khan.
Kroger, which has told lawmakers that it needs to merge with Albertsons to compete with Walmart and Amazon, hopes to go through with the merger by 2024.
Kroger spent $950,000 on lobbying in 2022, the highest total in the company’s history, according to nonpartisan research group OpenSecrets.
Albertsons, which contracts with Jeff Miller, the lobbyist with the closest ties to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), spent $2.2 million on lobbying in 2022, more than tripling the previous year’s total.
Punchbowl News first reported the news of Boehner’s hiring Thursday. | https://www.fox16.com/hill-politics/kroger-hires-boehner-in-lobbying-push-to-secure-mega-merger/ | 2023-03-09 15:22:58 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/hill-politics/kroger-hires-boehner-in-lobbying-push-to-secure-mega-merger/ |
LAUREL, Neb. (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man in the killings of four people in a small northeast Nebraska town where it had been more than 100 years since it last saw such violence.
Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, a police team surrounded the Laurel home of 42-year-old Jason Jones and barged inside, with guns drawn and using flash bangs. Jones’ home is just off the main downtown street in the town of 1,000 people and directly across the street from one of two houses where occupants were shot before the homes were set ablaze, police said.
Jones was so badly burned that he had to be flown to a hospital in Lincoln instead of being booked into jail, Nebraska State Patrol Col. John Bolduc said. Jones was charged later Friday with 10 felonies, including four counts of first-degree murder.
The Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy — which often handles capital murder cases — was appointed to represent Jones and declined to comment on the case.
Police allege that Jones killed 53-year-old Michele Ebeling early Thursday morning before causing some type of explosion and fire in her home that’s across the street from him. According to police, Jones then went about three blocks south, broke into another home and killed Gene Twiford, 86; his wife, Janet Twiford, 85; and their daughter, Dana Twiford, 55.
Charging documents allege Jones carried out some of the killings in the course of a burglary, but Bolduc declined to give a possible motive for the slayings or say if Jones knew the victims.
Several people in Laurel said they knew little about Jones, other than he had moved into the home within the last few years. Court records say Jones had lived in the Elm Street house since at least 2019. Receipts and a gun left at the scene of the killings were linked to him.
The killings came as a shock to the community that’s about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Omaha. Despite its small size, Laurel is home to five churches and the Knuckleheadz bar that also serves as the town’s cafe. The last criminal homicide in Laurel happened in 2005, when a man died following a bar fight — and that case was deemed to be manslaughter, not murder.
To find the town’s last known multiple murder, one would have to go back more than 100 years to 1918, when Dr. C.C. Sackett and Harold Crownover were shot and killed by suspected burglars they had been chasing, according to town historian Roger Tryon. Tryon writes a column titled “Pages of History” for the weekly Laurel Advocate.
“People still talk about it. That was the crime of the 20th century for Laurel,” Tryon said. “I suspect what’s happened here this week will be the crime of the 21st century.”
Michele Ebeling’s daughter, Richele Ebeling, 31, of Oklahoma City, told The Associated Press that her mother moved to Laurel about two years ago with her boyfriend, who travels for his job and was not home when she was attacked.
“Honestly, this is so bizarre and so surreal that I cannot even wrap my head around this,” she said, noting she had last talked with her mom around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday by phone.
She said it is not clear whether her mother knew Jones or whether she knew the Twiford family down the street.
The Twifords were lifelong Laurel residents, and almost everyone there knew them.
Their next-door neighbors, Doug and Lynette Krie, said they didn’t hear anything like gunshots before dawn Thursday. They were alerted to trouble around 9:30 a.m., when they spotted the town’s lone law enforcement officer in their driveway, who said a passerby had noticed smoke coming from the Twifords’ home. The officer and the Kries then went over to the Twiford home together to check the doors.
“They were all secure — and then I saw one of the doors in the back cracked open,” Lynette Krie said.
Firefighters from the town’s volunteer department then went in to find the source of the smoke. When they emerged, they fell to their knees. “That’s when I knew they were gone,” Krie said, fighting back tears.
But the Kries and many others in town didn’t find out about the shootings until later.
“We just assumed they had died of smoke inhalation or something,” Doug Krie said. “Nobody expected this.”
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Associated Press reporters Scott McFetridge and David Pitt contributed to this report from Des Moines, Iowa. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/4-killings-end-century-of-calm-in-small-nebraska-town/ | 2022-08-06 12:59:26 | 1 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/4-killings-end-century-of-calm-in-small-nebraska-town/ |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's coronavirus emergency officially ends Tuesday, nearly three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order and just days after the state reached the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths related to the virus.
As California's emergency winds down, such declarations continue in just five other states — including Texas and Illinois — signaling an end to the expanded legal powers of governors to suspend laws in response to the once mysterious disease. President Joe Biden announced last month the federal government will end its own version May 11.
The end of California's order will have little to no effect on most people as Newsom has already lifted most of the state's restrictions, like those that required masks, closed beaches and forced many businesses to close. It offers a symbolic marker of the end of a period that once drastically altered the lives of the state's nearly 40 million residents.
Illinois' order will end in May alongside the federal order, while the governors of Rhode Island and Delaware recently extended their coronavirus emergency declarations. In New Mexico, public health officials are weighing whether to extend a COVID-19 health emergency beyond its Friday expiration date.
Texas, meanwhile, hasn't had any major coronavirus restrictions for years, but Republican Gov. Greg Abbott keeps extending his state's emergency declaration because it gives him the power to stop some of the states' more liberal cities from imposing their own restrictions, like requiring masks or vaccines. Abbott has said he'll keep the emergency order — and his expanded powers — in place until the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passes a law to prevent local governments from imposing virus restrictions on their own.
The conflicting styles show that, while the emergencies may be ending, the political divide is not — foreshadowing years of competing narratives of the pandemic from two potential presidential candidates in Newsom and Abbott.
Newsom has used his authority to make sure all of California’s local governments had restrictions in place during the pandemic, even threatening to cut funding to some cities that refused to enforce them. While California’s emergency declaration is ending, other local emergencies will remain in place — including in Los Angeles County, home to nearly 10 million people.
The Los Angeles emergency order encourages mask use in some public places like business and trains and for residents who have been exposed to the virus. It will remain in effect for at least another month. Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will debate whether to end the order March 31.
Many public health experts say it makes sense that California's order is coming to a close.
“Three years ago, if you ... got infected you were rolling the dice about dying,” said Brad Pollock, chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Davis. “What's happened in the three years now is we have vaccines, we have antiviral therapy, we have much more knowledge about how we take care of patients in terms of supportive care. Your risk of dying is a fraction of what it was.”
The Newsom administration's approach was to issue broad restrictions on what people could do and where they could go. California ended up faring better than other states, but they did worse than some other countries, like Sweden, said Jeffrey Klausner, professor of clinical population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
“I think if we had better focused our resources on those most at risk, we probably could have avoided more deaths,” he said.
The pandemic strained California's health care system, which has yet to fully recover, said Carmela Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association. She said hospitals remain overwhelmed — not from COVID patients, but from an influx of people returning to the health care system after staying away during the pandemic. She said a majority of California's hospitals are losing money, prompting fears some could close — just as a community hospital in the state's Central Valley did in December.
“While the state’s COVID public health emergency is formally concluding, the health care system emergency remains,” Coyle said.
Health care workers have felt the strain, too, working long hours among people infected with a highly contagious and potentially life-threatening disease. The strain has prompted a workforce shortage, with competing proposals to remedy it. The California Hospital Association is asking for a one-time infusion of $1.5 billion to help keep hospitals afloat. Labor unions, meanwhile, are backing a bill that would impose a $25 minimum wage for health care workers.
Meanwhile, local public health departments worry the end of the coronavirus emergency will mean a return to limited funding for their budgets, an issue exposed in the early days of the pandemic when many counties did not have enough people to respond to the crisis. Newsom signed a budget last year that will spend $200 million to help public health departments hire more workers. This year, he's proposing cutting nearly $50 million in public health workforce training programs, part of his plan to cover a projected budget deficit.
“Public health is dependent on their frontline workforce, and that frontline workforce has to be skilled and trained and educated,” said Michelle Gibbons, president of the County Health Executives Association of California.
Overall, Newsom's budget proposal would sustain $300 million in public health spending, including $100 million for 404 new positions in the state Department of Public Health, including areas of workforce training and emergency preparedness and response. The money will “modernize state and local public health infrastructure and transition to a resilient public health system,” said H.D. Palmer, spokesperson for the California Department of Finance.
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HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — Near the banks of Montana's Musselshell River, cattle rancher Michael Miller saw a large, white orb above the town of Harlowton last week, a day before U.S. officials revealed they were tracking a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the state. The balloon caused a stir in the 900-person town surrounded by cattle ranches, wind farms and scattered nuclear missile silos behind chain link fences.
Miller worries about China as a rising threat to the U.S., but questioned how much intelligence could be gained from a balloon. China’s bigger threat, he said, is to the U.S. economy. Like many throughout the country, Miller wonders if stricter laws are needed to bar farmland sales to foreign nationals so power over agriculture and the food supply doesn't end up in the wrong hands.
“It’s best not to have a foreign entity buying up land, especially one that’s not really friendly to us,” Miller said. “They are just going to take us over economically, instead of military-wise.”
Miller's concerns are increasingly shared by U.S. lawmakers after the Chinese balloon's voyage over American skies inflamed tensions between Washington and Beijing.
In Congress and statehouses, the balloon's journey added traction to decades-old concerns about foreign land ownership. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, is sponsoring legislation to include agriculture as a factor in national security decisions allowing foreign real estate investments.
"The bottom line is we don’t want folks from China owning our farmland. It goes against food security and it goes against national security,” Tester told The Associated Press.
At least 11 state legislatures also are considering measures to address the concern. That includes Montana and North Dakota, where the U.S. Air Force recently warned that a $700 million corn mill proposed near a military base by the American subsidiary of a Chinese company would risk national security.
City council members in Grand Forks, North Dakota, endured a barrage of criticism from town residents Monday night before voting 5-0 to abandon the plan. The move came a year after North Dakota's governor called the project “extraordinary," saying it would bring jobs and bolster the farm industry.
Enraged residents of the 59,000-person city near the Minnesota border demanded resignations from council members they claimed had tried to push through the plan, brushing off Chinese threats to national security.
“You decided, for whatever reason, this was such a fantastic thing for our city that you got blinders on,” said Dexter Perkins, a University of North Dakota geology professor. “You guys went all in when there were a gazillion unanswered questions.”
Before the Air Force’s warning, officials said they weren’t in a position to opine on national security matters.
Foreign entities and individuals control less than 3% of U.S. farmland, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Of that, those with ties to China control less than 1%, or roughly 600 square miles (340 square kilometers).
Yet in recent years, transactions of agricultural and non-agricultural land have attracted scrutiny, particularly in states with a large U.S. military presence.
Limitations on foreign individuals or entities owning farmland vary widely throughout the U.S. Most states allow it, while 14 have restrictions. No states have a total prohibition. Of the five states where the federal agriculture department says entities with ties to China own the most farmland, four don't limit foreign ownership: North Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Utah.
The fifth, Missouri, has a cap on foreign land ownership that state lawmakers want to make more stringent.
Ownership restriction supporters often speculate about foreign buyers’ motives and whether people with ties to adversaries such as China intend to use land for spying or exerting control over the U.S. food supply.
Texas in 2021 banned infrastructure deals with individuals tied to hostile governments, including China. The policy came after a Chinese army veteran and real estate tycoon purchased a wind farm in a border town near a U.S. Air Force base. This year, Texas Republicans want to expand that with a ban against land purchases by individuals and entities from hostile countries including China.
Critics see it as anti-foreigner hysteria, with Texas' Asian American community particularly concerned about the effect on immigrants who want to buy homes and build businesses.
In Utah, concern has centered on a Chinese company’s purchase of a speedway near an army depot in 2015 and Chinese-owned farms exporting alfalfa and hay from drought-stricken parts of the state.
Lawmakers this year are considering two proposals that would, to varying degrees, ban entities with ties to foreign governments from owning land.
“Do we really want any foreign country coming in and buying our agricultural land, our forests or our mineral rights?" asked Republican state Rep. Kay Christofferson, who is sponsoring one of the bills. “If it would interfere with our sovereignty — especially in an emergency situation or during a threat to national security — I think that we’d lose our ability as a state to be independent and self sufficient.”
Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the scramble to limit foreign land ownership tracked rising U.S.-China tensions. Welsh shares concerns about U.S. adversaries purchasing land near military bases like in Grand Forks, but said worries about China controlling the food supply were overblown.
“China is just a small slice of the bigger picture of foreign ownership,” Welsh said. “When it comes to food security, the biggest threat is that foreign owners can potentially pay a higher price for agricultural land, which then drives up prices.”
The restrictions have encountered resistance in states with strong property rights. In Wyoming, two proposals to restrict foreign land ownership failed this week even though Republicans who control the statehouse were sympathetic to concerns about China expanding its reach.
“We’ve had a lot of problems with China lately in the air. Big balloons flying over us. We look at this as a national and state security bill, for Wyoming and the United States,” said Rep. Bill Allemand, a Republican from Casper.
Lawmakers on Monday rejected Allemand's proposal to ban ownership of more than an acre of land by people from countries considered state sponsors of terrorism, including Russia and China. Skeptics said it would be difficult to police due to the complex web of title companies and holding corporations in agricultural real estate.
“This is very easy to get around,” Republican Rep. Martha Lawley said. “We may end the day feeling good about ourselves, but we’ve opened up to a lot of liability.”
Questions about foreign investment are increasingly prompting debate over whether cities and states should be rolling out welcome mats or shutting doors to potential threats. The issue can pit local officials interested in economic development against state and federal agencies concerned with national security.
That was initially the case with the proposed corn mill in Grand Forks, where officials last year lauded the plans. But days after the U.S. Air Force shot down the Chinese balloon, which China insists was only a weather balloon, the sentiment had fizzled and the city changed course.
“There's something that I've learned through this process, and that is sometimes to slow down and make sure we fully understand before we move to the next level,” Grand Forks council member Ken Vein said before voting to abandon the corn mill.
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Additional financing secured at an attractive fixed rate to fund continued growth of leased fleet
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE: GBX) ("Greenbrier"), a leading international supplier of equipment and services to global freight transportation markets, today announced that its Greenbrier Leasing subsidiary has entered a new $150 million term loan to finance the continued growth of its leasing fleet. The new loan is non-recourse to Greenbrier, matures in July 2027 and has terms similar to Greenbrier Leasing's term loan completed in August 2021. Half of the loan amount was drawn at closing and the remaining balance is expected to be utilized in the next six months.
Lorie Tekorius, Chief Executive Officer & President said, "Liquidity in the current economic environment aligns with our leasing strategy and supports Greenbrier's broader goal to grow the services business. I would like to thank our banking group for their ongoing support of Greenbrier through this transaction. Importantly, interest rates on Greenbrier's long-term debt are fixed at attractive levels, with no material debt maturities until 2026. Strong liquidity, combined with our new railcar backlog valued at $3.6 billion as of May 31, 2022, and continued high lease fleet utilization, positions Greenbrier well to navigate current macroeconomic conditions."
About Greenbrier
Greenbrier, headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is a leading international supplier of equipment and services to global freight transportation markets. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures, Greenbrier designs, builds and markets freight railcars and marine barges in North America, Europe and Brazil. We are a leading provider of freight railcar wheel services, parts, maintenance and retrofitting services in North America through our rail services business unit. Greenbrier manages 421,000 railcars and offers railcar management, regulatory compliance services and leasing services to railroads and other railcars owners in North America. GBX Leasing (GBXL) is a special purpose subsidiary that owns and manages a portfolio of leased railcars that originate primarily from Greenbrier's manufacturing operations. GBXL and Greenbrier own a lease fleet of 11,800 railcars. Learn more about Greenbrier at www.gbrx.com.
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MONTERREY, Mexico, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ALFAA) ("ALFA"), a company that has developed a diversified portfolio of leading businesses with global operations, announced today its unaudited results for the second quarter of 2022 ("2Q22"). All figures have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").
"We hope you and your families are remaining safe and healthy. The second quarter was marked by exciting developments on the strategic front, including the announcement of the Axtel spin-off and Alpek´s closing on the previously announced OCTAL acquisition. We are also pleased to report strong consolidated performance with quarterly EBITDA of US $706 million and six consecutive quarters of year-over-year improvement in the net leverage ratio.
ALFA's 2Q22 revenue increased 30% year-over-year and EBITDA surged 42% driven once again by a better-than-expected performance at Alpek. The petrochemical business continued to capitalize on strong reference margins in its core products plus solid demand. In addition, Alpek's results benefitted from the integration of the OCTAL acquisition in June.
Sigma was negatively impacted by the ongoing headwinds in its European operations, primarily higher energy prices and input costs as well as lower pork exports. Noteworthy, Sigma Europe EBITDA was up 20% quarter-on-quarter as operating efficiencies and pricing actions have been implemented to mitigate inflationary pressures. Meanwhile, lower sales from the Government segment, project delays caused by the global semiconductor shortage, and lower revenues from a large wholesale customer continued to weigh on Axtel's results. It is important to note that the large wholesale customer´s "concurso mercantil" process reached a financing agreement which provides certainty going forward to its creditors and suppliers like Axtel.
ALFA is fully committed to continue transferring value to its shareholders through a balanced approach which includes dividends, share repurchases, improvement in credit metrics and the transformational efforts underway to address the conglomerate discount.
We took a decisive step forward during the quarter when we announced the plan to spin-off Axtel to the ALFA shareholders. As approved by ALFA's shareholders on July 12th, we are following virtually the same structure and process implemented when we spun off Nemak in 2020. ALFA will transfer its entire stake in Axtel to ALFA's shareholders via a new, Bolsa-listed entity named Controladora Axtel.
By spinning-off Axtel, ALFA further simplifies its corporate structure and enhances its financial position as the two remaining subsidiaries, Alpek and Sigma, have investment grade credit ratings. In addition, ALFA's shareholders gain autonomy as we advance, holding separate stakes in ALFA, Nemak and soon in Axtel. Also, as an independent business, Axtel will drive strategic initiatives to boost growth without the influence of ALFA's transformational process.
Another key value-enhancing event during the quarter was Alpek closing the OCTAL acquisition ahead of plan. For 2022, Alpek is projecting an EBITDA contribution of US $120 million from OCTAL supported by better-than-expected reference margins and overall favorable industry conditions. In turn, Alpek increased its 2022 EBITDA guidance to US $1.600 billion, up from US $1.365 billion announced in 1Q22.
ALFA has also adjusted its 2022 guidance to reflect three significant items. First, the accounting effect resulting from Axtel being presented as a discontinued operation beginning in 3Q22. Second, Alpek raising guidance driven by the integration of OCTAL plus a solid reference margin outlook. Third, lower guidance from Sigma due to subpar performance from its European operations partially offset by solid results in Mexico, U.S. and Latam. The net result is ALFA's 2022 Consolidated EBITDA Guidance adjusted slightly to US $2.280 billion, compared with US $2.283 billion announced in 1Q22.
On the ESG front, Alpek became the first ALFA subsidiary to receive approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. Alpek is committed to reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions by 27.5% versus a 2019 baseline by 2030, which is in line with the Paris Agreement to combat climate change. Transitioning to renewable sources of electricity, improving energy usage, and producing emission-free steam are some of the initiatives Alpek will implement to meet its targets and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Looking to the remainder of the year, ALFA will prioritize the successful execution of the Axtel spin-off. Sigma will continue driving growth initiatives and mitigating inflationary pressures through operating efficiencies and revenue management. Alpek will focus on effectively integrating OCTAL to capture the full potential of this transformational acquisition and continue capitalizing on favorable industry dynamics.
In closing, we would also like to extend our condolences to the family of José Calderón Rojas who recently passed away. Mr. Calderón was a member of ALFA's Board of Directors since 2005 and dear friend with a long family legacy as an ALFA shareholder. We are grateful for his many years of dedicated service and valuable insight. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones. ALFA will be undertaking a search for a new Board member in due course."
Keep well/Stay safe,
Álvaro Fernández
ALFA manages a diversified portfolio of leading businesses with global operations: Sigma, a leading multinational food company, focused on the production, marketing and distribution of quality foods through recognized brands in Mexico, Europe, United States and Latin America. Alpek, one of the world's leading producers of polyester (PTA, PET, rPET and fibers), and the leader in the Mexican market for polypropylene and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Axtel, a provider of Information Technology and Communication (ITC) services for the enterprise and government segments in Mexico. In 2021, ALFA reported revenues of Ps. 308,060 million (US $15.2 billion), and EBITDA of Ps. 41,050 million (US $2.0 billion). ALFA's shares are quoted on the Mexican Stock Exchange and on Latibex, the market for Latin American shares of the Madrid Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.alfa.com.mx
This release may contain forward-looking information based on numerous variables and assumptions that are inherently uncertain. They involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and financial market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as the scope and duration of the outbreak, government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response, availability of workers and contractors due to illness and stay at home orders, supply chain disruptions and other impacts to the business, or on the Company's ability to execute business continuity plans, as a result thereof. Accordingly, results could vary from those set forth in this release. The report presents unaudited financial information. Figures are presented in Mexican Pesos or US dollars, as indicated. Where applicable, Peso amounts were translated into US dollars using the average exchange rate of the months during which the operations were recorded. Financial ratios are calculated in US dollars. Due to the rounding up of figures, small differences may occur when calculating percent changes from one period to the other.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
3-9-0-0
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ HealthStream Inc. (HSTM) on Monday reported second-quarter profit of $3.1 million.
On a per-share basis, the Nashville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of 10 cents.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 5 cents per share.
The provider of internet-based educational and training content for health care professionals posted revenue of $65.6 million in the period, which missed Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $66.5 million.
HealthStream expects full-year revenue in the range of $267.5 million to $273 million.
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SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rakuten Medical, Inc. (Rakuten Medical), a global biotechnology company developing and commercializing precision, cell-targeting therapies based on its proprietary Alluminox™ platform, today announced that the Company has been granted permission from the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) to conduct its global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial (ASP-1929-301/ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03769506) evaluating Alluminox treatment (photoimmunotherapy) using ASP-1929 in patients with locoregional, recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) in India, and the registration of clinical trial information with the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI) has been completed (CTRI Identifier: CTRI/2023/05/052728). The study sites will include several leading medical institutions in India such as the Tata Memorial Centre and Narayana Health, and the treatment will be administered to enrolled patients once ready. This ASP-1929-301 study is currently underway in several countries such as the U.S. and Taiwan, and will enroll 275 patients globally including Indian patients.
In India, more than 200,000 new cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed each year, which accounts for approximately 25% of all new head and neck cancer cases worldwide1. One of the reasons for this is the widespread use of chewing tobacco. More than 28% of all adults (15 years and above) in India are users of tobacco, and approx. 75% of them use smokeless tobacco, including chewing tobacco2. It has been reported that more than half of oral cancer (a type of head and neck cancer) in India is attributable to smokeless tobacco, including chewing tobacco3. In addition to the high occurrence of head and neck cancer, it is known that the majority of these patients present with advanced disease, which also corresponds with poorer outcomes 4. Such high volumes of advanced stage patients can present many challenges for the surgeons and medical oncologists who treat head and neck cancer. Time and treatment options are limited. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are all commonly used to manage this patient population – but more options are needed.
The multi-center, randomized, open-label, global Phase 3 study of Alluminox treatment using ASP-1929 will evaluate the efficacy and safety of ASP-1929 in patients with locoregional, recurrent HNSCC who have previously failed or progressed on or after at least two lines of therapy, of which at least one line must be systemic therapy, and are not eligible for surgery or radiation. Participants will be randomized to receive experimental therapy or investigator's choice of systemic therapy (2:1). The dual-primary endpoints of the study are progression-free survival and overall survival, and a key secondary endpoint includes objective response rate.
"We are very pleased to be conducting the pivotal Phase 3 study of Alluminox treatment using ASP-1929 in India, where there is a high unmet need for head and neck cancer treatment," said Mickey Mikitani, Co-CEO of Rakuten Medical. "The addition of India to this important study will help to accelerate the development of this drug. We will continue to do our utmost to bring a new treatment option to patients with head and neck cancer around the world as soon as possible, working closely with medical institutions and regulatory authorities in each country."
ASP-1929 is a conjugation of an antibody cetuximab and IRDye® 700DX, a light activatable dye, and is Rakuten Medical's first pipeline drug developed on its Alluminox™ platform. It binds to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which is highly expressed in head and neck cancers. After binding to cancer cells, ASP-1929 is locally activated by non-thermal red light (690 nm) illumination, which leads to selective cell killing inpre-clinical observations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the drug in January 2018. In Japan, in September 2020, ASP-1929 received marketing approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer as brand name Akalux®, together with BioBlade® Laser System, the medical device used in combination with the drug under the Conditional Early Approval System. Outside of Japan, ASP-1929 and the laser device system have not yet been approved by any regulatory authority.
1 Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed May 3, 2023
2 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) India Fact Sheet 2016-17. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/assets/global/pdfs/en/GATS_India_2016-17_FactSheet.pdf
3 Gupta PC, Arora M, Sinha DN, Asma S, Parascandola M (eds.); Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health in India. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India; New Delhi; 2016. https://nhm.gov.in/NTCP/Surveys-Reports-Publications/Smokeless_Tobacco_and_Public_Health_in_India.pdf
4 Kulkarni MR. Head and Neck Cancer Burden in India. Int J Head and Neck Surg 2013;4(1):29-35 https://www.ijhns.com/doi/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10001-1132
* Rakuten Medical's therapies based on Alluminox™ platform are investigational outside of Japan, and not approved in India for commercial use.
About Rakuten Medical, Inc.
Rakuten Medical, Inc. is a global biotechnology company developing and commercializing precision, cell targeting therapies based on its Alluminox™ platform, which, in pre-clinical studies, have been shown to induce rapid and selective cell killing and tumor necrosis. Alluminox therapies have not yet been approved outside of Japan. Rakuten Medical is committed to its mission to conquer cancer by delivering our innovative treatments as quickly as possible to as many patients all over the world as possible. The company has offices in 6 countries, including the United States, where it is headquartered, Japan, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Switzerland and India. For more information, visit www.rakuten-med.com.
About Alluminox™ platform
The Alluminox™ platform is an investigational technology platform based on a cancer therapy called photoimmunotherapy, which was developed by Dr. Hisataka Kobayashi and team from the National Cancer Institute in the United States. Rakuten Medical is developing the Alluminox platform as a technology consisting of a drug, device, and other related components. The drug component of the platform consists of a targeting moiety conjugated with one or more dyes leading to selective cell surface binding. The device component consists of a light source that locally illuminates the targeted cells with non-thermal light to transiently activate the drug. Pre-clinical data have shown that this activation elicits rapid and selective necrosis of targeted cells through a biophysical process that compromises the membrane integrity of the targeted cells. Therapies developed on the Alluminox platform may also result in local and systemic innate and adaptive immune activation due to immunogenic cell death of the targeted cancer cells and/or the removal of targeted immunosuppressive cells within the tumor microenvironment. Outside of Japan, Alluminox therapies have not yet been approved by any regulatory authority.
About ASP-1929
Rakuten Medical's first pipeline drug developed on its Alluminox™ platform is ASP-1929, an antibody-dye conjugate comprised of the antibody cetuximab and IRDye® 700DX, a light activatable dye. ASP-1929 binds to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a cancer antigen expressed in multiple types of solid tumors, including head and neck, breast, lung, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic cancers. After binding to cancer cells, ASP-1929 is locally activated by non-thermal red light (690 nm) illumination emitted by a laser device system, resulting in photochemical reaction. This is believed to cause damage to the membrane of cancer cells, leading to selective necrosis of cancer cells. ASP-1929 has received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2018, and is currently under investigation in a global Phase 3 clinical trial for recurrent head and neck cancer. In Japan, ASP-1929 received marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare for unresectable locally advanced or recurrent head and neck cancer in September 2020, under the Sakigake Designation System and the Conditional Early Approval System. Outside of Japan, ASP-1929 has not yet been approved by any regulatory authority.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward looking statements that correspond to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include various risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that may cause Rakuten Medical's business plans and results to differ from the anticipated results and expectations expressed in these statements. These "forward looking statements" contain information about the status and development of our products, including the Alluminox™ platform, as well as other regulatory and marketing authorization efforts, the potential benefits, efficacy, and safety of therapies created using the Alluminox platform, and the status of regulatory filings. The approval and commercial success of the product may not be achieved. Forward looking statements relate to the potential benefits, efficacy, and safety of our therapies, and the status of regulatory filings. Such statements may include words such as "expect," "believe," "hope," "estimate," "looks as though," "anticipate," "intend," "may," "suggest," "plan," "strategy," "will," and "do", and are based on our current beliefs. In addition, this press release uses terms such as "important," "notable," and "abnormal" to express opinions about clinical trial data. Ongoing clinical trial studies include various risks and uncertainties, in particular, problems that arise during the manufacturing stage of our therapies, the occurrence of adverse safety events, situations in failure to demonstrate therapeutic benefits, and other various risks and uncertainties, both reasonable and unreasonable. For this reason, actual results, including regulatory approvals and uncertainties in the commercialization process of our therapies, may differ from published information. Except to the extent required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update this or any other forward-looking statement, whether because of new information, future developments or events, changes in assumptions, changes in the factors affecting forward-looking statements. If one or more forward-looking statement(s) is updated, no inference should be drawn that additional updates will be made to those or other forward-looking statements.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 16-year-old accused of driving a stolen SUV involved in a high-speed crash that killed four teenage passengers was arraigned Tuesday on manslaughter and other charges.
The parents of two of those killed, meanwhile, have filed a lawsuit against automaker Kia, claiming their children would be alive if its cars were harder to steal.
A total of six teens were in the Kia Sportage when it crashed on state Route 33 on Oct. 24, Buffalo police said. The car had been reported stolen the previous night.
The driver, apparently held in by an airbag and the steering wheel, was the only occupant not ejected through the sunroof when the vehicle struck a concrete embankment at high speed and flipped backwards, District Attorney John Flynn said. The driver was treated at a hospital and released. A 14-year-old girl also survived.
The driver, whose name was not released, pleaded not guilty in Erie County Court on Tuesday to charges of manslaughter, assault and possession of stolen property. He was released under supervision with an ankle monitor, according to Flynn, who said opposed the release.
Flynn told reporters the teen was charged as an adolescent but he would argue to keep the case in adult court at a hearing next week.
“I still don’t think it’s right that this kid is out playing video games when on Thursday at Thanksgiving, there’s going to be an empty chair of four individuals at the Thanksgiving dinner table,” he said.
The 16-year-old’s attorney said in court that those killed were close friends.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said after the crash that the teens may have been participating in a TikTok challenge encouraging people to break into and steal Kia cars using cellphone chargers.
The so-called Kia challenge showed how to hot-wire Kias and Hyundais with a USB cord and a screwdriver. Many police departments around the country have reported increases in Kia and Hyundai thefts since the video was posted last summer.
A federal lawsuit filed last week on behalf of the mothers of 15-year-old Kevn Payne Jr. and 17-year-old Swazine Swindle, who died in the Buffalo crash, seeks unspecified damages while accusing Kia Corp. and Kia America Inc. of negligence and creating a public nuisance. It alleges that Kia failed to include an anti-theft device on certain vehicles and did not recall the cars or warn the public when the issue became evident.
California attorney Jonathan Michaels, who represents the parents, said no one should be stealing cars but social media can have a powerful pull.
“This is something that, on a young brain that’s not fully developed, that temptation is just so strong,” Michaels, of MLG Attorneys at Law, said by phone, “and they’re not understanding the consequences of what they’re doing, and all their friends are doing it. So it’s foreseeable this is happening, and it’s a defect to begin with.”
An insurance industry group has said some Kias are stolen at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the auto industry because their keys lack computer chips for theft “immobilizer” systems.
Kia has since announced it would include an immobilizer for all vehicles starting with model year 2022.
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SHANGHAI, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hepagene Therapeutics, Inc. a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on developing novel therapies for patients with chronic liver diseases, today reported positive top-line results from the Phase 2a RISE clinical trial of HPG1860, a next generation non-bile acid, liver selective farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist, for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The trial met its primary endpoint of safety and tolerability, and HPG1860 also achieved a significant reduction in liver fat content (LFC), a key secondary endpoint.
The RISE study (NCT05338034) is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of orally administered HPG1860 tablet at doses of 3 mg, 5 mg and 8 mg in 87 adult patients with presumed non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The primary objective of the clinical trial was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of HPG1860. Secondary endpoints included percent change from baseline in LFC measured by MRI proton density fat fraction (MRI-PDFF), ALT levels, plasma pharmacokinetics of HPG1860, pharmacodynamic parameters, and serum NASH biomarkers.
In the RISE trial, once daily administration of HPG1860 for 12 weeks was generally well tolerated and most AEs were mild and moderate. Treatment-related pruritus occurred in 9.1%, 9.5%, 27.3% of patients in the 3, 5, and 8mg cohort respectively and no significant change in LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) was observed in the 3 mg, 5 mg and 8 mg HPG1860 cohorts.
Mean relative changes in LFC at week 12 were 0.68% (placebo), -20.15% (3 mg, p=0.002 vs placebo), -7.08% (5 mg, p=0.244 vs placebo), and -38.64% (8 mg, P<0.0001 vs placebo). Relatively reduced efficacy in 5 mg cohort may be due to the lower LFC at baseline vs other cohorts. For patients with ALT ≥ULN at baseline, at week 12, mean ALT percentage change from baseline in placebo, 3 mg, 5 mg and 8 mg cohort was 32.6%, -7.0%, -7.6% and -22.5% respectively, indicating dose-dependent reduction of ALT in HPG1860 treated patients.
Stephen Harrison, MD, Chairman of Summit Clinical Research whose network was responsible for enrolling this study stated, "Positive signals of LFC reduction and improvement in liver chemistry tests, along with a good safety and tolerability profile, make HPG1860 an interesting compound to study further in combination with other mechanisms of action targeting the pathogenic pathways in NASH. LDL elevations are typically seen with FXR agonists so it is encouraging to note that no significant elevations in LDL were seen in this short term trial with HPG1860."
"We are very encouraged by the significant improvement in LFC and safety profile of HPG1860. I would like to thank those who have supported enrollment in the RISE Study, especially our outstanding investigators and the patients who participated in the study." said Que Liu MD PhD, Chief Medical Officer of Hepagene, "NASH is a multifactorial liver disease and combination therapy may be needed to achieve clinically meaningful responses and outcomes. We look forward to advancing HPG1860 clinically, including as the key component for future NASH combination treatments."
Hepagene plans to submit an abstract with detailed data from the RISE Study to an upcoming scientific conference. Based on these positive results, Hepagene continues with the current clinical development plan including a combination trial of HPG1860 with HPG7233, a thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist (THR-β) developed in house for the treatment of NASH.
About HPG1860
HPG1860 is a next generation liver enrichment FXR agonist with a non-bile acid scaffold. Through regulation of gene expression of bile acids, FXR serves as a key controller of bile acid homeostasis. FXR has been studied for its role in modulating inflammation and the expression of FXR is down-regulated during NASH development. HPG1860 exhibited superb efficacy and safety profile in preclinical, Phase 1 and 2a clinical trial.
About NASH
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is rapidly becoming the most common liver disease worldwide, with an approximate prevalence of 20-30% in western countries. An estimated 20-25% of these patients will further progress to NASH, marked by steatohepatitis, ballooning and inflammation. Typically, NASH is accompanied with liver fibrosis that can progress to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. NASH is currently ranked the second most common reason for liver transplants in the USA and is expected to become the leading cause for liver transplant by 2025.
About Hepagene Therapeutics, Inc.
Hepagene Therapeutics, Inc. devotes its efforts towards discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over liver diseases, especially non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), chronic Hepatitis B infection and rare liver diseases.
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The 2023 John Deere Classic Odds & Preview: Denny McCarthy
The field for the 2023 John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois will feature Denny McCarthy. The par-71 course spans 7,289 yards and the purse is $7,400,000.00 for the tournament, running from July 6- 9.
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Denny McCarthy Insights
- Over his last 18 rounds, McCarthy has shot better than par on eight occasions, while also carding two bogey-free rounds and 13 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- He has finished with the best score of the day once while finishing in the top-five four times in his last 18 rounds.
- McCarthy has registered a score within three shots of the day's best in six of his last 18 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day nine times.
- McCarthy has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes in his past five appearances.
- He has made four cuts in his past five tournaments.
- In his past five events, McCarthy finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back twice. He carded a score better than average three times.
- McCarthy has finished in the top 20 in each of his past three tournaments.
- McCarthy has qualified for the weekend in three tournaments in a row.
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John Deere Classic Insights and Stats
- In McCarthy's past four appearances at this tournament, he has finished among the top 10 once, and his average finish has been 20th.
- McCarthy has made the cut two times in his previous four entries in this event.
- The Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,026 yards in the past year, while TPC Deere Run is set for a longer 7,289 yards.
- TPC Deere Run has seen an average tournament score of -10 recently, which is lower than the Tour scoring average of -5 on all courses in the past year.
- The average course McCarthy has played in the past year has been 32 yards shorter than the 7,289 yards TPC Deere Run will be at for this event.
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -5. That's higher than this course's recent scoring average of -10.
McCarthy's Last Time Out
- McCarthy was somewhat mediocre over the 16 par-3 holes at the Travelers Championship, averaging 2.94 strokes to finish in the 57th percentile of the field.
- He averaged 3.75 strokes on par-4 holes (of which there were 48) at the Travelers Championship, which was good enough to place him in the 93rd percentile among all competitors on par 4s (the tournament average was 3.91).
- McCarthy was better than 68% of the competitors at the Travelers Championship on the tournament's eight par-5 holes, averaging 4.38 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.55.
- McCarthy shot equal to the field average on par-3 holes in the last time out, carding a birdie or better on two of 16 par-3s at the Travelers Championship.
- On the 16 par-3s at the Travelers Championship, McCarthy had one bogey or worse (the other golfers averaged 1.7).
- McCarthy's 16 birdies or better on par-4s at the Travelers Championship were more than the tournament average of 7.6.
- At that most recent tournament, McCarthy's par-4 showing (on 48 holes) included a bogey or worse four times (better than the field's average, 4.8).
- McCarthy ended the Travelers Championship bettering the field average of birdies or better on par-5s (2.9) with five on the eight par-5 holes.
- The field at the Travelers Championship averaged 0.6 bogeys or worse on the eight par-5s, but McCarthy finished without one.
John Deere Classic Time and Date Info
- Date: July 6- 9, 2023
- Course: TPC Deere Run
- Location: Silvis, Illinois
- Par: 71 / 7,289 yards
- McCarthy Odds to Win: +1400 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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CHICAGO — A tornado outbreak that swept the Chicago area this week produced at least 11 twisters, and preliminary findings show they were relatively weak, the National Weather Service said Friday.
Weather service staff who surveyed the storm damage tracks have confirmed that at least 11 tornadoes touched down Wednesday evening, the agency’s Chicago-area office said in an update. The agency said it would continue investigating the outbreak over the next few days.
The 11 twisters were spawned by rotating thunderstorms known as supercells, the weather service said.
Eight of the confirmed tornadoes had preliminary ratings of EF-0, which produce winds of 65-85 mph (105-137 kph), while the three others had preliminary ratings of EF-1, which have winds of 86-110 mph (138-177 kph), it said.
Over the years, many tornadoes have struck the Chicago area, and several have hit within the limits of the nation’s third largest city, the weather service said.
An outbreak this spring produced 22 tornadoes in Chicago’s expansive metro area, tying the record for the most in the region in a single calendar day, or a 24-hour span, the weather service said. The 22-tornado record was previously set during a June 30, 2014, outbreak.
The weather service’s tornado records for the Chicago area date to 1950. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/07/14/chicago-tornadoes/30a906e6-2259-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html | 2023-07-14 16:02:44 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/07/14/chicago-tornadoes/30a906e6-2259-11ee-8994-4b2d0b694a34_story.html |
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of public health specialists from the University of Calgary School of Public Policy has developed an interactive, web-based guide to help family doctors better speak to a wide range of patient concerns related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The researchers – which include Myles Leslie, PhD, Nicole Pinto, MSc, and Raad Fadaak, PhD – document the process their team used to create and disseminate a conversation guide for health care providers in a new publication now available in Annals of Family Medicine. The paper, titled, "Improving Conversations with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant Patients: Action Research to Support Family Physicians" can be found on AnnFamMed.org here: https://www.annfammed.org/content/early/2022/04/22/afm.2816
The online guide was created for and with family medicine practitioners, who often serve as the first point of contact for patients seeking COVID-19 treatment or have questions about how to protect themselves and their loved ones. To ensure the guide was relevant to health care providers, Leslie et al conducted qualitative interviews with primary care doctors in multiple Canadian provinces. The data gathered through these interviews was then used to identify commonly held beliefs, attitudes and perceptions that impact a patient's willingness to receive the vaccine. "This attention to clinical experience was central to achieving buy-in from our participants," the team wrote.
The research team found that clinicians were frequently encountering many of the same reasons for hesitancy from their patients including concerns around safety; interactions with comorbidities; conspiracy theories; religious or moral obligations; and past traumas experienced in the medical setting.
Using this information, researchers created several provider resources to better counsel vaccine-hesitant patients, in direct response to each potential concern. These are free to the public and include tips for clinicians, patient-provider conversation scripts, and resources to help navigate conversations about COVID-19 vaccines with hesitant patients.
The guide also outlines four steps to help practitioners have better conversations with vaccine hesitant patients, emphasizing the physician's role as an ally on the patient's health journey. Steps include engaging with patients; affirming patient concerns; asking permission before sharing information; and evoking future risks to motivate patients to reconsider vaccine hesitancy.
The guide is available at www.vhguide.ca.
Myles Leslie, Nicole Pinto and Raad Fadaak
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Ohio mom charged in death of toddler left alone for 10 days, prosecutors say
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced murder charges against a woman in the death of her 16-month-old daughter, who authorities say was left alone for 10 days while the woman went on vacation.
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office said Monday that Kristel A. Candelario, 31, was indicted last week on one count of aggravated murder, two counts of murder and one count each of felonious assault and endangering children.
Prosecutors alleged that Candelario left the child “alone and unattended” at her Cleveland home June 6 to vacation in Detroit and Puerto Rico and didn’t return until the morning of June 16. Authorities say she called police after finding the child unresponsive upon her return.
Cleveland police and fire personnel responded and the victim, who was described as “extremely dehydrated,” was pronounced deceased.
“It is unfathomable that a mother would leave her 16-month-old child alone without any supervision for 10 days to go on a vacation,” Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said in a statement.
“As parents, we are supposed to protect and care for our children,” O’Malley wrote. “Imagining this child’s suffering, during her last days of life alone, is truly horrifying and we will do everything in our power to seek justice on her behalf.”
It’s unclear whether Candelario has an attorney. Court records did not list an attorney for her and the county public defender’s office said Friday that it was not, as of that point, representing her.
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BUTLER — Anyone who lives in or travels through Butler knows about the trains, particularly downtown and on the south side of the city.
Going east to west usually isn’t an issue — unless the Norfolk Southern railroad has the U.S. 6 crossing closed for repairs.
The closure of that crossing was expected to happen Aug. 15 and finish by last Friday, with work on the south S.R. 1 crossing to follow once the east crossing was open.
Needless to say, for whatever reason, those repairs didn’t happen on the original schedule.
Instead, the railroad closed both the east and southernmost crossings for several hours Tuesday — apparently without telling city officials or the Indiana Department of Transportation of their plans.
The railroad isn’t just making crossing repairs; at least part of this project involves replacing the actual rails that trains run on.
Prior to these latest closures, the railroad placed long sections of connected rail under the asphalt road surface for other crews to come along later using special equipment to properly set it.
“It was (mass chaos),” Mayor Mike Hartman said in a phone interview Tuesday night. “I was taking calls at 7:30 a.m., quarter to 8. (District 3 City Council member) Darren Alloway called me a little after 8 a.m. and said he had taken about 20 complaints, from employees coming in and not knowing about it.”
It was the same story at Butler City Hall and the Butler Police Department.
“It’s been very frustrating to say the least,” said Riverdale Elementary Principal Brennen Kitchen, who also serves as transportation director for the DeKalb Eastern school district.
“Many of our north-south passages have been cut off. Buses were struggling to find open routes.”
“The biggest problem is they started the work on the crossings without having all their detour signs in place,” Hartman said. “Once the signs got placed, everything seemed to go fine.
“The biggest deal was shutting down S.R. 1 and U.S. 6 at the same time. That was not in the plans according to INDOT.
“It was very chaotic and very uncooperative of the railroad,” Hartman added. “Friday, I had a meeting with six different INDOT people, and one of them I had been communicating with, I told him (the railroad) hadn’t closed the (U.S. 6) crossing.
“His response was, ‘You’re kidding me.’ They’ll telling us they’re going to work on it next week (meaning this week).
“He said, ‘Their permit is for this week (meaning Aug. 15-19). Their permit is not for next week (Aug. 22-26).’”
INDOT told the railroad to keep one of the crossings open at all times — either S.R. 1 or U.S. 6 — to allow for police, fire and school access.
“(The railroad) told him, ‘No problem, we’ll keep one crossing open,’” Hartman said. “That was a lie. They shut down U.S. 6 (Tuesday).”
Police Chief Mark Heffelfinger went to the southernmost S.R. 1 crossing to find rail crews in the process of closing that as well. Hartman said Heffelfinger was told different stories by several railroad officials, including that the S.R. 1 crossing would reopen at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
That didn’t happen, and Hartman was told work crews moved on to close the C.R. 65 (Federal Street extended) crossing, cutting off yet another route of access.
By Tuesday evening, Hartman said the S.R. 1 crossing was finally re-opened — with a temporary asphalt patch. Crews plan to finish and re-open the U.S. 6 crossing and then return to the S.R. 1 crossing and complete repairs on it.
“According to the railroad — and you can take that for what it’s worth here lately; we have not had a good history of communication with them — U.S. 6 is probably going to be closed most of the week. Then, they’ll come back to South Broadway and it will possibly be shut down for a couple of days,” Hartman said.
“The kicker of it was, once they closed South Broadway, they went down to C.R. 65. Going to the east, C.R. 71 is shut down, C.R. 24 is shut down, Artic (C.R. 79) is shut down.”
He said a former city employee, who now works just east of Butler, had to drive to C.R. E in Williams County, Ohio before he could find an open railroad crossing to come back toward Butler.
At a crossing that was open, Kitchen said a bus was delayed more than a half-hour when the lights and crossing arms activated with no train in sight and no railroad workers present. Kitchen said the bus driver couldn’t turn around because a semi was stopped directly behind it.
“Having them all closed at once is the issue that we have right now. Luckily, S.R. 1 opened last night. That helped a lot,” Kitchen said. “As long as one of those is open, it helps us a little bit. When they’re both closed, it adds so much time to our routes.”
The school district has shared an interactive map with its bus drivers with the status of railroad crossings.
Typically, the best way to get north-south around Butler is to use C.R. 61 — the road that goes to the industrial complex that includes Steel Dynamics and many other companies — and turn onto U.S. 6, C.R. 40, S.R. 1 or S.R. 8.
There isn’t a good solution going east-west when a number of crossings are closed. There are even fewer options when multiple north-south crossings are closed at the same time.
Hartman intends to raise a stink with his INDOT representative.
“Something has to be done here. The communication with the railroad is just pathetic,” he said. “They do what they want, when they want. They’re not even letting INDOT know half of the projects they’re doing around Butler.
“They’re just going ahead and doing it or they ask for a permit and they don’t execute it. Then they decide they’ll do it next week and assume everything will be just fine.” | https://www.kpcnews.com/thestar/article_1885e472-ee25-5ddc-82af-1aa70528f306.html | 2022-08-24 21:39:49 | 1 | https://www.kpcnews.com/thestar/article_1885e472-ee25-5ddc-82af-1aa70528f306.html |
CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. (WXIN) – A judge will tackle several issues during a pair of hearings related to the Delphi murder case on Friday.
The suspect, Richard Allen, was arrested in Oct. 2022 and charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Abby Williams and Libby German, whose bodies were found on Feb. 14, 2017, after the girls went for a walk on the Delphi Historic Trails in Indiana.
Family members reported them missing after they failed to arrive at a pre-arranged meeting place on Feb. 13.
Police didn’t make an arrest in the case for more than five years, giving plenty of time for true-crime enthusiasts to trade theories online as investigators searched for the girls’ killer. The murders garnered national attention, and evidence released to the public, including a grainy photo of the suspect and a voice recording (“Down the hill”), fueled online speculation, as did a pair of composite sketches.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors will appear in court Friday as Judge Fran Gull, an Allen County judge assigned to the case after the original judge recused himself, considers several issues related to the case.
Here’s what we know about the proceedings.
Will Richard Allen appear in court?
Allen is expected to appear in person at Friday’s hearing in Carroll Circuit Court.
The public got its first look at Allen during his court appearance on Nov. 22. During that 30-minute hearing, Gull heard a motion from Allen’s attorneys for a bail hearing.
Prosecutors argued that the probable cause affidavit should remain sealed; Gull took it under advisement and ultimately decided to release a redacted version of the document.
Which issues will the judge consider Friday?
There are four considerations for attorneys during Friday’s court proceedings. Gull is expected to hear arguments on a gag order, a change of venue, a broad discovery request from the defense and another defense request for additional funding for investigators.
What’s happening with the gag order?
Carroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland filed a motion for a gag order during the Nov. 22 hearing. Gull didn’t immediately rule on the motion, although she eventually approved a preliminary gag order that barred anyone associated with the case from talking about it until the Jan. 13 hearing.
The order went into effect on Dec. 2. It barred anyone associated with the case, including Allen, his defense attorneys, prosecutors, family members, court staff, law enforcement, from making “extra-judicial statements” to the public. This came after Allen’s attorneys issued a press release speaking out against the evidence cited in the probable cause affidavit released at the end of November.
What’s happening with the change of venue?
Allen’s defense team filed a change of venue request in November to move the trial away from Carroll County.
His attorneys cited “extensive media attention” and the “highly publicized” nature of the case from its inception through Allen’s arrest. The case has received extensive local, statewide and national coverage; podcasts and social media have also extended its reach.
The defense team is asking the court to move the proceedings out of Carroll County, suggesting that moving at least 150 miles away would ease concerns about a tainted jury pool. Delphi’s relatively small size — about 3,000 residents — would make it difficult to find an impartial jury, Allen’s attorneys argued in their motion.
What’s happening with the discovery request?
On Dec. 30, Allen’s attorneys filed a discovery request seeking a trove of information.
The lengthy “Supplemental Motion for Discovery and Request for Rule 404 and Rule 405 Evidence” filed on Dec. 30 seeks the names and addresses of all witnesses involved in the case, including recorded or transcribed statements. Allen’s attorneys also want the names and addresses of individuals who may have knowledge of the case but aren’t being called as witnesses by the state.
The motion includes 29 components. It seeks everything from phone records and cell phone location data to written reports and witness accounts connected to the case, along with any investigatory information obtained by law enforcement.
What’s happening with the request for funding investigators?
Allen’s attorneys requested additional funding for investigators as they work to prepare the defense case for their client. In court documents filed in December, his attorneys said he couldn’t afford the costs of representation and associated expenses.
They’re seeking money to pay for expert witnesses, transcript fees and investigator costs. The attorneys asked that their hearing and associated filings be kept under seal, arguing that revealing the information in public could jeopardize their case.
The judge granted the request to keep motions and hearings associated with public funds sealed.
When are the hearings?
The proceedings are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, at Carroll County Circuit Court. Judge Gull is expected to hear motions on the change of venue, gag order and discovery requests at that time. The public and media will be able to attend the proceedings, although seating will be limited, and electronic devices are strictly prohibited.
Another hearing will follow at 11 a.m., according to a court order issued by Gull on Jan. 9. The hearing will involve the motion on public funding for investigators. Those proceedings are confidential and will be closed to the public.
What’s next in the case?
Allen has been held without bond since his arrest.
His attorneys requested a bail hearing during the Nov. 22 hearing, saying they’d read the probable cause affidavit and saw no evidence of proof or strong “presumption” of guilt. They’re asking Allen to be “released on his own recognizance” or to have a “reasonable bail.”
Gull approved the request for a bail hearing, which is scheduled for Feb. 17. | https://www.wfla.com/news/what-to-know-about-fridays-hearing-in-the-delphi-murder-case/ | 2023-01-12 22:02:00 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/what-to-know-about-fridays-hearing-in-the-delphi-murder-case/ |
In a 7-2 vote on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Andy Warhol infringed on photographer Lynn Goldsmith's copyright when he created a series of silk screen images based on a photograph Goldsmith shot of the late musician Prince in 1981.
The high-profile case, which pits an artist's freedom to riff on existing works of art against the protection of an artist from copyright infringement, hinges on whether Warhol's images of Prince transform Goldsmith's photograph to a great enough degree to stave off claims of copyright infringement and therefore be considered as "fair use." Under copyright law, fair use permits the unlicensed appropriation of copyright-protected works in specific circumstances, for example, in some non-commercial or educational cases.
Goldsmith owns the copyright to her Prince photograph. She sued the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWF) for copyright infringement after the foundation licensed an image of Warhol's titled Orange Prince (based on Goldsmith's image of the pop artist) to Conde Nast in 2016 for use in its publication, Vanity Fair.
Goldsmith did license the use of her Prince photo to Vanity Fair back in 1984, when the magazine commissioned Warhol to create a silkscreen work based on Goldsmith's photo and then used an image of Warhol's piece to accompany an article they ran that year about the musician. But that was only for the one-time use of the image. According to the Supreme Court opinion, the magazine credited Goldsmith and paid her $400 at the time for its use of her "source photograph."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the court.
"Goldsmith's original works, like those of other photographers, are entitled to copyright protection, even against famous artists," wrote Sotomayor in her opinion. "Such protection includes the right to prepare derivative works that transform the original."
She added, "The use of a copyrighted work may nevertheless be fair if, among other things, the use has a purpose and character that is sufficiently distinct from the original. In this case, however, Goldsmith's original photograph of Prince, and AWF's copying use of that photograph in an image licensed to a special edition magazine devoted to Prince, share substantially the same purpose, and the use is of a commercial nature."
A federal district court had previously ruled in favor of the Andy Warhol Foundation. It found Warhol's work to be transformative enough in relation to Goldsmith's original to invoke fair use protection. But that ruling was subsequently overturned by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Justice Elena Kagan's dissent, shared by Chief Justice John Roberts, stated: "It will stifle creativity of every sort. It will impede new art and music and literature. It will thwart the expression of new ideas and the attainment of new knowledge. It will make our world poorer."
Joel Wachs, President of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, shared the two dissenting justices' views in an emailed statement the foundation sent to NPR.
"We respectfully disagree with the Court's ruling that the 2016 licensing of Orange Prince was not protected by the fair use doctrine," wrote Wachs. "Going forward, we will continue standing up for the rights of artists to create transformative works under the Copyright Act and the First Amendment."
Legal experts contacted for this story agreed with the Supreme Court's decision.
"If the underlying art is recognizable in the new art, then you've got a problem," said Columbia Law School professor of law, science and technology Timothy Wu in an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg.
Entertainment attorney Albert Soler, a partner with the New York law firm Scarinci Hollenbeck, said that the commercial use of the photograph back in 1984 as well as in 2016 makes the case for fair use difficult to argue in this instance.
"One of the factors courts look at is whether the work is for commercial use or some other non-commercial use like education?" Soler said. "In this case, it was a series of works that were for a commercial purpose according to the Supreme Court, and so there was no fair use."
Soler added the Supreme Court's ruling is likely to have a big impact on cases involving the "sampling" of existing artworks in the future.
"This supreme court case opens up the floodgates for many copyright infringement lawsuits against many artists," said Soler. "The analysis is going to come down to whether or not it's transformative in nature. Does the new work have a different purpose?"
Wu disagrees about the ruling's importance. "It's a narrow opinion focused primarily on very famous artists and their use of other people's work," Wu said. "I don't think it's a broad reaching opinion."
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Pa. man who attacked police on Jan. 6 gets 46-month sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Friday to 46 months in federal prison for attacking a police officer with a Donald Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The newspaper reported that Howard Richardson, 72, of King of Prussia, told the court in Washington “there’s no excuse” for his behavior and pleaded for mercy.
But U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly responded, “Your presence and actions in joining other insurrectionists was an inexcusable attack on our democracy.”
Richardson’s sentence is one of the longest yet among those who have been prosecuted for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. In addition to the nearly four-year prison sentence, Richardson was ordered to serve three years under court supervision after his release and to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Richardson never entered the Capitol, the Inquirer reported, but prosecutors said his attack on a Washington, D.C., police officer merited a lengthy prison term.
According to the paper, police body camera footage showed Richardson bludgeoning an officer outside the Capitol with a metal flagpole. NBC News reported that Richardson also joined a mob using a giant Trump billboard as a battering ram.
Approximately 850 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. Over 350 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and over 230 have been sentenced. Dozens of Capitol riot defendants who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from seven days to five months.
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Marquette Golden Eagles (21-6, 13-3 Big East) at Creighton Bluejays (18-9, 12-4 Big East)
The Bluejays have gone 12-1 at home. Creighton is sixth in the Big East scoring 76.3 points while shooting 46.7% from the field.
The Golden Eagles are 13-3 against Big East opponents. Marquette ranks sixth in college basketball with 17.7 assists per game led by Tyler Kolek averaging 7.6.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kalkbrenner is averaging 14.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks for the Bluejays. Trey Alexander is averaging 13.7 points over the past 10 games for Creighton.
Jones is shooting 46.9% and averaging 14.9 points for the Golden Eagles. Olivier-Maxence Prosper is averaging 12.8 points over the last 10 games for Marquette.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bluejays: 9-1, averaging 75.7 points, 33.9 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 5.4 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.2 points per game.
Golden Eagles: 8-2, averaging 76.7 points, 26.7 rebounds, 16.2 assists, 9.5 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 48.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.9 points.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish ruling party leader, Jarosław Kaczyński, has paid 50,000 zlotys ($11,500) for the needs of the Ukrainian army to settle a defamation case with a political rival.
Kaczyński was ordered by a court in December to pay Radek Sikorski more than 700,000 zlotys ($162,000) to cover the costs of publishing an apology for calling him a “diplomatic traitor.”
Kaczyński made the comment in 2016 in connection to the 2010 plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, that killed Kaczynski’s twin brother, then-President Lech Kaczyński, and 95 others. Sikorski was foreign minister at the time of the disaster and is now a member of the European Parliament and an outspoken government critic.
Sikorski belongs to Civic Platform, a party that has been in opposition since 2015. Kaczyński has long accused Civic Platform leaders of having a role in his brother’s death, a claim not substantiated by investigations to date.
Kaczyński said the court’s penalty was so high that he would have to sell his house to pay it, and that even then he might not have enough.
Sikorski replied by saying he believed “that the penalties for defamation should be severe but not ruinous.” He said if Kaczyński paid 50,000 zlotys for Ukraine’s armed forces he would refrain from demanding an apology.
Kaczynski said in a statement on Tuesday that he had paid the money.
“Today Ukraine is fighting for its independence and freedom, but also for our security. We support it and we will support it. Since the payment to support the fund for the Ukrainian Armed Forces closes my controversial dispute with Sikorski, I do so with satisfaction,” Kaczyński said in a statement published on Twitter.
Sikorski said he accepted that form of apology, adding “I’m glad we found a patriotic solution.” | https://www.kark.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-polish-leader-donates-to-ukraine-army-to-end-defamation-case/ | 2023-02-01 23:00:32 | 1 | https://www.kark.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-polish-leader-donates-to-ukraine-army-to-end-defamation-case/ |
Two killed in crash near McCall, including Twin Falls woman
MCCALL, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Two women died of their injuries sustained in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 55, south of McCall.
The call for service came in at 1:04 p.m. on Friday at mile marker 137 in Valley County.
According to Idaho State Police, a 47-year-old man from Boise was driving south in a Ford pickup, when he crossed the center line and sideswiped a Ford Explorer.
The Explorer, driven by a 70-year-old woman from Cascade, then crossed into the southbound lane and hit a Subaru Crosstrek, driven by a 28-year-old woman from Twin Falls.
The driver of the Subaru was pronounced dead at the scene and was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the Explorer died at the hospital and she was wearing her seatbelt.
The road was blocked for approximately 3.5 hours and was reduced to one lane for another 45 minutes.
The crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.
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CANCUN, Mexico — Austin Crowley had 22 points in Southern Miss’ 77-52 victory against Winthrop on Tuesday.
Sin’Cere McMahon led the way for the Eagles (2-4) with 16 points. Kelton Talford added 14 points for Winthrop. Isaiah Wilson also had eight points.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Peru has descended into one of the worst political crises in its history and protection of its Amazon rainforest is failing, according to a report published today. Peru is home to the second-largest portion of the Amazon rainforest after Brazil. The country had pledged to stop deforestation by 2021.
The South American country has been immersed in political turbulence since 2016. Corruption scandals and disputes between the executive and legislative branches of government have led to intense turnover — four presidents in five years. Peru’s current President, leftist outsider Pedro Castillo, has already survived two impeachment attempts since he took office in July 2021.
The Peruvian Amazon is massive — larger than Ukraine, some 68 million hectares (168 million acres). It holds the headwaters of the Amazon river as well as Manú National Park, one of the most biologically diverse areas in the world. It's a transition zone between the Andes mountains and the rainforest lowlands, rich in microclimates and ecology.
But the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP), an initiative of the nonprofit Amazon Conservation Association, reports that deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon has hit six historical highs in the past ten years. The analysis is based on data from the University of Maryland, which has kept records since 2002.
The worst year ever was 2020 when Peru lost around 170,000 hectares (420,000 acres) of Amazon rainforest. Last year, that number declined, but still ranked as the sixth highest on record. Peruvian official data, which only goes through 2020, agrees.
Corrupt actors who benefit from environmental crime, together with the political crisis have resulted in a lack of government ability to fight environmental crime, the report said. "What’s more, the Peruvian government continues to prioritize economic development over the protection of the Amazon rainforest.” The Igarapé Institute commissioned the report from InSight Crime, a non-profit organization focused on investigating crime in Latin America.
As in Brazil’s Amazon, cattle ranching and agriculture are the main drivers of deforestation. Agribusiness companies and poor migrants from other parts of Peru seize land illegally. Other illegal activities that harm the forest are gold mining, logging and coca plantations.
“Agriculture is now firmly established," as the leading driver of deforestation, concentrated in the central and southern Peruvian Amazon, said MAAP director Matt Finer. “This includes both widespread small-scale agriculture as well recent large-scale activities from new Mennonite colonies.”
The report, titled The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Peruvian Amazon, identifies three actors behind deforestation: big businesses, such as palm oil companies; entrepreneurial criminal networks, which profit from the trade in timber, land or drugs, and cheap labor — poorly paid workers who cut down trees and plant coca crops.
The products of these illegal activities end up in other parts of the world. Most of the gold exports go to Switzerland, the United States, India and Canada. Peru's domestic market absorbs most of the timber; what is exported goes mainly to China. Around 28 percent of Peru’s gold production is illegal, according to the InsightCrime investigation, which also estimates that most timber extraction is done without permits.
“The political crisis has distracted us a lot from environmental problems," said former minister of Environment Manuel Pulgar-Vidal in an interview with The Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro, on the sidelines of a meeting on climate change hosted by the Brazilian Center for International Relations, a think-tank. The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have magnified these problems, he said.
The current government also promotes activities like illegal mining and illegal logging, he said. The former minister tied this to the unprosecuted deaths of numerous environmental advocates.
Contacted Monday by phone and email, Peru's Ministry of Environment didn’t respond to requests for comment about the current situation in the Amazon.
The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical rainforest and an enormous carbon sink. There is widespread concern that its destruction will not only release massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, further complicating hopes of slowing down climate change, but also push it past a tipping point, after which much of the forest will begin an irreversible process of degradation into tropical savannah.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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DULUTH, Ga. (AP) _ Asbury Automotive Group Inc. (ABG) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $201.4 million.
The Duluth, Georgia-based company said it had profit of $9.07 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $10.04 per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $8.88 per share.
The auto dealership chain posted revenue of $3.95 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.82 billion.
Asbury Automotive shares have declined slightly more than 5% since the beginning of the year. The stock has dropped 17% in the last 12 months.
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The Orioles complete the 2022 Major League Baseball draft Tuesday with their picks in the 11th through 20th rounds.
Baltimore has the opening selection of each round, having started the draft by taking Oklahoma prep shortstop Jackson Holliday with the first overall pick Sunday night before grabbing college players with each of their next 11 selections.
The Orioles have the second largest bonus pool in modern MLB draft history, with that total determined by the value of their picks through the first 10 rounds. The signing bonuses for players taken Tuesday only count toward the Orioles’ pool if they sign for more than $125,000.
Here’s a breakdown on each of the Orioles’ Day 3 draft picks:
Round 11 (No. 317 overall): Wesley Chapel High School (Fla.) right-hander Zack Showalter
Skinny: The Orioles pick a sixth right-handed pitcher in Showalter, who Baseball America ranks as the draft’s 209th overall prospect. Showalter, a South Florida commit who has no relation to former Orioles and current New York Mets manager Buck Showalter, averages a fastball 91-95 mph. According to Baseball America, scouts said the fastball has been his dominant pitch, causing many swings and misses. His offspeed pitches remain works in progress.
Round 12 (No. 347 overall): Indiana right-hander Bradley Brehmer
Skinny: The 6-foot-6 Brehmer ended the 2022 season strong after having an ERA over 6.00 in May. But in his final game as a Hoosier, he allowed just one run in a complete game against Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament. He finished with a 5-4 record and 5.30 ERA across 14 starts (17 games) this past spring in his first year in the Big Ten. The Indianapolis native transferred to Indiana for his senior season from Wright State. The right-hander was previously picked by the Orioles in the 23rd round in 2019.
Round 13 (No. 377 overall): Saint Leo left-hander Jared Beck
Skinny: If the Orioles were fielding a basketball team, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias just found his center. Beck is 7 feet tall and 225 pounds, and he would be the tallest pitcher in MLB history should he reach the big leagues. His fastball tops out in the low 90s and Baseball America reports his size helps him create both life and deception on the pitch. Beck recorded a 3.95 ERA over 13 starts, striking out 105 batters and walking 31 in 68 1/3 innings this past spring.
Round 14 (No. 407 overall): Lehigh catcher Adam Retzbach
Skinny: The Orioles drafted Retzbach after seeing his power-hitting numbers improve in the 2022 season. After hitting seven home runs in his first two college seasons, Retzbach hit 11 this spring and batted .293 with 46 RBIs. He also struck out 36 times, 10 fewer than in 2021 despite more than 30 additional at-bats. The 6-foot-4 catcher started all 105 games he appeared in at Lehigh.
Round 15 (No. 437 overall): South Carolina right-hander James Hicks
Skinny: The Daily Gamecock, South Carolina’s student newspaper, reported Hicks had season-ending Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery in March, but coach Mark Kingston said he expected Hicks to return for the majority of the 2023 season. Whether he chooses to return to South Carolina or sign with the Orioles, Hicks is set to miss significant time before pitching in a game again. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound right-hander transferred to South Carolina from Crowder College, a junior college in Missouri, for the 2022 season and only pitched twice before the injury. He finished with an 0-1 record and allowed four runs over seven innings. After his 2021 season with Crowder, Hicks earned First Team All-Region and All-District honors.
Round 16 (No. 467 overall): Virginia Tech right-hander Graham Firoved
Skinny: In two years with the Hokies, the 6-foot-1, 185-pound right-hander went 8-0 in 48 appearances with a 4.40 ERA. Firoved came to Virginia Tech from Northwest Florida State and pitched entirely as a reliever in Blacksburg. The Virginia Beach native faced 223 batters in 2022, and struck out 32% of them. Firoved, who turns 23 in September, is the ninth right-handed pitcher Baltimore has selected.
Round 17 (No. 497 overall): Vanderbilt shortstop Carter Young
Skinny: At this time a year ago, Young was widely considered a potential top-10 pick. Then the 6-foot, 180-pound shortstop struggled in the 2022 season before announcing in June he’d transfer to LSU. Young’s batting average declined each year at Vanderbilt; in 2022, he hit just .207 with 26 RBIs in 56 games. Should the Orioles sign him, they would be gambling on the switch-hitter living up to the potential that once had him near the top of mock drafts. Baseball America still regarded Young as a top-200 player.
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DRIPPING SPRINGS — A Dripping Springs man is dead after a deputy shot him after confronting deputies while armed with a knife early Saturday morning, according to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a call early Saturday for a disturbance between a man and a wrecker driver in the 1300 block of Trinity Hills in Dripping Springs. While investigating that incident, deputies went to a residence in the 100 block of Victoria Court.
When deputies arrived, John Samuel File, 28, came out of the house with a knife and charged them, according to a news release from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. One of the deputies fired multiple times, hitting File.
A 78-year-old woman who was at the home was shot in the arm. No further information was released about the woman.
Both individuals were taken to an area hospital for treatment, where File was pronounced dead at 1:58 a.m.
File was identified by officials as the man involved in the incident with the wrecker driver.
The Texas Rangers have been called in to help with the investigation, in accordance with the sheriff’s office policy.
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KISS Drummer Makes Mistake, Backing Vocal Tracks Exposed at Recent Show
In concert this week, KISS flubbed part of their song "Detroit Rock City," seemingly exposing singer-guitarist Paul Stanley's pre-recorded backing vocal tracks that were apparently used during the performance.
The onstage incident occurred amid the storied rock band's "End of the Road World Tour" stop at Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, on Monday (June 6).
Some fans subsequently used fan-captured footage from the gig to identify the gaffe for others, as Blabbermouth showed on Tuesday (June 7). A rhythmic mistake by KISS drummer Eric Singer evidently evoked the musical pileup that, as video suggests, caused backing cues to misalign. Stanley then "missed" part of a vocal that was still heard.
See video down toward the bottom of this post. Multiple amateur angles of the performance are available on YouTube and elsewhere.
One user who posted a clip of the blunder remarked, "Something screws up with the track KISS are miming to on Detroit Rock City in Antwerp. … Result is the pyro fires too early and Paul is left with his pants down when his vocal plays without him pretending to sing it."
In 2015, KISS bassist-vocalist Gene Simmons criticized bands who use tracks live.
"I have a problem when you charge $100 to see a live show and the artist uses backing tracks," the rocker told Australia's News.com. "It's like the ingredients in food — if the first ingredient on the label is sugar, that's at least honest."
He continued, "It should be on every ticket — you're paying $100, 30 to 50 percent of the show is [on] backing tracks, and they'll sing sometimes, sometimes they'll lip synch. At least be honest. It's not about backing tracks; it's about dishonesty."
In 2019, former Skid Row lead singer Sebastian Bach defended KISS by claiming that they did not lip-synch live, despite the rumors that they did. | https://1019therock.com/kiss-backing-tracks-exposed-video/ | 2022-06-10 09:33:29 | 1 | https://1019therock.com/kiss-backing-tracks-exposed-video/ |
Learn to crochet
It takes a while to get the hang of a new way to craft, but once you do, it becomes a nearly automatic response that takes on a soothing rhythm. Adults enjoy recapturing some of the joys of childhood when they take up activities where they learn to use their hands to make things. Crocheting isn’t as well-known as its cousin, knitting, but is like it in many ways.
Crocheting vs. knitting
Both crocheting and knitting use long, thin tools to join loops of yarn together. They require the same skill sets, including good hand-eye coordination, a sense of design, an eye for color, a feel for fibers and the patience to take the time to see a project through from start to finish. You can produce any item made with yarn by either method, but these closely related crafts are different in many ways.
Knitting
Here are some of the basics of knitting.
- Popular items: Sweaters, scarves, hats, socks and baby apparel.
- Two hands: Knitting takes two active hands working in synchronization.
- Needles: Knitting can be done with needles, which allows more drape and works effectively with thick, heavy yarns. That’s why so much clothing is knitted.
- Or looms: These days, mass-produced knitted items are made on looms and knitting machines.
- Think hard: Mistakes are hard to fix.
Crocheting
And here are some of the basics of crocheting.
- Popular items: Toys, doilies, table runners, pot holders and Amigurumi, Japan’s tiny stuffed yarn creatures.
- Hooks: Crocheting uses them instead of needles.
- One hand: It takes only one hook and one active hand. The hook is a stick with a tiny hook at the end.
- Simpler: It is easier to learn, and requires a bit less dexterity and coordination.
- Thicker: Crocheting creates thicker, bumpier fabric with lots more texture.
- Rip it out: Mistakes are easy to fix.
Ways yarn is sold
- Balls have the yarn wrapped around the center of a ball and are easy to tangle. They’re the ones cats like to bat around.
- Center-pull balls are wrapped from out to in and the loose end is inside the ball.
- Hanks are lengths of yarn wrapped in one big loop. They need to be wound into balls or skeins before use.
- Skeins are oblong balls of yarn wrapped at the center for display, like the ones you see in craft stores.
Yarn fibers
The three most frequent choices of yarn fibers for crocheting have separate attributes.
- Wool yarn is resilient and forgiving to work with. If you make a mistake, it is easiest to undo with wool.
- Cotton yarn is not stretchy, which makes it harder to work with. It is a great choice if you are crocheting an item such as a toy or tea cozy, where you want it to hold its shape.
- Acrylic yarn is a popular choice because it’s widely available and comes in hundreds of colors. Its affordability makes it a great choice for beginners.
What you need to buy for crocheting
Crochet kits
The easiest way to get started in crocheting is to buy a kit.
Hearth & Harbor 73-Piece Crochet Kit
The heart of this kit is 15 spools of yarn in different colors and 21 brightly colored crochet hooks. Each spool contains 75 yards of yarn. You also get stitch holders, markers, a row counter, sewing needles, safety pins, tape measure and scissors, all in a canvas tote bag.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Azerogo 49-Piece Crochet Starter Kit with Yarn
You get 16 skeins of acrylic crochet yarn, each weighing 50 grams and totaling about 1,760 yards in all. This kit includes seven crochet hooks, nine sewing needles, stitch markers and holders, row counter, scissors and measuring tape.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Crochet hooks
You’ll need different sizes of hooks to make different things.
Mayboos 96-Pack Crochet Hooks Set
You get 16 lace iron hooks, 10 aluminum hooks and nine rubber-handle hooks, suitable for knitting shawls, coasters, baby shoes, pillow cases, dolls and more. You get dozens of clips, pins and attachments that make crocheting easier.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Hestya 20-Piece Bamboo Wood Crochet Hook Kit
The 12 larger hooks are bamboo, carved by hand, and the eight smaller aluminum hooks have natural bamboo handles for crocheting comfort. The hooks are sized in U.S. and metric measurements, zipped into a handy canvas carry bag.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Damero Crochet Hook Travel Case
Compact and durable, this case is made of coated canvas with inner padding. With elastic retainers and a zippered mesh storage bag, you can take all your pins and needles along with 24 of your hooks up to 8 inches long.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Yarns
Acrylics and wools are the most popular crocheting yarns and the easiest to work with.
Willbond Multicolor Acrylic Crochet Yarn
The package includes six skeins of yarn in six different bright, rich color combinations. The threads are soft and comfortable to the touch, durable and resistant to fading.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Niceec Store Wool Yarn for Crocheting
You get two skeins of rainbow gradient yarn that are about 100 yards long each. The eco-friendly dyes won’t fade and the fabric won’t shrink or pill after washing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Projects
The Woobles Beginners Crochet Kit with Easy Peasy Yarn
This kit includes everything you need to create Pierre the Penguin, star of the book of the same name, including a step-by-step video tutorial for both right- and left-handers. You get a pre-started figure, stuffing for inside, three colors of yarn, a crochet hook and little black eyes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
“Crochet Cute Critters: 26 Easy Amigurumi Patterns”
Amigurumi is crocheting to make 3D toys. All 26 animals in this kit follow the same general pattern, so once you’ve done one or two, it becomes easier and even more intuitive. You follow simple instructions to make puppies, kittens, alligators, bears, penguins, monkeys and more.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
These 12 beautiful designs are easy enough that you can finish each of them in only 48 hours. You get step-by-step projects to crochet afghans, throws and a stadium blanket in waterfall, petunia, and zebra patterns.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The best at-home cooking kit or interactive class is the perfect foodie gift that won't collect dust for the home chef in your life who's already flush with kitchen staples like a Dutch oven, chef's knife and good cookware. Plus, most make for a very fun night in when the Netflix queue has all but dried up.
Preassembled cooking kits and digital cooking classes are out there to tee up any sort of culinary endeavor, from paella to Palomas. There are cocktail boxes for the spirited among us, complete kits for budding pastry chefs and others for making sushi or sourdough. There are also options for interactive online cooking classes you can gift from afar, and simple tastings for those not quite so fond of strapping on an apron.
From simple to serious, these are the best cooking kits, at-home experiences and cooking classes to gift this holiday.
For the baking curious, Bakit Box will send all the premeasured ingredients (including perishables) to execute a baking project without having to go to the store or buy bulk ingredients you may not use again. Think meal kits but for baking. You can subscribe to Bakit or spring for a solo box to make batches of tasty sweets such as churros or red bean mooncakes for around $25 each.
These at-home cocktail kits are another festive project to gift a budding mixologist. The service sends boxes of ingredients and garnishes for various cocktails including standbys and seasonal selections like the Halloween-inspired Old Fashioned kit or Birthday Cake Cocktail. You can choose the kits in different sizes and with or without the bottle of booze included.
This handy kit has all the kitchen tools needed to make the dim sum star including steamer baskets, wood dough roller, wood rolling pin, dough scraper, dough cutting ring, tongs, dumpling molds, silicone steamer liners and four pairs of chopsticks.
The MakiMaki sushi kit has everything to make fresh sushi at home. And I mean everything, including slabs of sushi-grade tuna, toro, hamachi, salmon and all the fixings. Making sushi turns out to be a whole lot of fun, satisfying and quite a bit easier than I thought it would be. This is a fun gift for the DIY foodie and one you can all enjoy together.
I made my first Paella this year and it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. But it helps to have the proper ingredients -- bomba rice, paella spices -- and a pan to both cook and serve it in. This kit from Williams Sonoma has much of it for under $50.
For a prospective bread baker, this experiential kit has the essentials for getting your sourdough starter, well, started. The bundle includes three packets of instant sourdough culture, artisan salt (16 ounces), muslin cloth, a proper dough scraper and dough whisk. Plus there's a recipe book to whip up some very tasty bakes.
Bean Box is a coffee club but they've got some unique gift boxes. My pick goes to this coffee and chocolate tasting kit. These two indulgences are a truly classic pairing on par with PB&J and the sampler box features four freshly roasted coffees (1.8 ounces each) paired with four artisan chocolates and tasting notes for each.
I'd say it's hard to go wrong with this one.
Thomas Keller is America's most Michelin-decorated chef. In this in-depth video tutorial hosted by the online portal MasterClass, Keller walks you through some of the techniques that made his restaurants, such as Per Se and The French Laundry, so iconic. Specifically, the downloadable and rewatchable class walks students through the preparation of fish and other seafood, sous vide cooking and even some of Keller's favorite desserts. Pair this MasterClass subscription with an actual sous vide stick for the perfectly themed experiential cooking gift that will undoubtedly lead to some delicious meals.
Tadka Tarot isn't the typical deck of your tarot cards. You'll get 28 illustrated cards that teach you how to cook more intuitively through the lens of traditional Indian ingredients, mostly vegetables and spices. Each card will dive into the flavor profile so you're not just following recipes but learning how to create your own from the ground up.
The deck alone is $35. The complete kit for $150 includes the deck, seven essential Indian spices and a masala dabba to store your new spices.
Speaking of great, in-depth cooking tutorials, Yotam Ottolenghi also has a course available to take on MasterClass. There may not be a chef working today who has a better beat on cooking vegetables and legumes in interesting ways than Yotam. His course explores plant-based spreads and dips, including labneh, muhammara and other tasty mezze that are perfect for the serial entertainer or host on your list.
Explore all of MasterClass' food and drink lessons here. A subscription is $180 for the year and includes the entire library of classes in dozens of categories and practices.
For these experiences, you may have to leave the house so my apologies in advance.
Food tours are by no means a new thing, but the standard tasting tour and walking tour have certainly gotten better over the years. Since Airbnb launched its Experiences platform a few years back, they've added thousands of options including a tapas tour of Barcelona's gothic neighborhood called "Tapalicious" ($90 on Airbnb.) Or if someone on your list is planning a jaunt to Mexico City, treat them to a street tacos seminar from a local chef for just $21 a person.
There are countless food-based experience gift ideas to book through Airbnb in just about every major city on Earth. You can search by city, of course, and use dozens of other filters -- drinks, eats, wellness, specific neighborhoods -- so the perfect culinary class or food tour is waiting when they arrive.
Here is all the fun and know-how of a private cooking class from world-class chefs, but from the privacy of your home or apartment. The Chef & The Dish brings Michelin-level culinary masters into your kitchen via video chat, from places as far away as Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, New Orleans, Turkey and Thailand. Dinner is going to be awesome from now on. Classes for two start at $299, plus $50 for each additional person, making a four-person class as inexpensive as $100 each.
You can also purchase cooking class gift cards and let them choose the lesson themselves.
If you're gifting this book, it should come with a loud and clear disclaimer. Foraging and eating the foods you find can be very dangerous. Though it can be fun, it requires some professional guidance. Bradford Angier's popular book teaches you to recognize edible plants, fruits, berries and nuts. This portable guide even explains how to find bird eggs to scramble or catch edible insects.
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STOCKHOLM, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Essity's Half-year Report for 2022 will be published on July 21, 2022, at approximately 07:00 CET. In conjunction with publication, a telephone and web presentation will be held at 09:00 CET where President and CEO Magnus Groth will present and answer questions.
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022
Time: 09:00 CET
Link to Web presentation: https://essity.videosync.fi/2022-07-21
Telephone: +44 330 165 3641, +1 646 828 80 82 or +46 (0) 856 64 27 54. Please call in well in advance of the start of the presentation. Indicate pin code: 275669
The presentation of the report will also be available on LinkedIn and Twitter
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Johan Karlsson, Vice President Investor Relations, +46 705 11 15 81, johan.ir.karlsson@essity.com
Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as Actimove, JOBST, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 46,000 employees. Net sales in 2021 amounted to approximately SEK 122bn (EUR 12bn). The company's headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society. More information at www.essity.com.
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Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine’s case over Crimea and terrorism funding
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia is urging judges at the United Nations’ highest court to throw out a case brought by Ukraine against Moscow focused on the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin told judges at the International Court of Justice on Thursday that Ukraine’s case “must be dismissed because it is without any legal foundation. Nor does it have any factual evidence to back it.” Lawyers for Ukraine told the court’s judges that Russia bankrolled a “campaign of intimidation and terror” by rebels in eastern Ukraine starting in 2014 and sought to replace Crimea’s multiethnic community with “discriminatory Russian nationalism.” | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/06/08/russia-says-top-un-court-should-dismiss-ukraines-case-over-crimea-and-terrorism-funding/ | 2023-06-08 12:40:10 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/06/08/russia-says-top-un-court-should-dismiss-ukraines-case-over-crimea-and-terrorism-funding/ |
Four Vietnam War soldiers awarded Medal of Honor
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society welcomes former US Army Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell, former US Army Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii, and retired Major John J. Duffy as the newest members of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
We offer our deepest condolences and gratitude to the families, friends and those who served alongside Staff Sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Today's ceremony presented a poignant reminder of the sacrifices of the service members who served with these men, especially those who never made it home. These newest Medal of Honor recipients wear the Medal on behalf of those who were lost and those whose freedom was secured by their sacrifice.
About the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Medal of Honor and its Recipients, inspiring Americans, and supporting the Recipients as they connect with communities across the country.
Chartered by Congress in 1958, its membership consists exclusively of those individuals who have received the Medal of Honor. There are 66 living Recipients.
Learn more about the Medal of Honor and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's initiatives at cmohs.org.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Matt Ryan’s pass attempts were much like his Indianapolis Colts’ preseason debut: relatively short and efficient in a 27-24 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Saturday.
Tyler Bass made a 46-yard field goal as time expired as Buffalo scored on three consecutive possessions in the final 8:10 to rally from a 14-point deficit. Matt Barkley oversaw the comeback in finishing 18 of 24 for 224 yards, with Raheem Blackshear rushing for touchdowns of 1 and 3 yards over a span of 4:19 to tie the game.
Buffalo won its ninth straight preseason outing, which ranks as the NFL's second-longest active streak behind the Baltimore Ravens who have won a league-record 21 in a row.
Otherwise, most eyes were on Ryan. Acquired in a trade with Atlanta in March, the 15-year veteran stuck to either checking the ball down or handing it off to Nyheim Hines over four series in both teams’ preseason opener.
With Von Miller and the rest of the Bills’ starting defense watching from the sideline, Ryan finished 6 of 10 for 58 yards, with two incompletions occurring on fourth-down attempts. On the bright side, Ryan didn’t commit a turnover during a first half in which the teams combined for six overall.
Ryan’s backup, Nick Foles threw an interception and lost a fumble, which was returned 69 yards for a touchdown by Bills rookie linebacker Terrel Bernard.
With Buffalo also resting Josh Allen and its entire starting offense, Case Keenum struggled in throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble. Receiver Jake Kumerow also lost a fumble.
Keenum’s performance was a disappointment for a player the Bills are counting on to be Allen’s backup after acquiring the 10-year veteran in a trade with Cleveland. He finished 11 of 18 for 86 yards with his second interception coming one play after Bills safety Jaquan Johnson picked off Foles to give Buffalo the ball at the Colts 15.
Under Keenum, the Bills managed just 119 net yards offense and five first downs in the first half.
Foles, an offseason free-agent addition, finished 7 of 11 for 72 yards, including a 15-yard touchdown pass to an uncovered running back Ty’Son Williams.
Ryan’s best completion came on the opening play of Indianapolis’ third drive, when he stepped up in the pocket, avoided a defender, and hit Michael Pittman on a crossing pattern for a 17-yard gain.
The drive ended seven plays later when Bills rookie cornerback Christian Benford got his hand on the ball to break up a pass intended for Pittman on fourth-and-4 at Buffalo’s 43.
Ryan is projected to become the Colts’ fourth different opening day starter in as many years since Andrew Luck retired. He takes over after Indianapolis parted ways with Carson Wentz, who took the blame for the Colts squandering their playoff chances by losing their final two games, including a 26-11 season-ending dud at Jacksonville.
Coach Frank Reich provided Ryan the preseason start in part to provide the starter an extra chance to ramp up for the season-opener at Houston on Sept. 11. Reich is also mindful of how the Colts got off to a slow start in opening last season 1-4 under Wentz.
Sam Ehlinger, the Colts’ sixth-round pick out of Texas last year, finished 10 of 11 for 88 yards with touchdown passes to tight ends Jelani Woods and Michael Jacobson.
ROOKIE VS ROOKIE
Bills first-round draft pick, CB Kaiir Elam, got the better of Colts second-round draft pick, WR Alec Pierce, in forcing Indianapolis to go three-and-out on its opening possession. Elam stayed tight to Pierce on a slant route and got his hand on Ryan’s attempt on third-and-3 at the Colts 12.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Colts: PK Jake Verity, who is competing with Rodrigo Blankenship, was wide right on an extra-point attempt.
Bills: Rookie sixth-round pick, P Matt Araiza (nicknamed “Punt God” at San Diego State), hit an 82-yard punt, which dribbled into the end zone.
JT RESTS
RB Jonathan Taylor was the Colts only offensive starter to get the day off. Then again, he did enough the last time he visited Orchard Park, by scoring four touchdowns rushing and another receiving in a 41-15 win in November. The five-TD performance set a franchise record.
INJURIES
Colts: CB Isaiah Rodgers who had an interception and recovered a fumble, did not return after sustaining a head injury in the first half. ... WR Keke Coutee did not return due to a groin injury.
Bills: Elam returned after being evaluated for a head injury late in the second quarter.
UP NEXT
Colts: Host the Detroit Lions on Aug. 20.
Bills: Host the Denver Broncos on Aug. 20.
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With both the European Union and the United Kingdom set to ban internal-combustion engines next decade, Caterham, like most automakers that primarily operate in those regions, is preparing for an electric future.
That future will include an electric version of the iconic Seven track car, plus a more mainstream open-top sports car that will be revealed in months, Autocar reported on Wednesday following an interview with Caterham’s new design chief, Anthony Jannarelly, the French designer behind the Jannarelly Design-1 and the supercars of Dubai’s W Motors.
The new sports car, thought to be the design of Kazuho Takahashi, a former racing driver whose vehicle distribution company in Japan, VT Holdings, acquired Caterham in 2021, will feature the same type of steel space-frame construction as the Seven, but with modifications appropriate for a car designed to drive outside of a racetrack. Buyers are expected to have the choice of an aluminum or carbon-fiber body.
For the exterior design, Jannarelly has hinted at the same combination of retro and futuristic cues found on his Design-1 sports car, which features a shape inspired by Italian sports cars of the 1950s and ’60s but with plenty of modern cues blended in.
“My vision for a future Caterham will explore my retro-futuristic design philosophy,” he said in a statement. “I want to take the best of both worlds—the elegance and simplicity of the past combined with the proportions and precision details of a modern sports car.”
Caterham came close to launching a mainstream sports car last decade. It was being developed alongside the Alpine A110, though Caterham pulled out of the project in 2014 while Alpine went on to launch the A110 in 2017.
While Caterham’s new electric sports car will reportedly debut later this year, production isn’t expected to start until around 2026.
Any electric Seven will only arrive after that. Part of the reason is that that current EV technology is still too heavy for a car like the Seven.
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Recent extreme weather prerequisites in america have raised considerations amongst some Americans, who fear that they are going to have to transfer out of their present space due to local weather alternate. A brand new survey finds that 53% of Americans have skilled what they believe to be extreme weather inside of fresh years, and virtually half of them are fairly involved about probably having to transfer from their present location due to it. A vital majority of those that have in my view skilled extreme weather believe local weather alternate to be a number one contributor to their concern, and really feel that it will have to be addressed once imaginable.
The survey highlights that many Americans around the nation have dealt with some shape of extreme weather of their native space. Those within the West are in all probability to record experiencing such occasions in recent times.
Factors Contributing to Extreme Weather
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The survey presentations a correlation between political partisanship and the attribution of extreme weather reasons. Democrats, who typically view local weather alternate as an drawing close disaster, are 3 times much more likely than Republicans to believe local weather alternate as a significant factor contributing to extreme weather. Republicans, alternatively, who generally don’t view local weather alternate as a disaster, are much more likely to characteristic extreme weather prerequisites to herbal weather patterns. The learn about additionally means that Republicans who’ve in my view skilled extreme weather in recent times are much more likely to believe local weather alternate as a number one reason why for such occasions.
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ORLANDO, Fla., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NCTC, the National Content & Technology Cooperative, and TP-Link have announced an agreement that will provide NCTC's members with the best possible North American prices and premium access to its inventory of reliable networking devices and accessories. The deal is part of an established partnership that enables communications service providers to offer self-optimizing Wi-Fi, access controls, cyber-security and more.
The agreement, which was featured at The Independent Show 2022, encompasses a wide-range of TP-Link products, including the Deco4ISP and Omada business line solutions. While many are facing supply chain constraints, TP-Link has volume available now that is ready to ship, meaning NCTC's members can access their products when they need them.
"TP-Link is a terrific NCTC partner. As the IoT, smart home technology and other developments drive an increasingly connected world, our members can use their Deco4ISP and Omada business line products to drive revenue and provide premium, high-speed coverage to virtually any setting or device," said Steve Beardslee, NCTC VP of Video & Broadband Solutions. "By providing the best pricing on TP-Link products, our partnership better equips NCTC's members' customers with the right support and equipment to meet ever-evolving bandwidth needs."
NCTC's managed Wi-Fi service program lets operators offer products that provide complete, fast wireless coverage along with software support solutions to manage all facets of their Wi-Fi offerings. Member benefits from the NCTC program include:
- Additional revenue through premium managed subscriber Wi-Fi services
- End-to-end support for all TP-Link Wi-Fi products – from training and launch to marketing, maintenance and more
- Access to world class services and apps that eliminate customer service representative (CSR) calls and truck rolls, cut down on escalations and reduce subscriber churn
"Since we embarked on our partnership with NCTC, the cooperation and openness with their members has been great," said Sean Montgomery, Director of Sales & Systems Engineering at TP-Link. "Whether members want to improve their subscribers' Wi-Fi, use our back-office solutions for their CSR teams or implement our products for other purposes, we're here to help and have great availability to ship, train and support operators who wish to offer our solutions immediately."
TP-Link has been recognized numerous times by J.D Power as #1 in Customer Satisfaction and consistently ranked by the analyst firm IDC as the leading provider of Wi-Fi devices, supplying distribution to more than 170 countries and serving billions of people worldwide.
About NCTC
The National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC) was founded as a not-for-profit with one mission: to help members competitively acquire the video programming and vital technologies needed to offer world class services that define their communities' infrastructure with vision, value and purpose. NCTC makes purchasing and implementation easy and affordable for its 700+ independent communications service providers who connect one third of all households and businesses throughout North America and U.S. territories. Going beyond significant cost savings, the organization helps members unlock new revenue through emerging technologies, best practices and new ideas ensuring the profitability, competitive stature and long-term sustainability of its member companies. For nearly 40 years, NCTC has been actively engaged in helping network providers and suppliers evolve their business models to deploy new video/data solutions to match the changes in the media landscape. For more information, visit: www.nctconline.org
About TP-Link
Founded in 1996, TP-Link is a global provider of reliable networking devices and accessories, involved in all aspects of everyday life. The company is consistently ranked top provider of WLAN products, supplying distribution to more than 170 countries and serving hundreds of millions of people worldwide. For further information visit www.tp-link.com/us
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NCTC
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Paige Perez
TP-Link
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Robert Brownlie
Bob Gold & Associates
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NORMAL — Normal will add two locally built Rivian electric vehicles to its town-owned fleet.
The Town Council on Monday voted 4-3 to buy an R1T pickup truck, which is in line for delivery this fall, and an R1S sport utility vehicle that is expected to be delivered in 2023. Trustees Kathleen Lorenz, Stan Nord, and Scott Preston were the dissenting votes.
While supporters saw the purchase as a show of support for the Normal-based plant and the town's commitment to electric vehicles, Nord called the purchase, totaling about $140,000 or more, a "luxury." Preston and Lorenz questioned why council documents did not include the cost.
"It's no surprise what Rivian is doing in our community. I think everybody's pretty well aware of the national and international attention they are getting and what they've done in terms of significant, tremendous local economic impact," said Trustee Kevin McCarthy.
Both vehicles were preordered after Mayor Chris Koos paid a $2,000 total refundable deposit in 2018 to get on Rivian's preorder list for the two vehicles.
The town will pay about $70,000 each, which was the base price at the time of preordering, but fees and other expenses could raise that. They also will be base models without any optional extras upgrades.
McCarthy said the town made a similar gesture of support to the Rivian plant's previous owners, Mitsubishi and its subsidiaries, purchasing about 40 vehicles over the years.
The Rivians will be added to the town's pool of vehicles and available to departments as needed, but use will be coordinated by the city manager's office.
Trustee Karyn Smith clarified that the vehicles could be used when staff members or police and fire officials need to travel out of town for training and would continue the town's commitment to be an electric vehicle town.
"I think this will give us a good opportunity to track how efficient this alternate electric transportation is," Smith said. "As the only location of where these cars are built, to have an example of their truck and the SUV I think is something that would represent the town well."
Nord said purchasing the vehicles felt more like a want than a need and referenced other electric vehicles and trucks on the market as examples of cheaper options.
"This record is misleading because the town did not preorder these. Mayor Koos preordered them and now taxpayers are being asked to commit to buying these cars," Nord said.
"We're being asked tonight to spend at least $150,000 on two luxury vehicles," he said. "I think taxpayers ought to be happy, we didn't get like a Ferrari dealership here."
Nord said it is good to buy from local companies but he noted the council has preferred out-of-town vendors for health, liability and property insurance.
Lorenz said it was strange that the council documents did not have an exact figure amount on what this purchase would cost and that it felt more like a "blank check."
"I am concerned that there wasn't a dollar figure put on there," Lorenz said. "For the success of Rivian, we wouldn't be getting these (vehicles), but because they are doing so well and we want to continue that and we feel like it's the right to do therefore we're purchasing these two vehicles. Without that information, I'm feeling a little wanting for more details."
Trustee Chemberly Harris said if the town is going to be a leader in electric vehicles, it should have have some in their fleet.
"We know that they're expensive, so we just can't afford to have a ton of them in our fleet," Harris said. "For me it wouldn't sit right to find another company when there's one right here who is an electric vehicle company and has significantly contributed to our economy and continues. It's not like it's gonna stop the minute we buy two vehicles."
McCarthy also reassured that the town has not "cut a check" for this purchase.
Other business during Monday's meeting includes:
- Accepted bids for water treatment plant chemicals from November 2022 through October 2023 and rejected chlorine bids;
- Waived the formal bid process and accepted a quote from Utility Service Co. Inc. for the purchase and installation of internal storage tank mixers into three of the elevated tanks at the water department;
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Putting Workers at the Forefront of Tool Innovation, Bosch Demonstrates its Commitment to
the Trades with 'What Hard Workers Deserve'
MT. PROSPECT, Ill., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bosch Power Tools, a global leader for power tools and accessories, is launching a new brand campaign, featuring the voice of Nick Offerman. The campaign focuses on the engineering of their power tools – in some extreme situations, which are designed to meet the demands of construction and trades workers on the job.
The brand has partnered with Nick Offerman, a long-time Bosch tool user, who purchased his first jig saw almost 30 years ago. "I don't have any fancy advertising slogans to offer here – all I know is that I have always turned to these tools when I want to perform hard work as efficiently and accurately as possible," said Offerman. Through a series of content launched across streaming T.V., radio, and social media, his iconic voice celebrates the tough work of trade workers and illustrates how Bosch engineers its tools to be ergonomic and efficient and to support career longevity.
"In our new campaign, we wanted to show that the most important part of any job site or situation is the worker. Every day on a job site is tough. The campaign has some extreme situations to highlight that no matter the situation, they get the job done," said Shannon Blakely, Vice President of Brand Marketing and Digital at Bosch.
The campaign is the result of an agency review completed in Spring 2022. Led by creative agency, Bailey Lauerman, the What Hard Workers Deserve campaign highlights three 18V cordless power tools: the PROFACTOR High Torque Hammer Drill/Driver, X-LOCK Angle Grinder, and 2-IN-1 Impact Driver and Impact Wrench. These tools tackle industry issues head-on, engineered from start to finish, based on direct workers' job site feedback.
"Our R&D teams have successfully merged ergonomic design with powerful tools to achieve peak performance, setting industry standards that prioritize the worker's needs, through ease-of-use and time savings on the job," said Philipp Gosau, Director of Product Development at Bosch. "Bosch Tools are built to support workers on the job site over a lifetime of work."
- PROFACTOR High Torque Hammer Drill/Driver
- X-LOCK 4.5-inch Angle Grinder
- 2-in-1 Impact Driver and Impact Wrench
For more information on other Bosch Power Tools products or the new brand campaign, visit our new Press Room at pressroom.boschtools.com.
Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, the Bosch Power Tools Division of North America, was formed in January 2003 when Robert Bosch GmbH combined its North American power tool and accessories businesses into one organization. As a manufacturing pioneer with more than a century's worth of experience, the Bosch name has become synonymous with engineering excellence. Throughout North America, Bosch associates maintain a legacy of world-class design, manufacture and sale of power tools, rotary and oscillating tools, measuring tools and accessories. For more information visit www.boschtools.com.
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Neuralace Medical intends to utilize the output of the AT-PDN multicenter study to support the FDA 510(k) application for Axon Therapy label expansion to include Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralace Medical, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company focused on innovative, non-invasive solutions for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain, is announcing the commencement and first patients enrolled in the Axon Therapy and Painful Diabetic Neuropathy (AT-PDN) study.
The AT-PDN multi-center study has a targeted enrollment of 80 patients and will be led by Dr. Lora Brown at TruWell Health, St. Petersburg, FL as study Principal Investigator and will include a total of three clinical investigators and five clinical sites, primarily in the southeast US.
Alongside the company's ongoing SEAT clinical study (Safety and Efficacy of Axon Therapy), which is nearing completion of enrollment, the newly launched AT-PDN study will lead the company's entry into a large, fast-growing segment of patients with diabetic neuropathy for which there are no effective, non-invasive solutions available alongside or following prescription drugs. Neuralace Medical plans to continue to build a robust body of clinical evidence to support FDA labeling, therapy adoption, and as important evidence in the company's pursuit of Medicare and private payor reimbursement.
"We are very excited to be part of the AT-PDN study as non-invasive, opioid-sparing therapies are an important part of the care continuum, especially for PDN patients that have an elevated risk of infection but for whom peripheral neuromodulation may be a useful clinical strategy," said Dr. Lora Brown, MD and Principal Investigator of the AT-PDN clinical study.
"We are pleased to have a thought-leading team of investigators participating in this very important clinical trial, said Joe Milkovits, COO of Neuralace Medical. Joe continued, "Assuming a successful completion of the trial and subsequent expansion of the FDA label to include treatment of PDN, Neuralace Medical will be able to provide a non-invasive, peripheral neuromodulation option for the millions of patients suffering from this debilitating condition."
Neuralace Medical is a commercial stage medical device company focused on the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain with its proprietary magnetic peripheral nerve stimulation (mPNS™) technology. Supported by mPNS, the company's FDA 510(k) cleared Axon treatment device is a transcutaneous magnetic stimulation device providing non-invasive, rapid, effective treatment for chronic neuropathic pain. Foundational to Axon Therapy is the belief that clinically effective, non-invasive and easy to administer therapies with no side effects should be used alongside, or to decrease, prescription drug use, and ahead of all other traditionally recommended invasive or minimally invasive therapies. With its unique patent protected product portfolio, Neuralace Medical is well positioned to establish a leadership position in the chronic neuropathic pain market. For more information, please visit www.neuralacemedical.com.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament voted Thursday to dissolve itself, marking the end of a year-old experimental coalition government, and sending the country to the polls in November for the fifth time in less than four years.
Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister and architect of the outgoing coalition government, will become the country’s caretaker prime minister just after midnight on Friday. He will be the 14th person to hold that office, taking over from Naftali Bennett, Israel’s shortest serving prime minister.
Following the vote, Lapid embraced Bennett before the two swapped chairs. He posted, “thanks, Naftali, my brother” on Twitter.
The government collapsed just over a year after it was formed in a historic move that saw longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu ousted after 12 years in power by a coalition of ideologically diverse parties, the first to include an Arab faction.
The motion to dissolve passed with 92 lawmakers in favor, and none against, after days of bickering by coalition and opposition lawmakers over the date of new elections and other last-minute legislation.
New elections will be held on Nov. 1.
The move brings a formal end to a political experiment in which eight parties from across the Israeli spectrum tried to find common ground after a period of prolonged gridlock in which the country held four elections in two years.
The upcoming elections are an extension of Israel’s protracted political crisis, at the heart of which sits Netanyahu and his ongoing corruption trial. The four deadlocked elections in the previous three years were largely referendums on Netanyahu’s fitness to serve while facing charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing.
Lapid, a former talk-show host who heads a center-left party, is expected to campaign as caretaker prime minister to keep the job as the main alternative to Netanyahu, and will likely get an early boost when he welcomes President Joe Biden to the country next week.
Polls by Israeli media show Netanyahu and his allies are projected to gain seats, although it is unclear whether they would have enough to form a 61-seat majority in the 120-member Knesset. If neither he nor anyone else succeeds in doing so, Israel could go to elections yet again.
On Wednesday, Bennett said he would be taking a hiatus from politics and would not be running in the upcoming elections. His Yamina party was riven by infighting and splintered following the formation of the government last year as its members broke away in protest of what they considered Bennett’s excessive compromises to more liberal coalition allies.
The death blow came earlier this month, when the government failed to renew an emergency law that preserves the special legal status of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, legislation that most Israelis view as essential. Because the Knesset was dissolved before the end of the month, the emergency law is automatically renewed until after the formation of a new government.
“They promised change, they spoke about healing, they tried an experiment, and the experiment failed,” Netanyahu said in an address to parliament ahead of the vote. “We are the only alternative: a strong, stable, responsible nationalist government.”
The outgoing governing coalition made history by being the first to include an Arab party. Mansour Abbas, leader of the Islamist Ra’am faction, joined the coalition to secure better services and more government funding for Israel’s Arab minority, which makes up some 20% of the population.
Netanyahu and his allies accused coalition members of partnering with terrorist sympathizers. His allies have provided little evidence to back those claims, citing only Abbas’ Islamist roots, and Netanyahu himself also reportedly courted the party after the previous election last year.
Israel’s Arab citizens face widespread discrimination and are seen by many Jewish Israelis as a fifth column because they have close family ties to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, and largely support their struggle for independence.
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Students in Washington will be able to take time off from school for mental health reasons beginning next school year, under a new state law and rules approved by the state superintendent’s office.
Absences will be excused for students experiencing symptoms related to mental illness or challenges with their mental health condition, and for medical appointments related to mental health. Those can include counseling, mental health wellness and behavioral health treatment — including inpatient or outpatient treatment, according to rules approved by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI.
Absences due to physical health needs will continue to be excused.
In all, students will have an unlimited number of excused absences to use for mental health needs. (Some schools have procedures to contact students with excessive absences to get them back into the classroom.) A doctor’s note or medical diagnosis is not a requirement for a mental health excused absence, said Bridget Underdahl, the supervisor of Project AWARE, a program within OSPI that promotes mental and behavioral health education.
“Mental has as much significance as physical health and is similarly important to one’s overall well-being,” she said, reading a clarification made in House Bill 1834, which ignited the change.
The policy change comes about one year after Gov. Jay Inslee declared a youth mental health crisis. In doing so, he focused on the critical role schools play in supporting children’s mental health and mandated that school buildings reopen to all grades.
However, for some students, acclimating back into classrooms has been stressful and overwhelming after a year of online school. The pandemic has worsened children’s trauma and coping skills, and a lack of available services and staffing at mental health facilities has increased the waiting time to get treatment.
HB 1834, sponsored by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, was intended to alleviate some of the difficulty of going to school while dealing with a mental health condition.
After Inslee signed the bill into law, OSPI worked with a student advisory group to develop the specific policies that would be implemented at schools. The public had about six weeks to comment on drafted language, and the office held a public hearing on May 24 via Zoom. Rules were adopted soon after.
Jerri Clark, who founded Mothers of the Mentally Ill and works as a parent resource coordinator for Partnerships for Action, Voices for Empowerment, testified at the meeting.
“A lot of the families I serve feel shamed and blamed by the truancy system when their children are struggling to maintain well-being, and they’re not able to show up for school because of that,” she said. “There is so much stigma in missing school because of a problem with mental well-being.”
Families also often face inconsistencies in how schools handle children’s absences for mental health needs, she said.
Other states, including Utah, Maine and Illinois, have included mental health among reasons for excusing absences. Colorado, Virginia and Arizona direct local school districts or state education agencies to allow students to take a certain number of mental health days. Nevada allows mental or behavioral health professionals to excuse students from school.
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Schrock's Power Rankings: Where Bears stand after loss vs. Dolphins originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Week 9 in the NFL saw Justin Fields set records, the Bills fall to the Jets, the Packers fall on their face against the Lions, and Tom Brady do what Tom Brady does best.
That was just the start of a wild Sunday around the league.
With the season more than halfway gone, the playoff picture is still muddied. But we’re getting a clearer picture of who is for real (Seahawks) and who is fraudulent (Rams, Packers).
Here’s where each team stands after Sunday’s Week 9 action:
32. Houston Texans (1-6-1): I hope Bryce Young likes Houston.
31. Carolina Panthers (2-7): P.J. Walker was ineffective so the Panthers went back to Baker Mayfield at quarterback. There are no good options for a team staring at another rebuild.
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30. Pittsburgh Steelers (2-6): At least we didn’t have to watch the Steelers on Sunday. That’s a win for all of us.
29. Indianapolis Colts (3-5-1): The Colts averaged 2.8 yards per play Sunday vs. the Patriots. It’s a good thing they fired offensive coordinator Marcus Brady during the week or things could have been really bad. It’s time to clean house in Indy.
28. Detroit Lions (2-6): Detroit’s defense hadn’t stopped anyone all season … until Sunday when the Lions held Aaron Rodgers to nine points. That probably says more about the state of the Packers, though.
27. Las Vegas Raiders (2-6): The Raiders have now lost three games in which they have led by at least 17 points. That’s how you get to be 2-6, folks.
26. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-6): Hey, the Jags finally won a one-possession game. Miracles never cease.
25. Cleveland Browns (3-5): The AFC might be just bad enough to let the Browns hang around until Deshaun Watson is allowed to return. If only the world were just.
24. Denver Broncos (3-6): Did Russell Wilson spend his bye week doing high knees in his backyard?
23. Arizona Cardinals (3-6): Kliff Kingsbury, Alabama analyst, has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
22. Washington Commanders (4-5): Taylor Heinicke’s magic finally ran out Sunday. Can he recapture it?
21. Chicago Bears (3-6): Justin Fields is THAT DUDE. That’s all that matters for the 2022 Bears. As long as Fields is playing at this level, the Bears will be dangerous.
20. New Orleans Saints (3-5): A win on Monday night and the Saints will be tied for first place in the NFC South. Man, the NFC stinks.
19. Atlanta Falcons (4-5): Are the Falcons good? Not really. Do they play wildly entertaining games? Absolutely.
18. Green Bay Packers (3-6): My god, the Packers are in hell.
17. New England Patriots (5-4): Mac Jones is regressing, and the Patriots need to figure out a way for that to stop. Now.
16. Los Angeles Rams (3-5): That was an award-winning meltdown from the Rams in Tampa. Complete dumpster-level effort.
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5): Tom Brady can still do the thing, man. The Bucs’ issues don’t start with No. 12.
14. Tennessee Titans (5-3): Mike Vrabel is a witch.
13. New York Jets (6-3): The Jets’ upset over the Bills has everyone in NYC feeling good, which can only mean something terrible is about to happen next week.
12. Los Angeles Chargers (5-3): Joe Lombardi should be brought up on criminal charges for what he does with the Chargers’ offense.
11. Miami Dolphins (6-3): The Dolphins turned the three first-round picks they got in the Trey Lance trade into Jaylen Waddle, Tyreek Hill, and Bradley Chubb. Yeah, that’ll work.
10. Cincinnati Bengals (5-4): With the Chiefs and Bills looming, we’ll soon find out how good the 2022 Bengals are (without Ja’Marr Chase).
9. New York Giants (6-2): Given the state of the NFC, the Giants can probably go 3-6 the rest of the way and still make the playoffs.
8. San Francisco 49ers (4-4): The 49ers have all the talent in the world, but have struggled to put bad teams away. Does Jekyll or Hyde show up in the second half of the season in the Bay?
7. Seattle Seahawks (5-3): The Seahawks could win Coach of the Year, Defensive Rookie of the Year (Tariq Woolen), Offensive Rookie of the Year (Kenneth Walker), and Comeback Player of the Year awards (Geno Smith). Quite the season brewing in the Pacific Northwest.
6. Minnesota Vikings (7-1): The Vikings have won six in a row, but their upcoming stretch will tell us if they are for real or not.
5. Baltimore Ravens (5-2): The addition of Roquan Smith should give Baltimore’s defense a boost. Smith will be a natural fit in the Ravens’ defense. Expect big things.
4. Dallas Cowboys (6-2): If the Cowboys’ offense can bottle what it did against the Bears, then they’ll be tough to beat come January.
3. Buffalo Bills (6-2): Josh Allen is one of the best quarterbacks in the league, but some 2019 stuff is leaking back into his game that should concern a team with title aspirations.
2. Kansas City Chiefs (6-2): Sixty-three rushing yards, 68 attempts, and 43 completions. Quite the night of career-highs for Patrick Mahomes.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — When San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan began his first news conference after the 49ers returned from their bye, the recitation of injuries was briefer than usual.
The week off came at a good time for the banged-up Niners, who got several key players back from injuries they hope will help them make a big playoff push in the second half of the season.
Among the players able to practice without limitation on Wednesday after being sidelined by injuries before the week off were versatile receiver Deebo Samuel, running back Elijah Mitchell, receiver Jauan Jennings, fullback Kyle Juszczyk, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair and backup offensive lineman Colton McKivitz.
“This is the grind of the season now, the stretch we’re about to go on,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “We need all our weapons. It’s great to see some familiar faces out there. … We’re going to need them.”
San Francisco also could get cornerback Jason Verrett back for the first time since a season-ending knee injury in Week 1 of the 2021 season and linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who has been out with a calf injury.
Both were limited at practice Wednesday, along with defensive lineman Jordan Willis, who had his practice window opened to return from IR.
Shanahan said while he and his coaches spent a little time during the bye doing some self-scouting and other work, the priority was getting healthy and getting rest.
“We needed to get away a little, physically and mentally,” he Shanahan said. “The main thing is when you come back, you’re itching to come back and people are itching to get you out of their house too and it’s not really how you felt the day before the bye week, so everyone’s got a lot of energy and you’re fresh to go and we’re ready to grind again.”
Like every team midway through a grueling NFL season, the Niners still do have some key players missing. The most notable are defensive tackle Arik Armstead, who has been bothered since September by injuries to his foot and ankle and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley, who went down with a season-ending knee injury last month.
Defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw remains on injured reserve with a knee injury and no timetable for his return, and defensive end Samson Ebukam missed practice after hurting his quadriceps on Monday.
But overall the Niners feel as if they are in good position to make another second-half run similar to last season when they won seven of their last nine games to make the playoffs and go to the NFC title game for the second time in three seasons.
“We know what we need to do from here on out,” tackle Mike McGlinchey said. “Last year we had the opposite experience of just getting in barely and getting to the NFC championship and had to run the whole table pretty much to get there. We know how to do it each and every way.”
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The House on Friday approved the annual defense policy bill in an unusually partisan vote after it was loaded up with conservative amendments, marking a big win for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) but raising new questions about how the package — which is dead on arrival in the Senate — will eventually become law.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in a largely party-line 219-210 vote, with four Republicans opposing the measure and four Democrats supporting it — an atypical outcome for the annual legislation which routinely enjoys broad bipartisan support.
The legislation came under fire from Democrats after a number of GOP-sponsored amendments on hot-button issues like abortion, transgender rights and diversity and inclusion initiatives were attached. In a sign of the widespread Democratic opposition, the top three leaders in the caucus came out against the legislation late Thursday night.
But the widespread Democratic opposition — and conservative detractors — was not enough to tank the package, despite questions looming all week about whether or not the culture war amendments would doom the must-pass bill. The package got a crucial boost on Friday from conservatives in the Freedom Caucus, who came around to supporting the measure after its sharp rightward shift.
“I’m sorry to disappoint you that Republicans continue to keep our promises,” McCarthy said facetiously at a press conference following the vote.
“It’s a good thing the Republicans are in the majority, but it’s more important that we keep our promises to America and to our men and women who serve to defend us. And today is exactly what we did,” he later added.
Republican Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Ken Buck (Colo.), Eli Crane (Ariz.) and Thomas Massie (Ky.) bucked GOP leadership and voted against the bill, while Democratic Reps. Don Davis (N.C.), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (Wash.) and Gabe Vasquez (N.M.) crossed the aisle and backed it.
The bill now moves to the Democratic-led Senate, where Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is sure to reject the controversial amendments — a dynamic House Republicans readily acknowledge.
“I think it’ll probably be a totally different bill when we get it back later this year,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said. “I don’t know what Schumer will do, but I can’t imagine that he’ll go along with all of the amendments that were attached to the NDAA this week.”
The certain changes in the Senate set up yet another fight with House Republicans over how to get the bill to President Biden’s desk before the Sept. 30 deadline. McCarthy has suggested the two chambers will conference the two bills, to iron out the differences, but with time running short he may be forced to bring the Senate’s version — which will necessarily be bipartisan — to the floor.
The House-passed bill sets an $886 billion budget for the nation’s armed forces in fiscal year 2024, an amount on par with President Biden’s defense spending request as well as the spending cap set by the debt limit deal.
Included in that amount is $842 billion for the Defense Department and $32 billion for nuclear weapons programs that fall under the purview of the Energy Department.
The House Armed Services Committee passed the measure in an overwhelmingly bipartisan 58-1 vote in June, but Democratic support dropped on Thursday after GOP-sponsored amendments were added to the bill.
Chief among them was a measure that would reverse the Pentagon’s policy to reimburse travel expenses for service members who get abortions across state lines — the same program that has sparked Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) protest in the upper chamber, where he has blocked hundreds of military promotions. Heading into the vote, Freedom Caucus conservatives had hailed Tuberville as a driving force behind their successful effort to alter the initial bill.
Amendments targeting transgender care and diversity and inclusion initiatives also battered away at Democratic support.
One measure would prohibit the health care program for active-duty service members from covering “sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone treatments for transgender individuals,” and the other calls for prohibiting gender transition procedures through the Exceptional Family Member Program.
Other provisions eliminate diversity equity and inclusion offices and personnel in the armed forces and curtail federal funding for such efforts.
House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who had previously supported the NDAA, bashed the final House bill as one that pushes “an agenda rooted in racism, misogyny, bigotry, ignorance, and hatred.”
“What we’ve seen is this bill has been transformed into an extremist manifesto,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) said on CNN Friday morning.
“We know that this bill is going nowhere in the Senate because it is disgusting and outrageous,” she later added.
A wildcard heading into the vote surrounded Ukraine funding, after several amendments to curtail U.S. aid to Kyiv were shot down on the House floor on Thursday. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had sponsored three of those failed Ukraine proposals, including one to strike $300 million in direct assistance, and had vowed to oppose the underlying NDAA package as a result.
In a sign of her shifting allegiances toward McCarthy, however, Greene reversed course on Friday and supported the final bill. She later explained the reason: McCarthy had offered her a seat on the conference committee that will be charged with cutting a deal with Senate negotiators over a final compromise package — if such a conference comes to pass.
“The Speaker asked me to represent him and our conference in the conference to go forward in the Senate in the NDAA, and so I’m proud to do that,” Greene told reporters following the vote. “And that’s where I’ll fight on the issue that I think is extremely important to remove the funding for Ukraine in the NDAA.”
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Amid the chaos in Afghanistan, there's a glimmer of hope. Aseelapp, the Afghan version of Etsy, offers an opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives.
KABUL, Afghanistan, April 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aseelapp, the leading e-commerce platform for emerging economies, is on a mission to create meaningful employment opportunities for local artisans, including women and people with disabilities. Since 2017, Aseelapp's Buy Good program has worked with thousands of artists in Afghanistan and Turkey and sold over 10,000 products, providing sustainable income and empowering communities. In response to recent events, Aseelapp has launched the "Do Good'' initiative to provide aid and opportunities to those in need. Through crowdfunding and partnerships, the platform has delivered various aid packages to over 600,000 individuals in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
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Aseelapp provides online educational opportunities for individuals in Afghanistan despite the Taliban ban, empowering communities through knowledge and skills. Aseelapp also supports students with internet access, applying for scholarships, or providing guidelines. Aseelapp's user-friendly iOS/Android mobile application and website enable everyone to make a real difference, giving aid and opportunities in dire humanitarian situations anywhere in the world.
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DENVER, Colorado -- A musician who was expelled from a Denver high school over 50 years ago received his diploma. Otis Taylor was kicked out of Manual High School in 1966 because of his hair. This was decades before laws ending racial hair discrimination. Denver Public Schools wanted to right a wrong.
It's been decades since Otis Taylor roamed the halls at Manual High School. He remembers loving shop and art class. He remembers being on the gymnastics team. He remembers the day Kennedy was shot. He doesn't remember that much about the day he was expelled.
"I remember that day thinking, 'Oh, I'm out of school!'" Taylor told CBS Colorado's Tori Mason.
Taylor was 17 years old at the time.
He went to high school in the 1960s - and Taylor had style.
"You had to have that James Brown haircut. You can have all you want on the top, but you had to be clean on the sides," said Taylor. "The whole school district was coming down on people who didn't look how they wanted you to look."
Taylor's administrators gave him an ultimatum.
"Cut your hair or leave."
Taylor left.
"I wasn't thinking about me going into the janitorial business or something. I was trying to figure out how to do my music," said Taylor, about a moment 57 years ago.
He remembers how his parents felt. He says his mom was upset, and his dad was livid. After he was expelled, he went to California where his dad lived. He tried to get into a bar, showed his underage ID and went to jail briefly.
"My father let me sit there for three days. When I came out, he took me straight to a barber. I got my haircut!" laughed Taylor.
Taylor has been nothing short of impressive since. He's had over a dozen blues albums and the awards to match. But this week, eyes were on Taylor for a different tune.
The sound of Pomp and Circumstance played as DPS presented the 74-year-old with a long overdue honorary diploma.
"Today is a day that we rectify the failures of the past," said Auon'tai Anderson, VP of the Denver School Board. "I know what Otis experienced along with others will no longer happen in the state of Colorado."
Mason asked Taylor if he wonders if life would be different had he cut his hair.
He says life's been too good to wonder.
"The wrong happened a long time ago. So being a Black man in America, I'm going to deal with wrongs," said Taylor. "My kids went to college. My wife loves me and we've been married for 37 years. How can I regret?"
Otis Taylor will perform at Dazzle in Denver in May. He will also perform at City Park in July.
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Mark your calendar, Placer Pride is happening on Saturday at Royer Park in Roseville.
Entertainment this year includes drag queens, KC Shane, and the Sacramento Gay Men's Chorus.
Community resources, services, creative booths, kid's activities, lawn games, a selfie booth, and a memory mural wall will also be featured at the event.
Daniella Zimmerman is an ally with many loved ones and friends in the LGBT community. Zimmerman said they've been trying to organize this event for the past three years, but it was put off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year is the first in-person Placer Pride event.
"There needs to be more visibility. There are a lot of members of the LGBT family that live here and don't often feel that they can be open in how they live or that they're supported [and] that there's other people like them in the community," Zimmerman said.
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Plane caught in power lines after crash in Maryland, 2 occupants unhurt
A small plane carrying two people got stuck in live power lines Sunday evening in Maryland, causing widespread power outages in the surrounding county as officials tried to extricate the aircraft.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the single-engine plane, which had departed White Plains, N.Y., crashed into the power lines near Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg around 5:40 p.m. Sunday. The FAA said two people were aboard.
Pete Piringer, chief spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service, said on Twitter that the people on board are uninjured and that rescuers had been in contact with them. He had at one point said in a video message that three people were on the plane but later clarified that it was two.
The FAA identified the plane as a Mooney M20J.
The video showed a small white plane positioned nose up near a power tower. A local television station's live video showed the plane remained stuck in the transmission tower after 8 p.m.
The plane was stuck about 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground, and the transmission lines remained live, complicating rescue efforts, Piringer said.
"Everything is still energized at this time," he said.
The utility Pepco reported that about 80,000 customers were without power in Montgomery County. Piringer said that many traffic lights were also out in the area. The utility said in a statement that its personnel were waiting for rescuers to clear them to enter the scene before they can make repairs at the site of the crash.
The crash took place in Gaithersburg, a city of 69,000 people about 24 miles (39 kilometers) northwest of Washington, D.C.
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Two teams that played on Thanksgiving last week get set for another midweek matchup in Week 13, as the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots get to do battle in Foxborough on Thursday Night Football.
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- When: Thursday, December 1
- Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
- Where: Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
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Though they have had to battle hard over recent weeks, the Bills have found a way to renew their winning ways. After dropping back-to-back games against the New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo returned to form with wins against the Cleveland Browns and on Thanksgiving over the Detroit Lions. How close many of the Bills’ games have been this season has been an odd occurrence. In their first 11 games, eight have been decided by one score, including five of their last six. While some of the teams Buffalo has beaten have been non-playoff contenders, they have shown that they have what it takes to win tough contests when the chips are down. The Bills remain at the top of the AFC East, tied for the top spot with the Miami Dolphins.
At the bottom of the division, with an above-.500 record, sits the Patriots. Like Buffalo, New England played seven days ago, losing in heartbreaking fashion to the Minnesota Vikings. Quarterback Mac Jones played well in the losing effort, throwing a couple of touchdowns, ending up with 382 yards through the air. The loss put an end to the Pats’ three-game winning streak, though they have won five of their last seven games. Currently, two games back of the Bills and Dolphins, New England is just one game out of a playoff spot coming into this week, right behind another AFC East rival in the New York Jets.
Historically, the Patriots have dominated the Bills, winning 77 of the first 128 meetings. However, Buffalo has won four of the last five matchups, including beating New England in the Wild Card round last season.
MY PICK: Bills win, 28-20
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Graham appeals order to testify in Georgia election probe
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has formally appealed a judge’s order requiring him to testify before a special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
The South Carolina Republican’s appeal had been expected following a judge’s Monday ruling that he comply with prosecutors’ efforts to compel him to testify Aug. 23 about his phone calls to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff in the weeks following the election.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will consider Graham’s request, filed late Wednesday. Graham’s legal team also asked a federal judge to put his special grand jury appearance on hold during the appeal process.
Graham’s appeal was made the same day that another Trump associate, former campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani, spent roughly six hours before the special grand jury. The former New York mayor spread false claims of election fraud in Fulton County as he led efforts to challenge the election results in Georgia.
Met by an Associated Press reporter at the airport as he returned to New York on Wednesday, Giuliani said that he had “satisfied his obligation under the subpoena” from prosecutors but gave no further details of his testimony.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has indicated she is interested in the details of a phone call between Graham and Raffensperger shortly after the 2020 election. At the time, Raffensperger said that Graham asked if he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots and that he interpreted the question as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes.
Graham also “made reference to allegations of widespread voter fraud in the November 2020 election in Georgia, consistent with public statements made by known affiliates of the Trump Campaign,” Willis wrote in a court filing.
Graham has argued that calls were part of his duties as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with his legal team — which includes former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn — arguing that Graham’s position in Congress protects him from having to appear before the grand jury.
Willis opened her probe into post-election actions by Trump and his allies after the disclosure of a remarkable Jan. 2, 2021, phone call between Raffensperger and Trump in which the then-president suggested the state official could “find” the exact number of votes that would be needed to flip the election results in Georgia.
Denying any wrongdoing, Trump has described the call as “perfect.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, meanwhile, had received a subpoena to appear before the special grand jury on Thursday. But his lawyers on Wednesday filed a motion to quash it, and Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said the governor doesn’t have to appear while that motion is pending, Kemp spokesperson Katie Byrd said.
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MILWAUKEE, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Imago (Nasdaq: IMGO) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Merck.
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Ademi LLP alleges Imago's financial outlook and prospects are excellent and yet Imago holders will receive only $36.00 per share in cash for an approximate total equity value of $1.35 billion. The transaction agreement unreasonably limits competing bids for Imago by imposing a significant penalty if Imago accepts a superior bid. Imago insiders will receive substantial benefits as part of change of control arrangements.
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Ten-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony formally introduced his retirement from the league after 19 seasons on Monday. Anthony published that he was once retiring in a video he launched on social media.
“I remember the days when I had nothing, just a ball on the court and a dream of something more,” Anthony stated. “But basketball was once my outlet, my function was once sturdy, my communities, the towns I represented with pleasure, and the lovers that supported me alongside the way in which. I’m without end thankful for the ones other folks and puts, as a result of they made me Carmelo Anthony.
“But now the time has come for me to say goodbye — to the court where I made my name, to the game that gave me purpose and pride. But this bittersweet goodbye to the NBA, I am excited about what the future holds for me. When people ask what I believe my legacy is, it’s not my feats on the court that come to mind, nor the awards or praise, because my story has always been more than basketball.”
Anthony spent the bulk of his occupation as a member of the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks. Over the overall 5 seasons of his skilled occupation, Anthony performed for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, and Houston Rockets ahead of he hung it up.
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When you don't have a solid credit history, it can be difficult to qualify for a traditional credit card. If you have a limited credit history or are looking to boost your score, the Milestone® Mastercard® may help.
Designed for those without an extensive credit history, the Milestone Mastercard doesn't come with many bells or whistles, but it does have lower credit requirements than many other cards. But with an annual fee that's based on your credit profile and a high purchase APR, this card can quickly become an expensive way to build credit.
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Milestone® Mastercard®
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You can't earn rewards like cash back or points with the Milestone Mastercard. If you want to earn rewards on your purchases, we recommend considering the Discover it® Secured Credit Card* or the Petal® 2 "Cash Back, No Fees" Visa® Credit Card. Both allow you to earn rewards and are easier to qualify for if you have lower credit than most other rewards cards.
But this isn't a secured credit card, so you don't need a down payment to determine your credit limit. This is a nice perk for those who don't have a lump-sum deposit that secured cards require.
The card reports to the three major credit bureaus, so you may see a credit score boost after a few months of on-time payments. Like most cards, the Milestone offers identity and fraud protection in case your card is lost or stolen. Milestone also offers prequalification to see if you're eligible for the card before completing a full application.
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- High APR: You could face a purchase APR upwards of 24.90%, and if you need a cash advance, there's a 29.90% APR.
- Annual fee: The annual fee ranges from $35 to $99, depending on your credit standing.
- Low credit limit: Most cardholders receive a $300 credit limit, though some may get approved for a higher limit. Your annual fee is deducted from your card limit.
- Over-limit fee: This up to $40 charge happens if you exceed your credit limit but only goes into effect if you enroll in Overlimit Coverage. Otherwise, charges that go over your limit will be declined.
- Foreign transaction fee: The foreign transaction fee is 1%, which is low compared to other credit cards.
- Cash advance fee: 5% or $5 of the transaction, whichever is greater and not to exceed $100 (waived during the first year).
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Discover it® Secured Credit Card
While the Discover it® Secured card requires a minimum $200 security deposit to serve as your credit line, it doesn't have an annual fee like the Milestone. Unlike the Milestone, however, the Discover it® Secured lets you earn cash back on every purchase. You'll earn 2% at gas stations and restaurants (for up to $1,000 in combined purchases per quarter) and 1% on everything else. This card also offers a cash-back match on the rewards you've earned at the end of your first year -- essentially doubling your cash back.
Discover will also review your account after seven months, which means you could qualify to upgrade to an unsecured card and get your deposit back. But, if you're worried you may overspend to earn cash back, a credit-builder card without rewards might be better.
Read our full review of the Discover it® Secured Credit Card.
Secured Chime Credit Builder Visa® Credit Card
If you're worried about not getting approved for a credit card, the Secured Chime Credit Builder is another option that can help you improve your credit without worrying about a credit check. The Chime card has no annual fee -- but you'll need to create and fund a Chime checking account to get started.
Like most secured cards, your credit limit is equal to your security deposit amount. But Chime lets you use your deposit to pay your bill, if needed, which may offer new credit users more peace of mind.
Read our full review of the Secured Chime Credit Builder Visa Credit Card.
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What's the safest way to build credit?
There are a few ways to build credit safely. You could apply for a credit-building card or secured card, then start charging purchases you can afford to pay back. Pay your bill in full at the end of each month to avoid interest, and after a few months of responsible use, you should see your credit score start to increase.
If you have no credit or are having difficulty getting approved for a card, you could consider becoming an authorized user on another person's credit card. As long as the authorized user manages credit responsibly, your score can improve as a result. Just make sure you don't run up a balance you can't repay on their account -- doing so can bring both of your credit scores down.
Will a hard credit check hurt my credit score?
Whenever there's a hard credit check on your report, your credit score is likely to drop temporarily. Once you start to make on-time payments, your score should go up. Keep hard inquiries to a minimum -- maybe a couple a year -- to protect your credit score.
Should I close my old credit card line?
The length of your credit history also plays a part in your overall score. Closing an older credit card -- especially if it's your oldest credit account -- can cause your score to drop since your average length of credit history would decrease.
If you still use the card sparingly, we recommend keeping it open. But if the card costs more than it's worth -- has a high annual fee or benefits you can't use -- then it may make sense to close your account. Just be prepared for your credit score to drop once the closed account hits your credit report.
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Elon Musk begins Twitter layoffs, faces lawsuit
(CNN) - Elon Musk will begin laying off Twitter employees Friday morning, according to a staff email.
But a class-action lawsuit is already pushing back on that decision.
The lawsuit filed behalf of Twitter employees alleges the social media company is in violation of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
The WARN Act requires that an employer with more than 100 employees must provide 60 days advanced written notice before a mass layoff.
According to a memo sent to staff Thursday, Twitter employees will receive a notice by noon Eastern Friday that informs them of their job status.
The social media platform’s San Francisco headquarters will be temporarily closed to help ensure the safety of employees and its computer servers.
At one point during his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Musk had indicated that he would lay off up to half of the platform’s employees.
CNN has reached out to twitter for comment on the lawsuit but has not heard back yet.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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...FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
The Flood Advisory will expire at 8 PM MDT this evening for a
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threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
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Wind Chill Warning issued February 22 at 11:59AM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS Pocatello ID
* WHAT…Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Wind chills
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* WHERE…Mud Lake, INL, Craters of the Moon NM, Idaho Falls,
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* WHEN…From 9 PM this evening to 11 AM MST Thursday.
* IMPACTS…The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed
skin in as little as 10 minutes.
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In Season 3 of “Emily in Paris,” Emily Cooper, moonlighting as a server — albeit one wearing designer flats — confuses the words “Champagne” and “champignons,” causing a horrible allergic reaction in a customer at Chez Lavaux, a restaurant where her erstwhile French lover Gabriel is head chef.
The scene made Nicole Pritchard, a Paris-based real estate agent, yacht broker and part-time yoga instructor from Virginia, clutch her Hermès scarf in horror. After all, she huffed, Emily (played by Lily Collins) has been living in the French capital for about a year and had a Champagne brand as her client at the fictional luxury marketing firm, Savoir, where she worked. How is it possible, Pritchard asked, that Emily can’t tell the difference between Dom Pérignon and mushrooms?
“Emily embarrasses me, as I don’t see her trying very hard to integrate into French life,” Pritchard, 41, who has lived in Paris for 20 years, said on a recent day, speaking in hushed tones from the lobby of the glamorous Hotel Costes, where she peppered her sentences with carefully enunciated French. “After all those language classes, she should know the difference between Champagne and champignons,” she added. “It’s two or three syllables. It’s not that hard.”
Since its premiere in late 2020, the popular Netflix series about an American 20-something who moves to Paris for an unexpected job opportunity has spawned a backlash among the French, who complain that it portrays them as nasty, haughty and lazy while projecting Paris as an urban fantasyland, filled with luridly colored berets, serial philanderers and malevolent servers.
When Season 3 was released in late December, Le Monde, the influential French newspaper, published a cri de cœur, sniping, “It is time to consider at least one season of Emily Away from Paris.” Writing last week in the left-leaning French newspaper Libération, David Belliard, deputy mayor of Paris, railed against the show’s “Disneyland Paris, which is confined to the districts of the ultracenter and is inhabited only by the richest people.” The show, he complained, also seemed oblivious about climate change and the scarcity of resources.
But perhaps even more triggered by the series than the French are the real-life Emilys in Paris, American expatriates, who complain that they have spent years perfecting understated elegance and the rolling of their R’s, only to have a brash Chicagoan, in a structured Dolce & Gabbana Zebra-print Jacquard jacket with wings, swoop in and ruin their image.
Emily Hamilton, an actual former Emily in Paris, who previously worked in the culture section of the French embassy in New York, said she gave up watching the show; no one, she said, including Emily or her mean fictional boss Sylvie, played with biting insouciance by Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, resembled anyone she had ever met in France.
“Everyone is an exaggeration,” she said. “It all feels completely absurd.”
And among those cringing is even Rebecca Leffler, 40, who has been dubbed “the real ‘Emily in Paris’” in the French media and is a sometime food writer who aspires to be “the Julia Child of kale.” A former New Jersey resident, she worked as a consultant for the series during Season 1, drawing on her two decades of expatriate life in the French capital to help shape Emily’s on-screen Paris life.
Like Emily Cooper, Leffler moved to Paris in her 20s, and worked in a luxury division within Publicis Groupe, a French advertising company. Although she recognized that Emily’s chronic bumbling was a necessary narrative conceit, Leffler said she was nevertheless irked by Season 3 because Emily always seemed to get what she wanted — haute couture, handsome men, business wins — while never seeming to encounter the harsh realities she had, such as French bureaucracy, spiraling rents and gnawing homesickness.
“Emily’s biggest struggle is accidentally cutting her bangs while every hot man she meets falls for her,” Leffler said. “She posts a croissant on Instagram and suddenly has a gazillion followers. She has an entry-level marketing position and can afford expensive designer dresses. I mean, are they kidding?”
Members of the “Emily” creative team at Netflix, apparently fed up with perceived Emily-bashing, declined multiple interview requests, as did Darren Star, the show’s creator. But Star has previously stressed that “Emily in Paris” is a glamorous love letter to Paris by a young American woman who had never lived there. Aspirational fantasy — not social anthropology.
Pritchard, a Virginia native who also moved to Paris when she was Emily Cooper’s age, said she had initially cheered the character as she grappled with Parisian dog poop and heartbreak, providing comic relief during Paris’ difficult pandemic lockdowns. But by Season 3, she said her patience had fizzled like bad Champagne after Emily grossly mispronounced “bien sur” (“of course!”), flashed her midriff at the office and mistook George Sand, a French romantic writer, as a man.
“My early inspiration for moving to France was the 1954 Billy Wilder film ‘Sabrina,’ starring Audrey Hepburn as an awkward American 20-something who transforms into an elegant creature and queen of her own destiny, thanks in part to her French mentors,” Pritchard said. “Sabrina, Emily Cooper is not!”
Pritchard said her weekly pilgrimage to Café de Flore, where Simone de Beauvoir and Pablo Picasso once puffed and preached, had been ruined by the dozens of raucous “Emily in Paris” pilgrims who now swarmed the cafe, taking Instagram-ready selfies on one of the several 2-hour tours of Emily’s favorite Paris haunts, including her Fifth Arrondissement apartment. Some wear fire-engine red berets, just like Emily.
Such is the ubiquity of the series in the global cultural firmament that Paris hotels, restaurants and bars say the tourism industry is benefiting, and cite “The Emily effect”: Emily-obsessed American tourists arriving in droves. In late December, McDonald’s in Paris introduced an “Emily in Paris” menu featuring the McBaguette, complemented by a duo of chocolate and raspberry macarons. (In Season 3, Gabriel, a French chef aspiring for a Michelin star, improbably, calls McDonald’s a “little treat.”)
Pamela Druckerman, 52, a Paris-based American writer from Miami, who has written books on French motherhood and French sexual mores, lamented that the show treated Paris as a “two-dimensional cartoon” in which Emily can journey from Montmartre to the Left Bank in what seems like a nanosecond, “without ever taking the metro or encountering homeless people.” Emily — brash, naive and clad in metallic-blue knee-high boots — held up an uncomfortable mirror of everything she had striven not to be.
“We try so hard not to be the ugly American, and here is Emily with her terrible accent and garish clothing, shouting at French people in English and expecting them to understand,” Druckerman said. “Being an American expat in Paris is all about trying to seem vaguely French or invisibly American, and Emily is the opposite of that.”
Fetishizing Paris is part of a long tradition among American cultural observers, from Ernest Hemingway to Woody Allen, many of whom have romanticized the French capital as if its streets were bathed in Chanel No. 5. Yet, American expatriates and French luminaries alike said the show seemed grotesquely divorced from 21st-century France, a country buffeted by social inequality, restive suburbs and racial tensions.
Gérard Araud, France’s former ambassador to Washington, known for throwing fabulous parties that would make Emily swoon, said he wasn’t watching the series and his circle appeared to be studiously avoiding it. “In France, it has the reputation of being a typically American mixture of cliches and of schmaltz,” he wrote in an email. “Cliches about us don’t interest us, and the French are not very schmaltzy.”
Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s most famous public intellectual, also appears intent on not devoting any gray matter to the series. “I didn’t even think of looking at the show,” he said through a spokesperson.
Nevertheless, Leffler, the former consultant for the series, said Season 3 got some things right, including by having French characters speak more French among themselves. The show also, she said, accurately captured the French philosophy that it is beneficial for people not to work all the time. In 2017, France passed a provision in the labor law offering the right to disconnect by, in some cases, limiting the need for employees to reply to emails after work.
Although some fashionistas have blasted “Emily in Paris” for ignoring the famous maxim attributed to Coco Chanel, “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off,” the series has won fans among leading designers.
“I don’t know anybody in Paris who dresses like ‘Emily in Paris’ or any 20-something woman who wears Schiaparelli to get her croissant in the morning,” said Christian Juul Nielsen, creative director of Hervé Léger, who worked nearly a decade in Paris as a designer for Christian Dior. “I wish I did!”
The real-life Emilys said, however, that the show’s portrayal of Paris with the grit scrubbed off made them appreciate the real Paris more. Emily also gave them someone to look down on, given that it often seemed as if Frenchwomen could outcook, outcharm and outdress them.
In one sense, at least, Leffler acknowledged she was trying harder to embrace her inner Emily. “I used to want everyone to like me, but the French don’t care if you like them,” she said. “I’m from New Jersey, and now I own it.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/american-expatriates-in-paris-wish-emily-cooper-would-go-home/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-01-20 22:41:47 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/american-expatriates-in-paris-wish-emily-cooper-would-go-home/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire, including The Chicago Auto Show and Honda's partnership with Topgolf.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the auto and transportation industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- American Honda Joins Modern Golf Movement as First National Automotive Partner of Topgolf
New partnership will connect Honda and Acura brands with next-gen buyers - Expanded Chicago Drives Electric Indoor Test Track Showcases Electric Vehicle
The Chicago Auto Show has engaged a range of EV experts to support the Chicago Drives Electric hub including title sponsor, ComEd, and premier sponsors Autel, Cars.com, and Powering Chicago. - Trailways.com Announces New Service Connecting Detroit to Toronto
Detroit and Toronto reconnected by daily ground transportation for the first time since covid pandemic lockdowns. - New analysis by Geotab investigates the impact of temperature and speed on electric vehicle range
Free interactive resource uses real-world EV data to visualize factors that impact EV performance. - Kia Wins 2023 Vincentric Best Value In America Awards For 2023 Sorento PHEV And Rio
Rio identified as having the lowest cost of ownership in both the Subcompact and Subcompact Hatchback segments. - BofA to Offer Financing for Residential Electric Vehicle Chargers
New loan option enables consumers to finance electric vehicles and chargers together. - Roambee's Supply Chain Intelligence Platform Drives Record Growth for the Company
The platform is built on highly accurate real-time sensor data analytics and is the brain behind tomorrow's autonomous supply chain. - Southwest Airlines Dispatchers And Facilities Maintenance Technicians Approve Collective Bargaining Agreements
"We have now ratified agreements with five of our union-represented workgroups within the past four months," said Adam Carlisle, Vice President Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines®. - Hyundai Announces Evolve+ EV Subscription Program at the Chicago Auto Show
Evolve+ is Meant to Attract the "EV-Curious" Audience, and Attract First-time EV Customers with Popular IONIQ 5 and Kona Electric Models.
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LOS ANGELES, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Westcove Partners LLC ("Westcove"), an emerging and highly specialized investment bank, announced that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Midwest Breast and Aesthetic Surgery, Inc. ("Midwest Breast") in its partnership with Advanced Reconstructive Surgery Alliance ("ARSA"), a portfolio company of Webster Equity Partners ("Webster"). Midwest Breast is one of the premier providers of cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries of the breast, and body contouring in the United States. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Westcove's deal team included Justin Hand, Managing Director, Abe M'Bodj, Vice President, Dimitri Michalakis, Associate, and Rebecca Phuong, Associate.
Midwest Breast, based in Gahanna, Ohio, has a team of board-certified plastic microsurgeons with experience in breast reconstruction, aesthetic breast surgery, lymphedema and gender confirmation surgery. Midwest Breast enjoys national recognition with patients coming in from across the United States.
Bringing Midwest Breast into its network, ARSA will expand its footprint in the Midwest. ARSA is a growth-oriented platform designed especially for reconstructive and cosmetic surgery practices. Its national network comprises over 30 locations across 6 states, enabling the realization of benefits of scale and centralization of services.
Dr. Andrew Elkwood, CEO of ARSA, stated, "Due to their skill set, expertise and reputation, Midwest Breast makes the perfect foundation in the Midwestern U.S. to fulfill ARSA's mission -to become the premiere alliance of independent reconstructive surgery practices in the nation. Westcove Partners are true professionals; they served their clients well, but made things happen in a most pleasant and effective manner. We look forward to doing business with them in the future."
Drs. Pankaj Tiwari and Ergun Kocak, founders of Midwest Breast and Aesthetic Surgery, stated, "The flexibility and professionalism the Westcove team have shown was incredible and we feel fortunate to have had such a team on our side."
Justin Hand of Westcove comments, "Midwest Breast's expertise in microsurgical procedures combined with its patient-centric approach have enabled it to achieve national recognition. We believe that Midwest Breast's high degree of specialization and strong reputation will allow ARSA to establish a powerful presence in the Midwest."
Westcove Partners is a leading healthcare-focused investment bank that specializes in advising its clients through mergers & acquisitions, debt and equity financing, as well as other complex corporate finance transactions.
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Shan Chawla,
Schawla@westcove.com
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