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Well, THIS is a surprise!
Former 3LW singer and The Real co-host Adrienne Bailon and her husband, award-winning gospel singer Israel Houghton, have announced the arrival of their first child together!
The couple shared a joint Instagram post on Tuesday (August 16), sharing that they recently welcomed a baby boy, Ever James, via surrogate.
“Our baby boy is here & we are so in love!” the post reads. “If you have followed our love story… you know that our journey to baby has been very challenging – But God is true to His word and His promises. We have quietly prayed while sitting on this most magnificent secret for the last 9 months. He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every delayed prayer, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything. All we feel is joy and overwhelming love & gratitude. Grateful to God, to our angel surrogate and to all of our friends and family who have stood with us for over 5 years on this journey. He’s here and we have never been happier to lose sleep! #HappilyEverHoughton ”
As you may know, Adrienne has been all the way open and honest about her desire to expand her family with Israel, who already has five children from previous relationships. She has let her fans in on her journey to motherhood through The Real. Despite the struggles, she was determined to become a mom.
Well… Mission accomplished! Congrats!
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Monday became the first senior official from a European Union country to visit Belarus since the authoritarian Belarusian regime imposed a harsh crackdown on opposition in 2020.
His trip came as the EU is expected to consider a new package of sanctions against Belarus. The EU has slapped an array of sanctions on the country already, both for the repression that followed mass protests against the 2020 presidential election — widely seen as rigged — and for Belarus’ hosting Russian troops during the war in Ukraine.
Belarusian political analyst Valery Karbalevich said that as a result of the sanctions Minsk is experiencing “huge” difficulties with the export of potash fertilizers — a key source of revenue — and oil products.
“And the continuation of the war (in Ukraine) is tightening the economic knot around the neck of Belarus,” Karbalevich said. “The Belarusian authorities are doing their best to ease this pressure.”
Belarus has not deployed troops in Ukraine, but Russian soldiers based there have crossed the border into Ukraine’s north.
After the 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a new term, massive protests broke out and persisted for weeks, the largest and most prolonged wave of unrest since Lukashenko came to power in 1994.
He unleashed a brutal crackdown on the protesters; more than 35,000 people were arrested and thousands were beaten by police. Among those arrested was human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize laurates. He is on trial and faces 12 years in prison if convicted.
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who ran against Lukashenko in 2020 and left the country days after the election, condemned Szijjarto’s vist.
“At a time when a Nobel laureate is being tried, journalists are being tortured, Russian soldiers are being trained before going to fight in Ukraine, such actions are unacceptable,” she said.
In closing remarks at his closed-door trial, Bialiatski said Monday that Lukashenko made “a political decision to crush and destroy the civil society of Belarus,” according to the Viasna human rights center that he founded.
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Republican presidential candidate and "Woke, Inc" author Vivek Ramaswamy, said companies should be able to walk back their ventures into the culture wars.
"I think that there's an opportunity for companies to set their course straight," Ramaswamy told Fox News while on his campaign bus in New Hampshire. "I believe in companies learning from their mistakes."
Budweiser released a patriotic ad Friday featuring its iconic Clydesdale horses trotting by U.S. landmarks. The commercial aired after Bud Light partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney earlier this month, leading to a boycott and its parent company Anheuser-Busch losing $5 billion in value.
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"It's just the latest example of a trend in corporate America where companies pretend to care about something other than profit and power precisely to gain more of each," Ramaswamy said of Bud Light's partnership.
"Particularly in this case, their executives are even engaging in self-harm to the company's own commercial goals, alienating their customer base by this Dylan Mulvaney deal that they struck, when in fact, it just makes them feel better about themselves and bend the knee to this new ESG orthodoxy," he said.
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Ramaswamy cited Netflix as an example of a company that veered into politics only to backtrack to prioritize performance. The streaming giant last year axed a number of projects that would likely attract a liberal audience, such as an animated version of Ibram X. Kendi's "Antiracist Baby," and laid off 2% of its staff.
"It was a company that was in the center of Hollywood, bending its knee to the anti-excellence and woke orthodoxy," he said. "They actually had a disastrous quarterly earnings report that then caused Netflix to say, okay, we're rethinking things."
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"Then they sent a memo that said that if you don't like what's happening at this company, you don't like what movies or what TV shows you're assigned to because they offend you, you might want to consider working for a different company," Ramaswamy added.
The presidential hopeful also said Netflix changing its path was "capitalism working itself out."
Ramaswamy, 37, was the founder and CEO of the pharmaceutical company Roivant Science. He stepped down in 2021 and published "Woke, Inc," which makes the case for ridding corporate America of politics.
"The free market is really working," Ramaswamy told Fox News. "I'm optimistic that if we change our culture, if we end this victimhood culture amongst the next generation of Americans, the demand side might not pay off as well for companies."
"Companies like Netflix and, who knows, maybe even Budweiser will change their behaviors accordingly," he said.
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Ramaswamy added that the infusion of woke politics is affecting America’s boardrooms across many companies beyond Bud Light. He pointed to backlash after Coca-Cola's condemned a 2021 Republican-led Georgia voting law that required voters requesting or submitting an absentee ballot to show identification.
Ramaswamy said Coca-Cola was "another beverage company behaving more like a super PAC than a soft drink manufacturer."
He added that he believes many companies are willing to wade into woke American politics but avoid "saying a peep about actual human rights atrocities in places like China."
"I think that this is just another example of not just a failure of American capitalism, but a failure of American culture," he said, adding that companies are just "blowing smoke to deflect accountability from the real things they'd rather not face up to."
Budweiser did not immediately return a request for comment.
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ORLANDO, Fla., April 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN), a real estate investment trust, declared a quarterly dividend of 55 cents per share payable May 15, 2023 to common shareholders of record on April 28, 2023. NNN is one of only three publicly traded REITs and 78 publicly traded companies in America to have increased annual dividends for 33 or more consecutive years.
National Retail Properties invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of December 31, 2022, the company owned 3,411 properties in 48 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 35.0 million square feet and with a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.4 years. For more information on the company, visit www.nnnreit.com.
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The air in your home doesn’t clean itself
Cleaning is common sense. When you are finished eating a meal, you wash the dishes. After wearing your clothes, you put them in the laundry. When the floor gets dirty, you give it a vacuum. But what about the air? Since you can’t always see the mold, dust, pet dander and bacteria floating around, you just breathe it all in.
An air purifier cleans the air. The best models keep at least 99.97% of irritants and pollutants from entering your lungs to help you live a longer, healthier life. BestReviews Testing Lab has evaluated several models to learn what features are the most important. You might be surprised to learn, you can get a quality model for under $100.
Features in a quality air purifier
It is possible to spend several hundred dollars on a high-end air purifier that has all the bells and whistles, such as a real-time air quality monitor. However, if you just want to make sure the air in your bedroom or office is as clean as it can be, there are only two features you want to focus on: the filters and the capacity.
The most important element to consider is the type of filter an air purifier has. Ideally, you want a model that has at least two types of filters. You want an activated carbon filter to remove odors and a high-efficiency particulate air filter to remove everything else (allergens, mold and more). Of the two, the HEPA filter is more important for your health. Additionally, a pre-filter could help prolong the life of your HEPA filter, but it will not make your air filter function any better when it comes to removing particles from the air.
The other feature to pay attention to is capacity. Most air purifiers advertise not only a maximum room size, but how long it takes to clean all the air in that room. It is best, especially if you have people living with allergies in your home, to purchase a model that can do this in about 15 minutes.
10 best air purifiers under $100
Levoit Air Purifier Core 300 for Home
This model costs just under $100 and has a 360-degree air intake that allows it to clean the air of a small room in as little as 12 minutes. It has a pre-filter, an activated carbon filter and a HEPA filter to ensure your air is free of both odor and airborne particles.
Available at Amazon and Home Depot
PureEnrichment PureZone 3-in-1 Air Purifier
The compact design of this air purifier makes it small enough to fit on a tabletop or a counter. It has three levels of filtration: the first filter removes odors, the second filter removes airborne particles and the third eliminates bacteria and viruses.
Available at Amazon and Home Depot
GermGuardian True HEPA Filter Air Purifier
In small rooms, such as a bedroom, this air purifier cleans the air in under 15 minutes. While the HEPA filter removes dust, pollen, pet dander, mold spores, and more, the ultraviolet-C light reduces airborne germs such as Escherichia Coli, Staphylococcus Albus and more.
Available at Amazon and Home Depot
Veva 8000 Black Air Purifier
This adaptable air purifier stands out for its four activated carbon pre-filters that scrub the air of smells, including pet odors. You can use it as a floor model or remove the base and transform it into a desktop air purifier as needed.
Available at Amazon
Crane HEPA Air Purifier for Small to Medium Rooms
The three speeds on this tabletop air purifier let you adapt it to your needs. You can turn it up to full speed or dial it back to a whisper-quiet mode to let it run all night while you sleep. This model is tough on airborne particles, however it doesn’t remove odors.
Available at Home Depot
Levoit Bedroom Air Purifier
For people who struggle with allergies and require clean air in the bedroom, this model is an excellent option. The VortexAir Technology combined with the three-stage filtration, can clean the air in small rooms in a matter of minutes, and keep it that way with quiet operation all night long.
Available at Amazon
Osimo HEPA Bedroom Air Purifier
It is small enough to be placed on a nightstand and operates at a whisper, making it a top choice for your bedroom. It can remove dust, pet dander, odors and more to help you get a more restful night’s sleep.
Available at Amazon
Holmes Desktop Filter
If you just have a small space and you don’t want to spend a lot of money to reduce aggravating allergens from the air, this tiny air purifier is up to the task. The optional air ionizer binds small particles together so they can be more easily captured and removed.
Available at Amazon
Germ Guardian Pluggable Small Air Purifier
For a slightly different solution to airborne pollutants, try this plug-in sanitizer. The UV-C light is a simple solution to help kill airborne viruses and reduce odors in a small room. To be clear, there is no filter. This model just sanitizes the air.
Available at Amazon and Home Depot
Queenty Air Purifier for Car
This compact air purifier has a USB plug and is compatible with operation in a vehicle, making it the perfect solution to clean the air in your car. The three-stage filtration ensures that both particulates, such as pollen, and smells, including lingering fast food odors, are removed from your car.
Available at Amazon
Other top models
- This powerful air purifier can remove up to 99.97% of smoke, pollen, dust and mold from a room while also eliminating odors.
- The Hamilton Beach TrueAir air purifier has a HEPA-grade filter which can be vacuumed clean for extended life.
- If you are looking for value, this desktop air purifier not only removes particles and odor, it releases a pleasant fragrance to help you relax.
- This air purifier is less than $50, and it is specially designed for bedroom operation with its whisper-level mode.
- The Pure Enrichment PureZone Mini portable air purifier is just 8.5 inches, so you can take it with you, no matter where you go.
Allen Foster is a writer for BestReviews. BestReviews is a product review company with a singular mission: to help simplify your purchasing decisions and save you time and money.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police are investigating two separate fatal shootings that occurred at gas stations Friday night.
Police said the first killing at a Thornton's station at 7:25 p.m. was a “targeted murder,” according to a media release. A gunman shot and killed 23-year-old Kentrail Williams at the station on Eagle View Boulevard. Police said the gunman waited until Williams exited the store and opened fire, then fled in a white sedan. Williams died shortly after arriving at a hospital.
Later that night, 28-year-old Courtlyn Hendricks was involved in an exchange of gunfire and was shot, Nashville Police said. Investigators said Hendricks was parked at a Mapco gas station on Gallatin Pike South at 11 p.m. when a car blocked his vehicle in and began shooting. Henricks returned fire but was shot and died later at a hospital.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.
In a statement provided to The Associated Press, Lynn’s family said she died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
“Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home in her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills,” the family said in a statement. They asked for privacy as they grieve and said a memorial will be announced later.
Lynn already had four children before launching her career in the early 1960s, and her songs reflected her pride in her rural Kentucky background.
As a songwriter, she crafted a persona of a defiantly tough woman, a contrast to the stereotypical image of most female country singers. The Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control and sometimes got in trouble with radio programmers for material from which even rock performers once shied away.
Her biggest hits came in the 1960s and ’70s, including “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough,” “The Pill,” “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” “Rated X” and “You’re Looking at Country.” She was known for appearing in floor-length, wide gowns with elaborate embroidery or rhinestones, many created by her longtime personal assistant and designer Tim Cobb.
Her honesty and unique place in country music was rewarded. She was the first woman ever named entertainer of the year at the genre’s two major awards shows, first by the Country Music Association in 1972 and then by the Academy of Country Music three years later.
“It was what I wanted to hear and what I knew other women wanted to hear, too,” Lynn told the AP in 2016. “I didn’t write for the men; I wrote for us women. And the men loved it, too.”
In 1969, she released her autobiographical “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” which helped her reach her widest audience yet.
“We were poor but we had love/That’s the one thing Daddy made sure of/He shoveled coal to make a poor man’s dollar,” she sang.
“Coal Miner’s Daughter,” also the title of her 1976 book, was made into a 1980 movie of the same name. Sissy Spacek’s portrayal of Lynn won her an Academy Award and the film was also nominated for best picture.
Long after her commercial peak, Lynn won two Grammys in 2005 for her album “Van Lear Rose,” which featured 13 songs she wrote, including “Portland, Oregon” about a drunken one-night stand. “Van Lear Rose” was a collaboration with rocker Jack White, who produced the album and played the guitar parts.
Reba McEntire was among the stars who reacted to Lynn’s death, posting online about how the singer reminded her of her late mother. “Strong women, who loved their children and were fiercely loyal. Now they’re both in Heaven getting to visit and talk about how they were raised, how different country music is now from what it was when they were young. Sure makes me feel good that Mama went first so she could welcome Loretta into the hollers of heaven!”
Born Loretta Webb, the second of eight children, she wrote that her birthplace was Butcher Holler, near the coal mining company town of Van Lear in the mountains of east Kentucky. She literally put the place on the map, according to Peter Cooper, senior director, producer and writer at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. He wrote in his 2017 book “Johnny’s Cash and Charley’s Pride: Lasting Legends and Untold Adventures in Country Music” that she made up the name for the purposes of the song based on the names of the families that lived there.
Her daddy played the banjo, her mama played the guitar and she grew up on the songs of the Carter Family. Her younger sister, Crystal Gayle, is also a Grammy-winning country singer, scoring crossover hits with songs like “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” and “Half the Way.” Lynn’s daughter Patsy Lynn Russell also was a songwriter and producer of some of her albums.
“I was singing when I was born, I think,” she told the AP in 2016. “Daddy used to come out on the porch where I would be singing and rocking the babies to sleep. He’d say, ‘Loretta, shut that big mouth. People all over this holler can hear you.’ And I said, ‘Daddy, what difference does it make? They are all my cousins.’”
She wrote in her autobiography that she was 13 when she got married to Oliver “Mooney” Lynn, but the AP later discovered state records that showed she was 15. Tommy Lee Jones played Mooney Lynn in the biopic.
Her husband, whom she called “Doo” or “Doolittle,” urged her to sing professionally and helped promote her early career. With his help, she earned a recording contract with Decca Records, later MCA, and performed on the Grand Ole Opry stage. Lynn wrote her first hit single, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl,” released in 1960.
She also teamed up with singer Conway Twitty to form one of the most popular duos in country music with hits such as “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” and “After the Fire is Gone,” which earned them a Grammy Award. Their duets, and her single records, were always mainstream country and not crossover or pop-tinged.
And when she first started singing at the Grand Ole Opry, country star Patsy Cline took Lynn under her wing and mentored her during her early career.
The Academy of Country Music chose her as the artist of the decade for the 1970s, and she was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988. She won four Grammy Awards, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008, was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
In “Fist City,” Lynn threatens a hair-pulling fistfight if another woman won’t stay away from her man: “I’m here to tell you, gal, to lay off of my man/If you don’t want to go to Fist City.” That strong-willed but traditional country woman reappears in other Lynn songs. In “The Pill,” a song about sex and birth control, Lynn sings about how she’s sick of being trapped at home to take care of babies: “The feelin’ good comes easy now/Since I’ve got the pill,” she sang.
She moved to Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, outside of Nashville, in the 1990s, where she set up a ranch complete with a replica of her childhood home and a museum that is a popular roadside tourist stop. The dresses she was known for wearing are there, too.
Lynn knew that her songs were trailblazing, especially for country music, but she was just writing the truth that so many rural women like her experienced.
“I could see that other women was goin’ through the same thing, ‘cause I worked the clubs. I wasn’t the only one that was livin’ that life and I’m not the only one that’s gonna be livin’ today what I’m writin’,” she told The AP in 1995.
Even into her later years, Lynn never seemed to stop writing, scoring a multi-album deal in 2014 with Legacy Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. In 2017, she suffered a stroke that forced her to stop touring, but she released her 50th solo studio album, “Still Woman Enough” in 2021.
She and her husband were married nearly 50 years before he died in 1996. They had six children: Betty, Jack, Ernest and Clara, and then twins Patsy and Peggy. She had 17 grandchildren and four step-grandchildren.
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A new Peacock series is coming out based on a Pocatello native.
The series is based on Jan Broberg, who is known for having been kidnapped by a family friend at a young age.
Her name became well known thanks to the Netflix documentary 'Abducted in Plain Sight,' released in 2017.
The Peacock series will have nine episodes.
Jan says the series will tell the story of how they came to be friends with her kidnapper in the few years before her abduction.
She says they want people to understand they were just a good family that was targeted by a predator.
"It's the story well told in complete format so that you get the entire message of why we told our story, which is hopefully to help others see the very subtle grooming techniques that are happening to them in their own family or congregation or school and that we can prevent that happening to children," says Jan Broberg.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP)It was a very familiar feeling for Marquette coach Shaka Smart.
Kam Jones scored 22 points, Oso Ighodaro had 18 on 7-for-7 shooting and No. 20 Marquette beat Seton Hall 74-53 on Saturday.
”It reminds me of last year’s game here in that that I felt like Seton Hall was ready to play, and they were ready to go out and beat us,” Smart said. ”But our guys responded and gave a good pushback that allowed us to do what we needed.”
Marquette (16-5, 8-2 Big East) shot 54% (29 for 54) from the field in its second straight win since an 80-76 loss to Xavier last weekend.
The Golden Eagles used a 10-2 run to take a 37-29 halftime lead. Jones had 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the first half.
”The first half was a very good half for us … and then offensively, we just had to figure out their switching,” Smart said. ”They have good aggressiveness and good versatility.”
Ighodaro’s jumper sparked a 13-3 spurt, giving Marquette a 53-36 lead with 15:15 remaining. Jones capped the run with a 3-pointer.
The Golden Eagles led by as many as 22 at 74-52 with 1:48 remaining.
Kadary Richmond led Seton Hall with 10 points and five assists. The Pirates committed a season-high 26 turnovers.
”You don’t prepare well, you’re not playing well. It’s not rocket science,” Seton Hall coach Shaheen Holloway said.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
Following up on a win against No. 22 Providence, Marquette could move up in the AP poll. It is second in the Big East at the midpoint in conference play.
BIG PICTURE
Marquette: Winners of seven of their last eight, the Golden Eagles look like a team prepared to compete for a Big East title in its second year under Smart. They scored 34 points off Seton Hall’s turnovers.
Seton Hall: After starting 0-3 in the Big East, the Pirates won four straight – including a win over No. 15 UConn – and five of the last six coming in. Despite the loss, the Pirates have been playing better under first-year coach Shaheen Holloway.
UP NEXT
Marquette: At DePaul next Saturday.
Seton Hall: Host Butler next Saturday.
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Bills take advantage of Lamar Jackson's interceptions, Tyler Bass kicks game-winner as time expires
Josh Allen led the way to score 20 unanswered points to beat Baltimore
A clutch defensive play and ensuing fourth-quarter drive led the Buffalo Bills over the Baltimore Ravens, 23-20, on Sunday afternoon.
Lamar Jackson and the Ravens’ offense were driving on the Bills, pushing the ball all the way to the 2-yard line before finding themselves in a fourth-and-goal situation. But instead of going for the sure points with a field goal, head coach John Harbaugh decided to go for it, and the move didn’t work out.
Bills safety Jordan Poyer came up with a clutch interception on Jackson, who looked for Devin Duvernay in the end zone.
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Josh Allen, the Bills’ Pro Bowl quarterback, didn’t let that momentum switch go to the wayside. He had a 12-play drive down the field to eventually have Tyler Bass kick a game-winning field goal as time expired to collect their third win of the season.
It was also a comeback win for Buffalo, as they were down 20-3 at one point in the game. But the Bills mustered up 20 unanswered points that began with an Isaiah McKenzie touchdown catch for four yards right before the end of the first half.
Then, the third quarter was all Bills as Allen scored on an 11-yard run with 3:26 remaining, and Bass knocked through a 51-yarder before that. The game, then, was tied at 20 entering the fourth quarter.
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But Jackson’s interception on that fourth-and-goal wasn’t the only one as he threw one to Poyer on the previous drive, a ball intended for his favorite target, tight end Mark Andrews. Baltimore punted on their two previous drives as well.
Allen got things done in the air and on the ground, throwing for 213 yards on 19-for-36 with one touchdown and one interception while rushing for 70 yards to lead the Bills in that department with his scoring run as well.
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Stefon Diggs didn’t find the end zone again this week after not doing so against the Miami Dolphins in Week 3, but he led the way with 62 yards receiving to lead the team on four catches.
Matt Milano led the Bills in tackles with 13 total on the day, while Von Miller collected a sack on Jackson.
As for the Ravens, Jackson finished with 144 yards through the air on 20-for-29 with one touchdown and his two picks. He also rushed for 73 yards on 11 carries. J.K. Dobbins found the end zone twice in this game, once on the ground and one through the air as he helped the Ravens collect the early lead.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — CJ Kelly had 21 points and UCF beat SMU 76-70 on Thursday in the American Athletic Conference Tournament.
Zhuric Phelps led the Mustangs (10-22) in scoring, finishing with 21 points, seven assists and three steals. Zach Nutall added 12 points and two steals for SMU. Samuell Williamson also put up 10 points and 11 rebounds.
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ROME (AP) — Matteo Messina Denaro’s long record as a killer — turncoat mobsters said he’d boast of enough murders to fill a cemetery — greatly burnished his credentials among his peers as a major boss in the Sicilian Mafia.
After 30 years eluding capture while still running much of the Mafia’s affairs, he was arrested Monday at a Palermo clinic, where the convicted mobster was receiving chemotherapy. But while he was hustled off early Tuesday to a maximum-security prison on the Italian mainland, his capture is hardly expect to bring the demise of the Cosa Nostra, thanks to the syndicate’s more than century-old roots and rules.
“What will happen in detail, we can’t know,” Palermo Prosecutor General Lia Sava, said on Rai state radio about the future of the Mafia.
“But one thing is sure. Cosa Nostra is made up of rules. It has supported itself on these rules for 150 years, so certainly it will put into motion those rules to repair the damage, and thus create the new leadership structure needed after the arrest,” Sava said.
While Messina Denaro wielded great influence in the Mafia, for decades Cosa Nostra has lacked a supreme capo, investigators say.
The practically mythical figure of a “boss of bosses” ended in 1993, with the arrest in a Palermo hideout of Salvatore ”Toto” Riina, who had been Italy’s top fugitive for 23 years.
According to trial testimony that led to his conviction for many murders, including the 1992 bombings that killed Italy’s top two anti-Mafia magistrates, Riina was in charge of Cosa Nostra’s “commission” that ran illicit businesses and devised a strategy of deadly retaliation against the state for its crackdown on the mob.
“After Riina there was never an absolute boss,” said Rome Chief Prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi, who took up his post last year after serving as Palermo chief prosecutor, helping coordinate the hunt for Messina Denaro.
Even if the “capo di capi” figure still existed, Messina Denaro wouldn’t have qualified because he came from Castelvetrano on Sicily’s western edge, not from Palermo or its surrounding countryside, Lo Voi noted, citing Cosa Nostra’s rules.
Still, Messina Denaro, the son of a crime boss, “was one of the most important bosses and (he) had ties with other criminal organizations in Italy and abroad,” Lo Voi told The Associated Press.
“That’s why his arrest surely represents an earthquake at this moment for Cosa Nostra,” Lo Voi said.
Also boosting Messina Denaro’s prestige was his fierce record as a murderous clan boss, holding sway over a large swath of western Sicily, Lo Voi said.
A military plane ferried Messina Denaro Tuesday to a maximum security prison in L’Aquila, in the central Apennine mountains, where strict rules for top organized crime bosses who won’t cooperate with authorities include sharply limited visitor privileges.
Italy’s national anti-Mafia prosecutor, Giovanni Melillo, said that finally putting Messina Denaro behind bars won’t change the strategy Cosa Nostra has followed for more than a decade.
That strategy is “no longer one of violence” against the state, Melillo said on state TV Monday night, referring to the 1992 bombings that killed Palermo prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, and the 1993 bomb attacks against Rome churches, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence and an art gallery in Milan, part of the Mafia’s bid to try to get the state to drop its crackdown on Cosa Nostra.
Instead Cosa Nostra is lying low, opting to “co-penetrate the social and economic fabric” of Italy, Melillo said.
A small army of turncoats helped Italian authorities put scores of Cosa Nostra members behind bars in the last few decades, and as a consequence, gave boost to the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate in Italy’s southern “toe,” allowing it to eclipse the Sicilian mob in influence to become one of the world’s biggest cocaine brokers.
In the 1980s, an FBI undercover operation working with Italian investigators, including Falcone, broke up a multi-million heroin ring and cocaine distribution operation involving Sicilian Mafia figures and the Gambino crime family in New York.
But Cosa Nostra lately “has gone back in a big way to drug trafficking,” including cocaine, synthetic illegal drugs and heroin, Lo Voi said. With enough drug trade to go around, there’s no real rivalry between Cosa Nostra and the ‘ndrangheta, he added.
With drug trafficking, “the earnings are enormous and the activity is less dangerous than extortion,” Lo Voi said.
Pressuring local businesses to pay crime clans monthly protection money, known as “pizzo,” has long been a mainstay of Cosa Nostra’s activity.
But some 15 years ago, grass-roots groups of young people in Palermo rebelled against their elders’ longtime surrender to the practice. Forming an organization called “Addiopizzo,” or “Farewell Pizzo,” they encouraged businesses to report extortionists to authorities instead of paying them.
Control of local territory is crucial for the Mafia’s existence.
Lo Voi said during the COVID-19 pandemic, neighborhood mobsters supplied residents with groceries when breadwinners lost jobs.
That complex relationship — a combination of benefit, fear and even complicity — is suspected of helping Messina Denaro elude the law for 30 years, most of that time in Sicily.
Since his capture, police have been searching his most recent hideout — a home on a dead-end alley in Campobello di Mazara, near Trapani. The owner is Andrea Bonafede, the name the fugitive used on an identity card to receive his cancer treatment.
The real Bonafede is under investigation, including at least one of the doctors who had been involved in the fugitive’s treatment at the clinic beginning in late 2020, Italian news reports said.
Fellow cancer patients told La Repubblica daily that the man who wore designer scarves and hand-painted shirts freely chatted with them while receiving chemotherapy and sometimes gave them bottles of olive oil.
Six years ago, Italian authorities confiscated 13 million euros worth of olive groves and bottling facilities linked to Messina Denaro in the countryside near Trapani.
Shouts of “Bravi!” rose in the street outside the clinic when two Carabinieri officers brought him out of the clinic.
But others wondered about why it took decades to capture him.
“I had expected for a long time that it would happen, but it is absurd that it took 30 years,” Salvatore Borsellino, brother of the slain prosecutor, told AP in a video interview from Palermo.
It’s clear “that he enjoyed cover” on the local level, Borsellino said. “But there must have been institutional complicity” as well.
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SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that it has released the updated results from a Phase Ib/II study of the Bcl-2 inhibitor lisaftoclax (APG-2575) in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (R/R CLL/SLL) in a Poster Presentation at the 58th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
Entering the fifth consecutive year in which company's abstracts were selected for presentations by the ASCO Annual Meeting, Ascentage Pharma showcased results from multiple clinical trials of its five drug candidates, including favorable data of lisaftoclax, a key drug candidate of the company's apoptosis-targeted pipeline, in Chinese patients with R/R CLL/SLL showing an objective response rate (ORR) of 67.4%. Lisaftoclax was well tolerated, and all adverse events were manageable. No dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) were observed at up to 800 mg/day. The risk of clinical tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) in patients on daily dose ramp-up was minimal.
Prof. Jianyong Li, Director of the Hematology Department, Jiangsu People's Hospital, and the principal investigator of this study, said, "Lisaftoclax is a Bcl-2 selective inhibitor that can induce apoptosis and suppress the growth of tumor cells. In this Phase Ib/II study, lisaftoclax as a single agent showed favorable preliminary efficacy and safety, and a daily ramp-up schedule that is patients' friendly. We look forward to further evaluating the efficacy of lisaftoclax as a single agent and in combinations in patients with R/R CLL/SLL."
Dr. Yifan Zhai, Chief Medical Officer of Ascentage Pharma, commented, "Lisaftoclax is the first China-developed Bcl-2 inhibitor entering clinical development in China, also the world's second and China's first Bcl-2 inhibitor being investigated in pivotal trials. Data released at this year's ASCO Annual Meeting suggest that lisaftoclax may offer an effective, safe, and more 'user friendly' treatment alternative to patients with R/R CLL/SLL. We are taking firm steps forward with this clinical development program to allow patients to benefit from this novel therapeutic as soon as possible. Meanwhile, we are also evaluating lisaftoclax monotherapy and combinations in patients with solid tumors."
Dr. Zhai continued, "Furthermore, we are proud to be able to present clinical development progress for a number of Ascentage Pharma's drug candidates, which highlight our capabilities in global innovation. Honoring our mission of addressing unmet clinical needs in China and around the world, we are now accelerating our clinical programs to bring more safe and effective therapeutics to patients in need."
The highlights of this abstract on lisaftoclax are as follows:
A phase Ib/II study of lisaftoclax (APG-2575), a novel BCL-2 inhibitor (BCL-2i), in patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma (R/R CLL/SLL).
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- The aim of this multicenter, open-label study was to evaluate the safety, antitumor activity, PK, and pharmacodynamics (PD) of lisaftoclax in Chinese patients with R/R CLL/SLL.
- As of January 25, 2022, 45 patients had been enrolled. Lisaftoclax was administered orally once daily at 3 dose cohorts (400, 600, or 800 mg) in 28-day cycles, with 15 patients in each cohort.
- Lisaftoclax monotherapy demonstrated favorable safety profiles in all three dose cohorts, and no DLT was observed during the Phase I study.
- The risk of TLS in patients on daily dose ramp-up was extremely low, which was consistent with the observations of the Phase I study. The median duration of treatment was 7 cycles. and the ORR in the 43 efficacy evaluable patients with R/R CLL/SLL was 67.4%, including 1 complete response (CR) and 28 partial responses (PRs).
- BCL-2i lisaftoclax was well tolerated up to 800 mg/day. There were no significant new or unmanageable safety findings. The recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) of lisaftoclax was determined as 600 mg. Lisaftoclax may offer a treatment alternative for patients with R/R CLL/SLL, with a daily ramp-up schedule that may be more convenient and "user friendly".
Appendix: A list of Ascentage Pharma's abstracts selected by this year's ASCO Annual Meeting
About Ascentage Pharma
Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK) is a globally focused biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B, and age-related diseases. On October 28, 2019, Ascentage Pharma was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code 6855.HK.
Ascentage Pharma focuses on developing therapeutics that inhibit protein-protein interactions to restore apoptosis, or programmed cell death. The company has built a pipeline of eight clinical drug candidates, including novel, highly potent Bcl-2, and dual Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors, as well as candidates aimed at IAP and MDM2-p53 pathways, and next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Ascentage Pharma is also the only company in the world with active clinical programs targeting all three known classes of key apoptosis regulators. The company is conducting more than 50 Phase I/II clinical trials in the US, Australia, Europe, and China. Olverembatinib, the company's core drug candidate developed for the treatment of drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), was granted Priority Review status and a Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) by the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and is already approved for the indication. In addition, olverembatinib was also granted an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) and a Fast Track Designation (FTD) by the US FDA, and an Orphan Designation by the EU. To date, Ascentage Pharma has obtained a total of 15 ODDs, 2 FTDs, and 2 Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designations from the FDA and 1 ODD from the EU for four of the company's investigational drug candidates. Ascentage Pharma has been designated for multiple Major National R&D Projects, including 5 National Major New Drug Discovery and Manufacturing projects, 1 New Drug Incubator status, 4 Innovative Drug Programs, and 1 Major Project for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases.
Leveraging its robust R&D capabilities, Ascentage Pharma has built a portfolio of global intellectual property rights and entered into global partnerships with numerous renowned biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and research institutes such as UNITY Biotechnology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Merck, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer. The company has built a talented team with global experience in discovering, developing, launching, and commercializing innovative drugs and is setting up world-class commercial manufacturing and Sales & Marketing teams. One pivotal aim of Ascentage Pharma is to continuously strengthen its R&D capabilities and accelerate its clinical development programs, in order to fulfil its mission of addressing unmet clinical needs in China and around the world for the benefit of more patients.
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A hundred years ago, you would not have seen a person of color in a symphonic orchestra. Charles Burrell, who just turned 102 in October, is responsible for changing that.
Burrell is the first Black American musician worldwide to be hired under contract by a symphonic orchestra.
On his birthday, he attracted a full-house audience at Dazzle Jazz Club in downtown Denver.
"I didn't think I would make it past 20," Burrell said.
Burrell says he doesn't know how his passion for music started. It's always been a part of him.
"I wish I could say and name it, but I can't," Burrell said. "It's just overwhelming."
From a young age, he fell in love with classical music. He first performed in Denver and then in San Francisco. He's been an inspiration for many, including jazz pianist Purnell Steen, who saw Burrell perform 73 years ago at his debut concert.
"To see him step across that stage really impressed me," Steen said. "And the response that he got was very nasty and I was emotionally conflicted because I didn't know what he did wrong. He had to walk a tightrope because he knew there were people who despised him from both communities, from the Black community and the non-Black community. In the Black community, many people were jealous and they thought that he had sold out his heritage."
Burrell says he just focused on his love for music.
"Just do the things you're supposed to do, you know?" Burrell said. "And don't be a fool with what you're doing. You know, respect other people."
Seven-year-old Lincoln Burrell is his great-grandson.
"I've been told that he was like a great bass player," Lincoln Burrell said. "I've never heard any of these songs because my dad told me, like back in, like cameras weren't invented yet, so, like, they couldn't take any videos."
He goes to a performing arts school that was named after Burrell.
"Like everybody is just like, 'Oh, my Gosh. You're Charles' great-grandson! Oh, my God!'" Lincoln Burrell said.
Lincoln Burrell says he's proud to be related to Charles Burrell. And Steen says he's thankful to be so close to a man who he says served as a role model.
"He's the lone eagle because eagles are solitary, eagles soar to great heights, and they leave others in their wake," Steen said. "And that's what Charles Burrell did."
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US Supreme Court to hear Ohio’s challenge to a death row inmate’s request
A death row inmate who wants neurological testing is taking his case to the nation’s highest court.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - An Ohio death row inmate, who wants neurological testing done, takes his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tuesday, justices will hear arguments from lawyers representing Raymond Twyford and the State of Ohio. Twyford was convicted of murder in 1993, and his lawyers argue that there’s potential evidence left to be discovered.
Tywford was convicted of murdering a man who was accused of sexually assaulting two children whose mother Twyford lived with. Michael Benza, a Tywford attorney, said his client needs neurological testing.
Benza said, “When Ray was a teenager, he tried to kill himself by shooting himself in the head. And he has these 20 to 30 bullet fragments inside his brain.”
Benza wants to know whether those bullet fragments impact Tywford’s ability to process information or his competency. The testing can’t be done at the prison and would require the state transporting Tywford to a medical facility about an hour away. Lower courts gave the green light, but the State of Ohio is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn those decisions.
The state didn’t schedule an interview before our deadline, but we spoke with George Washington University law professor Paul Schiff Berman who analyzed the state’s argument, which is presented with Chillicothe Correctional Institute Warden Tim Shoop as the petitioner.
Schiff Berman said, “The warden is saying that he doesn’t have to do this because there’s no indication that the information that would be gained from the neurological exam will actually be admissible.”
Schiff Berman also notes that with the Supreme Court’s more conservative makeup, there’s a greater chance the court could overturn the lower court decisions.
Oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday morning. Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers is listed as the counsel of record for the state.
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(NEXSTAR) – Dutch Bros. Coffee has responded after an employee in Texas allegedly called a deaf woman the “most difficult customer ever” in a message printed on her receipt.
Ashley Vallejo, who posts to TikTok under the handle @ashley_deafvibes, outlined the incident for her followers late last week.
“I read lips, I can talk a little bit, but my voice is not perfect,” Vallejo said in the clip. She went on to explain that she had just purchased a coffee at a Dutch Bros. location in Waco when she noticed a rude message printed on her receipt.
“Most difficult customer ever,” it said.
Vallejo explained that she often experiences communication difficulties at restaurant drive-thrus, and frequently gets “punished with the wrong order” as a result. But this time, the message on Vallejo’s receipt was just too much.
“This? Ouch,” Vallejo said of the receipt.
Dutch Bros. has since issued a statement in response Vallejo’s video, calling the message on the receipt “unacceptable.”
“The experience the customer had was deeply disappointing, unacceptable and against everything Dutch Bros stands for,” the company wrote in an email shared with Nexstar. “We’ve addressed this incident internally and have connected with the customer. It’s our hope we can work with her and the deaf community to ensure we always provide an excellent experience and meet the exceedingly high bar we’ve set for ourselves.”
Vallejo has not posted any further videos concerning the incident, but she did say in her original post that she hoped to spread awareness for the deaf community by sharing her story.
“I wanted to say this on TikTok, for workers to have a lot of patience for people with disabilities. We are like you. We try to order food, and stuff like that, like everyone else. Don’t punish us. Please have a lot of patience with us.”
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Workers Compensation for Construction Employees: Understanding the Basics In 2020, the National Safety Council (NSC) ranked construction as one of the top four most dangerous industries. According to the NSC’s findings, the construction industry had the highest number of workplace deaths among all other fields since 2012. This comes as no surprise, since many construction workers operate large machinery, load and unload heavy materials, and work in potentially unsafe environments. Because of this, workers’ compensation is essential to both employees and employers in the construction field. Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Construction Professionals Virtually every employee that is injured on the job, including those in the construction industry, is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. These benefits cover the medical costs and lost wages of the injured worker, including: ● Immediate medical expenses, such as emergency room and ambulance costs ● Ongoing medical expenses, like physical rehabilitation, prescription medications, and round-trip mileage for hospital visits Furthermore, an injured employee might be eligible for temporary disability benefits. This is based on how much time they will be medically unable to work due to their injuries. The Importance of Workers’ Comp for Construction Workers Construction workers, including builders, artisan contractors, and handymen, are easily susceptible to workplace injuries. Many construction professionals handle heavy equipment and can work during dangerous weather conditions or in high places. The most common injuries construction professionals can experience include: ● Fall, either from ladders, roofs, or machinery ● Scaffold collapses ● Trench collapses ● Repetitive motion injuries, such as hammering ● Electric shocks from power tools ● Lifting awkward or heavy supplies and equipment Due to these dangers and increased risk of work-related injuries, workers’ compensation benefits are a “safety net” for construction professionals. How to Submit a Workers’ Compensation Claim If you were injured while on the job, it’s important to notify your employer as soon as possible. The process for obtaining workers’ comp benefits generally includes: ● Immediately reporting the incident or injury to your employer, along with a description of the injury and names of any witnesses. ● Following up with your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance company to ensure your employer has placed them on notice of the claim. ● In the event of a claim denial, filing a formal appeal with the New Jersey Division of Workers’ Compensation. Know Your Rights If you’re a construction worker who has been injured on the job and has had your workers’ compensation claim denied, it’s crucial to contact a seasoned attorney right away. Call the workers’ comp lawyers at Hyberg, White & Mann to get the compensation you need and deserve.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Bubba Wallace won his second career NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday and denied the playoff field an automatic spot in the next round for the second straight week when he held off championship contenders Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell to win at Kansas Speedway.
Wallace, who is not among the 16 in the title hunt, got around Alex Bowman for the lead with 67 laps to go, then built a 2-second lead over a parade of playoff drivers trying to earn a win and ensure their spot in the round of eight.
Hamlin was at the front of it. And the co-owner with Michael Jordan of Wallace’s car at 23XI Racing managed to whittle about a tenth of a second off the No. 45’s lead over the closing laps. Hamlin ultimately ran out of time, and Wallace took the checkered flag in the same car that Kurt Busch won with at Kansas earlier this year.
“I knew Denny was going to be strong,” said Wallace, who stepped into the car while Busch deals with the effects of a concussion. “It’s cool to beat the boss, but it’s just cool to be lights-out today and come away with the win.”
Busch wasted no time in tweeting his congratulations.
Bell finished third and Bowman fourth with playoff outsider Martin Truex Jr. in fifth. William Byron, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney and Daniel Suarez — all in the playoff hunt — rounded out the top 10.
Bell clinched a spot in the next round of the playoffs on points. The other 11 spots are up for grabs heading to Bristol.
Wallace also won during last year’s playoffs at Talladega, when he was likewise out of the title picture. And his win came after Erik Jones, who likewise missed out on the postseason, won a week ago at Darlington.
Wallace became the 18th driver to win this season.
“I was driving as hard as I could,” said Hamlin, who gave all he had to chase Wallace down. “Nothing will ever come free when you’re driving for me. If you think I’m going to let you win, you better find another team.”
Kevin Harvick spent the week ruing an inferno that ruined his playoff opener, and led to plenty of discussion of safety in the Next Gen car. But it was the aerodynamics of the car that ruined Sunday and left his playoff hopes in peril.
The trouble began when Harvick was caught four-wide shortly after a Lap 25 competition caution. Ross Chastain drifted in front of him, took the air off Harvick’s nose and instantly made him loose. The three-time Kansas winner touched the wall out of Turn 4, then hit hard again across the start-finish line, leaving him with heavy damage to the right side.
It’s the first time in a Cup career spanning 782 races that Harvick has failed to finish three straight races.
“It is what it is,” Harvick said. “We were racing to win anyway today, so that’s what we will do again next week.”
Tyler Reddick’s brilliant weekend, which included his first pole on an oval, likewise ended in the first stage when his right rear went down. That sent his No. 8 sliding into the wall, breaking the upper control arm in the right front.
“We leave here with not a lot of points,” Reddick said, “so we’re going to fight hard at Bristol.”
Stage 2 was just as frustrating to playoff hopefuls. Many had problems on pit road, including Kyle Busch, who not only had a penalty for an uncontrolled tire but later spun into the grass and went a lap down. Busch finished 26th and fell below the playoff cutline along with Harvick, Chase Briscoe and Austin Dillon.
Busch trails Reddick and Austin Cindric by two points heading to Bristol. Dillon is another point back.
ODDS AND ENDS
JTG Daugherty Racing learned that longtime team member JR Hollar died early Sunday. He was 57. The cause was not disclosed. … Ricky Stenhouse Jr. also had a right rear tire go down while running near the front, then Harrison Burton and Corey LaJoie wrecked on the restart.
UP NEXT
The final race in the round is Saturday night on the concrete at Bristol, where Busch won the Cup race on dirt in April.
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The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin encourages patients to speak to an attorney before agreeing to anything from Exactech or its settlement company.
DURHAM, N.C., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is encouraging those affected by the recall of certain Exactech replacement joints to consider their legal options. Patients may have already been contacted by Exactech or its representatives but should be cautious.
Exactech has hired a settlement company to help, but patients should know that the company does not represent patients or their best interests. It is highly recommended to speak to a defective products lawyer to determine your options.
Exactech recently recalled nearly 150,000 of its OPTETRAK®, OPTETRAK Logic®, TRULIANT®, and VANTAGE® implants for knees and ankles due to a packaging defect that may have allowed the delicate polyethylene liners to oxidize, potentially leading to premature wear, degradation, and failure.
The company's recall is considered a Class II recall by the FDA, meaning the devices' failures may cause "temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote." However, the consequences for patients can be quite serious.
Failing devices can cause many medical problems, and revision surgery could be risky, involve serious expense, and require lengthy recovery and rehabilitation times. Patients should be aware of the real possible costs of the recall and consequences to them before agreeing to anything.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is prepared to assist patients affected by this recall. If you or anyone you know has a recalled Exactech device, you are encouraged to seek counsel from an experienced product liability attorney. Contact the firm for a free case evaluation at farrin.com/contact or call 1-866-900-7078.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin consults with a national network of attorneys on defective products cases in an attempt to provide the best representation for clients. Depending on the details of the case, the firm will likely refer the matter to another law firm with which they associate. They will only do this if they believe it is in the client's interests and if the client agrees.
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is one of the largest personal injury firms in North Carolina, and has helped more than 55,000 injured people since 1997. Many of the firm's more than 60 accomplished attorneys have won awards and are recognized professionals in their fields. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.
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Epson's Home Entertainment Options Make National Movie Night Larger-Than-Life
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson is equipped to take National Movie Night to the next level with the latest lineup of home theater projectors. With major blockbuster films set to release over the next few months, Epson has the perfect companion to elevate your movie nights this summer. Fairly new to the holiday calendar, National Movie Night was founded in 2022 as a day to bring new and old movie night traditions to life.* Celebrated on the second Friday in June, it's a day to turn off distractions and enjoy the excitement of movies with family and friends.
"What better way to celebrate a movie night than enjoying your favorite films in the ultimate life-size fashion, while in the comfort of your own home," said Rodrigo, group product manager, projectors, Epson America, Inc. "Movies have been bringing friends and family together for decades and with an extensive lineup of projection technology, Epson hopes to add a little something extra to these special moments to help make memories that last for a lifetime."
Pop the popcorn, grab your favorite beverage and get ready to enjoy the show with Epson projectors. From the living room to your backyard, rooftop patio, or dedicated home theater space, Epson has the perfect big-screen projector to power your National Movie Night setup:
- Take Big-Screen Viewing Virtually Anywhere: From inside walls to hanging sheets outdoors, the Epson EpiqVision® Mini EF12 Smart Streaming Portable Laser Projectors is the perfect solution for those looking for a more flexible viewing party option. Compact and powerful, it delivers up to 150 inches of big-screen entertainment virtually anywhere. Weighing under five pounds, it's ultra-portable and features advanced 3-chip 3LCD laser technology with auto picture correction. Designed to get the party up and streaming the moment it is powered on and connected to Wi-Fi, the Epson EpiqVision Mini EF12 features built-in Android TV™1 with access to several popular streaming channels, including Hulu, HBO, YouTube, Disney+ and more2. Plus, built-in sound by Yamaha so no external speaker is required. Throughout the summer, the Epson EpiqVision Mini EF12 will be available at Amazon, Best Buy and Epson.com for as low as $699.99**.
- Bring On The 4K Experience: Bring an exceptional 4K experience to your big-screen movie viewing with the Home Cinema 3800. Integrating Epson's proprietary 4K PRO-UHD3 technology with 3,000 lumens of color and white brightness4 and advanced processing technologies for resolution enhancement, color and image processing, the projector faithfully displays content with exceptional levels of brightness and color accuracy. Making your movie night a truly cinematic experience, the Home Cinema 3800 features Epson Precision Lens technology, a high contrast ratio and digital video processing for a simply stunning picture. It also includes a rear-firing, dual 10 W speaker, or use the audio out mini plug to connect an external sound system. Throughout the summer, the Epson Home Cinema 3800 will be available at Amazon, Best Buy and Epson.com for as low as $1,499.99**.
- Mega-Screen Has Arrived: Delivering next-generation technology, the Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 Smart Streaming Laser Projector offers a stunning mega-screen 4K HDR5 viewing experience in virtually any lighting environment. Equipped with 4K PRO-UHD3, 3-chip 3LCD technology, it projects up to 150-inches with 4,000 lumens of color and white brightness4 for bright, colorful and sharp images. Featuring a sleek, modern design that sits inches from the wall for obstruction-free viewing, it seamlessly fits into a range of home décor. It also features built-in Android TV1 for quick streaming and an impressive 2.1 channel virtual surround system by Yamaha. Plus, it supports 4K HDR content with a refresh rate of 60 Hz and comes equipped with a dedicated HDMI port for gaming. Throughout the summer, the Epson EpiqVision Ultra LS800 will be available at Amazon, Best Buy and Epson.com for as low as $2,999.99** and families can also take advantage of the on-going bundle promotion available at exclusive retailers offering Epson's SilverFlex® Ultra ambient light rejecting screen, available in two sizes – 100- and 120-inch – to enjoy a higher contrast image even when ambient light is present.
About Epson
Epson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. global.epson.com/
Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: epson.com. You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (facebook.com/Epson), Twitter (twitter.com/EpsonAmerica), YouTube (youtube.com/epsonamerica), and Instagram (instagram.com/EpsonAmerica).
*Source: National Holiday Calendar, https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-movie-night-second-friday-in-june/
** Promo pricing will vary by date and by product from June–August 2023; pricing may vary between retail locations and online. See individual retail locations or websites for details and current pricing.
1 In order to use the Android TV, the device must be configured on a network via a wireless connection of 5 Mbps or faster.
2 Some apps require paid subscriptions.
3 4K Resolution Enhancement Technology shifts each pixel to produce an image on screen, up to the stated specification.
4 Color brightness (color light output) and white brightness (white light output) will vary depending on usage conditions. Color light output measured in accordance with IDMS 15.4; white light output measured in accordance with ISO 21118.
5 HDR performance available with select devices. For more information, see www.epson.com/hdrcompatibility
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CONCORD, Mass., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Applied BioMath (www.appliedbiomath.com), the industry-leader in providing model-informed drug discovery and development (MID3) support to help accelerate and de-risk therapeutic research and development (R&D), today announced the speaker lineup for the Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Summit occurring September 15, 2022 at Le Meridien Boston Cambridge in Cambridge, MA.
In its fifth year, the QSP Summit is a free conference featuring talks from key industry and academic researchers, a poster session with awards, and networking time with peers. This year's speakers include:
Abed Alnaif, PhD, Principal Scientist - Translational Quantitative Pharmacology
EMD Serono
"Predicting the incidence proportion of drug-induced serotonin syndrome-associated tremors using a model-based meta-analysis"
Alison Betts, PhD, Vice President of Scientific Collaborations and Fellow of Modeling & Simulation
Applied BioMath
"More than the sum of their parts: integrating data and knowledge of ADCs in a QSP platform model to predict efficacy and toxicity"
Panteleimon Mavroudis, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist - Lab Head, Quantitative Pharmacology
Sanofi
"Model-Based Approaches to Guide Feasibility and Design of Multispecific Biotherapeutics"
Greg Moore, PhD, Director of Protein Engineering
Xencor
"Enabling selective activity of CD28 and TGFbR2 bispecific antibodies through cis or trans avidity engineering"
Hiroyuki Sayama, PhD, Research Fellow
Astellas Pharma
"A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Approach in Oncology Drug Development – Virtual Clinical Trial Simulation for a KRASG12C inhibitor"
Brian Schmidt, PhD, Executive Director, Head QSP and PBPK
Bristol Myers Squibb
"Increasing the probability of success: supporting a diverse pipeline with a variety of mechanistic modeling approaches"
Leah Terrian, PhD Graduate Student
Michigan State University
"Cell Differentiation as a Critical State Transition"
In addition to the conference presentations, there will also be an executive roundtable featuring panelists:
- David de Graaf, PhD, Strategic Advisor at Abcuro, Inc
- Nathan Higginson-Scott, PhD, Chief Technology Officer and SVP, Drug Creation at Seismic Therapeutic
- Tatiana Novobrantseva, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Immuno-oncology Research at Moderna
"We're excited to see everyone in person at the QSP Summit this year," said John Burke, PhD, Co-founder, President and CEO at Applied BioMath. "The QSP Summit is a great opportunity to bring industry and academia together to share successes and challenges in topics related to quantitative systems pharmacology, systems biology, or mechanistic/translational PK/PD."
To learn more and register for the QSP Summit, visit https://www.appliedbiomath.com/qsp-summit-2022.
Founded in 2013, Applied BioMath's mission is to revolutionize drug invention. Applied BioMath applies biosimulation, including quantitative systems pharmacology, PKPD, bioinformatics, machine learning, clinical pharmacology, and software solutions to provide quantitative and predictive guidance to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to help accelerate and de-risk therapeutic research and development. Their approach employs proprietary algorithms and software to support groups worldwide in decision-making from early research through all phases of clinical trials. The Applied BioMath team leverages their decades of expertise in biology, mathematical modeling and analysis, high-performance computing, and industry experience to help groups better understand their therapeutic, its best-in-class parameters, competitive advantages, patients, and the best path forward into and in the clinic to increase likelihood of clinical concept and proof of mechanism, and decrease late stage attrition rates. For more information about Applied BioMath and its services and software, visit www.appliedbiomath.com.
Applied BioMath and the Applied BioMath logo are registered trademarks of Applied BioMath, LLC.
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Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman takes a break for mental health: ‘Burning out is dreadful’
Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman announced Wednesday that he is temporarily leaving the band in order to focus on his mental health.
In a statement posted on Instagram, the musician shared that his “mental health has deteriorated rapidly over the past several years” and that he needs some time to recover before rejoining Fall Out Boy — which he fully intends to do.
“Neil Young once howled that it’s better to burn out than to fade away. But I can tell you unequivocally that burning out is dreadful,” Trohman wrote. “To avoid fading away and never returning, I will be taking a break from work which regrettably includes stepping away from Fall Out Boy for a spell.”
Fall Out Boy and Paramore: Coming back on top
Trohman is among the founding members of Fall Out Boy, a pop-punk group from Wilmette, Ill. Rounding out the band’s original members are bassist Pete Wentz, drummer Andy Hurley and singer Patrick Stump.
Shortly before Trohman issued his statement, Fall Out Boy released a new single, “Love From the Other Side,” and announced that its eighth studio album, “So Much (for) Stardust,” is scheduled to arrive March 24.
Popular alt-rock acts Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer performed for just 500 fans at Whisky a Go Go, part of a kickoff for their Hella Mega tour.
Some of the band’s greatest hits include “Uma Thurman,” “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks fr th Mmrs.”
“It pains me to make this decision, especially when we are releasing a new album that fills me with great pride (the sin I’m most proud of),” Trohman continued in his statement.
“So, the question remains: Will I return to the fold? Absolutely, one-hundred percent. ... Thank you to everyone, including my bandmates and family, for understanding and respecting this difficult, but necessary, decision. Smell you sooner than later.”
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BERLIN (AP) — Nudists in Austria are up in arms about plans for a cable car that would pass over a popular beach on the northern edge of Vienna where clothing is optional.
The country’s Austria Press Agency on Friday quoted nudist Barbara Hausjell saying she feared for her privacy if cable car users with cellphone cameras are allowed to swoop across the area.
“I don’t want to end up on the internet,” the 72-year-old told APA.
Project developer Hannes Dejaco sought to reassure nudists, saying the cable cars would only pass over the beach for a short stretch. In addition, the windows could be made to turn opaque automatically, he was quoted as saying.
A promotional video for the cable car project says it would go from the Heiligenstadt transit station across the Danube river and then back over to the Kahlenberg, a small mountain in the north of the capital. Some 115 gondolas with panoramic windows would offer a “breathtaking view across Vienna,” it says. | https://pix11.com/ap-strange/vienna-nudists-oppose-plans-for-cable-car-over-their-beach/ | 2023-04-22 12:22:41 | 0 | https://pix11.com/ap-strange/vienna-nudists-oppose-plans-for-cable-car-over-their-beach/ |
A woman was attacked by a bison after approaching the animal in Yellowstone National Park
An Ohio woman was gored by a bison after she got within 10 feet of the animal in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, officials said.
The 25-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, suffered a puncture wound and other injuries Monday after she approached a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, park officials said in a news release.
Related video above: A 72-year-old woman was gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park back in 2020
"Consequently, the bison gored the woman and tossed her 10 feet into the air," the news release said.
Park emergency medical providers responded and the woman was taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center by ambulance, officials said.
"This is the first reported incident in 2022 of a visitor threatening a bison (getting too close to the animal) and the bison responding to the threat by goring the individual," officials said in the news release. "Bison have injured more people in Yellowstone than any other animal. They are unpredictable and can run three times faster than humans."
Two other people were also within 25 feet of the same bison, according to the news release.
Park officials are reminding visitors to keep back more than 25 yards from large animals such as bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, moose and coyotes -- and at least 100 yards away from bears and wolves.
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Florida AG sues Biden admin to stop planned mass release of migrants as Title 42 ends
Biden admin making 'a mockery of our system of justice and our Constitution,' Florida AG says
FIRST ON FOX: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is seeking a temporary restraining order to stop the mass release of migrants into the U.S. coinciding with the end of the Title 42 public health order -- arguing that it is "materially identical" to a policy that was blocked by a federal judge earlier this year.
Moody, in a filing in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, is arguing that a plan by the Department of Homeland Security to release migrants onto the streets if Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and NGOs are overcapacity is unlawful as it is too similar to the "Parole + ATD" policy enjoined by a federal judge in March
That policy saw migrants paroled into the U.S. and enrolled into Alternatives to Detention. The federal judge accused the government of "effectively turned the Southwest Border into a meaningless line in the sand and little more than a speedbump for aliens flooding into the country."
But now, with the Title 42 public health order -- which allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the southern border due to the COVID-19 pandemic -- due to expire, there has been a fresh surge in migration which has overwhelmed authorities.
Fox News reported this week that officials in D.C. have authorized all Border Patrol sectors to begin "safe" mass releases of migrants to city streets if non-governmental organizations don't have the capacity to hold them.
A DHS spokesperson later confirmed the policy.
"As Republican and Democratic administrations alike have done in the past to protect the safety and security of Border Patrol agents and migrants in the event of severe overcrowding conditions, U.S. Border Patrol sectors may consider releasing certain migrants who have undergone strict national security and public safety vetting to continue their immigration processes," a spokesperson said. "This may include processing migrants for parole to reduce the amount of time they spend in custody."
"Each parole will be considered on an individualized case-by-case basis, and individuals who are released will be required to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and undergo removal proceedings in immigration court. Individuals may be placed into an Alternatives to Detention program to ensure compliance, if deemed appropriate. The targeted use of parole will allow Border Patrol to focus its resources most effectively to quickly process and remove individuals who do not have a legal basis to remain in the country," the spokesperson said.
BORDER PATROL CLEARS WAY FOR MORE MIGRANT RELEASES TO CITY STREETS, SOURCES SAY
In the request for a temporary restraining order, Moody’s office argues that the new policy "is materially identical to Parole + ATD."
"Florida seeks a temporary restraining order to preserve the status quo until the parties can brief motions for a preliminary injunction or to postpone the effective date of the new policy," the lawsuit states. "The Biden Administration’s behavior, if left unchecked, makes a mockery of our system of justice and our Constitution."
In a related complaint Florida argues that "rather than seek a stay of the Court’s judgment in good faith, the Biden Administration plans to continue its game of whack-a-mole with Florida and with this Court by promulgating yet another unlawful policy."
In a statement to Fox News Digital, AG Moody said the plan by the Biden administration is "unlawful" and "dangerous."
BIDEN ADMIN'S PLAN FOR MASS RELEASE OF MIGRANTS INTO US OUTLINED IN INTERNAL 2022 MEMO
"The gall of Biden to thumb his nose at a federal court order and proceed with an unlawful plan to allow what amounts to an invasion at our Southwest Border is not only unprecedented, it is dangerous," she said. "We have blown the whistle on Biden every step along his path to illegally dismantle our nation’s border security system—and even as the clock ticks down to the end of Title 42 we are taking action to force this administration to follow the law, secure the border and protect the American people."
The state argues that tens of thousands of migrants will be released until the new policy and some will likely make their way to Florida, meaning the state is affected by the move and has standing to challenge it.
"Florida will continue to expend funds on illegal aliens present in the State in the form of public education, incarceration costs for aliens who commit crimes, unemployment benefits, and emergency Medicaid," it argues.
The lawsuit also argues that the agency did not conduct a notice-and-comment period, which it says would be required for a new policy of this kind, and that it also violates statutory limits on parole which is granted only "for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit."
Judge T. Kent Wetherell, who blocked the Parole + ATD policy, said in an order responding to the request that the motion "needs to be resolved sooner rather than later" as the policy is to go into effect soon.
"If the allegations in the complaint and motion are true, then it appears that DHS is preparing to flout the Court’s order in Florida v. United States by implementing a new 'parole' policy that, based on the DHS spokesperson’s description of the policy, sounds virtually identical to the Parole+ATD policy the Court vacated in Florida." he said, giving the administration until 4pm ET to respond.
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Officials have been bracing for the end of Title 42 for months, fearing a fresh wave of migrants at the border once it ends Thursday evening. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been touting a plan that includes regional cooperation, stiffer Title 8 penalties and a new rule limiting asylum claims. But he said this week that the result of that plan may not be seen right away.
"Even after nearly two years of preparation, we expect to see large numbers of encounters at our southern border in the days and weeks after May 11th," he said. "We are already seeing high numbers of encounters in certain sectors. This places an incredible strain on our personnel, our facilities and our communities with whom we partner closely."
"Our plan will deliver results, but it will take time for those results to be fully realized. And it is essential that we all take this into account," he said.
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Jersey Shore ride calendar — Check the schedule for your favorite NJ pier
To you, Memorial Day weekend may mark the unofficial start to summer in New Jersey.
But many boardwalks and amusement parks along the Jersey Shore will wait a few weeks before opening their rides during the day for the little ones.
Because kids are still in school for much of June in New Jersey, a number of piers and parks are shut down or have limited operations during the work week until the calendar gets closer to July.
So you want to check a pier's hours before taking an impromptu midweek trip to the boards. Even on weekend days through much of June, rides may not be in operation until the evening hours, depending on the venue.
Below is a summary of summer schedules (weather permitting) along the New Jersey coast for 2023, post-Memorial Day Weekend. You can click on a venue's name to be linked to its website.
Each spot's Memorial Day weekend hours are posted above their respective graphics.
This list includes operations that have their summer hours posted online.
Morey's Piers, Wildwood
All three ride piers — Mariner's, Surfside, and Adventure — are open from 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday, May 26. Mariner's and Surfside are scheduled to run from noon to midnight on Saturday and Sunday of the holiday weekend, and Adventure pier opens at 2 p.m. On Memorial Day, Mariner's and Surfside run from 12 to 10 p.m. and Adventure Pier rides can be accessed from 12 to 6 p.m.
Keansburg Amusement Park
On Friday, May 26, most rides will be up and running by 6 p.m. Saturday through Monday of the holiday weekend, limited rides will open at 11 a.m., and all (or most) rides will be open at noon.
Playland's Castaway Cove, Ocean City
Rides are open from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday of Memorial Day weekend, then from 3 to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and from 1 to 9:30 p.m. on Memorial Day.
Steel Pier, Atlantic City
The rides on Steel Pier are open until at least midnight through Memorial Day weekend. Rides open at 4 p.m. on Friday of the holiday weekend, and at noon from Saturday through Monday.
Fantasy Island, Beach Haven
Rides will run from 4 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, and from 12 to 7 p.m. on Memorial Day.
Casino Pier, Seaside Heights
The ride park is open from 5 to 11 p.m. on Friday, May 26, and from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Memorial Day hours are 12 to 10 p.m.
Jenkinson's, Point Pleasant Beach
Rides are open from 12 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day ride hours are 12 to 8 p.m.
Dino Flammia is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dino.flammia@townsquaremedia.com
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Mahoning County Land Bank seeks grant funding to clean up Sebring's Royal China property
SEBRING – The former Royal China property could undergo redevelopment soon, if necessary grant funding falls into place.
The Mahoning County Land Bank applied for grant funding from the Ohio Department of Development to help with a $1.8 million soil cleanup project that could allow the property on South 15th Street to return to productive use.
"We know (the soil) to be contaminated from the past uses of the property, especially Royal Sebring China itself," said Debora Flora, executive director of the Mahoning County Land Bank.
The site of the former Royal Sebring China Co. has been dormant for decades. Old factory buildings were demolished after a 2010 fire, but remediation has been a slow process.
Flora said the property went through tax foreclosure several years ago and was acquired by the land bank after no one bid on it during a sheriff's sale. The property had significant tax delinquency, she said, which made many developers unwilling to consider it.
"Developers want to look forward as far as what they're going to do. They don't want to have to deal with the time and the expense involved with any sort of contamination issue. And so I think that's why (the property) has been passed over for a long time," she said.
The land bank turned the property over to MAC Trailer President and CEO Michael Conny in 2020 as part of a collaboration between the land bank, local government and business owners.
The agency worked with government officials to identify area business owners who could potentially take ownership of the property. A similar effort took place in Goshen Township with five parcels of vacant, tax-delinquent land along a stretch of South Pricetown Road.
Conny, who is a Sebring native, said he became interested in the property after watching it deteriorate over the years. His goal is to help the Sebring community and bring new development to the site.
After Conny bought the property through the land bank, he spent $200,000 cleaning up debris and added greenery to improve the area's appearance. Conny said he wants to give back to his hometown. MAC Trailer previously helped rebuild the dugouts at Southside Park, he said.
Sebring Mayor James Harp said Conny has already made significant improvements in recent years to appearance of the property. Many residents had taken issue with piles of rubble and overgrown weeds that littered the area.
Flora said Conny has told Mahoning County officials that his hope is to bring jobs to Sebring. She said the land bank believes the site could be redeveloped for business, given its size and Mahoning County's history of manufacturing.
"For the good of Sebring and the general area, we would love to see this cleaned up and see it reborn," she said.
Conny said the Mahoning County Land Bank and Ken Cardinal have played important roles in the effort to obtain grant funding.
The soil cleanup project would take about 15 months, Flora said.
The land bank hopes to hear back about the grant funding some time in June.
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LEIDEN, The Netherlands, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or "the Company") (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Novartis Pharma A.G. ("Novartis") to sell its Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) to Novartis for a pre-agreed, one-time payment of approximately US$21.1 million shortly after closing.
Pharming was granted the PRV by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2023 in connection with the approval of Joenja® (leniolisib); an oral, selective PI3Kδ inhibitor, for activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) syndrome (APDS), a rare and progressive primary immunodeficiency, in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older.
Pursuant to the terms of the August 2019 exclusive license agreement between Pharming and Novartis for leniolisib, Novartis has the right to purchase the PRV from Pharming for a pre-agreed, contractually defined percentage of the PRV value.
Jeroen Wakkerman, Chief Financial Officer of Pharming, said:
"The sale of the PRV will further strengthen Pharming's financial position and help fund pipeline developments, including new indications for leniolisib. We remain committed to growing a portfolio of medicines in rare diseases, which have the potential to transform the lives of patients and working towards our goal of becoming a leading global rare disease company dedicated to patient communities with unmet medical needs."
About the Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) Program
The program is intended to encourage development of new drug and biological products for prevention and treatment of certain rare pediatric diseases. A PRV may be issued to the sponsor of a rare pediatric disease product application and entitles the holder to priority review of a single New Drug Application or Biologics License Application, which reduces the target review time and could lead to an expedited approval. The sponsor receives the PRV upon approval of the rare pediatric disease product application and it can be sold without limitation, subject to applicable FDA requirements for filing and use.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, visit www.pharming.com and find us on LinkedIn.
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Pharming Group, Leiden, The Netherlands
Michael Levitan, VP Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
T: +1 (908) 705 1696
Heather Robertson, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Manager
E: investor@pharming.com
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Victoria Foster Mitchell/Alex Shaw/Amy Byrne
T: +44 203 727 1000
LifeSpring Life Sciences Communication, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leon Melens
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Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean restrooms and made-to-order meals for travelers visiting California’s Eastern Sierra.
The facility, which provides revenue for a Paiute Indian tribe, is about to quadruple in size thanks to an $8 million federal grant that will help build a new gas station with room for cultural displays and locally made products.
It's one of hundreds of tourism-related projects nationwide that are collectively getting about $2.4 billion from the American Rescue Plan, according to an Associated Press analysis of funds flowing from last year's wide-ranging coronavirus relief law.
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The money is paying for graffiti-resistant trash cans in Portland, Oregon, culturally diverse music festivals in Nashville, Tennessee, sports facilities in various cities and new marketing campaigns to attract tourists to particular states — sometimes in direct competition with one another.
“Our goal is to get people traveling again. Period,” said Dave Lorenz, chairman of the National Council of State Tourism Directors and the Michigan travel director.
Despite high fuel prices, Americans do seem to be hitting the road. After a plunge at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. travel spending this year is projected to top $1 trillion — up 45% from its 2020 low point, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
That corresponds with a similar increase in state tourism office budgets, which have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels thanks to the federal aid.
A coronavirus relief law signed by former President Donald Trump opened the potential for federal money to be used for local tourism projects.
The subsequent pandemic relief law signed by President Joe Biden expanded that. The American Rescue Plan contained $750 million for grants for tourism, travel and outdoor recreation through the federal Economic Development Authority. It also included the tourism, travel and hospitality sector among dozens of eligible uses — alongside health care, housing and unemployment programs — for a $350 billion pool of flexible aid sent to state, local, territorial and tribal governments.
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Those governments had budgeted more than $1.6 billion from those flexible funds for about 550 tourism, travel and hospitality projects as of the end of March, according to an Associated Press analysis of recently released data from the U.S. Treasury.
Those tourism projects include $425,000 in Portland to replace 200 trash cans with ones that have larger openings and harder-to-deface surfaces made of such things as metal slats or wire mesh. The city cited ″a substantial increase in the amount of trash, graffiti, and vandalism" during the pandemic, asserting that new garbage cans will "create a safer, more welcoming environment for visitors to our parks,” according to a description in the Treasury Department data.
Nashville, known for its country music scene, allotted $750,000 to reach “culturally diverse visitors.” That’s helping fund renovations at a once-prominent Black music venue, subsidize choir concerts at Fisk University and pay for an annual jazz and blues festival occurring in July, among other things.
The goal is to “build up the other genres without pushing country music down,” said Butch Spyridon, CEO of the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.
Of the tourism grants awarded through the Economic Development Authority, $510 million was divided among states and territories according to a formula that took into account job losses in their leisure and hospitality sectors. An additional $240 million was set aside for competitive grants, which are still being doled out.
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One of those grants went to the Fort Independence Indian Reservation, a 220-member tribe that plans to add more than 60 jobs at its enlarged travel center.
“Part of tourism is getting from A to B, and one of the stops along the way is our reservation,” explained tribal vice chair Alisa Lee. “When we have been able to educate people about our community, our tribe and our culture, that is a form of tourism.”
Other competitive grants included $2.2 million to help replace old snowmaking equipment at Frost Fire Park ski resort in North Dakota, $1.6 million to help build a new Mardi Gras museum in Louisiana and $1.2 million to build locker rooms, concession facilities and a pavilion for a cross-country course at Middle Georgia State University.
University President Christopher Blake said in a statement that the project has the potential “to transform it into a recreational dynamo” that generates nearly $1 million a year in economic activity.
Several states also projected big returns on their federal tourism dollars, according to grant plans obtained by the AP through an open-records request.
Alabama plans to spend nearly $2.7 million to build three boat piers at reservoirs along the Coosa River. The state said regional fishing tournaments can lure $200,000 into an economy and national tournaments up to $1 million.
Oregon used a $9.1 million grant to help produce promotional videos and pictures of scenery that could be embedded into TV broadcasts of the World Athletics Championships that occurred this month in Eugene. The international broadcasts could yield between $224 million and $374 million in visitor spending and "spur economic development and opportunity for decades to come,” the Oregon Tourism Commission said in a grant plan submitted to federal officials.
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Tourism projects generally seem like an appropriate use of the federal pandemic relief funds because the industry initially was one of the hardest hit, said Sean Moulton, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight.
But “as you give more flexibility,” Moulton said, “you run the risk of the money being used in ways that in retrospect you say that wasn’t the most effective.”
The city of Fort Worth, Texas, has directed $52 million of its flexible American Rescue Plan money for an expansion of its convention center. Of that, $40 million was categorized as tourism aid in a 2021 year-end report submitted to the Treasury Department.
The Treasury revised its rules in January to discourage big spending on convention centers and stadiums, stating that large capital expenditures to aid the travel and tourism industries are “not reasonably proportional to addressing the negative economic impacts of the pandemic.”
Fort Worth is moving ahead with the project anyway. The city reclassified the aid as a replacement for revenue lost during the pandemic — a category with the broadest flexibility under Treasury rules.
California got the largest tourism grant allocation, about $46 million. The state directed all of that — plus an additional $95 million of flexible federal pandemic aid — to its nonprofit tourism entity, which conducts national and international marketing.
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Other states also have used the federal aid to try to draw visitors to their parks, shopping areas, restaurants and resorts.
While Michigan targets tourists in the neighboring Great Lakes region, Ohio is countering by expanding advertising into 11 new markets, including additional Michigan cities.
Missouri, meanwhile, is casting a broader net into the upper Midwest and the South. Thanks to a two-thirds increase in its tourism budget, Missouri is planning to expand advertising beyond its bordering states to reach potential travelers from Alabama, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.
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McRae Industries, Inc. Dividend Declared
Published: Sep. 8, 2022 at 2:31 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
MOUNT GILEAD, N.C., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McRae Industries, Inc. (Pink Sheets: MCRAA and MCRAB) declared a dividend of $.14 per share on the Company's Class A and Class B Common Stock payable on October 6, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 22, 2022.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. , April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The most innovative conference for self-funded employers and employee benefits consultants is set again to deliver fresh insights that will drive a revolution in healthcare. The Healthcare Revolution conference is set to be held virtually on May 23, 2023, and focuses on helping employers and industry leaders achieve its Costs Moonshot – to reduce employer healthcare and benefits cost by 25% in 2025.
It promises to be a light-bulb moment for participants and business leaders as our team of speakers navigate the cost paradigm to help employers RETHINK, REIMAGINE, and WIN the battle against the rising cost of care.
The exciting sessions lined up with these speakers will help you learn:
- Cut healthcare and pharmaceutical costs by 25 to 50%
- Have Zero rate increases and a reduction in costs
- Lower deductibles, coinsurance and copays while reducing costs
- Avoid choosing vendors and solutions that are solely focused on shareholder profits
"This year we have lined up amazing speakers that have had no rate increase for years, and have driven down costs, reduced or eliminated deductibles, copays and coinsurance while expanding employee benefits, said Jonathan Edelheit, CEO of Healthcare Revolution and Global Healthcare Resources. Employers and consultants need to completely change their philosophical approach to self-funded healthcare. They need to start saying "no" and thinking outside the box." This years' speakers will show you how to do it and achieve these amazing results."
This event is aimed at self-funded organizations and business leaders, brokers, consultants, and insurers, who want to hear insights form forward-thinking thought leaders in employee benefits and wellness, and self-funding on tested strategies to lower healthcare costs for employees while optimizing healthcare outcomes.
As always, the Healthcare Revolution Conference packs together revolutionary and engaging speakers across the employee benefits and healthcare space, who would provide answers to the burning questions of every self-funded employer, helping them to take back control of their healthcare costs.
Healthcare Revolution (HREV) is pushing the envelope at this year's event to provide employers with state-of-the-art strategies and techniques to reduce costs, reimagine culture, and reinvent care delivery. Attendees can look forward to a schedule packed with advanced workshops in achieving their moonshots, expert panels, and hard-hitting keynotes.
Some of our featured speakers are organizations that have saved millions of dollars and revolutionized their approach to self-funded healthcare including:
Tim Isenhower
Tim Isenhower is Director of Benefits at HSM Solutions and has worked with HSM and managed their self-funded insurance program for nearly three decades now. Managing a self-insured health plan through the 90's to today has provided him the opportunity to think out of the box for reduced healthcare cost programs including direct contracting, on-site clinics, and medical tourism, becoming one of pioneers in self-funded companies offering medical tourism.
Dr. Ray Bowman
Dr. Ray Bowman is currently the SVP for Talent and Team Development at MarineMax, the world's largest boat and yacht retailer spanning thirty states and three continents.
Wade Larson
Dr. Wade Larson is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Wagstaff, Inc. Dr. Wade has worked with hundreds of organizations.
Registration for the event is free and participants have a chance to not only expand their knowledge and adopt proven strategies to cut cost, but they also have a unique opportunity to network with top leaders in the self-funding space and build strategic collaborations to optimize growth in their various industries.
The Healthcare Revolution is sponsored by big players in the industry who are looking to drive innovative shifts that transform the healthcare industry. Our sponsors have access to industry-leading introduction and networking meetings, attended by a who's who of employers of all sizes, professionals, brokers, consultants, and agents.
Whether you're an employer or a solution provider, a professional or a consultant, a disruptor or a government official, or anywhere in-between, you're welcome at HREV.
To learn more about this year's Healthcare Revolution Conference, click here.
About Global Healthcare Resources:
Global Healthcare Resources is a marketing consulting firm specializing in business development and marketing strategy and penetration services in the employer health care, benefits, well-being, and medical travel industries. We leverage thought leadership, educational training, and virtual and live events to connect buyers and providers of services together to scale business opportunities. In the last couple of years, we have focused on utilizing the connection between personal and professional motivation to build a business and launched three moonshots in key areas necessary for industry growth. Cost, Culture, and Care. Through these moonshots, we anticipate building a movement that inspires growth through the shared vision, mission, and values inextricably linked between employer and employees. For us, this means virtual and in-person opportunities for business and personal connection, training and certification programs developed through partnerships with key thought leaders across each moonshot mission, and leveraging our publication and podcast to drive thought leadership and demonstrable success with each moonshot.
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RICHARDSON, Texas , Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Partners in Healthcare (NPH), a national healthcare organization delivering best-in-class anesthesiology services, announced today that Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants has joined NPH.
"Over the years our company was approached multiple times for various partnerships. NPH was the first patient, hospital, and provider centric company we felt comfortable with bringing into our family. Their attention to detail will enable Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants to help maintain solid hospital relationships, continue to provide quality patient care, and sustain a cohesiveness with our anesthesia providers. We are very excited for what the future holds going forward with Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants and National Partners in Healthcare," Brian Blick, MD, President/CEO of Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants.
"We continue to establish mutually beneficial partnerships by collaborating with high quality anesthesia groups like Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants," said Mike Saunders, CEO of NPH. "Their dedication to clinical excellence blended with NPH's management and operational expertise is the ideal combination. Gaining the support of NPH will afford the group greater opportunities to maximize efficiencies and streamline operations while retaining 100% clinical autonomy."
NPH is a national healthcare organization delivering best-in-class anesthesiology services. NPH is dedicated to partnering with high quality anesthesiologists and CRNAs providing the expertise, resources, and long-term sustainable solutions to their medical practices. NPH's anesthesiology partners retain autonomy of their practice while collaborating with each NPH clinical team to achieve and deliver the highest quality patient care. For more information, www.nphllc.com.
NPH is a joint venture between Archimedes Health Investors LLC, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, and Assured Healthcare Partners® (AHP®), a private equity firm providing growth, consolidation, and repositioning capital solutions in the healthcare services industry. For more information about AHP, please visit www.ahpartners.com.
Rebecca Brophy, Holly Buckley and Thomas Zahn, of McGuireWoods LLP, provided legal counsel to National Partners in Healthcare. Christopher Jahnle, Managing Director of Haverford Healthcare Advisors of Radnor, Pennsylvania provided financial advisory services to Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants in this transaction. John M. Hogan of Saxton & Stump, LLC of Malvern, Pennsylvania served as legal advisor to Western Oklahoma Anesthesia Consultants.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As much of the state remains under an emergency declaration due to this week’s high temperatures, potential heat-related deaths continue to rise in Oregon.
On Wednesday, the state medical examiner announced they now believe at least four people have died due to the deadly heat since the start of the week.
“As of July 28, 2022, 2:22 p.m., the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office has received report of four suspected heat-related deaths since the beginning of the current heat advisory,” the office stated. “This designation as a heat-related death is preliminary and further investigation may reveal a cause of death that’s unrelated to hyperthermia.”
According to the update, three of the four potential heat-related deaths took place in Multnomah County, with one person reported to have died on Monday, another on the Wednesday, and a third dead Thursday
All three of the deaths in Multnomah County were reported in Portland.
State medical examiners also suspect a person died due to heat-related causes in Umatilla County on July 26th — which equates to one death for each day of the heat wave.
“Don’t consider yourself invincible. If you are not in a place where you can’t get your house below 80 degrees, get to a cooling shelter, call a friend, you don’t have to be stoic,” said Dr. Ann Loeffler, the County’s Acting Health Officer. “This is very serious. And we’re very concerned about the fact that this happens so early in the event.”
As suspected heat deaths climb in Multnomah County, Dr. Loeffler warns the ongoing heat could be particularly dangerous – and even deadly – for those with pre-existing conditions and those without access to air conditioning.
“Our teams did a deep dive analysis after the scores of deaths last year and it was very illustrative about what happened with those folks,” she said.
The spike in potential heat deaths comes roughly one month after Multnomah County Officials held a memorial for the 72 people who died during last year’s heat dome and shared findings from an updated report on the heat deaths.
In the final report Multnomah County said that two-thirds of those who died in the heat wave were men, 79% were seniors 60-and-older, and most people lived alone.
The report also found that 68% of those who died had no air conditioning or just a fan.
“If services had been a little different, we might have been able to get them to a cooling shelter,” Dr. Loeffler said. “Those are the kind of things that we took from that, and tried to learn from, to do a better job for our community and our neighbors.”
While Dr. Loeffler said those lessons were unfortunately learned the hard way, she told KOIN 6 News the county has put forth immense planning, effort and resources to try and ensure the community does not experience a repeat of last year’s deadly summer.
“We have been informed that there have been three potential heat-related deaths and are awaiting for additional information from the Multnomah County medical examiner,” Mayor Ted Wheeler said in a statement. “We are continuing to work closely with our partners at Multnomah County to provide support to Portlanders during this emergency.”
He continued, “I urge those who are impacted by the high temperatures to seek refuge in one of the available cooling shelters and community spaces.”
According to state medical examiners, it could take months for the death investigations to be completed, during which time examiners must rule out all other potential causes of death.
“This designation as a heat-related death is preliminary and further investigation may reveal a cause of death that’s unrelated to hyperthermia,” their office stated. “The final determination of the cause of death may not be known for several months after the death.”
With the heat expected to stretch into the weekend, Dr. Loeffler recommends those without access to air conditioning seek reprieve at one of the county’s local cooling centers.
She also urges people to stay hydrated and out of direct sunlight, while continuing to check on neighbors, loved ones and those most vulnerable.
“If every single person … just thinks about who might be vulnerable, ‘who might be vulnerable in my world? And make that extra step, that would go a long way,” she said. | https://www.koin.com/weather/heat-wave-july-2022/officials-concerned-about-potential-heat-related-deaths-in-multnomah-county/ | 2022-07-29 05:12:17 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/weather/heat-wave-july-2022/officials-concerned-about-potential-heat-related-deaths-in-multnomah-county/ |
General Motors used the weekend of the 2023 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix to debut the 2024 GMC Hummer EV Omega Edition, a limited-run model with special paint and blacked-out exterior trim.
Available on the Hummer EV SUV and Pickup, the Omega Edition’s main distinguishing feature is Neptune Blue Matte paint. Other touches include black exterior badges and 18-inch beadlock-capable wheels, a black spare wheel and blue spare tire cover for the SUV, and a Kicker speaker built into the Pickup’s MultiPro tailgate.
Omega Editions also get transparent roof panels (opaque panels are newly available on other models for 2024) and the Extreme Off-Road Package. The latter adds underbody cameras, additional skid plates and rocker protection, and 35-inch Mud-Terrain tires.
The Omega Edition is based on the new-for-2024 3X grade, which follows the Edition 1 limited-edition launch model as the first regular-production Hummer EV trim level. Hummer EV 3X models have the same three-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain as the Edition 1, good for 1,000 hp and 0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds in the Pickup and 830 hp and 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds in the SUV.
Battery-pack sizes are estimated at 205 kwh for the Pickup and 170 kwh for the SUV, which gets a smaller pack due to its shorter wheelbase. The Extreme Off-Road Package’s 18-inch wheels and 35-inch Mud-Terrain tires mean a range estimate of 329 miles for the Omega Edition Pickup and 298 miles of the SUV. That’s down from the Pickup’s 355-mile and the SUV’s 314-mile maximums with the standard 22-inch wheels and 35-inch All-Terrain tires. These are GMC’s own estimates because Hummer EVs are too heavy to require EPA testing.
Reservations for the Hummer EV are currently full, so the Omega Edition will be available to existing reservation holders only, for now. Pricing starts at $149,995 for the Pickup and $139,995 for the SUV. Deliveries are scheduled to begin this fall.
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HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis is expected to discuss several arrests Monday following a recent commercial burglary.
While details surrounding the incident were not immediately made public, the sheriff’s office said Nienhuis will begin the event at 1 p.m. from the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
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HONEY BROOK TWP., Pa. – First responders are on scene of a deadly crash in Chester County, not far from the Berks County line.
Initial reports indicate at least one person has died.
The crash happened in Honey Brook Township, in the area of Routes 10 and 322.
State police are investigating.
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New 10-year agreement to provide more efficient, secure, timely access to patient information
HALIFAX, NS, Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The province of Nova Scotia, in collaboration with Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and IWK Health (IWK), announced today a new 10-year agreement has been signed with Oracle Cerner to implement an integrated electronic care record across the province for the more than one million Nova Scotians. This technology can help improve the way health professionals use and share patient information.
The new modernization known in Nova Scotia as "One Person One Record" (OPOR), is intended to provide clinicians easier access to real-time health information anywhere and allow healthcare workers to spend less time at the computer and more time with their patients.
Like much of the world, Nova Scotia has dealt with health care challenges such as emergency department long wait times and provider waitlists. Real-time digital charting in Oracle Cerner's technology at the point of care can help clinicians more quickly and more easily access important patient information including the most recent and historical laboratory data and diagnostic imaging results as they are making decisions on the next steps for care.
"The availability of a single information system that supports our care providers in delivering safe, more timely, and connected services should improve the quality of care received by patients and families while making their journeys more seamless," said Dr. Krista Jangaard, president and CEO, IWK Health.
Health professionals in acute care facilities in Nova Scotia can use a digital closed-loop medication management process to help reduce prescribing errors, ensure allergy information is available, enable electronic prescription verification with pharmacy, and better documentation for auditing. This improvement to patient safety helps providers make sure the right medication is prescribed and given to the right patient, in the right dose, at the right time, and with the right documentation.
"The approval of OPOR is a great day for healthcare in Nova Scotia," said Dr. Matthew Clarke, emergency physician, Central Zone. "This legacy project will help ensure an integrated and standardized healthcare experience regardless of where patients are in the province. As a provider, it will give me immediate access to the information and support I need, so I can focus on providing safe, high-quality care for my patients."
Dr. Christy Bussey, medical executive director and hospitalist, Central Zone, added, "OPOR will provide the foundation of digitally enabled health care in Nova Scotia. OPOR will connect our clinicians and patients across the province as we have not done before, improving patient safety, access, efficiency, and flow. It will foster health care system transformation and help propel us forward as a magnet for health care providers."
Population health solutions provided by Oracle Cerner will help provide a continued focus on proactive health maintenance. The tools can help the health system know and predict what will happen within a population, engage the person, their family, and the care team to take action, and manage outcomes to improve health and care. Once fully implemented, Cerner's patient portal will be available, allowing Nova Scotians easier access to their own health information and the ability to connect directly with their caregivers.
"Hospitals and health systems across the globe are facing many challenges that more intuitive and predictive technology can assist with," said Brian Sandager, vice president, Oracle Health, Canada. "We are excited for this opportunity to help Nova Scotia improve health care across their region. Our work together will help clinicians use a more open, intelligent, interoperable platform to care for the population of Nova Scotia and provide a more holistic approach to health care for patients."
Oracle Cerner has been a trusted partner of Nova Scotia's health system for 30 years, providing laboratory and radiology information systems. Oracle Cerner will integrate biomedical devices from across the province into the patient's record – including vitals monitors, IV pumps, and fetal monitoring devices, as well as use voice recognition software to improve physician workflows and allow for fully integrated voice recognition across multiple devices and platforms.
About Oracle Cerner
Oracle Cerner's health technologies connect people and information systems at thousands of contracted provider facilities worldwide dedicated to creating smarter and better care for individuals and communities. Recognized globally for innovation, Oracle Cerner assists clinicians in making care decisions and assists organizations in managing the health of their populations. The company also offers a connected clinical and financial ecosystem to help manage day-to-day revenue functions, as well as a wide range of services to support clinical, financial, and operational needs, focused on people. For more information, visit Cerner.com, Oracle Cerner Perspectives, connect on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or join the discussion on Oracle Cerner's podcast Perspectives on Health & Tech.
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How to Watch the Heat vs. Celtics: Streaming & TV Channel Info for Eastern Conference Finals Game 4
Published: May. 23, 2023 at 1:31 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat will play the Boston Celtics.
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Heat vs. Celtics Game Info
- When: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 8:30 PM ET
- Where: FTX Arena in Miami, Florida
- TV: TNT
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Heat vs Celtics Additional Info
Heat Stats Insights
- The Heat are shooting 46% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points lower than the 46.3% the Celtics allow to opponents.
- Miami is 25-11 when it shoots better than 46.3% from the field.
- The Celtics are the seventh-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Heat sit at 27th.
- The 109.5 points per game the Heat put up are only 1.9 fewer points than the Celtics give up (111.4).
- Miami has a 26-8 record when scoring more than 111.4 points.
Celtics Stats Insights
- The Celtics' 47.5% shooting percentage from the field this season is the same as the Heat have allowed to their opponents.
- Boston has compiled a 33-3 straight-up record in games it shoots over 48.2% from the field.
- The Heat are the 20th best rebounding team in the league, the Celtics rank 20th.
- The Celtics' 117.9 points per game are 8.1 more points than the 109.8 the Heat give up.
- Boston has put together a 49-12 record in games it scores more than 109.8 points.
Heat Home & Away Comparison
- The Heat are scoring 111.4 points per game when playing at home. In road games, they are averaging 107.5 points per contest.
- Defensively Miami has been worse at home this season, giving up 110.2 points per game, compared to 109.3 when playing on the road.
- In home games, the Heat are making the same number of treys per game as they are in away games (12). Meanwhile, they sport a higher three-point percentage at home (36%) compared to in road games (32.9%).
Celtics Home & Away Comparison
- At home the Celtics are better offensively, putting up 120.5 points per game, compared to 115.4 away. They're also better defensively, conceding 110.5 points per game at home, and 112.4 on the road.
- Boston is allowing fewer points at home (110.5 per game) than on the road (112.4).
- This year the Celtics are averaging more assists at home (26.8 per game) than away (26.5).
Heat Injuries
Celtics Injuries
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Eugene Omoruyi Player Prop Bets: Pistons vs. Rockets - March 31
Eugene Omoruyi and the Detroit Pistons face the Houston Rockets at 8:00 PM ET on Friday.
In this piece we'll dive into Omoruyi's stats and trends, helping you make good predictions on prop bets.
Eugene Omoruyi Prop Bets vs. the Rockets
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Eugene Omoruyi Insights vs. the Rockets
- Omoruyi's Pistons average 102.5 possessions per game, which ranks 15th among NBA teams, while the Rockets are one of the league's fastest, ranking eighth with 102.8 possessions per contest.
- Defensively, the Rockets are 28th in the NBA, conceding 118.9 points per contest.
- The Rockets give up 41.2 rebounds per game, ranking third in the NBA.
- The Rockets allow 26.1 assists per contest, 23rd-ranked in the league.
- Looking at 3-pointers, the Rockets have conceded 14.7 makes per game, worst in the NBA.
Eugene Omoruyi vs. the Rockets
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Emoni Bates will have another opportunity to showcase his skills for NBA franchises in the next step of the draft process next week.
The 6-foot-9 Eastern Michigan sophomore was listed as one of 78 prospects who is expected participate in the 2023 Microsoft Surface NBA Draft Combine ahead of this summer’s NBA Draft, according to an NBA press release from Tuesday.
The event will run Monday through Sunday (May 15-21) at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago, and will include interviews with NBA Teams, in addition to shooting, strength, and agility drills.
There will also be five-on-five scrimmages, though not all players who are invited partake in every drill.
The drills will be broadcast live on the NBA app on from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. ET on Monday. ESPN2 will also provide coverage from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, and 4 p.m.-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 18.
Bates, once considered the No. 1 overall high school prospect in the 2022 recruiting class, was recently projected to be a late second-round pick, according to ESPN following his sophomore season at EMU.
The Ypsilanti native declared for the draft in late April after averaging 19.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game for the Eagles on the way to earning second team All-Mid-American Conference honors for the 2022-2023 season.
His points and rebounds per game ranked in the Top 10 in the MAC and he increased his shooting percentages at all levels from his freshman year at Memphis.
Bates rose to stardom as a basketball phenom during his high school career at Ypsilanti Lincoln where he led the team to a state title as a freshman and was named Gatorade National Player of the Year after his sophomore season.
He then transferred to Ypsi Prep Academy for his junior year and reclassified to the 2021 recruiting class before committing to Memphis.
Bates played in 18 games and averaged 9.7 points on 38% shooting from the field with 3.3 rebounds per game for the Tigers before transferring to EMU.
He is the only player from the MAC who is expected to participate in the combine.
Coverage of the combine will take place on ESPN 2 from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 17 and 4 p.m.-8 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 18. It will also be streamed on the ESPN app, the press release said.
The NBA Draft is scheduled for June 22. | https://www.mlive.com/sports/2023/05/emoni-bates-expected-to-participate-at-nba-combine.html | 2023-05-10 02:29:45 | 1 | https://www.mlive.com/sports/2023/05/emoni-bates-expected-to-participate-at-nba-combine.html |
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On NBC 10 News Today, NBC 10’s Mya Hudgins and Hunter Elyse sit down with Luke Mixon, candidate for US Senate, to talk about his campaign and what is ahead in the November election. For more details, watch the video above. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/morning-show/nbc-10-news-today-democratic-candidate-luke-mixon-interview/ | 2022-09-27 13:09:15 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/morning-show/nbc-10-news-today-democratic-candidate-luke-mixon-interview/ |
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s ruling generals and the main pro-democracy group on Monday signed a framework deal meant to help resolve the country’s crisis and take it to the next elections. However, key dissenters, including some rebel groups and reformists have stayed out of the agreement.
The deal — the first of at least two planned accords — was signed by Sudan’s two ruling generals, Abdel-Fattah Burhan and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, and the leaders from the country’s largest pro-democracy group, Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, at the Khartoum Republican Palace.
However, several of Sudan’s key dissenting political forces have boycotted the deal, including Sudan’s grassroots pro-democracy network, known as the Resistance Committees, which has continually refused to negotiate with the ruling generals. Several former rebel leaders, who have formed their own political block, have also rejected the deal.
According to the draft, the deal envisions Sudan’s military eventually step back from politics. The agreement also stipulates that the “revolutionary forces” that signed the deal will decide upon a new prime minister to oversee a two-year transition, a 24-month period that begins after a premier is appointed.
In response to the signing, the pro-democracy Resistance Committees’ leaders called for demonstrations against the agreement.
The deal is roughly based on a draft transitional constitution proposed by Sudan’s Bar Association in September. It does not address details concerning thornier political issues, such as a transitional judiciary system and the implementation of military reforms, which have been left for a follow-up accord.
It also stipulates that the military will form part of a new ‘’security and defense council” under the appointed prime minister. The agreement also vows to unify Sudan’s armed forces and impose controls on military-owned companies.
The document makes specific mention of Sudan’s wealthy paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces, headed by Dagalo. The force amassed wealth through its gradual acquisition of Sudanese financial institutions and gold reserves in recent years.
However, no further details were given on how or when these reforms would be implemented. Many of the points in the deal were already promised in a 2020 deal which saw Sudan’s previous transitional government make peace with several rebels in Sudan’s far-flung provinces.
Sudan has been plugged into turmoil since Gen. Burhan mounted the October 2021 coup that upended the country’s former democratic transition after three decades of autocratic rule by President Omar al-Bashir. The former leader was toppled in April 2019, following a popular uprising.
The U.N. special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, attended Monday’s signing and later, at a speech at the palace, described the deal as ‘‘Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led.’’
Monday’s development came after months of negotiations between the military and the Forces for the Declaration of Freedom and Change, facilitated by a four-part mediating team, including the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Great Britain.
The deal will hope to drawn in new international aid, after donor funds dried up in response to the coup. In recent months, bread and fuel shortages, caused in part by the war in Ukraine, have become routine in Sudan.
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Jeffery reported from Cairo. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/sudanese-generals-pro-democracy-group-sign-framework-deal/2022/12/05/75f349f0-7485-11ed-a199-927b334b939f_story.html | 2022-12-05 11:28:09 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/sudanese-generals-pro-democracy-group-sign-framework-deal/2022/12/05/75f349f0-7485-11ed-a199-927b334b939f_story.html |
HARRISBURG – In an effort to combat human trafficking throughout the Commonwealth, some PA state senators have introduced legislation that would remove the third-party control requirement to ensure that minors who are human trafficking victims have full access to appropriate services and support. Under current PA law, a minor that is exploited for commercial sex must identify a third party to be considered a human trafficking victim. Senate Bill 44 would remove third-party control from Titles 18 and 23 of the PA criminal code. Senate Bill 45 would eliminate the third-party control requirement to access victim services under the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline Notification Act Additionally, the package of bills would expand the authority already granted to officers appearing undercover as minors in Title 18. If passed, undercover law enforcement would be able to pose as a third party selling a minor into sexual exploitation. PA currently ranks as the 9th highest state for reported human trafficking cases. During the past five years, charges have been filed in more than 870 human trafficking cases statewide. | https://wdac.com/pa-human-trafficking-measures-introduced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pa-human-trafficking-measures-introduced | 2023-06-03 01:38:31 | 1 | https://wdac.com/pa-human-trafficking-measures-introduced/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pa-human-trafficking-measures-introduced |
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When the United Kingdom walked out of the European Union two years ago, Brexit supporters believed British pragmatism and common sense would not only see them through but also allow their country to flourish as it stood alone.
That self-image was, many felt, part of British exceptionalism, part of the national brand.
Events of the past 12 months, with three British prime ministers occupying No. 10 Downing Street after Liz Truss quit Thursday following just 45 days in office, have shattered that image.
“There is no question that the U.K.’s standing in the world has been severely battered by (Truss’s resignation) and by the revolving door of prime ministers,” said Bronwen Maddox, director of the international affairs think tank Chatham House.
“For the U.K. to regain respect — and an image of reliability — it needs to acquire another soon, one who is capable of putting policies into action,” Maddox added.
Years of political turbulence followed the 2016 U.K. referendum vote to abandon the other 27 countries in the EU. British politics descended into warring factions, and Truss’s transient administration may turn out to be the climax of that turbulent period.
The recent British narrative left some shaking their heads. Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt tweeted after Truss’s resignation: “Downhill downhill from Brexit. But tragic tragic for a great nation.”
Maddox, of Chatham House, said Brexit was a seismic event, delivering “a huge shock to the country’s position in the world,” and left diplomats in London scratching their heads.
“It’s not their image of Britain, which they saw for years as a beacon of stability,” she said.
The U.K.’s attempt to redefine itself has gone off course. Far from the Cool Britannia moniker of 25 years ago, the country is now often dubbed Broken Britain.
The next British leader’s in-tray includes mending strained diplomatic and economic ties with the EU, its biggest trading partner, as part of a wider effort at restoring government credibility and reliability.
The post-divorce antagonism and quarreling, especially over trade rules and the status of the Northern Ireland border, made the EU deeply wary of Britain.
After Truss quit, EU leaders expressed hope that relations might improve.
“I hope in any case that Great Britain can find stability as rapidly as possible, and move forward,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at an EU summit in Brussels. “It’s good for us, and it’s good for our Europe.”
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin agreed that a lot is at stake.
“Stability is very important,” he said, “given the fairly significant geopolitical issues facing Europe (like) the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis.”
Michel Barnier, who negotiated the terms of Brexit on behalf of the EU, said he took no pleasure in Britain’s discomfiture.
“No one should or can be happy about the political & economic turmoil in the U.K.,” Barnier tweeted. He said, “We must find stability and cooperate, across Europe.”
Further afield, the latest change at the top of British government was viewed as an unwelcome setback.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was impatient for a free trade agreement between Britain and Australia and had discussed with Truss the possibility of fast-tracking the negotiations.
Albanese added that his government was stable and orderly, and “the adults are in charge” in Australia.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he ordinarily would refrain from commenting on the internal affairs of another country. But he noted that Britain is an important strategic partner for Japan, with increasingly close defense ties.
“I will keep a close watch on the future movements in Britain,” he said.
Amid the chaotic scenes at Westminster, Chatham House’s Maddox found a grain of optimism. The authority of Parliament and other U.K. bodies, such as the Bank of England, were “reaffirmed” in recent days, she said.
“It might not seem that way to observers around the world, but (Truss’s) departure marks a victory for the institutions of the U.K,” she said.
That wasn’t the way it was seen in China, where political chaos in foreign democracies is cited by the government and many Chinese as validating their opaque, one-party system. The Communist Party’s current 20th National Congress in Beijing is poised to produce a new cadre of leaders.
“It’s all very orderly,” said Zhang, a Beijing retiree who only gave his surname, as is common among Chinese people.
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AP reporters around the world contributed to this story.
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NORFOLK, Va. — Sickle cell disease can be debilitating, but a local teen pageant queen is facing the challenge head on.
Miss Virginia Teen Ayana Johnson is using her voice and her platform to advocate for sickle cell warriors everywhere.
Johnson was diagnosed with sickle cell at birth.
She says although the disease is not visible to the eye, the pain she feels is unbearable.
"Sometimes I describe it as a stabbing throwing feeling, sometimes I describe it as waves and sometimes I describe it as ants crawling or grass breaking inside of me," said Ayana.
Despite that, she competes in pageants all over the world — representing the state of Virginia.
"I just try to overcome that, I try to get over it mentally before I can get through it physically," Ayana said.
Hermionne Johnson, Ayana's mom, tells News 3 that seeing her daughter balance her studies and pageantry is the true definition of a warrior.
"She would be in the hospital emailing her teachers, that's how serious she was about her grades," said Hermionne.
Although battling the chronic disease is tough, Ayana does not let sickle cell determine what crown she will wear.
"You can achieve things with sickle cell disease. Even though I can't walk exactly the same way and I can't dance I will be able to soon," said Ayana.
Ayana has spoken with President Joe Biden and a host of legislators about affordable medication.
She tells News 3 that she hopes one day all people with sickle cell can get the treatment they need. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/miss-virginia-teen-battles-sickle-cell-while-holding-the-crown | 2023-04-20 10:02:53 | 1 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/miss-virginia-teen-battles-sickle-cell-while-holding-the-crown |
Richard L. Zubrod May 17, 2023 42 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Richard L. ZubrodAugust 23, 1949 - May 11, 2023Full obituary online at lincolnfh.com Tags Richard L. Zubrod Obituaries Newsletter Sign up to get the most recent local obituaries delivered to your inbox. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Load comments Related to this story Watch Now: Related Video The most popular baby names in the U.S. How to properly look after your aging dog How to properly look after your aging dog The average age of cars in the U.S. is older than ever before The average age of cars in the U.S. is older than ever before Here's why cough medicine can be so dangerous for children Here's why cough medicine can be so dangerous for children | https://journalstar.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/richard-l-zubrod/article_e27d5671-bee8-5299-bf5b-0bbe0ffacdf2.html | 2023-05-17 05:48:04 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/richard-l-zubrod/article_e27d5671-bee8-5299-bf5b-0bbe0ffacdf2.html |
The Whitehall High School “Marching Zephyr” Band is gearing up for a new season.
This year the band will perform a “Celtic Journey.” Songs include “Cloudsong,” “Kirkpatrick’s Muse,” “Celtic Voyage” and “My Irish Hart” as their halftime show.
They have 53 band and color guard members.
Band Director Matt Tanzos will lead the “Marching Zephyr” Band into several competitions this year with Katie Coughlin as the drum major.
The competitions are as follows:
• Northampton Area High School - Sept. 17
• Boyertown High School - Sept. 24
• Bangor Area High School - Oct. 1
• Unionville High School - Oct. 15
• Nazareth Area High School - Oct. 22
• Whitehall High School “Music in Motion” (Home Show) - Oct. 29
• Governor Mifflin High School - Nov. 5
• Cavalcade of Bands Championships - Nov 12
The Whitehall “Marching Zephyr” Band is a four-time defending Cavalcade of Bands Champion (2017, 2018, 2019 American Open Class; no season is 2020 due to pandemic; 2021 Independence Open Class).
The band was selected last summer to appear in a national Sunoco advertisement.
Check out photos in the gallery below from a recent band camp session.
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Uniontown community remembers father of four who was killed in shooting
One of the two men killed inside a Uniontown bar early Wednesday morning was remembered Thursday night by friends and family.
One of the two men killed inside a Uniontown bar early Wednesday morning was remembered Thursday night by friends and family.
One of the two men killed inside a Uniontown bar early Wednesday morning was remembered Thursday night by friends and family.
One of the two men killed inside a Uniontown bar early Wednesday morning was remembered Thursday night by friends and family.
Loved ones of Tommy Stargell Jr. held a vigil in his honor outside of the place where he was killed, Sails Inn Bar and Grill.
“This hurt everybody. It shows how big of a heart he had,” Cierra Truley said.
Truley said Stargell was a loving father to their child and his three other children.
“He just wanted to be a father to his kids,” Truley said. “That’s all he wanted.”
Stargell’s mother LaSha Gipson said she got a call early Wednesday morning saying her son had been shot inside the Sails Inn Bar and Grill.
“To get here, and get in the door, and see my son laying on the floor, and you holler his name, and he don’t turn to look at you, it’s horrible. It’s really a horrible feeling,” Gipson said.
Uniontown police said 32-year-old Darrell Gregg Jr. was also killed inside the bar.
Surveillance video allegedly showed both Gregg and Stargell among a group of people, when an altercation broke out. Police said Daryl Truley Jr. was seen on camera firing rounds in the direction of Gregg.
According to the complaint, a witness saw Truley and Gregg arguing before shots were fired. Now, Truley is wanted in connection to Gregg’s death.
Questions still remain as to who fired the shots that killed Stargell.
“He didn’t deserve this, especially when he was the innocent bystander breaking up a fight that happened in a bar,” Gipson said.
Thursday night, family and friends released balloons in honor of Stargell’s life.
“I’m so sorry that this happened to you, and I wish you was just here. I miss your smile. I miss your voice. I miss your touches. I miss your goofiness. I just miss you all around together,” Gipson said.
Police said they are awaiting forensic results in the investigation into Stargell’s death. | https://www.wtae.com/article/uniontown-shooting-tommy-stargell-jr-vigil/43267308 | 2023-03-10 05:25:52 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/uniontown-shooting-tommy-stargell-jr-vigil/43267308 |
Guests in Washington, D.C., can now enjoy bold and authentic P.F. Chang's scratch-made favorites for the first time
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- P.F. Chang's opened its first P.F. Chang's To Go location in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., today. Continuing the national expansion of P.F. Chang's To Go, the fast-casual concept provides guests with bold, authentically crafted Asian food whenever the craving hits.
Launched in 2020 as part of the company's off-premise dining strategy, P.F Chang's To Go features a smaller footprint and allows more guests in high-density metropolitan communities to experience its elevated Asian cuisine. The convenient To Go format also provides a solution for online ordering, takeout, catering and delivery.
"P.F. Chang's To Go allows guests the ability to enjoy P.F. Chang's Asian favorites in an easy and accessible way that matches their evolving, on-the-go lifestyles," said Art Kilmer, chief operating officer for P.F. Chang's. "We're excited to continue answering consumer demand by bringing P.F. Chang's To Go to the Washington, D.C., community for the first time."
P.F. Chang's To Go Dupont Circle is now open at 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20036. This 1,315-square-foot location offers indoor seating for 12 guests, and hours of operation are 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. The menu features popular items guests know and love, including P.F. Chang's made-from-scratch dishes like Chang's Spicy Chicken, Mongolian Beef and Chang's Lettuce Wraps.
The opening of P.F. Chang's To Go Dupont Circle adds 30 new jobs to the Washington, D.C., community with opportunities in both culinary and hospitality fields. Qualified job candidates interested in a career with P.F. Chang's may apply at jobs.pfchangs.com.
About P.F. Chang's
Founded in 1993 by Philip Chiang and Paul Fleming, P.F. Chang's is the first internationally recognized multi-unit Asian culinary brand to honor and celebrate the 2,000-year-old tradition of wok cooking as the center of the guest experience. With roots in Chinese cuisine, today's menu at P.F. Chang's spans across all of Asia, honoring cultures and recipes from Japan, Korea, Thailand, and beyond. Each item offers a unique exploration of flavor, whether it's a handcrafted cocktail, wok-fired lunch bowl, or celebratory multi-course dinner. Worldwide, P.F. Chang's has more than 300 restaurants in 22 countries and U.S. airport locations, including a growing number of convenient P.F. Chang's To Go locations offering takeout and delivery. For more P.F. Chang's news, visit pfchangs.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @pfchangs.
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DALLAS — Editor's note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.
The NCAA Women's Final Four in Dallas has been nothing short of a box office attraction, living up to its hype. LSU mounted a comeback against Virginia Tech, and Iowa, led by star guard Caitlin Clark, took down defending champion and previously-undefeated South Carolina.
The national championship game set for Sunday afternoon is expected to tie a bow on a weekend of spectacular basketball games.
For fans visiting Dallas for the Women's Final Four, we have your guide to all of the events and how to navigate the AAC.
Now, let's take a look at the final matchup of the season.
How to watch
The Division I national title trophy on Sunday, April 2 at 2:30 p.m. CT. It will be broadcast live on ABC for the first time. The NCAA has an entirely female crew working championship game for the first time ever, as well.
Party of first-timers
(AP) — Caitlin Clark gets the national stage for one more game this season. Same with the Texas homecoming for Alexis Morris.
The standout guards have made it a party of first-timers for the women's NCAA championship game Sunday.
Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes knocked off undefeated defending national champion South Carolina 77-73 in the semifinals Friday night.
Morris, in her second stint with flamboyant coach Kim Mulkey, led LSU's rally in a 79-72 victory over Virginia Tech in the early game at the Final Four.
Clark, the Associated Press Player of the Year, scored 41 points for Iowa (31-6). The Hawkeyes lost 73-72 in overtime to Ohio State 30 years ago in their only previous Final Four appearance.
“I think we have to be able to enjoy this for a moment but also reset our minds,” Clark said. “We’re here to hoist the trophy. We’re here to cut down another championship net. We need to take care of our bodies. We need to take care of our minds.”
Morris scored 27 points to get the Tigers (33-2) past the semifinals for the first time in their sixth try. The first five were consecutive from 2004-08.
Mulkey is just the third coach to take multiple teams to the Final Four after going four times with Baylor and winning three championships. She has a 7-1 record on the big stage.
It took Mulkey five years to get Baylor to the championship game. She did it in two with the flagship school in her home state.
“You think about all the great men’s players that have played at LSU,” Mulkey said. “You think about all the great women’s players that have played. When they told me none had ever played for a national championship, I was kind of surprised. That’s an accomplishment. That’s a step in the right direction.”
Iowa was a No. 2 seed playing the team that had been ranked No. 1 all season. South Carolina was trying to become the first repeat winner since UConn in 2016.
The Hawkeyes came to the Final Four with the most losses among the remaining teams, but the best player. And they guaranteed that a No. 1 seed won't win the title for the first time since 2011.
Now Clark will match wits with Morris while Iowa figures out how to deal with star LSU post player Angel Reese, who had 24 points and 12 rebounds to tie an NCAA single-season record with her 33rd double-double.
The Hawkeyes found a way to overcome the South Carolina size advantage headlined by Aliyah Boston and will have to do it again with Reese.
“It’s just a business mentality at this point, and I think we’ve done a really good job of doing that in the past,” said McKenna Warnock, who had a critical offensive rebound in the final minute against South Carolina. “The Big Ten tournament prepares you for this, and I think that’s kind of how we look at it.”
Morris, who grew up in Beaumont near the southeast Texas coast, played for Mulkey at Baylor as a freshman before a circuitous career that included stops at Rutgers and Texas A&M.
The feisty 5-foot-6 guard is in her second season of a reunion with Mulkey and knows her career is about to end a couple of hundred miles from home.
Morris was agitated over questions about matching up against 3-pointer wizard Georgia Amoore of Virginia Tech. The questions will be coming again with Clark on the other side.
“It still hasn’t hit me,” Morris said. “Maybe if we’re the standing champions at the end, then maybe I can just let go and just be like ahhh, like relief.”
Players to watch
LSU:
Forward, Angel Reese
The sophomore averages 23.2 points, 15.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.
Guard, Alexis Morris
The senior averages 14.9 points, 4.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game.
Iowa:
Guard, Caitlin Clark
The junior averages 27.3 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game.
Forward/Center, Monika Czinano
The fifth year averages 17.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.
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Millennials are increasingly putting down roots whether that is through buying a home, getting involved in their community or working with a local financial advisor to plan for the future. While less than 4% of millennials moved between states in 2021, new Census Bureau data shows that some cities in particular experienced significant increases and decreases in their millennial populations last year.
In this study, SmartAsset analyzed the cities where millennials are moving and leaving using the most recent Census Bureau data from 2021. We compared the number of people between the ages of 25 and 39 who moved into a city from a different state to the number of people who moved out of a city to a different state. For more information on our data and how we put it together, read our Data and Methodology section below.
This is SmartAsset’s sixth annual study on where millennials are moving. Read last year’s version here.
Key Findings
- Florida and Texas are becoming millennial hotspots. Four of the top 10 cities where millennials are moving are in the Lone Star and Sunshine States. The cities include Austin and Dallas in Texas and Jacksonville and Tampa in Florida.
- Seattle drops significantly in our rankings. Last year, Seattle was the second-ranking city where millennials were moving, with a net migration of almost 6,200. This year, there was a negative net migration of an estimated -670 millennials.
- New York City lost more than six times as many millennials as any other place. In 2021, there was a net migration of almost -79,800 millennials out of the Big Apple. Chicago is the next city where millennials are leaving at the highest rate, but its net migration clocks in at about -13,300.
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Austin, Denver lead list of most popular destinations for millennials
1. Austin, TX
Austin, Texas took the top spot this year, moving up from its fourth-placed ranking in last year’s edition of this study. In 2021, close to 24,000 millennials moved to Austin from a different state. With about 13,400 millennials moving out of Austin to a different state, there was a net migration of about 10,500.
2. Denver, CO
Millennials have flocked to Denver, Colorado in recent years. In 2019, there was a net migration of more than 10,900 millennials to the city, according to our findings. Though falling slightly in 2021, the net migration number still ranks as second-highest in our study, at 9,216.
3. Dallas, TX
The second Texas city in our top five, Dallas had a net migration of 6,339 millennials in 2021. Census Bureau data shows that 15,217 individuals between the ages of 25 and 39 moved into the city from a different state while 8,878 individuals within that same age bracket moved out of the city.
4. Raleigh, NC
The millennial population in Raleigh, North Carolina grew by more than 3% in 2021. This was a product of a net migration of more than 3,900 millennials to the city.
5. Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville, Florida rounds out our list of the top five cities where millennials are moving with a net migration of 3,921 individuals between the ages of 25 and 39 in 2021.
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Some of the biggest cities in the U.S. see most millennials moving out
1. New York, NY
America’s largest city—New York City—ranks as the top city where millennials are leaving. In 2021, about 55,400 millennials moved to the city while more than 135,100 young people left.
2. Chicago, IL
In 2021, about 23,200 millennials moved to Chicago from a different state while roughly 36,500 millennials moved out of the city to a different state. In total, there was a net migration of almost -13,300 millennials out of the city.
3. Washington, DC
The nation’s capital is the third-ranking city where millennials are leaving. Census Bureau data shows that last year, 21,776 millennials came to the city while an estimated 31,626 left the District of Columbia and moved elsewhere.
4. Boston, MA
There was a net migration of -6,702 millennials out of Boston, Massachusetts in 2021. Specifically, Census Bureau data shows that 12,471 individuals between the ages of 25 and 39 moved into the city from a different state while 19,173 individuals within that same age bracket moved out of the city.
5. Los Angeles, CA
Some of the more than -6,500 millennials who moved out of Los Angeles, California may be saving on housing costs. In our 2022 study, Los Angeles ranked as the city with the second-highest number of hours worked needed to pay rent, surpassed by only San Jose.
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Data and methodology
To find both the cities where millennials are moving and leaving, SmartAsset analyzed data from the Census Bureau’s 2021 1-Year American Community Survey.
We considered 152 of the largest cities in the U.S. for which data was available. We found net migration during 2021 in each city by subtracting the number of people between the ages of 25 and 39 who moved out of the city to a different state from the number of people in the same age group who moved into the city from a different state. Cities were ranked by net migration.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Chegg Inc. (CHGG) on Monday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.9 million.
The Santa Clara, California-based company said it had profit of 1 cent per share. Earnings, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 40 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 39 cents per share.
The provider of online textbook rental services posted revenue of $205.2 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Nine analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $201.6 million.
For the current quarter ending in March, Chegg said it expects revenue in the range of $184 million to $186 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $745 million to $760 million.
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Motorists in the Midwest could pay an extra 12 cents per gallon for gasoline under a fuel policy shift demanded by governors in the region, according to a new refining industry-commissioned analysis.
The study, conducted by Baker & O’Brien Inc. for the main US refining trade group, outlines larger-than-expected impacts of the change, which is part of a bid to encourage filling stations to sell higher ethanol E15 gasoline and offer it year round. That’s in stark contrast to a previous estimate commissioned by advocates of corn-based ethanol that saw only a 2-cents per gallon increase for consumers.
The latest study underscores the high political and economic stakes facing President Joe Biden and the Environmental Protection Agency, which has no latitude under federal law to deny the change — only delay it. Already, formal government action on the issue has been stalled amid opposition from refiners and pipeline operators stoking concerns about the economic consequences amid record-setting inflation.
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The White House is reviewing a drafted formal rulemaking notice, setting the stage for the EPA to seek public comment on the plan within weeks — potentially too late to make the change before the summer driving season. The stalemate has drawn the ire of state attorneys general and lawmakers.
At issue is a push by seven Midwestern governors to stop giving conventional E10 gasoline a partial waiver from volatility limits meant to curb air pollution. That would put E10 and E15 on the same regulatory footing in their states — and potentially encourage more sales of the higher-ethanol variety. But to meet the EPA requirements, refineries would have to churn out raw, unblended gasoline that is less volatile, essentially creating a boutique fuel for the affected Midwest states. And that, in turn, would prompt a slew of changes across the fuel supply chain, beginning at the refineries forced to forgo using butane and other inexpensive, evaporation-prone gasoline components that make the fuel too volatile.
Refineries typically would need to invest between $50 million and $75 million each to make necessary improvements, such as installing more storage tanks to hold those especially evaporative gasoline ingredients, according to a summary of the analysis that was commissioned by the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers trade group.
Costs could reach $500 million to $800 million in the first year alone, and potentially be higher if there are disruptions, said Patrick Kelly, senior director of fuels and vehicle policy at the association. “Requiring the manufacture of an entirely new gasoline blend for the Midwest is going to come with a massive price tag,” Kelly said.
The full study, which factored in facility-specific data to create a robust picture of potential impacts, was not made available for review.
It’s not clear that all refineries would make the necessary investments; they could pivot to produce fuel for other states instead. Still, with most of the extra costs passed on to consumers, pump prices would rise an estimated 8 cents to 12 cents across the region over the first two years, the study found.
Fuel production in the affected Midwest states would likely fall in the near term, as refineries without enough tanks to store butane and other foregone components curtail the amount of crude they process. Overall, gasoline production from refineries supplying the region would shrink about 125,000 barrels per day, the study found. That amounts to nearly 5% of demand in the region and would be akin to a large refinery going offline during the summer. Diesel production would fall an estimated 33,000 barrels per day.
Biofuel advocates who support the change have stressed that consumers could expect greater access to cheaper E15, more than offsetting extra costs. When the EPA issued emergency waivers allowing summer sales of E15 in 2022, it cost nearly $1-per-gallon less than E10 in some areas, with a nationwide average discount of 16 cents per gallon, according to a biofuel industry-commissioned analysis. | https://journalstar.com/midwest-ethanol-push-seen-to-lift-pump-prices-by-12-cents-a-gallon/article_608b432f-e999-508b-a959-47c064abc65b.html | 2023-02-19 02:43:53 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/midwest-ethanol-push-seen-to-lift-pump-prices-by-12-cents-a-gallon/article_608b432f-e999-508b-a959-47c064abc65b.html |
The Angels set a franchise record for runs and hits in their game Saturday night against the Colorado Rockies. The final score was 25 to 1. The Angeles scored 25 runs on 28 hits.
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The Angels set a franchise record for runs and hits in their game Saturday night against the Colorado Rockies. The final score was 25 to 1. The Angeles scored 25 runs on 28 hits.
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DALLAS, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Voting opened today in the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association's (SWAPA) strike authorization vote. This historic vote from the pilot union is taking place in the wake of Southwest's epic December meltdown and after three years of negotiations with the company. "We have been attempting to negotiate with Southwest in earnest for years, but they have shown no willingness to address some of the issues that impact not only our pilots but our customers as well, such as scheduling work rules and technology improvements. It is essential that we modernize systems and procedures to be able to keep pace with other carriers and give our passengers the level of service they expect," said SWAPA President Casey Murray. "The lack of discussion or commitment by our leadership team to rectify these issues for our passengers and our pilots are driving us to carry forward on this path afforded to us by the Railway Labor Act."
The strike authorization vote opened today, May 1, and will close May 31 and will ultimately give the pilots the ability to strike once released to self-help. Murray continued, "We believe that this timeframe gives our customers time to book elsewhere, so that they can have confidence that their summer vacations, honeymoons, and family outings are assured."
While the final vote will not be counted until the end of May, the Association is already seeing strong voter turnout and positive response. Murray stated, "The decision to authorize a strike is not one we have taken lightly, but given the lack of accountability and dearth of leadership exhibited by our current executives, we felt that this was a last resort to try to force them to face the issues plaguing our passengers, our frontline employees, and our pilots."
About SWAPA
Located in Dallas, Texas, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) is a non-profit employee organization representing the more than 10,000 pilots of Southwest Airlines. SWAPA works to provide a secure and rewarding career for Southwest pilots and their families through negotiating contracts, defending contractual rights, and actively promoting professionalism and safety. For more information on the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, visit www.swapa.org.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Attorneys for a Native Hawaiian man who has been imprisoned for more than 20 years for the 1991 sexual assault, kidnapping and murder of a white woman visiting Hawaii will ask a judge Tuesday to dismiss his conviction due to new evidence — including DNA testing — in the case.
A petition filed late Monday outlines additional evidence in one of Hawaii’s biggest murders, which unfolded on Christmas Eve in 1991 on Hawaii Island, commonly known as the Big Island.
Dana Ireland, 23, was found barely alive in the bushes along a fishing trail in Puna, a remote section of the Big Island. She had been sexually assaulted and beaten and later died at Hilo Medical Center. The mangled bicycle she had been riding was found several miles away and appeared to have been run into by a vehicle.
The murder of the blond-haired, blue-eyed visitor from Virginia gained national attention and remained unsolved for years, putting intense pressure on police to find the killer.
“Whenever you have a white, female victim … it gets a lot more attention than people of color and Native Hawaiians,” said Kenneth Lawson, co-director of the Hawaii Innocence Project. “The parents, understandably, were becoming more and more infuriated. … There was insurmountable pressure to solve this case. And when that happens, mistakes are made. Some intentional and some unintentional.”
With help from the Innocence Project in New York, the co-counsel in the case, Lawson’s group is representing Albert “Ian” Schweitzer, the last of three Native Hawaiian men convicted in Ireland’s death to remain imprisoned.
DNA evidence previously submitted in the case belonged to an unknown man and all three of the convicted men were excluded as sources.
New DNA evidence, according to the petition, shows a “Jimmy Z” brand T-shirt found near Ireland and soaked with her blood belonged to the same unknown man, and not to one of the three men, as prosecutors claimed.
Additionally, a new tire tread analysis concluded Schweitzer’s Volkswagen Beetle car didn’t leave the tire marks at either location where Ireland and her bicycle were found. A forensic odontologist also concluded an injury on her left breast wasn’t a bitemark, as previously believed, the petition said.
“At a new trial today, a jury would not convict Mr. Schweitzer of Ms. Ireland’s sexual assault and murder,” the petition said. “In fact, a prosecutor would likely not even arrest Mr. Schweitzer for this crime.”
The likelihood that all three men participated in a sexual attack and left no trace of biological evidence — including a lack of evidence uncovered with advanced forensic testing — is “extraordinarily improbable,” the petition said.
At the evidentiary hearing, a judge will consider the defense’s request to vacate Schweitzer’s sentence and release him.
Ireland’s relatives couldn’t immediately be reached for comment on the petition.
In 2019, Schweitzer’s attorneys and Hawaii County prosecutors entered into a “conviction integrity agreement” to reinvestigate the case. It was the first time in Hawaii there has been this type of agreement, Lawson said, which is increasingly being used to reexamine questionable convictions and guard against future errors.
Much of the background on the Ireland case is detailed in a document filed with the petition listing facts that defense attorneys and prosecutors have stipulated.
In 1994, police made what they believed to be a major breakthrough. A man facing charges for his role in a cocaine conspiracy contacted police and claimed his half-brother, Frank Pauline Jr., witnessed Ireland’s attack, according to the stipulated facts document.
Police interviewed Pauline, who was in his third month of a 10-year sentence for an unrelated sex assault and theft. He claimed brothers Ian and Shawn Schweitzer attacked and killed Ireland. But he was interviewed at least seven times and gave inconsistent accounts each time, eventually incriminating himself, the stipulation document said.
Despite the lack of evidence linking them to the killing, the two Schweitzers and Pauline were indicted in 1997.
At one point the charges were dismissed because all three men were excluded as the source of semen found in Ireland and on a hospital gurney sheet. They were indicted again after another informant claimed Ian Schweitzer confessed to him in jail that Pauline raped and killed Ireland.
Pauline later said he offered details to police about the Ireland murder in order to get drug charges dropped against his half-brother.
In a prison interview with the A&E show “American Justice,” Pauline compared his story to the tale of the boy who cried wolf. “Wasn’t me,” he said in a strong Hawaii Pidgin accent. But when he started telling the truth, he said no one believed him.
Shawn Schweitzer took a deal to plead guilty to manslaughter and kidnapping — and receive credit for about a year served and five years of probation — after seeing juries convict Pauline and his brother in 2000.
In October, Shawn Schweitzer met with prosecutors and recanted. According to the stipulation document, he pleaded guilty because his “parents did not want to risk losing another son and encouraged Shawn Schweitzer to do what he needed to do to come home and not suffer the same fate as his brother.”
Shawn Schweitzer “continues to feel immense guilt about agreeing to the confession and entering a guilty plea for a crime he did not commit and falsely implicating his brother,” the document said.
A polygraph test in November showed he was telling the truth when he denied any involvement in the murder, the document said.
Pauline was killed in a New Mexico prison by a fellow inmate in 2015. Ian Schweitzer is serving his 130-year sentence in an Arizona prison because of a lack of space for inmates in Hawaii.
“Mr. Schweitzer has spent over two decades wrongfully incarcerated based on unreliable informant evidence and accident reconstruction testimony,” the petition said. “It would be unconscionable for him to continue to remain incarcerated, given this overwhelming new evidence of innocence.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-judge-to-consider-freedom-for-hawaiian-man-in-91-murder/ | 2023-01-24 16:01:57 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-judge-to-consider-freedom-for-hawaiian-man-in-91-murder/ |
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Artificial intelligence, or AI, is computer technology designed to process, learn and communicate like humans. Artificial intelligence promises to change our lives, but will it be for the better? PIX11’s Kori Chambers reports on the capabilities of artificial intelligence and how New York City is trying to rein in the quickly evolving technology. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/the-future-of-ai-will-it-change-our-lives-for-better-or-worse/ | 2023-02-14 05:33:48 | 1 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/the-future-of-ai-will-it-change-our-lives-for-better-or-worse/ |
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Saturday's results
Winnipeg 4 Brandon 3 (OT)
Saskatoon 2 Prince Albert 1 (OT)
Red Deer 5 Edmonton 3
Tri-City 8 Prince George 3
Regina 6 Moose Jaw 3
Medicine Hat 9 Lethbridge 1
Swift Current 3 Calgary 2 (SO)
Spokane 5 Victoria 4
Everett 4 Vancouver 1
Portland 6 Kelowna 5 (OT)
Wednesday's results
Winnipeg at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Thursday's games
Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Friday's games
Winnipeg at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Tri-City at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.
Kamloops at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
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Regina at Calgary, 2 p.m.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, announced today that it will release financial results for the third quarter of 2022 after the market closes on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. The company will host a conference call to discuss these results at 5:00 p.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. PT on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
To participate in the live call, investors are invited to dial +1 (888) 317-6003 (for domestic callers) or +1 (412) 317-6061 (for international callers) and reference the conference ID #0366978 at least five minutes prior to start time. A live webcast of the call will be available on the Investors section of Digital Realty's website at https://investor.digitalrealty.com.
Telephone and webcast replays will be available one hour after the call until November 25, 2022. The telephone replay may be accessed by dialing +1 (877) 344-7529 (for domestic callers) or +1 (412) 317-0088 (for international callers) and using the conference ID #6591767. The webcast replay may be accessed on Digital Realty's website.
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Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data "meeting place" and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 27 countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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THE COLONY, Texas (AP) — Charley Hull has forced herself to work a little harder on the putting and she saw it pay off Friday with eight birdies in her round of 7-under 64 to take the 36-hole lead in The Ascendant LPGA.
Hull seized control with four birdies in a six-hole stretch around the turn and led by two shots over Xiyu “Janet” Lin (68) and Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand, whose eagle-birdie finish gave her a 67.
Thitikul can go to No. 1 in the women’s world ranking by winning for the second straight week on the LPGA Tour.
They played in the morning and caught the better side of the wave at Old American Golf Club with moderate wind. The course remained bouncy, however, making it difficult to take on the pins.
Hull, a 26-year-old from England, managed just fine and relied on her putting. That’s what she least likes to practice at home, instead preferring to improve through playing as many as 36 holes a day.
“I just feel like the putter was very strong today,” Hull said. “When I was home I was working quite hard on my putting because I felt like that’s the boringest part of the game to practice. I don’t practice it as much as I should, so I’ve been doing like two hours each day and just trying to fix it.”
She started on the back nine and with a birdie on the par-5 17th, that sent her on her way to three birdies on the opening four holes of the front nine. Hull finished with two birdies and was at 11-under 131.
“I actually can’t really remember much of my round because I was so focused. I didn’t know what my score was when I was coming in,” Hull said.
A five-time Solheim Cup player, Hull is nearly six years removed from her lone LPGA Tour win at the CME Group Championship. She also has three Ladies European Tour wins, the most recent last fall in the Aramco Team Series in New York.
Thitikul won last week in Arkansas, and at age 19 can replace Jin Young Ko at No. 1 in the world by winning. She will be no worse than No. 2 after this week after Nelly Korda shot 75-72 and missed the cut.
Thitikul has made no secret that Old American doesn’t suit her game. She told her team around her at the start of the week she didn’t have many expectations.
That could be what’s helping the Thai teen, who is trying to think less and react to shots. She overcame a double bogey on the par-4 ninth hole and put herself in great position for the weekend with a 40-foot eagle putt on the 17th and a closing birdie.
“When I started, like before first round, I just told myself and my manager, my caddie, that make the cut is good enough for me here on this course,” Thitikul said. “It’s challenging for me. I think’s it’s so different from last week. It’s dry and it’s run-out pretty much, and it’s so many bunkers.
“I don’t think too much on the course. That’s why I can play well these two days.”
Lin led by one after the first round and birdied two of the par 5s.
Lindy Duncan had a 65 and was three shots behind. Jessica Korda had a 66 and was four behind, while Lydia Ko also had 66 and was a further stroke back. Lexi Thompson also played in the morning and could only manage a 70, leaving her six shots behind as the American tries to end more than three years without winning on the LPGA.
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Sigmoid develops an end to end Google Cloud monitoring and optimization solution to reduce infrastructure cost by 2.1x while improving performance.
NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigmoid, a leading data engineering and AI solutions firm, partnered with Reckitt a multinational consumer goods company, in successfully concluding a global cloud optimization initiative. This engagement helped Reckitt to improve their data infrastructure on the cloud and enable analytics solutions across marketing and supply chain.
With increasing data volumes and multiple business teams relying on access to high quality data, enhancing cloud performance was a strategic imperative for Reckitt. Unplanned spikes in cloud cost and the inability to predict monthly expenses necessitated the development of a solution that would provide 100% visibility of cloud usage at a granular level and ensure continued cost efficiency.
"To have a clear view on cloud usage and continuity of key analytics initiatives, we partnered with Sigmoid. Their expertise in optimizing data infrastructure on multiple cloud platforms helped us leverage the best practices in monitoring, guard railing and optimization which brought down our cloud costs by more than 50% for all BAU projects in GCP", said Thomson Iruthayaraj, Global Lead Data Strategy and Operations - IT at Reckitt.
Sigmoid's cloud optimization solutions and custom dashboards helped Reckitt gain visibility of estimated costs for planned projects and alerts for any fluctuations or anomalies in billing patterns. Reckitt also achieved improvement in query performance by 97% and cost saving by 54%.
"We are happy to work with Reckitt in their cloud enablement and optimization. Our association with leading cloud service providers combined with our experience in data management enabled us to develop a highly cost efficient solution with real time monitoring and notification system that drives business critical use cases for Reckitt", said Mayur Rustagi, Sigmoid's CTO and Co-Founder.
With Reckitt operating a multi-cloud infrastructure, the engagement with Sigmoid has paved the way to further optimize cloud costs, reduce time to insights and deploy enterprise wide best practices to derive the maximum benefit from data residing on the cloud.
Sigmoid combines data engineering and AI consulting to help enterprises gain competitive advantage through effective data-driven decision making. Some of the world's largest data producers are engaging with Sigmoid to solve complex business problems. Sigmoid brings deep expertise in data engineering, marketing analytics, artificial intelligence, and DataOps.
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GAINESVILLE — Coach Billy Napier can count just fine, even if a failed 2-point conversion at Tennessee did not add up for many Florida fans in a 38-33 loss.
For those questioning his thinking, Napier laid out a well-calculated decision that at first glance appeared short-sighted as the Gators trailed 38-27 with 4:49 remaining Saturday at Neyland Stadium.
On Monday, Napier said he welcomed the opportunity to explain: “I’m glad you asked that question because I probably got more questions about that than anything else.”
The logic is elementary to Napier, a high school honors student who excelled in mathematics and has since applied analytics to coaching.
Trailing the Vols by 11, Florida could have played it safely, kicked the extra point and then needed another touchdown, extra point and a field goal to make it 38-38.
“You start talking about playing for a tie,” Napier said.
But a home team favored by two scores has a decided edge in overtime.
“It’s around 63 percent advantage,” Napier said. “So that goes into your decision-making.”
The Gators, a 10.5-point underdog, were going to have to go for two if they scored again to avoid overtime with a game-winning field goal.
“So you’re just declaring the path [to victory] quicker,” Napier said. “That gives you a chance to adjust your strategy the rest of the game.”
Florida failed on a second two-point attempt en route to the five-point loss. If the Gators (2-2, 0-2 SEC) had converted either, they could have pushed to get in field-goal range after recovering an onside kick on Tennessee’s 47 with 16 seconds to go.
Instead, the Gators had to go for broke on three plays, the final one an interception on a desperation heave by Anthony Richardson.
While Napier’s approach did not work in Knoxville he’d do it again.
“This is pretty common in this era,” he said. “Probably the last five years this has happened a number of times. It’s all well thought-out.”
Richardson’s edge
Richardson showcased his many talents during his 515-yard, 4-touchdown showing at Tennessee.
Napier most enjoyed seeing his quarterback’s competitive fire during his fifth career start and following a pair or poor performances against Kentucky and USF.
“The big thing for him is I saw him kind of flip the switch as a competitor and really just get consumed with, ‘Hey, look, this is my team,’” Napier said. “‘I’m going to take my team. We’re going to beat your team.’”
The Gators came up short, but Richardson may have set the tone for the rest of the season.
The website Pro Football Focus graded Richardson’s performance an 81, a notch above his 80.6 score during a season-opening upset of Utah. Richardson scored 40.6 against Kentucky and 42.2 against USF, games featuring 4 interceptions and no touchdowns.
“We knew going into the park that we were going to give him the ball and let him go play,” Napier said. “We’ll continue to do that. It’s just part of him being a young player.”
Hurricane Ian update
Richardson is scheduled to make his sixth college start at noon Saturday against Eastern Washington.
Hurricane Ian’s arrival could change plans. The storm is expected to impact Gainesville by Thursday.
EWU’s traveling party has to cross more than 2,700 miles and could be en route while Ian threatens north Florida.
Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin tweeted Monday the game remains a go.
“The UAA is working with campus, local & state officials to closely monitor Hurricane Ian and its potential impact on Gainesville and the surrounding communities,” Stricklin wrote.
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NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Manchester City clinched a third straight English Premier League title after second-placed Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest 1-0 to cap its end-of-season collapse on Saturday.
City holds an unassailable four-point lead, with Arsenal — the once long-time leader — having only one game remaining.
It is City's seventh league crown in a 12-year period during which the Abu Dhabi-owned club has changed the face of the English game.
City’s latest title is the fifth in Pep Guardiola's seven years at the club and owes as much to its end-of-season streak of 11 straight victories as it does to an implosion by Arsenal, just when a first league title since 2004 was in sight.
Arsenal led by eight points on April 1 but has since won only two of eight games.
A win at the City Ground likely would have delayed the inevitable but Taiwo Awoniyi's 19th-minute goal brought an end to the title race with City still having three games to play.
The victory also ensured Forest was safe from relegation in its first season back in the top-flight since 1999.
Texas will return almost all of its key specialists from last season save for punter Daniel Trejo. The Longhorns signed Stanford's Ryan Sanborn to replace him. | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/man-city-wins-english-premier-league-after-18110298.php | 2023-05-20 18:55:24 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/man-city-wins-english-premier-league-after-18110298.php |
Updated February 24, 2023 at 9:45 AM ET
A major, prolonged winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and significant ice from California to the Northeast this week.
Just over 873,000 households nationwide were without power as of 9:45 a.m. ET on Friday. The vast majority of those outages — more than 772,000 — are in Michigan, where residents have been hit with freezing rain and ice. That's according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages state-by-state.
"Power outages and areas of tree damage will be possible across these areas [from the Great Lakes into the Northeast], and especially for the locations seeing a combination of stronger winds and accumulating ice," the National Weather Service predicted.
Snow was falling at heavy rates of 1-2 inches per hour near the Great Lakes, and combining with 40-50 mph winds. That would have significant impacts, including major disruptions to travel, infrastructure, livestock and recreation, the NWS wrote.
Parts of the Midwest and the Northeast were expected to see 6 to 12 more inches of snow, with some areas receiving as many as 18 inches, according to the NWS.
Airports across the Midwest, including in Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit, have faced a plethora of cancellations. On Wednesday, more than 1,600 flights were canceled and an additional 5,200 were delayed. Thursday brought more of the same — more than 1,100 flights across the U.S. were canceled and almost 5,600 flights were delayed as of Thursday evening, according to FlightAware.
In the West, Portland received 10 inches of snow on the second-snowiest day ever recorded, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
The storm also has brought heavy snow to parts of California that rarely see it. Mount Baldy — which sits east of Los Angeles, at just above 4,000 feet — could get a whopping 4.5 feet of snow by Saturday.
In addition to snow in the mountains, the NWS predicted heavy rainfall in Southern California and warned of "a heightened risk of flash flooding" beginning on Friday morning and into Saturday.
Simultaneously, parts of the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley are seeing record-setting warmth: The NWS predicted temperatures as much as 40 degrees above normal on Thursday.
Atlanta was 81 degrees on Wednesday, an all-time record in February. Washington, D.C., reached 79 degrees, New Orleans reached 83 degrees and Nashville, Tenn., was 80 degrees on Wednesday.
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With a heavy heart, I must say: I’m not sure I can continue being a San Francisco Giants fan.
Yes, they look like contenders again. Sure, they have an intriguing, exciting roster of players. And yes, they’re winning lots of games.
But therein lies the problem – how are they winning those games? Unfortunately, the Giants seem to be under the impression that they can just score a bunch of runs, and then score even more runs later in the game, with absolutely no regard for the feelings of the opposing team.
Is that really the kind of team we want to root for? Shouldn’t we be fans of a team that tries to win the right way?
This past weekend’s series against the Washington Nationals provided a perfect example of the kind of team the Giants have unfortunately become. On Friday night, with a clearly insurmountable six-run lead in the ninth inning, Thairo Estrada had the unfettered audacity to try to steal second base and score on a base hit. Thankfully, he was thrown out at home before he could embarrass the Nationals any further, but what was he thinking? Would the Nationals really have scored seven runs in the ninth to win the game? Sure, the Giants scored seven runs in an inning earlier in the same game, but would it really have happened twice? No, statistically impossible.
Estrada’s actions rightfully drew the ire of Washington manager Dave Martinez, who called out Giants manager Gabe Kapler and his team for intentionally ignoring the delicate sensibilities of the Nationals players. But did the Giants learn their lesson? No.
On Sunday, after scoring five runs, the Giants — greedy as ever — simply couldn’t help themselves and went for more. Joc Pederson was at the plate in the seventh inning, having already homered earlier in the game. Decorum called for him to simply stand at the plate and not swing, since doing so would risk further humiliation for the Nationals; instead, he swung the bat and hit another home run.
Is that conduct becoming of a gentleman? I would venture to say it is the complete opposite. The rest of the Giants unfortunately decided to follow Pederson’s lead, adding on even more runs to win by a score of 12-3.
Obviously, the Giants haven’t stopped to consider just how scoring all of these runs might affect the feelings of their opponents. The Nationals, like the Padres a few weeks earlier, only wanted to come out and play a fun game of baseball, maybe have a few laughs, and then head home for the night. They didn’t expect to be thoroughly humiliated by a team that simply refused to stop playing hard after taking the lead. The Giants’ opponents are highly skilled, highly paid, grown adults. It’s high time Kapler and his players started to take that into account – by not trying, of course.
If the arrogant Giants aren’t going to stop competing for nine full innings, Major League Baseball should step in. It’s time to give other teams the option to forfeit a game once a deficit becomes too big to overcome. Let these teams save face, and save their bullpens, by allowing them to raise a white flag from the top step of their dugout. That way, they can avoid the embarrassment that comes from an opponent continuing to play the game of baseball.
For instance, how much better would Martinez and the Nationals have felt if they had been allowed to raise the white flag after the Giants scored their insurmountable fifth run on Sunday? Sure, the game wouldn’t have even lasted five full innings, but that's not the point. The point is the Nationals could’ve lost with dignity by losing more quickly. They’d have lower ERAs on their pitching staff, and they wouldn’t have had to suffer the indignity of watching Pederson’s home run trot a second time. It’s only fair.
Regrettably, baseball is too set in its ways to ever embrace this kind of radical change. So it’s going to be up to teams like the Giants to police themselves, adhere to the unwritten rules, and stop playing so damn hard all the time.
But it may be too late for me, and thousands of Giants fans like me, who can’t in good conscience continue to root for a team that refuses to take the feelings of the opposition into account. Please, Giants, I’m begging you: play the game the right way. The unwritten rules are there for a reason. Let’s start being gentlemanly and adhere to them.
And if Dave Martinez happens to be reading this, I profoundly apologize on behalf of all San Francisco fans for the utterly disgusting way the Giants swept your team. I can’t imagine what you’re going through. Stay strong.
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YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Military forces from Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed Tuesday along their border, and the defense ministries of both countries reported that soldiers were killed.
The confrontation follows months of tensions over the blockage of the only road connecting Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan.
Armenia's Defense Ministry said Azerbaijan fired on soldiers who were performing unspecified engineering work near the Armenian village of Tegh, about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from the border. Azerbaijan said it was Armenian soldiers who opened fire.
Neither side said how many of its soldiers were killed or wounded.
The clash area lies along the Lachin Corridor, the road that leads to Nagorno-Karabakh.
That region came under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia in 1994 after a separatist war in which Armenia also took control of adjacent territories.
During six weeks of intensive fighting in 2020 that ended with a Russia-brokered truce, Azerbaijan took control of the territories and of part of Nagorno-Karabakh itself. Russia sent in a peacekeeping force that was tasked with maintaining order and protecting the Lachin Corridor.
But in December, demonstrators who claimed to be environmental activists began blocking the road, alleging that Armenia was conducting illegal mining in the region.
Armenia contends the protests are orchestrated by Azerbaijan. In turn, Azerbaijan alleges that Armenians have used the corridor to transport land mines into Nagorno-Karabakh in violation of the armistice terms.
The road blockage has led to food shortages in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan also has periodically cut gas and electricity supplies. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/article/armenia-azerbaijan-report-soldiers-killed-in-17890948.php | 2023-04-11 16:53:47 | 1 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/article/armenia-azerbaijan-report-soldiers-killed-in-17890948.php |
MORRISVILLE, Vt. (AP) _ Union Bankshares Inc. (UNB) on Wednesday reported net income of $3.4 million in its fourth quarter.
The Morrisville, Vermont-based bank said it had earnings of 77 cents per share.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh gave high marks to The City College of New York-based Rangel Infrastructure Workforce Development Initiative (RIWI) as it embarks on its first major project to address the lack of modern infrastructure jobs throughout New York City.
Launched this spring with $1.5 million in federal funding, $1.5 million in state funding, and an initial lead award of $400,000 from CUNY, the initiative named for retired U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel and designed to serve his old congressional district, is joining in the Second Avenue Subway Phase II construction project, providing workforce and training opportunities. Other forthcoming opportunities include the Gateway Program and the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill passed by Congress.
"This is very much top of the line in terms of an opportunity, using this outstanding educational institution to be the vehicle to transport young people to a better future. And how do we do that? We train them in infrastructure jobs," Hochul said on a tour of RIWI, along with Walsh, Rangel, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), CCNY President Vincent Boudreau and other officials.
"I'm very excited about this and thank you for taking the lead," she told Boudreau.
Walsh praised the initiative and added: "When we think about where we are in the United States of America, Congress is active, (Senator Chuck) Schumer has done an amazing job passing these bills, and now it's really down to The City College to make sure we are preparing young people to access those jobs."
Said Boudreau: "This initiative harnesses our expertise in engineering, architecture and sustainability to the needs of the moment more directly than ever before. America must mobilize to accomplish the reconstruction of our infrastructure and that mobilization is a great opportunity to develop a more representative workforce. I'm pleased that CCNY is equipped to answer the call, and so grateful to Congressman Espaillat, Governor Hochul and Congressman Rangel for their faith and support."
A trailblazer who left the House of Representatives in 2017 with a huge legacy in his relentless push for inner city development, Rangel called RIWI a national model for similar programs.
He said having an initiative at CCNY that offers young people an affordable academic option to attain the training for careers in fields of transportation and infrastructure development will give equity opportunity in an often-overlooked community.
"Now that students will be able to commence their studies here is a great step in developing a workforce attuned to the needs of the future, especially among the underserved, under-educated and under-employed," Rangel, a statesmen-in-residence at City, added. "This initiative is an exciting model for like-programs in academic institutions throughout the country. A great step for students and a truly exciting program for the future."
Espaillat, Rangel's successor as 13th Congressional District U.S. Representative, has been instrumental in RIWI coming to fruition. The initial $1.5 million in federal support was part of the $11.5 million package in community project funding secured by Espaillat. He's also secured $2.2 million for the FY23 cycle.
"Our federal, state, and nonprofit partnerships have worked collaboratively to boost the local economy, and under Secretary Walsh's leadership, we have seen record low unemployment and record job growth," Espaillat said. " "I am delighted to welcome Secretary Walsh and Governor Hochul to see all the important initiatives and innovative labor hubs in my district."
RIWI is the brainchild of Dr. Robert E. Paaswell, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering in CCNY's Grove School of Engineering, in response to Rangel's desire for modern infrastructure jobs in the 13th Congressional district. It will equip historically underserved communities with analytical and operational skills through innovative curricula, simulation-based training, and experiential learning to help them pursue career paths in the rapidly changing urban infrastructure sector.
Paaswell and Michael Bobker, Director of the CCNY-based CUNY Institute for Urban Systems' Building Performance Lab, developed RIWI's unique strategy and content and recently welcomed its new Interim Director, Professor Angelo Lampousis, who will lead the continuation of the initial pilot and the comprehensive rollout of the full curriculum this fall.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to prominently display a handicapped parking placard when using a sunshade to prevent costly citations," said an inventor, from Woodland, Calif., "so I invented the HANDICAP HEAT VISOR. My design prevents a sunshade from blocking a handicapped parking placard typically placed at the rear-view mirror."
The invention provides a simple way to display a handicapped parking placard in a vehicle when using a sunshade. In doing so, it ensures that the handicapped parking placard is visible. It also protects the vehicle interior against heat and sun damage. The invention features a lightweight and user-friendly design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners with handicapped parking placards. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Sacramento sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-SCO-248, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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The drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have taken America by storm. Their main ingredient, semaglutide, is used to treat Type 2 diabetes.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are now using the drugs to lose weight, including celebrities from billionaire Elon Musk to TikTok influencer Remi Bader
But new evidence suggests the drugs could also help fight addictions to things like alcohol or cigarettes. That's created even more interest in the drugs, along with concerns about an already tight supply
The key to these medications is a gut hormone called GLP-1.
"What GLP-1 does is it's released following meal ingestion," says Simon Cork of Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom. "It tells the pancreas that you've eaten a meal, you're about to get a big bolus of sugar coming into your circulatory system and it stimulates insulin release."
"Insulin is the way that your body gets rid of blood sugar," adds Cork. "We've been using those drugs for about ten years now to treat diabetes.
A clinical trial of GLP-1 in diabetes patients a few years ago gave early clues about deeper effects, says Dr. Anders Fink Jensen of the University of Copenhagen.
"Some of the diabetes doctors we worked together with came to us and said it was interesting that some of their patients reported that they didn't really have the same craving for alcohol any longer. And some of them actually wanted to take a break from the medication when they go to Italy on wine tasting holidays."
SEE MORE: Ozempic patients report losing chunks of hair while on fat loss shot
Scientists started new research, giving GLP-1 to rats.
"We went back into the lab and so did people from Sweden and researchers from the us too, and tried to investigate in in rodents and in in mice and rats whether it holds true," says Jensen.
The various groups tested the effect of the drug on rodents that were given cocaine, alcohol, nicotine, amphetamines and opioids.
Taking the drugs made rodents have "less craving" or fewer "rewarding effects of getting these compounds."
In a different clinical trial on medically obese humans, semaglutide had similar effects.
"Participants that had a BMI above 30 at the beginning of the study reduced their alcohol intake and also what we call heavy drinking days a lot compared to the placebo group," said Dr. Mette Kruse Klausen, of the University of Copenhagen.
"Their brains didn't have as much activity in the reward center compared to the placebo group. So we kind of think that that's a thing of that the brains were more desensitized."
SEE MORE: FDA warns about compounded versions of popular weight loss drugs
Now that the drugs are available with a prescription, some patients taking Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss are seeing those impacts on their behavior, they say.
"What people are referring to as bad habits are reducing as well," says Cork.
Clinical trials focused on seeing the effect of GLP-1 drugs on addiction are underway.
However, there's fear that diabetics patients who need to drug to treat their conditions may experience another shortage if the drug is also being given to treat addiction.
"As with all other medications, that primarily we should use it for the approved indications," says Dr. Fink-Jensen. "It seems to be a not optimal way of doing it if it comes to that situation that we can't have enough medication for our diabetic patients."
Studies into the medication's effects on addiction could look at how stopping the drug might affect addictive behaviors.
That's important since it's common for hunger, for example, to return after a patient stops Ozempic or Wegovy.
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Valiantys becomes an official Atlassian Specialized Partner in ITSM
BOSTON and PARIS, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valiantys announced it has become an official Atlassian Specialized Partner in ITSM. A validation of Atlassian's Platinum Solution Partner's deep knowledge, extensive experience, and delivery of consistent, high-quality services to optimize customer satisfaction and outcomes.
"Atlassian would like to recognize Valiantys for their specialized delivery practice, as they have proven success implementing service management principles based on ITIL methodology for improved satisfaction and cost-efficiencies," said Ko Mistry, Atlassian's Head of Global Channel. "The level of commitment in the ITSM Specialization Program recognizes these Atlassian Partners' effort and dedication to delivering consistent, high-quality services to optimize a customer's experience and success."
"We are delighted to receive this award from Atlassian," said Lucas Dussurget, CEO at Valiantys. "Valiantys has always been at the forefront of leading ITSM transformations with Atlassian, going back to its creation of the app VertygoSLA in 2009 which added the first ITSM capabilities to Jira, until its eventual acquisition by Atlassian in 2013 to form the foundation of the first release of Jira Service Management. Since then, we have carried out dozens of ITSM modernizations every year and this specialization reflects this very concrete experience."
Valiantys is proud to have attained the Cloud, Agile at Scale and ITSM Specializations, as well as the Atlassian Partner of the Year award for Enterprise Services.
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Valiantys is the leading global consulting and services firm dedicated to Atlassian. We accelerate business transformation by digitizing processes and modernizing teamwork, using the best Agile methods and tools. Our Atlassian technical expertise is unparalleled and we support our customers across the entire spectrum of their projects on those platforms. As a recognized Agile at Scale and Cloud Specialized Partner, we help organizations accelerate time to value with Agile at scale, cloud, and ITSM implementations. Because teamwork requires more than just tools, we help bridge the gap between applications and strategic practices such as SAFe® and ITIL. Over the last 15 years, we have helped more than 5,000 customers achieve their desired business outcomes at a reduced time to value, through improved team collaboration.
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SAN ANTONIO — Thursday San Antonio City Council is scheduled to approve adding a city charter amendment to the ballot in the election May 6.
But before that approval, Texas courts have been asked to step in to stop the process.
At an afternoon news conference in front of the City Hall chamber, Patrick Von Dohlen of the Responsible Government Coalition explained the group's opposition to the proposal by saying the city should not cooperate with criminals.
"When there is no accountability, mayhem and anarchy will all grow. We have already seen a rise in the crime rate, so we are here to encourage the city council and the mayor to refrain and avoid from ratifying the so-called justice policy, to not put it on the May 6 ballot as a charter amendment ballot measure, because it breaks Texas laws, the constitution statute and the local government code."
A spokesman for the City Attorney's office said they are awaiting a decision on the matter and would issue a statement when that happens.
At the outset of the process, the City Attorney went on the record saying the changes involved are inconsistent with Texas law and local initiatives cannot supersede state law.
The charter amendment proposal, which came about after a petition drive that collected more than enough verified signatures, has the following major components:
- Eliminate the enforcement of low level marijuana charges.
- Ban chokeholds by SAPD in any instance.
- Ban the use of 'no knock' warrants.
- Use citations and diversion programs for low level misdemeanor cases rather than jail terms.
- A provision that SAPD officers would not be responsible for enforcing the statewide abortion law.
- A provision for creating a 'justice director' to promote accountability for the program.
Ananda Tomas, of the Act4SA group that pushed for the measure, said the court challenge should not hold up.
"This is not valid at all. All this group is trying to do is say this should be multiple amendments instead of one proposition on the ballot but that is how voters signed the petition, for it to go up as one amendment. That is how the policy was written. That's how the petition language was written and we don't expect that this will stand in court at all," Tomas said.
Tomas said when the item comes up for discussion at council on Thursday, she expects members of her group will argue to keep the language on the ballot initiative simple to understand. The item is fourth on the agenda. The background packet of information provided to council members reads: "The City Clerk has fulfilled her ministerial duty to verify the petitions in accordance with applicable law and the petition is sufficient. The San Antonio Justice Charter Amendment must be placed on the ballot for the next election." | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-san-antonio/san-antonio-city-council-to-approve-new-charter-amendments/273-aca940b1-f65a-4da0-bc3c-1c04a3f5d72d | 2023-02-16 05:14:36 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/sports/locked-on/lo-san-antonio/san-antonio-city-council-to-approve-new-charter-amendments/273-aca940b1-f65a-4da0-bc3c-1c04a3f5d72d |
WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 9TH & 10TH HOSTED BY ADULT CELEBRITIES ABELLA DANGER & LEXY PANTERRA 10920 PETAL ST, DALLAS, TEXAS
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DALLAS, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spearmint Rhino Companies Worldwide mark their continuing US expansion with the announcement of their Grand Opening Weekend for their newest venue, Dallas North. The venue is the company's latest addition to the growing portfolio of gentlemen's clubs and their second premises in the Lone Star state alongside their downtown Dallas venue.
Situated in the North East of Dallas on Petal Street, the venue will sit in the fast-growing metropolitan and cultural and commercial hub, the DFW Metroplex.
Set across an impressive space of 15,000 square feet, Dallas North is one of the company's flagship venues and largest spaces, featuring their trademark elevated interior architecture and distinctive house design with bold textile prints and textured walls, which stays true to the original Spearmint Rhino brand, launched in the 90's, with a modern flair geared towards Dallas' upscale clientele.
Next weekend's opening weekend is a two date affair, with adult superstars Abella Danger and Lexi Panterra hosting Friday and Saturday night respectively. Abella Danger is an American actress and model, quoted by Fortune as one of the most popular and in-demand performers in the adult business. Lexy Panterra is a creator, dancer, celebrity twerk instructor, recording artist, and songwriter. She is best known for her twerking videos on YouTube, along with her exercise program LexTwerkOut.
Speaking about the opening of Dallas North President and COO Kathy Vercher said, "Spearmint Rhino are thrilled to be opening our latest addition to the ever expanding portfolio of gentlemen's clubs in Dallas North. Featuring spectacular design which has been years in the making and of course, only the best live entertainers on the planet, our Dallas North club is a nightlife destination and a one stop shop for an unforgettable time. We're ready to give it the opening party it deserves this weekend, as we welcome Dallas' great and the good along with clientele from all the country and the world."
About Spearmint Rhino Dallas North: Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen's Club North Dallas location features the most seductive topless entertainers, and offers guests a personalized experience with the very best in local food and drink choices, VIP bottle service, private VIP suites, guest appearances by some of the most in-demand adult stars in the industry. Spearmint Rhino North Dallas shows the biggest national and international sporting events including Pay-Per-View UFC fights and select boxing events.
About Spearmint Rhino Companies Worldwide, Inc.: Spearmint Rhino Consulting Worldwide, Inc. is the world leader in premier live adult entertainment. The company operates a chain of gentlemen's clubs situated across the United States and United Kingdom. Founded in 1989 in Upland, California, the company has a portfolio of twenty-six venues. In California, their most densely populated state, Spearmint Rhino has venues in the City of Industry, Los Angeles, Oxnard, Rialto, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Torrance, and Van Nuys. Other venues across the United States include West Palm Beach, Boise, Dallas, Manhattan, Lexington, Carter Lake, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh. In the UK, Spearmint Rhino currently has venues in Birmingham, London and Leicester. Spearmint Rhino also operates subsidiary brands Dames N' Games Topless Sports Bar & Grill, Blue Zebra Adult Cabaret, and California Girls.
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MIAMI, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- eCombustible Energy LLC, ("eCombustible"), a next generation innovator and provider of hydrogen-based fuel for thermal industrial applications, today announced Steven Eisenberg has joined as general counsel. In this role, Eisenberg will be responsible for leading global legal operations and corporate affairs.
"As our outside counsel for nearly a year, Steven has been a key contributor to eCombustible's exciting growth trajectory," said Founder & CEO Jorge Arevalo. "As we accelerate our go-to-market strategy and expand access to our game changing carbon free fuel technology, Steven's corporate, construction and intellectual property law expertise adds great value to our executive team."
Eisenberg left his position as Partner at Eisenberg Lehman, PLLC to join eCombustible. His practice areas include complex commercial litigation, intellectual property, construction, and business transactions and he has handled diverse matters including trademark and copyright transactions and infringement, shareholder transactions and disputes, trade secret and non-compete matters, construction matters, commercial transactions and business torts.
"I am excited about the opportunity to work with a company that provides an important solution to the need for clean energy." noted Eisenberg. "I look forward to assisting in the Company's progress and guiding its diverse legal needs."
Eisenberg has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, as a Top Lawyer by the South Florida Legal Guide, as a Florida Super Lawyer and is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In addition, Eisenberg is an American Arbitration Association arbitrator and a certified Florida circuit civil mediator.
Throughout his career, Eisenberg has been active in the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar and the Miami-Dade County Bar Association. He has also been an active participant in the South Florida community having served as outside pro bono general counsel and chair of the Board of Directors to New Theatre, on the board of the Miami Center for Architecture and Design, on the board of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and as the Chair of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami program. He currently serves as vice president of the board of the Coral Gables Art Cinema.
Eisenberg received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami where he served on the Law Review and began his legal career as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Lenore C. Nesbitt. Eisenberg is admitted to the Florida Bar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and all of Florida's United States District Courts.
About eCombustible
eCombustible Energy offers a long-term fuel supply solution that is designed to provide the world's most fossil-fuel dependent industries with a fuel that is carbon-free, cost-competitive, and requires little to no modification to existing customer equipment. The efficacy of its hydrogen-based fuel, eCombustible, has been validated through testing and independent assessments by third-party engineering firms. For more information visit www.ecombustible.com.
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Singer and songwriter Chloë Bailey continues her “For The Night” single promotion with a performance at North Carolina A&T’s (NCAT) homecoming this year. The entertainer shares the field stage with NCAT’s Blue and Gold Marching Machine band and the Golden Delight dancers. Watch the full performance inside.
NCAT has taken great Aggie pride in providing the “Greatest Homecoming on Earth,” which is also known as GHOE. It is safe to say that this year’s week-long homecoming celebration was a success, bringing thousands of attendees to Greensboro from Oct. 23-30. NCAT lived up to its self-proclaimed GHOE celebration with a jam packed concert, featuring artists Lil Baby, Nardo Wick, Glorilla and of course, Miss Chloë Bailey.
During NCAT’s Saturday night football game against the Campbell Fighting Camels, Chloë stole the show with a special halftime performance of her latest single, “For The Night.” The Blue and Gold Marching Machine performed her new song and the Golden Delight dancers prepared choreography made especially for this momentous occasion.
Apparently, the “Treat Me” singer learned the choreography in one day. She shared a clip from the special performance on her social media accounts saying, ” i learned this in a day shoutout to ladies who taught me!! .”
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine on Saturday, the day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader accusing him of war crimes.
Putin visited an art school and a children’s center that are part of a project to develop a historical park on the site of an ancient Greek colony, Russian state news agencies said.
The ICC accused him Friday of bearing personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine during Russia's full-scale invasion of the neighboring country that started almost 13 months ago.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world denounced as illegal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded that Russia withdraw from the peninsula as well as the areas it has occupied since last year.
Putin has shown no intention of relinquishing the Kremlin’s gains. Instead, he stressed Friday the importance of holding Crimea.
“Obviously, security issues take top priority for Crimea and Sevastopol now,” he said, referring to Crimea’s largest city. “We will do everything needed to fend off any threats.”
Putin took a plane to travel the 1,132 miles from Moscow to Sevastopol, where he took the wheel of the car that transported him around the city, according to Moscow-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhaev.
The ICC's arrest warrant was the first issued against a leader of one of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. The court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands, also issued a warrant for the arrest of Maria Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.
The move was immediately dismissed by Moscow — and welcomed by Ukraine as a major breakthrough. However, the chances of Putin facing trial at the ICC are highly unlikely because Moscow does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction or extradite its nationals.
Despite the court's action and its implication's for Putin, the United Nations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Saturday that a wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia was extended, although neither said for how long.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov tweeted that the deal had been renewed for 120 days, the period that Ukraine, Turkey and the U.N. wanted. But Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian news agency Tass that Moscow agreed to a 60-day extension.
Russia and Ukraine are both major global suppliers of wheat, barley, sunflower oil and other affordable food products that developing nations depend on. They signed separate agreements with the U.N. and Turkey last year to allow food to leave Ukraine's blockaded ports.
Russia has complained that shipments of its fertilizers — which its deal was supposed to facilitate — are not getting to global markets. The country briefly pulled out of the agreement in November before rejoining and agreeing to a 120-day renewal.
In Ukraine, authorities reported widespread Russian attacks between Friday night and Saturday morning. Writing on Telegram, the Ukrainian air force command said 11 out of 16 drones were shot down during attacks that targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the western Lviv province, among other areas.
The head of the Kyiv city administration, Serhii Popko, said Ukrainian air defenses shot down all drones heading for the capital. Lviv Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi said Saturday that three of six drones were shot down, with the other three hitting a district that borders Poland.
According to the Ukrainian air force, the attacks were carried out from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov and Russia’s Bryansk province, which also borders Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military reported that between Friday morning and Saturday morning, Russian forces launched 34 airstrikes, one missile strike and 57 rounds of anti-aircraft fire. It said falling debris hit southern Ukraine's Kherson province, damaging seven houses and a kindergarten.
Russia is still concentrating the bulk of its offensive operations in Ukraine’s industrial east, focusing attacks on Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Shakhtarsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk province.
Regional Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said one person was killed and three wounded when 11 towns and villages in the province were shelled Friday.
Further west, Russian rockets hit a residential area overnight in the city of Zaporizhzhia, the regional capital of the partially occupied province of the same name. No casualties were reported, but houses were damaged Anatoliy Kurtev of the Zaporizhzhia City Council said.
British military officials said Saturday that Russia was likely to expand mandatory conscription to replenish its troops fighting in Ukraine. The U.K. Defense Ministry said in its latest analysis that deputies in the Russian Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, introduced a bill to change the draft ages for men to 21-30, from the current 18-27.
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Atlantic City 1Q casino earnings down nearly 15% from year ago
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s nine casinos collectively saw their gross operating profit decline by nearly 15% in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period a year earlier.
Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the casinos collectively posted an operating profit of $135.4 million in the first three months of 2023, down from the more than $159 million in profits they saw in the first quarter of 2022.
James Plousis, chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, said the casinos are dealing with higher costs this year, including significantly higher wages they agreed to pay workers including housekeepers, bartenders, beverage servers and porters under a landmark contract reached last summer.
Gross operating profit reflects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and other charges, and is a widely accepted measure of profitability in the Atlantic City casino industry.
“Compared to the first quarter last year, the casino hotels are employing more people and a progressive labor agreement was reached,” Plousis said. “These steps are emblematic of an industry that is preparing for growth and success.”
Mark Giannantonio, president of Resorts casino and of the Casino Association of New Jersey, also attributed the lower earnings to inflation.
Bally’s swung from a big first quarter loss last year to a meager profit this year. Its $88,000 operating profit was up from a $6.8 million loss a year earlier.
The Ocean Casino Resort’s profit was up 27.6%, to $23.6 million; Harrah’s saw its profit increase by more than 21%, to $19.2 million; and Caesars’ profit was up over 7%, to $11.3 million.
Resorts swung from a $527,000 profit in last year’s first quarter to a $284,000 loss this year. The Borgata’s profit was down over 50%, to $22.8 million; Hard Rock’s profit was down 17.5%, to $22.2 million; and Tropicana was down 15.3%, to $16.7 million.
The Golden Nugget had a profit of $4.8 million, down from a $5.6 million profit over the same period last year.
Among internet-only entities, Resorts Digital was up nearly 6%, to just under $8 million, and Caesars Interactive Entertainment NJ was down 13.2%, to $6.8 million.
The Golden Nugget had the lowest-cost average room rental rate in the first quarter, at $113 a night. Ocean had the highest, at $212.
The overall casino hotel occupancy rate for the first quarter was was 65.2%, up 2.1% from a year earlier.
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(KTLA) – Tiger Woods’ return to action on Thursday has sparked backlash, but it’s not for his golf game.
While partaking in the Genesis Invitational at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, fans noticed he passed a Tampax tampon to fellow golfer Justin Thomas.
Woods is the tournament’s host.
On the ninth hole, Woods outdrove Thomas and gave him something as they walked down the fairway and eagle-eyed fans saw that it was the feminine product.
The photo was tweeted by Rick Gehman with the caption, “Tiger Woods had a gift for Justin Thomas after driving it past him on number nine.”
Video of the handoff showed Thomas glancing down at the item and immediately throwing it on the ground as Woods giggles and throws his arm around him.
While the move by Woods was meant to be a form of trash talk to Thomas, a close friend off the course, it landed the golfing great in hot water.
Author and Golf Digest contributor Shane Ryan took to Twitter to condemn the move.
“Tiger Woods’ humor has always been slightly lame, dumb-jock type of stuff, but becoming a prop comic? That’s a new low.”
USA Today’s For the Win writer Charles Curtis called the prank “childish” and “sexist.”
“Is the joke here to ‘stop playing like a girl’? Or that periods and tampons indicate weakness?” Curtis questioned. “It’s not funny. I’ve seen too many people laughing at this. Do better. You too, Tiger.”
For the Win Managing Editor Alex McDaniel tweeted Curtis’ article with the caption “If Tiger spent three months a year bleeding and coping with period pain, they’d make a whole-a– documentary about how champions overcome insurmountable obstacles.”
“Call me woke. Call me a snowflake. Call me ‘offended.’ Whatever. But handing another male golfer a tampon is objectively not funny. It shows the sophistication of a 14-year-old schoolboy,” tweeted videographer/photographer Josh Jeffery.
Author Julie DiCaro said the alleged prank is degrading to women.
“All the guys think this is hilarious, but the joke is denigrating women. So played out and stupid,” she tweeted. “I always cheer for Tiger and I’m so happy to see him back. But this is so cringy.”
Others felt that the move was just all in good fun.
“Tiger Woods was just joking around y’all. No, need to get all cancel culture on him, This was just a funny PERIOD in his life…lol, see what I did there?” tweeted one user.
“I love this, good fun among friends,” tweeted another.
Thursday’s return to the Riv was the golfer’s first round of competitive golf in seven months and despite an injury in his right ankle that still bothers him, he had three birdies on the last three holes to shoot a two-under 69.
Woods finished five shots behind co-leaders Max Homa and Keith Mitchell.
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Introducing Sony's technology conference for the creative community to showcase Sony's commitment to empowering creators to pioneer the future of creation
TOKYO, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Group Corporation ("Sony") today announced the first-ever Sony Creators Conference, introducing a full slate of technical talks and panel discussion sessions that spotlight Sony as a brand at the intersection of technology and creativity. The two-day event will showcase the works of creators across Sony who are pursuing their creative vision through the use of groundbreaking technology. In this first year, the Sony Creators Conference will be co-located within SIGGRAPH 2023, August 8-9, at the Los Angeles Convention Center (California, US).
"Technology in the hands of creators can bring new forms of entertainment to life," commented Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Group Corporation. "At Sony, we want to work with creators to develop the next generation of technology that will move entertainment forward, which we believe is an essential part of our civilization. I'm excited to launch our conference to showcase our commitment to empowering creators, whether it be artists, innovators, engineers, or scientists."
Focused on the voices and work from a wide range of creators across Sony, the conference features speakers from the gaming, technology and film industries and many more. The panels cover a wide range of topics -- from technologies enabling the cutting-edge visuals on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to bringing optical tracking to the virtual world of sports to the development of a superhuman racing AI agent that elevates the gameplay experience.
Kitano will be featured as a keynote speaker for SIGGRAPH 2023 on August 9, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time. He will invite a range of creators leading the entertainment space across the Sony Group, to tell the story of how they employed creativity and technology to realize their creative visions for the world.
SIGGRAPH attendees can register for the keynote and talk sessions through the SIGGRAPH event site https://s2023.siggraph.org/register/. More information on the conference and livestream will be made available in the coming weeks at https://square.sony.com/scc2023/.
Sony Creators Conference 2023
Keynote: Pioneering the Future of Creation – Join Hiroaki Kitano on How Technology Impacts Creation
- Dr. Hiroaki Kitano (Senior Executive Vice President and CTO, Sony Group Corporation) with guest speakers
- Date/time: August 9, 2023 at 9:30 -10:30 a.m. (doors open at 9 a.m.) Pacific time, Los Angeles Convention Center (SIGGRAPH registration required ) or join online here https://square.sony.com/scc2023/
Talk Sessions:
A selection of sessions can be found at: https://s2023.siggraph.org/session/?sess=sess436 (Day 1) and https://s2023.siggraph.org/session/?sess=sess437 (Day 2). More sessions will be added ahead of the conference. Sessions will also be available online concurrent with the event at https://square.sony.com/scc2023/. A sample of sessions include:
- Engineering for Creativity at Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) (August 8, 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. PDT)
Discover how tools for production can help to enable creativity, not hinder it. Hear from SPA's executive director of Technology, Yiotis Katsambas, as he shows how innovation is paving the way for artists to break new ground in animation. - Sony Pictures Imageworks: Innovating Live-Action and Animated Projects (August 8, 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. PDT)
Explore Imageworks' innovative approach to creating the unique and groundbreaking visuals on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. - A New Frontier - Taking Optical Tracking to the Virtual World of Sports (August 8, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. PDT)
Join Sony on the live sports data journey, from the field to the virtual world, and discover how Hawk-Eye and Beyond Sports are building the next frontier of sports entertainment. - Gran Turismo Sophy™, an AI Breakthrough in PlayStation® racing simulation game, Gran Turismo™. (August 9, 12:30 - 1:15 p.m. PDT)
Discover how Sony AI developed a novel reinforcement learning platform to master the complex sport of race car driving in the highly realistic driving simulator Gran Turismo™ 7. - Next Gen Development for Games (August 9, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. PDT)
Join us for an exclusive conversation about generative machine learning and rendering technologies with developers and creators at PlayStation Studios that continues to push cutting-edge game development technology to new heights.
About Sony Research
Sony Research Inc. was established in April 2023 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation with the mission to "pioneer the future of creation." To achieve this, Sony Research will undertake research and development of unprecedented disruptive technologies that aim to empower creators around the world to maximize their creativity, the value of their IP, and fan engagement. Operating globally with partners around the world, Sony Research will initially focus on the research areas of Sensing, AI, and Virtual Spaces with plans to encompass additional research areas and challenges in the future. For more information visit https://research.sony
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An independent commission is recommending that the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery be dismantled and taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on the renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy.
Panel members on Tuesday rolled out the final list of ships, base roads, buildings and other items that they said should be renamed. But unlike the commission's recommendations earlier this year laying out new names for nine Army bases, there were no suggested names for the roughly 1,100 assets across the military that bear Confederate names.
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule, vice-chair of the commission, said the final cost for all of its renaming recommendations will be $62,450,030. The total for the latest changes announced Tuesday is $40,957,729, and is included in that amount.
The latest group of assets includes everything from the Arlington memorial, two Navy ships and some Army vessels to street signs, water towers, athletic fields, hospital doors and even decals on recycling bins, according to the panel.
The bulk of the remaining costs — or $21,041,301 — would cover the renaming of nine Army bases, and about $450,000 for recommended new names at the U.S. Military at West Point in New York.
Seidule said the panel determined that the memorial at Arlington was “problematic from top to bottom.” He said the panel recommended that it be entirely removed, with only the granite base remaining.
The statue, unveiled in 1914, features a bronze woman, crowned with olive leaves, standing on a 32-foot pedestal, and was designed to represent the American South. According to Arlington, the woman holds a laurel wreath, a plow stock and a pruning hook, with a Biblical inscription at her feet that says: “They have beat their swords into plough-shares and their spears into pruning hooks.”
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The pedestal features 14 shields, engraved with the coats of arms of the 13 Confederate states and Maryland, which didn't secede or join the Confederacy. Some of the figures also on the statue include a slave woman depicted as “Mammy” holding what is said to be the child of a white officer, and an enslaved man following his owner to war.
And the Latin inscription translates to: “The victorious cause was pleasing to the gods, but the lost cause to Cato,” and was meant to equate the South’s secession to a noble “lost cause.”
Seidule said the panel decided early on to propose new names only for the nine Army bases. It said that the Navy secretary has the authority to rename the two ships, which are the USS Chancellorsville and USNS Maury. The Chancellorsville was named for the Civil War battle and the Maury was named after a Confederate soldier.
He said the service secretaries can find new names for the handful of Army ships and the Air Force's Fort Fisher Recreation Area in North Carolina. The panel recommended that the defense secretary rename Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
The panel's most sweeping recommendations were released in May, and laying out new names for nine U.S. Army bases that commemorated Confederate officers: Fort Bragg in North Carolina; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia; Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana and Fort Rucker in Alabama.
The recommendations are the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice, most recently in the aftermath of the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
For years, U.S. military officials had defended the naming of bases after Confederate officers. As recently as 2015 the Army argued that the names did not honor the rebel cause but were a gesture of reconciliation with the South.
But in the aftermath of the Floyd killing, and the months of racial unrest that followed, the Pentagon and Congress pushed for a comprehensive plan to rename the military posts and hundreds of other federal assets such as roads, buildings, memorials, signs and landmarks that honored rebel leaders.
The secretary of defense is expected to implement the commission’s plan no later than Jan. 1, 2024.
The panel also is recommending that the department set up a process to try and save money and efficiently change the names. And it said the secretary of defense should authorize the military service secretaries and other leaders to remove smaller items — such as portraits, plaques and awards — that honor the Confederacy or those who served in it.
Created in 2020, the Naming Commission first met in March 2021 and began taking name recommendations from the public in September. Overall, the commission received more than 34,000 potential names for the nine Army bases.
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GREENWOOD -- Smith-Robinson Stadium will host the biggest game in the state on Friday night.
That's exactly the way the Bulldogs like it, too.
"We like being the big game in town," Greenwood coach Chris Young said. "We like playing good football teams."
Greenwood hosts Lake Hamilton for the first of three big 6A-West games that will decide everything in the conference over the final four weeks of the regular season, including the conference championship, playoff seedings and playoff sites. Greenwood, Lake Hamilton and Pulaski Academy are all undefeated in conference play. Greenwood also hosts Pulaski Academy in two weeks, and Pulaski Academy hosts Lake Hamilton the last Friday night of the season.
Lake Hamilton (6-0, 4-0) is ranked No. 6 overall while Greenwood (5-1, 3-0) is ranked No.7 overall in the Democrat-Gazette ranking while the Arkansas Sports Media poll this week is just the opposite with Greenwood No. 6 and Lake Hamilton No. 7.
The Wolves feature a new-look offensive attack that includes the forward pass with the emergence of junior southpaw quarterback Easton Hurley.
"They started him against us last year," Young said. "It adds a new dynamic to what they do when they can throw the ball, and he's done a great job of it."
Hurley threw a single-game school record six touchdown passes, all in the first half, three weeks ago against Siloam Springs, throwing for 305 yards but Hurley can also run.
"Easton's a great quarterback," Lake Hamilton coach Tommy Gilleran said. "We're proud of him. He can do those things, and he can run a little bit. He gives us options on offense."
Lake Hamilton's deceptive Double-Wing offense is still based on run, run, run especially with veteran running backs Kendrick Martin at fullback, a powerful runner, and Justin Crutchmer at wingback.
"They're so unique in what they do, and they have such an advantage because they work on that 12 months a year," Young said. "We're a little bit fortunate this year because we had the bye week before so we had a few extra days to work on them. It's just something you don't see throughout the year anymore. They do a great job of executing it."
With Lake Hamilton's clock-controlling offense, games are also different than most that Greenwood plays each season.
"It's a different football game," Young said. "Normally, we get about 12 possessions per game. Normally, when we play these guys we get about eight so it makes everything more important."
Crutchmer is an all-around threat. Two weeks ago at Van Buren, Crutchmer ran for four scores, caught a touchdown pass and returned an interception for a touchdown. Martin adds a power threat to the Wolves with 8.3 yards per carry.
"He's finally back to healthy," Gilleran said. "When he's healthy, he's hard to stop. With all of those guys, we have a chance to be pretty good."
Senior linebacker Evan Williams leads Greenwood with team highs of 61 tackles and six for loss. He also has one interception, which he returned 90 yards for a touchdown against Van Buren.
Greenwood has forced 11 turnovers in six games. Landon Nelms has three interceptions.
The Bulldogs are 7-0 against Lake Hamilton, and none of the games have been closer than 10 points. In three games at Greenwood, Lake Hamilton has managed just one touchdown, and Greenwood has outscored the Wolves by a 122-10 count.
"It's at Greenwood, and it's hard to win at Greenwood," Gilleran said. "Our goal is to win the conference and to win a state title. Then we'll try to conquer the giants down there."
OZARK
Also prime time
Ozark also hosts the first of three prime-time games in the 4A-1 with Gentry visiting Hillbilly Stadium on Friday.
Ozark, Gentry and Elkins are undefeated in the conference.
Ozark (4-2, 3-0) has faced passing threats this season but Gentry's Chris Bell has thrown 23 touchdown passes this season, second only to Pulaski Academy quarterback Kel Busby, who's thrown 24, in the state.
"Their quarterback can throw and run," Ozark coach Jeremie Burns said. "He's a threat running. It's going to be a challenge for us."
Bell has thrown for 1,572 yards and run for 447 yards and 10 touchdowns. Three weeks ago against Pea Ridge, he accounted for eight touchdowns with five touchdown passes and three rushing scores.
Maybe more than anything, though, is how good Gentry (6-0, 3-0) has been in the trenches this season.
"They're real physical up front on the offense and defense line," Burns said. "They run the ball real good. Up front, they get after you."
Senior defensive tackle Eduardo Galvan is a force for Gentry's defense.
"He really stands out," Burns said. "They do different stuff as far as three-front, or a 4-3, and they're going to blitz a lot. Assignment-wise, we need to know where our hot route is, and really pick up the blitzes."
Ozark has steamrolled its first three 4A-1 opponents, beating Berryville, Green Forest and Lincoln by a combined 156-50, including a 64-21 romp past Lincoln last week.
Ozark has been two-dimensional on offense as well with the running and passing of Landon Wright along with the running of Eli Masingale.
Masingale is coming off his biggest game of the year with 11 carries for 162 yards and touchdowns of 2, 59, 22 and 12 yards.
"We were able to run the ball with him last week," Burns said. "We did some different stuff on the offensive line that kind of gave us some extra holes there. We matched up with them pretty well. We had some good blocking, and he was able to bust through there. It was a good night for him."
Defensively, Koby Wilbanks, Hayden Medlock and M.J. Parker picked off passes last week against Lincoln to help hold quarterback Drew Moore to just 178 yards passing and just 217 yards total. Ozark also scored a safety on a tackle by Parker.
Last week, Ozark needed just 35 plays to notch 409 yards. The Hillbillies punted once, lost a fumble and faced just two third downs in scoring eight offensive touchdowns.
Parker also returned a kickoff 90 yards right after Lincoln had taken a 7-0 lead with 7:18 left in the first quarter. Ozark went on to score 21 points in the first quarter and 30 in the second.
FS SOUTHSIDE
Hosts important game
The Mavericks host Rogers Heritage on Friday in what could determine their post-season fortune.
Southside is still looking for its first 7A-West victory after opening with the three teams sitting on top of the conference; Rogers, Bentonville and Fayetteville.
Heritage does have a come-from-behind win over Springdale Har-Ber two weeks ago, but a Southside win would give the Mavericks the head-to-head tie-breaking advantage if it comes down to that.
Southside still has trips to Springdale Har-Ber and Bentonville West to end October before playing the regular-season finale at home against Springdale, which also looms as a game with playoff implications.
Junior running back Isaac Gregory had his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the season in Friday's 60-20 loss at Fayetteville with 144 yards on 25 carries with touchdowns of 2 and 14 yards.
Gregory has rushed for 855 yards and 10 touchdowns.
John Parkinson had two sacks for the second game in a row and has 10 for the season, and Evan Shelby recovered a fumble.
CHARLESTON
Trap game
Friday's home game against Hackett poses some threats to the Tigers and their undefeated 3A-1 record.
First, is a dangerous Hackett (1-6, 0-3) team coming off three losses to start conference play and then it's also homecoming night in Charleston (5-1, 3-0).
"They've got everybody back that's been hurt the last couple of weeks," Charleston coach Ricky May said. "Then it's homecoming for us. I tried to get them to do homecoming against Cedarville, but they wanted to do it later in the year."
On top of that, the game of the year in the 3A-1 has been marked since the summer with Charleston traveling to Booneville on Oct. 14.
"That makes this game scary, too," May said. "And, they can put up some points when everybody's healthy."
Hackett's league losses are to Booneville, Lavaca and Cedarville last week.
Quarterback Cole Ketchum has thrown for 1,501 yards and 16 touchdowns in six games with Brycen Hamilton snaring 39 passes for 665 yards and seven scores in just five games. Ketchum threw for 435 yards and five touchdowns against Booneville.
Charleston's defense has been sack monsters this season with 19. Bryton Ketter leads the way with five, and Wiley Carroll has four. Reese Merechka leads the Tigers with two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown.
"We've got to be more consistent," May said. "We might may stuff them on four drives then give up a drive. When we get that fixed, we'll be alright."
RIVER VALLEY FCA
Northside vs. Southside
The Jim Rowland River Valley Run, sponsored by the River Valley Fellowship of Christian Athletes, will be held on Nov. 4 with a new competition in honor of the 15th year of the event.
"We're hoping to see 550 to 600 runners this year," FCA Multi-Area Director Tyson Simon said.
Northside principal Chris Carter and Southside principal Jeff Prewitt will complete in the 5K run and are trying to gather as many runners as possible to run with them and support them and their schools. Whoever recruits the most runners to run with them and represent their school wins the competition.
"Both principals are FCA-friendly," Simon said. "Jeff Prewitt runs a coach's bible study and has done that for three years. Chris Carter is back in his hometown and has been involved in athletics and loves FCA. We sat down with them two months ago and asked them to drum up as many runners as they could to run the 5K, and we came up with this competition. Whoever wins that, Coach Rowland will present them with an award. It's a good way to involve the schools."
Other groups as well as baseball teams, JROTC, softball teams, and teachers from both schools have also already signed up from both schools.
On race day, participants will have a chance to show which school they're supporting by wearing a red shirt for Northside, a baby blue shirt for Southside or a white shirt to support both schools.
Also new this year, a 1 mile walk/run will be held to help raise awareness for athletes with disabilities.
The 5K, 10K and 13.1 runs with 14 age groups will begin at 8 a.m. with a staggered start in downtown Fort Smith in the Bakery District.
Fields of Faith, also sponsored by the River Valley FCA, are also currently taking place. Van Buren and Southside will host events on Oct. 19. Earlier this week, Alma, Russellville, Sallisaw, Danville, and Mansfield held their annual Fields of Faith. Stigler and Charleston is scheduled for Nov. 2.
"In the 11 Fields of Faith, we will have 250 to 400 professions of faith," Simon said. "We will reach about 6,000 students."
HOOPS
Basketball tips off
The Future School of Fort Smith is the first in the River Valley to tipoff basketball season, traveling to the New School in Fayetteville on Oct. 17 before hosting Life Way Christian on Oct. 18.
Also on Oct. 18, Scranton host Ozark Catholic, Union Christian Academy travels to the New School, and County Line travels to Wonderview.
Mulberry opens on Oct. 21 at Rural Special.
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Marisol Nichols has been leading a secret life aside from starring on the hit series “Riverdale.” The long time advocate against human trafficking and founder of the Foundation for a Slavery Free World has been going undercover. She’s helping law enforcement catch predators involved in human trafficking and slavery.
Her new podcast, “Hollywood Vigilante,” peels back the curtain on the illegal industry and gives suggestions on how anyone has the power to make change.
Check out Marisol’s podcast at https://marisolnichols.com/.
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Construction beam falls on car, killing Las Vegas officer
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Authorities say a driver died after a construction beam fell, hitting the victim’s vehicle.
Nevada State Police told KVVU that a tractor-trailer driver carrying a large piece of construction equipment was going southbound on US 95 when it hit a metal beam as the vehicle was traveling under an overpass.
The metal beam then landed on a silver sedan that was following behind the tractor-trailer.
State police confirmed that the man driving that car was pronounced dead on scene, and sources confirmed with KVVU that a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer was the person killed.
The Las Vegas Police Protection Agency, which represents the department’s police officers, confirmed the death in a statement.
“Today is a very said and tragic day for the men and women of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In a tragic accident on the freeway, one of our own lost their life,” the agency said.
Authorities said the tractor-trailer driver is cooperative as police continue the investigation.
The Nevada Department of Transportation is working to replace the beam, which is part of a construction project. The height limit for going under the overpass where the collision occurred is 15 feet.
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ZUG, Switzerland, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArtMeta, the metaverse for fine art, has partnered with international banking group, VP Bank, one of Liechtenstein's largest banks. The partnership with VP Bank will extend their service offering such as digitizing high value art collections and display those within the ArtMeta metaverse.
In addition, as the bank launches its newest service, the tokenization of art, it will provide the ability to combine all advantages of blockchain technologies such as traceability and transparency, with the usual security standards of a regulated bank. Physical assets like art works can be divided into any number of tokens using tokenization. Each individual token then represents a specific share of an artwork with enforceable ownership claims, similar to a traditional security.
With offices in Vaduz, Zurich, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tortola (British Virgin Islands), VP Bank has served an ultra high net worth clientele for more than 65 years and has become renowned for its banking services.
ArtMeta provides ultimate access to the realm of fine art, connecting premier galleries and their artists with collectors in a visionary, beautifully rendered digital universe, providing a unique new paradigm for displaying and selling fine art.
More than a metaverse, ArtMeta is a comprehensive platform designed to give artists and galleries the tools they need to participate in the thriving NFT market. Through these tools and its $MART token, ArtMeta unites the world of fine art and crypto, creating a viable digital economy to support artists in perpetuity. Art enthusiasts will be able to experience fine art in a new, immersive way, participate in ArtMeta hosted events and high end exhibitions, as well as purchase extremely rare NFT based artwork directly from world class art galleries and artists. Learn more at: https://www.artmeta.org/
VP Bank Group is one of Liechtenstein's largest banks with global offices including Vaduz, Zurich, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tortola (British Virgin Islands). Tailor-made asset management, investment advisory and wealth planning for a sophisticated private clientele and intermediaries represent VP Bank's core competencies.
VP Bank is distinguished by its commitment to its clientele and pioneering spirit for more than 65 years. To find out more, please visit vpbank.com/digital-assets
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Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren dies
BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Edward Koren, a longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, known for his hairy, huminoid creatures, has died. He was 87.
Koren died of lung cancer on Friday in Brookfield, Vermont, according to his wife, Curtis Koren.
He created more than 1,000 cartoons of the long-snouted creatures for The New Yorker, including covers, since the 1960s. He also wrote and illustrated books and served as Vermont’s second cartoonist laureate for three years. Koren said he never ran out of material, often writing down what he heard people say as fodder for his art.
“What captures my attention is all the human theater around me. I can never quite believe my luck in stumbling upon riveting mini-dramas taking place within earshot (and eyeshot), a comedy of manners that seems inexhaustible,” he wrote about his exhibition at Columbia University in 2010.
Koren, who was born in New York City, moved full time to Vermont more than 30 years ago to the tiny village of Brookfield, where he served as a volunteer firefighter.
His most recent book, “Koren In the Wild,” published in 2018, features cartoons spanning about 40 years, poking fun at country and city dwellers.
“I love how he skates right on the edge. He shows us how ridiculous and how precious we can all be without at all offending anybody,” Karen Mittelman, then executive director of the Vermont Arts Council, said at the time.
Koren told The Associated Press that he was fond of a quotation by Lily Tomlin that basically says no matter how cynical you get, it’s impossible to keep up.
“And I can’t keep up,” he said in 2018. “There’s always something where your jaw drops.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox News’ Tucker Carlson “exclusive” access to Jan. 6 security footage of the Capitol attack, despite the conservative commentator’s own work raising false claims and conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot over Joe Biden’s election.
McCarthy vowed Tuesday to eventually make roughly 42,000 hours of sensitive Capitol Police security videos available to the broader public “as soon as possible,” but made it clear the Fox News commentator had first dibs. The Republican McCarthy is also supportive of giving access to some of the nearly 1,000 defendants being prosecuted for their roles in the siege.
Five people died in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack and its aftermath after then-President Donald Trump encouraged a mob of supporters to “fight like hell” as Congress was tallying the election results from the states.
“I don’t care what side of the issue you are on. That’s why I think putting it out all to the American public, you can see the truth. See exactly what transpired that day,” McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol.
“Have you ever had an exclusive? Because I see it on your networks all the time. So we have exclusive, then I’ll give it out to the entire country,” McCarthy said.
The speaker’s decision to release the mountains of police security footage has set off a firestorm at the Capitol over the way the images will be potentially used as a political tool to rewrite the history of what happened that deadly day. Fox News is facing new scrutiny in a separate court case over its airing of false claims about the 2020 election that Trump lost to Biden.
It’s also raising new concerns about sensitive security operations at the Capitol. While video from the Jan. 6 riot has already widely aired as part of the public hearings last summer by the House committee investigating the attack — including from the police cameras, documentarians like then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughter who filmed secret locations and even the rioters themselves — McCarthy is making available almost 42,000 hours of footage, three times what was first seen, from cameras stationed in all corners of the Capitol complex.
“We are deeply concerned that the release of footage related to the January 6 violent insurrection will reveal some security details that could create some challenges in terms of the safety and well being of everyone on the Capitol Complex,” said Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the former chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, said the panel went through a painstaking process to work closely with the U.S. Capitol Police to review and ultimately release approved segments of the surveillance footage as part of its public hearings.
“I’m supportive of a process, if this is true transparency, that would not compromise the integrity or the security of the Capitol,” the Mississippi Democrat said.
When McCarthy told fellow Republicans behind closed doors about his decision Tuesday, he was greeted with applause, according to a person who was familiar with the private conference meeting but unauthorized to speak about it publicly.
The speaker has had a rocky relationship with Carlson, who has been critical of McCarthy’s leadership, but the influential Fox News commentator ultimately stood down when the California Republican was battling to become House speaker in a dragged-out party vote earlier this year. It was seen as helping to boost McCarthy to the job.
McCarthy insisted he was taking measures to ensure security at the Capitol would not be jeopardized by the release, but declined to provide details — only to say that Carlson made it clear to the speaker’s team he did not want to show “exit routes” used by lawmakers or others.
Access to the footage will also be available to defendants who are facing charges over their alleged involvement in Jan. 6. McCarthy said defendants have had access before, but if it’s still needed, “We can supply that to them too.”
The House Administration Committee’s subcommittee on Oversight, which is chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., is making accommodations for any attorneys representing defendants who have asked to view the footage, the person familiar with the situation said.
Democrats on the panel said they were “deeply troubled” by McCarthy’s actions, warning that access to such large swaths of footage could expose security vulnerabilities to be used by those “who might wish to attack the Capitol again,” according to a report. They vowed to conduct oversight.
But the Republican leader has made it clear he is working to set the record as he sees it, and repeatedly complained that other media outlets, including CNN, already had received exclusives to show video last year, when Democrats held the majority in House.
McCarthy also suggested it was unfair that the Jan. 6 panel, which disbanded once Republicans took control of the House, released security video during the riot of former Vice President Mike Pence fleeing for safety as well as the GOP leader’s own staff scrambling to secure their office.
“It was disturbing to me that the January 6 committee would show the exit strategy of the vice president,” McCarthy told reporters Tuesday. “What I thought would be best is if the entire world and the country could see what transpired.”
Carlson has said that his producers have been on Capitol Hill since early February, poring over the footage after getting the “unfettered access” from McCarthy.
The archive is a potential trove of the inner workings of the Capitol and includes the hideaways of lawmakers as well as the evacuation routes that Capitol Police used to usher leadership and rank-and-file members to safety. It also includes long moments of empty hallways where nothing is happening.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the release of tapes to Carlson was “despicable” and said he would not agree to release them to other media. “Security has to be the number one concern,” Schumer said.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell would not comment directly on McCarthy’s move, saying his only concern is the security of the Capitol.
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Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-mccarthy-defends-giving-tucker-carlson-jan-6-trove-access/ | 2023-03-01 08:13:14 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-mccarthy-defends-giving-tucker-carlson-jan-6-trove-access/ |
LeBron James gives harsh criticism of his own Lakers
'We're not a team that's constructed of great shooting'
The Los Angeles Lakers opened up the 2022-23 NBA season with a 123-109 loss to the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.
The Lakers shot just 43% from the floor (40-for-93), but went a putrid 10-for-40 from 3-point land in the loss.
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That type of shooting against the Warriors will never fly, but LeBron James thinks those numbers may be replicated more often than not in Southern California.
"To be completely honest, we’re not a team that's constructed of great shooting," James said after the loss. "That's just the truth of the matter. It’s not like we’re sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team."
LEBRON JAMES SAYS HE HAS 'NO RELATIONSHIP' WITH LAKERS LEGEND
James added that if his teammates have a good look, they should take the shot, but "we're not sitting here with a bunch of 40-plus (percent) career shooting guys."
Last year, the Lakers ranked eighth in the NBA with a 46.9% team field goal percentage, but their 34.7% from beyond the arc was the eighth-worst. They missed the playoffs a year removed from the play-in tournament — the year prior, they won the NBA Championship in the Florida bubble.
James went 3-for-10 from behind the arc, while Kendrick Nunn went 3-for-6 off the bench. The rest of the team combined to make just three of the remaining 24 3-pointers.
Newcomers Patrick Beverley and Lonnie Walker IV combined for just eight points. James scored 31, while Anthony Davis dropped in 27. Russell Westbrook added 19.
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXSM).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Axsome between December 30, 2019 and April 22, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 12, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Axsome's chemistry, manufacturing, and control ("CMC") practices were deficient with respect to AXS-07, the Company's medicine for the acute treatment of migraine, and its manufacturing process; (ii) as a result, Axsome was unlikely to submit the AXS-07 New Drug Application ("NDA") on its initially represented timeline; (iii) the foregoing CMC issues remained unresolved at the time that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") reviewed the AXS-07 NDA; (iv) accordingly, the FDA was unlikely to approve the AXS-07 NDA; (v) as a result of all the foregoing, Axsome had overstated AXS-07's regulatory and commercial prospects; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — U.S. Rep. Scott Perry was ordered by a Washington D.C. District Court judge to hand over more than 2,000 records to federal investigators in the latest twist in the legal battle over his cell phone, which was taken by the FBI last year as part of an investigation into the efforts of former president Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Chief Judge Beryl Howell last Friday unsealed her Dec. 28 decision that rejected a request by attorneys representing the York County Republican for a stay in turning the records over, ruling that Perry's arguments did not meet the high standard required for such an action and that the "powerful public interest" in seeing the previously secret opinion outweighed the need for continued secrecy.
In his request for a stay, Perry argued that the records reflected his efforts to research potential legislative decisions — like whether to vote to challenge election results on Jan. 6, 2021 — and therefore should be protected from disclosure by the Constitution’s speech or debate clause, a provision meant to safeguard lawmakers from pressure or intimidation by the executive branch, according to a Politico article that summarized his legal efforts.
In her ruling, Howell said Perry's argument would effectively put members of Congress above the law and free of political consequences for their actions, Politico said.
"None of the 2,055 responsive records that Rep. Perry has withheld as privileged contain communications relating to legislative-fact-finding efforts sanctioned or otherwise authorized in a procedurally regular manner by any congressional entity," Howell wrote in her 51-page opinion in December.
Perry later appealed Howell's ruling to a three-judge panel with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Last Thursday, Politico reports, the panel heard both public and private arguments regarding the dispute, and the stay will remain in place while the panel considers Perry's appeal.
The panel could vote to leave Howell's ruling in place, set it aside, or modify it in some way, according to Politico.
Perry's phone was seized by the FBI last August. He later sued the U.S. Department of Justice in an attempt to have his phone returned and to block investigators from searching it.
“Make no mistake, the seizure of my personal phone has nothing to do with January 6, 2021 and everything to do with November 8, 2022," Perry said in a statement after his phone was taken. "This breathtaking abuse of power by President Biden and his enablers will never deter me from protecting Constitutional Rights for all Americans, and pushing back against these banana republic tactics from a failed and floundering administration."
Perry later dropped the lawsuit without comment, but has continued to criticize the investigation, claiming it had more to do with hurting his re-election chances than it did with the Capitol riot and the results of Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election results.
Perry was re-elected to the House in November 2022, defeating Democrat Shamaine Daniels to earn a sixth consecutive term.
He was later instrumental in the unsuccessful attempt to thwart Kevin McCarthy's bid to become House Speaker after the GOP takeover.
Last December, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol building called for a formal ethics inquiry into McCarthy and other allies of former President Donald Trump for refusing to cooperate with the probe. That list of allies included Perry. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/dc-judge-rejected-rep-scott-perrys-bid-to-block-handover-of-2000-records-to-federal-investigators/521-bdfefa11-2629-4156-8a15-e7d03c9d63c1 | 2023-02-28 21:12:05 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/dc-judge-rejected-rep-scott-perrys-bid-to-block-handover-of-2000-records-to-federal-investigators/521-bdfefa11-2629-4156-8a15-e7d03c9d63c1 |
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During Huntsman's (NYSE: HUN) second quarter earnings conference call, the Company provided third quarter adjusted EBITDA guidance of between approximately $310 million and $355 million, excluding Textile Effects. The Company now expects third quarter adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations to be between $260 million and $280 million. As previously announced, Huntsman will begin reporting Textile Effects as discontinued operations following the announced agreement to sell the division to Archroma, a portfolio company of SK Capital Partners.
Peter Huntsman, Chairman, President, and CEO commented:
"Huntsman is feeling the same pressures as others in the industry as we are being impacted by persistent and extraordinary cost of energy in Europe, together with lower than expected demand across segments in our portfolio, primarily within Polyurethanes and Performance Products. The economy in China continues to lag our expectations due to continued Covid-related lockdowns. While the United States remains our most resilient market, demand in residential housing has slowed.
"We remain on track to exceed our previously announced cost optimization and synergy program and expect to deliver an annualized run rate of approximately $170 million by year-end. Given the current operating environment, we are evaluating further cost reduction and optimization opportunities and we are actively moving product into Europe from our facilities in the United States and Asia."
About Huntsman:
Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2021 revenues of approximately $8 billion. Our chemical products number in the thousands and are sold worldwide to manufacturers serving a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets. We operate more than 70 manufacturing, R&D and operations facilities in approximately 30 countries and employ approximately 9,000 associates within our four distinct business divisions. For more information about Huntsman, please visit the company's website at www.huntsman.com.
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One lucky person in California matched all six numbers of the Nov. 7 Powerball drawing, granting them the right to claim the drawing’s $2.04 billion jackpot. When the winner claims their prize, they can choose one of two options for receiving payments: a single lump sum of just under $1 billion in cash or annual payments over the course of nearly 30 years.
People only get the advertised $2.04 billion jackpot if they choose the annuity option, making the option appealing to some people. But 30 years is a long time, and anything can happen over the course of three decades.
VERIFY reader Cheri asked, “So what happens if you pass away before the 29 years are up?”
THE QUESTION
Does the lottery stop making annuity payments if a jackpot winner dies before the full prize is paid out?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
No, the lottery does not stop making annuity payments if a jackpot winner dies before the full prize is paid out. The remaining prize money will go to the winner’s estate or named beneficiaries.
WHAT WE FOUND
Simply put, a jackpot winner’s prize is treated the same way as the rest of their money and property, regardless if the winner collected their prize in a lump sum or as annual payments.
Powerball explains this on its frequently asked questions page.
“If a jackpot winner dies before receiving all annual installments, the balance of the prize will be paid to the winner's estate,” Powerball says. “Upon receipt of a court order, annual prize payments will continue to be paid to the winner's heirs. Other provisions may also apply depending on the laws of the lottery paying the prize.”
A person’s “estate” is the property the person owned when they died, the Judicial Branch of California says. The process of determining who gets to inherit that property is determined by state law and the decedent’s will, if they have one.
That means that state law also determines how the winner’s prize is transferred to their estate, and what options the winner’s heirs have when inheriting that prize.
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One such option is that the annual payments will simply continue as before, except they will be redirected to the person’s estate or named beneficiaries.
“If a winner dies before receiving all annual payments, payments will continue, as scheduled, to the winner's designated beneficiary or to the winner's estate,” says the Colorado Lottery.
But estate tax hits all at once, according to personal finance information site Sapling. Since the winner’s entire prize is included in the estate, even if that prize only comes in installments through annual payments, it’s possible for the estate tax on the prize winnings to be higher than the total annual payments for a few years.
Because of that, many states give beneficiaries the option to inherit the annual payments as a single lump sum.
“Some lotteries will cash out an annuity prize for an estate, to make it easier for the estate to distribute the inheritance and to pay federal estate taxes when they apply,” says Annuity.org, an annuity educational resource for consumers. “In order for the lottery to do this, it has to be allowed in the state where the ticket was purchased.”
For example, the North Dakota Lottery says that the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which is the association of American state and territorial lotteries that run Powerball, “may accelerate the payment of all of the remaining proceeds to the player's estate” at its discretion.
Still, other lotteries make it clear that the choice is up to the estate itself.
“By law, the remaining installment payments become part of the winner's estate in the event his/her death precludes collecting full payment,” the state of Washington’s Lottery says. “The winner's estate has the option, in most cases, of continuing to receive annual payments or requesting that the Lottery Director allow a one-time payment of the current cash value of the remaining winnings.”
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Feeding South Dakota reschedules mobile food distributions
Published: Dec. 13, 2022 at 9:28 AM CST|Updated: 9 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Feeding South Dakota has rescheduled their mobile food distributions this week due to the severe weather.
The new dates for food distributions are as follows:
• Sioux Falls rescheduled to Dec. 17 (Ransom Church from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and Empower Campus from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
• Pierre rescheduled to Dec. 21
• Ipswich rescheduled to Dec. 22
• Onida rescheduled to Dec. 27
• Kimball rescheduled to Dec. 30
• Reliance rescheduled to Dec. 30
Please visit FeedingSouthDakota.Org/Mobile to stay informed about mobile food distribution updates.
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The Shepherd Setlist is a collaboration between the Shepherd Express and Milwaukee music website, Breaking And Entering.
Rustbelt – “Fade The Mix”
Rustbelt is the new project of seasoned rock star formerly known as Juiceboxxx, and he’s out with his debut single. It’s a sprightly pop tune where he chronicles profound events in his younger years in a self-deprecating way. He claims to always be wrong in a world that’s not black and white, and doubles down on acting like a clown. Musicians contributing are Willy Dintenfass, Kendraplex, Andrew Jambura, Sam KS, and Jake Pinto. Some things don’t change, as Rustbelt insists; we look forward to what’s to come with his new chapter. (Ben Slowey)
Graham Hunt – If You Knew Would You Believe It
Singer-songwriter Graham Hunt has returned with a new project. It’s nine songs where Hunt conveys nihilistic feelings about endless cycles, getting your hopes up, being unable to win, and not seeing a point in engaging. With psychedelic dance-rock sensibilities and forthright lyricism, this album confronts the muddied realities that you thought would get easier as an adult, but they just don’t. (Ben Slowey)
LUXI – “Waiting”
LUXI is on the verge of dropping her new EP, Dream Girl, and ahead of that we get the new video for her single, “Waiting.” The track is fittingly about waiting for a person of interest to come back around, and merges the danceable pop side of LUXI’s sound with lyrics about loneliness and just a slightly haunting tone to the delivery of it all. The video is in her trademark DIY style, with the producer and singer wandering around downtown Milwaukee. Dream Girl comes out on June 24. (Allen Halas)
ThatGuyEli – “Reject”
ThatGuyEli dropped his first single in two years and he’s continuing to push the envelope of his sound. “Reject” is entirely instrumental and combines boosted bass with elements of math rock and pop punk, encapsulating a myriad of emotions. It represents the notion of not fitting in anywhere, which is akin to how difficult it would be to classify what genre this track is. That’s a good thing, because ThatGuyEli is determined to eschew any box you’d put him in. (Ben Slowey)
BLAX – “A Rollerskating Jam Called Liberation”
Fresh off of his Angeline project, rapper BLAX has the visuals for lead single “A Roller Skating Jam Called Liberation.” The track is upbeat while still providing substance, and the video captures that duality as well. The performance clip blends shots of BLAX in a roller skating party in a warehouse, as well as on the street. It’s all fun and games until you listen a little deeper, and that’s what makes this piece a standout. BLAX is currently on tour supporting Angeline, alongside R.A.P. Ferriera, who many locally remember performing under the name Milo.
Concert Announcements
July 10 – Traitor, Population Control at X-Ray Arcade
July 11 – The Bronx at X-Ray Arcade
July 12 – Northern Gloom, Rat Bath, The Nile Club, Garden Home at Cactus Club
July 17 – Calliope Musicals at Cactus Club
July 23 – The Spits, Holy Shit at Cactus Club
August 6 – Sugar Candy Mountain at The Back Room at Colectivo
August 8 – Charley Crockett at Pabst Theater
August 20 – Social Cig, Bug Moment, Scam Likely, DJ Megadon at The Back Room at Colectivo
August 21 – Andy Mineo, Lecrae, Hulvey, 1K Phew, Tedashii, Triplee, Wande, WhatUpRG at Riverside Theater
August 30 – The Bellwether Syndicate, Then Comes Silence at X-Ray Arcade
September 5 – The Fixx at Turner Hall Ballroom
September 8 – Josh Rouse at The Back Room at Colectivo
September 13 – Ninja Sex Party at Turner Hall Ballroom
September 15 – Post Malone, Roddy Ricch at Fiserv Forum
September 16 – In Flames, Fit For An Autopsy, Orbit Culture, Vended at The Rave
September 17 – William Elliot Whitmore, The Local Honey’s at The Back Room at Colectivo
September 28 – Andrea Gibson at The Back Room at Colectivo
October 1 – La Dispute at The Back Room at Colectivo
October 5 – The Heavy Heavy at The Back Room at Colectivo
October 12 – Hannah Berner at The Back Room at Colectivo
October 13 – Accept, Narcotic Wasteland at The Rave
October 19 – Ryan Adams at Riverside Theater
October 30 – Chelsea Cutler, ayokay, Arden Jones at The Rave
November 26 – Yung Gravy, bbon$ at The Rave
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(WFXR) – A shooting that took the life of Orlando journalist Dylan Lyons is bringing back memories of a local reporter and photographer who were killed during a live shot in 2015.
After Alison Parker and Adam Ward were shot to death, Parker’s father became an advocate against gun violence and violence depicted on social media.
Parker responded to the recent shooting on Twitter yesterday, calling out the NRA and Republicans and saying the U.S. needs stricter gun legislation.
Today, he spoke with WFXR News, saying he was devastated after hearing the news about Lyons.
“This one was particularly tough, the similarities between this young man [and Alison]. Alison was killed when she was 24, this young man was 24,” he said.
He says every shooting brings back memories of the day he lost his daughter.
“You and I shouldn’t be having these conversations like this, I mean really its long past time for us to do something,” he told WFXR News.
Lyons’ sister has started a Go Fund Me for his funeral, saying the young reporter “was a happy soul and wonderful person in life.” | https://phl17.com/national-news/local-father-of-killed-journalist-responds-to-orlando-shooting/ | 2023-02-24 16:19:55 | 1 | https://phl17.com/national-news/local-father-of-killed-journalist-responds-to-orlando-shooting/ |
PITTSBURGH — Four passengers were hurt when a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus and a vehicle crashed downtown.
The crash, involving the 61B-Braddock-Swissvale bus, happened on Sixth Avenue between Centre and Fifth avenues at around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, according to a PRT spokesman.
The injuries to all four people are believed to be minor. They were taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital.
Initial reports indicate the private vehicle made a turn from the wrong lane, the spokesman said.
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