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INDIANAPOLIS — A bicyclist is dead after they were struck by a hit-and-run driver Wednesday morning in Indianapolis, according to police.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers and emergency personnel were called to the scene around 10:50 a.m. in the 3000 block of South Rural Street. This is east of South Keystone Avenue and East Troy Avenue.
In an email, IMPD Officer Matthew York said the bicyclist was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died.
IMPD's certified accident investigators are responding to the scene to investigate, York said.
Additional details haven't been released at this time.
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LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OKSI has been awarded a $2 million follow-on contract from USSOCOM to finalize their Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) for the 81mm mortar round. The screw on 81mm PGK will allow warfighters to precisely guide mortars onto the desired impact point or predesignated target. The mortar's guidance system is able to find, fix, and lock onto target then uses pop-out control surfaces to steer the mortar down onto the tracked target. This contract aims at taking an area weapon known to be inaccurate and convert it to a precision munition that will provide first round effects.
"The PGK provides a precision strike capability that is in the field commander's back pocket," says Chris HolmesParker, CEO, OKSI. "USSOCOM is a respected partner of ours and we are grateful to be working with them on numerous efforts. This award shows the trust and faith they have in the OKSI team to deliver a solution that needs to be extremely accurate and reliable when lives are on the line."
OKSI's PGK leverages detection and tracking algorithms developed in-house to transform a munition that previously had no guidance at all. This is a prime example of integrating new technologies into a weapon system that is organic to the ground unit to enhance their capabilities in the field. Previously, SOF units would have to wait on close-air-support for precision munition effects on target. Having the 81mm PGK on hand will significantly reduce the time it takes for soldiers to affect the enemy.
"We are proud to see our advanced technologies providing our warfighters with cutting-edge targeting capabilities for precision munitions such as the 81mm mortar," says Christopher Shaub, Director of Strategic Partnerships, OKSI. "Our advanced seekers enhance our frontline capabilities, ensure desired effects, and reduce collateral damage and ammo expenditures. We thank SOCOM for recognizing our unique technology and providing us the opportunity to help our elite operators."
About OKSI
OKSI is an R&D leader in customizing sensors, AI/ML, and EO/IR technologies for ground, air, and space applications within the defense, aerospace, and environmental industries. With over 30 years of driving innovation and disrupting the industry, OKSI is committed to solving the world's most challenging engineering problems by using AI to extract data across from the entire EO/IR spectrum. Their autonomous and intelligent solutions rapidly analyze, identify, and communicate actionable insights, enabling critical decision making, action prioritization, and outcome optimization. OKSI is a privately held small business headquartered in Torrance, California. Learn more at www.oksi.ai
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s not hard to spot a Roadrunner nowadays.”By my house and by everywhere. We have a lot of them,” Liam Montoya of Albuquerque said. The Roadrunner is one of the few species increasing in population.
“You’ll see them riding on the sidewalk, you’ll see them in the street, but mostly I have been seeing them around this Bosque area. It’s definitely always lucky to see them, you want to make sure you cross its path because good luck will come to you. It’s always awesome to see those still running around,” Roberto Madrid, an Albuquerque resident said.
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Data shows their population has nearly doubled since the 1960s. The highest numbers ever recorded were in 2015 and 2016, around the same time we had severe drought conditions.
“What we’re seeing with climate change in the southwest is conditions becoming hotter and drier and more places looking like those hot dry conditions of the southwest, and the Roadrunner likes that,” Jonathan Hayes, the Executive Director of Audubon Southwest said.
“Really I think the extended droughts we have experienced have helped the bird. That’s pretty good in the desert, gain an advantage over other critters out there,” he added. But it’s not just warmer weather contributing to more Roadrunners, urbanization is helping too. “Lizards, rodents, those things are often associated with neighborhoods in Albuquerque. Those are the same food sources that the Roadrunner needs,” Hayes said.
New Mexico’s state bird is even making its way to other parts of the country. “We’re actually seeing their range expand the last few years, the last few decades. They have actually moved into Louisiana and Missouri where they haven’t been previously,” he added. | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/roadrunner-population-booming-is-booming-in-new-mexico/ | 2022-09-02 05:55:22 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/roadrunner-population-booming-is-booming-in-new-mexico/ |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Two Iowa teenagers killed their high school Spanish teacher last year because of frustration over a bad grade, prosecutors said Tuesday in court documents that for the first time reveal a possible motive.
The documents were filed ahead of a hearing Wednesday where a judge will hear arguments on whether to suppress any of the evidence against Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale, who are charged with murdering high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber in the small town of Fairfield.
In those documents, the state lays out the evidence that led them to request the search warrant. Most damning among that evidence are images of Snapchat messages sent from Miller to friends wherein he admits to the murder, prosecutors say.
A lawyer for Miller is asking the court in Fairfield to invalidate four search warrants and suppress evidence from Miller’s home, comments he made to police and information taken from his cellphone and Snapchat.
Graber’s body was found in a Fairfield park on Nov. 3, 2021, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties. She had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Miller and Goodale were 16 at the time.
Fairfield is a town of about 9,400 people located some 100 miles (159 kilometers) from Des Moines.
Investigators found that Miller met with Graber at Fairfield High School on the afternoon of Nov. 2, 2021, to discuss his poor grade in her class. Graber later drove her van to a park where she was known to take daily walks after school, authorities say. Witnesses saw her van leaving the park less than an hour later with two males in the front seat.
The van was left at the end of a rural road. After getting a phone call from Goodale, a witness later picked up Goodale and Miller as they walked to town on that road, investigators say.
In a police interview, Miller described the frustrations he had with the way Graber taught Spanish and over how the grade in her class was lowering his GPA.
“The poor grade is believed to be the motive behind the murder of Graber which directly connects Miller,” court documents filed by Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding and Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown said.
Miller initially denied any involvement in Graber’s disappearance but “later stated he had knowledge of everything but did not participate,” according to court documents. He told police that the real killers — a “roving group of masked kids” — forced him to provide his wheelbarrow to help move her body and to drive her van from the park.
The documents say a witness provided photos of a Snapchat conversation “that identify Goodale’s admissions that he acted in concert with another person to bring about Graber’s death.” The witness identified Goodale as making statements that implicate both Goodale and Miller by name.
Miller’s lawyer, Christine Branstad, says that the search warrants were issued illegally in part because “law enforcement failed to provide information to the issuing magistrate to show the informant is reliable or that the information from the informant should be considered reliable.”
Miller is scheduled for trial on March 20 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Goodale’s trial is Dec. 5 in Davenport, Iowa.
Both teens, now 17, will be tried as adults. In Iowa, the penalty for a first-degree murder conviction is life in prison. Iowa Supreme Court rulings require juveniles convicted of even the most serious crimes to be given a chance for parole.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/iowa-teens-killed-spanish-teacher-over-bad-grade-prosecutors-say/ | 2022-11-02 15:13:57 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/iowa-teens-killed-spanish-teacher-over-bad-grade-prosecutors-say/ |
When: 6:30 p.m., Saturday
Where: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Records: Illinois 4-1, Iowa 3-2
Series; Last meeting: Illinois leads 38-37-2; Iowa won 33-23 on Nov. 20.
TV, radio: Big Ten Network, WSOY 1340 AM (Decatur), KFNS 590 AM (St. Louis), WJBC 93.7 FM (Bloomington-Normal), WCRC 95.7 FM (Effingham)
About Illinois: Illini beat Wisconsin 34-10 last week, winning in Madison for the first time in 20 years. ... Chase Brown leads the nation in rushing with 733 yards. ... Quarterback Tommy DeVito has 1,121 passing yards and nine touchdowns with two interceptions this season. ... Safety Kendall Smith leads the team with three interceptions while cornerback Devon Witherspoon is second in the nation in passes defended with eight.
About Iowa: Bret Bielema played for the Hawkeyes as a walk-on offensive lineman and was a graduate assistant and assistant from 1994-2001. ... Iowa lost 27-14 to Michigan on Saturday. ... Hawkeyes are seventh in the country in total defense and 130th in total offense. | https://pantagraph.com/sports/college/illini/what-to-know-about-iowa-at-illinois/article_85830a22-465e-11ed-b9c9-87a4ae29e1bc.html | 2022-10-07 19:35:59 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/sports/college/illini/what-to-know-about-iowa-at-illinois/article_85830a22-465e-11ed-b9c9-87a4ae29e1bc.html |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Four-Evening" game were:
7-6-7-1, Fireball: 1
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Board members indicate strong support for resources that help teens identify and respond to mental health or substance use challenges, regardless of political orientation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- School board members nationwide consider student mental health the most pressing issue facing schools and students today, according to a new national survey of school board members commissioned by Mental Health First Aid USA® (MHFA), a course that teaches individuals how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental illnesses and substance use disorders in their friends and neighbors.
Student mental health was the No. 1 concern for school board members: 86% reported being either "extremely concerned" (56%) or "very concerned" (30%), a higher level of extreme concern than was expressed for school funding (51%), staffing challenges (48%) and school safety (46%).
This comes as the nation continues to grapple with a youth mental health crisis. Not only is suicide the third-leading cause of death for youth ages 15-19, but one in four adolescents age 12 to 17 have had a substance use disorder or a major depressive episode in the past year.
School board members see family and home life (66%), social media (57%) and bullying (44%) as the top three issues that most affect student mental health -- more than disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (23%).
They also said they strongly believe that state and local policymakers should be doing a "great deal more" to address student mental health, with 69% saying state legislatures need to do a "great deal more," and 62% saying county officials need to do a "great deal more."
When it comes to recognizing the signs of a student experiencing a mental health challenge, including suicidal thoughts or behaviors, 80% of school board members rank parents, close family members and friends as most likely to see the signs.
Recognizing the signs is an important first step, but individuals also need the skills to help someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use challenge. teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) is an evidence-based training sponsored by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to help teens in grades 10-12, or ages 15-18, identify the signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance use challenge in a friend. It teaches young people how to open a supportive conversation about mental health and substance use with friends and, most important, how to seek the help of a responsible and trusted adult.
When school board members were asked how important it was for high school students in grades 10-12 to have access to tMHFA or a similar program, 66% said it was either "extremely important" (31%) or "very important" (35%). These numbers remain strong regardless of self-identified political orientation.
"At a time when so many of our children are facing a mental health or substance use crisis, school board members recognize the need to respond," said Tramaine EL-Amin, MHFA client experience officer. "They also know that schools, families and teens themselves have an important role to play to address this crisis and they are eager to find tools that can make a difference. Since 2019, teen MHFA has proven to be a valuable resource to more than 700 schools in 36 states."
More than 2.9 million adults in the United States have been trained in MHFA. Peer-reviewed studies show MHFA training increases learners' knowledge of signs, symptoms and risk factors of mental health and substance use challenges, as well as their confidence in their ability and likelihood to help an individual in distress. Mental Health First Aiders also have greater ability to identify appropriate types of professional and self-help resources for individuals with a mental health or substance use challenge. For more information on teen Mental Health First Aid, visit the MHFA website.
The survey of 344 current school board members was conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 17, 2022, by Echelon Insights on behalf of Mental Health First Aid, sampled via web using a universe of current school board members. The margin of error, calculated for an unweighted sample of 344 current school board members, is +/-5.4%.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an evidence-based training program administered by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing that teaches individuals how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges. More than 2.9 million people across the United States have been trained in MHFA by a dedicated base of more than 15,000 Instructors.
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SOFTBALL
Mount Union to face Hiram in first round of NCAA Division III Softball Tournament
The Repository
The Mount Union softball team will face Hiram in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Thursday at 2 p.m. at Case Western Reserve University's Mather Park.
Mount Union (36-9) earned an automatic tournament bid by winning the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament. The Purple Raiders won their final three games, including an 8-0 victory over Baldwin Wallace in Saturday's championship game.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL:Doubleheader sweep clinches OAC regular season title for Mount Union softball team
Hiram (24-14) won the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament title.
The Mount Union-Hiram winner will face Case Western Reserve (37-3) or Penn State-Altoona (25-12) in the second round on Friday at noon. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/college/softball/2023/05/15/mount-union-softball-team-to-play-hiram-in-ncaa-division-iii-tournament-at-case-western-reserve/70220129007/ | 2023-05-15 22:44:55 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/college/softball/2023/05/15/mount-union-softball-team-to-play-hiram-in-ncaa-division-iii-tournament-at-case-western-reserve/70220129007/ |
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Indiana University's next 7 years: What administrators expect for students, faculty, more
Rachel Smith
The Herald-Times
Indiana University's comprehensive plan for the next seven years includes new requirements for students, large expectations for outside funding boosts and statewide workforce growth. The plan will be implemented immediately.
Here's what this means for IU's Bloomington campus.
IU Bloomington is adding new requirements for students. What's changing?
- All undergraduate students will participate in at least one "experiential learning opportunity" each year. This can be an internship, undergraduate research or study abroad program, with other alternatives suggested as an intensive writing course, a community-based learning experience, or even a "high-impact virtual classroom program." This new addition complements another goal of increasing the number of internships completed by IU Bloomington students in Indiana.
- Students in their first year will have a new first-year seminar, described as "academically based and fosters a sense of belonging, wellness, connection to campus, student engagement, and support resources." The new seminar is part of IU's redesign of the first-year experience, though little else has been released.
- For graduate students, there's a new emphasis on seeking external funding to support graduate student assistantships. Just this semester, some graduate students criticized the administration for not properly funding departments to keep internally-funded assistantships.
- IU Bloomington is also looking to increase master's student enrollment by at least 50%. To accomplish this, there will be more accelerated master's pathway offerings, which intends to reduce the median time-to-degree for new doctoral students.
- For low-income and first-generation students, IU administrators will look to increase the number of endowed scholarships.
Research goals: Where is IU Bloomington investing for the future?
- IU Bloomington has a huge undertaking ahead in terms of bringing in more outside funding for research. One eye-catching goal is to increase large external grants, which make up over $5 million per year, by 200%. Related goals include increasing sponsored research support from foundations, industry and government contracts by 50% and generating at least two $25 million+ "big idea" philanthropic gifts for research or creative activity.
- Artificial intelligence, quantum technology, disease prevention, health of older adults and environmental health have been highlighted as big priority areas for increased external funding.
- The campus will have "a modern innovation hub and incubator space" that supports new, original ideas and provides a pathway toward commercialization and eventual use in society.
- The administration also is looking to strengthen research collaboration with local businesses such as Crane, Applied Research Institute, BioCrossroads, Elevate Ventures and the Dimension Mill.
- Administrators will seek ways to address gaps in current research support on campus, such as facilities, shared equipment, data resources and personnel.
- IU personnel are tasked with increasing the number of peer-reviewed, published articles and citation counts to the top 50% of AAU public universities.
IU will help Indiana workforce needs. What is being done?
- The campus will develop a quick-response framework so IU assets can be used to respond to needs in the state, with an initial focus on improving health and wellness, P-12 education, environmental health and rural community development.
- The campus will aim to increase enrollment and degree completion in "much needed fields across the state," such as P-12 educators, engineers, nurses, mental health professionals and other medical professionals. A related goal is to build a more comprehensive partnership with IU School of Medicine and IU Health.
- Each year, the administration is also planning to increase the number of new programs offered on campus that match statewide workforce needs.
Reach Rachel Smith at rksmith@heraldt.com. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/education/campus/2023/04/11/indiana-university-bloomington-releases-new-comprehensive-plan/70093071007/ | 2023-04-11 18:02:26 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/education/campus/2023/04/11/indiana-university-bloomington-releases-new-comprehensive-plan/70093071007/ |
The NBA Finals could end tonight. After the Celtics and Warriors traded wins in the first four games of their best-of-seven series, the Warriors took down the Celtics on Monday to take a 3-2 series lead. Tonight, they have a chance to close out Boston and win their seventh NBA championship and fourth in the past eight seasons. A Celtics victory tonight would force a Game 7 on Sunday night.
Game 6 of the NBA Finals is set for 9 p.m. ET (6 p.m. PT) tonight on ABC in Boston. If necessary, the series will shift back to San Francisco on Sunday for a Game 7.
All NBA Finals games will be broadcast on ABC. While you can use an antenna, thanks to live TV streaming services, cord-cutters can stream all the action with no cable subscription required. Here's everything you need to know about how to watch or stream the 2022 NBA playoffs.
Read more: NHL Playoffs 2022: How to Watch, Livestream the Race to the Stanley Cup
NBA Playoffs FAQ
What is the 2022 NBA Finals schedule?
Here's the schedule for the NBA Finals, including the series status. See NBA.com for the full Finals schedule.
Thursday, June 16
- Warriors vs. Celtics, Game 6, 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET) on ABC (Warriors lead 3-2)
Sunday, June 19
- Celtics vs. Warriors, Game 7 if necessary, 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET) on ABC
What does the full bracket look like?
What channels will broadcast playoff games?
The NBA playoffs aired on a collection of networks, including ABC, ESPN and TNT.
The NBA Finals air on ABC.
How can I stream the games on my phone?
If you have a live TV streaming service (like Sling TV, YouTube TV or one of the ones below), you can use its app. If you have cable or satellite, you can use your provider's app or one of the following, after logging in with your cable provider's credentials:
- For ABC games, use the ESPN app. Click the gear icon in the upper right and then select Manage TV provider.
In all cases, you will need to have a TV package that includes ABC to be able to watch NBA playoff games using these apps.
How to watch, livestream the 2022 NBA playoffs
As these games all air nationally, the best way to catch all the basketball action live, without cable, is with a live TV streaming service.
YouTube TV costs $65 a month and offers all the channels you'll need for basketball.
Sling TV's Orange plan includes ESPN. While Sling lacks access to ABC, you can watch those games using the simulcast stream available on ESPN3.
DirecTV Stream's cheapest, $70-a-month Plus package includes ABC.
Hulu Plus Live TV costs $70 a month and carries ABC.
FuboTV costs $70 a month and also includes ABC.
Most live TV streaming services offer a free trial or discounts during the first month and allow you to cancel anytime. All require a solid internet connection. Looking for more information? Check out our live TV streaming services guide. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/nba-finals-game-6-livestream-warriors-vs-celtics-tonight-on-abc/ | 2022-06-17 00:28:39 | 1 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/nba-finals-game-6-livestream-warriors-vs-celtics-tonight-on-abc/ |
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison officials ordered him to serve at least three days in solitary confinement, citing a minor infraction, in retaliation for his activism behind bars.
A post about the punishment appeared in Navalny’s social media accounts on Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear how the politician got the information out — the post says that those in solitary confinement are not allowed to have visitors, letters or parcels, the only possessions at Navalny’s disposal are “a mug and a book,” and he gets to have a pen and some paper for just over an hour a day.
Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was arrested in January 2021 upon returning from Germany, where he had been recuperating from nerve-agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He received a 2½-year sentence for violating the conditions of his parole while outside Russia.
In March, Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of fraud and contempt of court, allegations he rejected as a politically motivated attempt by Russian authorities to keep him behind bars for as long as possible.
During his time behind bars, his social media accounts have been regularly updated with posts about life in prison. Just last week, Navalny announced setting up a labor union for convicts, of which he said he was the only member at the time. Navalny said the union has successfully argued for replacing backless stools with chairs in the prison’s sewing shop where he works.
According to the post published on Monday, the union activity was the real reason prison officials sent him to solitary confinement: “The Kremlin wants to see its GULAG consisting of voiceless slaves. And here I am, instead of begging for pardon, uniting some people and demanding that some laws be observed.”
The post said Navalny was summoned by prison officials and told that video surveillance showed he regularly unbuttoned his prison garb while in the work area. “This certainly characterizes me as a hopeless villain. So, a decision has been made to send me to punitive solitary confinement” for three days, the post read.
If Navalny “doesn’t change (his) attitude,” his stay there would be extended, prison officials told him, according to the post.
The post described solitary as “the most severe punishment in the legal prison hierarchy” — a small concrete cell, in which “it is very hot and there is almost no air.” There is a metal bed attached to a wall, and a mattress and a pillow are only brought at 9 p.m. and taken away at 5 a.m.
“Visitation is now allowed, letters are not allowed, parcels are not allowed. It is the only place in prison where even smoking is not allowed,” the post read. | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/kremlin-critic-navalny-says-hes-in-solitary-confinement/ | 2022-08-21 21:19:49 | 1 | https://www.wivb.com/news/world/kremlin-critic-navalny-says-hes-in-solitary-confinement/ |
Enterprise Network Architects and Industry Leaders Highlight Best Practices for Optimizing Application Availability, Performance, Security, and Cost in the Cloud
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviatrix, the pioneer of Intelligent Cloud Networking™, will be at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2022 from November 28 - December 2 in Las Vegas, NV bringing together experts to discuss what's next in cloud networking. As businesses begin migrating their most critical applications to the cloud, there's increasing demand for hybrid networking software that delivers enterprise-grade visibility and control. Please join Aviatrix and leading industry experts at Booth #2020 and throughout the week at AWS re:Invent: https://aviatrix.com/aws-reinvent-2022/
Here's where to hear from Aviatrix customers and experts throughout the show:
- Intelligent Cloud Networking: Create Simplicity, Remove Complexity (Session PRT214; MGM Grand 120; Tuesday, November 29th from 12:30-1:30 PM) -- What makes intelligent cloud networking, intelligent? Learn how Gainwell Technologies' Senior Network Architects George Buckman and Rick Zotz manage their AWS environment to get more from their cloud network.
- Aviatrix's Steve Mullaney on theCUBE (Booth #4050; Sands Level 2) -- Aviatrix's President & CEO will be interviewed by SiliconANGLE Media's theCUBE, which covers enterprise tech thought leadership worldwide. See the interview live or on-demand after the show.
- Ensure a Smooth Cloud Migration for SAP S/4HANA (Partner Session PRT008; Venetian Theater 2; Tuesday, November 29th from 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM) -- Learn how to create the business-critical infrastructure necessary for migrating business-critical applications such as SAP S/4HANA to the cloud.
- Booth Theater Sessions (Aviatrix Booth #2020) -- Join us at the Aviatrix booth theater, where cloud networking experts will discuss new developments, best practices, and lessons in cloud networking.
In addition to the theater sessions at Aviatrix Booth #2020, attendees to the booth will find:
- Hands-On Demos of the Aviatrix Cloud Networking Platform and new features including its cost intelligence module, CostIQ™. CostIQ leverages distributed telemetry built into its cloud network to accurately measure usage of shared cloud network resources by accountable cost centers.
- Discount Codes for the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program. The self-paced, six-hour Associate training covers networking and security concepts for various cloud service providers. Register for this course ($895 value) for free with an exclusive discount code available at the Aviatrix booth.
ACEs with advanced certifications are also invited to attend an exclusive invite-only meet-up at the Aviatrix suite. Please register your interest here.
Visit Aviatrix at AWS re:Invent 2022 at Booth #2020. Contact us here to reserve an appointment or meet with Aviatrix at the show.
Aviatrix, the pioneer of Intelligent Cloud Networking™, optimizes business-critical application availability, performance, security, and cost with multicloud networking software that delivers a simplified and consistent enterprise-grade operational model in and across cloud service providers. Combined with the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) program, the industry's first and only multicloud networking certification, innovative enterprises are transforming their business by upgrading their cloud networking with Aviatrix. Learn more at www.aviatrix.com.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the depths of the Amazon, Brazil is building an otherworldly structure — a complex of towers arrayed in six rings, poised to spray mists of carbon dioxide into the rainforest. But the reason is utterly terrestrial: to understand how the world’s largest tropical forest responds to climate change.
Dubbed AmazonFACE, the project will probe the forest’s remarkable ability to sequester carbon dioxide — an essential piece in the puzzle of world climate change. This will help scientists understand whether the region has a tipping point that could throw it into a state of irreversible decline. Such a feared event, also known as the Amazon forest dieback, would transform the world’s most biodiverse forest into a drier savannah-like landscape.
FACE stands for Free Air CO2 Enrichment. This technology first developed by Brookhaven National Laboratory, located near New York City, has the ability to modify the surrounding environment of growing plants in a way that replicates future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
“Plants absorb carbon dioxide along with water and light to produce sugars and release oxygen. What happens when one increases this input? We don’t know,” David Lapola, one of the leading scientists of the project, told The Associated Press. “We have evidence from similar experiments in temperate forests, but there is no guarantee that the behavior will be the same here in the Amazon.”
Lapola, a professor at the State University of Campinas, argues that the tipping point of the Amazon rainforest is more likely tied to climate change rather than the rate of deforestation. Thus, it is crucial to study the impact of higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the forest to understand what lies ahead.
This perspective challenges the widely quoted study by Earth system scientist Carlos Nobre. According to Nobre, if deforestation reaches a critical threshold of 20% to 25% across the Amazon, the balance of the region’s rainfall system will be disrupted, leading to the transformation of the lush rainforest into a savannah.
“Even if we halted deforestation in the Amazon basin today, the forest would still be at risk of experiencing the consequences of a tipping point due to climate change,” Lapola said. “While stopping deforestation remains our primary responsibility, combating the climate change driven by atmospheric factors is not something that Brazil or other Amazonian countries can address alone.”
The construction of the initial two rings is underway and they are expected to be operational by early August. Each ring will consist of 16 aluminum towers as high as a 12-story building. The carbon dioxide will be supplied by three companies to avoid any shortage.
Situated 70 km (44 miles) north of Manaus, the project is led by the National Institute for Amazon Research, a federal institution, with financial support from the British government, which has pledged $9 million. It should be fully operational by mid-2024.
Luciana Gatti, an atmospheric chemist, praised the initiative and said it would be highly beneficial to replicate the project in the four quadrants of the Amazon, as the carbon absorption capacity varies significantly across the region, which is twice the size of India.
Gatti, who is not directly involved with AmazonFACE, coauthored a landmark study published in the journal Nature, which revealed that the eastern Amazon has ceased to function as a carbon sink, or absorber for the Earth and has transitioned into a carbon source.
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SportScene 13 for Saturday, October 22nd (Part 2)
Published: Oct. 22, 2022 at 10:32 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - It’s the dog days of the college football season, with Badgers and WIAC action aplenty.
The Badgers face off with Purdue, looking to get Jim Leonhard back above .500 as a head coach.
In WIAC conference play, UW-Eau Claire is on the road to UW-River Falls, UW-Stout travels to UW-Oshkosh, and UW-La Crosse hosts UW-Stevens Point.
Finally, in collegiate women’s soccer, UW-Eau Claire hosts WIAC-rival UW-River Falls.
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(WFRV) – Multiple drivers in Wisconsin were recently pulled over after allegedly clocking speeds well over 100 mph, and the State Patrol is now issuing a reminder.
According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, troopers across the state have recently stopped drivers for excessive speed. The Facebook post included four pictures of radar devices, all of which indicated speeds of over 100 mph.
The radar devices showed speeds of 115 mph, 125 mph, 130 mph and 134 mph. Authorities wanted to remind drivers that just because temperatures are increasing, doesn’t mean the speed limits are too.
The Wisconsin State Patrol also mentioned that speeders can risk the safety of everyone on the highways.
Speeders risk much more than a citation – they risk the safety of everyone else on our highways.
Wisconsin State Patrol on Facebook
There was no additional information provided. Local 5 will update this story as more details are released. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/drivers-across-wisconsin-pulled-over-for-driving-at-100-mph-speeds-state-patrol-issues-reminder/ | 2023-04-25 19:28:34 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/drivers-across-wisconsin-pulled-over-for-driving-at-100-mph-speeds-state-patrol-issues-reminder/ |
What top Special Operations Command general says about drugs, crime at Fort Bragg
Responding to North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd during a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting March 7, the top general for the U.S. Special Operations Command described recent crime cases at Fort Bragg as corrosive.
The U.S. Special Operations Command is the higher command for the Fort Bragg-based U.S. Army Special Operations Command and is led by Gen. Bryan Fenton.
Fenton was pressed by Budd to address “a series of concerning incidents,” which Budd identified as reports of “suicides, murders, overdoses, drug trafficking and arrests” involving the special operations community at Fort Bragg.
More:15 U.S. Army Special Operations Command soldiers questioned during drug probe at Fort Bragg
More:Fort Bragg leads Department of Defense in drug-related deaths
Recent cases
Last month, in a letter sent to concerned senators, the Department of Defense confirmed 31 fatal drug overdoses at Fort Bragg between 2017 and 2021.
In January, more than a dozen Special Operations Command soldiers were detained by the Army Criminal Investigation Division “as part of its ongoing efforts to identify and mitigate the use of illegal narcotics,” CID officials said.
Also, on Jan. 18, 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Jimmy Lee Smith III, a culinary specialist for the 3rd Special Forces Group, was shot and killed in Raeford.
Staff Sgt. Brandon A. Amos-Dixon, a culinary specialist under USASOC, was arrested in Virginia for allegedly shooting at his fiancé and fiancé's child Jan. 18 in Harnett County.
“We know that those reports, they’re not indicative of the thousands of incredible men and women at USASOC,” Budd told Fenton before asking what "SOCOM is doing to combat these challenges.”
More:Fort Bragg soldier arrested in Virginia on attempted murder charges in shooting of woman, child
More:Fort Bragg 3rd Special Forces Group soldier fatally shot in Raeford
Not accepted
Fenton said illegal, immoral and unethical behaviors are “atypical” for the 70,000 service members who “are doing the right thing.”
“These are corrosives toward the trust and confidence this committee, the secretary (of defense) and certainly the nation has in us, and we’re laser-focused on eradicating that from SOCOM enterprise,” he said during the meeting.
Fenton denounced what he said are unwelcome behaviors in the SOCOM formation.
“First and foremost, it disrespects that type of work that our SOCOM enterprise is known for,” Fenton said.
Fenton said one case of illegal, immoral or unethical behavior is “one too many.“
While leaders recognize the service members are not immune, Fenton said, it’s being looked at “through a number of lenses.”
Leaders, Fenton said, are asking the “whole formation” to point out behaviors that “disrespect” SOCOM’s “decades of successful operations."
The committee’s chairman, Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, said the “high profile misconduct cases have reflected poorly on the special operations community,” and merits building upon SOCOM’s 2020 comprehensive review of culture and ethics.
Fenton said reinforcement policies are in place to hold those with unacceptable behavior accountable.
“It’s been a top priority because of what it does, not only to the trust that this committee and the others have in the SOCOM team, but to our overall readiness, and that readiness is important because it needs to be a very lethal force each and every time the secretary puts us on the job,” Fenton said.
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
— With “Creed III” coming to theaters on Friday, Prime Video has you covered for all your Creed and Rocky needs. “Creed” and “Creed II,” along with every Rocky film from No. 1 through “Balboa,” will be available to watch on Prime Video starting Wednesday. You could also do a Sofia Coppola double feature of “The Virgin Suicides” and “Lost in Translation” while trying to decide which Coppola-inspired T-shirt to purchase from Uniqlo’s celebration of the filmmaker (also available next week).
— Best picture Oscar nominee and Palme d’Or winner “Triangle of Sadness” comes to Hulu on Friday, giving stragglers plenty of time (well, nine days) to watch the riotous and bodily social satire before the Oscars, where it’s also up for best director and best original screenplay. It’s the English-language debut for Swedish director Ruben Östlund who takes a scalpel to the privileged classes on board a luxury yacht, starring Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon and Woody Harrelson as a Marxist ship captain. I wrote in my AP review that “The beauty and pleasure of something like “ Triangle of Sadness ” is in the details, like the well-observed and precisely crafted awkwardness over who should pay the restaurant bill, or the rules about who gets to sit in the front row of a fashion show shifting in real time.”
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
MUSIC
— Morgan Wallen is back with new music — a lot of music. “One Thing at a Time” has a whopping 36 songs, including “Man Made a Bar” with Eric Church. His sister, Ashlyne, joins him on “Outlook.” “This record represents the last few years of my life, the highs and the lows,” Wallen says in his announcement. (Some of the lows include facing rebuke for being caught using a racial slur.) Early singles include “You Proof” and “Thought You Should Know.” The album ends with the tune “Dying Man” and the lyrics: “Codeine, it got Elvis/Whiskey, it got Hank/I always thought somethin’ like that/ Might send me on my way.” The album drops Friday.
— Willie Nelson approaches his 90th birthday later this year with plenty going on — he just won a Grammy for best country album, he’s among the 2023 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and he has a new album: “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love.” Nelson and his band recorded fresh interpretations of 10 classic compositions penned by the legendary American songwriter Harlan Howard. The songs include “Busted,” the story of a dirt-poor farmer bemoaning his overdue bills, crop failures, and other financial woes while maintaining a sense of hope for the future.
— A huge box set celebrating the musical tie between Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello now serves as a memorial to Bacharach, the iconic composer who died earlier this month. “The Songs of Bacharach & Costello” is a comprehensive 45-song set that includes live performances of Bacharach and Costello performing several songs from the album “Painted From Memory” and three rare and unreleased live performances from 1998 and 1999, including a stark and gripping “In The Darkest Place.” The collection will be available in a variety of formats, including streaming starting Friday.
— Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis never made a sequel to their 1994 action, comedy movie “True Lies,” directed by James Cameron, but CBS has a new TV series with the same title inspired by the film. Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga now co-star as Harry and Helen Tasker. Harry is a secret international spy who pretends to have a career in computers that takes him on the road a lot. On a mission in Paris doubling as a romantic getaway for the couple, Harry’s double life is exposed and she must join the team. “True Lies,” executive produced by Cameron, debuts Wednesday on CBS.
— “Alaska Daily,” the ABC drama created by “Spotlight” director and co-writer Tom McCarthy and starring Hilary Swank, returns from hiatus Thursday. The series follows the staff at a struggling Alaska newspaper whose new star reporter, Eileen Fitzgerald, was hired to join an ongoing investigation about murdered Indigenous women. It’s inspired by the decades-old problem of missing and murdered Alaska Native women.
— Amazon has adapted “Daisy Jones & the Six,” the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid into a limited series debuting Friday. Riley Keough and Sam Claflin star as the lead singers of a 1970s rock band who make beautiful music together but behind-the-scenes they’re either at each other’s throats or trying to fight their feelings. The story charts the band’s early days, fame and abrupt breakup with flash forwards to older versions of the characters looking back on the story. Reese Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine, executive produces.
— Alicia Rancilio
VIDEO GAMES
— Times were tough in China at the end of the 2nd century, with the Late Han Dynasty battling to cling to control as rebels rose up. Throw in some dragons, demons and other mythical monsters and you have the blood-drenched setting of Koei Tecmo’s Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Your character is a nameless warrior who’s just trying to stay alive amidst all the chaos. You do have some mad martial arts skills and a handful of magic spells, and if things get hairy you can summon a supernatural beast of your own. Wo Long comes from Japan’s Team Ninja, developers of the brutal hack-and-slash classics Ninja Gaiden and Nioh. Prepare to unleash havoc Friday on the PlayStation 5/4, Xbox X/S/One and PC.
— Lou Kesten
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SHANGHAI, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GenFleet Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on cutting-edge therapies in oncology and immunology, announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the clinical trial application for GFH312 in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase II monotherapy study. The trial will be conducted in patients with peripheral artery disease and with intermittent claudication at 15 research centers, including University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. GenFleet completed the phase I study of GFH312 in Australia with data to be published in relevant international medical conference later this year.
According to research, there are estimated over 200 million people worldwide living with peripheral artery disease (PAD) with prevalence ranging as high as 20% in populations aged 70 years or over. Most patients are either asymptomatic or have intermittent claudication (IC), but all with an increased risk for myocardial infarction, stroke and vascular-related mortality.
There is a significant unmet medical need for PAD, given that currently no anti-inflammatory treatments have been approved globally. RIPK1 exhibits dual immunomodulatory effects and is a key regulator of multiple immune pathways. Many scientific publications have indicated that RIPK1-mediated inflammatory response plays a crucial part in the occurrence and development of PAD with IC. Preclinical data demonstrated GFH312 is able to inhibit RIPK1 kinase activity in human cells, down-regulate RIPK1 phosphorylation in animal models and curb the inflammatory response of animals' nervous system.
"The data from completed phase I trial in Australia demonstrated excellent safety profile and desirable PK & PD properties of GFH312. GFH312 is GenFleet's first Phase 2-ready product in non-oncology indications. We wish to further confirm the safety and therapeutic effectiveness of GFH312 in the trial." said Dr. Yu Wang, Chief Medical Officer of GenFleet Therapeutics.
"GenFleet has launched a series of initiatives in global clinical development and strategic partnership this year. GFH312 is GenFleet's first program entering into clinical trial in Australia, and now we are thrilled to see this program moving into phase II study in the US. This is a significant milestone for the company's multi-regional clinical development. To date, no RIPK1 inhibitor has been approved for therapeutic use and we look forward to bringing more innovative therapies to benefit patients worldwide." said Dr. Jiong Lan, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of GenFleet Therapeutics.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of GFH312 on symptomatic functional capacity among PAD patients with IC after 12 weeks of treatment. The study will also assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of GFH312 and explore the beneficial impact of GFH312 on the quality of PAD patients' life. Moreover, GenFleet is planning to start a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled phase I study in China to support further phase II study in China for other potential indications.
References:
1. Peripheral Arterial Disease in Women: an Overview of Risk Factor Profile, Clinical Features, and Outcomes, Curr Atheroscler Rep, 2018
2. A national study of the prevalence and risk factors associated with peripheral arterial disease from China: The China Hypertension Survey 2012-2015, Int J Cardio, 2019
3. Epidemiology, diagnosis and classification of peripheral artery disease (PAD), Nova Science Pub Inc, 2016
About peripheral arterial disease and intermittent claudication
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a chronic disease in which plaque builds up in the arteries and leads to stenosis or even complete occlusion. Narrowed vessels would reduce blood flow to the arms or legs and cause intermittent claudication and other cardiovascular symptoms. According to research, PAD affects almost 27 million people in US and Europe; in China, PAD prevalence amounts to 6% among people above 35 years old and PAD-affected population is calculated to exceed 40 million. At present, antiplatelet drugs, vasodilators, or drugs for prevention and treatment of venous thrombosis and systemic circulation embolism are commonly prescribed to relieve PAD symptoms.
As a common symptom in vascular and neurological diseases, intermittent claudication (IC) is mainly caused by local ischemia and induces microvascular obstruction, leg weakness and intermittent walking difficulty. The symptoms can be alleviated in varying degrees and durations after stopping lower limb movement.
About RIPK1 and GFH312
As a subtype of receptor interacting protein kinase family, RIPK1 is a central regulator of multiple immune signaling pathways. Widely expressed in human cells, the serine/threonine kinase of RIPK1 is most abundant in fat, endothelial and perivascular cell clusters and also discovered in immune cell clusters (dendritic cells, macrophages and T cells). Small-molecule RIPK1 inhibitors are expected to show efficacy for treating autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases (including psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, etc.).
In vitro experiments demonstrate that GFH312 blocks the process of TNF-α-induced necroptosis. It's observed in a variety of animal models that GFH312 can reduce inflammation and resist necroptosis; besides, low dosage of GFH312 can decrease the death risk caused by acute systemic inflammation and significantly improve the action capability of experimental animals. The phase I clinical trial data confirm the safety and tolerance of GFH312.
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STOCKHOLM, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced that it has received clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) to complete its acquisition of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: VG) ("Vonage"). This represents the final requisite approval to complete the deal. The parties now expect the Merger to close no later than July 21, 2022, as provided for in the Merger Agreement.
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Good morning, Central Coast!
It is going to be a very warm one out there today so let's dive right in.
Dense fog is in place along our coastal valleys this morning, that will keep temps significantly cooler today but also limit visibility on many roadways.
Due to the dense fog there is a fog advisory in place for our beaches and coastal valleys through 10 a.m.
My forecast feature is daytime highs warmer than 100 degrees for the San Luis Obispo County interior valleys Friday through Sunday. A heat advisory is in place from Friday morning into Sunday. Temperatures will ease off in the interior valleys on Monday and Tuesday.
Coastal valleys and beaches will also see some warming but it looks to be pretty minor. The reason for the muted changes at the coast is the continued effect of the marine layer. Night and morning clouds with afternoon clearing can be expected for the next few days.
Similar to the interior, temperatures will diminish a little on Monday and Tuesday. The reason for this is a trough approaching the West.
This will deepen the marine layer yet again. While some clouds are possible around the 4th, the trough might act to keep the base of any clouds that form the evening of the 4th high enough to see fireworks underneath them.
The marine layer is a subtle thing and the details definitely matter here and it's still a little early to bet the house on the cloud situation the evening of the 4th. That's my look for now but I do think we'll have to continually look at this over the next couple of days so stay tuned.
Have a great day Central Coast! | https://www.ksby.com/weather/interior-valleys-face-more-extreme-heat-through-the-weekend-cooler-temps-by-the-coasts | 2023-06-30 13:45:02 | 0 | https://www.ksby.com/weather/interior-valleys-face-more-extreme-heat-through-the-weekend-cooler-temps-by-the-coasts |
OSWEGO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Governor Hochul announced the third return of the free “On the Canals” excursion program in May. This program, through partnership of the New York Power Authority and New York State Canal Corporation, offers unique opportunities to experience the waterways of the canal system.
In Oswego, visitors can experience five different excursions for free with Oswego Expeditions starting on June 24.
On weekends between June 24 to August 21, adventurers can participate in a free 2-hour introductory kayak lesson as part of the first offered excursion.
Sunset Paddling takes place on Sundays from June 26 to August 28 to showcase Oswego’s amazing sunset.
From June 27 to August 31, Kids Paddlesports on the Canal kicks off. This excursion will guide families through several sections of the Oswego River and Canal on paddleboard and will teach children about the history and present-day use of the canalway. The event takes place on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout the summer.
July 5 to August 30 hosts Urban Paddle, a unique experience where you might encounter ships, fishing tournaments, or yachts. You can experience this excursion on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The last of the five free excursions is Stand-Up Paddleboard Lessons, which runs from July 9 to August 21. As the name implies, this excursion is a free introductory lesson on stand up paddle boarding. You can take this lesson on Saturdays and Sundays.
These excursions start at 3 Basin Street, the home of Oswego Expeditions. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/free-kayak-lessons-kick-off-summer-excursions-in-oswego/ | 2022-06-20 17:45:58 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/free-kayak-lessons-kick-off-summer-excursions-in-oswego/ |
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief warned Sunday of a coming spending crunch and tax increases for cash-strapped Britons as he bids to fill the “black hole” in the country’s finances.
Billing himself as a Scrooge figure ahead of Thursday’s Autumn Statement, when he will update Parliament on the government’s budget measures, Jeremy Hunt said he was forced to make “very difficult decisions” in his attempt to curb inflation and put the economy back on an even keel.
He told British broadcasters that he was determined to make an expected recession as shallow as possible, and warned that everyone could expect to pay more tax.
“I’m a Conservative chancellor and I think I’ve been completely explicit that taxes are going to go up, and that’s a very difficult thing for me to do because I came into politics to do the exact opposite,” he told the BBC, using his official title, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Hunt is seeking to make up to 60 billion pounds ($71 billion) in savings and extra revenue in a bid to tighten up public finances and undo some of the damage economists say was done by his predecessor, Kwasi Kwarteng, and former prime minister Liz Truss.
According to the Resolution Foundation, a think tank, Truss and Kwarteng blew 20 billion pounds on unfunded cuts to national insurance and stamp duty, with a further 10 billion lost to higher interest rates and Government borrowing costs.
Hunt said he would continue his predecessor’s pledge to help Britons with soaring energy bills, but added government departments could expect to see cuts.
Earlier he told The Sunday Times in an interview “I’m Scrooge who’s going to do things that make sure Christmas is never canceled.” | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-uks-self-billed-scrooge-promises-tax-rises-spending-cuts/ | 2022-11-13 12:52:33 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/ap-international/ap-uks-self-billed-scrooge-promises-tax-rises-spending-cuts/ |
WHL
All Times Local
Eastern Conference
Central Division
East Division
Western Conference
B.C. Division
U.S. Division
Note: x - clinched playoff berth; Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.
Wednesday's results
Saskatoon 5 Red Deer 2
Brandon 7 Moose Jaw 3
Medicine Hat 6 Winnipeg 4
Vancouver 6 Prince George 2
Kelowna 7 Spokane 4
Friday's results
Red Deer 6 Brandon 3
Saskatoon 4 Moose Jaw 1
Regina 5 Winnipeg 3
Lethbridge 3 Prince Albert 0
Medicine Hat 5 Edmonton 2
Prince George 5 Spokane 2
Kamloops 8 Kelowna 1
Seattle 4 Tri-City 1
Everett 10 Portland 3
Vancouver 4 Victoria 2
Saturday's results
Lethbridge at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Red Deer at Regina, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Spokane at Prince George, 6 p.m.
Tri-City at Portland, 6 p.m.
Swift Current at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Vancouver at Victoria, 6:05 p.m.
Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's games
Swift Current at Calgary, 2 p.m.
Saskatoon at Regina, 4 p.m.
Everett at Portland, 5 p.m.
Tri-City at Seattle, 5:05 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Winnipeg, 7:05 p.m.
Kamloops at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday's games
Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Regina, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
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ST. ANDREWS – The Latest on the British Open (all times local):
A gray sky and light rain greets the final day of the British Open at St. Andrews, though it's not expected to stick around by the time Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland tee off.
They are tied for the lead at 16-under par. McIlroy is trying to win his second claret jug and his first major in eight years. Hovland is trying to win his first major, and a first for Norway.
And so concludes a big week at the home of golf. The R&A has harshly criticized the Saudi-funded rival league and suggested changes to the criteria. Tiger Woods crossed the Swilcan Bridge for what may be the last time after missing the cut.
All that's left is to crown a “champion golfer of the year.” Four players were within five shots of McIlroy and Hovland. That includes Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. Nick Faldo is the only other player to have won at Augusta National and St. Andrews in the same year.
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- Enters into Amended Purchase Agreement with Frontline Power Solutions and completes the initial closing for the acquisition of Frontline Power Solutions
- Federal Government Allocates $350 Billion Towards Energy Efficiency Improvements in Commercial Buildings
PHOENIX, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SinglePoint Inc. (OTCQB: SING) ("SinglePoint'' or "the Company''), an acquisition-focused solar energy and sustainable solutions provider, announced today the completion of initial closing for the acquisition of Frontline Power Solutions, a Multi-State Licensed Energy Services Company (ESCO). The agreement provides for a two-phase closing of which we have now completed phase one with the initial payments completed and will proceed to phase two.
Frontline Power Solutions (FPS) is a comprehensive energy service Company with the ability to operate in deregulated markets across the country. Frontline Power is licensed in nine states and has applied for and is awaiting final approval in 12 additional states. Frontline provides Energy Supply Agreements to all sizes of commercial, industrial, and institutional properties. In addition to supplying direct agreements, FPS also lends its expertise to its clients to help reduce energy consumption, streamline energy portfolios, and offer other options to lower energy costs.
The strategic acquisition provides SinglePoint with access to an extensive portfolio of clients while giving those FPS clients reciprocal access to one of the nation's leading solar power solutions companies and best-in-class customer service.
Wil Ralston, CEO of SinglePoint, said, "With the completion of our first investment and acquisition of minority interest in FPS, we believe FPS will round out our service offerings by providing tremendous opportunities in the deregulated energy markets. Through Energy Service Agreements or assistance with installing a client's solar system, SinglePoint can now assist thousands of commercial clients in their solar transition."
John Holmes, Founder and CEO of FPS, said, "Our focus has been supplying commercial energy contracts to large and small commercial, industrial, institutional, and property management firms. We facilitate substantial reductions in energy consumption and spending while streamlining logistical management of their energy portfolios. By joining with SinglePoint, our two companies benefit from economies of scale and monetizing opportunities more efficiently and quickly."
There are currently 26 U.S. states that offer deregulated power options which are expected to reach $9 Billion in annual industry revenues.
About Frontline Power Solutions (FPS)
Frontline Power Solutions (FPS) is a comprehensive energy solutions Company. They are equipped with industry experts who have been on the "frontline" of energy procurement, sales, marketing, analysis, and information technology in the power industry since the dawn of deregulation. The combined intellectual and leveraged resources translate to unmatched value to their customers. FPS provides full-service power supply solutions, including supply, billing, auditing, renewable energy supply, efficiency consulting, and incentive coordination for large or small enterprises.
About SinglePoint Inc (OTCQB:SING)
SinglePoint Inc. (www.singlepoint.com) is a renewable energy, and sustainable lifestyle Company focused on providing environmentally friendly energy efficiencies and healthy living solutions. SinglePoint is initially focused on building the largest network of renewable energy solutions and modernizing the traditional solar and energy storage model. The Company is also actively exploring future growth opportunities in air purification, electric vehicle charging, solar as a subscription service, and additional energy efficiencies and appliances that enhance sustainability and a healthier life. For more information, visit the Company's website (www.singlepoint.com) and connect on social media for the latest updates.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, besides statements of fact included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding revenue projections, financing opportunities, potential plans and objectives of the Company, anticipated growth, and future expansion, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Technical and other complications, which may arise, could prevent the prompt implementation of any strategically significant plan(s) outlined above. The Company undertakes no duty to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
Investor Contact:
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Investors@SinglePoint.com
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Public asked to help with Jonesboro brand
Published: Aug. 28, 2022 at 10:54 PM CDT|Updated: 6 minutes ago
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Putting a brand on Jonesboro. Jonesboro Unlimited is asking for your help in giving Jonesboro a branding upgrade.
Jonesboro Unlimited is working to build a brand that represents Jonesboro and the people who live in the city.
Monday the group is holding a focus group open to the public to get input on what Jonesboro’s brand should look like, say, and convey to others.
The meeting will be Monday, August 29, 2022, at 5:30 p-m at the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce.
You can find more information on the group’s Facebook page.
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Executive Hires to Accelerate Growth and Strengthen Company's Position in Laboratory Testing Services
SAN ANTONIO, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Certified Group, a leading provider of testing, regulatory consulting, and certification & audit services in North America, has hired Nick Buschur as President of the Food & Beverage Business Unit and Tim Daniels as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Certified Group provides essential and time sensitive laboratory testing, regulatory consulting, and certification & audit services to the food & beverage, dietary supplements & NHP, cosmetics, OTC, personal care, tobacco, cannabis, nicotine, hemp, and other regulated end markets.
Nick brings over 20 years in business strategy, transformation, commercial, and operations to Certified Group. He is a highly accomplished leader with a successful track record leading strategic enterprise initiatives within sciences and supply chain. His expertise includes strategy execution, scaling businesses, operational excellence, customer experience, and talent development, with a common theme of driving growth, transformation, efficiencies, customer satisfaction, and value creation.
Nick joins us from Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he was Vice President of Commercial Operations within their Pharma Services Group (PSG) and Clinical Trial Division (CTD). In this role, he was responsible for commercial growth, quotes and pricing, client advocacy, portfolio strategy, and talent development. Previously, Nick has led various businesses, commercial and operational teams at Thermo Fisher and Patheon. Prior to joining Patheon/Thermo Fisher, Nick spent 11 years in the automotive industry in manufacturing and supply chain of various leadership roles within General Cable, Ford Motor Company and Delphi Automotive.
Tim has spent his career in Information Technology working in multiple industries, including the last 12 years as a CIO. Most recently, Tim was the CIO for Focal Point Lighting, a leader in the commercial lighting industry, based in Chicago. Prior to that, he was the Global CIO for Merieux NutriSciences where he had responsibility for all aspects of IT across their businesses in over 20 countries. Throughout his career working in defense, automotive, manufacturing, and food safety, Tim has built IT strategies and implemented solutions that have delivered value to the business.
"As a leading platform provider of laboratory testing, regulatory consulting, and certification & audit services, our mission is to deliver differentiated and essential services that reflect the sophisticated needs of our customers. I believe that the addition of Nick and Tim will further accelerate our growth and provide us with the opportunity to substantially scale our business," said Amanda Bosse, Chief Executive Officer of Certified Group. "Both Nick and Tim are highly accomplished leaders with successful track records, leading and scaling service-based enterprises. I am excited to welcome them to the Certified Group team."
"Certified Group holds a unique position and vital role in providing critical laboratory testing services across North America. It is an exciting time to join the company," said Nick Buschur, President of the Food & Beverage Business Unit at Certified Group. "I look forward to leading our team in delivering quality services and solutions, achieving exceptional outcomes, and improving value to the customers that we serve."
"With increased compliance through regulations and focus on product safety, Certified Group has significant growth opportunities ahead. The company's critical services are backed by an incredible management team and strong customer service," said Tim Daniels, Chief Information Officer of Certified Group. "I am excited to work with Amanda and the Certified Group team to build upon the company's history of success to enhance and expand their offerings in this dynamic and growing market.
About Certified Group
Certified Group is a leading North American provider of laboratory testing, regulatory consulting, and certification & audit services. The Certified Group of companies includes Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), Certified Laboratories, EAS Consulting Group, Labstat International Inc., Advanced Botanical Consulting & Testing (ABC Testing Inc.), Microconsult Inc. and Micro Quality Labs Inc. The Certified Group provides analytical testing and regulatory guidance services in the food & beverage, dietary supplements & NHP, cosmetics, OTC, personal care, tobacco, cannabis, nicotine, and hemp industries.
Contact
Nishat Jones
Chief Marketing Officer
nishat.jones@certifiedgroup.com
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A sixth grader who had an alleged “kill list” of fellow students at The Weiss School in Palm Beach Gardens will not be returning to the school next year, administrators said.
Contact 5 received a copy of the letter e-mailed to parents of students at the private school Tuesday afternoon.
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It called the incident a “perceived threat” and announced, “the student in question will not be returning to Weiss.”
The letter also told parents to remind their kids, “threatening comments, even in jest, are not acceptable and will be taken very seriously.” | https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/student-involved-in-threat-incident-at-the-weiss-school-not-returning-school-says | 2023-05-24 17:08:13 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/student-involved-in-threat-incident-at-the-weiss-school-not-returning-school-says |
One of the most intriguing questions facing the 2023 Eagles is how Nick Sirianni and new offensive coordinator Brian Johnson will deploy the Eagles’ newly shaped stable of running backs.
One thing is certain: It will look awfully different.
The last four years, Miles Sanders has been the Eagles’ bell-cow back, and even though he’s missed significant time with injuries he’s been the clear No. 1 back since the middle of 2019, when Jordan Howard’s season ended with a shoulder injury.
From that point through the end of last year’s regular season, Sanders had 633 carries and Boston Scott had the next-most on the team, with 259 – most while Sanders was out.
Only three times in Sanders’ entire four-year stay with the Eagles was there a regular-season game where he had at least 10 carries and another running back had more. All three were in 2019, two of them in the first month of Sanders’ career.
So for about 1 ½ years under Doug Pederson and the last two years under Nick Sirianni, Sanders has been the undisputed The Guy.
Then everything changed.
Philadelphia Eagles
Kenny Gainwell supplanted Sanders as the lead back in the postseason, the Eagles made no attempt to re-sign Sanders when he hit free agency, Sanders signed a four-year, $25 million deal with the Panthers and the Eagles quickly added veterans Rashaad Perry and D'Andre Swift to the running back roster.
What does it all mean?
Nobody knows.
Even Sirianni.
“I’m OK having a committee, I’m OK with one guy getting the carries, too,” he said in a recent interview. “I really am. Whatever’s working, whatever's going (well).
"We’ll say at times we’re going to go here and then a guy gets hot and we'll roll with him. For example, Kenny in the playoffs a little bit last year. He got more touches than he had gotten because he was running it really well.
“I’m content with whatever’s working and playing the best guys. I love the depth that we have to be able to rotate guys and keep guys fresh. I like when you have a guy that can do all of it, I like when you have a guy that you can segment it. There’s so many different ways to do it.”
Swift is the most experienced of the group and the best receiver.
Penny has that monster 5.7 career rushing average, tied for highest in NFL history by a running back.
Gainwell is young and versatile and coming off a promising postseason.
And then there’s Boston Scott, who plays sparingly but is unstoppable in short yardage and has 17 touchdowns in limited duty the last four years.
All four backs have had terrific moments in their careers. None has ever been a lead back over a full season.
Swift has rushed for over 500 yards every year of his career but never more than 617. Penny ran for 749 yards and an NFL-best 6.3 yards per carry in 2021 but has played in only eight other games since 2020. Gainwell has averaged only 3 ½ carries per game in the regular season. Scott always seems to produce when called on but has never rushed for 400 yards.
There’s a lot of talent here. But also so many questions. Can Swift and Penny stay healthy? Can Gainwell handle a larger role? Where does Scott fit in?
Making it even more intriguing is the fact that only Gainwell is signed beyond 2023.
The Eagles used a running back committee with brilliant results in the 2017 postseason with Jay Ajayi, Corey Clement and LeGarrette Blount combining for 556 scrimmage yards, including 255 in the Super Bowl. The last time the Eagles used a rotation for an entire regular season was 2016 with Ryan Mathews, Wendell Smallwood and Darren Sproles, although that was really a product of injuries.
Why was the Blount / Ajayi / Clement rotation so effective? Because they were all so different, and defenses never knew what was coming. Blount was a power runner, Ajayi fast and elusive, Clement a terrific receiver and tough runner.
That’s why the old Three-Headed-Monster of 2003 worked so well. Brian Westbrook, Duce Staley and Correll Buckhalter all had different strengths and complemented each other so well.
Sirianni’s plan?
Every game may be different. Every drive may be different.
He’s going to make this up as he goes along depending on the opponent, the score, the down and distance and who’s got the hot hand.
“I guess it’s like this with the receivers and tight ends,” Sirianni said. “You have certain visions of routes that you want to run or you know how to attack a defense (with), and you don’t need one guy to do every one of them – you’d love for all the guys to be able to do every one of them – but you just need them to, ‘Hey, how do we get this, this, this, this and this done?’ Well, he can do this, he can do that, he can do this, this guy can do that one too.
“It’s the same thing with the running backs. So however that happens. And if you don’t have a section where they can do it, you cross that part out of your playbook and maybe you add something different.
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Cisco, Siemens, and Verizon Business Lead Sessions on Why Sales Execution Technology is Instrumental to Creating and Closing Pipeline
SEATTLE, June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Outreach, the leading AI-powered sales execution platform helping revenue organizations create and close more pipeline, today announced the full agenda for its flagship event, Unleash. Outreach Unleash 2023 will be hosted in-person in Seattle, Wash. from October 3-5, 2023.
The must-attend event for sales teams will bring together 1,800+ attendees to discover what's next from Outreach, join breakout sessions with customers, and hear from New York Times Bestselling author and self-publishing phenom, Mel Robbins, and Founder & CEO of Change Enthusiasm® Global, Cassandra Worthy.
"There are more than 30 million B2B sales reps around the world and our mission is to empower them all to operate at their maximum potential," said Manny Medina, CEO and co-founder of Outreach. "At Unleash 2023, not only will we demonstrate how the AI-powered Outreach Sales Execution Platform unlocks success for salespeople and their organization, but how they can operate with a mindset of abundance to create and close more pipeline."
At Outreach Unleash, attendees will be able to engage with Outreach experts, connect with peers, and learn how to take their organization's sales team to the next level with the best sales technology in the industry. Outreach will announce its latest platform innovations to unlock seller productivity and will demonstrate its newest artificial intelligence capabilities. With the richest workflows in the industry, Outreach Sales Execution Intelligence captures 33+ million sales execution signals weekly, uses 3+ billion signals to train Outreach machine learning models, and surfaces 20+ million deal health insights every week.
Attendees will hear from:
- Outreach CEO Manny Medina, CPO Prasad Raje, and GTM President David Ruggiero
- Outreach Customers including, Cisco, CommScope RUCKUS, Grammarly, NewtonX, Snowflake, VelocityEHS, Verizon Business, and more
- Keynote speakers Mel Robbins, Cassandra Worthy, and Scot Gardner SVP of sales and marketing at Siemens
- Farah Bernier, Global People Strategy & Central Executive Operations Leader at a leading tech company on how to advance DEI on a global scale, Outreach People and Culture Executive Pamela Mattsson on how to intentionally champion women and people of color in sales, and other leaders discussing Diversity, Culture, and Empathy
- Nick Cegelski & Armand Farrokh, the founders of 30 Minutes to President's Club as they host a live podcast episode in front of an audience
- Influencers Lauren Bailey, CEO and Founder of #GirlsClub, Tito Bohrt, CEO of Altisales, and more on how to unleash your personal power and win impeccably
- Industry Experts like Matt Belitsky of Brex on the future of artificial intelligence in sales and several conversations on how sales teams can use generative AI
- Sellers themselves including Akio Aida of Grammarly on how to unlock enterprise sales success
While On-Site, Attendees can:
- Learn about the vast partner ecosystem and meet with sponsors Demandbase, LeanData, Regie.ai, Seismic, Sendoso, 6sense, Corporate Visions, and others
- Take expert-led product training classes designed to help you optimize your program for the biggest impact
- Receive 1:1 demos of the Outreach Sales Execution Platform on the show floor
- Attend the Women In Sales Leadership Summit hosted at Unleash where women sellers will gain the necessary tools, access, experiences, and opportunities to rise up through the ranks of the sales organization
- Mingle with sales peers and Outreach customers at the welcome reception and night out to connect + celebrate
Outreach will also recognize outstanding sales achievements by customers and partners through its Nucleo Awards. Register and learn more here.
About Outreach
Outreach is the leading AI-powered sales execution platform that unlocks seller productivity to help sales teams efficiently create and close more pipeline. From prospecting to deal management to forecasting, our platform leverages automation and artificial intelligence to help revenue leaders increase efficiency and effectiveness of all go-to-market activities and personnel across the revenue cycle. Outreach is the only company to offer sales engagement, revenue intelligence, and revenue operations functionalities in a unified platform. More than 6,000 companies, including Zoom, Siemens, Okta, DocuSign, and McKesson depend on Outreach to power their revenue organizations. Outreach is a privately held company based in Seattle, Washington, with offices worldwide. To learn more, please visit www.outreach.io.
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DENVER, Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), will release its third quarter 2022 results on November 2, 2022. The company will broadcast a live conference call on its Investor Relations website at http://ir.lumen.com at 5 p.m. ET.
Additional information regarding the third quarter 2022 results, including the company's earnings release, investor presentation, and related materials will be available on Lumen's Investor Relations website. If you are unable to join the call via the web, the call can be accessed live at +1 877-283-5145 (U.S. Domestic) or +1 312-281-1201 (International).
The call will be archived and available as an audio replay on Lumen's Investor Relations website starting at 8 p.m. ET on Nov. 2, until 8 p.m. ET on Jan. 31, 2023. The replay can be accessed by dialing +1 800-633-8284 (U.S. Domestic) or +1 402-977-9140 (International), reservation code 22020905.
About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 400,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences.
Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.
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DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal is holding a legislative election Sunday, a vital test for opposition parties who are trying to minimize the ruling party’s influence before the 2024 presidential election amid worries that President Macky Sall may seek a third term.
This year, he and another of Sall’s major opponents were disqualified as candidates, which sparked more widespread anger and protests in which three people died in June.
Senegal, with a population of 17 million, is known for its stability in a region that has seen coups in three countries since 2020 and where leaders have changed laws to remain in power for third terms.
Sunday’s election will give a clearer indication of what could happen in 2024.
“For (the ruling party), it is a question of doing everything to maintain an absolute majority in the National Assembly in order to be able to govern quietly until 2024 … and guarding the possibility of passing certain laws to prepare for all eventualities at the end of Sall’s second term,” said Mame Ngor Ngom, a political analyst.
Even though Sonko’s candidacy was rejected by the Constitutional Council, he has organized opposition supporters across Senegal. A victory for the opposition “would be synonymous with the rejection of a possible third candidacy for Sall and a probable victory in the next presidential election,” Ngom said.
Sall’s Benno Bokk Yakaar ruling party currently holds 75% of the legislature’s seats.
Serigne Thiam, a political science expert at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, says the opposition is pushing the subject of a possible third term over other issues.
“If the opposition wins, the president will no longer be able to think of a third term. On the other hand, if the ruling power wins the ballot, its supporters can push the president towards a third term,” he warns.
Sall hasn’t talked about a third term but has promised to speak Monday, the day after the election.
Dissatisfaction with Sall has risen as possible adversaries — including the popular former mayor of Dakar, Khalifa Sall, and ex-president Abdoulaye Wade’s son Karim Wade — have been targeted by the judiciary and disqualified from running for office. Many accuse Sall of using his power to eliminate opponents.
Anger has also grown amid economic worries as prices for fuel and food have skyrocketed due to the war in Ukraine.
Senegal’s former prime minister and head of the ruling party, Aminata Touré, appealed to the country’s youth to vote.
“The youth must participate massively in the vote in thanks to the President Macky Sall for the extraordinary work he has done for Senegal,” he declared in Kédougou in the southeast.
Interior Minister Antoine Félix Abdoulaye Diom toured polling stations around the country and declared that all the arrangements had been made for a smooth vote, despite floods in the past few weeks.
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Bindi Irwin, conservationist and daughter of the late Steve Irwin, the renowned “Crocodile Hunter,” took to Twitter on International Women’s Day to share her 10-year-struggle with endometriosis, a chronic disease that can cause debilitating pain and infertility.
“For 10 years I’ve struggled with insurmountable fatigue, pain and nausea,” Irwin, 24, wrote. “A doctor told me it was simply something you deal with as a woman and I gave up entirely, trying to function through the pain.”
A number of studies support the claim that women in pain often are not taken as seriously as men, The Washington Post reported in December. Studies show that the dismissal of women’s pain can affect treatment for a wide range of health issues, including heart problems, stroke, reproductive health and chronic illnesses, the report noted.
Irwin said she had debated whether to speak publicly about her experience but felt she owed it to other women who are struggling to get help.
“I’m sharing my story for anyone who reads this and is quietly dealing with pain and no answers. Let this be your validation that your pain is real and you deserve help,” she added.
Sharing my journey. 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/0oKiLlHyOb
— Bindi Irwin (@BindiIrwin) March 7, 2023
Irwin said with support of her friends and family, she finally found a diagnosis and underwent surgery. She said doctors found 37 lesions, some of which were “very deep and difficult to remove,” but that now she is recovering.
Irwin’s post coincides with Endometriosis Awareness Month. The disease affects roughly 10 percent of reproductive-age women and girls globally, or 190 million people, according to the World Health Organization.
“Validation for years of pain is indescribable,” Irwin wrote.
Endometriosis develops when tissue resembling the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus, usually around the reproductive organs, bowel and bladder. The tissue triggers a chronic inflammatory reaction that may cause scar tissue and lesions, according to the WHO.
Symptoms can include severe pelvic pain, fatigue, painful periods and urination, bloating, nausea and depression, the WHO says. The disease can also cause infertility.
“The variable and broad symptoms of endometriosis mean that health-care workers do not easily diagnose it,” the WHO says, describing the disease as “complex” and calling for further awareness.
There is not one specific cause for the disease, and experts usually treat symptoms with medication or surgery.
In her Twitter post, Irwin also urged people not to ask women about their plans regarding children. “Please be gentle and pause before asking me (or any woman) when we’ll be having more children,” she wrote. “After all that my body has gone through, I feel tremendously grateful that we have our gorgeous daughter.”
Irwin gave birth to daughter Grace Warrior in March 2021. She is married to Chandler Powell, a professional wakeboarder and conservationist — who paid tribute Tuesday to Irwin on Instagram, calling her his “inspiration.”
“Seeing how you pushed through the pain to take care of our family and continue our conservation work while being absolutely riddled with endometriosis is something that will inspire me forever,” Powell wrote.
While Irwin sometimes appeared on television as a young girl alongside her father during documentaries, public interest in Irwin skyrocketed after her father was killed by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef in 2006.
Lindsey Bever contributed to this report. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/03/08/bindi-irwin-endometriosis/ | 2023-03-08 13:17:35 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/03/08/bindi-irwin-endometriosis/ |
(iSeeCars) — With gas prices at all-time highs and an ever-expanding lineup of electric cars entering the market, you might be considering going electric for your next vehicle purchase. From available incentives to equipping your home with a home charger, there is a lot to know about the electric car buying process. Luckily we have all the information you should know before heading to the dealership.
Types of Electric Vehicles
Before buying an electric car it’s important to understand the types of electric car options you have before deciding which is best for you. Electric vehicles are classified into four main categories.
All-Electric Vehicles
All-electric vehicles, also known as battery electric vehicles (BEVs), have a battery that is charged by plugging into a charging device. BEVs have one, all-electric driving mode, and have driving ranges from 100 to 520 miles. Examples of all- electric vehicles include all Tesla vehicles, the Chevrolet Bolt EUV, the Chevrolet Bolt EV, and the Nissan LEAF.
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Plug-in hybrids, also known as PHEVs, include both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. PHEVs can operate in all-electric mode, but can also function as a gas-powered car when the battery is depleted. PHEVs have smaller electric ranges than their all-electric counterparts, and can typically travel up to 40 miles on electricity alone before switching to gasoline. PHEVs are ideal for drivers who have short commutes because they limit gas station fill-ups by not exceeding the vehicle’s electric range. Examples of plug-in hybrids include the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, the Toyota Prius Prime and the Hyundai Tucson PHEV .
Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Hybrid electric vehicles, known as hybrids or HEVs, run on an internal combustion engine and at least one electric motor that uses energy stored in a battery. The vehicle runs primarily on gasoline, while the battery is charged through regenerative braking instead of a plug-in charger. The electric motor reduces fuel consumption, particularly at low speeds. The Toyota Prius is an example of a hybrid electric vehicle .
Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, also known as FCEVs, are zero- emission vehicles that use fuel cell technology to power the vehicle. These vehicles are powered by electricity rather than an EV battery and have tanks filled with hydrogen instead of gasoline. FCEVs are primarily found in California, which is the only state that has a network of hydrogen refueling stations. The car’s motor is powered by electricity that is generated through the combination of hydrogen and oxygen. An example of a fuel cell electric vehicle is the Toyota Mirai and the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell.
Electric Vehicle Tax Credits and Incentives
Most EV buyers are familiar with the electric vehicle tax credit available to new car buyers from the the federal government. The “Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit”, which was instituted over a decade ago, created a tax credit amount between $2,500 and $7,500 based on a specific qualifying vehicle’s battery capacity. PHEVs qualified for the smaller credit, while all-electrics with long ranges qualified for the larger credit. There was a 200,000-unit limit to how many zero-emissions electric cars a single manufacturer could sell before the credit would phase out and eventually be eliminated. Two automakers, General Motors and Tesla, had already hit this limit in recent years, which meant that buyers of EVs from this manufacturer were no longer eligible.
However, the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has changed the existing rules for the federal tax credit. Notable changes include the removal of the 200,000 limit, extending the up-to-$7,500 credit through 2032, and the addition of a new set of eligibility requirements based on the final assembly location of the vehicle and its battery components to encourage production of BEVs and battery components in North America. New vehicle pricing and adjusted gross income requirements have also been enacted. Another significant change is that used electric vehicles are eligible too. A tax credit on used vehicles, worth either $4,000 or 30% of the used EV’s sales price (whichever is lower) will be available on used models costing less than $25,000.
Refer to our handy guide for more information on new EV tax credits including eligible vehicles.
Average New Car Price for EVs
Ranked from the lowest price to highest, here is the average new car cost of all the electric vehicles currently for sale in the U.S. market. These average prices reflect the average cost dealers are charging for each model.
Average Price of Used Electric Cars
For buyers looking for electric cars at a lower price point, here are the average prices for 1-3- year-old used electric cars.
Home Electric Vehicle Charger Installation
Another important aspect to consider when buying an electric vehicle is how you are going to charge your vehicle. Although public charging infrastructure is improving, the vast majority of vehicle charging is done at home. While people who have chargers at their workplace or in the garage of a multi-unit building might not need a home charger, home charging equipment is necessary for most EV owners. Here are the three levels of EV charging:
Level 1 Charging:
Most EVs come with standard Level 1 charging cables that allow for charging from a standard 120-volt outlet. However, these chargers only provide three to five miles of range per hour of charging. To put this charging rate into perspective, it would take 20-40 hours to charge a Tesla Model S, depending on its battery capacity, range and state of charge. A Hyundai IONIQ 5 would take up to 43 hours to charge a depleted battery pack. Level 1 charging equipment can work for plug-in EV owners, but if you want to maximize your vehicle’s all-electric range, it’s not very efficient.
Level 2 Charging:
The more common and more practical home charging solution is the Level 2, 240-volt charger, which can provide between 12 and 60 miles of range per hour. Level 2 charging is what’s found in most public charging stations and can also be installed in most homes by a professional electrician using either a 40 or 50 amp circuit, similar to electric home dryers.
A Chevrolet Bolt with 259 miles of range will take about 9.5 hours to charge from zero to 100 percent full on a level 2 home charging system.
Installation can cost between $500 and $2,000. There are local tax incentives and rebates that can help offset this cost, so be sure to research the home charger incentives that exist in your area.
Level 3: DC Fast Charging
Level 3 chargers, also known as DC fast charging or DCFC chargers, provide the quickest way to charge your vehicle. However, DC fast charging stations are mainly available as public charging stations because they are too powerful and expensive to install in most homes. These charging devices use direct current (DC) energy and require special plugs to connect. Most modern EVs, like the 2022 Nissan LEAF now have standard quick charge ports that enable fast charging. However, many older electric cars may not support fast chargers, which is important to keep in mind if you are looking for a used electric vehicle.
Bottom Line
With more and more new electric vehicles to choose from, including sports cars and even pickup trucks, electric car ownership is growing at a rapid pace. And with new incentives, increased battery range to help quell range anxiety, and the value proposition of never having to fill up at a gas station, electric car ownership is a smart choice for many consumers. Whether you want a full electric car, or a plug-in hybrid to help ease the transition, there are a number of quality new and used electric vehicles to choose from.
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WFPD: Man dumps meth from car during chase
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls Police Department arrested a man Thursday after he allegedly dumped methamphetamine out of his car during a vehicle chase.
Officers tried to stop the vehicle in the 1400 block of Southwest Parkway around 4:54 p.m. Police said the suspect, identified as 64-year-old Kevin Mark Hinson, was trying to evade officers through a business parking lot when they saw him dump meth out of his window.
Court documents state Hinson was holding a clear baggie outside of his window and a white crystal-like substance came out of it.
Officers reportedly chased Hinson south on Highway 79 before he pulled into an apartment complex. Hinson was then arrested for the following charges:
- Manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance
- Evading arrest or detention with a vehicle
- Tampering or fabricating physical evidence with the intent to impair
WFPD officials said investigators found meth in the floorboard of Hinson’s vehicle and in the area where he dumped it out of his car during the chase. Officers were reportedly able to find about 12.14 grams of meth.
Hinson remains jailed in Wichita County on bonds totaling $85,000.
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(The Hill) – Fox News has parted ways with firebrand political commentator Dan Bongino.
The network said in a statement on Thursday, “we thank Dan for his contributions and wish him success in his future endeavors.”
A former U.S. Secret Service agent who had become know for his sharp defenses of former President Trump while a regular on Fox’s prime-time shows in recent years, Bongino was granted an hourlong Saturday evening program on Fox in 2021. The network said his last show was April 15.
Fox said it would air a program hosted by Lawrence Jones in its place on Saturday nights for the time being and an encore of comedian Greg Gutfeld’s program would air this weekend only.
A new permanent schedule “will be announced in the coming weeks,” the network said. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/dan-bongino-parts-ways-with-fox-news/ | 2023-04-20 18:35:31 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/dan-bongino-parts-ways-with-fox-news/ |
SINGAPORE, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MoonXBT, the innovative crypto social trading platform, has reached a statistical milestone with its Android application in Google Play Store surpassing 100k downloads early in August. Before this, MoonXBT also passed the code audit of its website by leading blockchain security company Certik.
In the meantime, other numbers of MoonXBT are reaching new highs as well. The daily active users of MoonXBT has exceeded 6 thousand among which more than 2 thousand are daily active traders. The total daily trading volume of all users on average of MoonXBT has reached over 200 million USDT. The users of MoonXBT covers a wide range of countries and regions across the world with main end users coming from Southeastern Asia - mainly Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Turkey, Latin America, and Russia.
According to the platform, reaching these numbers is no easy job in a market like this considering many crypto exchanges have undergone trading volume shrinks and even lay-offs.
MoonXBT attributes its growth in application downloads, users and trading volume to multidimensional factors among which four major ones are: the long tail effect of the MoonXBT copy trading function, the continuous innovation of the platform's trading products, the timely user favourable policy for spot market and the strong support from community partners in core markets.
As a social trading platform, one of MoonXBT's flagship functions is copy trading which allows normal traders to follow the professional traders' trading strategy and have their orders placed and executed automatically in sync with the traders they follow. This saves time and increases the win rate for normal and moreover rookie traders especially in the volatile market. For professional traders, they enjoy a 10% share of the profits made from their followers' orders. As more and more traders with insufficient trading experience follow the steps of traders of their liking, they come to MoonXBT and download its application so that they can copy trade the traders on the platform.
On top of the above, MoonXBT has demonstrated large innovation capacity with trading products as a young exchange. In just a little over a year's time span, MoonXBT has grown from a solely contract trading platform to one with all sorts of trading products including liquid contract, warrant options, spot market and OTC. Most recently, it launched the perpetual swap, a kind of derivative product which never expires. The continuous product innovation is also attracting new users with different risk preferences and trading needs and therefore has contributed to the numbers.
In addition, to cater to the demands of users and lesson the burgers of the traders, MoonXBT is also one of the first few exchanges to implement zero fee policy for multiple trading pairs and later stable trading pairs. The timely policy also helped the platform to win over the users and boosted the MoonXBT application downloads.
Besides all the listed, one of the core reasons for MoonXBT's milestone achievement is the strong support from the communities especially the working partners from core markets. The major market of MoonXBT now is Southeast Asia in which MoonXBT already has local teams in three countries including Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. MoonXBT is even one of the top three crypto exchanges in Vietnam. The platform has partnerships with various communities and influencers in the region and is actively exploring more co-operations. The platform is also expanding partnerships in other parts of the world actively.
The Google Play downloads breakthrough along with other growing numbers shows how effective the local communities are in facilitating the platform's growth which in turn bring benefits to the supporting communities. It is also a good testament of MoonXBT's multidimensional development.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
2-9-5-3-9
(two, nine, five, three, nine)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
2-9-5-3-9
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Western Trailer ("GWT") announced today the acquisition of Southwest Trailer & Equipment, LLC. Southwest Trailer & Equipment, based in Oklahoma City, OK, is a full-service trailer dealership providing new and used equipment sales as well as repair, maintenance and parts solutions. Southwest Trailer & Equipment distributes trailers for a broad range of manufacturers including Transcraft Trailer Corporation, Construction Trailer Specialists, Holden Trailers, Strick Trailers, LLC, and Nuttall Trailers.
"We are excited to have completed the acquisition as it expands our reach into the Southwest, an area we had targeted for growth," stated Jeremy Amen, Chief Executive Officer of Great Western Trailer. "We are also looking forward to enhancing Southwest Trailer & Equipment's service offerings to include the finance, leasing and rental solutions we provide at our other 8 locations across the United States."
"We are thrilled to complete our 10th acquisition since starting Great Western Trailer in 1997," stated Sean Norton, Founder of Great Western Trailer. "The Southwest Trailer & Equipment's employees and facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa are a great fit for GWT. We are always on the lookout for quality businesses to add to the GWT family, and Southwest Trailer & Equipment certainly fits that description."
"We are happy to have completed the sale to Great Western Trailer," stated Mike Dye, Southwest Trailer & Equipment's founder. "I believe they will be great partners for our employees and will maintain the high level of service and responsiveness our customers have come to expect from us."
"Great Western Trailer will continue to pursue acquisitions as a way to fulfill its long-term plan of building out a larger geographic footprint," stated Seth Wilson, a Managing Partner of Headhaul Capital and the Vice Chairman of Great Western Trailer. "We believe that as we develop a larger network of locations we will be better positioned to provide creative trailer solutions for our customers."
Previously, Great Western Trailer acquired certain assets of Pacific Truck & Trailer, Quality Trailer Sales, Trinity Trailer Sales, All Points Trailer, and Patriot Trailer Sales. Southwest Trailer & Equipment marks GWT's 6th acquisition in 6 years. The company offers a full suite of trailer sales, leasing, rental, repair, maintenance, and parts solutions at each of its ten locations.
Great Western Trailer, based in Irvine, CA, is a leading full-service, integrated solutions provider to the flatbed and specialized trailer industry. The Company operates a network of strategically located facilities in the Western United States that offer customers a broad range of sales, financing, leasing and rental options for new and used trailers, as well as after-market trailer repair and maintenance. The Company distributes trailers for a broad range of manufacturers including Fontaine Trailer Company, Wilson Trailer Company, Manac Trailers USA, XL Specialized Trailers and Side Dump Industries. Visit https://www.greatwesterntrailer.com/.
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SALEM, Mass. — Although it took nearly 30 years for the Sanderson sisters to make their return in Hocus Pocus 2, a new report indicates we won’t have to wait decades for somebody to light the Black Flame Candle once again.
That's right! Hocus Pocus 3 is reportedly in the works.
While details are extremely limited at this point, a New York Times article published Sunday declares Hocus Pocus 3 is happening. The news surfaced as Sean Bailey of Disney discussed various projects with the Times – including live-action editions of Lilo And Stitch, Hercules and Moana.
Although fans have been posting fake Hocus Pocus 3 movie posters across social media for months, this marks the first time news of the sequel has been connected directly with somebody with the Disney company.
No casting details have been revealed, so it’s unclear if Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy will reprise their roles as the iconic Sanderson sisters.
But it's definitely possible...
"If there was a third one, of course I'd sign on, but I don't know how," Midler told Entertainment Weekly last year. "I can't imagine what the story would be, but I love Winifred, Sarah, Mary, and our relationship. It's good for women. We stick together through hell and high water, but we do cause mayhem, and not many women cause that much mayhem!"
Hocus Pocus 2 was unleashed on Disney+ last September -- and the results were big. Upon its release, the movie “broke the record for the total number of minutes watched by a streaming film across its weekend debut,” according to a report from Entertainment Weekly.
Hocus Pocus has developed a rabid fan base since its release in 1993, becoming one of Halloween’s most beloved child-friendly cult classics. The original has also become a fall-season staple with marathon viewings frequently featured during Freeform’s annual 31 Nights of Halloween. | https://www.wthr.com/article/entertainment/movies/hocus-pocus-3-confirmed-sean-bailey-new-york-times-disney-sanderson-sisters/95-6e5a241c-999d-4e16-b49b-33bb68f39348 | 2023-06-05 12:58:39 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/entertainment/movies/hocus-pocus-3-confirmed-sean-bailey-new-york-times-disney-sanderson-sisters/95-6e5a241c-999d-4e16-b49b-33bb68f39348 |
A Framingham man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for his role in a business e-mail compromise scheme that tricked victims into wiring him hundreds of thousands of dollars into an overeas account he controlled, law enforcement officials said Friday.
Gustaf Njei, 27, was also sentenced Thursday to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay $94,630 in restitution to victims, according to a joint statement from the US Attorney’s office for Massachusetts and the FBI Boston bureau.
Njei was convicted in December by a federal jury of wire fraud and money laundering, and other charges, the statement said.
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Using hacked and spoofed e-mail accounts, Njei’s co-conspirators tricked victims into wiring money to a bank account under Njei’s control, the statement said, which was in the name of a fake business,” Njei Trading.”
Njei then transferred part of the funds to an overseas bank account, the statement said, and split the remainder with a co-conspirator in the US.
The network of online scammers is growing, said United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins.
“Mr. Njei knew he was engaging in a devastating fraud scheme, but all that mattered to him was lining his pockets with proceeds stolen from unwitting innocent victims,” Rollins said in the statement. “Since June 2016, victims have lost over $43 billion to BEC fraud schemes just like the one Mr. Njei and his co-conspirators engaged in.”
Joseph R. Bonavolonta,Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, said “scam artists like Gustaf Njei” must be held accountable.
“Every year, victims lose billions of dollars of their hard-earned money, along with many sleepless nights, and fear losing their businesses and credibility,” Bonavolonta said in the statement. “This case shows the FBI will do everything it can to find and hold financial fraudsters like Mr. Njei accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”
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Leading research solution recognized as Legal Information Solution winner
NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. today announced that VitalLaw, its acclaimed research solution, has earned a bronze Stevie Award in the 19th Annual 2022 International Business Awards in the Legal Information Solution category.
VitalLaw is a leading research platform that provides world-class analysis and comprehensive support to legal professionals across industries. With more than 25,000 pieces of practical content and data visualization tools, VitalLaw gives customers access to solutions that enrich the entire legal process by delivering faster answers and deeper insights. The solution also provides customers with more consistent and current updating of laws and regulations, as well as expert content in key practice areas.
"VitalLaw enhances the customer experience by increasing productivity and providing expert analysis through a seamless workflow experience, and I am proud that it has been honored with a Stevie Award," said Ken Crutchfield, Vice President & General Manager of Legal Markets at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. "As we continue to invest in innovative technology, VitalLaw is a valuable, user-friendly platform that empowers customers to drive better outcomes for their clients."
Additionally, Crutchfield earned a gold Stevie Award in the Product Development/Management Executive of the Year category. Crutchfield was recognized for excelling at managing his team and leading them to effectively expand VitalLaw's primary source content and actionable insights through its successful launch.
The International Business Awards are the world's premier business awards program. More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories across industries. Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 300 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process in June and July.
Details about the International Business Awards and the list of 2022 Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.
About Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.
Wolters Kluwer (WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk, and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2021 annual revenues of €4.8 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 19,800 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.
Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
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HR Tech Outlook names Mobile Health the top employee screening provider of 2022 for their ground-breaking innovation to serve clients across the country.
NEW YORK , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HR Tech Outlook highlights companies that have provided innovative ways for HR Teams to do their jobs faster, better, and happier. Mobile Health has done exactly that and is featured as the top employee screening provider for 2022, a recognition of the way Mobile Health is reinventing employee screening and OSHA compliance.
When hiring a new candidate, the employee screening process can overshadow the best part ─ getting to say "you've got the job!" HR personnel spend more time scheduling exams and chasing down results than doing the things they love. Mobile Health has used their technology to combat this long-time battle. They have defeated the stigma of old, unusable technology, and have given the industry tools for success. The Mobile Health client portal gives companies access to 6,500+ nationwide clinics, comprehensive services, and real-time results. Rather than having a long list of providers, lost passwords, and 1-800 numbers, Mobile Health provides peace of mind through one partnership, providing every service HR personnel need to successfully hire and maintain annual compliance. Mobile Health services include drug tests, physical exams, respirator fit testing, vaccines, titer, TB testing, and more.
"Our goal has always been to make our clients happy and keep their people safe by going beyond what the industry says is 'enough,'" says Andrew Shulman, Mobile Health CEO. "We want our people, our services, and our technology to always be better, faster, and more delightful for people simply trying to care for their employees. It is an honor to be recognized by HR Tech Outlook and HR personnel everywhere."
Mobile Health began 38 years ago, providing on-site exams in New York City. Hard work and constant innovation have grown the company to include nationwide coverage with 6,500 clinics, on-site delivery of service, and a large fleet of mobile units that travel the country delivering employment-related medical screenings wherever they are needed. Working with companies of all sizes, Mobile Health can test thousands of employees overnight and see new employees with next-day appointments at a clinic in their neighborhood. This 'do whatever it takes' kind of service is the care and dedication HR personnel have been looking for in their occupational health provider. Mobile Health is enabling more companies to operate and do their jobs the way they were intended.
Mobile Health is a trusted employee screening and occupational health provider with 38 years of clinical excellence. Their comprehensive services and flexible solutions simplify OSHA compliance for employers. You can send employees to their 6,500+ nationwide clinics, bring the on-site teams to your doorstep, or deploy the Mobile Health fleet to any location in the U.S. Mobile Health's award-winning client portal empowers employers with real-time results, 30-second scheduling, and HIPAA-compliant security. For more information, visit MobileHealth.com.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News Friday afternoon sent a female teacher to the hospital, police and school officials confirm.
The school is located at 205 Tyner Drive, off Jefferson Avenue.
Dispatch received the first call about the incident at 2 p.m.
The teacher is being treated at Riverside Regional Medical Center, but police have not released the extent of her injuries.
NNPS said the person responsible for the shooting is in police custody. Sources from NNPS tell WAVY it was a first grade student who shot the teacher.
No students were injured in the shooting.
The school system sent information to Richneck families in a phone call and email, and posted it to social media about an hour after the incident.
NNPD Chief Steve Drew spoke with the media Friday afternoon.
He said all the children were moved to the gym after the incident and are safe. This is no longer an active shooter situation.
Chief Drew confirmed there was one location where a gunshot was fired, and evidence was recovered from that location.
“We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,” Chief Drew said.
There are counselors at the school talking with the students.
Police said they are working to reunite parents with students at this time. That is taking place at the Richneck gym door. Parents and guardians must present a photo ID to pick up their child.
They are dismissing students by grade level, Chief Drew said.
“The number one priority for me is to check on our victim at the hospital and get all these students back with their families,” Chief Drew said.
WAVY spoke with Richneck parent Joselyn Glover who told us, “My heart stopped. I was freaking out. I was very nervous just wondering was that one person my son?”
The school was on lockdown for about an hour before it was lifted, according to NNPS.
The police department’s response was “almost immediate, very, very quick, within minutes,” said Drew.
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Upon hearing the news, Sen. Mark Warner tweeted, “Deeply disturbed by this report and closely monitoring the situation. My thoughts go out to all families and first responders.”
Sen. Tim Kaine also issued a statement, saying, “I’m monitoring this situation closely and praying for the safety of the students, teachers, staff, and first responders at Richneck Elementary School.”
There was a school shooting in Newport News in the fall of 2021, at Heritage High School. In that incident, a student fired several shots in a busy hallway. A 17-year-old boy and girl were wounded by the gunfire. Jacari Taylor was 16 years old when a judge sentenced him to 10-years for the shooting. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/teacher-shot-at-newport-news-elementary-school/ | 2023-01-06 22:14:22 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/teacher-shot-at-newport-news-elementary-school/ |
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New study of more than 1,800 breast cancer patients and 1,100 institutions reveals distinct information gaps that can lead to poor outcomes and further exacerbate disparities
BOSTON, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Outcomes4Me Inc., the developer of a personalized evidence-based cancer navigation platform, released today the 2022 State of Patient Empowerment Report. The report, developed in partnership with the HLTH Foundation, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Publicis Health, summarizes the results of a first-of-its-kind study aimed at defining and measuring the state of patient empowerment–patients' ability to act on their health and life goals in the context of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery–in the United States.
The study identifies four prerequisites for patients to be able to take a proactive approach to their care and, hence, be empowered:
- Easy, timely, and actionable access to their full medical records
- A trusted, multidisciplinary care team acting in a consultative manner
- Access to care based on evidence-based standards and presentation of those standards
- Grounding of patients' health and overall life goals to guide the treatment plan
Results reveal that breast cancer patients are on the whole not fully informed of the evidence-based treatments that could influence their care. Many patients lack necessary access to a consultative care team that shares timely and relevant information about treatment options, and the integration of patient goals is low. These results are likely applicable to other patient groups given similarities across serious illness, including: the complexity of diagnosis, the number of treatment options, the length of treatment, and disruption to patients' lives. Key study findings include:
The majority of medical institutions remain non-compliant with individuals' right under HIPAA to access medical records within 30 days
- Only 47% of institutions are fully compliant with individuals' right under HIPAA to access health records.
- Only 45% of respondents reported having full access to their medical records.
- If patients do gain digital access to their medical record, 1 in 4 cannot understand it.
Access to, and collaboration with, a trusted care team is not the reality for many patients
- In treatment, only slightly more than half (55%) of patients felt their care team was accessible and/or that their oncologists really listened to them.
- 26% of patients reported not having a trusted relationship with their care team.
- 1 in 4 patients learned first about their cancer diagnosis through an online portal rather than their care team.
- 46% of patients did not feel fully comfortable engaging their care team to advocate for themselves.
Doctors do not systematically present patients with the latest, evidence-based treatment options and disparities exist across socioeconomics, ethnic backgrounds, and age
- 37% of total respondents reported their doctor did not recommend genetic testing or genomic profiling at the time of diagnosis. 55% of patients with a household income of less than $75,000 were offered the opportunity, compared to 88% of patients with a household income of more than $150,000.
- Only 1 in 5 patients reported that their doctors presented them with a clinical trial as a treatment option. 18% of patients receiving treatment in a community hospital reported learning about clinical trials, compared to 31% receiving treatment in an academic setting. 17% of patients 66 and older said they were offered a clinical trial compared to 24% for patients under the age of 66.
- Only 42% of patients reported being given a post-treatment care plan.
Patients' preferences are not systematically discussed during the delivery of care
- More than two-thirds of patients across the entire care continuum, from diagnosis to remission or no evidence of disease, have not had a discussion with their care team about advance care planning.
- More than 40% of respondents reported not having a discussion with their doctor on how their treatment could affect their options regarding breast reconstruction, pain management, or lymphedema, and doctors did not share how treatment decisions could affect the ability to have children with 39% of surveyed women under the age of 51.
- 27% of patients feel they are not in control of their care decision-making.
"We cannot change what we do not measure—which is why this effort is not only critically important, but also just the beginning of our multi-year commitment to help evolve the healthcare system and re-center it around the patient," said Maya R. Said, Sc.D., Founder and CEO at Outcomes4Me. "These results point to clear opportunities for improvement and, unless we collectively start addressing these issues, we risk that the rapid pace of cancer innovation will drive poorer outcomes and exacerbate disparities. All of us deserve a fair chance to beat cancer. I am deeply grateful to all the patients who contributed to this study: you have our commitment that we will not rest until we ensure every patient, wherever and whomever they are, gains the power they need to conquer their illness and achieve the best possible outcome."
"Providers are focused on patient engagement, which tends to focus on how patients make use of the tools provided to them," said Janna Guinen, Executive Director of the HLTH Foundation. "Integrating the aims and measures of empowerment will help patients to take control, make more informed healthcare decisions, and align care delivery with patients' health goals and value systems."
"As a survivor of a rare cancer myself, I understand the scanxiety that cancer patients experience," said Susan Manber, Chief Patient Officer, Publicis Health. "I am privileged to have a productive, accessible relationship with my care team–who always helps me to understand my health information. The heartbreaking data from this study proves that so many other patients cannot say the same."
"Care navigation is difficult, and we know anecdotally from our own life experiences that patients are tasked with taking on too much," said Nate Beyor, Managing Director & Partner, BCG. "But anecdotes do not lead to the meaningful change that we need to see. That is why we all came together to define patient empowerment and measure it, for the very first time, so we can understand patient empowerment at its baseline, put programs in place to improve it, and measure it year over year."
The full report is available at www.outcomes4me.com/empowerment2022.
Outcomes4Me fielded a direct-to-consumer, online survey, recruiting patients via Facebook advertising and Outcomes4Me's own database. The survey was active between October 13, 2022 and November 1, 2022 and yielded 1,828 responses, with 15% coming from the Outcomes4Me platform and 85% representing non-users of the Outcomes4Me platform. The company augmented survey data regarding medical institutions' compliance with patient-directed medical records requests with anonymized, proprietary data from the Outcomes4Me platform, reporting on 1,862 medical records requests across 1,171 hospitals across every U.S. state.
Outcomes4Me is an AI-driven patient empowerment platform that helps cancer patients take a proactive approach to their care, gaining access to personalized, evidence-based treatment options and information. The company is on a mission to democratize healthcare by providing real-time, evidence-based clinical information to cancer patients, ensuring they can effectively navigate through their disease and improve their outcomes. In doing so, Outcomes4Me is working to promote health equity by generating deeper insights that improve care, and accelerating research and access to innovation. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Outcomes4Me is a woman-led company of seasoned healthcare, oncology, pharmaceutical, consumer, and technology veterans. For more information, visit www.outcomes4me.com
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general on Friday warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he has violated the Supreme Court’s conflict of interest ruling, which barred him from direct involvement in his government’s divisive plans for a judicial overhaul.
Netanyahu’s far-right government has barreled ahead with plans to weaken the Supreme Court and grant politicians less judicial oversight in their policymaking despite massive protests from across Israeli society — including an uproar among business leaders, top legal officials and military reservists. On Thursday, just hours after his coalition passed a law that would protect the Israeli leader from being deemed unfit to rule because of his corruption trial and claims of a conflict of interest, Netanyahu defiantly pledged to proceed with the overhaul.
Netanyahu contended that stripping the attorney general of the power to remove him from office was necessary to clear the way for him to participate in the negotiations on the judicial overhaul in spite of her instructions, and try to “mend the rift” in the polarized nation.
“Until today my hands were tied,” Netanyahu said in a prime-time TV address Thursday, referring to the change in the law on removing a prime minister.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara thoroughly disagreed, sharply criticizing him in a letter Friday for violating a conflict of interest agreement that had allowed him to continue leading the country while charged with corruption, bribery and breach of trust. The deal Netanyahu was pressed to sign in 2020 prevented him from being involved in legislative issues or key judicial appointments that could affect his ongoing trial.
“Your statement last night and any further actions by you that violate that agreement are completely illegal and in conflict of interest,” Baharav-Miara wrote in Friday’s letter. “The legal situation is clear — you must avoid any involvement in measures to change the judicial system.”
The contentious law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office, passed late Wednesday by a slim majority of 61 in the 120-seat parliament, does not undo the court’s earlier conflict of interest ruling, Baharav-Miara said. The consequences of Netanyahu’s violations of the agreement were not immediately clear.
Netanyahu, on an official visit to Britain, did not immediately respond to her letter.
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel, a good governance organization, warned of a constitutional crisis. It pledged to file a petition urging that Netanyahu be held in contempt of court. “A prime minister who does not obey the court and its orders is an anarchist,” the group said.
Supporters of the judicial overhaul say it will restore power to elected legislators and make the courts less interventionist. Critics say the move upends Israel’s system of checks and balances and pushes it toward autocracy. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/israeli-ag-warns-netanyahu-defied-conflict-of-interest-rule/ | 2023-03-24 13:39:14 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/israeli-ag-warns-netanyahu-defied-conflict-of-interest-rule/ |
VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency will “never politicize” its work in Iran, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday, insisting after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments came after a confidential report from the IAEA last week said that its investigators had closed off their investigation of traces of man-made uranium found at Marivan, near the city of Abadeh, about 525 kilometers (325 miles) southeast of Tehran.
Analysts had repeatedly linked Marivan to a possible secret Iranian military nuclear program and accused Iran of conducting high-explosives tests there in the early 2000s.
“Iran is continuing to lie to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The agency’s capitulation to Iranian pressure is a black stain on its record,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet in televised remarks on Sunday.
“If the IAEA becomes a political organization, then its oversight activity in Iran is without significance, as will be its reports on Iran’s nuclear activity,” Netanyahu said.
Asked on Monday about that criticism, IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi said that his agency’s work is “neutral, it is impartial, it is technical.”
“We will always say things as they are,” Grossi told reporters on the first day of a regular meeting in Vienna of the IAEA board of governors.
Grossi added that he would “never enter into a polemic” with the head of government of a member of the IAEA. “We never politicize. We have our standards and apply them always,” he said.
“The politicization is in the eye of the beholder,” Grossi added.
Israel considers Iran to be its greatest enemy, and Netanyahu has repeatedly said that he wouldn’t allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. He has said international diplomacy should be accompanied by a serious military option, and hinted that Israel would be prepared to strike Iran on its own if necessary.
Before Netanyahu’s comments, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said in a statement on Friday that the explanations provided by Iran for the presence of nuclear material at the Marivan site are “not reliable or technically possible.”
But Grossi insisted that the IAEA will “never, ever” water down its safeguards standards.
“We have been strict, technically impartial and, as I like to say, very fair but firm,” he said.
Analysts had repeatedly linked Marivan to a possible clandestine Iranian military nuclear program that the IAEA, the West and other countries say was abandoned in 2003. They had accused Iran of conducting high-explosives tests there in the early 2000s.
Last week’s IAEA report said that “another member state” operated a mine at the area in the 1960s and 1970s under the rule of then Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, without elaborating.
Iran had argued the uranium traces could have come from “laboratory instruments and equipment” used by miners at the site. The IAEA called the answer “a possible explanation.”
The IAEA is still seeking explanations on the origin and current location of the man-made uranium particles found at two other sites in Iran, Varamin and Turquzabad.
Tehran has long denied ever seeking nuclear weapons and continues to insist that its nuclear program is entirely for peaceful purposes. | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/un-nuclear-chief-facing-israeli-criticism-on-iran-says-his-agency-very-fair-but-firm/ | 2023-06-06 07:50:23 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/un-nuclear-chief-facing-israeli-criticism-on-iran-says-his-agency-very-fair-but-firm/ |
Self-measuring with Smart Meter's cellular-enabled iScale can help providers and patients monitor weight in real time.
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently released statistics from a new study detail the problem of obesity in the United States and its continued rise. The findings published in the Journal of Obesity looked at the long-term weight gain of almost 14,000 adults in the U.S. and they revealed some startling conclusions.1
According to the research, one-fifth of American adults gained 20% of their body weight or more over a 10-year period, with more than a third gaining 10% or more and over half gaining 5% of more. On average, Americans gain 17 pounds between the ages of 20 and 39 and an average of 45 pounds during their lifetime.
"In roughly 20 years, the prevalence of obesity increased by approximately 40% and severe obesity almost doubled," said Larry Tucker, a Professor of Exercise Science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. "Without question, 10-year weight gain is a serious problem within the U.S. adult population,"
More and more studies point to the fact that self-measuring (stepping on a scale) on a regular basis can have an impact on helping with weight loss or preventing weight gain. A recent review of those studies found that in 11 of the 12 reviewed studies more frequent self-weighing was associated with greater weight loss or weight gain prevention. Specifically, individuals who reported self-weighing weekly or daily, typically over a period of several months, held a 1 to 3 kg/m2 (2.2 to 6.6 pounds) advantage over individuals who did not self-weigh frequently.
The iScale from Smart Meter is an easy way for a person and their provider to track weight in real time. The cellular-enabled iScale sends results instantly through the AT&T IoT network to the provider's electronic health record (HER) system. And the person weighing in can also view their results in an online portal to track trends.
Now serving more than 100,000 patients and transmitting 1.5 million patient test a month to our customers, Smart Meter is the leading trusted supplier of cellular-enabled virtual care technologies that include the iGlucose®, iBloodPressure®, iPulseOx®, iScale®, and SmartRPM™ cloud platform, as well as data, and services. Smart Meter's remote patient monitoring solutions are recognized as the standard for the RPM industry and are regarded for their high patient retention and satisfaction. The unique combination of reliable health data, patient-friendly devices, and platform integrations enable and enhance RPM, CCM, Employee Wellness, Population Health, and Telehealth programs for more than 300 RPM distribution partners across the United States. For more information, visit SmartMeterRPM.com
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the "Company" or "JinkoSolar") (NYSE:JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that it has been recognized for "Overall High Achievement in Manufacturing" in the 2022 edition of the Renewable Energy Testing Center's ("RETC") PV Module Index Report ("PVMI"). This marks the third consecutive year that the Company has earned recognition as a top performer in the industry-leading report.
The comprehensive PVMI Report summarizes the results of rigorous bankability and beyond-certification tests conducted at RETC's accredited laboratories over a 12-month span. JinkoSolar earned the "Overall High Achiever" designation by excelling across all three of the test categories: quality, performance, and reliability.
"It is an honor to receive this award for the third consecutive year," said Nigel Cockroft, General Manager of JinkoSolar (U.S.) Inc. "This achievement not only highlights our strong commitment to R&D and excellent module performance, but it also demonstrates our continued leadership in the industry."
"The PVMI gives a glimpse of JinkoSolar's balanced focus on innovation and improvement with a relentless commitment to producing dependable, high performing PV modules," said Daniel Chang, VP Business Development for RETC. "Being an 'Overall High Achiever' for the third year in a row also shows JinkoSolar's consistency and ability to supply to demanding PV projects."
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 40.0 GW for mono wafers, 40.0 GW for solar cells, and 50.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2022.
JinkoSolar has 12 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in mainland China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of March 31, 2022.
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RETC, LLC is a leading engineering services and certification testing provider for renewable energy products headquartered in Fremont, CA.
RETC puts customers at the forefront while bringing value at all stages— from R&D, market-entry, to bankability. Since its founding in 2009, manufacturers, developers, independent engineers, and investors have partnered with RETC to test products from a broad range of module, inverter, storage, and racking manufacturers. Only the latest testing standards and industry-accepted methods of vetting products are used in RETC labs. RETC is united by the belief that its work is enabling a safer and more sustainable future.
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Former Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Indianapolis in August.
Toyota and 23XI Racing announced Wednesday that Kobayashi would drive a third car for the team at the IMS road course on Aug. 13. Kobayashi will be the second Japanese driver to race in the Cup Series and the first to do so while driving a Toyota.
Kobayashi made 75 Formula 1 starts from 2009-2014. His best finish came in 2012 when he finished third in the Japanese Grand Prix for Sauber behind Sebastian Vettel and Felipe Massa.
"Kamui shares the passion for motorsports that all of us at Toyota and TRD, U.S.A. live every day so it will be exciting to show him our NASCAR program with him behind the wheel of one of our TRD Camrys," Toyota Racing Development president David Wilson said in a statement.
Kobayashi, 36, has been racing sports cars since his F1 career ended and his teams have never finished lower than eighth in any of his 11 IMSA starts. Kobayashi drove for Wayne Taylor Racing in the 2019 and 2020 Rolex 24s as the team scored back-to-back titles. WTR won the 2019 Rolex 24 with Fernando Alonso as part of the four-driver team and IndyCar’s Scott Dixon was a part of the 2020 title-winning team.
The announcement of Kobayashi’s NASCAR debut came at Le Mans ahead of this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Kobayashi is driving for Toyota in the endurance race and NASCAR is fielding a Cup Series prototype car in the race that will be driven by Jimmie Johnson, Jenson Button and Mike Rockenfeller.
Kobayashi's race will be the second time this season that 23XI has fielded a third car. The team entered three cars into the Daytona 500 as Travis Pastrana raced in the season-opener. Pastrana finished 11th in the 500 after starting last.
Kobayashi will also be the third former F1 driver to make a Cup Series start this season. Both Button and Kimi Raikkonen raced at COTA. | https://www.wftv.com/news/national/nascar-ex-f1-driver/OZCD46AOZFE4VN6AUTPSWWSKFA/ | 2023-06-09 01:04:34 | 1 | https://www.wftv.com/news/national/nascar-ex-f1-driver/OZCD46AOZFE4VN6AUTPSWWSKFA/ |
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — MVB Financial Corp. (MVBF) on Friday reported fourth-quarter net income of $6.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the Fairmont, West Virginia-based company said it had profit of 50 cents.
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The company posted revenue of $47 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $39.8 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $15 million, or $1.17 per share. Revenue was reported as $150.1 million.
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It’s that time of year again: White sharks, just like snowbirds, have started heading south for the weather. They’re turning toward Florida’s waters after spending the summer off Cape Cod and Nova Scotia, hunting seals and tuna.
Several sharks have begun pinging off South Florida, as part of a tagging study by nonprofit marine research foundation Ocearch. The tags, which last for up to five years, ping when the shark surfaces, sending location data to researchers.
Freya, a female who was 11 feet 8 inch long and 883 pounds when she was tagged off the Carolinas in March 2021, pinged a few miles off Hobe Sound last week.
Where she’ll go next is anyone’s guess, but research, and her previous behavior, indicate that she could be around for a few months.
Ocearch first captured and tagged Freya off Wilmington, N.C., in March 2021. Last year, she spent the summer hovering around Cape Cod and Nantucket, where white sharks are known to kill and eat gray seals, then moved up to the Gulf of Maine for late summer, and spent the fall of 2021 migrating south, eventually reaching Florida.
[ A 12-foot-long great white shark is swimming just off Miami ]
Last year at this time she was a few miles off Miami, then headed down to the Keys, where she lurked in the Gulf Stream. By February, she was back up in the Carolinas, where she spent the spring close to shore off Pamlico Sound, a lagoon in the Outer Banks.
Like many of the other larger sharks Ocerach has tracked, she then spent summer 2022 farther north, pinging all the way up into the Strait of Cabot, between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
All told, Ocearch’s tags indicate she’s traveled 7,568 miles in the nearly two years they’ve been studying her.
Though not all white sharks follow the same path, Florida seems to be popular.
Some white sharks round the peninsula and head into the Gulf of Mexico.
Edithe, an 11-foot, 8-inch female tagged off Nova Scotia in October 2020, skirted around the Keys and traced Florida’s west coast, traveling all the way to the De Soto Valley, a deep underwater cut in the Continental Shelf just east of the Mississippi Delta.
From there she headed back to an area north of the Dry Tortugas. Her last ping surfaced on April 2021, after covering some 4,295 miles over 471 days.
Migration motivation
“They migrate south because the water gets too cold for them,” said Neil Hammerschlag, shark research & conservation program director at the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami. “They act like a snowbird and migrate south for the winter.”
As for summering in Canada and Cape Cod, “we don’t fully know all the answers,” Hammerschlag said. “With the waters off of Nova Scotia, it’s likely due to prey availability. It’s very productive waters — lots of large tunas, lots of seals.”
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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, New England, too, has some nice offerings on the menu. Gray seals, eliminated in the 1970s, have made a pronounced comeback, attracting white sharks to the beaches of Cape Cod.
In September, Ocearch published a study of migration patterns of 48 white sharks they tagged along the east coast.
The study indicates that these sharks are habitual, using the same sites each year.
Each site performs a function: Long Island seems to be a summer nursery area for yearlings. The Carolinas are a winter nursery. Florida and the Gulf are wintering areas, New England and Canada are for summer foraging. There are still questions, though, as to where the sharks mate — possibly off the Carolinas, but more research is needed.
Unlike most sharks, white sharks are able to elevate their body temperatures above the surrounding water temperatures.
Despite this warm-blooded ability, Hammerschlag said that water temperatures initiate these migrations, and the sharks adapt their diet accordingly as they travel.
What are they killing in Florida waters? Monk seals, once widespread on the Florida coast, are now extinct, so the sharks have refocused on fish. In addition to pelagic fish and squid, Hammerschlag, said that “what they’re eating in the Keys or the Gulf is probably mostly other sharks.” | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-great-white-sharks-return-20221128-4igrqfugbfga5ldahwfzhjptaq-story.html | 2022-11-29 00:46:19 | 1 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-great-white-sharks-return-20221128-4igrqfugbfga5ldahwfzhjptaq-story.html |
WASHINGTON — More witnesses are coming forward with new details on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot following former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s devastating testimony last week against former President Donald Trump, says a member of a House committee investigating the insurrection.
The panel already has subpoenaed former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who investigators remain hopeful will appear Wednesday for a deposition, and said it would also welcome follow-up details from Secret Service members with Trump that day.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., cited Hutchinson’s testimony that Trump wanted to join an angry mob of his supporters who marched on Jan. 6, 2021, to the Capitol, where they rioted, as particularly valuable in “inspiring” more people to step forward as the committee gets set for at least two public hearings this month.
“Every day we get new people that come forward and say, ‘Hey, I didn’t think maybe this piece of the story that I knew was important,'” he said Sunday. “There will be way more information and stay tuned.”
The committee has been intensifying its yearlong investigation into the Jan. 6 attack and Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The next hearings will aim to show how Trump illegally directed a violent mob toward the Capitol on Jan. 6 and then failed to take quick action to stop the attack once it began. Over the weekend, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the committee’s vice chair, made clear that criminal referrals to the Justice Department, including against the Republican former president, could follow.
The committee also has been reviewing new documentary film footage of Trump’s final months in office, including interviews with Trump and members of his family.
Kinzinger, in a television interview, declined to disclose the new information he referred to and did not say who had provided it. He said nothing had changed the committee’s confidence in her credibility.
“There’s information I can’t say yet,” he said. “We certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath, we find her credible, and anybody that wants to cast disparagements on that, who were firsthand present, should also testify under oath and not through anonymous sources.”
In a separate interview, another committee member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said: “We are following additional leads. I think those leads will lead to new testimony.”
In Hutchinson’s appearance before the committee, she painted a picture of Trump as an angry, defiant president who was trying to let armed supporters avoid security screenings at a rally on the morning of Jan. 6 to protest his 2020 election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden.
According to Hutchinson, Cipollone was concerned that Trump would face criminal charges if he joined his supporters in marching to the Capitol.
Legal experts have said Cassidy’s testimony is potentially problematic for Trump as federal prosecutors investigate potential criminal wrongdoing.
Cheney said in an interview aired Sunday that the committee was still considering whether to issue recommendations to the Justice Department, indicating “there could be more than one criminal referral.”
Committee members said they are hopeful Cipollone will come forward.
“He clearly has information about concerns about criminal violations, concerns about the president going to the Capitol that day, concerns about the chief of staff having blood on his hands if they didn’t do more to stop that violent attack on the Capitol,” Schiff said. “It’s hard to imagine someone more at the center of things.”
In her testimony, Cassidy recounted a conversation with Tony Ornato, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for operations, who, she testified, said Trump later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to let him go to the Capitol after the rally.
That account was disputed, however. Bobby Engel, the Secret Service agent who was driving Trump, and Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter said. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“We had interviewed Mr. Ornato several times,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and member of the panel. “His memory does not appear to be as precise as hers. We certainly would welcome them to come back if they wish to do that.”
The committee has also been working on setting up an interview with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. She was asked to speak to the committee after disclosures of her communications with Trump’s team in the run-up to and on the day of the insurrection at the Capitol.
Kinzinger appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Schiff was on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Cheney appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and Lofgren spoke on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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Dakotah Hendricks from Virginia Beach, Va. made sure she did everything right in order to visit her husband, who is deployed overseas, this summer.
She filed an application for a new passport months in advance and paid for expedited processing. She spent hours on the phone with the passport hotline and even sought help from her local congressman. But four months later, Hendricks had no choice but to miss her flight.
"I applied for this with enough cushion room for there to be delays," she told NPR. "But that didn't matter."
Across the country, long-awaited reunions and hard-earned vacations are being upended by what the State Department described as an "unprecedented demand for passports."
In March, the department said standard processing time for a new or renewed passport could take up to 13 weeks. But many passport seekers are finding that the wait is well beyond that — leaving trips abroad compromised and travelers scrambling for refunds on airfare and lodging.
The State Department says they receive about 400,000 applications each week
The stubborn passport delays are, in part, a consequence of the pandemic. As the health crisis has waned, interest in international travel has picked up in turn — causing a surge in applications for new or renewed passports.
As of July, the State Department receives about 400,000 applications each week — which is only slightly lower than the record-setting volume of 500,000 applications received per week between January and May.
Last year, the U.S. issued 22 million passports, a historic high — and is expected to once again surpass the record this year.
A spokesperson for the State Department said they are hiring more staff and authorizing overtime in order to keep up with the demand. The department also plans to launch a website for online passport renewal applications by the end of the year. The online option is expected to help process about a quarter of applications.
Long wait times and thousands of dollars lost
Keisha Peterson from Maryland spent a year saving up over $3,000 for a vacation in the Bahamas — her 9-year-old daughter's first trip abroad. They planned to leave on Sunday.
But instead of packing, Peterson said she is finding out whether she can get a voucher or credit for their flights, because her daughter's passport did not come in time.
"I'm feeling disappointed, devastated, frustrated and just emotionally drained," she told NPR. "It should not be this hard to get a passport."
Peterson filed her daughter's application in March. Two weeks ago, she learned that she was missing some paperwork. After submitting the proper documents, Peterson learned on Friday that the department made a mistake about which documents they needed.
The only silver lining, Peterson said, was that her daughter did not know about the trip or that it was canceled, because it was meant to be a surprise.
"What she doesn't know can't hurt her," she said.
Meanwhile, Hendricks rescheduled her flight to a Mediterranean country, where she and her husband planned to meet, for mid-July. Up until recently, Hendricks, a former member of the U.S. Navy, did not need a passport because service members do not need one when they are sent abroad.
Hendricks said if she does not have her passport by then, she will have lost about $2,500, and will be unable to see her husband until he returns from deployment at the end of the year.
"It's my only chance," she said. "The way his schedule works, I don't get a redo."
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TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill on Friday that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures.
In a statement on her website, Kelly, a Democrat, called the legislation “misleading and unnecessary.”
The legislation could have subjected doctors to lawsuits and criminal charges in certain kinds of abortions and in circumstances when doctors induce labor to deliver a fetus that is expected to die within minutes or even seconds outside the womb. Kelly vetoed a similar bill in 2019.
“Federal law already protects newborns, and the procedure being described in this bill does not exist in Kansas in the era of modern medicine,” Kelly said Friday. “The intent of this bill is to interfere in medical decisions that should remain between doctors and their patients."
Kansas' Republican-controlled Legislature gave final passage to the bill earlier this month, and in both chambers, the bill passed with a veto-proof majority. Still, the bill's fate has been uncertain in a legal and political climate that's made Kansas an outlier on abortion policy among states with GOP-led legislatures.
Even if abortion opponents succeed in overriding any veto, the measure could still be challenged in court and not enforced. Lawsuits have prevented Kansas from enforcing a 2015 ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure and a 2011 law imposing extra health and safety rules for abortion providers.
Kansas abortion opponents haven’t pushed to ban abortion outright despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June 2022 that the U.S. Constitution allows it. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that access to abortion is a “fundamental” right under the state constitution, and in August 2022, voters decisively rejected a proposed change to strip away protections for abortion rights.
This bill applies not only to “botched” or “unsuccessful” abortions but also when doctors induce labor to deliver a fetus that is expected to die within minutes or even seconds outside the womb, which often occurs because of a severe medical issue. The measure was similar to a proposed law that Montana voters rejected in November.
The Kansas measure is similar to laws in several other states requiring infants delivered alive during labor and delivery abortions to go to a hospital and imposing criminal penalties for doctors who don’t provide the same care “a reasonably diligent and conscientious” provider would with other live births.
In Kansas, failing to provide reasonable care for such a newborn would be a felony, punishable by a year’s probation for a first-time offender. Also, the newborn’s parents and the parents or guardians of minors seeking abortions could sue providers.
Critics of the bill have said the state would be intervening in difficult medical and ethical decisions between doctors and parents. They also said parents could be forced to accept futile and expensive care.
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Middletown North was far from perfect Friday. But when it’s been 33 years since you’ve won a sectional baseball title, being good enough works just fine.
Middletown North, a team that was 9-10 on May 14, returned to baseball relevance with a 14-11 victory over Colts Neck in the Central Jersey Group 3 final, winning its 10th-straight game, in Colts Neck.
It was the first sectional championship for Middletown North — once a dominant program in the Shore Conference — since 1989. It was North’s first appearance in a sectional final since 2002. The Lions advanced to next Monday’s Group 3 semifinals against the winner of the South Jersey championship game between Delsea and Ocean City. Middletown North will be on the road for the game no matter what.
The final score was not really a surprise. The aces for both teams — North’s Colin Dowlen and Colts Neck’s Anthony Gubitosi — were both unavailable after throwing on Tuesday. It meant both teams would be using No. 2 starters and digging even deeper into their respective pitching staffs for relief.
To go along with the combined 25 runs, there were 23 hits (12 by Colts Neck and 11 by Middletown North), 14 walks (seven per side) and four hit batsmen (two on each team). The two combined to make eight errors (4 each) and leave 19 runners on base (Colts Neck left 10, Middletown North 9).
“We can nitpick on Sunday,” said Middletown North head coach Ryan McCable. “We were down 5-1. We were resilient. If this were a different year or a different team, the five runs they (Colts Neck) scored in the first inning would have put us under.
“We’ve talk about where we win and how long it’s been,” McCabe said. “But I don’t think the kids really understand the history of the program.”
The 2022 Middletown North team is now a part of Middletown North baseball in a positive sense.
“I don’t know about past history because I’ve only been here for four years,” said senior Matt Adamson, who pitched 3-plus innings of game-saving relief. “This is a tough team. We compete. We’ve fought hard. I think we deserve this.
“We were down 5-1 and we brought it back. This team knows how to fight.”
While the game itself was light years from a masterpiece, while Middletown North doesn’t have a sparkling record or a state ranking — and until recently a ranking within the top 10 of the Shore Conference — don’t discount the Lions in the final week of the season. On Monday, it will start fifth-year senior Colin Dowlen — a Seton Hall recruit. Dowlen is one of the premier pitchers in the Shore Conference. The 5-foot-11, 190-pounder has a fastball in the low 90s with 78 strikeouts, only 12 walks and six earned runs allowed. With Dowlen toeing the rubber, Middletown North has a chance — a real chance against anyone left in Group 3.
“Colin could go twice next week,” McCabe said. “Obviously we have to win on Monday first, but Colin gives us a shot.”
As mentioned, the first inning was crazy. Middletown North had a 1-0 lead six pitches into the game. Adamson lashed a double over the third base bag and Ryan Frontera followed with a hard single up the middle. Middletown North should have had more runs, only a circus catch by Colts Neck right fielder Casey Gardiner held the Lions to a single run.
In the bottom of the first, Colts Neck battered Middletown North starter Mike Weinbel. Dave Cohen and Gardinier ripped run-scoring doubles. There was also a North error that allowed two runs to score. Quickly it was 5-1.
North, however, came right back against Colts Neck starter Tyler Spencer who struggled with his control from the outset. Middletown North sent nine hitters to the plate in the second. It took advantage of three walks and two Colts Neck errors. It received a monster, three-run, home run into the evergreens beyond the left field fence from senior Andrew Lombardi. Normally the starting catcher, Lombardi has been forced to DH since suffering an elbow injury.
“I don’t know what kind of pitch it was, I just try to hammer every pitch,” Lombardi said.
Adamson drove in a run with his second double and Frontera knocked one it with an infield hit. The seven-run explosion gave Middletown North an 8-5 lead.
Colts Neck cut it to 8-7 with two runs in the last of the second on a singles by Ryan Tan and Cohen.
Amazingly, both teams failed to score in the third, but in the fourth, Middletown North took control. The rally was fueled by two more Colts Neck errors — one in the infield and the other in the outfield. Lombardi walked with the bases loaded, Jason Quardt had a looping RBI single and Casey McMahon hit a sacrifice fly giving North a 11-7 lead.
When Colts Neck scored a quick run in the fourth, and with Weinbel’s pitch count at 95, McCable brought in the left-throwing Adamson, who stopped the bleeding. Adamson allowed runs of his own in the fifth, sixth and seventh, however, he prevented the king-sized rally that Colts Neck was desperate for. Interesting, Adamson was most effective after he put runners on base.
“I should not have gone back to the wind-up,” Adamson said. “I was better in the stretch.”
Middletown North pulled away on McMahon’s two-run single in the top of the sixth, which made the score 13-9. North added its final run on a solo homer by Frontera leading off the seventh.
Cohen had a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh.
“We’ve always had the talent,” Lombardi said. “At the begging of the year, we were lazy. Now, it’s about approach. It’s not about the individual and about moving things down the line for the next guy. Everybody hits in our lineup from top to bottom. There’s no doubt we can go all the way.”
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UPS to install air conditioning in delivery vans for union deal
Published: Jun. 15, 2023 at 9:54 AM EDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
(CNN) – In a major win for UPS drivers, the company has reached an agreement with the Teamsters union to install air conditioning in its delivery trucks.
The deal would see a/c installed in any delivery van purchased starting next year.
Only two fans will be installed in the 95,000 vehicles already in service.
They will also get air vents in the cargo holds, where temperatures can exceed 120 degrees.
The deal might help avert a strike the drivers are set to vote on, which would begin when the current contract expires at the end of next month.
That depends on whether the sides can also reach an agreement on a pay raise for drivers.
UPS has seen its profits nearly double over the past five years.
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LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of miles from the front lines, a sprawling manufacturing plant in the small midwestern city of Lima, Ohio, is playing a critical role in the effort to arm Ukraine as it fends off the Russian invasion.
Owned by the Army and operated by General Dynamics, the plant is expected to refurbish Abrams tanks for the U.S. to send to Ukraine, and is already preparing to build an updated version of the vehicle for Poland, U.S. Army officials said Thursday as they toured the facility.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, who walked through the plant with a number of other Army leaders and senior officers, said it’s highly likely the plant will provide the tanks for Ukraine.
“We’re still looking at options for exactly what variant of tanks will be provided to the Ukrainians. I think there’s still a little bit to be worked out, but certainly, the tanks being built here in Lima are central,” she said.
An Associated Press reporter was allowed to accompany Wormuth on the tour, the first journalist to walk the production lines since the U.S. pledged Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
U.S. officials have declined to provide details about the Abrams that will eventually go to Ukraine, saying they have to decide whether to send refurbished older Army tanks, Marine tanks or some other version. But in most cases, the tanks would need upgrades at the Lima plant before being shipped to Ukraine’s battlefront.
“Part of it is figuring out — among the different options — what’s the best one that can allow us to get the Ukrainians tanks in as timely a fashion as we can,” without disrupting foreign military sales, Wormuth said.
Officials said Thursday that production totals at the plant — which is formally called Joint Systems Manufacturing Center-Lima — vary, based on contract demands. And while the plant is currently building 15-20 armored vehicles per month — including tanks — it can easily boost that to 33 a month and could add another shift of workers and build even more if needed.
Wormuth said the timeline on sending Abrams to Ukraine depends on whether the U.S. takes tanks from existing American military training stocks or from Army units, which would be less desirable because it could affect their readiness to fight. And the development of tanks for Ukraine would also have to be squeezed in between the current contracts for foreign sales, which include 250 of the newest versions for Poland and about 75 for Australia.
In a dramatic reversal, the Biden administration announced in January that it will send 31 M1A2 Abrams tanks to Ukraine — after insisting for months that the 70-ton battle powerhouses were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair. The decision was part of a broader political maneuver that opened the door for Germany to announce it would send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow Poland and other allies to do the same.
Ukrainian leaders have pressed for the Abrams, which first deployed to war in 1991 and has thick armor, a 120 mm main gun, armor-piercing capabilities and advanced targeting systems. It runs on thick tracked wheels and has a 1,500-horsepower turbine engine with a top speed of about 42 miles per hour (68 kilometers per hour).
As she walked the production lanes in the 25-acre building, Wormuth got to see the newest version of the Abrams as it transformed from an empty steel hull into a shiny, newly painted tank — a process that takes 18 to 24 months. The U.S. doesn’t build new tanks from scratch. It has a fleet of about 2,500 Abrams, and takes older tanks, tears them down and and uses the empty hull as a starting point to build a new one. Some hulls have been refurbished multiple times.
Across the aisle from one empty hull, sparks flew as a worker welded pieces of the tank together. In another section, a worker showed where they will install a new auxiliary engine in the latest version, which will run on diesel when needed to save on the large amount of jet engine fuel the tank consumes. And, farther down the lane, workers had laid out the two rows of tracks the Abrams runs on, preparing to install them on one of the tank bodies. The tracks stretch out more than 60 feet (18 meters) and weigh two tons on each side.
Roughly 800 people work at the plant, which is spread across 369 acres in northwest Ohio. Its 1.6 million square feet of manufacturing space is the only place where the M1A2 Abrams is made. About 45% of the workers are focused on the tank, but the plant also churns out Stryker armored vehicles, tank support vehicles and some other equipment.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said in a statement that Wormuth’s visit to his state and the plant underscored the administration’s commitment to U.S. troops and to Ukraine. “I’ll keep working with the Army to ensure that Ukrainians have the assistance they need to fight back against Russia,” said Brown, who had a staff member join the plant tour with Wormuth.
As Wormuth wrapped up her visit with a look at some of the finished tanks in another building, a long line of the newest Abrams sat outside on nearby train tracks. And as she was preparing to leave, the train cars began to move, taking the tanks on to Fort Hood, Texas, where they’ll get their radios and other equipment before going to their final destination with an Army unit.
Speaking to reporters afterward, Wormuth said the Army will invest about $558 million into improvements at the plant over the next 15 years. Some of those include expanded use of robotics.
“I think as the war in Ukraine has shown everyone here, there’s a real need to level up our defense industrial base,” she said. “The plant here in Lima is part of that.” | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/ap-tank-plant-in-small-ohio-city-plays-big-role-in-ukraine-war/ | 2023-02-18 00:23:30 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/business/us-world-business/ap-tank-plant-in-small-ohio-city-plays-big-role-in-ukraine-war/ |
ARÇELİK URGES ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO CHANGE FOR A BETTER WORLD
- Arçelik published its 14th Sustainability Report with the theme, "Lead the Change, Shape the Future," including its sustainability performance in 2021 and targets for the future, rooting its leading position in sustainability with ambitious targets.
- Aiming for zero emissions by 2050, Arçelik procured 69 percent green electricity, and also prevented the emission of approximately 5,514 metric tons of CO₂ thanks to 228 energy efficiency projects.
- The company also reduced its Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) GHG emissions stemming from manufacturing by 20 percent in 2021 compared to the 2018 base year.
- Over the past 12 years, Arçelik has saved water corresponding to the daily water consumption of approximately 2.7 million Turkish households.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arçelik continues to root its global leadership in sustainability and published its 14th Sustainability Report, outlining its performance in 2021 as well as fresh, ambitious targets for the future. The report, with the theme "Lead the Change, Shape the Future," aims to encourage everyone to speak up and mobilize for a better world. In line with this vision, Arçelik aims to achieve net-zero emissions in all operations by 2050 through green investments in renewable energy, and energy efficiency in products and production.
Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arçelik, commented: "We take a multifaceted approach to sustainability and have invested €93 million in overall R&D spending."
Bulgurlu also underlined that the company's sustainability vision is to root its global industry leadership, commenting: "We need organizations to take positive action towards a sustainable future. We, therefore, urge all stakeholders across our value chain to lead that change to build a better world for our children."
Noting that 2021 witnessed groundbreaking sustainability activities by Arçelik, he continued: "We take a multifaceted approach to sustainability, taking into consideration social, environmental and economic factors. We have taken many steps to this end in 2021. We obtained the highest grade in our industry for the third consecutive year at the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and became the only company to have been awarded the Terra Carta Seal in Turkey and in our industry. We also became the first industrial manufacturing company in Turkey to issue green bonds in the international markets. Apart from its environmental ambitions, Arçelik is committed to the United Nations Generation Equality Forum. We continuously improve our performance to achieve 2030 sustainability goals and shape our roadmap to reach our 2050 net-zero emission target. Our technological investments toward sustainable development are also progressing at full speed. We invested €93 million in overall R&D spending in 2021 and we aim to root our leading position through our technological efforts to make our planet a better place."
Water efficiency worth the water consumption of 2.7 million households
Having boosted the ratio of green electricity in global manufacturing operations to 69 percent, Arçelik also achieved approximately 63,000 GJ of energy efficiency and prevented the emission of 5,514 metric tons of CO₂ thanks to 228 energy efficiency projects. In 2021, the company reduced Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) GHG emissions stemming from manufacturing by 20 percent in 2021 compared to the 2018 baseline. Over the past 12 years, Arçelik has saved 2.17 million cubic meters of water, equivalent to the daily water consumption of approximately 2.7 million Turkish households. Furthermore, the company used 7,216 metric tons of recycled plastic in its products to contribute to the fight against plastic pollution. Since 2014, 1.6 million pieces of waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) were recycled at the company's own WEEE Recycling Facilities.
Sustainable Funding for a Sustainable Future
The report also includes technological advances in sustainability; Arçelik announced that it maintained investments in Research and Development (R&D), innovation, and technology with recent investments in R&D reaching €93 million. The company also noted that it is the first industrial manufacturing company in Turkey to have issued green bonds in the international markets with a release worth €350 million. Other notable commitments include an eight-year loan agreement worth €150 million with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), including €83 million in green loans.
Following the initiative by Koç Holding, a leading voice of the UN Women Generation Equality Forum, Arçelik announced fresh commitment to advance gender equality in technology and innovation in Turkey over the next five years with targeted community outreach.
Global Sustainability Goals and Achievements
By 2030, Arçelik aims to establish a 50 MW renewable energy power plant for self-consumption at its own manufacturing facilities, investing a minimum of $50 million in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, and sourcing all electricity for global manufacturing facilities from 100-percent renewable sources. Furthermore, the company aims to reduce water use per product by 45 percent in production, increase water recycling and reuse rate up to 70 percent and boost the ratio of recycled plastic in products to 40 percent by 2030.
Already making contributions to gender equality in the workplace by continuously increasing the number of women employees across the organization, Arçelik also carries out projects among its dealership and service networks to further strengthen the role of women in the industry and in society more widely.
In 2021, Arçelik was awarded the Terra Carta Seal, which was presented by the Prince of Wales to companies that have committed to combat climate change with concrete targets within the scope of the Sustainable Markets Initiative. It is the first and only company in its industry to be awarded the Seal. In 2021, Arçelik was awarded the highest rank for the third consecutive time in the Durable Household Products category in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), which evaluates the sustainability performance of the world's largest companies. Click on the link to access the report containing all other sustainability performance data and targets: www.arcelikglobal.com
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Friday made what might be her final court appearance before beginning a 11-year prison sentence, unless a judge grants her request to remain free while her lawyers appeal her conviction for masterminding a blood-testing hoax.
The 90-minute hearing came four months after Holmes’ last court hearing. That was when U.S. District Judge Edward Davila sentenced her for duping investors in Theranos, a startup she founded 20 years ago and rode to fleeting fame and fortune on her promises of a revolutionary blood-testing technology.
Before the hearing started, a man in the audience in the San Jose, California, courtroom tried to approach the table where Holmes was sitting while carrying a document in his hand. He was quickly intercepted by security officers who forcibly removed him. Holmes didn’t appear flustered by the disruption.
The proceedings ended without a determination whether Holmes, 39, will be able to stay out of prison while her appeal unfolds or have surrender to authorities on April 27, as currently scheduled. Davila said he hopes to issue his ruling in early April.
The judge earlier this month rejected a similar bid to avoid prison made by Holmes’ former lover and convicted Theranos accomplice, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who is facing a nearly 13-year sentence after a jury found him guilty of 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Balwani, 57, was supposed to report to a federal prison in Southern California Thursday, but his lawyer used a last-minute legal maneuver to gain more time.
Holmes came to her St. Patrick’s Day hearing wearing a black blazer and blue skirt. She recently gave birth to her second child, according to court documents that didn’t disclose the gender or birth date.
One of her lawyers, Amy Saharia, argued that Holmes should be allowed to remain free because of various missteps in the presentation and omission of evidence during her four-month trial that make it likely an appeals court will overturn her conviction on four counts of fraud and conspiracy.
“We think the record is teeming with issues,” Saharia asserted. She specifically cited Davila’s refusal to allow the jury to see a sworn deposition that Balwani gave during a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into Theranos’ downfall that Holmes’ defense team believes would have helped exonerate her.
Federal prosecutor Kelly Volkar countered there is “no likelihood for reversal” of Holmes’ conviction and asserted that the trial documented seven different categories of deception that she engaged in while running Theranos. Most of the deceit centered on a device dubbed “Edison” that Holmes had boasted would be able to scan for hundreds of diseases and other health problems with just a few drops of blood taken with a finger prick.
But the Edison produced such wildly unreliable results that Theranos began relying on third-party testing equipment already widely used on the market — a switch that Holmes concealed in an effort to keep the company afloat.
“That was shocking to investors,” Volkar reminded Davila.
The two opposing sides also sparred over how much restitution Holmes should pay defrauded investors whose trust briefly boosted her wealth to $4.5 billion based on Theranos’ peak value before its collapse.
Federal prosecutor Robert Leach argued her conviction for engineering a conspiracy justified restitution of nearly $900 million to repay Theranos investors swept up in her lies. “Just to apply common sense, the money these investors lost is the money they put in,” Leach said.
But Hollmes’ lawyer Patrick Looby countered that prosecutors were way off base by pursuing an “all or nothing” restitution amount. He noted that the jury in her trial couldn’t reach a verdict on three counts of investor fraud, prompting the prosecutor to dismiss those charges. At most, Looby contended, Holmes’ restitution penalty should be limited to the handful of investors who testified during her trial. | https://www.wdtn.com/technology/ap-technology/elizabeth-holmes-returns-to-court-in-bid-to-avoid-prison/ | 2023-03-17 23:26:29 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/technology/ap-technology/elizabeth-holmes-returns-to-court-in-bid-to-avoid-prison/ |
Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday.
Snowden is one of 75 foreign nationals listed by the decree as being granted Russian citizenship. The decree was published on an official government website.
Snowden, a former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S. after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs.
He was granted permanent residency in 2020 and said at the time that he planned to apply for Russian citizenship, without renouncing his U.S. citizenship.
Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, told Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti that the former contractor’s wife Lindsay Mills, an American who has been living with him in Russia, will also be applying for a Russian passport.
The couple had a child in December 2020.
Snowden, who has kept a low profile in Russia and occasionally criticized Russian government policies on social media, said in 2019 that he was willing to return to the U.S. if he’s guaranteed a fair trial.
He hasn’t commented on being granted Russian citizenship.
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Trump White House attorney disputes Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony about handwritten note
Posted/updated on: June 29, 2022 at 9:09 am(WASHINGTON) -- Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann is claiming that a handwritten note regarding a potential statement for then-President Donald Trump to release during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was written by him during a meeting at the White House that afternoon, and not by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News.
At Tuesday's Jan. 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney displayed a handwritten note which Hutchinson testified she wrote after Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows handed her a note card and pen to take his dictation.
Sources familiar with the matter said that Herschmann had previously told the committee that he had penned the note.
"The handwritten note that Cassidy Hutchinson testified was written by her was in fact written by Eric Herschmann on January 6, 2021," a spokesperson for Herschmann told ABC News Tuesday evening.
"All sources with direct knowledge and law enforcement have and will confirm that it was written by Mr. Herschmann," the spokesperson said.
At Tuesday's hearing, Hutchinson, testifying about the note, said, "That's a note that I wrote at the direction of the chief of staff on Jan. 6, likely around 3 o'clock."
"And it's written on the chief of staff note card, but that's your handwriting, Ms. Hutchinson?" Rep. Cheney asked.
"That's my handwriting," Hutchinson replied.
Hutchinson, a former top aide to Meadows, said that Meadows handed her the note card and a pen and started dictating a potential statement for Trump to release amid the Capitol riot.
Hutchinson also said that Herschmann had suggested changing the statement and to "put 'without legal authority.'"
In response to Herschmann's claim, a spokesperson for the Jan. 6 committee said, "The committee has done its diligence on this and found Ms. Hutchinson's account of this matter credible. While we understand that she and Mr. Herschmann may have differing recollections of who wrote the note, what’s ultimately important is that both White House officials believed that the President should have immediately instructed his supporters to leave the Capitol building."
"The note memorialized this," the committee spokesperson said. "But Mr. Trump did not take that action at the time."
The Jan. 6 committee has repeatedly relied on Herschmann's candid and sometimes vulgar testimony throughout the hearings in June, including when the former White House lawyer testified that he shot down former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark's plan to overturn the 2020 election.
Herschmann, a former Trump White House lawyer, also defended former President Trump during Trump's first impeachment trial and worked in the West Wing as a senior adviser.
An attorney for Hutchinson did not respond to a request for comment from ABC News, nor did Meadows.
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A historic one-story structure on Pier 4 at San Francisco's Aquatic Park caught fire and collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
San Francisco Fire Department official Lt. Jonathan Baxter said the building was about 600 square feet and located at the end of a private-access pier adjacent to the Aquatic Park Pier. He said that building was historic, but didn't have details on its purpose or when it was built. Baxter said the building is part of the National Park System's Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Video footage posted by the fire department showed a fire boat flooding the pier with water and putting out flames.
The National Recreation Area wrote on Twitter that the Bay Trail near Fort Mason is temporarily closed due to the fire.
The fire at Aquatic Park came about two hours after a blaze broke out in a three-story building in the city's Western Addition neighborhood. One woman was brought to the hospital after inhaling smoke. "She's stable and will be okay," Baxter said. A firefighter also had minor injuries.
The fire is under investigation, Baxter said.
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Tonight's weather conditions in Greensboro: Variable clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly overnight. Low around 75F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. The forecast is showing a hot day in Greensboro Wednesday. Temperatures are projected to be a quite sizzling high of 97. Tomorrow has the makings of a perfect day to hit the pool or find a nice air-conditioned room. 75 degrees is tomorrow's low. Wednesday, there is a 53% chance of rain in the forecast. Check the radar before you head outside, and don't forget an umbrella. The sunshine will be intense Wednesday; high UV indexes are forecasted. The sun's rays will be intense. Stay in the shade as much as possible. Wear sunglasses, a hat and sunscreen when in sunlight. The Greensboro area should see a light breeze, with forecast showing winds from the west, clocking in at 6 mph. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Stay in the know. Visit greensboro.com for local news and weather.
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Frustrated residents in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou smashed temporary barriers and marched through streets in revolt earlier this week against strict COVID-19 controls, according to online videos and reports.
The violence comes just weeks before next month's third anniversary of the emergence of COVID-19 — and as China continues to follow a hardline policy that has kept its borders largely closed and led to mass lockdowns and travel restrictions affecting hundreds of millions of people around the country.
Last week the central government announced measures to begin to ease its so-called "dynamic zero COVID" policy, which has damaged the economy and taken a toll on public patience and faith in policymaking.
But case numbers are spiking, presenting Beijing with a challenge.
Guangzhou, a manufacturing hub with around 19 million people, reported more than 6,200 COVID cases on Tuesday. The city has imposed compulsory lockdowns on wide sections of town, sparking the unrest.
Video online showed residents of Guangzhou's Haizhu district, largely inhabited by factory workers, knocking down barricades that were put in place to seal off neighborhoods.
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NPR was unable to independently verify the video.
A witness who lives nearby said swaths of the area have been under lockdown for around a month, and stress has been building.
"The population is tense. Staples might be in limited supply for some people. For several nights now I've heard outbursts of shouting," she said.
When contacted by phone, the Haizhu district government did not have an immediate comment.
Guangzhou is not the first place where frustrations over COVID controls have boiled over.
In Shanghai in the spring, the government imposed a two-month lockdown that sparked sporadic clashes with authorities. And earlier this month, there were reports of violence in northeastern China.
The arbitrariness and unpredictability of lockdowns, restrictions of personal freedom, and lack of transparency have had other, wide-ranging effects, too.
Last month, scores of workers at a giant factory in central China that makes iPhones fled after the facility was locked down. Apple later warned that iPhone deliveries would be impacted by the COVID restrictions.
The government reported data on Tuesday indicating that the lockdowns were hitting consumption and factory activity. China is widely expected to fall short of the government's declared GDP growth target this year of "around 5.5 percent", in part due to coronavirus controls.
As is customary with topics deemed politically sensitive, state media was silent on the Guangzhou unrest, while posts and images of the protest were blocked or erased on social media.
(Aowen Cao contributed research from Beijing.)
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Senate: Credit Suisse still helps rich Americans evade taxes
GENEVA (AP) — U.S. lawmakers say Credit Suisse kept allowing wealthy Americans to dodge tax payments, finding after a two-year investigation that the embattled Swiss bank violated a 2014 plea agreement it entered for enabling tax evasion.
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday pointed to a possible criminal conspiracy tied to nearly $100 million in secret offshore accounts belonging to one family of American taxpayers that the bank didn’t disclose.
The committee said its findings show that more than $700 million was concealed in violation of Credit Suisse’s 9-year-old plea deal.
“Credit Suisse got a discount on the penalty it faced in 2014 for enabling tax evasion because bank executives swore up and down they’d get out of the business of defrauding the United States,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, the Democratic chairman of the committee. “This investigation shows Credit Suisse did not make good on that promise, and the bank’s pending acquisition does not wipe the slate clean.”
The Swiss government and regulators pressed for a $3.25 billion takeover of long-troubled Credit Suisse by its rival bank UBS amid turmoil in the global financial system. The collapse of two U.S. banks unleashed fears that hit Switzerland’s second-largest bank, whose shares tanked and customers pulled out their money.
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CCAC cutting some engineering programs
Community College of Allegheny County says the programs are no longer in demand.
Community College of Allegheny County says the programs are no longer in demand.
Community College of Allegheny County says the programs are no longer in demand.
Community College of Allegheny County says a number of its engineering programs and courses are no longer in demand and will be cut.
"We are not moving entirely away from engineering," CCAC vice president, chief of staff and interim provost Frank Sargent said. "We are placing a commitment and resources, and new and emerging engineering and technology programs."
The move affects about 80 students, Sargent said.
"Part of that process is to communicate to our students that the college has made the decision to no longer offer that program for new students and to teach out the existing program," he said.
To "teach out" means that students will have a chance to complete their programs and courses.
"I understand that they want to stay current in the current field with the things that they are doing. But as I said, we are in Pittsburgh. The amount of construction and things -- this city is booming. I've lived here my whole life, and I've seen how this city has changed over the past 40 years," said Mike Poston, a student in the engineering program at CCAC.
Students have two years to complete their program, because the college offers associate degrees, so that means they have from now until May 2025.
Faculty members are looking into other engineering technology programs for the new workforce development center, Sargent said.
"We are focusing on all of our programs where there is growth, and when we have programs where we are experiencing no growth, we have to align our resources better with the direction of what industry needs, where those programs are growing and how can we better serve our students," he said.
In a statement to Pittsburgh's Action News 4, CCAC said some of the new programs include additive manufacturing, building automation systems and mechatronics.
Below is the full statement from the college:
"As CCAC continues to ensure its academic program portfolio remains current and relevant for its students, a decision was made to close a number of engineering programs and courses. The engineering programs and courses were identified as either being no longer in demand or no longer meeting industry needs. Faculty will continue to explore other engineering technology programs and curricula offerings that will closely align with new emerging programs and courses identified for the new workforce development center. Some of the new programs include Additive Manufacturing, Building Automation Systems, Mechatronics, and other exciting programs that will better serve industry needs." | https://www.wtae.com/article/community-college-allegheny-county-engineering-program-cuts/43482712 | 2023-04-01 00:02:03 | 1 | https://www.wtae.com/article/community-college-allegheny-county-engineering-program-cuts/43482712 |
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned the Vatican’s missionary fundraisers on Saturday not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship.
Francis made the comments in a speech to the national directors of the Vatican’s Pontifical Mission Societies, which raise money for the Catholic Church’s missionary work in the developing world, building churches and funding training programs for priests and nuns. Deviating from his prepared remarks, Francis appeared to refer to a recent Associated Press investigation into financial transfers at the U.S. branch of the Pontifical Mission Societies: The former head oversaw the transfer of at least $17 million from a quasi-endowment fund and donations into a nonprofit and private equity fund that he created and now heads. The intiatives provide low-interest loans to church-run agribusinesses in Africa.
“Please don’t reduce POM to money,” Francis said, referring to the Italian acronym of the Pontifical Mission Societies. “This is a medium, a means. Does it require money? Yes, but don’t reduce it, it is bigger than money.”
He said if spirituality isn’t driving the Catholic Church’s missionary efforts, there is a risk of corruption.
“Because if spirituality is lacking and it’s only a matter of entrepreneurship, corruption comes in immediately,” Francis said. “And we have seen that even today: In the newspapers, you see so many stories of alleged corruption in the name of the missionary nature of the church.”
The Vatican has said it is seeking clarity on the transfers at the U.S. branch, which appear to be fully legal since the previous board approved them. The AP investigation uncovered no evidence of corruption, though a legal investigation commissioned by the branch’s new national director, Monsignor Kieran Harrington, suggested the former head may have omitted information, or glossed over Vatican concerns, in his presentations to the board that ultimately approved the transfers, officials said.
The legal review determined that the transfers were approved in ways consistent with the board’s powers and bylaws at the time, the society said in a statement to AP. After the review, Harrington replaced the staff and board of directors who approved the transfers, and overhauled its bylaws and statutes, to make sure nothing like it ever happens again.
In emailed comments responding to questions from AP, the former head of The Pontifical Mission Societies in the U.S., the Rev. Andrew Small, strongly defended the transfers and investments as fully approved and consistent with the mission of the church and the organization.
He acknowledged Harrington’s new administration reflected the Vatican’s “skepticism” about the social justice nature of his nonprofit Missio Corp., and private equity fund, in that they focused on food security, as opposed to the traditional idea of “evangelization” that is the primary and stated mission of The Pontifical Mission Societies.
“I didn’t agree with the apartheid between pastoral and humanitarian work of the church then and I don’t in my current position,” Small said in an email response April 26. “On the ground in Africa, these distinctions aren’t relevant as they try to find income to survive.”
Small is now the No. 2 at the Vatican’s child protection advisory board, which Francis created to provide a response to the clergy sexual abuse scandal. He did not respond to further questions from AP on Saturday about Francis’ comments.
Small’s boss as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley, also did not respond to questions from AP about the transfers or the implications for the commission, which is itself raising money for its child protection programs.
O’Malley spokesman Terrence Donilon said Thursday and Friday that the cardinal was travelling this weekend and unavailable to comment.
In a message to members of the commission last week after the AP story was published, O’Malley said he was aware of Small’s work when he was national director of The Pontifical Mission Societies “and have come to know the work he did in developing Missio Invest.”
“Adverse media attention is never easy, whatever its motivation. However, I have said publicly and frequently that, at least in terms of sexual abuse in the church, the media has played a vital role in helping, or maybe shaming, the church into being more open and transparent in its work as well as its commitment to improving its handling of cases and its welcome and care of victims and survivors,” O’Malley wrote in the message seen by AP.
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National Archives wanted to share classified docs from Mar-a-Lago with FBI and intel community for damage assessment months ago
By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Kristen Holmes, CNN
The National Archives told former President Donald Trump‘s legal team in May that it was sharing hundreds of pages of classified material it had retrieved in January with the FBI and other entities in the intelligence community so that an assessment could be done on potential damage from how the classified documents had been handled, according to a newly released letter.
More than 100 documents classified documents, comprising more than 700 pages, were retrieved by the Archives from Mar-a-Lago in an initial batch of 15 boxes that were transported in January, according to the letter released Monday night.
The documents included materials marked as Sensitive Compartmented Information, meaning they must be viewed in secure government facility, and Special Access Program, a classification that significantly limits who can access the information, the Archives said.
The full text of the letter was posted late Monday to a website run by John Solomon, a writer who is also serving as a Trump designee to the Archives. CNN has confirmed the letter through a source familiar with the document.
The May letter from Debra Steidel Wall, the acting US archivist, provides important new details of the months-long interaction between government officials and the Trump team early this year after the 15 boxes of materials were returned from Mar-a-Lago to the National Archives.
The letter outlines a deferential treatment given to the former president, with the FBI waiting more than a month to gain access to do a damage assessment of what was found in the 15 boxes, which had been held in a location that doesn’t meet the requirements for highly sensitive classified materials.
When the Archives first notified the Justice Department early this year of the large volume of classified information retrieved from Mar-a-Lago, Justice officials balked at launching a criminal investigation, people briefed on the matter have told CNN. Top officials weighed the national security implications of classified information stored at an unsecure location, with the knowledge that political blowback that would come from the FBI and federal prosecutors again launching an investigation that had legal repercussions for Trump.
The delay in allowing the FBI to review the materials occurred while the Archives wrestled with Trump’s potential claim of executive privilege, and the letter outlines discussions involving the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel and the White House over what to do about it, even weighing Nixon-era legal precedents, before letting the FBI do its work.
Ultimately, the Biden White House Counsel’s office deferred to the Archives, which allowed the Biden administration to begin what has now become a full criminal investigation that is examining possible crimes including mishandling of national defense information and obstruction of justice.
‘Not a close question’
Before sending the May 10 letter, National Archives had previously informed the Trump team on April 12 that it would be providing the FBI access to the documents, according to the account its letter lays out. The White House had blessed the Archives’ sharing of the materials with the FBI. But, on the request of the Trump team, the Archives delayed that production until April 29.
Trump’s lawyers then — in letters apparently sent on April 29 and May 1 — asked the Archives to further delay the production, according to the account laid out in the May 10 letter, as the Trump team said it needed more time to review the documents to decide whether to assert privilege over any of the materials.
In the May 10 letter, the Archives told Trump’s lawyer that it was rebuffing the request for the further delay. The Archives told Trump’s lawyer that had it consulted the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice across the executive branch, and had been told there was no precedent the current situation. The Archives had sought the DOJ Office of Legal Counsel’s advice after counsel to President Joe Biden told the Archives that Biden was deferring to the Archives for a determination on how to handle Trump’s protective assertions of privilege.
“The question in this case is not a close one,” the Archives said. “The Executive Branch here is seeking access to records belonging to, and in the custody of, the Federal Government itself, not only in order to investigate whether those records were handled in an unlawful manner but also, as the National Security Division explained, to ‘conduct an assessment of the potential damage resulting from the apparent manner in which these materials were stored and transported and take any necessary remedial steps.'”
Trump continues claims of ‘witch hunt’
The version of events laid out in the new letter shows steps the Archives was willing to take to accommodate Trump’s privilege concerns. Yet, Trump and his allies have pointed to it to claim it showed that he was the victim of a “witch hunt,” particularly because of the letter’s mention of the communications the Archives had with the Biden White House.
“The White House stated strongly that they were NOT INVOLVED, and knew absolutely nothing about, the political Witch Hunt going on with me, & that they didn’t know anything at all about the Break-In of Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said on Truth Social.
The letter was made public hours after Trump filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking the appointment of a special master to sift through the evidence the FBI obtained in the August 9 Mar-a-Lago search. How successful the new gambit will be remains unclear. It was filed two weeks after the search was conducted and the Trump legal team has yet to file the type of emergency motion that would speed up the consideration of the request. The lawsuit, while full of fiery political rhetoric, also did not contain robust legal arguments for why the judge should intervene in the matter.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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Political and business leaders announced plans to cut pollution and protect forests at a climate summit in Glasgow last year but have taken little concrete action to honor those promises.
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Meeting at a climate summit in the UK last year, world leaders from nearly 200 countries promised to tell the UN how they would cut pollution faster and sooner.
But one year on, as they meet for the COP27 summit in Egypt, only 26 countries have done so.
Broken promises are a regular part of climate conferences. In 2009, rich countries promised to get poor ones $100 billion (€101 billion) a year by 2020 to cut pollution and adapt to a hotter planet. They reached about $83 billion in 2020 — much of which was in the form of loans that would have to be paid back – and have still not hit $100 billion. World leaders said they would try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7°F) this century. Their current policies will heat the planet nearly double that.
How are countries doing on the pledges they made at last year's climate talks?
Burning less coal
All governments agreed to "phase down" coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. A group of 46 countries said they would phase out their unabated coal plants – power plants that have not been fitted with technologies to capture and store carbon – including coal-hungry countries like Poland and Vietnam. Another 39 countries said they would stop financing fossil fuels projects in other countries by the end of 2022.
But the amount of coal being burned keeps rising, and some countries are rowing back on promises. Poland announced on Monday it would slow down plans to close its coal mines, according to news website Euractiv. Countries across Europe have restarted coal plants to replace gas from Russia after it invaded Ukraine.
Still, high gas prices and growing fears about energy security have boosted investments in clean energy. The technology to turn sunlight into electricity has grown so cheap that building a new solar farm is cheaper than keeping an existing coal plant running.
"To align the power system with the Paris Agreement, efforts to phase out coal generation need to accelerate six-fold to reach zero by 2040," said Jennifer Layke, director of energy at the World Resources Institute, an environmental nonprofit group. "Around 100 GW of coal plants would need to be retired each year — or the equivalent to closing 310 average-sized coal plants per year."
Spewing less methane
More than 100 countries signed a pledge to cut methane pollution 30% below 2020 levels by the end of the decade. Methane is a gas that heats the planet at least 80 times more than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, though it doesn't last as long in the atmosphere.
A few countries have started. In June, Mexico said it would invest $2 billion into the state oil company to stop wasteful practices like flaring and venting. The EU is working on regulations to clean up its power sector.
But so far, only 15 of the 119 signatories to the Global Methane Pledge have put a number on how much methane they will cut, according to the World Resources Institute. Analysts expect dozens of countries to announce action plans to cut methane pollution at COP27.
"There is much more to do," said James Turitto, who hunts invisible methane emissions from oil and gas companies for the Clean Air Task Force, a think tank pushing for technological solutions to climate change. "Some of the world's largest emitters still have yet to join the Global Methane Pledge, and we need all its supporters to commit to action."
But even as governments show more interest, some companies have blocked progress.
In the US, the oil industry has lobbied against methane regulations and challenged the legal authority of the country's Environmental Protection Agency to regulate methane emissions under its Clean Air Act. In Europe, oil and gas companies have pushed for methane regulations to ignore imported fuels, despite these making up at least 80% of the EU's gas consumption in 2021.
"Many of the companies involved in this lobbying effort are the same companies that have made public comments about the need to reduce methane emissions," said Vivek Parekh, an analyst at Influence Map.
Putting money into cleaning up
At COP26, hundreds of banks and insurance companies – controlling more than $130 trillion in assets – said they would move money to keep the planet from heating 1.5 degrees Celsius.
But the alliance is shaky, some members have quit, and most are still profiting from projects to extract coal, oil and gas. On Tuesday, a UN report named the group in a report calling out greenwashing in pledges to reach net-zero emissions, the point at which the planet stops heating. "Net-zero is entirely incompatible with continued investment in fossil fuels," said Catherine McKenna, chairperson of the expert panel.
A separate report from ShareAction, a UK-registered charity campaigning to clean up finance, found most banks that had set net-zero targets were moving their money too slowly into green activities. Most of the 43 biggest members of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance have climate targets that "fall short of what's needed to prevent the worst impacts of climate crisis." Just seven of the banks have set overarching goals to cut emissions by 2030. Most of the targets were to reduce the intensity of their emissions – meaning how much they emit per dollar – rather than the absolute amount they pollute.
Protecting forests
More than 140 countries pledged at COP26 to stop – and reverse – deforestation and land degradation by 2030. The group includes three of the countries with the most precious and threatened forests in the world: Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
But "despite encouraging signs, not a single global indicator is on track to meet these 2030 goals," according to a report published in October by the Forest Declaration Assessment, a nonprofit group. To get there, rates of deforestation would have to fall 10% per year. Last year, they only fell 6%.
In Brazil, newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has promised to protect the embattled Amazon rainforest. "A standing tree is worth more than tons of wood illegally harvested by those who think only of easy profit," he said upon winning the election at the end of October. The last four years of rule by far-right Jair Bolsonaro have been characterized by forest fires, land grabs, efforts to hamper environmental agencies and attacks on Indigenous groups fighting to protect the land.
In addition, a group leading agricultural firms – including big beef companies like Cargill and JBS – said they would release a joint roadmap by COP27 to clean up their supply chains quickly enough to stop global warming at 1.5 C. | https://www.dw.com/en/cop26-pledges-progress-climate/a-63703409 | 2022-11-10 11:00:20 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/cop26-pledges-progress-climate/a-63703409 |
St. Agnes Catholic Church, 749 East Blvd., will host its Lenten Reflection at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Danielle Van Haute, MA, Associate Director of Evangelization, Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, will present “The Mass is Prayer."
Divine Mercy Chaplet and the Sacrament of Confession will start at 5 p.m., followed by Mass at 5:30 p.m. (The Lenten Reflection immediately follows at 6:15 pm.) All are invited.
Visit www.StAgnesBR.com for more information.
Friends and Family Fun Day
Starting at 11 a.m., March 25 at 4619 Stearns St., Jordan United Methodist Church, will host a friends and family fun day.
Come out and enjoy free food, activities and fun. For more information contact (225) 355-3991.
Musical Program and Lunch
First United Methodist Church, 930 North Blvd., will host a musical program and lunch at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 12.
Entertainment will be provided by members of the Baton Rouge Chapter of Sweet Adelines in the Church Conference Center (entrance on America Street). Lunch will be served following the program for $10.
Old Rugged Cross reenactment
Come witness the reenactment of a man caring a heavy cross as Jesus did at 6 p.m., Saturday, March 25, at the New Light Missionary Baptist Church, 650 Blount Road.
Annual Homecoming Celebration
Nathaniel Baptist Church, Miss. 33S Centreville, Mississippi, invites everyone to attend the annual Homecoming Celebration. The event will take place Sunday, March 26 at noon. Guest preacher will be Pastor Ricky O'Quinn of the St. Mark Baptist Church. | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/religion-briefs-st-agnes-lenten-reflections-mass/article_94e1c3a8-c81a-11ed-9a31-ef94020e3eaa.html | 2023-03-24 11:09:05 | 1 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/religion-briefs-st-agnes-lenten-reflections-mass/article_94e1c3a8-c81a-11ed-9a31-ef94020e3eaa.html |
LAKE CITY, IOWA — Three people have been arrested for their alleged roles in reportedly falsifying information to get a newly-hired police officer for the town of Lake City into the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy.
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office confirms that Lake City Administrator Eric Wood and former police officers Tony Snyder and Aaron Alspach were arrested, though exact charges weren’t released. Snyder is currently on the police force in the town of Atlantic.
According to a report from last year from KCIM radio, both Snyder and Alspach were hired as officers while still needing certification by the ILEA. By law, they had one year to gain that certification. Alspach was eventually dismissed by the city council after repeatedly failing to gain the certification, the radio station reported. | https://who13.com/news/3-arrested-for-alleged-police-certification-lies/ | 2022-09-21 22:08:43 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/3-arrested-for-alleged-police-certification-lies/ |
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s envoy to a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders is the 91-year-old billionaire founder of a computer chip manufacturing giant that operated behind the scenes for decades before being thrust into the center of U.S.-Chinese tension over technology and security.
Morris Chang’s hybrid role highlights the clash between Taiwan’s status as one of China’s top tech suppliers and Beijing’s threats to attack the self-ruled island democracy of 22 million people, which the mainland’s ruling Communist Party says it part of its territory.
Taiwan’s decision to send Chang instead of a political leader to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Thailand reflects the island’s unusual status. The United States and other governments have agreed to Chinese demands not to have official relations with Taiwan or have their leaders meet its president.
Chang transformed the semiconductor industry when he founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. in 1987 as the first foundry to produce chips only for customers without designing its own. That allowed smaller designers to compete with industry giants without spending billions of dollars to build a factory.
TSMC has grown into the biggest chip producer, supplying Apple Inc., Qualcomm Inc. and other customers and turning Taiwan into a global tech center. TSMC-produced chips are in millions of smartphones, automobiles and high-end computers.
Despite that, TSMC ranks high on any list of the biggest companies that are unknown outside their industries.
Chang, a Texas Instruments Inc. veteran who served as TSMC chairman until 2018, represented then-President Chen Shui-bian at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in 2006. He was re-appointed to the same job in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by President Tsai Ing-wen.
“Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, especially TSMC, plays a pivotal role in the domestic and even the world economy,” Tsai told reporters on Oct. 20. “At this important moment, Chang is an irreplaceable candidate to serve as the representative of our country’s APEC leaders.”
Britain’s trade minister, Greg Hands, said London wants closer cooperation with Taiwan on semiconductors during a visit this month. Britain is home to Arm, a leading chip designer.
Taiwan is in a “very challenging environment” and APEC is the “most important international conference venue for Taiwan,” Chang said at the Oct. 20 briefing with Tsai.
“Taiwan needs to build a secure and resilient supply chain with trusted partners, especially in the electronics sector,” he said.
Last year, Chang warned support was eroding for globalization and free markets that helped TSMC prosper.
“Globalization seems to be a bad word and ‘free market economy’ is beginning to carry conditions,” Chang said while accepting an award from the Asia Society.
“Many companies in Asia and America face challenges as to how to operate in the new environment,” Chang said. “Still, I’m confident that solutions will be found.”
TSMC was thrust into geopolitics in 2020 when then U.S. President Donald Trump blocked the company and other vendors from using U.S. technology to make chips for Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Ltd., which produces smartphones and network gear for phone and internet carriers. American officials say Huawei is a security threat and might enable Chinese spying, an accusation the company denies.
Most of the world’s smartphones and other consumer electronics are assembled in Chinese factories. But they need components and technology from the United States, Europe and Asian suppliers — especially Taiwan, the biggest chip exporter.
Huawei, China’s first global tech brand, designs chips but needs TSMC and other contractors to make them. Their foundries need American manufacturing technology, which gives Washington leverage to disrupt Chinese high-tech industry.
Processor chips are China’s biggest import at $300 billion a year, ahead of oil. The ruling Communist Party sees that as a strategic weakness and is spending heavily to create its own chip producers, but they are generations behind TSMC and other global leaders.
Trump’s successor, Joe Biden, left Trump’s curbs in place and imposed more restrictions that extend to other Chinese companies.
TSMC, headquartered in Hsinchu, adjacent to the Taiwan capital, Taipei, says it made 12,302 different products last year for 535 customers. The company reported an $18.7 billion profit last year on $49.8 billion in revenue.
Chang was born in Ningbo, south of Shanghai, and moved to Hong Kong after a civil war on the mainland ended with the Communist Party taking power in 1949.
The mainland’s former ruling Nationalist Party fled to Taiwan. The two sides have been ruled separately since then. They have no official relations but are linked by billions of dollars of trade and investment.
Chang studied at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before receiving a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1964.
Chang spent a quarter-century at Texas Instruments, rising to become a vice president in charge of its semiconductor business, before being invited to Taiwan in the 1980s to lead a technology research institute.
In 1988, TSMC became Taiwan’s first company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Chang’s stake in the company is worth $1.6 billion.
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Get ready for the risk-taking, head-scratching and second-guessing when the Denver Broncos visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night.
Brandon Staley and Nathaniel Hackett are among the most scrutinized head coaches in the NFL because of their sideline strategies, and both are coming off games where their calls loomed large in the outcome.
The Chargers (3-2) escaped Cleveland with a two-point win when Cade York’s 54-yard field-goal attempt sailed right, taking Staley off the hook for going for it on fourth-and-1 in his own territory, up two with 1:14 remaining and the Browns out of timeouts.
What in the world “are we doing?” wondered sidelined star receiver Keenan Allen in a more colorful tweet he later deleted.
Staley's aggressive fourth-down philosophy has rattled football traditionalists since he became the Chargers head coach in 2020.
Hackett has been grilled aplenty in his first season as a head coach for odds-defying decisions such as settling for a 64-yard field-goal attempt that resulted in a 17-16 loss in Russell Wilson's return to Seattle.
Hackett even had to lure longtime NFL assistant Jerry Rosburg out of retirement to help him navigate in-game decisions after his dawdling play-calling led to too many yellow flags, lots of red faces and fans mockingly counting down the play clock.
Even with the veteran strategist in his ear last week, Hackett called for a pass into the end zone on third-and-4 at the Colts 13 just before the two-minute warning. A run could have either ended it or led to a field goal and a six-point lead against a team out of timeouts and which hadn't reached the end zone all night.
The pass was intercepted, the Colts drove down for the tying field goal and then won it 12-9 in overtime when Wilson misfired into the end zone on fourth-and-inches from the Indianapolis 5. A sneak or handoff likely would have given the Broncos (2-3) four more shots at the win.
Staley said at the beginning of training camp that the crucial decisions, particularly on fourth down, would be a mixture of mindset and math, and Hackett echoed that philosophy this week.
“There is this thing called analytics that are out there that give you a great starting point,” Hackett said. "I think for me and all the coaches, that is what we want to hear first. What are the true analytics on that one? But in the end, it’s about the play, it’s about the players and executing and making that play. In the end, we have to execute, and we have to convert, then it’s a great decision. If you don’t convert, it’s a really, really bad decision.”
Hackett said the scrutiny is such that “I think everyone is analyzing analytics now."
Staley concurred: “When you're in tight games, when it comes down to the wire, everything is magnified nowadays.”
“Even if we win the game: hey, it could have gone this way, it could have gone that way. And so all you can really do is respect your process, trust the people that you work with and trust your players,” Staley said.
Staley insists the only thing new regarding analytics is the name itself.
“Every coach in the National Football League is into the numbers,” Staley said. “It's just the context of this framework has changed because of the word ‘analytics.’ But since Paul Brown started this league, people have been looking at data, tendencies, scouting to make decisions.”
What it really comes down to, Staley said, is knowing when to dismiss the data and go with your gut: “It's important that we don't go into it saying always and never."
“What you don't want to be is someone that's just winging it," Staley said. "Those people that tell you, ‘Hey, I’m just going off my gut instinct, my instincts are so much superior to you,' anyone who knows anything about decision-making knows that's the worst way to make a decision.”
Analytics allow for plans that you can either implement or ignore, Staley suggested, and if you do crumple them up, at least they've helped you make quicker decisions.
“You have to have models in place that allow you to think faster,” Staley said. "If you are going to veto something in the moment because of the flow of the game, because of the feel of the game, the matchup, that's easier to do than having to do all of it at once.”
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AP Sports Writer Joe Reedy in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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A court in Thailand has sentenced a British man to eight years in prison for the 2014 murder of a woman, whose dismembered body was found stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a river.
Briton Shane Kenneth Looker, 51, admitted killing Laxami Manochat, 27, after meeting her at a bar in November 2014, officials at the Kanchanaburi Provincial Court outside Bangkok told CNN.
Looker had watched the courtroom proceedings remotely via a teleconference call from prison. "After the defendant was examined by the judge, he finally confessed to all the filed charges," said Saksith Jongcharoen, an administrative officer of the court.
Laxami's corpse was discovered in the Mae Klong River in Kanchanaburi town, dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase loaded with stones.
Investigations by Thai police revealed that she had met Looker in a bar in Bangkok days earlier and accompanied him to a nearby hotel.
Security camera footage captured the pair entering the hotel, but only Looker was seen leaving it -- carrying a large heavy bag. Hotel staff later discovered their bloodstained bed sheets and traces of Looker's DNA were found on Laxami's nails, according to police.
An international arrest warrant was issued for Looker in 2015. After hiding out at his holiday home in a seaside resort town, he crossed the border into Malaysia and fled to Spain. He was eventually discovered on the party island of Ibiza and detained, spending years fighting extradition before being sent back to Thailand to face trial.
Murder in Thailand is punishable by death or prison sentences of up to 20 years.
Saksith said that because Looker had confessed his jail term was cut from 16 to eight years. Looker was also ordered to pay $300,000 to Laxami's family.
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Public company Starco Brands, announces WhipshotsTM, their leading vodka-infused whipped cream passes this momentous threshold and continues to disrupt the spirit industry.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Starco Brands today announced that WhipshotsTM, the groundbreaking vodka-infused whipped cream, crosses one-million cans sold. The boozy whipped cream hit the market in partnership with global artist and icon Cardi B, and it has made its mark as a game-changing product in the industry in under one year.
Whipshots burst onto the market in December 2021, introduced as a one-of-a-kind product that reimagines the celebratory experience. Consumers have discovered that Whipshots is a great accompaniment on everything from shots and cocktails to coffees and desserts and more, solidifying the boozy whipped cream as a versatile product perfect for creative consumption that enhances the consumer experience. After selling out in seconds in a limited release program called the 'Whip Drop' and first appearing on retail shelves in February, Whipshots has since expanded to 14 states and carried by over 6,000 retailers in just 7 months.
"Reaching this milestone this quickly exceeds our internal projections. We are truly grateful and overwhelmed by the public's adoption and acceptance of our innovation." says Ross Sklar, CEO of Starco Brands. "It's clear that Whipshots is more than a great tasting product, this category creator is enhancing the celebratory experience for many people at a time when having fun has never been more important. Our corporate goal and mission is to invent products that change behavior and Whipshots has clearly delivered. We're excited for to reach this 1 million milestone and look forward for what's to come."
A Double Gold medal recipient in the 2022 SIP Awards and Gold medal recipient in the Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, Whipshots has 10% Alc./Vol, does not require refrigeration, and is a luxurious addition to any cocktail, dessert, or party. Whipshots is also available nationwide online at Whipshots.com, powered by The Spirits Network.
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Developed by Starco Brands, WhipshotsTM is a first-of-its-kind alcoholic whipped cream that is a party in a can and launched in 2021 with Partner Cardi B. WhipshotsTM is a playful shot of sophistication that will indulge your curiosity and senses. A Double Gold medal recipient in the 2022 SIP Awards and Gold medal recipient in the Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, the boozy whipped cream is non-dairy (contains caseinate), does not require refrigeration and can be found next to other spirits at retail and in hospitality and entertainment locations. Follow WhipshotsTM @whip_shots and visit whipshots.com for more information.
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LOS ANGELES — The University of California system announced Tuesday it will pay nearly $375 million to more than 300 women who said they were sexually abused by a UCLA gynecologist, bringing a record amount in total payouts by a public university in a wave of sexual misconduct scandals by campus doctors.
The settlement followed previous deals with hundreds of other patients who said Dr. James Heaps groped them, made suggestive comments or conducted unnecessarily invasive exams during his 35-year career.
“Dr. Heaps sexually abused patients for years while UCLA Health put profits over their safety,” attorney Jennifer McGrath said in a statement. “Today’s settlement is the result of the bravery of these victims, and sends a message that healthcare institutions must protect vulnerable patients and act decisively at complaints of abuse.”
The university has agreed to pay nearly $700 million to Heap’s patients, dwarfing a $500 million settlement by Michigan State University in 2018 that was considered the largest by a public university. The University of Southern California, a private institution, has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle thousands of cases against the school’s longtime gynecologist.
Heaps, 65, who retired as the scandal unfolded, has pleaded not guilty to 21 felony counts for allegedly sexually assaulting seven women.
Women who brought the lawsuits said UCLA ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.
UCLA acknowledged it received a sex abuse complaint against Heaps from a patient in December 2017 and it launched an investigation the following month that concluded she was sexually assaulted and harassed, attorneys said.
Heaps, however, continued to practice until his retirement in June 2018. The university did not release its finding in the investigation until November 2019 — months after Heaps was arrested.
The university previously reached settlements with other patients of Heaps for $316 million. The most recent settlement with 312 women resolves the vast majority of claims against Heaps, the university said.
“The conduct alleged to have been committed by Heaps is reprehensible and contrary to our values,” UCLA said in a statement. “We are grateful to all those who came forward, and hope this settlement is one step toward providing some level of healing for the plaintiffs involved.”
Sex abuse by doctors on college campuses has led to massive settlements at Ohio State University, Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University.
Michigan State paid $500 million to 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by Larry Nassar, who was a campus sports doctor and a doctor for USA Gymnastics. Nassar, who also sexually abused Olympic gold medal gymnasts, is serving prison sentences likely to keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook salmon to the ocean, state officials in recent years resorted to loading up the fish by the millions onto trucks and barges to take them to the Pacific.
The surreal and desperate scramble boosted the survival rate of the hatchery-raised fish, but still it was not enough to reverse the declining stocks in the face of added challenges. River water temperatures rose with warm weather, and a Trump-era rollback of federal protections for waterways allowed more water to be diverted to farms. Climate change, meanwhile, threatens food sources for the young Chinook maturing in the Pacific.
Now, ocean salmon fishing season is set to be prohibited this year off California and much of Oregon for the second time in 15 years after adult fall-run Chinook, often known as king salmon, returned to California’s rivers in near record-low numbers in 2022.
“There will be no wild-caught California salmon to eat unless someone has still got some vacuum sealed last year in their freezer,” said John McManus of the Golden State Salmon Association.
Experts fear native California salmon, which make up a significant portion of the Pacific Northwest’s fishing industry, are in a spiral toward extinction. Much of the salmon caught off Oregon originate in California’s Klamath and Sacramento rivers. After hatching in freshwater, they spend three years on average maturing in the Pacific, where many are snagged by commercial fishermen, before migrating back to their spawning grounds, where conditions are more ideal to give birth. After laying eggs, they die.
Already California’s spring-run Chinook are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, while winter-run Chinook are endangered along with the Central California Coast coho salmon, which has been off-limits to California commercial fishers since the 1990s.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council, the authority responsible for setting ocean salmon seasons off the Pacific coast, is expected in early April to formally approve its proposed closure of Chinook fishing along the coast from Cape Falcon in northern Oregon to the California-Mexico border.
Recreational fishing is expected to be allowed in Oregon only for coho salmon during the summer and for Chinook after Sept. 1. Salmon season is expected to open as usual north of Cape Falcon, including in the Columbia River and off Washington’s coast.
Though the closure will deal a blow to the industry that supports tens of thousands of jobs, few are disputing it.
“We want to make sure they are here for the future,” said third-generation fisherman Garin McCarthy, who described catching a Chinook as “magical.”
McCarthy, whose entire income last year came from salmon fishing off both California and Oregon, has had to invest thousands of dollars in equipment to fish other species like rockfish, halibut and black cod.
“We’re all scrambling to try to make our boats do something different,” he said. “We’re all salmon trollers. That’s what we do. That’s what we live for.”
Glen Spain, executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, said he believes the ban might need to be in place for two or three years to bring back sustainable stocks after many fish died in 2020, the start of a record-dry period.
The Chinook already faced challenges, with dams blocking their historic retreats to the chilly upper reaches of Northern California’s Sacramento River and the Klamath River along the California-Oregon border. Decades of development have disrupted the natural flow of rivers and polluted waters.
In 2020, the Trump administration ended federal protections for millions of waterways, allowing for more water to be pumped out of the Sacramento River Basin for farming despite warnings from biologists that it could harm salmon runs in the future.
Fishers say river water temperatures increased with the diversions for irrigation, killing more eggs and hatchlings and preventing the stocks from bouncing back amid the drought.
“This one ain’t on us,” said Bob Maharry, 68, a lifelong San Francisco-based fisherman. “This has nothing to do with overfishing. This is poor management of water.”
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the estimated number of adult fall Chinook expected to return to spawn in the Sacramento River this year is less than 170,000, one of the lowest forecasts since the current assessment method began in 2008. Fewer than 104,000 fall Chinook are likely to return to the Klamath River, the second lowest estimate since 1997.
In 2021, a judge determined the Trump administration improperly limited federal protections and restored them to a narrower 1986 standard. The Biden administration is expected to expand the protections in 2024.
Some are banking on the unusually wet winter to bring relief. Record rain and snowfall since late last year have freed two-thirds of California from drought. But too much water could also flush out eggs and hatchlings.
Businesses tied to salmon want the government to declare the situation a federal disaster so they may receive aid. As the market shrinks, more restaurants turn to farm-raised salmon, while gear suppliers stop stocking the proper equipment to fish Chinook.
“Not everybody is going to make it out of this type of a closure unfortunately,” said Andy Giuliano, who owns Fish Emeryville, a bait-and-tackle shop and booking service for 16 charter boats that offer salmon fishing trips to tourists in the San Francisco Bay area. “It’s a real stress test on the industry.”
Eric Schindler, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s ocean salmon project leader, said he “was not expecting it to be this drastic,” assuming the year would bring restrictions but not a full closure for most of Oregon.
Jeff Reeves, who has been salmon fishing from the Coos Bay, Oregon, area since the 1970s and is also a member of the Oregon Salmon Commission, said he plans to fish rockfish, black cod and maybe tuna. Later this year he plans to target coho salmon from Oregon, which is doing well enough to be fished unlike the coho in California. But it won’t make up for the loss of the Chinook, which are bigger, fattier fish that are in higher demand.
“It’s devastating,” he said. “The Oregon fleet is already on life support,” which dropped from a height of about 4,500 boats to about 180 today, he added.
On a stretch of the Klamath River in Northern California, the Yurok tribe has watched for years the decimation of the culturally significant salmon population. Barry McCovey Jr., director of the tribe’s fisheries department, said the tribe’s Chinook allotment is likely to be very small this year.
Still, he is hopeful the planned removal of four dams on the Klamath River will improve the fish’s future.
“It’s not a silver bullet, but a big step in right direction,” McCovey said. “There’s still a lot of battles to fight if we want to have coho and Chinook.”
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Gary Rome, Owner of Gary Rome Hyundai in Holyoke, MA, Wins Annual Award at 106th National Automotive Dealers Association Show
DALLAS, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of automotive industry champions who possess a relentless commitment to their communities, Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) and TIME announced Gary Rome, owner of Gary Rome Hyundai in Holyoke, Mass., as the 2023 TIME Dealer of the Year at the 106th National Automotive Dealers Association (NADA) show in Dallas.
Now in its 54th year, the TIME Dealer of the Year award is one of the auto industry's most prestigious and highly coveted honors. Rome's credo of treating both employees and clients like family, and his commitment to embracing new energy-efficient technologies that will move the industry forward helped earn him the top recognition from a field of more than 16,000 franchised dealers across the country. His state-of-the-art Hyundai store is fueled by a solar field that he owns, and he has increased investment in EV infrastructure and inventory, becoming one of the first dealers in the U.S. to deliver an electric vehicle from Hyundai. Rome's commitment to energy-efficient technologies led to his electric vehicle (EV) sales being up 38% over the last year.
Doug Timmerman, president of Ally Auto, and Jessica Sibley, CEO of TIME, announced Rome as the winner at a ceremony that honored all 48 nominees.
"As the auto industry continues to evolve, it is imperative that auto dealers continue to embrace new technologies that will move the industry forward," said Timmerman. "Year after year, we see these auto dealers go above and beyond for their customers, communities, and employees – and TIME Dealer of the Year nominees are more than deserving of this special recognition."
"For over 50 years, TIME has recognized the impact of automotive dealers on their communities with the TIME Dealer of the Year award," said Sibley. "We are proud to continue the legacy of honoring these works of service with our partners at Ally."
The TIME Dealer of the Year is chosen by a panel composed of faculty from the Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan, which selects one finalist from each of the four NADA regions, and, ultimately, a national winner.
In addition to Rome, three other dealers were recognized as 2023 TIME Dealer of the Year finalists:
- Mark Brickey, Sand Mountain Toyota, Albertville, Ala.
- Bruce Daniels, Honda Marysville, Marysville, Ohio
- Tim Hutcherson, Downey Nissan, Downey, Calif.
As the exclusive sponsor of the TIME Dealer of the Year program for the 12th year in a row, Ally will provide grants to eligible 501c3 charitable organizations selected by the nominees, finalists, and winner. For more than a decade, Ally has made donations in connection with the program, totaling nearly $1 million. This year, Ally will give $10,000 to the charity of Rome's choice and $5,000 to each of the nonprofit organizations selected by the three finalists. In recognition of their achievements, Ally also will give $1,000 to the charities of choice for each of the 48 nominees.
For more information on the nominees, finalists, and winner, please visit: https://www.ally.com/go/allydealerheroes/nominees.
How Rome Became a Legacy in the Automotive Industry
Following in his father's footsteps, Rome became general manager of his father's Nissan store in 1984, after graduating from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, and attending the NADA Academy. Less than a decade later, in 1997, Rome purchased the original building from his father and founded his own dealership, Gary Rome Hyundai in Holyoke. Today, the Gary Rome Auto Group also includes Gary Rome Kia of Enfield in Enfield, Connecticut.
Rome's dealerships strive to be welcoming havens for both employees and customers. Rome engages his team and community by celebrating milestone events, holding monthly raffles, and hosting themed luncheons. In addition to his passion for excellent customer service and employee appreciation, Rome is the president of the Hyundai Dealers Advertising Association and has served on national dealer councils for 16 years.
Rome is a stand-out community leader who devotes himself to helping numerous charitable organizations, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund, Hyundai Hope on Wheels, and breast cancer research organizations. He also hosts the annual Gary Rome Academic Achievement Award of a Brand New Hyundai Car Giveaway, a program that rewards one deserving Holyoke High School senior with a new car.
About TIME
TIME is the 99-year-old global media brand that reaches a combined audience of more than 100 million around the world through its iconic magazine and digital platforms. With unparalleled access to the world's most influential people, the immeasurable trust of consumers and partners globally, and an unrivaled power to convene, TIME's mission is to tell the essential stories of the people and ideas that shape and improve the world. Today, TIME also includes the Emmy Award®-winning film and television division TIME Studios, a significantly expanded live events business built on the powerful TIME100 and Person of the Year franchises, an industry-leading web3 division, an award-winning branded content studio, the website-building platform TIME Sites, the sustainability and climate-action platform TIME CO2, and more.
About Ally Financial Inc.
Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) is a financial services company with the nation's largest all-digital bank and an industry-leading auto financing business, driven by a mission to "Do It Right" and be a relentless ally for customers and communities. The company serves more than 10.5 million customers through a full range of online banking services (including deposits, mortgage, point-of-sale personal lending, and credit card products) and securities brokerage and investment advisory services. The company also includes a robust corporate finance business that offers capital for equity sponsors and middle-market companies, as well as auto financing and insurance offerings through more than 22,000 dealers nationwide. For more information, please visit www.ally.com and follow @allyfinancial.
For more information and disclosures about Ally, visit https://www.ally.com/#disclosures.
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About the NADA Show
The annual NADA Show brings together more than 20,000 franchised dealers and their employees, industry leaders, manufacturers, and exhibitors to learn about the latest auto industry tools, trends, products and technologies.
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A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from PR Newswire this week
NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- What Not to Miss at CES 2023
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA, says, "Tech advances are helping to solve the world's greatest challenges, and CES 2023 will set the agenda for the year ahead." - Bulldog "Star" Wins Best in Show at 22nd AKC National Championship Presented by Royal Canin
"Star," owned by Alaina Moulton, Kevin Mason & Natalie Mason of Glen Rose, TX and bred by Cody T Sickle, Sherry Hazelett and Connie A Chambers, was crowned "America's National Champion" by Best in Show judge Mr. Desmond Murphy after a weekend of intense canine competition. - Arcade1Up Announces First At-Home Casino Gaming Experience with the Renowned Game Show
The Wheel of Fortune Casinocade Deluxe will make its debut during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. Arcade1Up will also unveil the Infinity Game Board™, a new take on the company's innovative digital board game, the Infinity Game Table™, and a new flagship design for the company's Legacy line. - International Delight® Pivots with the Release of New FRIENDS Manhattan Hazelnut Mocha Creamer
Inspired by Central Perk's Manhattan Mocha coffee, which eagle eye FRIENDS superfans may have spotted on the famed coffee shop's chalkboard menu, the boldly flavored creamer features hints of hazelnut, mouthfuls of mocha and all the excitement of Manhattan. - US FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation for Blood Test to Help Diagnose Inaccessible Brain Tumors
"In my opinion, a non-invasive blood test that detects circulating tumor cells (CTCs) would help to address many of the problems associated with complex brain tumor diagnosis," said Dr. Kevin O'Neill, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Chairman of the Brain Tumor Research Campaign and Principal Investigator for the Brain Tumor Research Charity's Centre of Excellence working at the Imperial College, London. - Garmin unveils its Unified Cabin Experience at CES 2023
The in-vehicle solution with personalized entertainment zones intuitively connects wireless passenger devices to real-time game streams, videos, music, and more. - Bloomingdale's Enters the Seattle Market with New Bloomie's Concept
The smaller concept store will provide a casual, contemporary, and highly curated experience, featuring an edit of top brands in a broad range of men and women's categories including apparel, accessories, beauty, giftables and more. - FTX Debtors Provide Information Concerning Bahamas Crypto Seizure
The FTX Debtors urge the Bahamas Commission to clear up any confusion created by their recent statements and provide the public with accurate information concerning the cryptocurrency seized and how it was valued for the purposes of these statements. - United Van Lines 46th Annual National Movers Study Reveals Where and Why Americans Moved in 2022
According to the results of the study, Vermont saw the highest percentage of inbound migration (77%) for the second consecutive year. And for the fifth consecutive year, more residents moved out of New Jersey than any other state, as 67% of New Jersey moves were outbound. - ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 235,000 Jobs in December; Annual Pay was Up 7.3%
"The labor market is strong but fragmented, with hiring varying sharply by industry and establishment size," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "Business segments that hired aggressively in the first half of 2022 have slowed hiring and in some cases cut jobs in the last month of the year."
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WFPD identifies victim in 9th Street crash
Published: Sep. 16, 2022 at 4:25 PM CDT|Updated: 5 hours ago
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls Police Department has identified the victim in a Friday single-vehicle crash in the 2200 block of 9th Street, near Tyler and Polk streets.
WFPD officials said 67-year-old Siri Anderson-Hairell, of Wichita Falls, lost control of her vehicle while traveling west on 9th Street and struck a tree head-on.
Anderson-Hairell was reportedly found dead on the scene, and she was the only occupant of the car.
The crash remains under investigation and an autopsy is pending.
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The government in the Central American country of Honduras is set to authorize use of the emergency contraceptive pill, or morning after pill, after more than a decade of a total ban on the piece of healthcare.
The country will authorize its use for victims of rape, according to an announcement from the country's health minister on Monday.
A complete ban on abortion will still stand in the country, Reuters reported.
In 2012, Amnesty International released a report urging action as Honduras was preparing to enact the (what became) over a decade total ban on the drug. The Supreme Court, at that time, ruled that a ban didn't go against the country's constitution.
In February of that year, the report said, "The Supreme Court in Honduras upheld a decree imposing an absolute ban on emergency contraception. This decree has been vetoed in May 2009 by the then President of the Republic of Honduras on grounds that it conflicted with the Constitution. The Supreme Court has now concluded that the decree is constitutional and that Congress could proceed to develop laws to enforce a ban of the emergency contraceptive pill (also sometimes referred to as the 'morning after pill') on the basis that the judges viewed it as 'abortive.'"
Honduras is currently the only Latin American nation with an all-out ban on the emergency contraceptive.
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Was the FDA wrong to approve a drug that's used in nearly all medication abortions in the U.S. — and should the drug, mifepristone, be taken off the market? Those questions are being argued in court Wednesday, in a case heard by controversial federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas.
If the case succeeds, it could have sweeping repercussions — for abortion clinics and patients across the nation, as well as for the FDA's drug-approval process. At least 25 states have filed amicus briefs in the case.
Here's a guide to what's at stake in the lawsuit:
What will happen Wednesday?
Each side will have two hours to present their arguments. The judge could rule at any time after hearing the two sides.
The anti-abortion groups say the FDA used a flawed process to approve the medicine; they also say it should not have increased the term in which the drug is approved for use: In 2016, the agency changed its guidance allowing use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, up from seven weeks.
The FDA says it approved the drug more than 20 years ago after "a thorough and comprehensive review of the scientific evidence presented and determined that it was safe and effective for its indicated use."
What could the judge do?
Kacsmaryk has a few options, from leaving the drug on the market to restoring rules around mifepristone that the Biden administration recently eased. Those changes include allowing mifepristone to be mailed or dispensed by retail pharmacies.
The judge could order a halt to either or both of those practices. Or he could order the FDA to take the drug off the market altogether.
Whatever he decides, the ruling will likely be appealed, and it's very possible the case will end up before the Supreme Court.
Abortion opponents sued the FDA in November
The case is titled Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A number of abortion opponents are part of the lawsuit, which is led by attorneys from the conservative group Alliance Defending Freedom.
They claim the drug was improperly approved, and that the rules around it have grown too lax. They're asking a federal judge in Amarillo, where this case was filed, to overturn the FDA approval.
The defendants are represented by attorneys from the Justice Department, along with Danco Laboratories, a mifepristone manufacturer.
What is mifepristone?
It's an abortion pill that the FDA first approved more than 20 years ago as part of a two-drug protocol that's used to end pregnancies in the first trimester. Major medical groups like the American Medical Association have concluded that it's safe and effective.
Political debate over the drug intensified after the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that reversed decades of precedent guaranteeing abortion rights.
Two other dynamics are also in play: In recent years, medication abortion has become the dominant form of abortion U.S. providers perform. And in states with abortion restrictions or in remote areas, it's often easier for people to access the medication, rather than a surgical, method of abortion.
Who is the judge?
Kacsmaryk was appointed by former President Trump in 2019. He has longstanding ties to conservative religious groups, and his critics accused the group behind this lawsuit of judge shopping — filing their case in a venue they view as friendly to far-right views.
"It's no accident that the complaint was filed in Amarillo," Elizabeth Sepper, a University of Texas at Austin law professor, previously told NPR, adding that the plaintiffs "know they have a very sympathetic ear" in Kacsmaryk.
Because of the way the federal courts work here, Sepper said, it was a virtual certainty that Kacsmaryk would be assigned to the case.
The judge made news in December when he ruled in favor of a man who filed suit trying to stop federal family planning clinics in Texas from dispensing contraception to minors without their parent's permission. He said he was a Christian, and the possibility that a clinic would give birth control to his teenage daughters violated his religious beliefs. Kacsmaryk agreed.
Public access to the hearing is limited
Wednesday's proceeding will be livestreamed — but on audio, not video, and only to another federal courtroom, in Dallas. Under threat of sanctions, it's forbidden to record or rebroadcast the hearing, a court filing notes.
Even before Wednesday's hearing, there were clashes over public and press access.
A coalition of media groups filed an objection on Monday after The Washington Post reported that Kacsmaryk sought to delay public notice of the hearing date from appearing in the court docket until late Tuesday, in an apparent bid to limit the size of protests and press at the courthouse. The judge also reportedly told lawyers in the case not to share details about the hearing.
Such a delay violates the First Amendment, the media outlets said in their court filing, adding that it harms people across the ideological spectrum who are interested in the case.
"The Court cannot constitutionally close the courtroom indirectly when it cannot constitutionally close the courtroom directly," the objection states.
Shortly after that filing, Kacsmaryk ordered notice of the hearing to be posted to the court's public docket.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:
14-30-41-42-59, Powerball: 6, Power Play: 5
(fourteen, thirty, forty-one, forty-two, fifty-nine; Powerball: six; Power Play: five)
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An HIV-Positive consumer has joined a federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturer Gilead Sciences in a complaint alleging unfair and anti-competitive behavior in violation of multiple states' laws, according to an Amended Complaint filed Friday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Download the complaint here.
The lawsuit accuses Gilead Sciences, Inc. of paying off competitors in order to prevent generic versions of a life-saving drug, Truvada, from coming to market. Truvada is a medication that both prevents and treats HIV. Gilead holds the patent for Truvada, in addition to various other drugs that treat serious health conditions.
The lawsuit details a strategy where Gilead made a large, unexplained payment to a generic drug manufacturer, Cipla, in return for Cipla's agreement not to compete against Gilead by selling a generic version of Truvada. The lawsuit alleges Gilead paid off Cipla in a number of possible ways, including granting it a license to produce another generic drug, the right to provide the ingredients for another company's generic competitor to Truvada, and/or a license to produce drugs for Hepatitis C in India. These types of payments are all made possible because Gilead owns the patents on these critical drugs.
"This unlawful agreement between Gilead and Cipla kept the price of Truvada at anticompetitive levels, making it harder for consumers and their health plans to afford to cover it," said Consumer Watchdog attorney Ben Powell. "The bottom line is having access to this medication is literally a matter of life and death for many consumers, and we hope the Court will put a stop to this drug manufacturer putting profits over people's lives."
In August, the court denied Gilead's Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit, allowing the case to proceed and finding that the Plaintiff's claims were legally sound. At the same time, the court held that claims under California law require a Plaintiff who purchased Truvada in California. The HIV-positive consumer, referred to in the lawsuit as John Doe, joining the lawsuit fulfills that requirement.
The complaint alleges violations of both California and Florida laws, including California's Cartwright Act, the California Unfair Competition Law, and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, and includes class members from around the country. It seeks to force Gilead to return any unlawful profits it gained as a result of its illegal and anti-competitive behavior.
The case, Jackson Police Officers and Fire Fighters Health Insurance Trust and John Doe v. Gilead Sciences, et al., No. 4:20-cv-06522, was filed in San Francisco federal district court. Plaintiffs are represented by Whatley Kallas LLP and attorneys for Consumer Watchdog.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kirill Marchenko recorded his first career hat trick and scored in a shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday in a matchup of the Metropolitan Division’s best and worst teams.
Carolina, which sits atop the division, has now lost three straight.
Patrik Laine scored in the shootout, and Kent Johnson added the shootout game-winner and two assists for the Blue Jackets, who won for just the second time in their last 11 games. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 39 shots.
Max Pacioretty had two goals and Brady Skjei scored on the power play for Carolina. Antti Raanta stopped 15 shots in his first loss since Nov. 17.
After a scoreless first, Marchenko put Columbus up 1-0 with the second power-play goal of his career at 7:26 of the second period, and he made it 2-0 just 1:36 later.
Carolina then roared back.
Pacioretty scored his first Hurricane goal, with a lucky bounce off a Blue Jacket leg that pinballed past Korpisalo at 11:20 before Skjei pulled them even with a power-play goal at 17:18. Pacioretty scored again at 18:56 on the power play.
Marchenko pulled Columbus back even at 5:23 of the third with his third goal of the night.
UP NEXT
Carolina: Hosts New Jersey on Tuesday night.
Columbus: Visits Washington on Sunday night.
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More than 800,000 Subscribers of 26 local stations across the U.S. are left in the Dark
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Jan. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday night, January 6th, 26 Mission Broadcasting local television stations in 25 markets across the United States were forced off DISH Network's distribution system when the contract between Mission and DISH expired. As a result of DISH's action, more than 800,000 DISH subscribers are unable to watch the national and local community programming provided by these stations, including programming on Mission's 7 ABC affiliates, as well as key NFL games on Mission's 2 CBS, 11 FOX, and 3 NBC stations. This timing is particularly troubling for subscribers as these CBS, FOX, and NBC stations all carry NFL games through the end of the season, as well as the NFL playoffs, culminating with the Super Bowl on FOX on February 12th.
"We are extremely disappointed in the DISH Network's unwillingness to forge an agreement," said Dennis Thatcher, Mission Broadcasting Inc.'s President. "We are simply seeking the same fair agreement that we have come to with other cable, satellite, and telco providers for the high-quality programming we provide. We produce thousands of hours of local news and programming. We pay our network partners millions of dollars for entertainment programming and live sports. The cost to do these things has, understandably, gone up significantly—especially live sports rights—and these costs are passed along to us, the station owner. DISH has put more than 800,000 of their subscribers in the middle, denying them programming they've already paid for, rather than negotiating on the basis of current market conditions. Mission has a long track record of negotiating fairly and avoiding service interruptions in our markets, and we don't want viewers in our local markets to miss any of the vitally important local news, sports, and weather coverage we deliver every day. Our record of positive negotiations stands in stark contrast to that of DISH. Many, many subscribers will have seen DISH behave this way in the past. In addition, DISH is trying to deny Mission stations to subscribers in many B, C, and D counties, where so many rely on satellite service, as cable companies won't deliver."
Mission Broadcasting is the largest female majority-owned local broadcasting company in the United States.
Mission Broadcasting, Inc., a television broadcasting company founded in 1996, acquires, develops, and operates television stations and interactive community Websites in medium-sized markets in the United States. Its stations provide programming to its markets' viewing audiences via cable or satellite services or over-the-air to those who utilize a television antenna. The company currently owns broadcast television stations in 26 markets across the country and has network affiliation agreements with ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW and MyNetwork. Mission's majority shareholder is Nancie J. Smith, who is the leading female owner of broadcast television stations in the U.S. Mission's portfolio includes ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, The CW, MyNetworkTV affiliates in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont.
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Boards Packed with Fresh Fruit, Chocolate, Brownies, Cookies, Cupcakes and Cheesecake
ATLANTA, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Step aside charcuterie boards, Edible has a sweet way to wow your party guests and earn extra brownie points with their new dessert boards. These Instagram-worthy creations are full of fresh fruit, chocolate, and baked goods. The dessert boards are designed to feed a crowd and can serve up to 15 people.
The new Edible Signature Dessert Board and Ultimate Dessert Board will be available for order online and in Edible's more than 900 stores starting May 23, 2022. Pricing starts at $179.99. On June 20, 2022, a new Birthday Party Dessert Board with celebration cupcakes will also be available.
The boards include brownies, an assortment of cheesecake and cookies; fresh strawberries, pineapple, blueberries, grapes and orange slices; chocolate and vanilla cupcakes; chocolate and white chocolate swizzle strawberries, apple wedges and pineapple; and double dipped bananas. The Ultimate Dessert Board is larger and also includes peanut butter cups, Jordan crackers and pecan patties.
"Charcuterie boards are always a hit, and our new Edible dessert boards are a perfectly sweet complement for parties big or small," said Angela Johnson, VP of Innovation and Merchandising of Edible. "The dessert boards have something for everyone, whether your sweet tooth craves fresh fruit, chocolate, or a brownie, cookie, cupcake or cheesecake."
The new Signature and Birthday Party Dessert Boards will also be available in Canada, with the Ultimate Dessert Board launching at a later date. Pricing in Canada starts at $209.99.
Edible pioneered the edible fresh fruit arrangement and now offers fresh fruit smoothies, fresh produce boxes and baked goods both online and at over 900 Edible locations worldwide. For more information, visit www.ediblearrangements.com.
Edible Brands is the parent company of Edible®, the world's largest franchisor of stores offering fresh fruit snacks, dipped treats, and fruit arrangements with over 900 locations worldwide. Since its founding in 1999, the company has been recognized as an industry leader, ranking first in its category in Entrepreneur magazine's annual "Franchise 500," Entrepreneur's Top 40 of "Fastest Growing Franchises'' and "America's Top Global Franchises" as well as being included among the "Inc. 5000" list of the fastest growing privately-held companies. Edible's fresh fruit arrangements, chocolate Dipped Fruit®, fresh fruit smoothies, fresh produce boxes and other treats can be ordered through any local Edible store or online at edible.com. Edible has franchise opportunities available in a number of key markets in the United States and Canada. For more information about owning an Edible please visit ediblefranchise.com.
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Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet, but authorities who recovered the camera have not yet found his body, officials said Tuesday.
Alaska State Troopers said teams would continue to search Mendenhall Lake for the body of Paul Rodriguez Jr., 43, of Juneau.
Troopers said a helmet with a camera attached to it that was confirmed to have belonged to Rodriguez was recording on July 11 when his kayak overturned and he went into the water.
“The recording continued showing that the kayak overturned due to a strong current coming from the glacier,” Troopers spokesperson Tim DeSpain said by email.
DeSpain said the helmet was found on the lakeshore. He said it was turned in to troopers on Monday.
Juneau police on Monday said Rodriguez was believed to have gone missing on July 11 somewhere in the vicinity of the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. Police received a report Sunday from U.S. Forest Service employees that a vehicle had been parked at the recreation area since July 11 and determined it was registered to Rodriguez.
Rodriguez’s son, Jaden Rodriguez, said his father was kindhearted and enjoyed being outdoors, doing activities like fishing, paddleboarding and snowboarding. Rodriguez also was a gifted photographer, his son said.
He said Rodriguez’s life changed for the better when he found God, and Rodriguez would often tell him that life is short.
“He was a good person,” he said.
According to police, Rodriguez’s roommate reported last seeing him on July 10, and friends said a social media post by Rodriguez on July 11 showed a kayak on a beach that appeared to be near Nugget Falls, which is in the recreation area and along the lake.
A kayak had been found floating unattended on the lake July 11 that police said resembled the one in Rodriguez’s post. As authorities put the pieces together, a search got underway.
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BELTON — Services for Kitty Stuart, 88, of Lubbock and formerly of Belton will be 10 a.m. Saturday in North Belton Cemetery with the Rev. Sam Callaway officiating.
Mrs. Stuart died Tuesday, July 25, at a nursing center in Lubbock.
She was born Aug. 10, 1934, in Merkel to Kit Carson and Birdie Seymore Woods. She married Kenneth Stuart on Nov. 4, 1950, in Belton. She was a homemaker and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Belton for many years.
She was preceded in death by her husband; and two sons, Kenneth Stuart and Herman Frank Stuart.
Survivors include five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association at biabetes.org.
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HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced today that it has completed a purchase of one million shares of its common stock from Hershey Trust Company, as Trustee for the Milton Hershey School Trust, for approximately $240 million, or $239.91 per share.
"Share buybacks are an important part of our capital allocation strategy," said Steve Voskuil, Chief Financial Officer, The Hershey Company. "This transaction is consistent with that practice. The company's strong balance sheet enables continued flexibility to invest in our business to help drive future growth."
About The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company is headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania and is an industry-leading snacks company known for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands, remarkable people and enduring commitment to help children succeed. Hershey has approximately 19,000 employees around the world who work every day to deliver delicious, quality products. The company has more than 100 brand names in approximately 80 countries around the world that drive more than $8.9 billion in annual revenues, including such iconic brand names as Hershey's, Reese's, Kit Kat®, Jolly Rancher and Ice Breakers, and fast-growing salty snacks including SkinnyPop, Pirate's Booty and Dot's Homestyle Pretzels.
For more than 125 years, Hershey has been committed to operating fairly, ethically and sustainably. Hershey founder, Milton Hershey, created Milton Hershey School in 1909 and since then the company has focused on helping children succeed.
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Peyton Bowen, the highly rated defensive back who backed off a verbal commitment to Notre Dame and said he was going to attend Oregon, ended up signing with Oklahoma on Thursday.
Bowen’s flip from the Fighting Irish to the Ducks during a ceremony at his high school in Denton, Texas, was one of the biggest stories Wednesday as college football’s three-day early signing period began. He was one of several high-profile recruits to make a last-minute pivot to Oregon.
But the five-star safety was never officially announced as part of Oregon’s top-10 class.
Bowen posted a statement on social media Thursday, saying he regretted some of his actions and apologizing to the fans of the schools he jilted.
“Navigating this process has been a rollercoaster. … Oregon and Notre Dame faithful, I am sorry for how I handled this process. Changing my decision on signing day, the hat pump fake, all of it could have been handled better. I can’t change what I did but this experience is something I will learn from,” Bowen posted.
Bowen thanked the coaching staffs at Notre Dame and Oregon.
“Oklahoma family, I am excited to join this wonderful program and represent this university going forward!” Bowen said.
Oklahoma later announced Bowen had signed with the school.
The other notable signing of the second day of the early period was by Alabama.
The Crimson Tide, which has already locked up the No. 1 class in the nation, got a commitment from a seventh recruit with a five-star rating, according to 247 Sports’ composite rankings.
Cornerback Desmond Rick, who is from Virginia but played at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, was originally set to be a member of the 2024 recruiting class but reclassified to 2023.
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Law enforcement investigate a shooting scene in parking lot A of Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Authorities are asking the public to share any footage or information as they investigate a shooting that left eight teenagers wounded at a weekend gathering outside a stadium near Philadelphia. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Authorities are asking the public to share any footage or information as they investigate a shooting that left eight teenagers wounded at a weekend gathering outside a stadium near Philadelphia.
Police in the suburb of Chester said the gunfire erupted shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday in a parking lot outside Subaru Park, the sports venue beside the Delaware River where the MLS soccer team Philadelphia Union plays.
In a statement, police appealed to businesses and residents to check their cameras for any footage that may assist the investigation. Authorities did not immediately say whether they had any suspects in connection with the shooting or were close to making any arrests.
Six people between the ages of 17 and 18 were shot, authorities said. The Delaware County city's police commissioner, Steven Gretsky, told reporters on Monday that all had been released from the hospital except for a 17-year-old boy, who remained in critical condition Tuesday.
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said Tuesday that at least three guns were fired and more than 50 shell casings have been recovered. Officials said two other people were injured while fleeing the gunfire.
Witnesses said about 100 young people had gathered in the lot to celebrate the approaching end of the school year and the holiday.
"Unfortunately, the presence of guns in the crowd turned this gathering into a chaotic and dangerous event," Stollsteimer said.
The shooting occurred hours after the Union's affiliate team, Union II, had played a 7 p.m. game against Crew II at the stadium. A team spokesperson said officials were "saddened" by the violence and noted that it occurred "hours after a second-team match had ended and it occurred in an outer parking lot area on the opposite side of the bridge that had not been open for the game."
Chester is a city about 18 miles (28 kilometers) southwest of downtown Philadelphia on the western bank of the Delaware River.
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On Friday (July 15) a 23-year-old man was arrested by the LAPD after trying to break into Drake’s California mansion.
After he was caught redhanded, the man proceeded to claim that he was Drake’s son. Needless to say, the cops weren’t buying his story.
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He was arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing.
Drake bought the property several months ago and dropped a cool $70 million on it. The 10-bedroom home is in LA’s Beverly Crest neighborhood. The Toronto MC has made several large purchases lately, including a $200 million private jet.
The ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ rapper wasn’t home during the invasion attempt, as he’s been partying it up overseas. There was a rumor that he was arrested in Sweden, though his team denied that ever happened.
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