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The official narrative of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has changed drastically since news of an active shooter at the school emerged on May 24. Authorities have repeatedly corrected official statements, after they were contradicted by new information.
"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference one day after the shooting. Just days later, Abbott said he himself had been "misled" about the police response to the shooting.
"I am livid," Abbott said.
He wasn't alone. The shifting details deepen the pain and outrage inflicted by the tragedy in Uvalde, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, and 17 wounded. When they shared news about the investigation, Abbott and others did say their information was preliminary. But the inconsistencies rocked public faith in the police and other institutions, when people were looking to them for reliable information and accountability.
Here's a rundown of how the official story has changed over time:
The police waited before killing the gunman
Questions about the timing of the police assault that killed the gunman were driven by video and witness accounts depicting anguished parents pleading with officers to go after the attacker. Authorities now say the gunman spent nearly an hour and 20 minutes inside the school.
May 25: The day after the shooting, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw — whose agency was by then leading the investigation — said a team of Uvalde police officers and school district officers "immediately breached, because we know as officers, every second's a life."
But moments later, McCraw said it was likely that anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour transpired between the gunman's first shots and him being killed by a team led by a Border Patrol tactical unit. Still, McCraw said, officers "did engage immediately.... [and] saved other kids. They kept him pinned down. And we're very proud of that."
Abbott said at the same news conference, "The reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do: They showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. And it is a fact that because of their quick response ... and eliminating the gunman, they were able to save lives – unfortunately, not enough."
May 27: McCraw gave a detailed timeline of the shooting, speaking outside the school. He delivered a stunning revelation: the incident commander, later confirmed to be school district police chief Pete Arredondo, had stopped treating the situation as an active shooter scenario, judging that the gunman had barricaded himself inside, McCraw said. That left officers waiting for more equipment and backup, as Arredondo believed there were "no risk to other children," the DPS head said.
"From the benefit of hindsight, where I'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision," McCraw said. "It was the wrong decision, period. There's no excuse for that."
McCraw quoted 911 calls from students inside the school who said some kids were still alive and others were dead — and asking for immediate help. But minute after excruciating minute, that help didn't come.
The first student called at 12:03, McCraw said — 30 minutes after the gunman entered, by his timeline. That's when as many as 19 officers were in the hallway outside the classroom. It wasn't until around 12:50 that a group of federal and local officers went after the gunman, McCraw said. By then, the same student who initially called 911 had called at least four more times.
Aside from the ongoing peril of children trapped by the gunman, McCraw said, the delay may have prevented efforts to save people who were wounded, stating, "It's important for life-saving purposes to immediately get there and render aid."
After McCraw spoke, Abbott said at a separate news conference that his earlier remarks had been a "recitation" of information given to him by the relevant agencies. Acknowledging that part of his account turned out to be inaccurate, Abbott promised that investigators will uncover every fact in the case — including why police followed the strategy they did.
"There are people who deserve answers the most, and those are the families whose lives have been destroyed," the governor said. "They need answers that are accurate, and it is inexcusable that they may have suffered from any inaccurate information whatsoever."
The school resource officer didn't see the attacker
Early accounts described the gunman being challenged by an officer on his way into the school, but that was later corrected. Instead, he walked into the school and found a classroom full of fourth graders and their teachers.
May 25: McCraw said that as the gunman approached, "there was a brave consolidated independent school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him at that time. Gunfire was not exchanged, but the subject was able to make it into the school."
May 26: "It was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. Not accurate," Victor Escalon, a Texas DPS regional director, said at a news conference. "He walked in unobstructed initially." Escalon added, "he was not confronted by anybody, to clear the record on that."
May 27: McCraw said the school officer actually drove past the gunman in the parking lot. He blamed the confusion on early interviews, saying police officers are vulnerable to stress like anyone else, and "sometimes witnesses get it wrong."
"The bottom line is that officer was not on-scene, not on campus" before the 911 call came in of a man with a gun, McCraw said. He added that the officer drove to the school and rushed toward a person he thought was the armed man — who turned out to be a teacher.
The officer "drove right by the suspect, who was hunkered down behind a vehicle, where he began shooting at the school," McCraw said.
The school's back door wasn't propped open
The gunman entered the school through a rear door, carrying a rifle and a backpack holding ammunition. Because the school sits diagonally on a corner lot, that entrance faces a side street and parking area near where the gunman crashed a truck into a ditch.
May 27: McCraw told journalists the gunman entered Robb Elementary through the back door that was left propped open by a teacher. Moments earlier, he said, the teacher had used the door to get her cellphone.
"That back door was propped open. It wasn't supposed to be propped open, it was supposed to be locked. And certainly the teacher that went back for her cellphone, had propped it open again. So that was an access point that the subject used," McCraw said.
May 31: The teacher goes public, saying through an attorney that she removed a rock used to prop open the push-bar door after seeing the gunman, and that she ensured the door was shut.
The teacher had gone outside to bring food from the parking area into the school before lunch. She then got her phone to call 911 to report the truck crash — and while she was on the phone, the driver ran toward her, carrying an AR-15-style rifle.
"So she immediately ran back inside, kicked the rock out and slammed the door," her lawyer, Don Flanary, told NPR. The teacher, whose grandson goes to Robb, was "devastated" when McCraw said she left the door propped open, Flanary said. When she contacted DPS about the issue, they affirmed her version of events, citing video recordings, Flanary added.
"We did verify she closed the door," Travis Considine, chief communications officer for Texas DPS, told The Associated Press. He added that the door should have locked automatically when it closed, but it didn't.
Inconsistencies sparked calls for a federal investigation
The Justice Department is conducting a Critical Incident Review of the Robb Elementary shooting. The department says its goal is to create an "independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day."
The DOJ especially wants to highlight lessons learned in Uvalde, to identify practices that could help first responders in other communities prepare to deal with active shooter situations in the future.
News of the federal review came after numerous politicians called for an outside analysis of what happened. This week, CLEAT, a large police union in Texas, advised its members to cooperate fully with any government inquiry into the police response to the mass shooting.
"There has been a great deal of false and misleading information in the aftermath of this tragedy," CLEAT stated. "Some of the information came from the very highest levels of government and law enforcement. Sources that Texans once saw as iron-clad and completely reliable have now been proven false."
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NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA) between February 21, 2019 and October 11, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 3, 2023.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Enviva securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Enviva class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9162 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 3, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Enviva had misrepresented the environmental sustainability of its wood pellet production and procurement; (2) Enviva had similarly overstated the true measure of cash flow generated by the Company's platform; (3) accordingly, Enviva had misrepresented its business model and the Company's ability to achieve the level of growth that defendants had represented to investors; and (4) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Enviva class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=9162 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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A painting auction, print sales and naming rights are all part of fundraising $1.5M for the new Rockwell Park in Oconomowoc
After raising $1.3 million to purchase the land for the future Rockwell Park in 2021, residents are once again fundraising — this time to build the park they envisioned for the community.
Chris and Frank Both, who both initially led the charge for the park project in 2020 and 2021, have announced plans to raise even more now to help the park get built.
To kick off the latest effort, the community has called on one of its own: lifelong resident and artist Tim Spransy. When he heard the project would be fundraising again, he offered to create a painting that could be auctioned off. He spent three months painting a scenic depiction of the park looking out over Lac La Belle.
The painting was unveiled Aug. 21 at the conclusion of the Light Up the Lake Boat Parade & Fireworks. Bidding for the painting starts at $20,000, and the auction is active until Oct. 15. Additionally, 25 giclée prints that Spransy used for the painting are also being sold for $1,000 each.
"It truly shows what makes this park amazing," Chris Both said. "You have great sunrises and sunsets, and Tim created that for us and also donated the prints he used for park fundraising. He is a great example of someone from the community doing what they do best to help this project."
The latest fundraising effort mirrors the effort of the previous campaign to obtain the land. More than 1,000 donors contributed over six months. The $1.3 million raised went toward purchasing the land at 517 N. Lake Road from a developer that planned to put a condominium there. The neighboring property, 525 N. Lake Road, was donated to the city after being purchased for $600,000 by the Chuck and Pat Herro family.
Now, the leaders of the Rockwell Park project are hoping to raise a bit more.
"After reviewing a design by an engineering firm for the park, we know what it will take to fully realize the vision for what we'd like, and that's $1.5 million," Chris Both said. "We really think this is going to be the jewel of Oconomowoc."
Fundraising is well underway. Chris Both said that they have already raised $400,000, and there are even more verbal commitments.
In addition to the painting auction, selling naming rights will also be used for fundraising. As part of the current designs, Chris Both said plans for the park include restoring the shoreline, building two handicap-accessible kayak launches, a boardwalk below Peacock Dam, restrooms, walking paths, a "front porch" with swings, a shaded terrace garden and benches.
"We're off to a great start," he said. "We are actively soliciting donations for the park, and the plan is to have some of the grading done late this fall to get the work on the park started."
To bid on the painting, purchase a print or donate to the park fund, visit www.oconparksandtrails.org/.
Drew Dawson can be reached at ddawson@jrn.com or 262-289-1324. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/lake-country/2022/09/09/rockwell-park-fundraising-begins-again-in-oconomowoc/8021595001/ | 2022-09-09 12:54:10 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/lake-country/2022/09/09/rockwell-park-fundraising-begins-again-in-oconomowoc/8021595001/ |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy financial industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the finance industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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- USAA Survey Data Shows Inflation Affecting Discretionary Spending; Retirement Preparations Largely Untouched
Inflation is top-of-mind for most Americans, as a majority say that they have reduced household spending in many areas except when it comes to retirement savings and life insurance. - Truist Insurance Holdings further enhances premium finance business with acquisition of BankDirect Capital Finance
The transaction will add over $3 billion in loans to Truist Insurance Holdings' premium finance business—which also includes CAFO Inc., its Canadian operation—while broadening its business into the life insurance arena. - Meet the 50 Leaders of Change taking us into a new economy
50 Leaders of Change, a campaign by acclaimed production company TBD Media Group, is bringing the stories of the world's most innovative businesses from across sectors to showcase their vision of the future. - Salary Increase Budgets Reach 20-Year High
Sue Holloway, Director, WorldatWork, says, "The rapid rise in salary increase budgets over the past couple years, combined with today's volatile economic environment, challenge HR pros to leverage data and think strategically as they formulate 2023 compensation budget recommendations and negotiate with CFOs." - Home Showing Activity Slows as Buyer Demand Continues Rebalancing from Historic Highs
July's foot traffic is down year-over-year across the U.S., according to data from ShowingTime, reflective of last summer's incredible surge in buyer demand. - ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 132,000 Jobs in August; Annual Pay was Up 7.6%
"Our data suggests a shift toward a more conservative pace of hiring, possibly as companies try to decipher the economy's conflicting signals," said Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. "We could be at an inflection point, from super-charged job gains to something more normal." - Sean 'Diddy' Combs Invests in REC, a Resource Hub for Creators
Founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients, Will Toms & Dave Silver, REC is an ecosystem designed and dedicated to providing creative people with the resources, communities and opportunities to pursue their passions and entrepreneurial goals. - Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. Announces Merger with Hispanic-Led and founded Cloud Services Company Digerati Technologies
The all-stock transaction forms a company with an initial equity value of approximately $228 million translating into an enterprise value of approximately $145 million, assuming no redemptions from MEOA's shareholders.
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Disney employees must return to the office at least four days a week, CEO Bob Iger said in a company-wide email this week.
"As I've been meeting with teams throughout the company over the past few months, I've been reminded of the tremendous value in being together with the people you work with," Iger said, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.
"As you've heard me say many times, creativity is the heart and soul of who we are and what we do at Disney. And in a creative business like ours, nothing can replace the ability to connect, observe, and create with peers that comes from being physically together, nor the opportunity to grow professionally by learning from leaders and mentors," he said.
Disney announced in November that Iger would be stepping back into his role as CEO. He was first CEO from 2005 to 2020, and then served as the executive chairman and board chairman before retiring in December 2021.
Iger succeeded Bob Chapek, who resigned.
Iger's email is the latest move in the ongoing discussion that employers and workers are having over where is the best place to work. Last June, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mandated that employees return to the office for at least 40 hours per week or face being let go.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – An arrest has been made in tech mogul Bob Lee’s stabbing death in San Francisco, according to multiple reports citing local officials.
Mission Local first reported the arrest, saying police had been dispatched Thursday morning with a warrant for a man in nearby Emeryville, whom Lee apparently knew.
San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin also confirmed the arrest, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, and San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey thanked officers with the San Francisco Police Department’s homicide detail (and elsewhere) for “their tireless work to bring Bob Lee’s killer to justice and for their arrest of a suspect this morning.”
The stabbing took place in the city’s Rincon Hill area near the Bay Bridge on April 4, at around 2:30 a.m. Surveillance video showed Lee stumbling down the street holding his wound and calling 911 for himself.
Lee’s death prompted several of Lee’s friends and associates, including Elon Musk, to call San Francisco’s approach to public safety into question. It happened one day before former San Francisco fire commissioner Don Carmignani was assaulted in another affluent area of the city by a homeless man with a metal pipe.
Lee was a longtime member of the Silicon Valley tech community. He was remembered by loved ones as “incredibly personable” and a “force of nature.”
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-- Report is aimed at helping practitioners and the industry prepare for the future by supporting the evolving needs of patients --
-- North American medical aesthetic market expected to grow more than 10 percent annually through 2026* --
-- Built on robust research and analysis of global social listening data, global aesthetics practitioners, academic studies and Allergan Aesthetics proprietary global research into thousands of consumer attitudes1 --
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, and a global leader in medical aesthetics treatments, today announces the U.S. publication of 'The Future of Aesthetics' global trends report, developed to understand what is shaping the aesthetics industry of tomorrow.
Consumer interest in medical aesthetics continues to rise, and the growth rate of the North American medical aesthetics market is expected to accelerate to more than 10 percent annually through 2026.The number and type of non-surgical aesthetic procedures conducted worldwide grew by nearly two million between 2017 and 2020.2,3,4,5 This growth is expected to continue, with 23 million dermal fillers and 14.6 million body procedures predicted by 2025.6 In parallel, physicians globally saw an increased volume of younger patients, more patients from a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds, and more male patients than ever before.1
"Aesthetics is a dynamic industry, which must continually adapt and evolve with changing habits and shifting cultural norms. Our trends report – The Future of Aesthetics report – builds on insights uncovered in the 2019 Allergan 360 Aesthetics Report™ on evolving beauty perceptions and diverse priorities around the world7," commented Carrie Strom, President, Global Allergan Aesthetics. "We recognize the fast-moving nature of aesthetics and are committed to furthering research and innovation in our field. Our research on the evolution of consumer preferences aims to support practitioners to better meet future patient needs. Thank you to our partners who participated in this important study."
Exploring the underlying themes and trends for modern aesthetics
The research identified key themes driving the future of aesthetics including: Aesthetic Fluency, De-stigmatizing Treatments and a desire to move Back to Nature.1 Resulting from these are 10 major trends, which will likely drive medical aesthetics practice in the coming years.1
By acknowledging changes in the industry, clinicians may be able to educate and communicate with patients more effectively.
Renowned board-certified dermatologist, Elizabeth Hale says: "Recently, I have witnessed the evolution of the 'aesthetic patient' to one that is much more diverse, knowledgeable and vocal about their needs. 'The Future of Aesthetics' report provides research-driven and anecdotal observations to help health care providers prepare for the continued growth of the aesthetics industry and prepare for modern-day patients."
Brought to you by some of the world's leading practitioners
The Future of Aesthetics report, commissioned by Allergan Aesthetics and independently developed by Wunderman Thompson Intelligence, is informed by extensive research and analysis across consumer and business media, social listening data, and market research from around the globe that was validated through one-on-one interviews with 15 leading aesthetics practitioners†. The Future of Aesthetics report provides a unique view of what tomorrow holds for the aesthetics industry.
To access The Future of Aesthetics report and for more information, please contact your local Allergan Aesthetics representative or visit news.allerganaesthetics.com/future-of-aesthetics to register your interest in receiving the report.
About Allergan Aesthetics
At Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, we develop, manufacture, and market a portfolio of leading aesthetics brands and products. Our aesthetics portfolio includes facial injectables, body contouring, plastics, skin care, and more. Our goal is to consistently provide our customers with innovation, education, exceptional service, and a commitment to excellence, all with a personal touch. For more information, visit allerganaesthetics.com.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
About Wunderman Thompson Intelligence
Wunderman Thompson Intelligence is Wunderman Thompson's futurism, research and innovation unit. It charts emerging and future global trends, consumer change, and innovation patterns—translating these into insight for brands. It offers a suite of consultancy services, including bespoke research, presentations, co-branded reports and workshops. It is also active in innovation, partnering with brands to activate future trends within their framework and execute new products and concepts. The division is led by Emma Chiu and Marie Stafford, Global Directors of Wunderman Thompson Intelligence.
Footnotes:
† Chytra Anand, Cosmetic Dermatologist, India; Jonquille Chantrey, Aesthetic Surgeon, United Kingdom, Ligia Colucci, Dermatologist, Brazil; Dmitry Durdyklychev, Dermatologist, Russia; Tijion Esho, Cosmetic Doctor, United Kingdom; Nobutaka Furuyama, Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon, Japan; Lana Kashlan, Consultant Dermatologist, US/UAE; Steven Liew, Specialist Plastic Surgeon, Australia; José R. Montes, MD and Oculopalstic Surgeon, Puerto Rico/USA; Roni Munk, Medical and Cosmetic Dermatologist, Canada; Kyung-Ho Park, MD and Dermatologist, South Korea; Chantal Sciuto, Dermatologist, Italy; Rashmi Shetty, Dermatologist, India; Danru Wang, Professor of Cosmetic Surgery, China; Gong Wei, Editor-in-Chief of Medical Aesthetics Observer, China
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MACOMB, Mich., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascent Integration, a business unit of Ascent Aerospace, will be exhibiting at the upcoming WindEnergy event in Hamburg, Germany from September 27-30. WindEnergy Hamburg is the global on and offshore event of the year with over 1,400 exhibitors and 35,000 visitors from over 100 countries.
This semi-annual event will provide a unique opportunity for professionals to get a closer look into the latest products and technologies whirling around the wind and energy sector. There will be sessions reviewing key market trends in the industry as well as networking events and panels to encourage experienced minds to collaborate on key topics.
As a provider of tailor-made, turn-key solutions, Ascent Integration works with wind and energy customers to take new products, innovations and technologies and implement them in industry-proven solutions to maximize manufacturing processes. Come experience the whole world of wind energy and visit Ascent Integration in Hall B5, Stand 534 at the WindEnergy event in Hamburg.
To learn more about the Ascent Aerospace, the Ascent Integration team as well as our European footprint, visit https://ascentaerospace.com/products/integration/integration-europe/.
Ascent Aerospace is a world renowned, single-source provider of production and automated assembly systems for the aerospace, defense, and space industries. As the industry's largest tooling group, Ascent produces a full suite of both mold and assembly tooling required for the aerospace manufacturing market, including the largest Invar molds ever made for aerospace. As an automation provider and production system integrator, Ascent works with airframers to develop their project and see it through from process engineering, to build and installation, to ensure it is an efficient and cost effective solution. Visit www.ascentaerospace.com for more information.
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The refreshed emoneyadvisor.com offers visitors a streamlined path to understanding the 23-year-old fintech company's products, services, people and values
RADNOR, Pa., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- eMoney Advisor (eMoney), a leading provider of technology solutions and services that help people talk about money, recently launched a redesigned corporate website with a refreshed brand experience that reflects the company's commitment to helping advisors and enterprises provide personalized planning at scale. Site visitors can explore features within eMoney's planning platform, peruse its award-winning training, coaching and support services, view client testimonials and advisor resources, get a glimpse into eMoney culture, and more.
"We created our new site first and foremost with the advisor in mind, offering a more streamlined experience and easy-to-navigate functionality for finding relevant product information and educational resources" said Rachel Eccles, senior vice president of marketing at eMoney. "We think after exploring the new site, visitors will really get a sense for who we are at eMoney and our commitment to meeting the diverse needs of our clients."
The content was thoughtfully curated based on eMoney research of advisors' needs. The new site provides a more user-friendly and engaging experience for financial professionals, including:
- A clear user journey that reflects product offerings
- A Why eMoney? section that highlights main differentiators
- A resource center with case studies, eMoney news, and upcoming webinars and events such as the 2023 eMoney Summit
The design of the site represents eMoney's brand attributes of innovation, collaboration and agility with a focus on the advisor experience. The style, icons and color palette were designed to be clean and sophisticated, ensuring effortless usability for visitors.
The revamped website also highlights eMoney's culture with a new video capturing the eMoney employee experience, detailed leadership bios, job seeker tools, employee testimonials and information on benefits and other perks.
"We want to ensure all users who visit our website find the information they are looking for and have a better understanding of the eMoney brand," said Eccles.
eMoney's updated site went live on June 22. Visit emoneyadvisor.com to view the new site.
About eMoney Advisor, LLC
eMoney Advisor, LLC ("eMoney") provides technology solutions and services that help people talk about money. Rooted in holistic financial planning, eMoney solutions strengthen client relationships, streamline business operations, enhance business development, and drive overall growth. More than 106,000 financial professionals across firms of all sizes use the eMoney platform to serve more than 5.8 million households throughout the U.S. For more information, please visit: emoneyadvisor.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced today that it plans to issue financial results for the third quarter of 2022 after the market close on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vincent J. Delie, Jr., Chief Financial Officer, Vincent J. Calabrese, Jr., and Chief Credit Officer, Gary L. Guerrieri, plan to host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial results on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at 8:30 AM ET.
Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the conference call at: https://dpregister.com/sreg/10171677/f49df8c1b5. Callers who pre-register will be provided a conference passcode and unique PIN to bypass the live operator and gain immediate access to the call. Participants may pre-register at any time, including up to and after the call start time.
Dial-in Access: The conference call may be accessed by dialing 844-802-2440 (for domestic callers) or 412-317-5133 (for international callers). Participants should ask to be joined into the F.N.B. Corporation call.
Webcast Access: The audio-only call and related presentation materials may be accessed via webcast through the "About Us" tab of the Corporation's website at www.fnbcorporation.com and clicking on "Investor Relations" then "Investor Conference Calls." Access to the live webcast will begin approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the call.
Presentation Materials: Presentation slides and the earnings release will also be available on the Corporation's website at www.fnbcorporation.com by accessing the "About Us" tab and clicking on "Investor Relations" then "Investor Conference Calls."
A replay of the call will be available shortly after the completion of the call until midnight ET on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. The replay can be accessed by dialing 877-344-7529 (for domestic callers) or 412-317-0088 (for international callers); the conference replay access code is 9258819. Following the call, a link to the webcast and the related presentation materials will be posted to the "Investor Relations" section of F.N.B. Corporation's website at www.fnbcorporation.com.
About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in seven states and the District of Columbia. FNB's market coverage spans several major metropolitan areas, including: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point) in North Carolina; and Charleston, South Carolina. The Company has total assets of $42 billion and more than 340 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
FNB provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network, which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864. Commercial banking solutions include corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, government banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing. The consumer banking segment provides a full line of consumer banking products and services, including deposit products, mortgage lending, consumer lending and a complete suite of mobile and online banking services. FNB's wealth management services include asset management, private banking and insurance.
The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FNB" and is included in Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index with the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Regional Banks Sub-Industry Index. Customers, shareholders and investors can learn more about this regional financial institution by visiting the F.N.B. Corporation website at www.fnbcorporation.com.
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Medal of Merit
The Boy Scouts of America has awarded Richard Stanislawscyk, Scouts BSA Troop 600 Assistant Scoutmaster and Troop 219 committee member, the Medal of Merit, which recognizes registered youth and adults for notable acts of service above and beyond what is normally expected, such as lifesaving or other exceptional efforts, which reflect scouting’s skills and ideals. The award was presented by the Old North State Council at the annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet on March 16 at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.
Stanislawscyk was nominated for the award in recognition of his potentially lifesaving efforts during a scouting event. In fall 2022, he successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver, a first-aid procedure used to remove airway blockages, to rescue a Scout who was choking.
“Richard truly lives up to Scouting’s motto – ‘Be Prepared.’,” says Mike Matzinger, Scoutmaster for Troop 600. “While scouts and adult leaders receive first aid and other training to prepare them for a variety of health-related events, Richard’s calm, quick and effective action saved the day. Since that time, he has shared with scouts the importance of learning proper lifesaving techniques and being ready to assist when the situation arises.”In honor of Stanislawscyk’s efforts, Troop 219 has set a goal for all 42 scouts to be certified in first aid, CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automated external defibrillator) and for every leader to be certified in wilderness first aid. In February, 25 members of the Troop attended their inaugural training event at Oak Ridge Town Hall. During the event, Stanislawscyk talked about his firsthand experience and encouraged participants to always be prepared to use what they learn.
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An active Troop 600 and Troop 219 volunteer, Stanislawscyk has also completed scouting’s advanced, national Wood Badge leadership training, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and Wilderness First Aid training. In addition to serving as a uniformed scout leader at scout summer camps, outings and events, he is SCUBA certified and has accompanied scouts to Sea Base in Florida.Troop 600 for boys and Troop 219 for girls meet Monday evenings at Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church. For information, visit www.scoutdude.com.
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Woman celebrates 103rd birthday being homecoming parade grand marshal
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (KFYR/Gray News) - A North Dakota woman celebrated her 103 years of life in style.
Olga Hovet participated in her high school homecoming parade 86 years after graduating.
Hovet was selected to be the grand marshal in this year’s Watford City High School homecoming parade.
Officials said Hovet was chosen because she is the oldest living graduate of Watford City High School. On the same day as this year’s parade, Hovet celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Students from her alma mater even sang to the birthday girl as part of the birthday celebration.
From the birthday song to riding in a convertible at the front of the parade, it was Hovet’s day.
“She was waving like a queen. She ate it up. She was beautiful and radiant, and it brought tears to your eyes because you can see what joy it brought her,” said Kristin Rhone, activity director at Good Shepherd Senior Center.
One of Hovet’s sons drove her in the parade, giving the two a trip down memory lane.
Football games and homecoming parades have stood the test of time and remain important traditions in Watford.
“Traditions are really important not only to our school but to our town,” said Amy Polivka, student council adviser.
Hovet said the entire day was very exciting. She has lived in McKenzie County her whole life.
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HUIZHOU, China, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EVE Energy ("EVE"; SHE 300014), one of the world's leading battery technology companies, recently inaugurated a CNY2 billion research and development center in Huizhou, Guangdong province, after 16 months of construction.
The 145,000-square-meter center houses the company's Power Battery Research Institute and the Battery System Research Institute, along with electrical performance and safety testing centers as well as R&D labs. The facility will carry out precision testing as well as analysis of cylindrical and prismatic cells, along with battery management and energy storage systems.
"EVE's headquarters R&D center in Huizhou is an electrochemical energy research base of global significance that will cater to market demand," said EVE Chairman, Dr. Liu Jincheng. "The company has built five focused research institutes to date, along with institutes researching equipment materials and mobile energy technology. EVE is slated to complete a comprehensive R&D structure related to electrochemical energy systems by the end of 2023. EVE will make every effort to establish itself as the world's most innovative lithium battery enterprise, making historic contributions to the sustainable development of humankind," he added.
Huizhou's Vice Mayor Li Bingsheng congratulated EVE on the completion of the R&D center, pointing out that "the event is a milestone achievement for Huizhou municipal government, Zhongkai High-tech Zone and EVE for deepening strategic cooperation and building a CNY100 billion new energy battery industry cluster in the city."
"Huizhou is of great significance to the improvement of the new energy industry chain in Huizhou and enhancing the industry's overall competitiveness," he added.
Xu Yuebin, Director of Cylindrical Battery Research Institute, provided an introduction to the company's new generation of large cylindrical cells with an energy density of 350Wh/kg, capable of ultra-fast charging in nine minutes, which greatly improving the battery performance overall. EVE's pilot line for the large cylindrical cells has produced more than half a million samples, with an overall superiority rate of 92%.
Dr. Xu Yuhong, Vice President of the Power Battery System Research Institute, then presented the "π" battery system at the event. Based on CTP integration technology, the "π" system features a 10% weight reduction and energy density of 260Wh/kg by employing new high-efficiency composite materials and adhesives.
After that, Dr. Zhao Ruirui, Vice President of Central Research Institute, released details about lithium metal secondary, solid state, and sodium-ion batteries, as well as hydrogen energy technology. Her brief included details of EVE's large cylindrical sodium-ion battery based on a laminated-oxide cathode and hard-carbon anode and using a C40 aluminum shell as a carrier. The cell features a specific energy density of up to 135Wh/kg and a capacity retention rate of up to 90% at 10C. She added that even at -40 ℃, the cell could work normally. EVE is currently jointly planning the product with the end customers before a pilot test takes place.
Moving forward, EVE will continue building up its capabilities as a world-class R&D platform to support the development of world-class lithium battery firms in terms of technical know-how while making innovative contributions to the international industry.
For more information, please visit EVE Energy.
About EVE Energy
Founded in 2001 and listed in Shenzhen in 2009, EVE Energy has developed rapidly to become a global player in the market, providing core technologies and comprehensive solutions for both consumer and power batteries, especially in the Internet of Things and the energy internet. Currently, EVE has set up a research institute with 60 doctors and over 3,100 interdisciplinary R&D engineers in materials, electrochemistry, structure design, and electronic circuit design, and established extensive cooperation with Wuhan University, Israel StoreDot and other institutions of higher learning and research on new materials, pre-research technologies. The R&D function at EVE has resulted in more than 4,990 national patents, of which four have been awarded the "China Patent Excellence Award" by the State Intellectual Property Office.
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- New drug application (NDA) for zilucoplan seeks approval for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) in adult patients who are acetylcholine receptor antibody positive (AChR-Ab+)
- Acceptance by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) follows the recent European Medicines Agency (EMA) validation of Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for treatment of adult patients with AChR-Ab+ gMG and who require treatment in addition to steroids or non-steroidal immunosuppressants
- Both NDA and MAA are based on pivotal Phase 3 RAISE study in gMG, which demonstrated treatment with zilucoplan resulted in clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in key MG-specific outcomes compared to placebo
- UCB expects to receive feedback from the agencies in Q4 of 2023
BRUSSELS and ATLANTA, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for its investigational treatment, zilucoplan.
Zilucoplan is a subcutaneous (SC), self-administered peptide inhibitor of complement component 5 (C5 inhibitor) for the treatment of adult patients with acetylcholine receptor antibody positive (AChR-Ab+) generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG).
In 2019, the U.S. FDA granted orphan drug designation to zilucoplan for the treatment of MG.1 The safety and efficacy of zilucoplan have not been established and it is not currently approved for use in any indication by any regulatory authority worldwide.
This acceptance follows the recent European Medicines Agency (EMA) validation of the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for zilucoplan for the treatment of adult patients with AChR-Ab+ gMG and who require treatment in addition to steroids or non-steroidal immunosuppressants. Validation confirms that the application is complete and the formal review process by the EMA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) can begin. Orphan designation was granted in 2022 by the European Commission to zilucoplan for the treatment of myasthenia gravis.2
gMG is a chronic and unpredictable auto-immune disease in which pathogenic autoantibodies can impair synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction by targeting specific proteins on the post-synaptic membrane. This disrupts the ability of the nerves to stimulate the muscle and results in a weaker contraction.4 People living with MG can experience a variety of symptoms, including drooping eyelids, double vision, and difficulty in swallowing, chewing and talking, as well as severe muscle weakness that can result in life-threatening weakness of the muscles of respiration.3 In the U.S. the prevalence of MG is estimated at 14 to 20 per 100,000 population; approximately 36,000 to 60,000 cases.4 In Europe, the prevalence is estimated at 10 per 100,000 population.5
"People living with gMG experience high treatment burden, on top of the debilitating impact of the condition, and there is a clear need for additional targeted treatments to support the gMG community. Our goal is to provide a solution that can help meet these needs and transform lives," said Charl van Zyl, Executive Vice President Neurology Solutions & Head of EU/International Markets, UCB. "The acceptance of the NDA by the FDA as well as the acceptance of the MAA by the EMA, brings us one step further on our journey towards approval for this medicine. We look forward to working with the FDA and EMA to help bring this important new treatment option to patients."
The NDA and MAA are based on data from the pivotal Phase 3 RAISE study (NCT04115293), which demonstrated at week 12 that treatment with zilucoplan (0.3 mg/kg daily) resulted in clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in key gMG-specific outcomes compared with placebo in patients with AChR-Ab+ gMG. The study met its primary endpoint with zilucoplan showing a placebo-corrected mean improvement of 2.09 points in the Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score at week 12 (p<0.001).6
Zilucoplan demonstrated a favorable safety and tolerability profile, showing a similar rate of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) between zilucoplan (76.7%) and placebo (70.5%). The most common TEAEs were injection site bruising, headache, and diarrhea. Rates of treatment discontinuation due to a TEAE were low and all patients who completed the 12-week treatment period have entered the ongoing RAISE-XT open-label extension study (NCT04225871).6,7
In the RAISE study, 174 adult patients were randomised to receive daily SC, self-administered doses of placebo (N=88) or zilucoplan 0.3 mg/kg (N=86). Patient demographics and baseline disease characteristics were generally balanced between treatment arms.6
As a complement C5 inhibitor, zilucoplan is a targeted therapy that inhibits key components in the underlying pathophysiology of gMG, addressing the underlying mechanism of neuromuscular junction damage.8,9
"We are deeply committed to improving outcomes for the gMG community. People who live with gMG suffer unpredictable, fluctuating, and debilitating symptoms, which have a huge impact on their lives. We want to help reduce the day-to-day burden of this challenging disease," said Iris Loew-Friedrich, Executive Vice-President and Chief Medical Officer at UCB. "If approved, zilucoplan has the potential to address the unmet need for people with gMG by providing targeted improvements in signs and symptoms of gMG disease activity and severity. A benefit of targeted treatment is that it may help reduce the adverse events that can be associated with non-specific immunosuppressive treatment of gMG."
UCB anticipates making regulatory filings for zilucoplan in gMG in Great Britain, Japan, and rest of the world from Q3 2022 onwards.
Alongside zilucoplan, UCB is also investigating rozanolixizumab, a SC-administered, humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds, with high affinity, to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), as a potential treatment for gMG. UCB anticipates filing regulatory submissions for rozanolixizumab later this year.10
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Myasthenia gravis is a rare disease impacting more than 700,000 people worldwide.11 People living with gMG can experience a variety of symptoms, including drooping eyelids, double vision, difficulty swallowing, chewing and talking, as well as severe muscular weakness that can result in life threatening weakness of the muscles of respiration.3, 4
gMG is a chronic and unpredictable auto-immune disease in which pathogenic autoantibodies can impair synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) by targeting specific proteins on the post-synaptic membrane. This disrupts the ability of the nerves to stimulate the muscle and results in a weaker contraction.4, 12 gMG can occur in any race, although previous studies have shown that women are more often impacted than men.13,14 Most patients with gMG have pathogenic IgG antibodies that disrupt the transmission of nerve impulses to muscles in the NMJ and some activate the complement cascade.15 Complement-mediated destruction via MAC formation is a key mechanism causing damage at the NMJ and is the key driver of disease in AChR-Ab+ gMG.
The RAISE study (NCT04115293) is a multi-center, Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to confirm the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of zilucoplan in patients with AChR-Ab+ gMG. Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive daily subcutaneous (SC) doses of 0.3 mg/kg zilucoplan or placebo for 12 weeks.
The primary endpoint for the RAISE study is change from baseline to Week 12 in the Myasthenia Gravis-Activities of Daily Living (MG-ADL) score. Secondary endpoints include change in the Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (QMG) score, the Myasthenia Gravis Composite (MGC) and the Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15 revised (MG-QoL15r) score from baseline to Week 12, time to rescue therapy, the proportion with minimal symptom expression (MSE) (defined as MG-ADL of 0 or 1), the proportion with a ≥3-point reduction in MG-ADL and the proportion with a ≥5-point reduction in QMG without rescue therapy, all measured at Week 12. The secondary safety endpoint is incidence of TEAEs. Patients who completed the 12 week RAISE trial had the possibility to enter the open label extension study, RAISE-XT.
For more information about the trial visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04115293.
Zilucoplan is a once-daily SC, self-administered peptide inhibitor of complement component 5 (C5 inhibitor) under clinical development by UCB in gMG. As a C5 inhibitor, zilucoplan inhibits complement-mediated damage to the neuromuscular junction through its targeted dual mechanism of action.9 In 2019, the US FDA granted orphan drug designation to zilucoplan for the treatment of myasthenia gravis.1 Orphan designation was granted in 2022 by the European Commission to zilucoplan for the treatment of myasthenia gravis.2
The safety and efficacy of zilucoplan have not been established and it is not currently approved for use in any indication by any regulatory authority worldwide.
Rozanolixizumab is an SC administered, humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically binds, with high affinity, to human neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn). It has been designed to block the interaction of FcRn and Immunoglobulin G (IgG), accelerating the catabolism of antibodies and reducing the concentration of pathogenic IgG autoantibodies.16,15
Rozanolixizumab is under clinical development with the aim of improving the lives of people with pathogenic IgG-autoantibody-driven autoimmune diseases. In 2019, the US FDA granted orphan drug designation to rozanolixizumab for the treatment of myasthenia gravis.17 Orphan designation was granted in 202018 by the European Commission for rozanolixizumab to the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
The safety and efficacy of rozanolixizumab have not been established and it is not approved for use in any indication by any regulatory authority worldwide.
At UCB, we don't just see patients or population sizes, we see people in need. Through decades of serving the neurology and immunology communities, we have improved lives with impactful medicines and by enhancing the social and emotional well-being of patients. As a continuation of our heritage, we are now expanding our efforts to tackle rare neurological and immunological diseases where current options offer little hope, including investigational treatments for gMG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOG-AD) and autoimmune enteropathy (AIE).
UCB, Brussels, Belgium (www.ucb.com) is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative medicines and solutions to transform the lives of people living with severe diseases of the immune system or of the central nervous system. With more than 7,600 people in approximately 40 countries, UCB generated revenue of €5.3 billion in 2020. UCB is listed on Euronext Brussels (symbol: UCB). Follow us on Twitter: @UCB_news
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1 US Food and Drug Administration https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/opdlisting/oopd/detailedIndex.cfm?cfgridkey=699319. Accessed October 2022
2 Data on file.
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BOSTON (AP) _ Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PRTK) on Wednesday reported a loss of $17.9 million in its first quarter.
The Boston-based company said it had a loss of 35 cents per share.
The pharmaceutical company posted revenue of $24.9 million in the period.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
4-5-8
(four, five, eight)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
4-5-8
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From drought to flooding: NJ ends Labor Day Weekend with ‘too much’ rain
What's Up?
After a hot, dry summer and a mainly gorgeous Labor Day Weekend so far, a pattern shift is going to lead to New Jersey's biggest rain chance in months. Multiple inches of rain is just what "the drought doctor" ordered. However, this deluge could bring too much rain too quickly, raising flash flooding concerns on Tuesday.
A slow-moving cold front will inch toward New Jersey on this Labor Day Monday. That frontal boundary will serve as a highway for a couple pieces of energy, which will eventually drive rain through the entire state. Given the slow forward speed, our moisture-rich air mass, and the likelihood of training (backbuilding) thunderstorms, we have to ring alarm bells for flooding potential.
When?
—Monday daytime... Most of New Jersey stays dry, with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the 80s. The exception will be northern NJ — approximately north of Interstate 78 — where showers will become more and more prominent through the afternoon and evening hours.
—Monday evening... Starting around sunset (7 p.m.), rain will become steadier and more widespread. The southern coast of New Jersey will be the last to get wet, as raindrops may hold off until early Tuesday morning.
—Tuesday morning... The post-holiday-weekend back-to-work commute looks very wet, with ponding (big puddles) possible. (Especially to the north, where it will have been raining for on-and-off for over 12 hours at this point.) Parts of NJ may catch a lull in rainfall through the late morning hours, as we end up "in between" storm systems.
—Tuesday midday through early evening... Rain round two. This one looks less steady (i.e. not raining everywhere at any given time). But rainfall is expected to become quite heavy in pockets, as "juicy" air contributes to downpours. The axis of heaviest rain will likely shift toward central and southern New Jersey at this time.
—Tuesday night... Rain dials back. The flooding threat will subside, although scattered showers and thunderstorms may still contribute to wet roads and low visibility.
—Wednesday... Showers will linger through at least the morning hours along the coast. Some models keep conditions damp and dreary right through Wednesday late afternoon.
How Much?
All of New Jersey is expected to pick up a half-inch to an inch of rainfall. That is not enough to cause problems.
However, it looks like a wide area of the Garden State will see 1 to 3 inches of total rainfall by Wednesday. For some, that's more rain than we've seen in over two months. Plus, much of that storm total will come from 1-2" per hour downpours, contributing to the flash flooding concerns.
The worst-case scenario is even more concerning. Over the last several runs, several forecast models have pumped out a narrow swath of 3 to 6 inch rainfall over New Jersey. That is very concerning. (Again, especially considering the downpour potential.) Clearly enough to inundate storm drains and streets. Possibly enough to swamp cars and basements.
So What?
One saving grace here is our recent drought. Rivers, streams, and creeks are all running low, which means they will take longer to reach flood stage and overflow. Plus, the ground will take a while to become fully saturated. (Although I have heard that dry ground can repel heavy rain and cause ponding and flooding just as easily.)
All things considered, it is likely that someone in New Jersey sees serious flooding over the next 36 to 48 hours. Will it be Ida/Floyd level flooding? No way. But for the reasons I have laid out, this batch of very wet weather will likely go beyond "typical summertime thunderstorm" expectations.
The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for 18 of New Jersey's 21 counties:
—5 p.m. Monday to Noon Tuesday... Northwestern New Jersey... Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Warren counties.
—5 p.m. Monday to 5 p.m. Tuesday... Northeastern New Jersey... Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, and Union counties.
—6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday... Central and Southwestern New Jersey... Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Midlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem counties.
—No Flood Watch at this time... Southeastern New Jersey... Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties.
Note: These thunderstorms present only a flooding threat. Severe weather (wind, hail, tornadoes) is unlikely.
Questions?
You may notice I have given very little geographical detail about where in the Garden State the heaviest totals are likely to fall. That is deliberate — it is unclear whether northern New Jersey (round one) or central New Jersey (round two) or even eastern Pennsylvania has the greatest potential to pick up 3+ inch rainfall. It has to do with the timing and orientation of the juicest air, leading to the strongest thunderstorm cells.
That's why we have such a widespread flood watch by NWS. Although it is not a slam dunk forecast, everyone in New Jersey needs to stay vigilant as the soaking begins.
In addition, I am curious to see how the super-dry antecedent ground condition will play with heavy rain and contribute to flooding. Such a hydrologic concern is a bit beyond the scope of my meteorological expertise and training — I am not a soil scientist.
Finally, it is unclear how long rain will linger into Wednesday. It is clear the flooding threat will be over. But will we see damp and dreary conditions all day? Or clearing skies by lunchtime?
What's Next?
A strong cold front on Wednesday will sweep "the junk" out to sea. And we'll be left with delightful, seasonable September weather for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Our next chance of rain comes into view in the Sunday-Monday time frame.
Be smart and stay safe out there. We'll be with you on-air and online all day Tuesday with your latest news, traffic, and weather updates.
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan will tell their story in a new Netflix docuseries.
The first trailer for "Harry & Meghan" was released on Thursday.
"When the stakes are this high, doesn't it make more sense to hear our story from us?" Meghan states in the trailer.
The trailer features personal photos of the couple. One photo also shows Meghan on a chair crying.
"No one sees what's happening behind closed doors," Harry states.
A picture of Prince William and Kate is also featured in the trailer. The brothers, who once seemingly shared a close relationship, have reportedly drifted apart.
Harry and Megan moved to the United States and left their royal obligations behind in 2020.
Harry has said the move was an effort to protect his family from the British press. He also cited mental health concerns.
In a 2021 interview with Oprah, Harry and Meghan, who is biracial, revealed there were discussions within the palace about the color of their son's skin.
Netflix says the six-episode docuseries will explore "the challenges that led to them feeling forced to step back from their full-time roles in the institution."
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Troubled relations between regional rivals Turkey and Greece worsened Tuesday, with Turkey’s president doubling down on a thinly veiled invasion threat and Athens responding that it’s ready to defend its sovereignty.
Turkey and Greece have decades-old disputes over an array of issues, including territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and disagreements over the airspace there. The friction between the neighbors has brought the NATO allies to the brink of war three times in the last half-century.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could “come all of a sudden one night” in response to perceived Greek threats, suggesting a Turkish attack on its neighbor cannot be ruled out.
Questioned about his earlier use of the phrase over the weekend and the possibility of Turkish military action, Erdogan reiterated the expression.
“What I’m talking about is not a dream,” he said at a news conference in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. “If what I said was that we could come one night all of a sudden (it means) that, when the time comes, we can come suddenly one night.”
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that for days Turkish officials have been making “outrageous comments” against Greece, including Erdogan’s remarks that he said suggested Turkey “could invade” the Greek islands.
“I would advise anybody who dreams of attacks and conquest to consider three or four times,” he said after talks in Athens with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna. “We are in a position to defend our country, our independence and territorial integrity.”
Ankara says Greece is violating international agreements by militarizing islands close to Turkey’s Aegean coastline. It has also accused Greek air defenses of locking on to Turkish fighter jets during NATO exercises over the eastern Mediterranean.
Dendias said Greece needs to defend its eastern Aegean Sea islands — including tourist hotspots Rhodes and Kos, which are much closer to Turkey than to the Greek mainland — against its larger and militarily stronger neighbor.
“The Turkish side maintains that these islands are under Greek occupation,” he said. “Let me point out that opposite the Aegean islands is stationed the biggest landing fleet in Europe and a full Turkish army group,” he said.
He also accused Turkey’s military of repeatedly violating Greek airspace and waters.
“This year there have been 6,100 violations of our airspace, 157 overflights of Greek territory and 1,000 violations of our territorial waters,” he said.
Greece almost daily scrambles fighter aircraft to identify and intercept Turkish military planes and often simulated dogfights break out, which have led to several fatalities in the past decades.
Erdogan was no less adamant. “There are some illegitimate threats against us and if these illegitimate threats continue there’s an end to one’s patience,” he said.
“When the time is due, necessary action will be taken because it is not a good sign to lock on radars to our planes. Such things done by Greece are not a good sign.”
Erdogan has previously said Turkish forces can “come all of a sudden one night” when threatening military action against Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq. Turkey has conducted several military operations against the militants in recent years.
He first used the phrase in connection to Greece at an aerial technology festival on Saturday.
Erdogan faces elections next year, as does Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and increasing rhetoric against Greece would rally his nationalist base amid Turkey’s economic troubles.
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Nicholas Paphitis in Athens, Greece, contributed. | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-turkish-leader-repeats-veiled-threat-to-greece-over-feuds/ | 2022-09-07 13:35:34 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/ap-turkish-leader-repeats-veiled-threat-to-greece-over-feuds/ |
The Kerr Dynasty: Player or coach, Warriors boss just wins
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
BOSTON (AP) — He hit a championship-winning shot with Michael Jordan. He calls the shots for Stephen Curry.
From clutch to coach, Steve Kerr has done it all for some of basketball’s biggest winners. Any team that can claim to be a dynasty across the last 30 years of the NBA has some link to Golden State’s coach.
Now back in Boston, the winning Warrior is a victory away from a ninth NBA championship. It used to be that to win that much, you had to be a Celtic.
Kerr just has to beat them.
If the Warriors win Game 6 on Thursday night, forget about another banner being hung in Boston. Instead, Kerr will be celebrating underneath them.
If so, he will credit Curry and Klay Thompson, just as he did as a player with Jordan and Scottie Pippen, or Tim Duncan and David Robinson, when trying to explain his success.
“Just hanging around the right people,” he said with a smile. “You hang around superstars long enough, you’re going to get some residual success falling your way.”
There’s more to it than that, of course. Talent may take a team to the top, but staying there — and then getting back again after being knocked down — demands more than that. It requires understanding the personnel on the court and the personalities in the locker room.
It means thinking the game as well as playing it, and Kerr does that with the best of them.
“The man’s knowledge for the game is second to none,” Thompson said.
Kerr hasn’t won quite like Bill Russell, the Celtics Hall of Fame center who pocketed 11 rings as a player. Nor as much as Phil Jackson, who won 11 of his own as a coach.
Yet, when it comes to combining winning as a player and a coach, few have done it better than Kerr.
He won five titles in uniform with Chicago and San Antonio. Add in three as Golden State’s boss on the bench, and he is the first person in NBA history to win at least three championships as a player and a coach.
Throw in a couple stints as an analyst for TNT around his time as general manager of the Phoenix Suns, and Kerr has seen NBA basketball from almost every angle.
“I mean, Steve has had such an incredible, unique career, from player to coach, GM. He just knows how to jell talent together,” Thompson said. “Then he draws from his playing days, which is really cool to hear and talk about, playing with Mike and Scottie, the Twin Towers in San Antonio.”
Kerr wasn’t a player like those Hall of Fame talents. A second-round pick in the 1988 draft, he started only 30 games in his career. He never averaged double figures in any of his 15 seasons, sticking around that long by being a good teammate and a better shooter.
Most players aren’t superstars, and because he wasn’t, Kerr makes it a point of reaching out to players like himself.
Celtics guard Derrick White remembers Kerr helping make him comfortable when he was promoted to the U.S. roster for the 2019 Basketball World Cup after originally only being a player on the team practicing against the Americans.
“Any time I needed a question or anything during that whole USA experience, he was there for me,” White said.
Said Kerr: “I definitely identify with role players more than I can identify with a star player, just because I have the experience of coming off the bench and trying to figure out a role and all that stuff.”
Being a role player doesn’t mean Kerr didn’t have a big role.
Curry may be considered the greatest outside shooter ever, but it’s Kerr whose 45.4% career mark from 3-point range is tops in NBA history. He knocked down the jumper to secure the Bulls’ 1997 championship, joking during the victory celebration in Chicago that he stepped up to take the shot because Jordan didn’t feel comfortable doing so.
The confidence Kerr showed on the floor then is the same he demonstrates in the huddle now, a resolve that Draymond Green says makes the Warriors feel “invincible.”
“There are times where we get a little rattled as a team and he’s just right there, steady force, like ‘Hey, man, just calm down, settle down,’” Kerr said.
No surprise. He’s the same guy who once got in a fistfight with Jordan at practice.
These Warriors needed that steadiness more than during their run of three titles in four years from 2015-18. With Thompson still recovering from injuries well into the season and then Curry and Green going down after he returned, Golden State was hardly at full strength before the playoffs and certainly not the powerhouse of recent years.
“We’ve had to figure some things out on the fly,” their coach said.
Teams with Kerr usually do.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa — A 34-year-old Atlanta man convicted in the slaying of a 20-year-old woman has filed an appeal with the Iowa Supreme Court, court records say.
Justin Wright was found guilty of first-degree murder in Scott County Court for the death of 20-year-old Wilanna Bibbs. He was sentenced to life without parole.
Wright entered his appeal on Wednesday.
The incident
On May 9, 2021, police investigated a homicide in the 1500 block of Calvin Street, Davenport.
Police responded to the area shortly before 1:30 p.m. for a disturbance and found a gunshot victim, Wilanna S. Bibbs, 20, of Durham, N.C.
Davenport Fire and Medic responded and pronounced her deceased.
The house was surrounded by crime-scene tape. Officers, including a crime-scene technician, searched vehicles in a driveway and an attached garage while others took photos inside the house, where the investigation had been ongoing for several hours.
According to Hiphopdx, Bibbs was Wright’s girlfriend. Wright, who also was known as J Wright, founded Camp Entertainment Worldwide, which worked with musicians such as Bow Wow, Timbaland, and Kash Doll. | https://who13.com/news/atlanta-music-entrepreneur-convicted-of-girlfriends-iowa-murder-files-appeal/ | 2023-06-20 11:22:21 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/atlanta-music-entrepreneur-convicted-of-girlfriends-iowa-murder-files-appeal/ |
By LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad Johnson, who jumped from rodeo cowboy to portraying the Marlboro Man in cigarette spots and film and TV roles including Steven Spielberg’s “Always” and “Melrose Place,” has died. He was 62.
Johnson died Feb. 18 in Fort Worth, Texas, of complications from COVID-19, his agent, Linda McAlister, said Saturday.
Johnson played opposite Holly Hunter in 1989’s “Always,” a remake of a 1943 film (“A Guy Named Joe”) about firefighting pilots. He played a pilot again in the 2000 religious apocalyptic thriller “Left Behind,” starring Kirk Cameron, and was in its two sequels.
He worked regularly on TV, including in the recurring role of Dr. Dominick O’Malley in “Melrose Place”; “Rough Riders,” “Soldier of Fortune, Inc.” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.”
Johnson was born in October 1959 to parents Grove, a horse trainer, and Virginia, in Tucson, Arizona. After competing in rodeos as a youth, he began his professional rodeo career in 1984 and was discovered by a movie scout, according to a family biography.
His work as an actor and as a Marlboro Man — one of a succession used by the brand — brought Johnson and his wife, Laurie, to California. They eventually moved their family to a ranch in New Mexico and the Colorado mountains before settling in north Texas. He sold ranchland real estate there.
“As much as he loved cowboying and the outdoors, Brad loved nothing more than his family. He put them before himself in every way and they know that they could not have been blessed with a better husband and father,” his family said in a statement.
“Although he was taken too early, he lived life to the fullest,” they said.
Johnson’s survivors include his wife of 35 years, Laurie, as well as their children Shane, Bellamy, Rachel, Eliana, Eden, Rebekah, Annabeth and William, and Johnson’s stepmother, Teresa Johnson.
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BELDEN, Miss (AP) — A Mississippi man said his pet cat helped prevent a robbery at his home, and he credits the calico with possibly saving his life.
Bandit, a 20-pound cat, lives with her retired owner Fred Everitt in the Tupelo suburb of Belden. When at least two people tried to break into their shared home last week, the cat did everything she could to alert Everitt of the danger, he told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
“You hear of guard dogs,” said Everitt, 68. “This is a guard cat.”
The attempted robbery occurred sometime between 2:30 and 3 a.m. on July 25, Everitt said. He was first awoken by Bandit’s meows in the kitchen. Then, she raced into the bedroom, jumped onto the bed and began pulling the comforter off of him and clawing at his arms. Everitt knew something was wrong.
“She had never done that before,” Everitt said. “I went, ‘What in the world is wrong with you?’”
Everitt got up to investigate and saw two young men outside his back door. One had a handgun, and the other was using a crowbar to try and pry the door open, he said.
Everitt said by the time he retrieved a handgun and returned to the kitchen, the would-be intruders had already fled. Everitt told the newspaper that he did not call the police.
He said the situation could have been different without Bandit.
“It did not turn into a confrontational situation, thank goodness,” Everitt said. “But I think it’s only because of the cat.”
Everitt adopted Bandit from the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society four years ago. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/guard-cat-thwarts-would-be-robbery-owner-says/ | 2022-08-03 12:15:01 | 0 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national-news/guard-cat-thwarts-would-be-robbery-owner-says/ |
WFO MEDFORD Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, July 31, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
855 PM PDT Sun Jul 31 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot daily high temperatures between 100 and
115 degrees Fahrenheit for the valleys, 90 to 100 degrees at
mid elevations, and 80 to 90 degrees in the mountains.
Overnight lows will also be much warmer than normal, mostly in
the mid 60s to mid 70s.
* WHERE...In California, Western Siskiyou County, Central
Siskiyou County, South Central Siskiyou County and North
Central and Southeast Siskiyou County. In Oregon, Eastern
Curry County and Josephine County and Jackson County.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential
for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or
participating in outdoor activities.
* View the hazard area in detail at
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot daily high temperatures between 90 and
100 degrees Fahrenheit for the valleys and 85 to 105 degrees
for mid elevations up to 6000 feet. Overnight lows will also
be warmer than normal, mainly in the 60s.
* WHERE...In California, Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc
Counties and Modoc County. In Oregon, Central and Eastern Lake
County and Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western
Lake County.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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(The Hill) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that federally protected abortion rights.
The decision announced by a majority of conservative justices to fundamentally reshape American society is certain to ignite a political firestorm.
Read the ruling below. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/read-the-supreme-court-ruling-overturning-roe-v-wade/ | 2022-06-24 16:13:41 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/read-the-supreme-court-ruling-overturning-roe-v-wade/ |
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire, including a used vehicle price forecast, RecNation's new RV platform, and more.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the auto and transportation industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
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.
- Manheim Forecast: Used-Vehicle Values Expected to Normalize in 2023 After Record Volatility
Cox Automotive Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke said, "These last three years have been extremely volatile for the market, and these declines follow record increases. In December 2021, we were up 47% year over year. The pre-pandemic levels will likely never return, but all indicators point to reaching equilibrium in the second half of 2023." - EV Chargers: How many do we need?
Even when home-charging is taken into account, to properly match forecasted sales demand, the United States will need to see the number of EV chargers quadruple between 2022 and 2025, and grow more than eight-fold by 2030, according to S&P Global Mobility forecasts. - Harley-Davidson Announces Plans for a Community Park to Benefit its Employees and the Milwaukee Community
Internationally acclaimed designers, Heatherwick Studio, have been commissioned to conceive an original design that will transform the concrete site into a civic and soulful green gathering space that can be used by everyone, including employees and the local community. - Amtrak USA Rail Pass Now on Sale for $299
With the USA Rail Pass, customers can see the country and explore sights at more than 500 destinations using up to 10 travel segments over a 30-day period for less than $30 per ride. - 45 States Will See Car Insurance Costs Increase in 2023
The days of pandemic premium decreases and reimbursements are long gone as drivers have returned to the roads. Divya Sangameshwar, insurance expert at ValuePenguin.com, says, "After two years of keeping rates low for drivers, car insurance companies are raising rates in 2023 due to an increase in car repair costs and claims." - Ritchie Bros. acquires controlling stake in VeriTread, a leading transportation technology company
Jeff Cox, Founder, President & CEO of VeriTread, said, "Together we are focused on delivering an extraordinary customer experience, with trustworthy and reliable transportation for heavy equipment, vehicles, and other industrial assets. We are nimble, flexible, and can't wait to get started!" - LCI Signs Agreement with Elroy Air for a Committed Order of up to 40 Chaparral VTOL Aircraft
The Chaparral is the first end-to-end autonomous VTOL cargo delivery system. It is designed for aerial transport of up to 500 lbs (225 kgs) of goods over a 300 nautical mile range. This is enabled initially by a turbine-based hybrid-electric powertrain with distributed electrical propulsion, and specially designed aerodynamic modular cargo pods. - RecNation Launches RecNation Rental, a White-Glove, Peer-to-Peer Rental Platform for RV Owners
In conjunction with the launch, RecNation Rental today announced partnerships with leading rental platforms Outdoorsy and RVshare to host and promote RecNation Rental listings, allowing RecNation customers to reach a broad audience of adventure seekers. - RCA Launch of E-City Line of E-Bikes and E-Scooters at CES 2023 Marks Iconic Brand's Foray Into Electric Transportation Space The RCA line of e-bikes and e-scooters will be available at select retail locations beginning late Q2 or early Q3 2023. RCA e-bikes and e-scooters will be a good compromise between high-level features, high-level quality, and affordable prices.
- Car Subscription Study Suggests Service Has Mainstream Appeal Key themes from the study include: how car subscriptions are paths to EV ownership and sales; how car subscriptions are an e-commerce gateway for the retail auto industry; and, the consumer appeal of car subscriptions among first-time car shoppers.
- GreenPower Launches Round 3 of All-Electric School Bus Pilot Project in Four New School Districts in West Virginia
The preliminary data and results from rounds 1 and 2 of the pilot project show that the GreenPower BEAST and Nano BEAST are performing as expected with an overall performance rating of excellent and a battery consumption ranging from 1.1 to 1.5 miles per each percent of State of Charge.
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Company Recognized as One of the Top 500 Companies with the Highest Compound Annual Revenue Growth Between 2018 and 2021
BALTIMORE, April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Medifast (NYSE: MED), the global company behind one of the fastest-growing health and wellness communities, OPTAVIA®, today announced that it has been ranked by Financial Times as one of The Americas' Fastest Growing Companies based on compound annual growth in revenues from 2018 to 2021.
"Medifast has been a leader in the health and wellness industry for more than 40 years, during which time our simple yet comprehensive approach has resonated with more than two million people," said Dan Chard, Chairman and CEO of Medifast. "Over the years, we have evolved how we support people on their health journeys – now through our integrated Coach model – while remaining rooted in our strong scientific and clinical heritage. I am excited by the opportunities ahead as we continue to look to evolve our offerings and expand into new frontiers to help even more people transform their lives."
Medifast grew revenue from $274.5 million in 2016 to $1.6 billion in 2022. Thousands of public companies across 20 countries were examined to determine the top 500 companies in the Americas that have achieved the highest compound annual growth in revenues between 2018 and 2021. The data was collected through candidate applications as well as desk research of official sources, including publicly available earnings presentations, investor relations, websites and annual reports.
The company's growth is fueled by its OPTAVIA program, a solution for those looking for a holistic lifestyle change. OPTAVIA offers a proprietary healthy habit system, clinically proven plans and scientifically developed products all backed by the support of an independent Coach and Community of thousands of others on similar journeys.
About Medifast:
Medifast (NYSE: MED) is the global company behind one of the fastest-growing health and wellness communities, OPTAVIA®, which offers scientifically developed products, clinically proven plans and the support of independent OPTAVIA Coaches and a Community to help Customers achieve Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a Time®. As the publicly traded market leader by revenue in the U.S. $7 billion weight management industry, the company has impacted more than 2 million lives through its Community of OPTAVIA Coaches, who teach Customers how to develop holistic healthy habits through the proprietary Habits of Health® Transformational System. Medifast was recognized in 2022 as one of America's Best Mid-Sized Companies by Forbes, in 2020 and 2021 as one of FORTUNE's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies and was named to Forbes' 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America list in 2017. For more information, visit MedifastInc.com or OPTAVIA.com and follow @Medifast on Twitter.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 23,000 corporate board members, today announced finalists for the 2022 NACD Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awards. The awards recognize boards that have improved their governance and created long-term value for stakeholders by implementing forward-thinking diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) practices.
Awards will be given to five organizations, one in each of the award categories: (1) Public Company—Large Cap, (2) Public Company—Mid Cap, (3) Public Company—Small Cap, (4) Privately Owned Company, and (5) Nonprofit Organization.
Winners will be announced at the NACD DE&I Awards Gala at Gotham Hall in New York City on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
Boards of the following companies have been recognized as finalists for NACD DE&I Award recognition:
"This year's nominees are driving change in the boardroom, throughout their organization, and in the communities in which they operate," said NACD president and CEO Peter Gleason.
Finalists will be evaluated by an independent, external selection committee of leading corporate directors who have diverse skills, experiences, and insights. Winning boards will be assessed based on how the board's composition, culture, and practices align with the company's DE&I objectives; how the DE&I approaches impact the organization and external stakeholders; and how the company's DE&I initiatives have driven innovation.
Visit the NACD DE&I Awards website to learn more about the gala and sponsorship opportunities.
For more information on NACD's commitment to the advancement of DE&I at the board level, and for further insights, trends, and perspectives on this issue, please visit the NACD Center for Inclusive Governance™ and the NACD Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Resource Center.
About NACD
The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) is the premier membership organization for board directors who want to expand their knowledge, grow their network, and maximize their potential.
As the unmatched authority in corporate governance, NACD sets the standards of excellence through its research and community-driven director education, programming, and publications. Directors trust NACD to arm them with the relevant insights to make high-quality decisions on the most pressing and strategic issues facing their businesses today.
NACD also prepares leaders to meet tomorrow's biggest challenges. The NACD Directorship Certification® is the leading director credential in the United States. It sets a new standard for director education, positions directors to meet boardroom challenges, and includes an ongoing education requirement that prepares directors for what is next.
With an ever-expanding community of more than 23,000 members and a nationwide chapter network, our impact is both local and global. NACD members are driven by a common purpose: to be trusted catalysts of economic opportunity and positive change—in business and in the communities we serve.
To learn more about NACD, visit www.nacdonline.org.
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Global Leader in Web-Based Clinical Decision Support to Bring Assistive Tools to Enhance Provider Training and Knowledge, Support Medical Decision-Making and Improved Outcomes for All Skin Tones
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- VisualDx®, an award-winning, web-based clinical decision support system, has announced a partnership with Vaseline® to improve health equity by enhancing provider education on skin of color. This announcement comes on the heels of the organizations' collaboration last year to create See My Skin, the only database designed to search for conditions on skin of color and offer a tool to connect patients with providers who understand their skin care needs. Vaseline® will broaden access to the VisualDx platform to empower clinicians to best identify, diagnose, and treat conditions for all patients regardless of skin tone.
Through the collaboration, Vaseline® will grant providers the ability to leverage an all-in-one educational experience through VisualDx with an additional offering of comprehensive resources to bolster their education around how skin conditions appear on melanin-rich skin, as well as enhanced clinical decision-making, patient experience, and health outcomes. Vaseline® and VisualDx recently hosted an educational webinar that explored the complexities of skin of color diagnosis and how emerging technologies like VisualDx are playing a key role in filling knowledge gaps and addressing inequities. The webinar is now part of an enduring educational offering to train healthcare professionals, with hopes to reach thousands of providers by year's end. Vaseline and VisualDx will offer up to 500 frontline clinicians access to the VisualDx platform and its world-class image library.
"As a global brand focused on healing skin, Vaseline® has long focused on ensuring people of all skin tones can achieve healthy skin. After successfully launching See My Skin last year to offer people a trusted resource with images of skin conditions on melanin-rich skin, we knew this was just the beginning of more joint efforts together," said Cara Sabin, President, Beauty & Wellbeing at Unilever. "We are excited to embark on this new project with VisualDx and further clinician knowledge of treating skin of color."
This is the latest phase of VisualDx's work with Vaseline®, building on last year's launch of See My Skin, the only online database designed to search conditions on melanin-rich skin and offer a tool to connect people with the proper care they deserve. See My Skin is fueled by VisualDx's API and image database of skin conditions on skin of color, which is one of the most diverse collections in the world. It was designed to help patients of color feel seen and represented, as well as support their optimal health and wellness.
"VisualDx was founded with a mission to reduce bias and disparities in medical knowledge by improving diagnosis in skin of color around the globe, and our recent work with Vaseline® has perfectly aligned with this goal," said Art Papier, MD, co-founder and CEO of VisualDx. "We are proud to further our work with this renowned skincare brand and combine forces to continue pushing the envelope on improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in medical education, training, and practice itself."
For updates on the partnership, visit www.visualdx.com/vaseline.
About Unilever North America
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Personal Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream products, with 400 brands around the world, sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. Worldwide, we have 148,000 employees and generated sales of €60.1 billion in 2022. Our leading brands in North America include Dove, Knorr, Hellmann's, Magnum, Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Degree, Seventh Generation, TRESemmé, and Vaseline.
Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business and to demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance. We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business.
The Unilever Compass, our sustainable business strategy, is set out to help us deliver superior performance and drive sustainable and responsible growth, while:
- improving the health of the planet;
- improving people's health, confidence and wellbeing;
- and contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit: www.unileverusa.com
For more information on Unilever Canada and its brands visit: www.unilever.ca
About VisualDx
VisualDx is a company dedicated to improving medical decisions through augmented thinking and timely visualization. It is committed to reducing disparities in medicine and believes technology can bridge gaps in knowledge to bring about more equitable care. The professional product, VisualDx, is the award-winning diagnostic clinical decision support system that has become the standard professional resource at more than 2,300 hospitals worldwide and over half the U.S. medical schools. VisualDx, along with its consumer tool Aysa, combines problem oriented clinical search with the world's best curated medical image library, plus medical knowledge from experts and sophisticated machine learning algorithms to help with differential diagnosis, variation, treatment, and patient communication. Their mission is to improve healthcare decision making and reduce diagnostic errors. Learn more at www.visualdx.com.
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PARK RIDGE, Ill. — The family of a Park Ridge teenager is suing the city and a Chicago police sergeant over an incident last summer.
A Cook County Circuit Court judge cleared Michael Vitellaro of all charges in relation to a 2022 incident where he pinned a teenager to the ground in front of a Starbucks in Park Ridge.
Vitellaro accused the boy of stealing his son’s bicycle.
Nicole and Angel Nieves on Facebook shared the video of Vitellaro kneeling on the back of her 14-year-old son, Josh, as the teen’s friends yelled at the officer to get off on June 1, 2022. Nieves, who believed the act by Vitellaro was racially motivated, said her son had his bike with him.
Now the Nieves family is filing a civil lawsuit.
“We firmly believe that the outcome of the criminal trial was wrong. Period. So we press on and we will fiercely fight for justice and accountability, which we have every right to do,” Angel Nieves said.
Attorney Antonio Romanucci said Vitellaro never identified himself as a police officer and put the teen in an arm lock, deploying “jungle, predatorial, ambush, Chicago police tactics.”
Vitellaro, a 22-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, remains on a leave of absence from CPD amid a Civilian Office of Police Accountability investigation. He was an off-duty Chicago police officer at the time of the incident. | https://wgntv.com/news/park-ridge/family-of-teen-pinned-to-ground-by-cpd-officer-in-park-ridge-files-lawsuit/ | 2023-06-28 02:16:05 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/park-ridge/family-of-teen-pinned-to-ground-by-cpd-officer-in-park-ridge-files-lawsuit/ |
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches West Tennessee
Sunday Afternoon Forecast Update
You may have noticed that it looks hazy outside, this is due to Canadian wildfire smoke! Hazy skies will stick around this evening and tomorrow. Smoke should start to clear out on Tuesday.
TONIGHT:
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 69. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.
TOMORROW:
Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Light west wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
7 DAY FORECAST:
Mostly sunny conditions will continue throughout week, with chances for thunderstorms increasing towards the weekend. Wednesday is expected to be hot and humid as temps will reach high 90s; some counties may even see triple digits!
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CAMBRIDGE, England, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced that its IPO has been recognized as one of twelve 'Outstanding Equity Capital Markets Deals of 2021' at GlobalCapital's Equity Capital Markets (ECM) Awards.
GlobalCapital's ECM Awards are the only dedicated awards for equity capital markets activity in EMEA. The awards "commend excellence in the market", applauding transactions which stood out for "success, innovation, or importance", and are chosen through a poll of investment banks active in equity capital markets conducted in early 2022.
"We are honored that our Initial Public Offering has been recognized by GlobalCapital," said Catherine Graham, Chief Financial Officer at Darktrace. "One year on from listing and we are incredibly proud to have delivered a strong financial and operating performance, along with raising guidance for revenue, earnings and other metrics several times. Crucially, we have further invested in R&D, strengthening our ability to develop the world class technologies needed to address today's complex cyber challenge."
About Darktrace
Darktrace (DARK:L), a global leader in cyber security AI, delivers world-class technology that protects over 6,800 customers worldwide from advanced threats, including ransomware and cloud and SaaS attacks. Darktrace's fundamentally different approach applies Self-Learning AI to enable machines to understand the business in order to autonomously defend it. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the Group has more than 2,000 employees worldwide. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine's 'Most Influential Companies' for 2021.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico is off the hook, at least for now, from paying a Missouri woman $5.2 million because she said she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in the car of a man who is insured by the company.
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously to overturn a lower court's ruling that favored paying the woman. Instead, the state Supreme Court judges said Maryland-based Geico should have had a chance to weigh in sooner and sent the case back to the lower court for further deliberation.
According to court documents, the woman, identified as M.O., and a man, who were in a relationship, had sex in the man’s car. She contends she contracted HPV, human papillomavirus, because the man did not tell her he had the disease. HPV can cause cervical cancer, certain other cancers and genital warts.
In February 2021, M.O. notified Geico she planned to seek a $1 million insurance settlement against the man. She argued the man’s auto insurance provided coverage for her injuries and losses.
The insurance company refused the settlement, saying the woman’s claim did not occur because of normal use of the vehicle, according to court documents.
An arbitrator eventually determined she should be awarded $5.2 million for damages and her injuries. Geico sought to intervene in the case but was denied by an appeals court. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/judges-vacate-5m-geico-payout-to-woman-who-got-hpv-in-car/KB54NRWSKFCJVLCYIFIC6EABG4/ | 2023-01-10 23:27:00 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/judges-vacate-5m-geico-payout-to-woman-who-got-hpv-in-car/KB54NRWSKFCJVLCYIFIC6EABG4/ |
SEATTLE, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Structural steel is complete on the new Behavioral Health Teaching Facility at the University of Washington Medical Center-Northwest campus in Seattle. Representatives from Clark|Abbott, the joint venture team leading design and construction efforts on the project, joined University of Washington Medical Center officials, and trade partners for a topping out ceremony to celebrate this critical milestone.
Designed by SRG Partnership, the new six-story Behavioral Health Teaching Facility will include 150 patient beds, and more than 184,000 square feet of clinical and administrative space. The project will feature 75 long-term civil commitment beds, 25 geropsychiatric beds, and 50 licensed med-surgery beds with the capacity to treat patients with psychiatric diagnoses and/or substance use disorders. The facility also will include a 24/7 telehealth consultation program, a procedural area for electroconvulsive therapy, and neuromodulation to support patients' commitment to community-based living and healthcare, as well as space to conduct comprehensive workforce training and development for behavioral health and general healthcare providers.
Since breaking ground in October 2021, the Clark|Abbott team has erected 1,752 tons of steel to bring the project to full height. With structural steel operations complete, construction crews will shift their focus to fireproofing, adding concrete to metal decks, and enclosure.
The Clark|Abbott joint venture is comprised of general contractors Clark Construction Group and Abbott Construction LLC. The integrated project delivery team also includes architect SRG Partnership and additional project partners KPFF Consulting Engineers, Thornton Tomasetti, Ricca Design Studios, OJB Landscape Architecture, Mazzetti, PAE Engineers, McKinstry, VECA Electric, Schuff Steel, Performance Contracting Inc., and Queen City.
Substantial completion is slated for Winter 2024.
For more than a century, Clark Construction Group has been transforming the ideas and visions of its clients into world-class projects that make the United States a stronger, safer place. As one of the nation's largest asset creators, Clark has offices strategically located across the country to serve the needs of its clients. For more information, visit www.clarkconstruction.com.
Since 1983, Abbott Construction has been empowering clients with a construction experience unlike any other—one that's personal, powerful, abundantly clear, and financially rewarding. No matter where a client may be in their construction journey—Abbott can provide innovative solutions to guide a project towards success.
As a West Coast partner for STO Building Group, a family of 13 companies with offices throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, Abbott has the resources and expertise to provide their clients a complete range of services—site selection analysis, preconstruction, design constructability review and more—for new building construction, occupied tenant improvements, and major building infrastructure upgrades and modernization.
Abbott Construction is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with offices in Tacoma, Washington, and Los Angeles, California. For more information, visit www.abbottconstruction.com.
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WASHINGTON — The nation's new 988 hotline, intended to help anyone experiencing a mental health emergency, has been out of service for several hours Thursday.
Those trying to reach the line for help with suicide, depression or other mental health crises are greeted with a message that says the line is “experiencing a service outage.”
People can still reach a mental health counselor through the lifeline by texting “988” or opening a chat at 988lifeline.org.
The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversaw the launch of the three-digit lifeline earlier this year, is in communication with the contractor that supports the line, HHS spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said in a tweet Thursday.
“We’ve taken immediate action to ensure alternative 988 channels are available to the public,” Lovenheim tweeted. The outage had been ongoing for several hours Thursday, she said.
Veterans who are looking to reach the helpline can call the Veterans Crisis Line directly at 877-267-6030. The outage is also affecting the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Disaster Distress Helpline.
The 988 helpline, which launched this past July, is a national helpline staffed with mental health counselors around the country. The new three-digit phone number is designed to be as easy to remember as the emergency line, 911.
Intrado, the telecommunications provider for the service, could not immediately be reached for comment. In a statement on its website, the company said it is “experiencing an incident that is impacting production across numerous systems" and is “working diligently to restore service.” | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/988-mental-health-hotline-outage/507-93005168-b491-4c35-ab18-93daa619e427 | 2022-12-01 23:16:28 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/988-mental-health-hotline-outage/507-93005168-b491-4c35-ab18-93daa619e427 |
A roundup of summer 2022 university and college graduates, near and far Aug 31, 2022 43 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The University of Alabama, Lindsey Mann of Summerfield, B.S. in commerce & business administration; Thomas Reich of Greensboro, B.S. in commerce & business administration 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story University and college graduates, summer 2022 Watch Now: Related Video Quitting booze for one month could drastically improve your life Expert advice for dealing with chronic hip pain Expert advice for dealing with chronic hip pain Not drying hands properly 'almost as bad' as not washing them at all Not drying hands properly 'almost as bad' as not washing them at all Does a lighter interior keep your car cooler? Does a lighter interior keep your car cooler? | https://greensboro.com/lifestyles/a-roundup-of-summer-2022-university-and-college-graduates-near-and-far/article_4ee6ba3c-2943-11ed-9057-a7c71966ec25.html | 2022-08-31 16:28:51 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/lifestyles/a-roundup-of-summer-2022-university-and-college-graduates-near-and-far/article_4ee6ba3c-2943-11ed-9057-a7c71966ec25.html |
The Newest TVS Components Double ProTek Devices' 2022 Circuit Protection Offerings for Military / Aerospace and Industrial Application Circuit Protection for Transients Like High Voltage Spikes and More
TEMPE, Ariz., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ProTek Devices has added circuit protection devices to its family of high-powered surface mount transient voltage suppression components that provide circuit protection in numerous military / aerospace and industrial applications. These applications include relay drives, motor start-and-stop electromagnetic field protection, module lightning protection, and secondary lightning protection in AC/DC applications.
The new addition is the SM15KWExxA/CA series. Together with the SM30KWExxA/CA series introduced in March, the family of TVS components provide broad circuit protection for across military / aerospace and industrial applications. Both families of products are now currently sampling. The SM15KWExxA/CA series consists of around a dozen devices with rated stand-off voltages from 15.0 to 78.0 volts. The SM30KWExxA/CA series of TVS components also have around a dozen device options with rated stand-off voltages from 16.0 to 78.0 volts.
The parts all boast compliance with the standard for environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne equipment, RTCA DO-160G. Specifically, they meet section 22 for lightning induced transient susceptibility. The test methods and procedures help verify the capability of equipment to withstand a selection of transients defined in the section, intended to represent induced effects of lightning.
In addition, the newest SM15KWExxA/CA series is compatible with IEC standards 61000-4-2 (ESD): air plus or minus 15kV, contact plus or minus 8kV; with 61000-4-4 (EFT): 40A, 5/50 ns; and with 61000-4-5 (surge): 60kW, 8/20 microseconds. It provides 15 kilowatts peak pulse power per line (typical = 10/1000 microseconds). It also boasts unidirectional and bidirectional configurations while also allowing for easy mounting to a printed circuit board. Finally, the SM15KWExxA/CA series is RoHS and REACH compliant.
The SM30KWExxA/CA series features waveforms (pin injection) three and four - level five; and waveform 5A - level four. Other features include a low clamping voltage and 30 kilowatts peak pulse power per line (typical = 10/1000 microseconds). In addition, they provide engineers with the ability for unidirectional and bidirectional configurations and easy mounting on printed circuit boards. These parts are all also RoHS and REACH compliant.
Mechanical Details and Availability Information
The SM15KWExxA/CA is delivered in a DFN-2-KW molded surface mount package with an approximate weight of just 2.5 grams. Other mechanical characteristics include lead-free pure-tin plating and a solder reflow temperature of (pure-tin - Sn, 100) 260-270 degrees Celsius. It has a flammability rating of UL 94V-0. A data sheet is available.
ProTek Devices' SM30KWExxA/CA series of TVS components have an approximate weight of just 1.2 grams. The component comes in a molded surface mount package. Other mechanical and packaging characteristics include operating and storage temperatures of -55 to 150 degrees Celsius. Packaging is lead-free 100 percent tin plating. The components perform with a solder reflow temperature of 260 degrees Celsius, 10 seconds. Finally, the series also has a flammability rating of UL 94V-0. A data sheet is also available.
Both families of TVS components are available on 24mm tape and reel, per EIA standard 481, in minimum quantities of 1,000. Pricing information and purchasing details can be obtained by contacting any authorized worldwide distributor, representative, or directly with ProTek Devices. These sales resources are available throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and more. Full contact information for all regions can be found at the company website.
ProTek Devices' circuit protection components include transient voltage suppressors, TVS diodes, steering diode TVS arrays, and other modules and components. They are used worldwide in numerous applications to guard against various electric transient surges and high voltage spikes that can damage electronics investments. This includes in aerospace subsystems, automotive subsystems, computing interfaces, consumer electronics, industrial and instrumentation equipment, medical devices, military subsystems, and in networking and communications equipment.
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In business nearly 30 years, ProTek Devices™ is a privately held semiconductor company. It offers a comprehensive product line of circuit protection devices. Its transient voltage suppressors (TVS array), steering diode TVS arrays, component modules, and more are widely used worldwide. Household brands and many other companies use them to deliver enhanced safety and to protect investments they make in electronics designs, across industrial to consumer products. Circuit protection is provided against lightning; electrostatic discharge (ESD); electrical fast transients (EFT), nuclear electromagnetic pulses (NEMP); inductive switching; electromagnetic interference / radio frequency interference (EMI / RFI), and more. ProTek Devices is based in Tempe, Ariz. Sales distributors and representatives are available across the US, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and more. Additional information is available at http://www.protekdevices.com.
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Photography News: Sigma has introduced the 60-600mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports Lens for E and L-mount mirrorless format cameras
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- B&H is pleased to announce the herculean Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports Lens.
Compatible with full-frame E-mount and L-Mount cameras, it is the first interchangeable lens to bring 10x magnification to the mirrorless form factor. Like its popular DSLR predecessor, the new sports and wildlife photographers looking for an all-in-one super telephoto lens.
To achieve such impressive reach, the 60-600mm relies on a complex optical design consisting of 27 elements arranged in 19 groups. This includes two F Low Dispersion (FLD) and three Super Low Dispersion (SLD) elements to temper color fringing, aberrations, and other distortions. A Super Multi-Layer Coating has also been applied to combat flare and ghosting. For close-ups, it has a maximum magnification ratio of 1:2.4 at 200mm.
Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 DG DN OS Sports Lens
Key Features
- Full Frame | f/4.5-6.3 to f/22-32
- Standard to Ultra-Telephoto Zoom
- HLA Linear Focusing Motor
- Dual Action Zoom System
- OS Image Stabilization
- SLD and FLD Glass Elements
- Brass Bayonet Mount and Arca-Type Foot
- Rounded 9-Blade Diaphragm
Stabilization and autofocusing are arguably as important as optics for a lens of this magnitude. Sigma has revamped both features for the 60-600mm. A brand-new optical stabilization algorithm (OS2) provides 6-7 stops of stability, depending on the focal length being used, so sharp image capture is possible handheld. Additionally, a newly developed High-response Linear Actuator (HLA) motor delivers fast and quiet AF capable of keeping pace with quick-moving subjects. A focus limiter switch on the side of the lens barrel helps speed up subject recognition whether using AF or manual focusing. Further streamlining capture, Dual Action Zoom allows rotary and straight zooming actions. On-lens control also includes three customizable AFL buttons, an AF/MF switch, zoom lock switch, and OS switch.
Like its earlier iteration, the 60-600mm is dust and splash resistant so you can use it outdoors with confidence. A water- and oil-repellent coating on its front element further ensures image quality in the face of less than ideal environmental conditions. A tripod collar with a swappable Arca Swiss socket is included for easy mounting and if you somehow need even more reach, the L-Mount model is compatible with Sigma's 1.4x and 2x teleconverters.
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Hoops fans can now start filling out those March Madness brackets. The Men and Women's Division I tournaments have revealed which teams have earned a berth in the 68-team tournament so fans can begin wrestling with profound questions, like could Furman really beat Virginia in the first round? NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman is here with us with the answers, maybe, Tom?
TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: The answer is yes, but let's move on.
PFEIFFER: All right. So as you know, college basketball fans cherish this time of year. But for fans of Alabama, the celebration might be subdued, even though it has one of the best men's teams in the country. What can you tell us about that?
GOLDMAN: Yeah. Well, according to the men's selection committee, Sacha, Alabama is not just one of the best; it's the best. The Crimson Tide were given the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament - first time as a No. 1 seed. Alabama could win its first tournament title. But this phenomenal run is stained by the shooting death in January of Jamea Harris, a 23-year-old mother of a 5-year-old boy. Three Alabama players were connected to the incident. One was kicked off the team, indicted for murder last week. Two other players were at the scene, including star Brandon Miller. He allegedly delivered the gun used in the shooting.
Now, neither has been charged with anything. They've kept playing, raising questions of the school, the coach, the athletic director - why Miller in particular wasn't suspended during the investigation. It is an enormous elephant in this March Madness room. The NCAA and Alabama officials would rather not talk about it, but it's going to follow the Crimson Tide as they go through the tournament.
PFEIFFER: That is very somber, and it feels tough to pivot back to the rest of the men's tournament after that.
GOLDMAN: Yeah.
PFEIFFER: But I'm still going to ask you, what other teams and players stand out to you?
GOLDMAN: Yeah. Well, the other No. 1 seeds are Purdue, Houston, which is also the city that will host the Final Four, and Kansas. Now, the Jayhawks are the defending champions. They're trying to become the first team to win back-to-back titles since Florida did it about 15 years ago. And, you know, we usually talk about teams dealing with player injuries, but the talk with Kansas is about head coach Bill Self. He was hospitalized last week for an undisclosed illness. In his absence, the Jayhawks lost in their conference tournament, but he's out of the hospital and expected back this week.
PFEIFFER: Let's turn to the women's tournament. South Carolina is back to defend its title. How do the Gamecocks look?
GOLDMAN: Powerful, ready to repeat. And that's why they're the overall No. 1 seed. They are undefeated this season, led by the reigning player of the year, power forward Aliyah Boston. The other No. 1 seeds - Indiana. It's a great offensive team that won the Big Ten regular season title this year. Then Virginia Tech earned its first-ever women's No. 1 seed. And Stanford, a well-known top program, won the title two years ago and is still really good. Now, a few players to watch other than Aliyah Boston - Iowa's Caitlin Clark is a dynamic guard. She's got a good shot at this year's Player of the Year award, Maddy Siegrist of Villanova, the nation's top scorer. And then there's defensive whiz Cameron Brink of Stanford.
PFEIFFER: And, Tom, for people who might not know their way around a bracket like you do, any tips?
GOLDMAN: Well, I'll try. Talking about the men's tournament - No. 1 seeds - pretty good bet to take all the way. In the last 10 men's tournaments, the No. 1 seeds have won the title eight times. Now, a traditional upset in the first round is the 12 seed over the five seed since 1985. That's happened more than 50 times. It's often a good bet. So, you know, have fun. Take the College of Charleston over No. 5, San Diego State. But, Sacha, it's all a guessing game, so happy guessing.
PFEIFFER: That's NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman getting us ready for a little madness in March. Tom, thank you.
GOLDMAN: You're welcome.
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The EQS SUV is related to the EQS hatchback that arrived late last year, and while it’s built on a version of the same EVA2 skateboard architecture as that flagship electric car, in many respects it’s a completely different vehicle—and more of a trendsetter in the U.S. vehicle market.
That’s of course because its format is a popular one. It’s also the model in this EV lineup that Mercedes-Benz has decided to make in the U.S.—in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with cells from battery supplier Envision AESC and its own local facility.
Unlike its fellow Best Car To Buy finalist, the Cadillac Lyriq, the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV has the chops—and the modes—for trail driving if not hardcore off-roading. And it’s one of the few new electric SUVs to offer a third row of seating, for a total seating capacity of up to seven. With a range topping 300 miles in some versions, it gives a lot more families a reason to trade in their gasoline SUV for electric.
What does the EQS SUV cost? Well above the Audi Q8 E-Tron, BMW iX, and Rivian R1S, but less than a Tesla Model X. In the U.S. it starts at $105,550, for the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive EQS 450+, which makes 355 hp and 429 lb-ft of torque. Stepping up to the dual-motor, all-wheel-drive EQS 450 4Matic costs just $3,000 more, while the EQS 580 4Matic ups the price to $127,100 and pushes power to 536 hp and 633 lb-ft. A top-of-the-line Pinnacle model costs $133,350.
Driving range is impressive for such a large, heavy vehicle—starting at around 6,000 pounds. The base EQS 450+ goes 305 miles on a charge, according to the EPA, while the other variants go 285 miles.
All versions in the lineup come with the same 108.4-kwh battery pack, and the EQS SUV can fast-charge at up to 200 kw, according to Mercedes-Benz. On a 150-kw CCS connector, in a session during Best Car To Buy testing, we saw a steady rate far below that but close enough not to question Mercedes’ claimed peak time of just 31 minutes from 10% to 80%.
We like a lot about how the EQS SUV drives. Its acceleration is precise and linear, and the combination of ride quality and reasonably nimble handling afforded by its air suspension and adaptive damping is rivaled by few. With available rear-wheel steering, the EQS SUV handles like a much smaller vehicle. And in its Offroad mode, that suspension allows 9.0 inches of ground clearance, in a vehicle that you wouldn’t suspect as so trail-ready given details like its running boards, aero bodywork, and flush door handles.
We do have two rather significant bones to pick with the EQS SUV—one of which you can work around. One of them is the 56.0-inch wall-of-glass Hyperscreen interface, which is prone to reflection and simply too busy and cluttered, or migraine-inducing, for a lot of tastes.
Thankfully, unless you’re going for the 580 version you can opt for a simplified layout. The other off-putting element that can’t be changed is the EQS SUV’s brake pedal feel, which we’d rank as among the worst among any brand, luxury or not. In slow, creeping gridlock conditions, the brakes would unexpectedly grip earlier than intended, bringing an imprecise feel, and in harder stops it feels as if you’re pressing against a foam board that changes position a bit each time.
Check back Jan. 4 for our announcement on which model makes the final cut and is named our Best Car To Buy 2023.
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Furthering a Shared Vision of Supporting a Diverse, Alternative Payments Ecosystem
DURHAM, N.C. and LONDON, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spreedly, the provider of the leading Payment Orchestration platform, and PPRO, the leading provider of digital payments infrastructure, announced today a partnership to offer a diverse portfolio of alternative / local payment methods (APM / LPMs) through the Spreedly platform.
Spreedly and PPRO have partnered to offer joint customers the ability to easily access a catalog of LPM offerings via one connection to Spreedly's Payments Orchestration platform. This includes LPMs such as Bancontact, BLIK, Boleto, Giropay, iDeal, Multibanco, OXXO, SEPA, Sofort, and BNPL offered through Klarna, with more payment method additions planned. This allows digital businesses to quickly offer the array of payment options that their end-customers demand instead of building and maintaining individual connections.
"It's no surprise more merchants are seeking ways to quickly and efficiently offer their customers their choice of alternative payment methods," commented Jordan McKee, with 451 Research, S&P Global Market Intelligence. In a recent report, Voice of the Enterprise: Customer Experience & Commerce, Merchant Study 2022, McKee found that, "the top two payments initiatives that commerce technology decision-makers are pursuing this year are expanding alternative payment method (APM) acceptance and improving their omnichannel payments strategy. As merchants pursue these goals and others, they often find that a single payment service cannot handle every requirement of their business. Therefore, it has become common practice to enlist multiple payment services to address specific business needs."
Digital businesses need to enter new geographies faster, better support the needs of their customers and partners, and improve authorization rates for transactions. So, integrating with the right mix of payment services and the preferred local payment method has always been a challenge for merchants. Just as no single gateway is perfect for all payments needs, offering the right mix of local payment methods is important, and now merchants have a single provider option in Spreedly for local payment methods.
"Spreedly has historically grown through a focus on building integrations with a wide variety of gateways and payment service providers (PSPs). PPRO has long been fostering the payments ecosystem by offering one access point to multiple payment methods. We're excited to be able to blend these shared visions and offer the most comprehensive portfolio of payment methods and services available via one integration," commented Randy Guard, chief product and marketing officer, with Spreedly.
"A core focus for PPRO as a digital payments infrastructure provider is to offer the market the most extensive range of digital payment methods available in the payments ecosystem. Digital payments methods are as diverse as the people that use them and so giving consumers access to the right payment method choice at the checkout is essential to a merchant's sustainable growth. Our partnership with Spreedly means that more merchants will be able to provide more consumers with more choice to make purchases using their preferred way to pay around the globe," said Adrian Burgess, head of strategic growth at PPRO.
More information can be found at https://www.spreedly.com/solutions/accept-local-and-alternative-payment-methods
We orchestrate payments for the world's most innovative businesses. Global enterprises and hyper-growth companies grow their digital business faster by relying on our payments platform. Hundreds of customers worldwide secure card data in our PCI-compliant vault and use tokenized card data to enable and optimize nearly $40 billion of annual transaction volumes with any payment service. Spreedly is headquartered in downtown Durham, NC.
PPRO is a fintech company that globalizes payment platforms for businesses, allowing them to offer more choice at the checkout and boost cross-border sales. Payment service providers, enterprises, and banks that run on PPRO's infrastructure are able to launch payment methods faster, optimize checkout conversions, and reduce the complexities of managing multiple fund flows. Citi, PayPal, and Stripe are just some of the names that depend on PPRO to expand their platforms beyond borders. And with a growing global team of over 500 people, it's no wonder why they're considered the go-to local payments experts.
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WHITE HAVEN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Every year as the temperatures warm, mayflies start to swarm. This year is no different with the insect popping up often in the last few weeks.
There are a lot of rumors and sometimes even concerns about these insects.
Are they dangerous? Do they bite? Can we get rid of them?
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts missed his second straight game with a sprained right shoulder, forcing the Philadelphia Eagles to turn to backup quarterback Gardner Minshew on Sunday to try to clinch the No. 1 seed in the NFC with a win against New Orleans.
Hurts was listed as doubtful on the injury report headed into the game, and the Eagles (13-2) decided not to risk his health with the team already in the playoffs. Hurts was injured two weeks ago on a hard tackle in a win against the Bears.
Minshew threw for 355 yards and two touchdowns but also committed three of the Eagles’ four costly turnovers, with a pair of picks and a fumble in last week’s loss at Dallas.
The Eagles would clinch the division and the No. 1 seed with a win over the Saints (6-9) this week or a victory next week against the New York Giants (8-6-1).
Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson also was inactive with a groin injury.
Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was active after he missed 10 straight games because of an abdominal injury.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE: CMP).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until December 20, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Compass Minerals International, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) costs at the Company's salt mine in Goderich, Ontario were increasing rather than decreasing; 2) defendants had misrepresented the amount of salt the Company was able to produce at Goderich using the new continuous mining and continuous haulage equipment; and 3) the known and ongoing production shortfalls the Company was experiencing were reasonably expected to reduce its future operating income.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said that there have been “more mistakes than usual” in U.S. air travel recently after dozens of close calls, pressing the air travel sector to help address the situation.
“U.S. aviation remains an exceptionally safe mode of travel — whether you compare it to other modes, whether you compare it to other places or whether you compare it to other times in our own history. We take nothing for granted and we are particularly concerned because we have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address together,” Buttigieg said at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety summit.
“Initial information suggests that more mistakes than usual are happening across the system, on runways, at gates while planes are pushing back, in control towers, and on flight decks,” the secretary added.
The FAA convened the summit after a series of close calls among planes. Buttigieg told ABC News recently that the U.S. is on track to have more than 20 close calls with aircraft this year.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating a close call in Florida last month, when a flight was cleared to take off on the same runway where another was cleared to land and another incident in Texas last month when a cargo plane flew over the top of a commercial flight taking off.
The FAA in January had a systems shutdown that briefly halted all flights nationwide due to a computer outage.
Buttigieg on Wednesday called on leaders at the summit to consider questions in the next few weeks to help address the situation, such as what is the data showing and what is missing, and what are the root causes of the problems.
“As we look at the recent incidents of the last year or so and as NTSB and FAA continue to investigate, we can’t wait for the next catastrophic event to seek the warning signs of today. Fully determine the contributing factors and swiftly address them,” Buttigieg said.
He also asked leaders to question what’s working well, what are the new steps that need to be taken and, beyond aviation, can they learn from other high-stakes industries with workforces that have also gone through dramatic changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Buttigieg said addressing the close calls is a key priority of the Biden administration and listed some steps already in place that could help the situation, such as the rollout of taxi way arrival prediction features and modernizing airport infrastructure.
“We’re not going to rest easy with past success,” he added.
Buttigieg has been the face of the administration’s response to the issues with air travel with President Biden’s nominee to lead the FAA still being considered in Congress.
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Why is inflation so high, and when will it ease?
Inflation’s relentless surge didn’t merely persist last month. It accelerated.
For the 12 months that ended in June, the government’s consumer price index rocketed 9.1%, the fastest year-over-year jump since 1981.
And that was nothing next to what energy prices did: Fueled by heavy demand and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, energy costs shot up nearly 42% in the last 12 months, the largest such jump since 1980.
Even if you toss out food and energy prices — which are notoriously volatile and have driven much of the price surge — so-called core inflation soared 5.9% over the last year.
Consumers have endured the pain in everyday routines. Gasoline is up 61% in the last year. Men’s suits, jackets and coats, 25%; airline tickets, 34%; eggs, 33%; and breakfast sausage, 14%.
Inflation hasn’t been this high in decades. We compiled a snapshot of prices at ten grocery chains in the L.A. area. How does your local store stack up?
Under Chair Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve never expected inflation this severe or persistent. Yet after having been merely an afterthought for decades, high inflation reasserted itself with ferocious speed as shortages of labor and supplies ran up against a propulsive rise in demand for goods and services across the economy.
In February 2021, the consumer price index was running just 1.7% above its level a year earlier. From there, it accelerated — past 2% in March, past 4% in April and 5% in May. By December, consumer prices hit the 7% year-over-year barrier. And on and on it went: 7.5% in January, 7.9% in February. And the increases have topped 8% every month since March.
The U.S. has endured worse inflation but not in many decades. Post-World War II inflation peaked at nearly 20% in 1947, a result of the lifting of wartime price curbs, supply shortages and pent-up consumer demand. The inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s peaked at 14.8% in March 1980 before the Fed exorcized high prices with aggressive rate increases that caused brutal, back-to-back recessions in 1980 and 1981-82.
For months, Powell and some others characterized high inflation as merely a “transitory” phenomenon while the economy rebounded from the pandemic recession faster than anyone had expected. No longer. Now, most economists expect inflation to remain painfully elevated well after this year, with demand outstripping supplies in numerous areas of the economy.
So the Fed has radically changed course by imposing a succession of large rate increases. The central bank is making a high-risk bet that it can slow the economy enough to rein in inflation without weakening it so much as to trigger a recession.
The overall economy looks healthy for now, with a robust job market and extremely low unemployment. But many economists warn that the Fed’s steady credit tightening will probably cause a downturn.
What’s caused the surge in inflation?
Good news — mostly. When the pandemic paralyzed the economy in the spring of 2020 and lockdowns kicked in, businesses closed or cut hours and consumers stayed home as a health precaution, employers slashed a breathtaking 22 million jobs. Economic output plunged at a record-shattering 31% annual rate in 2020’s April-to-June quarter.
Everyone braced for more misery. Companies cut investment and postponed restocking. A severe recession ensued.
But instead of sinking into a prolonged downturn, the economy staged an unexpectedly rousing recovery, fueled by vast infusions of government aid and emergency intervention by the Fed, which slashed rates, among other things. By spring of last year, the rollout of vaccines had emboldened consumers to return to restaurants, bars, shops, airports and entertainment venues.
You’ve seen the signs advertising $6.95, $6.99 or even $7.05 for a gallon of regular unleaded. But who’s buying it, and why?
Suddenly, businesses had to scramble to meet demand. They couldn’t hire fast enough to fill job openings or buy enough supplies to meet customer orders. As business roared back, ports and freight yards couldn’t handle the traffic. Global supply chains seized up.
With demand up and supplies down, costs jumped. And companies found that they could pass along those higher costs in the form of higher prices to consumers, many of whom had managed to pile up savings during the pandemic.
Critics blamed, in part, President Biden’s $1.9-trillion coronavirus relief package, with its $1,400 checks to most households, for overheating an economy that was already sizzling on its own. Many others assigned greater blame to supply shortages. And some argued that the Fed kept rates near zero far too long, lending fuel to runaway spending and inflated prices in stocks, homes and other assets.
Is high inflation affecting just the U.S.?
Not by a long shot. Prices are rising just about everywhere in the world, in part a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has elevated energy and food prices, and in part because of the supply chain bottlenecks that have driven U.S. prices up.
Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union, says it expects year-over-year inflation to have hit 8.6% last month in the 19 countries that share the euro currency, up from an annual increase of 8.1% in May.
The International Monetary Fund has forecast that consumer prices in the world’s advanced economies will jump 5.7% this year, the most since 1984. The IMF foresees 8.7% inflation in poorer emerging markets and developing countries, the highest such rate since 2008.
How long will it last?
No one knows for sure. Elevated consumer price inflation could endure as long as companies struggle to keep up with consumers’ demand for goods and services. A recovering job market — employers added a record 6.7 million jobs last year and a healthy average of 457,000 a month so far this year — means that many Americans can afford to keep spending.
The Fed foresees inflation staying above its 2% annual target into 2024. But relief from higher prices might be coming. Oil prices have been tumbling on fears of an economic downturn. Jammed-up supply chains are showing some signs of improvement, at least in industries including transportation. Commodity prices have begun to fall. Pay increases have slowed. And surveys show that Americans’ expectations for inflation over the long run have eased — a trend that often points to more moderate price increases over time.
Data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics -- but not made available to the public -- show a gulf between the market conditions affecting new versus renewing renters.
What’s more, the Fed’s pivot toward an aggressively anti-inflationary policy could reduce consumer demand. Inflation itself is eroding purchasing power and might force some consumers to shave spending.
At the same time, new COVID variants could cloud the outlook — either by causing outbreaks that force factories and ports to close and further disrupt supply chains or by keeping more people home and reducing demand for goods.
How are higher prices affecting consumers?
The strong job market is boosting workers’ pay, though not enough to offset higher prices. The Labor Department says that after accounting for higher consumer prices, hourly earnings for private-sector employees fell 3.6% last month from a year earlier, the 15th straight drop.
There are exceptions: After-inflation wages rose more than 4% for hotel workers and 3% for those working in bars.
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Good Samaritan helps rescue child screaming for help in woods: ‘My instincts kicked in’
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (WGXA) - A man in Georgia says his instincts took over when he heard a child screaming for help.
“I heard the kid screaming, ‘Please don’t beat me.’ And that’s when my instincts kicked in to get the kid,” Kelcey Willis said.
According to Willis, he heard the child screaming when he stopped for an oil change at a Warner Robins-area Walmart.
“We were getting an oil change when we heard a little kid screaming,” Willis said. “We turned and saw him [the child] getting snatched out of the car with a man taking him behind the building.”
The Georgia man said when the child kept screaming, he felt he had to take action.
“The screams kept getting louder and louder. That didn’t sit right with us,” Willis said. “My first instinct was to grab my gun and get that kid out of the woods.”
Once in the woods, Willis said he realized what danger the child was in.
“The man was on top of him choking the child,” Willis said. “At that point, I put my gun up and held him [the man] at gunpoint and grabbed the kid.”
Willis said he was one of several people that also joined him in rescuing the child and waited for the police to arrive.
Willis said he believes if he didn’t act that day the situation could have had a different ending.
“If I didn’t step in, the kid would probably be dead,” Willis said. “Once we got the kid out of the woods, he told us the man was going to beat him and leave him for the animals.”
Warner Robins police initially reported the incident as a kidnapping in progress. However, the department has changed that because it said the man and child are related.
According to police, the man has been charged with aggravated assault and cruelty toward a child.
Authorities said the child was taken to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Department for further evaluation and care after the incident.
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K-State names new executive director of global academic advising association
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising selected Kyle Ross as executive director starting Aug. 1 at Kansas State University.
K-State announced Ross will oversee the 14,000-member association hosted by the K-State College of Education.
Dean of the College of Education Debbie Mercer shared a comment about Ross’s accomplishment.
“Kyle is uniquely qualified for this position in terms of his background in academic advising, teaching and research; leadership acumen; and involvement with NACADA,” said Mercer. “We conducted a worldwide search and found the person who not only met the qualifications but who exceeded our expectations.”
Ross has been a NACADA member for 11 years. He was president of the NACADA board of directors in 2021-2022. Ross worked with leadership to develop a new vision, mission and strategic goals for the association in the future. He also served as a higher education consultant through NACADA’s consulting program.
Ross shared a comment about the new position.
“It is difficult to describe how honored I am by this opportunity to lead NACADA,” Ross said. “It will be exciting to work with talented colleagues in the executive office and at Kansas State University as well as the association’s exceptional members in this new capacity. NACADA is well positioned as the world leader for student success through academic advising, and I look forward to advancing the profession.”
K-State indicated Ross contributed to the scholarly body of academic advising work, and presented more than 50 sessions and publishing articles on the connection between academic advising and student success. His research includes how advisors guide students through planning for and exploration of multiple academic and career pathways to achieve their ultimate goals, incorporating solution-focused counseling techniques in advising conversations, and engaging teams in action research methods to improve understanding around student retention and attrition.
According to K-State, Ross earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Washington. He earned both of his graduate degrees from Washington State University - a master’s in counseling and a doctorate in education leadership. Ross currently serves as a head advisor in the College of Business at Oregon State University, where he supervises academic advisors that serve approximately 4,300 students.
Staff at K-State noted NACADA is a nonprofit association of higher education professionals that promotes student success by advancing the field of academic advising globally, with membership in 35 countries. The association provides opportunities for professional development and networking through its conferences, institutes, online learning, communities of practice, research, journals and publications, and consulting services.
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When is 2022 NBA free agency? Start date, top players, cap space, more originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The 2022 NBA offseason action is about to kick into high gear.
Just days after the Golden State Warriors parade around the Bay Area with the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the 2022 NBA Draft will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. And shortly following the draft will come one of the wildest periods on the NBA calendar: free agency.
To get ready for this year’s free-agent frenzy, here’s a look at the expected start date, top available players and much more:
When does 2022 NBA free agency start?
The NBA hasn’t released the official start date for free agency yet, but it’s expected to be June 30. In 2019, which was the last time the NBA had an offseason on its normal calendar, free agency opened up on June 30 at 6 p.m. ET.
What is the salary cap for the 2022-23 NBA season?
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The salary cap for the 2022-23 season is set at $122 million, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. That’s up nearly $10 million from the $112.4 million salary cap in 2021-22.
Meanwhile, the luxury tax threshold has increased from $136.6 million to $149 million for next season. The luxury tax apron, which hard-capped teams must remain below, is $155,196,200.
Which NBA teams have the most cap space in 2022 free agency?
Despite the salary cap increase, there likely won't be too many teams operating under the cap this offseason. Spotrac's practical cap space projections have just five teams under the $122 million figure.
Here are the top 10 teams in projected practical cap space:
1. Orlando Magic: $27.52 million
2. Detroit Pistons: $27.4 million
3. Indiana Pacers: $25.75 million
4. San Antonio Spurs: $22.86 million
5. Portland Trail Blazers: $21.68 million
6. New York Knicks: -$2.49 million
7. Oklahoma City Thunder: -$2.53 million
8. Houston Rockets: -$12.9 million
9. Miami Heat: -$18.79 million
10. Memphis Grizzlies: -$19.67 million
How much is the NBA mid-level exception worth?
Teams without cap space will still have spending power to add external free agents though.
If an over-the-cap team operates below the luxury tax apron, it has access to the $10.35 million non-taxpayer mid-level exception. A non-taxpayer MLE contract can be up to four years in length. That type of team also has access to the $4.05 bi-annual exception (unless it was used last offseason). If a team uses the non-taxpayer MLE or bi-annual exception, it’s hard-capped at the apron for the remainder of the league year.
For a team operating above the apron, it has access to the $6.39 million taxpayer mid-level exception, which can be used for a deal up to three years in length.
Finally, if a team is below the cap, it has the $5.53 million room exception at its disposal, which can be used for a deal up to two years long.
It’s worth noting that exceptions can be split up to sign multiple players. For example, a team with the non-taxpayer MLE has the ability to sign two players to deals with a starting value of $5 million.
Who are the best available 2022 NBA free agents?
This free agency period could boast both a star-studded unrestricted class and a loaded unrestricted class. Here are the best players who could be available:
- Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets ($36.5M player option)
- Zach LaVine, Chicago Bulls (unrestricted)
- Bradley Beal, Washington Wizards ($36.4M player option)
- James Harden, Philadelphia 76ers ($47.4M player option)
- Deandre Ayton, Phoenix Suns (restricted)
- Miles Bridges, Charlotte Hornets (restricted)
- Anfernee Simons, Portland Trail Blazers (restricted)
- Jalen Brunson, Dallas Mavericks (unrestricted)
- Collin Sexton, Cleveland Cavaliers (restricted)
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Hearts, candies, flowers – the Valentine's Day holiday is upon us, and there are a multitude of ways to celebrate, be it with a date, friends, or just indulging in some self care. Here we talk with the LINE Hotel's General Manager Antonio Flores, about how to celebrate the holiday along Market Street. A person-in-the-know, he shares not only his selections for Valentine's Day, but places to visit all year long.
What excites you most about being in downtown San Francisco?
I think I’m in the best city in the US, so I’m a little biased. San Francisco is a great walking city, and nothing is too far that you can’t enjoy a stroll from one place to another.
How do you travel the area?
One of the best things about San Francisco are the options to get around the City. I live in the Castro, so I often take MUNI. The M, K, L, or T lines get me where I want to go. If I’m in the mood for an Irish Coffee at Buena Vista Café I take the Hyde Cable Car. When I want to enjoy the bay, I ride an e-bike from work down Market onto the Embarcadero. We have an e-bike station just outside the hotel.
Can you tell us a little bit more about the LINE?
The LINE San Francisco is a special place where you can experience both the grit and glitter of Mid Market at a brand-new building in the heart of the historic Theater District. Eat, drink, rest, take in the views, and discover the thriving creative community.
But first, coffee.
LA’s Alfred Coffee serves an extensive menu of caffeinated beverages including their World-Famous Iced Vanilla Latte.
Tenderheart is a flowing indoor-outdoor celebration of Northern California cuisine through a multicultural lens by Executive Chef Joe Hou.
Rise Over Run is our rooftop bar and solarium which serves inventive bites and panoramic views of the city.
Lastly, coming soon is our main floor late night cocktail space called Dark Bar. This will be the spot for those cocktail creatives.
[Also be sure to check out their extensive, rotating art collection! Throughout their lobby, restaurant spaces and guest rooms – visitors will see pieces from local artists, many inspired by Market Street and the adjacent neighborhoods.]
For a romantic dinner – any Market Street spots you suggest people try?
You can never go wrong with 54 Mint [at Mint Plaza]. Order the carbonara and a bottle of your favorite red. The vibe and décor are a perfect setting for lovers of all kinds.
Candy is also a large part of the holiday, what do you suggest someone buy their sweetheart from Littlejohn’s Candies at 1422 Market?
I mean who doesn’t love fudge. Littlejohn’s has some of the best. I know my husband never turns it down.
If buying a bottle of wine at Whole Foods or The Market on Market, what are some brands/bubbles you would recommend?
Whole Foods is just a 10-minute walk from the LINE; I’m sure I will be stopping by to pick up my favorite Veuve Nv Brut Champagne. They have so many options. You’re sure to find something to help make the night special.
What is the LINE doing for the month of love?
We are celebrating the month of LOVE with our fun promotion called “BUBBLE LOVE." We invite everyone to come be our LINE Valentine: stay with us during the month of love and indulge in a complimentary bottle of bubbly along with a $50 food and drink credit. This includes Alfred Coffee, Tenderheart, and Rise Over Run; or stay in bed and enjoy some In Room Delivery. [Also be sure to check out Tenderheart's prix fixe Valentine's Day dinner.]
For those first dates, any places or date ideas you'd suggest?
Stop by Alfred Coffee for a caffeinated cup to start your day then head over to Civic Center and marvel at the beautiful architecture. Take a tour of City Hall and watch all the happy couples getting married any day of the week. Don’t forget to grab a hot dog from the vendor [Annie's Hot Dogs] just outside.
Best LINE amenities for couples staying any time of year?
If you’re looking to impress, book one of our soaking tub guest rooms, that will be a great surprise for anyone looking to getaway. Our suites have separate soaking tubs and shower rooms to sooth anyone into a relaxing evening.
Can you tell us your other neighborhood favorites you love to visit? Where's your favorite place for a drink?
This has changed throughout the years, but right now it is The Rumpus Room on 6th and Market. It is the quintessential dive bar, and female owned and operated. Growing up as a teenager in the 1980s this place hits all the spots for me: great music, great drinks, and great bartenders that always make you feel welcomed.
If someone's looking for a quick bite, where would you send them?
One of my favorite new spots is Chai Bar by David Rio (1019 Market Street). There are lots of options and their sandwiches are fantastic.
Best hidden gems on Market Street?
After you have checked out the amazing views from Rise Over Run, walk over to Burma Love in Mint Plaza. I always order the samosas and jasmine rice.
Best upcoming show/concert/dance to see with a date?
On Wednesdays we wear pink! I am so excited to see Mean Girls at the Golden Gate Theater, which opened on January 31st It’s sure to be the hottest show in San Francisco.
For the friends-focused Valentine’s Day, any spots you’d suggest?
I love a good karaoke night with my single friends, especially during Valentine’s Day. Check out Pandora Karaoke (50 Mason Street). I promise by the end of the night someone will be singing “All By Myself” by Celine Dion!
Thank you so much Antonio! If you haven't yet, be sure to check out he LINE Hotel on Market between 5th and 6th.
Here are some more options along Market Street to check out this Valentine's Day:
Candy - We agree with Antonio, Littlejohn's fudge is delicious, they also sell the classic heart shaped boxes full of handmade chocolates, as well as other sweet treats such as their signature English toffee. Visit their delicious shop or order your heart to be delivered via the mail.
Flowers - Pick up seasonal bouquets, potted plants or long-stem roses at The Market on Market, Whole Foods Trinity Place, Natalini Flowers, or the Heart of the City Farmers Market (Sundays and Wednesdays).
Wine - Shop reds, whites, rosés and bubbles at The Market on Market or Whole Foods at Trinity Place, the wine staff at both stores can help you select a bottle at any price point.
Brunch - If your ideal date is more breakfast or lunch than dinner, make sure to check out the recently reopened SAMS - American Eatery. Don't miss their house specials, such as Citrus Mascarpone French Toast, Hangover Spicy Korean Ramen and shakshuka. And don't forget to order a mimosa!
Romantic Views of the City – Take in the view from the LINE’s Rise over Run or the Proper Hotel’s Charmaine’s, and grab dinner and a cocktail with your date. Also, the Proper Hotel is also offering Valentine’s Day prix fixe dinner options at Villon American Restaurant & Lounge and La Bande.
Grab a Glass of Wine or Beer – If your date night includes a trip to the Orpheum Theater to see Dear Evan Hansenor to the Warfield, Fermentation Lab is a great spot to grab a glass of wine or a local beer before heading off for the night.
Cozy dinner date – In addition to the other wonderful places mentioned, Montesacro, a cozy Italian pinseria, is a great spot for an intimate dinner date. Make sure to check out their extensive wine menu as well.
Unique Date Idea - If looking to do something unique for a date night, consider a Splatter Date at the Smash Room, where couples don themselves in white painters suits before painting wildly. Alternatively, the Smash Room can also be a great option if you want to break stuff after a recent break up! | https://www.sfweekly.com/marketplace/sfs-mid-market-street-shopping-fine-dining-hotels-for-valentines-day/article_8b2bebc6-a8c7-11ed-b7cb-4f4a89dc81d4.html | 2023-02-11 05:55:57 | 0 | https://www.sfweekly.com/marketplace/sfs-mid-market-street-shopping-fine-dining-hotels-for-valentines-day/article_8b2bebc6-a8c7-11ed-b7cb-4f4a89dc81d4.html |
Leading healthcare workforce platform protects customer data while expanding offerings
NEW YORK, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Apploi, the leading software company for healthcare workforce management, announced today that it has successfully completed Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II certification for another year.
SOC 2 was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), as a universal security standard for organizational systems. To pass SOC 2, Apploi completed a comprehensive audit (performed by Sensiba San Filippo, LLP) of security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. By awarding Apploi with SOC 2 completion status, AICPA confirms that the platform meets the highest standards for security and customer confidentiality.
"We're really proud of the team for successfully completing SOC 2 again this year," said Rob Wright, VP of Engineering at Apploi. "Apploi is only growing with new offerings, partnerships, and integrations—and as we continue to expand, we're committed to maintaining our position as a secure and reliable healthcare partner. Of course, this certification is only one component of our security protocol, right alongside internal testing, rigorous monitoring, encryption, and user permissions."
Successfully completing SOC 2 Type II is a critical part of Apploi's mission to help healthcare employers attract, hire, and manage staff with streamlined and user-friendly software tools. This certification verifies that Apploi is responsibly protecting its customers' sensitive data—and, by extension, sensitive information pertaining to healthcare workers around the nation.
In 2022, Apploi was named a multi-category leader by GetApp (a Gartner company) and placed on the Inc. 5000 list for the third year in a row, distinguishing it as one of the fastest-growing and most successful tech companies in America. Apploi also recently expanded its partnerships by integrating with Accurate, a major platform for compliant background checks, and expanded its in-platform credentialing tools for healthcare candidates.
About Apploi
Apploi is the leading workforce management platform specializing in high-volume hiring for healthcare. Working with 8,000+ healthcare organizations across the US today, Apploi simplifies the hiring process to reduce days-to-hire and get more healthcare workers into roles faster. To learn more about Apploi, visit: www.apploi.com.
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DENVER (KDVR) – A 6-year-old boy tragically died earlier this month after he was bitten by a rattlesnake while on a trail at Bluestem Prairie Open Space in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Now people are asking, “What do I do if I get bitten by a rattlesnake?”
Rattlesnakes usually avoid humans, but about 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, resulting in 10 to 15 deaths, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
What to do if a rattlesnake bites you
According to Denver Health, anyone bitten by a rattlesnake should take the following steps:
- Remain calm.
- Seek immediate medical attention by dialing 911 or calling your local poison center at 1-800-222-1222.
- Keep the bitten arm, leg, or body part at or slightly below heart level.
- Note the time the bite happened. Avoid trying to capture or kill the snake, but take down details of its color and shape so you can describe it. If you can do so safely and without delay, take a photo. These can help medical experts determine the correct course of treatment.
- Remove all tight clothing or jewelry.
What not to do if a rattlesnake bites you
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against the following for those bitten by rattlesnakes or any venomous snakes:
- Do not pick up the snake or try to trap it. Never handle a venomous snake, not even a dead one or its decapitated head.
- Do not wait for symptoms to appear if bitten; get medical help right away.
- Do not apply a tourniquet.
- Do not slash the wound with a knife or cut it in any way.
- Do not try to suck out the venom.
- Do not apply ice or immerse the wound in water.
- Do not drink alcohol as a painkiller.
- Do not take pain relievers (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen).
- Do not apply electric shock or folk therapies.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanos Medical, Inc. (NYSE: AVNS) today announced that Dr. Lisa Egbuonu-Davis, currently vice president, medical innovations, for DH Diagnostics, LLC, an affiliate of Danaher Corporation, has been appointed as a new independent member of the Avanos board of directors and will serve as a member of the compliance and governance committees.
"We are pleased and excited to welcome Lisa Egbuonu-Davis to the Avanos board," commented Gary Blackford, Avanos board chair. "Her deep strategic and operational expertise in the healthcare sector will be invaluable to Avanos as we continue to develop our business and pursue our mission to get patients back to the things that matter."
"I feel strongly that population health is everyone's responsibility, and Avanos is committed to creating innovative healthcare solutions to address some of today's most important healthcare needs, including reducing the use of opioids," said Egbuonu-Davis. "I am thrilled to join its board as a new independent director."
From 2015 to 2019, Egbuonu-Davis served as vice president, global patient centered outcomes and solutions, at Sanofi, Inc., where she created patient programs, services, and tools to enhance health outcomes in patients with chronic conditions.
Prior to Sanofi, Egbuonu-Davis co-founded and served as director for ROI Squared, LLC, a privately held life science company focused on diagnostic medical devices, and served as managing director for LED Enterprise, LLC, where she advised biopharmaceutical companies and trade associations on healthcare reform, technology assessment, quality metrics, and incentives and implications for research and services.
She also served in senior advisor roles for Avalere Health and Booz Allen Hamilton, as well as in various roles over 13 years at Pfizer, Inc., where she led clinical and outcomes research departments, supported product value assessments in support of reimbursement and adoption, and influenced product investment and development decisions.
Egbuonu-Davis earned a bachelor's degree in biology from MIT and an MBA in healthcare management from Wharton, as well as an M.D. and an M.S. in public health from Johns Hopkins. She completed her pediatric residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (board-certified in pediatrics). She has served on the Johns Hopkins Medicine board of trustees since 2021 and the national advisory council for the Johns Hopkins University School of Education since 2007.
With this new appointment, the Avanos board now comprises six directors, five of whom are independent, including two women, one of whom is ethnically diverse.
About Avanos Medical, Inc.
Avanos Medical, Inc. (NYSE: AVNS) is a medical technology company focused on delivering clinically superior medical device solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we are committed to addressing some of today's most important healthcare needs, including providing a vital lifeline for nutrition to patients from hospital to home, and reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. We develop, manufacture and market our recognized brands globally and hold leading market positions in multiple categories across our portfolio. For more information, visit Avanos.com and follow Avanos Medical on Twitter (@AvanosMedical), LinkedIn and Facebook.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-15-25-36-39
(three, fifteen, twenty-five, thirty-six, thirty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $364,500
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
03-15-25-36-39
(three, fifteen, twenty-five, thirty-six, thirty-nine)
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The All-Star break came at a good time for the Las Vegas Aces and since play resumed they’ve been on a roll.
Las Vegas has won three straight — all on the road — averaging 102 points a game in those victories.
“We have so many weapons on offense,” said Aces guard Kelsey Plum, who is having the best season of her career, averaging 20.3 points. That’s second best in the league.
The Aces (18-7) have five starters scoring in double figures and are averaging a league-high 91.3 points a game. Chelsea Gray credits coach Becky Hammon for simplifying their offensive and defensive systems on both ends of the court as one reason for the team’s success.
Las Vegas won 13 of its first 15 games before stumbling prior to the All-Star break with five losses in seven games.
Now the Aces are winning again.
“No one said it was going to be easy. If being great was easy, everyone would be doing it,” Hammon said. “You have to hit some adversity. There should be some hiccups. We came out like a rocket and then hit some rough patches.
“The adversity will be beneficial to us more than the win-loss record down the road.”
They have three games at home before embarking on a six-game road trip that includes the Commissioner’s Cup title game in Chicago next Tuesday.
This week’s WNBA poll:
1. Chicago (19-6): The Sky keep winning, with four straight victories and nine of 10. Chicago was missing guard Courtney Vandersloot for concussion protocol in the last game, but hope to have her back soon.
2. Las Vegas (18-7): Riquna Williams has lately been providing solid minutes off the bench, averaging 7.2 points this season to give the Aces a spark.
3. Seattle (17-8): The Storm have won four straight and will be tested this week at Chicago and Phoenix.
4. Connecticut (16-9): The Sun were playing well following the All-Star break, then Jonquel Jones had to miss games because of COVID protocols. They hope to have the reigning MVP back soon.
5. Washington (16-11): Elena Delle Donne has been the pivotal to the Mystics’ run lately. The 6-foot-5 former league MVP has been able to play more and rest her back less. Washington has just one game this week before playing four games in six days.
6. Atlanta (11-14): A big road win at Phoenix without All-Star rookie Rhyne Howard has the Dream feeling good. Howard has been bothered by a shoulder injury and they hope to have her back soon. Atlanta already has its most wins since 2018.
7. Dallas (11-14): The Wings are looking to rebound after losing two of their last three. Center Teaira McCowan has provided a huge lift for the Wings in limited minutes.
8. Minnesota (10-17): The Lynx have consecutive home games against the Sun that will be critical to their chances of keeping their 11-year run of making the postseason alive.
9 (tie). Los Angeles (10-14): After a challenging road stretch to start the season, Los Angeles has been playing in the comforts of home for most of July. The Sparks haven’t been able to take advantage of it so far, going 2-3 during their seven-game homestand. Getting center Liz Cambage back from COVID protocols will help.
9 (tie). New York (9-15): The Liberty gave up 215 points in two games to Las Vegas and if they want to have any chance of making the postseason New York will need to clean up its defense — which sits near the bottom of the league. The Liberty are giving up 84.7 a game on average.
11. Phoenix (11-16): The Mercury haven’t been able to establish any consistency on either end of the floor this season. Skylar Diggins-Smith is having another great year satistically and Diana Taurasi lately has been playing well. The Mercury haven’t had much other production on the offensive end.
12. Indiana (5-22): Nine straight losses have the Fever looking towards the draft lottery and hopefully getting the No. 1 pick for the first time in franchise history.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Elena Delle Donne of Washington was voted the AP Player of the Week. She averaged 22 points, eight rebounds and 3.3 assists to help the Mystics win two of their three games. Kahleah Copper of Chicago, Breanna Stewart of Seattle, Kelsey Plum of Las Vegas and Jonquel Jones of Connecticut also received votes.
MEANINGFUL GESTURE
The WNBA All-Stars all switched to uniforms with Brittney Griner’s name and number on them for the second half of the game. Griner held up a photo showing the players honoring her when she was in court last week during her trial for drug possession.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Seattle at Phoenix, Friday. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will meet for the final time in the regular season after spending the last two decades linked together from their time at UConn and on the U.S. national team. The game will also serve as a return to Phoenix for Tina Charles, who left the Mercury last month..
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Jury deliberations start in deadly motorcycle crash trial
By HOLLY RAMER
Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Jury deliberations have begun in the trial of a truck driver charged with killing seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire three years ago. Twenty-six-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy faces negligent homicide, manslaughter and reckless conduct charges in connection with the June 21, 2019, crash that killed seven members of a Marine motorcycle club. Closing statements on Tuesday raised questions about who was more at fault: the trucker accused of swerving back and forth across the road or eyewitnesses accused of contradicting each other. Prosecutors argue Zhukovskyy repeatedly swerved back and forth before the crash, while defense lawyers say the crash was caused by the lead biker. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/09/jury-deliberations-start-in-deadly-motorcycle-crash-trial/ | 2022-08-09 19:07:10 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/09/jury-deliberations-start-in-deadly-motorcycle-crash-trial/ |
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Asep Medical Holdings Inc. ("Asep Inc." or the "Company") (CSE: ASEP) (OTCQB: SEPSF) (FSE: FSX: JJ8) is pleased to announce its common shares commenced trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) on November 10, 2022, under the stock symbol FSX: JJ8. The Company's common shares will continue trading on the CSE under the stock symbol CSE: ASEP and on the OTCQB under the stock symbol OTCQB: SEPSF.
The FSE listing represents a strategic milestone for the Company, as it provides exposure to the European retail and institutional investment community and highlights its potential as a global biotechnology enterprise. This listing is expected to provide the Company with added liquidity and a diversified investor base within a large and globally recognized exchange. Recently, Asep Inc.'s patent application for its sepsis diagnostic technology was approved by 13 European countries, and the listing on the FSE will certainly provide the Company with exposure to the European investment community.
Founder, chairman and CEO Dr. Robert E. W. Hancock stated, "Asep is addressing globally critical issues causing the failure of antibiotics. Trading in Germany (Europe) enables us to maintain a global investor base to support the advanced development of our breakthrough sepsis diagnostics and anti-biofilm therapeutics."
The FSE is one of the world's largest international trading centres for securities. Operated by the Deutsche Boerse AG, it is the largest of Germany's seven stock exchanges and is responsible for approximately 90 percent of all securities traded in Germany. The FSE facilitates advanced electronic trading, settlement and information systems and enables cross-border trading for international investors. (boerse-frankfurt.de/en)
Asep Medical Inc. (asepmedical.com) is dedicated to addressing antibiotic failure by developing novel solutions for significant unmet medical needs. The Company is a consolidation of two existing private companies (Sepset Biosciences Inc. (Sepset Inc.) and ABT Innovations Inc. (ABT Inc.), that are both in the advanced development of both proprietary diagnostic tools, enabling the early and timely identification of severe sepsis as well as broad-spectrum therapeutic agents to address multidrug-resistant biofilm infections.
Sepset Inc. (sepset.ca) is developing a diagnostic technology that involves a patient gene expression signature that predicts severe sepsis, one of the significant diseases leading to antibiotic failure since antibiotics are the primary treatment for sepsis. Despite this, sepsis is responsible for nearly 20% of all deaths on the planet. The SepsetER test is a blood-based gene expression assay that is straightforward to implement, and results are obtained in about an hour in the emergency room or intensive care unit. This proprietary diagnostic technology differs from current diagnostic tests in enabling diagnosis of severe sepsis within 1-2 hours of first clinical presentation (i.e., in the emergency room), while other diagnostics only provide diagnosis after 24-36 hours. Asep Inc. believes this will enable critical early decisions to be made by physicians regarding appropriate therapies and reduce overall morbidity and mortality due to sepsis.
ABT Inc.'s (abtinnovations.ca) peptide technology covers a broad range of therapeutic applications, including bacterial biofilm infections (medical device infections, chronic infections, lung, bladder, wound, dental, skin, ear-nose and throat, sinusitis, orthopaedic, etc.), anti-inflammatories, anti-infective immune-modulators and vaccine adjuvants. The company is in the pre-clinical development phase with promising data.
This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of such statements under applicable securities law. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "anticipates," "plan," "continue," "expect," "project," "intend," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "may," "will," "potential," "proposed," "positioned" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These statements include but are not limited to the successful clinical testing of our Sepsis diagnostic test and its intended filing for regulatory approval; and the undertaking of pre-clinical studies on our lead therapeutic, with the expectation that this will lead to fast-track clinical trials. Various assumptions were used in drawing conclusions or making the predictions contained in the forward-looking statements throughout this news release. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the statements are made and are subject to a variety of risks (including those risk factors identified in the Asep Medical Inc.'s prospectus dated November 9, 2021) available for review under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Asep Inc. is under no obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
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A sigh of relief filled the air in Davenport West's locker room after a trying 69-62 test with Muscatine in Iowa boys basketball action on February 10.
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Teen hospitalized with serious injuries after truck goes airborne in NW Kan.
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. (WIBW) - At least one teenager was sent to the hospital with serious injuries after the truck he was driving went airborne along a northwestern Kansas highway.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Crash Log indicates that around 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, emergency crews were called to the area of Highway 36 and Highway 183 with reports of a single-vehicle crash.
When officials arrived, they said they found a 1998 Chevrolet 1500 pickup driven by Braydon S. Shellito, 18, of Phillipsburg, had been headed east on Highway 36 when, for an unknown reason, the truck veered off the road and into the south ditch.
KHP noted that the truck continued east in the ditch before it vaulted into the air and hit a culvert. It landed facing south in the southbound ditch.
Officials indicated that Shellito was taken to Wesley Medical Center with suspected serious injuries. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
KHP also said a juvenile was in the truck at the time of the crash but has not released information about their well-being.
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KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fought village by village Saturday to hold back a Russian advance through the country’s east, while the United Nations worked to broker a civilian evacuation from the last defensive stronghold in the bombed-out ruins of the port city of Mariupol.
An estimated 100,000 civilians remain in the city, and up to 1,000 are living beneath a sprawling Soviet-era steel plant, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine has not said how many fighters are also in the plant, the only part of Mariupol not occupied by Russian forces, but Russia put the number at about 2,000.
Russian state media outlets reported Saturday that 25 civilians had been evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks, though there was no confirmation from the U.N. Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency said 19 adults and six children were brought out, but gave no further details.
A top official with the Azov Regiment, the Ukrainian unit defending the plant, said 20 civilians were evacuated during a cease-fire, though it was not clear if he was referring to the same group as the Russian news reports.
“These are women and children,” Sviatoslav Palamar said in a video posted on the regiment’s Telegram channel. He also called for the evacuation of the wounded: “We don’t know why they are not taken away and their evacuation to the territory controlled by Ukraine is not being discussed.”
Video and images from inside the plant, shared with The Associated Press by two Ukrainian women who said their husbands are among the fighters refusing to surrender there, showed unidentified men with stained bandages; others had open wounds or amputated limbs.
A skeleton medical staff was treating at least 600 wounded people, said the women, who identified their husbands as members of the Azov Regiment of Ukraine’s National Guard. Some of the wounds were rotting with gangrene, they said.
In the video the men said that they eat just once daily and share as little as 1.5 liters (50 ounces) of water a day among four people, and that supplies inside the besieged facility are depleted.
One shirtless man appeared to be in pain as he described his wounds: two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a dislocated arm that “was hanging on the flesh.”
“I want to tell everyone who sees this: If you will not stop this here, in Ukraine, it will go further, to Europe,” he said.
AP could not independently verify the date and location of the video, which the women said was taken in the last week in the maze of corridors and bunkers beneath the plant.
The women urged that Ukrainian fighters also be evacuated alongside civilians, warning they could be tortured and executed if captured. “The lives of soldiers matter too,” Yuliia Fedusiuk told AP in Rome.
In other developments:
— Ukrainian Deputy Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky said in televised remarks that Russian forces have seized hundreds of thousands of tons of grain in territory under their control. Ukraine is a major grain producer, and the invasion has pushed up world prices and raised concerns about shortages.
— A Russian rocket attack destroyed the airport runway in Odesa, Ukraine’s third-most populous city and a key Black Sea port, the Ukrainian army said.
— Lines formed at gas stations in Kyiv, Dnipro and other cities as Ukraine faced fuel shortages because Russia has destroyed its fuel infrastructure and blocked ports, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his Friday address. He said there were “no immediate solutions” to the shortages, but hoped the situation would improve in the next week or two.
— The bodies of three men were found buried in a forest near the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, the head of Kyiv’s regional police force said. The men, whose bodies were found Friday, had been tortured before they were shot in the head, Andriy Nebytov wrote on Facebook. Ukrainian officials have alleged that retreating Russian troops carried out mass killings of civilians in Bucha.
— Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview that Russian and Ukrainian negotiators talk “almost every day.” However, he told Chinese state news agency Xinhua, “progress has not been easy.”
— Two buses sent to evacuate residents from the eastern town of Popasna were fired upon, and contact with the organizers was lost, Mayor Nikolai Khanatov said: “We know that (the buses) reached the town and then came under fire from an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group.”
Getting a full picture of the unfolding battle in eastern Ukraine has been difficult because airstrikes and artillery barrages have made it extremely dangerous for reporters to move around. Also, both Ukraine and Moscow-backed rebels have introduced tight restrictions on reporting from the combat zone.
But Western military analysts suggested that the offensive in the Donbas region, which includes Mariupol, was going much slower than planned. So far, Russian troops and the separatists appeared to have made only minor gains in the month since Moscow said it would focus its military strength in the east.
Numerically, Russia’s military manpower vastly exceeds Ukraine’s. In the days before the war began, Western intelligence estimated Russia had positioned near the border as many as 190,000 troops; Ukraine’s standing military totals about 200,000, spread throughout the country.
Yet, in part because of the tenacity of the Ukrainian resistance, the U.S. believes the Russians are “at least several days behind where they wanted to be” as they try to encircle Ukrainian troops in the east, said a senior U.S. defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the American military’s assessment.
With plenty of firepower still in reserve, Russia’s offensive still could intensify and overrun the Ukrainians. Overall the Russian army has an estimated 900,000 active-duty personnel. Russia also has a much larger air force and navy.
Hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance has flowed into Ukraine since the war began, but Russia’s vast armories mean Ukraine’s needs are nearly inexhaustible.
Mariupol officials have described dire shortages of food, water and medicine. U.N. humanitarian spokesman Saviano Abreu said the world organization was negotiating with authorities in Moscow and Kyiv, but he could not provide details of the ongoing evacuation effort “because of the complexity and fluidity of the operation.”
“There is, right now, ongoing, high-level engagements with all the governments, Russia and Ukraine, to make sure that you can save civilians and support the evacuation of civilians from the plant,” Abreu told AP. He would not confirm video posted on social media purportedly showing U.N.-marked vehicles in Mariupol.
Ukraine has blamed the failure of numerous previous evacuation attempts on continued Russian shelling.
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Associated Press journalists Jon Gambrell and Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv, Yesica Fisch in Sloviansk, Lolita C. Baldor in Washington, Trisha Thompson in Rome and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
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COVID-19 vaccine hard to find for littlest kids as state's ourshot site is slow to update
Scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine for the littlest children proved to be somewhat of a moving target for Indiana parents Tuesday.
Mid-morning the Indiana Department of Health posted a map of sites that were offering vaccine for those under 5, but the site had not yet updated to accept appointments.
Initially the department said vaccine would be offered on a walk-in basis. A few hours later, the ourshot.in.gov scheduling website directed parents to contact vaccine sites directly or call the state's 211(866-211-9966) line before visiting a clinic. Health officials encourage parents to check if the vaccine is available and if appointments are required at the site that they want to visit.
More:Here's what you need to know about getting youngest kids COVID-19 vaccine in Indiana
Some of the sites listed on the map as having shots available did not even have vaccine in stock yet. The HealthNet clinics appeared on the map as vaccinating children under the age of five, but the vaccine was still on order and had not arrived at the clinics as of Tuesday afternoon, HealthNet spokeswoman Kay Johnson said in an email.
The HealthNet phone team Tuesday received "lots of calls" from people about the vaccine but had not yet started making appointments. HealthNet will offer appointments soon, Johnson added.
While some other sites around the state are taking walk-ins, many, including pharmacies and hospitals, have only "limited initial supplies" of the vaccine and required appointments, state health officials said in a release Tuesday afternoon.
Health officials issued a call for patience from parents eager to get vaccines into the small arms of those under the age of five.
“We recognize that there is pent-up demand among parents eager to protect our youngest Hoosiers, but because vaccines are still arriving in Indiana for this age group, we ask for a little more patience to allow supply to catch up with demand,” said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver. “As with every stage of vaccine rollout, we will see increased availability in the coming days as more doses arrive in the state.”
More:Many act like the pandemic has ended. That's not an option for the immunocompromised.
Riley Children's Health had issued a release Monday saying that they were offering the Moderna two-shot series at some of their primary care facilities. However, they asked parents to make appointments either through the state website or the 211 line.
State health officials said in a release that the department is working with its external vendor to update the website as quickly as possible to allow people to schedule appointments online for this age group.
"(C)hanges to include new age groups and dosages require significant reprogramming that is being completed as expeditiously as possible," said department spokesperson Megan Wade-Taxter in an email.
The online registration system is maintained by an external vendor, and changes to include new age groups and dosages require significant reprogramming that is being completed as expeditiously as possible. Some sites, as well as private healthcare providers, use their own scheduling platforms, but 211 can also provide assistance.
Late last week Walgreens said in a release that starting this Saturday it would begin offering vaccine to children three years and older at some locations. Appointments were encouraged and can be scheduled through the drugstore company's website at walgreens.com/ScheduleVaccine or by calling (800)-Walgreens.
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Which path lights are best?
Nothing adds warmth and curb appeal to the front of your house like a good set of path lights. Whether you opt for wired ones or go for the ease and versatility of solar lights, a well-lit path makes your home look clean and well cared for.
When you’re looking for easy-to-install, attractive path lights that won’t break the bank, Solpex 8-Pack Solar Pathway Lights are the top choice.
What to know before you buy path lights
Solar vs. wired
You can either wire your path lights into your existing electrical system or place lights that get their energy from the sun.
- Electric lights tend to have a longer life and brighter light, but add the cost and time of wiring them into your home’s electrical system. Even if you only have to plug them in, you have to devise a way to get the wire from them to the outlet, making sure no one will trip on it and no unsightly wires are visible.
- Solar lights are much easier to install, but tend to give fainter light that is dependent on getting enough sun. In the winter, this may mean that your path lights will look faint or won’t light up.
Their lumen rating
A path light’s lumen rating indicates how bright it is. A 10-lumen light casts a faint glow, while a 40-lumen light offers real light for a dark area.
Whether the light they emit is warm or cool
- Warm light can add an air of romance to the walk. It’s best suited for classic-style homes such as colonials, Victorians and Queen Annes.
- Cool light adds a modern, fresh air and looks great in front of newer houses, or those with large windows or more angular architecture.
What to look for in quality path lights
A great pattern on the glass
Wavy glass or a fun art deco stain will add visual interest to your path beyond just adding illumination. So if you like something more than just light, look for path lights with patterned glass or framing to cast interesting shadows.
The right height
Tall lanterns look best near plantings and flowers while shorter path lights look great near grass. You may also opt for in-ground lights that shine upward near grass or other ground covering to add a glow without a visible path light.
Durability
Spending a little more to get a set of solid-construction lights will save on the replacement cost of less expensive but easily broken ones. If you live in a region with heavy winters and significant snowfall — and you don’t take your lights in for the winter — buy a sturdier variety.
How much you can expect to spend on path lights
An inexpensive set of solar path lights can cost around $25, with a sturdier, wired set running around $80-$100.
Path lights FAQ
How long will solar path lights last?
A. The average life of a solar path light is two to six years, with sturdier, more expensive brands lasting longer. To extend your lights’ life, bring them in during extreme weather and keep them clean and free of debris.
Do solar lights go dark on rainy days?
A. On average, no. That’s for the same reason you still have to wear sunblock on cloudy days: ultraviolet light still gets through, enough to charge the solar battery. Solar lights even get some charge on winter days, although above a certain latitude, that charge is faint and will not power the light through the whole night.
What are the best path lights to buy?
Top path lights
What you need to know: They create a fun, interesting pattern of light on your walkway that adds visual interest.
What you’ll love: Unless you have a very long walkway, this eight-light set gives you enough sturdy, attractive lights to illuminate it all. The snowflake pattern is fun and easily seen from the street. Installation is as easy as turning on the switch and using the enclosed stakes to put them in the ground.
What you should consider: They put off cool light that may not be a great match for older architecture.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top path lights for the money
Hampton Bay Solar Black LED 10 Lumens Path Lights
What you need to know: Classic and attractive, these lights offer mini gothic arches and rectangular construction.
What you’ll love: They turn on at dusk and add a warm, cozy light to the walkway until dawn.
What you should consider: At only 10 lumens each, these five lights are on the fainter side, making them better for streets that already have ample lighting.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This 12-pack of in-ground lights adds a glow to your path or the edge of your lawn without the structure of wired lights.
What you’ll love: Easy to place and bright enough to add light to a dark walkway, these are ideal under plants that could use some light shining from below or along well-tended grass.
What you should consider: If you want to cover a wide area, their light may feel insufficient.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Father's Day will be here before you know it. Gift shopping can get tricky sometimes. You want to find a present that someone will appreciate and actually use. That sounds simple enough, but with the wide array of choices, shopping isn't always an easy task. That's why it's a good idea to ask around see what everyone else recommends so you can narrow down your options.
There's an Amazon Gift Finder page that you can narrow down by recipient. The most popular gifts for men page is full of great ideas for Father's Day. These are the top-selling, highly-reviewed, affordable products that the dads in your life will love to have. That's a great starting point, but if you want to get more specific, you can sort those options by category.
Here are some of the most popular gifts for men that you can get from Amazon.
Amazon's Most Popular Gifts for Men
Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm
Your dad may not remember to buy lip balm, but he will definitely use this if you get it for him. This $8 product is such a classic, with a devoted following and many scents to choose from. This product has 14,300+ 5-star Amazon reviews.
Gubarun Mens Sport Flip Flops
Your feet will thank you for these comfortable and supportive sandals. They have a cushioned sole and rugged foot bed that can handle traction and long walks. These come in a ton of colors and they have 18,100+ 5-star Amazon reviews.
LC-dolida Sleep Headphones- Bluetooth Sleep Mask
These sleep headphones are the ultimate indulgence. They have bluetooth headphones, they come in a variety of colors, and they block out the light without putting pressure on your eyes.
This product has 8,500+ 5-star Amazon reviews.
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HANOVER TWP., Pa. - Gov. Josh Shapiro joined United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Congresswoman Susan Wild, Pennsylvania elected officials, and Lehigh Valley leaders to unveil a new, expanded terminal and TSA checkpoint at the Lehigh Valley International Airport Friday, according to a news release from Shapiro's office.
Shapiro's office says the Commonwealth invested $13 million through the Commonwealth Finance Authority Multimodal Transportation Fund, the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, and Bureau of Aviation Capital Budget to support the construction of the new 40,000-square-foot terminal.
The $35-million terminal, which will replace the current underground security checkpoint at LVIA built in the early 1970s, will create a new fourth security screening lane and will implement the latest generation of TSA screening equipment, the governor's office says.
According to the news release, the increased capacity to four processing lanes will increase the airport’s capacity to process passengers from 300-per-hour up to 740-passengers-per-hour and create 15 TSA jobs. A focus on modernization of the terminal complex will also enhance ADA compliance through the replacement of unreliable escalators and elevators, reducing the number of vertical transitions and simplifying the passenger experience at the airport, Shapiro's office says.
Shapiro's office says the new terminal and four-lane security checkpoint upgrades also include new equipment provided by the TSA, new vertical circulation equipment with redundancy to enhance ADA compliance, a state-of-the-art air purification system and improved air circulation, and a separation of outbound and inbound passenger flow.
"Federal, state, and local officials worked together to get this done – and I’m proud to be here on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to celebrate the opening of this new terminal and TSA checkpoint here at the Lehigh Valley International Airport. This expansion should send a clear message that Allentown and the Lehigh Valley are ready to drive innovation and economic opportunity on a national and global scale," said Shapiro. "Our Commonwealth was a major supporter of this project, investing nearly 13 million dollars in this expansion. We are going to support your continued growth and help the Lehigh Valley compete, not just across the nation but around the world – and this new terminal will be the gateway to that progress."
Shapiro's office says LVIA received a $5 million Federal Aviation Administration grant for the project. Buttigieg personally visited the site during construction to monitor progress and highlight the Biden Administration's support, according to the news release.
"We have historic levels of funding now to repair our roads, fix our bridges, expand public transit, modernize ports, improve our airports, and make our infrastructure more resilient," said Buttigieg.
“This is an investment in our community and an investment in our country – and so what we are going to be able to do by expanding ABE TSA screening capabilities and overall capacity, we're growing transportation across Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and beyond which is going to pay dividends for our status as a continually growing economic hub on the Eastern Seaboard,” said Congresswoman Susan Wild.
“This $35 million infrastructure investment alleviates a number of operational challenges, but also elevates the customer experiences for all of our passengers," said Thomas R. Stoudt, Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority Executive Director. “An extra TSA screening lane will increase our throughput from the 400 passengers per hour from our existing checkpoint processing to 700 passengers per hour. It was critical infrastructure that was needed to not only continue to serve our current demand, but to serve our growing region.”
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CANNES, France — After a canceled 2020 edition and a scaled-back gathering last year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday which what organizers hope will be a fully resuscitated French Riviera spectacular.
Formally attired stars including Eva Longoria, Julianne Moore and Forest Whitaker were among those streaming down the Cannes’ famous red carpet Tuesday for the opening of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
The war in Ukraine was at the forefront, with a video address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy playing Tuesday night before the premiere of Michel Hazanavicius’ zombie comedy “Final Cut.”
Zelenskyy called on filmmakers to call out dictators in the same way that Charlie Chaplin satirized Adolf Hitler during World War II.
Zelenskyy also encouraged filmmakers to promote values of democracy and freedom in their work, asking if cinema will “stay quiet” as hundreds die.
The Ukrainian president said his country will continue fighting for its freedom and it will win this war.
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Texas sues health secretary over emergency abortion guidance
(AP) - The state of Texas sued the federal government Thursday after the Biden administration said federal rules require hospitals to provide abortions if the procedure is necessary to save a mother’s life, even in cases where state law mostly bans the procedure.
The lawsuit, which names the Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Xavier Becerra among its defendants, says the guidance issued by the Biden administration earlier this week is unlawful, and that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act does not cover abortions.
“The Biden Administration seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in abortion clinic,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said as he announced the lawsuit. He said the federal government isn’t authorized to require emergency healthcare providers to perform abortions.
The legal wrangling is causing concern for doctors. Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, a Dallas-based OB/GYN and former abortion provider, said emergency departments may face these situations frequently — when patients experience miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies, or when a woman’s water breaks before a fetus is viable.
“Physicians shouldn’t be forced to call a lawyer, call an ethicist, call another lawyer, call a hospital administrator while a patient is actively dying,” she said. “It is unconscionable.”
The lawsuit comes after the Biden administration told hospitals on Monday that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws that have near total bans on the procedure, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that abortion is not a constitutional right.
In a letter to providers, the Department of Health and Human Services said medical facilities are required to determine whether a person seeking treatment may be in labor or whether they face an emergency health situation — or one that could develop into an emergency — and to provide treatment. The letter says if abortion is the necessary treatment to stabilize the patient, it must be done.
“When a state law prohibits abortion and does not include an exception for the life of the pregnant person — or draws the exception more narrowly than EMTALA’s emergency medical condition definition — that state law is preempted,” the letter said.
The department says its guidance doesn’t reflect new policy, but reminds doctors and providers of existing obligations under EMTALA, which was adopted in 1986 and signed by President Ronald Reagan.
But Texas officials disagree, and are asking a judge to set aside the Biden administration’s guidance and declare it unlawful.
The lawsuit says Biden is “flagrantly disregarding” the legislative and democratic process, and that the guidance forces “hospitals and doctors to commit crimes and risk their licensure under Texas law.”
The lawsuit said the EMTALA does not mandate, direct or suggest providing any specific treatment, and says nothing about abortion.
“On the contrary, EMTALA contemplates that an emergency medical condition is one that threatens the life of the unborn child,” the lawsuit says. “It is obvious that abortion does not preserve the life or health of an unborn child.”
The fall of Roe put in motion Texas’ trigger law that will ban virtually all abortions in coming weeks. Clinics have tried to continue serving patients in the meantime, but court battles over whether a dormant 1925 abortion ban can be enforced for now has already stopped most doctors from performing abortions. Abortions soon will be allowed in Texas only when a mother’s life is in danger or if she is at risk of “substantial impairment of a major bodily function.”
Laura Hermer, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. said Texas is more interested in its own sovereignty than in protecting pregnant women.
“It is dangerous to be pregnant in Texas,” said Laura Hermer, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. “People who are pregnant are going to die in Texas because of the position Texas is taking on this issue. This is not pro-life. There is nothing pro-life about this.”
Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University School of Law, said it was surprising that the challenge came from a state government. “It’s usually the providers that would challenge any mandate of coverage that is not clearly established in federal law,” Turley said.
Moayedi, the Dallas doctor who is also a board member with Physicians for Reproductive Health, said the federal government’s guidance wasn’t helpful — and that Texas’ lawsuit instills fear among healthcare providers statewide.
“Healthcare providers have always been very hesitant to engage in anything that could be considered an abortion in our state unless they’re abortion providers,” she said.
The lawsuit says that doctors will be forced to chose between violating Texas law — which bans nearly all abortions — or jeopardizing their ability to receive Medicare funds. The lawsuit says the federal guidelines also conflict with the Hyde Amendment, which generally bars federal dollars from being used to fund abortions unless a pregnancy is the result of rape, incest or the woman’s life is in danger.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said this is an example of an “extreme and radical” Republican elected official. She added: “It is unthinkable that this public official would sue to block women from receiving life-saving care in emergency rooms, a right protected under U.S. law.”
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A small Navy watercraft crashed off the California coast in the pre-dawn hours Friday, injuring five sailors with a Naval Special Warfare unit, an official said.
The vessel hit the Zuniga Point Jetty as it entered San Diego Bay about 1:50 a.m., Naval Special Warfare spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Chelsea K. Irish said in a statement.
None of the injuries was life-threatening. Three of the sailors were released from the hospital, and two are in stable condition, Irish said.
The sailors are part of a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit and were participating in a routine training exercise, Irish said.
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New York bike path killer convicted, could face the death penalty
An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path was convicted Thursday of federal crimes and could face the death penalty.
Sayfullo Saipov bowed his head as he heard the verdict in a Manhattan courtroom just a few blocks from where the attack ended. Prosecutors said the Halloween rampage was inspired by his reverence for the militant group Islamic State.
The dozen jurors deliberated for about seven hours over two days before convicting Saipov, 34, of 28 counts of crimes that include murder in aid of racketeering and supporting a foreign terrorist organization. Jurors will return to court no earlier than Feb. 6 to hear more evidence to help them decide whether he should be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison.
A death sentence for Saipov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, would be an extreme rarity in New York. The state no longer has capital punishment and the last state execution was in 1963. No federal jury in New York has rendered a death sentence that withstood legal appeals in decades, with the last execution in 1954.
Even before the trial, there was no doubt Saipov was a killer.
A man described by authorities as a terrorist drove a rented pickup truck down a crowded bicycle path in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least eight people, police said — the first deaths from terrorism in New York since the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
His lawyers admitted to the jury that he rented a pickup truck near his New Jersey home, steered it onto the path along the Hudson River and mowed down bicyclists for blocks before crashing into a school bus near the World Trade Center.
He emerged from his truck yelling “God is great!” in Arabic, with pellet and paintball guns in his hands before he was shot by a police officer who thought they were real firearms.
The vehicle attack killed a woman visiting from Belgium with her family, five friends from Argentina and two Americans. It left others with permanent injuries, including a woman who lost her legs.
“His actions were senseless, horrific, and there’s no justification for them,” defense attorney David Patton told the jury during the trial.
The defense asked jurors to acquit Saipov of racketeering charges, saying he intended to die a martyr and was not conspiring with the Islamic State organization despite voluminous amounts of propaganda from the group found on his electronic devices and at his home.
Saipov did not testify. He sat quietly each day, unlike at a 2019 pretrial hearing where he insisted on questioning the judge about why he should be judged for eight deaths when “thousands and thousands of Muslims are dying all over the world.”
The defendant moved legally to the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010 and lived in Ohio and Florida before joining his family in Paterson, N.J.
Prosecutors said Saipov attacked civilians to impress the Islamic State group so he could become a member and appeared pleased with his work, smiling when he spoke to an FBI agent afterward.
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Among those testifying were several family members from Belgium who were injured in the attack. Aristide Melissas, a father, said he had challenged family members to race their bikes to the World Trade Center, with the loser paying for ice cream. When he was struck by Saipov’s truck, his skull was fractured. He underwent brain surgery.
His wife, Marion Van Reeth, spoke of waking up in a hospital to learn her legs had been amputated.
Saipov’s lawyers have said the death penalty process was irreparably tainted by former President Trump, who tweeted a day after the attack that Saipov “SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!”
President Biden subsequently instituted a moratorium on executions for federal crimes.
Until Saipov’s trial, Biden’s Justice Department, under Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland, had not launched any new attempt to obtain the death penalty in a federal case. But Garland has allowed U.S. prosecutors to continue advocating for capital punishment in cases inherited from previous administrations.
It has been a decade since a jury in New York last considered the death penalty.
Federal juries in Brooklyn twice gave a death sentence to a man who murdered two New York police detectives in 2007 and 2013, but both sentences were tossed out on appeal. A judge ultimately ruled the killer was intellectually disabled.
In 2001, just weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal jurors in Manhattan declined to impose a death sentence on two men convicted in the deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The men’s lawyers had urged jurors to not help turn the defendants into martyrs.
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As Americans continue to reel from the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 students and 2 teachers dead, headlines and commentators repeat a common refrain: The U.S is the only country where this happens.
Nowadays that may be true, but 26 years ago, it happened in Scotland. In March 1996, a gunman entered Dunblane Primary School, killing 16 students, a teacher, and injuring 15 others. To this day, it is the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.
But that's where the similarities end. In the aftermath of the shooting, parents in Dunblane were able to mobilize with the kind of effectiveness that has eluded American gun control activists. By the following year, Parliament had banned private ownership of most handguns, as well as semi-automatic weapons, and required mandatory registration for shotgun owners. There have been no school shootings in the U.K since then.
"The comparisons between the U.S. and Britain now should make shocking reading to anyone in America," says Mick North, whose five-year-old daughter, Sophie, was killed at Dunblane. He's one of the founding members of the group Gun Control Network, which advocated for new laws in the aftermath of the Dunblane shooting.
Over the past several years, England, Scotland and Wales combined have seen around thirty gun deaths a year. By comparison, according to the CDC, the number of murders involving firearms in the United States in 2020 was 19,384.
"Even setting aside the difference in the size of the country, that is a horrendous difference," says North.
At the time of the Dunblane shooting, he and other activists did face difficulties making their schools safer – including skepticism from members of the Royal Family. In an interview with the BBC, Prince Philip compared the banning of guns to the banning of cricket bats, saying that both had the potential for danger if misused. It's an argument that's similar to those made by the gun lobby in the United States.
"The criticism of others that these people might choose some other means of causing harm doesn't really acknowledge how very dangerous guns are compared with other weapons," says North. "It is too easy for somebody to pick up something like a gun and cause havoc within seconds and certainly within minutes."
The strong heritage of gun ownership in the U.S. – and the Constitutional right to bear arms – is an obstacle that British gun control activists like North didn't have to wrestle with in the aftermath of the Dunblane shooting. And yet, he sees other countries with similar histories which have successfully passed strict gun control measures.
"Yes, the whole culture around guns is different in the U.S. But there are other countries in the world where there's a frontier mentality - shall we say, Canada, Australia - who have adopted tighter controls over guns," North says. "So I think America should perhaps be comparing itself not necessarily with Britain alone but with a whole range of countries who have unfortunately experienced mass shootings but only a small number of them."
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Farm Show kicked off Tuesday at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum amid changing times and rising costs within the agriculture industry.
Recently, customers have seen a rise in the price of eggs, but those rising costs are a direct result of prices rising for everything that goes into producing those eggs.
“Feed prices are definitely up, all of the inputs going into the feed have increased,” said Philip Leman, vice president of sales and marketing at Belstra Milling.
On top of that, Leman said even the cost of the bags used to store feed have went up considerably.
Despite the rising costs, Lynn Huelsenbeck, a salesman for Topeka New Holland, said farmers are making money, but are also retaining money in order to prepare for any volatile outcomes that may happen as a result of the changing farming industry.
“A lot of people have made a lot of money in farming, but they’re also retaining that money,” Huelsenbeck said. “In farming, you have to retain those dollars as long as possible because you don’t exactly know what is going to happen in the following years.”
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. dollar has been surging so much that it’s nearly equal in value to the euro for the first time in 20 years. That trend, though, threatens to hurt American companies because their goods become more expensive for foreign buyers. If U.S. exports were to weaken as a result, so, too, would the already-slowing U.S. economy.
Yet there’s a positive side for Americans, too: A stronger buck provides modest relief from runaway inflation because the vast array of goods that are imported to the U.S. — from cars and computers to toys and medical equipment — become less expensive. A strengthened dollar also delivers bargains to American tourists sightseeing in Europe, from Amsterdam to Athens.
The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the value of American money against six major foreign currencies, has jumped nearly 12% this year to a two-decade high. The euro is now worth just under $1.02.
The dollar is climbing mainly because the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates more aggressively than central banks in other countries are in its effort to cool the hottest U.S. inflation in four decades. The Fed’s rate hikes cause yields on U.S. Treasurys to rise, which attracts investors seeking richer yields than they can get elsewhere in the world. This increased demand for dollar-denominated securities, in turn, boosts the dollar’s value.
Also contributing to the currency’s appeal, notes Rubeela Farooqi of High Frequency Economics, is that despite concern about a potential recession in the United States, “the U.S. economy is on firmer footing compared to Europe.”
Not since July 15, 2002, has the euro been valued at less than one dollar. On that day, the euro blew past parity with the dollar as huge U.S. trade deficits and accounting scandals on Wall Street pulled down the U.S. currency.
This year, the euro has sagged largely because of growing fears that the 19 countries that use the currency will sink into recession. The war in Ukraine has magnified oil and gas prices and punished European consumers and businesses.
In particular, Russia’s recent reduction in natural gas supplies has sent prices skyrocketing and raised fears of a total cutoff that could force governments to ration energy to industry to spare homes, schools and hospitals. (European leaders have denounced Moscow’s move as an effort to blackmail Europe for backing Ukraine and embracing Western sanctions in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion.)
Economists at Berenberg bank have calculated that at current rates of consumption the added gas bill would be 220 billion euros ($224 billion) over 12 months, or a whopping 1.5% of annual economic output.
“This war is a ‘body-blow’ to Europe,” Robin Brooks, chief economist at the institute of International Finance banking trade group, tweeted this week. “It undercuts Germany’s growth model that’s based on cheap Russian energy. Europe is facing a seismic shift, and (the) euro needs to fall to reflect that.”
A European slowdown could eventually give the European Central Bank less leeway to raise rates and moderate economic growth to address its own inflation problem. The ECB has announced that it will raise its key interest rate by a quarter-point when it meets later this month and possibly by up to a half point in September. A weaker euro feeds inflationary pressures by making imports to Europe more expensive.
Analysts at UniCredit said global recession fears were a prime driver in foreign exchange markets “amid the general view that the Fed might ultimately have more opportunity than many other central banks” to raise rates. The analysts also noted the dollar’s role as a globally recognized safe haven, in light of recent financial market turmoil, as another factor that’s boosting demand for the buck.
In the meantime, the dollar’s rise is complicating an already uncertain outlook for the United States, the world’s biggest economy. On the one hand, the stronger greenback makes foreign goods less expensive for Americans and eases inflationary pressures. But not by much.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics calculates that a 10% rise in the dollar over the past year, against the currencies of its trading partners, reduced inflation by about 0.4 percentage point. Though Zandi calls that a “meaningful” impact, he notes that consumer prices have soared 8.6% over the past year, the biggest year-over-year gain since 1981.
And a sturdier currency takes a toll on U.S. companies that do business overseas. For one thing, it erodes the profits of multinational companies that rely on overseas sales. The stronger dollar makes their foreign revenue worth less when they convert it to dollars and bring it home the United States. Microsoft, for example, last month downgraded the outlook for its April-June earnings “due to unfavorable foreign exchange rate movement.”
Worse, a stronger dollar makes U.S.-made products more expensive in overseas markets, while giving foreign products a price edge in the United States.
“The stronger dollar,” Zandi said, “weighs on (economic) growth as it results in reduced exports, more imports and thus a wider trade deficit.”
Indeed, a growing trade gap subtracted 3.2 percentage points from U.S. economic growth in the January-March period. That was the main reason why the nation’s gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of economic output — shrank at a 1.6% annual rate in the first quarter.
Economists say the risk of recession is already rising in the United States as the Fed raises borrowing costs and consumers deplete the savings they built up during the pandemic.
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of Israelis on Saturday protested their far-right government’s plans to overhaul the legal system, three days after parliament advanced a bill that would enable lawmakers to overturn a Supreme Court decision with a simple majority.
The “Supreme Court override” bill’s approval in a preliminary vote in the Knesset was the latest step by Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition toward realizing the judicial overhaul that is steaming ahead despite calls for dialogue and consensus from American Jews and Israel’s president, and the weekly mass protests.
In addition to weakening the country’s highest court, the protesters say the proposed changes threaten Israel’s democratic values and concentrate power with the ruling coalition in parliament. Netanyahu and his ruling coalition believe the court has had unchecked power for years.
For eight weeks, the weekly protests have gained momentum, with large sectors of Israeli society and businesses joining them. On Saturday, the main protest took place in the central city of Tel Aviv along numerous smaller demonstrations across the country.
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BEIJING, July 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Iran on Tuesday officially became the ninth member state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a comprehensive regional cooperation organization that covers the largest area and population on the globe.
Iran's full-scale admission was formalized at the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the organization. SCO leaders attended the meeting online.
Addressing the meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Iran into the SCO family and called on SCO member states to stay in unity and coordination so as to bring more certainty and positive energy to world peace and development.
"The people's wish for a happy life is our goal, and peace, development and win-win cooperation are the unstoppable trends of the times," Xi noted.
Calling for making the world a better place, Xi told SCO leaders that China is ready to work with other member states to actively implement the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Global Security Initiative (GSI), and Global Civilization Initiative (GCI).
In a world of turmoil and transformation, President Xi successively proposed the GDI, GSI and GCI, contributing China's solution to global governance. The three initiatives also meet the needs of the SCO to strengthen its "three pillars," the three major cooperation areas of security, economy and people-to-people exchanges.
Safeguarding common security
The SCO was born more than two decades ago with a fundamental mission to combat the three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism. Over the years, security cooperation has remained a major focus for member states within the SCO framework.
To combat the "three forces," SCO members have made notable strides by expanding intelligence sharing and information exchanges, and carrying out joint anti-terror exercises. In 2020 alone, SCO member states managed to prevent over 40 terrorist attacks and dismantled more than 50 terrorist groups.
The organization also functions as a major coordinator of the member countries' efforts to clamp down on drug trafficking and transnational organized crimes and handle flare-ups of regional hotspots through such mechanisms as the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group.
Calling for maintaining regional peace and safeguarding common security, Xi pointed out that "sustaining peace and security in this region is our common responsibility."
He added that China stands ready to work with all sides to implement the GSI, promote the settlement of international disputes through dialogue and consultation, and encourage political settlement of international and regional hotspots, so as to forge a solid security shield in the region.
Making 'cooperation pie' bigger
Covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent, the SCO presents nearly half of the world's population and over 20 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), which also means even greater potential for development. And the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has offered SCO members a chance to tap the potential and gear up their practical cooperation, notably in infrastructure.
With the construction of transportation services such as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline and the regular operation of China-Europe freight train services, ties among SCO member states have become physically closer.
"We should work together to broaden the Belt and Road as a 'path of happiness' benefiting the whole world," Xi said, and he told SCO leaders that on the BRI's 10th anniversary, China will hold the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
The China-SCO local economic and trade cooperation demonstration zone has also brought tangible benefits to local people. Its trade with SCO countries surged to 8.1 billion yuan (about $1.1 billion) in 2022 from 850 million yuan (about $117 million) in 2019.
Promoting economic growth is a common task for all countries in the region, President Xi stressed during the meeting. He called on SCO members to focus on practical cooperation and expedite economic recovery.
He also vowed to work with all sides to implement the GDI and make the pie of win-win cooperation bigger while voicing against protectionism, unilateral sanctions and the overstretching of national security, and rejecting moves of setting up barriers, decoupling and severing supply chains.
Tightening bonds among people
The SCO states are home to many ancient civilizations and ethnic groups with a kaleidoscopic religious and cultural inheritance, making efforts to promote cross-cultural exchanges and mutual understanding truly necessary.
Cultural events such as the Year of Languages, the Year of Culture, and the Year of Tourism have been held in succession among member countries, aiming to help people from SCO member states know each other better.
The SCO has also developed the University of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (USCO), which encourages cultural and academic exchanges between the youth from SCO member states. At present, there are 82 colleges and universities under the cooperation program of the USCO, with seven professional directions.
The Chinese president on Tuesday announced that in the coming three years, China will provide SCO member states with 1,000 International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarships, offer 3,000 "Chinese Bridge" summer camp opportunities, and invite 100 young scientists to China for scientific research exchanges.
Xi believes that all nations in the region aspire to see harmonious development of different civilizations. "We welcome all sides to work together to implement the Global Civilization Initiative, promote inclusiveness and coexistence among all civilizations, and increase mutual understanding and friendship among all nations."
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Prosecutors in Ukraine's southern Kherson region have opened a war crimes investigation into Russian troops who apparently killed a Ukrainian journalist late Wednesday.
Bogdan Bitik was killed while on the Antonivka bridge, a major crossing on the Dnipro river, near Kherson. Russian forces are believed to have partially destroyed it while retreating to Kherson's eastern bank last fall.
Bitik's body remained on the bridge for several hours, as rescuers said it was too dangerous to approach. He is the first civilian journalist killed on the job in Ukraine this year.
Bitik was working as an interpreter for an Italian reporter, Corrado Zunino, who was also shot, but survived after one bullet lodged in his bulletproof vest.
Their employer, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, says both journalists were targeted by Russian snipers who are defending the bridge from a potential Ukrainian counter-offensive. Kherson, though taken back by Ukrainian forces last November, continues to see intense fighting, as Russian forces occupy the eastern bank of the river, and lob artillery and other munitions on the city. Thousands of the city's residents have fled in recent months.
Speaking to the newspaper, Zunino said that he and Bitik both wore vests clearly identifying them as press. Still, the International Federation of Journalists has identified several cases of reporters killed while identified as journalists in Ukraine and elsewhere, despite being a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
"The Russians don't care if you are Russian, Italian, or Ukrainian, they simply shoot," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Italian television.
Restrictions on journalism in Ukraine
The incident has shed light on a new press accreditation system that Ukraine's military has implemented as the full-scale war has entered its second year.
As of March, Ukraine has designated entire regions of the country as special "red and yellow zones" that journalists are either forbidden from visiting, or must be accompanied by military officers that can intervene in the reporting process.
As of May, Ukraine's military will also require all journalists to re-apply for permission to work every six months, with unclear criteria for who gets denied or approved.
This has led both foreign and domestic media covering the war to raise press freedom concerns. Ukraine's independent Institute for Mass Information, has proposed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy create a liaison between the military and media to encourage more transparency while also keeping journalists, troops and civilians out of harm's way.
Skirting permissions
News of Bitik's death has shaken a tight-knit community of Ukrainian journalists who assist foreign correspondents during their reporting to Ukraine.
According to a 2019 study from the Global Reporting Center, "fixers," as these local journalists are often known, overwhelmingly say their work is more dangerous than that of the reporters who hire them.
The Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications found that Zunino had not informed local authorities that he was working in the Kherson region, and had driven past Ukrainian soldiers at checkpoints who had shouted, "Danger, sir!"
"The Italian [Zunino] told me himself, while laying in the hospital, that his fixer [Bitik] didn't even have any press accreditation, either," said Dmytro Pletenchuk, a Ukrainian military spokesman.
Meanwhile, military sources told the IMI that Bitik was not wearing a bulletproof vest at the time of his death, even though Zunino was. Ukraine's military requires all journalists wear protective armor as a condition of their accreditation.
"Bogdan was a great friend and a valuable journalist," Zunino wrote in an obituary in La Repubblica on Thursday. Bitik leaves behind a son and wife.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister appealed to his Dutch counterpart to defend free trade after the Netherlands and Japan agreed to cooperate with U.S. restrictions on Chinese access to advanced processor chip technology due to security concerns.
The foreign ministry gave no indication Tuesday whether Qin Gang directly addressed the controls in the phone call with Wopke Hoekstra. But a ministry spokeswoman repeated complaints made earlier against the United States that other governments were trying to hurt Chinese companies.
Qin said the Netherlands and China “should jointly maintain the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain,” said Mao Ning.
Hoekstra said on Twitter he talked with Qin on Monday but gave no details.
The United States is trying to block China from acquiring the most powerful chips and technology to help its fledgling industry make them. Washington says they can be used in weapons and to facilitate the ruling Communist Party’s surveillance and human rights abuses.
Without naming the United States, Mao said other goverments have “deliberately blockaded and hobbled Chinese companies.” She made a similar complaint against Washington on Monday.
“Such bullying and hegemonic practices seriously violate market principles and international trade order,” Mao said. She appealed to other governments to “make independent decisions based on their own interests.”
A person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Sunday that Japan and the Netherlands agreed to join in U.S. controls.
The Communist Party has invested billions of dollars to develop chip producers, buy they still need foreign manufacturing equipment, raw materials and other technology.
The Netherlands is the home of ASML, the leader in extreme-ultraviolet, or EUV, technology that allows manufacturers to pack more circuits onto a chip. The Dutch government has blocked the sale of its most advanced equipment to China under a security agreement that includes Washington.
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NEW YORK (AP) — For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries — a fact that public health experts say is crucial to understanding the full impact of guns on society.
A new government study highlights just how violent America's recent past has been by showing a surge in gunfire injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the number of people fatally shooting each other — and themselves -- also increased.
The number of people injured by gunfire was nearly 40% higher in 2020 and 2021, compared with 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a study published Thursday. In 2022, gun injuries tapered off, but were still 20% higher than before the pandemic.
Gun injuries rose similarly for men and women over the past three years, while the largest proportional increase occurred among children younger than 15, a subset that remains a small fraction of the overall problem.
Experts say the CDC gun injury study, which uses data from hospital emergency departments, helps provide a more comprehensive picture of gun violence in America than simply measuring homicides and suicides.
“Hospitals are a great place to keep the pulse on who is being shot, and when and where,” said Catherine Barber, a senior injury researcher at Harvard University’s school of public health.
The CDC study results came from more than 2,200 U.S. hospital emergency departments, which represent the bulk of the nation’s ERs, said Thomas Simon, one of the authors of the new study.
The study suggests that the number of gunshot-related ER visits at hospitals in the study rose from around 50,000 in 2019 to more than 72,000 in 2020. Because more than a quarter of U.S. hospital emergency departments were not involved in the study, the actual number is likely significantly higher.
Experts believe a variety of factors contributed to the pandemic surge in gun violence, including a rise in guns purchased, more time spent inside homes where guns are present and mental health struggles stemming from social isolation and economic hardships.
The CDC study shows a rise in gun injuries around mid-March 2020, after a pandemic emergency was declared and lockdowns and other measures were put into place. A sharper jump occurred a couple of months later, in the second half of May, when protests and civil unrest followed the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.
While the CDC study did not differentiate between injuries caused by assaults or accidents, other research has shown that about 3 out of 4 gunshot wounds are intentional.
The CDC says more than 45,000 people died from gun-related injuries in the U.S. in 2020, and more than 47,000 in 2021.
The country’s gun violence problem was thrust into the national conversation again this week after a shooter killed 3 children and 3 adults at a Christian school in Tennessee; nobody who was shot survived. The shooter was killed by police.
“We are in a week when people are paying attention to this issue again, sadly, after a mass shooting in Nashville” said Nina Vinik, executive director of Project Unloaded, an advocacy group focused on the impact of gun violence on children. “Hopefully this paper will add new data to that conversation.”
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LOS ANGELES – Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and actor who is married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, is among the accusers of Harvey Weinstein who will testify at his rape and sexual assault trial that began Monday, her attorney said.
“Like many other women, my client was sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at a purported business meeting that turned out to be a trap," Newsom's attorney Elizabeth Fegan said in a statement. “She intends to testify at his trial in order to seek some measure of justice for survivors, and as part of her life’s work to improve the lives of women.”
Weinstein, the 70-year-old former movie mogul who is serving a 23-year prison sentence after a conviction in New York, has pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of rape and sexual assault involving Newsom and four other women. All of them will testify as Jane Doe during the eight-week trial in a Los Angeles court, where jury selection began Monday.
The Associated Press does not normally name people who say they’ve been sexually abused, but Newsom agreed to be named through her attorney.
The news of her involvement was first reported by The Los Angeles Times.
Newsom, 48, appeared in small roles in dozens of films and television shows between 2002 and 2011. Recently she has directed documentaries including “The Great American Lie” in 2020 and “Fair Play” from this year. Both deal with gender in society.
She wrote about her experience with Weinstein in a 2017 essay in the Huffington Post after the New York Times and New Yorker stories made him a magnet of the #MeToo movement, but gave few details.
Weinstein, who is being held in a Los Angeles County jail, was brought Monday into court in a wheelchair through a side door, and climbed from it carefully into a seat next to one of his lawyers at the defense table. He was wearing a blue suit, which he is allowed to change into from his jail attire during the trial.
He stood with the rest of the room as the first panel of 67 prospective jurors were brought in, but sat down about halfway through the process. He waved at them from his seat when his lawyers introduced them.
The jurors were given a lengthy questionnaire intended to screen out those who need to be dismissed. Both the questions and answers on the forms are private, but previous hearings on its contents revealed that it contains questions on how much media coverage of Weinstein they have seen, and whether they have formed opinions from it, though the judge rejected questions on specific stories and media outlets.
The prosecution will be allowed to introduce as evidence parts of Weinstein's conviction for rape and sexual assault, where the state's highest court has agreed to hear his appeal.
The questionnaire also includes a question about a California law that says the testimony alone of a sexual assault victim can be sufficient evidence to convict if a juror believes them.
The jurors were also given a long list of names of witnesses in the coming trial, including those of the accusers to determine whether they have any connection to them. The initial witness list in the case had more than 270 names, though fewer than half that are expected. Most of the prospective witness list has not been made public.
One witness, Barbara Schneeweiss, a producer on “Project Runway” and other television shows, was present in court early Monday and was told by a judge she was on call to come in at any time.
Two more panels of up to 75 jurors will be brought in Tuesday and Wednesday. Questioning of individual jurors is not expected to begin until next week, and opening statements may not begin for two weeks.
The trial comes five years after women's stories about Weinstein made the #MeToo movement explode.
Weinstein is charged with four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts.
Most of the incidents in his indictment, like Newsom's, happened under the guise of business meetings at luxury hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, which Weinstein used as his California headquarters and where he could be seen during awards season and throughout the year. Four of them occurred during Oscars week 2013, when Weinstein releases “Silver Linings Playbook” and “Django Unchained” would win Academy Awards.
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Updated June 2, 2023 at 1:37 PM ET
Taking a picture of Mars is not easy.
Once light bounces off the planet, it can take between 3 to 22 minutes to travel to Earth — so there aren't truly "live" images of Mars.
But on Friday afternoon, the European Space Agency offered the closest thing: the first "livestream" of Mars on YouTube, which posted pictures of the planet every 50 seconds as they beamed down directly from the camera mounted on the agency's Mars Express orbiter. The livestream was about an hour long.
"Normally, we see images from Mars and know that they were taken days before. I'm excited to see Mars as it is now – as close to a martian 'now' as we can possibly get!" James Godfrey, the spacecraft operations manager at the ESA's mission control center, said in a statement.
In 50-second intervals, the camera panned across Mars, showing a side of the planet entering night, as well as some clouds billowing out on the corner.
The livestream celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Mars Express mission, which launched in 2003 to better understand the planet, as well as search for traces of water.
It's with this camera, originally meant for engineering purposes, that we'll get 'live' images this evening from 18:00 CEST in the first #MarsLIVE
— ESA Operations (@esaoperations) June 2, 2023
What makes this unique, is that it's a one-hour livestream from Mars - but don't expect a detailed view of the #RedPlanet! pic.twitter.com/9BkL9elZRB
Live footage from deep space is rare
There are only a few examples of "live" footage in space, including the famous Apollo missions showing astronauts walk on the moon's surface, as well as the DART and LCROSS missions where NASA intentionally crashed spacecrafts into asteroids and the moon, respectively, the ESA said in a news release.
"These missions were all pretty close to home and others farther away sent perhaps an image or two in near real-time," the ESA said. "When it comes to a lengthy livestream from deep space, this is a first."
Most observations and data gathered by spacecrafts are beamed down to Earth a few hours or even days later — which isn't generally an issue for scientists.
In fact, though the speed of light can make livestreams difficult, in other cases, it has been a boon for scientific discovery.
Take the Euclid mission. The telescope will capture light that has been traveling for 10 billion years, allowing scientists to see 10 billion years into the past, the ESA said.
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This week’s new entertainment releases include a documentary that delves into the extraordinary life of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown star in “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul,” a satirical comedy about a Southern Baptist megachurch. The week’s biggest release will be the eight-part “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” an Amazon Prime Video prequel to “The Lord of the Rings,” which debuts on the heels of HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” which is set two centuries before “Game of Thrones.”
Here’s a collection of the best of what’s arriving in theaters, on TV and streaming services this week.
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”
An epic battle of fantasy prequels is nigh. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” debuts Friday on Amazon Prime Video, on the heels of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” which is set two centuries before “Game of Thrones.” The Amazon series takes place much earlier in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” novels, with evil a threat to peaceful Middle-earth. Whatever the dueling body counts may be, “House of the Dragon” set a high bar for viewership: Nearly 10 million tuned in to make it the most-watched series premiere in HBO history. Amazon’s early brag is that a “The Rings of Power” promotional spot during Super Bowl LVI was the game’s most-watched trailer ever.
“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul”
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown star in the satirical comedy “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul,” that’s playing in theaters and streaming on Peacock on Friday. Brown plays husband to Hall and the pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch that needs a big comeback in the aftermath of a scandal. The directorial debut of Adamma Ebo premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. “Jurassic World: Dominion” also makes its debut on Peacock on Friday. The third and, supposedly, final installment to the “Jurassic World” series invites original “Jurassic Park” stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum to join the Chris Pratt/Bryce Dallas Howard crew. Though not the best movie of the bunch, there are moments, especially when DeWanda Wise is on screen.
“No-Recipe Road Trip with the Try Guys”
The quartet of pals and business partners known as The Try Guys have gained a big YouTube following with their funny and offbeat willingness to venture into untested (for them) waters. They bring that approach to TV with “No-Recipe Road Trip with the Try Guys,” in which Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld, and Eugene Lee Yang visit restaurants in Nashville; Los Angeles; Charleston, South Carolina; Atlanta; and Santa Barbara, California, and make each eatery’s signature dish minus instructions. The series begins Wednesday on the Food Network and streams on discovery+.
“The Phantom of the Open”
In 1976, Maurice Flitcroft, a shipyard crane operator, entered the British Open without ever having played golf before and shot the worst qualifying round in the tournament’s history. His story gets a quirky, uplifting spin in “The Phantom of the Open,” starring Mark Rylance as Maurice and Sally Hawkins as his wife Jean, which is available on video on demand starting Tuesday. In her AP review, Jocelyn Noveck wrote that “The closing footage of the real Maurice is utterly fascinating and hints that perhaps his story wasn’t as sweet as the one we’ve just seen. But it’s hard to deny it’s been a darned enjoyable 18 holes.”
“Explorer”
Also available on VOD on Tuesday is the documentary “Explorer,” which delves into the life of Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who the Guinness Book of Records called “the world’s greatest living explorer.” That might have been in 1984, but according to his website, he remains the only man alive ever to have traveled around the Earth’s circumpolar surface. And at 78, he’s getting more reflective than he ever has been in director Matthew Dyas’ film.
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WASHINGTON, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Beacon Global Strategies (BGS), a leading strategic advisory firm focusing on global public policy, government procurement, and geopolitical risk analysis, announced it will be expanding its growing team by adding Mr. Andrew "Andy" Makridis as Senior Advisor and Mr. Peter Modigliani as Vice President. In these roles, Mr. Makridis will provide invaluable insight to the firm's Intelligence Practice and Mr. Modigliani will draw on his decades of experience to support the firm's National Security Technology Practice. Additionally, BGS is pleased to announce Mr. Matthew Sysak has joined BGS as Chief Financial Officer.
"BGS is honored to welcome these highly respected individuals to our ever-growing cadre of experts and look forward to the value they will add to our team. We are confident they will enhance our company as we continue to grow and expand our offerings in the areas most relevant to our diverse client base," said Michael Allen, a Co-Founder and Managing Director at BGS.
Mr. Andrew Makridis joins BGS as Senior Advisor. Mr. Makridis retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) at the end of 2022, after serving four years as its Chief Operating Officer. Over the course of his thirty-seven year career at the Agency he served in various senior positions within the Directorate of Intelligence, and the Directorate of Science and Technology. Mr. Makridis worked on critical national intelligence challenges to include: technical analysis of Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and North Korea strategic weapons and adversary space capabilities. Mr. Makridis also led the Agency's response to the WikiLeaks data breach. He served as an executive assistant to then CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin and as President George W. Bush's intelligence briefer. Additionally, he served as Director for the Weapons and Counter Proliferation Mission Center and as the Associate Deputy Director of the Directorate of Science and Technology.
Mr. Peter Modigliani joins BGS as Vice President. Mr. Modigliani is a leader in defense acquisition with over 25 years of experience transforming the Department of Defense and intelligence community enterprises. Prior to joining BGS, he worked at the MITRE Corporation serving as a Defense Acquisition Leader. Mr. Modigliani led strategic defense initiatives to include rapid and software acquisition pathways, portfolio management, requirements, and budget reforms. He is the acquisition lead for the Atlantic Council's Commission for Defense Innovation Adoption. He previously served on the Section 809 Panel, a Congressionally directed panel chartered to streamline and improve defense acquisition. Prior to MITRE, he was an Assistant Vice President with Alion Science and Technology managing senior acquisition professionals within the Air Force Acquisition Executive office. Mr. Modigliani began his career as an Air Force program manager of major aircraft and software systems.
Mr. Matthew Sysak joins BGS as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Sysak's career spans 30 years of varied experience in financial management, business leadership, M&A, HR, tax, and corporate strategy. Prior to joining Beacon, he was CFO for Ready Education, a global SaaS education-technology company focused on student engagement in higher education. Before that, Mr. Sysak spent three years as CFO of Federated Wireless, a SaaS company focused on software innovation in wireless spectrum sharing. Prior to that he spent five years as CFO of EverFi, a SaaS education-technology company focused on financial literacy in K-12, growing the company to over $100 million in revenue and completing a sale to private equity. Mr. Sysak also spent five years at Rosetta Stone, a global provider of language learning software, successfully completing the company's initial public offering. Earlier in his career, he held senior-level positions in publicly traded companies including ITC Learning and Computer Learning Centers. Mr. Sysak began his career in public accounting, earned a B.S. in accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is a certified public accountant.
About Beacon Global Strategies
Founded in 2013, Beacon Global Strategies is a bipartisan strategic advisory firm that provides clients an in-depth understanding of national security decision-making to advance objectives and solve problems in Washington and abroad. The Beacon team brings experience informed by their years of service in the White House, State Department, Defense Department, CIA, Justice Department, on Capitol Hill, and in the private sector.
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LAPD recovers $7 million worth of stolen Nike sneakers in Torrance warehouse raid
The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday seized millions of dollars’ worth of stolen Nike sneakers during a raid of a warehouse in Torrance.
LAPD investigators determined that the merchandise had been stolen from trucks near the Port of Los Angeles, KCBS-TV reported.
A spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which investigates cargo thefts at the port, referred all questions about the operation to the LAPD.
After tracking the stolen items to the Torrance warehouse, police served a search warrant and recovered an estimated $7 million worth of merchandise, the station reported. No arrests have been made.
The LAPD did not immediately comment about the investigation.
Shoe and apparel heists are a multimillion-dollar problem for Nike.
In April of last year, Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives arrested a suspect, Julian Gutierrez, in connection with a robbery at a Nike store in East Los Angeles, as well as multiple “grab-and-go” retail thefts.
Gutierrez was found with several thousand dollars’ worth of new clothing with tags and security devices still attached in his vehicle, according to the Sheriff’s Department. Losses from the Nike store were estimated at more than $150,000.
Then, in September, thieves in Memphis, Tenn., broke into a Nike distribution center and stole about $800,000 worth of sneakers and apparel, according to authorities.
Earlier this year, the popular sports shoe company temporarily closed its retail store in Portland, Ore., because of ongoing thefts there.
A Nike spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Inflation is always greed in action. The law of supply and demand is a euphemism cooked up by an 18th century economist to make "scientific" what people with have been doing to people without for millennia. The petroleum industry has greed down so pat it's members raise and lower prices in concert, that no one argues any longer collusion and cartelization. What say you to the thought the current inflation is more than economic, but an unspoken collusion of all industries, similar to the petroleum industry's, against democracy? Allowing bullies and autocrats to point fingers at honest (well, more or less honest) politicians who, in fact, have only peripheral responsibility for and power over, economics. But get blamed by ignorant people, looking for scapegoats, which dishonest politicians, talking heads, and industrial spokespersons are all-too-willing to set up as scapegoats. Inflation, which the newly-elected dishonest politicians will again show they have neither aptitude, nor appetite, to remedy.
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Cargill RegenConnectTM is building on two years of success in North America by expanding to France, Germany, Poland and Romania and adding nine new states across the U.S.
WAYZATA, Minn., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cargill is leveraging its unique position in the supply chain to pioneer its award-winning regenerative agriculture program in Europe, which will see farmers in Germany, Poland, Romania, and France financially compensated to adopt climate-friendly farming practices.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/9056052-cargill-expands-regenconnect-regenerative-agriculture-program-to-europe/
Building on two years of success in North America, Cargill RegenConnectTM will also expand from 15 to 24 states, introducing the program in nine new states including North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. It will also provide U.S. farmers with higher payments, cover more commodities (such as cotton) and improve ease and access to enrollment via mobile devices.
Cargill RegenConnect™ has not only received positive feedback from growers and customers but has also been recognized by the prestigious 2023 Edison Awards™ for its innovative approach to creating a more resilient and secure food system. Its expansion demonstrates Cargill's commitment to helping farmers adopt sustainable agricultural practices across its global supply chain, rooted in the firm belief that change starts where the food system begins – at the farm.
"Companies like Cargill are helping to make it economically feasible for farmers to implement sustainable practices around the world. It is how agriculture and farmers can be part of the climate solution, helping to reduce emissions, improve water quality and use, increase yields and build up the resilience of our soils for the next generation. Our vision is to make regenerative agriculture commonplace across our global supply chain, enabling farmers to produce food more sustainably while increasing their profitability and resiliency," said Chantelle Donahue, North America Agriculture Supply Chain Vice President, from Cargill.
"Cargill RegenConnect's success to date demonstrates how making sustainable, regenerative agriculture financially viable for farmers can help nature-positive production practices scale more quickly and become standard. It is one of the many ways we plan to meet our goal to reduce emissions in our supply chain and will impact every area of our business – from sourcing wheat and corn for our starches, and sweeteners to growing rapeseed oil for our salmon feed," she added.
Cargill RegenConnectTM is a voluntary, market-based regenerative agriculture program which helps farmers improve soil health and decarbonize the agriculture supply chain.
Farmers enrolled in the program can choose the practices that are best suited to their operation's unique growing conditions, which includes planting cover crops and implementing reduced- or no-till farming. These practices help sequester carbon in the ground, build soil resilience and improve water quality.
In addition to providing technical support and resources to enable farmer success, the program offers an environmental market opportunity for participants, who are then able to connect with some of the world's largest companies actively seeking to reduce their environmental footprint while supporting regenerative agriculture.
Eligible farmers in North America are invited to enroll now through Sept. 15 by visiting Cargill Regenerative Ag Program (cargillag.com)
Eligible farmers in participating EU countries are invited to enroll beginning June 1 through July 15, 2023 at regenconnect.cargill.com
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Cargill RegenConnect North America (Year 3)
- Expanding the program to more states: Based on the strong feedback and engagement from farmers, Cargill RegenConnect is expanding to nine new states, including: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. Now, farmers across 24 states are eligible to enroll in Cargill RegenConnect.
- Higher payments to farmers: For the 2023-24 enrollment year, farmers can earn $35 per metric ton of carbon sequestered per acre.
- Adding more commodities: Cotton growers can now participate in the carbon program and earn payments for carbon sequestration achieved through the adoption of new or expanded regenerative agriculture practices. Cotton growers are also encouraged to participate in Cargill's regeneratively-sourced cotton program to build a regenerative, traceable supply chain for growers and buyers.
- Mobile enrollment: Easier to enroll in via mobile devices.
Cargill RegenConnect EU
- For the 2023 - 2024 enrollment, Cargill will offer market competitive pricing based on metric ton of carbon sequestered per hectare.
- New countries in 2023 include Germany, Poland and Romania, farmers in France will be enrolled for a second year.
- In the EU, eligible hectares must have a primary crop of Cargill's supply chain, such as rapeseed, wheat, corn, barley or sunflower.
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From feed that reduces methane emissions to waste-based renewable fuels, the possibilities are boundless. But our values remain the same. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing. It's how we've met the needs of the people we call neighbors and the planet we call home for 157 years—and how we'll do so for generations to come. For more information, visit and our News Center.
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Former Flagstaff Civic and Community leader, Elmer “Hub” Hubbard, Jr. passed away on February 21, 2022, just one month shy of his 94th birthday. Hub was born March 24, 1929, at home on Aspen Avenue in Flagstaff, to Elmer and Myrtis (Mahan) Hubbard, the first of three sons. He attended Flagstaff Public Schools and summered at his grandmother’s homestead ranch in Spring Valley (just north of Parks) where he developed his natural love of nature, his land and all animals.
Hub enlisted in the Army in 1948 and served in Alaska, assigned as the Officer in Charge of the Arctic Valley Ski Facility. The week before his rotation to serve in the lower 48 states, while participating in a ski race in Fairbanks, he crashed into the trees. Fifteen months, two operations and three GI hospitals later he was honorable released from active duty in May 1953. Returning to Arizona, he and Charlotte Webber were married on June 6, 1953. He then enrolled in the University of Arizona obtaining his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Public Administration in 1956. During this time their first two children were born, Patricia and Sandra. Hub continued with the Army Reserve and was a volunteer instructor in the Reserve Officer Training Corp and was promoted to Captain. After completing his degree requirements, he and Charlotte moved back to Flagstaff and was employed by then Standard Oil Company, owned by his father-in-law, Orrin B Webber. Their third child, Paul, was born in 1958. Hub and Charlotte purchased the Standard Oil Distributorship from his father-in-law, later to become Chevron USA, in 1970 and continued that operation until 1984. Hub and Charlotte worked together in the oil business for 30 years, enlarging their territory to serve Holbrook and Prescott. They delivered petroleum products from Crown King all the way to the Utah border, sometimes delivering cases of oil to his satellite bulk plants and nearby ranchers in his private aircraft. In 1990 Hub and Charlotte moved to Tucson to be closer to their grandkids and to “get out of the snow and ice”.
Hub was always involved in his beloved Flagstaff, both civically and volunteering. His civic duties included a 4 year term on the Flagstaff City Council, Serving on the Coconino Country Republican Central Committee, Flagstaff Parks and Recreation Committee, Arizona Justice Planning Agency, Flagstaff Board of Adjustments and Appeals, Coconino County Elections Board, Chairman of Flagstaff Airport Commission for 12 years (where he also served as President), Flagstaff Airport Master Plan Study and Advisory Committee and 4 terms on the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce. One of Hub’s proudest accomplishments was The Flagstaff Ice Rink. He fought tooth and nail with the elders on the City Council, stating the youth of Flagstaff needed a fun place for winter activities, and finally was instrumental in getting it approved and built. Hub tirelessly volunteered for his community, and was Past President of Flagstaff Kiwanis Club, Charter member of Flagstaff Salvation Army, Charter Board member Flagstaff Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Charter member of Pioneer Historical Society of Northern Arizona (served as past Vice President), Chairman of United Fund of Flagstaff for two terms, March of Dimes, Flagstaff League for Good Growth and Certificate Holder of Flagstaff Hospital (later to become Northern Arizona Medical Center). Hub was a part-time Ski instructor for the Arizona Snow Bowl for 30 years and is fondly remembered for picking up any kids waiting on Highway 180 to take them up to the Snow Bowl for a day of skiing. He would pack his station wagon with as many kids and skis as it would hold, and all the parents knew they were in great hands. He also was solely responsible for starting the little ski area on Mars Hill, getting a rope tow installed, and loved teaching anyone who wanted to ski as he truly loved skiing since he was a very young man. Hub continued his love of skiing and became a part time instructor for Mt. Lemmon Ski Area in Tucson until he was 73 years old when his health started to decline. His volunteering continued after he quit teaching skiing, volunteering with Charlotte for over 12 years in the Escort division of the VA Hospital, logging in over 10,000 hours in those years. Hub and Char were often seen holding hands after their deliveries returning to their escort station, as their love for each other was always very obvious.
Hub had many activities, from holding his private pilot’s license, logging over 2,000 hours of flying time, to weekends at Lake Powell with many long-time Flagstaff friends. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, boating, bowling and weekend picnics with his family, instilling the love and respect of the outdoors with his children. Hub spent many evening hours in his home “shop”, building and then later flying radio-controlled airplanes. He was instrumental in getting the first little “runway” created and paved at Koch Field, for the Radio Control Airplane Club.
Hub is survived by the love of his life, wife Charlotte (Webber) of 70 years, daughters Patricia Daley-Mills of Gilbert, Az, Sandra “Sissie” Schrader (Eric) Tucson, Son Paul (Kathleen) of Mesa, grandchildren David James Sorenson (Lena), Don Daley (L’Marie), Elizabeth Schrader, Amy Burke (Jon), great grandchildren John and David, his brothers Paul and David, his loving nephew and nieces, Tobe, Kimberly and Lynn and dear friends all over the world.
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ben Roderick had 15 points in Ohio's 78-67 victory against Eastern Illinois on Friday.
Roderick was 4-of-7 shooting, including 3 for 5 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Bobcats (2-3). Miles Brown scored 14 points and added five steals. Aidan Hadaway recorded 11 points and shot 4 of 8 from the field and 2 for 3 from the line.
The Panthers (1-5) were led in scoring by Yaakema Rose Jr., who finished with 23 points and two blocks. Nick Ellington added 11 points for Eastern Illinois. In addition, Kyle Carlesimo had eight points.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A year after migrants started crossing into the European Union from Belarus to Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and top security officials visited the border area on Thursday to mark the completion of a new steel wall.
On Friday, Polish authorities will also lift a state of emergency along the border that has blocked journalists, rights workers and others from witnessing a human rights crisis. At the very least, 20 migrants have died in the area’s freezing forests and bogs.
The Polish government characterizes the wall as part of the fight against Russia; human rights defenders see it as a huge double standard, where white, Christian refugees from Ukraine are welcomed but Muslims from Syria and other countries are rejected and mistreated.
“The first sign of the war in Ukraine was (Belarus President) Alexander Lukashenko’s attack on the Polish border with Belarus,” Morawiecki told a news conference.
“It was thanks to (our) political foresight and the anticipation of what may happen that we may focus now on helping Ukraine, which is fighting to protect its sovereignty,” Morawiecki said.
As Poland opened its gates to millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion, work was well underway to build the 5.5-meter (18-foot) high wall along 186 kilometers (115 miles) of its northern frontier with Belarus. It still needs electronic surveillance systems to be installed.
It’s meant to keep out asylum seekers of a different type: those fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, who were encouraged to try their luck by Belarus’ authoritarian regime — a close ally of Russia — as part of a feud with the EU.
One of the asylum-seekers was 32-year-old Ali, who left Syria late last year after reading on social media that the easiest way into the EU was to fly to Belarus and walk into Poland.
Ali, from a village outside Hama in western Syria, flew to the Belarusian capital, Minsk, and set out to find an unguarded spot in the forest where he could sneak over into the EU.
“I was looking for a place where I can live in safety, away from the oppression and hopelessness back home,” he said in an interview this week with The Associated Press in Berlin.
Ali, who didn’t give his last name, fearing repercussions for his family, was not prepared for the violence and sub-zero temperatures that awaited him in the vast forests and swamps.
“There were nights when I went to sleep on the bare ground in the woods thinking I would not wake up again,” Ali said.
Human rights activists see a double standard in the different treatment of the neighboring Ukrainian refugees — fellow Slavs who are mostly Christian, female and white — and those from the distant Middle East and Africa, many of whom are Muslims and male.
“If you give a lift to a refugee at the Ukrainian border you are a hero. If you do it at the Belarus border you are a smuggler and could end up in jail for eight years,” said Natalia Gebert, founder and CEO of Dom Otwarty, or Open House, a Polish NGO that helps refugees.
Belarus had never before been a key migration route into the EU — until its President Alexander Lukashenko began encouraging would-be asylum-seekers in the Middle East to travel to Minsk. Soon, people from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan and African countries flocked to the EU’s eastern edge, entering Poland and neighboring Lithuania and Latvia.
EU leaders accused Lukashenko of waging “hybrid warfare” in revenge for the bloc’s sanctions over the regime’s treatment of dissidents. Poland’s government says Russia is complicit, given Lukashenko’s alliance with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Though migration slowed in the winter, people continued to try to enter the EU through Poland, a route seen as less dangerous than crossing the Mediterranean Sea, where many have drowned in past years, Gebert said.
Ali, whose small makeup business in Syria was destroyed when Sunni extremists learned he belonged to the Alawite religious minority, says he got pushed back six times by Polish border guards.
But Belarusian guards beat him, stole his money and forced him to take off all his clothes in the middle of the winter. He wanted to give up and return to Minsk, but the guards wouldn’t let him. They made him and others lie on the cold ground, screamed at them, approached closely with a snarling dog and kicked Ali repeatedly in the chest.
Polish border patrol officers broke his phone’s SIM card, he said. He went without water and food for days, lost in the swamps.
A Human Rights Watch report this month said Poland “unlawfully, and sometimes violently, summarily pushes migrants and asylum-seekers back to Belarus, where they face serious abuses, including beatings and rape by border guards and other security forces.”
Amnesty International has also detailed serious human rights abuses.
While some Poles support the government’s tough stance, many border region residents have throughout the winter and spring sought to help migrants trapped in the forest, several requiring medical help.
A play that premiered in Warsaw this week, “Responsibility,” asks how Poland can accept millions of Ukrainians while withholding help to thousands of others. One character asks: “Why does the Polish state demand that a child from Aleppo sits in a bog in sub-zero temperatures and withhold the aid it gives the child from Mariupol?”
Ali spent 16 days in the forests, before he and others used pliers to open a hole in a border fence. Some villagers gave him food and water, but soon he was apprehended by police and taken to a detention center.
Over the next three months, he was moved through several closed camps.
Guards carried batons and stun guns, he said, and every time before they moved him to a different camp they made him and other detainees strip naked in public. Nobody addressed him by his name, but by an identification number.
In March, he was handed his papers and taken to the Debak center for foreigners in Otrebusy southwest of Warsaw, where he was told: “Go away, go to Germany.”
Ali arrived in Berlin in April and applied for asylum. Rights activists and psychologists have documented his account and also those of other asylum-seekers who say they suffered abuse by both Belarusian and Polish border guards.
“I feel better here. People call me by my name again,” Ali said. “But I’m worried all the time that the Germans will send me back to Poland.”
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Grieshaber reported from Berlin.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Michael King makes his living by dotting the corners with 94-95 mph sinkers.
But when the New York Yankees’ reliever tried to toss his PitchCom device into the dugout, he couldn’t even keep it from sailing into the stands.
“I’m not used to throwing a rectangular little piece of electronics,” King said with a smile.
Working in the ninth inning of a one-run game Tuesday night against the Baltimore Orioles, the right-hander was having trouble getting on the same page with catcher Ben Rortvedt when it came to their PitchCom signals.
“The one that I got didn’t work. I don’t know if it just wasn’t activated or what,” King said. “It just happened where I was hitting slider at the same time that Ben was hitting sinker. So every time I hit a slider, it was coming through as sinker.”
After striking out Ryan McKenna leading off the inning, King decided to ditch his PitchCom device. He took it off his belt and threw it toward the Yankees’ bench, but it ended up being snagged by a woman in the seats between the dugout and home plate.
“I got nervous ‘cause I know you can call time for PitchCom, but I didn’t know if you could do it for a transmitter malfunction. So I just took it off and chucked it,” King said. “I thought it was definitely going to land in front of our dugout, and then it kind of took off like a frisbee and I saw it floating. And then I saw it almost hit a fan. And then, apparently they were hitting the button. Luckily it wasn’t working.”
A security guard or usher retrieved the device and walked it across the front row before giving it to someone in the New York dugout.
“We did get it back,” manager Aaron Boone said.
King went on to work two hitless innings, striking out three in his first victory of the season as the Yankees rallied to win 6-5 in 10 innings.
Little did he know that a Major League Baseball memo in April 2022 informed teams that “Clubs are responsible for their PitchCom devices. Any Club that loses a transmitter or receiver will be charged a replacement fee of $5,000 per unit.”
“I had no idea,” King said.
Think the Yankees would have sent him the bill if a replacement was required?
“I would hope not,” King said with a grin. “I’m very happy that (we got it) back then.”
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AP Baseball Writer Ronald Blum contributed to this report.
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Earned Nation's Highest Award for Valor during World War II
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society regretfully announces that Hershel "Woody" Williams, the last living World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, passed away on June 29, 2022, in Huntington, West Virginia, at the age of 98.
President Harry S. Truman presented Williams with the Medal of Honor on White House grounds in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5, 1945, for his actions during the battle for Iwo Jima. On Feb. 23, 1945, then-Corporal Williams was a Marine Demolition Operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marines, 3rd Marine Division, which confronted a series of camouflaged, reinforced concrete pill boxes lining the outskirts of an airfield that U.S. Marines were trying to take. Over the course of four hours, Williams, armed with a flamethrower and guarded by four Marine riflemen, repeatedly ran the width of the beach while under intense enemy fire to disarm and destroy seven pillboxes. His actions neutralized a considerable obstacle and created an access point for Marine Infantry units.
Speaking about the significance of the Medal of Honor Williams once said, "The Medal represents what the country has always stood for. Sacrifice. The day I was born . . . . I was handed a gem that is absolutely impossible to buy. That was my freedom. Can't pay for it. There is not enough money in the world. So this Medal, to me, stands for sacrifice and service."
Williams was born in Quiet Dell, West Virginia, on Oct. 2, 1923. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps for one and a half years during the 1930s and then enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943 while World War II was underway. Following his retirement from the military in 1969 as Chief Warrant Officer Four, he worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a Veterans Service Representative.
In 2010, Williams created the Woody Williams Foundation to honor and remember the sacrifices of Gold Star Families—the immediate family member(s) of a fallen service member who died while serving in a time of conflict. The USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4) was christened in his name in 2020. He was one of the charter members of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society when it was founded in 1958, and he served as its Chaplain for decades.
He is survived by numerous family members. Burial arrangements are pending.
There are 63 recipients alive today.
About the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Medal of Honor and its Recipients, inspiring Americans, and supporting the Recipients as they connect with communities across the country.
Chartered by Congress in 1958, its membership consists exclusively of those individuals who have received the Medal of Honor. There are 63 living Recipients.
The Society carries out its mission through outreach, education and preservation programs, including the Medal of Honor Museum, Congressional Medal of Honor Outreach Programs, the Congressional Medal of Honor Character Development Program, and the Congressional Medal of Honor Citizen Honors Awards for Valor and Service. The Society's programs and operations are funded by donations.
As part of Public Law 106-83, the Medal of the Honor Memorial Act, the Medal of Honor Museum, which is co-located with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's headquarters on board the U.S.S. Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was designated as one of three national Medal of Honor sites.
Learn more about the Medal of Honor and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's initiatives at cmohs.org.
Contact: Kathleen Blomquist
kblomquist@cmohs.org
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Partnership Expands Access to Seizure First Aid Trainings for School Personnel
BOWIE, Md., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Epilepsy Foundation today announced a five-year collaboration with Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions for K-12 and higher education institutions, to offer the Epilepsy Foundation's Seizure Recognition & First Aid Certification training in the Vector Safety and Compliance Course Library. This agreement will provide an easy and convenient way for educators and school personnel, who are already contracted with Vector, to take the seizure first aid training to better serve their students.
There are 470,000 children living with epilepsy in the U.S. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the opportunity for academic success is increased when students with chronic health conditions have a safe and supportive learning environment.
"Our collaboration with Vector will give school personnel — who are required by state laws to take seizure first aid training — a place to do so easily and effectively through a familiar learning portal," said Brandy Fureman, Ph.D., chief outcomes officer, Epilepsy Foundation. "In addition, it will expand access to our seizure first aid training to school systems around the country using Vector's platform. Our end goal is to have a seizure safe nation where everyone who has a seizure feels safe, no matter where they are. This partnership is a stepstone toward that goal."
In 2018, Kentucky led the charge to pass the nation's first-ever law requiring school personnel to complete seizure recognition and first aid training. Since then, the Epilepsy Foundation, family advocates and partner organizations have been working to pass similar Seizure Safe Schools legislation nationwide. The model Seizure Safe Schools legislation has five components, one of which requires all school personnel, including school nurses and teachers, to complete training so that they can recognize and respond appropriately and efficiently to students experiencing seizures. To date, almost half of the states have passed some form of Seizure Safe Schools legislation.
For years, the Epilepsy Foundation has partnered with the CDC to build nationwide programs to ensure school personnel, first responders, seniors, caregivers, and the public are better trained to recognize seizures and administer first aid. The Epilepsy Foundation's seizure first aid trainings provide information to increase knowledge, skills, and confidence in recognizing seizures and safely administering seizure first aid.
"We are excited to collaborate with the Epilepsy Foundation to deliver its trainings through our online learning management system," said, Rob Buelow, General Manager of Education at Vector Solutions. "The safety and well-being of students is paramount and educators must be properly equipped to address the unique needs of all students. Through this partnership, K-12 and higher education staff across the nation will be empowered to serve their students and ensure their health and safety."
For more information about the Epilepsy Foundation's seizure first aid trainings, visit epilepsy.com/firstaid. The trainings will be available in the Vector platform later this summer and school administrators who have a current subscription will receive notification when the trainings are live.
About Epilepsy
According to the World Health Organization, epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder worldwide with no age, racial, social class, national or geographic boundaries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention estimates that 3.4 million people in the United States are affected by epilepsy. Epilepsy is the underlying tendency of the brain to produce seizures which are sudden abnormal bursts of electrical energy that disrupt brain functions.
About the Epilepsy Foundation
With a network of partners throughout the United States, the Epilepsy Foundation is leading the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy. The Foundation connects people to treatment, support, and resources; leads advocacy efforts; funds innovative research and the training of specialists; and educates the public about epilepsy and seizure first aid. For more than five decades, the Epilepsy Foundation has shone a light on epilepsy to promote awareness and understanding, and to advocate for laws that matter to people with epilepsy, while also funding epilepsy research and supporting epilepsy investigators and specialists in their early careers. In partnership with the CDC, the Epilepsy Foundation has helped to improve access to care for people with epilepsy, expanded its digital reach and online resources in homes across the country, and trained more than 600,000 people in seizure recognition and first aid. The Epilepsy Foundation continues to focus on serving the epilepsy community through advocacy, education, direct services and research for new therapies. To learn more visit epilepsy.com or call 1.800.332.1000. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About Vector Solutions for K-12 Education
Vector Solutions for K-12 Education is a leading provider of training, software and professional development solutions committed to creating safer, smarter and better school environments. Trusted by more than 5,000 K-12 districts in the United States, Vector's award-winning suite of products save administrators time, improve compliance, and streamline administrative processes. Vector trainings on imperative topics like safety and compliance; inclusive instruction; mental health and well-being; diversity, equity and inclusion; and cybersecurity enable students and teachers alike to make schools safer, more inclusive, and more effective places to work and learn. For more information about Vector Solutions for K-12 Education, visit www.vectorsolutions.com/k12.
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Will Christians have to give up Ash Wednesday services for Lent this year?
Maybe not, if you head to church early. Maybe so, if you want to attend an evening service — the storm is expected to worsen by Wednesday night.
At the Cathedral of St. Paul, 7 a.m. and noon Masses — with ashes — are still scheduled for Wednesday; the 5:15 p.m. Mass is canceled.
“However, we intend to offer blessed ashes to our parishioners on Sunday morning, for those who were unable to attend on Wednesday,” Rev. John Ubel wrote in an email to the Pioneer Press.
Libraries
Ramsey County libraries and service centers are closed Wednesday and Thursday.
Schools
Students in the St. Paul Public Schools will stay home for the next three days as a potentially historic snowfall hits the region in multiple waves. The city of St. Paul plans back-to-back snow emergencies and will ask residents to move their cars off night plow routes by 9 p.m. Wednesday and again by the same time Thursday.
St. Paul afterschool programs including Discovery Club, high school and middle school athletics games and practices are canceled Wednesday and Thursday. Friday’s varsity games and practices will be decided on a case-by-case basis, according to the school district.
A list of canceled extracurricular activities is available online at spps.org.
The Rosemount-Eagan-Apple Valley school district also announced Tuesday that instruction will be switched to “e-learning” on Wednesday and Thursday, with all in-person programs canceled.
West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan School District announced Tuesday that all of their schools will have a snow day Wednesday and an e-learning day on Thursday. For more information to go the district web site, isd197.org.
Minneapolis Public Schools will hold e-learning from Wednesday through Friday.
Hockey tournaments
Meanwhile, the Minnesota State High School League has announced it isn’t canceling any state tournaments scheduled during the expected storm. Girls hockey and gymnastics are scheduled to be held this week.
“High School Girls Hockey and Gymnastics State Tournaments for this week are expected to take place as scheduled,” read a statement from the MSHSLL. “Teams are being encouraged to watch the weather and make travel plans accordingly. We look forward to hosting two great tournaments.”
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its commitment to Healthy Buildings and Healthy Homes, Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE:CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, offers a suite of solutions to help keep people safe from poor outdoor air quality in the wake of the Canadian wildfires.
Smoke from the wildfires has engulfed large portions of the United States this week, creating dangerous conditions for millions of Americans. In some affected areas of the East Coast, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Air Quality Index reached levels of more than 300 for more than three consecutive days. The Air Quality Index measures the level of air quality pollution and resulting health concerns, with an AQI over 150 representing an unhealthy level for the general population.
Wildfire smoke can make outdoor air unhealthy to breathe, but smoke from outdoors can enter homes and other buildings, making indoor air unhealthy, as well. Smoke is made up of a mixture of gasses and fine particles, which can get into one's eyes and respiratory system, causing such health problems as burning eyes, runny noses, and more serious illnesses, including bronchitis. Fine particles can also aggravate serious existing health issues, such as heart and lung disease, according to the EPA.
"With many health officials urging individuals to stay indoors during air quality alerts, it is more important than ever to protect indoor environments," said Justin Keppy, President, North America Residential & Light Commercial HVAC, at Carrier. "Fortunately, there are actions people can take immediately to improve indoor air quality in homes and commercial buildings, and solutions to help them prepare for future events."
How to Maintain Healthy Indoor Air Quality During Wildfires and Other Events:
- Use re-circulated indoor air to help prevent and limit potentially hazardous contaminants from entering a home or building. Reduce the fresh air intake through ventilation to prevent the intake of poor-quality outdoor air.
- If you have a standalone HVAC system with a high-efficiency filter, switch it to fan-on mode to increase the recirculation of air through the filter to capture particulate.
- Install a MERV 13 minimum filtration system and / or use a room air purifier with a HEPA filter and activated carbon layer for small particle and odor mitigation.
- Clean or replace the HVAC system's air filter in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines. Over the next few days or weeks, air filters will be capturing smoke-related airborne particles that impact your indoor air quality. A buildup of these particulates on a filter can impact your system's efficiency and reliability.
- Limit smoke intrusion. Prior to wildfire season, weatherize the building envelope, including doors and windows, to reduce infiltration by sealing and caulking cracks. Keep doors and windows closed to limit smoke intrusion.
Carrier provides an expanded suite of advanced solutions to help deliver healthier, safer, more efficient indoor air quality, including:
- IAQ Assessment to test air quality and develop and implement upgrades to help ensure optimal filtration, ventilation, airflow, controls, etc. Carrier experts can also develop and implement corporate-wide IAQ engineering standards.
- Carrier Air Purifiers can help improve indoor air quality. This air purifier uses Captures & Kills™ technology to trap up to 95% of particles such as pollen, animal dander, bacteria and other pollutants, then uses an electrical charge to kill or inactivate up to 95% of particles between 1.0 and 3.0 microns trapped on the filter.
- OptiClean™ Dual-Mode Air Scrubber & Negative Air Machine plugs into a standard electrical outlet to quickly improve indoor air quality. It can operate as an air scrubber, using a 99.97% efficient, long-life HEPA filter to help remove contaminants and discharge cleaner air back into the room. It can also, with expert assistance and installation, help convert a normal room into a negative-pressure airborne infectious isolation room by adding a vacuum effect to the HEPA filtration capability. The Manteca Unified School District, located in wildfire-prone Northern California, has been using OptiClean air scrubbers since 2021 to maintain a healthy indoor environment for kids.
For more information, visit www.corporate.carrier.com.
About Carrier
Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating solutions that matter for people and our planet for generations to come. From the beginning, we've led in inventing new technologies and entirely new industries. Today, we continue to lead because we have a world-class, diverse workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. For more information, visit corporate.carrier.com or follow Carrier on social media at @Carrier.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Airlines pilots, who are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), voted to ratify a new three-year contract. The new contract, which has been overwhelmingly supported by our pilots, includes significant improvements including: increased pay, greater flexibility, better benefits and stronger job security.
More than 96% of Alaska's 3,300 pilots voted, and the agreement passed by 82%.
"Our pilots are leaders in our operation," said Alaska Airlines' CEO Ben Minicucci. "While it took some time, I'm glad to have them working under a new contract that values their contributions to Alaska. I'm grateful to our colleagues at ALPA who bargained with determination and a fierce dedication to our pilots. This new contract reiterates what many of us have known for decades: Alaska is a great place to spend a pilot career."
"Our goal was to negotiate an agreement where our pilots could make Alaska Airlines a lifelong career," said Captain Will McQuillen, Chairman of the Alaska Airlines Master Executive Council. "This contract is good for our pilots and their families and also good for our airline."
The new contract, which is effective immediately, includes:
- Wage increases up to 23% depending on years of service. Top-of-scale captains will now make $306 per hour, which increases to $330 after two years. A market rate adjustment will keep pilots in line with peers at other airlines in the years ahead.
- ALPA-designed schedules and increased flexibility for pilots to adjust their schedules.
- Stronger job security ensuring Alaska pilot growth alongside company growth.
- Retirement contribution increases and no increase to health care costs.
The previous contract became amendable in 2020. Contracts in the airline industry do not expire. Once they become amendable, the current contract remains in effect until a new agreement is ratified.
Alaska Airlines and our regional partners serve more than 120 destinations across the United States, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica and Mexico. We emphasize low fares and award-winning customer service. Alaska is a member of the oneworld global alliance. With the alliance and our additional airline partners, our guests can travel to more than 900 destinations on more than 20 airlines while earning and redeeming miles on flights to locations around the world. Learn more about Alaska at news.alaskaair.com. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group.
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Asian stocks surge after lower US inflation eases rate fears
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets surged Friday after U.S. inflation eased by more than expected, spurring hopes the Federal Reserve might scale down plans for more interest rate hikes.
Hong Kong’s market benchmark jumped 5.7% and Seoul rose 3.3%. Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged higher.
Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index soared 5.5% on Thursday for its biggest one-day gain in 2 1/2 years after the government reported consumer prices rose 7.7% over a year ago in October. That was lower than the 8% expected by economists and the fourth month of decline.
The announcement “drove a ‘more dovish’ calibration of interest rate expectations,” said Yeap Jun Rong of IG in a report.
The Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia are raising rates to cool inflation that is at multi-decade highs. Investors worry that might tip the global economy into recession. They hope lower inflation might prompt the Fed to ease off plans for more increases.
Forecasters warned Thursday it was too early to be certain prices are under control. Fed officials have said rates might have to stay elevated for some time.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index soared to 16,994.66 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 2.9% to 28,229.68.
The Shanghai Composite Index added 1.4% to 3,078.42 after the ruling Communist Party promised to alter quarantine and other anti-virus tactics to reduce the cost of China’s severe “zero-COVID” strategy that has disrupted the economy.
The Kospi in Seoul rose to 2,481.50 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 was up 2.7% at 7,154.20.
India’s Sensex opened up 1.6% to 61,579.12. New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets advanced.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained to 3,956.37, propelled by big gains for tech heavyweights. Amazon soared 12.2%, Apple rose 8.9% and Microsoft climbed 8.2%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3.7%, or more than 1,200 points, to 33,715.37.
The Nasdaq composite, dominated by tech stocks, shot up 7.4% to 11,114.15 for its best day since March 2020, when Wall Street was rebounding from a crash at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Investors were reassured that U.S. inflation was declining from its June peak of 9.1%, though forecasters said the Fed’s campaign to cool price rises was far from over.
Traders expect the Fed to raise its benchmark lending rate in December but by a smaller margin of half a percent following four increases of 0.75 percentage points, triple its usual margin. That benchmark stands at a range of 3.75% to 4%, up from close to zero in March.
The Fed is trying to slow economic activity to reduce pressure for prices to rise.
The latest figures are a sign the Fed is “on the right path,” but it will face “a lot of variables” over the next few quarters, said Edward Moya of Oanda in a report. He said the benchmark rate could be raised to 5% and “if inflation proves to be sticker, it could be as high as 5.50%.”
Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices and is more closely watched by the Fed, was 6.3% over a year earlier, down from September’s 6.6% and below the consensus forecast of 6.5%. Core prices rose 0.3% month on month, half of September’s 0.6% gain.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which helps set rates for mortgages and other loans, fell to 3.82% from 4.15%. The two-year yield, which more closely follows expectations for Fed action, fell to 4.32% from 4.62% and was on pace for its sharpest fall since 2008.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained 20 cents to $86.67 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 64 cents to $86.47 on Thursday. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, advanced 20 cents to $93.87 per barrel in London. It rose $1.02 to $93.67 the previous session.
The dollar declined to 141.52 yen from Thursday’s 141.83 yen. The euro edged up to $1.0206 from $1.0180.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDOC) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Teladoc investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
TDOC investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (ii) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (iii) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (iv) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Teladoc during the relevant time frame, you have until August 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
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Heading into this season, the Washington Nationals’ potential trade deadline chips were fairly clear. They were Nelson Cruz, Josh Bell, César Hernández, Steve Cishek and Sean Doolittle, depending on who might be healthy and productive enough by early August. Now in the first two months of the year, reliever Carl Edwards Jr., signed to a minor league deal over the winter, has proven capable of perhaps landing a low-low-low-end prospect. General Manager Mike Rizzo generally hinted at this group in a radio interview with 106.7 The Fan last week.
“We still have a long ways to figure that out,” Rizzo said when asked if the last-place Nationals would be buyers or sellers. “But I would assume that if we’re playing at the rate we’re playing, we’ll probably be careful sellers and make sure that we maximize the players at least with expiring contracts. I don’t think that would come as shock to anybody at the radio station right now.”
Pay close attention to Rizzo’s use of “at least.” As he suggested, dangling Cruz, Bell, Cishek, Hernández or Edwards will surprise no one. The first four are either on one-year contracts or in their final season of team control. Edwards, 30, is under control through 2023 and has not pitched a full season’s workload since 2018. Doolittle, on the other hand, remains on the 60-day injured list with a sprained elbow, complicating what once seemed like a strong case to be moved this summer. But what’s implied by “at least,” however subtle it was, when it comes to who else may be on the block?
Two possibilities are Tanner Rainey and Kyle Finnegan. Or at least they should be considered as such.
The main case against dealing Rainey or Finnegan is that both are under team control through 2025. But that also means they would likely net a better return than any players listed above, helping the Nationals build a sustainable roster and system. If nothing else, the pros and cons should be weighed, since most contenders would take a hard look at a controllable reliever for the stretch run and beyond. It wasn’t too long ago that Rizzo flipped top prospect Jesús Luzardo — and Blake Treinin and Sheldon Neuse — to the Oakland Athletics for multiple years of Doolittle and Ryan Madson.
Since reliever performance is volatile, something Rizzo often talks about, there’s a limited chance both Rainey and Finnegan are integral parts of a bullpen for Washington’s next competitive team. And that the Nationals’ pen has been somewhat decent — yes, ranked 26th in ERA going into Tuesday’s games, but weighed down by Austin Voth’s crooked numbers before he was let go recently — shows how low-key trades, one-year deals and smart bargain-bin adds can set a club up for success.
Rizzo’s attempts to buy a good bullpen have mostly backfired. Remember Trevor Rosenthal and Kyle Barraclough in 2019? How about the three-year, $24 million contract for veteran Will Harris, which is still going and has included a grand total of 23⅔ innings? Rainey arrived in a straight-up trade with the Cincinnati Reds for starter Tanner Roark in December 2018. Washington signed Finnegan to a major league deal before he debuted in 2020, a significant win for the front office.
Rainey has been the Nationals’ up-and-down closer in 2022, entering the week with seven saves in 10 attempts. And though his velocity has not restored to the high-90s, his fastball has averaged 96 mph and his slider is a decidedly plus pitch. It shows in the 29-year-old’s 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings. Rainey was Super 2 arbitration-eligible this past winter and is making $860,000.
Finnegan, 30, has mostly pitched in front of Rainey, serving as Manager Dave Martinez’s go-to in high-leverage jams. Like Rainey, he pairs a 96-mph fastball with a slider. Finnegan has lightly mixed in a splitter, too, giving him a decoy pitch against lefties. Eighteen of his 26 appearances have been scoreless, leading to a 3.70 ERA in 24⅓ innings. He has struck out 10.7 batters per nine, outpacing Rainey by a hair. Finnegan is expected to be arbitration-eligible for the first time next offseason.
The Nationals will realistically shop Cishek and Edwards out of their bullpen. If Victor Arano recovers quickly from left knee inflammation, he could join the list. Otherwise, dealing Rainey, Finnegan or both might signal a longer rebuild than Rizzo has publicly described. In reality, though, it could be savvy to sell high on players who are ready to pitch meaningful innings now — and will likely reach midsummer with limited wear on their arms because the Nationals have held so few late-inning leads.
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