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BEIJING, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from Beijing Review:
Mizhi, a county in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, is reputed to be a producer of high-quality millet, one of the oldest cultivated grains in the world. Farmers there have, in the past, been unable to find a market for their millet due to a lack of visibility. However, the emergence of e-commerce is helping them secure livelihoods from the crop.
"The purchasing price of local millet has doubled since 2016, when I started the business," Zhang Xiongbiao, founding General Manager of the Shaanxi Young Entrepreneurs League E-Commerce Co. Ltd., told Beijing Review.
Zhang started his business together with another 20 local young people, signing exclusive agreements with growers to purchase their millet and selling it through online channels. To date, Zhang's business has provided more than 6,000 households of growers with livelihoods, helping them increase their income and escape poverty.
Private businesses like Zhang's, which make up 90 percent of the number of market entities nationwide, have been playing an indispensable role in all aspects of China's social and economic development. They currently contribute more than 50 percent of the country's tax revenue, 60 percent of its GDP, 70 percent of technological innovation and 80 percent of urban employment.
"The private sector is the source of vitality for China's economic development," Yang Yiqing, Deputy Director of Zhejiang Businessman Research Institute, a think tank under Zhejiang Gongshang University, told Beijing Review. "To a great extent, it determines the growth potential of employment and consumption."
"At present, the most important thing is to lift market access restrictions on private investment and shore up the confidence of entrepreneurs to tide them over difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and shrinking exports and consumption," Yang said.
Central authorities have been reiterating the stance on providing an enabling environment for private enterprises and facilitating their growth to revitalize the economy.
It's never easy for private entrepreneurs to pursue careers. Zhang still remembers how hard it was to purchase new millet from growers in the first year of his company. "They were unwilling to sell new harvests as the millet of previous years remained unsold," he said. Worse still, Zhang, previously a designer, knew little about e-commerce and had to start from scratch. Even his offices were offered for free by the government at an e-commerce industrial park.
Things got better as e-commerce began to take off around the nation. The sector also received a boost from the government for its significant role in alleviating poverty and rural revitalization. Particularly, numerous live-commerce events on major e-commerce platforms and surging media reports have increased exposure for more agricultural product brands. Zhang has ridden the momentum and seized the opportunities as they have come along.
Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Many places imposed movement restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, but they disrupted the nation's logistics industry. "Some customers were unwilling to wait for extended delivery times. We also had difficulties hiring new employees due to the restrictions," Zhang said.
Chinese authorities continued to send positive signals, emphasizing the need to consolidate and develop the public sector of the economy, and at the same time encourage, support and guide the development of private enterprises.
The Central Economic Work Conference in December 2022, which outlined priorities for the government's economic work in 2023, underlined law-based protection of the property rights of private enterprises and the interests of entrepreneurs.
Inspired by positive policy signals and optimized COVID-19 response measures, Zhang shows strong confidence toward the future.
"Our e-commerce business centered solely on millet sales at the beginning, but now we have set up a millet primary processing base and our own logistics networks," he said, adding he has invested 120 million yuan ($17.6 million) in infrastructure construction and upgrading.
"We're able to expand business activities and people are tending to consume more as pandemic controls have been eased, which indicates bright prospects," Zhang said.
Despite these advances, discussions on the relationship between government and private companies continue. China's efforts to regulate market order, such as rectifying chaos in the Internet and extracurricular tutoring industries, were misinterpreted by some as a crackdown on the private sector.
Yang believes "the dynamic balance between development and regulation is an art" and that pacing development is like riding a bicycle: Too fast is risky but too slow makes it easy to fall over.
"With clear and detailed rules and regulations, the government needs to create a law-based business environment, and enterprises should operate according to law," Song Xiangqing, Director of the Research Center for Industrial Economy at Beijing Normal University, told Beijing Review.
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Phoenix-based structural design and consulting firm enhances Kimley-Horn footprint in Arizona
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimley-Horn, a premier planning and design consultancy with offices across the country, announced today the Pangolin Structural, LLC team has joined its Phoenix office. Established in 2014 as a full-service structural design and consulting firm, Pangolin Structural is led by partners Crystal Blanton, Pamela Singleton, and Jeffrey Novak.
"The addition of the award-winning team from Pangolin Structural gives Kimley-Horn a deeper bench and allows us an even greater ability to serve our clients in the southwest and across the country," said Scott Colvin, principal, Kimley-Horn. "Delivering exceptional client service is one of our most cherished core values and we know the addition of Pangolin Structural will only strengthen our team."
Pangolin Structural is a three-time winner of the Structural Engineers Association of Arizona (SEAoA) Merit Award and has been recognized by other regional industry associations multiple times since its founding. With deep roots in the local community and nationwide experience, the Pangolin Structural team will allow Kimley-Horn to further capitalize on new opportunities.
"We couldn't be prouder of what we've created here at Pangolin Structural, but as we looked to the future, we saw that joining Kimley-Horn would put us in a better position to continue serving our existing clients while growing our reach," said Crystal Blanton, managing partner, Pangolin Structural. "From the way we align so closely to Kimley-Horn's culture to their commitment to growing their building structures practice, the future is bright for all of us coming over from Pangolin Structural."
Kimley-Horn serves both public and private sector clients. The addition of the team from Pangolin Structural marks the next phase in Kimley-Horn's continued expansion of its building structures practice in Arizona and across the country, allowing the firm to continue to provide a great depth of resources to clients in commercial, industrial, hospitality, retail, residential, military, state, municipal, and other market sectors.
Kimley-Horn, one of the nation's premier planning and design consulting firms, serves a wide range of disciplines, including transportation, aviation, the environment, land development, transit, urban planning, landscape architecture, and water resources. With nearly 7,000 employees in more than 100 offices nationwide, Kimley-Horn is certified a Great Place to Work®. For more information, please visit www.kimley-horn.com. Follow Kimley-Horn on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Police: N.C. parents arrested, charged with failing to report disappearance of 11-year-old girl
CORNELIUS, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – Police have arrested the parents of an 11-year-old girl who went missing the day before Thanksgiving.
According to WBTV, the Cornelius Police Department began investigating Madalina Cojocari’s disappearance on Thursday after they said her parents reported her missing to the resource officer at her school.
Madalina was last seen at home on the evening of Nov. 23, according to police.
They said her parents waited nearly three weeks after she was last seen to report her missing.
Police reported they arrested Madalina’s stepdad, 60-year-old Christopher Palmiter on Saturday. He is charged with failure to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement.
Madalina’s mother, 37-year-old Diana Cojocari, was also arrested for failing to report her daughter’s disappearance, according to police.
Both parents are being held at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center.
“It’s very concerning that something like this could happen,” one neighbor, who did not provide his name, said.
He also said the FBI visited neighbors in the area on Friday night.
“It’s just heartbreaking. I can only imagine, and the empathy goes out to the family. It’s just heartbreaking. I don’t know what happened,” another unidentified neighbor said.
Other neighbors recalled the family as very quiet and keeping to themselves.
The FBI and the State Bureau of Investigation have since joined the search.
Madalina weighs about 90 pounds and was last seen wearing jeans, pink, purple and white Adidas shoes, a white T-shirt, and a jacket.
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is asked to contact the Cornelius Police Department at 704-892-7773 or the North Mecklenburg Crimestoppers at 704-896-7867.
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CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Monday, February 13, 2023
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Chuckwalla Mountains-Imperial County Southeast-Chiriaco Summit-
Chuckwalla Valley-
Including the cities of Imperial Hot Mineral Springs, Winterhaven,
Chiriaco Summit, and Midland
1141 PM PST Mon Feb 13 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows 38 to 48. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
Gusts up to 30 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming sunny. Windy.
Patchy blowing dust in the afternoon. Highs 64 to 69. Southwest wind
20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
evening, then clear after midnight. Patchy blowing dust through the
night. Windy. Snow level 1500 feet. Colder. Lows 31 to 41. Northwest
wind 20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph in the evening decreasing to
40 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny and windy. Patchy blowing dust in the morning.
Cooler. Highs 57 to 62. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to
40 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 29 to 39. North wind 10 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 53 to 63.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 32 to 42.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 56 to 66.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 37 to 45.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 59 to 69.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows 39 to 47.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
59 to 69.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
evening. Lows 41 to 48.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 62 to 71.
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Salton Sea-Imperial Valley-
Including the cities of Desert Shores, El Centro, Calexico, Alamorio,
and Brawley
1141 PM PST Mon Feb 13 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows 41 to 51. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny and windy. Patchy blowing dust in the
afternoon. Highs 63 to 68. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph in the morning
becoming west 20 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph in
the morning increasing to 50 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Patchy blowing dust in the evening. Partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers in the evening, then clear after
midnight. Windy and colder. Lows 36 to 46. West wind 20 to 35 mph in
the evening becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Gusts up
to 50 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny and breezy. Highs 60 to 65. Northwest wind 15 to
25 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 34 to 44. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 55 to 64.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 46.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 56 to 67.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 36 to 49.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 57 to 69.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows 38 to 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
58 to 69.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 10 percent chance of showers in the
evening. Lows 40 to 51.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 62 to 72.
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Imperial County West-
Including the cities of Coolidge Springs, Salton City, Winona,
Coyote Wells, Ocotillo, and Plaster City
1141 PM PST Mon Feb 13 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear and windy. Patchy blowing dust. Lows 42 to 52.
Southwest wind 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph.
.TUESDAY...Sunny and windy. Patchy blowing dust through the day.
Highs 62 to 67. Southwest wind 20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in
the morning increasing to 50 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers in the evening.
Patchy blowing dust in the evening. Windy and colder. Lows 32 to 42.
West wind 20 to 35 mph in the evening decreasing to 15 to 25 mph
after midnight. Gusts up to 50 mph. Chance of rain 10 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny and windy. Highs 60 to 65. North wind 15 to
25 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 31 to 41. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower to mid 60s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 35 to 44.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 38 to 47.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows 40 to 48.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid to upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
evening. Lows 41 to 50.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs near 70.
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Imperial County Southwest-
Including the city of Mountain Spring
1141 PM PST Mon Feb 13 2023
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear and strong winds. Patchy blowing dust. Lows 44 to
54. Southwest wind 35 to 50 mph. Gusts up to 65 mph.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy blowing dust through the day. A
slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Damaging winds. Highs
62 to 67. Southwest wind 35 to 50 mph in the morning increasing to
40 to 60 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 65 mph in the morning
increasing to 80 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 10 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. A slight chance of showers in the evening.
Patchy blowing dust in the evening. Strong winds. Snow level
2000 feet. Colder. Lows 35 to 45. West wind 35 to 50 mph in the
evening decreasing to 15 to 25 mph after midnight. Gusts up to
70 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs 59 to 64. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph in
the morning becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 35 to 45. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 50 to 62.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 37 to 48.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 55 to 65.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Considerable cloudiness. Lows 41 to 51.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning,
then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs 56 to 66. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Lows 41 to 52.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs
57 to 67.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows 43 to 54.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly sunny. A 10 percent chance of showers
in the afternoon. Warmer. Highs 62 to 72.
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Joshua Tree NP West-
Including the cities of Cottonwood Visitor and Lost Horse-Keys
Village
1141 PM PST Mon Feb 13 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy and windy. Lows 33 to 43. West wind 20 to
35 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Windy. Highs 45 to 55. West wind 20 to 35 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of snow showers in the
evening. Windy and colder. Lows 24 to 34. Northwest wind 20 to
35 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny, very windy and colder. Highs 39 to 49. North wind
25 to 40 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows 24 to 34. Northwest wind
15 to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning then becoming partly sunny. Highs
42 to 50.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 26 to 36.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 46 to 54.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold. Lows 31 to 41.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the
morning, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the
afternoon. Highs 48 to 56. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and
snow showers. Lows 32 to 43.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of rain and snow showers in
the morning, then a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs
49 to 57. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 53 to 61.
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Joshua Tree NP East-
1141 PM PST Mon Feb 13 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM PST TUESDAY...
.TONIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows 34 to 44. Southwest wind 15 to
25 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly sunny.
Windy. Highs 54 to 64. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph in the morning
becoming west 20 to 35 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph in
the morning increasing to 45 mph in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. A slight chance of rain and snow
showers in the evening. Patchy blowing dust through the night. Windy.
Snow level 1000 feet. Colder. Lows 26 to 36. Northwest wind 20 to
35 mph. Gusts up to 50 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny and windy. Patchy blowing dust in the morning.
Cooler. Highs 46 to 56. Northwest wind 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to
40 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear and breezy. Lows 24 to 34. Northwest wind
10 to 20 mph in the evening decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 49 to 57.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 32 to 37.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 53 to 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold. Lows near 40.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs 55 to 63.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Lows 39 to 44.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs
56 to 64.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 39 to 44.
.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 60 to 68.
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EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks, federal safety investigators said in a report Thursday.
The axle investigators are focused on had been heating up as the train went down the tracks, but did not reach the threshold for stopping the train and inspecting it until just before the derailment, the report said. The train was going about 47 mph (75 kph) at the time, just under the speed limit of 50 mph (80 kph), according to safety investigators.
Ohio Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told CNN ahead of the report’s release that its findings had the potential to form the basis of a criminal referral from the state. He also said railroad company Norfolk Southern should temporarily relocate people who continue to feel unsafe, or even consider buying their property.
“This is the railroad’s responsibility, and it’s up to the government officials at the federal, state and local levels to hold them accountable and do right by the citizens of East Palestine,” Husted said.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration has already made a criminal referral of Norfolk Southern to the state attorney general’s office.
NTSB released its preliminary findings as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, criticized for failing to visit East Palestine earlier, went on a tour of the crash site Thursday.
The government is facing growing criticism over the federal response to the Feb. 3. derailment. The Biden White House has defended its response, saying officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, the transportation safety board and other agencies were at the rural site within hours of the derailment. The White House says it has also offered federal assistance and FEMA has been coordinating with the state emergency operations center and other partners.
Another Biden administration official, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, has been to East Palestine multiple times, most recently Tuesday as the EPA ordered Norfolk Southern to pay for the cleanup.
Among those criticizing Buttigieg was former President Donald Trump, who came to Ohio on Wednesday. The Department of Transportation said Buttigieg is visiting now that the EPA has declared the emergency phase of the crash to be over and the start of long-term cleanup efforts is underway.
Heather Bable, who lives two blocks from the derailment site, said she’s relieved the government’s top brass is finally showing up.
“We need that attention because we weren’t getting it. They should have been here all along,” said Bable, who was among the throngs of residents lining the streets in pouring rain to welcome Trump on Wednesday.
The reception for Buttigieg was decidedly more muted, with little fanfare around the village of just under 5,000 residents. Trump won nearly 72% of the vote in this heavily Republican region in the 2020 election.
Buttigieg’s visit came nearly three weeks after more than three dozen freight cars — including 11 carrying hazardous materials — derailed on the East Palestine outskirts, near the Pennsylvania state line, prompting an evacuation as fears grew about a potential explosion of smoldering wreckage.
Officials seeking to avoid an uncontrolled blast intentionally released and burned toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars, sending flames and black smoke high into the sky. That left people questioning the potential health effects even as authorities maintained they were doing their best to protect people.
As remediation of the site continued, Norfolk Southern announced late Wednesday it had agreed to excavate the soil under two tracks. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine had called out the railroad company’s failure to address the contaminated soil underneath its tracks before repairing them and running freight again.
“Our original plan would have effectively and safely remediated the soil under our tracks. As I listened to community members over the past two weeks, they shared with me their concerns about that approach. I appreciate the direct feedback, and I am addressing it,” Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan H. Shaw said in a written statement.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, whose Pennsylvania district borders the East Palestine disaster site, asked Norfolk Southern to expand the boundaries of the geographic zone in which it is providing financial assistance and testing. He asserted the current zone excludes many affected Pennsylvania residents and businesses, and said the company should commit to cleaning up soil and water up to 30 miles (48 kilometers) beyond it.
“Norfolk Southern is failing to show any commitment to rebuilding lost trust in our community,” Deluzio wrote in a letter to Shaw. Providing additional resources “would help your company restore the sense of security that the Norfolk Southern train derailment and its aftermath destroyed.”
The president of the Ohio Senate, meanwhile, announced a public hearing on the derailment next week to hear testimony from state officials.
Republican Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told CNN that a criminal referral from Ohio could be forthcoming, pending results of the safety board investigation. He said Norfolk Southern should temporarily locate people who continue to feel safe, or even consider buying their property. “This is the railroad’s responsibility, and it’s up to the government officials at the federal, state and local levels to hold them accountable and do right by the citizens of East Palestine,” he said.
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WASHINGTON — Ford has filed for a patent that could lead to cars repossessing themselves if a driver misses payments in the future.
The patent application from Ford Global Technologies was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Aug. 2021 and was published on Feb. 23, 2023. TheDrive.com was first to report on the patent.
A company spokesperson confirmed to the Detroit Free Press that the patent is still pending and not yet granted.
Now, just because someone is late on one car payment doesn't mean their vehicle would simply drive off on its own immediately. But that would be an option down the road if the patent is approved.
The patent application describes "systems and methods to repossess a vehicle." It goes into detail about different strategies for resolving missed or late payments, which include first sending messages to a vehicle's display screens or the owner's smartphone.
If those messages are ignored, the patent application discusses a range of possibilities for what could happen next. It includes a system where a lender could remotely disable some "optional-use" components like cruise control, the radio, air conditioning system or remote key fobs.
After a period of time, the process could then ramp up to include playing audio that's "incessant and unpleasant" any time the owner is present in the vehicle.
According to the patent application, if the owner still fails to reach out to their lender at this point, the car may lock them out. Though there are caveats, such as allowing the driver access on weekdays to go to work or within a "geofence" area. Drivers would still be able to access the car during a medical emergency, the application explains.
If all else fails, that's when the vehicle could be remotely told to drive itself away to a waiting tow truck or impound lot to be repossessed.
The patent application even details a scenario where the car drives itself straight to a junkyard, if it's determined the market value is below the "financial viability" of repossessing it. | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/ford-patent-application-repossess-cars-remotely/507-e19be275-cdcb-4539-95d6-e0a1d5ebe504 | 2023-03-03 19:10:44 | 1 | https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/ford-patent-application-repossess-cars-remotely/507-e19be275-cdcb-4539-95d6-e0a1d5ebe504 |
The first cut, on the way to A.C.
Well over 3,000 wrestlers entered the weekend of the 2023 NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics district wrestling tournaments -- and 1,344 have survived. Those still standing -- 448 wrestlers in every weight class -- will advance to the eight region tournaments, this week. Below, you will links to view every weight class to see every district champ, runner-up and 3rd-place qualifier.
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Amber Alert issued in Wisconsin for missing 1-year-old girl
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - An Amber Alert was issued statewide in Wisconsin for a 1-year-old from Milwaukee.
Khennedy Parker is believed to be with Khijuan Parker, a 29-year-old man, described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 165 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. His hair is braided to the back with a zig-zag design. He was last seen wearing a yellow T-shirt with a blue graphic design on the front, light blue jeans and yellow and white Jordan shoes.
Khennedy was wearing only a diaper when she was last seen. She is 2 feet tall and 35 pounds. She has a scar above her right eyebrow.
Milwaukee police issued the alert.
They were last seen on the 2400-block of N. 50th Street in Milwaukee.
Police don’t know how Parker is traveling, so the alert was issued statewide.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or the Milwaukee Police Department’s Sensitive Crimes Division at 414-935-7405.
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The House Jan. 6 committee held a surprise hearing Tuesday delivering alarming new testimony about Donald Trump’s angry, defiant and vulgar actions as he ignored repeated warnings against summoning the mob to the Capitol and then refused to intervene to stop the deadly violence as rioters laid siege.
Witness Cassidy Hutchinson, a lesser-known former White House aide, refused to join those in Trump’s circle staying silent and provided first-hand knowledge of what she saw and heard in the run-up to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, a proximity to power that gives stunning new details in the panel’s year-long investigation.
With calm, detailed recollections, Hutchinson testified that a defiant Trump was told there were guns and other weapons in the rally crowd at the White House, but sent his supporters to the Capitol anyway and even sought to physically pry the steering wheel from his presidential motorcade driver so he could join them.
Trump was clinging to his false claims of voter fraud and refusing to concede the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden as Congress was preparing to certify the results.
Before joining the White House, Hutchinson had worked in some of the most conservative Republican offices on Capitol Hill. She was hired as special assistant to the president and promoted up as principal aide to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Highlights from the sixth hearing:
ANGRY, DEFIANT, VULGAR TRUMP
Trump was angry and defiant on the morning of Jan. 6, as he assessed the size of the crowd for his “Stop the Steal” rally in front of the White House, upset that not everyone who had answered his summons to come to Washington could get in to see him because of the security lines.
Told that guns, knives, brass knuckles and other weapons were being confiscated from the security screenings, Trump didn’t care. “They’re not here to hurt me,” the president said. He wanted to take away the magnetometer stations to allow more people inside the grounds, regardless of their weaponry.
“Take the effing mags away,” an agitated Trump ordered security personnel moments before taking the stage, Hutchinson recalled.
WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS WORRY OF CRIMES
Trump’s lawyers at the White House were trying to tamp down the president’s speech to the crowd he had summoned for Jan. 6, and they were trying to stop his plans to go to the Capitol that day when Congress would be certifying the election results for Biden’s victory.
Hutchinson testified that lawyer Eric Herschmann said it “would be foolish” to include some of the language the defeated president wanted to add to his speech — comments like fighting for Trump, or him telling the crowd “I’ll be there with you.” Herschmann warned such language shouldn’t be included for legal concerns and because of the optics it would portray.
That language ultimately was used by Trump as he rallied the crowd to “fight like hell” and promised he would join them at the Capitol.
Days before Jan. 6, White House counsel Pat Cipollone suggested there were “serious legal concerns” if Trump went to the Capitol with the crowd, Hutchinson recalled.
“We need to make sure this doesn’t happen,” she recalled Cipollone saying in the run-up to the rally.
The morning of Jan. 6, Cipollone restated his concerns that if Trump did go to the Capitol to intervene in the certification of the election, “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable.”
Hutchinson then described what happened after the rally as Trump climbed into the presidential SUV, as relayed to her later by Trump’s deputy chief of staff for operations, Tony Ornato.
Trump, inside the vehicle, tried to pry the steering wheel away from the driver, Bobby Engel, demanding to be taken to the Capitol.
Told to take his hand off the wheel, “Mr. Trump then used his free hand to lunge toward Bobby Engel,” Hutchinson said holding her left hand to her throat to indicate what Trump did.
Engel was in the room as Ornato relayed the encounter and did not dispute it, she said.
PROXIMITY TO POWER, AND KETCHUP
The hearing opened with a calm, even-spoken Hutchinson explaining her job responsibilities advising Meadows, often handling his cell phones, as the committee showed an architectural rendering of the layout of the West Wing.
Hutchinson’s office was situated between the Oval Office on one side and Meadow’s office at the end of the hall on the other. Hers was also next to that of the vice president’s staff.
She had an upfront view of conversations across the offices and beyond.
Hutchinson described fielding a desperate phone call as she stood backstage at Trump’s rally that day from House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, who was upset that Trump had sent the crowd to the Capitol when she had promised they would not go.
She also told of helping the White House staff mop up ketchup off the walls of the Oval Office dining room after Trump, learning that his attorney general, William Barr, told The Associated Press there was no fraud on a scale to tip the presidential election, apparently hurled a plate of food at the wall.
In one gripping scene Hutchinson recalled walking with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani out of the White House when he asked if she was “excited about the 6th.”
“We’re going to the Capitol, it’s going to be great, the president’s going to be there, he’s going to look powerful,” she recalled Giuliani saying.
When she returned inside and told Meadows of that conversation, he told her a lot was going on.
“Things might get real, real bad,” Meadows told her, she recalled.
‘HANG MIKE PENCE’; TRUMP TWEETS
As the mob laid siege to the Capitol, lawyers and some others at the White House wanted Trump to do something to quell the mounting violence.
A makeshift gallows had been erected on the National Mall, as rioters roamed the halls searching for congressional leaders and taunting “Hang Mike Pence.” The House and Senate had abruptly halted the proceedings, lawmakers whisked to undisclosed locations for safety.
Hutchinson recalled the conversations inside the Oval Office as she brought Meadows a phone call and later as the White House lawyers implored the chief of staff to get Trump to act.
“You heard it,” Meadows told Cipollone, she recalled. “He thinks Mike deserves it. He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong.”
Trump then tweeted in the midst of the siege that Pence didn’t have the courage to do what he wanted — reject the electors from the battleground states, stopping Biden’s election. Hutchinson described the wave of sadness that hit her.
“As a staffer that works always to represent the administration to the best of my ability to showcase the good things he had done for the country, I remember feeling frustrated, disappointed … I was really sad,” she testified.
“As an American, I was disgusted. It was unpatriotic. It was un-American. We were watching the Capitol building get defaced over a lie.”
PARDONS, 25TH AMENDMENT
Hutchinson described the thinking at the White House that day as falling into three groups — those who wanted Trump to take action, others toeing the line knowing Trump didn’t want to call off the rioters, and a “deflect and blame” group who tried to pin the violence on non-Trump supporters.
Meadows, she said, was in the deflect-and-blame category, but eventually took a more neutral stance.
She had recalled how on the eve of Jan. 6, Meadows wanted to join Giuliani and other Trump allies who had arranged a “war room” at the Willard Hotel to fight for his presidency. She advised her boss she didn’t think it was appropriate for the White House or its chief of staff to be involved.
Those closest to Trump, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son, Don, Jr., were imploring staff to have the president take action to curb the violence, the committee has said.
The committee produced evidence that Cabinet secretaries were considering invoking the Constitution’s 25th amendment, which has never been used, to remove the president from office.
Trump was finally convinced to deliver a speech the next day trying to calm the nation.
But Trump also tried unsuccessfully to add to his speech that those involved would be pardoned by him for their actions to avoid criminal prosecution.
Asked if Giuliani was interested in a presidential pardon related to Jan. 6, Hutchinson said he was.
And Meadows? “Mr. Meadows did seek that pardon,” she testified of her former boss.
A person familiar with the matter denied that Meadows had ever sought a pardon.
‘WE ARE ALL IN HER DEBT’
The Jan. 6 committee was not expected to meet again until July, but called Tuesday’s surprise hearing to receive Hutchinson’s testimony.
Chairman Bennie Thompson and vice-chair Liz Cheney both said it was not easy for the former staffer to come forward, noting that many others have defied the panel’s request for information.
“We are all in her debt,” said Cheney, R-Wyo.
Cheney then laid out in chilling detail the kinds of calls and messages some witnesses have told the committee they received before testifying — implying a potential form of witness tampering Cheney said is of serious concern.
One witness said they were told as long as they continued to be “a team player” they could remain in Trump world’s good graces. They were reminded that Trump does read transcripts.
Another witness received a call from someone who said a person was aware they were having their deposition the next day and “he wants me to let you know he’s thinking about you, he knows you’re loyal, you’re going to do the right thing.”
Said Cheney: “I think most Americans know that attempting to influence witnesses to testify untruthfully presents very serious concerns.”
The panel does not have the power to charge Trump with any crimes, but the Justice Department is closely watching the proceedings as its own investigation intensifies.
Trump decried Hutchinson’s testimony on social media, saying: “A Total Phony!!!”
Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee’s work will continue and he encouraged others to step forward.
“If you heard this testimony today and suddenly remember things you couldn’t previously recall or there are some details you would like to clarify … Our doors remain open,” he said.
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Associated Press writers Farnoush Amiri, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker and Nomaan Merchant contributed to this report. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/1-6-takeaways-angry-trump-dire-legal-warnings-and-ketchup/ | 2022-06-29 05:13:35 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/politics/1-6-takeaways-angry-trump-dire-legal-warnings-and-ketchup/ |
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133, Deebo Samuel, SF vs. SEA 1/14 (6 rec., 1 TD)
129, T.J. Hockenson, MIN vs. NYG 1/15 (10 rec., 0 TD)
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114, Stefon Diggs, BUF vs. MIA 1/15 (7 rec., 0 TD)
113, Gabe Davis, BUF vs. MIA 1/15 (6 rec., 1 TD)
109, Gerald Everett, LAC at JAC 1/14 (6 rec., 1 TD)
105, Isaiah Hodgins, NYG at MIN 1/15 (8 rec., 1 TD) | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/nfl-top-performers-receiving-17743466.php | 2023-01-26 16:52:11 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/nfl-top-performers-receiving-17743466.php |
MORRISVILLE, N.C., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Biomedical, a privately held medical device company specializing in partial knee resurfacing, is set to present at the highly anticipated Canaccord Genuity Musculoskeletal Conference on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The presentation, scheduled for 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT), promises to showcase Sparta's breakthrough technology, Ormi™, and development plans.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Investigators seized stained bedding, strands of what looked like hair and a single glove — but no weapon — when they searched the Washington state apartment of a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, according to newly unsealed court documents.
The search warrant for Bryan Kohberger ’s home and Washington State University office was unsealed by a Washington state judge on Tuesday. Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the neighboring town of Moscow, Idaho.
Investigators did not find anything noteworthy in Kohberger’s office at WSU, where he was a teaching assistant and graduate student studying criminology. They took 15 things from his on-campus apartment, including a nitrite-type black glove, cuttings from a pillow with a reddish-brown stain, and a stained mattress cover.
The Washington State University Police Department searched the apartment Dec. 30, the same day Kohberger was arrested at his parent’s home in eastern Pennsylvania.
The Nov. 13, 2022, slayings of the four University of Idaho students left many in the community shaken and worried about the possibility of a repeat attack. Police released few details for weeks but repeatedly said they had not located the weapon used to commit the crime.
After Kohberger was extradited to Idaho, documents filed in the murder case showed that police found the sheath of a large knife near one of the victims. The knife itself, however, was nowhere to be found.
Investigators did not seize any weapon from Kohberger’s apartment, according to the search warrant. They did take several strands of “possible hair,” including one identified as a “possible animal hair strand.” They also took some store receipts, a tag from a company that makes coveralls and other work apparel, and two store receipts. The dust bin from a vacuum cleaner, a computer tower and a “Fire TV” stick were collected as well.
In the application for the search warrant, Moscow Police Sgt. Dustin Baker said investigators were seeking several kinds of potential evidence, including images of the stabbing victims or their home, data that might indicate an interest in planning murders or violence, anything with DNA and dark clothing and knives.
The court documents do not reveal if the items collected from Kohberger’s home contained any evidence related to the murder case.
Kohberger has not yet had the opportunity to enter a plea, and Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall has placed the attorneys and other people involved with the case under a sweeping gag order.
Kohberger is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing — where the judge will decide if there is enough evidence to justify the felony charges — on June 26. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/ap-police-seize-bedding-from-idaho-stabbing-suspects-home/ | 2023-01-19 14:16:49 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/u-s-world/ap-police-seize-bedding-from-idaho-stabbing-suspects-home/ |
Damian Lillard’s time with the Portland Trail Blazers appears to be nearing its end as he requested a trade instead of sticking with a franchise through another rebuilding season.
Lillard is generating interest from the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets, according to The Associated Press. However, the San Antonio Spurs, who have a lot of draft capital to make a trade for the superstar guard, could also be seen as a potential landing spot for him.
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The trade request did not exactly sit well with fans of the Trail Blazers star who helped lift the profile of the franchise and got the team as far as the Western Conference Finals in 2019. However, the team ended up trading away key players, including C.J. McCollum, and missed the playoffs in back-to-back years.
Lillard addressed at least one fan who brought up those who were turning on the guard even as the franchise was not able to build a complete team around him.
"It’s in my blood to take the high road," Lillard tweeted Sunday. "I’d love to hear what fans are turning on… have I mislead (sic) them? Or anyone? Fill me in."
DRAKE TROLLS FRED VANVLEET AS ALL-STAR APPEARS TO BOLT RAPTORS FOR ROCKETS
The Heat appear to be the preferred destination for Lillard, according to the AP, though Miami and Portland may have to find a third or fourth team to contribute to a deal.
Portland confirmed Lillard’s trade request on Saturday.
"We have been clear that we want Dame here, but he notified us today he wants out, and he’d prefer to play someplace else," Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin said. "What has not changed for us is that we’re committed to winning, and we are going to do what’s best for the team in pursuit of that goal."
Portland selected Lillard with the No. 6 overall pick of the 2012 draft out of Weber State. He has appeared in 769 games for the Trail Blazers and averaged 25.2 points and 6.7 assists in that time.
In 58 games last season, Lillard averaged a career-high 32.2 points per game to go along with 7.3 assists.
Lillard is a seven-time All-Star and seven-time All-NBA First Team selection. He was named to the 75th-anniversary team.
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Adam Lambert. Jennifer Hudson. Taylor Hicks. Scotty McCreery.
They’re the Final 4 in AL.com’s “American Idol” bracket, as fans vote to determine the greatest contestant in the reality TV competition’s 20-year history.
“Idol” watchers have been eager to pinpoint their favorites in polls for the bracket, casting thousands of ballots in each of the first four rounds. (See full results from Round 4 here (Elite 8), results from Round 3 here (Sweet 16), results from Round 2 here (top 32) and results from Round 1 here (initial pool of 64).
Now we need your help for Round 5, as the list of epic “Idol” singers has been trimmed to four. The latest matchups turn up the heat, as Adam Lambert and Jennifer Hudson face off and Taylor Hicks and Scotty McCreery duke it out.
If you’re surprised that Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson are no longer in the running ... well, we are, too. Voters in our polls have pushed adored “Idol” alumni to victory in previous rounds, and the country queen and pop star/TV host were eclipsed. Vote in our polls right now so you have a say in the best American Idol ever.
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Voting in Round 5 closes on Sunday afternoon, April 17. We’ll follow up with results and the final poll -- with voting for the top two -- on Monday, April 18. The champion will be announced next week.
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QUITO, Ecuador — Thousands of Brazilian fans were arriving in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil on Wednesday to watch the Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and Athletico.
Flamengo was the first team to arrive and it was welcomed by supporters at the local airport. Hours later, coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Athletico flew in.
Clubs and organizers have tried to lure more fans into travelling to Ecuador for the final to fill the 60,000-seat stadium. Airline tickets for Brazilian fans to fly in cost an average of $1,000.
Flamengo won the Copa Libertadores title in 1981 and 2019. Athletico has not yet won South America’s most prestigious club tournament. This year’s final is the third consecutive all-Brazilian affair, which was won by Palmeiras the last two editions.
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Sheffield West Fork grabbed a 56-37 victory at the expense of Delhi Maquoketa Valley in Iowa girls basketball on Feb. 23.
In recent action on Feb. 17, Sheffield West Fork faced off against Clarksville. For more, click here.
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Passenger charged with hiding camera in cruise ship restroom
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A passenger on a Caribbean cruise has been arrested after a hidden camera with video of dozens of people, including children, was discovered in a public restroom, officials said.
Jeremy Froias was arrested last Wednesday in Puerto Rico and charged with video voyeurism and attempted possession of child exploitation material, according to court documents.
According to a criminal complaint filed in San Juan federal court, Froias boarded Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas in Miami on April 29 for a seven-day cruise. The ship was set to make land calls at Sint Maarten, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas before returning to Miami this past Saturday.
A day after the voyage began while the ship was in international waters, Froias put a hidden Wi-Fi camera in a public restroom on the ship’s top deck between a surfing simulator and a bar, officials said. A day after that, another passenger spotted the camera and alerted the ship’s crew.
“The matter was immediately reported to local and federal law enforcement, and the guest involved was removed from the ship by authorities for further investigation,” Royal Caribbean said in a statement.
The ship’s security personnel seized the camera and found several hours worth of video files on a memory card, officials said. Footage included Froias hiding the camera and aiming it toward the toilet. More than 150 people, including at least 40 children, appeared in the videos, investigators said. Some were at least partially naked. Froias and the camera were eventually turned over to the FBI in Puerto Rico.
A defense attorney for Froias didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Energy Transfer LP ("Energy Transfer" or the "Company") (NYSE: ET) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Energy Transfer investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired common shares of Energy Transfer stock between April 13, 2017 and December 20, 2021, both dates inclusive. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
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CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (a) Energy Transfer had inadequate internal controls and procedures to prevent contractors from engaging in illegal conduct with regards to drilling activities, and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to such controls and procedures; (b) Energy Transfer, through its subsidiary Rover Pipeline, LLC, hired a third-party contractor to conduct Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities for the Rover Pipeline Project, whose conduct of adding illegal additives in the drilling mud caused severe pollution near the Tuscarawas River when a large inadvertent release took place on April 13, 2017; (c) Energy Transfer continually downplayed its potential civil liabilities when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") was actively investigating the Energy Transfer's wrongdoing related to the April 13 release and consistently provided it with updated information about FERC's findings on this matter.
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Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese doctor who alerted the world to the 2003 SARS outbreak, died at the age of 91, the South China Morning Post reported.
Yanyong reportedly died at the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing, the same hospital he worked at for decades.
The outlet reported he died from pneumonia and other illnesses.
The Human Rights Watch reported that Yanyong and his wife were detained in 2004 when he was en route to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing for a visa. The Human Rights Watch said Yanyong forced the Chinese government to disclose the true extent of SARS. At the time, the Chinese government contended there were 19 known cases, but Yanyong revealed that over 170 cases of the virus had been found.
The New York Times reported that his detention lasted 45 days.
SEE MORE: Long COVID: What we know after 3 years in
The World Health Organization reported 8,000 cases of SARS were discovered from late 2002 through 2003, with China reporting 7,000. The United States had 27 reported cases, but all 27 were considered imported cases.
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5 takeaways from Liberty's dominating win over No. 2 Basha after long lightning delay
Dust, wind, lightning, rain, delays.
It didn't matter to Peoria Liberty. The No. 3-ranked Lions dominated every facet of the game Friday night in a 35-7 rout at No. 2 Chandler Basha in another statement sent across Arizona.
"Our kids are special," coach Colin Thomas said. "When we took the field a second time, it was a different energy.
"When we came on the field, and it was raining, and our kids came out here with a different kind of energy. I felt pretty good at that point in time."
Here are five takeaways to glean from yet another impressive performance from a team that is destined to crack the top 25 in the nation:
1. Long wait, so what
Both teams were on the field warming up before they were sent to their locker rooms about 40 minutes before kickoffs. With blowing dust sweeping through and lightning, they didn't return to the field until about 8:15, at which time both teams only had 15 minutes to get ready before kickoffs. At least, this time Liberty didn't have to come back the next night to play, like it did in the second week of the season in a lightning-postponed game against Pinnacle that the Lions won 49-7.
The Lions (5-0) quickly sent a message with defensive lineman My'Keil Gardner stripping the ball loose from tailback Deshaun Buchanan and linebacker Keaton Stam recovering. Navi Bruzon hit Prince Zombo for a 40-yard gain, leading to Bruzon's 1-yard keeper for a touchdown less than three minutes into the game.
The rout was on.
"Usually, we like to start games on defense," Stam said. "Our momentum comes and our offense goes to work."
2. Bruzon is spot on again
If there is a strong case for Player of the Year, Liberty junior quarterback Navi Bruzon is building a great resume. He came into the game completing 80% of his passes. On Friday, in building a 21-0 halftime lead, Bruzon was 12 of 13 for 192 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for a score and threw a two-point conversion pass to My'Keil Gardner after hitting tight end Braylon Gardner with a scoring pass.
Bruzon threw a third TD pass in the second half, finding Grant Brunelle from 34 yards out. His best pass of the game might have come in the second half when he was eluding tracklers and before getting hit, flicked a pass off to Cody Machado for a first down on a fourth-and-3 play. That led to a touchdown.
"It's just in the moment," Bruzon said. "I knew where he was down and distance-wise, so I was just trying to get the first down."
3. It's not make or break for Basha
Don't get too down on Basha (5-1), which has lost only two games since 2020 — both of those to Liberty. This was by far the toughest opponent Basha has faced, and that includes the team from California with the five-star skill players, Los Alamitos.
Coach Chris McDonald knew he needed to toughen the schedule to become an Open Division title contender. This is a start.
"What I told them, 'I was going to tell you win or lose, regardless. This is just the sixth game of the season. That's all this is. It's not the destination. This is just part of the journey.' We now know what we have to do to compete with the top teams in the state. We can get it figured out, which I think we can. We've got to learn from this."
4. Liberty keeps its cool
The one mark against Liberty in the last year or so was making stupid penalties, like late hits, unsportsmanlike. The Lions bottled that intensity into maybe the most disciplined game they've played in the past three years. They weren't hit with big penalties for the most part. When Basha had back-to-back, 15-yard penalties on a taunt and unsportsmanlike that extended a Liberty drive, the Lions kept their cool and looked like a well-oiled machine moving down the field.
5. Not getting too carried away
It's easy to feel you're on top of the world after the brutal last three games Liberty had — a 13-hour road trip to Colorado to play Valor Christian, going into defending Open Division champion Scottsdale Saguaro last week, then coming to Basha and waiting an hour-and-a-half to play the game.
But Liberty coaches afterwards reminded them to shut out the outside noise.
"I think we have a pretty mature group," Thomas said. "I wasn't shocked they were ready to play. The harder things get, the more we're going to respond. And that's what they did."
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HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas group (Logisnext), a leading North American provider and manufacturer of material handling and innovative automation and fleet solutions, today announced its sponsorship of Professional Golfer – Ayaka Furue – who will compete in the upcoming 2023 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour.
Through the sponsorship, Furue will serve as a brand ambassador for Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas in addition to its parent-company Mitsubishi Logisnext and dealer Equipment Depot. Furue will make global appearances on behalf of the company and wear the Logisnext logo while competing on the tour throughout 2023.
"We are honored to have the opportunity to sponsor Ayaka Furue, who is an accomplished athlete on the LPGA Tour," said Ken Barina, president of Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas. "Her character, drive and commitment are shared values of Logisnext, and we look forward to supporting her on this year's tour. We are proud to take part in such an exciting world-class event and look forward to the upcoming season."
In 2022, Furue shifted her career focus to the United States. She is the winner of the 2022 Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open and a seven-time winner in the Japanese Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA), taking place from 2019 – 2021. She currently ranks 23rd in the World.
"I grew up with the drive for progress and admire Logisnext's commitment to Move The World Forward," Furue said. "I'm very excited to partner together to build and advance the LPGA and empower future athletes. I appreciate the company's support in helping me to progress in my profession."
This is Mitsubishi Logisnext America's first pro-sports sponsorship involvement associated with supporting LPGA's mission to empower, inspire and transform the lives of girls and women through the game of golf.
Logisnext's long-standing community relations program focuses on driving positive change in the world and the local communities it serves. In addition to this sponsorship, Logisnext has been a proud supporter of other educational and community activities over the years, including serving as the Official Lift Truck Provider for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo™ – a charitable organization benefiting youth and education – as well as other non-profits such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Houston Food Bank, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This year also marks Logisnext's 19th annual Cat® Lift Trucks Scholarship Program, supporting high-school seniors in pursuing higher education.
Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas and its group companies have helped customers Move The World Forward for more than 100 years. A technology-driven manufacturer, Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas offers scalable solutions from material handling to automation and extensive fleet support. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, its complete portfolio of advanced solutions spans across five leading brands – Mitsubishi forklift trucks, Cat® lift trucks, Rocla AGV Solutions, UniCarriers® Forklifts and Jungheinrich® warehouse and automation products. All products are backed by an extensive dealer network offering industry-leading customer service and product support. For more information, visit www.logisnextamericas.com.
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When Pam Knox walked into the peach orchard at the University of Georgia horticulture farm this spring, there was nothing on the trees except leaves and a couple of brown fruits — the result of one of the state's warmest winters ever followed by two nights of freezing weather in March.
“It’s just really odd, because over the course of one night, they lost their entire crop and their entire production here,” said Knox, an agricultural climatologist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, which shares research and expertise with farmers and others. Commercial peach farmers in the state lost as much as 95% of their yield, she estimated.
Georgia, with its iconic peaches, isn’t the only place in the south where farmers have had to deal with changing conditions. Houston, Tupelo and Atlanta all had one of their top five warmest winters on record this year, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. Farmers are contending with those warming winters by using new or improved agricultural techniques, trying out new crop varieties and even growing crops that were previously less common in their regions.
"Winter is the season in Georgia that is warming the most quickly," Knox said, affirming a trend that includes most of the United States. "We don't have any reason to think that that trend is going to change, so we will continue to expect more warmer winters."
Cody Mills, an extension agent and Chickasaw County coordinator at Mississippi State University, said a warmer and wetter winter delayed some farmers from planting corn and some soybeans because they had to wait for drier weather. A couple weeks might not seem like a long time, he said, but that can set back cutting and harvesting later.
Cattle ranchers have been affected, too. Mills said that the pathogens associated with a wet winter – as well as the mud – took a toll on some cows. Wetter, warmer weather creates better conditions for the pathogens and parasites that cause cows to develop conditions like foot rot, pinkeye and diarrhea, said Russ Daly, an extension veterinarian with South Dakota State University.
In Texas, the warm weather presented more of a mixed bag for cattle farmers, said David Anderson, a professor and extension economist at Texas A&M University. He said drought conditions have meant higher hay costs, but farmers have needed less of it since cows eat less in hotter weather.
Farmers have always adapted to changing weather. Now they're adapting to climate change.
For example, some fruit growers in Georgia are planting earlier-blooming peach varieties that don't require as much cold weather, Knox said. But it's not an easy calculation, because some of those earlier varieties may also be more susceptible to frost.
Farmers may also diversify their crops. Knox said some farmers in recent years have begun trying citrus and olives that are more often grown in climates with milder winters than Georgia's.
In Mississippi, some farmers have turned to corn varieties with a shorter growing season, Mills said. And researchers are working to improve vaccines against livestock conditions that can be made worse by a warming environment.
Taking good care of animals regardless of the changing conditions is paramount, said Brandi Karisch, an extension beef cattle specialist for Mississippi State University.
" ‘We’ve always done it that way’ is usually the death of a business, and you can see the same thing in the cattle world,” Karisch said. “We have to adapt to what the animals are telling us that they need and what we’re seeing from a climate and a system standpoint."
As they work to ensure the health of their crops and animals, farmers also “have to make sure that they make money, and you’re not going to invest in a crop that’s not going to succeed,” Knox said. But she doesn’t see the end of Georgia peaches anytime soon. Instead, she sees farmers considering which peach varieties they’ll be able to grow going forward and what other crops they can add to the mix.
“I think the farmers see the temperatures get(ting) warmer as an opportunity to increase the diversity of what they can grow,” Knox said. “They’re trying to figure out ways to respond to that and to take advantage of it.”
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HEFEI, China, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- iFLYTEK is committed to elevating and expanding on the friendships it has made. On International Friendship Day, we look back at the global relationships we have built.
IFLYTEK has been a prolific supporter of international events, fostering people-to-people interactions by supplying our cutting-edge technologies to improve operational efficiency and transcend communication barriers. As the official, exclusive supplier of automated translation software for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, iFLYTEK created barrier-free communication—aiding athletes, media representatives, and viewers to interact seamlessly.
IFLYTEK contributed to the success of numerous other international sporting events, including:
- The 10th International Abilympics, the top global skills competition for those with disabilities, in Metz, France, by donating a series of products to the China Disabled Persons' Federation to enhance communications for the Chinese delegation;
- The 2023 World University Games (WUG), where iFLYTEK served as the exclusive, official provider of automatic speech-to-text and translation services and provided various products and services;
- The 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships, where iFLYTEK served as an official supplier of automated translation software to help event organizers and competitors overcome language barriers.
iFLYTEK seeks to build lasting relationships that further innovation. Our international engagement has been recognized in South Korea, where iFLYTEK's work led to an award for the high-quality A.I.-enabled services it provided to South Korean customers at the 3rd Annual ROK-China Friendship Awards Ceremony.
These efforts work toward demonstrating iFLYTEK's goodwill and dedication to serving the public good. iFLYTEK is incredibly proud of its work in assisting global humanitarian efforts, including our donation of 30 translators to the Blue Sky Rescue Team to help them effectively communicate during their rescue efforts following the massive earthquakes in Turkey earlier this year.
About iFLYTEK – iFLYTEK is a well-known publicly-listed intelligent speech and artificial intelligence company in the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, please visit https://global.iflytek.com/.
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MEXICO CITY — Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to state officials.
The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that around 7 a.m. various armored vehicles arrived at the prison and gunmen opened fire on guards. In addition to those killed, 13 people were wounded and at least 24 inmates escaped.
Mexican soldiers and state police regained control of the prison later Sunday. The state prosecutor’s office said its personnel were investigating.
In August, a riot inside the same state prison spread to the streets of Juarez in violence that left 11 people dead.
In that case, two inmates were killed inside the prison and then alleged gang members started shooting up the town, including killing four employees of a radio station who were doing a promotion at a restaurant.
Violence is frequent in Mexican prisons, including in some where authorities only maintain nominal control. Clashes regularly erupt among inmate of rival gangs, which in places like Juarez serve as proxies for drug cartels.
Shortly before Sunday’s attack on the prison, municipal police were attacked and managed to capture four men after a pursuit, according to the state prosecutor’s office statement. Later, police killed two alleged gunmen traveling in a SUV.
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US cities reporting fewer killings hope crime strategies prevent a summer surge
By KATHLEEN FOODY
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — An expected bump in violent crime this summer has mayors and police officials around the U.S. rolling out familiar strategies of making officers more visible and engaging with community groups, in some cases leaning on civilians to enforce curfews and keep the peace.
Chicago is among the U.S. cities under scrutiny following a mayoral race that focused on public safety in response to demands for change. Violence often surges during summer months, so this holiday weekend will undoubtedly ramp up pressure on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new administration to deliver short-term improvement along with the long-term strategies that the former union organizer advocated while campaigning to lead the nation’s third-largest city.
“It’s going to take all of us, not just the police, not just city government, to ensure that our communities can live and thrive in peace and safety,” Johnson said at a lakefront press conference promoting the city’s Memorial Day weekend strategy.
Most large U.S. cities are reporting fewer homicides this year, according to data collected by the Council on Criminal Justice which created a Crime Trends Working Group this spring in hopes of providing more real-time information on crime.
The shift is a tentative reprieve following those spikes that began in 2020 and began to come down last year. The totals remain far higher than pre-pandemic reports and are “cause for serious concern but not for panic,” said Thomas Abt, founding director of the Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction at the University of Maryland.
“Where cities are seeing success, they’re generally investing in a balanced approach that includes policing but … also supports community-based approaches,” Abt said. “They have recognized the need for enforcement but also emphasize prevention and intervention.”
Officials in Cleveland, Ohio, Newark, N.J. and Philadelphia have announced summer plans to make officers more of a visible presence in locations where violent crimes have happened, while also promoting community efforts to prevent violence and provide alternative activities.
In Baltimore, city officials — not police officers — will enforce curfews on teenagers starting Friday and continuing through Labor Day weekend. The controversial policy has long been on the books but rarely enforced.
“We are going back to the old days,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in announcing the summer enforcement, after two teens were wounded as hundreds of teenagers gathered on a Sunday night in the city’s popular Inner Harbor district.
That shooting in April, which unfolded while officers were trying to break up a fight at the scene, added to a significant spike in youth violence, which has persisted even as overall shootings and homicides trend downward in Baltimore.
According to Scott’s plan, non-law enforcement staff will approach children and teens violating the curfew policy on weekend and holiday nights. First, they’ll encourage kids to go home, but if that doesn’t work, the children will be transported to a youth engagement center that provides a supervised environment to hang out.
In Detroit, federal prosecutors are expanding efforts to help local police this summer by taking armed carjacking cases and business robberies in high-crime areas, in addition to certain gun crimes. Federal convictions typically bring longer sentences.
“The most dangerous people will be prosecuted immediately in federal court,” U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison said Wednesday.
Following a half-dozen shootings — including one fatality — in the downtown Detroit area over one weekend in April, Police Chief James White instituted a crowd control strategy including increased police presence. Curfews for minors also will be enforced.
In Chicago, mayors face annual pressure to demonstrate a proactive approach to violent crime ahead of Memorial Day, the traditional kickoff to warm weather and summer events where crowds gather.
Johnson promised to move away from a policing-first strategy as he took office at the start of May, but he’s also distanced himself from calls to cut money for policing. He chose a retired department veteran as interim police chief.
Federal data show Chicago’s homicide rate remains lower than other Midwestern cities such as St. Louis and Detroit, with 211 killings reported so far this year, lower than the same period in 2022 and 2021.
Johnson’s holiday weekend strategy includes making officers a visible presence, including bag checks at crowded beaches, parks and events. Philanthropic and business groups have donated to anti-violence groups organizing events aimed at young people. And the state of Illinois has authorized a team of 30 “peacekeepers” — not police — who have training and experience in deescalating conflict, to roam Chicago aiming to prevent outbreaks of violence.
Community groups with similar strategies have operated for years across Chicago, focusing on specific neighborhoods or blocks with a history of violence. State officials said their team would be mobile and able to respond anywhere, including downtown, where large gatherings of teens during a warm April weekend ended with several shootings and other violence.
Norman Livingston Kerr led a Chicago anti-violence organization before he became assistant deputy mayor for public safety under Johnson’s predecessor, Lori Lightfoot. He now consults with cities and nonprofits to develop anti-violence strategies that rely on de-escalation or intervention. He’s encouraged by signs that the city and state are committing long-term resources to efforts like the peacekeepers program.
“This violence intervention work, it can take time for people to see it work and believe in it,” Kerr said. “I’m not going to dwell on the fact it took years to happen, I’m going to say this is a new day.”
Johnson has promised to give a variety of community organizations a larger role in his administration’s public safety strategy and devoted much of Thursday’s city presentation to promoting plans for basketball tournaments, neighborhood barbecues and karaoke contests.
Tamar Manasseh, founder of Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings, said her organization has worked to prevent crime around a South Side intersection for nearly ten years using “positive loitering.” This weekend is no exception, with a neighborhood barbecue and other activities planned.
“We built a community center, our pop-up community center, in a vacant lot,” Manasseh said. “And since then we’ve seen crime drop astronomically. And we feel like that can happen anywhere.”
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You can help choose the name of this zoo’s newborn rhino
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - An Ohio zoo is asking for help naming one of its youngest residents, a female eastern black rhino calf.
Since July 9, when the adorable newborn made her grand debut at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the mother and baby have spent time bonding, according to a news release.
Zoo officials said there are three options for her name: Ali – meaning supreme, Anika – meaning sweet, or Dalia – meaning gentle. Each of the names are connected to the Eastern black rhino’s native regions in Africa, according to the zoo.
Make your pick: Ali, Anika or Dalia?
To cast your vote, you will need to make a donation supporting conservation efforts before midnight on Aug. 5, according to the release. The name chosen by the zoo will be the name with the highest total donation.
Zoo officials said eastern black rhinos are a critically endangered species, and there are fewer than 750 living in the wild.
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday faces the strongest test yet of his ability to shape a new generation of Republicans as GOP primary voters in Pennsylvania and North Carolina decide whether to rally around his hand-picked choices for critical U.S. Senate seats.
As this year’s midterm primary season enters its busiest stretch with races also unfolding in Kentucky, Oregon and Idaho, Trump is poised to notch several easy wins. In North Carolina, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, is expected to best a packed field of GOP rivals, including a former governor. And in Pennsylvania’s GOP race for governor, far-right contender Doug Mastriano was already leading before Trump backed him over the weekend.
But Trump’s preferred Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, has divided conservatives who are typically in lockstep with Trump. Some are suspicious of the ideological leanings of the celebrity heart surgeon who gained fame as a frequent guest on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, but has been attacked by millions of dollars of TV ads from another rival, former hedge fund CEO David McCormick. That’s benefited Kathy Barnette, a conservative commentator who faced little scrutiny for most of the campaign before resonating in the final stretch with a fierce message opposing abortion in all circumstances.
Trump, who has held campaign-style rallies with Oz, insists he is the best candidate to keep the Senate seat in Republican hands in the fall. Given his level of involvement in the race — including a virtual event on Oz’s behalf late Monday — a loss would be a notable setback for the former president, who is wielding endorsements as a way to prove his dominance over the GOP ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run.
Democrats, meanwhile, have their own high-profile primaries. In Pennsylvania, progressive Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has dominated the Senate race but was forced off the campaign trail by a stroke. The 52-year-old Fetterman remains hospitalized, though he said he is expected to make a full recovery.
In North Carolina, Cheri Beasley is the clear front-runner in her 11-candidate primary for the Democratic Senate nomination. If she prevails in November, Beasley would be the state’s first Black senator — and just the third African American woman ever elected to the chamber.
Tuesday’s contests could ultimately determine how competitive the general election will be this fall, when control of Congress, governor’s mansions and key elections posts are up for grabs. That’s especially true in the perennial political battleground of Pennsylvania, where some Republicans are already worried that Mastriano is too extreme to woo moderates who are often decisive in general elections.
“There’s definitely some concern in large factions of the party,” said Pennsylvania Republican strategist Vince Galko. “Especially those in the suburban areas.”
A Barnette victory might potentially hand Democrats a Senate seat, making the GOP’s effort to retake the chamber much harder.
More fundamentally, Tuesday’s primaries could test voters’ commitment to democratic principles. Barnette is running even further to the right than Oz and participated in the January 2021 rally that turned into an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Then there’s Mastriano, who was also outside the Capitol during the mob attack and would appoint Pennsylvania’s chief elections official if he becomes governor. He has pledged to take the extraordinary step of requiring voters to “re-register” to vote — even though that’s barred by the National Voter Registration Act and likely violates significant protections under federal, and possibly state, law.
“We’re going to start all over again,” Mastriano, who has barred reporters from his campaign events, said at a recent debate. He’s made Trump’s lies about widespread electoral fraud costing him the presidency a centerpiece of his campaign — and has even been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot following his efforts to name a slate of alternate Electoral College electors in Trump’s favor.
Trump’s safest bet on Tuesday might be Budd, who has overcome a slow start to emerge from 14 Republican primary candidates, including former Gov. Pat McCroy, as a favorite in North Carolina’s Republican Senate primary.
“Trump is the most important factor,” said David McLennan, a political science professor at Meredith College in the state capital of Raleigh, who also noted that another conservative group, anti-tax Club for Growth Action, has paid for pro-Budd advertising. “Trump’s endorsement turned the tide for him.”
Last Call
While much of the attention during the opening phase of the primary season has focused on Trump’s grip on the GOP, the contests also serve as a referendum on Biden’s leadership of the Democratic Party. In the president’s native state of Pennsylvania, U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, a moderate in the mold of Biden, is at risk of being trounced by Fetterman.
Known for his hulking, 6-foot-8 stature and tattoos, and for championing causes including universal health care, Fetterman has appealed to many Democrats with an outsider image — and that could hold despite his health scare.
Another race testing Biden’s national appeal with Democratic primary voters comes across the country in Oregon. That’s where the president used his first endorsement of the midterm season to back incumbent Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader against progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner.
But Trump’s influence on GOP primaries stretches far wider.
In Idaho, Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is attempting to unseat Republican Gov. Brad Little. McGeachin issued executive orders banning mask mandates during the height of the pandemic when Little was out of state.
The former president’s support may also swing U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s race to keep his seat from North Carolina despite recent blunders, and political novice Bo Hines’ efforts to win the House nomination for a seat representing a district covering parts of Raleigh and points south.
Tuesday even features a Kentucky lawmaker seeking reelection who benefitted from a Trump reversal. The former president is now praising as a “first-rate Defender of the Constitution” Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie — just two years after he suggested the Republican should be removed from the GOP for opposing $2 trillion in COVID-19 relief funding. | https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-trump-influence-over-gop-faces-fresh-tests-20220517-jumdxuthjje3zfbqfrz65wze2i-story.html | 2022-05-17 10:10:47 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/elections/mc-nws-pa-trump-influence-over-gop-faces-fresh-tests-20220517-jumdxuthjje3zfbqfrz65wze2i-story.html |
Meet the guests:
- LaQuann Dawson, an artist and community organizer, shares his passion for documenting the Black, queer community through intimate photography and what it's been like to turn the lens on himself
- Shoog McDaniel, a queer, fat photographer and artist, describes the process of guiding others through intimate, mostly-nude shoots in nature and what it's like to witness them discover new ways of being in their bodies
- Trista Marie McGovern, a writer, photographer, speaker and model, talks about using intimate photography as a tool to explore the intersections of disability and sexuality | https://www.wunc.org/podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-11-18/posed-intimate-photography-nudes-erotic-boudoir-model-artist-art | 2022-11-18 14:21:06 | 0 | https://www.wunc.org/podcast/embodied-podcast/2022-11-18/posed-intimate-photography-nudes-erotic-boudoir-model-artist-art |
REHOBOTH, Del. - Assistant manager of Stoneworks Lapidary, Jessica Hubbell, said that the store has experienced items going missing on a daily basis. The products gone are costing the small business thousands of dollars.
"We have a lot of smaller items and the way the store is laid out, it's easy to take things from one room to another and take them. And we're really really busy in the summer time so it's hard to keep an eye on everything." said Hubbell.
Hubbell also claims that it is the size and shape of the store that makes it difficult to prevent people from stealing, even after adding additional security cameras.
Rehoboth Police Chief Keith Banks said that while any time a business has encounters stolen goods, thefts in Rehoboth overall are down.
"90% of our thefts are actually from the beach. In other words, some sunglasses missing, tennis shoes, or jewelry and things while people are in the ocean and things like that. But a lot of times it's misplaced. We get a lot of property turned in." said Chief Keith Banks.
He encourages those with businesses who are facing similar situations to reach out to the police department to conduct an assessment of the store. This way police can give safety and precautionary feedback, such as keeping inventory away from the door.
Other business owners like Steve Fallon of Gidgets Gadgets, down the street from Stoneworks Lapidary, said shoplifting is part of having a shop.
"-you can either write it into your program or not write it into your program or hire more people to staff the floor but at the end of the day it's gonna happen." said Steve Fallon.
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Jewish Federation of Palm Beach Co. celebrates Passover locally and in Ukraine
On Friday, families in the Jewish community got together at sundown to celebrate Passover, a holiday remembering the history and strength of their faith. This year, Passover takes on added meaning with the crisis in Ukraine.
The Jewish Federation has raised nearly $2 million for Ukraine Emergency Relief, including $250,000 to provide Passover Seder Meals to upwards of 5,000 Ukrainians and refugees.
“We are there to sort of help ensure that they can continue to celebrate Passover and they can continue to celebrate the retelling of the story of the exodus from Egypt that we have done for thousands and thousands of years,” said Michael Hoffman, CEO, Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.
Before the attack, Hoffman said Ukraine was home to an estimated 200,000 Jews. Hoffman, along with other members of the local Jewish Federation, were able to visit the border of Poland and Ukraine, to help bring refugees to safety.
“It was devastating,” said Hoffman.
As the war continues, they are hoping to keep the traditions of Passover overseas.
“We’re providing meals for Jews who are still in Ukraine,” said Hoffman. “We’re also providing meals for those Jews that are in other cities and other locations throughout Europe. We just want to do what we can just to provide help that as many of these Jews that are going through this Exodus or who are stuck facing danger in Ukraine, they can still participate in this global event, this global experience of retelling the story of the exodus from Egypt.”
Locally in Palm Beach County, the Jewish Federation and its partners are also providing Passover meals to locals in need.
Volunteers spent the week preparing meals and delivering them across the county to home bound seniors, families in need, and Holocaust survivors.
“This year, with things opening up and us being able to get together, we are starting to feel a little bit back to normal and have that connection,” said Beth Wayne, volunteer and board member with the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. “The traditions that these holidays bring really make the holiday. Everyone around the world is sharing the same story and the same experiences and I think there is nothing like that.”
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "SuperCash" game were:
11-17-24-32-33-37, Doubler: Y
(eleven, seventeen, twenty-four, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-seven; Doubler: Y)
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Authorities in Bulgaria said Wednesday that the bodies of seven people were discovered outside a cemetery near the capital.
Police said that according to initial data, the bodies buried in a forest without coffins belonged to older adults who had died of natural causes.
One of the theories investigators are exploring is that the people lived in various hospices in Sofia and were buried as part of an unregulated funeral scheme.
A 51-year-old funeral agent has been detained in the case and charged with fraud. Authorities believe he was part of a larger group and more bodies could be discovered.
Police alleged the agent took the bodies from care homes, supposedly for cremation, and instead buried them in the forest close to the cemetery.
Pre-trial proceedings, including DNA tests of the deceased, have started in the case. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Bulgaria-Bodies-found-outside-cemetery-funeral-17197439.php | 2022-05-25 11:50:39 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Bulgaria-Bodies-found-outside-cemetery-funeral-17197439.php |
(The Hill) – A city near Detroit has banned its residents from displaying LGBTQ flags on public property after a raucous city meeting Tuesday.
Hamtramck, Mich., an enclave within north-central Detroit, banned the flags in a unanimous vote with one city council member arguing that the displays are unnecessary.
“You guys are welcome,” council member Nayeem Choudhury said, referring to the LGBTQ community and its supporters. “(But) why do you have to have the flag shown on government property to be represented?”
“You’re already represented,” he added. “We already know who you are.”
The city’s five council members and mayor are all Muslim, as are about half of the city’s residents, according to the Detroit Free Press. The latest census also showed that around 40 percent of the city’s residents are immigrants.
“We want to respect the religious rights of our citizens,” Choudhury said.
The city, as a result of the vote, will only allow flags of the nations that represent the city’s immigrant heritage and the flag of Michigan to be flown. The city’s previous mayor flew the Pride flag from City Hall in 2021, causing a controversy in the community and making it a campaign issue for the newly-elected Mayor Amer Ghalib.
“We serve everybody equally with no discrimination but without favoritism,” Ghalib said.
The council resolution reads that it is intended to “maintain and confirm the neutrality of the city of Hamtramck towards its residents.”
The move has brought the city under fire with critics calling the ban discriminatory, however, the resolution’s author, Councilman Mohammed Hassan, said it represents the views of a majority of the city’s residents.
“Please don’t threaten us … I’m the elected official … I’m working for the people, what the majority of the people like,” Hassan said. | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/michigan-city-bans-pride-flags-on-public-property/ | 2023-06-15 14:17:31 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/national-news/michigan-city-bans-pride-flags-on-public-property/ |
Meghan to receive Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award
NEW YORK (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown will receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award in May, the nation’s oldest women’s foundation announced Monday.
The awards will be handed out at the Ms. Foundation’s annual gala on May 16 at New York City’s Ziegfeld Ballroom, part of its 50th anniversary celebration where funds raised will go toward the organization’s equity-centered initiatives.
The foundation will also honor Wanda Irving, co-founder of Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project, and Kimberly Inez McGuire, executive director of URGE, as well as emerging leaders abortion rights activist Olivia Julianna and LGBTQ+ advocate Rebekah Bruesehoff.
“Meghan, LaTosha, Wanda, Kimberly, Olivia, and Rebekah are incredible leaders,” Teresa C. Younger, Ms. Foundation president and CEO, said in a statement. “We are grateful to be able to shine a light on their many accomplishments and tireless work on behalf of gender and racial equity across the country and the world.”
Meghan will receive the award for “her global advocacy to empower and advocate on behalf of women and girls” from Gloria Steinem, Ms. Foundation co-founder. With her husband, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Meghan directs their philanthropy through their Archewell Foundation.
According to its 2022 annual report, the organization provided 12.66 million COVID-19 vaccines with partner Global Citizen and helped resettle nearly 175,000 refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan in the United States with partner Welcome.US. The foundation also helped build a community play space in Uvalde, Texas, following the school shooting there that killed 19 children and two teachers.
Brown will receive her award for “her tireless activism and work to bring about social change” through Black Voters Matter, which works with communities to make their voting more effective. According to the group’s most recent impact report, the Black Voters Matter Fund now works with more than 400 partners in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute funds voter education, registrations and other programs to expand access to voting.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins burst out of his postseason malaise with a three-run homer and spiked his bat in triumph and Bryce Harper hit a two-run shot that sent Philadelphia Phillies fever soaring and helped carry them to a 9-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Friday night.
Harper added an RBI double as Philadelphia took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five matchup against the reigning World Series champs. The Phillies can advance to the NL Championship Series with a Game 4 win at home on Saturday.
The Phillies and a sellout crowd of 45,538 fans waited 11 mostly miserable years -- 4,025 days, to be exact -- to host a playoff game again at Citizens Bank Park.
Phillies fans should save the rally towels -- the Phillies played like a team that wants to keep Red October alive
The bats erupted in a six-run third inning that will forever be stamped on a Philly sports highlight reel. Bryson Stott got the rally going with an RBI double off Braves rookie Spencer Strider. Kyle Schwarber drew an intentional walk to set the stage for Hoskins.
Hoskins, mired in a 1-for-19 postseason slump, crushed a 94 mph fastball into the left field seats for a 4-0 lead. Hoskins raised his arms in celebration, slammed his bat into the grass and he skipped his way to first base.
The exit velocity? It took about 2 seconds for Harper to bounce out of the dugout and toss his helmet in the air. Hoskins leapt into a violent elbow forearm exchange -- think, Bash Brothers -- with Stott as he crossed the plate.
“I don’t know if my feet touched the ground,” Hoskins said.
Strider, who pitched the first time in almost a month because of a strained left oblique, gave up one more single before he was lifted for Dylan Lee.
Playing his first playoff home game with the Phillies, Harper hammered the ball into the twilight for his second postseason homer and a 6-0 lead. Phillies fans that held hand-cut letters that spelled out “Harper” bounced in delight in stands that absolutely rocked. Harper, who embraced Philly and the Phanatic and the fans from the moment he signed a $330 million, 13-year deal in 2019, pointed to a fan that held a “Hit That Jawn” sign behind the dugout.
Jawn is a Philly noun used to describe anything.
Harper’s shot made Philly feel everything.
“I was just fired up, ready to go,” the two-time NL MVP said.
Aaron Nola, pitching the best baseball of his career, was an October ace again in shutting down a Braves team that won 101 games and the NL East. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out six in six-plus innings.
Nola, the longest-tenured Phillie, was on it from the jump. He needed only 10 pitches in the second inning to strike out the side. The Braves touched him for only an unearned run in the sixth. He left the game in the seventh to a tremendous standing ovation.
The Phillies played their first postseason home game since a 1-0 loss in the 2011 NLDS to Chris Carpenter and the eventual champion St. Louis Cardinals. They waited 11 years -- and a whopping 14 straight road games since September — to get back. The Phillies ended the season on a 10-game road trip and then played their first four playoff games on the road.
Phillies fans — and the Phanatic from atop the dugout — mocked Atlanta’s tomahawk chop, and red rally towels spun like helicopter rotor blades from the moment they snagged them off the seats. As Strider trudged off the mound in the third, one Phillies fan gleefully wagged his middle finger toward the pitcher for his entire walk to the dugout.
Strider could only shake his head as the shortest start of his brief career was over in just 2 1/3 innings.
The Phillies had never scored five runs in a postseason inning before 2022. They’ve done it twice now, the first time, of course, the six-run rally in the ninth inning to beat the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NL wild-card series.
Harper rocked an RBI double to center in the seventh and Game 1 star Nick Castellanos drove in two runs in the inning for a 9-1 lead.
PHELAN HONORED
The Phillies held a moment of silence for Corey Phelan, a 20-year-old minor league pitcher who died Wednesday of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He last pitched in the minors in 2021.
“We got to know him. Got to meet him, got to meet the family. Tremendous family,” manager Rob Thomson said. “And you just see the strength he had, the confidence he had to be able to get through this. It was tough to take because we got to know Corey a little bit and really liked him and liked his character and liked everything about him. So it’s tough.”
CAPTURED CRITTER
First, a goose was on the loose in LA. In Game 3, a squirrel was briefly trapped near the Braves dugout before it was released and it, well, squirreled away.
UP NEXT
The Braves send RHP Charlie Morton (9-6, 4.34 ERA) to the mound for Game 4. The Phillies have yet to name a starter.
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BEIJING, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WeTrade Group Inc. ("WeTrade" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: WETG), a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across different industries, today announced that the Company will launch a global universal consumer card, VM Card.
The VM Card is a payment product developed based on the WTPay system of WeTrade. It supports merchants of Visa and MasterCard, and also supports binding to Apple Pay, Google Pay, Union Pay, Alipay+, Wechat Pay, Grab Pay, etc. The physical card also supports ATM withdrawal.
The users can download the registration information of the VM Card APP (soon to be launched), submit the information to open a card, recharge it, use it worldwide, and also enjoy credit rebates. The VM Card is available on demand, and users can set the payment amount at will.
VM Card has the following major characteristics:
1. Dedicated card, ensuring fund security while also making fund management clearer
2. Own and cooperate with payment licenses such as MSO, MSB, and domestic payment business licenses to ensure global financial business security and compliance.
3. The core team of the project are all from leading institutions in the field of finance and technology and the world's top 100 enterprises, with professional financial technology research and development experience. They have obtained over 30 independently developed patent systems and improved their risk prevention capabilities with advanced technology.
The VM Card plans to attract more users through ads on the APP Store and Google Play, promotions on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, as well as premium gifts, 10x rewards, and free fees for the first premium. The planned number of VM Cards issued is 10,000 in 2023.
Hechun Wei, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented, "The continuous expansion of the cross-border overseas market scale and the recovery of the overseas study abroad industry have driven a further increase in demand for overseas consumption, entertainment, and other markets, making the demand for foreign currency consumption cards increasingly strong. VM Card is another landing project in the WTPay overseas financial business sector of WeTrade , which will further consolidate the group's overseas financial business development. At the same time, the launch of VM Card will also be combined with more business scenarios of the group, and we look forward to the group's business transformation allowing the overseas financial business sector to create greater value for shareholders."
About WeTrade Group Inc.
WeTrade Group Inc. is a global diversified "software as a service" ("SaaS") technology service provider which is committed to providing technical support and digital transformation tools for enterprises across different industries. The four business segments of WeTrade Group are YCloud, WTPay ,Y-Health and YG.
YCloud is a micro-business cloud intelligent system launched by WeTrade, serving global micro-business industry. YCloud strengthens users' marketing relationship and CPS commission profit management through leading technology and big data analysis. It also helps increase the payment scenarios to increase customers' revenue by multi-channel data statistics, AI fission and management as well as improved supply chain system.
Independently developed by the Company, WTPay supports multiple methods of online payment and eight mainstream digital wallets in over 100 countries to help customers quickly realize global collection and payment business.
Y-Health is the sector focusing on public health business, which engages in developing global business for biological health and medical enterprises. Currently, Y-Health mainly focuses on detection and prevention of epidemic, daily healthcare, traditional Chinese medicines, and others.
YG is the new energy business segment which mainly provides tools and technical support for the digital new energy industry in the Middle East and Central Asia.
For more information, please visit https://ir.wetg.group.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about the Company's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with its ability to raise additional funding, its ability to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its development and introduction of new products and services, the successful integration of acquired companies, technologies and assets into its portfolio of products and services, marketing and other business development initiatives, competition in the industry, general government regulation, economic conditions, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract, hire and retain personnel who possess the technical skills and experience necessary to meet the requirements of its clients, and its ability to protect its intellectual property. The Company's encourages you to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's annual reports and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium has closed several exhibits and taken other precautions after one of its pelicans died from the bird flu.
The zoo said one of its pink-backed pelicans that died on Thursday tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza. A second pelican became ill Friday and was euthanized.
As a precaution, the zoo has closed its Lied Jungle, Desert Dome and Simmons Aviary exhibits to the public for at least 10 days.
The Omaha zoo was one of many across the country that closed down its aviaries and moved birds inside whenever possible to help protect them from avian influenza that is primarily spread by the droppings of wild birds.
The zoo reopened its aviary in June after bird flu cases waned, but some cases continued to be reported across the country throughout the summer, and the outbreak has started to make a resurgence this fall.
More than 47 million chickens and turkeys have been slaughtered in 42 states to limit the spread of bird flu during this year’s outbreak. Officials order entire flocks to be killed when the virus is found on farms. More than 6 million chickens and turkeys were slaughtered last month to limit the spread of the disease.
The Omaha zoo also took precautions to protect its birds by limiting staff access to them and requiring workers to clean their shoes before entering areas where the birds are kept.
The zoo said its pelicans live outside, so they do come into contact with wild birds. But the pelicans don’t come into contact with other zoo birds and no other birds in the zoo’s collection have shown symptoms of bird flu.
“It is very important that Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium immediately tighten our protocols to protect our birds and guard against any potential spread of avian influenza,” Sarah Woodhouse, the zoo’s director of animal health, said in a statement. “This is important both to prevent infection of other zoo birds, and to prevent the virus from being dispersed off zoo grounds.”
Unlike on farms, zoos are generally allowed to isolate and treat an infected bird as long as they take precautions to protect the other birds in their collections.
Health officials emphasize that bird flu doesn’t jeopardize food safety because infected birds aren’t allowed into the food supply and properly cooking meat and eggs to 165 degrees Fahrenheit will kill any viruses. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-bird-flu-case-prompts-omaha-zoo-to-close-several-exhibits/ | 2022-10-17 07:40:50 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-bird-flu-case-prompts-omaha-zoo-to-close-several-exhibits/ |
Isaac's Tears is Available for Pre-Order as a Collector's Box and Tub at GFUEL.com for a Limited Time.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of fan-favorite action RPG shooter The Binding of Isaac, G FUEL — The Official Energy Drink of Esports® — today announced that its new flavor, Isaac's Tears, is now available for pre-order in Collector's Boxes and Tubs at GFUEL.com while supplies last.
Descend into the basement, fight your way through the darkness and collect items to survive! Introducing G FUEL "Isaac's Tears" – inspired by Edmund McMillen's The Binding of Isaac! Isaac's Tears taste like a sweet, refreshing combination of white grape and pineapple – far tastier than actual tears! Upgrade your energy and try to defeat MOM with the only power-up you can drink outside of the basement!
Each Collector's Box comes with a sticker, a 16 oz The Binding of Isaac Shaker Cup, and two exclusive The Binding of Isaac's Four Souls cards so you can take his tears to the tabletop and recharge your character, too!
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That's My Word™ campaign issues national call to action for earlier diagnosis and treatment to address the disproportionate impact of multiple myeloma among at-risk communities
HORSHAM, Pa., March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today the launch of That's My Word™ to raise awareness of and help to drive better health outcomes for multiple myeloma among at-risk populations. A national campaign bringing together trusted voices among Black communities, including those at risk of multiple myeloma, care partners, healthcare professionals, advocacy groups and award-winning radio host and comedian D.L. Hughley, That's My Word™ aims to be a source of both information and hope by sharing resources specifically for Black patients and their care partners about this rare blood cancer.
Delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation, as well as unequal access to newer and more advanced medicines, are part of the challenging reality that creates significant health disparities in multiple myeloma.1
- Each year, approximately 35,000 people are diagnosed with multiple myeloma in the United States, and more than 20 percent of all cases occur in Black people, with cases on the rise.2,3
- Multiple myeloma is often diagnosed in people over the age of 60 years, but Black people are typically diagnosed 5-10 years earlier.2,4
- While Black patients are less likely to have more aggressive disease, they are twice as likely to die from multiple myeloma because it is often undetected until it has progressed to more advanced stages.1,3
- Yet, studies show that with early diagnosis, early treatment initiation, and equal access to care, Black patients can achieve better outcomes.5
Comedian and award-winning radio host D.L. Hughley is partnering with Janssen to empower Black communities with information and encourage better self-advocacy for their health. Hughley's personal experience with cancer, including his father and sister, motivated him to take his own health seriously many years ago.
"Cancer has touched so many of us, but we need greater awareness of diseases that are disproportionately affecting and killing Black people, like multiple myeloma," said D.L. Hughley. "I am so inspired by people who are living with this disease and who have become actively involved in their health decisions, caregivers who have experienced incredible loss yet push on, and healthcare professionals who are helping to address the complex relationship that our community has with the healthcare system. I am honored to work in partnership with the Black community through That's My Word™ to raise awareness of critical information and encourage action in a way that can potentially save lives."
Janssen continues to partner with the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF), which is equally passionate in combating healthcare disparities in multiple myeloma. Together, Janssen and the IMF are encouraging people to make Multiple Myeloma Promises, or pledges, to commit to learning more about multiple myeloma and be proactive with their health to help catch it early and treat it, which hopefully will lead to better health outcomes. Janssen will donate one dollar to the IMF, up to $50,000, for each promise made through the campaign at @thatsmywordMM on Facebook and Instagram.
"Multiple myeloma is too often still diagnosed late or remains undiagnosed altogether in Black communities. While it's important for patients to be vocal about what they are experiencing, it is equally important that healthcare providers listen to their patients to recognize the signs and symptoms that support prompt and accurate diagnosis," said Joseph Mikhael, MD, Chief Medical Officer, International Myeloma Foundation and Professor, Translational Genomics Research Institute, City of Hope Cancer Center.3,4 "Through initiatives such as That's My Word™, we share a commitment to reaching underserved patient communities that can help result in better education and better outcomes."
As a leader in the treatment of multiple myeloma, Janssen believes all patients should be treated equally with comprehensive cancer care as part of its commitment to eradicate racial and social injustice as a public health threat, and Our Race to Health Equity.
"We launched That's My Word™ to change the trajectory of multiple myeloma in Black communities, because we know the impact of health disparities is exacerbated for people who are living with this incurable blood cancer," said Tyrone Brewer, President, Oncology, Janssen Biotech, Inc. "We are grateful for the partnerships we've built within the community because no entity can do this alone. We will continue to work toward a future in which improved outcomes are the reality for all patients, as part of our mission to reimagine care so that patients can redefine living."
To get involved, follow the conversation on social media using the hashtags #ThatsMyWordMM and #MMPromise.
About the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
At Janssen, we're creating a future where disease is a thing of the past. We're the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, working tirelessly to make that future a reality for patients everywhere by fighting sickness with science, improving access with ingenuity, and healing hopelessness with heart. We focus on areas of medicine where we can make the biggest difference: Cardiovascular, Metabolism, & Retina; Immunology; Infectious Diseases & Vaccines; Neuroscience; Oncology; and Pulmonary Hypertension.
Learn more at www.janssen.com. Follow us at @JanssenUS. Janssen Biotech, Inc. is part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
- American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures for African American/Black People. American Cancer Society 2022-2024. https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/cancer-facts-and-figures-for-african-americans/2022-2024-cff-aa.pdf. Accessed January 2023.
- What is Multiple Myeloma. International Myeloma Foundation 2022. https://www.myeloma.org/what-is-multiple-myeloma. Accessed January 2023.
- Disparities in African Americans. International Myeloma Foundation 2022. https://www.myeloma.org/IMF-Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Policy/disparities-african-americans. Accessed January 2023.
- Multiple Myeloma in African Americans. The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. https://themmrf.org/2019/08/multiple-myeloma-in-african-americans/. Published January 2020. Accessed January 2023.
- Dong J, Hari P. Black patients with multiple myeloma have better survival than white patients when treated equally: a matched cohort study. Blood Cancer Journal. 2022.
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New Offering Meets the Need of Consumers Caught in the Digital Divide Struggling to Afford or Without Access to Mobile Connectivity
LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TruConnect, the fastest-growing provider of affordable mobile products and services to low-income Americans, today announced the launch of Truly Unlimited, a wireless plan designed to keep consumers connected wherever they go. Truly Unlimited offers eligible consumers unlimited talk, text, and data, a free Android smartphone, free shipping, and access to over 10 million Wi-Fi hotspots; free international calling to Mexico, Canada, South Korea, China and Vietnam; plus an option to purchase tablets at a significantly reduced price.
"The digital divide not only persists, but was exacerbated by the pandemic, and continues to impact those hit hardest by the current inflationary environment," stated Doug Lodder, president of TruConnect. "TruConnect has been on the front lines of digital equity since 2010 and our sole focus has always been building solutions designed for those most in need. Truly Unlimited is another example of how we're putting technology into the hands of those individuals and connecting them to opportunity."
With Truly Unlimited, customers can stay connected to news, entertainment, education, work, healthcare, and loved ones with consistent and reliable data. The plan is available to customers who qualify for the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and Lifeline benefits, a discounted phone service for qualifying low-income Americans. Truly Unlimited customers can choose to bring their own device, get a free smartphone, or purchase a tablet for $10.01.
Consumers who qualify for Truly Unlimited include those:
- Enrolled in or eligible for the Federal Lifeline program (based on income below federal poverty guidelines, dependency on Medicaid and other assistance programs, or residents of tribal lands)
- Enrolled in or eligible for the FCC's ACP that meet income-based or program-based eligibility guidelines (qualifying programs include Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and WIC)
"Amid the complexity of today's digital economy, Truly Unlimited comes at the right time as Americans are feeling the pinch of inflation and having to make tough choices between food on the dinner table or paying the cell phone bill. We're thrilled that we can offer a free plan and eliminate that worry for our customers," concluded Lodder.
Eligible consumers can enroll online at www.truconnect.com. Truly Unlimited is currently available to customers in AR, AZ, CO, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, and Puerto Rico.
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TruConnect is the fastest-growing premium low-cost wireless service provider in the U.S., expanding availability of wireless and internet service plans and low-cost devices through Lifeline and the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) to all eligible Americans. TruConnect is mission-driven, transforming how people connect to the world and helping more Americans gain access to critical resources while staying connected to family and friends. With no-contract plans for voice, text, and data, and easy-to-use devices like handsets, tablets, computers and hotspots, TruConnect is bridging the digital divide and connecting millions of Americans who have otherwise been overlooked and underserved by traditional providers.
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Food Truck Festival at Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge, NJ
Fun is brewing at Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge according to its website.
Here's something to look forward to. Coming soon is the Holland Ridge Farms Food Truck Festival.
Save the dates. It will be Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th. Bring your appetite. There will be 30 of the best food trucks in the area. Yum. They will be serving many different kinds of cuisine...something for everyone.
Sounds like fun, doesn't it?
This is the perfect way to kick off Holland Ridge Farms' Fall Flower Festival, which opens Friday, September 23rd. There will be more gorgeous sunflowers than you've ever seen. I can't wait.
Holland Ridge Farms is the biggest U-Pick Flower Farm in the country. We're so lucky to have it right in our backyard, aren't we?
You'll be able to pick all the sunflowers you'd like (and gladiolus, dahlias, lilies and mums), take tons of pictures with the farm's many photo props and floral backdrops (they'll look so good on your Instagram), check out all the adorable farm animals, the bakery, and so much more.
There's something brand new at the farm this year too....the pumpkin patch. What a great idea.
You'll need tickets to get in, you can't just walk up, but, they're not available just yet. Watch for them to go on sale at the beginning of September here.
You won't want to miss this. There will be MILLIONS of vibrant flowers in the fields and family fun everywhere you turn.
See you there.
For more information, click here.
Holland Ridge Farms is located at 86 Rues Road, Cream Ridge, NJ.
Is NJ's Most Expensive Airbnb Worth The Money?
This Monroe Township, NJ Airbnb is the most expensive rental in all of New Jersey, but is it worth it? Take a look inside and decide for yourself.
LOOK INSIDE: Jennifer Aniston's Childhood Home in Eddystone, PA
Before she was Rachel Green, Jennifer Aniston was roaming around DelCo. While she never picked up the accent, she did attend the Eddystone Elementary School for quite a while. The family home recently sold (again) so we've got a peek inside the home right here.
9 Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in Central NJ 2022
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LINDEN, MI – Fenton’s boys basketball team has put itself in position to complete a dream season in the Flint Metro League.
The Tigers remained unbeaten in Metro League games Tuesday by beating host Lake Fenton 81-52. Now, they’re one victory away from earning their first Metro League title since 2013. | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/fenton-boys-basketball-team-one-win-away-from-completing-dream-regular-season.html | 2023-02-22 04:31:13 | 0 | https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/fenton-boys-basketball-team-one-win-away-from-completing-dream-regular-season.html |
Company's former loan officer Jeff Modeski returns to co-lead operations alongside Chris Sittig
BALTIMORE, June 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- First Home Mortgage Corporation, a leading mortgage financing company, is welcoming the return of former loan officer Jeff Modeski to a new role as branch manager of the company's Columbia, Maryland office. Modeski will be co-leading operations alongside sitting branch manager Chris Sittig.
Modeski is an experienced loan officer and branch manager with over 22 years of experience in the mortgage industry. He began his career as a loan officer at First Home Mortgage in 1997, working there for nearly five years before pursuing other roles across a variety of lending institutions and mortgage providers. His return to First Home Mortgage is a homecoming for Modeski, whose long track record of high performance in residential lending has earned him the appointment to the new leadership position.
"First Home is where I got my start in the industry," said Modeski. "I learned invaluable lessons and had some truly memorable experiences that have stayed with me throughout my career. I look forward to beginning this new chapter as branch manager of the Columbia office and once again being a part of this incredible organization."
In his new position as branch manager, Modeski will play an essential role in leading day-to-day operations in Columbia in tandem with Chris Sittig, who has been serving as the location's branch manager and will continue on in that role. Sittig, who has over 20 years of experience in originating mortgage loans and assisting homebuyers in realizing their homeownership dreams, welcomes Modeski as an asset that will drive further growth and success for the team.
"On behalf of the entire First Home team and the Columbia branch, we're excited to welcome Jeff back to First Home," said Sittig. "This office has set some ambitious goals and set the bar high for client service. Jeff's talent and experience will no doubt help us continue to reach even higher as we build on our tradition of excellence."
About First Home Mortgage
First Home Mortgage is a licensed, full service, residential lender, with a deep bench of dedicated loan officers who guide borrowers throughout the entire mortgage process and offer continued support long after a loan has closed. We are committed to delivering exceptional customer service that not only fulfills goals but exceeds expectations.
Founded in 1990 with two offices and a handful of employees, First Home Mortgage has since grown into a financial institution of 33 offices serving 21 states in the Northeastern, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern regions. First Home Mortgage was recognized by the Scotsman Guide in 2022 as a top 50 lender nationally by total volume.
For more information and company news visit firsthome.com/about-us
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Lancaster High threat Thursday ‘unsubstantiated’ after district, police investigate
The school is one of several in the area to have faced violent threats over the past week.
LANCASTER, S.C. (WBTV) - It has been a very long week for area schools, as several have faced violent threats. Thankfully, all turned out to be bogus.
WBTV brought you those stories for the past few days. Now, you can add students at one South Carolina school to the list.
According to information from the school district, several adults in the Lancaster community were spreading false information on social media about a potential threat at Lancaster High School.
The district also said students were sharing staged scenes on social media as well.
One parent that WBTV talked to said that rumor or not—parents should have been notified.
The school district called the incident more of a hoax than an actual threat to Lancaster High School, but found out why it took parents hours to be notified.
”Nervous. Scared. Scared for my child’s safety,” one parent said regarding the situation.
The parent did not want to be identified, but said Thursday’s rumors at his student’s school were not handled well.
”I didn’t hear anything from the school district I heard it from my child,” the parent said. “They should have notified way before they did.”
This parent says he heard from his student at 10:30 Thursday about the now bogus rumors going around Lancaster High, but the school didn’t send texts and emails out until 1:30. The district’s message sent out said:
“There is no credible threat at Lancaster High School. We have investigated every lead and this is a calculated event to cause disruptions by outsiders. Please refrain from coming to the high school. The school is safe and we have law enforcement onsite.”
WBTV asked for a statement about the potential threat and was sent this statement:
“There have been several rumors circulating via text and social media concerning an alleged threat of violence occurring at Lancaster High School. The building is secure and everyone is safe at Lancaster High. Each of these rumors has been investigated and no credible threat has been discovered. We will continue to investigate each and every rumor but our students and staff are currently safe. Administration, as well as city and county law enforcement, are on site and the school is safe.”
”Normally the school communicates very well,” the anonymous parent said. “We normally get emails or text messages on anything going on, but yesterday there was nothing but silence.”
WBTV asked the district why there was no communication with parents.
Safety Director Bryan Vaughn sent the following response:
“There was not information to report to parents. We notify parents when verifiable information is discovered. We do not spread fear based on unsubstantiated information.”
The high school parent said his student thought fights in the school contributed to the rumors.
Vaughn said there were fights earlier in the week, but the rumors were from “people intentionally trying to disrupt school.” The parent said he just wants better communication so he can do the best job of protecting his daughter.
”There’s been way to many violent things going on in schools,” he said. “From when I was growing up to now it’s a totally different world.”
Lancaster Police provided extra security around the school today, according to Vaughn, but the investigations all fell short of finding any credible threats.
Related: Juvenile found responsible for Cabarrus County bomb threats, police say
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas chapels of love that use Elvis Presley's likeness could find themselves becoming Heartbreak Hotels.
The licensing company that controls the name and image of “The King” is ordering Sin City chapel operators to stop using Elvis in themed ceremonies, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Monday. Authentic Brands Group sent cease-and-desist letters earlier this month to multiple chapels, saying they must comply by the end of May.
With Elvis so closely tied to Vegas' wedding industry, some say the move could decimate their businesses.
“We are a family-run business, and now we’re hanging with the big dogs," said Kayla Collins, who operates LasVegasElvisWeddingChapel.com and the Little Chapel of Hearts with her husband. “That’s our bread and butter. I don’t get it. We were just hitting our stride again through COVID, then this happens."
Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya, who led a marketing campaign promoting Las Vegas as a wedding destination, said the order for chapels to stop using Elvis couldn't have come at a worse time for the sector.
The city's wedding industry generates $2 billion a year and officials have Elvis-themed weddings represent a significant number of the ceremonies performed.
“It might destroy a portion of our wedding industry. A number of people might lose their livelihood," Goya said.
One chapel last weekend had its Elvis impersonator change costumes dress instead in a leather jacket, jeans and a fedora for a “rock ‘n’ roll” themed ceremony, the Review-Journal reported.
Graceland Wedding Chapel, which performs 6,400 Elvis-themed weddings per year, has not been served a warning yet, according to manager Rod Musum.
Authentic Brands Group did not immediately respond Tuesday to an emailed request for comment.
The licensing company oversees the estates of big names like movie star Marilyn Monroe and boxer Muhammad Ali and 50 consumer brands.
In the cease-and-desist letter, the company said it will halt unauthorized use of “Presley's name, likeness, voice image, and other elements of Elvis Presley's persona in advertisements, merchandise and otherwise.” The letter also said “Elvis, “Elvis Presley,” “and “The King of Rock and Roll” as protected trademarks.
The order should not translate into legal action against Elvis-theme stage shows in Las Vegas such as “All Shook Up" because impersonating someone for a live performances like shows is considered an exception under Nevada's right of publicity law, according to Mark Tratos, a local attorney who helped write the statute.
“An Elvis show is a performer essentially entertaining others by re-creating that person onstage,” Tratos said.
Kent Ripley, whose business is called Elvis Weddings, said he has never run into this issue in 25 years of performing as Elvis.
“They want to protect the Elvis brand. But what are they protecting by taking Elvis away from the public?” Ripley asked. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Elvis-image-bans-shake-rattle-and-roll-Las-Vegas-17210545.php | 2022-05-31 23:15:24 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Elvis-image-bans-shake-rattle-and-roll-Las-Vegas-17210545.php |
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hinted at his own plans for 2024 as he dodged a question about voting for former President Trump in the next election.
“Well, there might be somebody else I prefer more,” Pence said with a smile during an appearance at Georgetown University.
Pence was asked by a student in attendance if he would vote for Trump in 2024 if the former president is the GOP nominee.
“All my focus has been on the midterm elections, and it’ll stay that way for the next 20 days. But after that, we’ll be thinking about the future,” Pence said.
The former vice president is widely seen as laying the groundwork for a potential 2024 presidential bid.
He has delivered numerous speeches outlining his vision for the conservative movement through his own “freedom agenda,” urging Republicans to focus on the future and not the past in a swipe at Trump’s obsession with the 2020 election.
Pence has also made frequent visits to early primary states, giving speeches and campaigning with GOP candidates in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Pence was a staunch loyalist to Trump during his four years as vice president, but since leaving office the two have drifted apart over the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when Pence refused to reject the election results at Trump’s urging.
Pence has since said on multiple occasions that Trump was wrong to think he could overturn the results, while simultaneously touting the policy achievements of the Trump administration on trade, the border and foreign policy. | https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/pence-on-backing-trump-in-2024-there-might-be-somebody-else-i-prefer-more/ | 2022-10-20 04:31:47 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/pence-on-backing-trump-in-2024-there-might-be-somebody-else-i-prefer-more/ |
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — A fisherman confessed to killing a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in Brazil’s remote Amazon region and took police to a site where human remains were recovered, a federal investigator said after a grim 10-day search for the missing pair.
Authorities said Wednesday that they expected to make more arrests in the case of freelance reporter Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira of Brazil, who disappeared June 5. None had been made as of Thursday, but police said searches for the boat the two had used were about to restart.
They gave no immediate explanation of a motive for the killing, but earlier suggested that Pereira’s work to stop illegal fishing in an Indigenous reserve had angered local fishermen.
At a news conference in the Amazon city of Manaus, federal police investigator Eduardo Alexandre Fontes said the prime suspect in the case, 41-year-old Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, told officers he used a firearm to kill the men.
“We would have no way of getting to that spot quickly without the confession,” Torres said of the place where police recovered human remains Wednesday after being led there by de Oliveira, who is nicknamed “Pelado.”
Torres said the remains were expected to be identified within days, and if confirmed as the missing men, “will be returned to the families of the two.”
“We found the bodies t3 kilometers (nearly 2 miles) into the woods,” the investigator said, adding that officers traveled about one hour and forty minutes by boat and 25 more into the woods to reach the burial spot.
The suspect’s family had said previously that he denied any wrongdoing and claimed police tortured him to try to get a confession.
Another officer, Guilherme Torres of the Amazonas state police, said the missing men’s boat had not been found yet but police knew the area where it purportedly was hidden.
“They put bags of dirt on the boat so it would sink,” he said. The engine of the boat was removed, according to investigators.
Military leaders also had joined the effort to find Phillips and Pereira a few days after their disappearance was reported.
Pereira had been on leave from Brazil’s National Indian Foundation, the government agency in charge of protecting Indigenous people.
He “leaves an immense legacy for the policies of protection of uncontacted and recently contacted Indigenous peoples,” the agency known as FUNAI said in a statement, calling him “one of the country’s main experts” on the issue.
“He was considered to be a reference for colleagues and Indigenous peoples, with whom he built a friendship relationship over the years.”
President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday sent a tweet saying, “Our condolences to family members and may God comfort everyone’s heart.
Bolsonaro has been a frequent critic both of journalists and Indigenous experts and his government was accused of being slow to act in the disappearances. Before the bodies were discovered on Wednesday, he criticized Phillips in an interview, saying that locals in the area where he went missing didn’t like him and that he should have been more careful in the region.
UNIVAJA, an association of Indigenous peoples of the Javari Valley, mourned the loss of “two partners” in a statement Wednesday, adding they only had help and protection from local police.
Colleagues of Pereira called a vigil outside FUNAI’s headquarters in Brasilia.
Pereira, 41, and Phillips, 57, were last seen on their boat in a river near the entrance of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which borders Peru and Colombia. That area has seen violent conflicts between fishermen, poachers and government agents.
On Wednesday morning, journalists saw federal police officers take a hooded suspect they didn’t initially identify out on the river toward search parties looking for Phillips and Pereira.
On Tuesday, police said they had arrested a second suspect in connection with the disappearance and identified him as Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, 41, a fisherman and a brother of the initial suspect.
Indigenous people who were with Pereira and Phillips have said that Pelado brandished a rifle at them on the day before the pair disappeared.
Official search teams concentrated their efforts around a spot in the Itaquai river where a tarp from the missing men’s boat was found Saturday by volunteers from the Matis Indigenous group.
They found a backpack, laptop and other personal belongings submerged underwater Sunday.
Police previously reported finding traces of blood in Pelado’s boat.
Authorities have said a main line of investigation has pointed to an international network that pays poor fishermen to fish illegally in the Javari Valley reserve, which is Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory.
Pereira, who previously led FUNAI’s local office in the region, had taken part in several operations against illegal fishing. which usually lead to seizure of fishing gear and fines for violators. Only the Indigenous can legally fish in their territories.
But police have not ruled out other motives, such as drug trafficking.
Phillips’ wife, Alessandra Sampaio, said the discovery of bodies “puts an end to the anguish of not knowing Dom and Bruno’s whereabouts.”
“Now we can bring them home and say goodbye with love,” Sampaio said in a statement. ”Today, we also begin our quest for justice.”
Pereira’s wife Beatriz Matos expressed her grief on Thursday.
“Now that Bruno’s spirits are strolling in the forest and spread on us, our strength is much bigger,” she said on Twitter.
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Astros third. Jose Altuve singles to left field. Michael Brantley flies out to left center field to Akil Baddoo. Alex Bregman walks. Jose Altuve to second. Yordan Alvarez walks. Alex Bregman to second. Jose Altuve to third. Kyle Tucker strikes out swinging. Aledmys Diaz homers to left field. Yordan Alvarez scores. Alex Bregman scores. Jose Altuve scores. Niko Goodrum strikes out swinging.
4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 4, Tigers 0.
Astros fifth. Michael Brantley strikes out swinging. Alex Bregman homers to center field. Yordan Alvarez strikes out swinging. Kyle Tucker flies out to left field to Akil Baddoo.
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Naomi Osaka is pregnant and plans to return to competition in 2024, the tennis star announced Wednesday.
The former world No. 1 posted what she called “a little life update for 2023” on social media, including a picture of an ultrasound.
The 25-year-old Osaka has been dating Cordae, a rapper, for years.
“I know that I have so much to look forward to in the future, one thing I’m looking forward to is for my kid to watch one of my matches and tell someone, ‘that’s my mom,'” Osaka wrote.
Osaka hasn’t played a competitive match since September and withdrew from the Australian Open, which begins Sunday. She has won that tournament twice, along with two U.S. Open championships.
She has taken mental health breaks in recent years and didn’t play again after the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, shortly after falling in the first round of the U.S. Open. Osaka said the few months away have given her “a new love and appreciation for the game I’ve dedicated my life to.”
Ash Barty, the 2022 Australian Open champion, announced last week she was pregnant. She retired last year while holding the No. 1 ranking.
But Osaka said she will return to tennis and plans to be in Melbourne next year for the start of the Grand Slam season.
“2023 will be a year that’ll be full of lessons for me and I hope I’ll see you guys in the start of the next one cause I’ll be at Aus 2024,” Osaka wrote. “Love you all infinitely.”
Osaka closed by saying she doesn’t know if there’s a perfectly correct path in life, but that “if you move forward with good intentions you’ll find your way eventually.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/sports/tennis-star-naomi-osaka-is-pregnant-plans-return-in-2024/ | 2023-01-12 00:25:43 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/sports/tennis-star-naomi-osaka-is-pregnant-plans-return-in-2024/ |
BROWN, Elizabeth L.
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LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Seifi Ghasemi will speak at Citi's Basic Materials Conference on November 29, 2022 at 1:15 p.m. ET.
Access to the session is available via Air Products' Investor Relations Event Details website.
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products' base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas and carbon-capture projects, supplying world-scale clean hydrogen for global transportation, industrial markets, and the broader energy transition. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and globally provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers.
The Company had fiscal 2022 sales of $12.7 billion from operations in over 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of over $60 billion. More than 21,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
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NetElixir hosts new webinar with Wharton Professor Jerry Wind
PRINCETON, N.J., April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NetElixir, one of the fastest-growing independent digital marketing agencies in the United States, just announced a brand new webinar with Jerry Wind, the Lauder Professor Emeritus and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania, as well as a board member for Amelia.
Join NetElixir's Founder and CEO, Udayan Bose, live on Thursday, May 18th at 11 AM EST to participate in the live fireside chat with Professor Jerry Wind as the pair discuss Innovation and AI: How To Prepare For The Future Of Digital Marketing.
During this live fireside chat, Bose and Professor Wind will discuss:
- The power of transformation from old to new digital initiatives
- The importance of creating a culture of experimentation to learn how AI can help brand growth
- How to leverage generative and conversational AI to unlock a team's creativity
- E-Commerce category-level data to understand what impact new AI innovations have already had on online shopping and behavior
"Our industry is in the midst of tectonic change," says Bose. "The rapid adoption of generative AI is a game-changer for everyone, especially marketers. I'm honored to welcome Jerry Wind back to speak with NetElixir and share his thoughts on what AI means for marketing. NetElixir is leading from the future and I have always been an avid follower and practitioner of Jerry Wind's insights into creating a culture of experimentation and innovation."
The upcoming May 18th webinar will mark the fourth time Professor Wind has spoken with NetElixir to share his thoughts on the current landscape and how brands can create a culture of innovation through experimentation.
Professor Jerry Wind first joined NetElixir during their 7th annual X=Experience, a unique and intimate conference that seeks to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Professor Wind conducted a workshop on Rethinking Innovation for the 40+ gathered retail leaders during the main conference day in 2019. See Jerry Wind's 12 Guidelines for Rethinking Innovation, hosted at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ.
Professor Wind's recent research explores marketing-driven business strategy, creativity and innovation, and AI for customer engagement. During NetElixir's Reimagine Tomorrow Series,a three-part webinar sequence launched the summer of 2020 to help retailers navigate the ongoing crisis, and during NetElixir's Connecting the Dots Virtual Conference held in June 2021, Wind discussed how to create opportunities in times of crisis in order to bring about transformation.
The NetElixir team is excited to welcome back Professor Jerry Wind once more to talk through the transformative and disruptive power of AI so that retailers can be ready for the future of digital marketing.
Register now to attend this live webinar.
ABOUT NETELIXIR
Search Marketing Redefined.
NetElixir is an independent growth marketing consultant for leading retail, DTC, and B2B brands. They have been driving profitable growth for e-commerce businesses since 2004, by combining a high-tech and high-touch approach to digital marketing. The team specializes in predictably winning high-value customers through targeted demand generation campaigns on Google Ads and Meta remarketing campaigns. Their strategic insights empower brands to humanize their customer relationships through search, social, programmatic display, and retail media channels and draw the line between invasive and inventive marketing.
NetElixir is the only New Jersey-based agency and one of just 27 in Google's Leadership Circle.
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HAVANA (AP) — There were some cheers for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before USA Basketball’s game in Cuba on Independence Day.
And then the Americans celebrated the holiday with a big win.
Xavier Munford scored 24 points and the U.S. defeated Cuba 87-64 on Monday night to close the first round of qualifying for next year’s Basketball World Cup — improving to 31-1 all-time against the island nation.
“It’s emotional to play on the Fourth of July,” said Jim Boylen, who coached the U.S. in all three of the two-game windows in the opening qualifying round. “It’s emotional to be here with this group of guys, with USA across our chests. It’s a big day. Our country is 246 years old today and we’re just thankful for this moment together.”
Munford was 10 for 12 from the floor for the Americans, who got 13 points from Justin Jackson, 12 from John Jenkins — all from 3-point range — and 10 apiece from Will Davis and Langston Galloway.
“It’s July 4th. No better feeling than to get a win tonight,” Munford said.
Jordan Bell finished with eight rebounds and six assists for the Americans, whose spot in the second round of qualifying was previously secured. They’ll take a 5-1 record into the second round, well on their way to clinching a spot in the World Cup and moving a big step closer toward getting USA Basketball qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Yoel Cubilla led Cuba (0-6) with 15 points.
The Americans will start the second round of World Cup qualifying on Aug. 25, with the expectation that the first matchup will be against Uruguay in Las Vegas. The U.S. will also play on Aug. 29, probably on the road and likely against Colombia, though FIBA has yet to confirm that as the matchup.
The two road wins on this trip — the Americans beat Puerto Rico on Friday — puts the U.S. in a prime position to qualify for the World Cup. The roster was primarily composed of G League players, as is always the case for the Americans in World Cup qualifying, and Boylen said this group came together quickly.
“We came together 11 days ago and our team was focused, our guys were great, we worked on the basics, we got better every day and I thought we played the right way,” Boylen said. “The ball moved, we grew together, and we cared for each other.”
The U.S. will be grouped with Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Colombia in the second round. Also grouped from the Americas region will be Venezuela, Argentina, Panama, Canada, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
Both of those groups will send three teams to the World Cup; the best fourth-place team from either of those groups will also go, with the Americas region sending seven teams to the tournament that will be played in the summer of 2023 in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
Cuba led 16-14 after the first quarter Monday night. That is, until the Americans scored 14 points in the first 2:19 of the second quarter.
“We lost the first quarter, but I thought the second quarter, we responded,” Boylen said.
A 3-pointer by Jackson opened the second quarter, put the U.S. ahead for good, and the Americans were off and running. The lead was 49-32 early in the third — ending what was a 35-16 run by the U.S. — and the Americans remained ahead the rest of the way.
“The Cuba team was great,” Munford said. “They came out with a great effort. They made us work for it. They had strong guys. We played well tonight. We executed, took care of the ball, ran our offense and played USA style of basketball.”
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Lithia & Driveway (LAD) Increases Revenue 18%; Reports Diluted EPS of $11.92 and Shares Outstanding Reduced by 10%
Published: Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Announces Dividend of $0.42 per Share for Third Quarter
MEDFORD, Ore., Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) today reported the highest third quarter revenue and earnings per share in company history.
Lithia & Driveway (LAD) Increases Revenue 18%; Reports Diluted EPS of $11.92 and Shares Outstanding Reduced by 10%
Third quarter 2022 revenue increased 18% to $7.3 billion from $6.2 billion in the third quarter of 2021.
Third quarter 2022 net income attributable to LAD per diluted share was $11.92, an 18% increase from $10.11 per diluted share reported in the third quarter of 2021. Adjusted third quarter 2022 net income attributable to LAD per diluted share was $11.08, a 1% decrease compared to $11.21 per diluted share in the same period of 2021. Foreign currency exchange negatively impacted earnings per share by $0.54.
Third quarter 2022 net income was $330 million, a 7% increase compared to net income of $309 million in the same period of 2021. Adjusted third quarter 2022 net income was $307 million, a 10% decrease compared to adjusted net income of $342 million for the same period of 2021.
As shown in the attached non-GAAP reconciliation tables, the 2022 third quarter adjusted results exclude an $0.84 per diluted share net non-core benefit related to a net gain on the sale of stores and a non-cash unrealized investment gain, partially offset by acquisition expenses. The 2021 third quarter adjusted results include a $1.10 per diluted share net non-core charge related to a non-cash unrealized investment loss, loss on redemption of senior notes, acquisition expenses, insurance reserves, and asset impairment.
Third Quarter-Over-Quarter Comparisons and 2022 Performance Highlights:
Revenues increased 18.2%
Gross profit increased 10.5%
Vehicle gross profit per unit of $6,139, down $36
Driveway averaged over 2 million monthly unique visitors in Q3
Driveway transactions increase by 327%
Driveway Finance penetration rate rose to over 11% in Q3
Adjusted SG&A as a percentage of gross profit was 59.6%
"We posted strong results across our business lines this quarter, while navigating the current environment, integrating a steady stream of acquisitions and continuing to grow Driveway and Driveway Finance. Our teams are focused on improving operating leverage as fundamentals normalize across our industry," said Bryan DeBoer, Lithia & Driveway, President and CEO. "With our size and scale, we are well positioned with financial flexibility and liquidity to continue delivering growth with strong returns as we progress toward achieving our 2025 plan."
For the first nine months of 2022 revenues increased 29% to $21.2 billion, compared to $16.5 billion in 2021.
Net income attributable to LAD for the first nine months of 2022 was $35.10 per diluted share, compared to $26.91 per diluted share in 2021, an increase of 30%. Adjusted net income attributable to LAD per diluted share for the first nine months of 2022 increased 24% to $35.30 from $28.52 in the same period of 2021. Foreign currency exchange negatively impacted earnings per share by $0.65.
Corporate Development
During the third quarter, LAD acquired six locations, including five Wilde Automotive Group locations in Wisconsin, expanding presence in the North Central region, and Elk Grove Ford in Elk Grove, California. In October, LAD acquired six locations in the Pacific Northwest with Airstream Adventures. LAD has acquired over $3.0 billion in annualized revenues to date in 2022 and $13.3 billion in annualized revenues since the announcement of the 2025 Plan in July 2020.
Balance Sheet Update
LAD ended the third quarter with approximately $1.6 billion in cash and availability on our revolving lines of credit. In addition, unfinanced real estate could provide additional liquidity of approximately $0.4 billion.
Dividend Payment and Share Repurchases
The Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.42 per share related to third quarter 2022 financial results. The dividend is expected to be paid on November 18, 2022 to shareholders of record on November 11, 2022.
In 2022, LAD repurchased approximately 2.3 million shares at a weighted average price of approximately $281. Under the current share repurchase authorization, approximately $77 remains available.
Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Updated Presentation
The third quarter 2022 conference call may be accessed at 10:00 a.m. ET today by telephone at 877-407-8029. An updated presentation highlighting the third quarter 2022 results has been added to our investor relations website. To listen live on our website or for replay, visit investors.lithiadriveway.com and click on quarterly earnings.
About Lithia & Driveway (LAD)
LAD is a growth company focused on profitably consolidating the largest retail sector in North America through providing personal transportation solutions wherever, whenever, and however consumers desire.
Certain statements in this presentation, and at times made by our officers and representatives, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor"provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Generally, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "project," "outlook," "target," "may," "will," "would," "should," "seek," "expect," "plan," "intend," "forecast," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "likely," "goal," "strategy," "future," "maintain," and "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terms. Examples of forward-looking statements in this presentation include, among others, statements regarding:
Future market conditions, including anticipated car and other sales levels and the supply of inventory
Our business strategy and plans, including our 2025 Plan and any business expansion
The growth, expansion, make-up and success of our network, including finding accretive acquisitions and acquiring additional stores
Annualized revenues from acquired stores
The growth and performance of our Driveway e-commerce home solution and Driveway Finance, their synergies and other impacts on our business and our ability to meet Driveway-related targets
The impact of sustainable vehicles and other market and regulatory changes on our business
Our capital allocations and uses and levels of capital expenditures in the future
Expected operating results, such as improved store performance, continued improvement of selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of gross profit and any projections
Our anticipated financial condition and liquidity, including from our cash and the future availability of our credit facility, unfinanced real estate and other financing sources
Our continuing to purchase shares under our share repurchase program
Impacts from the continued COVID-19 pandemic on the national and local economies in which we operate, our business operations and consumer demand
Our compliance with financial and restrictive covenants in our credit facility and other debt agreements
Our programs and initiatives for employee recruitment, training, and retention
Our strategies for customer retention, growth, market position, financial results and risk management
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity and development of the industry in which we operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this presentation. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimated or projected results include, without limitation:
Future national and local economic and financial conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and governmental programs and spending
The market for dealerships, including the availability of stores to us for an acceptable price
Changes in customer demand, our relationship with, and the financial and operational stability of, OEMs and other suppliers
Changes in the competitive landscape, including through technology and our ability to deliver new products, services and customer experiences and a portfolio of in-demand and available vehicles
Risks associated with our indebtedness, including available borrowing capacity, interest rates, compliance with financial covenants and ability to refinance or repay indebtedness on favorable terms
The adequacy of our cash flows and other conditions which may affect our ability to fund capital expenditures, obtain favorable financing and pay our quarterly dividend at planned levels
Disruptions to our technology network including computer systems, as well as natural events such as severe weather or man-made or other disruptions of our operating systems, facilities or equipment
Government regulations and legislation
The risks set forth throughout "Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in "Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in "Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors" of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and from time to time in our other filings with the SEC.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this presentation is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This presentation contains non-GAAP financial measures such as adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share, adjusted SG&A as a percentage of revenue and gross profit, adjusted operating margin, adjusted operating profit as a percentage of revenue and gross profit, adjusted pre-tax margin and net profit margin, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, leveraged EBITDA and adjusted total debt. Non-GAAP measures do not have definitions under GAAP and may be defined differently by and not comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. As a result, we review any non-GAAP financial measures in connection with a review of the most directly comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We caution you not to place undue reliance on such non-GAAP measures, but also to consider them with the most directly comparable GAAP measures. We present cash flows from operations in the attached tables, adjusted to include the change in non-trade floor plan debt to improve the visibility of cash flows related to vehicle financing. As required by SEC rules, we have reconciled these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in the attachments to this release. We believe the non-GAAP financial measures we present improve the transparency of our disclosures; provide a meaningful presentation of our results from core business operations, because they exclude items not related to core business operations and other non-cash items; and improve the period-to-period comparability of our results from core business operations. These presentations should not be considered an alternative to GAAP measures.
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Kyle Busch deserved better than two failed Toyota engines in the first round of NASCAR's playoffs.
But at least Busch knows what happened to end his night at Bristol Motor Speedway and leave him “flabbergasted” at being eliminated from the playoff field.
Martin Truex Jr.? He could only laugh as he stood in the garage alongside his disabled car as fellow Toyota driver Bubba Wallace came in for repairs.
"There’s another one," he said with a smirk. Truex also referred back to Kevin Harvick's words after his car caught fire in the opening playoff race at Darlington three weeks ago.
“What Harvick say?” Truex said of his own Saturday night issue. "Crappy parts.”
At least a dozen of the playoff drivers had some sort of problem with NASCAR’s new Next Gen car at Bristol, where the spec car that has leveled the playing field was exposed for myriad durability issues that have followed it in its entire debut season.
The Ford camp suffered a rash of blown tires, Toyota was plagued by power steering failures, drivers racing for the win were knocked from contention for any number of mechanical gremlins and passing was a most difficult task.
The 12 lead changes were the lowest in more than a dozen years at Bristol, and only four of those passes were under green.
“Just difficult to pass," Harvick said. "The car is way too fast through the corners. Can’t race.”
Harvick was in position to contend for the victory until a wheel fell off his Ford during the final round of pit stops and knocked him from the playoffs.
Now there's a new round of questions surrounding the Next Gen, an industry-wide project to develop a car of single-source parts that both contained costs and helped small teams close the gap on the powerhouse NASCAR organizations. It's worked, as Chris Buescher on Saturday night became the record-tying 19th different Cup winner this season.
Buescher's win marked the first time since this version of NASCAR's playoffs were established that drivers not competing for the title swept the entire round. Erik Jones won at Darlington and Wallace at Kansas; neither is a playoff driver, nor is Buescher, who scored his second career victory in his 250th career start.
But Buescher won by stretching his final two-tire pit stop the last 61 laps of the 500-mile race, as a lack of tire wear (except for that rash of blown right fronts on the Fords) kept runner-up Chase Elliott on four new tires comfortably in his rearview mirror.
The Next Gen has been questioned over safety concerns since rumors of disastrous crash tests during the development phase, and those issues have only ratcheted since July when a crash in qualifying gave Kurt Busch a concussion that has kept him out of competition for nearly two months. Other drivers have reported they are feeling the force of impact during crashes far worse than ever before, and a spate of fires at Darlington led NASCAR to make a series of rules changes.
Now there's a fresh batch of complaints following Bristol, where Harvick, Kyle Busch and Richard Childress Racing teammates Austin Dillon and Tyler Reddick were eliminated from the playoff field.
“We need NextGen 2.0. Just gotta figure out who’s gonna pay for it," Denny Hamlin tweeted. Hamlin is part-owner of the 23XI Racing team that has been without Kurt Busch for nine races.
“Passing was just impossible,” Hamlin said after the race. He, too, had a blown tire at Bristol but felt the difficulty in passing was the larger problem.
“I would like to see the racing improve overall. Some lap time variation a little bit. We’re just running around there and it’s like we’re running faster in the corners than we are on the straightaways," Hamlin said. "We had some steering issues, and it looks like our Toyota teammates also had steering issues.”
Yes, all six Toyotas had a problem, ranging from tires for Hamlin and Christopher Bell, steering issues for Truex, Wallace and Ty Gibbs, and Kyle Busch's engine failure.
And it was a mixed night for Brad Keselowski, who won the first stage of the race for his first stage victory of the season and seemed in position to race for his first win of the season. Keselowski moved from Team Penske to RFK Racing this season to drive with an ownership stake in Jack Roush's team, and he desperately wanted to give RFK its first win.
But then his tire blew while leading with 87 laps remaining and Keselowski's trip to victory lane was to congratulate teammate Buescher. He acknowledged passing was tricky — but said it isn't supposed to be easy — and said NASCAR must continue to work on the Next Gen.
“Would I like to see us continue to work on the cars? Absolutely. I’ve said this to NASCAR and I’ve said it to the media before and I’ll say it again: ‘If the Next-Gen car looks the same as it does this year, then we’ve failed,’” Keselowski said. "We should continue to grow. We should continue to learn. We should continue to make it better. There’s probably some car owners that don’t want to hear it because it costs money to change the cars.
“There’s the ‘everything is wrong with this car’ camp and there’s the ‘nothing is wrong with this car’ camp," Keselowski added. "I’d like to keep working on it. It seems like much, like many things today, that polarization means there’s no room for middle ground. In my eyes, I’d like to see some small tweaks, but I’m thankful and proud of our sport and where the Next Gen car has taken us so far.”
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Prosecutors have dropped the possibility of a sentence enhancement that could have carried a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin in a fatal film-set shooting, according to new court filings made public Monday.
The actor-producer's attorneys had earlier objected to the enhancement, saying it was unconstitutional because it was added after the October 2021 shooting.
“The prosecutors committed a basic legal error by charging Mr. Baldwin under a version of the firearm-enhancement statue that did not exist on the date of the accident,” Baldwin's attorneys said in an earlier court filing.
Baldwin's attorney declined to comment.
Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the set of the film “Rust,” were charged last month with felony involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who died shortly who died shortly after being wounded during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe.
Authorities said Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding director Joel Souza.
Hutchins’ parents and sister have filed a lawsuit over the shooting after a similar suit filed by her husband and son was settled.
Production is expected to resume this spring on “Rust” after it was halted following the shooting. Rust Movie Productions said Hutchins’ widower, Matthew Hutchins, will be the film’s new executive producer with Blanca Cline as the new cinematographer.
Rust Movie Productions said last week a related documentary will detail the completion of the film and the life of Halyna Hutchins.
Souza will return as director when production resumes, although it’s unclear in what state the filming will take place.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The words “impressive” and “awesome” were common refrains from a group of entertainment reporters who were among the first to see the upcoming DC superhero movie “The Flash.”
Warner Bros. screened the film for the first time at CinemaCon Tuesday for theater owners, exhibitors and reporters attending the annual trade show and industry conference.
Reviews are embargoed until a later date – the film, the studio said, is not completely finished – but viewers were able to post reactions on social media as soon as the credits rolled.
Brian Welk of Indiewire wrote that “it played very well,” pointing out that there were more than a few screams and gasps in the packed theater.
Film critic Jordan Hoffman tweeted that it was, “far more madcap than I expected. Really nailed what reading a 5-issue crossover comic book is like. Tons of Ezra Miller being zany and time paradox stuff. Nerds will lose their minds at the ending.”
“The Playlist’s” Greg Ellwood wrote that it was “very good” and that Miller was “great,” while Scott Mantz went a step further declaring that it’s “one of the very best DC movies, a perfect blend of action, heart & humor.”
Erik Davis, of Fandango, wrote on Twitter that it is “tremendous" and that it is “without a doubt among the best superhero films ever made. An all-timer. Inventive storytelling, FANTASTIC action sequences, great cast. SO MANY nerdy details.”
Jason Guerrasio, of Business Insider, had a more tempered reaction, writing that it is “def not the best superhero movie ever made ... but it’s an impressive DC movie with lots of emotion and loads of surprises.”
“The Flash,” directed by Andy Muschietti, is one of the studio’s biggest films of the year. In the film, Barry Allen uses his superpowers to go back in time in an attempt to change the past and save his parents. But things go awry and he finds himself stuck in a very different reality where Michael Shannon's General Zod is back and Batman is not the Batman he knows (Ben Affleck's version). Widely available trailers have already revealed that the new Batman he encounters is Michael Keaton's version.
After the box office disappointment of “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” earlier this year, the hope is that “The Flash,” which reportedly carries a $200 million budget, will reach blockbuster heights when it opens in theaters on June 16.
The long-planned standalone about The Flash/Barry Allen has also been the subject of much discussion because of its star Ezra Miller, who made headlines last year for a string of arrests and erratic behavior.
Miller was arrested twice last year in Hawaii, for disorderly conduct and harassment at a karaoke bar and then for second-degree assault. The parents of 18-year-old Tokata Iron Eyes, a Native American activist, last year filed a protection order against Miller, accusing the actor of grooming their child and other inappropriate behavior with her as a minor from the age of 12. Tokata Iron Eyes has disputed that.
Miller, who identifies as non-binary and goes by they/them pronouns, said last year that they were seeking mental health treatment.
The development of a standalone Flash movie has been in the works for almost 10 years. In one plan, announced at Comic Con in 2014, an Ezra Miller Flash movie would have hit theaters in 2018. Muschietti wouldn’t even be attached to direct until 2019.
Warner Bros. has, throughout Miller’s personal troubles and the shelving of “Batgirl,” remained steadfast in its plans to release the “The Flash.”
And though plans are already underway for a new future for DC Studios, “The Flash” has been one that the new regime of James Gunn and Peter Safran have seemed particularly excited about. Gunn said it was, “One of the best superhero films I’ve ever seen.” And Warner Bros. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav even boasted that Tom Cruise saw and loved the film so much that he called Muschietti himself to congratulate him. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/first-reactions-to-the-flash-starring-ezra-17918841.php | 2023-04-26 03:07:25 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/first-reactions-to-the-flash-starring-ezra-17918841.php |
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio, July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gardiner Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. (the "Company") announced today that it intends to deposit, or have deposited, into the Company's trust account the amount of $100,000 in order to extend the period of time the Company has to consummate its initial business combination by an additional one month, from the current deadline of July 27, 2023 to August 27, 2023 (the "Extension"). At least five days prior to the July 27, 2023 deadline, the Company received notice from Gardiner Healthcare Holdings, LLC that it intends to finance the deposit of funds into the Trust Account for extending the deadline and the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Extension. In connection with the Extension, the Company intends to have the additional funds deposited into the trust account on or before the current deadline of July 27, 2023. None of the Company's insiders, including our officers, directors or stockholders (such as Gardiner Healthcare Holdings, LLC), is required to provide any financing to us in connection with the intended deposit of the required funds into the trust account in relation to the Extension or otherwise in relation to any prospective initial business combination. If the Extension is not funded, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) redeem 100% of the public shares; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our Board of Directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the Company may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry, it intends to focus its search on the healthcare or healthcare related industries. The Company is sponsored by Gardiner Healthcare Holdings, LLC, Chardan Gardiner LLC, and CCMAUS Pty Ltd.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"). This announcement is being issued in accordance with Rule 135 under the Securities Act.
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You’ve got a grueling workout ahead. Should you dip into your kid’s Halloween candy stash and pluck out the Sour Patch Kids or the lip-puckering gummies to help you get an energy boost to power through your sweat session?
The answer is a resounding … maybe. You see, candy is a quick source of glycogen, the fuel your muscles use for energy production, so that’s why you might see bodybuilders at your gym eating strips of sour candy mid-workout. Let us explain further.
If you follow fitness influencers or gym enthusiasts on TikTok, you’re familiar with the hype surrounding “pre-workouts,” i.e. the supplements that come as powders and pills in various formulas to help boost energy and improve muscle performance. The science has some catching up to do on these claims. However, there is research that backs up the effectiveness of pre-workouts, including a 2018 study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition that found the supplements can improve muscular endurance and anaerobic capacity.
The fitness world has evolved from the early days of Gatorade and energy gels to a full-on multi-billion dollar pre-workout market that’s expected to swell to nearly $24 billion by 2027. But this idea of eating sour candy before a workout for better performance takes us back to the basics.
Some TikTok users, like @danidarlingg, are even squeezing citrus on Sour Strips and sprinkling on pre-workout powders for a turbo-charged, pre-workout energy boost.
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Others claim sour candy is improving their lift workouts, including TikTok user Jayuanna.lenee, who started eating Sour Strips after seeing others in her gym doing so: “I had it today y’all, and I was lifting everything.”
@jayuanna.lenee @Sour Strips go ahead and make a preworkout….I’LL BE WAITING #sourstrips #gymsnack #preworkoutsnack #midworkoutsnack #BigComfy #EasyWithAdobeExpress #gymgrwm #relatablefitness
The candy craze on TikTok has become so popular that BuzzFeed staff writer Christopher Hudspeth tried it out and posted his workout summaries, which show he had longer workouts, burned more calories and clocked a higher average heart rate when he ate candy like sour renditions of Gushers and Airheads before hitting the gym. His verdict: “The workouts after having sour candy were undeniably better than those without!”
To get a better understanding of why sour candy could be a performance booster, Simplemost reached out to registered dietitian Kim Yawitz, who owns a CrossFit gym in St. Louis.
“There’s some evidence that eating simple carbs (like sour candy) right before or during moderate- to high-intensity exercise can help your muscles work harder and recover faster,” Yawitz says.
A lot of this is based on the idea that maintaining the amount of glycogen (stored carbohydrate) in the muscles will delay the onset of fatigue during a tough workout.
Maintaining muscle glycogen levels with sour candy or other carbs can definitely be helpful for workouts lasting longer than 90 minutes, she explains. But in a recent systematic review, there was no strong evidence that increased carb intake improves strength training performance.
Yawitz added that nothing about sour candy stands out from a nutritional standpoint.
“Sour Patch kids have slightly more carbs and sugar than gummy bears, for example,” Yawitz says. “But if you were going to try the strategy, the ideal approach would be to aim for a specific amount of carbs — often 10%-15% of daily carbs — rather than eating a serving.”
The takeaway, according to Yawitz: Eating sour candy before a tough workout probably won’t hurt, as long as you’re not eating too much sugar in your overall diet. But you probably don’t need to pack candy in your gym bag if you ate a balanced meal a couple of hours before your workout — and provided that you get enough carbs throughout the day.
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MEMPHIS (AP) — In a terrible way, the death of Tyre Nichols brings vindication to members of the Black community in Memphis who live in terror of police.
Often, before, people didn't believe them when told how bad it is.
The fatal beating of Nichols, 29, by five police officers tells the story many residents know by heart: that any encounter, including traffic stops, can be deadly if you're Black.
Examples abound of Black residents, primarily young men, targeted by police. Some are in official reports. Anyone you talk to has a story. Even casual discussions in a coffee shop net multiple examples.
A homeowner who called the police because a young man who had been shot was on his front porch. The responding officers ignored the gunshot victim and entered the caller’s home. The caller was slammed to the ground and a chemical agent used on him as he was subdued. The officers then lied about the circumstances, but there was video.
A woman who lives in a “safe” northeast Memphis neighborhood yet says her 18-year-old son was hogtied and pepper-sprayed by police several years ago –- while she was with him. He became agitated after police arrived on the scene while he picked up his child from a girlfriend, triggering a mental health crisis, she said.
In police sweeps, unmarked cars roll into neighborhoods and armed plainclothes officers jump out, rushing traffic violators and issuing commands. The result is a community in fear, where people text, call and use social media to caution each other to stay inside or avoid the area when police operations are underway.
“There’s one type of law enforcement that keeps people safe, and then there’s a type of law enforcement that keeps people in check,” said Joshua Adams, 29, who grew up in south Memphis' Whitehaven, home to Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion, now a mostly Black neighborhood.
If you are in the wrong neighborhood “it really doesn’t matter whether you’re part of the violence or not,” said Adams. “I’m less likely to be shot in a gang conflict than I am to be shot by police.”
Chase Madkins was about a block from his mother’s Evergreen neighborhood home just east of downtown Memphis dropping off his 12-year-old nephew when the blue lights of an unmarked police car flashed behind him.
Within seconds the officer ordered him out of the car and told him he made an illegal turn, and his license plate was not properly displayed because it was bent at the corner.
Madkins said the officer, dressed in tactical gear with his face covered and no visible identification, refused to give his badge number, unless he consented to a weapon search of the car.
Madkins, 34, consented, but called an activist friend to get to the scene.
“I had to remind myself, `Chase, this is how people get murdered, in a traffic stop,’” he said. To this day he does not know who the officer was.
The random stops are meant to terrorize, said Hunter Demster, organizer for Decarcerate Memphis. He's the one Madkins called when he was stopped in November.
“They go into these poor Black communities and they do mass pullover operations, terrifying everybody in that community,” Demster said. Some people might think the officers are looking for murderers or people accused of heinous crimes, or have stacks of warrants for violent criminals, he said, but “that is not the case.”
People want more police, Demster said, but “what they’re really trying to say is we want more detectives looking for violent criminals.”
Marcus Hopson, 54, a longtime resident and barber in the neighborhood, said the sweeps remind him of how in the early 1990s New York focused on nuisance crimes and zero tolerance and that morphed into stop-and-frisk.
“It didn’t work then. It’s not going to work now,” said Hopson, who now splits time with a home in Mississippi. “You are terrorizing the neighborhoods.”
Black residents make up about 63% of the city’s population of 628,000. In many ways it is two cities: One is Beale Street and blues, barbecue and Elvis. The other is a spiritual center because of what happened here decades ago. There’s the Mason Temple where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous and prophetic speech proclaiming that Black people would eventually reach a world of equality. And there is the balcony at the Lorraine Motel, less than 2 miles away, where an assassin’s bullet killed King the next day and changed the future of Black life.
What that left here is complicated, especially when it comes to policing and crime. In 2021, the year the SCORPION unit – a specialty squad that all five officers were part of -- was set up, homicides hit a record, breaking one set in 2020, the previous year. Homicides dropped in 2022 but high-profile cases kept crime in the news. Most of the victims those years were young Black men. In the cases where arrests have been made, the suspects were overwhelmingly Black.
“There are more officers in Black communities here because unfortunately we’ve seen a spike in crime in our communities,” said Memphis NAACP President Van Turner.
But adding police without addressing the underlying issues, including poverty, won’t help, he said.
“You have not resolved the systemic issues which create the crime in the first place," Turner said.
The data also shows a disparity between the city's population and who police target with force: Black men and women accounted for anywhere from 79% of use of force situations to 88%. The data doesn't show how many of those people were being sought on a warrant for violent crimes.
The Memphis police chief has called Nichols’ death “heinous, reckless and inhumane.” The five officers, all of whom were Black, accused of beating him were all charged with second-degree murder, and other officers and fire department employees on scene also have been fired or disciplined and could be charged. The SCORPION unit has been disbanded. The chief has ordered a review of all the special units.
Some people in the community are willing to give the police chief a chance to reform the department.
Marcus Taylor, 48, who owns a janitorial business and lives in south Memphis, urged officers in the precincts to come into their communities and network, “talk to store owners, go to barbershops, come to basketball games, and do it regularly. Get to know the people you are supposed to be protecting.”
“Come out without the lights flashing,” he said. “You’re out here to protect and serve, not beat up and whip. Everybody is not that hardened criminal.”
Madkins, who was among hundreds of people attending Nichols’ funeral on Wednesday, said he wants to be hopeful. He heard the words of the Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered a eulogy: “I don’t know when. I don’t know how. But we won’t stop until we hold you accountable and change this system,” Sharpton said.
“I felt affirmed. I felt seen and heard in my own struggle,” Madkins said.
The vindication, if you can call it that, comes too late for Tyre Nichols.
At the place where he was fatally beaten grows an unofficial symbol of violence and tragedy –- a makeshift memorial with balloons and stuffed animals. It is around the corner from his mother’s home.
Nowhere seems safe for Black young men and boys.
When they start walking around the neighborhoods alone, or first start to drive, parents universally caution them on what to do when they encounter cops.
“This has to change,” said Erica Smith, 47, who described officers hogtying and pepper-spraying her son while she was with him. The memories of that day in 2014 kept her from watching all the video of Nichols being beaten. “Not just here in Memphis, but it needs to change nationwide.”
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News researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed from New York. Also contributing were journalists Claudia Lauer from Philadelphia, and Adrian Sanz and Allen Breed from Memphis. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/in-tyre-nichols-neighborhood-black-residents-17763622.php | 2023-02-04 15:32:48 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/in-tyre-nichols-neighborhood-black-residents-17763622.php |
DALLAS — American Airlines says personal information of a "very small number" of customers and employees was compromised after hackers breached some employee email accounts.
There is no indication that the attackers have misused any of the personal information, the company said.
American notified customers last week that the breach was discovered in July, according to law enforcement officials in Montana. American said it locked down the breached accounts and hired a cybersecurity firm to investigate.
American told customers that information in the compromised email accounts could have included their date of birth, driver's license and passport numbers and medical information they provided to the airline.
Affected customers were offered two years of identity theft-protection coverage, American said.
The airline declined to say how precisely how many people had their personal information exposed or the nature of that information.
"American Airlines is aware of a phishing campaign that led to the unauthorized access to a limited number of team member mailboxes," American spokesman Curtis Blessing said. "A very small number of customers and employees' personal information was contained in those email accounts."
Blessing said American is putting in place "additional technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future."
American is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Mooresville Police arrest two men wearing ski masks in stolen vehicle
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - Mooresville Police arrested two men after receiving a call that one of the suspects made an ‘unusual inquiry.’ The incident happened on Tuesday morning.
Jvonta James Dixon, 19 of Mooresville and Dwayne Pernell Allgood, 20 years old of Huntersville, were both arrested.
“Mooresville Police Department (MPD) received a call of a suspicious person who made an unusual inquiry within a business at the Water Tower Plaza located at 467 E. Plaza Drive. The caller reported that the individual had since left the business but remained in the parking lot seated in a black four-door sedan with no license plate attached,” according to a press release.
Police arrived and saw two suspects in the vehicle the caller identified.
“Upon approach of the vehicle, the responding Officer immediately noticed that both subjects were wearing black ski masks over their head and face. As the Officer continued his approach to further investigate, both subjects simultaneously fled the vehicle on foot toward a nearby wooded area. One suspect was taken into custody after a brief foot pursuit, and additional responding officers established a perimeter and successfully utilized a police K9 and drone to track and apprehend the second suspect,” according to MPD.
The suspects are charged with resisting officers and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, the vehicle was reportedly stolen from Huntersville.
The suspects charges are as follows:
“Jvonta James Dixon, 19 years old of Mooresville, was charged with (F) Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle, and (M) Resist, Obstruct, & Delaying of an Officer. Dixon received a $7,500 secured bond and was placed in the Iredell County Detention Center.
Dwayne Pernell Allgood, 20 years old of Huntersville, was charged with (F) Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle, (M) Resist, Obstruct, & Delaying of an Officer, and (M) Stalking. Dixon received a $7,500 secured bond and was placed in the Iredell County Detention Center.”
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Racial tensions have spilled into public view amid the battle for House Speaker after Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) called Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican from Florida, a “prop” for the far right.
The controversy began after Donalds, a former businessman and state representative who was first elected to Congress in 2020, was nominated on Wednesday by fellow Republican Rep. Chip Roy (Texas) to serve as Speaker amid Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R) fraught effort to win the gavel.
“[For] the first time in history there have been two Black Americans placed into the nomination for Speaker of the House,” Roy said, referring also to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), the Democratic nominee for Speaker.
But the move didn’t sit well with Bush, a progressive Democrat representing St. Louis, who promptly blasted Donalds the following day on Twitter.
“FWIW, @ByronDonalds is not a historic candidate for Speaker. He is a prop,” Bush wrote. “Despite being Black, he supports a policy agenda intent on upholding and perpetuating white supremacy.”
The tweet sparked backlash from the GOP and spurred Donalds, one of two Black Republicans in the House, to tweet his own reply, writing that “nobody asked” Bush for her opinion.
In the process, the back-and-forth put a renewed spotlight on the issue of race inside Congress as the Speaker battle stretches into Friday night.
It’s not the first time Donalds has been at the center of the debate. An outspoken anti-abortion proponent and avid supporter of gun rights, Donalds describes himself on his website as “a Trump supporting, liberty loving, pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment black man.” The 44-year-old lawmaker, who’s heading into his second term, was denied membership in the Congressional Black Caucus in 2021; he claimed at the time it was because of his conservative views.
Republicans have rushed to Donalds’s side following Bush’s tweet. Rep.-elect Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) on Thursday said Donalds’ “ain’t no prop.”
“This is the tired, old, grotesquely racist rhetoric that we’ve seen far too long!” Bishop added.
Still, the feud has underscored the negative perception that many Black Americans have of the GOP.
Roy, in his speech to nominate Donalds, quoted Martin Luher King Jr., saying Republicans “do not seek to judge people by the color of their skin but rather the content of their character.”
Yet despite a midterm cycle that saw record-breaking numbers of Black Republican candidates run in the 2022 midterms, including Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker, Republicans continue to fail at courting support from Black voters.
“[Black voters] are offended that the Republican Party is attempting to impose their version of what a Black leader should be on the Black community,” Adrianne Shropshire, executive director of Black PAC told The Hill last month.
“It insults the intelligence of Black people when you think that you can just throw any old person up and that Black people will just vote for them because they’re Black.”
Bush, in an interview with The Hill on Friday, said she has nothing personal against Donalds.
“There are great Black Republicans, and I’m not saying he is not a great person,” Bush said. “But he is part of that MAGA crowd that we don’t need in leadership here in the House of Representatives, that we don’t need leading our country in any way.”
Donalds’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
“The thing is, there is always a racial component,” Bush added. “This country is made up of people who are from different races, different ethnicities, different backgrounds, so it’s going to come into play. We need you to recognize that that’s an actual thing.”
Bush said she doesn’t believe Republicans would have nominated Donalds if Democrats weren’t united behind Jeffries.
“As if we’re ignorant enough to say, ‘oh, well, we’re gonna have to support him because he’s another Black man,’” said Bush. “We want to see the first Black person but not just because he’s Black. Jeffries led this caucus, people have seen his leadership. Regardless of who takes the seat, we need it to be someone who will prioritize the needs of all people in this country, but in a way where they see the disparities, where they see the racism. That can’t happen when you have bad folks leading.”
Donalds, who voted for himself Wednesday, cast his vote twice for speaker for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday. | https://www.kxnet.com/hill-politics/cori-bush-remarks-put-spotlight-on-issue-of-race-in-speakers-fight/ | 2023-01-06 23:15:08 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/hill-politics/cori-bush-remarks-put-spotlight-on-issue-of-race-in-speakers-fight/ |
How worried should I be about using a plastic water bottle?
Have you ever wondered why soda is sold in plastic bottles, juice comes in plastic bottles and milk comes in plastic jugs, but alcohol is nearly always sold in glass containers? According to an article on NewsNation, the Brewers Association says it is because “The molecular structure of most plastics is not good at keeping carbonation in the package/product or keeping oxygen out to prevent staling.”
That begs the question, if plastic is not an ideal container for beverages, should we be drinking water out of glass? Which is the healthier option: plastic or glass?
Why do beverages come in plastic bottles?
Beverages come in plastic bottles because of practicality. Since plastic bottles cost roughly the same to manufacture as glass bottles, the benefit is in the weight and the durability. Plastic bottles weigh much less than glass bottles, so they are easier to transport — which actually makes them a greener option in that respect. Also, plastic bottles are far less prone to breakage. This feature is important for shipping, stocking and consumer use.
Why are plastic bottles bad?
For all the good that plastic bottles offer the manufacturer, the retailer and the consumer, there are a few resounding negatives that are hard to overlook when it comes to plastic bottles.
Plastic can hold odors
If you’ve ever taken lunch to work in a plastic container, you may have noticed that it has a tendency to absorb odors. It doesn’t take long for that container to greet you with a cacophony of undesirable smells whenever you open it. The same thing can happen with your water bottle. Bacteria from your mouth and food you’ve eaten can make the water smell less than pure.
If it smells, it’s creating vapors
Plastic has a distinctive smell. Unfortunately, we can only smell particles that we inhale. If plastic smells, that means it is releasing volatile components.
It’s the bacteria, not the chemical leaching, that can be an issue
While chemical leaching is a big talking point with plastics, it really isn’t all that much of a health concern unless you are storing your water bottle in high-heat areas. What you do have to consider is bacteria growth. Your water bottle can pick up bacteria whenever you drink from it. If you like your water at room temperature, you’d be surprised how much bacteria can grow in your water bottle throughout the day.
Plastic isn’t kind to the planet … or you
It can take plastic as long as 450 years to decompose in a landfill. That means every plastic bottle that has ever been thrown out is still here. Even worse, when plastic bottles do break down, they create harmful microplastics that filter into the environment, can be found in drinking water and eventually make their way into your body.
What are the pros and cons of a glass water bottle?
Glass is a great choice for the individual who wants to have on-hand drinking water at home. Glass is made from organic ingredients. It does not absorb smells, and it does not leach any toxic chemicals into your water. It also does not allow liquids or gasses to penetrate, and it is reusable.
However, glass is not perfect. Bacteria can still grow in a glass bottle if it is not regularly cleaned, and it is much heavier than plastic, making it difficult to transport. Also, glass will break if dropped, which adds other travel concerns. Some types of glass are not safe for extreme temperatures, so they cannot be put in the refrigerator or microwave, and some bottles must be hand-washed.
So which is healthier: plastic or glass?
If you are considering buying a reusable water bottle and health is the primary concern — not portability — then a glass container is the clear winner. With a good lid, it seals your water bottle, allowing the water to stay fresh. Most importantly, a glass water bottle doesn’t leach chemicals or absorb smells and it is endlessly reusable, as long as you don’t break it and you keep it clean.
What about stainless steel?
A third option is stainless steel. While stainless steel can leach chemicals when used as cookware, it doesn’t tend to leach in plain drinking water. It is durable and can be vacuum sealed for insulation to keep your water cold (or hot). On the downside, some people do not like the taste of water in a stainless steel container. Bacteria can also grow on stainless steel, so it still has to be cleaned regularly.
Best water bottle options
Adidas Squad Glass Water Bottle
This glass water bottle from Adidas is 24.35 ounces. The double-screw interchangeable lid works with all Adidas steel and glass bottles, and it features ounce and milliliter markings for measurements. You cannot microwave or freeze this water bottle.
Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s and Macy’s
Purist Collective Maker 10-ounce Element Top Water Bottle
The Purist is a ruggedly built 10-ounce water bottle that has a double-wall vacuum insulated shell that can keep your beverage hot or cold for up to 24 hours. The interior is made of unbreakable glass to offer the best drinking experience.
Sold by Backcountry
Grosche Venice Glass Water Bottle with Bamboo Lid
This decorative water bottle is made of borosilicate glass, making it safe for hot and cold drinks. The stainless steel lid is covered in natural bamboo to provide a secure grip. This model features a sleeve that helps insulate your beverages for up to an hour. The wide-mouth opening easily accepts ice cubes.
Sold by Macy’s
Fasteyasy 16-ounce Water Bottle
The Fasteyasy water bottle features a whimsical design that comes in such colors as desert rose, marigold, sea green, teal lake and more. It is dishwasher safe, microwave safe and sized to fit in a cup holder for convenience.
Sold by Wayfair
Kate Spade Apple Toss Glass Hydration Bottle
Kate Spade products are known for their stylish design. This double-walled glass water bottle is no different. It features a chic apple motif and has a wooden lid. The container holds 15 ounces and must be hand-washed.
Sold by Amazon
Aquasana Glass Water Bottles (Six-Pack)
This six-pack of glass water bottles costs less than most individual options. If you have a family that you want to keep hydrated, this dishwasher-safe set is a good way to go. It is important to note that the lid is made of BPA-free plastic.
Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Pure Drinkware Endurance Water Bottle
For individuals who want something a little different, this is an antimicrobial stainless steel water bottle. It is rugged, triple insulated and comes with a spill-proof, twist-on lid. The bottom features a nonslip cushion so your water bottle stays in place.
Sold by Staples
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I wrote last year about a trip I took with Jamie McAfee, the chef at the Pine Bluff Country Club, to the legendary Dixie Pig in Blytheville. After reading a column about Dixie Pig, McAfee contacted me and said his father once worked at the Blytheville Country Club. McAfee had been told that his father helped Dixie Pig's owner come up with the restaurant's signature blue cheese dressing recipe.
"I haven't been there in more than 50 years," McAfee told me. "Would you take me?"
I contacted Bob Halsell at Dixie Pig and told him McAfee's story. Halsell said: "You know, that rings a bell. I remember my dad saying that a fellow who worked out at the country club helped him with that dressing." When McAfee and Halsell met, it was as if they were long-lost cousins.
At the recent induction ceremony for the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame, McAfee was named Proprietor of the Year. He personifies the type of person who makes the Arkansas food culture so rich--interested not only in preparing good food but also interested in this state, its people and its history; a person looking for local suppliers whenever possible. McAfee is that kind of person, which is why he made that long road trip to Blytheville with me.
McAfee's formative years were spent in McGehee, where his father managed Delta Country Club from the early 1960s until the late 1970s. He began working with his father in the kitchen at a young age. While attending Memphis Culinary Institute, McAfee worked at a Nike distribution center, where he was asked to cook for Nike founder Phil Knight.
"I could have stayed with Nike, but I wanted to get back to Arkansas," McAfee says. "I moved back to McGehee in September 1986 and came to Pine Bluff Country Club in February 2003."
Now, he manages the entire club in addition to serving as its chef. McAfee also cooks during duck season for several of the state's most prestigious hunting clubs.
We're blessed as a state from a culinary standpoint. There are just 3 million residents, but Arkansas punches well above its weight class when it comes to food. I believe the other finalists this year eventually will find their way into the Food Hall of Fame. I serve on the selection committee, and we received 263 nominations for Proprietor of the Year.
This year's finalists include Chester and Laura Huntsman of Crossett, who opened Beech Street Bistro in 2018 after renovating a 100-year-old house given to them by Laura's father. I had dinner there last month and would describe the atmosphere as a mix between a south Louisiana fishing camp and a Mississippi juke joint (there's often live music). The menu has everything from crawfish pie to fried alligator.
Another finalist is Little Rock's Jim Keet, who has had a hand in numerous Arkansas restaurants. The Springfield, Mo., native came to Arkansas in 1975 to run Wendy's franchises. But the real buzz started when Keet and his sons launched multiple locations of Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe along with Petit & Keet, an upscale restaurant in west Little Rock.
The Keet family later took a former Cock of the Walk location on the north side of the Arkansas River and turned it into the highly popular Cypress Social. They're now opening multiple locations of Waldo's Chicken & Beer while also working to transform Little Rock's Breckenridge Village shopping center into a restaurant-centric entertainment complex that will bring brands such as Deluca's of Hot Springs to the capital city.
David Stobaugh of Stoby's in Conway is another finalist. As a kitchen steward at his fraternity at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, the Morrilton native picked up the nickname Stoby. It stuck. His food industry experience includes selling ice cream from a three-wheeler at ballparks.
Stoby's has long been a favorite of students, faculty and staff at Conway's three colleges. Stoby's famous cheese dip has been widely distributed since the late 1990s. Stobaugh and his wife Patti added PattiCakes Bakery to the Conway food scene in 2006.
Back down in southeast Arkansas where McAfee works, Chuck Taylor of Taylor's Steakhouse near Dumas is another 2023 finalist. I say "near Dumas" because the restaurant is in an old country store outside of town. Taylor began aging beef as a hobby. His steaks now attract diners from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Taylor is a quiet man, leaving it to his wife Pam to run the front of the house and visit with guests. Charles and Dorothy Taylor opened Taylor's Grocery in 1954 to serve area farmers. Chuck (the son) later opened a liquor store next to his parents' grocery story.
Chuck Taylor told an interviewer a few years ago: "My mother always made barbecue. When grocery sales declined, we branched out and bought equipment to start doing hamburgers, sandwiches and fried fish. It started to grow, so we began taking out the grocery shelves and adding tables and chairs for people to eat."
Taylor let the liquor store's license expire and used that building as part of the restaurant. Dinner service began in October 2012.
The other finalist this year is James Woods of Camden. Woods, who hails from Forrest City, came to Camden in 1984 to manage a Golden Corral. He later noticed a building in a strip shopping center where a catfish restaurant had closed down. He bought the building and opened a new catfish establishment that he called Woods Place.
Woods caters events across the state and purchased in 2001 what had once been International Paper Co.'s supervisors' club on the Ouachita River at Camden. He transformed it into an event facility known as River Woods. The building was constructed in the 1950s. Woods added decks, built an outdoor stage, landscaped the grounds and stocked a pond with catfish, bream and bass.
This was our seventh Food Hall of Fame induction ceremony. We received nominations from all 75 counties. The various categories attracted 1,828 nominations this year. Since the Food Hall of Fame began in 2017, we've received more than 8,900 nominations. It's clear that Arkansans love not only to eat but also to talk about and think about food.
In addition to hundreds of locally owned restaurants, the state boasts dozens of food-themed events. We pick one food-themed event for induction. This year's inductee is the Magnolia Blossom Festival & World Championship Steak Cook-Off. Cooking teams bring their expensive rigs from across the country on the third Saturday in May and set up around the courthouse square in downtown Magnolia.
The festival has been featured nationally on the Food Network. I'm fortunate enough to have been selected as a judge for this year's event.
The other finalists are the Mayhaw Festival at El Dorado and the Slovak Oyster Supper in the small farming community of Slovak in southern Prairie County.
The Mayhaw Festival is held the first Saturday in May. It features music, craft vendors, a car and bike show, children's activities and a macaroni and cheese cook-off. There's plenty of homemade mayhaw jelly (mayhaw grows wild in south Arkansas) for sale each year.
The Slovak Oyster Supper is held late each January in the parish hall of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who are known as the apostles of the Slavs. Members of the Knights of Columbus bring the oysters (served fried and raw) from the Gulf Coast. Along with the annual Gillett Coon Supper earlier each January, the Slovak Oyster Supper is considered a must-attend event for Arkansas politicians.
Slovak was established in 1894. Fraternal and nationalistic organizations such as the National Slovak Society translated ads promoting areas for farming in Arkansas. The Slovak Colonization Co. was organized in Pittsburgh by Peter Rovnianek. The company bought 3,000 acres on the Arkansas Grand Prairie and set aside 160 acres in the center of the tract for homes, the church and a school.
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Superior Commitment to Safety Performance Exhibited at Crosstie Treating Plant
PITTSBURGH, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers recently presented the annual Zero Harm President's Award to its Muncy facility in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in recognition of its best-in-company performance as measured in safety, environmental responsibility, and innovation.
Muncy topped all 45 Koppers facilities around the world, particularly in its rate of leading indicators, defined as safety observations, hazard identifications, and reporting of near-misses – all of which are key to incident prevention.
The Muncy facility treats crossties used by commercial and Class I railroads for the safe transport of commuters and critical goods. The facility produced more than 900,000 crossties in 2021, while managing through significant challenges, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a national crosstie shortage.
"At Koppers, we have long believed that when we take care of each other, our communities, and our environment, success will happen," said Koppers President and Chief Executive Officer Leroy Ball during the awards presentation, also attended by members of the Koppers Leadership Team. "Our people at Muncy offer evidence of that. We congratulate Plant Manager Al Rutz and the entire Muncy team for their commitment to doing an outstanding job of Protecting What Matters and Preserving the Future."
In addition to the award, the facility received $5,000 in corporate giving funds, which its employees chose to donate to the Ronald McDonald House of Danville.
Koppers has invested significantly in cultivating and embedding a Zero Harm culture throughout its global workforce that places the care and protection of people, environment, and communities first. As part of these efforts, Koppers provides the tools, training, incentives, and authority to identify and promote proper safety practices and correct or avoid unsafe ones.
Koppers achieved its fifth consecutive record year of proactive leading activities in 2021 and conducted more than 18,500 individual discussions with employees and contractors about conditions or behaviors that precede potentially life-altering injuries. The Koppers global workforce has steadily increased its proactive safety engagement, with annual leading activities having doubled since the company initiated its Zero Harm safety culture in 2015. Additionally in 2021, Koppers achieved its lowest 12-month rate of serious safety incidents while concurrently reporting record financial performance.
"Zero Harm truly is an investment in our people and the long-term viability of our business," said Vice President of Zero Harm Joe Dowd. "By unifying Koppers under a culture that places the care and protection of people first, we have created a safer workplace while also making advances in our environmental performance, raising our levels of community satisfaction, and improving our financial performance. We are proud of our progress to date and will continue driving toward our ultimate goal of Zero."
To learn more about Koppers Zero Harm efforts, visit the company's 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report at www.koppers.com/sustainability-report-2021/.
Koppers, with corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end-markets, including the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries. We serve our customers through a comprehensive global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities located in North America, South America, Australasia and Europe. The stock of Koppers Holdings Inc. is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KOP." For more information, visit: www.koppers.com. Inquiries from the media should be directed to Ms. Jessica Franklin at 412-227-2025. Inquiries from the investment community should be directed to Ms. Jimmi Sue Smith at 412-227-2231 or Ms. Quynh McGuire at 412-227-2049.
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High school students in the Dubuque Public School District have a new resource to help deal with their mental health.
They're called brain health retreat rooms.
Students who are feeling anxious, stressed or just having a bad day can go to these rooms to recover and get help with coping skills from a mental health specialist.
Amy Unmacht, the executive director of the Foundation for Dubuque Public Schools, said the rooms will have four different areas to address different needs.
"If you're really like anxious, kind of needing to be by yourself to regroup, there's going to be these chairs that kind of surround you almost kind of like a cocoon, that you can feel kind of that big hug and feel like you're by yourself," she said.
The rooms also have a group gathering area where students can meet with counselors and a kitchen with health snack options.
Unmacht said the Foundation worked with the non-profit Brain Health Now to develop the rooms, which are based on Iowa City High School's NESTT mental health center.
She said the idea started last spring when Dubuque school counselors reported being overwhelmed with students needing mental health help.
"So what was happening were these students were just been sent home because they were too anxious to go back to class. But there really was nothing, nowhere for them to go or not enough staff to help them," she said.
"And so then that just compiled the problem, because the next day they were anxious because they missed the day before."
Studies indicate children's mental health has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last fall, several leading children's mental health organizations declared a "national emergency in children's mental health," citing the pandemic along with existing challenges and urged lawmakers to take action.
Unmacht said even before the pandemic, students were reporting needing more help with their mental health.
The pandemic has only exacerbated the issue, she said.
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Which snowsuit is best?
When the weather is cold and snowy, layering and keeping warm are essential. These days, even some areas not used to cold and snowy weather are experiencing it. An easy way to layer is by using snowsuits, also called ski suits, for skiing, mountain climbing or just a regular day out in the snow. Though designed to keep you safe from harsh elements, they can also be stylish, chic and functional.
For a high-quality snowsuit with an effortless flair, the Riuiyele One-Piece Ski Suit is the best.
What to know before you buy a snowsuit
Style
Snowsuits come in one-piece or two-piece sets. The one-piece style uses top to bottom zippers or buttons while a two-piece is a jacket and pants. For most people, the two-piece is easier to wear.
The style of snowsuit you’re wearing may also determine the type of clothing or layers you wear underneath. For instance, for a two-piece set you can wear a T-shirt and woolen long underwear as your base.
Size
Snowsuits are usually bulky since they are a protective outer layer, but they should not be too baggy. Picking a size that is too big for you not only looks shabby, it is also uncomfortable and may cause difficulty in moving around. Depending on the brand, snowsuits may run large, so in those cases, you can purchase a size down for the best fit.
To get the best size and fit, use a tape measure and compare it to the suit’s size chart.
Weather
The type of weather you’re in heavily influences the type of snowsuit that is best for you. In cold, wet weather, it shouldn’t just provide insulation, it should be waterproof or water-resistant as well. In dry, cold weather, your snowsuit doesn’t need to be waterproof but it should still provide warmth.
Age
Snowsuits can be worn by babies, teenagers or adults, with slight variations in their style and design. For example, snowsuits for babies below age 2 may not require many provisions for mobility, as they won’t move around a lot, while snowsuits for adults require more flexibility for movement and activity.
What to look for in a quality snowsuit
Durable
A high-quality snowsuit is made from heavy materials such as fleece, nylon or polyester. These should last for long periods without noticeable wear or tear. Also, the level of insulation a good snowsuit provides should not decrease over time.
Breathable lining
A well-made snowsuit’s material traps heat to give warmth, but it should also be breathable to avoid overheating. A good snowsuit should have an inner lining that is warm, porous and absorbent while wicking sweat away. This allows a good amount of circulation that keeps you dry and comfortable.
Safe
The extreme weather conditions in which snowsuits are worn require an extra level of safety measures, such as padded knees and elbows, especially for toddlers. Another precaution for areas with low levels of visibility is a suit made out of reflective material. That way, you can be easily seen if the weather gets harsher and harder to see in.
Adjustable
Most snowsuits can be adjusted using straps, elastic cuffs and extra zippers, which may be hidden or exposed. They should also have inner liners that can be removed so you’re prepared for any kind of weather. This manages the number of layers you wear underneath and helps with a more comfortable fit.
How much you can expect to spend on a snowsuit
It costs about $50-$200, depending on the size and brand.
Snowsuit FAQ
When should I put a baby in a snowsuit?
A. Your baby can wear a snowsuit from as early as 6 months.
Can I wear regular pants under snow pants?
A. Yes, you can. But stick to pants that feel soft and are made from absorbent materials such as cotton. Avoid heavier materials such as denim.
What’s the difference between a snowsuit and a bunting?
A. A snowsuit has provision for legs. A bunting is a small blanket with a hood, usually for babies.
What’s the best snowsuit to buy?
Top snowsuit
What you need to know: This is a one-piece windproof snowsuit with a hood and cuffs.
What you’ll love: This is a great suit for harsh weather, with double-reinforced seams and a built-in storm hood to keep you dry. Its hood, cuffs and bottoms are adjustable and help give a snug, comfortable fit. It also has thumb holes that are convenient and stylish. The suit comes in nine styles, in sizes from extra small to extra large.
What you should consider: This snowsuit can only be hand-washed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top snowsuit for the money
Nike Hooded Puffer Snowsuit Coverall
What you need to know: This is a cute snowsuit overall for babies with a zipper closure.
What you’ll love: Made with water-resistant and moisture-wicking material, this puffer design suit keeps your child dry and warm. Its attached hood provides extra protection for your baby’s head. There are sizes for newborns to babies up to 9 months old.
What you should consider: This snowsuit may run large.
Worth checking out
Oftalle Ski Jacket and Pants Waterproof Snowsuit
What you need to know: This two-piece snowsuit has a fitted silhouette and trendy design.
What you’ll love: The pants are high-waisted, with an elastic band that makes them look stylish and helps with warmth. The irregular quilting design makes the suit less puffy while maintaining a great amount of insulation. The waterproof two-piece set is easy to get on and off and comes in six colors.
What you should consider: It’s optimal in regular cold weather but may not withstand extreme conditions.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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INDIANAPOLIS, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Legion National Commander Paul E. Dillard thanked congressional leaders for their decision to allow Hershel W. "Woody" Williams to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda.
"We are grateful that Sen. (Chuck) Schumer and Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi recognize the outstanding service provided by the last Medal of Honor recipient to pass away from World War II," Dillard said. "Woody was not just an amazing Marine, he was an outstanding veterans advocate. He is responsible for Gold Star Family memorials being placed in communities across the country. After his Marine Corps career, he continued to serve veterans as a VA counselor. We were proud to have Hershel W. Williams as a member of The American Legion for 72 years. Delegates to our national convention in 2018 unanimously passed a resolution to honor the last World War II Medal of Honor recipient with a state funeral. We believe this distinction is well-deserved and a meaningful reminder to all that we owe our very survival as a nation to the veterans of World War II."
About The American Legion
The American Legion, the nation's largest veterans organization, is dedicated to the motto of "Veterans Strengthening America." Chartered by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is committed to mentoring youth and sponsoring wholesome community programs, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting a strong national security and continued devotion to servicemembers and veterans. Nearly 1.8 million members in more than 12,500 posts across the nation and regions overseas serve their communities with a devotion to mutual helpfulness.
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Blockchain gaming platform provides more options and accessibility for users with new chain
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Com2uS, master service provider of C2X and a South Korea based public company that develops and publishes video games for mobile devices, today announced the launch of its new chain, XPLA mainnet for C2X users.
Based on community needs and fulfillment the former governance token of C2X will be upgraded to XPLA, the governance token of the XPLA mainnet. The development is led by Delight and ZenaAD and is Tendermint-based using the COSMOS SDK with extensive optimization work through rounds of testing. The Genesis validators are composed of nine validators with more coming in the future.
"Once launched we will be putting EVM capability as a top priority to our chain allowing us to onboard a variety of services beyond games," said Manager of Business Development, Brian Choi. "We will be introducing a new wallet along with other essential services such as the - Explorer. Focusing on a more convenient UX provides more accessibility for a larger geographical pool of users," he added.
The establishment of XPLA is based on the encouragement for users to "Explore and Play." XPLA will continue to carry the value C2X holds, bridging Web2 to Web3 services.
C2X is also making changes to its platform, publishing not only games but arts, music and a variety of Dapps based on community-driven decisions, ultimately benefiting all users.
"We are passionate and focused on a game-centric environment for those interested in transitioning to the world of Web3. We aimed to open up a world of limitless possibilities for those in the space," continued Choi.
For more information, please visit: https://c2x.world or https://xpla.io
About C2X
C2X was developed with the purpose of establishing a standard for the blockchain game industry that will continuously advance in the future. The C2X platform provides an end-to-end solution for blockchain games including token economics, NFT marketplaces and Wallet.
The platform's highly scalable design allows users to easily manage all digital assets that are linked to the platform, and its governance token publicizes all service decisions and operations of the games built on the ecosystem. It is an ecosystem of virtuous cycles where all users and creators are privileged on the basis of a high standard of stability, fairness and transparency, and thus intended to present a sound direction for current blockchain gaming platforms.
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Doug Foshee Elected Board Chair of Veteran Non-Profit Organization
HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Combined Arms is excited to announce that current Board Director Doug Foshee has been unanimously elected to the role of Chair by its Board of Directors. The announcement highlights a transition for outgoing Chair, Bryan Foster, who helped co-found Combined Arms in 2015.
Doug Foshee has spent over four decades in the energy industry and is the founder and owner of Sallyport Investments, LLC. Foshee is former chairman, president, and chief executive officer of El Paso Corporation. Prior to joining El Paso in 2003, Foshee served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Halliburton. Previously, Foshee served as Nuevo Energy Company's president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board. Doug holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the Jesse H. Jones School at Rice University and a B.B.A from Texas State University.
Foshee has been actively involved in civic and philanthropic endeavors for many years. He founded and is former chairman of NextOp Vets, a non-profit organization that provides job placement assistance, mentorship, support, and education for veterans. Foshee is chairman of the board for The Welch Foundation, serves on the board for Houston Endowment Inc., KIPP-Texas-Houston Regional Board, Good Reason Houston, Coalition for the Homeless, and Houston GPS. In his new role as Board Chair, Foshee is looking forward to his continued service in support of Combined Arms' mission to improve quality of life for our nation's veterans and military families through innovative technology and is excited to help guide the organization's expansion.
"It's been an honor to serve alongside Bryan, who has helped shape the outcomes and impact of Combined Arms over the last seven years." said Foshee. "I'm grateful for Bryan's leadership and humbled to take on the Chair role following his tenure. I am excited to help drive the organization's continued growth and evolution and look forward to working with my fellow Directors and the entire Combined Arms team to expand our reach in the years ahead."
About Combined Arms Founded by veterans for veterans in Houston, TX, Combined Arms (CAX) delivers innovative technology solutions that improve quality of life for veterans & military families. CAX streamlines the connection between service members, veterans, and their families and the organizations that serve them. Through our technology platform, clients find needed resources and connect quickly and directly to service providers to get assistance to thrive professionally and personally. To date, we've served more than 55,000 veterans and military-connected individuals, connecting them to over 1,000 social services and resources provided by our growing network of 220+ vetted Member Organizations. To learn more, visit www.combinedarms.us.
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WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Joe Biden delivered remarks on inflation hours after the government reported the economy shrank for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.
The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed a 1.6% annual drop from January through March. Consecutive quarters of falling GDP constitute one informal, though not definitive, indicator of a recession.
The report comes at a critical time. Consumers and businesses have been struggling under the weight of punishing inflation and higher borrowing costs.
Biden spoke on the report and the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” Thursday afternoon from the White House.
This comes as the latest NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll found that voters’ fears about inflation are rising, surpassing their concerns about unemployment. More than 62% of voters surveyed ranked inflation chief atop their concerns facing the country, rising above their worries about unemployment, COVID-19 and crime.
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Aide: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum running for GOP presidential nomination
(AP) – Two-term North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a former computer software entrepreneur, is expected to run for the Republican presidential nomination, a political aide familiar with the plans told The Associated Press on Friday, putting him in an already crowded field dominated by ex-President Donald Trump.
The aide said Burgum plans to launch his campaign with a June 7 event in Fargo, the largest city in North Dakota. The aide was speaking on the condition of anonymity because the event had not been publicized yet.
The 66-year-old Burgum is jumping into a field that includes fellow Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, seen by some Republicans as the strongest alternative to Trump. Other candidates include former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Former Vice President Mike Pence is also considered a likely presidential candidate but has not yet announced a bid.
The eventual GOP nominee is expected to face Democratic President Joe Biden in November 2024.
While Burgum has joined other Republican governors in signing legislation rolling back transgender rights, he’s expected to emphasize his business background, small-town roots and a large state tax cut this year. Burgum, first elected in 2016, was reelected in 2020 and is eligible to run for governor again in 2024.
In Iowa, where caucuses are expected to be the first-in-the-nation GOP contest, Republican Bruce Rastetter, a wealthy agricultural and energy businessman who met Burgum three years ago, described the North Dakota governor as “a successful guy” and “really smart.” But Rastetter, who has been an influential donor and adviser to presidential campaigns in Iowa, said Burgum’s strength also comes from presenting as “a regular guy.”
“He’s stayed a regular guy, but really understands issues on ag, energy and foreign policy,” said Rastetter, who is helping Burgum make introductions in Iowa, but is so far neutral in the developing 2024 Iowa caucus campaign.
The company Burgum started in 1983, Great Plains Software, was acquired by Microsoft in 2011, and Burgum stayed on as a Microsoft vice president until 2007. He also founded real estate development and venture capital firms.
He grew up in Arthur, an eastern North Dakota town of about 300 people, 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Fargo.
Burgum this year signed legislation that reduced state income taxes and provided local property tax relief, with the savings estimated at $515 million. His office touted the income tax cut as the largest in state history.
But with DeSantis building a national profile for anti-LGBTQ+ measures and describing his state of Florida as where “woke goes to die,” culture war issues dominated legislating this year in North Dakota and other states controlled by Republicans.
The measures signed this year by Burgum prohibit public schools and government entities from requiring teachers and employees to refer to transgender people by the pronouns they use; bar transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams, from K-12 through college; and criminalize health care providers who give gender-affirming care to minors. A new law also limits transgender children and adults in accessing the bathrooms, locker rooms and showers of their choice, from schools to state-run colleges and correctional facilities.
North Dakota also has one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the nation after Burgum last month signed a ban on abortion throughout pregnancy with slim exceptions up to six weeks’ gestation.
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Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas, and Beaumont, from Des Moines, Iowa.
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Teamsters and Community Support ATL6 Amazon Workers as They Rally Over Warehouse Conditions
EAST POINT, Ga., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Striking Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers from Palmdale, Calif., extended their picket line to an Atlanta area warehouse (ATL6) today, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its unfair labor practices. The growing strike will continue until Amazon reinstates the unlawfully terminated Palmdale employees, recognizes the Teamsters, respects the contract negotiated by the workers, and bargains with the Teamsters Union to address low pay and dangerous working conditions.
"We do the same job as other package delivery drivers, but Amazon pays us half as much," said Tom Culver, a striking driver from Palmdale who traveled to Georgia for the picket. "We are taking our strike across the country to stop Amazon's unfair labor practices and to force the company to negotiate a contract that treats its drivers fairly."
Amazon drivers and dispatchers began their unfair labor practice strike at an Amazon delivery station in Palmdale, Calif., on June 24. They have picketed 10 Amazon warehouses around the country during their month-long strike, including facilities in California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, and now Georgia.
Before picketing the Georgia warehouse, the Palmdale strikers rallied with local Amazon warehouse workers demanding that Amazon address poor working conditions at the ATL6 warehouse. They were also supported by Georgia Teamster members and community allies.
"Since this strike started on June 24, these Amazon workers have remained united in pursuit of fair pay and safe jobs," said Victor Mineros, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 396 in Los Angeles. "Despite Amazon's illegal refusal to recognize their union or engage in bargaining, the community and fellow workers in this industry have consistently shown unwavering support. Millions of Teamster members stand shoulder to shoulder, with firm resolve, supporting their brothers and sisters at Amazon. Together, we are resolute in holding this corporate criminal accountable for its treatment of their workers."
The 84 workers in Palmdale joined Teamsters Local 396 and bargained a contract with Amazon's Delivery Service Partner (DSP), Battle-Tested Strategies (BTS), in April. Despite the absolute control it wields over BTS and workers' terms and conditions of employment, Amazon has refused to recognize and honor the union contract. Instead, Amazon has engaged in dozens of unfair labor practices in violation of federal labor law, including terminating the entire unit of newly-organized workers.
"I've been chased by dogs. I've been sent to deliver in the desert with two bottles of water. All for the packages that Amazon puts ahead of our safety," said Jessie Moreno, another striking driver who traveled to Georgia to extend the Palmdale picket line. "We organized a union because we deserve to be treated like human beings. We are going to win the good jobs that our families need."
Amazon drivers in Palmdale organized with the Teamsters to protect their safety in extreme temperatures, which regularly exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit during Palmdale summers. Their Teamster contract guarantees the rights of workers to drive safe equipment and refuse unsafe deliveries. Making the contract's protections a reality will require an overhaul of Amazon's exploitative labor practices.
Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents 1.2 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org to learn more and follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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SINGAPORE, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ACM Biolabs (FR0012596468 – ALSEN) a pioneering Singaporean-Swiss biotechnology company, which specializes in the development of targeted therapeutics for the prevention of multiple life-threatening diseases based on its proprietary ACM (Artificial Cell Membranes) tunable polymer-based delivery ATP™ technology, announces the appointment of David Lawrence as Non-Executive Director.
Mr Lawrence is currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Sensorion, a gene therapy company listed on Euronext Growth in Paris and is a Director at EnteroBiotix Ltd. He was previously CFO of Valneva, a specialty vaccine company, where he served as a member of the Management Board; his responsibilities included Investor Relations and Communications in addition to overseeing the financial management of the company. During his tenure at Valneva he was instrumental in several financings including a NASDAQ Initial Public Offering (IPO) and by the point of his retirement from Valneva the market capitalisation of the company had grown to over €2bn. He also previously served as CFO of Acambis and as VP of Finance, Business Development and Strategy at Chiron Vaccines. In 2011 he supported the establishment and development of Synpromics Ltd, a synthetic promoter company that was acquired by AskBio in 2019, which was in turn acquired by Bayer in 2020.
Mr Lawrence has over 30 years' experience of leadership roles in life sciences, ranging from large biopharma companies such as GSK to start-ups and earlier stage companies, including Synpromics Ltd. He brings with him extensive industry experience including strategy, business development and M&A, and currently sits on the Boards of Enterobiotix Limited. He has also advised several life sciences Venture Capital firms between 2006 and 2017.
Madhavan Nallani, Chief Executive Officer of ACM Biolabs, commented: "We are delighted to welcome David to the team at this critical point in the development of our ATP™ technology. David brings a wealth of experience in strategic partnering as well as years of operational leadership in biopharma companies. I look forward to working closely with him as we progress with our partnering and accelerate the growth of ACM Biolabs."
David Lawrence said: "I am thrilled to be joining ACM at this exciting time in their development, to expand the possibilities of their novel polymer-based platform. There is huge potential in the variety of clinical areas this could be applied to. I look forward to working with Madhavan, the Board and the team to help unlock the potential of ACM and their unique technology."
About ACM Biolabs
ACM Biolabs is a pioneering Singaporean-Swiss biotechnology company with a versatile clinical platform for disease prevention and therapeutics based on its proprietary ACM (Artificial Cell Membranes) polymer-based delivery technology. ACM Biolabs' Tunable Platform (ATP™), offers flexibility to deliver multiple payloads (proteins to RNA) and can successfully target specific organs. Current R&D efforts focus on the development of vaccines for infectious diseases and personalised cancer therapeutics.
ACM Biolabs' lead program, ACM-001 an adjuvanted SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (beta variant) intranasal vaccine, has demonstrated pre-clinical efficacy and safety, with the potential to disrupt viral transmission and mutation. Its phase 1 clinical trial has progressed with no adverse safety signals in cohorts 1-6 and full immunogenicity data expected in the coming weeks. The ACM-001 program also validates the clinical efficacy of the ACM polymer-based platform, enabling a wider range of clinical applications.
ACM Biolabs leads all clinical and regulatory activities of its pipeline programs. It also coordinates business development discussions with potential partners, to leverage ATP™ for the formulation and targeted delivery of novel pipeline candidates.
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ROME (AP) — A ruling by an administrative court in Italy’s Alpine region on Friday spared, for now, the life of the bear who fatally attacked a runner last month.
The brown bear, identified as Jj4, was captured on April 18 following an intensive, two-week, hunt launched after a 26-year-old local man was killed while running on a mountain trail.
The court panel in the city of Trento requested more details about the dynamics of the attack by the 17-year-old female bear and thus suspended an order by local authorities to have the animal euthanized. The suspension lasts until June 27. But the bear’s fate might not even be decided then, since a hearing was set for Dec. 14 to decide the merits of animal rights advocates’ proposals to transfer the bear to a refuge — just where is unclear — where the animal wouldn’t be a danger to humans.
The Italian agency ANSA also said the court concluded that more details from the autopsy of the runner were needed before any decision comes on the bear’s fate.
Animal rights groups had challenged the order issued by authorities in Trento province to have the bear killed.
It was unclear if Jj4 might have attacked Andrea Papi, who was on a training run, because cubs were nearby. His family has said they oppose killing the bear.
The provincial president has argued that Papi’s death could have been avoided if the bear had been euthanized after it attacked two people, wounding them, in 2020.
The parents of Jj4 were brought to Italy from Slovenia two decades ago as part of a project, funded by the European Union, to increase the brown bear population that was then feared to be dwindling toward near extinction. The bear population thrived, with the animals increasingly encountering people. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/court-spares-life-of-bear-that-killed-runner-in-the-alps/ | 2023-05-26 15:38:20 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/court-spares-life-of-bear-that-killed-runner-in-the-alps/ |
Biden to mark Jewish American Heritage Month with Broadway stars, speak out on antisemitism
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will mark Jewish American Heritage Month on Tuesday by highlighting his administration’s efforts to combat rising antisemitism when he speaks at a White House reception that will feature performances from the stars of the Broadway revival of “Parade.”
While Biden plans to use his comments to celebrate the contributions of Jewish Americans, he also will reflect on how his decision to run for the White House in 2020 was shaped by a 2017 neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to a White House official who previewed the president’s speech on condition of anonymity.
The president, who just weeks ago announced he would run for reelection, spoke frequently during the 2020 campaign about the “Unite the Right” rally led by white nationalists bearing torches. Clashes between that group and a large gathering of counterprotesters led to the death of counterprotester Heather Heyer when a white nationalist drove his car into the crowd.
Biden is also expected to highlight his appointment of America’s first ambassador-level special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, increased federal funding to help secure synagogues, Jewish community centers and Jewish day schools, and convening a White House summit on combating hate-fueled violence.
Biden late last year established an inter-agency group to better coordinate U.S. government efforts to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia and related forms of bias and discrimination within the United States. The administration is expected to soon release its national strategy to counter antisemitism.
Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, both 2023 Tony Award nominees for their performance in “Parade,” are to perform at the reception. The musical centers on the trial and imprisonment and lynching in the early 20th century of Jewish American factory manager Leo Frank. Composer Jason Robert Brown will accompany Diamond and Platt.
The White House recruited James Beard-winning chef Michael Solomonov, who specializes in Israeli cuisine, to design the menu for Tuesday’s celebration.
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BERLIN (AP) — The German capital is expanding a temporary refugee shelter at a former airport to accommodate 3,600 Ukrainians, as it struggles to put up more civilians fleeing Russian attacks on vital infrastructure ahead of the upcoming cold winter months.
While two former terminals at Tegel Airport were already opened for Ukrainian refugees in the spring, Berlin’s state government is now racing to outfit two big tents on the tarmac with heaters for the winter. It has also opened a third terminal for the registration of further arrivals and put up 900 new beds, officials said Wednesday.
“With Russian President Putin targeting the country’s heat and water infrastructure and the temperatures going down below zero soon, the numbers of refugees can skyrocket at any time,” said Katja Kipping, the Berlin state government’s senator for social issues, as she toured newly opened registration facilities at terminal C.
“We must be prepared,” Kipping said, adding that most regular refugee and asylum shelters in Berlin and elsewhere in the country were already overcrowded, and finding new space for more people looking for protection in Germany needed to become a top priority.
Germany has taken in 1 million refugees from Ukraine since Russia attacked the eastern European country almost nine months ago. In addition, more asylum seekers than in previous years are coming here from countries such as Syria, Moldova or Afghanistan. Elsewhere in Europe, the number of people applying for international protection has also reached highs not seen since well over 1 million people sought refuge on the continent seven years ago.
Last week, the head of the German association of cities warned that many cities around the country are no longer able to provide decent housing for refugees.
“We will have to start relying on emergency solutions, because the regular housing that would actually be provided for this purpose is not available in quantity and quality,” Straubing mayor Markus Pannermayr said on Bayern 2 radio.
The federal government tried to allay local communities’ concerns last week, saying it is willing to provide 4.25 billion euros ($4.26 billion) for this and next year to help take care of refugees and migrants. But even with new federal funds, new housing units cannot be built as quickly as people keep arriving, city officials say.
At Tegel airport, some 1,500 Ukrainian refugees have currently found a temporary home — most of them mothers with their children — as the German capital’s regular refugee homes with almost 28,000 beds are full. On Wednesday, some new arrivals were sitting on long in the vast former arrival hall, slurping down hot vegetable soup, while others crouched close together on old metal seats near the walls charging their phones on multiple sockets.
A family of five with a baby in a stroller and the father using a wheelchair was lining up in the old boarding pass and security control area to get registered, while several elderly women huddled up in big coats were standing in front of the former airline gates to go through police checks and have their fingerprints and biometric pictures taken.
Berlin has welcomed more than 100,000 Ukrainians so far, and while many have found private accommodation with relatives or Germans who have opened their homes to them, some 3,000 currently rely on the city for accommodation.
Ukrainians can enter Germany without visas, but migrants from other countries looking for refuge in Germany need to apply for asylum to get into shelters.
From January through the end of September, 134,908 people applied for asylum in Germany, with about 10,700 of them now living in Berlin.
In October alone, 3,454 people applied for asylum in the German capital, which was an increase of 30% compared to September, city officials said.
To make sure all of them — as well as those expected to come — have a roof over their heads in the winter, Berlin wants to create 10,000 extra accommodation spaces until the end of this year.
“We have a Herculean task to tackle here,” Kipping said.
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — One person was killed and nine hurt in a shooting a few blocks away from where thousands were in the streets for a New Year’s Eve party in downtown Mobile, Alabama, police said.
TV news footage showed police officers running and on horseback rushing to the area where the shooting took place about 45 minutes before midnight Saturday.
Neither the name of the person killed nor the conditions of the nine people taken to the hospital have been released by police.
The shooting happened a few blocks away from the main stage for the Moon Pie Over Mobile festival. The event continued on with fireworks and a moon pie dropping from a downtown building at midnight to mark the start of 2023,
The shooter and the person killed appeared to know each other, Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine told reporters near the scene.
“It would give some comfort to all of us downtown that this was not just a random shooting,” Prine said. | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-1-dead-9-hurt-in-alabama-shooting-near-new-years-eve-party/ | 2023-01-01 19:08:44 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/national-news/ap-national/ap-1-dead-9-hurt-in-alabama-shooting-near-new-years-eve-party/ |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a Grammy-winning sound engineer by police earlier this year was “reasonably necessary,” a Tennessee prosecutor said on Wednesday.
The decision in January’s fatal shooting of Mark Capps, 54, comes after a review of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, the autopsy and video evidence, Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk said in a statement.
A Metro Nashville Police officer killed Capps while at his home to arrest him on warrants charging him with two counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, authorities have said. His 60-year-old wife and 23-year-old stepdaughter told police he had held them in the home at gunpoint, according to police.
When officers went to the home, Capps opened the front door armed with a pistol, and Officer Kendall Coon yelled at him to show his hands, police said at the time of the shooting.
Video of the shooting appears to show the door of the home opening and an officer can be heard yelling “Show me your hands” before firing seconds later. Capps died at the scene.
Capps’ website says he is a multiplatinum Grammy award-winning engineer/mixer/producer. He won four Grammys for his work on polka albums. His website lists several other albums on which he has done mixing and engineering work. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-prosecutor-fatal-shooting-of-grammy-winner-by-police-reasonably-necessary/ | 2023-05-25 07:03:45 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/entertainment-news/ap-prosecutor-fatal-shooting-of-grammy-winner-by-police-reasonably-necessary/ |
The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship Odds & Preview: Rose Zhang
The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship in Évian-les-Bains, France at Evian Resort Golf Club from July 27-30 will feature Rose Zhang as part of the field, as the competitors take on the par-71, 6,527-yard course, with a purse of $6,500,000.00 on offer.
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Rose Zhang Insights
- Over her last 18 rounds, Zhang has finished better than par on 10 occasions, while also posting two bogey-free rounds and 14 rounds with a better-than-average score.
- She has carded a top-five score twice and a top-10 score six times in her last 18 rounds.
- Zhang has recorded a score within three shots of the day's best in five of her last 18 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day nine times.
- Zhang has finished atop the leaderboard once and has three top-10 finishes in her past five appearances.
- She has made four cuts in her past five tournaments.
- Zhang has finished with a score better than the tournament average in four of her past five appearances, including two finishes within three shots of the leader.
Over the last year
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Amundi Evian Championship Insights and Stats
- Courses on the Tour have been an average length of 7,017 yards in the past year. This week will take place on a par 71 that's 6,527 yards.
- Golfers at Evian Resort Golf Club have averaged a score of -6 per tournament, lower than the Tour-wide scoring average of -5 in the past year.
- The average course Zhang has played in the past year has been 95 yards longer than the 6,527 yards Evian Resort Golf Club will be at for this event.
- In the past year, the events she has played have had a scoring average of +1 among finishers, higher than the -6 average at this course.
Zhang's Last Time Out
- Zhang finished in the 32nd percentile on the eight par-3 holes at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, with an average of par.
- Her 4.05-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic ranked in the 45th percentile of the field (the tournament average was 4.01).
- Zhang was better than just 8% of the competitors at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic on par-5 holes, averaging 5.00 strokes per hole compared to the field average of 4.76.
- Zhang recorded a birdie or better on one of eight par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic (the tournament average was 1.9).
- On the eight par-3s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic, Zhang recorded one bogey or worse (the other competitors averaged 1.6).
- Zhang's four birdies or better on par-4s at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic were less than the tournament average of 5.4.
- In that most recent tournament, Zhang's par-4 showing (on 22 holes) included a bogey or worse five times (better than the field's average, 5.8).
- Zhang finished the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic without registering a birdie on a par-5 hole, while the field averaged 2.9 on the six par-5s.
- The field at the Greater Toledo LPGA Classic averaged 0.8 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Zhang finished without one.
Amundi Evian Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: July 27-30, 2023
- Course: Evian Resort Golf Club
- Location: Évian-les-Bains, France
- Par: 71 / 6,527 yards
- Zhang Odds to Win: +1800 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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By JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A hit-and-run driver pleaded guilty Friday in a suburban New York a suburban New York crash that killed the father of Nicki Minaj and was promised a year or less in jail, disappointing prosecutors and the hip hop star’s mother.
In state court in Long Island’s Nassau County, businessman Charles Polevich admitted leaving the scene of the February 2021 accident that fatally injured Robert Maraj as he walked along a road in Mineola.
Polevich initially got out of his car and looked at the injured man on the ground, but then drove off, didn’t call 911, garaged his car and covered it with a tarp, authorities said. Polevich pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence by concealing the car.
Maraj, 64, died at a hospital the next day.
Judge Howard Sturim said Polevich would get “no more than one year in jail,” along with community service and a suspended license. The 71-year-old is due to be sentenced Aug. 3.
The victim’s widow, Carol Maraj, told reporters she was “not happy” with the planned sentence. The widow, who is suing Polevich, said seeing him in court left her shaking at the memory of her husband fighting for his life in the hospital.
Prosecutors, who sought a one-to-three-year prison sentence, also took issue with the planned penalty.
“Given the severity of the defendant’s conduct, we disagree with the sentencing commitment from the court,” Nassau County District Attorney’s office spokesperson Brendan Brosh said in a statement.
Polevich’s lawyer, Marc Gann, called the hit-and-run “completely out of character” for his client, who hails from Long Island but has a drilling and water purification business in Guam.
“He does feel tremendous empathy for Mr. Maraj’s family and tremendous remorse for any role he played in his death,” Gann said by phone after court. He suggested that Polevich might have had a medical problem that made him not “fully aware of what he was doing,” while noting that it wasn’t a legal justification.
Messages were sent to representatives for Nicki Minaj, who called her father’s death “the most devastating loss of my life” in a post on her website last year.
The platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated rapper — known for tracks including “Anaconda,” “Starships” and “Super Bass” — was born Onika Tanya Maraj.
In interviews years ago, she described a troubled relationship with her father. But she later said he had changed.
After his death, she wrote about wishing she could pick up the phone and talk to him.
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- Post Hoc Analyses of Phase 2 Study of Crinecerfont in Adults with CAH Demonstrate Androgen Reduction Across a Broad Range of Glucocorticoid Doses
- Post Hoc Analyses of Phase 3 Study Demonstrate EFMODY® (hydrocortisone modified-release hard capsules) Reduced Androgen Levels Compared to Immediate-Release Hydrocortisone in Patients with CAH
SAN DIEGO, May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX), a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will present new analyses of Phase 2 data of the investigational drug crinecerfont in adults with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) and post hoc analyses of Phase 3 data for EFMODY® (hydrocortisone modified-release hard capsules). EFMODY is approved by the European Commission for the European Economic Area (including Northern Ireland) (EEA) and by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the treatment of adults and adolescents (12 years and older) with CAH. These new data and an additional poster showing Phase 2 data of crinecerfont in adolescents with classic CAH will be presented at ECE 2023, the 25th European Congress of Endocrinology in Istanbul, Turkey from May 13–16.
In previously reported Phase 2 study data, crinecerfont treatment for 14 days led to clinically meaningful reductions of 17–hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and androstenedione in adults with classic CAH due to 21-OHD. Post hoc analyses of these data released today assessed whether baseline hormone levels and glucocorticoid (GC) doses correlated with treatment response. A strong correlation was found between baseline level and change from baseline to Day 14 for 17OHP, ACTH, and androstenedione, with the greatest reductions from baseline observed in subjects with the highest baseline hormone level. These results indicate that adults with classic CAH who have more elevated baseline hormone levels have the potential for a greater response to treatment with crinecerfont. However, reductions in androgen levels were seen in patients regardless of their GC dose at baseline. See the abstract (Poster #274; Response to Crinecerfont Treatment in Adults with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia is Correlated with Elevated Baseline Hormone Levels, but Not Glucocorticoid Dose) for more information here.
"Androgen excess is a hallmark feature of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia. These analyses demonstrate that the effectiveness of crinecerfont in reducing androgen levels in this study correlated with baseline hormone level, irrespective of GC dose. Patients with higher baseline androgens experienced greater reductions following treatment with crinecerfont, which supports the potential of crinecerfont in providing improved androgen control across a broad range of CAH patients," said Eiry W. Roberts, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Neurocrine Biosciences. "We plan to announce top-line data from our Phase 3 CAHtalyst clinical studies of crinecerfont in children, adolescents, and adults in the fourth quarter of 2023."
Treatment of adults with crinecerfont was generally well tolerated with no related serious adverse events reported. Adverse events reported in two or more participants included headache, upper respiratory tract infection, fatigue, contusion (bruising), insomnia, nasopharyngitis, pyrexia, and nausea.
EFMODY has been shown to replicate the natural circadian rhythm of cortisol and reduce androgen levels in CAH patients. In a Phase 3 study, adults with classic CAH were randomized to continue standard therapy with immediate-release hydrocortisone or receive EFMODY modified-release hydrocortisone capsules (MRHC) at the same hydrocortisone dose equivalent. In the MRHC group, it was found that MRHC (which demonstrated similar bioavailability to immediate-release hydrocortisone) provided a greater reduction in 17-OHP standard deviation score 24-hour profile than was seen in the standard therapy group. The more physiological exposure pattern provided by MRHC means that patients previously on other GC therapy, experienced greater reduction in androgen levels at an equivalent dose of MRHC. These data will be part of an oral presentation (Oral Presentation, May 15, 2:20–2:30pm: Switching Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia to Modified-Release Hydrocortisone Capsules: Relative Bioavailability and Disease Control). See more information here.
"Findings of these new analyses of the EFMODY study provide prescribing physicians with dosing guidance for this alternative to immediate-release hydrocortisone, which reduces androgen levels at similar dose levels, while replicating cortisol diurnal rhythm in patients with CAH," Dr. Roberts added.
In the entire EFMODY development clinical trial program, the overall most common serious adverse events were acute adrenal insufficiency (4.2 percent of patients treated with EFMODY). Other common reactions in relation to EFMODY were fatigue (11.7 percent of patients), headache (7.5 percent), increased appetite (5.8 percent), dizziness (5.8 percent) and increased weight (5.8 percent).
Additional Presentation:
– Selected as one of the Top 40 Posters at ECE
(Poster #P1); Crinecerfont (NBI-74788), a Novel CRF1 Receptor Antagonist, Lowers Adrenal Androgens and Precursors in Adolescents with Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Neurocrine Biosciences is developing crinecerfont, an investigational, oral, steroid-independent, selective corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptor (CRF1) antagonist for the treatment of classic CAH due to 21-OHD. Neurocrine has completed enrollment in Phase 3 global registrational studies of crinecerfont in adults (18 years of age and older) and children and adolescents (2 to 17 years of age) with classic CAH, called the CAHtalyst™ and CAHtalyst™ Pediatric studies, respectively. As part of the CAHtalyst clinical trial program, participants who complete these trials will be able to continue to receive crinecerfont as part of an open-label extension.
Classic CAH is a rare autosomal disease caused by a genetic defect in one of the enzymes (21-OHD) involved in the production of adrenal hormones. The disorder is characterized by cortisol deficiency and often also aldosterone deficiency, elevated adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) levels, and excess production of adrenal androgens (including androstenedione). Cortisol deficiency can lead to adrenal crises, while androgen excess can lead to virilization in females, abnormalities in growth leading to short stature, early puberty, and infertility.
EFMODY was developed by Diurnal Ltd. and is a preparation of hydrocortisone that has been specifically designed to replicate the natural circadian rhythm of cortisol, when given in a twice-a-day "toothbrush" regimen, (administered last thing at night before sleep and first thing in the morning on waking), to improve androgen control and chronic fatigue in patients with cortisol deficiency. It is a multi-particulate formulation presented as a capsule and is available in doses of 5 mg and 10 mg. Neurocrine Biosciences acquired Diurnal Group plc. in November 2022.
About Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) refers to a group of genetic conditions that result in an enzyme deficiency that alters the production of adrenal hormones. Approximately 95 percent of CAH cases are caused by a mutation that leads to deficiency of the enzyme 21-hydroxylase (21-OHD). In classic CAH, severe deficiency of this enzyme leads to an inability of the adrenal glands to produce cortisol and, in approximately 75 percent of cases, aldosterone. If left untreated, classic CAH can result in salt wasting, dehydration, and even death.
There are currently no steroid-independent treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for classic CAH. Glucocorticoids, the current standard of care, are used to correct the endogenous cortisol deficiency and to try to reduce the high adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels resulting in androgen excess. However, standard glucocorticoid treatment at dosing well above the normal physiological level for androgen control has been associated with serious and significant complications of steroid excess, including metabolic abnormalities, increased cardiovascular risk, bone loss, fractures, growth impairment, muscle weakness, and increased infection risk. Androgen excess has been associated with virilization in females, abnormalities in growth leading to short stature, early puberty, and infertility.
To learn more about CAH, click here.
About Crinecerfont
Crinecerfont is an investigational, oral, steroid-independent, selective corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptor (CRF1) antagonist under evaluation for the treatment of classic CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). Antagonism of CRF1 receptors in the pituitary has been shown to decrease adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) levels, which in turn could decrease the production of adrenal androgens and potentially the symptoms associated with classic CAH. Research also suggests that lowering androgen levels may enable lower, more physiologic dosing of glucocorticoids and thus potentially reduce the complications associated with exposure to greater than normal glucocorticoid doses in patients with classic CAH.
To learn more about crinecerfont, click here.
About CAHtalyst™ Studies
Neurocrine Biosciences has completed enrollment in Phase 3 global registrational studies of crinecerfont in adults (18 years of age and older) and children and adolescents (ages 2 to 17 years of age) with classic CAH. As part of the CAHtalyst™ clinical trial program, participants who completed these trials will be able to continue to receive crinecerfont as part of an open-label extension. We plan to announce top-line data from our Phase 3 CAHtalyst clinical studies in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Treatment with crinecerfont was generally well tolerated in adolescent and adult participants with no related serious adverse events or discontinuations due to adverse events. Treatment-emergent adverse events reported in two or more participants included headache, dizziness, upper respiratory tract infection, fatigue, contusion (bruising), insomnia, nasopharyngitis, pyrexia, and nausea.
For more information about the adult CAHtalyst™ Phase 3 study, please visit cahtalyst.cahstudies.com and ClinicalTrials.gov.
For more information about the pediatric CAHtalyst™ Phase 3 study, please visit cahtalystpeds.cahstudies.com and ClinicalTrials.gov.
About EFMODY®
EFMODY is a modified-release preparation of hydrocortisone that has been specifically designed to replicate the natural circadian rhythm of cortisol when given in a twice-a-day "toothbrush" regimen (last thing at night before sleep and first thing in the morning on waking) to reduce excess androgens and chronic fatigue in patients with diseases of cortisol deficiency. In 2021, EFMODY received marketing authorization from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and from the European Commission in the European Economic Area (including Northern Ireland).
About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as a robust pipeline including multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across our core therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie)
Neurocrine and the Neurocrine logo are registered trademarks and CAHtalyst is a trademark of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. EFMODY is a registered trademark of Diurnal Ltd.
Neurocrine Biosciences Forward-Looking Statement
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the potential benefits of crinecerfont to patients and future clinical development plans as well as statements regarding the potential benefits to be derived from certain of our products. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include: our future financial and operating performance; risks and uncertainties associated with the commercialization of our products; the risk that our products and/or product candidates will not be found to be safe and/or effective or may not prove to be beneficial to patients; that development activities for our products and/or product candidates may not be completed on time or at all; risks that clinical development activities may be delayed for regulatory or other reasons, may not be successful or replicate previous and/or interim clinical trial results, or may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that regulatory submissions for our products and/or product candidates may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; risks that our products and/or product candidates may not obtain regulatory approvals; or that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding our products and/or product candidates; risks and uncertainties relating to competitive products and technological changes that may limit demand for our products; risks associated with our dependence on third parties for development and manufacturing activities related to our products and our product candidates, and our ability to manage these third parties; and other risks described in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Neurocrine Biosciences disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota rookie Joe Ryan and reliever Jovani Moran combined to pitch no-hit ball until Bobby Witt Jr. doubled with one out in the ninth inning as the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Ryan was pulled after seven innings and 106 pitches, four shy of his big league high. There has never been a no-hitter at Target Field and the Royals hadn’t come close to getting one against him.
The crowd of 19,005 booed when Twins manager Rocco Baldelli sent Moran to the mound to start the eighth.
“I’m not worried about that,” Baldelli said . “I want what’s best for this team and I want to go to the playoffs and I want to win games in the playoffs, and that’s the priority for me right now.”
Ryan tried to plead his case.
“He said, ‘Listen, I’ve thrown like 156 pitches in a game,’ which is fantastical, but I think true,” Baldelli said. “But all that said, it doesn’t really affect what goes on here and the fact that we need him to go pitch against the Guardians later on this week.”
In fact, when he was a senior at Cal State Stanislaus, Ryan did throw 142 pitches in a game against Cal Poly Pomona in 2018.
Ryan said he understood Baldelli’s rationale.
“The pitch count obviously comes into play. We’re trying to win some games and I’m throwing in five days again, too,’ Ryan said.
Moran worked a perfect eighth. He struck out Drew Waters to begin the ninth before walking pinch-hitter Hunter Dozier and MJ Melendez.
The Royals hadn’t come close to a hit until Witt lined a 1-2 fastball for a clean drive to deep left for an RBI double, setting off more boos from the fans.
“I wanted to help and be part of that no-hitter, but that’s part of the game,” Moran said. “And of course I’m going to get mad because I wanted to do my best and get that out, but it happens.”
Sebastian Rivero followed with an infield hit that drove in another run and Vinnie Pasquantino had a sacrifice fly.
The Twins’ last no-hitter was by Francisco Liriano against the White Sox on May 3, 2011 in Chicago.
Carlos Correa, Jose Miranda and Gio Urshela hit home runs as the Twins snapped a three-game skid. They remained five games behind Cleveland in the AL Central.
Ryan (11-8) struck out nine, walked two and set down his last 12 batters. He has never gone past seven innings in his career and had lost three of his previous four decisions.
The 26-year-old righty had never gone past seven innings in his career. He has a big league high of 110 pitches, done Aug. 9 at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ryan was a member of last year’s U.S. Olympic team and was traded to Twins by Rays while he was in Japan.
The Royals avoided being no-hit for the first time since 2008 when Jon Lester shut them down in Boston.
“What’s going on in the dugout is frustration,” Royals manager Mike Matheny said. “Guys realizing that it’s embarrassing when you get no-hit. Going up there fighting through their at-bats, but it’s not something you want to have them finish off.”
“So it was good to put a couple runs on, get some positive things going, and hopefully it’ll translate into more offense tomorrow.”
Kris Bubic (2-12) allowed 10 hits and five runs with six strikeouts in five innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: RF Max Kepler (right leg) was not in Tuesday’s lineup but Baldelli was hopeful he’d be available off the bench. Meanwhile, Baldelli said OF-INF Jorge Polanco and RHP Bailey Ober could potentially return this week. The manager also said OF Byron Buxton is slightly behind Polanco.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Zack Greinke (4-8) makes his 23rd start of the season on Wednesday night. He is 0-3 against Minnesota this season with a 4.20 ERA in those outings. He’s 0-6 on the road this season.
Twins: RHP Sonny Gray (7-4) will look to go 3-0 against the Royals this season when he takes the mound on Wednesday night.
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PATCHY FOG TONIGHT, QUIET & WARM START TO THE WORK WEEK
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service San Francisco CA
1035 PM PST Tue Jan 10 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Santa
Cruz and northwestern Santa Clara Counties through 1100 PM PST...
At 1034 PM PST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms between Boulder Creek and Los Gatos, moving northeast
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
San Jose, Campbell, Los Gatos, Seven Trees, Boulder Creek, Monte
Sereno, Lexington Hills and Cambrian Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Looking to replicate the deals that helped carry them to a World Series title in 2021, the Atlanta Braves added another starting pitcher, bolstered their bullpen and bulked up the outfield ahead of the trade deadline Tuesday.
After acquiring corner outfielder Robbie Grossman from the Detroit Tigers late Monday, general manager Alex Anthopoulos started the day finalizing a deal that brought right-hander Jake Odorizzi from the Houston Astros in exchange for former Atlanta closer Will Smith.
Then, barely beating the clock before the 6 p.m. EST deadline, the Braves landed Los Angels Angels closer Raisel Iglesias for reliever Jesse Chavez and pitching prospect Tucker Davidson.
The flurry of trades, which also included Monday’s less-prominent deal that brought Washington infielder Ehire Adrianza back to Atlanta to help fill in while Ozzie Albies recovers from a broken foot, was reminiscent of the moves Anthopoulos pulled off at the 2021 deadline.
The Braves can only hope they lead to the same result.
A year ago, with the outfield plagued by injuries, off-field issues and failed expectations, Anthopoulos was able to assemble a whole new unit with deadline trades for Jorge Soler, Eddie Rosario and Adam Duvall, combined with the acquisition two weeks earlier of Joc Pederson.
All four played major roles in the Braves capturing their first World Series title since 1995. Rosario was MVP of the NL Championship Series, while Soler claimed the honor in a World Series victory over the Astros.
The deal for Odorizzi cost the Braves another big part of their championship team.
Smith had 37 saves for the Braves during the 2021 regular season and a dominant postseason, tossing 11 scoreless innings with six saves over 11 appearances.
But Smith willingly gave up the ninth-inning slot when the Braves signed longtime Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen during the offseason, and the lefty faltered in a less-prominent role.
In 41 appearances, Smith was 0-1 with a 4.38 ERA and five saves, giving up 35 hits — including seven homers — and 21 walks over 37 innings for a WHIP of 1.514.
In his last four appearances with the Braves, Smith surrendered six runs in three innings. He is making $13 million in what is likely the final year of his contract, which includes a $13 million club option for 2023 with a $1 million buyout.
Despite his struggles, it was hard for manager Brian Snitker and the rest of the bullpen to see Smith go.
“He was a big part of this team,” Snitker said. “When you go through what we went through last year all together and come out on top, there’s a bond there. There’s a spot in your heart for guys like that.”
Atlanta, with the third-best record in the NL and going into Tuesday trailing the East-leading New York Mets by 3 1/2 games, was willing to give up Smith to provide another option for the rotation.
Ian Anderson has struggled and former All-Star Mike Soroka appears unlikely to contribute much this season after two major Achilles’ tendon injuries. Also, there are concerns that 13-game winner Kyle Wright, in his first full big league season, and rookie sensation Spencer Strider could tire down the stretch.
Smith was expendable with three more effective lefties — A.J. Minter, Tyler Matzek and Dylan Lee — in a bullpen that could receive a further boost from former Padres closer Kirby Yates, who is closing in on his return to the big leagues after Tommy John surgery.
It seemed the Braves were done dealing, but Anthopoulos pulled off a last-minute trade for another reliever with extensive experience as a closer.
The 32-year-old Iglesias held that role over four seasons in Cincinnati before moving to the Angels in 2021. The right-hander matched his career high with 34 saves, and added 16 more this season despite some struggles. He has a 4.04 ERA, a WHIP of 1.065 and 48 strikeouts in 35 2/3 innings.
“It came together late, with like two minutes to go,” Anthopoulos said. “We were afraid it wasn’t going to get done.”
The Braves pulled off the deal with a team mired in a dismal season, even though it meant picking up the bulk of the $58 million, four-year contract Iglesias signed before the season. He is set to make $16 million each of the next three seasons.
“It surprised me,” Iglesias said of the trade. “I wish we could be in a better place right now. Hopefully I can help the Braves win. I will prepare. It will be great being with that team and to compete.”
The 38-year-old Chavez pitched effectively for the Braves after being acquired from the Cubs in April, going 1-1 with a 2.11 ERA in 31 appearances. Now he’s moving on to his third team of the season, paired in a deal with a 26-year-old lefty whose biggest claim to fame was getting a surprise start in last year’s World Series.
Davidson lasted only two innings against the Astros, and he’s spent most of this season in Triple-A. In four appearances with the Braves, he was 1-2 with a 6.46 ERA.
The 32-year-old Odorizzi was an All-Star with Minnesota in 2019, when he had a career-best 15 wins. He went 4-3 with a 3.75 ERA in 12 starts for the Astros this season, missing extensive time with a lower left leg injury.
In his latest outing, Odorizzi surrendered two hits in seven scoreless innings against Seattle.
The Braves could use six starters on an upcoming three-city road trip that includes a pair of doubleheaders. After that, Odorizzi might become a spot starter to give everyone additional rest ahead of the postseason, or step into a regular spot if someone falters.
The 24-year-old Anderson is 9-6 with a 4.99 ERA, though he did bolster his chances of staying in the rotation by giving up only one hit over six scoreless innings against the Nationals in his last start.
Odorizzi has a $6.5 million player option for 2023 and minimum buyout of $3.25 million that could grow based on innings pitched over 2021-22.
Grossman, a switch-hitter who has been much more effective against left-handers, gives the Braves an outfielder who can platoon with the lefty-hitting Rosario and serve as a replacement for Duvall, who recently underwent season-ending wrist surgery.
“What a team they have here, and I’m lucky enough to be a part of it,” Grossman said before a game against the Phillies. “I’m just going to come in here and be me and do whatever I can to help this team win.”
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BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — After killing hundreds and displacing thousands as it barreled through Mozambique and Malawi since late last week, Cyclone Freddy is set to move away from land later on Wednesday which should bring some relief to southern African regions that have been ravaged by its torrential rain and powerful winds.
The cyclone has killed at least 225 people in Malawi’s southern region including Blantyre, the country’s financial hub, according to local authorities. Another 88,000 people are displaced. In neighboring Mozambique, officials say at least 20 people have died since the storm made landfall in the port town of Quelimane on Saturday night. Over 45,000 people are still holed up in shelters, with about 1,300 square kilometers (800 square miles) still under water, according to the EU’s Copernicus satellite system.
“There are many casualties — either wounded, missing, or dead and the numbers will only increase in the coming days,” said Guilherme Botelho, the emergency project coordinator in Blantyre for Doctors Without Borders. Malawi, which has been battling a cholera outbreak, is at risk of a resurgence of the disease, Botelho said, “especially since the vaccine coverage in Blantyre is very poor.”
The aid organization has suspended its outreach programs to protect its staff against flash floods and landslides but is supporting cyclone relief efforts at a local hospital.
Even with the cyclone soon to leave land, “the emergency will not be over for many communities as rain from upland areas continues to flood downstream areas over the coming days,” said Lucy Mwangi, the country director for Malawi at the aid organization Concern Worldwide.
A regional cyclone monitoring center on the island of Réunion projects that Freddy will move back out to sea by late Wednesday. It’s unclear whether the cyclone — now set to be the longest ever — will then dissipate or move away from land after that.
“Even rich countries that are advanced democracies would have been no match for the level of destruction this cyclone has brought,” said Kim Yi Dionne, a political scientist at the University of California Riverside. Freddy has accumulated more energy over its journey across the Indian Ocean than an entire U.S. hurricane season.
Yi Dionne said that the scale of damage is despite Malawi’s disaster agency having prepared and planned “for the challenges that come with our contemporary climate crisis.”
Scientists say climate change caused by mostly industrialized nations pumping greenhouse gases into the air has worsened cyclone activity, making them more intense and more frequent. The recently-ended La Nina that impacts weather worldwide also increased cyclone activity in the region.
African nations, who only contribute about 4% of planet-warming emissions, are “once again paying the steepest price to climate change, including their own lives,” said Lynn Chiripamberi, who leads Oxfam’s southern Africa humanitarian program.
Cyclone Freddy has been causing destruction in southern Africa since late February. It pummeled Mozambique as well as the islands of Madagascar and Réunion last month as it traversed the Indian Ocean.
“Freddy is quite an exceptional weather phenomenon,” Anne-Claire Fontan, a tropical cyclone scientific officer at the World Meteorological Organization told The Associated Press. Its longevity, distance covered, the number of times it has intensified and the amount of energy it accumulated over time has been extraordinary, she said.
She added that its second landfall in Mozambique “is explained by the presence of two competing steering influences. It is not rare.”
Freddy first developed near Australia in early February. The U.N.’s weather agency has convened an expert panel to determine whether it has broken the record for the longest-ever cyclone in recorded history, which was set by 31-day Hurricane John in 1994.
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Alexandre Nhampossa and Tom Gould contributed to this report from Maputo, Mozambique. Kabukuru reported from Mombasa, Kenya.
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By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF MARTIN
Associated Press
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A county coroner in Alabama says a giant storm system that blew through the South killed multiple people.
Autauga County Coroner Buster Barber told The Associated Press Thursday evening that “more than four” people lost their lives due to the extreme weather.
Autauga County, Alabama, is 41 miles (66 kilometers) northeast of Selma.
Officials estimate that 40 to 50 homes were damaged or destroyed by storms that cut a strip across the county, said Ernie Baggett, the county’s emergency management director. He said crews were focused Thursday evening on cutting through downed trees to look for people who may be injured.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Alabama, a city etched in the history of the civil rights movement.
In Autauga County, Alabama, which is 41 miles (66 kilometers) northeast of Selma, officials estimate that 40 to 50 homes were damaged or destroyed by storms that cut a strip across the county, said Ernie Baggett, the county’s emergency management director. He said crews were focused Thursday evening on cutting through downed trees to look for people who may be injured.
“Search and rescue is really more what’s going on right now,” Baggett said by telephone.
In Selma, brick buildings collapsed, cars were on their side and traffic poles were strewn about in the downtown area. Plumes of thick, black smoke rose over the city from a fire burning. It was not immediately known whether the storm caused the blaze.
A few blocks past the city’s famed Edmund Pettus Bridge, an enduring symbol of the voting rights movement, buildings were crumpled by the storm and trees blocked roadways.
Selma Mayor James Perkins said that no fatalities have been reported at this time, but first responders are continuing to assess the damage.
“People have been injured, but no fatalities,” Perkins said. “We have a lot of downed power lines. There is a lot of danger on the streets.”
A city curfew is being put into place, the mayor added.
The “large and extremely dangerous tornado” caused damage as it moved through the historic city, the National Weather Service said. There were confirmed reports of tree and structural damage in Selma and reports of damage in other counties, the agency said.
Nationwide, there were 33 separate tornado reports Thursday from the National Weather Service as of Thursday evening, with a handful of tornado warnings still in effect in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. However, the reports were not yet confirmed and some of them could later be classified as wind damage after assessments are done in coming days.
In Alabama, there is damage “all over Selma,” former state Sen. Hank Sanders said he has been told.
“A tornado has definitely damaged Selma. In fact, it hit our house, but not head-on. It blew out windows in the bedroom and in the living room. It is raining through the roof in the kitchen,” Sanders said.
Selma, a city of about 18,000 residents, is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of the Alabama capital city of Montgomery.
Selma was a flashpoint of the civil rights movement. Alabama state troopers viciously attacked Black people advocating for voting rights as they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965. Among those beaten by law enforcement officers was John Lewis, whose skull was fractured. He went on to a long and distinguished career as a U.S. congressman.
After the tornado passed, Krishun Moore emerged from her home to the sound of children crying and screaming. She and her mother encouraged the kids to keep screaming until they found the two of them on top of the roof of a damaged apartment. She estimated the kids were about one and four years old. Both of them are OK, she said through Facebook messenger.
Malesha McVay drove parallel to the tornado with her family. She said it got less than a mile from her home before suddenly turning.
“We stopped and we prayed. We followed it and prayed,” she said. “It was a 100% God thing that it turned right before it hit my house.”
She took video of the giant twister, which would turn black as it swept away home after home.
“It would hit a house, and black smoke would swirl up,” she said. “It was very terrifying.”
The weather service had issued a tornado emergency for several counties just north of the capital city of Montgomery as the same storm system moved eastward. “This is a life-threatening situation. Take shelter immediately,” the weather service said of the reported tornado.
There were multiple tornado warnings issued Thursday in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee as the storm system moved through the region.
More than 50,000 customers were without power in Alabama, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.
In Georgia, more than 100,000 customers were without electricity just before sunset Thursday as the storm system carved a path across a tier of counties just south of Atlanta, according to PowerOutage.us.
The storm hit in Griffin, south of Atlanta, with winds damaging a shopping area, local news outlets reported. A Hobby Lobby store partially lost its roof, and at least one car was flipped in the parking lot of a nearby Walmart.
Damage was also reported west of downtown Atlanta in Douglas County and Cobb County, with Cobb County government posting a damage report showing a crumbled cinder block wall at a warehouse in suburban Austell.
In Kentucky, the National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed that an EF-1 tornado struck Mercer County and said crews were surveying damage in a handful of other counties. There were reports of downed trees, power outages and other scattered damage from storms that moved through the state.
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Associated Press writers Alina Hartounian in Phoenix, Arizona; Jeff Amy in Atlanta; Rebecca Reynolds in Louisville, Kentucky; and photographer Butch Dill in Selma, Alabama, contributed to this report.
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CHANDLER, AZ — Daiso is set to open the doors of its first Phoenix-area location this weekend.
The variety store will open its new location at Chandler Boulevard and Dobson Road at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The first 100 customers to spend at least $30 on both Saturday and Sunday will receive a goodie bag.
The store near the 99 Ranch Market will offer some of the company's signature brand products, including holiday gifts, decor and entertaining, school supplies, kitchenware, beauty supplies, and more.
Called Japan's favorite variety store, Daiso has more than 5,500 stores worldwide, but the Chandler store is only their 90th in the U.S. The company says they anticipate opening another 25-30 stores across the country by the end of the year. | https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/chandler/daiso-to-open-first-arizona-location-in-chandler-this-weekend | 2023-03-03 11:42:39 | 0 | https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/chandler/daiso-to-open-first-arizona-location-in-chandler-this-weekend |
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Area Wide Protective ("AWP"), America's leading provider of traffic control services that support infrastructure upgrades and expansion, has entered an agreement to acquire Northwest Traffic Services, a traffic control company and traffic sign manufacturer based in Boise, Idaho.
Northwest Traffic Services joins AWP and its family of brands – including Statewide Safety Systems and Trafficade Services Companies – to deliver superior traffic control safety services and equipment coast to coast. This acquisition specifically expands AWP's national presence and capabilities into Idaho and Oregon.
"AWP is excited about the opportunity to team up with Northwest Traffic Services in bringing more value to energy, telecom, construction, transportation and special events customers throughout the Pacific Northwest," says Rob Sehnert, AWP president and CEO. "Our companies share a common safety culture and passion for delivering high-quality service and support. We look forward to pursuing shared growth opportunities in the region."
Cody South, Northwest Traffic Services owner and operator, added: "I am proud of the customer relationships our family-owned business has developed over the last nine years and look forward to joining the AWP family. This acquisition gives our team access to greater strategic resources and capabilities that we can leverage to better serve existing and new customers."
Founded in 2013, Northwest Traffic Services is a full service, 24/7 traffic control provider offering infrastructure work-zone protection, traffic control for special events, equipment rental and custom sign manufacturing.
As North America's leader in professional traffic management, Area Wide Protective Inc., (AWP) protects the public and the people who make infrastructure possible. AWP's network of brands includes Statewide Safety Systems, Trafficade Service Companies, Advantage Barricade & Roadmarks, Traffic Safety Rentals and Safety First. The company's capabilities include work zone flagging, design and engineering for transportation management plans, equipment sales, rental and 24/7 support. AWP employs 6,700 team members across 27 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces.
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CHICAGO, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Infrastructure Engineering Inc. and Affiliates (IEI), an award-winning design, construction inspection and program management consulting firm, today announced the addition of three new shareholders. "IEI's new shareholders are talented professionals that will drive long-term value creation," said Michael Sutton, IEI's Chief Executive Officer. Kashif Khan, IEI's President, commented, "I'm thrilled that IEI's new owners are seasoned engineers that have made unique contributions to the success of the firm. IEI is poised for a bright future, and I look forward to collaborating with these additional owners to ensure that IEI reaches its full potential."
IEI's additional owners are:
Ken Smorynski, PE, SE is a licensed professional engineer and structural engineer in Illinois and is a 10-year veteran of the firm with nearly 30 years of professional experience. In his current role as Vice President – Illinois, he is responsible for staff development, business development, client relations, contract management and day to day activities of design, construction engineering and inspection, and program management teams.
Aaron Patterson, PE is a registered professional engineer in Illinois and has more than 15 years of A/E/C industry experience with over a decade at IEI. As IEI's Vice President of Business Development (BD), Aaron is responsible for IEI's local and national business development strategy, working with its six offices to enhance client relationships, market growth and bottom-line performance.
Maike Rodriguez, PE has nearly 20 years of transportation experience with a 6-year tenure at IEI and is a licensed professional engineer in New York and New Jersey. As Vice President of Operations – New York and New Jersey, he oversees IEI's design, program management and construction inspection staff along with the day-to-day operations across both states.
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Infrastructure Engineering, Inc. and Affiliates (IEI) is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that focuses on the delivery of design engineering, program management, and construction engineering and inspection services. IEI cultivates diverse types of engineering projects from conception and planning through implementation. The firm's goal is to create sustainable infrastructure necessary to build and connect communities, improve quality of life, and encourage economic development. IEI is a DBE/MBE certified firm. Visit IEI's website at www.infrastructure-eng.com for more information.
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