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TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine trembling uncontrollably all the time. That is the reality for approximately 10 million Americans who suffer essential tremor (ET), a nervous system disorder that causes debilitating, uncontrollable shaking of the hands, head and voice.
Because of a remarkable new procedure at Tampa General, essential tremor patient David Sherwood can now do tasks such as prepare meals, walk his dog, garden and operate his computer — everyday acts that were impossible for him to do.
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Three takeaways from New Mexico State's road victory at UMass
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State improved to 3-5 on the season with a 23-13 victory at Massachusetts on Saturday to end a 21-game losing streak on the road.
The Aggies trailed 10-0 early and 13-10 at halftime, but as has been the case this season, the Aggies defense stiffened in the second half, keeping UMass off the scoreboard and holding UMass to 85 total yards in the second half with 27 rush yards and UMass finished the game 3 for 15 on third down.
It was a complete team performance, especially in the second half as quarterback Diego Pavia led the comeback off the bench and kicker Ethan Albertson was 3 for 3 on field goals with two makes from over 40 yards.
Here are three takeaways from NM State's victory on Saturday:
Aggies end 21-game road losing streak with comeback win at UMass
Aggies generate some explosion plays
Aggies head coach Jerry Kill compared the UMass defense to New Mexico's aggressive and blitz happy defense, and freshman quarterback Gavin Frakes struggled, completing 7 of 13 for 29 yards before Pavia entered the game in the second quarter.
With UMass focused on stopping the run (NM State averaged 3.5 yards per rush) Pavia finished the game 7 for 12 passing for 194 yards and two touchdowns and made plays down the field that the Aggies have not connected on consistently this season.
NM State averaged 15.9 yards per completion in the passing game with five pass plays over 15 yards and both Frakes and Pavia had runs over 20 yards.
Pavia connected for 30 yards to Justice Powers, who had three receptions for 81 yards with two plays over 30 yards, as well as drawing a pass interference penalty in the third quarter.
Pavia's first touchdown pass of the season was a 39-yard strike down the seam to running back Jamoni Jones and Pavia completed a must-have 88-yard drive with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Terrell Warner that extended the lead to 10 points in the fourth quarter.
"We have worked on the deep shot last week and this week," Pavia said. "If it comes down to it, I will take a 50-50 ball with our receivers every time."
The Aggies receivers won their matchups on Saturday and Pavia was able to deliver the ball for his best game of the season.
Aggies move into Top 50 in total defense
New Mexico State has played some of the worst offensive teams in the country this season, but likewise the Aggies have struggled offensively, forcing the defense to play well every week.
After holding UMass to 259 yards, the Aggies are No. 48 in total defense, allowing 360 yards per game. The Aggies are No. 17 in passing defense, allowing 182 yards per game and in five games against Group of 5 opponents this season, the Aggies are allowing just 18.2 points per game.
Ethan Albertson is back
Albertson struggled early in the season, connecting on 1 of 4 on field goals.
Kill said on Saturday that Albertson's confidence was not only low, but he was also injured.
In his first action in several weeks, Albertson was 3 for 3 on field goals on Saturday with makes from 41, 30 and 43 yards and all of them were critical.
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ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Former Ghanian President John Mahama, who has received the main opposition party’s nomination to run for president next year, said Monday that he thinks the current administration has failed citizens of the West African nation.
A day after clinching the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ticket in the party's presidential primary, Mahama accused the administration of incumbent President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of misusing public funds and mismanaging the economy.
“The current government has blatantly mismanaged the country’s economy, and we cannot allow them to hold the country’s development in reverse gear," the ex-president said during his acceptance speech in northern Ghana’s Tamale city. "Corruption and raid on the public purse have reached a crescendo,”
Results announced Sunday from the primary showed Mahama received 99% of votes cast by about 335,000 delegates to beat Kojo Bonsu, a former mayor of Kumasi. The outcome shows he still enjoys strong support within the NDC despite having left the president's office in 2017 after serving for more than four years.
Ghana’s ailing economy is expected to be a key issue in the 2024 presidential election. The current government is seeking to reassure citizens it can revive the economy.
After losing the last two presidential contests, Mahama hopes for a comeback against whoever wins the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia and Alan Kyeramaten, former trade and industry minister, are among those in the ruling party seeking to replace Akufo-Addo, who is in his second and final term. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/world/article/ghana-s-mahama-to-run-for-president-again-after-18100527.php | 2023-05-15 19:43:16 | 1 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/world/article/ghana-s-mahama-to-run-for-president-again-after-18100527.php |
WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, May 23, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
632 PM PDT Mon May 23 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Walla
Walla County through 700 PM PDT...
At 631 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Garrett, or near Walla Walla, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch 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...
Walla Walla, College Place, Dixie and Garrett.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4600 11830 4600 11847 4611 11855 4628 11822
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TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 242DEG 13KT 4607 11841
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
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DES MOINES — The words came tough through gritted teeth as he fought off the emotion of Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s season-ending loss.
But, the memories brought a smile to his face as senior guard William Kiburis reflected on his last four years and the Rebels’ season.
“You always get a little bit greedy,” William said. “You want to just keep winning and get to that next, but, in reality, only one team gets to win it all. It was not us, but there is still a lot of positives to look at from this year. We should be proud of the team.”
The Rebels managed a 23-3 record in the 2022-23 season and made their first state tournament appearance since 2017 when their four seniors were in sixth grade. According to G-R head coach Edward Scott Kiburis, the Rebels’ 68.6 point per game average set a new program scoring record and their 51.0 points allowed per game mark nearly set a defensive program record.
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“We took a step further than what we had done in the last couple years when we lost substate games that we winning in the fourth quarter,” Edward Scott said. “We were able to get to that next step.”
“We played really well all year…We had a lot of big victories this year. We played a good, tough 2A schedule. We just hung in there and played well.”
It is the kind of success a coach would hope for from a team which boasts a trio of starters in their fourth year at the varsity level and in the starting lineup. However, with a school the size of Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Kiburis said does not come that simply.
“They show up every day,” Edward Scott said. “We do not have a lot of kids at our school…if I have an open gym, they all have to be there. They work it around all there other sports. If we ever get a free moment during baseball season, they are in playing open gym. In the spring, we get out there. We do some open gym with them around their track and soccer season. They are always showing up.”
“The way they handle themselves—they listen real well. They are coachable. They are good at coaching on the floor themselves. I hope [the underclassmen] take that. This is what you have to do to be successful in high school basketball”
According to William, Wells Fargo Arena served as the right place for the senior quartet of himself, Caleb Egesdal, Luke Riffey and Luke Sienknecht to end their high school basketball careers.
“I have been playing with these guys forever,” William said. “I remember going to tournament when we were in third, fourth grade…It is pretty special to end it here.”
However, for Edward Scott and William, the trip to Des Moines also concluded a chapter in their relationship as father and son. As far back as his time leading Grand Valley High School in Parachute, Colorado to a 2A state title in the Centennial State, the two always connected through basketball.
“He has always been at my hip,” Edward Scott said. “I had some teams in Colorado that did really well and went to the state tournaments…I remember taking him on the court when we won a state championship one year.”
“But, since we have been here, he was at every practice. First he was tagging along. Then, all of the sudden, he is telling me what to do and he is in second or third grade.”
Although Edward Scott joked that William may not remember the Kiburis’s time in Colorado, William remembered tagging along to his father’s practices with a smile.
What started four years ago, with William in a cast for preseason practices his freshman year due to a broken hand, ended in the exact place both hoped it would.
“These four years with him were really special,” William said. “Always talking about who we were playing, what was the strategy, always in the gym…He has rebounded for me even when he could not walk.”
“It is going to be weird. He is not going to be my coach anymore, but these last four years have been everything I have wanted. I have just been super grateful for the opportunities. I am just happy we could end it here in Des Moines.” | https://wcfcourier.com/sports/high-school/basketball/high-school-boys-basketball-g-r-father-son-duo-senior-quartet-close-out-four-year/article_a4d16e06-cf06-5005-b08e-b459454124be.html | 2023-03-07 22:16:11 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/sports/high-school/basketball/high-school-boys-basketball-g-r-father-son-duo-senior-quartet-close-out-four-year/article_a4d16e06-cf06-5005-b08e-b459454124be.html |
A Paradigm Shift Towards Reuse and Refill Policies as a Solution to Plastic Pollution
NEW YORK, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Non-profit organization Upstream notes a vital opportunity for the reuse movement at the second session of the UN's Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2), taking place from May 29 to June 2 in Paris. This significant event, committed to forging a comprehensive international treaty to curb plastic pollution, provides a platform for Upstream and their partners to underline the critical necessity of embedding key reuse strategies within the global policy framework.
Upstream's Chief Strategy Officer & Interim CEO, Dr. Priscilla Johnson, will be speaking at a workshop on the sidelines of the conference, organized by the US Dept of State and USDA, titled Galvanizing Global Action on Plastic Pollution.
The primary messages Upstream would like to relay to Treaty negotiators include:
- Emphasizing that all single-use materials are problematic. We must replace single-use with reuse to avoid the worst impacts of extraction, manufacture, and disposal of Earth's limited resources.
- Ensure a legally binding treaty (rather than voluntary measures): Standing strong with the #BreakFreeFromPlastic movement, Upstream supports the introduction of legally binding, time-bound, ambitious targets to implement and scale reuse and refill.
- Endorsing green job creation through reuse: The paradigm shift to a New Reuse Economy will generate numerous job opportunities within local and regional supply chains, promoting sustainable livelihoods and social equity.
Upstream raises a cautionary note against the potential pitfalls of single-use substitutes, discouraging the adoption of "regrettable substitutes" that merely transition from single-use plastic to other single-use packaging or products. They instead promote the vast benefits of the new reuse economy, emphasizing the creation of shared infrastructure, and underscoring the importance of collaboration among companies to achieve collective reuse goals.
"The incorporation of reuse strategies in this treaty is absolutely essential. It's our shot at a sweeping, global transformation in waste management, carrying profound implications for our planet's future," emphasizes Dr. Johnson.
For more information on Upstream's participation at side talks in Paris during INC-2 and their ongoing efforts in the reuse movement, visit upstreamsolutions.org/blog/inc-2.
About Upstream
Upstream is a US-based non-profit sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution by helping people, businesses and communities shift from single-use to reuse. The organization's third annual Reuse Awards (The Reusies), will take place on June 7, 2023. Learn more at www.upstreamsolutions.org.
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“Survivor” winner makes history, will donate $1 million prize to veterans
(WYMT/CBS) - When Mike Gabler, a heart valve specialist from Texas won season 43 of the CBS show “Survivor” Wednesday night, he did something no one else has ever done before.
“There are people who need the money more,” said Gabler in the post show wrap up segment. “I’m going to donate the entire prize, the million dollars, in my father’s name, Robert Gabler, who was a Green Beret. To veterans in need who came back with trauma, psychiatric problems, PTSD and to curb the suicide epidemic. We’re going to save lives, do something good.”
His fellow castmates were shocked when he announced the historic news, but were all supportive.
Gabler is the second older winner in the show’s history.
“Survivor” season 44 will debut on March 1st at 8 p.m. right here on WYMT.
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OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens, a Black mother of four, Sheriff Billy Woods said in a statement.
Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge the white woman who fired through her front her door and killed a Black neighbor in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.
Woods said that this was not a stand your ground case but “simply a killing.”
When interviewed, Lorincz claimed that she acted in self-defense and that Owens had been trying to break down her door prior to her discharging her firearm. Lorincz also claimed that Owens had come after her in the past and had previously attacked her. Through their investigation – including obtaining the statements of eyewitnesses – detectives were able to establish that Lorincz’s actions were not justifiable under Florida law, a statement from the sheriff’s office said.
About three dozen mostly Black protesters gathered outside the Marion County Judicial Center to demand that the shooter be arrested in the country’s latest flashpoint over race and gun violence. The chief prosecutor, State Attorney William Gladson, met with the protesters and urged patience while the investigation continues.
“If we are going to make a case we need as much time and as much evidence as possible,” Gladson said. “I don’t want to compromise any criminal investigation and I’m not going to do that.”
Owens, 35, was killed in the Friday night shooting, Woods said. The women lived in the rolling hills south of Ocala, a north Florida city that is the heart of the state’s horse country.
Woods had said Monday that detectives were working with the State Attorney’s Office and must investigate possible self-defense claims before they can move forward with any possible criminal charges. The sheriff pointed out that because of the stand your ground law he can’t legally make an arrest unless he can prove the shooter did not act in self-defense.
On Tuesday, a stuffed teddy bear and bouquets marked the area near where Owens was shot. Nearby, children were riding bikes and scooters, and playing basketball. Protesters chanted “No justice, no peace” and “A.J. A.J. A.J” using Owens’ nickname. They carried signs saying: “Say her name Ajike Owens” and “It’s about us.”
Outside, the Rev. Bernard Tuggerson said the Black community in Ocala has suffered injustices for years. “Marion County is suffering and needs to be healed completely,” he said. “If we don’t turn from our wicked ways of the world, it’s going to be an ongoing problem. We want answers.”
The sheriff said Owens was shot moments after going to Lorincz’s apartment, who had yelled at Owens’ children as they played in a nearby lot. He also said Lorincz had thrown a pair of skates that hit one of the children.
Deputies responding to a trespassing call at the apartment Friday night found Owens suffering from gunshot wounds. She later died at a hospital.
Before the confrontation, Lorincz had been yelling racial slurs at the children, according to a statement from civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Owens’ family. He also represented Trayvon Martin’s family in 2012, when the Black teenager was killed in a case that drew worldwide attention to the state’s stand your ground law.
The sheriff’s office hasn’t confirmed there were slurs uttered or said whether race was a factor in the shooting.
Lauren Smith, 40, lives across the street from where the shooting happened. She was on her porch that day and saw one of Owens’ young sons pacing, and yelling, “They shot my mama, they shot my mama.”
She ran toward the house, and started chest compressions until a rescue crew arrived. She said there wasn’t an altercation and that Owens didn’t have a weapon.
“She was angry all the time that the children were playing out there,” Smith said. “She would say nasty things to them. Just nasty.” Smith, who is white, described the neighborhood is family friendly.
The sheriff said that since January 2021, deputies responded at least a half-dozen calls in connection with what police described as feuding between Owens and Lorincz.
“There was a lot of aggressiveness from both of them, back and forth,” the sheriff said Lorincz told investigators. “Whether it be banging on the doors, banging on the walls and threats being made. And then at that moment is when Ms. Owens was shot through the door.”
“I’m absolutely heartbroken,” Angela Ferrell-Zabala, executive director of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, told The Associated Press. She described the fatal shooting as “so senseless.”
“We’ve seen this again and again across this country,” she said, adding that “it’s really because of lax gun laws and a culture of shoot first.”
Ferrell-Zabala said stand your ground cases, which she refers to as “shoot first laws,” are deemed justifiable five times more frequently when a white shooter kills a Black victim.
In 2017, Florida lawmakers updated the state’s self-defense statute to shift the burden of proof from a person claiming self-defense to prosecutors. That means authorities have to rule out self-defense before bringing charges. Before the change in law, prosecutors could charge someone with a shooting, and then defense attorneys would have to present an affirmative defense for why their client shouldn’t be convicted.
In fact, stand your ground and “castle doctrine” cases — which allow residents to defend themselves either by law or court precedent when threatened — have sparked outrage amid a spate of shootings across the country.
In April, 84-year-old Andrew Lester, a white man, shot and injured 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who rang his doorbell in Kansas City after mistakenly showing up at the wrong house to pick up his younger siblings. Lester faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action; at trial, he may argue that he thought someone was trying to break into his house, as he told police.
Missouri and Florida are among about 30 states that have stand your ground laws.
The most well-known examples of the stand your ground argument came up in the trial of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman, who had a white father and Hispanic mother, told police that Martin attacked him, forcing him to use his gun in self-defense. He was allowed to go free, but was arrested about six weeks later after Martin’s parents questioned his version of events and then-Gov. Rick Scott appointed a special prosecutor.
Before trial, Zimmerman’s attorneys chose not to pursue a stand your ground claim, which could have resulted in the dismissal of murder changes as well as immunity from prosecution. But during the trial, the law was essentially used as part of his self-defense argument. Jurors found him not guilty.
At a vigil Monday, Owens’ mother, Pamela Dias, said that she was seeking justice for her daughter and her grandchildren.
“My daughter, my grandchildren’s mother, was shot and killed with her 9-year-old son standing next to her,” Dias said. “She had no weapon. She posed no imminent threat to anyone.”
Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale contributed to this report. | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/white-woman-who-allegedly-fatally-shot-black-neighbor-in-florida-is-arrested/ | 2023-06-07 09:49:40 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/white-woman-who-allegedly-fatally-shot-black-neighbor-in-florida-is-arrested/ |
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ three-hour surgery Wednesday raised a question about what happens to papal power when a pope is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated and cannot lead the Catholic Church.
The answer: nothing.
While many countries regulate the transfer of power when a head of state becomes incapacitated, and the Vatican has governance norms when a pope resigns or dies, none of those regulations apply to a sick, unconscious or hospitalized pope.
In other words, Pope Francis was still pope, fully in charge of running the Vatican and the 1.3-billion strong Catholic Church, even while under general anesthesia and undergoing surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. The Vatican said there were no complications and that he was expected to be hospitalized for several days.
No, the Vatican camerlengo, or chaimberlan, didn’t take over. No, the Vatican No. 2 didn’t step in.
“A brief period of impediment doesn’t create any problems,” said Geraldina Boni, professor of canon law at the University of Bologna and a consultant for the Vatican’s legal office. “The curial machine proceeds normally with ordinary administration.”
To wit: the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, was out and about on Wednesday, presiding over the inauguration of an information center for pilgrims coming to Rome for the 2025 Jubilee. Shortly after Francis was admitted to the hospital, the Vatican’s daily noon bulletin came out with Francis’ new bishop appointments.
“The pope continues to act, even from the hospital,” said the Rev. Filippo Di Giacomo, a canonical expert and commentator. “Even when he’s facing painful moments like this, his power acts in the people who received vicarious power from him.”
Canon law does have provisions for when a bishop gets sick and can’t run his diocese, but none for a pope. Canon 412 says a diocese can be declared “impeded” if its bishop — due to “captivity, banishment, exile, or incapacity” — cannot fulfill his pastoral functions. In such cases, the day-to-day running of the diocese shifts to an auxiliary bishop, a vicar general or someone else.
Even though Francis is the bishop of Rome, no explicit provision exists for the pope if he similarly becomes “impeded.” Canon 335 declares simply that when the Holy See is “vacant or entirely impeded,” nothing can be altered in the governance of the church. But it doesn’t say what it means for the Holy See to be “entirely impeded” or what provisions might come into play if it ever were.
Recently, a team of canon lawyers set out to propose norms to fill that legislative gap. They created a canonical crowd-sourcing initiative in 2021 to craft a new church law regulating the office of a retired pope as well as norms to apply when a pope is unable to govern, either temporarily or permanently.
“If the condition of a totally incapacitated pope goes on for months or even years, it’s clear that this creates great harm for the church and the good of its souls,” said Boni, who is one of the initiative’s organizers. “We need norms that identify the people or organisms to deal with the problems that cannot be put off long-term.”
The eight-page set of proposed norms explains that with medical advancements, it’s entirely likely that at some point a pope will be alive but unable to govern. It argues that the church must provide for the declaration of an “totally impeded see” and the transfer of power for the sake of its own unity.
Under the proposed norms, the governance of the universal church would pass to the College of Cardinals. In the case of a temporary impediment, they would name a commission to govern, with periodical medical checks every six months to determine the status of the pope.
“If, with all the possible guarantees and procedures defined, it is verified that the Roman See is impeded by a certain, permanent and incurable incapacity of a pope, it’s necessary to proceed toward the election of his successor,” Boni said in an email.
There is no indication Francis is moving on the proposals, which seek to fill the legislative loophole that the 25th Amendment filled in the U.S. — to oversee the transfer of power in case a president dies or becomes incapacitated.
Francis recently revealed, however, that he had already penned a letter of resignation if he were to become incapacitated for a medical reason. In a December interview with Spanish newspaper ABC, Francis said he had given the letter to the then-secretary of state early on in his papacy, but didn’t know what became of it.
For now, unless his letter fulfills the legal requirements, papal power would only change hands if he dies or resigns. At that time a whole series of rites and rituals comes into play governing the “interregnum” — the period between the end of one pontificate and the election of a new pope.
During that period, known as the “sede vacante,” or “empty See,” the camerlengo, or chamberlain, runs the administration and finances of the Holy See. The position is currently held by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the head of the Vatican’s laity office. But he has no role or duties if the pope is merely sick or otherwise incapacitated.
In 1965, Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the dean of the College of Cardinals hypothesizing that if he were to become seriously ill, the dean and other cardinals should accept his resignation.
In one letter, published in 2018, Paul cited an infirmity “which is presumed incurable or of long duration and which prevents us from sufficiently exercising the functions of our apostolic ministry.”
The letter was never invoked, since Paul lived another 13 years and died on the job.
But experts say Paul’s letter was unlikely to have ever been used since current canon law requires a papal resignation be “freely and properly manifested” — as was the case when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in 2013.
Boni noted the faults in Paul’s letter and said she hoped Francis’s own set of instructions took them into account.
“I only hope Francis sought collaboration from expert canonists,” she said. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/whos-in-charge-when-a-pope-is-unconscious/ | 2023-06-08 13:23:07 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/whos-in-charge-when-a-pope-is-unconscious/ |
CANAZEI, Italy (AP) — Rescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers.
Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still missing, but the province of Trento on Tuesday reduced the number of people unaccounted-for to five, after eight others checked in with authorities.
Rain hampered the search Monday, but sunny weather on Tuesday allowed helicopters to bring more rescue teams up to the site on the Marmolada glacier, east of Bolzano in the Dolomite mountains, even as hopes dimmed of finding anyone alive.
A huge chunk of the glacier cleaved off Sunday, sparking an avalanche that sent torrents of ice, rock and debris plowing down the mountainside onto unsuspecting hikers below. At least seven people were killed, officials said.
“We have to be clear, finding someone alive with this type of event is a very remote possibility, very remote, because the mechanical action of this type of avalanche has a very big impact on people,” said Alex Barattin of the Alpine Rescue Service.
Nicola Casagli, a geologist and avalanche expert at Florence University, said the impact of the glacier collapse on the hikers was greater than a mere snow avalanche and would have taken them completely by surprise.
“These types of events, which are ice and debris avalanches, are impulsive, rapid, unpredictable phenomena, reaching very high speeds and involving large masses,” he said. “And there is no chance of getting to safety or perceiving the problem in advance, because by the time you perceive it, you’ve already been hit.”
Associated Press photos, taken during a helicopter survey of the site, showed a gaping hole in the glacier as if carved out of the blue-gray ice by a giant ice cream scooper.
The terrain was still so unstable that rescue crews were staying off to the side and using drones to try to find any survivors or signs of life while helicopters searched overhead, some using equipment to detect cellular pings. Two rescuers remained on site overnight, and were joined by more rescuers Tuesday morning.
Maurizio Dellantonio, national president of the Alpine Rescue Service, said teams had found body parts, hiking equipment and clothing on the surface of the debris, evidence of the avalanche’s powerful impact on the hikers.
“We have recovered so many fragments over the last two days. They are very painful for those who pick them up. and then for those who have to analyze them,” he said. “Personally I can only think that what we found on the surface will be the same that we will find underneath, when the ice will melt or by digging, if there is a chance.”
Officials closed all access routes and chair lifts to the glacier for hikers, fearing continued instability and the potential that more chunks of ice might detach.
Premier Mario Draghi, who visited the rescue base in Canazei on Monday, acknowledged avalanches are unpredictable but that the tragedy “certainly depends on the deterioration of the climate situation.”
Italy is in the midst of an early summer heatwave, coupled with the worst drought in northern Italy in 70 years. Experts say there was unusually little snowfall during the winter, exposing the glaciers of the Italian Alps more to the summer heat and melt.
“We are thus in the worst conditions for a detachment of this kind, when there’s so much heat and so much water running at the base,” said Renato Colucci from the Institute of Polar Sciences of the state-run Council for National Research, or CNR. “We aren’t yet able to understand if it was a deep or superficial detachment, but the size of it seems very big, judging from the preliminary images and information received.”
The CNR has estimated that the Marmolada glacier could disappear entirely in the next 25-30 years if current climatic trends continue, given that it lost 30% of its volume and 22% of its area from 2004-2015.
Casagli said what happened on the Marmolada was unusual, but said such destructive avalanches will become more frequent as global temperatures rise.
“The fact that it happened in a scorching summer with abnormal temperatures must be a wake-up call to understand that these phenomena, while rare, are possible,” he told reporters. “If we don’t take decisive measures to counter the effects of climate change, they will become more and more frequent.”
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How to Watch the Braves vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for June 14
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- Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Braves Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Braves are third in MLB action with 109 home runs. They average 1.7 per game.
- Atlanta's .466 slugging percentage is second-best in baseball.
- The Braves' .263 batting average is fourth-best in the majors.
- Atlanta is the sixth-highest scoring team in MLB action, averaging 5.1 runs per game (339 total).
- The Braves are third in MLB with an on-base percentage of .333.
- The Braves strike out 8.5 times per game, the No. 11 mark in the majors.
- The pitching staff for Atlanta has a collective 9.5 K/9, the third-best in MLB.
- Atlanta has a 3.80 team ERA that ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Braves have the 14th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.278).
Braves Probable Starting Pitcher
- Spencer Strider (6-2 with a 3.91 ERA and 121 strikeouts in 73 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Braves, his 14th of the season.
- In his most recent time out on Thursday against the New York Mets, the righty threw four innings, giving up eight earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- Strider has collected seven quality starts this season.
- Strider enters the matchup with 12 outings of five or more innings pitched this year.
- In three of his appearances this season he did not surrender an earned run.
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Goodman Draws Upon Over 25 Years of Successful Leadership in Some of the Most Impactful Brands in Financial Services and Technology Industries; Will Oversee Global Growth Amidst Increased Market Demand
NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smarsh, the global leader in digital communications compliance and intelligence, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Kim Crawford Goodman as the company's new chief executive officer. Goodman, a recognized financial services and technology industry leader with more than 25 years of experience, will succeed Brian Cramer and lead the company into its next stage of global growth. Cramer will join the Smarsh board of directors.
Prior to joining Smarsh, Goodman was Head of Payments and Risk Solutions at Fortune 500 company Fiserv, Inc. Previously, Goodman was Chief Executive Officer of Worldpay US, and president of Global Business Travel and Merchant Services Americas for American Express. She has also held executive leadership roles at Dell Inc. and began her career in management consulting with Bain & Company, where she ascended to the role of partner. Goodman is a member of the Board of Directors of Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) and has served on the boards of Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., and National Life Insurance Company.
"With the unprecedented demand for our cloud-native, AI-enabled solutions and our team's strong execution, we are confident that Smarsh is well-positioned for its increased global growth and look forward to drawing upon Kim's proven track record of success with top brands in financial services and technology," said Steve Marsh, Founder and Chairman of Smarsh.
Goodman is a graduate of Stanford University with a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker Scholar. Goodman was previously named one of the Most Powerful Black Executives in America by FORTUNE® magazine. In 2019, she was honored for her leadership by Finovate as Executive of the Year and was recognized among the Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology by the Financial Technology Report.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to lead the Smarsh team," said Goodman. "Smarsh has created the category of communications intelligence – leveraging Artificial Intelligence to surface risk and business insights in your data – and there is a growing global demand for it. Organizations face a volatile regulatory landscape and the real challenges of supervising work from home as employees use many more digital channels," said Goodman. "The Smarsh team has shown extraordinary vision and leadership in helping protect many of the largest global financial firms and government agencies from regulatory and reputational risk."
Goodman's arrival comes on the heels of two major acquisitions in 2022, and the company's positioning as a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA) for the seventh consecutive year1. In February, Smarsh announced the acquisition of the Digital Safe product line from Micro Focus; in May, Smarsh announced the acquisition of TeleMessage, a global leader in mobile messaging and voice capture and archiving across new channels like WhatsApp, WeChat, Signal and Telegram.
Cramer joined Smarsh in 2016 and served as CEO from 2018-2022. "On behalf of the board, I want to thank Brian Cramer for his innumerable contributions and dedicated years of service to the company," said Marsh. "Brian has led Smarsh through critical product and business transformations along with multiple acquisitions —including Actiance, Digital Reasoning, Entreda, Privva, Digital Safe and TeleMessage— and the company is the leading SaaS platform for global digital communications compliance."
The announcement of the new CEO coincides with SmarshCONNECT, the premier event for the broad range of Smarsh customers, which includes a keynote from Gen. David Petraeus, a retired military commander and former director of the CIA, along with Peter Wannemacher, a principal analyst at Forrester, and Gary Sorrentino, the Co-CIO of Zoom. Attendees will learn about the latest Smarsh technology and product advancements to address the remote supervision challenges that have resulted from the rapid expansion of new communications and collaboration tools.
1 Gartner, "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving", Michael Hoeck, Jeff Vogel, and Chandra Mukhyala, January 24, 2022.
About Smarsh:
Smarsh enables companies to transform oversight into foresight by surfacing business-critical signals in more than 80 digital communications channels. Regulated organizations of all sizes rely upon the Smarsh portfolio of cloud-native digital communications capture, retention, and oversight solutions to help them identify regulatory and reputational risks within their communications data before those risks become fines or headlines.
Smarsh serves a global client base spanning the top banks in North America, Europe, and Asia, along with leading brokerage firms, insurers, and registered investment advisors and U.S. state and local government agencies. To discover more about the future of communications capture, archiving and oversight, visit www.smarsh.com.
Media contact: Victoria Lewis, victoria.lewis@walkersands.com
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SAN ANTONIO — About a dozen shootings have shaken San Antonio over the last week, resulting in several deaths, injuries and close calls.
On Friday night, dozens of community members responded with a "No More Violence Peace March" held on the east side.
Pastor Darrell Boyce, with True Holiness Pentecostal Church, led the rally. He's no stranger to violence; his teen son was shot to death last year.
“We have children in our community who are dying,” Boyce said. “The bible says, ‘If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will heal their land.’ Our land needs healing.”
A few dozen people gathered at the corner of Houston Street and Walters Street, holding hands in prayer before marching north to True Holiness Church. Participants carried signs that read "Bibles not Bullets" and "No More Silence, End Gun Violence."
As the group marched, many sang hymns.
"In my neighborhood, I’m gonna let it shine. Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine."
Boyce says he recently eulogized the funerals of two children killed in acts of gun violence.
“Those six blocks [we marched] symbolize the six victims," the pastor said. "Those six children who lost their lives over the last seven days."
Before the evening rally, Boyce told KENS 5 the city must come together—not only figuratively, but literally.
"Many people in our community are afraid to come out of our doors anymore. One of the things we have to do is we have to be proactive," he said, adding that city officials must be held accountable and change demanded.
The city, Boyce says, spends money on expendable initiatives and attraction when other parts of the community are suffering. Some of what he suggested San Antonio leaders have taken action on, like workforce training, but he says he'd like to see more funds going to after-school programs so San Antonio's youth grow up in safe, empowering environments.
"That was one of the things in the early-'90s that changed the trend of gangs shooting up communities," he said. "We had churches that were receiving mini-grants to open up the churches for after school programs, for summer programs."
As for what can be done in the short term, Boyce encourages neighbors to link arms and watch out for each other. If someone is struggling, show them a better way, the pastor suggests.
“You have resources in your community that are here to help you out,” said Boyce. “Join a church, talk to your neighbors. San Antonio has violence interrupters, so take your problems to those interrupters. Think things through before you let violence get the best of you.”
Boyce says he believes peace is possible. But it's going to take a village.
“It’s time for us to stand up in our community and say, ‘Look, we are not taking this anymore.'"
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NEW ORLEANS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Sharps Compliance Corp. (NasdaqCM: SMED) to an affiliate of Aurora Capital Partners. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Sharps will receive only $8.75 in cash for each share of Sharps that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqcm-smed/ to learn more.
Please note that the merger is structured as a tender offer, such that time may be of the essence.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
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Early voting began with a trickle on Friday in key congressional races across Virginia, but the torrent is coming as voters focus on elections on Nov. 8 that will determine majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Local election officials already have mailed thousands of absentee ballots to voters in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads districts featuring nationally watched races, as well as potentially less competitive elections in the Richmond area.
Oct. 17 is the deadline to register online or to postmark registration sent through the mail. Starting this year the deadline to register in person is election day.
More than 1.19 million Virginians voted early in the 2021 general elections for statewide offices and the House of Delegates, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.
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Negative television ads, many of them financed by outside political organizations, already are being aired in the 7th District, where Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, faces Prince William County Supervisor Yesli Vega, and in the 2nd District, where state Sen. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia Beach, hopes to unseat Rep. Elaine Luria, D-2nd.
Those largely suburban districts represent “the kind of place where elections are going to be won and lost across the country,” said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, the heart of the newly drawn 7th.
With fall weather making its first appearance in Virginia, Spanberger and Vega are launching early voting pushes on Saturday.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., will join the two-term Democratic congresswoman for a rally in Prince William County — which has the largest number of voters in the new district — on Saturday afternoon, following earlier Spanberger rallies in Spotsylvania and Stafford counties.
Vega plans an early voting rally on Saturday morning in Triangle in eastern Prince William.
Prince William, the second most populous locality in Virginia, is divided between the 7th District and the 10th District, where Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-10th, is running for a third term against Republican challenger Hung Cao.
Three early voting centers opened on Friday in Prince William — one in Woodbridge, in the 7th; and in Manassas and Haymarket, both in the 10th. The county plans to open two more two weeks before the election.
Initial turnout was light, Prince William Registrar Eric Olsen said. “I would describe it as a steady trickle today.”
However, Olsen said the county already has mailed more than 16,000 absentee ballots to voters. Similarly, Virginia Beach, the largest locality in the 2nd District, has mailed about 17,000 absentee ballots to voters, Director of Elections Christine Lewis said Friday, “It was a huge push for us.”
A little more than 200 people had voted in Virginia Beach by midday on Friday, similar to the numbers seen in Henrico and Chesterfield counties, both of which are divided between the 1st and 4th congressional districts.
In the 1st, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, is a 15-year incumbent running in a district redrawn to include the Richmond suburbs — including western Henrico County, western Chesterfield County, New Kent County and most of Hanover County — instead of the Fredericksburg area.
He faces Democrat Herb Jones, a former New Kent treasurer, and Independent David Foster.
In the 4th, Rep. Donald McEachin, D-4th, faces a rematch with Republican challenger Leon Benjamin, who lost their first matchup in 2020 by about 92,000 votes.
The other congressional race affecting the Richmond area is in the new 5th District, which includes part of Hanover, as well as Goochland and Powhatan counties. Rep. Bob Good, R-5th, faces Democratic challenger Josh Throneburg in the sprawling district.
The election ballots in both Henrico and Chesterfield also include bond referendums to pay for capital projects.
Henrico proposes to issue a total of $511.3 million subject to voter approval on four separate ballot questions to pay for new public safety, school, flood prevention, and parks and recreation projects. Chesterfield proposes to issue $540 million in bonds for schools, libraries, public safety, and parks and recreation projects combined under one referendum.
Chesterfield also will hold a special election to fill the unexpired term of former Midlothian District Supervisor Leslie Haley, who resigned to join the Virginia attorney general’s office. Tara Carroll will serve as interim supervisor until voters choose between Democrat Mark Miller and Republican Jennifer McNich, who defeated Carroll in the Republican primary.
Henrico already has mailed 13,845 absentee ballots to voters, and Chesterfield has mailed about 13,6000.
“Nothing too extravagant but enough to keep us busy,” newly appointed Chesterfield Registrar Missy Vera said Friday.
Farnsworth, at Mary Washington, said changes in Virginia law have made it easier for people to vote earlier than ever before, but suggested that initial turnout is light because voters are still getting used to the new rules and just beginning to focus on the elections.
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ATLANTA, May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber security threats are on the rise, but managed IT services make small business owners highly confident they can navigate these risks, according to a new survey commissioned by Cox Business.
"The reality is small businesses are the biggest target for cyber security bad actors," said Jeff Breaux, executive vice president, Cox Business "It is far less expensive to protect against threats than to react after the fact."
- Cyber security is a top motivator for businesses investing in managed IT. Forty-two percent of business owners prefer to outsource. Forty-two percent of respondents also dread device viruses, 38% worry about back-up and disaster recovery and 35% fear phishing attacks.
- Forty-two percent invest in managed IT services for their business. Of that group, 71% will invest more this year than they did in 2022.
- Cloud services is the most beneficial managed IT offering, beyond cyber security according to business owners. Of those using cloud services today (desktop as a service, migration, monitoring or infrastructure as a service), 84% feel more confident in their company's network and 86% more confident in data storage.
- The sample of 500 US-based small business owners showed 74% of those with managed IT services feel "confident" or "extremely confident" in their company's ability to navigate cyber security because of that support.
"Managed IT solutions are gaining traction among small businesses as they experience the value of cost and time savings first-hand, yet there are still educational opportunities to dispel common misconceptions," Breaux continued. "Some business owners pushing off managed IT solutions believe their business is too small or the investment is too costly. Even putting cyber security risks aside, with the right partner, managed IT solutions help small businesses unlock ways to improve operational efficiency, clearing the path to accelerate scale and growth."
Go Deeper: Respondents to the online survey included more than 500 small business owners across the US. For more key findings from the Cox Small Business Pulse on Managed IT Services, visit SMBPulse.pdf (coxblue.com).
Why it Matters: Part of Cox's portfolio includes Rapidscale, a platform that simplifies IT. We help lean IT teams manage the technology that is vital to running day-to-day operations so they can stay focused on driving growth. We deliver it as-a-Service, with flexible management options, making technology accessible through our industry-leading management portal, putting the power to scale at their fingertips.
About the 2023 Cox Small Business Pulse on Managed IT Services
Cox Business commissioned a blind survey of American small business owners in April 2023 to uncover small business awareness and understanding of managed IT services, understand current and future investment in managed IT services among small businesses, uncover ways in which managed IT is moving the needle for small businesses and where it is not, identify what small businesses see as the next frontier in transformative business technology.
About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through technology. The largest private broadband company in America, we proudly serve nearly seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. We're dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that make each one unique. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox.
The commercial services division of Cox Communications, Cox Business, provides fiber-based network and managed and cloud solutions that support applications and create connected environments for more than 370,000 businesses nationwide, including health care providers, K−12 and higher education, financial institutions and government organizations. We also serve most of the top-tier wireless and wireline telecom carriers in the U.S. through our wholesale division. For more information, visit www.coxbusiness.com.
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MISGAV, Israel, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biond Biologics Ltd., a private, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel immunotherapies for cancer and a platform enabling the intracellular delivery of biologics, announced today that the company will be presenting a joint poster with Sanofi at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 Annual Meeting taking place in Chicago, Illinois, June 3-7, 2022. The poster presents pre-clinical translational data including potential patient enrichment biomarkers for SAR444881 (BND-22).
The poster will be presented at:
Developmental Therapeutics—Immunotherapy
Date and Time: 06/05/2022, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Abstract Title: Evaluation of pharmacodynamic and patient enrichment biomarkers for SAR444881, a first-in-class anti-ILT2 monoclonal antibody for cancer immunotherapy.
Abstract ID: 2571
About SAR444881 (BND-22),
Leukocyte Ig-like receptor B1 (LILRB1), also known as immunoglobulin-like transcript 2 (ILT2), is an inhibitory receptor expressed on various immune cells. ILT2 was shown to bind to classical and nonclassical MHC class I molecules and with the highest affinity to HLA-G. Inhibition of ILT2 signaling axis results in impairment of immune cell proliferation, differentiation, phagocytosis, cytotoxicity and cytokine secretion and may therefor serve as a novel target for anti-cancer immunotherapy. SAR444881 (BND-22) is a novel humanized IgG4 monoclonal antagonist antibody that selectively binds to ILT2, blocking its interaction with MHC I molecules, thus preventing the inhibition of ILT2 signaling.
"We previously demonstrated that SAR444881 has robust macrophage and lymphocyte-driven anti-tumor activity in in vitro and in vivo models. The poster presents a joint effort of Biond and Sanofi to explore the pharmacodynamic effect of ILT2 antagonism as well as to inform on combinatorial and patient enrichment strategies for SAR444881 clinical development", said Ilana Mandel, Ph.D., VP R&D at Biond Biologics.
About Biond Biologics
Biond Biologics is a clinical stage company focused on developing innovative therapies for novel oncology targets by uncovering immunoregulatory pathways and by enabling the intracellular delivery of biologics. Biond aims to translate high quality science and out-of-the-box disruptive thinking into transformational drugs for diseases with high unmet needs. The company's vision is to deliver innovative medicines to patients while fostering synergistic long-term collaborations with leading biopharmaceutical companies.
Biond's programs include, BND-67, a novel agent developed for attenuating CD28 shedding, overcoming PD-1 blockade resistance; an immune evasion mechanism discovered by Biond's scientists. The company is also developing BND-35 – an ILT3 blocking antibody, that targets suppressive myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment. Biond partnered with Sanofi for BND-22, a multi-cell checkpoint inhibitor targeting ILT2.
In addition to its pipeline of immunotherapy agents, Biond is developing INspire – an innovative technological platform that enables the intracellular delivery of protein therapeutics, such as antibodies, proteins or enzymes, into cells.
Company contact:
Tal Sines
Business Development Director
Biond Biologics Ltd.
+972-53 952 0493
tal.sines@bionbio.com
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Establishment of an eighth Colorcon film coating facility meets the expanding needs of the pharmaceutical and nutritional sectors in Southeast Asia
HARLEYSVILLE, Pa., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Colorcon, Inc. is proud to formally announce its investment in a new manufacturing plant in Johor State, Malaysia for its film coating products. Construction will begin in August 2023, with completion expected by July 2025. This best-in class facility will be the eighth in Colorcon's global network; and will produce high quality and innovative film coating products for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical manufacturers located in Southeast Asia region, including Australia and New Zealand.
According to CPHI's 2022 Global Survey, the ASEAN pharmaceutical manufacturing industry will grow by 12.8% annually over 2021-2027 driven by increasing prevalence of chronic ailments, growing geriatric population, high investment in research and development, and increasing per capita healthcare expenditure.
Simon Tasker, CEO, Colorcon Inc. explains: "This investment strengthens our strategy to position Colorcon facilities close to our customers and support the projected growth in the region. The new plant in Malaysia will reduce delivery lead-times, improve our sustainability and strengthen our assurance of supply for our customers in the region; while assuring quality and equivalency of product manufactured at any of our network of manufacturing locations around the world."
Willem Hoogwater, Managing Director – NESEA explains: "We want to make it easy for customers to work with Colorcon. The new plant represents a significant commitment to customer satisfaction, convenience, and the resilience of the supply chain in Southeast Asia. The investment in regional production will further enhance Colorcon's ability to provide the high service level our customers expect, and we believe our customers deserve."
This investment in local manufacturing will improve Colorcon's flexibility in the scheduling of production, resulting in higher efficiency for customers and secure the supply chain to meet future industry needs. Colorcon has 11 manufacturing facilities, 25 technical service laboratories globally and more than 1400 employees exclusively dedicated to its customer base.
For more information, visit www.colorcon.com.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capping four years of intense work by the Official Creditors Committee ("OCC"), the fiduciary for all Survivors in the Chapter 11 case of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe ("ADSF"), Judge David T. Thuma, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Mexico, confirmed a consensual plan of reorganization settling the sexual abuse claims against the ADSF and several religious orders. The settlement, approved by 99% of the voting Survivors, provides for a payment of more than $121.5 million to a settlement trust that will be distributed to approximately 375 Survivors under a plan of reorganization. Additional funds will be distributed to survivors of abuse perpetrated by several religious orders.
The settlement will be funded by the ADSF, its affiliates (including parishes) and the ADSF's insurance carriers. In exchange for the settlement payments, the ADSF will receive a discharge in bankruptcy and its affiliates and the insurance carriers will be released of their liabilities for the sexual abuse claims. Religious order settlements will be funded by the religious orders and their respective insurance carriers. In addition to the monetary settlements, the OCC negotiated for an unprecedented non-monetary agreement with the ADSF to create a public archive of documents regarding the history of the sexual abuse claims against the Archdiocese.
"Our long journey through the bankruptcy proceeding is nearly at an end," said Charles Paez, Chair of the OCC. "Tragically, some survivors who started with us have passed away but their stories and the courage they exhibited throughout their lives will be documented in the public archive at the University of New Mexico. Through the hard work of the nine members of the Official Creditors Committee, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe has been held accountable to Survivors. The tenacity and courage of New Mexico Survivors empowered us to reach a recommended settlement endorsed by nearly every Survivor that voted on the plan."
"The OCC always has stood for fair compensation and transparency. The nine members of the OCC have devoted thousands of hours over four years to getting the right result for all Survivors. This case posed unique challenges, including that all but one of the settling insurance carriers had reached settlement agreements with the Archdiocese that dated back to the 1990s. Each of the nine members of the OCC has contributed to making New Mexico a safer place for children," said James Stang of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, bankruptcy counsel to the OCC.
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South Washington Coast-
Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle,
Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment
415 AM PST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of drizzle this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Light wind.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. Lows in
the mid 30s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. Highs
in the upper 40s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of drizzle in the evening. A
slight chance of rain. Lows in the mid 30s. Southeast wind 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the morning, then
a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s.
Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Rain, breezy with lows in the lower 40s. Chance
of rain 90 percent.
.FRIDAY...Rain. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Rain. Highs around 50. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.SUNDAY...Rain in the morning, then rain showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers.
Highs in the upper 40s.
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415 AM PST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 40s. Light wind.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of drizzle. Lows in
the lower 30s. Light wind.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 40s. South wind
5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Increasing clouds. A slight chance of drizzle
or light rain. Snow level 2000 feet. Lows in the lower 30s.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain in the
morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Snow level
2500 feet. Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
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Chance of rain 70 percent.
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90 percent.
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90 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain. Lows around 40. Chance of rain
90 percent.
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afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
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.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Light wind.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. South wind
5 to 10 mph.
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wind 5 to 10 mph.
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Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
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of rain 90 percent.
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South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Free air freezing level 4500 feet,
rising to 5500 feet in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Free air freezing level
5000 feet, lowering to 4500 feet after midnight. Southeast wind
5 to 10 mph.
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afternoon. Snow level 3000 feet in the afternoon. Southeast wind
10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
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snow and rain likely after midnight. Snow level 3000 feet. Chance
of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY...Snow and rain. Snow level 3000 feet. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
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of precipitation 90 percent.
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precipitation 90 percent.
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showers in the afternoon. Snow level 3000 feet. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
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mainly in the evening. Snow level 3000 feet. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
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of rain showers in the afternoon. Snow level 2500 feet. Chance of
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Max Jones scored the go-ahead goal, Troy Terry had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks beat Chicago 4-2 on Monday night to snap the Blackhawks’ five-game winning streak.
“It’s nice to see us kind of get rewarded,” McTavish said. “I think competing a lot harder, playing with more emotion and a little bit more passion, so it’s nice to see.”
Tyler Johnson had a power-play goal and an assist, and Andreas Athanasiou scored for the Blackhawks, who had been on their longest run of sustained success since winning five in a row in January 2020. Petr Mrazek allowed four goals on 33 shots.
While the Ducks and Blackhawks are both firmly in the mix to win the draft lottery and and select forward Connor Bedard with first overall pick, they are in different stages of their rebuilds.
Terry, whose cheeky sharp-angle chip at 8:15 of the third ensured Anaheim’s second three-game winning streak of the season, acknowledged a young core including McTavish and Trevor Zegras is better equipped to handle uncertainty ahead of the trade deadline on Friday.
“Last year was a lot more change that probably we thought would have happened. … This year, I think we’re just coming to the rink and doing our job,” Terry said.
The Blackhawks continued to clear out their veteran ranks on Monday, trading forward Sam Lafferty and defenseman Jake McCabe to Toronto. A separate transaction sent defenseman Jack Johnson back to Colorado, where he was part of its Stanley Cup championship run last season.
Despite those moves and the likelihood of more to come — notably the expected departure of modern-era franchise icon Patrick Kane — Chicago started out well before fading as the first went on.
A similar regression happened in the second where Athanasiou, another Blackhawks player that could potentially be dealt this week, tied it at 2 midway through the second, only for Jones to give the Ducks a 3-2 lead with 17.5 seconds left in the period.
“We’ve got a lot of new players right now, so we are just going to have to find a new rhythm,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. “But these guys have been resilient, and tonight they pushed right through until the end.”
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Joey Anderson was part of the package of four players and draft picks the Blackhawks received from the Maple Leafs, and the 24-year-old forward was thrown right in. He had a minus-2 rating in 11:17 but was pleased with the warm welcome he received from his new teammates.
“They were great,” Anderson said. “Obviously the game didn’t go quite as we would have hoped, but it’s a good group of guys and I’m excited to be a part of it and hopefully build towards something.”
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Jones isn’t the flashiest member among Anaheim’s collection of talented young forwards, but coach Dallas Eakins said he is providing a stability and grit that is allowing McTavish and Terry to shine.
“We want Jonesy to be the conscience of a line,” Eakins said. “He has to be able to give them the freedom to make plays with the puck. Maybe sometimes take an extra chance where they know that he’s got them covered.”
WORTH NOTING Blackhawks F Colin Blackwell sustained a groin injury during the game and will miss some time, Richardson said. … Blackhawks F Philipp Kurashev did not play because of a non-COVID-19 illness. ... Blackhawks D Jarred Tinordi returned after missing six games because of a knee injury he sustained at Montreal on Feb. 14. Tinordi was activated off injured reserve earlier on Monday.
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A group of 42 retired Canadian Olympians urged the Canadian Olympic Committee to reject the idea of allowing Russians to participate in next year's Paris Games unless Russia withdraws from Ukraine.
“We condemn recent public statements issued by the COC supporting the ‘exploration of a pathway’ for Russians and Belarusians to compete as ‘neutrals’ in the 2024 Paris Olympics,” the Canadians wrote in a statement released Wednesday.
Opening that door, the athletes said, “sends a message that the COC is no longer concerned with Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.”
Signing the statement was a who's-who of Canadian Olympic greats and gold medalists, including Hayley Wickenheiser (hockey), Jenn Heil and Alex Bilodeau (freestyle skiing), Tessa Virtue (skating) and Beckie Scott (cross-country skiing).
Russian and Belarusian athletes have been largely excluded from international competition since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February. The International Olympic Committee seeks a pathway back for those athletes to compete without officially representing their countries, citing human-rights experts who argue the athletes should not be discriminated against solely because of their passports.
“Refusing their participation in international sport is not simply a matter of denying athletes a choice to compete because of their passport, it is a rejection of an unlawful and inhumane war and a recognition of the role international sports plays in geopolitics,” the Canadians wrote.
The COC has walked a fine line in staking out a position. Last month, secretary general David Shoemaker suggested athletes from the banned countries should be made to publicly speak out against the war to gain the neutral status they would need to participate.
Canada's was also among a group of 35 governments that released a statement last month saying that, without clarity on a workable neutrality model, “we do not agree that Russian and Belarusian athletes should be allowed back into competition.”
Both the COC and the governments have stopped short of stating that Russians should not be allowed.
In their statement, the Canadian Olympians said a requirement for Russians to declare opposition to the war is “unfounded and out of touch.”
“For example, it is illegal in Russia to publicly denounce military actions abroad, and virtually impossible for high-profile athletes to oppose the war,” the statement said.
It also used instances in 2018 and 2021 when Russians could compete not under their country's flag — but instead under the titles of “Olympic Athletes from Russia” and “Russian Olympic Committee” due to doping sanctions — as examples of how “separation of athlete from state is an impossible task.”
The letter also points out that the war began shortly after last year's Winter Games in Beijing, which was highlighted by a high-profile meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony.
“The Beijing 2022 Games helped set the stage for and dictated the timing of the initial invasion, sports facilities in Ukraine have been targeted by the Russian attacks, and Russian athletes have been elevated to high-ranking military positions and used in war propaganda,” the letter said.
It concluded that “no pathway should be considered” for Russians or Belarusians to compete in Paris until Russia “fully withdraws from Ukraine.”
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ST. LOUIS, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New startup Solis Agrosciences enters the market to make plant science innovation faster and simpler. With its proprietary Plant Pipeline as a Service™ (PPaaS), Solis creates transgenic and gene-edited plants reliably and resource-efficiently, delivering expertise and technology to startups in AgriFoodTech. Scientists will be able to utilize Solis' fee-for-service model to rapidly create and analyze their traits.
"Solis is launching an exciting and new model for R&D services to support the expanding AgriFoodTech startup ecosystem," said Robb Fraley, PhD., former CTO Monsanto Company and 2013 World Food Prize Laureate. "Meeting global challenges in climate, food security and sustainability requires new and improved crops. Solis will help scientists accelerate the discovery and commercialization of these important advances."
Carl Casale, Senior Partner at AgTech venture capital firm Ospraie Ag Science explains, "Startups face barriers such as high equipment costs and the need to develop capabilities and specialized talent across a wide range of research needs that are not necessarily core to their business. Being able to outsource this capacity, rather than building complex processes in-house, will help innovators test more new ideas, faster."
Solis was founded by BioGenerator, the startup arm of BioSTL, in collaboration with startup executives Martha Schlicher, Mary Fernandes, and David Smoller to fill a need for specialized research support. In addition to equity-based funding provided by BioGenerator Ventures, Solis has leveraged IN2 funding to build its operational capacities. The team has launched scientific operations at the BioGenerator@Helix Labs in St. Louis' 39 North Innovation District. Mary Fernandes, PhD., will serve as President of Solis, bringing 25 years of R&D expertise in AgTech and genomics at Bayer and Monsanto.
"We want to help scientists and startups by centralizing multiple, siloed and expensive tools and processes into a single, convenient platform" said Fernandes. "We've closed on initial contracts, our core technical team is in place, and we are already expanding. St. Louis' thriving AgriFoodTech ecosystem is the ideal home for us."
The company plans to continually add new services and will expand beyond its core focus of soybean and corn to include additional plant species based on customer demand.
About Solis
Solis Agrosciences is a pioneering plant sciences startup company bringing specialized research services to AgriFoodTech innovators. We help emerging startups rapidly test and deliver new plant traits, using our proprietary Plant Pipeline as a Service (PPaaS™) for gene-edited and transgenic plant generation & characterization. Our team of experienced scientists, entrepreneurs, and AgTech leaders are here to support your research needs. To learn more, visit www.solisagrosciences.com.
About BioGenerator
BioGenerator, the startup arm of BioSTL, creates and grows innovative St. Louis companies through its two complementary approaches — investing through BioGenerator Ventures and comprehensive startup support through BioGenerator Labs. Visit http://www.biogenerator.org/ for additional information, and follow us on LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/BioGenerator and Twitter @BioGeneratorSTL.
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...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Dense fog will reduce visibility to 1 mile or less at
times.
* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.
* WHEN...Until 11 AM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Low visibility will make navigation difficult.
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If you must navigate, proceed with caution. Use proper fog
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Who will oversee the 2024 presidential election in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin remains clouded with uncertainty just weeks before the state’s nonpartisan top elections official reaches the end of her term.
Republicans who control the state Legislature could finally have a chance to oust the elections head they’ve sparred with over conspiracy theories and install their own appointee. But a recent state Supreme Court ruling appears to offer her an avenue to get around Republicans and stay in office.
And that’s if Meagan Wolfe, administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and one of the most respected election leaders in the nation, even wants to keep the job when her term ends on July 1. All across the country, election officials have left the profession after an unrelenting 2020 election cycle that brought unprecedented challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic but also an onslaught of harassment and death threats triggered by false claims about voting and elections.
Wolfe has declined to comment on whether she plans to seek reappointment.
The situation plays out as both parties are looking for every advantage they can get in Wisconsin, where the presidential winner has been determined by less than 1 percentage point in four of the last six elections. The outcome of the 2020 election in Wisconsin has withstood two partial recounts, a nonpartisan audit, a conservative law firm’s review, numerous state and federal lawsuits, and a Republican-ordered review that found no evidence of widespread fraud before the investigator was fired. The GOP-controlled Legislature has rejected attempts to decertify the results.
Unlike most states, where partisan secretaries of state run elections, Wisconsin’s top elections official is the nonpartisan administrator of the statewide elections commission. This person plays a crucial role in carrying out decisions from a panel of six partisan commissioners and giving guidance to the more than 1,800 local clerks who actually run the state’s elections.
The administrator can’t single-handedly reverse election results, or decide not to certify results, but a partisan appointee who embraces conspiracy theories about elections could cause significant trouble. Such an appointee could publicly promote election lies, push the limits of their freedom to interpret instructions from commissioners and hire partisan staff and legal counsel within the commission.
Wolfe got the job in 2018 after her predecessor was rejected by the Senate. How she handled the 2020 election angered Republicans, who had voted unanimously in 2019 to confirm her. If she seeks reappointment when her term ends, “there’s no way” she will be confirmed by the state Senate, said Senate President Chris Kapenga, a Republican. Senate rejection of her confirmation carries the effect of firing her.
“I will do everything I can to keep her from being reappointed,” Kapenga said. “I would be extremely surprised if she had any votes in the caucus.”
If Wolfe’s position becomes vacant, election commissioners can recommend a new administrator for Senate approval. If 45 days pass without a nomination, a legislative committee controlled by Republicans can appoint a temporary administrator for up to a year.
But for lawmakers to stall the process in order to install a partisan administrator is “extraordinarily hypothetical,” according to Kathy Bernier, a former Republican state senator and county election official who chaired the Senate elections committee during the 2020 election and was outspoken against claims of election fraud.
“I don’t see that happening,” she said. “I think cooler heads prevail in the Legislature.”
Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu did not respond to an email asking about Wolfe’s reappointment. He also walked away from reporters after a Senate session last week without taking questions.
In a statement, Wolfe called it “deeply disappointing that a small minority of lawmakers continue to misrepresent my work.”
“Lawmakers should assess my performance on the facts, not on tired, false claims,” Wolfe said.
If Wolfe wants to avoid the possibility of Senate Republicans rejecting her confirmation, she could decide to simply stay in office without asking for reappointment.
A conservative majority on the state Supreme Court ruled last year that lawmakers can’t replace an appointed official until their position is vacant and that the end of a term is not a vacancy. The sweeping 4-3 decision allowed Republicans to maintain conservative control of policy boards by delaying votes for Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ nominations.
That path would raise unexplored legal questions, but the ruling appears to imply that Wolfe could only be removed by impeachment or a vote by a majority of the elections commissioners. Senate Republicans in April gained the two-thirds supermajority they need to convict an office holder at an impeachment trial.
In addition to her more than 10 years working at the elections commission and its predecessor, Wolfe has served as president of the National Association of State Election Directors and chair of the bipartisan Electronic Registration Information Center, which helps states maintain accurate voter rolls and has been targeted by conspiracy theories.
“Administrator Wolfe has done an outstanding job,” said Democratic Commissioner Ann Jacobs. “Wisconsin has been lucky to have her in this position for our recent elections.”
Jacobs did not say whether she planned to vote for Wolfe’s reappointment.
Following President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, Republicans called on Wolfe to resign for carrying out a commission decision to send absentee ballots to voters in nursing homes, instead of sending special voting deputies to assist them as state law requires. Nursing homes were not allowing visitors at that time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think in some ways that they think I’m an easy target — I’m not,” Wolfe said in response.
Commissioner Bob Spindell, a Republican appointed by LeMahieu, said he would not be voting to reappoint Wolfe, even though “she’s been accused of a lot of things that were really not her doing.” Spindell, who served as a fake elector for Trump in 2020, came under fire earlier this year for bragging about decreased turnout among Black and Hispanic voters in the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee.
All four Republican candidates for governor last year supported either abolishing or overhauling the elections commission, saying it had failed as an agency. The Legislature’s powerful budget-writing committee last month killed a bipartisan plan to create a new office under the elections commission tasked with addressing voter complaints and building confidence in elections. Republicans instead signaled support for directing elections funding to local clerks.
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BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bountiful Farms, an award-winning, premium, and independent cannabis cultivator, has won first place in the Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup, held Labor Day Weekend in Worcester, Mass. This marks the second year in a row that Bountiful Farms has taken home the "best in show" recognition and been awarded "the best grass in Mass" at this blind-tasting competition judged by Massachusetts cannabis enthusiast consumers.
Bountiful Farms took home first place in the cannabis Flower Category for their coveted Slap and Tickle just one year after winning the cup for their signature Pina Grande strain. The team also came in second place in the Solventless Category for their Colorado Chem as well as second place in the Vape Category for their Papaya Cake.
The Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup is a true-blind cannabis competition aimed to discover who grows "the best grass in Mass". The Cultivator's Cup was developed to empower and establish emerging licensed cultivators of cannabis while allowing for consumers to provide honest feedback of various cannabis and cannabis-infused products.
"We are humbled and honored to have won this coveted award once again, and we couldn't be more excited, said Zachary Taylor, General Manager of Cultivation at Bountiful Farms. "This award is truly a testament to our entire team at Bountiful Farms who pour our lives into growing the best, highest-quality cannabis possible. We live, eat, breathe, and sleep cannabis at Bountiful Farms and this blind competition is truly all about the love and the art of growing. We are grateful that our hard work and passion is being recognized and enjoyed by cannabis lovers across Massachusetts."
Bountiful Farms has gone from a brand-new cultivator and dispensary to an important player in Massachusetts cannabis in just two years through its commitment to quality and innovation. These latest awards add to the team's growing list of coveted Cannabis Cups including three out of four awards at the inaugural Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup in 2021, and the High Times Massachusetts Cannabis Cup first-place winner for "Best Indica Flower".
Medical card holders can purchase the award-winning strains and other Bountiful Farms cannabis products at the Bountiful Farms medical dispensary located at 13 Mercer Rd. in Natick, Mass. For recreational customers, these products are available via retail partners including Alternative Therapies Group, Botera, Rise, and Theory Wellness to name just a few. Customers must be 21 years of age or older. Visit Bountiful Farms for more information.
Bountiful Farms is an award-winning, premium, and independent cannabis cultivator with a medical dispensary in Natick, Mass. Bountiful Farms has a state-of-the-art cultivation and processing center in Lakeville, Mass. where General Manager of Cultivation Zachary Taylor and team grow premium cannabis —with a focus on quality and dedication to innovation and exploration. In September 2021, less than one year after entering the market, Bountiful Farms took home three out of four awards at the state's first-ever people's choice cannabis competition: The Massachusetts Cultivator's Cup. In September 2022, the team repeated history by taking home the award for "best flower in Massachusetts" for the second year in a row. For more information, visit https://www.bountifulfarms.care/, and follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — Some art lovers make it a mission to visit and view as many works as possible by 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer.
Starting Friday, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is making their lives a whole lot easier.
A blockbuster exhibition at the Netherlands' national museum of art and history brings together 28 of Vermeer's paintings from seven countries around the world. Not bad considering only 37 paintings are generally ascribed to the artist who lived from 1632-1675 in the city of Delft.
Never before have so many Vermeer works been put on show together in a single exhibition. Seven of the paintings haven't been in the Netherlands in more than two centuries.
Rijksmuseum General Director Taco Dibbits believes the exhibition provides a chance for visitors to immerse themselves in the exquisite interior scenes for which Vermeer is best known including “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and “The Milkmaid,” but also early religious paintings and two cityscapes, both depicting his home town, Delft.
Looking at the beguiling simplicity of “Mistress and Maid,” one of three paintings loaned for the show by New York’s The Frick Collection, Dibbits said it “radiates this tranquility, this ideal world.”
Vermeer's use of light — often coming from a window situated on the left of the canvas — the bold colors and meticulous composition can be seen throughout the exhibition.
“Vermeer has this quality of kind of everything is perfect. Everything falls in place," Dibbits said. "There’s perfect happiness in his scenes. There’s tranquility, there’s intimacy.”
Vermeer earned the nickname “The Sphinx of Delft” because so little was known about him — he left behind no letters or diaries and there are no known portraits of him. But recent research has begun to unravel the mysteries of the painter. Studies being carried out around the exhibition are further broadening knowledge about his work.
“We’re really coming closer to Vermeer than we’ve ever been,” said Pieter Roelofs, the Rijksmuseum’s Head of Paintings and Sculpture. Recent research means that “we really understand more about his life, about his household, about his direct contacts, the people for whom he made these paintings, and what they mean,”
In preparation for the exhibition, the museum has been taking an extremely close look at its own Vermeer paintings, which include iconic “The Milkmaid.” High-tech scans that peer through the surface of the work have revealed that Vermeer tweaked the background as he painted, apparently to ensure that the focus shone solely on the woman pouring milk. A jug holder – similar to a wall-mounted coat rack – that was originally in the background was painted over.
Tracy Chevalier loved another of Vermeer's best-known works — “Girl with a Pearl Earring” — so much so that she wrote a novel about it that was in turn made into a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.
Chevalier was at a preview of the exhibition on Monday taking in that painting and the other 27 on show in a suite of 10 galleries.
“I think the curators really understood that for him, less is more. And I feel that way too; that you don’t need lots and lots of stuff. So this exhibition only has 28 paintings, but 28 is perfect because you have the space and the time to really take in each one."
“Girl with a Pearl Earring” only had to make a short trip from the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, and isn't sticking around until the end of the exhibition. She returns home after March 30.
Other masterpieces have had a longer journey for the exhibition that has been some eight years in the making.
"Officer and Laughing Girl," “Mistress and Maid” and “Girl Interrupted at her Music” flew from the U.S. East Coast, leaving the Frick Collection while the New York museum undergoes restoration. That paved the way for more museums to loan paintings to the exhibition. More works come from The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Leiden Collection in New York. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, which, together with the Mauritshuis, staged the last major Vermeer retrospective in 1995-96, also sent paintings.
In total, the 28 paintings come from 14 museums and private collections in seven countries.
With such a comprehensive retrospective, the paintings that aren't in Amsterdam almost become almost as noteworthy as those that are. A few of the 17th-century works are so frail that they simply can't travel. One painting — “The Concert” — didn't make it to Amsterdam because it is among 13 artworks still missing after being stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990 in one of the world's most notorious art heists.
The show in Amsterdam opens Friday and runs to June 4. It has already become the Rijksmuseum's most in-demand exhibition — Dibbits said the museum has so far sold nearly 200,000 tickets and has extended opening hours to accommodate more people.
For art lovers who can't get to Amsterdam or snag a ticket, there is already a digital show available narrated by Stephen Fry.
Online viewers can zoom in on minute details of ultra-high resolution photographs of some Vermeer paintings to see what makes his work stand out.
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Contest bolsters city's small business incubation
DETROIT, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank and TechTown Detroit announce the return of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest by TechTown, which awards $100,000 in startup funds from Comerica Bank to an entrepreneur seeking to open a brick-and-mortar space in Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park. The competition promotes small business economic development and will take place over the next four months, with the crowning of this year's winner in the spring.
Entrepreneurs with a retail concept looking to open a brick-and-mortar location in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck can now submit their business plans via the Hatch Detroit website through Feb. 21. Two information sessions will be held both in-person at TechTown Detroit and virtually on Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 to answer questions about the application and selection process. Interested entrepreneurs can sign up for information sessions at hatchdetroit.com.
The four-month contest includes two rounds of public voting – Top 10 and Top 4 – allowing the community to vote for their favorite business to win the $100,000 grand prize from Comerica Bank, as well as a package of accounting, legal, IT and public relations support from TechTown Detroit and their partners.
The Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest concludes Wednesday, April 26 with the annual "Hatch Off" during which the Top 4 present their business plan in front of a panel of judges and live audience, and the winner is announced. New this year, public voting for the Top 4 will take place live during the Hatch Off.
"This community contest helps bring the dream of an aspiring business owner closer to reality and serves as a vital resource for these budding entrepreneurs," said Steve Davis, Comerica Bank Michigan Market President. "Hatch Detroit has left a lasting impact on Detroit's economic revitalization by bolstering the entrepreneurial spirit, rewarding innovation and promoting small business development. Through our partnership with TechTown, we are proud to assist local entrepreneurs access the capital and technical assistance needed to take their small business to the next level and thrive."
Over the years, the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest has helped launch some of Detroit's most successful and well-known businesses, including, La Feria (2012), Sister Pie (2014), Meta Physica Massage (2016), Baobab Fare (2017) and 27th Letter Books (2019).
Last year's winner was Ameneh Marhaba, chef and owner of the afro-fusion pop-up Little Liberia. Hatch Detroit provides funding, exposure and mentoring in support of its alumni entrepreneurs. Together, Hatch Detroit alumni have opened 50 businesses, employ over 500 people and invested more than $13 million in their businesses.
With this year's investment, Comerica Bank and the Comerica Charitable Foundation will have committed nearly $1 million to Hatch Detroit since Comerica's partnership began in 2012. The program has been one of Detroit's most successful small business incubators since it first launched int 2011.
THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF HATCH DETROIT BY TECHTOWN
In 2022, TechTown Detroit and Hatch Detroit entered a partnership that integrated Hatch Detroit into TechTown's suite of entrepreneurial programs and services, creating a sustainable future for Hatch with another Detroit-based nonprofit that also champions small businesses and local entrepreneurs.
In 2023, Vittoria Katanski, who served as executive director of Hatch Detroit, will take on a new role with TechTown as a strategist-in-residence for their small business services department to continue supporting the businesses that comprise the Hatch Detroit alumni network. Daily operations for Hatch Detroit will fall under Christianne Malone, assistant vice president for economic development at Wayne State University and chief program officer of TechTown Detroit.
From the inception of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest, Katanski's focus has been not just to help launch one business, but to create an entire ecosystem of support that stimulates opportunities for entrepreneurs and generates a network of businesses prepared to navigate the challenges of launching a new venture in Detroit.
"In her 10 years as executive director, Vittoria worked very closely with alumni of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest and has made a lasting impact not only on the business owners but the program itself," said Malone. "The overwhelming support and continued success of Hatch alumni are a testament to the sense of community and drive for innovation that Vittoria has cultivated through her creation of and work within Hatch Detroit. We're grateful for her commitment to the city and its entrepreneurs, and we're excited to build a sustainable future for the contest while working with Vittoria to continue the legacy of her work."
Now, as a proven successful launch pad for aspiring business owners, this new iteration of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest, with the support of TechTown Detroit, aims to make an even bigger impact on Detroit's small business economy while uplifting its entrepreneurial spirit.
COMERICA PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
Comerica has continued to strengthen its investment in the contest with economic development programming through technical assistance and financial education over the years. Support will occur during the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest and with both Hatch Detroit and TechTown alumni following the contest.
"After a decade of Hatch Detroit competitions, we are still astounded by the pioneers that come through this contest and the success this contest fosters," said Linda Nosegbe, Comerica Bank National Community Impact Manager. "A priority of ours is cultivating economic opportunity, especially in our underserved communities, and the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest has served as a successful incubator and resource for businesses in Detroit. Beyond investing financially, assisting these entrepreneurs by giving them access to capital, technical assistance and business counsel to set them up for success is what makes this contest such an effective conduit for entrepreneurial growth."
KEY COMERICA HATCH DETROIT DATES:
Jan. 24: Submissions begin
Feb. 2 and Feb. 9: Information sessions
Feb. 21: Submission period ends
April 4: Top 10 announced
April 5: Top 10 voting begins
April 12: Top 10 voting ends
April 13: Top 4 announced
April 26: Winner announced at Hatch Off
Comerica Bank, a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated, has served Michigan longer than any other bank with a continuous presence dating back over 173 years to its Detroit founding in 1849. It is the largest bank employer in metro Detroit and has more than 4,500 employees (FTE) statewide. With one of the largest banking center networks in Michigan, Comerica nurtures lifelong relationships with unwavering integrity and financial prudence. Comerica positively impacts the lives of Michigan residents by helping customers be successful, providing financial support that assists hundreds of charitable organizations, and actively participating in Detroit's downtown revitalization. Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company strategically aligned by three business segments: The Commercial Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Follow on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Comerica, Twitter: @ComericaBank and Instagram: @comerica_bank. Download new Comerica Bank corporate logo.
TechTown is a nonprofit business service organization that provides programs, education and resources for early- to growth-stage small businesses and tech entrepreneurs. By building bridges for entrepreneurs to succeed, TechTown is accelerating an inclusive economy for Detroit and Southeast Michigan. Since 2007, TechTown has supported more than 5,200 companies, which created 2,100 jobs and raised more than $207 million in startup and growth capital. For more information, visit techtowndetroit.org.
Hatch Detroit supports both existing and new retail initiatives in the cities of Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck. Hatch Detroit was founded in 2011 to give residents and aspiring entrepreneurs an opportunity to have a voice in neighborhood retail development and joined TechTown Detroit's suite of entrepreneurial programs and services in 2022. Beyond the contest, Hatch Detroit provides funding, exposure and mentoring in support of its alumni entrepreneurs. With support from Hatch Detroit, 50 alumni have opened businesses. They employ over 500 people and have invested over $13 million in economic development. To learn more, visit hatchdetroit.com.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — The Democrat running to be Georgia’s top elections official says a closer look at incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger’s record will reveal he’s no hero for refusing to do the bidding of former President Donald Trump.
“There seems to be this idea that he is a moderate Republican, and that is not true at all,” Bee Nguyen, a state House member, said after a speech last week in the central Georgia town of Milledgeville.
While other Republican nominees for secretary of state embrace false claims that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election, Raffensperger stands by his refusal to bend to pressure from Trump to “find” enough votes to give him a win in Georgia. A recording of the phone call he took from Trump is now evidence in a Georgia criminal investigation.
“I report the results, and sometimes people don’t like that,” Raffensperger said at an Oct. 18 debate sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club. “And I’ve had to stand up to the incredible pressure. And I’ll continue to stand up to pressure, because when I do that, I’m standing up for you the voter; I’m standing up for the Constitution and I’m standing up for the rule of law. Many people buckled and folded. I didn’t, and I won’t.”
Those actions have given Raffensperger an appeal that’s making it harder for Nguyen. She’s one of a slate of strong Democratic downballot candidates running in Georgia, and has raised an unusually large $3.2 million to run for a sometimes-obscure office. That’s more than the $3 million Raffensperger has raised, including $850,000 in loans to himself.
But Nguyen faults Raffensperger for endorsing Georgia’s new voting law, which has narrowed the opportunity to cast mail ballots, banned giving food or water to waiting voters, curtailed ballot drop boxes and reduced opportunities for voters to cast a provisional ballot if they show up at the wrong place on Election Day.
Nguyen also reminds voters that as a state lawmaker, Raffensperger held a no-exceptions opposition to abortion.
“Georgia voters need to understand his record, which is out of touch with the majority of Georgians, from the personhood bill that he introduced, which would have eliminated even basic forms of birth control, to his stances on voting,” Nguyen said. “We deserve better than somebody who believes that the office’s duty is just to count the vote.”
Nguyen needs to sway independents and even some Democrats who may vote for Raffensperger. After being left for dead as Trump heaped scorn on him, Raffensperger proved himself quite politically alive in May’s Republican primary. He defeated challengers including Trump-backed U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, who objected to Georgia’s electoral votes being counted for President Joe Biden. Thousands who previously voted in Democratic primaries cast ballots in the GOP contest that day, possibly providing the votes necessary for Raffensperger to avoid a runoff.
No one would mistake Raffensperger, an engineer who grew wealthy after founding a concrete engineering company, for a dynamic speaker. His campaign consists mostly of interviews and talks to civic clubs. He has positioned himself above the fray, writing a book called “Integrity Counts” about the 2020 elections.
Even with Raffensperger’s primary victory, claims of election fraud haven’t been banished from Georgia’s secretary of state race — Libertarian Ted Metz is aiming for votes by claiming there are “still unresolved issues in the 2020 election” and says the outcome is ”not credible.”
With women’s access to reproductive health care now in play as a major driver of voting nationwide, Nguyen says Raffensperger’s opposition to abortion could become an issue if nurses get in legal trouble for aiding abortions that are now mostly banned in Georgia. That’s because the secretary of state’s office helps administer licensing for the Georgia Board of Nursing.
“We will keep fighting to protect our basic freedoms, including the freedom to vote and the freedom to choose,” Nguyen told the crowd in Milledgeville.
Raffensperger countered that his office only provides administrative support and said Nguyen “fundamentally” doesn’t understand the office’s role.
“We don’t select the boards, the boards run their shop,” Raffensperger said. “They are responsible for licensing, discipline and rules. Job 1 is to know the job, and you don’t know the job.”
But Nguyen notes Raffensperger in 2020 fired the board’s executive director in a dispute unrelated to abortion.
She also says Raffensperger hasn’t supported county election officials, noting that he recently had to retract incorrect guidance saying voters could be challenged at polling places. And she says he was inexcusably slow in calling in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to pursue a criminal inquiry into how Trump-aligned election deniers breached voting equipment in southern Georgia’s Coffee County.
“It’s been 21 months, no one has been held criminally accountable … It took a year and a half to bring GBI in to investigate those claims,” Nguyen said in the debate. “This is about public trust, and the secretary of state’s office mishandled that investigation.”
Raffensperger defended his performance, saying “People broke the law, they should be investigated, held accountable, and go to jail.”
He seeks to tie Nguyen to how Stacey Abrams, now in a rematch against Gov. Brian Kemp, ended her 2018 race. She acknowledged Kemp would be governor, but refused to use the word “concede,” arguing Kemp had abused his two terms as secretary of state to hurt the Democrats’ chances of winning elections. Raffensperger and others argue that Abrams’ claims were damaging in the same way Trump’s acts were after 2020.
“Don’t you think that election denial is a threat to our democracy?” Raffensperger asked Nguyen.
Nguyen, though, keeps trying to persuade voters that Raffensperger is the threat to freedom, saying in an Oct. 19 appearance that high early turnout doesn’t prove voting is secure.
“We in Georgia know that we have always had to out-organize voter suppression,” Nguyen said. “Under Brad Raffensperger’s tenure, voting rights have become more restrictive in the last four years, not more expansive.”
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FBI warns of 'broad' threat to synagogues in New Jersey
The FBI said on Thursday it had received credible information about a "broad" threat to synagogues in New Jersey.
The FBI's Newark office released a statement urging synagogues to "take all security precautions to protect your community and facility."
The alert was posted after officials discovered an online threat directed broadly at synagogues in New Jersey, a law enforcement official said. The posting, though, did not target any specific synagogue by name, the official said. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
More specific details weren't released, and a message was left with the FBI in Newark.
In Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop said police would be posted at the city's seven synagogues and foot patrols would be added in the broader Jewish community. In 2019, two assailants motivated by anti-Jewish hate killed three people in a kosher market in Jersey City, along with a police officer.
Police officers armed with rifles guarded a synagogue one city over, in Hoboken, where the public safety director also announced increased patrols in Jewish communities.
Five years ago, two New Jersey men were sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted for a series of attacks in 2012 that included the firebombings of two synagogues. They also threw a Molotov cocktail into the home of a rabbi as he slept with his wife and children.
Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer, whose district encompasses part of the area in northern New Jersey affected by those attacks, said in a statement Thursday that recent comments by Kanye West and the social media post shared by NBA star Kyrie Irving have contributed to the problem.
"I am deeply concerned and outraged by today's alert from the FBI," Gottheimer said. "This is what happens after years of antisemitic comments from public figures, including, most recently, Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, and others," he said.
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Following Anne Heche's fiery car crash, the actress is currently in critical condition and in a coma. However, she is also under investigation by the LAPD for possible misdemeanor DUI and hit-and-run.
ET spoke with legal expert Julie Rendelman on Wednesday, who broke down the charges Heche could potentially be facing, depending on the results of the investigation, and how her condition could impact any future charges.
"Anne Heche is facing a multitude of charges. Most of them are misdemeanors," Rendelman shared. "She's facing, potentially, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, hit-and-run and potentially some type of reckless endangerment for the reckless driving that occurred right before the crash."
Heche crashed her blue Mini Cooper into a home a little before 11 a.m. PT on Friday, Aug. 5, in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. It took nearly 60 firefighters to rescue her from the wreckage that ignited a fire that raged out of control.
Heche was rushed to a nearby hospital with burns, and the home became uninhabitable. The fiery car crash, it would later become clear, was her third car crash within a 30-minute span.
"Keep in mind that each of these charges are misdemeanor charges," Rendelman said regarding the severity of the possible criminal consequences. "There is a potential for up to six months in jail, fines, as well as having her license suspended for quite a lengthy period of time.”
Police obtained a warrant for a blood draw on the day of the crash, and authorities are awaiting the results of the toxicology report. The case will be presented to the LA City Attorney's Office upon completion of the investigation.
However, Rendelman says that, even if the results come back negative for drugs or alcohol, there could still be quite a few charges Heche could face.
"I still think she's facing at least a hit and run charge and a reckless charge, and the reason is, whether she was using alcohol or drugs, she still acted recklessly, she was driving at a very high rate of speed," Rendelman stated. "We know that she hit at least one structure and instead of staying behind contacting the police and giving her identification, she drove off and hit another structure. So, I think that's going to be very tough for her and her attorneys to defend."
Video captured by CBS Los Angeles showed the carnage left behind after Heche crashed her car into the home, and another video showed the blue Mini Cooper speeding down the small residential street at a very high rate of speed before the frightening collision.
"The first thing law enforcement has to determine is whether or not there was alcohol in her system. If there was, was the amount of alcohol above the legal limit?" Rendelman said. "The second question is whether or not there's drugs in her system. And if there were what type of drugs? Are these drugs that would inhibit in any way her ability to drive? These are the questions that they're going to want to ask before they decide the exact charges against Anne Heche."
On Monday, a rep for Heche told ET that her client is "in extreme critical condition" after the crash. "She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention," Heche's rep said. "She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident."
ET learned that, by Monday evening, Heche had been moved to the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills.
According to Rendelman, her hospitalization may slow down the investigation, but likely will not shield Heche from charges eventually upon her recovery.
"Anytime someone is in the hospital, it makes it difficult for law enforcement to proceed and so it slows the process down," Rendelman said. "The assumption is that, if in fact she gets better, once she is, they will arrest her and bring her before a judge who will at that time, potentially suspend her license and then the case will move forward."
As for the legal recourse afforded the owner of the home that was destroyed, Rendelman says there are numerous possible outcomes and options available.
"So there is a victim in this case, that's the woman whose house was damaged and set on fire," Rendelman explained, referring to Lynne Mishele, who narrowly escaped the incident. "There are several things that can happen. First, during the criminal proceeding, there can be restitution during that sentencing phase, if in fact she's found guilty. The second thing is she can file a civil suit against Anne Heche for the damage that she caused to her property."
Mishele issued a statement to ET through her lawyer, Shawn Holley, on Tuesday, sharing, "Ms. Mishele is devastated by what happened to her on Friday -- not only because she and her pets almost lost their lives, but because all of her property, including items of profound sentimental value, were destroyed. She asks for privacy at this incredibly difficult time."
For more on the aftermath of the incident, and Heche's condition, see the video below.
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Every child who wears a helmet and shoulder pads dreams of playing in the NFL. Each year, more than 250 college football players hope to hear their names called during the annual NFL draft. For blue-chip prospects, there are expectations to be great especially if they were top picks. A slew of those players, however, fail to meet those expectations, causing them to be considered draft busts.
To see how well players lived up to their potential and how keen drafters really were, Stacker ranked the 10 worst draft busts in NFL history using data from Pro-Football-Reference.com. Players were ranked by taking their career approximate value—a holistic metric that rates players on a variety of statistics—and subtracting it from the expected career AV for the position they were drafted at.
For instance, a player drafted #1 overall would have an expected career AV of 63.4. If a #1 draft pick only had a career AV of 10, they would be rated at -53.4 for the purposes of this ranking. Only players drafted after the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 were ranked. Players drafted in 2017 or later were also excluded as they have yet to play a meaningful number of seasons.
Beyond ranking individual players, this data set can be used to compare teams leaguewide. On a team level, the Pittsburgh Steelers have proven to be one of the best drafters in the NFL—the franchise’s draft picks have earned a cumulative career AV of 1524 over what you’d expect since 1970. That’s more than double the next-best team (players drafted by the Miami Dolphins have a cumulative career AV 695 above their draft pick expectation). On the other hand, the Steelers’ rivals, the Cleveland Browns, rank the worst by far in the league with their draft picks earning a career AV of 1300 under expected.
This data can also be used to track college success versus draft position. Players drafted out of the University of Miami have earned a cumulative AV 651 over what’s expected for their draft positions, beating out the likes of the Pitt Panthers (595 over expected) and the California Golden Bears (562 over expected).
The University of Oklahoma alumni do the worst—former Sooners have a cumulative AV 1036 under expected—while the Nebraska Cornhuskers (650 under expected) and the Alabama Crimson Tide (587 under expected) draftees also struggle to match their draft expectations.
Without further ado, here’s the list of the 10 worst draft busts in NFL history.
#10. Heath Shuler
– Year drafted: 1994
– Pick: #3 overall
– Draft team: Washington Redskins
– Position: Quarterback
– College: Tennessee
– Career approximate value: 6
– Approximate value subtracted from the #3 pick’s expectation: -46.0
The Heisman Trophy runner-up entered the NFL with high expectations after rushing for 11 touchdowns during the 1992 season—a Tennessee record for a quarterback. A year later, Shuler threw for 25 touchdowns and only eight interceptions, making him a top draft prospect.
Shuler’s NFL career started on the wrong foot in 1994 after holding out of training camp due to contract negotiations with the Redskins. In his rookie year, Shuler threw for 12 interceptions and 10 touchdowns in eight starts, creating doubt for fans in Washington. Shuler would never find his footing in the NFL after another slow start in 1995 that saw the North Carolina native throw for three touchdowns and seven interceptions in five starts.
Shuler would retire from the NFL after the 1997 season with the New Orleans Saints. He would serve as a member of the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2013. Shuler, who is now a real estate professional, was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.
#9. Jason Smith
– Year drafted: 2009
– Pick: #2 overall
– Draft team: St. Louis Rams
– Position: Tackle
– College: Baylor
– Career approximate value: 10
– Approximate value subtracted from the #2 pick’s expectation: -46.2
The Baylor product became a top NFL prospect as an offensive tackle after beginning his career in Waco. The 6-foot-4 Dallas native would make the transition to the offensive line where he would be named an All-American in 2008. At the beginning of his NFL career, Smith was hampered by a severe concussion that caused him to only see action in eight games during his rookie season.
Smith would later be traded to the New York Jets after a 2011 campaign that saw him miss another large portion of games due to more concussions. Smith’s career would end in 2013 with the Jets after being released. Smith played in 45 games with 26 starts during his NFL career.
#8. Steve Niehaus
– Year drafted: 1976
– Pick: #2 overall
– Draft team: Seattle Seahawks
– Position: Defensive tackle
– College: Notre Dame
– Career approximate value: 9
– Approximate value subtracted from the #2 pick’s expectation: -47.2
The first defensive player on this list, Niehaus got off to a strong start in his career by winning the 1976 NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. The 6-foot-4 defensive tackle from Notre Dame recorded 9.5 sacks and one fumble recovery in his first season in the NFL.
Niehaus’ career would then take a turn as the Ohio native suffered multiple knee injuries throughout the rest of his four-year NFL career. In his second season with the Seahawks, Niehaus would only appear in eight games and would not record a sack. In his last two seasons in the NFL, which included a stint with the Minnesota Vikings, Niehaus would only play in 17 games.
#7. Bruce Pickens
– Year drafted: 1991
– Pick: #3 overall
– Draft team: Atlanta Falcons
– Position: Defensive back
– College: Nebraska
– Career approximate value: 4
– Approximate value subtracted from the #3 pick’s expectation: -48.0
The Nebraska product began his NFL career shrouded in controversy after a legal battle with the sports agency that represented him—Total Economic Athletic Management of America. The lawsuit concerned Pickens’ rookie contract negotiations in 1991 with different representation. Two years later, Pickens was charged with one count of rape. The charges were later dropped.
On the field, Pickens also didn’t meet expectations. In his rookie season, the defensive back, who had thrived in college due to his athletic traits, saw action in only seven games. Pickens would only last one more season in Atlanta before brief stints with the Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Oakland Raiders. Pickens played in 48 games during his years in the NFL.
#6. Akili Smith
– Year drafted: 1999
– Pick: #3 overall
– Draft team: Cincinnati Bengals
– Position: Quarterback
– College: Oregon
– Career approximate value: 2
– Approximate value subtracted from the #3 pick’s expectation: -50.0
The Bengals had high hopes for Akili Smith after the team turned down a blockbuster trade of draft picks from the New Orleans Saints that would have netted Cincinnati nine selections of their own.
Smith, who was also drafted in the 1993 MLB draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, played in seven games during his rookie year with four starts. During that rookie season, the dual-threat quarterback rushed for 114 yards and passed for two touchdowns but threw six interceptions.
The Oregon product would play in 22 games during his NFL career with 17 starts. In his four seasons in the NFL, Smith threw for five touchdowns against 13 interceptions. His lack of NFL success was attributed to poor film study and a lack of commitment during the offseasons.
#5. Steve Emtman
– Year drafted: 1992
– Pick: #1 overall
– Draft team: Indianapolis Colts
– Position: Defensive end
– College: Washington
– Career approximate value: 13
– Approximate value subtracted from the #1 pick’s expectation: -50.4
Considered one of the best defensive ends in college football history, Emtman had an NFL career that was also marred by injuries. During his rookie year, the 1991 Outland Trophy winner blew out his knee nine games into the season. A year later, Emtman tore his ACL on his left knee and the ACL, MCL, and patella tendon on his right knee. In 1994, Emtman suffered a herniated disk in his neck in a game against the Seattle Seahawks—his hometown team.
The Washington native only played one full NFL season in 1995 with the Miami Dolphins. Emtman would retire at 27 years old following the 1997 season with the Washington Redskins.
#4. Charles Rogers
– Year drafted: 2003
– Pick: #2 overall
– Draft team: Detroit Lions
– Position: Wide receiver
– College: Michigan State
– Career approximate value: 4
– Approximate value subtracted from the #2 pick’s expectation: -52.2
Rogers’ short-lived NFL career was due to health and off-the-field issues. The Michigan State product played three seasons in the NFL—all with the Lions. Roger suffered two collarbone injuries in his first two seasons with the team, which led to a painkiller dependency. He was suspended by the Lions in 2005 for substance abuse. He was released by the team a year later.
Rogers recorded 36 receptions, 440 yards, and four touchdowns in his career. In 2019, Rogers died at 38 from liver failure.
#3. Ki-Jana Carter
– Year drafted: 1995
– Pick: #1 overall
– Draft team: Cincinnati Bengals
– Position: Running back
– College: Penn State
– Career approximate value: 11
– Approximate value subtracted from the #1 pick’s expectation: -52.4
Carter’s time in the NFL got off to an unfortunate start after the Penn State running back suffered a torn ACL during the Bengals’ first preseason game. The injury ended Carter’s rookie season before it even began. Carter would never return to his old form after the devasting injury.
Carter would later suffer a torn rotator cuff during the 1997 season. A year later, he would miss nearly the entire 1998 campaign after breaking his left wrist against the Tennessee Oilers. Carter amassed 1,144 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns during seven seasons in the NFL.
#2. Ryan Leaf
– Year drafted: 1998
– Pick: #2 overall
– Draft team: San Diego Chargers
– Position: Quarterback
– College: Washington State
– Career approximate value: 1
– Approximate value subtracted from the #2 pick’s expectation: -55.2
Ryan Leaf’s tumultuous career has been well-documented after the Chargers selected the Montana-born quarterback one pick after NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning went first overall to the Colts. Leaf’s time in the NFL has been remembered for outbursts at media, drug abuse, and an overall lack of effort.
Leaf had a poor rookie season that saw him throw two touchdowns and 15 interceptions. In 1999, Leaf would miss the entire year due to a shoulder injury. Leaf would display flashes of promise during the 2000 campaign, but the Chargers finished 1-15 that year and released him as a result. Leaf would later have brief stints with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, and Seattle Seahawks.
Leaf would find himself in legal trouble after his playing days, including arrests for burglary and drug possession. He is now a keynote speaker after spending time as an analyst at ESPN.
#1. JaMarcus Russell
– Year drafted: 2007
– Pick: #1 overall
– Draft team: Oakland Raiders
– Position: Quarterback
– College: Louisiana State University
– Career approximate value: 6
– Approximate value subtracted from the #1 pick’s expectation: -57.4
Russell was considered a generational talent due to his measurables. The 6-foot-6, 265-pound quarterback impressed scouts with his physical tools at Louisiana State University, but his work ethic off the field became a distraction, eventually leading to his demise in the NFL.
The Alabama native held out of training camp heading into his rookie season due to contract negotiations, which hindered his development. Russell only started in one contest during his rookie year and finished with two passing touchdowns and four interceptions.
The following season, Russell got his first real opportunity as a starter with 15 appearances for the Raiders but turned in a mediocre performance on the field. Russell finished the 2008 season with 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions. A year later, Russell would lose his starting job after poor performances highlighted by fumbling issues. Following the 2009 season, the Raiders released Russell—his last opportunity in the NFL. Two months after his release, Russell was arrested on a drug charge. | https://phl17.com/national-news/penn-state-legend-among-10-worst-nfl-draft-busts-in-history/ | 2023-04-21 19:36:35 | 1 | https://phl17.com/national-news/penn-state-legend-among-10-worst-nfl-draft-busts-in-history/ |
Have you ever fallen through a musical trap door? This piece contains a few of them, along with other compositional entanglements, according to its composer, the Pulitzer-winning Caroline Shaw. Part of her inspiration, she says in the notes to her forthcoming album of string quartet music, is the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, where God scattered the peoples and confused their languages.
Here, Shaw's musical language begins with a sprightly tune, but soon splits off into "tumbling fragments and unexpected repetitive tunnels." No matter. While this eight-minute funhouse might be tricky to play for the cunning Attacca Quartet (this is the band's second Shaw album), it's easy on the ears. As you move through the maze, look out for lyrical solos, feverous cresting waves, moments of shimmering repose and perhaps a nod to Beethoven. At the end, we find a raw, slippery chord that slides through one more trap door.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A judge this week denied a request to modify the release conditions of a Wellington teen accused of driving under the influence and causing a fatal crash that left six people dead earlier this year.
Noah Galle, now 18, is charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide.
Investigators said he was driving a BMW 151 mph on route 441 west of Delray Beach in January, when he rear-ended an SUV, killing six farmworkers.
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Galle's attorneys filed a motion in August claiming their client suffered, "medical issues or episodes that caused or contributed to the accident."
His lawyers wanted his house arrest modified so he can see medical specialists in Boston.
Circuit Judge Scott Suskauer denied the motion in a Wednesday ruling.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PaymentSpring, a division of Nelnet, Inc. (NYSE: NNI) and a leader in secure payment technology for education and non-profits across the United States, has announced it has changed its name to Nelnet Payment Services.
Nelnet Payment Services currently serves as the payment engine for products and services across multiple Nelnet business units. This name change will further unify the business with the Nelnet brand to create opportunities to expand into new markets and facilitate additional partnerships.
Throughout its history, Nelnet Payment Services has created product and service offerings designed to simplify and secure the payment experience. Over the years, the company has expanded into a variety of industries and has added proven processing partners, powerful integrations, and leading services.
"As Nelnet Payment Services, we will continue to provide innovative and affordable payment solutions to our existing partners," said Becky Pollock, president of Nelnet Payment Services. "We'll also focus on enhancing our product set to provide unique, competitive advantages in support of new opportunities available through existing Nelnet business lines and beyond."
Nelnet Payment Services is a premier payment gateway, enabling software partners to offer secure, reliable payment solutions to their customers and members. From small businesses needing an easy gateway to add to their new business site to independent sales organizations in search of a processor that offers a better payment experience for their portfolio, Nelnet Payment Services delivers. For more information, visit nelnetpaymentservices.com.
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Adele says we’ve been saying her name wrong
Adele Praises Fan For Pronouncing Her Name ‘Perfectly’ During a “Happy Hour with Adele” Q&A, the 34-year-old singer complimented a London-based fan on how she pronounced her name. “I love that. She pronounced my name perfectly,” Adele said. “Where’s she from, Enfield or something?” The fan pronounced Adele’s name with a north London accent, pronouncing it “uh-dell” rather than “ah-dell.” Adele was raised in Tottenham, in north London, and is from Enfield. Adele recently postponed her “Weekends with Adele,” again until July. She stated that she feels bad for postponing again, but felt it was the right thing to do in order to get the logistics of the show up to par. How have you been pronouncing Adele’s name? Do people say your name wrong all the time? Share the real way to say your name.
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Ken Barcus, longtime Midwest bureau chief for NPR's National Desk and a revered mentor to public radio journalists, died today in Cleveland. He was 67.
His death from complications resulting from throat cancer was confirmed by his family.
Over an NPR career that spanned three decades, Ken made an indelible imprint: He brought in countless stories and trained dozens of reporters and editors across the Midwest, from Ohio to the Dakotas.
"Ken was a passionate advocate for coverage of the Midwest," says NPR's managing editor for news, Vickie Walton-James, who was Ken's supervisor for 14 years. "He never stopped pushing for stories that illuminated life away from the coasts. Even after decades in his job, he wanted to make sure no one ever thought of the region as 'flyover country.'"
Or as Ken put it, "[I wanted] to make sure that people would choke on the words 'Rust Belt' or 'flyover' when they think about my region."
So many of the voices you hear on NPR will tell you that Ken shaped them into the reporters they are today — by mentoring, cajoling and sometimes critiquing with blunt, painful truths when a story was weak or a description cliché.
"Tough and gruff!" is how NPR correspondent Tovia Smith describes her first impression of Ken as an editor. She still clearly remembers one of her first edits with him, decades ago.
"He said he wanted my story to sing," she recalls. "And when I gave him what I wrote, he just went silent for a second. And then he blurts out at me, 'I was asking for a symphony. This is like elevator music!'" She pauses. "That stung."
But it didn't take Tovia long to discover Ken's big-hearted side.
"Just below that prickly exterior, he really was a total mushball," she says. "He was really nurturing by nature. And it's no wonder he loved his job, working with young journalists and bringing them along."
In the early 1990s, one of those young journalists was Eric Westervelt, now a veteran NPR correspondent.
"He was a great mentor to scores of young and up-and-coming reporters. He was to me," says Eric, who grew to value Ken's forthright style. "He would completely cut through the BS. And I'd hear him in my head, years later. If I was overseas on deadline, covering a war or conflict, here's Barcus in my head asking the 'So what?' question: 'Is this new?' And 'Why would some listener in Miami or Des Moines want to hear this?'"
NPR correspondent David Schaper, who is based in Chicago, calls Ken "unforgettable" and says, "I owe my career to him."
In the process of editing his reports, David says, "we butted heads every now and then, but it was always to make the story better. And he pushed me in that way. He really put the listener first. He wanted to create vivid scenes and bring our listeners to the place where the story is. ... Radio is creating pictures in the mind, and he brought that home to me and to others so intensely and so well."
Ammad Omar, chief editor on NPR's National Desk, counts himself lucky that Ken took him under his wing when he was a young producer in his early 20s working in Chicago. "I wouldn't be here today without his support and kindness," Ammad says.
An ardent defender of the Midwest
Ken was born on Jan. 18, 1955, in Cleveland and grew up there. He graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and received his B.A. in liberal studies from Sonoma State University in Northern California. Ken nearly went to law school but had a change of heart and instead entered American University's graduate program in journalism in Washington, D.C., from which he received his master's degree.
Prior to joining NPR, Ken reported for member station WAMU in the District of Columbia, and he worked for nearly eight years at Monitor Radio, the now-defunct broadcast arm of The Christian Science Monitor newspaper, where he covered the White House and served as Washington bureau chief.
Ken's NPR career initially included a stint as an overnight editor for Morning Edition ("NPR's version of hazing," he later joked).
He went on to become an editor on the National Desk, and in 1998 he persuaded NPR to move his job from D.C. to his beloved native Cleveland.
That's where he and his wife, Ellen, whom he married in 1988, raised their daughters, Julia, now 29, and Kate, now 27.
Ken took immense pride in his Ohio roots, and he championed coverage of his region, the Midwest, through NPR's robust network of member stations.
In 2002, on NPR's call-in show Talk of the Nation, he took pains to counter some stale misconceptions about his region:
"The Cuyahoga River," he said, "which caught on fire as you all know in the '60s or '70s — 'the river that burns' was the big joke for Cleveland — is a river that I now take my children out on kayaking, and we see eagles every time we go out. It's just different than the perception, different than the stereotype and different than that old New Yorker cartoon of a flyover Midwest area."
This approach was warmly welcomed by the many reporters at NPR member stations in Ken's region.
"Ken really understood that not everything is as it appears in Washington," says Maryanne Zeleznik, news director at WVXU in Cincinnati. "He felt it was really important to hear stories of people who are living their lives not on the coasts, not in the biggest of cities, but just people living across the country, and he thought it was very important to get those stories out."
Because he prized and fought for these regional stories, Maryanne says, Ken was "always slammed. The joke always was that when he'd answer the phone, it was 'Ken-Barcus-please-hold,'" blurted out in one quick burst.
It was thanks to Ken's inspiration that NPR now has five regional bureau chiefs based around the United States.
Among them is NPR's Northeast bureau chief, Andrea de Leon, based in Maine, who counted Ken as a close friend as well as a trusted colleague — "my work husband," as she puts it.
"Most especially I think he loved stories that were very human," she says, "and that took us to places that we might not otherwise go. It wouldn't have to be exotic war zones. They could be much quieter places. But just sort of expanding how we see our country and our fellow Americans and our fellow humans."
Ken always pushed for moments of joy
Ken had a rich sense of humor and was always looking for ways to inject lightness into stories, especially when the news could be so dark and distressing.
"One of the things he always pushed for," says Maryanne, "were moments of joy. These moments of joy could be so uplifting, and he really pushed for that. 'Look for that,' he said. 'Look for those moments of joy.'"
This summer, when Ken announced his upcoming planned retirement, he wrote in an all-staff email, "I'd like to retire as the king of what have now been branded 'Moment of Joy' pieces."
Outside of work, Ken adored being outdoors; he loved to kayak, hike and bike. He converted his daughters' swing set into a fancy coop for his backyard chickens and could never resist adopting rescue dogs. His Cleveland garden was, and is, a glorious profusion — every inch covered with plants.
"Oh my gosh, he has the most amazing garden!" says Annie Wu of Ideastream Public Media in Cleveland, who lives nearby. "There is a water feature of a bicycle where the water makes the tire spin. There's a tire swing off of a giant tree in his front yard, and he has always invited children around the neighborhood to swing on that at any time."
This tells you something about Ken: He delighted in sharing both what he knew (he was an excellent source of office gossip) and what he had.
Random gifts, like the purple hyacinth bean seeds that Maryanne found in her mail one day, culled from his garden.
Or the perfect gift he once sent to Andrea, his National Desk colleague.
"He was in Montreal," Andrea remembers, "and he was like, 'I found these great, cheap tomato knives! I'm sending them to everyone I know who grows a lot of tomatoes, so here's one for you.' That's just who he was."
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The acquisition will allow RelativityOne to offer deeply integrated, purpose-built contract review and intelligence capabilities
CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Relativity, a global legal and compliance technology company, today announced that it has acquired Heretik, a contract review company that combines machine learning technology and advanced analysis to help organizations gain immediate insight into contract data.
Moving forward, Heretik's end-to-end contract review solution will be known as Relativity Contracts, enabling users to rapidly transform existing agreements into structured, actionable data. Relativity Contracts will be integrated into RelativityOne, and available as an add-on in mid-2023.
"Efficient contract analysis is critical in meeting regulatory requirements, realizing business value and reducing legal risk; and now RelativityOne users will be able to do so within a singular, secure platform," said Mike Gamson, CEO of Relativity. "We're excited to bring these capabilities to our customers, helping them expand the problems they're able to solve and positioning legal teams to quickly identify relevant insights, risks, rights and obligations within large datasets – reducing days or weeks of work to just minutes."
From its inception, Heretik has prioritized workflow capabilities coupled with machine learning to enable users to take immediate action on existing contract data. The Heretik viewer provides a modern and lightning-fast review interface, tailormade for quickly locating, extracting and storing critical data points. In the future, Relativity plans to build upon and integrate some contract viewer-specific functionality into the RelativityOne viewer so it can be leveraged on other data types.
Heretik's workflow capabilities and automation help reduce the time-consuming task of contract review. Additionally, the integration will allow for targeted AI and machine learning capabilities, such as contract classification, section segmentation and classification, data extraction to fields and imaging, and optical character recognition.
"Over the last six years, Heretik has gone from solving personal frustrations experienced during a diligence review, to analyzing and reviewing millions of documents," said Charlie Connor, Heretik's CEO and Co-Founder. "Heretik is used on some of today's largest deals and most complex regulatory challenges. Our growth has been immense, but we believe our potential is much greater. Joining forces with Relativity will provide the resources and support to help Heretik reach its full potential."
Heretik was created for Relativity customers by former Relativians. Half of Heretik's employees, including Heretik's CEO and co-founder, are former Relativity team members.
"We chose to build on Relativity because of its best-in-class security, scalability and review capabilities, but most importantly, we believe deeply in Relativity's products and people," said Connor. "We're thrilled to be part of the talented team at Relativity and looking forward to further improving upon and tailoring the solution to meet the unique needs of our users."
About Relativity
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Premium quality expansion will double operations to serve aerospace and defense
DALLAS, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ATI Inc. (NYSE: ATI) announced its Richland, Washington operations as the location of its previously announced titanium melting expansion through investment in new, state-of-the-art assets. The expansion will increase ATI's production of aerospace and defense-grade titanium by approximately 35% over the 2022 baseline levels, helping to meet strong titanium demand. The expansion is projected to be online by the end of 2024, with product qualifications occurring in 2025.
"We're essentially doubling the capacity of this operation and upgrading its capabilities to deliver the high-quality premium materials our customers value," said Kim Fields, ATI president and chief operating officer. "This new capacity will have extraordinary chemistry control, process flexibility, and enable optimization of input materials," said Fields.
The new capacity will supply aero-engine, airframe, and defense customers, including those served by ATI's recently announced $1.2 billion in long-term commitments.
"Twenty-five years after the Richland facility was first commissioned, it's exciting to expand our presence there," said Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer Bob Wetherbee. "We appreciate the region's strong support and are honored to be the city of Richland's first recipient of the Manufacturing Property Tax Exemption."
In keeping with ATI's commitment to sustainable operations, the facility will be powered primarily by hydroelectricity. The investment is included in the company's existing capital expenditure guidance.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon intends to load up on advanced missiles, space defense and modern jets in its largest defense request in decades in order to meet the threat it perceives from China. The spending path would put military’s annual budget over the $1 trillion threshold in just a matter of years, its chief financial officer said Monday.
The administration is asking Congress for $842 billion for the Pentagon in the 2024 budget year. It’s the largest request since the peak of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in the mid-2000s, when the weight of hundreds of thousands of troops deployed in those overseas conflicts ballooned overseas war spending.
Now, the budget could surge again. That’s in part to meet the higher cost of weapons and parts, but also to answer the vulnerabilities that the Ukraine war has exposed in the U.S. defense industrial base, and the strategic threat the U.S. sees from China’s rapidly growing nuclear arsenal, its hypersonic capabilities and its gains in space.
Even if it only grows to account for inflation, “the budget will hit a trillion dollars,” probably before the next five years, Pentagon comptroller Michael McCord told a press briefing. “Maybe that’s going to be a psychological, big watershed moment for many of us, or some of us, but it is inevitable.”
While the number seems astronomically high, it is only about 3% of the country’s gross domestic product. For comparison, during World War II the country was spending about one-third of its GDP on defense, McCord said.
The budget request is part of an overall $6.8 trillion spending proposal rolled out by Biden last week, which Republicans say they’ll reject. But it’s not clear how they’ll act on the Pentagon proposal.
Some Republicans want to go beyond the military spending request. But some have also demanded sharp reductions in federal spending — something that would be difficult to accomplish without touching the defense budget.
While personnel and operations costs remain the largest portions of the annual defense budget, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks called this years’ request “a procurement budget” with the Pentagon increasing buys across the board of modern weapon systems.
One of the largest new priorities is getting the U.S. defense industrial base to speed production of munitions. Ukraine’s rate of use of 155 Howitzer rounds and other precision munitions has shown the U.S. defense industrial base “is not where it needs to be,” McCord said.
It’s been a lesson learned over the last year, particularly as the U.S. assesses how best it can prevent a similar fight over Taiwan, which could pit it against China.
The goal of the budget is to ensure China “wakes up every day, considers the risks of aggression, and concludes, ‘today is not the day,’” Hicks said.
The administration, for example, is asking Congress for $30 billion to produce more missiles. But they are “not the kind of missiles that are key to the Ukraine fight,” McCord said. “These are key to Indo-Pacific deterrence,” a goal also involving advanced air-to-air missiles, anti-ship missiles and long-range standoff missiles.
The Pentagon is also seeking rapid modernization of its air, space and nuclear weapons. The request includes almost $38 billion to buy new nuclear submarines, field the new B-21 stealth bomber and manufacture new ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The request would also fund research and testing for a new type of warplane, called Next Generation Air Dominance, which will have a piloted modern fighter jet, such as the F-35, commanding unmanned drones that accompany it on missions. The Air Force won’t say much about the drones, which they are calling “collaborative combat aircraft” – except that they are planning to field 1,000 of them.
The request includes the “largest space budget ever,” McCord said, as space has proven to be vital in the war in Ukraine and a critical front in any future confrontation. The Pentagon is seeking $33 billion to make its satellite communications more resilient to jamming or attack and rapidly field a new constellation of missile warning systems to assist in the detection, tracking and defense against a new generation of Chinese and Russian hypersonic missiles.
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Bailey Enterprises Holding will offer small businesses expanded offerings.
TAMPA , June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles Bailey, owner of The Bailey Group, Tampa, has launched a new insurance company that will offer an expanded menu of insurance and HR services to small business owners nationwide. The new firm, Bailey Enterprises Holding, Inc. (BEH), is an insurance company licensed in Florida that will build on Bailey's well-earned reputation as the nation's leading provider of business owner's life insurance required for SBA Loans.
"I'm proud of the work we've done up until now and the company that we've built," Bailey said. "Our technology changed the way commercial lenders issue SBA loans by making it easy for their borrowers to get the life insurance coverage they need and for lenders to have regular reports on their borrowers' coverage. Now, we will expand our offerings to be a more complete partner for both small businesses and the financial institutions that serve them."
Bailey says the new company builds on the trust that The Bailey Group has earned from its national client base and will enable him to bring them additional resources and access to organizations that will allow them to grow and protect their businesses and retain their best talent. BEH will provide services through its own portfolio of companies, other companies it acquires and through strategic partnerships.
Brier Grieves Insurance (BGI) will be the first agency to strategically partner with the new insurance company. BGI is a family-owned business that has been successfully operating for 30 years that provides all business Property & Casualty insurance offerings required for approval of a new SBA loan. The company offers General Liability, Business Property, Business Interruption, Hazard, and Workers Compensation insurance, all of which are now available through BEH. They are licensed in over forty states and serve clients on a national basis.
In the near future, BEH will make available to small business owners a number of HR outsourcing and administrative services, including human resources, employee benefits, payroll, and workers' compensation administration. The company is currently in discussions with Best in Breed providers to become strategic partners.
"The goal is to provide a one-stop shop for small to medium-sized enterprises and the financial institutions that serve them," Bailey said. "Dealing with multiple vendors to protect and operate their enterprises is not efficient. Finding a trusted partner can be difficult and time consuming. The industry already knows my company. Commercial lenders want to streamline their new loan origination process by referring their clients to a trusted partner for all of the coverage required to qualify for a new loan. We are now in a position to offer this to them."
For more information about the new company or its products, email info@baileyenterprisesholding.com andhttps://baileyenterprisesholding.com/
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About The Bailey Group
Charles Bailey has been a professional in the Financial Services industry since 1996. In 2003, Bailey saw a need for a new business model that would expedite the process of acquiring life insurance for business owners obtaining SBA loans. He created The Bailey Group as a company that leverages its relationships with banking leaders to offer life insurance with fast approvals, superior service, and competitive rates for business owners nationwide. He originally began his career with Mutual of New York, and subsequently moved his business in 2005 to his current broker-dealer which is now Equitable Advisors. Find out more at https://www.thebaileygp.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC ("J.C. Flowers" or "the Firm"), a leading private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry, announced today it has completed fundraising for its fifth private equity fund, J.C. Flowers V L.P. (together with parallel vehicles, "JCF V"), with more than $1.1 billion in commitments.
Limited partners in JCF V represent a diverse group of corporate pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments, and family offices. JCF V received strong support from existing longtime investors as well as highly respected new investors, with institutional investors located across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and North and South America.
"We are grateful for the support from both our existing and new limited partners which allowed us to surpass our target, especially given the backdrop of uncertainty over the last two years," said Chris Flowers, CEO of J.C. Flowers. "Our firm has built a deep bench of talented executives with significant financial services expertise, which has made us uniquely qualified to identify interesting investments through changing market conditions. We look forward to continuing to source, evaluate and invest in financial services opportunities worldwide where we can add significant value."
J.C. Flowers targets investments across all sub-sectors of the financial services industry, including banks, insurance and reinsurance, specialty and consumer finance, asset management and financial technology and securities firms. The firm has deep experience navigating the complexities of the global regulatory landscape, and has been approved for various investments in financial services companies in 18 jurisdictions. Teams in New York and London drive value in the firm's portfolio companies through operational transformation and balance sheet optimization.
To date, approximately 40% of JCF V has been invested, including announced platform investments in Ariel Re, Inigo Insurance, iLendingDirect, Insigneo Financial Group, LMAX Group, Tricor Insurance and Solomon Wealth.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP served as legal adviser for the Fund.
J.C. Flowers is a leading private investment firm dedicated to investing globally in the financial services industry. Founded in 1998, the firm has approximately $5 billion of assets under management. J.C. Flowers has offices in New York and London with an approximately 20-person investment staff who have a combined 300+ years of experience. Over its history, J.C. Flowers has invested more than $17 billion of capital in 62 portfolio companies in 18 countries across a range of industry subsectors including banking, insurance and reinsurance, securities firms, specialty finance, and services and asset management. For more information, please visit www.jcfco.com.
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You’ve packed that expensive bottle of conditioner in your carry on or bought a nice jar of chutney for a loved one back home only to have it confiscated by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at security. You might find this unfair, but the rules surrounding what can and can’t be packed in a carry on bag must be obeyed.
So, this begs the question: what should you pack in your carry on luggage and what should you leave at home?
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Why are there restrictions?
Why, exactly, do airlines have restrictions about what you can pack in your carry on luggage? Unfortunately, not everybody in this world has righteous intentions at heart, so airlines have strict rules about what you can’t bring on a plane to keep you and your fellow passengers safe.
Anything that could be used as a weapon or cause harm is prohibited. You’ll also find that some items that could cause unintentional harm, such as certain types of lighters, are banned from plane cabins. Liquids are restricted to very small amounts because there have been terrorist plots in the past in which people disguised liquid explosives as innocuous substances like shampoo or soft drinks.
What items are prohibited in carry ons?
Before you pack your bags, you should find out what items you can’t pack in your carry on. You can either pack them in your checked baggage or leave them at home. It’s worth noting that exact restrictions vary slightly depending on the country and airport you’re flying from, so double-check with your airline if in doubt. Here’s what you can’t pack in your carry on:
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Liquids, gels, or pastes in bottles larger than 3.4 ounces (100 ml).
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Guns and ammunition (including BB guns and cap guns).
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Stun guns and tasers.
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Sharp objects (knives, axes, razor blades).
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Self-defense items (such as pepper spray, brass knuckle, billy clubs).
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Any type of explosive (including fireworks).
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Butane, propane, and other similar fuels.
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Arc lighters, plasma lighters, electronic lighters, e-lighters.
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Baseball bats, bowling pins, skis (any sporting goods that could be used as a bludgeon).
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Tools exceeding seven inches long.
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Some high-percentage alcohol (but you have to stick to the 3.4-ounce rule anyway).
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Bleach, chlorine, spray paint, or other potentially dangerous chemicals.
What unexpected items can you pack in a carry on?
There are some items you might be surprised to know you can bring in your carry on, such as the following:
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Scissors (blades must be shorter than 4 inches).
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One disposable razor.
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Vapes or e-cigarettes (but you can’t use them on the plane).
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One standard lighter or book of matches.
What items are recommended for taking in a carry on?
You now know more about what you can and can’t pack in a carry on, but what about items you definitely should pack in your carry on? First, we’d recommend packing a change of clothes, any medication you need to take with you, and any valuable items, just in case your checked luggage is lost by the airline.
You should also pack some items for keeping comfy on the plane (especially on long-haul flights), such as a travel pillow, blanket, and soft, warm sweater.
Since airline food can be hit or miss (mostly miss), you might want to pack some snacks to sustain you. While you might be tempted by salty and sugary snacks, you’ll thank yourself for bringing something that’s not completely devoid of nutrition if your meal turns out to be a dud.
Hydration is important, but you can’t get any drinks until after you go through security, due to the 3.4-ounce limit for liquids in your carry on. You can, however, pack a refillable water bottle (a collapsible one saves space) and fill it with tap water once you’re through security.
If you’ll be relying on your phone for entertainment, bring a phone charger in your carry on bag. Most planes have USB ports for charging built into the seat-back screen. Speaking of entertainment, a book or e-reader is excellent to have once you get bored of the in-flight movies and the games on your phone. If the air in the cabin tends to make your skin feel dry, include some wet wipes and a travel-size bottle of moisturizer, too.
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KVITFJELL, Norway (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin ‘s quest to tie Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark’s record of 86 career World Cup victories now moves to his home country.
Shiffrin’s next race is a giant slalom in Are on Friday, as the American skier seeks one victory to match Stenmark ‘s total on the all-time overall winners list – between men and women. The Swede competed in the 1970s and 80s.
Are was also the venue of Shiffrin’s first career win, in December 2012.
Shiffrin rounded off a three-race weekend in Norway Sunday by finishing in seventh position at a super-G affected by changing weather conditions. The American was fourth in a super-G Friday and fifth in a downhill the following day to lock up her fifth World Cup overall title.
On Sunday, Shiffrin was among the early starters when low clouds caused flat light and snowfall slowed most racers before later starters benefited from improved conditions when skies cleared.
Wearing bib 31, Nina Ortlieb led an Austrian sweep of the podium ahead of Stephanie Venier, who started 29th, and Franziska Gritsch, who started 26th.
“It’s slow with the snow on the flat part,” Shiffrin said. “But I also felt very strong down there pushing the limits, so I’m super happy with my run.”
Shiffrin broke a tie on the all-time women’s list with former American teammate Lindsey Vonn in January. Vonn had 82 wins when she retired in 2019.
Shiffrin has been stuck on 85 World Cup wins for four events now, and the American didn’t got a real chance Sunday to end the wait.
“The conditions are changing so much, it’s not one of those days where I can really compare myself to what’s going on with the results,” Shiffrin said.
“But my skiing was good, I was aggressive, so I’m actually really happy with that. In this group of women going around me, to be kind of this fast, that was a really, really good sign.”
Sofia Goggia was the first racer from the top 20-ranked skiers in fourth position, trailing Ortlieb by 0.69 seconds.
The Italian, who locked up the downhill season title Saturday, looked set for victory when sitting in the leader seat after all other pre-race favorites were down.
“I’m happy with my ski performance but the race has changed too much,” Goggia said. “We came down with criminal conditions and now there’s the sun and everything’s really fast.”
Ortlieb acknowledged the conditions gave her an advantage.
“Unbelievable. I knew at the start the conditions were getting better and better,” the Austrian said. “I was lucky. I’m sure that it was not fair for everyone, but I got the opportunity and I think I skied well.”
Right after finishing, Ortlieb looked around in apparent disbelief, then shook her head a few times.
“A little crazy to see the green light in the finish. I was a little bit confused, but it’s amazing,” said Ortlieb, who was only 29th in Friday’s super-G on the same course.
“I got a big improvement from two days ago, when I was skiing without confidence,” the Austrian said after her second career win.
Ortlieb’s win marked only the second victory for the Austrian women’s team this season after Cornelia Huetter triumphed in Friday’s super-G.
It was the first Austrian sweep in a women’s super-G since Alexandra Meissnitzer, Andrea Fischbacher and Michaela Dorfmeister finished on the podium in Lake Louise, Alberta in December 2005.
Ortlieb became the seventh different winner in seven World Cup super-G races this season.
Elena Curtoni tops the discipline standings before the season-ending race in Andorra on March 16, but four skiers are within 44 points of the Italian’s lead. Shiffrin won one super-G this campaign but is out of contention for the season title, trailing Curtoni by 110 points in sixth.
The race was interrupted after Alice Robinson crashed and slid into the safety nets on a tricky passage near the end of her run but the New Zealand racer appeared unhurt.
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After a tumultuous year, U.S. gasoline prices have been steadily falling from peaks reached in June due to high demand and tight global refining supply. But in some regions, the average price is beginning to rise again, prompting concern from the Biden administration.
Although 60% of U.S. states saw gasoline prices fall week over week, the national average gas price increased by about 7 cents per gallon in the same period, according to data from the American Automobile Association.
Last week top White House officials met with oil executives to discuss Hurricane Ian and low gasoline inventories as President Joe Biden warned the industry not to price-gouge consumers.
Why are gasoline prices rising in some regions?
Gasoline prices have recently been affected by regional refinery outages in the West Coast and the Midwest.
Refinery maintenance often takes place in the fall when demand drops after the summer driving season. This fall, however, other refineries had to shut units without warning due to infrastructure problems.
Three refineries in Washington state and California have had planned maintenance while another had an unplanned outage in September, according to Refinitiv data and refining sources.
Overall, U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline for the week ending Oct. 7, decreasing available refining capacity by 288,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Monday.
In the Midwest, BP-Cenovus' Toledo refinery is still offline after a fatal explosion shut the plant late last month. On the East Coast, Irving Oil's Canadian refinery had maintenance this fall, according to refining sources.
Gulf Coast refineries are also undergoing maintenance this fall, including Marathon's Galveston Bay, Motiva's Port Arthur refinery, and Pemex Deer Park.
Where are gasoline prices rising and where are they falling?
Gasoline price spikes are most pronounced on the West Coast.
Average retail gasoline prices rose the most in California, rising 10% week on week to $6.382 per gallon, and Alaska, rising by 11% to $5.34, according to AAA.
Prices have also increased by 11 cents in Ohio and 18 cents in Illinois due in part to the Ohio refinery fire.
Fuel prices fell the most in Florida, where demand was impacted by Hurricane Ian. The average price is now $3.22, down 16 cents from a week ago. Gasoline prices also fell week on week in other states including Missouri, Nebraska, New York, and South Dakota.
What other factors are affecting fuel prices?
Tight refining supply has caused the gap between wholesale gasoline futures and retail prices to remain wide this year. It currently sits at about $1.30 a gallon, compared with an average of 88 cents over the past five years.
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New expert guidance will shape resources for MANUAL's members.
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MANUAL, an innovative, digital-first young men's personal development and mental health platform, announced the launch of its "Men's Outcomes in Higher Education Advisory Panel." The group is focused on increasing the retention of young men in college while reducing adverse mental health events, like suicide and overdose. The group is comprised of experienced scholars and thought leaders who will provide invaluable insights and guidance to shape MANUAL's resources and programs to inspire young men to become their best selves.
"We are honored to have an exceptional group of individuals join this Advisory Panel," said Matthew Stefanko, MANUAL's founder and CEO. "Their expertise and passion span the spectrum of higher education and wellness, which aligns perfectly with our mission. We are facing a crisis that impacts millions of young men, the communities, and the people surrounding them – and it even threatens the longevity of higher education institutions. We are excited to continue working to identify evidence-based ways for young men to thrive in every aspect of their lives."
At launch, MANUAL's Advisory Panel will include six members: Dr. Robert Pack, Ph.D., MPH (Executive Vice Provost, East Tennessee State University); Dr. Brandon Joseph (Director of Student Resilience, Western Washington University); Dr. Danny Molock, Ph.D. (Director, Student Life & Development, Morgan State University); Archie Messersmith-Bunting, M.S., MHFA (CEO, Archie Cares); Clint Coulter (Director of Greek Life, Samford University); and Ryan Anderson, MPH, CHES, CHWC (Assistant Director, Health and Wellness Promotion, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).
"I think it goes without saying that we are looking forward to bringing together some of the best minds in young men's education and wellness through working with MANUAL. Research has shown that the platform is highly effective, and we look forward to continuing to expand its reach and offerings," Clint Coulter said. "This is a tremendous opportunity to positively affect the lives of young men and our broader communities."
Through collaboration with the Advisory Panel, MANUAL aims to enhance its existing content and develop new resources that address the unique challenges young men face today. By providing accessible and evidence-based tools for personal growth and development in the collegiate setting, MANUAL strives to equip young men with healthy behaviors and the knowledge necessary to navigate life's complexities successfully.
This year MANUAL is partnering with a diverse group of academic institutions and organizations across the country to bring these crucial resources to young men on campus, including the University of Mississippi, Morgan State University, Clark Atlanta University, Elmhurst University, UMass Lowell, the University of the Virgin Islands, and MSU-Denver, among many others.
About MANUAL: MANUAL is an online men's personal development and health platform that aims to improve health literacy and well-being for young men. MANUAL addresses various health topics through evidence-based content and engaging resources, including mental health, sexual health, nutrition, fitness, and more. MANUAL's mission is to inspire young men to become the best versions of themselves by empowering them with the knowledge and tools they need to make informed decisions about their health and lead fulfilling lives, particularly for young men resistant to support. To learn more, visit manual.care.
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WACO, Texas — The Waco Fire Department has responded to a small lawn fire.
The fire was first reported Tuesday morning on Roselawn Drive in Waco, according to a KXXV reporter.
At this time, no flame or smoke are no longer being reported.
No injuries have also been reported.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Production Services, Inc. ("PPS"), founded in 1987, has attracted a meaningful new investment from Arena Investors, LP, Riveria Investment Group, and their affiliates. The partnership allows PPS and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Traffic Control, to add to its suite of services for the film and television industry. The company supplies its customers with highly trained and skilled experts that handle a range of required regulatory and municipal permit coordination and services, including traffic and safety planning, design and staffing services.
This partnership provides PPS with the capital and expertise to act on the opportunity to fulfill the demand produced by the extraordinary growth in streaming service content, and the demand coming from the film and television industry. The investment allows PPS to pursue numerous organic growth opportunities from existing customers in its existing California market and new content production hotspots around the United States. The partnership will allow PPS to acquire and develop new technology, equipment and resources to enhance the company's coverage and maintain the first-class service our customers have come to rely upon.
Eric Nichols, President and CEO of PPS noted the firm is "extremely pleased to announce its new strategic partnership with Arena Investors and Riveria. This alliance will allow PPS to extend its considerable range of on location filming expertise, products, and services to a greater number of filming professionals, in a greater number of places."
Daniel Zwirn, CEO and CIO of Arena Investors stated, "The team at PPS has demonstrated a tremendous level of professionalism and has an excellent market reputation; its commitment to customers is among the best we have ever seen. As a direct result of its success to date, Arena has been pursuing a partnership with PPS and are now excited to announce this partnership. We will support the existing senior management team and employees and are looking forward to the future including developing new business lines, making software and technology enhancements and opening new markets."
About Pacific Production Services
PPS is the largest and most reputable film permitting agency in Los Angeles. We pride ourselves on our ability to simplify the permitting process while saving our clients time and money. The heart of our service is consultation: our coordinators get to know the needs of a project and can advise on budgets, timelines, and locations that fit a client's unique needs. Our clients include COLA and LMGI award winning location managers and location teams. We have worked on films, TV shows, commercials, music videos, and photo shoots that have gone on to win critic and audience awards around the globe. PPS has been a Gold Level sponsor of the COLAs since the beginning in 1995 and a Gold Level sponsor of the LMGIs since its inception in 2014. PPS also supports the Motion Picture Officers Association (MPOA). When it comes to film permits and traffic control expertise, PPS' quality of service is unmatched.
About Arena Investors
Arena is an institutional asset manager founded in partnership with The Westaim Corporation (TSXV: WED). With $3.6 billion of invested and committed assets under management as of August 1, 2022, and a team of over 100 employees in offices globally, Arena provides creative solutions for those seeking capital in special situations. The firm brings individuals with decades of experience, a track record of comfort with complexity, the ability to deliver within time constraints, and the flexibility to engage in transactions that cannot be addressed by banks and other conventional financial institutions. See www.arenaco.com for more information.
About Riveria Investment Group
Riveria Investment Group, headquartered in New York, NY, is a growth focused private equity firm that acquires and invests in middle-market companies based in the United States. Riveria primarily focuses on growing companies with a history of positive operating cash-flows and seeks transactions that present unique investment opportunities in industries experiencing significant growth. Riveria's private equity efforts emphasize growth and value-added strategies to generate strong returns. Riveria actively engages in the operations of portfolio companies by collaborating with management and implementing executive operating partners to grow its investments.
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As President Biden gives his State of the Union address, his administration is struggling to stem a devastating wave of fentanyl deaths. Here's how the opioid crisis has evolved in deadly ways.
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What is the best knee scooter?
If you injure your foot, ankle or lower leg, your doctor may recommend a knee scooter. Knee scooters are wheeled medical devices that keep you moving while keeping your injured area from bearing weight. To use, place the knee of your injured leg on the cushioned pad that sits atop the wheeled base. Then use your good leg to push off, while you safely steer your way to a full recovery.
Knee scooters are comfortable for your injured leg and keep you active while you heal. For its sturdiness and all-terrain capability, the best knee scooter is the KneeRover All-Terrain Steerable Knee Scooter.
What to know before you buy a knee scooter
Can knee scooters be used outside?
There are two types of knee scooters. Traditional scooters are designed for indoor use and level surfaces. They have small, thin wheels and are typically made with lightweight materials that keep their cost low.
All-terrain scooters have sturdy steel frames and large, wide tires meant to smoothly run over uneven pavement, rocks and grass. They are more expensive, but if you plan to be outside during your recovery, they are your best option.
Can you easily steer a knee scooter?
Knee scooters come with or without handlebars. Those with handlebars let you easily move around obstacles, but these steerable scooters are less stable and can tip over if you try to turn too sharply or unexpectedly run into uneven pavement. Scooters without handlebars are manually lifted and turned if you need to get around something, but they are more stable, which may be helpful outdoors.
Are knee scooters better than crutches?
Though crutches are often recommended, knee scooters offer many advantages.
- They’re easier to navigate. They require less upper-body strength to maneuver, important for anyone in a compromised state.
- They typically can hold more weight. This is welcomed by heavier patients.
- They’re more comfortable than crutches. This is especially good for long recoveries.
- They’re safer in wet weather.
What to look for in a quality knee scooter
Brakes
Disc and parking brakes are important safety features of knee scooters. Disc brakes are in the back and decelerate the scooter when it is going too fast. The parking brake keeps it stationary when you get off and is located on the handlebars. Replacement brake pads and assemblies are available if the brakes wear down.
Foldability
It can be challenging to transport a knee scooter. Some are heavy to lift, and others may not fit easily in your vehicle. Look for scooters with a one-touch mechanism that quickly folds it down for easy storage.
Knee rest
The knee rest is important for comfort. There are different thicknesses of padding, but typically a minimum of 3 inches is needed for comfort. Some padding is contoured, with a slight indentation that fits the shape of your knee. Look for scooters with adjustable knee rests that can be moved to fit your leg’s length and angle.
Basket
Safety recommendations suggest using both hands to steer a scooter. This makes it difficult to carry personal items. Scooters with a front basket hold your cellphone, purse, lunch tote or other bags. Some baskets are removable for days when you don’t need extra storage.
How much you can expect to spend on a knee scooter
There is a wide range of prices for knee scooters based on their style, features and steerability.
- Inexpensive scooters cost $60-$100, with minimal features like knee pads and foldability.
- Midrange scooters are priced at $100-$250. They can be steered and often have handlebars, brakes and a basket.
- Expensive scooters cost $250-$500 and are designed for all terrains. They have the same features as mid-range scooters, but are built for outdoor use and durability.
Knee scooter FAQ
What’s the best way to navigate rough outdoor surfaces?
A. Make sure you purchase a knee scooter designed for all terrains. These scooters have sturdy steel frames and large tires designed to travel a variety of outdoor surfaces. You also should practice indoors Once you’ve mastered steering and braking on smooth, level surfaces, you will be more confident on grass, gravel and uneven concrete.
Are knee scooters covered by insurance?
A. It depends on your policy. Medicare typically will not pay for one, despite knee scooters being deemed durable medical equipment, because it has designated crutches as an equal benefit. Some private insurers and some Medicaid plans cover the cost of a knee scooter or, at minimum, a rental scooter. Review your plan document or contact your insurance company to verify your coverage before you purchase a scooter.
What is the best knee scooter to buy?
Top knee scooter
KneeRover All Terrain Steerable Knee Scooter
What you need to know: Sturdy and American-made, this scooter is designed to easily traverse grass, dirt, gravel and sidewalk gaps.
What you’ll love: An advanced tie-rod steering system keeps it stable over different terrains. It has a rear bicycle brake and locking hand brake. It’s designed for people who are under 78 inches tall and weigh up to 350 pounds. A satisfaction guarantee is included.
What you should consider: People with limited hand strength may struggle with the mechanism that initiates folding.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top knee scooter for the money
Drive Medical Dual Pad Steerable Knee Walker
What you need to know: This stylish knee scooter is adjustable and accommodates people recovering from foot surgery, sprains, breaks and amputation.
What you’ll love: It has a steel frame and dual-padded seats. Equipped with 8-inch casters, it can be used both indoors and outside. It has a deluxe braking system and a large basket for carrying items.
What you should consider: Steering in tight spaces can be difficult and requires additional practice.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Roscoe Knee Scooter With Basket
What you need to know: This scooter is perfect for everyday use and folds at the handlebars for transporting with ease.
What you’ll love: An excellent alternative to crutches, it’s steerable and has large wheels for smooth navigation. The seat and handlebar grips are padded, and the basket is removable. It’s designed for people who weigh up to 350 pounds.
What you should consider: Its primary use is indoors, and it struggles to navigate rough terrain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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With world-class tenant amenities, reenergized common areas, outdoor spaces, and leading-edge offices, THE MART's latest transformation will usher in the future of downtown Chicago
CHICAGO, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- THE MART is pleased to announce the building's boldest transformation yet. In Summer 2023, THE MART will welcome a new suite of world-class tenant amenities, plus food and beverage retailers, that promote an integrated approach to work, life, and wellness, as well as revitalizations to the South Lobby and River Park, one of the few green spaces available to the public on the Chicago riverfront.
Owned and operated by Vornado Realty Trust, THE MART is an architectural icon and the largest privately held commercial building in the United States, internationally recognized as a global innovator in culture, design, and technology. The latest developments, designed by Gensler, will provide the future of office space to some of the country's most creative and forward-thinking companies. The highly visible transformation will honor and challenge the building's heritage and its existing Art Deco architecture to create an open and accessible meeting place, opening its doors as a marketplace of experiences, creativity, and ideas.
"Vornado acquired THE MART in 1998 and, 25 years later, we are proud to continue to build upon our successes and unveil this next phase of the building's impressive history," said Paul Heinen, Chief Operating Officer, THE MART. "Our new workplace strategy will complement THE MART's existing offerings—expansive offices for industry leading tenants, sought-after brands in our design showrooms, and cutting-edge digital exhibitions at ART on THE MART—creating one of the most dynamic mixed-use developments in the city on the grandest scale."
The upcoming transformation follows an earlier phase of improvements to THE MART in 2016 that saw the introduction of the Grand Stair and Marshall's Landing, one of Chicago's top dining destinations, and a new Food Hall with robust and varied offerings, as well as a new reception and information desk.
Spaces and new amenities opening in Summer 2023 include:
- A revitalized approach to the South Lobby, one of the city's most iconic Art Deco interiors, that includes the installation of new lounge seating to create a warm and welcoming environment for the public, with furnishings sourced exclusively from design showrooms at THE MART.
- An extensive, centralized amenity experience on the second floor featuring a 23,000 SF health club with state-of-the-art equipment, studios offering a full range of classes, and a juice bar; an intimate tenant-exclusive speakeasy lounge overlooking the river; and a cluster of new curated retail offerings across beauty, health, and wellbeing.
- 21,000 SF tenant-exclusive conference center and workspace with conference and meeting rooms, lounge areas, flexible programming space, and a private café, designed for quiet focus and productive collaboration.
- A reimagination of THE MART's River Park public space with a plaza for pedestrian traffic and gathering, a lush central lawn for community celebrations and programming, al fresco seating activated by new food and beverage offerings, and a localized approach to landscaping that introduces foliage and perennials from the surrounding Chicago region, all conceived of by landscape architects Hoerr Schaudt. The new River Park is part of a larger approach to make privatized space public by bringing the rooftop amenities to the street level, creating a new front yard for Chicago and one of few dynamic spaces available to the public on the riverfront.
"The design approach at THE MART marries legacy and modernity to better serve the building's tenants and the broader community," said Todd Heiser, Managing Director of Gensler. "New spaces and amenities build on THE MART's historic foundation by celebrating the building's ornate Art Deco details and reimagining them for the contemporary workplace. This balanced intersection showcases THE MART's position as an epicenter of workplace—of yesterday, today, and the future."
About THE MART
THE MART is the largest privately held commercial building in the United States: it encompasses 4.2 million gross square feet, spans two city blocks, rises 25 stories, and is visited by an average of 30,000 people each business day (or nearly 10 million people annually). THE MART serves as the home to Chicago's most creative and technologically innovative companies, including Motorola Mobility, 1871, PayPal, and MATTER, as well as Fortune 500 companies Conagra Brands, Allstate, Medline Industries, Beam Suntory, Avant, and Grainger. It is also the largest and most important center for design in North America with more than 250 premier design showrooms offering the latest resources for both residential and commercial markets.
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About Vornado Realty Trust
Vornado Realty Trust is the preeminent owner, manager, and developer of Office and Retail assets. Vornado's portfolio is concentrated in the nation's key market, New York City, along with premier assets in both Chicago and San Francisco. Vornado is also the real estate industry leader in sustainability. The Company owns and manages over 26 million square feet of LEED certified buildings.
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Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 7,000 professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally across more than 29 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors. We are guided by our mission to create a better world through the power of design, and the source of our strength is our people. By leveraging our diversity of ideas, our research and innovation, our shared values, and our One-Firm Firm culture, we are working seamlessly as a borderless firm in 140 countries and making the greatest impact on our communities as we continue to tackle the world's challenges.
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An integrated payments solution is now only a few clicks away for any business that wants to utilize linked2pay for payments orchestration
OXNARD, Calif., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- linked2pay, a leading payment software technology provider, today announced that it will use Workato to expedite the integration of payment solutions for users of popular accounting and operating systems used by millions of businesses.
"We completed the heavy lifting in our initial project with Workato so that our clients can set up their real-time data exchange with supported accounting and operating systems in just a few clicks. The functionality is now available to merchants who utilize any of the linked2pay supported gateways. The resulting integration will provide automation to improve their back office and accelerate cash flow," said Kyle Taylor COO at linked2pay.
Clients of many popular software packages that include QuickBooks, NetSuite, FreshBooks, Raiser's Edge NXT and others are now a few clicks away from integrating with linked2pay for payments processing automation.
"Ensuring that customers are able to seamlessly connect to the systems and data they need to is a key product criteria for every technology provider. This is especially true in the payment technology space where these integrations impact a business's bottom line," said Will Davis, VP of Product Initiatives at Workato. "We're excited about this partnership with linked2pay in providing their customers with access to critical operational and accounting systems while also expanding the payment options for their customers."
linked2pay is an easy to utilize, award-winning payments technology solution set that orchestrates card, ACH and check processing. As an innovator in the delivery of payments technology, linked2pay is dedicated to the development of both integrated & non-integrated solutions that securely enable all our business partners and their customers to more easily manage their payments processing and risk management. The gateways supported by linked2pay include TSYS, Authorize.Net, Heartland, Velocity and First Data. Learn more at linked2pay.com
The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 17,000 of the world's top brands, including Broadcom, Intuit, and Box. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Workato is backed by Altimeter Capital, Battery Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Redpoint Ventures. For more information, visit workato.com or connect with us on social media:
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UN office urges Iran to free detained peaceful protesters
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office is calling on Iran’s government to immediately release thousands of people who have been detained for participating in peaceful protests, faulting its “increasing harshness” as Western countries seek to ratchet up scrutiny of Tehran’s crackdown against demonstrators.
Spokesman Jeremy Laurence of the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said it was calling for all charges to be dropped against the demonstrators and cautioned that Iran can only mete out the death penalty for the “most serious crimes” under international law — amid concerns that some protesters could be facing capital punishment.
“Instead of opening space for dialogue on legitimate grievances, the authorities are responding to unprecedented protests with increasing harshness,” Laurence said at a regular U.N. press briefing in Geneva.
He said at least 10 protesters had been charged with offenses that carry the death penalty — including one found guilty of either “waging war against God” or “corruption on earth” for allegedly damaging public property.
Separately, Germany and Iceland are leading a push led mostly by Western countries for the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council to create a special “fact-finding mission” — a team of independent rights experts — to look into alleged rights violations in the Islamic Republic linked to nationwide protests that erupted on Sept. 16.
Iranian women — and some men — have been protesting the government’s severe restrictions on their daily life since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code.
The council, which is made up of 47 member states and whose composition is tweaked every year, is set to hold a special session on Nov. 24 to debate the situation in Iran and ultimately vote on the proposal that includes the call for the fact-finding mission.
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MIDLAND, Texas — MIDLAND, Texas — ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $28.7 million.
The oilfield services company posted revenue of $423.6 million in the period, which beat Street forecasts. Five analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $410.1 million.
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The Wu administration has acknowledged it has compiled a list of Mayor Michelle Wu’s most vocal critics and sent it to the Boston Police Department, claiming security concerns.
“The list was made in response to a request from the Boston Police Department after the Mayor had been harassed and physically intimidated by individuals for several months outside her home, at city functions such as the annual neighborhood parks coffee hours, and at other public events,” Wu spokesman Ricardo Patron said in a statement to the Herald.
This is the first time the Wu administration has admitted it compiled such a list, which was uncovered in an email by a group of Wu opponents through a public records request.
It shows the Wu administration taking the offensive against her opponents, coming on the heels of passing an ordinance prohibiting protests outside the mayor’s Roslindale home during certain hours.
But the unusual action raises questions about whether it crosses the line into using Nixonian tactics to suppress people’s rights to protest and intimidate her critics.
“The request (from police) came after many of the individuals on the list repeatedly impeded the Dorchester Day Parade to harass Mayor Wu and her family and staff, yelling through megaphones at her and her children for nearly ninety minutes as they marched in the parade despite being asked by parade organizers to leave the parade route,” Patron said.
“Following the Dorchester Day Parade on June 5, 2022, Boston Police met with City staff on June 10 to make a safety plan for the upcoming Bunker Hill Day parade on June 12, and the then-Captain of the District overseeing Charlestown asked for a list of individuals who had been involved in public disruption and harassment of the Mayor at the Dorchester Day Parade and outside her house,” Patron added. “The email was sent as a follow-up immediately after that meeting.”
It’s unclear what actions police took in response to getting the watch list.
The list – sent in an email from Wu’s former Director of Constituent Services Dave Vittorini to Boston Police Capt. Robert Ciccolo – includes Wu’s most vocal opponents, such as City Council candidate Christine Vitale, several anti-vaccine activists who have been protesting Wu’s house, and North End restaurant owners who have opposed Wu policies.
Included in the email was simply the names of 15 people including Vitale, Shana Cottone, “Mendoza Brothers from the North End,” and “A woman with the last name of Thuy who was arrested before.”
There was no explanation in the email of why the names were listed.
Also cc’d on the email were Wu aides Tiffany Chu and Brianna Millor.
The email was sent following loud protests outside Wu’s Roslindale home last year.
Vitale is running for one of four at-large City Council seats and has been an outspoken Wu critic. Others on the list have been a part of protests outside Wu’s Roslindale house, according to the Boston Accountability Network, a group of Wu opponents.
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2023 U.S. Open Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
After the third round at the 2023 U.S. Open, Wyndham Clark is currently atop the leaderboard (+275 to win).
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- Venue: The Los Angeles Country Club
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Par/Distance: Par 70/7,423 yards
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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County Police need help finding a missing 13-year-old girl.
Sabray was last seen Wednesday leaving her home near Cavalier Crossing. She is 5 feet 1 inch tall.
Sabray has black hair and brown eyes, according to a Twitter post from the DeKalb County Police Department.
The 13-year-old was last seen wearing a metallic coat and blue jeans, the post said.
If you have any information about Sabray’s whereabouts, call the department’s Special Victims Unit at 770-724-7710.
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Huge increase in emergency room visits for kids with suicidal thoughts, study says
(CNN) - According to a new study, emergency room visits for children having suicidal thoughts has been increasing steadily.
The increase started even before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, looked at data from hospitals in Illinois from January 2016 to June 2021. During that time, more than 81,000 visits were coded as suicidal ideation.
About 25% of those visits turned into hospital stays.
“It just really highlights how mental health concerns were really a problem before the pandemic. I mean, we saw this huge increase in visits for kids of all ages, honestly, in 2019, and it’s very concerning,” said study co-author Dr. Audrey Brewer, an attending physician in advanced general pediatrics and primary care at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
The study found that visits to the emergency room with suicidal thoughts increased 59% from 2016 to 2021, and hospitalizations for suicidal thoughts increased 57% between fall 2019 and fall 2020.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or visit the hotline’s website.
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WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, September 15, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
421 PM CDT Thu Sep 15 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of the Panhandle of Texas, including the
following counties, Collingsworth and Donley.
* WHEN...Until 815 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 421 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Clarendon, Howardwick, Hedley, Lelia Lake and Greenbelt Lake.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Lipscomb County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Northeastern Roberts County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Northwestern Hemphill County in the Panhandle of Texas...
Southeastern Ochiltree County in the Panhandle of Texas...
* Until 530 PM CDT.
* At 423 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Wolf Creek Park, or 15 miles northwest of Canadian, moving east
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.
Hail damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Lipscomb.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced the first cancer-focused initiative under its advanced health research agency, aiming to help doctors more easily distinguish between cancerous cells and healthy tissue during surgery and improve outcomes for patients.
The administration’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is launching a Precision Surgical Interventions program, seeking ideas from the public and private sectors to explore how to dramatically improve cancer outcomes in the coming decades by developing better surgical interventions to treat the disease.
ARPA-H is modeled after the military-focused DARPA, which spawned the internet and GPS. The administration hopes the new investment will yield tools that will help surgeons avoid healthy nerves and blood vessels, while ensuring they can remove all cancerous cells.
ARPA-H, along with the administration's “cancer moonshot,” is a key part of Biden's “unity agenda” announced during his 2022 State of the Union address to bring Washington together on a bipartisan basis to combat cancer, improve veterans' health and make mental health more accessible.
The initiative could markedly improve cancer treatments and make scientific breakthroughs that have as yet unknown applications, said Arati Prabhakar, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology.
“What’s true is that many cancer treatments still start with surgery," she told The Associated Press in an interview. "So being really smart and attacking and developing new technology to make that first step better could really revolutionize how we are able to treat cancer for so many Americans."
Prabhakar, a former director of DARPA, said most federal research dollars are designed to go to university or government labs, while ARPA-H programs will search more broadly.
“They are just dead focused on those goals, and whoever it takes to get there is who they’ll be trying to make sure they bring to the table,” she said. “What you’re looking for is the quality of the ideas and then the ability to really be bold and fearless and experimenting and then start prototyping in the real world.”
The agency is hosting an event in Chicago in September for interested researchers with the aim of quickly identifying and approving projects.
Prabhakar acknowledged that the ARPA-H model entails risks, but she said that even in failure most projects have significant payoffs.
“The mission is to reach for things that aren’t that obvious or feasible today — and to do that, you have to take risks,” she said. “The process allows you to explore things that could have a bigger impact if they do work and very often what I have seen is that the overall program succeeds even though some of the individual pieces don’t succeed.”
The Department of Veterans Affairs on Thursday is also announcing that veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during their service will be able to access breast cancer risk assessments and mammograms regardless of their age or if they are enrolled in VA healthcare. And on Tuesday, the department announced that it would study the relationship between deployed servicemembers’ toxic exposures and additional cancers.
ARPA-H has also placed an open call for other research objectives, said Danielle Carnival, the director of the White House cancer moonshot, calling the agency's work a “central pillar” of the administration's plans to meet its goals of reducing mortality and improving outcomes from cancer.
“I would expect some really great ideas and new projects to come out of that call,” she said.
White House deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed said the ARPA-H announcement helps meet Biden's efforts to show "that government can still work, both sides can come together, and we can get things done.”
"Mental health, cancer, veterans, our efforts on fentanyl, are all priorities that affect everyone without regard to party,” Reed said.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Washington Mystics got into town without issue Monday, a rarity this season, and even serenaded birthday girl Myisha Hines-Allen at the airport. There were no delays, no rerouting, no having to switch to a train.
The two-time WNBA MVP is following a complex maintenance process in her return from a pair of back surgeries that limited her to three games over the past two seasons. Part of that is Washington (7-3) implementing a load management program in hopes of keeping her healthy in the short and long term.
So far, Delle Donne has played seven of the Mystics’ 10 games, and five of those have come at home. After wedging herself into a cramped plane and sleeping in a hotel bed, she has post-plane movement and early-morning treatment on game day to “work the travel out.”
“Travel certainly adds more,” said Delle Donne, who finished with 19 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks. “It’s harder than home.”
Even at home, Delle Donne sticks to an arduous daily routine to remain in playing condition and ward off any issues with her back. When the Mystics are on the road and she’s not, Delle Donne scrimmages with the male practice players and others to try to keep her rhythm — playing full-court three-on-three and four-on-four, along with half-court sets. The goal is to make those “days off” as close to gamelike as possible so her body adjusts and she can add more games down the road.
The Mystics face the challenge of developing chemistry as Delle Donne moves in and out of the lineup. And she has to play catch-up when the team returns and get a feel for what was or wasn’t working.
Coach Mike Thibault said none of it feels normal yet, but Delle Donne seems to have gotten used to the routine. She is slated to play against the visiting New York Liberty on Friday, but a decision has yet to be made on Sunday’s game at Chicago.
“I have such a process that each day feels very similar,” Delle Donne said. “ … So I think that helps me kind of just stay in the moment … and know this is the best thing for my body — and know what I’ve been through and being smart.
“[The back surgeries] almost took me out of the game forever, so [I want] to be smart in this comeback and to continue on my process and trust that they got it when I’m not there. And then, when I get to be there, we all got it. And they’ve been great. That’s what great teams do.”
Here’s what to know about the Mystics’ win:
Second-half dominance
After an ugly first half, the Mystics outscored the Fever 49-29 in the second. Indiana led 46-38 at halftime after shooting 51.4 percent, including 58.3 from behind the arc. Thibault said the Mystics tweaked their defense on Kelsey Mitchell (26 points) at halftime, got out to the shooters better and turned in stops that jump-started the offense. The Fever (3-8) shot 30.8 percent in the second half.
Elizabeth Williams led the defensive effort with six blocks to go with a career-high 15 rebounds and 10 points.
“I tried to, especially coming off the bench, just bring energy,” she said. “It’s fun. Blocking is one of my favorite parts of the game. I don’t care who it is — if you’re short, you’re tall, I’m going to try to block it.”
“You can see why we got Elizabeth,” Thibault said. “ … [We] had them kind of thinking about coming to the rim a little bit in the second half.”
The half-court offense improved as Washington moved the ball better, leaned on its scorers and limited poor possessions. Ariel Atkins caught fire in the second half and posted a season-high 28 points; Natasha Cloud upped the aggression and added 16 points, nine assists, four rebounds and two steals.
“Our defense was better, so that made our offense flow a lot better,” Atkins said. “[Cloud] changed her pace a lot in that second half, and that really helped the spacing of our offense. It’s definitely helpful when we’re all kind of doing our small parts and they’ve just got to pick your poison — and tonight I was the poison.”
Clark sits out
Alysha Clark missed her second consecutive game while in the WNBA’s coronavirus health and safety protocols. Thibault said she has tested negative once and needs one more to be cleared. She is likely to miss at least one more game, even if she’s cleared, as she works to get back into game condition. Kennedy Burke started her third game in Clark’s place, posting eight points in 20 minutes.
On the bench
The loss came in Indiana interim coach Carlos Knox’s second game at the helm, and he did so in a building with his No. 34 jersey hanging from the rafters. The home arena for the Fever and the NBA’s Indiana Pacers, Gainbridge Fieldhouse, is in the final stage of a makeover, so Tuesday’s game was played at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. It’s the home of IUPUI, where Knox was an all-American.
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Which creative Valentine’s Day gift is best?
Sure, chocolate and flowers are standard for Valentine’s Day. But what if you’re looking for something a little different? Maybe your sweetheart has allergies or food restrictions. Maybe you just want something unique, or money is a little tight this year. The best creative Valentine’s Day gifts are unusual ways to show you care.
If you’re buying for a music-lover, they might appreciate the Yamaha FG800 Solid Top Acoustic Guitar, whether they’re a new guitarist or need up upgrade from a budget acoustic.
What to know before you buy a creative Valentine’s Day gift
Your shared interests
Gift baskets are a good option when getting creative on Valentine’s Day, but it’s crucial that you consider what your sweetheart is interested in. Better yet, what are some interests you share? Tailor your gift to those shared interests to keep the love flowing.
Budget
Sometimes the most creative gifts are easier on the budget than the stereotypical jewelry, candy and flowers. If you are on a budget, consider things such as coupon books or a monthly subscription that gives year-round.
Time frame
Some of the most creative Valentine’s Day gifts are those that offer something to look forward to, especially when life is challenging. This can be one of the best gifts to give. Consider gifts that can be redeemed in the warmer months or gifts that occur in steps or stages (for instance, gift subscriptions).
What to look for in a quality creative Valentine’s Day gift
Personal
Everyone wants to feel special on Valentine’s Day. Make sure whatever gift you choose is personal, even if it comes wrapped in hearts and flowers. A personal gift is one that perfectly matches your beloved.
Thoughtful
Let’s face it: we can all recognize when someone has bought a gift because they are supposed to, not because they want to. Additionally, it’s easy to spot the gifts that were picked up hastily at the last minute. Take some time to really consider your partner and what they might like to receive.
Unusual
A creative Valentine’s Day gift might not look like a typical “romantic” present. Maybe your woodcarving partner needs a handcrafted carrier for their tools. Perhaps the music lover in your life would appreciate a concert date. How about making life around the house easier with a year of housecleaning? These are unusual gifts that make life sweeter and easier for the recipient.
How much you can expect to spend on creative Valentine’s Day gifts
It’s up to you to set a budget for your gifts, but fun, funky presents can be had at prices from $10 and up.
Creative Valentine’s Day gift FAQ
How did the tradition of giving gifts on Valentine’s Day start?
A. As some sources tell it, a priest named Valentine defied a Roman emperor when he continued to perform marriages after they were outlawed in the third century. When Emperor Claudius II found out and sentenced him to death, Valentine wrote a letter to his sweetheart from jail, signing it, “From your Valentine.”
Today, that signature is still used, but flowers and cards have other origins. Flowers were used to send secret messages between lovers and friends in the 15th century, while chocolates and cards began to be signifiers of love in the 16th century. Most traditional Valentine’s Day gifts rose out of some sort of separation between lovers, with gifts as the thread that kept them connected.
What makes the best Valentine’s Day gift?
A. The best and most creative Valentine’s Day gifts require considering the recipient first. Don’t waste your time and money buying them a gift that you might like to get. Rather, think about things they might like that they would not ordinarily buy themselves. These may not be particularly romantic, but showing that you are listening to your partner’s needs and wants is probably the most romantic thing you could do for Valentine’s Day.
If you demonstrate thoughtful attention in your gift-giving, it almost doesn’t matter what the actual gift is. It truly is the thought that counts.
What’s the best creative Valentine’s Day gift to buy?
Top creative Valentine’s Day gift
Yamaha FG800 Solid Top Acoustic Guitar
What you need to know: If your partner has long harbored fantasies of being the next Phoebe Bridgers or Elliot Smith, this acoustic guitar is a great Valentine’s gift.
What you’ll love: You can expect excellent sound quality thanks to the solid top design. It’s available in dreadnought and concert styles, the latter of which is more compact.
What you should consider: It may need a professional setup before it sounds its best.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top creative Valentine’s Day gift for the money
Paladone Personalized Chalkboard Ceramic Coffee Mug
What you need to know: Tell your partner how much you love them with their morning coffee.
What you’ll love: Customize your loved one’s beverage each day with the included chalk. The mug is durable ceramic. At a loss for words? Your sweetie can use the mug for morning doodles while they wait for coffee.
What you should consider: Do not use this mug in the microwave, and hand-wash only to preserve the chalkboard finish.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Castle Art Supplies 72 Watercolor Pencils Set
What you need to know: Whether your sweetheart is a keen artist or wants to start a new creative hobby, they might appreciate these watercolor pencils.
What you’ll love: This set contains 72 pencils with vibrant pigments. They dissolve and blend extremely effectively. They come in a tin that’s great for gifting and storage.
What you should consider: They’re not as highly pigmented as more expensive pencils.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Former UT football coach Jeremy Pruitt appears for NCAA hearing
Jeremy Pruitt and the University of Tennessee are at the center of NCAA hearings in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Tenn. (WVLT) - Former University of Tennessee Head Football Coach Jeremy Pruitt appeared for their first day of NCAA hearings in Cincinnati Wednesday.
The NCAA served the university with 18 allegations back in July, centering on Pruitt’s operation of the football program. Only one involved the university itself, saying that UT failed to appropriately monitor the football program.
The rest focus on Pruitt’s and his staff’s actions, with investigators saying they gave cash and gifts to recruits, players and their families. Those gifts allegedly totaled around $60,000.
Previous Coverage: NCAA releases allegations in Tennessee Football Jeremy Pruitt investigation
WVLT Volquest media partner Brent Hubbs explained what comes next.
“You have two cases going on separately here,” Hubbs said. “Jeremy Pruitt is one of the level one violations; there will be punishment levied against Jeremy Pruitt, separate from the University of Tennessee. From the University of Tennessee standpoint, when this hearing ends the committee on infractions comes back with a penalty, a judgment if you will.”
That penalty should come by late June, Hubbs said. If the university gets a penalty, they could appeal it, especially since UT has been cooperating with the investigation and self-reported the infractions to the NCAA.
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Luke Raley Player Prop Bets: Rays vs. Mariners - July 1
Published: Jul. 1, 2023 at 8:31 AM EDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
The Tampa Bay Rays, including Luke Raley (.353 batting average in his past 10 games), take on starter George Kirby and the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park, Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
He strung together two hits (going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI) in his last game against the Mariners.
Luke Raley Game Info & Props vs. the Mariners
- Game Day: Saturday, July 1, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: T-Mobile Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Mariners Starter: George Kirby
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -182)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +165)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +125)
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Luke Raley At The Plate
- Raley is batting .280 with 13 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 15 walks.
- Raley has gotten at least one hit in 58.1% of his games this year (36 of 62), with more than one hit 16 times (25.8%).
- Looking at the 62 games he has played this year, he's homered in 11 of them (17.7%), and in 6% of his trips to the plate.
- Raley has driven in a run in 21 games this season (33.9%), including seven games with more than one RBI (11.3%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 46.8% of his games this season, with two or more runs scored in 19.4%.
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Luke Raley Home/Away Batting Splits
Mariners Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Mariners has a collective nine K/9, the 10th-best in the league.
- The Mariners' 3.96 team ERA ranks 12th among all league pitching staffs.
- The Mariners give up the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball (82 total, one per game).
- Kirby makes the start for the Mariners, his 16th of the season. He is 6-7 with a 3.26 ERA and 79 strikeouts in 94 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent appearance on Sunday, the right-hander tossed 6 1/3 innings against the Baltimore Orioles, allowing two earned runs while surrendering six hits.
- The 25-year-old's 3.26 ERA ranks 17th, 1.074 WHIP ranks 13th, and 7.6 K/9 ranks 49th among qualifying pitchers this season.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) —- Fayetteville Police have arrested the suspected shooter of the Washington County Fair that left one boy injured.
FPD arrested a 16 year old boy on charges of:
- Aggravated assault
- 1st degree battery
- 2nd degree battery
- Aggravated riot
- Engaging in violent criminal group activity
- Endangering the welfare of a minor in the 2nd degree
- Criminal mischief in the 2nd degree
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Friday Night Lights: Who is the Taunton Gazette Football Player of the Week for Week 6
TAUNTON— Believe it or not, there’s just two weeks left before the high school football playoffs.
Week 6 saw Greater Taunton area high school football spread out over three days. On Thursday, Taunton (4-2) scored a touchdown on five of their first six offensive plays as they cruised to a 46-14 win over Oliver Ames in the annual “Tiger Bowl.” On Friday, Dighton-Rehoboth (1-5) were held to just 79 yards of offense in a 30-6 home loss to Apponequet. On Saturday afternoon, Dawson DuBose helped lead Bridgewater-Raynham (3-3) to a 29-21 road win over New Bedford while Saturday evening saw another impressive performance in the back field from Ryan Barnes as his three touchdowns helped Bristol-Plymouth (5-1) come back to beat Tri-County 28-14 and extend their win streak to five.
Bristol-Plymouth’s Tucker Bumila was voted the Taunton Daily Gazette Football Player of the Week for Week 5 after receiving 90% of the vote while teammate Ryan Barnes came in second with three percent and Taunton's Bryan Batista, Taunton's Ryan MacDougall and Bridgewater-Raynham's Dawson DuBose all tied for third with two percent.
As always, some players stood out above the rest, but only one can be named the Taunton Daily Gazette Week 6 Football Player of the Week. Voting is open until noon on Sunday and is limited to one vote per device per hour.
Here are the Week 6 nominees:
Bryan Batista, Taunton
Batista had nine carries for 88 yards and three touchdowns against Oliver Ames.
Tanner Brannon, Taunton
Brannon recovered a fumble against Oliver Ames.
Malachi Johnson, Taunton
Johnson had three carries for 70 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Oliver Ames.
Dawson DuBose, Bridgewater-Raynham
DuBose had 36 carries for 175 yards and a pair of touchdowns against New Bedford.
Amin Abassi, Bridgewater-Raynham
Abassi had a sack and a few tackles for a loss against New Bedford.
Ryan Barnes, Bristol-Plymouth
Barnes had 20 carries for 259 yards and three touchdowns against Tri-County.
Ryan Donovan, Bristol-Plymouth
Donovan went six-for-18 for 51 yards, had six carries for 20 yards and recorded an interception on defense against Tri-County.
Cole Bilodeau, Dighton-Rehoboth
Bilodeau had 15 carries for 79 yards and a touchdown against Apponequet.
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Folklore suggests that those selling their home should bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard to speed up the process. There are, however, more practical solutions.
It doesn’t require a lot of money to make your house look more appealing to buyers, according to three Baton Rouge-area real estate agents. And it starts before they even walk in the front door.
First impressions
“Curb appeal is your first date with somebody,” said Glenda Pollard, of Pollard Partners. “So, you must, must be attractive from the street. The book has a cover. People don’t want a book that doesn’t have a pretty cover.”
That starts with basics like keeping the lawn mowed and trimmed. Adding some colorful flowers is a plus; getting rid of any dead plants is a must, said Janae Lee, with Century 21. Pressure wash the exterior if needed, and fix any peeling paint, said Ricky O’Neal, with 1st Class Real Estate of Greater Baton Rouge.
Less is more
Realtors agree that decluttering is a must for a home to show its best, and this is an issue for sellers who are still living there. If the sellers have already boxed up items, put the boxes in one room so the rest of the rooms will seem larger and more open, Pollard said. If furniture can’t be arranged to make rooms feel more open, moving furniture out of the house to another location will do the trick, Lee said.
Empty the countertops
It may be more convenient to keep your coffee pot, food processor, waffle maker and stand mixer all on the counter, but put those things away when showing the house. Store away the razor blades and shampoo and shaving cream and hairbrush in the bathroom, too.
“It sounds funny, but make sure there’s nothing on bathroom counters,” Lee said. “In kitchens, you can have a few things. But the less you have in your kitchen on counters, the bigger it makes the kitchen look. More items make it look smaller.”
Depersonalize
Don’t display too many family photos: You want people to see themselves in your house, not you.
“Take every magnet off of your refrigerator,” Pollard said. “Nobody wants to see your Christmas cards from 1999.”
A little paint goes a long way
Painting may be the most cost-effective way to increase a home’s value, Pollard said. Light, neutral colors are best for interiors. Whatever you do, don’t make big-ticket upgrades to impress buyers, O’Neal said. Dressing up a home may cost in the hundreds, but not the thousands, he said.
“I just sold a house that had Formica countertops and it went for over asking price and there were multiple offers,” O’Neal said. “If he had put granite in there, would it have made a big difference? It may have made a difference. Would he have gotten back the $5,000 it cost to put in? Absolutely not.”
Don’t overlook the small stuff
Cleanliness is critical. Tighten loose doorknobs. Oil squeaky door hinges. Eliminate any unpleasant odors.
Should burying the St. Joseph’s statue be one of those little things? As a Protestant, Pollard has never recommended it, but it’s entirely up to the homeowner. One of her clients put a statue in flower put and covered it with dirt.
“Every time there would be a hard rain, he would pop up,” Pollard said. “I did feel a responsibility to put some dirt back on him.” | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_b94908e8-1e59-11ed-afae-7f5aa3ef40e8.html | 2022-08-23 09:32:58 | 1 | https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_b94908e8-1e59-11ed-afae-7f5aa3ef40e8.html |
This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET's collection of news, tips and advice around Apple's most popular product.
Apple unveiled the iPhone 14 Plus as the newest member of the iPhone 14 family. The announcement came Wednesday during the Cupertino company's annual September event when it typically launches new models of the iPhone and Apple Watch. The iPhone 14 Plus fills the spot in Apple's phone lineup previously held by the iPhone 13 Mini. The iPhone 14 Plus starts at $899 (£949, AU$1,579).
After a quick in-person greeting from Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Steve Jobs Theater, the event film rolled, opening on a starry field before zooming in on Earth and then Apple Park. Things got off to a quick start with reveals for the new Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra. We also saw a new AirPods Pro, which includes spatial audio tuned by your iPhone's True Depth camera system. Plus, iOS 16 is set to arrive Sept. 12.
There are now a Pro and non-Pro version of an iPhone with a 6.7-inch big screen. Up to now, if you wanted to buy an Apple phone with the largest display, you had to buy the iPhone 13 Pro Max which was also Apple's most expensive phone.
The iPhone 14 Plus not only gets a large display but also a bigger battery than the regular iPhone 14.
The 14 Plus uses the same A15 Bionic chip as the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max. The main camera has a larger 12-megapixel sensor with a faster lens f/1.5 aperture wide angle lens. The front-facing camera also gets an upgrade with a faster f/1.9 lens. Apple also improved low-light photo processing with a new technic called Photonic Engine.
Apple introduced a new video stabilization tool called Action mode. The iPhone 14 Plus also supports a new service called Emergency SOS via Satellite. If you don't have a cellular or Wi-Fi connection, Apple essentially enables emergency connections to satellites. The iPhone 14 Plus uses a mix of a special satellite frequencies, an algorithm that shrinks a regular text message to make it 3x smaller. iPhone 14 Plus comes with free 2 years of Emergency SOS via Satellite for free.
The 14 Plus also gets a new Car Crash Detection tool that uses a combination of processing and hardware to identify when you've been in a car accident.
A big-screen iPhone that's less expensive than the Pro Max could prove to be a big hit. For years, we've seen phones with bigger screens become more popular.
The reveal of the iPhone 14 Plus comes on the heels of Galaxy Z Fold 4 launch. Samsung's foldable phone has a screen 7.6-inch screen that folds in half to roughly the size of a phone. However, with a starting price of $1,800 it's one of the most expensive phones you can buy.
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Ben & Jerry's sues parent company to block sale of Israeli business
Ben & Jerry's is suing its parent company in an attempt to cancel the sale of its business in Israel to a local partner that would continue to distribute its products in the West Bank.
The Vermont-based ice cream maker filed a complaint Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in New York, where it sought an injunction against Unilever "to protect the brand and social integrity Ben & Jerry's has spent decades building."
Ben & Jerry's has been doing business in Israel since 1987, but in recent years it had come under pressure for selling in West Bank settlements, considered illegal under international law. In July 2021, it announced it would stop selling in the West Bank altogether.
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That triggered a dispute with its longtime distributor in Israel, American Quality Products (AQP), which sued Ben & Jerry's and Unilever in March, arguing that they were "unlawfully terminating its 34-year business relationship in order to boycott Israel."
Unilever, one of the world's top sellers of consumer goods including Dove soap and Magnum ice cream, tried to draw a line under the controversy with its announcement last week that it had sold Ben & Jerry's Israeli business for an undisclosed amount to AQP.
The retail giant said that going forward, Ben & Jerry's would be sold under its Hebrew and Arabic names throughout Israel and the West Bank.
But that decision to sell to AQP took the board of Ben & Jerry's by surprise, according to its court filing, which said that its chair had been "stunned" to hear the news.
Since 2021, Ben & Jerry's has been fiercely opposed to the sale of its products in the West Bank, saying that it would be "inconsistent with" the brand.
In its complaint Tuesday, it noted that its brand values are legally overseen by an independent board of directors under a 2000 agreement with Unilever.
The board decided to pursue legal action last week at a meeting where five directors voted to authorize litigation, and two appointees from Unilever dissented, Ben & Jerry's said.
In a statement last week, Unilever acknowledged that "Ben & Jerry's and its independent board were granted rights to take decisions about its social mission."
But it maintained that the parent company "reserved primary responsibility for financial and operational decisions, and therefore has the right to enter this arrangement."
In a new statement Wednesday, a Unilever spokesperson reiterated that it "had the right to enter this arrangement."
"The deal has already closed," the representative said, adding that it would not comment on pending litigation.
In its statement last week, Unilever said that it had conducted a review of its business there "over several months, including with the Israeli government."
"Unilever has used the opportunity of the past year to listen to perspectives on this complex and sensitive matter and believes this is the best outcome for Ben & Jerry's in Israel," it added.
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Just when it looked like the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team was finding its footing in a difficult second half of the season, the floor crashed out from underneath.
How will the Badgers respond after absorbing another gut punch, this one in the form of a collapse against Nebraska on Saturday? Players and coaches were wondering the same.
"We'll see how they react," coach Greg Gard said after Saturday's 73-63 overtime loss in Lincoln, Nebraska.
A victory at Nebraska would have been UW's third straight on the road, albeit all against teams with losing conference records. The Badgers were just 4-7 in 2023 entering Saturday's game but building toward an emergence from a tailspin during a two-game road trip.
That was the script that was being written until UW lost its way both offensively and defensively Saturday and was outscored 45-18 over the last 21 minutes, 1 second of regulation and overtime.
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The schedule doesn't give much time for recovery. The Badgers host Michigan, a team whose NCAA Tournament hopes have cratered, tonight at 8 p.m.
What kind of answer will the Badgers have against the Wolverines?
"It's a great question," senior forward Tyler Wahl said. "We'll see.
"We've got to flip the switch, learn from this one. We've got to put a full 40 minutes together if we want to make the tournament or do anything besides that. If we want to do something good with this team, we've got to play 40 minutes of Wisconsin basketball."
The Badgers didn't help their position on the NCAA Tournament bubble with Saturday's loss. But CBS Sports bracket analyst Jerry Palm still has them in the field as one of the last four teams.
His projected bracket Monday had UW playing Mississippi State in a First Four game for the 11th seed in the West, with the winner playing San Diego State in Sacramento, California.
Palm doesn't get tied up with a team's NCAA Evaluation Tool rankings — UW fell to a season-low 80th after losing to the Cornhuskers — but acknowledged the Badgers have experienced "a pretty hit-or-miss season."
Fox Sports' Mike DeCourcy wasn't as bullish on the Badgers and didn't include them in his bracket. Neither did ESPN's Joe Lunardi before Saturday's loss; UW was among the first four out.
It just might be crazy to include the Badgers in the field these days, but The Athletic's Brian Bennett was there before Saturday's loss. He had UW as the last team in, playing New Mexico in the First Four.
UW has six games left in the regular season and only three of them are against teams that are in the projected NCAA bracket, all of them at home — against Rutgers on Saturday, Iowa on Feb. 22 and Purdue on March 2.
Gard had some fun with the idea of the NCAA Tournament bubble after last Wednesday's overtime victory at Penn State, saying it includes just about everyone.
"We've got a lot of basketball left," he said. "I've always said if you're so consumed with March — and I know that's where society is. They love March Madness and the one and done; they obviously haven't lived through it and what it takes to get there and to get to the end of the journey, so they don't understand it.
"But I've always said that if you're so consumed by that, you miss four months of really good basketball. And if you don't find a way as a team to play some good basketball through November, December, January, February, it doesn't matter because you're not going to be there."
Wahl said after Saturday's loss that the bubble positioning is "always in the back of your head" while the chances have taken a hit.
"The way we've been playing recently, it's not looking too good," he said. "So we've got to pick it up." | https://www.kenoshanews.com/uw-trying-to-find-their-footing-after-crushing-run-of-form/article_3f4c4bc0-abcd-11ed-9fa9-c3d5d0e834e4.html | 2023-02-13 20:09:07 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/uw-trying-to-find-their-footing-after-crushing-run-of-form/article_3f4c4bc0-abcd-11ed-9fa9-c3d5d0e834e4.html |
It's been a brutal day on Wall Street for First Republic Bank, as investors sell off shares as fast as they can in light of financial disclosures earlier this week.
On Monday, First Republic released its earnings report for the first three months of the year, and those results stunned Wall Street.
The California-based lender said it lost more than 40% of its deposits in March, as customers moved billions of dollars elsewhere.
In a statement, CFO Neal Holland called those deposit outflows "unprecedented." Credit Suisse bank analyst Susan Roth Katzke said they "have seriously impaired the earnings power of First Republic."
At one point during the trading day, shares dropped below $5. Just six months ago, First Republic Shares were trading for nearly $150.
Like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, First Republic, which was founded in 1985, catered to wealthy individuals, and many of its deposits were too large to be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
After Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed, the federal government effectively insured all deposits at those two banks, but regulators didn't commit to backstopping uninsured deposits across the board.
As of March 31, the percentage of uninsured deposits at First Republic had shrunk to 27% of total deposits, according to the bank.
On Tuesday, there was a sharp selloff of First Republic's stock, and on Wednesday, trading was so volatile the New York Stock Exchange halted trading of the bank's shares more than a dozen times.
For weeks, First Republic has tried over and over again to reassure its customers and investors, to no avail.
Immediately after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapsed, First Republic lined up additional financing from the Federal Reserve and JPMorgan Chase. Then, on March 16, 11 of the biggest banks in the U.S. gave it a $30 billion lifeline.
That consortium, which included Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo, agreed to deposit $30 billion at First Republic.
"This action by America's largest banks reflects their confidence in First Republic and in banks of all sizes, and it demonstrates their overall commitment to helping banks serve their customers and communities," those firms said, in a statement. "Regional, midsize and small banks are critical to the health and functioning of our financial system."
Financial regulators, including the chairs of the Federal Reserve and the FDIC, applauded the move.
"This show of support by a group of large banks is most welcome, and demonstrates the resilience of the banking system," they said, in a short statement.
On Monday, First Republic said deposits stabilized shortly after the announcement, but investors continued to worry about the bank's longterm viability.
"We are working to restructure our balance sheet and reduce our expenses and short-term borrowings," CFO Neal Holland said, in a statement.
First Republic announced plans to cut costs, by laying off 20-to-25% of its workforce in the coming months, and reducing its real estate holdings.
On a call with Wall Street analysts, CEO Mike Roffler said he had been in close contact with state and federal regulators.
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SHENZHEN, China, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Netac, a leading global supplier of flash application products and solutions, has announced the launch of its innovative SSD Tool Box software. The user-friendly and easy-to-use hard drive monitoring and management tool is designed to provide users with valuable features such as data migration, firmware upgrade, secure erase, hard drive optimization, and more, to meet all their needs.
Users can view the capacity usage and firmware version of the currently mounted SSD in the main interface of the software, and check if the drive is connected to the correct interface from the main interface of the software. The dashboard displays the drive's health status, reference remaining life, and temperature, among other information.
The software also offers data migration and secure erase tools for users to replace old and new drives, ensuring maximum efficiency and convenience. The SSD Tool Box also supports TRIM optimization of the drive, firmware upgrades on some Netac drives, and the ability to view and export information about the current PC platform.
Netac's commitment to quality and innovation is reflected in its patent operation strategy, with a total of 328 patents and patent applications as of December 31, 2020, including 317 authorized patents distributed in mainland China, the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and other countries and regions around the world.
For more information about the SSD Tool Box and Netac's other products and solutions, please visit https://www.netac.com/Download/8.html.
About Netac
Netac is the inventor of the USB flash drive and a leading supplier of products and solutions in the global flash application field. The company has four wholly-owned subsidiaries and was successfully listed on the A-share Growth Enterprise Market in 2010. Netac focuses on the manufacturing of flash memory products, including Solid State Drives, Portable SSDs, DDR, and mobile storage products. With a 6000㎡manufacturing facility, advanced production equipment, rigorous testing processes, a perfect supply chain, and a sophisticated R&D team, Netac delivers high-quality solutions quickly.
For more information, please visit: https://www.netac.com/.
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S&P Global Commodity Insights and GTI Energy convene diverse field of experts to objectively measure carbon intensity of hydrogen production at asset level and advance hydrogen market transparency
CHICAGO and NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global Commodity Insights and GTI Energy today announced a cohort of new stakeholders to their Open Hydrogen Initiative (OHI), a recently announced collaboration to further transparency into the environmental impact of hydrogen production and help unlock its full potential as a fuel alternative and important driver of energy transition. The mission is to create an industry-led objective, credible, and harmonized methodology and toolkit for measuring the carbon intensity of hydrogen production at the facility level to lay the foundation for a low-carbon hydrogen marketplace.
"The new Open Hydrogen Initiative participants announced today will provide crucial marketplace insight to vet the technical protocols and methodologies the initiative will ultimately develop for industry, policymakers, and investors," said Paula Gant, Ph.D., President and CEO of GTI Energy. "Each founder and stakeholder brings various levels of technical support, R&D perspective, and real-world marketplace insights to close the methodology gap that undermines the commoditization of hydrogen."
Initial OHI industry stakeholders now include EQT, National Grid, Shell, ExxonMobil, Dominion Energy, LanzaTech, Equinor, BlackHills Corporation, Nicor Gas, NYSEG, Oklahoma Natural Gas, Duke Energy, DTE, and Southwest Gas Corporation. Nonprofit, academic, and observer partners include Clean Air Task Force, The University of Newcastle Australia, Queen Mary University of London, Columbia University, Stanford University's Hydrogen Initiative, Breakthrough Energy, Bipartisan Policy Center, Center for Houston's Future, Government of Alberta, Clean Hydrogen Future Coalition, Renewable Hydrogen Alliance, Operations Technology Development (OTD), Evergreen Climate Innovations, and Hydrogen Forward.
Development of the OHI measurement toolkit is already underway and ongoing, with a launch of demonstration projects targeted within the next 16 months. Initial stakeholder work is centered on the characterization of hydrogen production processes to understand energy and material flows and major emissions hotspots.
The Open Hydrogen Initiative is focused on identifying real-world applicability and credible carbon intensity values for a range of production methods, all critical to ensure a sustainable growth trajectory of hydrogen in the marketplace. Government programs to support the growth of a low-carbon hydrogen market are being implemented around the world.
"The Inflation Reduction Act in the US is just one example of regulators and market participants putting life-cycle carbon emissions at the center of strategies to support the growth of the hydrogen market. Peer-reviewed and transparent open-sourced measurement tools and methodologies are necessary to determine the carbon footprint of hydrogen entering the markets. The European Union's creation of the Hydrogen Bank, which will invest Euro 3 billion in low-carbon hydrogen projects, is another example of measures aimed at supporting the scaling of low-carbon hydrogen markets," said Alan Hayes, Head of Energy Transition Pricing and Market Data at S&P Global Commodity Insights.
Subsequent to the COP27 inter-governmental discussions, it is clear that hydrogen remains one of the key routes available to advance projects worldwide that can contribute to decarbonisation.
Precision Necessary for Low-Carbon Transparency
OHI-developed tools will be critical to move beyond the current color spectrum labeling method of carbon intensity measuring, which only represents the method by which energy is produced. Two molecules of "blue" hydrogen, or hydrogen produced by natural gas with carbon capture, can have highly variable carbon footprints depending on the facilities in which they were produced. OHI founders believe an equitable comparison of carbon intensity at the facility level of hydrogen production could be a game changer, allowing for more precise, granular measurements, such as kilograms of carbon dioxide produced per kilogram of hydrogen.
According to S&P Global Commodity Insights' hydrogen outlook, global hydrogen demand grows from 70.4 million tons in 2020 to 97 million tons in 2030 and 249 million tonnes in 2050. Hydrogen demand is currently concentrated in oil refining and ammonia production, but nearly 90% of demand growth through 2050 comes from new sectors like heavy-duty transportation, steel production, and long-term energy storage. Decarbonizing hydrogen supply is critical to initiate uptake in these new sectors, and an industry-standard emissions measurement and verification process is key to providing the market transparency that facilitates new supply agreements.
To lend your expertise or learn more about this the initiative, visit gti.energy/OHI or contact OHI@gti.energy.
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Alberta Energy said: "Alberta Energy applauds the efforts of the Open Hydrogen Initiative. Alberta's Hydrogen Roadmap has committed to collaborate with other governments and international partners to support the development of science-based carbon intensity thresholds for hydrogen production. This collaboration will be important to establish carbon intensity threshold targets, definitions, and measurement and reporting standards. We look forward to working with OHI and its partners to develop a transparent and credible framework to measure the carbon intensity of hydrogen."
Meron Tesfaye, Senior Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center said: "The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is pleased to serve as an observer and applauds GTI Energy, S&P Global, and NETL's leadership in spearheading this important initiative. Clean hydrogen has the potential to play an important role in the energy transition and this effort will help ensure that its climate benefits are well understood."
Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston's Future said: "Center for Houston's Future (CHF) is excited to be part of this initiative and to bring our perspective from Houston, a global leader in developing and growing energy markets and the home of significant hydrogen commerce. We have consistently said that a key to scaling the clean hydrogen market is moving beyond the 'color spectrum' in favor of a rigorous, transparent standard that reflects well-to-gate carbon intensity. CHF is also coordinating with and organizing other emerging clean hydrogen hubs domestically and globally to ensure a vibrant, cross-region clean hydrogen market. We are pleased to work with other OHI stakeholders and observers on a common vision."
Magnolia Tovar, Zero-Carbon Fuels Global Director, Clean Air Task Force said: "We need a combination of harmonized standards, regulations and market mechanisms that reward the cleanest hydrogen production and create confidence for market development. OHI will build industry access to necessary tools for rigorous monitoring and verification of emissions associated with all production pathways."
Chris Golden, SVP and U.S. Country Manager, Equinor said: "Hydrogen will be a key contributor to the energy transition. Continuing our decades of innovation, we are proud to participate in projects like OHI to show how hydrogen can provide scalable and profitable growth opportunities in the future."
Toby Rice, President and CEO, EQT said: "As the nation's largest natural gas producer, EQT is dedicated to exploring gas-based climate solutions such as hydrogen. We believe OHI is on the forefront of establishing a credible industry framework for measuring the carbon intensity of hydrogen, which is a market must-have for an energy sector transitioning to low-carbon fuels and technologies in the coming years."
Ross Turrini, COO, National Grid New York said: "At National Grid, we see significant potential to deliver low-carbon energy including blending of green hydrogen and renewable natural gas using our existing underground assets. OHI's commitment to measure carbon intensity with greater transparency will enable clean hydrogen to be available for the clean energy future."
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GTI Energy is a leading research and training organization. Our trusted team works to scale impactful solutions that shape energy transitions by leveraging gases, liquids, infrastructure, and efficiency. We embrace systems thinking, open learning, and collaboration to develop, scale, and deploy the technologies needed for low-carbon, low-cost energy systems. www.gti.energy
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At S&P Global Commodity Insights, our complete view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make decisions with conviction and create long-term, sustainable value. We're a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators and we create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating commodity markets, our coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture, shipping and energy transition. Platts® products and services, including the most significant benchmark price assessments in the physical commodity markets, are offered through S&P Global Commodity Insights. https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights
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IRENE DELORES RONE, 95 of Huntington, W.Va., died Friday, December 23, 2022, at Heritage Center. Irene was born December 8, 1927, in Huntington, W.Va. She was a graduate of HEHS in 1945 and a member of the Child Culture Club, the former Highlawn Baptist Church and a Cub Scout Den mother at Gallaher Elementary School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ora Grandville and Maime Pierce Johnson, husband Thomas Rone and one daughter, Pamela K DeBiasio. Survivors include her son, Thomas J. (Janet) Rone of Huntington and her granddaughter, Dominique DeBiasio of Columbus, Ohio. There will be a private memorial service at a later date. Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family. Online condolences may be sent to www.chapmans-mortuary.com.
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NEW YORK, May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- To encourage everyone to take small steps for sun safety, American Skin Association (ASA) announced that it has partnered with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention and its broad coalition of member organizations to designate the Friday before Memorial Day as "Don't Fry Day". This announcement comes hot on the heels of the recent initiative with Nicklaus Companies and ahead in supporting May Melanoma Awareness.
This campaign stresses the importance of sun safety awareness and reminds everyone to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the nation, with almost 5.5 million cases diagnosed in Americans each year – more than breast, colon, lung, and prostate cancers combined. In fact, 1 out of every 5 Americans will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer in their lifetime.1
"Don't Fry Day is the perfect way to jump start the summer holiday," says ASA Chairman Howard P. Milstein. "We are proud to partner with the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention and the other esteemed coalition members to get this life-saving message front and center."
Skin cancer is highly preventable. Over 90% of all skin cancer is caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun or indoor tanning devices. Americans can dramatically reduce their risk of skin cancer by:
- Avoiding sunburns and tanning – no tan is a safe tan,
- Generously applying sunscreen (and remembering to reapply every two hours),
- Wearing sun-protective clothing,
- Seeking shade during peak times of the day (typically 10am-2pm), and
- Using extra caution near water, snow, and sand.
About Don't Fry Day: "Don't Fry Day," is a public awareness campaign that aims to reduce the number of new skin cancer diagnoses by promoting sun safety and encouraging people to protect their skin while enjoying the outdoors. Learn more at https://www.skincancerprevention.org/dfd.
National Council members represent the nation's premiere physicians, researchers, clinicians, and advocates for skin cancer prevention. Learn more at www.SkinCancerPrevention.org.
ASA is a unique collaboration of patients, families, advocates, physicians, and scientists, and has evolved over thirty-six years into a leading force in efforts to defeat melanoma, skin cancer and important inflammatory and genetic skin diseases. Established to serve the now more than 100 million Americans — one third of the U.S. population — afflicted with skin disorders, the organization's mission remains to: advance research, champion skin health – particularly among children, and drive public awareness about skin disease. For more information, visit americanskin.org
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HONOLULU (AP) — A jury on Thursday found two Native Hawaiian men guilty of a hate crime for the 2014 beating of a white man who was fixing up a house he purchased in their remote Maui neighborhood.
U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ordered Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. detained pending sentencing scheduled for March 2, and marshals moved to handcuff the two men after the verdict was announced in the afternoon.
Family members and supporters wept in the courtroom and called out to the men: “I love you,” and “Be good.” “God bless you daddy,” said Alo-Kaonohi’s son Kahue, 3.
In an unusual move, the U.S. Department of Justice sought to prosecute Alo-Kaonohi and Aki and secured a federal grand jury indictment in December 2020 charging each with a hate crime count punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Prosecutors alleged during the trial in U.S. District Court in Honolulu that Alo-Kaonohi and Aki were motivated by Christopher Kunzelman’s race when they punched, kicked and used a shovel to beat him in Kahakuloa village. Kunzelman was left with injuries including a concussion, two broken ribs and head and abdominal trauma, prosecutors said.
Alo-Kaonohi previously pleaded no contest to felony assault in state court and was sentenced to probation, while Aki pleaded no contest to terroristic threatening and was sentenced to probation and nearly 200 days in jail. The federal trial was held separately, to determine if they were guilty of a hate crime. It’s unclear why it took so long for U.S. prosecutors to pursue hate crime charges.
Local attorneys say they’ve never heard of the federal government prosecuting Native Hawaiians for hate crimes before this case.
Lawyers for Alo-Kaonohi and Aki did not deny the assault but said it was not a hate crime. It was not race that sparked the attack, they said, but Kunzelman’s entitled and disrespectful attitude.
The men were upset that Kunzelman cut locks to village gates, their attorneys said. Kunzelman said he did so because residents were locking him in and out. He testified that he wanted to provide the village with better locks and distribute keys to residents.
Kunzelman testified that while Alo-Kaonohi and Aki beat him, they told him no white people would ever live in Kahakuloa village. However, he acknowledged that’s not heard in video recorded during the attack.
Kunzelman said he decided to take two pistols to Maui after hearing that a contractor he hired to do mold remediation had been assaulted when he showed up and after his realtor said the close-knit community of Native Hawaiians had a problem with white people.
He also installed cameras on his vehicle, which were on during the attack. The vehicle was parked under the house and recorded images of what was happening downstairs, including Aki pacing with a shovel on his shoulder. The video only captured audio from the assault, which took place upstairs.
Lawyers for Alo-Kaonohi an Aki told jurors the video shows that they didn’t use any racial slurs.
“Haole,” a Hawaiian word with meanings that include foreign and white person, was central to the case, highlighting multicultural Hawaii’s nuanced and complicated relationship with race.
At one point Aki is heard saying, “You’s a haole, eh,” using a Hawaiian word that can mean white person. Defense attorneys said he didn’t use the word in a derogatory way.
“It’s not a hate crime to assault somebody and in the course of it use the word ‘haole,’” court-appointed attorney Lynn Panagakos said during her opening statement. She noted that Aki is part-Hawaiian and part-haole.
“’Haole’ has multiple meanings depending on the context,” she said. “It’s an accepted word.”
Megan Kau, a Native Hawaiian attorney not involved in the case, said it depends on the tone and manner in which the word is used.
“These Native Hawaiians who live in a secluded, very traditional community who use the term ‘haole’ to describe people that are not from Hawaii — that’s the term that they use,” she said. “We all very often use the term ‘haole.’ It’s not derogatory unless you use it in a derogatory sense.”
Wiping away tears outside the courthouse following the verdict, Alo-Kaonohi’s father, Chico Kaonohi, said bias was not a motivation behind the attack and “’Haole’ is not a racial word.”
“Where we come from, we’re not racial people,” Chico Kaonohi, said. “It wasn’t about race.”
Attorneys for both defendants declined to comment Thursday.
Kunzelman testified that he and his wife decided to move to Maui from Scottsdale, Arizona, after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He said his wife loved the island.
He said that a Hawaiian woman visited him in his dreams and told him to buy the dilapidated oceanfront house, which he and his wife purchased sight-unseen for $175,000 after coming across a listing for it online.
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This story has been corrected to reflect that the defendant’s son is 3 years old, not 4. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national/ap-2-hawaiian-men-guilty-of-hate-crime-in-white-mans-beating/ | 2022-11-18 01:27:11 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/national/ap-2-hawaiian-men-guilty-of-hate-crime-in-white-mans-beating/ |
Bam Adebayo NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Heat vs. Nuggets - June 1
The Miami Heat, Bam Adebayo included, will be in action at 8:30 PM on Thursday versus the Denver Nuggets in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
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- This season, he's put up 15.9% of the Heat's attempted field goals, as he's averaging 14.9 per contest.
- Adebayo's Heat average 99.2 possessions per game, which ranks 29th among NBA teams, while the Nuggets are one of the league's slowest with 99.5 possessions per contest.
- The Nuggets give up 112.5 points per game, eighth-ranked in the league.
- The Nuggets are the best squad in the league, allowing 40.8 rebounds per game.
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Kobe Bryant crash anniversary: Reflecting on his death three years later
Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020, along with Newport Beach residents John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli; Sarah and Payton Chester; Christina Mauser and Ara Zobayan.
The Times looks back on the life of the Lakers legend three years later.
Sage Hill High School freshman Amalia Holguin completes Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Academy legacy. His influence is ingrained in her play.
Kobe Bryant’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame is a tribute not only to greatness, but to the circuitous route he traveled to get there.
It’s been one year since Kobe Bryant’s death, but the Lakers legend’s impact on our lives and the tragedy of his loss remain all too real.
Kobe Bryant’s path to greatness in the NBA seemed assured. But it would not be easy.
Current and former L.A. Times staff members selected the 75 greatest Lakers players as the club prepares for its diamond jubilee.
A collection of texts, radio communications, quotes and scenes from the last hours of Kobe Bryant’s life before the fatal helicopter crash in Calabasas.
The Lakers had just finished a trip with a win in Philadelphia. LeBron James passed Kobe Bryant for third on the scoring list, but hours later Bryant would die.
Former Clippers assistant Rex Kalamian handled many video duties with the team in 1996 when Kobe Bryant worked out before the NBA draft. Here’s exclusive footage.
Kobe Bryant achieved things on and off the court that marveled both fans and adversaries. Here’s a look at how the Lakers legend achieved greatness.
Lakers star-turned-entrepreneur Magic Johnson often is asked about Kobe Bryant, taking time to preserve his memory and celebrate a life that was cut short.
The former Lakers star-turned-executive made the draft-day trade that brought Bryant to L.A. It’s an emotional time for Jerry West.
Kobe Bryant was our childhood hero, our adult icon. It seems impossible to believe he has died at age 41.
Former Clippers and Celtics coach Doc Rivers, who is now with the 76ers, reflects on Lakers legend Kobe Bryant a year after his death.
A look at how Kobe Bryant’s widow took to social media throughout the year to honor her husband and daughter while sharing her struggles after their deaths.
Kobe Bryant’s former teammates Robert Horry, Rick Fox, Brian Shaw and Devean George share their thoughts about what made the Lakers legend so great.
Lakers star Anthony Davis remembers Kobe Bryant: ‘You were the first guy to put me under your wing and show me the ins and outs of the league.’
In the roughly four-year stretch between Kobe Bryant’s retirement and his death in 2020, he built a wide-ranging business portfolio that lives on.
As much as Kobe Bryant was driven to win, he revealed in his 2018 book “Mamba Mentality” that his hatred of losing was just as intense as his desire to win.
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Which long-sleeved bodysuit is best?
No matter what you pair your long-sleeved bodysuit with, it can help you streamline your ensemble. While tops can bunch at the waistband of your favorite skirts and pants, a bodysuit stays taut for an always-perfect veneer.
They come in many styles, from button-ups to form-fitting designs that show off your shape. However, the best ones give you a comfortable bottom closure with added benefits, such as tummy control. The Yummie Madelyn Seamless Bodysuit is a top choice because it has a compression waist with an ultra-flattering fit.
What to know before you buy a long-sleeved bodysuit
About long-sleeved bodysuits
A long-sleeved bodysuit is a top with attached briefs to ensure it stays tucked into your bottoms. They are especially useful when you pair them with a form-fitting skirt, pants or jeans because they help maintain a polished, put-together look.
A common concern with bodysuits is getting in and out of them. If the crotch has a snap closure, the snaps must be strong enough to withstand your every bend and stretch. Otherwise, they can come apart at inopportune moments. Conversely, a pull-up design without snaps requires you to completely disrobe each time you need to use the restroom. There is no definitive answer to which model is better — it’s your choice.
Long-sleeved bodysuit necklines
There are nine primary necklines for long-sleeved bodysuits.
- Crew neck: This round style lands at the base of your neck.
- Square neck: This rests a partial square on your chest.
- Round neck: This sits high on your chest and shows some of your collarbones.
- V-neck: This lands a V anywhere on your chest.
- Cowl neck: This round design gives you a draped neck that rests at any point on your chest.
- U-neck: This places a U anywhere on your chest.
- One shoulder: This has a sleeve on one side and is sleeveless on the other.
- Turtleneck: This encases your neck with extra material you can fold or scrunch.
- Mock neck: This envelops the lower portion of your neck.
Finding your bodysuit size
To ensure that your long-sleeved bodysuit fits, take and record your measurements, then compare them to the manufacturer’s sizing chart. There are four steps to correctly measuring your body.
- Chest: Measure your bustline at its largest circumference.
- Waist: Wrap the measuring tape around the smallest part of your waist, typically around your navel.
- Hips: Stand with your feet hip-width apart and wrap the measuring tape around the largest part of your backside.
- Length: Place the beginning of the measuring tape on the top of your shoulder. Then thread it between your legs and loop it up to meet the beginning of the measuring tape.
What to look for in a quality long-sleeved bodysuit
Compression material
If you want a skin-tight long-sleeved bodysuit, it’s helpful to get one with compression material that contours your body and enhances your shape. You can find them with the material added to one area, such as the abdomen, for tummy control or to the entire bodysuit for all-over firming.
Seamless bottom
Bodysuits’ bottom portions come in various styles, such as thong, brief and cheeky. Regardless of its bottom type, it should be seamless, so you don’t have to contend with unsightly panty lines. After all, for many, the whole point of wearing a bodysuit is to eliminate excess lumps and bumps.
Secure bottom closure
A bodysuit should have a closure that’s comfortable and easy to manage as you put it on and take it off. There are three types.
- Snap: This has a row of two or three snaps that should take a little effort to pull apart, ensuring it won’t pop open unexpectedly.
- Hook-and-eye: This is similar to a bra’s closure and comes with two or three hooks that connect to corresponding eyes for a secure fit.
- Solid: This maintains a solid crotch for those who prefer to get in and out of their bodysuit from its top.
How much you can expect to spend on a long-sleeved bodysuit
While brand, materials and features can affect the price, a high-quality bodysuit typically ranges between $20-$60. However, some designer pieces can cost $100-$250.
Long-sleeved bodysuit FAQ
Should you wear underwear with your bodysuit?
A. That’s your choice. However, if the crotch has a gusset — a breathable piece of cotton fabric that protects you from the bodysuit’s material — it’s safe to wear it without underwear.
How should you wash your bodysuit?
A. To prevent it from fading and pilling, wash it by hand in cold water with gentle detergent and lay it flat to dry.
What’s the best long-sleeved bodysuit to buy?
Top long-sleeved bodysuit
Yummie Madelyn Seamless Bodysuit
What you need to know: This high-necked compression bodysuit hugs your midsection for an ultra-flattering fit.
What you’ll love: It has a seamless full-back bottom for a comfortable, panty-line-free fit and gives you a quick, easy snap closure at the crotch. It’s machine-washable and comes in in four colors, in sizes S-XL.
What you should consider: Some reviewers mentioned that it runs a little small and suggested sizing up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top long-sleeved bodysuit for the money
What you need to know: This breathable turtleneck bodysuit gives you a snug but comfortable fit from top to bottom.
What you’ll love: It slims your arms, waist and hips. The seamless backside offers some coverage, and the crotch has a hook-and-eye closure. It’s hand-washable for easy care, and it comes in sizes S-3XL.
What you should consider: Some people reported that this bodysuit runs about a size too small and suggested sizing up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Didk Sexy Backless Lace Appliques Long-Sleeved Bodysuit
What you need to know: This super-sexy bodysuit has a full-coverage front and an open back.
What you’ll love: It has a rounded neckline, a button closure that sits behind your neck and a delicate lace trim around its open back. It’s a pullup design with a full-coverage backside, and you can wash it by hand. It comes in nine colors, in sizes XS-XXL.
What you should consider: Some buyers said its material is a little thin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — It was all business on the court inside Wyoming Area Catholic School in Exeter Saturday as 32 basketball teams from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties went head to head on the hardwood.
Newswatch 16 was there for the fourth-grade championship match-up between St. Nicholas/St. Mary's vs St. Jude.
"It's pretty nerve-wracking when you're in the finals," said Mark Altavilla, St. Nicholas/St. Mary's.
St. Nick/St. Mary's pulled out the win. When asked how, "Teamwork, because it helps you win the game," said Ben McNulty, St. Nick/St. Mary's.
The brackets hung on the wall just outside the gym. The boy's and girl's teams range in age from 4th to 7th grade.
"We have a good mix of catholic and public schools, Nanticoke, Dallas down to all saints academy St. Jude, a lot of other schools from the Diocese of Scranton; it's a really good mix," said Will Beekman.
Players say the competition can get intense during the tournament. St. Jude took home the second-place trophy.
"We kinda got through the first round pretty easily. We beat the Holy Rosary Royals 34-8, but this second game was hard. This was a good team, but we just have to work harder," said Bert Marcalus.
And the grind doesn't stop for these young basketball players. They're already looking ahead to how they can improve for next season.
"We need to call out and talk more on the court because we had no communication on the court. It was just silent when we had the ball," said Luke Fauerbach.
The tournament also serves as a fundraiser for Wyoming Area Catholic School. Organizers say the biggest takeaway isn't about who wins; it's about the love of the game.
"It's great to get them out of the house, it's important to get them moving, but also the teamwork, the camaraderie, the friendships they have with their classmates turned teammates, it's just really special," said Beekman.
The 6th and 7th-grade teams will continue the tournament next week.
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READING, Pa. – School safety took center stage in Berks County Thursday.
State and county leaders, along with District Attorney John Adams, sat down with school administrators and first responders to talk about mental health and making classrooms safer. The meeting of the minds was a direct response to the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.
"The threat is serious," said Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach. "It's real."
Key stakeholders from around the county came together for the roundtable talk. Even though school safety and emergency preparedness are discussed annually, officials say plans continue to evolve as mass shootings increase.
"The big change that I would say that we've seen across the education community is related to social media," said Jill Hackman, executive director of the Berks County Intermediate Unit.
Hackman says social media networks and communication have expanded over the years, and she vows her team will continue to monitor them for red flags and warning signs.
"It's about the continued commitment for our training and preparation and communication," she said. "Those are the priority areas."
Mental health was another major takeaway from the forum.
"It was highlighted that it is very difficult to get services for parents that may have children that need a psych evaluation," Leinbach said. "Staffing is an enormous issue."
Leinbach says with those mental health concerns come financial concerns.
"The schools have made it clear to the state that they need help in budgetary needs around mental health and also around school security," he said.
Leinbach says in a poll to parents, the number one concern for their children was safety in the classroom. He calls it a disheartening finding that he's committed to changing.
"We will be scheduling a follow-up meeting" he said, "and between now and that meeting, there will be a series of sub-committees looking at a number of the issues." | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/berks-officials-discuss-mental-health-social-media-as-part-of-school-safety/article_8202afec-edfd-11ec-8550-d3f5c66c89d1.html | 2022-06-17 06:02:44 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/berks-officials-discuss-mental-health-social-media-as-part-of-school-safety/article_8202afec-edfd-11ec-8550-d3f5c66c89d1.html |
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a registered nurse in a hospital and I found that some female patients had trouble keeping a traditional external catheter in place. I thought there could be a better external catheter option, so we invented INC.PADD," said one of three inventors, from Simi Valley, Calif. "Our design helps to keep a female patient dry and comfortable, even when moving or changing positions in bed."
The invention provides an improved design for an external female catheter. In doing so, it can be utilized on any body type. As a result, it reduces the incidence of skin break down and discomfort associated with wetness and it eliminates the need to remain in one position. The invention features a practical design that is easy to position, use and remove so it is ideal for female patients requiring an external catheter. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
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‘People are mad’: Portland votes on government changes
By CLAIRE RUSH
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a tumultuous few years, many residents feel the city is anything but that.
Homelessness and gun violence are surging and parts of downtown are struggling, unable to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice protests that gripped the city in 2020.
Now voters are deciding on a ballot measure that would completely overhaul City Hall. The proposal would scrap a century-old commission form of government that Portland is the last major U.S. city to use, and also implement a rare form of ranked choice voting.
The campaigns on these questions have been emotional, reflecting different visions of Portland’s future: one that maintains the city’s reputation as a testing ground for unique ideas and upholds its unofficial slogan, “Keep Portland Weird,” and another that sets unconventional methodology aside in a quest for stability.
Portland is known for its progressive politics. But many residents now think it’s on the wrong track, thrusting matters of municipal bureaucracy into the political spotlight as outside funding pours in.
Pollster John Horvick has observed the shift in the hundreds of voter focus groups he’s conducted over the last 15 years.
“In 2007, 66% of Portlanders on average that year thought the city was headed in the right direction. Now, it’s about 10%,” said Horvick, senior vice president of DHM Research. “People are really upset with the way that the city is going.”
Reforming Portland’s charter has been on the ballot before, but has always failed. Under city law, a 20-person commission must convene every 10 years to review it.
The most recent charter review process kicked off in 2020, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd erupted nightly on Portland’s streets and a nationwide reckoning with racism prompted conversations about making government more accountable and equitable. The charter commission held public meetings and contracted with a local group, the Coalition of Communities of Color, for 18 months of listening sessions.
The result is Measure 26-228, which would get rid of the unique commission form of government, under which city council members act as administrators of the city’s various bureaus, and replace it with the more common mayor-council system. It would expand the City Council to 12 members, with four multi-member districts each represented by three councilors, and add a professional city administrator. And it would implement a form of ranked choice voting known as single transferable vote.
The changes were intended to make City Hall more inclusive, but no other U.S. city uses this specific voting system for multi-member districts in city council elections — a point opponents have seized on.
“We are moving from a government that no one is using anymore to an election system that no one is using,” said Vadim Mozyrsky, director of Partnership for Commonsense Government, which opposes the measure.
“Portland really has a history with experimenting,” he said. “Now, it seems like people are intent on experimenting with democracy itself.”
Under the single transferable vote system, ballots are counted in rounds with city council candidates only needing 25% of the vote to win. If a candidate exceeds that threshold, their surplus votes are transferred to the next candidate ranked on each voter’s ballot. If no candidate receives 25% in the first round, the one with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are transferred to the next preferred candidate on each voter’s ballot.
Supporters of the measure, such as the Coalition of Communities of Color, say it could boost voter turnout and make government more representative.
“It became clear that not only was there a problem with the structure of the commission form, but there was also a chronic problem of underrepresentation with the way that the current voting system is set up,” said Sol Mara, the group’s civic engagement manager who is also campaigning for the measure.
“Ranked choice voting … would give people better ability to capture their preferences,” she said.
The measure has been endorsed by local chapters of the NAACP and the American Civil Liberties Union. Portland United for Change, the political action committee working to pass the measure, has received tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from national groups that advocate for ranked choice voting, such as FairVote and Unite America.
Critics have denounced the outside spending and claim the measure is too complex at a time when many voters are questioning the integrity of America’s electoral systems.
“It’s an utterly novel idea. It’s a complicated idea,” said Commissioner Mingus Mapps, who has advanced an alternative plan. “Why are we making this so complicated? It doesn’t need to be complicated.”
Mapps would prefer only one council member per district, elected using a more common form of ranked choice voting. If this measure fails, he wants a special election next year to decide separate ballot measures on the government structure and voting method.
But polls suggest that Portland’s voters are too frustrated with the city’s woes to care about potential downsides of the reforms.
“The likelihood of passage, no matter what was being put forward to voters, I think is much higher now than it’s been in the last century,” said pollster Horvick. “Just given the fact that, you know, people are mad.”
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Claire Rush is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Claire on Twitter.
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(KRON) — A shooting that took place over the weekend in Oakland in which two Berkeley High students were killed occurred at an unauthorized party being held at an Airbnb rental, KRON4 has learned. The shooting, which occurred Saturday night at a house party, left two students dead and two others injured.
At a news conference on Monday, Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong said the shooting was not gang related but that it was due to a conflict that might have started at school. The shooting took place at a 17-year-old’s birthday party, according to the chief. There were around 30 people in attendance.
“Gun violence in the City of Oakland has plagued young people more than I’ve seen,” said Armstrong. “It’s unacceptable to have to talk about a school shooting from last week and then come to you today on this shooting, it’s really troubling to me.”
The shooting occurred just before 10 p.m. on Saturday night at premises located on the 950 block of Apgar Street. A spokesperson for Airbnb confirmed the location was an Airbnb rental and that the party was “unauthorized,” meaning it was thrown “without the knowledge or consent” of the host, or owner of the property.
The two students who were killed at the party were identified as Angel Sotelo Garcia, 15, and Jazy Sotelo Garcia, 17.
“We join the Oakland community in condemning the criminal gun violence that prompted this senseless tragedy,” said Airbnb in a statement to KRON4. “Our priority at this time is providing our support for those impacted, including our Host, and we are in touch with the Oakland Police Department to support their investigation.”
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Airbnb also told KRON4 it has banned parties at its rental properties around the world and was employing anti-party technology to crack down on unauthorized use of its platform. The booking guest who booked the rental for Saturday night’s party has been removed from the platform, Airbnb confirmed to KRON4.
A fatal shooting at an Orinda Halloween party that left five dead in 2019 was part of the inspiration for Airbnb changing its rental police to crack down on parties.
Saturday night’s shooting was the latest in a spate of violent incidents that have erupted around Oakland in the past few weeks. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oakland Police Department Homicide Section at (510) 238-3821. | https://www.kron4.com/news/shooting-that-left-2-berkeley-high-students-dead-was-at-an-airbnb/ | 2022-10-03 22:45:03 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/shooting-that-left-2-berkeley-high-students-dead-was-at-an-airbnb/ |
PHOENIX — As the primary election nears, we continue keeping a close eye on the GOP primary for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Here’s where interim County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, opponent Gina Godbehere, and uncontested Democratic candidate Julie Gunnigle stand on important issues currently impacting the office.
“Our job is to do justice,” said County Attorney Rachel Mitchell.
Republican candidate Mitchell sat down with us to talk about her priorities for the office. She says one of the biggest is addressing the staffing shortage.
“We have been very aggressively, as you know, addressing those by having an aggressive recruitment campaign. And that has yielded some very good attorneys,” she said.
County Attorney Mitchell says this effort has already helped drop the backlog of officer-involved shootings that need to be investigated.
However, she says there is more work to do with other criminal cases.
“The one that’s going to take the longest to rectify is the uncharged backlogs,” she added.
Mitchell also says it’s vital the office doesn’t overcharge and addresses mental health.
As for her stance on abortion in the wake of the recent Roe v. Wade ruling: “If there is a submittal that comes into my office the someone has performed an abortion, I am committed to enforcing the law,” said County Attorney Mitchell.
“Does that account for rape and incest, or would you handle those differently?” asked ABC15’s Luzdelia Caballero.
“So those are situations where that would not be prosecuted and they’re not prosecutable under the law,” Mitchell said.
“So would health care providers be prosecuted in turn, potentially?” ABC15 asked.
“I would look at those cases,” Mitchell responded.
We also talked about April Sponsel, a prosecutor involved in wrongfully charging 15 protesters as gang members in 2020 — an act brought to light by ABC15’s Politically Charged investigation series.
County Attorney Rachel Mitchell says the county is currently only checking cases involving Sponsel brought forth to the office.
“Given that she has a proven pattern of unethical behavior, why not check all of them?” asked ABC15.
“I mean, are we looking for something that falls outside the pattern that we’ve seen? No. But if somebody brings something to us even outside the pattern that we’ve seen, we will certainly look at it,” she responded.
We also reached out to Gina Godbehere, County Attorney Mitchell’s opponent in the primary election, but she was not available for an interview.
Though, according to her campaign page, she'll be focusing on reducing crime, clearing backlogs, and restoring the community’s confidence in the office.
Uncontested Democratic candidate Julie Gunnigle tells ABC15 that her priority is earning back the trust of the community.
“The tide is turning in the county,” she said, adding she was looking forward to seeing who her Republican opponent would be.
Gunnigle says she wants to see an office that seeks justice and focuses on the staffing issue.
“I think when we enter that office with a fresh perspective and a willingness to change the culture, is also going to be a lot easier to attract talented attorneys into that office,” said Gunnigle.
She says clearing the backlogs is also a must, though this is what she says is her first priority: “Address the corruption that’s been happening in that office so that we can earn back the community’s trust….and the culture that led us to, for example, the office colluding with Phoenix PD and inventing fake gang charges that ended up almost imprisoning many of our protesters, one for over 100-and-a-half years,” said the Democratic candidate.
She added if she was County Attorney, she would be proactive about reviewing all cases involving April Sponsel.
“The prosecutor ought to be proactive on this issue. We know what April Sponsel did, we just don’t know how many times she did it so every case ought to be reviewed without someone even asking for it,” Gunnigle told ABC15.
With regards to abortion, Gunnigle says she will not use the legal system to prosecute women or health care providers for performing or having an abortion.
“Not now. Not ever. These laws date back to 1864 for goodness sakes. Confederacy-era Arizona where women would not have even had the chance to vote on these laws or the people who enact them,” added Gunnigle.
Instead, she aims to repurpose those tax dollars to address gun violence and treat addiction and mental health.
“I want this office to only make news because it is doing justice. I don’t want to hear any more headlines about corrupt county attorneys who get fired. I don’t want to hear headlines about political prosecution, failures in the Brady List,” Gunnigle told ABC15.
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South Alabama continued its basketball hot streak on Wednesday night, winning 76-67 at Texas State.
The Jaguars (16-14, 9-8 Sun Belt Conference) never trailed in winning their fifth straight game and eighth in nine. South Alabama is two games over .500 overall and has a winning record in conference play for the first time this season.
More importantly, South Alabama clinched a top-10 seed for next week’s Sun Belt tournament and will avoid the play-in round. The Jaguars finish the regular season at Louisiana on Friday night.
On Wednesday, South Alabama led nearly throughout, taking the lead for good at 10-4 in the game’s first four minutes after back-to-back 3-pointers by Judah Brown and Owen White. Texas State (13-17, 6-11) cut the Jaguars’ advantage to one score on several occasions, the last time at 38-36 with 18:29 to play.
South Alabama scored 13 of the next 15 points — including 3-pointers by Brown and Tyrell Jones — and was never seriously threatened again. The Jaguars led by as many as 15 in the second half and only missed out on their fifth straight double-digit victory when Texas State’s Mason Harrell scored with eight seconds left.
South Alabama point guard Isaiah Moore led all scorers with 22 points and also added seven assists. Kevin Samuel posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and also blocked four shots.
White had 11 points and Greg Parham 10, while Jones and Brown each added nine. The Jaguars went 10-for-18 on 3-pointers, giving them 36 made 3s in their last three games.
Brandon Love led Texas State with 18 points off the bench, while Harrell had 11 and Drue Drinnon 10. Harrell came in averaging 16.2 points per game, but did not record a field goal until the final two minutes.
South Alabama’s regular-season finale at Louisiana tips off at 8 p.m. and will be televised live by ESPN2. The Sun Belt tournament begins Tuesday at Pensacola (Fla.) Bay Center. | https://www.al.com/usa/2023/02/south-alabama-basketball-continues-hot-streak-with-76-67-win-at-texas-state.html | 2023-02-23 04:28:00 | 1 | https://www.al.com/usa/2023/02/south-alabama-basketball-continues-hot-streak-with-76-67-win-at-texas-state.html |
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The fire that erupted after last month’s train derailment in Ohio melted a key part of the tank cars filled with toxic chemicals, so federal officials warned railcar owners Thursday to check their fleets for similar flaws.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that investigators determined the aluminum covers over the pressure relief valves on three of the five tank cars carrying vinyl chloride melted and that some of the metal was found around the valves.
The NTSB said melted aluminum may have degraded the performance of the valves and kept them from releasing some of the flammable gas to relieve pressure inside the tank cars. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw has said the failure of the valves was part of why officials decided to breach the cars and burn off the vinyl chloride. The resulting toxic fire prompted the evacuation of half the town of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area near the Pennsylvania border.
Shaw said the railroad agreed with all the officials responding to the Feb. 3 derailment that venting the hazardous materials cars was the best way to prevent a disastrous explosion.
“The factors on the ground at that time were that the safety valves on the rail cars had failed and the temperatures inside the railcars were heating up,” Shaw said. “So, our independent expert was extremely concerned about a catastrophic uncontrolled explosion that would shoot shrapnel and hazardous gas throughout this populated community.”
The Environmental Protection Agency, meanwhile, said on Thursday it was ordering Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins, toxic chemical compounds that can stay in the environment for long periods of time.
Testing so far by the EPA for “indicator chemicals” has suggested there’s a low chance that dioxins were released from the derailment, the agency said.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration sent an urgent safety warning out to tank car owners Thursday saying they should check how many of their cars have aluminum covers over the valves like the ones that melted after the Ohio derailment. The agency said car owners should consider switching to steel covers, which is now the industry standard on new tank cars because steel is less likely to melt.
It’s not clear how many tank cars in use might have aluminum valve covers. The cars with them involved in the derailment were all manufactured in the 1990s.
The derailment prompted many lingering concerns for the roughly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, even though state and federal officials say their tests haven’t found any harmful levels of toxic chemicals in the air or water around the derailment. Residents will have another chance to ask questions about the derailment at a town hall meeting with officials and the railroad Thursday evening.
The NTSB has said that an overheating bearing likely caused the train to derail, sending 38 cars, including 11 containing hazardous materials, off the tracks. A trackside sensor detected the overheating bearing just before the derailment, but the crew didn’t have enough time to stop the train.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has said he is focused making sure Norfolk Southern cleans up the mess while helping the town recover, and Shaw agreed to testify in Congress next week at a hearing about the derailment.
“We continue to hold Norfolk Southern accountable. Their railroad, their train, their responsibility,” DeWine said Wednesday. “We intend to continue to focus on the safety of the people of East Palestine every single day and we will continue that every single day.”
Already, members of Congress and the Biden administration have proposed many rail safety reforms, but Norfolk Southern and the other major freight railroads want to wait until after the NTSB completes its investigation a year or more from now to make any significant changes.
The Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday that it plans to step up its inspections of the routes that carry the most hazardous materials. The agency has urged railroads to review the way they use and maintain the network of sensors along the tracks that are designed to catch problems like overheating bearings before a derailment.
The major freight railroads said Thursday that they would take one of the steps Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recommended and join a government program that runs a confidential hotline for employees to report safety concerns.
The Association of American Railroads said the major freight railroads plan to keep using their own internal safety reporting systems, and the trade group recommended several things they’d like to see changed about the Federal Railroad Administration hotline The railroads agreed to participate despite their reservations about how long it takes for tips to reach the railroads. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/ntsb-key-tank-car-part-melted-after-ohio-train-derailment/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-03-02 21:06:55 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/ntsb-key-tank-car-part-melted-after-ohio-train-derailment/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
TAMPA, Fla., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Physician Partners, LLC, a leading value-based primary care physician group and managed service organization, today announced that Goran Jankovic has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer effective on June 27, 2022. Mr. Jankovic will be a member of Physician Partners' Executive Leadership Team as a key thought partner reporting to Chief Executive Officer Mike Polen.
Mr. Jankovic brings a wealth of relevant experience to his new role with over 20 years of corporate finance and operational leadership expertise, including approximately 15 years in the healthcare sector.
"We're excited to be appointing Goran as a member of our leadership team," said Physician Partners CEO Mike Polen, "he has significant experience managing all aspects of corporate finance and driving meaningful value creation for an organization. His background in healthcare growth organizations, both on the provider and payor side, is a perfect fit for what we are working to accomplish in this rapidly evolving world of value-based healthcare."
"I'm excited for the opportunity to join such an innovative and strong executive team in its mission to transform healthcare," said Mr. Jankovic. "I look forward to deploying my financial expertise and managed care experience to help drive growth while improving the lives of patients across the country."
Most recently, Mr. Jankovic served as an advisor to the CEO at a large, value-based care provider organization. Previously, Mr. Jankovic was the Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance, and Treasurer of WellCare Health Plans. During his 13 year tenure, he served in progressive financial leadership roles establishing and leading corporate finance, capital markets, treasury operations, corporate development, risk management, enterprise procurement, and national real estate. He played an instrumental role in driving WellCare's growth and maturation from approximately $4 billion to $30 billion in annualized revenue at the time of company's sale to Centene in 2020.
Mr. Jankovic holds a B.S. in Finance and an M.B.A. from the University of Central Florida. He also currently serves on the board of Mirra-PrimeAccess.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Tampa, FL, Physician Partners is one of the leading national primary care platforms enabling payors and providers to transition to value-based care. Driven by its mission to transform sick care to Better Health care, Physician Partners delivers 5-Star outcomes to more than 140,000 lives across eight states for Medicare Advantage, Medicare ACOs, Medicaid, and Commercial Insurance.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- This overall defensive performance probably did not please first-year Giants defensive coordinator Wink Martindale in a lot of ways.
The outcome, however, surely thrilled Martindale and all of Giants nation once again.
At least that’s the way it sounded inside Jacksonville’s home stadium. The Giants’ fans might not have traveled overseas to London, but they definitely found their way south to northern Florida and they could be heard loud and clear as their team rallied from another fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 23-17.
Gashed for huge chunks of yards the entire game, the defense still came through with a bunch of big plays and that allowed Daniel Jones and the offense to pull out another tight game as the Giants improved to 6-1.
Three of the biggest plays came from guys who weren’t even on the roster when the season started. Technically, in fact, one of them still isn’t, but isn’t that the story of this whatever-it-takes Giants season?
Cornerback Fabian Moreau had the coverage on the final play of the game and stood up Christian Kirk on a completion at the 1-yard line before Xavier McKinney and Julian Love finished off the play.
Jaylon Smith, signed to the practice squad in mid-September and not activated for the first three games of the season, delivered a fourth-quarter stop on a fourth-and-one quarterback sneak by Trevor Lawrence. Julian Love was also in on the play.
Given the ball back, Jones led the Giants on a 79-yard touchdown drive, finishing it off with a quarterback sneak into the end zone that made it 20-17.
The Giants’ defense followed with its best series of the game, getting off the field on a third-and-five play when cornerback Adoree’ Jackson broke up a pass intended for former Giants tight end Evan Engram. Again, the offense answered with another field goal for the Giants to make it a six-point game.
The two other big plays by the defense came in the first half. Landon Collins, who was playing his first game of the season after being signed to the practice squad a little more than two weeks ago. On a third-and-10 play, he stopped Travis Etienne short of a first down to force a field goal.
Later in the half, the Jags were again deep in Giants territory, but safety Xavier McKinney force a fumble by Etienne that bounced into the end zone, where it was recovered by Love.
Big yards, no points. That’s the story of the 2-5 Jaguars’ season.
For only the second time this season, the Giants went into the half with the lead, but it was not because of a dominant performance from the defense.
The Jaguars, in fact, put up 246 yards of offense in the first half and quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 13 of 21 passes for 182 yards. Jacksonville finished the game with xxxx yards. It was the second straight week the defense was gashed in the opening half. The Ravens had put up 256 points in the first half in Week 6, but the Giants found a way to adjust after halftime.
This time, the defensive problems persisted into the second half.
The Jags got the ball to start the half and went 73 yards on seven plays to regain the lead. A 49-yard run by Etienne on the first play of the second half set the tone and a 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Dexter Lawrence also proved costly for the Giants. Trevor Lawrence eventually scored on a quarterback sneak from the 1-yard line to give Jacksonville a 17-13 lead.
Jacksonville also scored on its first possession of the first half, going 70 yards on six plays. Etienne went into the end zone on a 7-yard run and the defense was flagged for an alignment penalty on the extra point. That mistake allowed Jacksonville coach Doug Pederson to go for two points from the 1-yard line and the Jaguars capitalized when Etienne ran untouched into the end zone.
The Jaguars moved the ball easily again on their second possession, picking up 40 yards on their first two plays. Lawrence ran for 15 yards and then connected with former Giants tight end Evan Engram for 25 yards on the next play. It was one of xxx catches for Engram, who finished with xxx yards receiving.
That drive eventually stalled, however, when Landon Collins, in his first game back with the Giants, came up with a big tackle that stopped Etienne short of a first down on a third-and-10 play. The Jags settled for a field goal to take the lead by the unsual score of 11-7.
After the Giants answered with a field goal to make it 11-10, the Jags again moved down the field with relative ease. A 34-yard pass from Lawrence to Kirk on a second-and-25 play put the ball at the Giants’ 32-yard line and 15 more yards were added when Love was penalized for hitting the receiver out of bounds.
Two plays later, however, McKinney forced an Etienne fumble that bounced into the end zone, where it was covered by Love. Another bounce had gone the Giants’ way and the offense capitalized by driving from their own 20 to the Jacksonville 15-yard line before settling for a 33-yard field goal from Graham Gano.
For only the second time this season the Giants had the lead at the half.
They lost that lead in the second half, but stuck to their season-long script of pulling out another game in the fourth quarter.
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US-China relations 'on surer footing,' Yellen says
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that ties between the US and China are "on surer footing" as she concluded a 4-day visit to Beijing.
"We believe that the world is big enough for both of our countries to thrive," Yellen said during a media briefing at the US Embassy in Beijing.
"My bilateral meetings — which totaled about 10 hours over two days — served as a step forward in our effort to put the US-China relationship on surer footing," she added.
What was discussed?
The objective of Yellen's visit was to deepen ties with China's new economic team and avoid any misunderstandings in the two superpowers' economic rivalry.
Yellen said Chinese officials raised concerns about an expected executive order that would restrict outbound investment.
She told Chinese officials that any such measure would be narrow in scope and would be enacted in a transparent way, through a rule-making process that would allow public input.
Yellen also said Beijing could raise concerns about US actions, so that Washington could explain, and "possibly in some situations, respond to unintended consequences of our actions if they're not carefully targeted."
China's state-run Xinhua news agency said on Saturday that Yellen's meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng yielded an agreement to "strengthen communication and cooperation on addressing global challenges."
More to follow...
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The ~$42 million community solar portfolio totals 44 MWdc in Maine, Minnesota and Maryland
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Foss & Company, a leading institutional investment fund sponsor, has announced that it closed on the first tranche of tax equity partnership with Nautilus Solar Energy®, LLC ("Nautilus") on behalf of its affiliate Nautilus US Power Holdco, LLC ("NUPH"), a leading community solar company. The first tranche totals approximately ~$42 million of investment for over 44 MWdc of projects spread across three states, including Maine, Minnesota, and Maryland.
"We could not be more excited to be partnering with Nautilus on this incredible portfolio," says Bryen Alperin, managing director, Foss & Company. "This portfolio will not only aim to bring new jobs and tax revenue to these three states, but once it is operational, these sites will provide low-income families and small businesses in these communities with increased access to low-cost, clean electricity. We look forward to partnering with Nautilus on many similarly impactful projects in the future."
These projects aim to provide much needed alternative energy to the northeast area of the United States and are expected to be fully operational in 2023.
"Our partnership with Foss and Company allows for community solar projects to enter many more markets in the US. This transaction helps Nautilus continue realizing its vision of creating a clean, sustainable future by offering an equitable and affordable renewable energy choice. We are thrilled to have Foss and Company be a partner that helps us achieve that vision," said Camelia Miu, chief financial officer at Nautilus. "This transaction allows us to unlock the full value of these projects and helps attain our mission to be the trusted provider of clean energy to local communities."
NUPH is the long-term owner of the projects, with Nautilus Solar Energy responsible for overseeing construction, maintaining its long-term performance, and acquiring and managing customer subscriptions through its proprietary community solar subscriber management and acquisition platform.
About Foss & Company
Founded in 1983, Foss & Company is a national tax equity investor and fund sponsor that has deployed over $8 billion in tax equity on behalf of insurance, banking, and other large corporate clients into tax credit enhanced transactions including historic rehabilitation projects, renewable energy and advanced energy production facilities. Foss & Company is a full-service advisor with proven expertise navigating the world of tax equity investments. For additional information, visit www.fossandco.com.
About Nautilus Solar Energy
Nautilus Solar Energy®, LLC is a leading community solar company, providing clean energy to residential and commercial customers in local communities. Nautilus operates and manages solar farms in 10 states and is responsible for financing, development, maintenance, and customer service for the lifetime of the project. Founded in 2006, Nautilus has helped shape the future of solar to provide an equitable and affordable renewable energy choice for all. Nautilus is owned by Power Sustainable, a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada. Power Sustainable is a multi-platform alternative asset manager with a long-term investment approach focused on sustainable strategies. For more information on Nautilus Solar Energy visit nautilussolar.com. Join Nautilus on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — With the Masten District seat on the Buffalo Common Council up for grabs, former Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton is running to fill the seat.
However, Walton’s eligibility to run for the seat has been called into question. Challenges have been filed to the Erie County Board of Elections, claiming that she has not lived in the district long enough to run for the seat.
According to the Buffalo City Charter, Common Council candidates must live in their district for one full year before their election.
“I think that folks are going off public record which does say I closed on my home on November 22nd which would be about 15 days over the deadline.” Walton said. “However, I have been under contract to purchase the home since July, have been moving things in since October and I’ve changed my voter registration on November 1st.”
Other candidates for the seat are Gina Davis, Zeneta Everhart and Murray Holman. The winner of the election will replace Ulysses Wingo, who decided to not run for re-election.
Wingo’s term will end in December.
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Best zapper rackets for killing bugs
With a reliable bug zapper racket, you can dispatch flying insects at close range. Most rackets are durable and designed to kill on contact. This makes them convenient for handling small pest problems around the house. Plus, unlike many insect killers that use potentially harmful pesticides, zapper rackets don’t usually rely on chemicals to work. This makes them a safer, in-house solution to pest control than other options.
Shock strength
Typically represented as volts, shock strength affects how well a bug zapper racket can kill different types of insects. Most rackets have a voltage ranging from 500 to 3,000, but the most reliable models have at least 2,000 volts. If you need a stronger insect killer or plan to target multiple pests at once, consider getting a bug zapper that goes outside.
Be careful with rackets that have a higher voltage as they can run hot with regular use. If you notice yours is starting to overheat, turn it off and take it outside so it can cool down. Alternatively, choose a racket with an outer layer to keep from accidentally shocking your fingers.
Design and material
Bug zapper rackets come in the following main designs:
- With a protective layer: Some have a mesh outer layer that keeps the user from making direct contact with the electric grid. This is especially beneficial for those with small children who might otherwise injure themselves by using the racket. The downside is that the mesh can also keep larger insects from reaching the grid, making the racket less effective.
- Without a protective layer: Others don’t have the added mesh layer. While this is good for dealing with insects of all sizes, it doesn’t offer protection from getting shocked.
As the name implies, most bug rackets look similar to standard rackets, such as those used for tennis. Besides the optional protective layer, these rackets have the following main design features:
- Handle: This is usually between 7 and 12 inches long. Some handles have an ergonomic design or nonslip grip for easy use.
- Head: The head size depends on the racket, with some models being larger than others. A larger head means more surface area for killing pests without needing to be precise. A smaller head requires more accuracy when using the racket.
- Electric grid: This is often made of wires, while the head and handle consist of hard plastic. On its own, the grid is somewhat durable, but it can get damaged if you use the racket like a traditional flyswatter.
Power source
Most bug zapper rackets rely on lithium or AA batteries. These require replacement every couple of years. Some rackets come with additional batteries, while others require a separate purchase.
Some rackets come with a built-in rechargeable battery. These rackets often cost more upfront, but they can last a long time and don’t require additional batteries later. Rackets that come with a rechargeable battery also often have a charging station.
Additional features
Most bug zapper rackets also have the following:
- Active light or power light: Generally small and red, this light indicates when the electric grid is active. This can keep you from accidentally leaving it on when not in use.
- Special attracting light: Some rackets have an ultraviolet or LED light that lures flying insects.
- Activate grid button: Even when the racket is fully charged, it won’t activate the electric grid until you press a specific button on the handle or below the head. Some rackets necessitate holding the button, while others do not.
Targeted insects
Depending on the voltage and size of the grid, electric bug zapper rackets can eliminate small, medium and large insects, such as:
- Gnats
- Mosquitoes
- Moths
- Ants
- Fruit flies
- Horseflies
- Small centipedes or millipedes
8 best bug zapper rackets
Zap It! Bug Zapper Rechargeable Bug Zapper Racket
With a powerful 4,000-volt grid and an LED light that attracts flying insects, this handheld racket is perfect for handling pests outside on the porch or in the driveway. It comes in mini, medium and large sizes. It also has a built-in lithium battery that lasts a long time and is rechargeable via a USB port.
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Black Flag Portable Handheld Bug Zapper Insect Killer Racket
At 2,750 volts, this handheld bug zapper can immediately kill any insects that come into contact with it. It comes with a hanging hook, making it easy to store when not in use. It’s best for medium and large insects since smaller ones can more easily avoid the grid.
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Faicuk 2-Pack Bug Zapper Racket Electric Fly Swatter
Available individually or as a set, this durable racket has 3,000 volts and can kill flying bugs on contact. It has a three-layer safety mesh and has a two-trigger activation feature for extra protection.
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Offered in yellow, blue and dark green, this bug racket is designed specifically for flies and similarly sized insects. It comes in either a one, two or three-pack and is sturdy enough for indoor and outdoor use. It uses two double-A batteries.
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Vanelc USB Rechargeable Electric Fly Swatter Racket
Available in a two-pack, this rechargeable electric racket is a great option for dealing with flying insects inside or outside. It has an LED light that can attract biting insects, such as flies and mosquitoes. It also works on its own while standing up, making it convenient for keeping bugs away from your bed.
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Black and Decker Electric Fly Swatter And Fly Zapper
Made from stainless steel and aluminum, this durable racket has a nickel-plated high-voltage grid. The head is large enough to handle nearly any bug. Plus, it doesn’t require precision to use it effectively. It’s lightweight and uses two double-A batteries.
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Nobug Handheld Electric Bug Zapper
With 3,000 volts of power, this racket is great for eliminating flying insects such as flies, mosquitoes and gnats. It has a protective grid, a switch button and an indicator light.
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This bug zapper racket comes with a small charging station that fits perfectly on small surfaces, such as a bedside table. Designed with a protective grid, it can kill flying insects either manually or automatically. The battery lasts a long time without needing a recharge.
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Interviews with global CAEs show organizations driving change in the internal audit function and looking to attract and retain top talent
MENLO PARK, Calif., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In the 18th edition of its Internal Auditing Around the World® profile series, global consulting firm Protiviti shares insights from its interviews with chief audit executives (CAEs) from some of the world's well-known companies about what they have learned from the pandemic and what the future of the internal audit profession looks like now. The report underscores the growing importance of the internal audit function to the business during a time of intense disruption and highlights the innovative ways in which many companies are developing the role of the internal audit professional.
The companies profiled in the 2022 edition of the study, titled "The Future of Work is Here," represent a mix of countries and industries and include AstraZeneca, Bacardi, Commerzbank AG, CononoPhillips, DKSH, Ooredoo, SoFi and Zimmer Biomet. The Protiviti study is available for complimentary download here.
"The internal audit leaders featured in our report are seeing their teams and the businesses they support emerge from the pandemic stronger and more agile than before," said Andrew Struthers-Kennedy, a Protiviti managing director and leader of the firm's global internal audit and financial advisory practice. "They have used the disruption to drive positive change and help start to shape the internal audit workforce of the future, and are now looking for highly skilled, digitally savvy, data-oriented professionals to take on a range of challenging internal audit roles. We have been saying for many years that the future internal auditor will play a meaningful role in supporting the business across all critical functions and initiatives. As our report makes clear, the future is here now."
The experiences of nine corporate internal audit leaders are presented as case studies in Protiviti's report. To access a complimentary copy and view past editions of Internal Auditing Around the World, please visit here.
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Named to the 2022 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list, Protiviti has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public, as well as with government agencies. Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI). Founded in 1948, Robert Half is a member of the S&P 500 index.
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Former President Trump kicked off the 2024 presidential election campaign season when he became the first major candidate to announce a White House bid just a week after the midterm elections.
Trump has been the unequivocal leader of the Republican Party since he was first elected president in 2016, but he has garnered blame from many opponents and allies for the party’s disappointing performance in the midterms.
Several noteworthy Republicans have hinted that they are considering running for president in the aftermath of the midterms and indicated a willingness to oppose Trump.
Here’s where other potential Republican 2024 presidential candidates stand in their possible White House bids.
Liz Cheney
Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) emerged as one of the top GOP critics of Trump in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection and has served as the vice chairwoman of the House select committee investigating the attack and the former president’s role in it.
Cheney said after she lost her primary race to a Trump-backed challenger in August that she was “thinking about” running for president. She told Politico in an interview that she hadn’t decided whether her run would be in a Republican primary or as an independent.
The outgoing congresswoman said at The Washington Post’s Global Woman’s Summit last month that she is “confident” Trump will never be president again. She said in September that she will not remain in the party if Trump wins the Republican nomination.
Chris Christie
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was a Trump ally during the 2016 and 2020 elections but split with him after the end of the 2020 race and has become increasingly vocal about his opposition to Trump, most recently blaming the former president for the GOP’s performance in the midterms.
His recent remarks come after many Trump-backed candidates who were considered weaker general election choices lost in key races. Their defeats led to Democrats holding on to their majority in the Senate and Republicans winning only narrow control of the House.
Christie said during an appearance on “Real Time With Bill Maher” in October that he was not ruling out running for president a second time, his first being in 2016. He said at the time that he wanted to see what happens in the midterms to determine if a non-Trump candidate can win the nomination.
Ted Cruz
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was a chief opponent of Trump during the Republican primaries in 2016 but emerged as one of his closest allies in the Senate during his administration. However, Cruz has hinted that he will consider a challenge to Trump in 2024.
He said at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual meeting last month that he is running for a third term to the Senate in 2024 but punted on the question of whether he should be considered a possible presidential candidate, saying there will be “plenty of time” to discuss the election.
Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has consistently placed in second in hypothetical GOP primary polls throughout this year, but polling since the midterms has shown him closing the gap with Trump even further — or in some cases leading.
DeSantis led Trump in polls in head-to-head match-ups of four key states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida and Georgia — last month. And his support rose 11 points in a Harvard CAPS-Harris national poll last month from one taken the prior month, though Trump still led by double digits.
Analysts have pointed to the Florida governor as a big winner of the midterms, as he easily glided to victory in his reelection bid by 20 points, and Republicans in the state performed well up and down the ballot.
DeSantis himself has remained mostly quiet on any potential presidential ambitions and has avoided direct confrontations with Trump. But he criticized the Republican Party’s “huge underperformance” in the midterms and pointed to Florida as showing the party “how it’s done” at a press conference on Thursday.
He’s also set to release a memoir in late February titled “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival,” which will be about his formative years and time serving in the military and the government. Book releases have often accompanied candidates announcing presidential runs.
Nikki Haley
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley initially said that she would not run for the presidency if Trump made a third bid for the White House. But she has changed her tune since the midterms.
She said at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting last month that she will look at running “in a serious way” now that the midterms are over.
“But I’ve never lost an election,” she added. “And I’m not gonna start now.”
Haley, who also previously served as governor of South Carolina, said at an event at Clemson University earlier this week that she will take time during the holidays to look at the “situation.”
Larry Hogan
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has been a vocal Republican critic of Trump since the former president launched his first White House run, refusing to vote for him in 2016 and considering a primary challenge to him in 2020.
Hogan did not deny a characterization that he was a rumored 2024 contender during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” last month, saying he thinks the “lane is much wider now” than it was weeks earlier.
Hogan, a moderate Republican who easily won the governorship in a solidly blue state, said the GOP needs to widen its appeal “like I’ve done in Maryland.”
Asa Hutchinson
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has called on the GOP to move on from the “Trump era” and said that the party needs more voices of “reality” in the aftermath of the midterms. He said he supports criticism that Trump has received from onetime allies following the election.
Hutchinson said in an interview on “CNN This Morning” last month that he is “very seriously” looking at running, saying he is planning to decide in January. He said he does not think Trump could win in a Republican primary since he is a “known quantity” spreading “chaos.”
“I’m encouraged that a governor who’s actually solved problems, who has a conservative, commonsense approach, can draw support and can be a good alternative,” Hutchinson said.
Mike Pence
Trump has sharply criticized former Vice President Mike Pence since his refusal to go along with the former president’s attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Pence has been critical of Trump’s role in the insurrection and has made several notable public appearances ahead of a rumored presidential run.
He traveled to early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire to campaign with Republican candidates ahead of the midterms and has given speeches outlining his vision for the party.
He said “there might be somebody else I prefer more” when asked, at a Georgetown University event in October, if he would vote for Trump again.
Pence said in an interview with ABC’s David Muir after the midterms that he expects “better choices” than Trump for the GOP nomination in the future and met with CNN’s Jake Tapper for a town hall to promote his new book.
Mike Pompeo
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remained loyal to Trump throughout his presidency but has indicated an interest in running despite the former president’s own plans.
Pompeo told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on the day that Trump announced his candidacy that the announcement wouldn’t affect his own decisionmaking about whether to run. He called for “more seriousness” and “less noise” in the party.
“We need leaders that are looking forward, not staring in the rearview mirror claiming victimhood,” he said.
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