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LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. has fallen to its lowest level since the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though elevated food prices meant it didn’t fall as much as anticipated.
The Office for National Statistics said Wednesday that the inflation rate, as measured by the consumer prices index, dropped to 8.7% in the year to April from 10.1% in March, largely because last year’s energy spike in the wake of the invasion dropped out of the annual comparison. The fall took inflation to its lowest level since March 2022, a month after the war began.
Though welcome, the decline wasn’t as big as anticipated, especially as prices in the wholesale gas market have been falling for months. The consensus in financial markets was that it would ease back further to 8.3%,
One of the main reasons why inflation is consistently running higher than anticipated — and generally higher than other nations in the Group of Seven — is that food prices remain elevated, as anyone doing the weekly shopping at their supermarket can attest to. The statistics agency said that food prices were still 19% higher than they were the year before.
“The rate of inflation fell notably as the large energy price rises seen last year were not repeated this April, but was offset partially by increases in the cost of second-hand cars and cigarettes,” the statistics agency’s chief economist Grant Fitzner said.
“However, prices in general remain substantially higher than they were this time last year, with annual food price inflation near historic highs,” he added.
While welcoming the fall in inflation into single digits, Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt said “food prices are still running too high.”
On Tuesday, Hunt held discussions with food manufacturers over the cost of food and ways to ease pressure on households. No measures to ease the burden on households were announced.
“Surging food prices are particularly painful for low-income families, three-in-five of whom are already reporting that they are having to cut back on food and other essentials,” said James Smith, research director at the Resolution Foundation.
Overall, Wednesday’s figures back up the International Monetary Fund’s assessment on Tuesday that inflation in the U.K. is likely to remain stubbornly high over the coming years and only return to the Bank of England’s target of 2% in mid-2025, six months longer than it predicted earlier this year.
Like other central banks, the Bank of England has been raising interest rates aggressively over the past 18 months or so to a 15-year high of 4.5% after inflation spiked sharply, first because of bottlenecks caused by the coronavirus pandemic and then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey, also on Tuesday, reiterated his stance that borrowing costs would have to rise again if inflation remained stubbornly high. He also conceded that policymakers have perhaps been caught off guard by the pace at which food prices have risen and remained elevated since the invasion of Ukraine, one of the world’s most important agricultural nations.
Samuel Tombs, chief U.K. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said that a further increase in the bank’s interest rate to 4.75% in June is now “firmly on the table” following the above-consensus April outcome, and in light of the “sensitivity of households’ inflation expectations to food price changes.” | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/international/ap-uk-inflation-falls-to-lowest-level-in-over-a-year-but-food-prices-keep-decline-in-check/ | 2023-05-25 06:04:06 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/international/ap-uk-inflation-falls-to-lowest-level-in-over-a-year-but-food-prices-keep-decline-in-check/ |
(NewsNation) — With a heat wave across the country affecting millions of Americans, and the temperature expected to reach above 100 in some areas, many are looking for ways to keep cool. But it could be costly as record-high inflation is driving up electric bills.
Gas prices and food are already soaring, as inflation hit a 40-year high last month of 8.6%. The Federal Reserve has said it will introduce a large rate hike to combat it.
With the heat, there’s another thing to worry about — the price of air conditioning.
This week, more than 100 million Americans are under a heat advisory or heat watch in more than one dozen states such as Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana. Many are cranking up their air conditioning to find relief, continuing to push up electrical demand — and send electric bills through the roof.
“Air conditioners start running almost 24/7 in homes, and that continues to push up electrical demand,” George Justice, VP of Electric Operations for Ameren Illinois, said.
Even before the nation saw historic inflation rates, one in six Americans couldn’t pay their electric bill. It’s a problem that will likely only get worse.
St. Clair Newbern IV, CEO of Live Energy Inc. said people can expect to pay between 15 and 100% more for electricity in the coming year. According to May’s Consumer Price Index, Americans are paying 12% more in electricity costs this year compared to last.
Newbern blames the COVID-19 pandemic for these changes.
“In 2020 when demand dropped off because everybody was at home, the number of drilling rigs dropped to under 300,” he said.
The Russia-Ukraine war also plays a part. Russia was the world’s largest exporter of oil to global markets, but much of the West sanctioned it after the country’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
“Therefore we’re having to help make up the balance,” Newbern said.
When asked if there could be any cost relief in the near future, Newbern said it’s not looking good.
“It’s like a structural recalibration of energy prices where they’ve gone up, and there’s not a good case for them coming down anytime soon,” Newbern said.
For those trying to cut down on their electric bill, experts suggest getting a controllable thermostat; making sure doors and windows are properly sealed; and getting LED light bulbs as well as energy efficient appliances. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/video/staying-cool-during-heat-wave-costing-more-thanks-to-inflation/ | 2022-06-15 20:27:48 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/video/staying-cool-during-heat-wave-costing-more-thanks-to-inflation/ |
First Alert Forecast:
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Warm and muggy weather continues with disturbances brushing our area from the north and west over the next few days. Expect partly sunny skies with storms popping up from time to time, especially the farther north you get into North Mississippi. There is also the possibility of severe weather mainly in the form of torrential rain, lightning, hail and wind. It is something we will keep monitoring over the coming days. Expect this daily chance of storms to continue Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Highs will be in around 90 or in the lower 90s the rest of this week. Overnight and morning lows will be in the lower to middle 70s. Starting this weekend and spilling over into next week will be an even stronger warming trend. Expect highs to reach the middle 90s with overnight and morning lows in the middle 70s. We will have just a slight chance for a shower by then. Westerly wind at 5mph tonight and northwesterly at 10mph Thursday. Average high is 89 and the average low is 68. Sunrise is 5:53am and the sunset is 8:06pm. There is no development in the tropics expected over the next 5 days.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LendingTree®, one of the nation's largest, most experienced financial marketplaces for loans, credit cards, and insurance, will be hosting its first lender Summit in over 10 years, re-engaging with its lender network to bring together industry experts as they discuss the challenges and opportunities given today's economic climate. Additionally, LendingTree will hold the Innovation Challenge, a showcase of nine promising technology-driven solutions that have the potential to significantly impact the mortgage lending landscape. Innovation Challenge demos will be evaluated by an expert panel of judges. The LendingTree Summit will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
LendingTree is re-introducing the LendingTree Summit, an educational forum designed to bring together leading experts, professionals, and technology leaders to discuss strategies for overcoming obstacles and identifying opportunities for growth. The Summit's keynote speaker is Greg Olsen, FOX NFL analyst and former Carolina Panther tight end. Headline speakers include Garth Graham, Senior Partner at STRATMOR Group, Doug Duncan, SVP and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, award- winning mortgage consultant and author Dale Vermillion, and founder and CEO of SDP Solutions, Scott Payne.
"It's been 11 years since we last hosted the LendingTree Summit, and we're thrilled to bring our partners together once again," said Doug Lebda, founder, and CEO of LendingTree. "We recognize that we're in the midst of an unprecedented market. We felt strongly that we needed to take this opportunity to meaningfully reconnect with and support our lender network to discuss industry trends, solutions, and strategies that create winning opportunities for both lenders and borrowers alike. On top of that, we're giving our partners a front-row seat to the Innovation Challenge, with technology demos from companies that we hand-selected and believe could be game changers in the mortgage industry."
The following nine finalists have been specially curated and identified as the most promising technology platforms identified by LendingTree experts and have been selected to present as part of the Innovation Challenge:
- Botsplash
- Candor
- EarnUp
- Halcyon
- OptimalBlue
- ProPair
- Reclu
- SimpleNexus
- Vesta
The LendingTree Summit is sponsored by OptimalBlue, Tavant, TotalExpert, Vesta, Newzip and PerformLine. LendingTree thanks the sponsors for their support.
For additional information, please visit lendingtreesummit.regfox.com/lendingtree-summit.
LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) is one of the nation's largest, most experienced online marketplaces, created to give power to consumers so more people can win financially. LendingTree strives to provide consumers with easy access to the best offers on home loans, personal loans, insurance, credit cards, student loans, business loans, home equity loans/lines of credit, auto loans and more, through its network of over 500 partners. Founded in 1996 and launched nationally in 1998, LendingTree has helped over 111 million consumers obtain financing, save money, and improve their financial and credit health with transparency, education, and support throughout their financial journey.
LendingTree, Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, NC. For more information, please visit www.lendingtree.com.
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‘Jerry Maguire’ star Cuba Gooding Jr. faces start of civil trial in rape case
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. faces the start of a civil trial Tuesday on accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, an encounter that he contends was consensual after the two met at a nearby restaurant.
The trial was scheduled to begin with jury selection in Manhattan federal court as the Oscar-winning “Jerry Maguire” star confronts allegations that he met the woman in Manhattan, persuaded her to join him at a hotel, and convinced her to stop at his room so he could change clothing.
The woman, who has proceeded anonymously but has been told she must reveal her name at trial, said in her lawsuit that Gooding raped her in his room. His lawyers, though, insist that it was consensual sex and that she bragged afterward to others that she had sex with a celebrity.
The lawsuit seeks $6 million in damages. It was filed against a man who authorities say has been accused of committing sexual misconduct against more than 30 other women, including groping, unwanted kissing and other inappropriate behavior.
Late last week, Judge Paul A. Crotty ruled that he will let three women testify that they also were subjected to sudden sexual assaults or attempted sexual assaults after meeting Gooding in social settings such as festivals, bars, nightclubs and restaurants.
One of the women planning to testify at the trial is Kelsey Harbert, who told police Gooding fondled her without her consent at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge near Times Square in 2019.
Harbert said last year after Gooding pleaded guilty in New York state court to a charge that spared him from jail or a criminal history that never getting her day in court was “more disappointing than words can say.”
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they grant permission, as Harbert has done.
Gooding, a star in films including “Boyz n the Hood” and “Radio,” was permitted to plead guilty in April 2022 to a misdemeanor, admitting that he forcibly kissed a worker at a New York nightclub in 2018.
By staying out of trouble and completing six months of alcohol and behavioral counseling, Gooding was permitted to withdraw his guilty plea and plead guilty to a non-criminal harassment violation, eliminating his criminal record and preventing further penalties.
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Which 12 gifts for couples are best?
Gift giving can become a full-time job when you take birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and the holidays into account. It becomes even trickier when you’re buying for couples. You have two sets of tastes and preferences to account for and the gift needs to be enjoyed by both people.
You might find it difficult to come up with ideas for gifts for couples, but there are lots of great ideas and sources of inspiration out there. Whether you’re looking for funny gifts or something more sentimental, you can find a gift that the couples in your life will love.
What to consider when buying presents for couples
Joint interests
When you start thinking about what both people enjoy, you can come up with some great gifts for couples. Do they have a shared interest in music? Do they love the outdoors or spend lots of time hiking together? Consider what activities they regularly partake in together.
Specific occasions
There are many gifts for couples who are celebrating a special occasion. It could be the birth of a child, an anniversary or a joint gift for the holidays. A special occasion provides a ready-made theme around which you can choose the perfect couples’ gift.
Theme or sentiment
The type of present you buy for a couple can also depend on how well you know them or their individual tastes. Some couples might enjoy a funny gift, while others might prefer something a little more sentimental.
Price range
While there are plenty of luxury gifts for couples to choose from, your gift budget doesn’t need to break the bank, either. Regardless of the sentiment or occasion behind your gift, you’ll find something that’s just right for you and the couple.
Item or activity
You don’t have to feel limited to physical items when it comes to buying a gift for a couple. Thinking about experiences rather than items can be a great place to start if you’re looking for inspiration. It can also be a lovely gesture to offer couples the opportunity to enjoy an activity together rather than physical items.
12 best gifts for couples
Wine Country Gift Baskets Gourmet Choice Gift Basket
If the couple in your life loves good food and nights in together enjoying some treats, this gift basket is a solid option. Filled with items including gourmet crackers, peanuts, dried fruit and cheese wedges, you can even add a personalized note.
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C + C FÃœR PAARE 100+ Date Night Ideas
This fun gift is filled with tons of date night ideas so couples can enjoy some time together out and about. It also includes some conversation starter cards and date ideas for every budget and occasion.
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Luna Bean Keepsake Hands Casting Kit
Combining a fun activity with a memorable keepsake, couples can use this kit to create a plaster cast of their entwined hands. The cast can be painted and displayed with pride as a keepsake of their love in their home.
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This is a fun and practical gift for everyone from couples who have just moved into a new place together to those celebrating a decades-long relationship. This gift is sweet and particularly appropriate for couples who like to spend time together cooking.
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Inspired by couples’ psychologists, these cards are designed to start deep, thought-provoking conversations on a range of subjects to bring couples closer together, whether the couple has been dating for a few months or has been married for years.
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Inspired by the Pixar movie “Up,” couples can stick all kinds of mementos and photos into the pages of this scrapbook and use the tools included to decorate the pages together.
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Waterford Crystal Lismore Essence Photo Frame
If you’re looking for a smarter, more upmarket gift, you can’t go wrong with Waterford crystal. This stylish photo frame is a beautiful addition to the home and a lovely place for a couple to display a wedding or anniversary photograph.
Many couples love receiving practical gifts. An Instant Pot multi-cooker is a great way for your couple to save time on cooking so they can spend more time together. It’s especially useful for couples with busy day-to-day lives.
Sold by Amazon, Kohl’s and Home Depot
Yankee Candle Pink Sands Signature Collection Scented Candle
There’s no better way for couples to curl up on the sofa and watch a movie together than with a deliciously scented candle setting the mood. This Yankee candle brings forth citrus, floral and spicy vanilla notes when lit.
Sold by Amazon and Bed Bath and Beyond
Southern Patio Mayer Ceramic Planter
If the couple has a pair of green thumbs, this planter is a beautiful addition to a coffee table or kitchen countertop. It includes a drainage hole to prevent overwatering, so it’s suitable for beginner gardeners, too.
Sold by Home Depot
Maps International Scratch-Off Map of the World Poster
For adventurous couples who love to travel the world together or who have a list of locations on their joint bucket list, this scratch-off map allows them to mark where they’ve traveled together. It can be hung in a study or anywhere else in the home as a source of inspiration and memories.
MIAMIO Kissing Coffee Mugs Set
If you don’t know a couple very well or you’re unsure what they’d enjoy, this novelty gift set of two kissing mugs is a great alternative. It’s suitable for bridal showers, anniversary or holiday gifts for couples of all ages.
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Stressed Colorado River keeps California desert farms alive
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Don Cox was looking for a reliable place to build a family farm in the 1950s, he settled on California’s Imperial Valley.
The desert region had high priority water rights, meaning its access to water was hard for anyone to take away.
“He had it on his mind that water rights were very, very important,” said his grandson, Thomas Cox, who now farms in the Valley.
He was right. Today the Imperial Valley, which provides many of the nation’s winter vegetables and cattle feed, has one of the strongest grips on water from the Colorado River, a critical but over-tapped supply for farms and cities across the West. In times of shortage, Arizona and Nevada must cut first.
But even California, the nation’s most populous state with 39 million people, may be forced to give something up in the coming years as hotter and drier weather causes the river’s main reservoirs to fall to dangerously low levels. If the river were to become unusable, Southern California would lose a third of its water supply and vast swaths of farmland in the state’s southeastern desert would go unplanted.
“Without it, the Imperial Valley shuts down,” said JB Hamby, a board member for the Imperial Irrigation District, which holds rights to the largest share of Colorado River water.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a collaborative series on the Colorado River as the 100th anniversary of the historic Colorado River Compact approaches. The Associated Press, The Colorado Sun, The Albuquerque Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Arizona Daily Star and The Nevada Independent are working together to explore the pressures on the river in 2022.
A century ago, California and six other states — Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — created a compact that split the water into two basins and set rules for how much water each would get. A series of deals, laws and court cases that followed led California to get the most water and made it the last to lose in times of shortage.
Fear and frustration over California’s use of the river has driven the compact since its early days. In western water law, the first person who taps the source gets the highest right, and California cities and farmers have relied on the river for more than a century.
Other western states worried California would lay claim to all the river’s water before their own populations grew. The compact and the series of deals that followed attempted to find a balance to protect California’s supply while ensuring other states got some too. California, meanwhile, benefitted when the federal government began building the Hoover Dam to help control the river’s flow.
Today, the states are now gearing up for a 2026 deadline to renegotiate some of the terms to better deal with drought and protect two major reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead. But before that, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has demanded the states find a way to cut their use by roughly 15% to 30% to stave off a crisis. The states failed to meet a mid-August deadline to reach a deal, but negotiations are continuing and no new date for an agreement has been set.
All eyes are on California and its major water rights holders — namely the Imperial Irrigation District and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — to see if they will give up some of their share. Both districts say they’re willing to use less water or pay others to do so — especially if cooperating means they can avoid challenges to their senior rights.
But they’re playing coy about what exactly they’re willing to give.
The river is the only water supply for the Imperial Irrigation District, whose farmers grow broccoli, onions, carrots and other winter vegetables as well as alfalfa and other feedstock. The limited water underneath the ground in the region, near California’s border with Arizona and Mexico, is not usable, and it does not have access to state water supplies.
The irrigation district was historically entitled to more water than either Arizona or Nevada, though it’s given some up over the years in exchange for payment from cities like San Diego and Los Angeles. In 2019, its board rejected a drought contingency plan signed by other water users in Arizona, Nevada and California.
This time around, officials say the district would be open to leaving fields unplanted to save water on a temporary, emergency basis. But neither Hamby nor board spokespeople would say how much.
State officials are looking to the $4 billion approved by Congress for the Colorado River as a possible source of money that could be used to pay the district and, in turn, farmers, to use less water.
The farmers aren’t privy to all of the district’s negotiating tactics, but are trying to organize among themselves to avoid having cuts foisted on them, Cox said. Many farmers have already installed drip irrigation lines that use less water, but they would be willing to adopt more conservation tactics if they’d be paid to do so.
Already, Cox said he’s making decisions about whether to plant on all of his vegetable fields this fall because he’s getting less water than normal under a new system adopted by the board.
“With water uncertainty, there’s going to be more uncertainty on food supply,” he said.
And it’s not just farmers who rely on the Imperial Irrigation District’s water. Runoff from the farms feeds the Salton Sea, a massive inland lake created in the early 1900s when the Colorado River flooded. It’s now rapidly drying up, exposing surrounding communities to toxic dust and killing the habitat that birds and fish rely on. The state and federal government are now looking for other ways to support the sea in the absence of river water, and its being eyed as a possible site for lithium extraction.
“We’re talking about a body of water surrounded by communities who have been marginalized for so (long), that don’t have the infrastructure or capacity to protect themselves from climate change, from less availability of water, from more dust,” said Silvia Paz, executive director for Alianza Coachella Valley, an organization fighting to improve the economy and health outcomes in the region.
Behind the irrigation district, the Metropolitan Water District is the state’s second largest user of the river’s water. The Colorado makes up about one-third of the water supply the district uses to provide water for drinking, bathing, landscaping and recreating to roughly half the state’s population. Los Angeles County, the nation’s largest, is one of the many areas in Southern California that relies on the river’s water.
It’s allowed to store some of the water it doesn’t use in Lake Mead, which California officials say has actually helped stave off a river crisis in recent years. But this year, short on other supplies, the district may actually try to pull some of that water out if needed, a move that would likely cause friction with other states in the basin.
The district also gets water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the state’s main source of water supplies. But the Delta is suffering from drought, too, and the state only approved 5% of requested supplies this year. As it looks to stabilize its water supply for the future, the district is spending billions on a water recycling plant and urging people to use less water for their lawns.
Still, ensuring the Colorado River is available in dry years when other supplies aren’t available is the district’s priority, said Bill Hasencamp, the district’s Colorado River manager.
Farm-heavy water districts in the Coachella Valley and Riverside County also get Colorado River water, which they use for crops like citrus, melons and barley. The Fort Mojave Indian Reservation and Colorado River Indian Reservation are among the tribes in California with river rights.
Looking to the future, both climate change and politics are at play as California’s water users debate what it will take to keep the river alive.
“What they really want is reliability and predictability,” said Michael Cohen, a Colorado River expert with the Pacific Institute. “What they don’t want is Arizona screaming that Phoenix and Tucson are dried up and California doesn’t take a drop of reductions.”
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The Grenadier SUV developed by British chemical giant Ineos has started production, the company said on Tuesday.
That’s more than a year later than originally planned, but a lot has changed in the past year, and that’s before disruptions caused by the pandemic are considered.
Production takes place at the former Smart plant in Hambach, France, which Ineos purchased from Mercedes-Benz in 2020. A previous plan was to construct a new plant in Wales. Ineos made some key upgrades to the Hambach plant, including adding a new fully automated body shop and semi-automated paint shop, and upgrading the general assembly facility. A modern quality assessment facility was also added to the site.
Deliveries in the first markets will start in December. Ineos said it already has 200 sales and service sites established around the globe, and the company is in the process of signing up dealerships in the U.S. Ineos has previously hinted at the Grenadier starting deliveries here in 2023, though that date may be pushed back.
The rugged, utilitarian off-roader draws its name from an old word for a specialized soldier (as well as the London pub in which the idea was conceived), and features a design clearly inspired by the original Land Rover Defender. Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe was prompted to develop the vehicle after Land Rover announced it was ending production of its original Defender.
Seeing that there was still demand for a rugged, no-nonsense off-roader from the mining, forestry and agricultural industries, as well as from enthusiasts, Ratcliffe wanted to continue offering a vehicle like the original Defender. In fact, he even tried to buy the rights to the old Defender from Land Rover but was denied.
Ineos teamed up with Austria’s Magna Steyr to develop the Grenadier. Magna helped Mercedes-Benz develop the G-Class and still builds the iconic SUV to this day, so it’s no surprise the Grenadier bears some resemblance to the G-Class as well. A lot of the testing took place in the same Austrian mountains where G-Class development takes place, including the famous Schoeckl.
The Grenadier is based on a platform with body-on-frame construction, solid axles with panhard rods front and rear, and progressive coil springs. To help reduce weight, the body is made from a mix of aluminum, high-strength steels and even some composites. Both regular SUV and pickup body styles are planned.
Ineos plans just one powertrain for the U.S., a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 sourced from BMW. It’s mated to an 8-speed automatic and a four-wheel-drive system with a 2-speed transfer case. A diesel is offered in other markets, and further down the track it could also have electric power.
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Choosing the right fidget toy for your child
If your child enjoys Crayola Globbles and you’ve noticed that this type of toy helps keep their fidgeting to a minimum, you might consider expanding their collection of fidget toys. There are plentiful styles and textures to choose from, and it might be helpful to have certain fidget toys at home, and certain quieter or less messy fidget toys for going out, since different situations can require different items. Fortunately, there’s a wide array of fidget toys out there.
What are fidget toys?
Fidget toys are small items that give the user a physical outlet for movement, be it pressing buttons, squeezing foam or rearranging shapes. There’s been debate over the years as to whether or not fidget toys are scientifically proven to help children with things like autism and ADHD, but some parents find these toys to be good distractions for fidgety or anxious children.
Fidget toys for squeezing and pressing
What you need to know: This is a 4.49 x 2.28-inch fidget toy for clicking, flipping, twisting and squeezing that comes in six colors.
What you’ll love: It looks like a video game joystick, which will appeal to kids who like to play video games. It’s very portable and isn’t so flashy as to become a distraction for others. The clicking sound is no noisier than the clicking of a ballpoint pen.
What you should consider: It doesn’t hold up well over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Neliblu Be Happy! Neon Smiley Face Stress Balls
What you need to know: This pack comes with 12 neon smiley face foam stress balls in assorted colors.
What you’ll love: If one gets lost or damaged, there are plenty of extras. These stress balls are lightweight, very quiet, easy to use and comfortable to hold.
What you should consider: They tear easily.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
SELMUEL Solar System Stress Balls
What you need to know: This set comes with 10 stress balls about 3 inches across that are designed to look like the planets of the solar system.
What you’ll love: They’re educational as well as good stress relievers. Each planet is unique in color and design, plus the sun is included.
What you should consider: If your child tends to chew on things, these are not an ideal choice, as chunks can easily be taken out of them.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Fescuty Rainbow Pop Bubble Sensory Fidget Toys
What you need to know: This fidget pack comes with four rainbow-colored silicone popping toys designed to look like a dinosaur, a unicorn, a strawberry and an apple.
What you’ll love: These are great for popping and squeezing, plus each one is in a unique shape. They’re soft to touch and easy to clean.
What you should consider: The silicone is a little thin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This gift set features four 2-inch tins of putty in holographic and sparkling colors.
What you’ll love: It’s a very tactile toy and the colors really are mesmerizing. It’s gluten-free and latex-free. Kids can create different shapes and mold it around their fingers as they please.
What you should consider: The tins are a little hard to open and the putty can get messy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Fidget toy cubes and shapes
WUQID Infinity Cube Fidget Toy
What you need to know: Available in four pastel colors, this fidget cube can be manipulated into different geometric shapes and will keep fidgety fingers busy.
What you’ll love: It’s lightweight, quiet and easy to carry around. Kids who enjoy building and constructing things will enjoy making different shapes and designs.
What you should consider: The joints could be sturdier.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
SCIONE Wacky Tracks Fidget Toys
What you need to know: This pack comes with six snap-and-click snake puzzles in assorted colors.
What you’ll love: The quality is good and each of the links can pivot and lock into five different positions. They bend easily and are great for developing hand-eye coordination. Older and younger kids alike can use them.
What you should consider: They make a little noise and might be distracting in public spaces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
AHEYE 3-Piece Magnetic Finger Rings
What you need to know: This set comes with three colorful ring-shaped pieces that connect magnetically.
What you’ll love: There are several fun color schemes to choose from and the ring opening is wide enough so you don’t have to worry about fingers getting stuck. Kids can fidget with them or line them up and knock them around to amuse themselves.
What you should consider: The plastic edges are a bit rough.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This plastic fidget cube features different distractions on each side, from flipping and clicking to rolling and gliding.
What you’ll love: The plastic is strong and durable and each side has something unique to offer. One side makes a little noise, but otherwise, it’s a pretty quiet fidget toy.
What you should consider: Some of the features are more functional and engaging than others.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
MAGTIMES Rainbow Anti-Anxiety Fidget Spinner
What you need to know: This metallic rainbow fidget spinner will spin for 3-5 minutes.
What you’ll love: It’s colorful, fun and easy to use. It spins for long enough to keep the spinner’s attention.
What you should consider: The length of spin time decreases over time. It can get a little noisy and might distract others.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Fidget toy accessories
Exun Push Pops Bubble Sensory Fidget Bracelet
What you need to know: Available in a wide selection of colors, this is a push and pop silicone, latex-free fidget bracelet that can be adjusted to the size of your child’s wrist.
What you’ll love: As a bracelet, your child is less likely to drop or lose this item. The popping provides a good distraction for kids who have trouble sitting still or who try to touch everything when you walk through a store.
What you should consider: The bracelet is a little big for kids.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Impresa Products Spiky Bracelets
What you need to know: This pack of three comes with pink, blue and yellow bracelets that are 4 inches in diameter with spiky silicone for a truly tactile experience.
What you’ll love: They’re easy to carry around, fun to play with and have multiple sensory elements that will keep your kid’s interest.
What you should consider: Some users have reported that spikes can come off, creating a choking hazard.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Pick A Toy Hedgehog Sensory Rings
What you need to know: This set comes with three rubber rings with spikes all around. The rings can be worn as bracelets or played with as fidget toys.
What you’ll love: They’re soft yet firm and latex-free, and they can be washed easily in the dishwasher.
What you should consider: These rings don’t last as long as they should.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Kangaroo Jumbo Flashing Dinosaur Jelly Rings
What you need to know: This 12-pack comes with light-up LED rings in assorted colors each in the shape of a different dinosaur.
What you’ll love: These are great for groups of kids who each want a different dinosaur. They stretch to fit comfortably on a child’s finger.
What you should consider: They don’t last long, and the flashing light makes them less than ideal for classrooms and/or public places.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
BLBLJERY 925 Sterling Silver Anxiety Ring
What you need to know: This is a sterling silver ring with beads that roll around the band, providing a distraction for fidgety fingers.
What you’ll love: If your older child has had problems with being allowed their fidget toys in the classroom, this is a low-key, easily concealed fidget piece that’s less likely to be noticed or taken away. It comes in several sizes. It’s nickel-free, lead-free and hypoallergenic.
What you should consider: These are not for younger children or those prone to chewing on things.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police confirmed Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the city this week for the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule.
Xi will attend a number of official events including the inauguration of Hong Kong’s next leader on Friday, Assistant Police Commissioner Lui Kam-ho said at a news conference.
Xi’s visit will be his first trip outside of mainland China since the coronavirus pandemic took hold about 2 1/2 years ago. It comes as Hong Kong is facing a new spike in infections following what was by far its worst and deadliest COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year.
The United Kingdom returned Hong Kong to China on July 1, 1997. The anniversary is highly symbolic for Xi, who wants to be seen as propelling a “national rejuvenation” as he prepares to start an expected third 5-year term as head of China’s ruling Communist Party this fall.
Part of that rejuvenation is erasing the legacy of colonialism and what the party regards as unequal treaties that granted territorial concessions to Britain and other foreign nations during the waning years of the Qing Dynasty, which ended in 1911.
A series of security measures will be put in place to protect Xi, including security zones and road closures around the venue for the ceremony, police said. Barriers have already been erected in the area.
“We will not tolerate anything that may interfere and undermine the security operation,” Lui said. “In the event that any person behaves in a manner that threatens life or property and undermines public order or endangers public safety, we will take resolute action.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/hong-kong-confirms-chinese-leader-xis-visit-for-anniversary/ | 2022-06-28 09:48:25 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/hong-kong-confirms-chinese-leader-xis-visit-for-anniversary/ |
Burton Police respond to bomb threat at Atherton High School
BURTON, Mich. (WNEM) - The Burton Police Department was sent to Atherton High School after students reported receiving messages indicating a bomb in the school.
Atherton Community Schools Superintendent John Ploof said the school district learned about the messages on Thursday morning, Sept. 8 at 10:30 a.m.
Authorities were contacted immediately, and the building was evacuated, the superintendent said.
K9 teams searched the building. The building was cleared at 12:30 p.m. by police.
Burton police are still at the school while the investigation continues, Ploof said.
Another bomb threat was reported on Wednesday at Dillon Elementary School. Burton Police said they have been trying to identify the suspect in that incident.
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Which PetSmart dog collars are best?
Dog collars are no longer the simple pieces of fabric and buckle that they used to be. Over the last several decades, collars have evolved to enhance safety and comfort. Reflectors, GPS tracking and even sleep tracking features can help you provide the highest quality of life for your beloved fur baby.
Our selection for the Best of the Best PetSmart dog collar is the Fi Series 2 Smart Collar Kit for Dogs. This smart dog collar tracks your pup’s location via GPS and provides a host of other exceptional features.
What to know before you buy a PetSmart dog collar
Your dog’s neck measurement
PetSmart carries an extensive inventory of top-quality dog collars. Before you can select the right one for your pup, you’ll need to know their neck measurement. What constitutes a small collar for one brand may be the size of a large collar for another. That’s why it is essential to make your purchase based on an actual measurement rather than a set size.
Using a cloth measuring tape, find out the circumference of your dog’s neck in inches. Circle the measuring tape around the area where your dog’s collar would naturally sit.
Desired features
As mentioned previously, dog collars now boast an array of innovative features. From tech-based to eco-friendly, you can purchase collars that are aligned with your values and preferences.
While exploring available options from PetSmart, write a list of the features that are most important to you. This list will help you narrow down your choices. If certain features are not available, this list will also reveal any add-ons that you may need to purchase (e.g. reflective tags).
Appearance
What pet owner doesn’t want their pooch to look adorable? Whether you want your dog to represent your favorite sports team, or to wear a dapper bow tie, choices abound. On top of picking a collar that includes all desired features, also select a pattern or design that you love. Exceptionally-coordinated owners should decide if they want the new collar to match their dog’s current leash.
What to look for in a quality PetSmart dog collar
Safety
As with all items that you buy for your pet, safety is critical when it comes to dog collars. PetSmart only carries brands that are committed to this same mission. Collars from this retailer are designed to stay on your dog, preventing them from getting loose. The materials used to construct each dog collar also adhere to the highest standards, providing top-tier safety and comfort.
Adjustable
Having the ability to adjust your chosen collar is another key feature. This is particularly important if you’re buying for a growing puppy. Even if you were precise in taking your dog’s neck measurement, there can be some variance. Adjustable collars allow you to overcome this variance, and to achieve the perfect fit.
Durable
Durability is a critical feature in a dog collar — especially if your pup is a heavy chewer. If they (or another dog in your home) get a hold of it in any way, they will likely treat the collar like it is a toy. Flexible dogs have even been known to chew on their collar while wearing it. Well-built collars are strong enough to withstand both daily use and the occasional chewing incident. Look for options that are not focused solely on looks and that do not have pieces that could easily be destroyed.
Fun design
Great dog collar brands know how to balance functionality with style. Although it is important not to pick a collar exclusively based on its appearance, top-rated options often feature a selection of fun colors and designs.
How much you can expect to spend on a PetSmart dog collar
Depending on the size and features that you want, dog collars cost between $5-$150. Premium options come equipped with advanced tech features.
PetSmart dog collar FAQ
Aren’t all dog collars basically the same?
A. Definitely not. In appearance and features, dog collars offer a wide range of options for owners. Assessing which features you want most will help you feel as satisfied as possible with your purchase.
How do I know which features are best for my dog?
A. This depends heavily on your dog’s lifestyle and individual needs. For example, if you frequently take your pup for a walk when it is dark outside, having a collar with lighting or a reflective element is a wise choice. Strive to pick the collar that adds the most value to your dog’s everyday routine.
What are the best PetSmart dog collars to buy?
Top PetSmart dog collar
Fi Series 2 Smart Collar Kit for Dogs
What you need to know: Delivering the most technologically advanced collar experience available, owners who use this model can track their dog’s location and sleep habits.
What you’ll love: Durable, comfortable and embedded with smart technology, the Fi Series 2 Smart Collar Kit for Dogs is the ultimate toy for pet parents. The collar is available in multiple colors, including yellow, blue and gray. Features include sleep tracking, GPS monitoring and Lost Dog Mode.
What you should consider: At $150, this collar is pretty expensive.
Where to buy: Sold by PetSmart
Top PetSmart dog collar for the money
Grrreen Not A Plastic Bottle Adjustable Dog Collar
What you need to know: Created using recycled plastic, this collar is an affordable and durable option for earth-focused dog owners.
What you’ll love: Printed with the phrase “Not A Plastic Bottle,” this collar is made with recycled plastic from two water bottles. It is available in sizes extra small through large and is adjustable. At under $5 for all sizes, this collar is an exceptional bargain find.
What you should consider: It is not available for dogs over 75 pounds.
Where to buy: Sold by PetSmart
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Available in a wide array of colors and sizes, this basic design is a reliable and budget-friendly choice.
What you’ll love: Pet owners have ample options with this durable and adjustable collar. The collar comes in five solid colors (blue, navy, pink, red and black), and five sizes.
What you should consider: This collar is not ideal for dogs who pull while on walks.
Where to buy: Sold by PetSmart
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LOS ANGELES — Nneka Ogwumike scored 20 points, Destanni Henderson had a career-high 18 points and the Los Angeles Sparks rallied from 17 points down to beat the Dallas Wings 76-74 on Friday night.
Sparks guard Jordin Canada made two free throws with 54.1 seconds left for a 76-74 lead and the Wings had a shot-clock violation at the other end for its 18th turnover. Canada had a jumper rattle out and Dallas secured the rebound and raced the other way, but Crystal Dangerfield’s runner at the buzzer did not hit the rim.
Canada also scored 18 points for Los Angeles (6-7), which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Los Angeles missed its first 10 3-pointers and finished 2 of 18 from distance. But the Sparks made 22 of 25 free throws compared to 13 of 17 for Dallas.
Natasha Howard had 23 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas (6-7). Arike Ogunbowale scored 14 of her 16 points in the first half and Satou Sabally had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Ogunbowale made her first four shots and scored 12 points in the first quarter to help Dallas take a 27-13 lead. Howard had 15 points and seven rebounds as the Wings went ahead 42-33.
The teams play each other again on Sunday.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Twist Bioscience Corporation ("Twist" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TWST). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Twist and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On November 15, 2022, Scorpion Capital published a short report on Twist (the "Scorpion Report"). The Scorpion Report described Twist as "[t]he latest miniaturized 'lab-on-a-chip' scam, just like Theranos, Berkeley Lights, and other failures" and "[a] ticking time bomb that we believe is resorting to a Worldcom-esque accounting fraud". The Scorpion Report alleged that "Twist's reported gross margins of 45% are simply implausible" and claimed that "[m]ultiple competitors internally refer to Twist's price dumping and customer subsidy scheme as a 'Ponzi'".
Following publication of the Scorpion Report, Twist's stock price fell $7.57 per share, or 19.92%, to close at $30.43 per share on November 15, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train No. 4 detailed early Monday afternoon in north-central Missouri in an injury crash with a dump truck.
The train, which offers service between Los Angeles and Chicago, stopped late Monday morning to pick up passengers around 11 a.m. at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, en route to Chicago.
Train trackers show the train was heading northeast around 12:41 p.m. approaching Marceline, Missouri, at about 90 mph. A position report five minutes later at 12:46 p.m. showed the train had come to a complete stop.
An Amtrak spokesperson told KSHB 41 News that there were 243 passengers on board when the train struck a dump truck at a crossing shortly before 12:45 p.m. in Mendon, Missouri, which is located in Chariton County.
"Local authorities are currently assisting customers and we have deployed Amtrak resources to assist," an Amtrak spokesperson told KSHB 41 News.
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MANCHESTER, N.H., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newforma, provider of Project Information Management (PIM) software for architects, engineers, contractors, and owners (AECO) worldwide, announces that it has achieved SOC 2 certification.
System and Organizational Controls (SOC) was developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and SOC 2 is a U.S. security certification that defines criteria for managing customer data. The certification of Newforma's policies, procedures, and infrastructure controls went through a rigorous review process over a three-month time period by an independent, third-party certified auditor, A-LIGN.
The SOC 2 certification audit covers five specific service trust principles including security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. Security and privacy are a main concern for the construction industry as threats have significantly increased. In addition, SOC 2 compliance supports federal government and classified projects.
"Newforma customers can be assured that their data, passwords, and access are secure and protected," states Johnathon Kinville, Newforma's Director of Security. "Newforma continues to lead the AECO software market for security best practices."
A written statement attesting to Newforma's SOC 2 certification is available upon request.
About Newforma
Newforma pioneered the PIM software category in 2004 and has been dedicated to improving project delivery ever since. Our software is used by more than 1,500 architecture, engineering, and construction companies around the world, including 191 of the ENR Top 500 Design Firms. Our software and customer service are world-class, and more than 96 percent of our customers renew their annual subscription. For more information about Newforma, visit https://www.newforma.com.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, August 21, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Onondaga County in central New York...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 415 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Camillus, or
near Baldwinsville, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Galeville and New York State Fairgrounds around 425 PM EDT.
Baldwinsville and Liverpool around 430 PM EDT.
Cicero around 440 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WASHINGTON — Attorneys for six Republican-led states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to block the Biden administration's program to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt.
A notice of appeal to the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was filed late Thursday, hours after U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey in St. Louis ruled that since the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina failed to establish standing, “the Court lacks jurisdiction to hear this case.”
Separately, the six states also asked the district court for an injunction prohibiting the administration from implementing the debt cancellation plan until the appeals process plays out.
President Joe Biden on Monday officially launched the application process for the debt cancellation program and announced that 8 million borrowers had already applied for loan relief during the federal government’s soft launch period last weekend. Biden was scheduled to discuss the program Friday in a speech at Delaware State University.
The plan, announced in August, would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 or households with less than $250,000 in income. Pell Grant recipients, who typically demonstrate more financial need, will get an additional $10,000 in debt forgiven.
The Congressional Budget Office has said the program will cost about $400 billion over the next three decades. James Campbell, an attorney for the Nebraska attorney general’s office, told Autrey at an Oct. 12 hearing that the administration is acting outside its authorities in a way that will cost states millions of dollars.
The cancellation applies to federal student loans used to attend undergraduate and graduate school, along with Parent Plus loans. Current college students qualify if their loans were disbursed before July 1. The plan makes 43 million borrowers eligible for some debt forgiveness, with 20 million who could get their debt erased entirely, according to the administration.
The announcement immediately became a major political issue ahead of the November midterm elections.
Conservative attorneys, Republican lawmakers and business-oriented groups have asserted that Biden overstepped his authority in taking such sweeping action without the assent of Congress. They called it an unfair government giveaway for relatively affluent people at the expense of taxpayers who didn’t pursue higher education.
Many Democratic lawmakers facing tough reelection contests have distanced themselves from the plan.
The six states sued in September. Lawyers for the administration countered that the Department of Education has “broad authority to manage the federal student financial aid programs.” A court filing stated that the 2003 Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act, or HEROES Act, allows the secretary of education to waive or modify terms of federal student loans in times of war or national emergency.
“COVID-19 is such an emergency,” the filing stated.
The HEROES Act was enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to help members of the military. The Justice Department says the law allows Biden to reduce or erase student loan debt during a national emergency. Republicans argue the administration is misinterpreting the law, in part because the pandemic no longer qualifies as a national emergency.
Justice Department attorney Brian Netter told Autrey at the Oct. 12 hearing that fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is still rippling. He said student loan defaults have skyrocketed over the past 2 1/2 years.
Other lawsuits also have sought to stop the program. Earlier Thursday, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the debt cancellation program.
Barrett, who oversees emergency appeals from Wisconsin and neighboring states, did not comment in turning away the appeal from the Brown County Taxpayers Association. The group wrote in its Supreme Court filing that it needed an emergency order because the administration could begin canceling outstanding student debt as soon as Sunday. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-remarks-friday-gop-states-appealing-dismissal/507-0b42b7c4-b1a6-4d7f-b9cc-5c65f74cc030 | 2022-10-21 16:51:45 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-remarks-friday-gop-states-appealing-dismissal/507-0b42b7c4-b1a6-4d7f-b9cc-5c65f74cc030 |
McCarthy announces GOP members appointed to House panel on Biden admin's ‘weaponization’ of government
Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan will lead the investigation into 'weaponization of government against our citizenry, writ large'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced late Tuesday the names of 12 GOP House members who will serve on the select subcommittee to "stop the weaponization" of the federal government.
The members who will serve on the committee — announced in a tweet from McCarthy — will be tasked with investigating how the executive branch has investigated and collected information on American citizens, building on the party's promise to hold the Biden administration accountable for what it considers to be wrongdoings and oversteps throughout the last two years.
In a letter to his Republican colleagues, McCarthy said the subcommittee will expose the "weaponization of government against our citizenry, writ large."
A resolution creating the "weaponization" subcommittee passed the House earlier this month, and will be led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who will also chair the full Judiciary Committee. The subcommittee will consist of 15 members — nine Republicans and six Democrats. It remains unclear which Democrats will be appointed to the panel.
MCCARTHY SAYS NEW COMMITTEE ON WEAPONIZED GOVERNMENT COULD OVERSEE BIDEN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS PROBE
Other Republican members who will serve on the "weaponization" subcommittee include: Reps. Darrell Issa, Calif., Thomas Massie, Ky., Chris Stewart, Utah, Elise Stefanik, N.Y., Mike Johnson, La., Chip Roy, Texas, Kelly Armstrong, N.D., Greg Steube, Fla., Dan Bishop, N.C., Kat Cammack, Fla., and Harriet Hageman, Wyo.
The panel is expected to investigate not only how the executive branch has gathered information on citizens, but how it has worked with other bodies, including private sector companies, to "facilitate action against American citizens."
The resolution states that the committee will investigate how the executive branch agencies "collect, compile, analyze, use, or disseminate information about citizens of the United States, including any unconstitutional, illegal, or unethical activities committed against citizens of the United States."
The resolution also notes that the subcommittee’s work will include "a full and complete investigation and study" and a final report to be submitted by Jan. 2, 2025.
JIM JORDAN-LED SUBCOMMITTEE CHARGED WITH OVERSIGHT OF BIDEN ADMIN 'WEAPONIZATION' PASSES HOUSE
"I do not think any American believes justice should not be equal to all," McCarthy told reporters this month. "And we found from this administration what happened before every single election, whatever comes out that they utilize to try to falsify it, they try to have different standards for their own beliefs. That doesn't work in America."
Last week, McCarthy said that Steube — who was seriously injured after falling 25 feet while cutting a tree outside his Sarasota home — would serve on the "weaponization" subcommittee.
"I spoke with @RepGregSteube and his wife, Jen, this morning. He is in good spirits, and our entire conference prays for a swift recovery," McCarthy wrote in a tweet. "I informed him he will serve on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and he is eager to get back to work!"
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The committee has been compared to the Church Committee of the 1970s, in which Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, investigated Executive Branch intelligence abuse. House Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., told the New York Times that he did not see this new subcommittee as comparable to Church’s.
Nadler said that the new subcommittee is "fueled by conspiracy theories and slated to be run by the most extreme members of the MAGA caucus," while the Church Committee was "a serious and bipartisan attempt to reform the conduct of the intelligence community, based on hard and verifiable evidence."
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Sunday toward its eastern seas, extending a provocative streak in weapons testing as a U.S. aircraft carrier visits South Korea for joint military exercises in response to the North's growing nuclear threat.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile launched from the western inland town of Taechon flew 600 kilometers (370 miles) cross-country on a maximum altitude of 60 kilometers (37 miles) before landing in waters off North Korea's eastern coast.
South Korea's presidential office said National Security Director Kim Sung-han called an emergency National Security Council meeting where members denounced the launch as a clear violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and accused the North of raising tensions in the region.
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said the launch did not pose an "immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies," but still highlighted the destabilizing impact of North Korea's illicit nuclear weapons and missile programs.
The launch came as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its strike group arrived in South Korea for the two countries' joint military exercises that aim to show their strength against growing North Korean threats.
South Korea's Foreign Ministry said its nuclear envoy Kim Gunn held telephone calls with Sung Kim, U.S. President Joe Biden's special representative for North Korea, and Funakoshi Takehiro, director-general for Asian and Oceanian affairs at Japan's Foreign Ministry, to discuss trilateral cooperation in face of North Korean threats.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a statement Tokyo is "doing its utmost" to gather information on North Korea's launch and confirm the safety of ships and aircraft, although there were no immediate reports of damages.
The North Korean threat is also expected to be a key agenda when U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visits South Korea next week after attending the state funeral in Tokyo of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
North Korea has dialed up its testing activities to a record pace in 2022, testing more than 30 ballistic weapons, including its first intercontinental ballistic missiles since 2017. North Korea is exploiting a divide in the United Nations Security Council that deepened over Russia's war on Ukraine to speed up arms development.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has punctuated his weapons tests with repeated threats that the North would proactively use its nuclear weapons when threatened, increasing security concerns for its conventionally armed rival South Korea.
The flight details announced by Seoul's military suggest that North Korea could have tested a nuclear-capable short-range weapon modeled after Russia's Iskander missiles, which travel at relatively low altitudes and are designed to be maneuverable in flight, making them harder to be intercepted by missile defenses.
Kim Dong-yub, a professor at Seoul's University of North Korean Studies, said it was notable that the missile flew 600 kilometers (370 miles) from its Taechon launch point — roughly the distance to South Korea's southern port Busan, where the Reagan arrived Friday.
The Iskander-like missiles are part of a growing arsenal of short-range, solid-fuel systems North Korea has been developing since 2019. The North describes some of those weapons as "tactical," which experts say communicate a threat to arm them with small battlefield nukes and proactively use them during conflicts to blunt the stronger conventional forces of South Korea and the United States, which stations about 28,500 troops in the South.
North Korea has so far rejected U.S. and South Korean calls to return to nuclear diplomacy, which have been stalled since 2019 over disagreements in exchanging the release of U.S.-led sanctions against the North and the North's disarmament steps.
The USS Reagan's arrival in South Korea came after Kim told Pyongyang's rubber-stamp parliament this month that he would never abandon his nuclear weapons and missiles he needs to counter what he perceives as U.S. hostility.
Kim's speech came as North Korean legislators passed a law that enshrined its status as a nuclear power and authorized the preemptive use of nuclear weapons over a broad range of scenarios where the country or its leadership comes under threat, spelling out an escalatory nuclear doctrine.
Speaking to U.S. and South Korean troops Saturday aboard the Reagan, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup said the dispatching of U.S. strategic assets to the region shows unwavering U.S. commitment to defend South Korea. He said the North would be met with an overwhelming response if it attempts to use nuclear weapons, according to a statement by his ministry.
Sunday's test could soon be followed with a more provocative weapons demonstration as South Korean officials said they detected signs that North Korea was preparing to test a missile system designed to be launched from submarines. The office of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Saturday that he was briefed on such developments before his flight back home from a visit to Canada.
On Wednesday, 38 North, a North Korea-focused website, said its analysis of commercial satellite imagery shows multiple barges and other vessels gathered at the eastern port of Sinpo, where North Korea has a major shipyard building submarines. The report said the North was possibly preparing to launch a new submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles.
North Korea has been pushing hard to be able to fire nuclear-armed missiles from submarines. Such weapons in theory would bolster North Korea's deterrent by ensuring retaliation after absorbing a nuclear attack on land.
Ballistic missile submarines would also add a new maritime threat to the North's growing collection of solid-fuel weapons fired from land vehicles, which are being developed with an apparent aim to overwhelm missile defense systems in South Korea and Japan.
Still, experts say the heavily sanctioned nation would need considerably more time, resources and major technological improvements to build at least several submarines that could travel quietly in seas and reliably execute strikes.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
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WASHINGTON, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) today announced the results of its fixed-price cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and, collectively, the "Offers") for any and all of certain Connecticut Avenue Securities® (CAS) Debt Notes listed in the table below (the "Notes") upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, each dated as of June 24, 2022 (collectively, the "Offer Documents").
A total of approximately $4,402 million in original principal amount of Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn on or before the designated expiration time for the Offers, which was 5:00 PM New York City time on June 30, 2022. The table below sets forth the original principal balance of the Notes, the percentage of original principal amount tendered, and the original principal amount tendered in the Offers.
1 Original Principal Balance amounts have been adjusted to reflect reported exchange activity of RCR Notes or Exchangeable Notes into Notes eligible for tender initiated during the tender offer period.
2 Rounded to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
The settlement date for the Notes tendered and accepted for purchase in the Offers is expected to occur on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 (the "Settlement Date").
BofA Securities acted as the designated lead dealer manager and Barclays acted as the designated dealer manager for the Offers. Fannie Mae engaged Academy Securities, Inc. and Blaylock Van, LLC as Advisors on the transaction. Global Bondholder Services Corporation was engaged as the tender agent and information agent for the Offers.
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Accomplished Global Biopharma Executive Possesses Broad Leadership Experience
Spanning Executive Management and Corporate Development
Company to Draw Upon His Oncology Expertise as it Advances Toward Clinic with Lead
Development Candidate
MELBOURNE, Australia and OXFORD, England, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grey Wolf Therapeutics, a biotechnology company generating entirely novel immune responses through targeted neoantigen creation, today announced the appointment of Brett Carter as a Non-Executive Director to the board of its Australian subsidiary. Mr. Carter brings more than 20 years of global biopharmaceutical industry experience highlighted by successfully leading cancer-focused biotechnology organizations, as well as successfully structuring and negotiating large licensing, acquisition, and financing transactions. Notably, he has deep expertise in the area of oncology, as well as a strong network within the Australian life sciences community, both of which will offer value to Grey Wolf as it advances its lead development candidate toward first-in-human clinical trials in Australia.
Mr. Carter previously served as chief executive officer of Australia's Cancer Therapeutics Cooperative Research Centre (now Canthera Discovery). During his tenure with Cancer Therapeutics he is credited with licensing two of the group's oncology programs to Pfizer in a deal valued at up to $670 million. He continues to play a significant role within the Australian life sciences community, serving as a strategic advisor to several biotechnology organizations. Prior to returning to his native Australia, Mr. Carter held several roles with GSK in London over an 11-year period, rising to Director within their global corporate transactions team. In this position, he was responsible for structuring and negotiating major pharmaceutical licensing, acquisition, investment, and divestment deals across Europe, Asia and the United States. Mr. Carter has an MBA from London Business School and a BSc from RMIT University, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
"Brett has a broad life science industry skillset with specific expertise in building and leading cancer-focused drug discovery and development organizations, as well as structuring large M&A deals designed to support the growth of those companies, particularly in the area of oncology," said Peter Joyce, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Grey Wolf Therapeutics. "He is also a well-connected and highly regarded member of the Australian life science industry, with a deep understanding of its ecosystem. We expect that his connections to key thought-leaders and institutions within Australia will prove particularly valuable as we work to initiate our first clinical trial of our lead drug candidate, GRWD5769, in Australia."
"The pioneering immuno-oncology platform that is being advanced by the Grey Wolf team holds great potential in advancing the field of cancer therapy and I am excited to have the opportunity to draw upon my experience in this field and offer my perspective to the team," said Mr. Carter. "In recent years, I have had the opportunity to witness the evolution of the immuno-oncology space firsthand. Grey Wolf's proprietary technology that results in mobilising a novel and differentiated T cell response against the tumour to bypass the problem of T cell exhaustion, is one of the most unique and exciting approaches that I have seen. I look forward to supporting the continued advancement of the platform as a member of the company's Australian subsidiary board."
Grey Wolf Therapeutics' first-of-its-kind immuno-oncology approach is centered on generating a novel immune response against the tumour that circumvents a key resistance mechanism to current immuno-oncology therapy, specifically T cell exhaustion. This is achieved through targeted inhibition of the endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases (ERAP1 or ERAP2), driving the generation and presentation of novel and potent neoantigens to the surface of tumour cells hence eliciting a de novo T cell response against the cancer.
About Grey Wolf Therapeutics
Grey Wolf Therapeutics is a UK and Australian based drug discovery and development biotechnology company spearheading a new therapeutic approach in immuno-oncology. The company's first-of-its-kind immuno-oncology approach is centered on inhibiting the endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases (ERAP1 or ERAP2) which play a key role in the antigen presentation pathway. Inhibiting ERAP1 or ERAP2 generates novel neoantigens and upregulates certain neoantigens, resulting in the mobilisation of an entirely novel T cell response against the tumour and bypassing the challenge of T cell exhaustion. Based on this approach, the company is developing a portfolio of first-in-class small molecules that inhibit ERAP1 or ERAP2. The company's lead development candidate, GRWD5769, is a potent and selective ERAP1 inhibitor intended to elicit a powerful and differentiated immune response against the tumour and it is expected to enter the clinic in Q4 2022/Q1 2023 subject to ethics and regulatory approval. A second program, focused on ERAP2 inhibition, is advancing through the discovery process.
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(CNN) — At least seven people were injured when a building they were working on partially collapsed in New Haven, Connecticut, on Friday, according to officials.
The people injured were working at a seven-story residential building that was under construction when a portion of the second floor collapsed, Mayor Justin Elicker said in a news conference. Two of the victims have critical, life-threatening injuries. A total of 36 people were working at the site.
The partial collapse occurred as workers were pouring concrete, Elicker said. Part of the second floor collapsed onto the first floor and into the basement.
New Haven Fire Chief John Alston Jr. said in a news conference that it appears that the collapse occurred while workers were pouring concrete that pooled faster than they could spread evenly. Alston added that three victims were trapped and needed to be rescued from the concrete before the drying process started.
The collapse happened on Lafayette Street where photos from the scene show people being rescued via high-angle rescue operations. At around 2 p.m., the Connecticut Fire Photographers Association tweeted that the fire department had “successfully removed all victims trapped in the debris of the collapse.”
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PARIS, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brattle Group announced today that it has expanded its global reach with the launch of an office in Paris, the economic consultancy's fifth location in Europe and fourteenth across the globe.
"Paris is an important strategic location for many of our clients," said Brattle President David Hutchings. "Our new Paris office reflects Brattle's strong and growing client base in France, and the ever-expanding nature of our global work."
The Paris office will be jointly led by Principal Carlos Lapuerta, a renowned international arbitration and competition expert who has been with Brattle for more than three decades; and Principal Laurent Eymard, an expert with more than fifteen years of experience with merger, antitrust, and state aid cases before the Autorité de la concurrence, French courts, and other European jurisdictions.
"Brattle is committed to providing exceptional services to our European clients, and our ability to do so is further enhanced with a local presence in a city that is globally recognized as an important hub for arbitration," said Mr. Lapuerta, who will split his time between Paris and London.
"The Paris market is also characterized by increasingly complex mergers, antitrust investigations, and civil litigations," added Mr. Eymard, who will split his time between Paris and Brussels. "Our presence here is an ideal complement to our strong global competition team, as we continue to help clients address complex issues in France, across the EU, and worldwide."
Brattle's experts in Paris will work closely with the firm's broad network of internal experts as well as industry experts and academics from across Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region. In the past three years, the firm's experts across the globe have provided oral testimony in arbitrations with an aggregate claim value of over $20 billion. Brattle's competition experts include over 100 internal and external experts specializing in jurisdictions across the world.
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DENVER (AP) _ EverCommerce Inc. (EVCM) on Thursday reported a loss of $15.9 million in its third quarter.
The Denver-based company said it had a loss of 8 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and non-recurring costs, came to 4 cents per share.
The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 9 cents per share.
The business software company posted revenue of $158.1 million in the period, also falling short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $160 million.
For the current quarter ending in December, EverCommerce said it expects revenue in the range of $157 million to $159 million.
The company expects full-year revenue in the range of $616 million to $618 million.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Gunmen killed at least 55 people over the weekend in northern Burkina Faso, authorities said Monday, the latest attack in the West African country where mounting violence is blamed on Islamic extremists.
Suspected militants targeted civilians in Seytenga in Seno province, government spokesman Wendkouni Joel Lionel Bilgo said at a news conference. While the government put the official toll at 55, others put the figure far higher.
Attacks linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are soaring in Burkina Faso, particularly in the north. Jihadists killed at least 160 people in an attack in the town of Solhan in June 2021.
In January, mutinous soldiers ousted the democratically elected president, promising to secure the nation, but violence has only increased. The government is asking people to remain united in the fight against the insurgents.
While no group claimed the weekend attack, conflict analysts say it was likely carried out by the Islamic State group.
“In recent weeks, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara have been the most aggressive group, notably in Seno and Oudalan provinces. In addition to attacks against security forces, civilians have also been targeted,” said Rida Lyammouri, senior fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, a Moroccan-based organization focused on economics and policy.
“This is a major blow to security forces and puts them on the back foot again, indicating they are far from being able to secure the area and protect civilians,” he said.
Nearly 5,000 people have died over the last two years in Burkina Faso because of violence blamed on Islamic extremists. Another 2 million people have fled their homes, deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis.
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Microtransponder Technology Adds to Web 3.0 Anchor Options and a Host of Capabilities to DataVault's Data Management Platform
NEW YORK, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Vault Holdings, Inc., the emerging leader in metaverse data visualization, valuation, and the monetization of data assets, and p-Chip Corporation, a company that is revolutionizing the tracking of physical products and materials with its breakthrough microtransponder technology, today announced they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for an Intellectual Property Licensing Agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement, Data Vault Holdings will develop solutions that integrate its proprietary ADIO® and DataVault® technology platforms with p-Chip Corporation's light activated microtransponder technology platform. p-Chip Corporation is working with global leading companies to integrate its microtransponder technology as a digital twin enabler, including collaboration under a joint development agreement with Merck KGaA (FWB:MRK) and providing food-safe digital tracking solutions for the Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano.
The collaboration will focus on the integration of p-Chip Corporation's crypto anchor as a digital twin enabler for Data Vault's Web 3.0 platform, which provides businesses with the tools to monetize data assets securely over its Information Data Exchange®(IDE).
A comprehensive news release will be issued upon the signing of definitive agreements.
About Data Vault Holdings , Inc.
Data Vault Holdings Inc. is a technology holding company that provides a proprietary, cloud-based platform for the delivery of branded data-backed blockchain objects. DataVault®, the company's patented platform, provides businesses with the tools to monetize data assets securely over its Information Data Exchange® (IDE). The company owns Data Donate Technologies, Inc., ADIO LLC, Datavault Inc. and True Luck, Inc. as wholly owned subsidiaries under one corporate structure. Learn more about Data Vault Holdings Inc. at www.datavaultholdings.com.
About p-Chip Corporation
Since 2017, p-Chip Corporation has revolutionized the tracking of physical products and materials with its breakthrough microtransponder technology. Highly durable and small as a grain of salt, its p-Chip crypto anchor functions like a digital twin for physical items, delivering breakthrough visibility and security at a scalable price point. From pharmaceuticals to electronics, automotive components to agricultural ingredients, companies worldwide rely on patented p-Chip microtransponders to unlock business intelligence, protect brand and product integrity, and enhance revenue. To learn more, visit www.p-chip.com.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
3-9-7
(three, nine, seven)
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Washington Lottery's "Daily Game" game were:
3-9-7
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A bereaved Ugandan border town on Sunday began burying the victims of a brutal attack on a school by suspected extremist rebels that left 42 people dead, most of them students, as security forces stepped up patrols along the frontier with volatile eastern Congo.
One of eight people wounded in Friday night’s attack, in which 38 students were killed, died overnight, said Selevest Mapoze, mayor of the town of Mpondwe-Lhubiriha.
“Most of the relatives have come to take their bodies” from the morgue, he said.
In addition to the 38 students, the victims include a school guard and three civilians. At least two of them, members of the same family, were buried Sunday.
Some students were burned beyond recognition; others were shot or hacked to death after militants armed with guns and machetes attacked Lhubiriha Secondary School, co-ed and privately owned, which is located about 2 kilometers (just over a mile) from the Congo border. Ugandan authorities believe at least six students were abducted, taken as porters back inside Congo.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the attack in a statement, urging “the importance of collective efforts, including through enhanced regional partnerships, to tackle cross-border insecurity between (Congo) and Uganda and restore durable peace in the area.”
The atmosphere in Mpondwe-Lhubiriha was tense but calm Sunday as Ugandan security forces roamed the streets outside and near the school, which was protected by a police cordon.
The attack is blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, which rarely claims responsibility for attacks. It has established ties with the Islamic State group.
In a statement on Sunday, his first comment on the incident, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni described the attack as “criminal, desperate, terrorist and futile,” vowing to deploy more troops on the Ugandan side of the border.
The ADF has been accused of launching many attacks in recent years targeting civilians in remote parts of eastern Congo, including one in March in which 19 people were killed.
The ADF has long opposed the rule of Museveni, a U.S. security ally who has held power in this East African country since 1986.
The group was established in the early 1990s by some Ugandan Muslims, who said they had been sidelined by Museveni’s policies. At the time, the rebels staged deadly attacks in Ugandan villages as well as in the capital, including a 1998 attack in which 80 students were massacred in a town not far from Friday’s raid.
The attack followed the same playbook: violence against students. The attackers targeted two dormitories, using extreme force when the boys resisted, according to Ugandan officials.
“This terrorist group couldn’t enter, so they threw in a bomb, they threw in a petrol bomb,” said Education Minister Janet Museveni, who also is Uganda’s first lady. “So, these children were burnt.”
Students have been attacked because schools are considered soft targets. Pupils are sometimes recruited into rebels ranks or used to carry food and supplies for insurgents, and such raids provide media coverage coveted by extremists.
The raid appears to have taken Ugandan authorities by surprise: first responders arrived after the attackers had left.
Some villagers have temporarily moved away from the Mpondwe-Lhubiriha community, fearing more attacks, Mapoze said.
The border is porous, with multiple footpaths not monitored by authorities. Many parts of eastern Congo are lawless, allowing groups like the ADF to operate because the central government in Kinshasa, the capital, has limited authority there.
But attacks by the ADF on the Ugandan side of the border are rare, thanks in part to the presence of an alpine brigade of Ugandan troops in the region. Ugandan forces have been deployed to eastern Congo since 2021 under a military operation to hunt ADF militants down and stop them from attacking civilians across the border.
The deployment of Ugandan troops inside Congo followed attacks in which at least four civilians were killed when suicide bombers believed to be members of the ADF detonated their explosives at two locations in Kampala, the capital, in November 2021. One attack happened near the Parliament building and the second near a busy police station.
Military pressure on the rebels deep inside Congolese territory had forced them to splinter into smaller groups such as the one that attacked the school, aiming to “force us to withdraw our Army to defend the Uganda villages and that would save them from the losses they are now suffering,” according to President Museveni.
“Especially now that the Congo government allowed us to operate on the Congo side also, we have no excuse in not hunting down the ADF terrorists into extinction,” he said. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ugandan-border-town-prepares-to-bury-victims-of-rebel-massacre-that-left-42-dead-mostly-students/ | 2023-06-18 22:50:43 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ugandan-border-town-prepares-to-bury-victims-of-rebel-massacre-that-left-42-dead-mostly-students/ |
Lionel Messi was supposed to be training alongside his Paris Saint-Germain teammates on Monday, with his club embroiled in an increasingly fraught French league title race.
Instead, the soccer great was in Saudi Arabia, holding a falcon on his arm, watching a palm-weaving demonstration and looking around the Arabian Horse Museum as part of his commercial contract with the kingdom to promote tourism in the Middle Eastern country.
It will prove to be an expensive trip for the recent World Cup winner.
Messi has been suspended by PSG — reportedly for two weeks, when he won’t get paid or be allowed to train or play with the team. That could yet spark the end of a turbulent and somewhat underwhelming two-season spell at a club where soap opera-style drama, on and off the field, is rarely far away given the presence of other superstars like Kylian Mbappé and Neymar in the squad.
It also exposes the tensions now that Qatar and Saudi Arabia — gulf neighbors and fierce recent rivals in regional politics — have become major influencers in the world of soccer.
Messi is right in the middle of it all, through his own making and because everyone — inside and outside the game — wants a piece of one of the all-time greats.
The Argentina forward never intended to be playing for PSG, a club owned by Qatar Sports Investments, but found himself moving there in 2021 after previous team Barcelona, the soccer love of his life, plunged into financial problems that still persist.
Immediately, it thrust Messi into the hands of the Qataris, given QSI is a subsidiary of the emirate’s sovereign wealth fund, and invited accusations against him of sportswashing.
Messi placed himself in an even more delicate position last year when, just a few months before the World Cup in Qatar, he signed up to be essentially an ambassador for Saudi Arabia.
Hence this week’s trip to the kingdom, which he decided to make without PSG’s permission and covering a period when the squad had been asked to train in response to the team’s 3-1 loss at home against Lorient on Sunday.
According to French daily L’Equipe, PSG coach Christophe Galtier had pledged to give his players Monday and Tuesday off if they beat Lorient. Instead, the team trained on Monday and had Tuesday off.
In the wake of Messi’s resulting suspension, the Saudi Tourism Authority released a long news release detailing the movements of the man it called a “football icon” and his family on a day he was supposed to still be in France. Other aspects of the trip included “feeding the indigenous Arabian gazelles,” while the Messis apparently also were “charmed by the authenticity and architecture of At-Turaif and the beauty of the Arabian horses.”
“Messi’s visit to Saudi was packed with exciting activities, with something for everyone in the family,” the tourism board boasted.
It would make interesting reading for PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, chairman of QSI and beIN Media Group, which has been the victim of broadcasting piracy in Saudi Arabia in recent years.
Indeed, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are engaged in a proxy battle to be the epicenter of Asian soccer. The presidency of the Asian Football Confederation is vacant in 2027 and both have potential candidates line up.
Since elections in February, the presidents of the Saudi and Qatari soccer federations — Yasser Almisehal and Sheikh Hamad Al Thani, respectively — are members of the FIFA Council, the executive body that makes the decisions in world soccer.
The neighbors and rivals were competing to host the 2027 Asian Cup, until a solution emerged that rewarded both.
Qatar stepped up when China handed back hosting rights to the 2023 edition, citing the COVID-19 pandemic, and that tournament will start in Doha in January. The AFC then awarded Saudi Arabia the 2027 edition — a likely audition for ambitions to stage a future World Cup, possibly in 2034.
It does not stop at soccer. Doha will host the multi-sport Asian Games in 2030 and Qatar is widely expected to launch another campaign to host an Olympics in the city, this time in 2036.
The 2034 Asian Games are in Riyadh, and Saudi Arabia won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games in a futuristic mountains resort, Trojena, that is not yet built.
All of this, of course, is way above Messi’s head but his decision-making over the past two years has placed him front and center in this regional contest.
His ties with PSG may be coming to end, however. His contract expires at the end of this season and there’s uncertainty about his next destination, with reports linking him to Inter Miami in MLS, a return to Barcelona and, naturally, a money-spinning move to a Saudi team, potentially Al-Hilal.
Playing for Al-Hilal would place him in direct confrontation with long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been at Saudi team Al-Nassr since the start of the year.
Shifting the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry to Saudi Arabia would sum up modern-day soccer, with the riches of the Middle East proving as enticing to two of the game’s GOATs as they are to FIFA and other sports bodies.
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AP Sports Writer Graham Dunbar in Geneva contributed to this report.
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1 dead, multiple others wounded in Albuquerque shooting
Published: Feb. 23, 2023 at 12:34 PM EST|Updated: 6 minutes ago
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One person was killed and several others wounded after a shooting in Albuquerque’s North Valley, police said Thursday.
Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said the scene was still active and it was unclear how many people were shot or if a suspect was in custody.
Police were called to the scene Thursday morning and reported finding multiple people with apparent gunshot wounds.
Gallegos said one person was taken to a hospital, where that person died.
The name, age and gender of the victim wasn’t immediately released.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs.
The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released Thursday says Social Security’s trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2035, instead of last year’s estimate of 2034. The year before that it estimated an exhaustion date of 2035.
The projected depletion date for Medicare’s trust fund for inpatient hospital care moved back two years to 2028 from last year’s forecast of 2026.
“Economic recovery from the 2020 recession has been stronger and faster than assumed in last year’s reports, with positive effects on the projected actuarial status of the trust funds in these reports,” the report states.
President Joe Biden said in a statement that the report “shows that the strong economic recovery driven by my economic and vaccination plans has strengthened programs that millions of Americans rely on and has put our nation in a better fiscal position.”
Forecasters said in the report that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have no net effect on their long-range projections. But they also noted that assumptions for their latest report were made in February, which was before cases began climbing again nationally and inflation rose even higher.
Social Security pays benefits to more than 65 million Americans, mainly retirees as well as disabled people and survivors of deceased workers. Medicare covers roughly 64 million older and disabled people.
When the Social Security trust fund is depleted the government will be able to pay 80% of scheduled benefits, the report said. Medicare will be able to pay 90% of total scheduled benefits when the fund is depleted.
Income for Medicare’s hospital insurance fund is projected to be higher than estimates from last year because the number of covered workers who help fund it and their average wages are both expected to be higher.
A main source of financing is payroll taxes on earnings paid by employees and employers. About 183 million people paid those taxes in 2021.
The report projects the Medicare “Part B” premium for outpatient coverage to remain stable at $170.10 a month. But administration officials said that projection, based on information from earlier this year, doesn’t reflect an expected drop due to an overestimation of the cost of covering the Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm.
The trustees of Social Security and Medicare include the secretaries of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor, as well as the Social Security commissioner. They are supposed to be joined by two “public trustees,” however those positions have been vacant since 2015.
A representative from the White House did not respond to an email inquiry about whether the president intends to nominate new public trustees.
The trustees report is an added reminder of the U.S. government’s financial troubles, as it juggles historically high inflation, recovery from a pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins said the reports “send a clear message to Congress: despite the short-term improvement, you must act to protect the benefits people have earned and paid into both now and for the long-term.”
“The stakes are too high for the millions of Americans who rely on Medicare and Social Security for their health and financial wellbeing,” she said.
This year, Social Security retirees got a 5.9% boost in benefits, the biggest cost-of-living adjustment, also known as COLA, in 39 years.
Ron Thompson Jr, a 24 year-old D.C. resident, says this year’s cost of living increase has been “transformational” as a trickle-down benefit to his family, as he helps take care of his 77-year-old grandmother, who lives on the other side of town.
Transportation costs, which has surged due to high inflation, have made it difficult for Thompson and his mother to drive to take care of his grandmother.
“All of us have experienced high costs,” Thompson said.
Because his grandmother can pass on some of her Social Security benefits to her daughter to help pay for gasoline costs, “the adjustment is a cushion my mom can rest on” as she travels to care for Thompson’s grandmother.
A Treasury official said this year’s high inflation could prompt an 8% percent increase in benefits next year.
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said in a statement that “policymakers need to get their heads out of the sand and stop pretending these vital programs’ funding issues will fix themselves.”
A new Congressional Budget Office report states that the biggest drivers of debt rising in relation to GDP are increasing interest costs and spending for Medicare and Social Security. An aging population drives those numbers.
Charles Blahous, a senior economic adviser to former President George W. Bush and a public trustee of Social Security and Medicare during the Obama administration, told The Associated Press that “the first thing that’s important to do is grasp the baseline, it’s very dire,” he said.
Blahous says failing to finance Social Security and Medicare under its current structure “would subject the programs to perpetual renegotiation,” with the threat of benefit cuts or elimination in the future.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is proposing an 11-point governance plan that would require Congress to come up with a proposal to adequately fund the programs or potentially phase them out.
Biden said to Scott’s plan: “That’s not the way to strengthen these programs.”
“I will work with anyone willing to have an open and honest conversation about growing our economy, bringing down inflation, improving our fiscal position, and strengthening the programs that millions of Americans rely on,” Biden said.
“If we were to wait until the 2030s” to take action, Blahous said, “the annual shortfall would be so large — so many times larger that it’s not possible to fathom.”
House Ways and Means Chairman, Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., said in a statement that “Democrats will continue to fight to ensure that these essential programs remain strong, through good times and bad.”
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NOEL KING, HOST:
The results from the Super Tuesday primaries are in, and the race for the Democratic nomination is, in some ways, looking a little clearer. A few minutes ago, Michael Bloomberg announced he was dropping out of the race after a poor showing last night. He's endorsing Joe Biden, who did well yesterday. Biden won nine states, including Texas.
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JOE BIDEN: I'm here to report we are very much alive.
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BIDEN: And make no mistake about it; this campaign will send Donald Trump packing.
KING: Bernie Sanders won California and three other states. Speaking last night, Sanders said to his supporters, I tell you in absolutely confidence, we are going to win the Democratic nomination. That is looking harder for Sanders now.
Joining me is California Congressman Ro Khanna. He's the national co-chair of the Sanders campaign.
Good morning, sir.
RO KHANNA: Good morning.
KING: So I talked to you earlier this morning a few hours ago, before the announcement from Michael Bloomberg that he was dropping out. Do you feel like the hits just keep on coming today?
KHANNA: No, it was expected. I mean, Michael Bloomberg's campaign showed that money can't buy votes in this country for a presidential election. But he had made it clear that he was going to support the moderate, so I don't think it's going to have much impact on the actual race. We have to focus on getting our message out in Michigan and the states that are upcoming.
KING: Money does impact races, though. We know that. It's a fact. And Bloomberg pumped a ton of money into this race. He has now essentially said, I am out of the race; my money, though, is still in it, and I'm endorsing Joe Biden. That seems like a real problem for Bernie Sanders. Michael Bloomberg, I need not remind you, is a billionaire.
KHANNA: Well, I believe that Michael Bloomberg has said that he would spend money to defeat Donald Trump. I would be very surprised and disappointed if he starts spending money to attack Bernie Sanders. To his credit, he has not done that so far. And I think he is going to focus on what we need to do to unify this party. Whether Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden is the nominee, they're going to need the other person's supporters to defeat Donald Trump. And I don't think that Michael Bloomberg would want to be attacking either of them.
KING: Senator Sanders, in many ways - in some ways, had a disappointing night last night. There were places like Texas, Minnesota, Massachusetts where he was expected to do better than he did. What do you think happened?
KHANNA: Well, I would actually push back on the idea that he didn't have a good night. I mean, remember; in 2016, he lost Texas by 30 points to Hillary Clinton, and he was within a few points of Joe Biden. So he is expanding his coalition. He won, overwhelmingly, Latino voters. And there's no path to beating Donald Trump without huge turnout with Latino voters.
But, look; I give Vice President Biden credit for a strong night. I think he was a two-term vice president to the most popular president, Barack Obama, in recent democratic history. And so I think that's what played to his advantage. And we need to just continue to get our message out. We know our policies are more popular. We know we have a working-class, young, Latino coalition. And we need to make sure that we can win on that.
KING: What states are you targeting at this point? What's big coming up for the Sanders campaign?
KHANNA: We are going to be focused on Michigan - we won Michigan in '16; we can win Michigan again - and then the Midwest, in places like Illinois and Ohio, where they have faced deindustrialization. Bernie Sanders has a pro-union method, a pro-jobs method, and I think that will resonate.
KING: Congressman Ro Khanna of California - he's the national co-chair of the Sanders campaign. And we thank him so much for his time.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The trial for a former police officer accused of driving drunk and killing two people has a start date. It will begin in mid-December.
Deputies alleged Brandon Barber was driving the wrong way down I-25 when he crashed into a van near Tramway in May of 2021. The crash killed two people and left one injured.
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Deputies think Barber was drunk, and he was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and great bodily harm by vehicle. He was fired from the Cuba Police Department, and it’s unclear if he’s still with the New Mexico National Guard.
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When Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, the Russian president vowed his forces would not occupy the neighboring country. But as the invasion reached its 100th day Friday, Russia seemed increasingly unlikely to relinquish the territory it has taken in the war.
The ruble, now an official currency in the southern Kherson region, is set to replace the Ukrainian hryvnia. Residents there and in Russia-controlled parts of the Zaporizhzhia region are getting offered Russian passports. The Kremlin-installed administrations in both regions have talked about plans to become part of Russia.
The Moscow-backed leaders of separatist areas in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, which is mostly Russian-speaking, have shared similar intentions. Putin recognized the separatists’ self-proclaimed republics as independent states two days before launching the invasion. Fighting has intensified in Ukraine’s east as Russia seeks to “liberate” all of the Donbas.
The Kremlin has largely kept mum about its plans for the cities, towns and villages it has bombarded with missiles, encircled and finally captured. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was up to people living in seized areas to decide where and how they want to live.
Annexing more land from Ukraine was never the main goal of the invasion, but Moscow is unlikely to let go of its military gains, according to political analysts.
“Of course (Russia) intends to stay,” Andrei Kolesnikov, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said. To Russia, “it’s a pity to give away what has been occupied, even if it was not part of the original plan.”
Putin has described the goals of the invasion somewhat vaguely, saying it was aimed at the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine. It was widely believed that the Kremlin intended initially to install a pro-Moscow government in Kyiv and to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and taking other steps away from Russia’s sphere of influence.
Russia captured much of Kherson and neighboring Zaporizhzhia early in the war, gaining control over most of Ukraine’s Sea of Azov coast and securing a partial land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
There was hardly a warm welcome from the locals. Residents of the cities of Kherson and Melitopol took to the streets to protest the occupation, facing off with Russian soldiers in plazas. Ukrainian officials warned that Russia might stage a referendum in Kherson to declare the region an independent state.
No such referendum has taken place, although the Russians appeared determined to hold on to both regions.
They installed people with pro-Kremlin views to replace replace mayors and other local leaders who had disappeared in what Ukrainian officials and media said were kidnappings. Russian flags were raised Russian state broadcasts that promoted the Kremlin’s version of the invasion supplanted Ukrainian TV channels.
The Russian ruble this month was introduced as the second official currency in both the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions — at least in the parts under Russian control — and pro-Russian administrations started offering a “one-time social payment” of 10,000 rubles (roughly $163) to local residents.
Top Russian officials started touring the regions, touting the territories’ prospects for being integrated into Russia. Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin visited Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in mid-May and indicated they could become part of “our Russian family.”
A senior official in the Kremlin’s ruling United Russia party, Andrei Turchak, put it even more bluntly in a meeting with residents of Kherson: “Russia is here forever.”
Members of the pro-Kremlin administrations in both regions soon announced that the areas would seek to be incorporated into Russia. While it remains unclear when or if it will happen, Russia is laying the groundwork.
An office of Russia’s migration services opened in Melitopol, taking applications for Russian citizenship in a fast-track procedure Putin expanded to residents of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. The rapid procedure was first implemented in 2019 in the rebel-controlled areas of the Donbas, where more than 700,000 people have received Russian passports.
Oleg Kryuchkov, an official in Russia-annexed Crimea, said this week that the two southern regions have switched to Russian internet providers; state media ran footage of people lining up to get Russian SIM cards for their cellphones. Kryuchkov also said that both regions were switching to the Russian country code, +7, from the Ukrainian +380.
Senior Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky, a member of the Russian delegation in stalled peace talks with Ukraine, said that referendums on joining Russia could take place in the Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions as early as July.
Asked about such a scenario, Kremlin spokesman Peskov reiterated Thursday that it was up to the Ukrainian people to decide their futures but because of the continuing fighting, the conditions were not right for organizing annexation referendums.
Tatyana Stanovaya, founder and CEO of R.Politik, an independent think tank on Russian politics, thinks Putin doesn’t want to rush the referendums and run the risk of them being denounced as shams.
“He wants the referendum to be real, so that the West can see that, indeed, Russia was right, the people want to live with Russia,” Stanovaya said.
Ukrainian experts say it is not going to be easy for the Kremlin to rally genuine support in Ukraine’s south.
Volodymyr Fesenko, of the Kyiv-based Penta Center think tank, said residents of the southern regions identify as Ukrainians much more strongly than the people in areas closer to Russia or have been led by the Moscow-backed separatists for eight years.
“We already see that the occupying Russian administration is forced to tighten the screws and intensify repressions in the southern regions, since it cannot effectively control the protest sentiment,” Fesenko said. “And this causes a new wave of discontent among the population, which received nothing but Russian SIM cards and high Russian prices.”
Local residents echoed Fesenko’s sentiment.
Petro Kobernyk, 31, an activist with a nongovernmental organization who fled Kherson with his wife, said Russian repression began in the first days of the occupation.
“Hundreds of pro-Ukrainian activists, including my friends, are being held in the basements of security services,” Kobernyk said by phone. “Those who actively express their position are kidnapped and tortured, threatened and forced out of the region.”
His claims could not be independently verified. Russian forces keep people in an “an information vacuum,” with Ukrainian websites no longer available, Kobernyk said.
He described a bleak life in Kherson. With many stores shut down, the city “has turned into an endless market where people exchange goods for medicines and food.”
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Bill Bramhall's editorial cartoon for Monday, March 13, 2023.
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Firm focused on sustaining an inclusive work environment for all
CHICAGO, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing commitment to cultivating an inclusive workforce, Crowe LLP, a leading public accounting, consulting and technology firm in the U.S. with offices around the world, today announced the appointment of Rachael Gibson as its new chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer (CDEIO).
Gibson has been with Crowe since September 2022, serving as Deputy Chief – Firmwide Leader of DE&I prior to this appointment. As CDEIO, she will drive an innovative and programmatic agenda to support a culture of inclusion in line with the firm's vision and strategy. She will continue to work alongside leadership to steer metrics-based accountability and foster an inclusive work environment that creates opportunities for all to thrive.
"Since joining Crowe, Rachael has made meaningful progress in advancing us along our DE&I journey by integrating it into every facet of our firm," said Crowe CEO Mark Baer. "She brings a wealth of experience and is passionate about fostering a culture where all our people can be their most authentic selves and have an opportunity for professional and personal growth and success."
As one of the firm's top priorities, DE&I is governed at Crowe by the firm's management committee with strong oversight by the Board of Directors that ensures the strategy and actions are aligned to achieve the goals highlighted in Crowe's Transparency Report.
"I was drawn to Crowe because of their unwavering commitment to championing DE&I and have been so impressed with the support and resources I have received to make proactive change. I am honored to be given the opportunity to formally lead our efforts as we progress towards our vision of a more diverse workforce and profession," said Gibson. "Our people are our greatest assets, so it's important to ensure we are constantly engaging with them to foster an environment where everyone belongs, everyone's input is valued, and everyone can thrive."
Gibson succeeds Sheila Enriquez, who will remain as the firm's Texas Market Leader. "DE&I is an integral part in enhancing company culture and allows us to better serve our increasingly diverse clients and communities. I am proud of the headway we have made and under Rachael's leadership, we will accelerate meaningful momentum towards reaching the aspirations outlined in our Transparency Report," added Baer.
About Crowe
Crowe LLP is a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities. The firm and its subsidiaries also help clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value with its tax, advisory and consulting services, helping businesses uncover hidden opportunities in the market – no matter what challenges the markets present. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
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Miami is known for its star power, but few superstars have had the same effect on the city as Lionel Messi has, and he hasn't even played his first MLS game for Inter Miami.
On June 7, Messi announced he would be signing with Inter Miami to play for Major League Soccer, a vaunted move for a player many consider to be the greatest to ever play the game.
Messi's deal has reportedly driven up real estate prices in parts of Miami, and it is also influencing smaller businesses across the South Florida region.
Greater Miami is home to the largest concentration of Argentines in the country. Messi's addition is a big point of pride for them just as much as it is a big source of money for many of their shops.
"[People] come, they see, they eat, so I can tell that we've been up a good 25%-30%," said Max Alverez, owner of Fiorito, an Argentine restaurant in Miami since 2012.
Alverez has coined his restaurant "La Casa de Messi" since the superstar announced he would be joining Inter Miami. The shop on the 5500 block of NE 2nd Avenue has been a haven for Argentine cuisine since opening, but it became a viral sensation in 2018 when Alverez had a mural of Messi painted on its front.
That mural has taken on a new meaning now that the Argentine native and his family are now South Florida residents.
"I just love this guy playing futbol," said Alverez. "I mean, I went to London to see him play in the Finalissima last year, I went to the World Cup in Brazil, went to the final in Jersey and Chicago."
SEE MORE: Want to see Messi play in Miami? Here's how much it will cost you
In 2019, Bridgewater State University did a study that looked at what it called the "LeBron James effect"— in which a superstar comes to a city to play for its sports team. The study found businesses thrive when a sports superstar arrives, as increased game attendance drives more people to stay in hotels, pay for Ubers and eat at restaurants.
Considering Miami is the second-most visited city by international travelers in the U.S., according to the U.S. Travel Association, it follows that businesses in The Magic City stand to make a ton of cash as each of those visitors spends an average of $2,500.
"We all love [Messi]," said Diego Setti, co-founder of Prison Pals Brewing in neighboring Doral.
Setti is Argentine as well. Once he learned Messi was coming to Miami he and his team created the GOAT 10 Lager, a nod to the World Cup winner's greatness as it is adorned in Inter Miami's iconic pink and black colors, and boasts Messi's number 10 on the can.
Setti says since his team has rolled out the beer, he has seen more orders come in from all over the world.
"It is huge because we have orders from all over the world," he said. "[Vendors] are asking for beer from everywhere ,so for us it's a huge change."
In a sense, sports are fabricated, since people give them meaning, but the fanatical frenzy and economic impact that come from those who play them are as real as anything you might encounter.
"I could do anything for [Messi] because I love that guy. He's the best," said Setti.
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If you’re looking for a laptop this Black Friday, Amazon is offering a deal on a Lenovo Chromebook.
Regularly priced a $430, the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i 2-in-1 Chromebook Laptop Computer is currently priced at $270, a savings of $160.
The Chromebook is unique, as it is both a laptop and tablet. With a 13″ FHD touchscreen, you can use the Lenovo Chromebook in whichever way works best to browse online, listen to music, stream movies or video chat.
The Chromebook has 8 GB memory and is easy to use, as you simply log in to your Google account and you’ll have instant access to your email, documents, calendar and more.
With around 180 reviews, the Chromebook has a total rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. Customers say it has good battery life, is great for streaming, the touchscreen works well and it converts from laptop to tablet with ease.
One customer who gave it a full 5 stars says it “does everything I need at a great price”.
“I have always been in the Android environment using my phone and Samsung tablet. This is the first Chromebook that I’ve ever used. It was extremely easy to set up and use,” Amazon customer James Raab wrote. “It will run my Android applications and provide me access to my Google Drive at amazing speed. I am very pleased with my purchase and would buy another if necessary. I believe they recently released a new version that has a faster processor and brighter screen.”
If you’re looking for something just a bit different, there are a few similar products you can also get a great deal on during Amazon’s Black Friday sale.
This Acer Chromebook Spin 314 Convertible Laptop is regularly priced at $380, but is currently $290, a savings of $90. The Acer Chromebook works just like the Lenovo Chromebook, converting from a laptop to a tablet in seconds.
It has a 14-inch glass touchscreen display and along with built-in storage, it comes with 100GB of Google Drive space so all of your files are backed up automatically.
With nearly 400 reviews, it has a total rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, with customers saying it’s easy to use, works well and is highly recommended. A few customers did say the fan is a bit loud, however, so keep that in mind if that is something that usually bothers you.
If you’d prefer just a standard laptop, this HP Chromebook 14 Laptop is also on sale. Regularly priced at $310, it is currently $210, a savings of $100.
The 14″ laptop has an Intel processor, backlit keyboard, stereo speakers and up to 13 hours and 30 minutes of battery life so you can take it with you on the go or use it for streaming your favorite shows and movies.
The laptop also has HP Fast Charge technology that charges it from 0 to 50% in approximately 45 minutes.
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- Annual Award Celebrates Healthcare Organizations Demonstrating Commitment to Patient Safety Through Improved E-Prescription Accuracy
- CGM APRIMA and CGM eMDs EHRs Lead the Way to the Top Performance
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CompuGroup Medical US ("CGM") has received the 2022 Surescripts White Coat Award™ for both Highest Accuracy and Structured & Codified Sig Champion. The Surescripts White Coat Award is the healthcare industry's premier recognition for leaders in e-prescription accuracy.
CGM, an electronic health records vendor, is among the top winners from across the Surescripts Network Alliance® who met the highest standards for prescription accuracy and patient safety.
CGM is a leading provider of Electronic Health Record and Practice Management software as well as Revenue Cycle Management Services. Working closely with Surescripts, users, and other industry stakeholders the prescribing tools built into the EHRs have been constantly refined to meet changing industry requirements, the continually expanding capabilities of the electronic prescribing network, and most importantly, the needs of busy physicians and their patients.
"We are excited and proud to celebrate two Surescripts White Coat Awards," stated Derek Pickell, CEO of CompuGroup Medical US. "It represents both the technical quality of our solutions as well as our long history, focus, and leadership in making a positive difference in the productivity and satisfaction of our customers. This enables our vision to help our provider clients to focus on healthy outcomes for their patients."
"Prescription management is a significant part of a clinician's workload" said Eric Weidmann, MD, one of CGM's Chief Medical Officers and a practicing physician. "So when a system is able to deliver accurate prescriptions that reduce confusion and eliminate time-consuming phone calls and faxes it saves us time, and it also ensures the focus is on patients who can receive the medications they need."
The 2022 Surescripts White Coat Award recognized winners in three categories:
- The Highest Accuracy award recognizes the best overall accuracy score.
- The Structured & Codified Sig Champion award recognizes organizations making the best use of the Structured & Codified Sig field.
- The RxChange Champion award highlights organizations successfully advancing the RxChange transaction.
"We are incredibly proud of this year's White Coat Award winners, who are among the highest achieving to date," said Frank Harvey, Chief Executive Officer of Surescripts. "It is a tremendous point of pride that they are among our Surescripts Network Alliance, optimizing the performance of the Surescripts network and leading the transformation of healthcare across the country."
White Coat Award winners are evaluated based on data provided by Surescripts Sentinel®, an automated system that monitors electronic prescriptions and delivers insights to pharmacies, health systems and technology vendors. In 2021, the Surescripts Network Alliance saw a 10% increase in the aggregated Quality Index Score for electronic prescriptions across the network—a 200% improvement since 2016.
Visit Surescripts.com to learn more about the Surescripts White Coat Award.
CompuGroup Medical is one of the leading e-health companies in the world. With a revenue base of EUR 1.025 billion in 2021, its software products are designed to support all medical and organizational activities in doctors' offices, pharmacies, laboratories, hospitals and social welfare institutions. Its information services for all parties involved in the healthcare system and its web-based personal health records contribute towards safer and more efficient healthcare. CompuGroup Medical's services are based on a unique customer base of more than 1.6 million users, including doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in inpatient and outpatient facilities. With locations in 19 countries and products in 56 countries worldwide, CompuGroup Medical is the e-health company with one of the highest coverages among healthcare professionals. More than 8,500 highly qualified employees support customers with innovative solutions for the steadily growing demands of the healthcare system.
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ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SO MORE ON THAT SNOW CONSISTENCY BECAUSE IN FAR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE WE’RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THAT MIXING AND A LITTLE BIT OF WARMER AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM, I THINK IT’S A HEAVY WET SNOW FROM THE MID THAT KNOCK REGION TO THE LOWER MERRIMACK VALLEY TO PLACES LIKE ROCHESTER AND DOVER AND ALONG THE COAST. SO TOUGH SHOVELING CONDITIONS FAR SOUTH. FARTHER TO THE NORTH, WHERE IT’S A LITTLE BIT COLDER, WHERE IT’S COMPLETELY SNOW, THE SNOW
Variations in snow consistency expected throughout New Hampshire Thursday, Friday
Updated: 4:41 PM EST Jan 18, 2023
Our next storm will arrive Thursday evening in New Hampshire. While snow is expected for everyone, there will be variations in its weight and consistency.>> See the projected hour-by-hour timeline for Thursday and FridayAcross southernmost New Hampshire and along the coastline, the snow is expected to be heavy and wet. This will make shoveling difficult on Friday. Some sleet or rain may mix in early, creating a cement-like layer on the bottom of the snowpack. Farther north, where the precipitation type stays all snow, conditions should be more manageable. The lightest, fluffiest snow will fall in the White Mountains and Great North Woods.----Be weather aware! Download the WMUR app for Apple or Android devices and turn on push notifications. You can choose to receive weather alerts for your geolocation and/or up to three ZIP codes. In addition, you can receive word when precipitation is coming to your area.Follow the Storm Watch 9 team on social media:Mike Haddad: Facebook | TwitterKevin Skarupa: Facebook | TwitterHayley LaPoint: Facebook | TwitterJacqueline Thomas: Facebook | TwitterMatt Hoenig: Facebook | Twitter
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Our next storm will arrive Thursday evening in New Hampshire. While snow is expected for everyone, there will be variations in its weight and consistency.
>> See the projected hour-by-hour timeline for Thursday and Friday
Across southernmost New Hampshire and along the coastline, the snow is expected to be heavy and wet. This will make shoveling difficult on Friday. Some sleet or rain may mix in early, creating a cement-like layer on the bottom of the snowpack.
Farther north, where the precipitation type stays all snow, conditions should be more manageable. The lightest, fluffiest snow will fall in the White Mountains and Great North Woods.
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300+ Gen Z VCs, founders, angel investors, startup enthusiasts, and aspiring VCs from the across the country are in Chicago today for this first-of-its-kind, global event
CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joins World Business Chicago and Gen Z VCs today to welcome more than 300 Gen Z VCs, investors, founders, and startup enthusiasts for a sold-out Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit. Today's event marks the first time this annual event is occurring in the Midwest. The summit is led by Gen Z VCs and World Business Chicago, with the support of more than 20 partners. Mayor Lightfoot also proclaimed October 7, 2022 as "Gen Z VCs Day" in Chicago.
"Chicago is proud to host the convening of the next generation of leaders and innovators and creators, from Gen Z VCs, to founders, angel investors, startup enthusiasts, and aspiring VCs," said Mayor Lightfoot. "I believe the future of our city, and even our world, could be incubating here in Chicago. From legacy industry to emerging ecosystems, business is rapidly innovating thanks to the ideas, inventions and investments of this emerging and younger community of entrepreneurs."
Gen Z VCs is a collective of 17,000+ young venture capitalists (VCs), angel investors, founders, startup enthusiasts, and aspiring VCs. This global organization strives to make venture capital more transparent and welcoming for the next generation of investors and founders through several initiatives, which has grown into a larger Gen Z movement since its founding. The community serves as the central place where young people in venture capital can collaborate, connect Gen Z founders with like-minded young investors, and elevate Gen Z perspectives and voices.
"I'm so grateful to Mayor Lightfoot and World Business Chicago who truly believe in our mission: to elevate the Gen Z perspective and voices of our community in the global VC ecosystem," said Meagan Loyst, Founder of Gen Z VCs."With today officially proclaimed as 'Gen Z VC Day' in Chicago, I'm so proud of the way the Chicago community has come together to make this global event possible."
Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit 2022 is presented by World Business Chicago, the city's private-public economic development agency chaired by the Mayor. World Business Chicago's innovation and venture programs strive to drive inclusive growth and opportunity for the city's tech, innovation, and startup ecosystem. World Business Chicago's flagship programs include the Chicago Venture Summit series, Startup Chicago, ThinkChicago, and Venture Engine with the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC). Today's Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit follows yesterday's sold-out Chicago Venture Summit Future-of-Logistics with more than 800 registered participants, the largest Chicago Venture Summit ever.
"Cities must be deeply invested in their local startup ecosystems, and this includes Gen Z VCs" said Abin Kuriakose, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Venture Strategy for World Business Chicago, and lead organizer of the Chicago Venture Summit series. "Our collective work for the VC ecosystem must be innovative, inclusive, and values driven - and we have a global partner in Gen Z VCs that we love to work with. I'm so excited for today and the future."
Today's Gen Z VC summit includes keynotes, panels, a startup showcase, and networking sessions featuring Chicago's leading founders, startup CEOs, technologists, and STEM-focused students.
"We're proud to welcome Gen Z VCs from across Chicago, the Midwest, and around the country to Chicago," said Landon Campbell, Chicago General Manager for Drive Capital. "As the startup capital for the Midwest, this is our moment to connect like-minded investors and technologists with our thriving local startup ecosystem."
"This is a powerful community for the entire VC sector," said Haley Kwait Zollo, Partner for Starting Line. "As one of the nation's most active emerging startup hubs, there is no better city to host today's Gen Z VC event."
"As a student here in Chicago, I'm inspired by our city's founders and local startup community," said Lauren Huttner, a Gen Z VCs member in Chicago and current undergraduate student at Northwestern University. "I'm proud to be part of a growing Gen Z VC community which is building a more inclusive, collaborative, and transparent startup and VC ecosystem."
Gen Z VCs salutes the iconic Chicago Bulls organization for inviting all Gen Z VCs Summit participants to attend tonight's preseason game at the United Center. The Chicago Bulls are a World Business Chicago board member.
To learn more about Gen Z VCs Future-of-Chicago Summit, visit https://www.genzvcs.com/chicago.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney co-founder Roy Disney, about her new film, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney co-founder Roy Disney, about her new film, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales.
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IMPD: Saturday morning shooting in Camby kills 1
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — One person is dead after a Saturday morning shooting in Camby, police said.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officers were called just before 7:30 a.m. to a person shot in the 8000 block of Orchard Lane in Camby. That’s a neighborhood near Friendswood and State Road 67, about 15 miles southwest of downtown Indianapolis.
Officers arrived and found a person with gunshot wounds. The victim died at the scene, according to Lt. Shane Foley, public information officer for IMPD.
No other information was immediately available.
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As a leader in corporate regulation and capital markets, Eisen will hold a key senior role within the firm's unique venture model to co-build companies transforming regulated industries
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Braven, a venture capital firm pioneering a new operating model to co-build breakthrough early-stage startups, announces the appointment of LizAnn Eisen as a Senior Regulatory and Strategic Partner. Eisen brings a wealth of experience and relationships in commercial, legal, and regulatory matters that will add substantial value to Braven's unique co-building model and its portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Braven, Eisen most recently served at the Securities and Exchange Commission as Deputy Director, Disclosure Program, for the Division of Corporation Finance. In that position, she led a team of approximately 350 people to fulfill the SEC's mission of investor protection and capital formation, assessing emerging risks and helping companies fulfill the disclosure mandates on which investor confidence depends. She also serves as a senior lecturer and adjunct professor at Cornell Tech/Cornell Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon Law School. Until the end of 2018, Eisen was a corporate partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where her practice focused on domestic and international corporate finance transactions, acquisition financing, corporate governance and reporting matters, and liability management transactions.
A joint venture with Josh Harris's 26North, Braven is an institutionally backed, early-stage venture firm pioneering the model for system innovations in regulated industries. The firm has engineered a model of deep, active engagement with portfolio companies in which Braven and partners including 26North provide the expertise, relationships, and resources needed to effectively engage their industries' ecosystems.
"Braven could not be more thrilled to welcome LizAnn as we focus on what we believe will be the largest investment opportunities in the decades to come," said William Abecassis, Braven's Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. "We focus on technological system innovations in important regulated industries that form the foundation of our society, and startups looking to transform these industries can't afford missteps. LizAnn's deep experience and expertise in capital markets and regulatory complexity, as well as our shared vision and values, will make her an invaluable partner for Braven and our portfolio companies in collaborating with stakeholders and staying ahead of potential risks."
"I'm delighted to join Braven as a business opportunity, but I'm just as excited to work with a company that values best-in-class diligence and thorough, thoughtful analysis before investment," said Eisen. "Braven's disciplined, deep-research-based approach to sourcing, underwriting, and co-building is aligned with the risk assessment and corporate governance principles I've focused on throughout my career, and I can't wait to put that experience to work for brilliant innovators navigating complex industries."
Braven is an institutionally backed venture firm focused where system innovation is transforming the large, regulated industries that underpin society, such as finance, healthcare, defense, and industrial infrastructure. A joint venture with 26North, Braven has engineered a new model of venture capital, designed to help visionary companies break through the barriers of these complex legacy industries and reshape them for the better.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas soccer earned a No. 8 ranking in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll that was released Tuesday afternoon.
The Hogs are ranked the highest among the four SEC teams featured in the poll, and all four fall within the top 20. Arkansas is set for a top 10 matchup when it faces No. 3 BYU on Sept. 8.
The Razorbacks already got their first crack at a top opponent when they split with TCU in the spring season. The Horned Frogs come in at No. 7 in the poll.
Last season, head coach Colby Hale guided the Razorbacks to their most successful season in program history, in which they won a season record 19 matches, earned their first trip to the NCAA Elite 8 and secured the team’s third straight SEC regular season title.
With the recent success, Arkansas’ program was ranked No. 13 in SoccerWire.com’s Best College Soccer Teams: Top 50 Current NCAA Women’s Programs rankings.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLGT).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Fulgent between March 22, 2019 and August 4, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until November 21, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Fulgent Genetics, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Fulgent had been conducting medically unnecessary laboratory testing, engaging in improper billing practices in relation to laboratory testing, and providing or receiving remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law; (ii) accordingly, Fulgent was likely to become subject to enhanced legal and regulatory scrutiny; (iii) Fulgent's revenues, to the extent they were derived from the foregoing unlawful conduct, were unsustainable; (iv) the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to subject the Company to significant financial and/or reputational harm; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Ash Carter, the former Defense secretary who oversaw sweeping personnel changes at the Pentagon, including opening all military occupations and positions to women, has died at the age of 68, his family announced Tuesday.
Carter, who ran the Defense Department from early 2015 to 2017 during President Obama’s second term, died Monday evening in Boston after a sudden heart attack, according to the family’s statement.
While at the Pentagon, the 25th Defense secretary oversaw a range of national security issues, including the launch of the military strategy that would ultimately push back and defeat the Islamic State military group in Syria and Iraq.
He also tackled numerous personnel matters, including ending a ban on transgender officers in the military and opening all military positions to women in 2016 — the first time in U.S. history that women could enter certain combat roles previously only open to men.
Carter “devoted his professional life to the national security of the United States and teaching students about international affairs,” according to his family. “He was a beloved husband, father, mentor, and friend. His sudden loss will be felt by all who knew him.”
Carter, who was born in Philadelphia in 1954, died just a month after his 68th birthday on Sept. 24.
He attended Yale University, graduating in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in physics and medieval history before heading to Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and received his doctorate in theoretical physics in 1979.
Carter would remain in academia over the next decade, working at Oxford, Rockefeller University, and M.I.T. before landing various teaching positions and directing roles at Harvard University from 1984 to 1993.
“He believed that his most profound legacy would be the thousands of students he taught with the hope that they would make the world a better and safer place,” his family said.
The Pennsylvania native eventually served presidents in both parties over five administrations. He first entered the government service sphere in 1991, when he served as a member of the Defense Science Board, before becoming assistant secretary of Defense for international security policy in 1993 during former President Clinton’s first term.
While there, Carter was responsible for strategic affairs and overseeing the U.S. nuclear strategy, arsenal and missile defenses.
The period proved to be a tumultuous one in the world and Carter found himself heading military planning during what is now known as the 1994 crisis over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program – the result of which was a treaty between the U.S. and North Korea meant to freeze Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
Carter also served as chairmen of NATO’s High Level Group, dealing with new defense and intelligence relationships with former Soviet countries after the Soviet Union collapsed.
He later served as the Pentagon’s top acquisition official from 2009 to 2011, leading the restructuring of the F-35 fighter jet program, then as deputy defense secretary from 2011 to 2013, when he oversaw DOD’s massive annual budget and its more than three million civilian and military employees.
He eventually reached the Pentagon’s top civilian role in February 2015 after he was nominated to replace then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and was confirmed 93-5 by the Senate.
Under Carter, the U.S. military opened all roles to women, including positions in infantry, armor, reconnaissance and some special operations units previously closed to females, and ended a ban on openly serving transgender service members.
But Carter’s latter move was quickly blunted in 2017 when then-President Trump decided to reimpose the transgender ban, a decision Carter harshly criticized at the time.
“To choose service members on other grounds than military qualifications is social policy and has no place in our military,” Carter said.
A Harvard University profile of Carter said he also “led the creation of the military campaign and international coalition to destroy ISIS, designed and executed the strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific, established a new playbook for the U.S. and NATO to confront Russia’s aggression, and launched a national cyber strategy.”
In addition, Carter was known for his attempt to bring the Pentagon and Silicon Valley together to more quickly bring new technology to the military. While ambitious, the effort had limited success.
“While he was known for his keen understanding of military technology, nuclear weapons, and international affairs, Secretary Carter loved nothing more than spending time with the troops, making frequent trips to Iraq and Afghanistan to visit U.S forces [with his wife Stephanie],” his family said in its statement.
Carter on five occasions was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Pentagon’s highest civilian honor.
After his time in government, he joined Harvard University’s Kennedy School as director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs until his death.
Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf, who announced Carter’s death to the school on Tuesday, praised “his lifelong efforts to serve this country, to defend the best values of this country, and to build a safer world for all people.”
Elmendorf added: “For my part, I want to offer my gratitude for his insight and wisdom, his unwavering commitment to trying to make the world better, his confidence that the Kennedy School can make an important difference in the world, his generous spirit toward his students and colleagues, and his warm and gracious friendship with me. I will miss him so much.”
Carter is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and children, Ava and Will.
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Sami Shihabi joins GeneIQ with more than 25 years of experience in healthcare
DALLAS, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneIQ, a molecular diagnostics (MDx) company based in Dallas, Texas, welcomes Sami Shihabi as their new Chief Commercial Officer. With more than twenty-five years of experience in healthcare, Sami will lead the commercial branch of the organization that will encompass sales, marketing, and revenue cycle management functions with the goal of aligning them to achieve the company's corporate and financial goals.
Sami brings extensive knowledge and expertise in operational execution and in building alignment across multiple functions of a matrixed organization to help improve efficiency and productivity. His experience in successfully building and leading commercial organizations will help GeneIQ expand its commercial presence in the marketplace.
"We are excited to have Sami join our leadership team at GeneIQ and are confident that he will be instrumental in helping us take great strides in the precision medicine space," said Frank Howard, CEO of GeneIQ. "At our company, we emphasize the importance of the 3 P's: people, product, process; and I've always felt strongly that people are the most important part of an organization."
Sami is an established commercial leader with extensive knowledge in the healthcare industry and commercial leadership in the therapeutics and diagnostics industries. He most recently led the Women's Health Diagnostics and Gastroenterology Precision Medicine divisions at Progenity as Chief Commercial Officer, where he was instrumental in establishing Progenity as a market leader in women's health genetic testing and a technology disruptor in the GI space.
Prior to Progenity, Sami served as Chief Commercial Officer at Prometheus Laboratories. He developed and executed the gastroenterology precision healthcare company's product portfolio pipeline and launch strategies. In addition, he launched the first disruptive portfolio of pharmacoproteomic tests aimed at improving response and dosing to biological therapies in inflammatory bowel disease. Prior to that, he held multiple roles with expanding responsibilities in sales, marketing, and R&D in infectious disease and oncology at Bausch Health and Baxter Oncology. Sami earned an MBA from the University of California Irvine and a Master of Science degree in molecular biology from Penn State University.
"I am truly honored to join and complement the team at GeneIQ and work towards strengthening our presence in the marketplace while preparing for the next phase of growth," Sami Shihabi said. "Patient wellness is at the core of our mission and will continue to drive our efforts to develop innovative genetic and pharmacogenetic testing products to help improve patient lives."
For more information on how GeneIQ is making a difference, please visit their website at http://www.geneiqlab.com/ or call 1-800-978-9805.
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GeneIQ is a leading molecular diagnostics company specializing in Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing and RT-PCR testing for infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Their state-of-the-art laboratory based in the Dallas metroplex services long-term care facilities, physician practices, governments, corporations, and organizations nationwide.
Dedicated to delivering the latest innovations in Pharmacogenomics and precision medicine to the healthcare industry, GeneIQ utilizes the latest technological innovations to guide healthcare professionals in treating infectious diseases and prescribing genetically optimal medications to improve patient care and wellness.
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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins saved their latest record-setting performance of the season for their home crowd.
Brad Marchand and Tyler Bertuzzi had power play goals and the Bruins broke the NHL points record with a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in their regular-season home finale.
Under chants of “We want the Cup!” from fans inside TD Garden the Bruins’ won their seventh straight to push their points total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Those Canadiens played in an era without overtime and shootouts. The Bruins have 11 extra points — five for shootout wins and six for overtime wins — unavailable to Canadiens when they set the record.
“We’re happy about it, don’t get me wrong. But it’s a regular-season record,” Marchand said. “Playoffs start and everything starts over again. There’s going to be 16 teams that have the same goal in mind and what we’ve accomplished so far has no bearing on that.”
The Bruins broke the mark a game after setting the NHL victory’ record with 63 on Sunday at Philadelphia, breaking a tie with the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wings and 2018-19 Tampa Bay Lightning.
“I think (Montreal’s) wins in 80 games is a little more significant,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. But he added it’s still meaningful “because those were dominant hockey teams.”
Tomas Nosek, Garnet Hathaway and Jake DeBrusk also scored for Boston on Tuesday night in win No. 64.
A night after reaching 60 goals in season for the first time, David Pastrnak posted his 50th and 51st assists. Linus Ullmark finished with 19 saves, with left the game with just over nine minutes left with what Montgomery said was “muscle tightening.” Marchand and Patrice Bergeron added assists.
When the playoffs begin the Bruins will have home-ice advantage throughout in pursuit of the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship since 2011.
Nick Jensen and Tom Wilson scored for the Capitals. Charlie Lindgren had 33 saves, including a one-handed, gloveless save on Pastrnak early in the third period.
Wilson narrowed what had been a two-goal deficit to 3-2 in the third before Nosek found Hathaway cutting toward the net for his 13th goal.
The Bruins got their first power play of the game with 12:24 left in the second after Matt Irwin was called for a cross-check on Taylor Hall.
Less than a minute later Boston turned it into a 1-0 lead when Pastrnak gathered a pass from Patrice Bergeron, immediately drew some defenders in the middle of the ice and flipped it to bottom of the right faceoff circle to Marchand, who finished off his 21st goal of the season. It was his first goal in 17 games after having last scored in a loss to Edmonton on March 9.
“You almost have to laugh about it,” Marchand said. “It’s one of those things I think where it gets frustrating, but then it gets to a point where it’s just laughable. You can’t take it too serious and I think that’s where it got to. It’s not the norm and I know that.”
Boston was on the power play again after Tom Wilson was called for roughing Charlie McAvoy with just under seven minutes to play in the period.
The Bruins made it 2-0 when Bertuzzi found himself in perfect position to rebound a shot by Pastrnak and push through his eighth goal of the season.
Jensen trimmed the margin to a goal with 4:53 left in the period, when his wrist shot appeared to clip McAvoy and trickle by Ullmark for Jensen’s fifth goal of the year of the year.
BOWMAN WEIGHS IN
Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman was in attendance when Tampa Bay hosted Toronto on Tuesday.
A friend of Montgomery and coach for the previous record-setting seasons by Montreal and Detroit, the 89-year-old said he doesn’t mind seeing those marks surpassed.
“We still have part of the record, we got 132 points in 80 games I keep telling him,” Bowman said with smile. “I don’t mind. I’m glad for him because he made a good comeback. He’s got confidence. They’ve got a good team. … I’m old enough to know that I don’t need to have all my records, and if he can them I’m happy for him.”
NOTES: It was just Boston’s second time with two power play goals in a game this season. It also had two in a 7-3 win over Florida on Dec. 19. … Washington’s Jensen has now scored in a career-high five games. … Henrik Borgstrom was recalled from the AHL Hershey Bears Tuesday and became the first Finnish player to dress for the Capitals in 14 years.
UP NEXT
Capitals: Host New Jersey on Thursday night.
Bruins: At Montreal on Thursday night.
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CEO and Founder, Joshua Rogers, credits the firm's performance to "overall asset allocation emphasis on bespoke alternative investments."
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arete Wealth Inc., continues to deliver remarkably consistent year-over- year revenue growth – even in the face of one of the worst years in the U.S. stock and bond markets. Arete's total revenue was up 19% year-over-year in stark contrast to the equity markets being down negative 20%.
Arete's revenue closed in on the $100M mark ($98.8M) which CEO and Founder, Joshua D. Rogers, called, "a major milestone for our company to achieve in just 15 years from starting at zero."
Arete's 5-Year revenue growth rate ticked further up to 228%. Earnings were also up 15% year-over-year. According to Rogers, "by staying lean and laser focused on dominating our niche of bespoke alternative investments, we have been able to maintain consistent yearly profitability while our competitors have not been able to say the same."
Arete Wealth's RIA Fee-Based Assets Under Management surprisingly finished up +1%, which Rogers says, "is a testament to net new asset growth combined with the firm's overall asset allocation emphasis on bespoke alternative investments which helped to buffet client portfolios against the volatile and historically negative markets."
Distribution of alternative investments was up 16% year-over-year. Arete also grew its national advisor base by over 75 registered advisors.
Arete is currently in the process of changing its FINRA Membership Agreement to become what FINRA calls a "Large National Firm" which will be finalized in the second quarter 2023 allowing for additional growth.
About Arete Wealth
Arete Wealth Inc. is a holding company of financial services companies. These include multiple full-service FINRA and NFA Member Broker-Dealers (BD), a Registered Investment Advisory Firm (RIA), and Insurance Agencies focusing on wealth management for high-net worth individuals and institutions, alternative investment access, venture capital, and private equity programs. The firm has boasted double digit year-over-year revenue growth every year since the founding of the company in 2007.
Arete Wealth's Art & Wine Advisory practice, an exclusive service for its financial advisors and their clients, is thought to be the only one of its kind in the U.S. offered by a financial services company.
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Updated June 2, 2023 at 12:43 PM ET
SINGAPORE – Tense U.S.-relations and an arms build-up in the Pacific region will be on show this weekend as defense chiefs, including from the U.S. and China, gather at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an international defense summit, in Singapore.
The Dialogue, which started Friday, has been overshadowed by China's refusal to let its defense minister meet formally with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the forum. But both countries are still leading large delegations to the summit, which gathers diplomats, academics, defense contractors, journalists, and analysts from around the Pacific region.
Here's what else to look out for at the Shangri-La Dialogue this weekend.
The U.S. and China are headlining the event
Although Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu and Austin weren't expected to speak to each other, the two defense chiefs did briefly exchange words and shook hands before being seated at Friday's opening dinner — "but did not have a substantive exchange," Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said in statement.
Defense chiefs of China and the US, Li Shangfu and Lloyd Austin, shook hands with each other on Friday evening at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, before the #SLD23 opening dinner, the first since Li assumed office. pic.twitter.com/eXUUxCEbar
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 2, 2023
Shangfu was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018, when he was heading the Chinese military's equipment development division, for purchasing weapons from a sanctioned Russian institution. China has indicated it will not agree to a meeting unless those sanctions are first lifted.
China's refusal dampened hopes that recent bilateral meetings could mend some of the frictions between the two superpowers. Last month, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan was able to meet his counterpart, China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, in Vienna. That meeting was quickly followed by talks between the two country's commerce chiefs.
This week in Tokyo, Austin told his Japanese counterpart, Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu, that it was "unfortunate" China declined the American invitation for their two chiefs to meet. He pointed to an incident late last month, in which a Chinese fighter jet allegedly buzzed an American aircraft flying over the South China Sea by cutting in front of it at close range, as reason for talks.
"We would hope that they would alter their actions. But since they haven't yet, I'm concerned about, at some point, having an incident that could very, very quickly spiral out of control," Austin said.
Meanwhile, representatives from the U.S. and Taiwan signed a trade agreement on the eve of the security summit and over protests from China, which claims the island as part of Chinese territory. The pact was signed by workers of unofficial entities that maintain relations between the U.S. and the island democracy.
A competition for regional alliances
Both the U.S. and China are hustling to strengthen partnerships with Asia-Pacific countries as they build up their military capacity in the region.
"In addition, based on the severe and complex security environment, we confirmed the importance to deepen cooperation not only between Japan and the United States, but also with Republic of Korea, Australia and ASEAN countries," Austin said during his visit this week to Japan. Austin, the U.S. defense chief, is currently on his seventh tour of the Asia Pacific region.
So far, most Southeast Asian countries have tried not to tilt too much in favor toward China or the U.S., and have participated in the proliferating number of joint military drills with both countries. But China has watched with trepidation as the U.S. has forged stronger defense ties with two of Southeast Asia's most populous countries, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Indonesia, the U.S., and 12 other nations held massive military exercises together last fall. Earlier this year, the U.S. also stepped up its military presence in the Philippines by increasing its training exercises there and expanding the number of Philippines' military bases utilized by the American military from five to nine.
The deepening U.S.-China military competition has drawn in surrounding countries, whose concerns will be front and center at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers a keynote address at the opening dinner on Friday. Japan, a key U.S. ally which has been deeply concerned over China's increasing hostility toward the nearby island of Taiwan, has sent a large delegation.
The dialogue comes at an important moment in Southeast Asian politics
For smaller Southeast Asian countries, the dialogue is chance to hash out foreign policy and engineer informal meetings between officials on the sidelines of closed-door talks, and more than a quarter of the summit's delegates hail from the region.
In Thailand, a surprise win by the opposition party during recent national elections could lead to an opening on a more aggressive foreign policy approach to supporting opposition forces in Myanmar, where the military seized power in a coup in 2021.
Southeast Asia is also maneuvering around how to position themselves around the great power rivalry between the U.S. and China. The South China Sea, where China has staked out contested territorial claims at odds with overlapping claims from Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia, to name just a few, remains a hot button issue.
Taiwan and its dominance in semiconductor manufacturing – a critical tech sector at the heart of the U.S.-China rivalry – is also an issue of concern for Southeast Asia. Some U.S. firms and Taiwanese chip juggernaut TSMC have been looking to shift operations to the region, out of China.
The war in Ukraine, despite being a hemisphere away, will also be on the agenda. Most Southeast Asian countries have chosen to remain silent on Russia's invasion. Ukraine has sent its deputy defense chief, Volodymyr Havrylov, to Singapore to attend the summit, where he will speak on a panel with Andi Widjajanto, a politician from Indonesia, which has kept up friendly ties with Moscow.
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Handful of area standouts earn MHSFCA All-Region honors, Boyne leads with six
NORTHERN MICHIGAN — The high school football season in the state of Michigan officially closed over the weekend with eight state champions crowned in Detroit.
While no titles came for teams out of Northern Michigan, the depth of talent ran deep across the four divisons represented by area teams.
Much of that talent was recently highlighted when the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association released its collection of All-Region players.
Petoskey, Boyne City, Charlevoix and East Jordan all came away with players represented, led by the Ramblers with six in Division 6.
Within Division 3, Petoskey picked up a single honor with senior Trevor Swiss being recognized as a defensive back.
Swiss was again a sure-tackler for the Northmen on the back end and even made a number of plays in opponents’ backfields. He also totaled 259 yards and two scores on the offensive side.
Boyne City’s honors in D6 came led by by quarterback Jack Neer and wideout Alex Calcaterra, who both earned All-State from the MHSFCA as well.
Neer played just five games before going down with an injury, though still finished the season completing 60 percent of his passes for 955 yards, 18 scores and just two picks. He also ran for 154 and two scores.
Calcaterra was again Neer’s favorite target, with the big senior wideout catching 21 balls for 542 yards and 11 touchdowns, good for a 25.3 average.
Boyne City’s Nolan Little earned recognition as an offensive lineman, helping the Ramblers to 2,150 yards rushing this season on a 7.17 average, while Conner Rajkovich earned defensive line honors, recording 52 tackles, three sacks and eight tackles for a loss.
Joey McHugh was then named an All-Region running back, rushing for 949 yards and 10 scores on an 8.6 average, while Gavin Hewitt totaled 958 all-purpose yards to earn honors as an athlete. Hewitt ran for 494 and 10 scores, caught 17 passes for 316 yards and five touchdowns, then added 148 return yards and a touchdown.
On top of Boyne’s players being recognized, Rambler head coach Dave Suttle earned Regional Coach of the Year honors after helping Boyne to a 9-0 finish during the regular season.
In Division 7, Charlevoix picked up a pair of honors after a standout season, with junior linebacker Landon Swanson recognized in the middle of the Rayder defense.
Swanson started for a second straight year at linebacker and recorded 108 tackles to lead the Rayders and two safeties.
Senior all-purpose back Patrick Sterrett was also recognized as an All-Region athlete.
Sterrett somehow topped an impressive junior season with an even better final campaign with Charlevoix, totaling 2,134 all-purpose yards and 24 touchdowns. He ran for 755 yards, had 491 yards receiving and also 811 in the return game. He also passed for 77 yards and averaged 32.5 yards a touch.
In Division 8, East Jordan returned to the playoffs for a second straight season and picked up five All-Region honors in the process.
Angel Delgado, only a junior, was recognized as an offensive lineman, helping pave the way to a successful season on the ground for multiple EJ backs.
Junior Braylon Grybauskas earned honors as a wideout, though did it all for the Red Devils, catching 19 passes for 337 yards and three scores and rushing for 516 yards and six touchdowns on a 9.1 average.
Senior defensive lineman Ben Reid earned honors along the front, finishing with 42 tackles, 2.5 sacks, six tackles for a loss and a fumble recovery. Also on the defensive side, Connor Boyer earned recognition as a defensive back after intercepting seven passes. Boyer also made 23 tackles, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.
The final Red Devil recognized was senior kicker, Jonathan Ringstrom. An exchange student who had never played football before, Ringstrom finished 26 of 26 on extra points for the season, made 3 of 4 field goals and averaged 38.3 yards a punt. He also added six touchbacks on kickoffs. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/sports/2022/11/29/handful-of-area-standouts-earn-mhsfca-all-region-honors-boyne-leads-with-six/69684443007/ | 2022-11-29 23:16:17 | 1 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/sports/2022/11/29/handful-of-area-standouts-earn-mhsfca-all-region-honors-boyne-leads-with-six/69684443007/ |
DAVOS, Switzerland — Kremlin critic Bill Browder wants governments to step up efforts to get to the riches squirreled away by Russian oligarchs and linked to President Vladimir Putin by forcing the accountants, lawyers and others who set up murky legal and financial structures to become whistleblowers.
“But the oligarchs are not naïve,” Browder told The Associated Press on Tuesday at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. “They’ve hired the best lawyers, best asset protection specialists, and there are shell companies and trust companies and offshore companies and nominees and proxies — and the whole thing is extremely well thought-through.”
The founder of Heritage Capital, an early investor in post-Soviet Russia, Browder raised the alarm after his Russian tax adviser, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian prison in 2009. He has become arguably one of the world’s biggest critics of Putin ever since.
Browder credited Biden administration efforts to put a squeeze on Putin and his government since the war began by putting a freeze on assets of Russia’s central bank, chasing the oligarchs, halting exports of technology to Russia and supplying weapons to Ukraine.
But when it comes to getting Russian oligarchs’ money, “we’re only scratching the surface,” Browder said.
“There’s only 35 oligarchs out of 118 who are on the Forbes (richest people) list who have been sanctioned by the either the U.S., EU, U.K., Canada or Australia. We need to get 118,” he said.
Browder says their money is held in top banks in places like London, New York and Zurich as well as in real estate, hedge funds and private equity funds:.
“It’s right in front of our eyes and the amounts are unbelievably big,” he said. “I estimate that since Vladimir Putin took power, he and the 1,000 people around him have stolen $1 trillion from the Russian state. And that money is stored in our financial capitals.”
He acknowledged that what he sees as the solution is “quite radical” — forcing “the people who set up these structures, the enablers, the lawyers, the accountants, the trustees under law to become whistleblowers for the government.”
“In other words, put an amendment into all money laundering and all sanctions law to say that people who are involved in setting up structures for sanctioned individuals have to come forward with the information to the government — or face a punishment of fines and imprisonment,” Browder said.
Jacques Attali, a former top French government official and past president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, expressed hesitation about Browder’s idea.
To begin with, “it must be said that a lawyer shouldn’t do anything illegal — and that would be enough,” said Attali, an eminence grise at Davos. “A lawyer is necessarily at the service of his or her client.”
“You can strengthen legislation. You can’t ask a lawyer to turn in his or her client,” he said.
Vitaly Klitschko, mayor of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, supported the idea of further cracking down on Russian oligarchs’ money, saying, “I think we have to use every leverage to stop the aggression, and it’s not a secret that the Russians use the money for his (Putin’s) army.”
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NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers Closed-End Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: FOF) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on June 30, 2022 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
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- Hyman awarded for the discovery of biomolecular condensates leading to a fundamental advance in our understanding of cellular organization.
- Third top scientific award for Hyman's pioneering work in the last six months, with the Körber European Science Prize 2022 and the 2022 Hope Funds for Cancer Research Basic Science Award.
- Dewpoint's application of biomolecular condensates is focused on discovering broad therapeutic clinical applications in virology, heart disease, neurodegeneration and cancer.
BOSTON, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dewpoint Therapeutics, Inc. today announced biomolecular scientist Anthony (Tony) Hyman, a co-founder of Dewpoint Therapeutics and Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), was awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering a new mechanism of cellular organization mediated by phase separation of proteins and RNA into membraneless liquid droplets called condensates. Dr. Hyman received the prize with Dr. Clifford Brangwynne of Princeton University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a former postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Hyman's lab at the Max Planck Institute.
Dr. Hyman co-founded Dewpoint Therapeutics in 2019 to investigate the role of condensates in triggering diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and to apply this breakthrough understanding of biomolecular condensates to transform the discovery of therapies for previously undruggable targets.
"We are exceptionally proud, and not at all surprised, to see the continued global recognition of our co-founder's astounding research, which is foundational to our work at Dewpoint. Because of Tony's early vision, Dewpoint is applying our understanding of the dysregulation of biomolecular condensates to advance a revolutionary approach to drug discovery. There is vast previously unexplored potential to develop novel treatments for patients across many therapeutic areas," shared Dr. Ameet Nathwani, CEO of Dewpoint.
Dr. Isaac Klein, Chief Scientific Officer at Dewpoint, added, "Tony's research led to an entirely new understanding of biology. He has transformed the way we think about the origin and treatment of diseases. Dewpoint is advancing these learnings to identify new targets and mechanisms of action across multiple biological pathways to develop therapies for conditions and targets previously thought undruggable. This has the potential to be the next great leap in drug discovery and make a real impact on patients' lives."
Tony Hyman is one of the founding members of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), which he still leads today together with a team of directors. He was awarded the EMBO Gold Medal in 2003 and was elected as a Fellow of the British Royal Society since 2007. In 2011, Hyman was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, the most important research award in Germany, and in 2018, he received the Schleiden Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In 2019, Hyman was awarded the Carl Zeiss Lecture for outstanding achievement in Cell Biology and was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2020, was a co-recipient of the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences. He is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2021. He was awarded The 2022 Körber European Science Prize, the 2022 Hope Funds for Cancer Research Award for Basic Science and the 2023 Breakthrough Prize for Life Sciences. In 2019, Tony co-founded Dewpoint Therapeutics with Dr. Richard Young of the Whitehead Institute at MIT, with Dr. Philip Sharp serving as the founding Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Dewpoint Therapeutics is the first company to apply the emerging understanding of biomolecular condensates to drug discovery. Dewpoint believes that a vast range of conditions have pathways that are regulated by condensates or arise from the dysfunction of condensates.
Dewpoint currently has more than 20 development programs across an ambitious pipeline with programs spanning oncology, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary and virology indications, and collaborations with leading global academic and pharmaceutical partners, including Bayer, Merck and Pfizer. Dewpoint scientists work in Boston, Dresden and Frankfurt to translate condensate biology into breakthrough treatments for diseases previously considered untreatable.
Over several years, Dewpoint has invested in a digital discovery platform and state-of-the-art biological or "wet lab" methods of investigating condensate function and targeting. This includes the development of advanced AI and computer vision capabilities, proprietary data and small molecule libraries, a proprietary knowledge graph of condensates and their functional connection to disease pathology, and compounds that modulate their behavior. Such compounds are referred to by the company as c-mods, and target condensates to restore normal condensate properties and cellular function.
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Scientists or investors interested in biomolecular condensates can also visit condensates.com for news and updates in the field.
For the eleventh year, the Breakthrough Prize, renowned as the "Oscars of Science," recognizes the world's top scientists. Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics. In addition, up to three New Horizons in Physics Prizes, up to three New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes and up to three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes are given out to early-career researchers each year. Laureates attend a gala award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also engage in a program of lectures and discussions.
The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Julia and Yuri Milner, and Anne Wojcicki and have been sponsored by foundations established by them. Selection Committees composed of previous Breakthrough Prize laureates in each field choose the winners. Information on the Breakthrough Prize is available at breakthroughprize.org.
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Trailblazing, Integrated Procedural Approach Provides Minimally Invasive Relief for Joint, Spine and Nerve Conditions and Injuries
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine), the region's largest and most comprehensive multispecialty physician group practice, announced the opening of the CU Medicine Regenerative Medicine, Hand and Spine Center, which is advancing the way healthcare is delivered through collaborative integration of multiple medical specialties and expertise at a single location. By providing an individualized medical approach designed to care for the whole person and understand each patient's overall health, the center's multidisciplinary team of board-certified providers brings their expertise across orthopedic and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialties to address joint and nerve pain and support joint preservation and restoration.
"We are bringing the latest innovations in medicine directly to patients at this state-of-the-art facility," said medical director Jason L. Dragoo, MD, a cartilage transplantation and regenerative medicine specialist. "Our highly experienced physicians are pioneering surgical approaches, such as performing arthroscopic surgery without general anesthesia using cameras the size of a blood draw needle. We offer the latest FDA-approved biologics designed to stimulate the body's natural ability to repair and heal itself, and our onsite lab enables us to create new, even more efficient biologics by analyzing gene products from our patients' healthy and diseased tissues. Our team's microsurgical and non-surgical approaches to care reduce recovery time and improve the patient's experience."
This unique center was created to provide patients with convenient, integrated access to the most current medical procedures that can relieve pain quickly and treat chronic and acute musculoskeletal conditions and injuries with minimal downtime. Located at the UCHealth Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver, the CU Medicine Regenerative Medicine, Hand and Spine Center features two procedure areas, recovery spaces, and an onsite regenerative medicine laboratory. The expansive offerings at this center give patients the opportunity to be seen by a specialist for their ailment and, in many cases, receive a minimally invasive procedure the same day. Concierge medical services are available to help patients across the country and beyond with appointment scheduling, travel and hotel accommodations, and shuttle service to the center.
About University of Colorado Medicine
University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine) is the region's largest and most comprehensive multispecialty physician group practice. The CU Medicine team delivers business operations, revenue cycle and administrative services to support the patients of over 3,500 University of Colorado School of Medicine physicians and advanced practice providers. These providers bring their unparalleled expertise at the forefront of medicine to deliver trusted, compassionate health care services at primary and specialty care clinics as well as facilities operated by affiliate hospitals of the University of Colorado. Visit https://www.cumedicine.us/ to learn more.
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Attendees Will Explore Data Modernization Under the Financial Data Transparency Act
NEW YORK, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE: DFIN), a leading global risk and compliance company, is the title sponsor of the Data Foundation's RegTech 2023 Data Summit, which takes place today in Washington, D.C. Attendees will explore data modernization under the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA).
For more than a decade, DFIN has actively supported the FDTA legislation, which was signed into law in December 2022. The legislation mandates that eight major U.S. financial regulatory and supervisory agencies, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), create uniform data standards for the data they collect from regulated entities. The FDTA impacts every organization involved in preparing, providing, and using financial data, including financial institutions, agencies, technology vendors, data companies, and analytics firms.
"While the FDTA will usher in an exciting and long overdue era of transparency and accountability for federal government financial data, its successful implementation will rely on innovative regulatory technology to ease the burden of compliance," said Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets at DFIN. "DFIN's ActiveDisclosure financial reporting software and experts have helped public and private companies, and government agencies alike, transform how they access, understand, and utilize data to meet regulatory compliance, report to stakeholders, and improve business operations."
Clay will provide attendees with an introduction to RegTech 2023 and an overview of the FDTA. He will also introduce the Keynote Speaker and U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.
Joining Clay will be DFIN Vice President of Corporate Governance Solutions Bridget Hughes, who will moderate a panel titled "FSOC Reporting & Blending Best Practices for FDTA Implementation." Hughes will be joined by XBRL US President and CEO Campbell Pryde and EDM Council President John Bottega.
"The passage of the Financial Data Transparency Act marks a significant step forward to modernize financial data," said Nick Hart, President & CEO of the Data Foundation. "This new law has clear benefits for the American people, investors, government regulators, and private sector firms. The Data Coalition looks forward to continuing our work toward a more effective and efficient regulatory data ecosystem. We will continue to coordinate experts and thought leaders to encourage a collaborative implementation phase for the FDTA, starting with our RegTech Data 2023 Summit in Washington, D.C."
To read more about how DFIN's solutions such as ActiveDisclosure are helping businesses now, please visit DFINsolutions.com. For more details about the company's views on the FDTA, visit the DFIN blog.
For more information about RegTech 2023 Data Summit: Data Modernization under the Financial Data Transparency Act, and to register, visit datafoundation.org.
About Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN)
DFIN is a leading global risk and compliance solutions company. We provide domain expertise, enterprise software, and data analytics for every stage of our clients' business and investment lifecycles. Markets fluctuate, regulations evolve, technology advances, and through it all, DFIN delivers confidence with the right solutions in moments that matter. Learn about DFIN's end-to-end risk and compliance solutions online at DFINsolutions.com, or you can also follow us on Twitter @DFINSolutions or on LinkedIn.
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CUCHARA, Colorado (AP) — It’s been the longest wait, their whole lives, in fact. But Race Lessar and Landen Ozzello are finally right where they want to be, on a snowy slope close to home, molding snow into a ski jump.
Their local ski mountain just reopened.
“I’m happy that it’s open for at least one year,” Lessar said. It opened as a nonprofit, and that may be the key. “I didn’t know that there was a hope,” he said.
His ties to the mountain are so close, he’s practically named after it. His dad used to race here and named his son for what brought him joy. Chad Lessar first skied on hand-me-down gear and later worked summers at a nearby ranch to earn money for more nimble racing equipment.
“We’ve never been very rich,” Chad said of Huerfano, one of the poorest counties in the state. “It’s nice to see a little area open up on the cheap,” he said. The ski runs here are short, but the fact it’s affordable just might be enough to keep it up and running.
Under the gaze of the imposing Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado, the 50-acre Parker-Fitzgerald Cuchara Mountain Park is the story of so many American ski areas, only the community was determined to change the script.
Ski resorts boomed in the 70s and 80s, emerging even in areas that didn’t have the climate or workers to sustain them long-term. First-time ski resort owners took on debt and quickly filed for bankruptcy after a bad snow season. Ownerships transferred numerous times before resorts calcified into ghost towns.
But some communities are now finding a niche, offering an alternative to endless lift lines and soaring ticket prices. They’re reopening, several as nonprofits, offering a mom-and-pop experience at a far lower cost than corporate-owned resorts.
“It’s not necessarily about drawing overnight or out-of-town guests, but about bringing positive economic impact and a source of physical and mental wellness for the community,” said Adrienne Isaac, marketing director for the National Ski Areas Association.
A DELAYED REOPENING
Cuchara shuttered in 2000 after years of mismanagement, unpredictable snow and bankruptcies. It was dead for 16 years, when a group of stubborn locals with fond memories of the mountain came together. When the last owner put it up for sale, the Cuchara Foundation gave the county a down payment and helped raise the remaining funds.
Going into this season, the work of readying was in full swing. Volunteers kept holding fundraisers. There were donation jars. Inheriting snowmaking equipment and lifts may sound good, said Ken Clayton, a board member at Panadero Ski Corporation, a sister nonprofit that runs operations. But both required expensive repairs, and then the refurbished chairlift didn’t even pass inspection. On top of that, it was a warm, dry winter. As the season wore on, the volunteers began to lose hope of reopening. “It just wasn’t going to happen because we didn’t have the snow,” Clayton said.
Finally, when cold air and snowstorms arrived in late winter, Cuchara’s maintenance director had an idea. They welded old school bus seats to a car-hauling trailer and hitched it to a snowcat, a tractor with snow treads, then put out the word they would be towing people up the mountain. “We’re trying to give the community something because they’ve supported us for so long,” Clayton said.
And the community showed up.
GROWING ACCESS
There’s no guidebook for how to reopen an abandoned ski area, especially as a nonprofit, so some community groups are making common cause, and learning from each other.
Will Pirkey had heard of a nonprofit ski area six hundred miles north in Wyoming, and sought them out as soon as he joined the volunteer board. The Antelope Butte Foundation had been running a nonprofit ski area in northern Wyoming since 2018 after a closure that lasted 15 years. With a limited, mostly volunteer staff, it opens Friday through Monday. Keeping skiing affordable, especially for children, is key to its mission.
For $320, a child can receive a season pass to the Wyoming mountain, rentals, and four lessons. The foundation covers families who can’t afford the cost. They also host classes for area schools that introduce kids to cross country and downhill skiing.
Greybull Middle School Principal Cadance Wipplinger used to chaperone students to ski areas when she taught in a Montana town with a robust outdoor industry. But her students now mainly come from mining, railroad, and farming families with fewer resources.
“A high percentage of our kids would not be getting the opportunity if we weren’t taking them,” Wipplinger said. “It opens up their world a little bit.”
A FUTURE WITH SHORTER, WEIRDER WINTERS
If fond memories and volunteer spirit are essential to reopening an abandoned ski area as a nonprofit, so is snow, and its consistency dictates whether it can endure.
The Antelope Butte Foundation studied 30 years of snow patterns before committing to reopen, board president Ryan White said, but knew it would face ever-shorter winters. As greenhouse gas emissions warm the atmosphere, winter is growing shorter and there are also more dramatic swings, for example last year’s snow drought in the Sierra Nevada followed by this year’s record snowfall.
This season, Antelope Butte was buried in powder, said former Executive Director Rebecca Arcarese, but she knows other years won’t be as abundant. Snowmaking could extend the season, but it’s a tough decision for a mountain that doesn’t have the personnel to open seven days a week.
“Does it give us two, three more weeks, or just two or three more days? And does that make sense to make that capital investment?” Arcarese asked.
In southeast Vermont, irregular snow has long plagued standalone Mount Ascutney. A local nonprofit reopened Ascutney after five years of closure. A few seasons ago, a storm dumped several feet of snow on the slopes, but a week later, rain washed it away.
“If you spend one hundred thousand dollars on making snow, your heart gets broken when it’s washed down the mountain,” said Steve Crihfield, a board member of Ascutney Outdoors, the nonprofit that owns and manages the mountain.
So ski areas are dealing with climate risk by offering year-round activities from archery to concerts and weddings. But in a quiet town like La Veta, with limited outdoor winter activities and a population of fewer than 1000, there is just no substitute yet for snow sports.
On a late Sunday afternoon in March, energy pulses at the Mountain Merman Brewing Company — one of the few bars in town. Pints sling across the counter to construction workers wearing ski pants, while windburned teenagers — Lessar and his pals — nosh chicken barbecue pizza and play Battleship.
The shift is so busy, co-owner Jen Lind is having to help behind the bar. She hardly recognizes the energy in her brewery compared to its typically mellow pace at the end of a weekend.
“I think that comes right off the mountain,” Lind said. “People are excited to be out and about and having stuff to do.”
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Georgia lawmakers are agreeing to a state budget that will pay full tuition for all college students receiving a HOPE Scholarship while boosting pay for all state and university employees and public school teachers.
House and Senate leaders signed an agreement on Wednesday for the $32.5 billion state budget that begins July 1. The Senate voted 54-1 to approve the measure, with the House then approving it 170-3 in the closing hours of the 2023 session.
The budget cuts some teaching funds at the state's public universities, but not as much as the Senate had initially proposed. The Senate proposed the cuts as part of a dispute with the House over rules to allow new hospitals to be built and funding of Augusta University's hospital.
RICK SCOTT REBUKES BIDEN IN BUDGET LETTER TO WHITE HOUSE, SAYS HE HAS MADE ‘THE SITUATION WORSE’
Counting federal and other money, the state would spend nearly $56 billion.
Lawmakers agreed with Gov. Brian Kemp's plans to pay full tuition for everyone receiving a HOPE college scholarship and to give all state employees and public school teachers $2,000 raises. In the agreement, some state law enforcement officers would get $6,000, up from a $4,000 bump sought by the House.
"The only people in this budget who are getting 100% of what they want are our students on HOPE," House Appropriations Committee Chairman Matt Hatchett, a Dublin Republican, said Wednesday morning as the agreement was signed.
The deal would eliminate the current two-tier system of lottery-funded HOPE Scholarships, going back to the original system of paying full tuition for all high school graduates who earn a B average. While Zell Miller scholars who earn higher grades and a minimum standardized test score get full tuition now, others only get 90%. The agreement also boosts the amount for HOPE Scholarship recipients who attend private colleges in Georgia.
Georgia’s budget pays to educate 1.75 million K-12 students and 465,000 college students, house 48,000 state prisoners, pave 18,000 miles of highways and care for more than 200,000 people who are mentally ill, developmentally disabled or addicted to drugs or alcohol.
Work on the budget got tangled with Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones' push for a bill that could allow a new hospital to be built near his home in Butts County. That could financially benefit his family if it's built on land his father owns.
The dispute is also linked to an attempt by Wellstar Health System to take over Augusta University’s hospitals, and to a House push for additional changes to the state’s mental health system.
Senators proposed an $87 million cut in university teaching, as well as an $18 million reduction in university health insurance. The final agreement puts back the health insurance money and cuts teaching by about $66 million, out of a roughly $9 billion University System of Georgia budget.
"Funding for new initiatives in this budget has to come from somewhere," Hatchett said.
BIDEN’S TOP OFFICIALS TO DEFEND HIS $6.8T BUDGET PLAN BEFORE SKEPTICAL GOP THIS WEEK
Lawmakers said universities should cover the shortfall with some of their roughly $500 million in cash on hand.
"The percentage we’re talking about here is much less than other agencies have seen," Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery, a Vidalia Republican, argued during a long discussion with other Republican senators.
Augusta University earlier this year was given $105 million, at Kemp’s behest, to purchase a new electronic medical records system. Jones argues that money was an unfair giveaway to Marietta-based Wellstar Health System, which is in talks to take over Augusta University hospitals. Wellstar owns a small hospital in Butts County and opposes the push for a competing hospital there.
Lawmakers somewhat reduced proposed Senate cuts to Georgia Public Broadcasting and Augusta University's Georgia Cyber Center. The public television and radio agency would lose about $1.4 million in state funding, while the Cyber Center would lose about $3.2 million.
Lawmakers agreed on more spending for mental health and addiction treatment funding, reflecting lawmakers' continued emphasis on those issues.
The agreement will again give $500 bonuses for 54,000 retirees in the state Employees Retirement System. Retirees in that plan have not received regular cost-of-living increases.
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Video: Police smash man’s head to ground in parking arrest
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Law enforcement officials in Rhode Island are looking into the conduct of two veteran Providence police officers shown on video smashing a handcuffed man’s face into the pavement over the July 4 weekend.
State Attorney General Peter Neronha and the Providence Police Department’ Office of Professional Responsibility have opened investigations into the arrest of a man at the city’s India Point Park following a July 3 fireworks celebration, the Boston Globe reports.
Captain Stephen Gencarella and Lt. Matthew Jennette arrested Armando Rivas, 21, at around 9:30 p.m. for leaving his vehicle parked unattended in the travel lane, the newspaper reports.
Police say the officers struck Rivas in the head, handcuffed him and brought him to the ground after he resisted arrest.
But the video shows that as Rivas was handcuffed and lying face-down, one of the officers grabbed his head and smashed his face down on the pavement, the Globe reports.
Rivas was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing an officer and simple assault.
It couldn’t be immediately determined if Rivas or the two officers have lawyers. The police department and Neronha’s office didn’t respond to emails seeking comment Wednesday.
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It's dusk in central Bangladesh, in a community within the district of Faridpur. A 50-year-old man sits outside his home beside a rice paddy. His name is Khokon. A fiery beard, dyed a bright orange, rings his chin.
He says the procession of disease and death all started in the spring of 2004. "So the first one was the mother-in-law of my elder brother. She was really sick," Khokon says. "She had been sick for some time. Then she died. We took her to the grave. Then my father got sick."
Khokon stares off into the distance as he explains that his father was a spiritual leader in the community. When he became ill, many came to pay their respects and offer their prayers. "Just 12 days after, my father died," he says. "Suddenly, he was no more."
Many of his visitors also got sick. One person traveled to an adjacent village, where four more people fell ill. "It was not understood what was happening," says Mahmudur Rahman, who worked for the Bangladeshi government around that time as director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research. "Some people who were transporting the patients to the hospital were also getting sick."
Sick often meant encephalitis — a swelling of the brain. Epidemiologist Emily Gurley led an on-site outbreak investigation back then and is now based at Johns Hopkins University. She says, "The signs and symptoms of encephalitis are fever, headache, but often altered mental status or coma." Disorientation and seizures were common. "But many of these patients also had respiratory disease," Gurley adds, which often led to coughing, vomiting and difficulty breathing.
The virus appeared to be spreading through respiratory droplets and saliva. And the sicker people got, the more infectious they became.
For Khokon and his wife, Anwara, the nightmare continued for weeks as they watched relative after relative get sick, suffer and die. Khokon's older brother, his sister, two uncles, his aunt, his nephew and his mom and dad ... all dead. It was numbing. "In Bangla, they say 'it is a bad wind' or 'an act of God,'" explains Rahman.
An aerial view of Faridpur, the district that's witnessed the most Nipah outbreaks in all of Bangladesh.
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Anwara says, "When people started dying out of the virus, people were very afraid. No one came here! Nobody, not even a dog came to this house."
And then, the two of them came down with the virus. (Because the disease carries such a stigma, we are using only their first names.) "I actually have no recollection of that time," says Khokon. "I don't even remember who carried me to the hospital or who carried me to the bed. I was in no shape to remember anything. Me and my wife were unconscious. People couldn't say if we were dead or alive."
In addition, Khokon says those caring for them "said that we had high fever, very high fever." Anwara says a neighbor told her, "Like whenever they were touching us, it was like touching fire."
Somehow, they survived. "It was a miracle," says Khokon.
This outbreak, says Rahman, made something brutally evident. The as yet unidentified virus was "obviously showing that we are unable to control it, and it is spreading," he says, from person to person. "That is the clear message."
And with a kill rate of roughly 70%, what virus could be that deadly? At the time, Gurley says, "We didn't know! I was just looking at the data to see what do we think is going on here?"
Gurley wondered, could it be SARS — a coronavirus that infected some 8,000, mainly in China and Hong Kong, from 2002 to 2004?
Or perhaps another, and even more disturbing possibility — could it be a rare, poorly understood virus called Nipah?
"Nipah is terrifying, unusually terrifying," says Dr. Stephen Luby, currently a professor of medicine at Stanford University, who was in charge of the outbreak investigation for eight years at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). He says it's terrifying, in part, because the virus is so deadly in people. Also, the outbreaks are tightly clustered. "And so the people who are sick know each other," he says. "And because of this, it is a clear community crisis."
In addition, part of what makes Nipah so worrisome is that its history offers evidence that it might, under the right conditions, launch a pandemic. It had first shown up in Malaysia and Singapore in the late '90s. Around that time, Malaysia had started farming pork at an industrial scale — huge numbers of pigs wedged into cramped conditions. When the pigs got Nipah from local fruit bats, the virus spread easily. And then, pig farmers caught it as well.
But in Bangladesh, things were different. "There were a few pigs being raised in this village," says Gurley. "None of them had been sick. And none of the cases had had any contact with these pigs. Pretty clearly," she says, pigs didn't seem to be behind these Nipah outbreaks.
A puzzle to solve: How does the virus spill from bats into humans?
A few weeks later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta sent an email to Gurley and her colleagues confirming the deadly virus to be Nipah. So they wondered: Just how was the virus spilling over from bats into humans? This was the puzzle that needed solving for two reasons. First, to prevent more people from getting sick. And second, to rein the virus in.
"So what we did is walk through the village and thought about all the possible ways people could come into contact with bats or bat secretions, bat urine, bat saliva," says Gurley.
They thought that maybe it came from climbing trees where the bats had fed or roosted. Or eating fruit off the ground that bats had already taken a bite out of. They considered a much beloved local delicacy: the sap traditionally harvested from date palm trees. "And we thought, 'Well, this would be a great way to have contact with bat secretions because I'm sure the bats love the sap and so do people,'" says Gurley.
The urgency to figure out the connection between bats and humans continued to mount, as Nipah flared again the following year. The investigators came to realize there had also been earlier outbreaks — in 2001 and 2003. Bangladesh decided to set up its own Nipah surveillance system.
Finally, a link emerged, but the researchers needed more evidence. In 2007, they got their chance with yet another outbreak, this time in Thakurgaon in northwest Bangladesh. Of the seven people who contracted Nipah, three were dead. People were again in a panic.
Rebeca Sultana, an anthropologist with the icddr,b, remembers a call to join the investigation team. "Our colleague called me and asked, 'Rebeca, would you like to go? Are you ready?' I said, 'Yes, I am ready to go there.'"
The next morning, Sultana drove with the team from Dhaka to Thakurgaon. Once she arrived in the village, she went straight to the home of patient zero. "I tried to talk to the elder sister-in-law of the guy who died," she says, "and she was so upset and she just ran and came to me, and hugged me and started crying."
Getting that close to her scared Sultana. As Syed Moinuddin Satter, who leads the Emerging Pathogen research group at icddr,b, says, doing this work is like putting "your soul in your hand. You don't know what is waiting for you in the field."
But Sultana's heart went out to the woman. And she hugged her back. She said to her, "Please don't worry. We're here." She explained that although they didn't know for sure what had caused her relatives to fall ill, "we are here to understand why this happened" by listening openly to the people who had witnessed Nipah firsthand.
(At the research center icddr,b, anthropologists are routinely asked to join these kinds of outbreak investigations when trying to piece together routes of transmission. Their job, in Sultana's words, is "to learn from the community." As Sultana's colleague, Shahana Parveen, says, "Our role as anthropologists, when we get into the community, first we give them space to listen to them — their anger, their stress. But we didn't respond, 'OK, this is not right, or this is wrong.'")
After Sultana finished her preliminary interviews, she then asked the community to meet her in the town market to help draw a map of the village. About two dozen people showed up. "I don't do anything," she explains. "I just ask questions. And then they draw it."
Using sticks in the dirt, the residents roughed out houses, roads, bat roosts. The shape of the outbreak gradually emerged. Soon, the villagers began sketching in date palm trees.
"This is the first time the people informed me," Sultana says, of multiple date palm trees and "a sap harvester in this community."
She hadn't seen the date palm trees on the drive in. But staring back at her from the dirt was the possible link between how the fruit bats had passed Nipah into this community. In particular, when the bats drank the sap, the researchers suspected that Nipah could have moved from their saliva or urine into the sap stream, contaminating the sweet liquid. So someone who drank that sap would be in danger of becoming infected.
Sultana and her colleagues tracked down the sap harvester. And he led them to some friends of the guy who was patient zero for this outbreak.
"They said 'we all used to drink raw sap in the morning,'" she says. This was Sultana's aha moment — that patient zero had drunk raw sap before falling ill. She says this helped the researchers trace a line between the bats, the sap and the outbreaks. "It's a long journey," she admits. This journey included work over the next few years where researchers took infrared cameras and caught the bats (among other creatures, including rats, bugs and owls) at night drinking from the same stream of sap that people were harvesting.
Eventually, the government had enough evidence to launch a campaign against the drinking of raw sap. However, it was a lot to ask people to set aside something that had been a cultural practice for hundreds of years. So despite the warnings, people continued to drink the sap.
Ausraful Islam, a veterinarian and infectious disease specialist at the icddr,b, explains that the consumption of raw date palm sap "is not something you can control. You cannot send police to every house, every village to stop them drinking it. It is not possible."
Sultana and her team developed an alternative messaging campaign to promote "safe sap." They helped produce a couple of TV docudramas in which the actors explain how to collect the sap safely — by putting a protective skirt (called a "bana") around the part of the tree with the tap, which keeps the bats out. But people don't always do it. So not every tree is protected. And the spillovers of Nipah virus from bats to people have continued.
Two tricks are the key to Nipah's persistence
It has been 20 years since the harrowing, practically yearly outbreaks started rocking Bangladesh, claiming more than 200 lives to date. And still there's no treatment for Nipah. There's no vaccine. It remains on the World Health Organization's list of viruses with pandemic potential. That's because it has two main tricks.
First, it can jump between species. "We've shown cattle, goats, pigs, cats, dogs can all get infected with Nipah and have been infected with Nipah in Bangladesh," says Gurley. "We don't know how." Perhaps, she says, it's through sap or dropped fruit. Or for pigs and carnivores, it may be through scavenging bat carcasses or placentas. "We're starting a new study to try to figure this out," Gurley says.
The second trick is that Nipah spreads from person to person. So far, Nipah doesn't do a particularly good job of that because the virus tends to kill its host. That means that despite these nearly yearly outbreaks in Bangladesh (with a larger one every four or five years), each has fizzled relatively fast. But each time Nipah makes that leap from bat to person, it gets another chance to find the right combination of mutations to become more transmissible, which could propel it into the realm of a deadly pandemic.
"If we want to contain the virus," says Islam, "we have to understand the virus."
That's why, at 3 a.m. on a cold December morning, Islam stops at the edge of a forest and looks up into the sky, some four stories above the ground, where a 70-foot net stretches between two mahogany trees. He's out here early "because the bats will start coming back from foraging after 3, so this is the best time to catch them," he says.
Early December marks the beginning of what's notoriously known as Nipah season: the four months when the virus is most likely to show up in people. This is when the date palm sap is flowing.
Every month, Islam brings a team out near Faridpur to capture bats. This place is nestled inside the "Nipah Belt," the chunk of central and northwest Bangladesh where — in the words of local physician Dr. Abu Faisal Md Pervez — the virus is synonymous with "death."
The answer isn't getting rid of the bats. Islam has enormous respect for the animals and their importance to the local ecosystem.
Rather, years of studying and sampling thousands of greater Indian fruit bats out here have shown that most of them carry Nipah virus. However, fewer than 1% of them actually release it into the environment. Islam is trying to work out why that is — what's prompting those few animals to shed it.
Most likely, it's connected to some kind of stress the bats are facing. "Is it lack of food?" he wonders. "Is it pregnancy stress? Is it lack of habitat?"
And knowing the answers to those questions could help Islam and his colleagues figure out what action to take to keep Nipah from finding its way into people in the first place.
On and off over the past 15 or so years, Islam and his team have analyzed which strains of the virus are circulating and — in so far small and unconcerning ways — how it's evolving. One of Islam's colleagues, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, who heads up the One Health Laboratory at icddr,b, says this is the information they need to ultimately conquer the virus. And yet, "we are at the very earliest stages of preparing ourselves to combat Nipah," he confesses.
Nabbing bats and pondering a glass of date sap
The coming dawn is full of sound. Multiple calls to morning prayer from nearby mosques envelop the small research team. Jackals cackle. And birds flute.
Finally, about an hour before daybreak, a female bat is caught in the net. The team brings her down to earth and untangles her with care. She's big — an adult's wingspan easily reaches 3 feet. Her body is brown and furry. The wings are deep black, like a silky, papery fabric. Islam points out her big eyes, like two orbs of amber staring back.
"If it gets the chance," Islam cautions, "it will bite you, like, 10, 15 times. They're very bite-y." To avoid such an outcome, the team has the bat well restrained. The researcher whose hand is in the most vulnerable position has protected himself with a thick glove.
The team finishes untangling the bat and places her in a cotton bag. For now, the bag hangs from a line strung between two trees. It's possible to just make out the contorting and wriggling bat inside.
The researchers nab one more bat, then call it quits. It's getting too light, and any remaining bats will easily spot and avoid the net. They'll transport the animals to a local one-room lab, but not in a van. "Sometimes bats urinate on themselves to mark them," Islam explains. "So if you carry it in the van, the whole van will be stinking."
So they put the bats into a little three-wheeled car and ferry them to the lab some 20 minutes away, where they'll take blood and urine samples. When they're done, they'll release the two bats.
On the drive to the lab, Islam makes a pit stop at a village with a household that's harvesting date palm sap. "It is possible that they will offer you a glass of sap," he remarks to the group. "Please gently deny it, OK?"
When Islam arrives, he walks up to a huge metal tray over a fire. The air is sugary. Gallons of caramel-colored sap are at a rolling boil. It's thickening into molasses.
"It's really sweet," says Muhammad Seraj Khan, the 74-year-old property owner. "It gets sold all around the village. People will buy it to make household sweets and cakes."
The molasses, says Islam, is harmless — any virus gets cooked away. But that's not the case with raw sap. Still, the villagers like to down glasses of the traditional delicacy when they have the chance. And before Islam leaves, Khan offers some of the raw sap.
And there it is — a slightly cloudy liquid. A delicacy and possible poison all at once, because you never know if that invisible menace is lurking within the sweetness.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a decision by high-end retail giant Whole Foods to stop selling Maine lobster.
Whole Foods recently said that it will stop selling lobster from the Gulf of Maine at hundreds of its stores around the country. The company cited decisions by a pair of sustainability organizations to take away their endorsements of the U.S. lobster fishing industry.
The organizations, Marine Stewardship Council and Seafood Watch, both cited concerns about risks to rare North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear. Entanglement in gear is one of the biggest threats to the whales.
The decision by Whole Foods was an “important action to protect the highly endangered” whale, said Virginia Carter, an associate with the Save America’s Wildlife Campaign at Environment America Research & Policy Center.
“With fewer than 340 North Atlantic right whales in existence, the species is swimming toward extinction unless things turn around,” Carter said.
Whole Foods said in a statement last week that it’s monitoring the situation and “committed to working with suppliers, fisheries, and environmental advocacy groups as it develops.”
The company’s decision to stop selling lobster drew immediate criticism in Maine, which is home to the U.S.’s largest lobster fishing industry. The state’s Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, and its four-member congressional delegation said in a statement that Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to suspend its certification of Gulf of Maine lobster came despite years of stewardship and protection of whales by Maine fishermen.
“Despite this, the Marine Stewardship Council, with retailers following suit, wrongly and blindly decided to follow the recommendations of misguided environmental groups rather than science,” Mills and the delegation said.
Whole Foods was not the first retailer to take lobster off the menu over sustainability concerns. HelloFresh, the meal kit company, was among numerous retailers to pledge to stop selling lobster in September after California-based Seafood Watch placed American and Canadian lobster fisheries on its “red list” of seafoods to avoid. | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/whole-foods-decision-to-pull-lobster-divides-environmentalists-politicians/ | 2022-11-27 18:56:56 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/business/whole-foods-decision-to-pull-lobster-divides-environmentalists-politicians/ |
True crime aficionado and podcaster Ashley Flowers understands that small towns harbor secrets and that most of the people inhabiting those towns hide secrets of their own. Over time, however, tightly held secrets tend to dry up, turn to dust and scatter to the distant corners of the locals’ diminishing collective memory, thus freeing them to resume their day-to-day, carefree lives.
But what happens if one of the townspeople can’t forget? Can’t let go? Stirs up the past? Seeks the truth?
These are the twists that drive Flowers’ recently released debut novel, “All Good People Here.” Set in the small town of Wakarusa in Elkhart County, the mystery/crime story unfolds in alternating flashbacks to 1994 and flashforwards to 2019.
The flashbacks reveal insights into the unsolved murder of Wakarusa’s 6-year-old darling, January Jacobs, a gifted dancer-performer far more glamorous and mature than her tender years should have allowed. At the heart of the flashforwards is January’s best friend, Margot Davies, now a 31-year-old crime-beat reporter for a major Indianapolis newspaper.
Margot has recently returned to Wakarusa to care for her beloved, ailing uncle but is soon reporting on breaking news concerning the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl from nearby Nappanee. Margot quickly finds similarities between the two girls and begins asking questions: What really happened? Were the cases related? And was January’s mother, father or twin brother at the root?
Margot’s suspicions flare as many of the town’s good people, her uncle among them, seem to be hiding something.
Flowers is an accomplished true crime storyteller and writes with authenticity obviously informed by her podcasting background. She masterfully captures the essence of the veil of fog that hangs over a community after the life of one of its own, particularly an innocent child, has been mysteriously stolen. That noted, however, parts of the story she tells may leave readers wanting more.
Throughout the book, scenarios arise offering promising clues, while other situations contain revelations that could be the long-sought resolution.
Still, a number of the expectations fall flat, exactly as they often do in real-life criminal investigations.
In my own effort to document the 1965 unsolved murder of my high school classmate, I lacked a defining ending for the story. The killer’s secrets were likely too deeply buried to ever be uncovered. Such may be the reason for Flowers’ ambiguous conclusion of “All Good People Here.” Sometimes the truth is knowable to only the victim and the killer, and sometimes they both take the truth to their graves.
“All Good People Here” is a page-turner and an exciting introduction to Ashley Flowers’ promise as a mystery/crime author.
Janis Thornton is a Hoosier author of nine books. Thornton’s works include two true-crime books – “Too Good a Girl,” about the unsolved murder of her high school classmate, and “No Place Like Murder,” a collection of 20 historic Indiana crime stories. Her review is presented courtesy of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards and Indiana Humanities. | https://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/books/northern-indiana-offers-backdrop-for-multi-decade-murder-mystery/article_b76d07c0-a71d-11ed-b1f9-e73e1231cf8b.html | 2023-02-11 06:16:20 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/books/northern-indiana-offers-backdrop-for-multi-decade-murder-mystery/article_b76d07c0-a71d-11ed-b1f9-e73e1231cf8b.html |
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A fire broke out deep in a gold mine in southern Peru and killed at least 27 workers during an overnight shift, Peruvian authorities reported.
The Yanaquihua mining company said in a statement that 175 workers had been safely evacuated after the accident, which happened late Friday or early Saturday. It said the 27 dead worked for a contractor that specializes in mining.
Government officials said the cause of the fire was under investigation. Some news reports said preliminary investigations indicated an explosion might have been set off by a short circuit in a part of the mine about 100 meters (330 feet) below the surface.
Relatives of the victims were brought by buses to the mine in Yanaquihua in the Arequipa region, where they were briefed by security agents. Some sat in front of posters at the entrance to the mine to wait for the bodies of their loved ones.
Marcelina Aguirre said her husband was among the dead. She said he had told her there were risks at the mine.
“We are very worried, very sad we are, to lose a husband, leaving two abandoned children,” she said.
The Public Ministry of Arequipa’s Fiscal District said investigators were working to clarify what happened. “During the investigation, the Prosecutor’s Office will determine the cause of the tragic event and the responsibilities of those involved,” its statement said. | https://phl17.com/news/ap-top-headlines/fire-in-gold-mine-kills-at-least-27-peruvian-officials-say/ | 2023-05-08 13:18:01 | 1 | https://phl17.com/news/ap-top-headlines/fire-in-gold-mine-kills-at-least-27-peruvian-officials-say/ |
Unstoppable positive attitude leads to Rap J's first live performance
If you put a glass ceiling above Jaquawn Gatson, he believes he will break through it.
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Gatson always knew he would need to pave his own path. Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture.
But this condition is only a page in the book of Gatson’s life. What really defines Gatson is his love and passion for music — most of all, sharing his music and message with the world.
“When we struggle, we think that we have to do it alone,” Gatson said, “we don’t.”
Gatson began freestyling hip-hop music at age 6 and has created ever since. He has recorded and produce songs on SoundCloud, YouTube and Spotify under the name Rap J, which was born out of a summer tradition. Gatson and his aunt often watched the television show “Rap City” together, and he decided to create a stage name inspired by it.
Gatson’s trademark is hope; his music is laced with resilience. Lyrics from his song “Burden No More” assert “even when you don’t know how, just keep on believing.”
“(Music) is a voice to connect to the world,” said Gatson. He noted that he has always felt energized by music, but his drive has only grown as time has passed and he has gained more experience.
June 10 marks a milestone in Gatson’s musical journey; for the first time, he will perform live, in a show at 8 p.m. that night at Shank Hall. While Rap J has released two full albums, “Born Ready” (2020) and “Unstoppable” (2022), his biggest wish has always been to make his mark on the stage.
With musical inspirations such as Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson, Gatson feels confident that he knows a thing or two about stage presence. But the path for Gatson to pursue his dreams has not always been an easy one.
“I would send emails and emails and people would just tell me that I did not have a big enough fan base and not enough people would show up,” Gatson said.
It became clear to Gatson that some people just were not willing to see past his condition. But he did not allow that to make him feel inferior.
When asked what Gatson would say to those people who may doubt his capabilities, he said that “labels and stereotypes are made to be broken.”
Gatson discussed how he would often be met with rejection when he reached out to representatives of music venues in Milwaukee and asked for a chance to perform. But that changed when his offer to perform at Shank Hall was accepted.
Peter Jest, the longtime owner of Shank Hall, spoke about how touching it was to hear Gatson’s story and give him this opportunity.
Jest mentioned that Gatson was so positive, enthusiastic and inspiring in his love for music.
“You meet him, and you just want to hug him,” said Jest. “He’s so nice and appreciative.”
The sentiment was not one-sided as Gatson echoed his admiration for Jest.
“You never forget the first person who takes a chance on you,” Gatson said.
If you go
Rap J will perform at 8 p.m. June 10 at Shank Hall, 1434 N. Farwell Ave. For ticket info, visit shankhall.com. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/09/passion-for-music-drives-rap-j-a-hip-hop-performer-with-cerebral-palsy/70301175007/ | 2023-06-09 11:07:16 | 1 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/06/09/passion-for-music-drives-rap-j-a-hip-hop-performer-with-cerebral-palsy/70301175007/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of New York Times journalists and other staff walked off the job for 24 hours Thursday, frustrated by contract negotiations that have dragged on for months in the newspaper’s biggest labor dispute in more than 40 years.
Reporters, editors, photographers and other employees planned a rally outside the Times’ offices, while the newspaper relied on international staff and other non-union journalists to deliver content to its more than 9 million subscribers in the U.S. and other countries.
The strike’s supporters include members of the fast-paced live news desk, which covers breaking news for the digital publication. The live desk was operating Thursday, focusing on the U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner’s release from Russian prison as part of a prisoner exchange.
In an email to the newsroom, Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn said Thursday’s report would be “robust” but that producing it “will be harder than usual,” the newspaper reported in its own story on the strike.
More than 1,000 union members had pledged last week to strike starting at 12:01 a.m. Thursday unless a deal could be reached to replace a contract that expired in March 2021. The two sides negotiated until Wednesday evening but remained far apart on issues including wages, remote work policies and the company’s employee evaluation system, which the union says is vulnerable to racial bias.
The NewsGuild said via Twitter that “management walked away from the table with five hours to go” before the planned strike.
“It’s never an easy decision to refuse to do work you love, but our members are willing to do what it takes to win a better newsroom for all,” The NewsGuild tweeted. “We know what we’re worth.”
New York Times spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha said in a statement that the sides were still in negotiations when the company was told that the strike was happening.
“It is disappointing that they are taking such an extreme action when we are not at an impasse,” she said.
The NewsGuild has argued that employees deserve better compensation for their roles in helping The New York Times become a success story in the long-beleaguered news industry.
The Times, which has grown its subscriber based in recent years, projected an adjusted operating profit of between $320 million and $330 million for 2022 in its most recent earnings report. However, Times Chief Executive Meredith Kopit Levien said in a companywide email that profits are still not what they were a decade ago, the Times reported.
The strike comes as other U.S. media companies including CNN and the digital media outlet BuzzFeed have cut staff, citing difficult economic conditions and a pull-back in advertising.
In a note sent to guild-represented staff Tuesday night, Deputy Managing Editor Cliff Levy called the planned strike “puzzling” and “an unsettling moment in negotiations over a new contract.” He said it would be the first strike by the bargaining unit since 1981 and “comes despite intensifying efforts by the company to make progress.”
The New York Times has seen shorter walkouts in recent years, including a half-day protest in August by a new union representing technology workers who claimed unfair labor practices. The last strike that stopped the newspaper’s publication was in 1978 and lasted 88 days.
In one breakthrough that both sides called significant, the company backed off its proposal to replace the existing adjustable pension plan with an enhanced 401(k) retirement plan. The Times offered instead to let the union choose between the two. The company also agreed to expand fertility treatment benefits.
Levy said the company has also offered to raise wages by 5.5% upon ratification of the contract, followed by 3% increases in 2023 and 2024. That would be an increase from the 2.2% annual increases in the expired contract.
Stacy Cowley, a finance reporter and union representative, said the union is seeking 10% pay raises at ratification, which she said would make up for raises not received over the past two years. The union also wants 5.5% raises in 2023 and 2024.
She also said the union wants the contract to guarantee employees the option to work remotely some of the time if their roles allow for it, but the company wants the right to recall workers to the office full time. Cowley said the Times has required its staff to be in office three days a week, but many have been showing up less often in an informal protest.
Journalists with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, meanwhile, are in their second week of a strike over contract negotiations about pay and other policies. The paper was one of several in Texas that saw its staff form a union amid a recent rise in labor organizing.
The Fort Worth NewsGuild announced the strike last Monday, saying the paper’s parent company, McClatchy, refused to bargain in good faith. Steve Coffman, executive editor of the Star-Telegram, said the company is bargaining in good faith and looks forward to reaching an agreement.
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Associated Press Writers Jake Bleiberg in Dallas and Deepti Hajela in New York contributed to this story. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/business/ap-new-york-times-braces-for-24-hour-newsroom-strike/ | 2022-12-08 19:37:03 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/business/ap-new-york-times-braces-for-24-hour-newsroom-strike/ |
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Published: Jun. 13, 2023 at 2:09 PM EDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is confirming that there was a plane crash in Placida, Fla. Tuesday afternoon.
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives from The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) will discuss the company's business strategies at the 30th annual Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Jason Combs, chief financial officer, and Rebecca Riegelsberger, treasurer and vice president of tax, will meet with investors Tuesday, Sept. 20 and Wednesday, Sept. 21. Their presentation is scheduled for 8 a.m. Pacific time Sept. 21.
Live audio of the presentation will be available from 8 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. Eastern time) on Sept. 21. To listen, visit www.scripps.com and click on "investor information." A replay will be available under "audio/video links" for approximately 90 days.
The conference takes place at The Phoenician. Registration is required.
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The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation's largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery, Laff and TrueReal. Scripps is the nation's largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way."
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A Texas man pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a romance scam that bilked a Missouri woman out of $1.2 million, federal prosecutors said.
Rotimi Oladimeji, 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud.
As part of his plea, Oladimeji admitted that he and others persuaded a St. Louis woman to send money to a man she was communicating with online who claimed to be a Belgian national living in St. Louis.
The scammers claimed the man needed money because he was not being allowed to leave the United Arab Emirates, where he had gone for a business deal.
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The victim sent or attempted to send $931,000 to her scammers, prosecutors said. She also sent about $314,000 to two men in Texas who were given the funds in exchange for a cut of the money, according to the plea.
Homeland Security agents who stopped Oladimeji in Atlanta in February 2021 found text messages between him and the victim on his phones.
Oladimeji is scheduled to be sentenced in March 23.
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It’s the shortest of the 11 questions on the ballot for Baltimore voters to consider this fall, and it’s leaving some of them scratching their heads to figure out what it’s about.
“Question H is for the purpose of establishing a Baltimore City Police Department, the head of which is the Police Commissioner.”
No, it’s not about “re-funding” or “defunding” the police. It’s not about Baltimore’s federal consent decree to improve its police department, either.
The city of Baltimore, of course, already has a police department, and a police commissioner already leads it.
The question on the ballot is about control of the department, which has for more than 160 years been overseen by the state. In 1860, state lawmakers wrested control from the city in hopes of quelling deadly political street fighting under the reign of the Know-Nothing Party.
The General Assembly last year cleared the way for the issue to appear on city ballots, so now voters are being asked if they would like to take control back. If voters ratify the change to the city’s charter, City Hall could take control of the department as early as Jan. 1.
So why is the referendum worded the way it is? That was deliberate, said Dana Moore, one of two co-chairs of the city’s Local Control Advisory Board. The 18-member board has been meeting for the last year to discuss how the city law department should write the ballot question and the details of what local control would mean.
While the department has long existed, it is not recognized in the charter in the way other city agencies are, said Moore, the city’s chief equity officer. The board, with input from the law office, the city Department of Legislative Reference and Democratic City Council President Nick Mosby’s office, concluded the ballot question needed to stick to the basics and simply seek to establish the department as a city agency, Moore said.
“That language aligns with language that is already in the charter with other agencies,” Moore said. “We kept it really, really simple so we could ask the voters whether they want this as a city agency or not.”
That language might be clear if you’re a student of the charter and are familiar with the state’s very particular legislation that allowed the ballot question, said Democratic Councilman Ryan Dorsey, who has used social media to urge people to vote yes on Question H.
However, most people will find it confusing, he said. Dorsey said including some context in the question would have helped significantly.
[ 2022 Baltimore Sun Voter Guide: Ballot questions ]
But he’s not worried about the ballot question failing. Voters who are active and planning to participate in the election are also likely to be aware enough to figure out the question’s intent, he said.
“I expect it to pass, but if by some chance it doesn’t, I fully expect people to blame the poor wording of the question,” Dorsey said.
History suggests the issue is likely to be approved. In the last two decades, Baltimore voters have considered hundreds of ballot questions and rejected only one — a proposal to lower the minimum age to run for City Council.
The push to reestablish local control of police in Baltimore has been decades in the making. While Baltimore taxpayers have remained responsible for funding the department, it took until 1976 for the state to return the right to pick the city’s police commissioner.
Black leaders in the city had lobbied intensely to give the mayor the authority to nominate a commissioner for the council’s approval and to fire him (all have been men so far) when necessary. They argued the agency was in urgent need of reform and was unresponsive to community demands.
Calls for further changes in policing and oversight of law enforcement were renewed following the fatal injury that Freddie Gray suffered in city police custody in 2015 and after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in 2020.
Without local control, Baltimore’s mayor and City Council have lacked the clear authority to directly require specific changes on issues such as disciplinary polices, whether officers should have to live in the city they patrol and what technology can be used.
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Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott championed the issue of local control when he was on City Council. He drafted and lobbied for the legislation the state legislature passed overwhelmingly in 2021 to get the issue on the 2022 ballot in the city.
Moore conceded that the question’s wording could confuse voters, which is part of why the board has undertaken a campaign to educate voters on the referendum. Several meetings were scheduled for this week, and another will be held Oct. 20 at Morgan State University.
Ashiah Parker, head of the No Boundaries Coalition and a co-chair of the Local Control Advisory Board, said her organization and many others represented on the board have also been doing outreach to make sure voters understand the reasons for wanting to move to local control.
“As we work toward lower crime and safer neighborhoods, we’re letting residents of Baltimore City know that this could be one of the first steps of many ... in making sure the police department is functioning in a constitutional way and just ensuring we can govern our city in a safe way,” Parker said.
A ballot issue committee, headed by local control board member Ray Kelly, registered with the state election board as the Committee for Local Control to support the measure. A campaign finance report filed by the committee in September showed no money raised or spent advocating for the issue.
Moore said she feels confident voters will approve the measure.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has long struggled to neatly summarize his sprawling economic vision.
It’s been hard for voters to digest the mix of roads-and-bridges spending, tax hikes on big companies, tax credits for parents, tax breaks for renewable energy, grants to build computer chip factories, insulin price caps and slogans like “Build Back Better.”
And that barely covers the full breadth of what the administration is doing and trying to do.
Last week, the president gave a speech on “Bidenomics” in hopes that the term will lodge in voters’ minds ahead of the 2024 elections. But what is Bidenomics? Let’s just say the White House definition is different from the Republican one — evidence that catchphrases can be double-edged.
Biden says his economic philosophy is the opposite of a Republican approach that favors broad tax cuts to spur growth. He sees the government as using the tax code in a more targeted fashion and fashioning other programs to foster investment in new technologies, create jobs and boost upward mobility. He wants to do more to educate workers and foster competition within the U.S. economy in hopes of reducing prices.
“I came into office determined to change the economic direction of this country, to move from trickle-down economics to what everyone in The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times began to call ‘Bidenomics,’” the president said. “I didn’t come up with the name. I really didn’t.”
But to Republicans, “Bidenomics” is a slur they can deploy. It’s a philosophy of government spending and anti-oil policies that they say fueled a spike in inflation last summer to a four-decade high. High prices have left U.S. adults deeply pessimistic about the economy, with just 34% approving of Biden’s leadership on the issue, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.
Based on follow-up interviews with poll respondents, they’re far more aware of gasoline and grocery store prices than the details of Biden’s policies. When asked over the course of multiple polls, a few could cite the bipartisan infrastructure package that Biden signed into law. But the Inflation Reduction Act as well as the CHIPS and Science Act have yet to fully surface on the public radar, despite outreach by the administration and news coverage.
GOP lawmakers were faster to embrace the catch-term than the president.
“Instead of priming the pump, Bidenomics has emptied the tank,” future House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a 2021 floor speech. “From inflation to gas lines, the American economy today looks more like it did in 1979 than 2019.”
In case you’re wondering, McCarthy’s 1979 dig refers to high prices under then President Jimmy Carter, who in the 1980 election was bested by Republican Ronald Reagan.
A White House official, insisting on anonymity, said the term Bidenomics was not poll-tested.
The administration says it came from media reports, with The New York Times, National Public Radio, Bloomberg News, The Economist, and even AP using it in reports before the president took the oath of office.
Nor is the phrasing all that novel. Commentators have given the American public the portmanteau words Nixonomics, Carternomics, Reaganomics, Clintonomics, Bushonomics, Obamanomics. When the conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore wrote a book to describe the policies of then President Donald Trump, they entitled it “Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy.”
President Gerald Ford went with “Whip Inflation Now,” or WIN, in the mid-1970s. Ford’s push had a bit more fanfare than the Bidenomics launch did with the president’s speech this past week at the Old Chicago Main Post Office.
For Ford’s effort, Meredith Willson — famous for writing the musical “The Music Man” — crafted a song entitled ”WIN!” In 1974, The New York Times published the lyrics: “Win! Win! Win! We’ll win together, Win together, that’s, the true American way, today. Who needs inflation? Not this nation.”
But, of course, Biden is trying to offer the country a doctrine rather than a jingle.
Democratic strategist Jesse Ferguson said the president wants to show the voters that he has plans and solutions for their troubles, not that he’s necessarily fixed everything.
“For 40 years people have been clamoring for an approach to the economy that puts working people at the center instead of prioritizing the wealthy and that’s what he’s delivering on,” Ferguson said. “So the story that he can tell is a different approach to the economy and the proof is in the pudding. It’s also so core to who he is. People believe he’s the guy who’d make the economy work as hard for working people as working people work for the economy.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hindenburg Research, the financial research firm with an explosive name and a track record of sending the stock prices of its targets tumbling, is taking on one of the world’s richest men.
Hindenburg is back in the headlines after last week accusing Indian conglomerate Adani Group of “a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme.” It cited two years of research, including talks with former Adani senior executives and reviews of thousands of documents.
The Adani Group has blasted the accusations, calling them “a malicious combination of selective misinformation and stale, baseless and discredited allegations that have been tested and rejected by India’s highest courts.”
Nevertheless, Hindenburg’s scorching allegations have caused the fortune of Adani Group’s founder, Gautam Adani, to slide by more than $34 billion in just a week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires index. Here’s a look at the firm behind all the movement:
WHAT IS IT?
Hindenburg says it specializes in “forensic financial research.” In layman’s terms, it looks for corruption or fraud in the business world, such as accounting irregularities and bad actors in management.
WHERE DID ITS NAME COME FROM?
The firm says it sees the Hindenburg, the airship that famously caught fire in the 1930s to the cry of “Oh, the humanity,” as the “epitome of a totally man-made, totally avoidable disaster.” It says it looks for similar disasters in financial markets “before they lure in more unsuspecting victims.”
WHO ELSE HAS HINDENBURG GONE AFTER?
It’s perhaps most famous for a 2020 report on Nikola, a company in the electric-vehicle industry whose founder Hindenburg said made misleading claims to ink partnerships with top auto companies hungry to catch up to Tesla.
Among its allegations, Hindenburg accused Nikola of staging a video to calm skepticism about its truck, one that showed the vehicle cruising on a road. Hindenburg said the video was actually just showing the truck rolling down a hill after getting towed to the top.
WHAT HAS COME OF SUCH ACCUSATIONS?
For Nikola, quick scrutiny from the government and investors.
The company and its founder, Trevor Milton, received grand jury subpoenas from the U.S Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York and the N.Y. County District Attorney’s Office shortly after Hindenburg released its report.
The Securities and Exchange Commission also soon issued subpoenas to Nikola’s directors.
Milton was convicted this past October of charges he deceived investors with exaggerated claims about his company’s progress in producing zero-emission 18-wheel trucks fueled by electricity or hydrogen.
And Nikola in late 2021 agreed to pay $125 million to settle SEC charges that it defrauded investors by misleading them about its products, technical advancements, and commercial prospects.
WHAT DOES HINDENBURG GET OUT OF THIS?
It can make money. In its Adani report, it said that it had taken a “short position in Adani Group Companies” through bonds that trade in the U.S. and other investments that trade outside India.
It has made similar “short” bets against other companies it published unflattering reports on. A “short” trade is a way for someone to make money if an investment’s price falls. Afterward, if the price of a company’s stock or bonds falls because of the negative attention from the report, Hindenburg can profit.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vial continues to expand its scientific advisory board with new member Dr. Paul Karpecki, who will act as a consultant to Vial's Ophthalmology CRO. Dr. Karpecki is the Medical Director of Keplr Vision and Faculty Associate Professor at the University of Pikeville, Kentucky, College of Optometry.
Dr. Karpecki has over 20 years of experience as a thought leader and pioneer in ophthalmology and over two decades of experience running some of the largest dedicated corneal health and dry eye research clinics in the U.S.
"Dr. Karpecki is one of the most influential optometry physicians. His insights and contributions to Vial's Ophthalmology CRO will lead to more efficient clinical trials with higher-quality results," said Simon Burns, Co-Founder and CEO of Vial.
Vial's CRO Advisory Board has rapidly expanded and continues to pull in experts across therapeutic areas, including ophthalmology. Vial's unique approach to leveraging experience from scientific advisors has helped develop a deep insider's view of the pain points of running clinical trials. Vial's ophthalmology CRO distinguishes itself by utilizing digital technology, an extensive site network, an advisory board, and a proven enrollment playbook to streamline processes. Vial's tech-enabled CRO provides novel clinical trial management services that deliver diverse enrollment, automated processes, and more accurate data for higher-quality trial results.
"I have a deep commitment to innovation which is why I find it rewarding to partner with startups eager for new and modern approaches. I enjoy collaborating with mission-driven companies like Vial to bring new technologies and treatments to the ophthalmic space," said Dr. Karpecki on being an advisor to Vial's ophthalmology CRO.
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About Vial: Vial is a tech-enabled, next-generation CRO that promises faster and higher-quality execution of trials. The Vial Contract Research Organization (CRO) delivers on the promise of faster trials through its innovative technology platform that powers trials end-to-end from site startup to database lock. The key to Vial's tech-enabled platform is Vial's modern, intuitive Electronic Source and powerful tooling for CRAs that enables considerable efficiencies. Vial operates across multiple Therapeutic Areas (Dermatology CRO, Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, and Neurology CRO). Vial is a San Francisco, California-based company with over 125 employees and has run over 750 trials from Phase I through Phase IV.
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose $3.01 to $77.94 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for January delivery fell $2.95 to $85.41 a barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for December delivery fell 7 cents to $2.47 a gallon. December heating oil fell 11 cents to $3.36 a gallon. December natural gas rose 53 cents to $7.31 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold for December delivery rose $5.70 to $1,745.60 an ounce. Silver for December delivery rose 32 cents $21.37 an ounce and December copper rose 1 cent to $3.62 a pound.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation of the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and the events leading up to the U.S. Capitol insurrection is raising questions about former President Donald Trump’s role and whether he committed crimes.
The various schemes and talking points that witnesses have revealed also highlight what a president has the authority to do.
Government and legal experts say the bigger question is: Can further limits be put on presidential authority to make sure there are no repeats of 2020 in future administrations?
WHAT LAWS FORM THE BASIS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL POWERS IN QUESTION?
There are two primary ones: the Insurrection Act, first enacted in 1792, and the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
The Insurrection Act is a long-standing presidential power that gives the president wide latitude to use military forces to stop a rebellion or domestic violence. The act allows the use of military forces, which are normally barred by the Posse Comitatus Act from joining in civilian law enforcement actions.
Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the liberty and national security program at the Brennan Center for Justice, said the insurrection “in my opinion” could have been the catalyst for the president to invoke the act and bring in the military to escort congressional lawmakers out of the proceedings for their safety. “That doesn’t mean Donald Trump would have been the president, but it would have thrown a wrench in the works," she said.
Under the NEA, dozens of statutory authorities become available to any president when national emergencies are declared. They include everything from severe weather responses to civil disorder. Congress can vote to terminate the declaration, but if the president vetoes, a two-thirds supermajority is required to overcome the veto.
“The statute itself doesn't say what an emergency is. It leaves it up to the president,” said Chris Edelson, assistant professor of government at American University. “That means an unscrupulous president can use it" for ill purposes. It is up to Congress to rein in the president, he said.
WHAT ISSUES WERE RAISED AT THE LAST HEARING?
In the most recent hearing, former White House counsel Pat Cipillone discussed a rancorous meeting in which Trump's outside legal team brought a draft executive order to seize the states’ voting machines. In his testimony Cipollone said the plan was a terrible idea. It had been floated before.
“You can't preemptively seize voting machines. If there was a reason to do so, you need a court order,” Edelson said.
At the same meeting, there were a range of theories pushed, including invoking martial law. It was an idea Trump adviser Michael Flynn had floated before, along with seizing the voting machines.
WHAT ABOUT MARTIAL LAW?
Under the Insurrection Act the president can call on the military in certain circumstances, but they are intended to support civilian law enforcement. One example was the use of the military during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Under martial law the military takes over the function of the civilian government.
Martial law, said Goitein, “gives me nightmares" because the law is unsettled. “The whole concept of martial law, there's not even an agreed upon definition of what it is," she said.
ARE THERE GUARDRAILS TO PREVENT FUTURE PRESIDENTS FROM ABUSING POWER?
The House passed the Protecting Our Democracy bill last year and sent it to the Senate. The legislation would prevent presidents from pardoning themselves, strengthen reporting requirements for campaigns, and clarify and enhance criminal penalties for campaigns that accept foreign information sought or obtained for political advantage.
The Senate has taken no action on the proposal. Without congressional action, the questions over presidential power and its expansiveness remain open. "The Constitution assumes that checks and balances work. If the president goes too far, Congress will rein him in,” said Edelman.
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Climate anxiety and climate-related trauma are mental health concerns rooted in real experiences, such as natural disasters, and existential worry for the future.
Roughly half of young people—those who will inherit the consequences of climate change complacency and live through the most severe effects of extreme weather—report that climate change negatively affects their daily lives, according to a global survey of 10,000 people between the ages of 16 and 25. The majority of respondents said that in the context of climate change, they are frightened of the years ahead.
This concern is prevalent in the United States as well, with more than half of Americans stating climate change is the single most important issue facing society today. Large swaths of the U.S. are facing climate-related flood risks due to rising sea and freshwater levels and increased rainfall. Roughly 80% of the country is experiencing unusually dry conditions, most notably the Western U.S., which has been gripped by a megadrought. Cities are getting hotter, while wildfires are growing in frequency and intensity. At present, virtually every bit of the U.S. is impacted by climate change.
And yet, most people have done little, or nothing at all, to change their behavior to mitigate their own impact on the environment. When facing a problem so extensive, it can be overwhelming even to attempt to find a manageable solution. But starting small—and starting at all, really—is one of the most important things you can do.
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Three years after writer E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump for defamation in New York, the former president is scheduled to submit to a sworn deposition Wednesday. It is expected to take place at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s residence and private club in Florida.
What is the case about?
Carroll, in a 2019 book and excerpt in New York Magazine, accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s at department store Bergdorf Goodman. She said that he pushed her against a dressing room wall, pulled down her tights, opened his pants and forced himself upon her.
Trump said that he had never met Carroll, that she was “totally lying” and that she was not his “type.”
In her suit, Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, said Trump’s statements had harmed her reputation.
Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, last month asked Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of U.S. District Court in Manhattan to delay the deposition while a key question about the suit was considered on appeal. Habba argued that if her client won that appeal, there would be no need for a deposition. Kaplan denied the request Oct. 12, finding that Trump had litigated the case “with the effect and probably the purpose of delaying it.” The trial is scheduled for Feb. 6.
Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, declined to comment on the deposition. Habba did not respond to a request for comment.
What position is Trump likely to take?
Habba, in unsuccessfully seeking to postpone the deposition, wrote to Kaplan that her client was nonetheless “ready and eager to sit” for questioning.
Trump has made it clear he has not changed his public position on Carroll’s allegations.
After Kaplan denied Trump’s request to delay, Trump blasted Carroll in a lengthy social media post, repeating the kind of statements that had prompted her to sue in the first place.
“This ‘Ms. Bergdorf Goodman’ case is a complete con job,” Trump said in his statement. He said Carroll was not telling the truth, that he did not know her — and that she was not his type: “While I am not supposed to say it, I will.”
Carroll’s lawyers said through a spokesperson that Trump’s statement “obviously does not merit a response.”
Will the public see Trump’s deposition?
The court has imposed a routine order that would allow Trump and Carroll to keep their depositions confidential throughout the pretrial discovery process. It is not known whether Trump will ask that his deposition be treated as confidential.
Will the defamation case be short-circuited?
After Carroll sued in state court in Manhattan in 2019, the Justice Department, then led by Attorney General William Barr, abruptly intervened on Trump’s behalf in September 2020, citing a law intended to protect federal employees from litigation stemming from their official duties.
The Justice Department moved the case into federal court and sought to substitute the United States for Trump as the defendant. That maneuver would likely result in the lawsuit’s dismissal, as the federal government cannot be sued for defamation.
In October 2020, Kaplan rejected the department’s attempt to intervene in the case, saying Trump was not performing official duties when he made his statements about Carroll.
“His comments concerned an alleged sexual assault that took place several decades before he took office,” Kaplan wrote, “and the allegations have no relationship to the official business of the United States.”
But last month, a panel of judges on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the president is an employee of the federal government, but it did not decide whether he was acting in that capacity when he made his statements about Carroll. The panel asked the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to answer that question, because Trump had made his statements in Washington.
Trump’s lawyer, Habba, had argued that her client’s deposition should be delayed until the D.C. appeals court ruled. But in his denial last week, Kaplan noted that a ruling from the D.C. court could take a long time.
“Perhaps most significant,” Kaplan wrote, Carroll, 78, and Trump, 76, and perhaps other witnesses in the case, were already of advanced age. “The defendant should not be permitted to run the clock out,” the judge wrote, on Carroll’s “attempt to gain a remedy for what allegedly was a serious wrong.”
The deposition could matter even if Carroll’s defamation suit dies.
Carroll’s lawyers have said that she plans to file a separate case against Trump in November under a new state law allowing adult sexual assault victims a one-time opportunity to sue, even if the statute of limitations has expired.
That suit will probably end up before Kaplan under the federal court’s rules on related cases.
Given the potential filing of the second lawsuit, the judge wrote last week, there was no reason to delay Trump’s deposition.
“The question whether Mr. Trump in fact raped Ms. Carroll is central to this case,” Kaplan wrote. “But it will be central also to the new case.”
What other legal actions does the former president face?
There are investigations by the Justice Department and Congress into Trump’s role in the events of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol; and the department also has been scrutinizing Trump’s removal of thousands of sensitive government documents when he left the White House. Trump’s potential interference in Georgia’s election results is under investigation by the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in those inquiries.
Last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Trump, accusing him, three of his children and his family business of lying to lenders and insurers by fraudulently overvaluing his assets. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, attacked James and the investigation as “Another Witch Hunt by a racist Attorney General.” The office of Alvin Bragg, Manhattan’s district attorney, has also been conducting a criminal investigation into some of the same issues covered in James’ inquiry. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/what-to-know-as-trump-is-deposed-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-suit/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news | 2022-10-19 13:44:28 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/what-to-know-as-trump-is-deposed-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-suit/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news |
MADRID (AP) — The dissonant realities of President Joe Biden’s second year in office were on display Thursday as he wound up a five-day trip to Europe that highlighted both the key U.S. role in mounting a strong allied response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression and the domestic turmoil that is dragging Biden down at home.
Huddling with the leaders of Group of Seven advanced economies in the Bavarian Alps and with NATO allies in Madrid, Biden was greeted warmly by colleagues and notched significant policy accomplishments on modernizing the trans-Atlantic alliance to adapt to new threats from Russia and China.
At home, though, the U.S. was grappling with fallout from last week’s Supreme Court decision ending the constitutional right to abortion, which Biden condemned Thursday as “destabilizing.” Biden faces both the lowest approval ratings of his presidency and rising pessimism about the direction of the country.
Biden appeared to welcome the time away from Washington as a respite from his domestic predicament, insisting that despite turmoil at home on matters from inflation to gun violence, world leaders still valued America’s — and his — leadership.
“I have not seen anyone come up to me and … say anything other than ‘Thank you for America’s leadership,’” Biden said in high-spirited remarks during a press conference at the end of what he called a “historic” summit. “America is better positioned to lead the world than we ever have been.”
The three-day NATO meeting included the Biden administration announcing plans to permanently bolster the U.S. military presence in Europe, an agreement between Turkey, Finland and Sweden — championed by Biden — to pave the way for the accession of the Nordic nations into NATO, and the alliance updating its strategic concept to reflect that China’s “coercive policies” are a challenge to the Western bloc’s interests.
Biden noted that the last time NATO updated what is essentially its mission statement was 12 years ago, when Russia was characterized as a partner and the document didn’t even mention China. The new concept document fulfills a years-long effort by American presidents to reorient the alliance to address challenges from China.
“The world has changed, changed a great deal since then,” Biden said. He added: “This summit was about strengthening our alliance, meeting the challenges of our world as it is today, and the threats we’re going to face in the future.”
Biden’s efforts drew praise from across the aisle, with GOP North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, who led a delegation to the Madrid summit with Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and met with Biden Thursday morning, saying, “I think that the administration has played a key part in what’s made this summit a success.”
It was a far cry from the rancor that permeates Washington, where even positive developments become political cudgels.
“Here we have a bipartisan delegation and a president who have a common goal. Back home, maybe not quite as much,” Tillis said.
Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer, a Republican, added that Biden should apply some of his approaches to successful diplomacy abroad to Washington as well.
“I think it would only be helpful for the president if he would reach out to us in our country as well as here,” she said.
At home, Biden has been burdened with the ongoing reckoning over the Capitol insurrection and former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and with his own weakened political posture.
That has stoked concern among allies about who may follow Biden into the White House and whether his successor would reverse Biden’s efforts to rebuild the trans-Atlantic alliance.
Soaring inflation — a global problem — is especially acute for Americans as they get on the road for the July 4 holiday. And his legislative agenda has been largely stalled, but for a modest gun control measure that passed after a pair of horrific mass shootings.
Added to the mix just 24 hours before Biden departed for Europe was the abortion ruling.
“One thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous behavior of the Supreme Court of United States in overruling not only Roe v. Wade, but essentially challenging the right to privacy,” Biden said, “We’ve been a leader in the world in terms of personal rights and privacy rights.”
And just minutes after he departed Madrid on Air Force One to return home, Biden suffered another judicial blow to his agenda, as the Supreme Court dramatically scaled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Kathleen McInnis, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said a president’s influence tends to go far further overseas than at home.
“The American presidency has its own weight and gravitas that can’t be discounted,” she said.
That was evident as Biden helped cajole Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to drop his opposition to Finland and Sweden joining the NATO alliance.
As he parried reporters’ questions with a microphone in hand, Biden also highlighted announcements at the G-7 meeting for more economic and military assistance to Ukraine as it aims to beat back Russia’s four-month-long invasion and announcements on tougher sanctions meant to punish Moscow.
“We are going to stick with Ukraine and all of the alliance is going to stick with Ukraine as long as it takes,” Biden said. “I don’t know … how it’s going to end, but it will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine in Ukraine.”
Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat and Biden confidant, called the week “a significant accomplishment for the Biden administration and for diplomacy.”
The view was more measured in some corners.
“Coming back from years of anti-European and anti-NATO rhetoric and policies is a pretty low bar when you look at it,” said Leah Scheunemann, deputy director of the Transatlantic Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Even so, she said, “The Biden administration has done a lot of good in terms of rebuilding the reputation of NATO in America, and explaining the value of NATO as an alliance built on the values of democracy and what that brings to U.S. security.”
As for Biden’s domestic challenges, Scheunemann said, “I don’t know how much to place at the doorstep of Biden versus the doorstep of obstructionist Republicans.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/biden-says-transatlantic-alliance-has-adapted-to-new-threats/ | 2022-07-01 05:27:22 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/biden-says-transatlantic-alliance-has-adapted-to-new-threats/ |
Fatal work-related accidents in Virginia dropped sharply from 2019’s peak as a 15-year decline in the number of all workplace injuries continued, the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry reported.
Virginia saw a total of 118 work-related fatalities in 2020, the latest year for which data are available, a 34% decline from 2019's total of 180.
Non-fatal injuries and illnesses totaled approximately 52,600 in 2020, or 2.1 cases for every 100 full-time equivalent workers. The figure does not include COVID-19 cases.
The 2020 figure continued a steady, 15-year decline in case rates, which peaked at 4 per 100 FTE workers in 2005.
Virginia's drop in fatalities was steeper than the nation’s, while the case rate for non-fatal injuries and illnesses was less than the national level.
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"The Department of Labor and Industry takes workplace safety seriously," said state Secretary of Labor Bryan Slater.
He said the Youngkin administration's focus is on prevention, enforcement and education to protect workers.
In Virginia, traffic accidents accounted for the largest number of fatal work injuries, for a total of 44. That’s down by 14 from the year before.
The second biggest cause was attacks by other people or animals, which accounted for 24 deaths. This number was down by 24 from the total of 48 for 2019, when a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal office building resulted in the deaths of 12 people.
Contact with objects and equipment was the third-largest cause of work-related deaths, with 18 fatalities. Half of these came when a worker was hit by falling object or by moving equipment.
Exposure to harmful substances or environments caused 16 deaths, with 10 of these due to an unintentional overdose from nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol.
Traffic accidents are the main cause of work deaths nationally, but the second most common cause after that are falls, slips, and trips.
Transportation and warehousing firms saw the largest number of fatalities in Virginia, with 28, followed by construction, where 24 people died. Farming, fishing, forestry and mining saw a combined total of 17 deaths.
Non-fatal injuries and illnesses were most common at nursing care facilities, where the rate was 16.1 cases per 100 FTE workers. Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals reported a rate of 13.4 cases per 100 FTE workers.
The most common injuries for these workers were sprains, strains, and tears as well as bruises and contusions. Injuries were most often due to falls, intentional injury by another, and lifting or lowering heavy people or items.
State safety and health compliance officers found and directed correction of approximately 11,580 workplace hazards during 1,848 inspections last year., the department reported.
This summer, the National Council on Compensation Insurance, which calculates base rates for most workers’ compensation coverage – the mandatory insurance that kicks in when people are injured or killed on the job to cover medical costs and lost pay – asked the State Corporation Commission to approve a 6.8% decline in the voluntary market, the policies that cover most employers.
It asked the SCC to approve a 2.9% decline in assigned risk rates, which are for employers who see lots of claims and can’t otherwise buy insurance.
The labor department also reported a large jump in the number of companies participating in registered apprenticeship programs, a priority for Gov. Glenn Youngkin's workforce development push.
A total of 320 more firms signed up in 2021, bringing the total to 2,678, a 15% increase from the year before.
A total of 11,108 people started apprenticeships, a 4% increase while 1,740 completed their programs, a 38% increase.
Registered apprentices are paid employees of a participating company and must complete at least 2,000 hours of supervised on-the-job training and at least 144 hours of related technical instruction every year of their apprenticeship.
Slater said the Youngkin administration is committed to boosting apprenticeship as a way to create long-term jobs and careers in skilled trades, information technology, cyber security, health care, high tech fields, nursing, and teaching.
Meanwhile in another key program area, the labor department reported its investigations of workers' complaints about pay recovered $329,764 of unpaid back wages. | https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/workplace-deaths-injuries-decline-in-virginia/article_e29a0c7b-fb7b-5bb6-bc71-b471c3aa381e.html | 2022-10-06 21:16:38 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/workplace-deaths-injuries-decline-in-virginia/article_e29a0c7b-fb7b-5bb6-bc71-b471c3aa381e.html |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hatch Early Learning, announced today that it has appointed Sam Bonfante as the company's new president. Bonfante will set the vision for Hatch™, define the company's overall strategy, and lead the organization in building on its success in the early childhood education market. Hatch, Inc., is the developer of Ignite™, the only digital learning tool for preschool, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten that accelerates whole-child development across seven domains, with an emphasis on social–emotional skills, mathematics, and literacy.
Bonfante has more than two decades of senior management experience with leading education technology companies, including Age of Learning, Inc., and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). Previously, he founded and sold a global publishing consultancy specializing in the development of advanced analytics and market-share management for digital and education publishers. Earlier in his career, Bonfante was the associate publisher of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Education Week, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
"Education technology is at a pivotal crossroads, especially as it relates to our youngest students," Bonfante said. "Hatch's technologies are opening the possibility of finally disrupting the long-standing and unacceptable status quo that leaves some children locked out of academic success. No company is more dedicated to supporting whole child development than Hatch Early Learning, and I'm honored to be leading our dedicated and talented team."
"School districts, Head Start providers, and the early childhood learning community are seeking standards-based, research-validated solutions," Bonfante said. "The success of Ignite by Hatch™ in demonstrating rapid grade advancement is being enthusiastically received by educators, and our mission will be to deliver our solution to as many students as possible, as quickly as possible, because the need has never been greater."
In his role, Bonfante will also serve as a member of the Wall Family Enterprise leadership team.
About Ignite by Hatch
Ignite by Hatch™ is a powerful early childhood education platform that delivers engaging, research-proven learning gains in a dynamic digital play environment. Built to promote growth and whole child development across seven learning domains, Ignite supports children's development through kindergarten. Ignite delivers real-time data to inform individualized instruction and provides evidence for developmentally appropriate assessment systems.
About Hatch Early Learning
Since 1984, Hatch, a division of Wall Family Enterprise, has transformed the lives of young children with technology and classroom materials that prepare them with essential skills to succeed in school and beyond. From interactive hardware to adaptive software and classroom supplies, Hatch is the leading early learning solutions provider nationwide. Child-appropriate hardware, research-based content tied to standards, and individualized progress-monitoring tools combine to create complete classroom solutions that improve fundamental math, literacy, and social–emotional skills. For more information, visit www.HatchEarlyLearning.com.
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Ocean City, NJ Pilot, 23, Killed in Banner Plane Crash
Thomas Gibson, a 23-year-old pilot, died Saturday in the crash of a small plane in Green Creek, Middle Township while working as a banner plane pilot.
On Saturday, Townsquare Media reported that Middle Township Police Department was notified of the plane crash just after 9:30 am at Paramount Airfield, 317 Route 47 South, in the Green Creek section of Middle Township.
The Press of Atlantic City reports that Gibson was flying a Piper PA-12 in his job as a banner plane pilot for Cape May Aerial Advertising.
A preliminary investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board indicates that Gibson had taken off from the airfield and come around again to attempt to pick up the banner, as is the usual procedure.
A spokesperson for the NTSB said that Gibson missed the banner on his first attempt and, on his second attempt, the plane veered to one side, lost altitude, and crashed, according to the Press of Atlantic City.
Investigators will now focus on the cause of the plane crash.
Gibson's obituary says he split his time living in Medford Lakes, Gloucester County, and Ocean City. A 2017 graduate of Shawnee High School and from Marywood University in 2021, Gibson worked at the Ocean City Airport and for Cape May Aerial banner tow.
He was accumulating hours toward achieving his Airline Transport Pilot Certificate. The obituary says that aviation was Gibson's passion.
A Celebration of his life will be held on Thursday, July 21st at Greate Bay Country Club, 901 Somers Point Mays Landing Road, Somers Point, NJ. Visitation is from 05:00 pm until the time of his service at 6:00 pm. | https://catcountry1073.com/ocean-city-nj-pilot-23-killed-in-banner-plane-crash/ | 2022-07-20 20:18:36 | 1 | https://catcountry1073.com/ocean-city-nj-pilot-23-killed-in-banner-plane-crash/ |
A Northwest Allen County Schools teacher who strives to make students’ transition to middle school successful has been nominated for Teacher Honor Roll. His profile follows.
Stephen Yackley
School: Maple Creek Middle School
Grade or subject teaching: U.S. history (eighth) and geography (sixth)
Education: Bachelor of arts in history from the University of Michigan; graduate from University of Detroit Jesuit High School
Years teaching: 10
City born: Royal Oak, Mich.
Current hometown: Fort Wayne
Family: I am currently married with two young children – a son and a daughter.
Book you’d recommend: “The Way of Kings” by Brandon Sanderson
Favorite teachers: My wife, Katie, a third grade teacher at Perry Hill. She’s amazing at what she does and a source of inspiration for me. Professor Salesa from the University of Michigan – he is from Fiji and taught several amazing classes on the history of the Pacific Islands. I would say most of my high school teachers, but a few standouts would include Mr. Offer (AP history), Mr. Young (Latin), Mrs. Trudel (biology) and Mr. Hickey.
Favorite teaching memory: Seeing students’ creativity when it comes to projects. Over the years I have had students create spoof videos of their favorite songs, movies, games, or current events using what we are currently studying that have been amazing.
Hobbies: Hockey, video games, reading and board games
Interesting fact about yourself: I have coached hockey in Fort Wayne since moving here in 2013 – including Bishop Dwenger High School (three state titles), the Fort Wayne Vipers High School program and currently as an assistant coach with Indiana Tech’s American Collegiate Hockey Association D-I men’s team.
What advice would you give to your students as they plan for their future? As a sci-fi/fantasy fan, one of my favorite lines comes from Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings – “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” It resonates with me because each of us gets to decide what we want to be and become. The challenges and the learning throughout life never stops. It is up to us to make the best use of our time and opportunities.
Recommended by: Abbey Niebel
Reason for recommendation: “He’s phenomenal about communicating with parents and truly strives to make the transition to middle school successful. Having him as a teacher has made a profound difference in my middle schooler’s experience!”
EACS
Jennifer Sholl, a technology coach at East Allen County Schools, received the prestigious Candice Dodson award, which honors those who are driven toward improvement and innovation for positive change. Dodson was the director of the Office of eLearning at the Indiana Department of Education from 2011 to 2019 and died in 2020. The Office of Digital Learning started the award in 2022 to honor her memory.
Partnerships
Indiana Wesleyan University secured a partnership with the Indiana Manufacturers Association to offer training and development programs for Indiana manufacturers and their employees at discounted rates. Manufacturing companies in Indiana interested in using the university’s Talent Ladder can complete an online form at https://thetalentladder.com/ima/ to see how the partnership in training could help grow their employees and company.
Purdue Global and Ivy Tech Community College announced a new Pathways Partnership last month. Purdue Global will accept unrestricted transfer and stackability of students’ Ivy Tech associate degrees and credits toward a Purdue Global bachelor’s degree. Purdue Global will work with those students to maximize their credit for prior learning, including competencies gained in the workplace and Ivy Tech prior learning credits. Students who have completed an Ivy Tech associate degree will be awarded an Ivy Tech Achievement Scholarship for most Purdue Global programs.
Scholarships
Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw announced the recipients of the Mark M. Suedhoff Endowed Scholarship-Chancellor’s Merit Award last month. Abigail Cravens of Leo Junior-Senior High School and Mackensi Evans of Carroll High School received full-tuition scholarships. Half-tuition recipients included Alix Gonzalez of Northrop High School, Seraphim Kyaing of Indiana Academy and Natalie Lower of Eastside Junior-Senior High School.
The Monroeville Lions Club named Heritage Junior-Senior High School graduate Avril Litchfield as its scholarship winner this year. Litchfield will receive $1,000 after completing a semester at the University of Saint Francis.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education awarded nearly 400 scholarships to the seventh class of Next Generation Hoosier Educators. The number of scholarships expanded significantly this year due to recent legislation. The Allen County recipients were Emma Tone, Lukas Alderdice, Georgia Gray, Adam Walls, Amelia Veith, Hannah Garman, Jillian Yoder, Kathryn Wenz, Thomas O’Neil, Elliot Mcbride, Paige Jackson, Kayden Wisehart, Logan Reece, Lydia Schultz, Kylie Jester, Abigail Johnson, Leah Frazier, Selah Kolpien, Amelia Fowerbaugh, Ellie Houtz, Madeline Hunter and Marissa Goodwin. Other recipients included Brianna Cook, Gracie Garwood, Ellie Johnson, Macie Morehouse, Adrienne Mckean, Allison Braun and Aubri Gerber of Adams County; Olivia Rigby and Quentin Penrod of DeKalb County; Hattie Brisco, Brooke Swaidner, Hailey Rains and Haley Newton of Huntington County; Haley Gamble, Grace Bishop, Macy Bonifield, Piper Ellis, Valeria Marquez-Martinez and Isabella Bartlett of Kosciusko County; Claire Fear, Kara Strong, Rachel Becker, Ashlyn Seigel and Benjamin Shaw of Noble County; Caroline Buskirk, Kaylee Triplett, Markis Crosbie, Emma Page, Olivia Oden, Raeann Stoppenhagen, Savanna Reynolds and Hailey Duncan of Wells County; and Hannah Harris, Megan Heuer and Olivia Woodward of Whitley County.
Two Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne students received scholarships from Indiana TRIO for the 2023-24 academic year. HninyuWin Kyawzin won the $1,000 Full-Time College Indiana TRIO Scholarship, and Rachel Geren received the $500 Textbook Scholarship. They were two of only nine students in Indiana who were awarded the college-level scholarships. Indiana TRIO advocates on behalf of first-generation students, low-income students and students with disabilities who participate in Indiana TRIO programs.
Summer study
Stephen Fosselman of Fort Wayne is traveling to Brazil this summer to study golden lion tamarins and the role of zoos in global conservation. He is a master’s student in the Global Field Program from Miami University’s Project Dragonfly.
Trine
Trine University has named Tony Kline as its new vice president for academic affairs. Megan Tolin replaces Kline as dean of the university’s Franks School of Education. Tolin has taught in the school since 2018.
Alumni Ken Ehinger and Andy Hein have joined Trine’s Board of Trustees. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/teacher-honor-roll-northwest-allen-educator-eases-transition-to-middle-school/article_2df84044-04b1-11ee-ad3e-0bb8512977e5.html | 2023-07-10 06:45:59 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/teacher-honor-roll-northwest-allen-educator-eases-transition-to-middle-school/article_2df84044-04b1-11ee-ad3e-0bb8512977e5.html |
Weekend Fog followed by snow chances
A Few Clipper systems with Cooler Temps Next Week
Tonight - Sunday Morning:
We experienced some lovely sunny skies today! It was a nice break from all of the cloudy skies we’ve experienced recently. However, that will change as we head through tonight. The temperatures are sitting comfortably at our average temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s.
Overnight, though we had the sunny skies tonight, that will not stay for longer. Clouds do enter the Valley tonight but so does fog. There is a dense fog advisory for the southern valley. This will limit visibility to just a few hundred feet. Continue to take care on the roadways if you are out.
Along with the fog, temperatures starting out tomorrow morning will start out in the single digits. The winds will start to pickup throught the day to become sligtly breezy. By the mid day, temperatures are already in the 20s, and it will continue to stay in the 20s for the next day. Sunday night, there may be a flurry or two as there is a clipper system entering the northern valley along the international border.
Extended Outlook:
SUNDAY: Temperatures Sunday morning will be much cooler under clear skies. Expect our day to begin in the single digits. We warm into the 10s and 20s in the afternoon. There will be a brief dip in temperatures Sunday evening into the teens, however, we are seeing signals that temperatures will be rising late Sunday into Monday morning as a Low approaches.
MONDAY - TUESDAY: As a new week begins, the overcast skies return and those clouds will have a shot of very light snow. It will be a clipper-type snow which means lighter and fluffy snow. Overall this particular Clipper won’t have much bite as it is only expected to bring scattered light snow north and not too much wind compared to most Clippers. Also, we will start our day mild in the upper teens and low 20s after rising temps Sunday night. Temperatures in the afternoon will be warming into the 20s and low 30s. Temperatures will be just a bit colder on Tuesday. Our morning lows will be in the single digits for many while highs will be in the teens to low 20s for most. Alberta clipper-type snow storms tend to be fast movers, but we could see some snow lingering on Tuesday morning. Otherwise expect another mainly cloudy and gray day.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY: As Wednesday comes, it will bring with it another chance of snow early and continued overcast. This chance will be scattered and light at most. It will also be a bit on the breezy side of things. The wind will bring much colder temps in with it, so Wednesday will be our last day with above average temps for a while. Expect those temperatures to be in the teens to near 20 for much of the day. The cooler air arrives Thursday. Many look to start the day below zero and only warm into the single digits to low teens. There is another Clipper that could bring another shot of light snow.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY: Another day, another Clipper grazing the region with, you guessed it, another chance of snow! This snow is going to only be in the early morning hours. This will not be severe at this point int the system, but it will provide chances of blowing snow and low visibility. It will be another chilly day as well with this Clipper Train as they bring in reinforcing shots of cold air. Friday will be the warmer of the 2 days, with starting out in the single digits. But we will warm up to the mid teens and upper single digits. We start near zero and stay in the single digits for our Saturday and start to the weekend.
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New Jersey man sentenced to 21 years in prison for sexual assault of young girl
BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - A 66-year-old man will spend 21 years behind bars after being convicted of sexually assaulting a girl.
George F. Young pled guilty earlier this year to aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact.
On June 3, Young was sentenced to 21 years in a New Jersey state prison for sexually assaulting an underage female and engaging in sexual conduct with two other minors over a two-year period.
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The Mount Holly man was arrested in September 2021 after an acquaintance of one of the victims told an adult about his abuse. That adult then contacted law enforcement.
A judge ordered Young to be placed on the New Jersey sex offender registry and also be subjected to parole supervision for life upon release from prison. | https://www.fox29.com/news/new-jersey-man-sentenced-to-21-years-for-sexual-assault-of-young-girl | 2022-06-13 19:15:32 | 0 | https://www.fox29.com/news/new-jersey-man-sentenced-to-21-years-for-sexual-assault-of-young-girl |
As Ford and GM appear poised to go big on a range of battery electric full-size pickups, Stellantis and its Ram brand are readying more than BEVs as they shift to cleaner trucks.
The range of Ram possibilities that became a little clearer last week, surrounding the reveal of the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept at CES, includes an electric light-duty truck with a gasoline-powered range extender and, perhaps, future hydrogen fuel-cell versions of its U.S. heavy-duty pickups and vans.
As reported on Thursday, Ram CEO Mike Koval stated to Green Car Reports that a range-extended version of the upcoming Ram EV “will carry all of those characteristics” of the Ram Revolution but will also offer what he described as “class-leading real-world range.”
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, in a roundtable interview with journalists, including Green Car Reports, directly following the CES reveal, elaborated—and claimed what sounds to be a late-mover advantage.
“I’m taking advantage of not being the first, and having the leisure to engineer my product in a way that is going to beat the guys that are already there,” said Tavares.
The global CEO said that Ram is looking at four different factors as it designs its electric trucks: Payload, towing, charging speed, and range. With a composite index on those four factors, it will beat everything in the market, according to Tavares.
“So far that doesn’t exist in the market,” he added, noting that existing entries all involve a higher level of compromise in particular aspects.
Range-extended means electric first
At some stages, over the past couple of years, Ram has also hinted that a plug-in hybrid truck is in the works, too. But Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares made clear, in a roundtable interview following the reveal, that the upcoming plug-in version of the Ram is a range-extended version of the electric truck.
“A range extender is not a plug-in hybrid,” said Tavares, responding to a question asking for a little more clarification on the truck, which has been confirmed but not yet detailed. “A plug-in hybrid is something else.”
The company hasn’t revealed anything yet about the electric truck’s production specs, let alone those of the range-extended version. Taking executive statements in context, the possibility of a plug-in hybrid Ram (with a full-size truck engine) appears to be off the table for now—leaving unclear how Ram plans to provide a long-distance towing solution with a smaller range-extending engine.
That of course has led to speculation about where the Ram’s range extender might be installed. Toward the rear of the truck and under the bed is the most likely location—with space freed up by what’s likely to be a much smaller battery pack versus in BEV versions.
A range-extended tow rig?
Very few range-extended EVs have made it to market, as they face some stark challenges. And a range-extended full-size truck used for even occasional towing seems to be up against many of them.
Any such electric truck will need to be able to tow up long grades whether in range-extended mode or not—requiring a small engine and generator capable of not falling behind on the power needed by the pickup’s electric drive system.
One of the most noteworthy examples is the BMW i3, which packed a 0.7-liter 2-cylinder gasoline engine under the rear cargo floor—roughly doubling the EV’s range, to 180 miles from 2017 on, with less than two gallons of gas. Earlier examples faced an issue in which the vehicle didn’t perform as well when it used up its plug-in charge, and simply couldn’t keep up on long grades at highway speeds.
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Among the few other examples, Infiniti dropped plans for range-extended EVs at the core of the Nissan luxury brand’s lineup. Concerns that the vehicles wouldn’t actually be very efficient in range-extended operation may have been related to that decision.
The Karma Revero or GS-6—formerly Fisker Karma—remains one of the other true examples of a range-extended EV. It functions essentially as a series hybrid after its plug-in charge is depleted, relying on the engine to generate enough charge for the propulsion system, with the battery as a buffer.
The Chevrolet Volt, for example, wasn’t actually a range-extended EV as it engaged the engine to the drive wheels at highway speeds.
Ram will use a unique platform for the fully electric and range-extended truck—STLA Frame—while gasoline versions of the Ram will continue to be refined. What distinguishes STLA Frame may be that it was designed from the start to tuck a range extender and fuel tank within the frame, alongside the battery pack perhaps.
Pragmatic plug-in faces anti-ICE dogma
Tavares said that the range-extended electric truck will be an interesting case for those who are pragmatic—allowing them to go zero emissions downtown, but giving them significant range for getting to another city, perhaps while towing or hauling.
“If you are dogmatic and you say I don’t want fossil (fuel) as the entry point of my decision, then it doesn’t work, because you have an ICE inside,” said Tavares. “You may if you are dogmatic just push back on it basically, there is an ICE, it’s over, I don’t consider that.”
On that pragmatic point, it’s likely that Ram’s truck will still offer a reasonably large battery—large enough to deliver that towing ability, as well a plug-in range stepping closer to the 50 miles that California’s Air Resources Board is asking for starting in 2026, as part of the ACC II rules a number of other states—including the entire U.S. West Coast—have already signed on to.
Stellantis is already making hydrogen fuel-cell vans in Europe and aims to bring hydrogen fuel-cell technology to its U.S. heavy-duty trucks, Tavares confirmed. “It’s a possibility; the technology will be available for our Ram brand—and for the ProMaster in particular,” he said, adding that it will ultimately be the decision of Ram CEO Koval.
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DEL RIO, Texas, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 10, 2022, Val Verde Regional Medical Center ("VVRMC") experienced a data security incident that disrupted its system. Upon discovering this incident, VVRMC immediately launched an investigation and engaged a digital forensics firm to help determine what happened and what information may have been accessed. On March 24, 2022, VVRMC determined that personal information and protected health information belonging to certain individuals was acquired without authorization as part of the incident. The types of information potentially accessed varied by individual, but may have included name, address, Social Security number, medical information, and health insurance information. The specific types of medical information and/or health insurance information that may have been accessed include, provider name(s), patient account number(s), and medical record number(s).
VVRMC reported this matter to the FBI and will provide whatever cooperation is necessary to hold perpetrators accountable. Impacted individuals were notified beginning on May 24, 2022. The notification included information about this incident and measures that can be taken to protect personal information and protected health information, including free identity monitoring and recovery services. To enroll in these services, affected individuals must call the toll-free number: (855) 503-2916. Further information can be obtained at https://enroll.krollmonitoring.com.
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(The Hill) – Hunter Biden filed a countersuit on Friday against the computer repairman who said he distributed the contents of a laptop that Biden left behind at his Delaware shop.
The 42-page filing in federal court includes six privacy-related counts against John Paul Mac Isaac, the repairman.
It takes aggressive aim at Mac Isaac, saying he violated Hunter Biden’s privacy by viewing the salacious contents and then distributing them in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election both to members of his family and an attorney for Rudy Giuliani.
“Mac Isaac knowingly and willfully shared with others the personal data of Mr. Biden that he came to possess (regardless of how he came to possess the data), despite it being reckless and unreasonable for any computer repairman to make copies of another’s personal and sensitive information and to then send that data to third parties without the authority to do so,” Biden’s attorneys wrote in the filing.
The purported laptop’s contents came to light in October 2020, when The New York Post published emails it said shows Biden leveraging the influence of his father, who served as vice president at the time, in the younger Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine. The president has said his son did nothing wrong.
The story became the subject of intense controversy in the final days of the 2020 presidential campaign amid debates over the hard drive’s veracity, and Republicans have since lambasted social media companies for limiting the spread of the story since some of its contents have been verified.
Biden’s attorneys did not concede that the president’s son dropped off the laptop at Mac Isaac’s shop in April 2019, as Mac Isaac claims, but acknowledged in the filing that “at some point, Mac Isaac obtained electronically stored data, some of which belonged to Mr. Biden.”
The president’s son’s attorneys noted the shared contents included images of drug use and other private material, asking for a jury trial to order Mac Isaac to return any data he claims belonged to Biden and pay an unspecified amount of damages.
The Hill has reached out to Mac Isaac’s attorney for comment.
Mac Isaac says he was able to view and distribute the contents because Biden signed a repair authorization form that deems equipment abandoned if it remains at the shop for more than 90 days after service is complete.
Biden’s attorneys pushed back by saying it was written in small-print font at the bottom of the page, arguing a Delaware law should instead apply that wouldn’t consider the property abandoned until at least one year passed. It would have also required Mac Isaac to provide various notifications first.
“At no time did Mr. Biden grant Mac Isaac any permission to access, review, copy, or disseminate for his own purposes any electronically stored data that ever was created or received or maintained by Mr. Biden (regardless of how Mac Isaac came into possession of such material),” Biden’s attorneys wrote. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/hunter-biden-files-countersuit-against-laptop-repair-shop-owner/ | 2023-03-17 20:56:18 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/u-s-world/hunter-biden-files-countersuit-against-laptop-repair-shop-owner/ |
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTIA / HTIBP) ("HTI") announced today that it intends to continue to pay dividends on a quarterly basis on its 7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock") at an annualized rate of $1.84375 per share or $0.4609375 per share on a quarterly basis. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are payable in arrears to Series A Preferred Stock holders of record at the close of business on the applicable record date and payable on the 15th day of the first month of each fiscal quarter (or, if not a business day, the next succeeding business day).
Accordingly, HTI declared a dividend of $0.4609375 per share of Series A Preferred Stock payable on July 15, 2022 to Series A Preferred Stock holders of record at the close of business on July 5, 2022.
In addition, HTI announced today that it intends to continue to pay dividends on a quarterly basis on its 7.125% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") at an annualized rate of $1.78125 per share or $0.4453125 per share on a quarterly basis. Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock are payable in arrears to Series B Preferred Stock holders of record at the close of business on the applicable record date and payable on the 15th day of the first month of each fiscal quarter (or, if not a business day, the next succeeding business day).
Accordingly, HTI declared a dividend of $0.4453125 per share of Series B Preferred Stock payable on July 15, 2022 to Series B Preferred Stock holders of record at the close of business on July 5, 2022.
Healthcare Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTIA/HTIBP) is a publicly registered real estate investment trust focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate, with an emphasis on seniors housing and medical office buildings, located in the United States. Additional information about HTI can be found on its website at www.healthcaretrustinc.com.
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Student test scores plummeted in math and reading after the pandemic, new assessment finds
By Carma Hassan, Deidre McPhillips and Eric Levenson, CNN
Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of American education two years after the Covid-19 pandemic began.
The results were part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress long-term trend reading and math exams, often called the “Nation’s Report Card,” conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics. The exams were administered to age-9 students in early 2020 before the pandemic and then again in early 2022, the group said.
The average scores in 2022 declined 5 points in reading and 7 points in math compared to 2020 — the largest decline in reading since 1990 and the first ever decline in math, the organization said.
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told CNN on Thursday the drop in scores was connected to the lack of in-person classroom education during the Covid-19 pandemic and said the US is in an education crisis.
“That is very alarming. It’s disturbing. But it’s not surprising, keeping in mind a year and a half ago over half of our schools were not open for full-time learning,” he said. All schools are now open for in-class learning, he said.
“In-person learning is where we need to focus. We need to double-down our efforts. I’m very concerned about those scores and I know that we have the resources now and we need to maintain the same level of urgency we had two years ago to get our students back in to making sure that our students get support.”
This is the first national report to compare student achievement from before the pandemic to now, Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said in a statement.
“These are some of the largest declines we have observed in a single assessment cycle in 50 years of the NAEP program,” said acting NCES Associate Commissioner Daniel McGrath. “Students in 2022 are performing at a level last seen two decades ago.”
Students already behind struggled more, with their math scores falling by up to 12 points and reading score declining up to 10 points.
“Covid-19 disruptions may have exacerbated many of the challenges we were already facing. We know that students who struggle the most have fallen further behind their peers,” Carr said in a statement.
It’s not just the Covid pandemic that caused learning disruptions, Carr said.
“School shootings, violence, and classroom disruptions are up, as are teacher and staff vacancies, absenteeism, cyberbullying, and students’ use of mental health services. This information provides some important context for the results we’re seeing from the long-term trend assessment,” she said.
Math scores for Black and Hispanic children were lower than those of White children, the survey found, with White students declining 5 points, Black students declining by 13 points and Hispanic students declining 8 points.
Math scores also fell across the country, “eight points in the Northeast, nine points in the Midwest, seven points in the South, and five points in the West,” according to a news release about the survey.
Reading “scores fell seven points in the Northeast, seven points in the Midwest, and six points in the South” but there was no measurable difference in reading schools in the West.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As monkeypox spreads, those at the highest risk are heeding the warnings of health experts and trying to get vaccinated, but trying to find a vaccine is proving to be a challenge for many.
Brian Bailey, chief marketing & experience officer for Metro Inclusive Health, said the non-profit health organization is receiving daily calls, emails and social media messages from people looking to get their hands on a dose of the monkeypox vaccine.
"There is definitely an awareness that's getting out there and it's good because people need to know that it is something to be concerned with and it is very easily spreadable," Bailey said.
However, the current local demand outweighs vaccine availability.
"We are not sitting on any of the unused vaccines," Bailey said. "They're pretty much all accounted for, both first and second doses at this point."
While anyone can get monkeypox, the virus is still spreading predominantly among gay and bisexual men.
But with such little vaccine to go around, just being within that risk group doesn't mean you'll be able to get a dose.
"We are really focusing right now on those that are at the most risk, so those that are living with HIV or other immunocompromised patients," Bailey said.
While researchers say the smallpox vaccine will protect against monkeypox, there's only one vaccine that's FDA approved for use against monkeypox called Jynneos.
Approved in 2019, it's a two-dose vaccine that's estimated to be 85% effective. Prior to this outbreak, production was small-scale.
"It's a really safe vaccine. There just isn't a lot of it because most companies are not going to make a ton of vaccine against something that is in very, very low demand," Dr. Jill Roberts of USF Health said.
Now, as demand soars, only the persistent few will get a dose.
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WFO PHOENIX Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, November 24, 2022
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* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
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* WHERE...In Arizona, Parker Valley. In California, Western
portion of Joshua Tree National Park, Chuckwalla Mountains,
Southeastern Imperial County, Chiriaco Summit, Palo Verde
Valley and Chuckwalla Valley.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM MST /6 PM PST/ this evening.
* IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger
vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light,
unsecured objects may become airborne.
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A beluga whale that captured French hearts when it showed up in the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after it was successfully removed from the French waterway, authorities said.
A rescue team was preparing to transfer the whale to a saltwater pool in Normandy. The male marine mammal was first spotted in the Seine last week after having accidentally veered off its normal path to the Arctic.
During the rescue operation, the dangerously thin animal began to have breathing difficulties, and so experts decided the most humane thing to do was to euthanize the creature.
“During the journey, the veterinarians confirmed a worsening of its state, notably its respiratory activities, and at the same time noticed the animal was in pain, not breathing enough," Florence Ollivet Courtois, a French wild animal expert, said. "The suffering was obvious for the animal, so it was important to release its tension, and so we had to proceed to euthanize it.”
Conservation group Sea Shepherd France said veterinary exams after the beluga's removal from the river showed it has no digestive activity. Members of the organization had tried unsuccessfully since Friday to feed fish to the whale.
Courtois said the whale experienced distress after it was moved to a refrigerated truck and during the approximately 160-kilometer (99-mile) drive to the Normandy coast.
The whale was expected to spend several days recuperating in the saltwater pool in the northeastern French port town of Ouistreham before being towed out to sea.
The rescue team said ahead of time that the transfer carried a risk of the whale dying because of the stress involved in the process. However, the move was deemed necessary because the animal would not have been able to survive much longer in the Seine’s fresh water.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a landmark bill that would implement a code of ethics for members of the Supreme Court. The vote was 11-10, along party lines.
The bill was introduced following numerous reports of Supreme Court justices making questionable decisions away from the bench.
Justice Clarence Thomas admitted that he went on lavish trips that were paid for by a wealthy Republican donor. ProPublica, which broke the story, reported that Thomas did not document the trips as gifts.
"I sought guidance from my colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised that this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends, who did not have business before the Court, was not reportable," Thomas stated.
Thomas wasn't the only justice who faced questions about their conduct. The Associated Press reported that staff for Justice Sonia Sotomayor prodded schools where she was scheduled to be a guests lecturer to buy her books
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In a statement, the Supreme Court said the court works with staff to make sure they are complying with judicial ethics guidance.
"When (Sotomayor) is invited to participate in a book program, Chambers staff recommends the number of books (for an organization to order) based on the size of the audience so as not to disappoint attendees who may anticipate books being available at an event," the Supreme Court said in a statement.
Durbin invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing about judicial ethics, but he declined, citing the need to "preserve judicial independence."
"Chief Justice Roberts failed to act on ethics reform before adjourning the Supreme Court for the summer. I said from the beginning: If the Court won’t act, Congress will," Durbin said, following passage of the bill.
The Judicial Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023 lists various financial requirements justices would have to adhere to, and also lays out what type of gifts would be banned.
The bill still has a long way to go before becoming law. It would need at least 60 votes to get out of the Senate. It would also need to pass in the House of Representatives, which is controlled by Republicans, who have not been supportive of the bill.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Six Indiana elected officials, including a sheriff and a state representative, have appeared on leaked membership lists of a far-right extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
More than 38,000 names were included on the leaked Oath Keepers membership list, which was published by the nonprofit transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets. The Anti-Defamation League has pored over the names on the membership list and identified hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members from across the nation.
The results of their findings can be seen here.
Appearing in the Oath Keepers’ database doesn’t prove that a person was ever an active member of the group or shares its ideology. Some people on the list contacted by The Associated Press said they were briefly members years ago and are no longer affiliated with the group. Some said they were never dues-paying members. A commissioner contacted by FOX59 said he had been a member of the media who had been writing an article about the group nearly a decade ago.
The ADL found nearly 700 Hoosiers on the membership list, including six elected officials, nine law enforcement members, three military members and five first responders.
All six Indiana elected officials identified on the Oath Keepers membership list ran as Republicans in their respective races.
The following six elected officials were identified by the ADL as appearing on the membership list:
- Michael Vanover, Wells County Commissioner
- Bradley Dean Rogers, Elkhart County Commissioner
- Christopher Judy, Indiana House of Representatives
- Joe Haney, La Porte County Commissioner
- Jamey Noel, Clark County Sheriff
- Michael Sweney, Root Township Board Member, Adams County
State Rep. Christopher Judy represents District 83 encompassing parts of Whitley and Allen counties. Judy assumed office in September 2014 and is up for reelection in November. FOX59 reached out to Judy for a statement but received no response.
Bradley Rogers is a current commissioner and previously served as Elkhart County sheriff. Rogers said he has not been a member of the Oath Keepers in over eight years.
Rogers stated when he joined the Oath Keepers the group centered around non-violent non-compliance with orders that violated individuals’ rights. He said he and many others left the organization once leaders began to talk about there being “blood in the streets” and encouraging or promoting civil war.
“I am an advocate for the protection of individual rights and the Constitution as our rule of law – something that Oath Keepers now stand opposed to. This is why I left the organization those years ago,” Rogers said.
Sheriff Jamey Noel is retired from the Indiana State Police and has served as sheriff of Clark County since 2015. He also appeared on A&E’s television show 60 Days In. Sheriff Noel denied being part of the Oath Keepers.
“I’m not now and have never been associated with this group. I didn’t even know there was a group called the Oath Keepers until I read about it in the news,” Noel wrote.
Wells County Commissioner Michael Vanover was selected by the Wells County Republican Party in January 2021 during a caucus to replace a previous commissioner who resigned. Vanover is up for reelection this November. He did not respond to a request for comment.
La Porte County Commissioner Joe Haney was elected in November 2020. Haney stated the Oath Keepers likely had his information because he was a credentialed member of the media from 2010 to 2020. Haney stated he used to write articles on firearms and spoke with members of the Oath Keepers via email in 2013 and 2014.
“I am not a member,” Haney said. “I’ve never been to any of their events or protests.”
Haney has previously been questioned about his association with the group due to referring to himself as an Oath Keeper in his profile on a firearm review website. The La Porte County attorney publicly called on Haney to denounce the group in 2021. Haney denied being a member of the Oath Keepers at that time as well, saying the term had been taken out of context and not used to reference the official Oath Keeper organization.
Michael Sweney ran in the Republican primary for Root Township Board, Adams County, in May. He couldn’t be reached for comment.
The ADL did not release the names of the Indiana law enforcement officers or military personnel who appeared on the membership list, stating the report is not meant to “dox rank-and-file personnel.” The ADL has contacted the law enforcement agencies affected by the report, however, and stated they will “continue to work with them in addressing the challenges of extremism within their ranks.”
The data leak raises fresh concerns about the presence of extremists in law enforcement and the military who are tasked with enforcing laws and protecting the U.S. It’s especially problematic for public servants to be associated with extremists at a time when lies about the 2020 election are fueling threats of violence against lawmakers and institutions.
“Even for those who claimed to have left the organization when it began to employ more aggressive tactics in 2014, it is important to remember that the Oath Keepers have espoused extremism since their founding, and this fact was not enough to deter these individuals from signing up,” the report says.
The Oath Keepers, founded in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes, is a loosely organized conspiracy theory-fueled group that recruits current and former military, police and first responders. It asks its members to vow to defend the Constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” promotes the belief that the federal government is out to strip citizens of their civil liberties and paints its followers as defenders against tyranny.
More than two dozen people associated with the Oath Keepers — including Rhodes — have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. Rhodes and four other Oath Keeper members or associates are heading to trial this month on seditious conspiracy charges for what prosecutors have described as a weekslong plot to keep then-President Donald Trump in power.
Armed Oath Keepers have also been involved in armed standoffs with the government prior to Trump being elected. These standoffs include Lincoln, Montana, in 2015 along with joining the Bundy Ranch standoff against the Bureau of Land Management in 2014.
The Oath Keepers had grown quickly along with the wider anti-government movement and used the tools of the internet to spread their message during Barack Obama’s presidency, said Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim deputy director of research with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. But since Jan. 6 and Rhodes’ arrest, the group has struggled to keep members, she said.
“The image of being associated with Jan. 6 was too much for many of those folks,” she said.
Other national elected officials identified on the Oath Keeper membership list included New Hampshire State Senator Bob Giuda (who claimed to have left the group after the Bundy Ranch standoff); Idaho State Representative Chad Christensen, Alaska State Representative David Eastmen, South Dakota State Representative Phil Jensen, Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers and Sanders County Montana Sheriff Thomas Rummel.
ADL said it found the names of at least 10 people who now work as police chiefs and 11 sheriffs.
Read the full report here.
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Mike Dunleavy Jr. has his work cut out for him.
The Warriors’ offseason goal is to extend their championship window by bringing in a better supporting cast to surround Stephen Curry. But due to the Warriors’ crippling financial situation and new restrictions from the latest collective-bargaining agreement, it’ll be a challenge to do just that.
The Warriors are well above the second tax apron, even before potentially re-signing Draymond Green, Golden State’s top free agent target. That means they have little options to bring in outside talent. The mid-level exemption, which they used on Donte DiVincenzo last offseason, won’t be at their disposal this time around.
The Warriors got two players, Brandin Podziemski (No. 19) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (No. 57), in last Thursday’s draft. Beyond that, though, Golden State’s only ways to add players are through trades or with veteran minimum signings.
Dunleavy orchestrated his first big trade as the Warriors new general manager, sending Jordan Poole, Patrick Baldwin Jr., Ryan Rollins and draft picks to the Washington Wizards for Hall of Fame-bound point guard Chris Paul. The deal can’t be finalized until July 6 for financial reasons.
But might Dunleavy have more tricks up his sleeve?
We’ll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, here’s a look at the Warriors’ books heading into free agency:
Finances:
Active payroll: $219.7 millionDistance over projected salary cap: $83.7 million
Players under contract for 2023-24 season
Stephen Curry: $51,915,615
Klay Thompson: $43,219,440
Chris Paul: $30,800,000
Andrew Wiggins: $24,330,357
Gary Payton II: $8,715,000
Kevon Looney: $7,500,000
Jonathan Kuminga: $6,012,840
Moses Moody: $3,918,480
Draft picks*
Brandin Podziemski: $2,793,200
Trayce Jackson-Davis: $500,000
*Projected salary based on 2023-24 rookie scale
Player options**
Draymond Green: $27,586,225
Donte DiVincenzo: $4,725,000
**Players have until Thursday to pick up or decline their player options. Green has already made his intentions of opting out known, meaning he’ll be an unrestricted free agent. It seems likely that DiVincenzo can command more on the open market than what his player option is worth. If that’s the case and he declines the option, the most Golden State can pay him is $5.4 million.
Free agents
Lester Quinones: Two-way, restricted free agent
Anthony Lamb: Restricted free agent
Ty Jerome: Two-way, restricted free agent
Andre Iguodala: Unrestricted free agent
JaMychal Green: Unrestricted free agent | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/06/27/warriors-salary-cap-cheat-sheet-a-look-at-golden-states-financial-situation-heading-into-free-agency/ | 2023-06-27 12:50:19 | 0 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/06/27/warriors-salary-cap-cheat-sheet-a-look-at-golden-states-financial-situation-heading-into-free-agency/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Credit ratings company Fitch has raised Greece’s credit rating to one notch below investment grade.
In a report issued Friday, Fitch estimates that Greece's deficit will shrink to 1.8% of its gross domestic product in 2024 from an estimated 3.8% last year.
“There is some uncertainty around fiscal policies after the upcoming legislative elections but the risks are mitigated by a broad commitment to and a recent track record of fiscal prudence,” Fitch said. Greece's outlook is stable, Fitch said in raising its rating on the country's debt to BB+ from BB.
Greek banks are another big reason for the upgrade, Fitch said, noting their “important progress in reducing non-performing loans.”
Fitch forecasts Greece's GDP growth to reach 0.9% in 2023 and 2.3% in 2024.
Inflation is forecast to ease from 9.3% in 2022 to 5% this year, Fitch said, and only 1.5% in 2024, thanks to the easing of energy and other commodity prices, and other factors.
Greece had once hoped to see its debt upgraded to investment grade by the end of 2022 or early 2023 for the first time since 2010, when the financial crisis caused by excessive deficits and debt hit the country hard, necessitating years of austerity imposed by its creditors. | https://www.mrt.com/business/article/fitch-ups-greece-s-rating-to-a-notch-below-17747352.php | 2023-01-27 23:28:24 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/business/article/fitch-ups-greece-s-rating-to-a-notch-below-17747352.php |
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