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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Real-world evidence leader Target RWE announced its latest acquisition of the curation team (legacy Real World Data team) from Ciox Health which will expand the company's real world data (RWD) solutions and capabilities. Effective today, this division will become part of Target RWE.
Over the past two years, Target RWE has been strategically investing in its real-world evidence (RWE) solutions, most notably with the purchase of analytics company NoviSci, Inc. in 2021. This will be the second acquisition completed by the company. The acquisition complements Target RWE's data abstraction and curation capabilities, especially on the retrieval and linking of real world datasets, which will help position the company as a market leader in the RWE field.
"Today's agreement not only propels Target RWE's data abstraction and curation capabilities, but it also signifies our dedication to generate the best real world data and evidence possible," said Derek Evans, CEO of Target RWE. "We are excited to work with the great team coming over from Ciox, who will add further efficiencies in clinical data abstraction and curation to our organization. We look forward to bringing our expertise to exciting projects and new customers as a result of this new partnership."
The acquisition will add roughly 35 full-time and part-time employees to Target RWE, increasing the company's overall headcount to approximately 150 nationwide. The company recently announced the launch of its new brand and Syndicated Science™ solution that will be unveiled at the International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology (ICPE) 2022 in Copenhagen.
As the industry's best-in-class, complete real world evidence (RWE) solution, Target RWE is a distinctly collaborative enterprise that unifies real world data (RWD) sets and advanced RWE analytics in an integrated community, shifting the paradigm in healthcare for how decisions are made to improve lives.
Target RWE sources unique, connected data sets across multiple therapeutic areas representing granular data from diverse patients in academic and community settings. Our rigorous, interactive, and advanced RWE analytics extract deep insights from RWD to answer important questions in healthcare. Target RWE brings together the brightest minds in healthcare through an unmatched community of key opinion leaders, patients, and healthcare stakeholders in a collaborative and dynamic model. www.targetrwe.com
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Police arrest man for hiding camera inside bathroom of Cabool, Mo., convenience store
CABOOL, Mo. (KY3) - A man faces several charges accused of placing a camera in the bathroom of a convenience store in Cabool.
The prosecutor charged Patrick Pitcher, 31, with sexual exploitation of a minor, possession of child pornography, invasion of privacy for a victim 18 years old or younger, unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of drugs.
Investigators say someone found the camera in the women’s bathroom ceiling at the Casey’s on 316 East Ozark Avenue. Police found nearly 150 different videos of women and girls using the bathroom. Police say it also included a video of Pitcher adjusting the camera.
Investigators said when police searched Pitcher’s car, they found a gun and drugs inside his vehicle.
People who live in the area, Jimmie McCoy and Ashley Bond, were in shock.
“It’s scary because I want to know that I can go into a place and have privacy,” said Bond. “Especially a place that I could possibly bring children into.”
”You don’t suspect them a lot of times, and it’s a bad thing all the way around,” said McCoy.
At another gas station, workers like Bond said when they heard the news, they quickly checked their bathrooms.
”We took the bins out of ours. We made sure ours was good,” said Bond. “It is scary. It’s a scary thought.
Police said Pitcher controlled the camera with an app on his phone. Investigators say Pitcher claims he didn’t even think about the camera picking up videos of kids.
”Child pornography and everything is something that is rampant in this country,” said McCoy. “It’s a shame. It’s a shameful thing. Very shameful.“
”Makes me sad. Sad for the parents,” said Bond. “What do you do?”
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LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said more than two dozen cats have been infected with bird flu across Poland, but no people appeared to have been sickened.
In a statement on Monday, the U.N. health agency said it was the first time so many cats had been reported to have bird flu over such a wide geographical area in a single country, amid an unprecedented global outbreak of the latest version of the H5N1 version of the disease.
WHO said that late last month, Polish authorities informed agency officials of the unusual deaths of more than 45 cats in 13 geographical regions of the country. Testing last week found that 29 had H5N1.
As of June, the most recent variant of H5N1 has been reported in birds and other animal species in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Since 2020, WHO said a dozen human cases have been reported.
Scientists worry that rising cases of H5N1, particularly in animals that have frequent contact with humans, might lead to a mutated version of the disease that could spread easily between people, triggering another pandemic.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts had suspected that the next global outbreak would be sparked by H5N1. But while bird flu has killed hundreds of millions of birds globally, it has sickened fewer than 900 people since 2003 and has not been able to spread easily among humans.
WHO said it was unclear how the domestic cats in Poland became infected with bird flu and said officials were still investigating possible sources of exposure, including contact with wild birds that are known to carry H5N1. The agency said the risk of people in Poland being infected with bird flu was “low” and “low to moderate” for people exposed to cats, including cat owners and veterinarians.
Last week, WHO and partners warned that the increasing numbers of mammals infected with H5N1 were unusual. Experts have previously cautioned that pigs, which are susceptible to flu viruses from both humans and birds, might act as a “mixing vessel,” leading to the emergence of mutated viruses that could be lethal to people.
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Tigers vs. Padres Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 22
Saturday's game that pits the San Diego Padres (47-51) versus the Detroit Tigers (44-53) at Comerica Park is expected to be a close matchup based on our computer prediction, which projects a final score of 6-4 in favor of the Padres. First pitch is at 6:10 PM ET on July 22.
Matt Manning (3-1) will take the ball for the Tigers. As of this writing, there's been no pitching decision announced by the Padres.
Tigers vs. Padres Game Info & Odds
- When: Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 6:10 PM ET
- Where: Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan
- How to Watch on TV: BSDET
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Tigers vs. Padres Score Prediction
Our pick for this matchup is Padres 6, Tigers 5.
Total Prediction for Tigers vs. Padres
- Total Prediction: Under 10 runs
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Tigers Performance Insights
- The Tigers have played as the underdog in six of their past 10 games and have gone 3-3 in those contests.
- In its last 10 games with an over/under, Detroit and its opponents have combined to eclipse the total two times.
- The last 10 Tigers matchups have not had a runline posted by oddsmakers.
- The Tigers have won in 32, or 41%, of the 78 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- Detroit has a win-loss record of 27-36 when favored by +115 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 46.5% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in baseball averaging 3.9 runs per game (380 total).
- The Tigers have pitched to a 4.40 ERA this season, which ranks 19th in baseball.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Parts of the Pacific Northwest are bracing for freezing temperatures in the coming days, as potentially dangerous winter weather conditions continue to grip the region and other parts of the country.
The National Weather Service has warned that wind chills on Thursday could plunge to zero degrees in Portland, Oregon, and potentially plummet to 25 degrees below zero in parts of the Cascades in northern Oregon and southern Washington state.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler declared a state of emergency starting Wednesday due to the forecasted severe cold weather. Multnomah County, home to Portland, also has declared an emergency.
The city and the county said they will open four severe weather shelters Wednesday night for as long as conditions require.
Seattle has also opened additional shelter space, including at City Hall, according to King County's regional homeless authority. Officials said some shelters could remain open until Saturday.
Snowfall blanketed areas north of Seattle and parts of the northern Cascades on Tuesday, disrupting air travel and halting traffic on mountain passes.
In Canada, the Vancouver Airport Authority said it will be temporarily limiting arriving international flights from Wednesday through Friday morning due to “congestion” in its airfield. Heavy snow Tuesday prevented “a significant number of aircraft" from departing the city's YVR airport for several hours on Tuesday, resulting in mass cancellations.
Improving conditions on Wednesday facilitated some arrivals and departures but delays and cancellations are still expected, airport officials said.
While air traffic improved slightly at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday, with 49 flights cancelled as of 10:30 a.m. compared to hundreds the previous day, delays were still impacting some 200 flights, according to online tracker FlightAware.
Driving conditions could remain dangerous across the region due to icy roads.
In Portland, transportation officials said they covered roads with more than 4,000 gallons of de-icer on Tuesday night.
One person died in an accident on Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge on Tuesday when a semi-truck collided with their SUV. The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said the thin layer of ice on the major highway may have been a contributing factor.
In Washington, heavy snow in parts of the Cascades closed two of the main roadways across the state on Tuesday.
Let's be frank - It's not OK to ignore traction requirements or think you don't need to chain up when required. Those choices can lead to fatalities, and at the very least messes with your life & other people's lives. STOP IGNORING TRACTION REQUIREMENTS UP HERE! pic.twitter.com/YbfrL8d8aQ
— Snoqualmie Pass (@SnoqualmiePass) December 21, 2022
Multiple spinouts stopped traffic in both directions at Snoqualmie Pass, a mountain pass on Interstate 90 about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Seattle. U.S. Highway 2 over Stevens Pass, Highway 12 over White Pass and Highway 97 over Blewett Pass were also all closed Tuesday afternoon in both directions due to spinouts and crashes, the Washington Department of Transportation said. By Tuesday evening, passes on Highway 2, Highway 12 and Highway 97 had reopened. Snoqualmie Pass reopened shortly before 9 p.m.
“Be prepared for adverse weather,” transportation officials said on Twitter. “Crews have more wrecks to clear & continue to clear snow.”
The agency said it had deployed plows to major thoroughfares across the region and said its maintenance crews will be working through the night for the next several days.
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A federal judge hears arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that’s aimed at overturning Food and Drug Administration approval of the abortion pill Mifepristone. The drug is used in conjunction with another pill.
The Associated Press reports that if Mifepristone is no longer available, clinics and doctors say they plan to switch to only using the second drug, Misoprostol, which is slightly less effective at ending pregnancies, though it’s used widely in countries where Mifepristone isn’t available.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Mary Ziegler, professor at UC Davis School of Law.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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WASHINGTON -- Congress is moving swiftly to prevent a looming U.S. rail workers strike, reluctantly intervening in a labor dispute to stop what would surely be a devastating blow to the nation's economy if the transportation of fuel, food and other critical goods were disrupted.
The House was expected to act first on Wednesday after President Joe Biden asked Congress to step in. The bill lawmakers are considering would impose a compromise labor agreement brokered by his administration that was ultimately voted down by four of the 12 unions representing more than 100,000 employees at large freight rail carriers. The unions have threatened to strike if an agreement can't be reached before a Dec. 9 deadline.
Lawmakers from both parties expressed reservations, but the intervention was particularly difficult for some Democratic lawmakers who have traditionally sought to align themselves with the politically powerful labor unions.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, announced that he would object to fast-tracking the president's proposal until he can get a roll-call vote on an amendment that would guarantee seven paid sick days for rail workers. Some of the more liberal lawmakers in the House such as Reps. Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri tweeted that they couldn't support the measure.
Still, the bill was expected to receive a significant bipartisan vote. That show of support began when the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate met with Biden on Tuesday at the White House.
"We all agreed that we should try to avoid this rail shutdown as soon as possible," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said as he returned to the Capitol.
A letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Democratic colleagues promised two votes, reflecting the consternation she was hearing from members. The first vote will be on adopting the tentative labor agreement. The second will be on a measure to add seven days of paid sick leave for railroaders to the agreement.
"It is with great reluctance that we must now move to bypass the standard ratification process for the Tentative Agreement," Pelosi wrote. "However, we must act to prevent a catastrophic strike that would touch the lives of nearly every family: erasing hundreds of thousands of jobs, including union jobs; keeping food and medicine off the shelves; and stopping small businesses from getting their goods to market."
The compromise agreement that was supported by the railroads and a majority of the unions provides for 24% raises and $5,000 in bonuses retroactive to 2020 along with one additional paid leave day. The raises would be the biggest rail workers have received in more than four decades. Workers would have to pay a larger share of their health insurance costs, but their premiums would be capped at 15% of the total cost of the insurance plan. But the agreement didn't resolve workers' concerns about demanding schedules that make it hard to take a day off and the lack of paid sick time.
Lawmakers from both parties grumbled about stepping into the dispute, but they also said they had little choice.
"The bottom line is we are now forced with this kind of terrible situation where we have to choose between an imperfect deal that has already been negotiated or an economic catastrophe," said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
"This is about whether we shut down the railroads of America, which will have extreme negative effects on our economy," said Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House. "We should have a bipartisan vote."
Republicans needled the Biden administration and Democrats for Congress being asked to step in now to avert an economic crisis. But many indicated they were ready to do so.
"This has got to be tough for Democrats in that they generally kowtow to unions," said Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.
"At this late hour, it's clear that there is little we can do other than to support the measure," said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.
Business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Farm Bureau Federation said earlier this week in a letter to congressional leaders they must be prepared to intervene and that a stoppage of rail service for any duration would represent a $2 billion per day hit to the economy.
On several past occasions, Congress has intervened in labor disputes by enacting legislation to delay or prohibit railway and airline strikes.
Railroad unions on Tuesday decried Biden's call for Congress to intervene in their contract dispute, saying it undercuts their efforts to address workers' quality-of-life concerns.
Conductor Gabe Christenson, who is co-chairman of the Railroad Workers United coalition that includes workers from all the rail unions, said Biden and the Democrats are siding with the railroads over workers.
"The 'most labor-friendly president in history' has proven that he and the Democratic Party are not the friends of labor they have touted themselves to be," Christenson said.
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The head of House Democrats has submitted Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) to sit on the powerful Intelligence Committee, setting up a battle with Republican leaders who are vowing to keep them off the panel.
Separately, Democrats this week are also expected to seat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, according to a source familiar with the Democrats’ plans, which will likely prompt GOP leaders to hold a floor vote to remove her.
In a letter sent Saturday to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Schiff, the top Democrat on the Intelligence panel, and Swalwell are both “eminently qualified” to continue their service on the committee. Jeffries requested that McCarthy seat them there.
“Together, these Members have over two decades of distinguished leadership providing oversight of our nation’s Intelligence Community, in addition to their prosecutorial work in law enforcement prior to serving in Congress,” Jeffries wrote.
The developments were first reported Monday by Punchbowl News.
Unlike most committees, however, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has special rules empowering the Speaker to assign the panel’s members, in consultation with the minority leader. That means McCarthy can also decline to seat members without relying on a full House vote.
Historically, that process has proceeded without controversy and the minority party’s recommendations have been seated. But Republicans have been up in arms since 2021, when Democrats staged successful votes to remove two Republicans — Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) — from their committee assignments. And McCarthy has vowed since then to keep Schiff and Swalwell from returning to the Intelligence panel — a pledge he amplified on Capitol Hill last week.
“What I am doing with the Intel Committee [is] bringing it back to the jurisdiction it’s supposed to do. Forward-looking to keep this country safe, keep the politics out of it,” McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol.
“So yes, I’m doing exactly what we’re supposed to do,” he added.
Schiff, as former chairman of the Intelligence Committee, had led the investigations into former President Trump’s ties to Russia, and Republicans have accused him of lying to the public during the course of those probes.
In Swalwell’s case, Republicans have highlighted his ties to a suspected Chinese spy who had helped fundraise for Swalwell’s 2014 reelection campaign, which were first revealed in 2020. After the FBI informed Swalwell of their concern, he cut ties with the Chinese national and has said McCarthy’s decision to remove him from the Intelligence Committee is “purely vengeance.”
Schiff also served as a lead House manager for Trump’s first impeachment trial, while Swalwell served as a manager for the second.
Fact-checkers have repeatedly found the GOP accusations to be false. And Democrats maintain that McCarthy’s threats are merely another promise to the conservative detractors who fought to deny him the Speaker’s gavel earlier in the month.
Jeffries, in his letter, sought to carve out a distinction between the scenarios, noting that both Greene and Gosar were removed after revelations that they had promoted violent actions against Democrats, and both votes received some Republican support.
“This action was taken by both Democrats and Republicans given the seriousness of the conduct involved, particularly in the aftermath of a violent insurrection and attack on the Capitol,” Jeffries wrote. “It does not serve as precedent or justification for the removal of Representatives Schiff and Swalwell, given that they have never exhibited violent thoughts or behavior.”
He also pointed out that McCarthy and the Republicans recently gave two committee posts to Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who is under fire for a series of résumé fabrications and questionable campaign finance activities. Jeffries called him a “serial fraudster.”
“The apparent double standard risks undermining the spirit of bipartisan cooperation that is so desperately needed in Congress,” Jeffries wrote.
Under Intelligence Committee rules, rank-and-file members are limited to four cycles — a cap Swalwell has hit — meaning that Jeffries waived that limit in order to force McCarthy to make good on his promise not to seat him. Schiff, as ranking member, is exempt from the cap.
Separately, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is scheduled to meet this week to finalize the party’s committee rosters, including the expected move to put Omar, one of three Muslim lawmakers in Congress, on the Foreign Affairs panel.
The Minnesota Democrat, a Somali refugee, has been highly critical of the Israeli government and its supporters, particularly on issues related to Palestinian rights, leading to charges of antisemitism. In one 2019 episode, Omar was forced to apologize after suggesting wealthy Jews are buying congressional support for Israel.
Unlike the Intelligence panel, McCarthy cannot block members of the Foreign Affairs Committee unilaterally. GOP leaders are expected to stage a vote to remove her from the panel, as was the case for Greene and Gosar. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/hill-politics/jeffries-submits-schiff-swalwell-for-intel-panel-forcing-fight-with-mccarthy/ | 2023-01-23 17:12:41 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/hill-politics/jeffries-submits-schiff-swalwell-for-intel-panel-forcing-fight-with-mccarthy/ |
- Company files its first Investigational New Drug application for its lead program KYV-101, a novel fully human CD19 CAR T-cell therapy, for the treatment of lupus nephritis
- Kyverna's therapeutic platform combines advanced T-cell engineering and synthetic biology technologies to suppress and eliminate autoreactive immune cells at the root cause of inflammatory disease
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyverna Therapeutics ("Kyverna"), a cell therapy company with the mission of engineering a new class of therapies for serious autoimmune diseases, today announced the filing of its first Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for KYV-101, a novel therapy for the treatment of lupus nephritis.
Lupus nephritis (LN) is a serious complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), more commonly known as lupus. Approximately 40 percent of adults diagnosed with lupus eventually develop LN and 60 percent of LN patients will fail standard of care and approved treatments1. Aside from modest efficacy, current treatments expose these young adults to the well-demonstrated detrimental consequences of chronic treatment with corticosteroids and other powerful immunosuppressants. Up to 10 percent of patients with LN and 40 percent with diffuse LN (class IV) will ultimately develop kidney failure, requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant to stay alive2.
KYV-101 is an autologous version of a novel, fully human clinical-stage anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) construct with properties well suited for use in B cell-driven autoimmune diseases such as lupus nephritis and other B-cell driven autoimmune diseases. In a 20-patient Phase 1/2 study in oncology, expected anti-lymphoma activity was associated with a significant reduction of cytokines released that translated into a strong reduction of cytokine-driven side effects such as the rate of immune effector cells-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS)3. The fully human anti-CD19 CAR also translated into reduced immunogenicity that favorably impacted cell persistence at one month. Kyverna recognized that these properties singled out KYV-101 as a product ideally poised for use in autoimmune disease patients, and the company obtained exclusive, worldwide licenses from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use this CD19 construct in both autologous and allogeneic CAR T-cell therapies. Pending results of the FDA review, Kyverna is actively working with clinical sites in the U.S. and Europe to support initiation of the Phase 1/2 study in LN.
"We are extremely proud to be leading a possible revolution in how we treat severe immune-related and inflammatory diseases. The filing of this IND for KYV-101 in lupus nephritis is an important milestone for Kyverna and we are excited by the prospect of KYV-101 opening a new era in the care of patients with LN. We strongly believe that KYV-101 may drastically change the course of this devastating disease," said Peter Maag, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Kyverna Therapeutics. "We look forward to working with the FDA to initiate the KYV-101 clinical study."
"Patients with lupus nephritis too often experience serious complications from the medications used to control the disease process or from the disease itself. We applaud the team at Kyverna for developing novel treatment approaches for these patients that today have very limited treatment options," said Richard A. Furie, M.D., The Marilyn and Barry Rubenstein Chair in Rheumatology, professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, chief of Division of Rheumatology, Northwell Health, and professor of medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell Health.
About KYV-101
KYV-101 is an autologous version of a novel fully human clinical-stage anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) construct with properties well suited for use in B cell-driven autoimmune diseases such as lupus nephritis, systemic sclerosis, and inflammatory myopathies. Kyverna has obtained exclusive, worldwide licenses from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use this CD19 construct in both autologous and allogeneic CAR T-cell therapies.
About Kyverna Therapeutics
Kyverna Therapeutics is a cell therapy company with the mission of engineering a new class of therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The Kyverna therapeutic platform combines advanced T-cell engineering and synthetic biology technologies to suppress and eliminate the autoreactive immune cells at the origin of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. In addition to aiming to develop next-generation chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapies in both autologous and allogeneic settings, Kyverna is creating synReg T cells, a synthetic version of Regulatory T cells (Tregs), powerful natural immune cells that control immune homeostasis through multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms. By offering more than one mechanism for taming autoimmunity, Kyverna is positioned to act on its mission of transforming how autoimmune diseases are treated. For more information, please visit https://kyvernatx.com.
1 E. Carter et al., Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 12, Oct. 2016, 605-620.
2 Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2019;26(5):313.
3 Brudno et al., Nature Medicine 2020; 26:270-280.
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In a must-win game for their postseason chances, the Lincoln East baseball team was confident.
After all, why wouldn’t they be when they have Jalen Worthley on the mound?
The San Jose State commit was nothing short of electric in Saturday’s A-4 district baseball championship, striking out 11 batters and allowing just one hit in five innings of work. Add in some key extra-base hits and that’s the recipe for Lincoln East’s 6-1 win over Omaha Westside at Den Hartog Field that sends the Spartans to the state tournament for the second year in a row.
The only difference for Lincoln East (24-3) from its district final a year ago was that the Spartans walked away with a district plaque this time around. East fell in the district final to Columbus in 2021, but Worthley made sure that the Spartans would secure their first district title since 2012.
After a leadoff walk to start the game, Worthley was just about untouchable.
Worthley recorded eight of his first nine outs via strikeout, allowed his sole hit on an infield single and only saw two balls travel into the outfield for routine flyouts. Omaha Westside (18-14) totaled five hits overall.
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“The last time we were in the situation we lost, so it’s great to pull this off and make sure we’re going to state,” Worthley said.
This is the first time in school history that Lincoln East will make back-to-back state tournament appearances, something that shows the hard work this year’s senior class has put in to make sure of that. Cooper Erikson is one of those seniors and he came up big in the district final with an RBI double in the first inning that helped give East a 2-0 lead after one frame.
Erikson also closed out the game on the mound and led the charge in the postgame Gatorade shower for head coach Mychal Lanik.
For Lanik, who joined the Spartan program in 2019, it was rewarding to see the team put together a stellar all-around performance when it mattered most.
“We told our guys all year that we’d play our best baseball in May, and we played a complete game today,” Lanik said. “Jalen was phenomenal; he’s been absolutely outstanding and we were really good offensively, too."
Much of that offensive success came from sophomore first baseman AJ Evasco, whose third-inning sacrifice fly gave Lincoln East a 4-0 lead. While that sacrifice fly narrowly missed out on being a home run, Evasco didn’t miss again in the bottom of the fifth inning with a two-run homer to left field that truly put the Spartans in control at 6-0. Evasco also hit a home run in East’s 9-3 win over Papillion-La Vista earlier on Saturday.
A noteworthy aspect of this year’s Lincoln East team is that every single high school age group was represented in the Spartans’ starting lineup. The seniors are many, with the likes of Keegan Brink, Noah Walters and Ryan Clementi all playing big roles in the district win.
Add in junior Eli Erikson, sophomores Evasco and Mason Gaines and freshman catcher Jeter Worthley all contributing at the plate, and that makes a Lincoln East team ready to keep its season going strong at the state tournament.
“We’ve been playing as a team all year, and this has been our main goal since September,” Worthley said. “To be able to go to state and hopefully try to win it all feels awesome.” | https://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/baseball/behind-a-phenomenal-game-from-its-pitching-ace-lincoln-east-advances-to-state-tournament-in/article_bbca2052-7dc5-5281-8d5c-266f274949c0.html | 2022-05-08 01:48:22 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/baseball/behind-a-phenomenal-game-from-its-pitching-ace-lincoln-east-advances-to-state-tournament-in/article_bbca2052-7dc5-5281-8d5c-266f274949c0.html |
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Michigan State University student bikes across the country
Traveling more than 3,000 miles solo
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - On a normal day, you’ll find Ben Vercellino riding his bike through the streets of East Lansing, but less than a month ago you could find him riding near the Golden Gate Bridge.
With one semester left at Michigan State University, Vercellino wanted to challenge himself in a way he never had before. Traveling more than three thousand miles solo, it was just him and his bike.
“I’ve never done any biking or really anything like this before,” said Vercellino.
Before his trip from East Lansing to San Francisco Ben Vercellino wouldn’t have considered himself the adventurous type.
“You know I would be biking in Oklahoma thinking like Ben, what are you doing out here?” said Vercellino.
43 days on the open road brought unexpected and rewarding experiences.
“It felt amazing and it was much needed, a lot of amazing friendships along the way,” said Vercellino.
Vercellino said after a tough year on campus, biking brought a sense of clarity.
“There was a lot of stuff that happened this semester and just school and work and so much stuff to have to juggle..to leave that and only focus on biking every day was such a relief,” said Vercellino.
Traveling over 80 miles a day, with his bike, and a few bags.
“You’re going to be lugging everything up a mountain so you’re going to want to pack lightly,” said Vercellino.
Sleeping in a new place every night with unpredictable weather.
“I was doing my first big mountain pass and the weather was beautiful when I started that day and by the time I got to the top it was snowy and foggy and I was still in my shorts,” said Vercellino.
A truly eye-opening experience and Vercellino encourages others to give it a try.
This trip is the first of many for Ben. Next summer he’s planning to row all five of the Great Lakes, but next time, he’ll have a buddy by his side.
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Irving scores 48, Nets beat Jazz for 1st win without Durant
JOHN COON
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 48 points, including 21 in the fourth quarter, and the Brooklyn Nets won for the first time since Kevin Durant’s knee injury with a 117-106 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night.
Irving accounted for 18 of the Nets’ 43 baskets by himself. He also had 11 rebounds and six assists, leading Brooklyn in both categories.
Nic Claxton added 20 points for the Nets. Royce O’Neale chipped in 13 points and six assists in his first game back in Utah since being traded to Brooklyn before the season.
Jordan Clarkson scored 29 points for Utah and Lauri Markkanen added 22 points and 11 rebounds. Collin Sexton had 17 points and Malik Beasley chipped in 12.
After Clarkson capped a 10-3 run with a driving layup to tie it at 102, Irving and Seth Curry each knocked down a pair of 3-pointers to help the Nets take a 114-105 lead with 50 seconds left.
A night after falling in Phoenix to fall to 0-4 without Durant, Brooklyn carved out a 24-11 lead after holding the Jazz scoreless for four minutes. The Nets ran off 14 unanswered points during that stretch, highlighted by three baskets from Irving. They started 11 of 16 from the field before their offense cooled off.
Utah erased the double-digit deficit in the second quarter behind its own 14-0 run and took a 38-36 lead on a reverse layup from Sexton. The Jazz scored on seven straight possessions late in the quarter. Clarkson fueled the spurt with a pair of baskets and three free throws.
TIP INS
Nets: Ben Simmons had six of his nine rebounds in the fourth quarter. … Brooklyn did not attempt a free throw until 4:02 remained in the second quarter.
Jazz: Mike Conley dished out a game-high nine assists. … Utah outscored Brooklyn 32-21 in bench points.
UP NEXT
Nets: Visit Golden State on Sunday.
Jazz: Host Charlotte on Monday.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama public officials said Friday that they've identified the state’s first known cases of monkeypox, a disease that has emerged in more than 50 countries and most U.S. states.
The Alabama Department of Public Health said in news releases that two cases have been identified. The first was in Mobile County and the second in Jefferson County.
Most monkeypox patients experience only fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body.
State health officials said a symptom in the current outbreak is a rash that starts out as flat spots, followed by raised spots, then vesicles that are deep-seated, have a tiny spot in the middle of the vesicle, and may be itchy or painful.
Cases began emerging in Europe and the United States this spring. Most of the roughly 1,000 cases reported in the U.S. have been among men who have sex with men, but health officials stress that anyone can get the disease.
Dr. Rendi Murphree, an epidemiologist with the Mobile County Health Department, said monkeypox can be transmitted through close person-to-person contact.
“The patient had no known contact with a monkeypox patient — so did not know if they had skin-to-skin contact with someone who had monkeypox— which emphasizes the importance of raising awareness for our community in general, but in particular, raising awareness for our healthcare community and those that are at most risk for infection,” Murphree said during a news conference about the case in Mobile County.
An effective vaccine against monkeypox exists. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the vaccine for people who have already been exposed to the virus and their presumed contacts. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/First-2-cases-of-monkeypox-found-in-Alabama-17308554.php | 2022-07-15 22:42:43 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/First-2-cases-of-monkeypox-found-in-Alabama-17308554.php |
WHITESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials have identified the remains of a western Kentucky soldier killed in a battle during the Korean War.
Army Pfc. Robert A. Wright, 18, of Whitesville was accounted for earlier this year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday in a statement.
Wright was part of C Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division in July 1950 when he went missing in action during fighting along the Kum River near Taejon, South Korea. His body couldn't be immediately recovered and the Army issued a presumptive finding of death in 1953.
The Army began recovering remains after regaining control of the area, but they weren't able to identify some, which were later sent to Hawaii where they were buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, known as the Punchbowl.
In 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency began a project to disinter unidentified remains. Scientists used DNA, dental and anthropological analysis to determine that one set of remains belonged to Wright.
A rosette will be placed next to Wright’s name on the Courts of the Missing at the Punchbowl to indicate he has been accounted for. He will be buried at a later date in Whitesville. | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Remains-of-Kentucky-soldier-killed-in-Korean-War-17595665.php | 2022-11-18 20:46:44 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Remains-of-Kentucky-soldier-killed-in-Korean-War-17595665.php |
Sarah Jessica Parker is remembering her late stepfather "strong as a bull" and a man she'll always miss.
The 57-year-old actress took to Instagram and paid homage to Paul Giffin Forste, the man who was married to her mom, Barbara, for more than five decades and who sadly died on Wednesday. Parker's post included a black and white photo of Forste with the caption, "Paul Giffin Forste 1946-2022 Godspeed. RIP Strong like a bull. Til the end. At home and among all those who loved you dearly, you will be missed always. We will take good care of Mommy, who you worshipped for 54 years. X, SJ."
In a statement to ET, Parker's family said they were "sad to announce that after an unexpected and rapid illness, Paul Giffin Forste passed away yesterday at age 76." The statement added, "In his last moments he was surrounded with the love and gratitude of his adored wife Barbara of 54 years, and children, including Sarah Jessica Parker."
"Paul will be remembered with the spirit of loving kindness which was his faith, his special delight in his 13 grandchildren, and his sustained belief in making the world a more charitable, tolerant, and beautiful place for all," the statement concluded.
On Saturday, the actress sought a bit of good luck in her life when she whispered "rabbit, rabbit" in an Instagram post set to the tune of the Danny Ryan Jazz Band's "Let's Not." The video showed only a burning candle. As she zoomed in, Parker whispered the phrase, which is thought to bring one good luck when said on the first day of the month.
Earlier in the week, ET confirmed Parker had pulled out of the global virtual press conference for Hocus Pocus 2 on Wednesday due to a family emergency. The same day, she also did not attend the New York Ballet 2022 Fall Fashion Gala at Lincoln Center, where she was set to be honored, ET previously reported.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani earned another win on the mound despite giving up five runs in a nightmare fourth inning, and he also tripled, doubled and singled in the Los Angeles Angels’ 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday.
Ohtani (4-0) had his rockiest start in recent memory, yielding at least five runs and two homers for the first time in 18 starts since last July while also hitting a career-high three batters with pitches.
Nearly all of the two-way superstar’s trouble occurred in the fourth, after he had thrown three perfect innings. Ohtani’s struggles were preceded by a breakdown in his PitchCom system, which he uses in lieu of traditional catcher-to-pitcher signals, but both Ohtani and manager Phil Nevin said those problems weren’t the main factor while Ohtani allowed seven baserunners, threw two wild pitches and lost a 5-0 lead.
“He’s human,” Nevin said. “I kind of had to go up and down the dugout after the next half-inning, because it was like the whole place was deflated. Everybody was like, ‘What happened?’ He’s human. He’s going to give up runs, you guys. We’re in a dogfight now. Let’s go.”
Ohtani gave up as many runs in the fourth as he had yielded in his previous 60 innings combined. He recovered to throw six innings of three-hit ball, earning his fourth victory of April while striking out eight with a fastball that topped 100 mph twice.
“The biggest part for me was to have two strong innings after that fourth inning,” Ohtani said through his translator. “The first three innings probably felt the best. That fourth inning is regrettable, but it felt really good coming back in the fifth and sixth. I’ll use it as a learning experience.”
Ohtani scored two runs, but fell just short of becoming the first starting pitcher in modern major league history to hit for the cycle. He came up in the eighth with a chance to complete his second career cycle, but Esteury Ruiz caught his 389-foot drive at the warning track in center.
Brandon Drury hit an early three-run homer to cap his spectacular series for the Angels, who won the final three of a four-game set.
Brent Rooker hit a three-run homer and Shea Langeliers added a two-run shot in the fourth for the A’s, who have lost 12 of 14. They are one loss shy of matching the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the most April defeats in major league history with 22.
JP Sears (0-2) yielded six hits and six runs while pitching into the fifth.
Ohtani drove in the Angels’ first run with a double, and Drury homered moments later during the Angels’ five-run third. Drury also doubled and walked twice, finishing the series 9 for 15 with four homers, a triple and two doubles while reaching base 12 times.
Ohtani said his PitchCom system was inconsistent during the afternoon, and he had trouble with it even before the fourth, which started poorly and got worse.
Ohtani hit a batter, issued a walk and threw a wild pitch before Rooker’s catchable homer barely eluded right fielder Hunter Renfroe at the fence. Ohtani then hit another batter, threw another wild pitch and gave up Langeliers’ sixth homer, erasing the Angels’ five-run lead. He finally escaped his worst inning in recent memory after another walk and a double.
“I was just a little passive, trying to protect our lead too much,” Ohtani said. “I should have been more aggressive.”
Oakland scored two runs in the eighth after Luis Rengifo booted a grounder that should have ended the inning. Gio Urshela and Anthony Rendon made outstanding defensive plays to preserve the Angels’ one-run lead.
Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
MISSED THE MARK
Ohtani fell short of the franchise record for consecutive scoreless innings at home, finishing with 35 straight. Mark Clear set the record of 36 2/3 straight scoreless innings as a rookie in 1979.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: RHP Domingo Acevedo returned from a two-week absence with a lower back injury. After coming on with the bases loaded in the sixth, he allowed just one inherited runner to score.
Angels: Rookie SS Zach Neto got a rest day.
UP NEXT
Athletics: Kyle Muller (0-2, 7.23 ERA) is expected to be on the mound when Oakland returns home Friday to open a weekend series with Cincinnati. Muller has yielded 16 runs in his last three starts.
Angels: Tyler Anderson (1-0, 7.20 ERA) looks to improve his slow start with his new team when Los Angeles opens a six-game trip Friday night at Milwaukee.
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The leaves have turned, the heat advisories are over, and we are finally in the midst of the sweater weather that we crave in Nebraska. The change in season also brings many of the farmers markets to an end. However, plenty of other events are yet to come.
The end-of-season Christmas fairs and holiday markets are a great place to stock up on all your pumpkins, gourdes, produce and root vegetables for upcoming dinners and decorating, and to find someone the perfect locally made gift. Below is a short list of happenings in December.
The College View farmers market will have its annual indoor holiday market Sunday, Dec. 18, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the grand ballroom of the Graduate Hotel, 141 N. Ninth St. Here you will see many of the vendors that you’ve come to know during the market season, and they’ll offer up produce, cheese, baked goods, holiday charcuterie boards, fresh ravioli, pasta, pesto, sauces, sweets, cakes, nuts, local honey and other items to bring out when guests pop in. This event is free to the public.
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Wax Buffalo, in collaboration with the Haymarket Association, will host its first annual winter market under the O Street bridge Sunday, Dec. 4, from noon-6 p.m., with vendors of all types selling items to set the holiday mood. The focus will be on local makers and downtown businesses, and will include a Christmas tree lot brimming with beautiful trees, a friendly Christmas tree decorating contest among local downtown businesses (for viewing and voting by the public), serenading carolers, and holiday-inspired food and drink from vendors The Chocolate Season, Canyon Joe’s BBQ, The Bierhaus Maisschäler (love their pretzels!), Lulubee Artisanal Chocolates and The Coffee Roaster. Be sure to grab a German-style wurst with sauerkraut and mustard from Otillie Meats while you meander through the stalls.
The cost is $10/$7 early bird (children under 5 are free).
Love the Locals will host a holiday market Sunday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at The Bay, 2005 Y St.
Love the Locals specializes in creating a community-oriented environment to shop in while supporting 50-plus local makers. The event will feature live music, multiple food and drink options, free balloons and vendors galore, as well as brews from Zipline, a coffee bar and a hot cocoa station. Tickets are $5 at the door. Ticket price includes a free photo booth backdrop, live music, gift wrapping station and local shopping.
The Lincoln Cooperative Kitchen holiday open house is set for Friday, Dec. 16, from 3-7 p.m. at 129 S. 27th St. (southwest corner in the alley beside H&R Block). The event will feature Otillie Meats, Capo di Tutto Pasta and Tasty Good Toffee. Stop in and see the working commercial kitchen and meet the owners of these Lincoln businesses. While you’re there, try some samples. This event is free to the public.
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Former White House counterterrorism analyst Lee Wolosky talks about the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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ANDOVER, Mass., April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Byrna Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: BYRN) ("Byrna" or the "Company") today announced that it will issue its financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended February 28, 2023 on Friday April 14th, 2023, before the financial markets open. Management will conduct a conference call that day at 9:00 am ET to review these results.
Interested parties may listen to the call by dialing (201) 689-8354 or (877) 709-8150. Please call in ten minutes before the conference call is scheduled to begin and ask for the Byrna Technologies call. The question and answer portion of the call will be open to industry research analysts.
To listen to a simultaneous webcast of the call, please visit www.byrna.com ten minutes prior to the start of the call and click on the Investors section to download and install any necessary audio software. If you are unable to listen live, the conference call webcast will be archived on Byrna Technologies' website for thirty days.
About Byrna Technologies Inc.
Byrna is a technology company, specializing in the development, manufacture, and sale of innovative non-lethal personal security solutions. For more information on the Company, please visit the corporate website here or the Company's investor relations site here. The Company is the manufacturer of the Byrna® SD personal security device, a state-of-the-art handheld CO2 powered launcher designed to provide a non-lethal alternative to a firearm for the consumer, private security, and law enforcement markets. To purchase Byrna products, visit the Company's e-commerce store.
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PASADENA, Calif., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JRW Realty, a nationwide commercial real estate brokerage dedicated to finding and delivering net-leased properties, has facilitated the acquisition of six Walmart Neighborhood Markets in Louisiana on behalf of its client for a total price of $84 million.
The six stores account for approximately 43,000 square feet each and are located in the southern or coastal Louisiana towns of Meraux, Houma, Prairieville, New Iberia, Opelousas, and Thibodaux. All purchases have single-tenant net leases in place, with individual prices ranging from $11.8 million to just under $16.5 million. The total square footage of the six stores is 257,427.
JRW Realty's Jennifer Rodriguez Ventura facilitated the deal on behalf of an institutional buyer with a demand for specific net-leased properties. JLL's Alex Sharrin represented the seller in the transaction.
"Jennifer worked diligently to bring this transaction to fruition," JRW Realty's president of single-tenant net lease Melinda Marston said. "We always seek the right kinds of properties for our clients' private real estate investment firms. As they have solid backing and resources, they are actively engaging in deals of this size and higher."
Walmart Neighborhood Markets were designed in 1998 as a smaller-footprint option for communities in need of a pharmacy, affordable groceries, and merchandise. Each location employs up to 95 associates.
"Our clients have specific criteria for purchasing real estate," Marston said. "One such criteria is net-leased properties tenanted by creditworthy clients. These Walmart Neighborhood Markets fit that description as well as anything could, and we are delighted to have been able to bring this deal to our clients and to help them complete a successful closing."
About JRW Realty
JRW Realty is a commercial real estate brokerage firm that has closed on more than 900 properties valued at more than $3.6 billion on behalf of its clients. JRW Realty's team places special focus on due diligence, reviewing over 100 properties each week and only choosing to source for clients the best 3-4% according to their rigorous acquisition criteria. For more information, visit www.jrwrealty.com.
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Melinda Marston, President - STNL
CA DRE #01950977
melinda@jrwrealty.com
(626) 696-2910
Jennifer Rodriguez Ventura
CA DRE #01966871
jennifer@jrwrealty.com
(626) 720-1559
Multi-Tenant Retail Sourcing Contact
Joel Staffilino, President - Multi-Tenant Retail
jstaffilino@jrwrealty.com
(513) 227-4502
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Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht said recently that “we really like our group” of running backs, but left the door open to adding a player to that group in the draft.
The team is meeting with one possible addition on Wednesday. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team has former Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs in for a visit .
Gibbs transferred from Georgia Tech to Alabama for the 2022 season and moved right into a big role for the Crimson Tide. He ran 151 times for 926 yards, caught 44 passes for 444 yards, and returned kicks during his lone season in the SEC. Gibbs scored 10 offensive touchdowns in the process.
The Bucs released Leonard Fournette this offseason and have Rachaad White, Ke’Shawn Vaughn, and Chase Edmonds on the depth chart in the offensive backfield. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jahmyr-gibbs-visits-buccaneers | 2023-07-01 03:01:08 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jahmyr-gibbs-visits-buccaneers |
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Friday:
8-5-2
(eight, five, two)
05-15-18-21-39
(five, fifteen, eighteen, twenty-one, thirty-nine)
03-04-05-08-14-21-25-29-34-36-40-41-48-50-52-58-65-66-71-78
(three, four, five, eight, fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-nine, thirty-four, thirty-six, forty, forty-one, forty-eight, fifty, fifty-two, fifty-eight, sixty-five, sixty-six, seventy-one, seventy-eight)
05-08-09-12
(five, eight, nine, twelve)
02-09-10-12-13-16
(two, nine, ten, twelve, thirteen, sixteen)
8-8-7
(eight, eight, seven)
0-6-9-4
(zero, six, nine, four)
01-05-06-07-09-12-13-19-20-21-22
(one, five, six, seven, nine, twelve, thirteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two)
01-02-04-08-09-11-14-15-16-18-22
(one, two, four, eight, nine, eleven, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, twenty-two)
3-4-0
(three, four, zero)
9-7-3-4
(nine, seven, three, four)
05-09-10-16-27-32, Doubler: N
(five, nine, ten, sixteen, twenty-seven, thirty-two; Doubler: N)
03-11-12-20-25
(three, eleven, twelve, twenty, twenty-five)
8-5-4
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BURLINGTON, Mass. and FRISCO, Texas, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NASDAQ: KDP) will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 before the market opens on Thursday, April 27, 2023. The Company will also host a conference call on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM (ET) to discuss the results with members of the investment community.
Investors and analysts may access the call by dialing (833) 629-0615 within the United States or Canada and (412) 317-1824 internationally and referencing the Keurig Dr Pepper call. A replay of the call will be available, beginning April 27, 2023 at approximately 11:00 AM (ET) until May 11, 2023, by dialing (877) 344-7529 or (412) 317-0088 and referencing the conference ID: 7814809.
Access to a live audio webcast and replay of the event will be available in the Investors section of the Company's corporate website, www.keurigdrpepper.com.
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Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with annual revenue of more than $14 billion and approximately 28,000 employees. KDP holds leadership positions in soft drinks, specialty coffee and tea, water, juice and juice drinks and mixers, and markets the #1 single serve coffee brewing system in the U.S. and Canada. The Company's portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partner brands is designed to satisfy virtually any consumer need, any time, and includes Keurig®, Dr Pepper®, Canada Dry®, Clamato®, CORE®, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters®, Mott's®, Snapple®, and The Original Donut Shop®. Through its powerful sales and distribution network, KDP can deliver its portfolio of hot and cold beverages to nearly every point of purchase for consumers. The Company's Drink Well. Do Good. corporate responsibility platform is focused on the greatest opportunities for impact in the environment, its supply chain, the health and well-being of consumers and with its people and communities. For more information, visit www.keurigdrpepper.com.
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As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
NEW YORK (AP) — Fangsuo Zhou, now in his 50s, remembers all too well that dispiriting spring day in 1989 when tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. University students and others were beaten and bloodied when communist troops swarmed in to end a pro-democracy protest. Hundreds and possibly thousands died.
For years, Zhou, who left China after the crackdown and now lives in New Jersey, has been collecting what he calls “evidence” of China’s brutality.
Those items — blooded towels, blood-soaked banners that had been turned into tourniquets, newspaper clippings, letters and a tent used by student protesters during their seven-week demonstration — are now the centerpiece of the “June 4 Memorial Exhibit,” housed on the fourth floor of a New York City office building.
It carries on the mission of a similar exhibit in Hong Kong shuttered by the communist government two years ago.
“This is the most important legacy for China,” Zhou said during a preview of the collection, which opens to the public Friday.
He cannot forget, he said, nor should the uprising ever be forgotten — even as the Chinese government has sought to erase reminders of what happened at Tiananmen Square.
“We are keeping the unchangeable evidence for what the CCP has done,” he said, referring to the Chinese Communist Party.
Since the uprising, monuments, memorials and statues were erected so Tiananmen would be rememebered, particularly in Hong Kong, once a British outpost but now again under control by the Chinese government.
But in recent years, China’s Communist Party has become more aggressive in squelching dissent and in its attempt to erase any reminders of days when tens of thousands of students challenged its power at Tiananmen.
Hong Kong authorities removed statues and monuments dedicated to the protests, including a sculpture called the “Pillar of Shame, depicting bodies piled atop one other as a reminder of those killed during the final days of the uprising.
”They want to make everybody forget that they are regime built on violence and lies,” said Dan Wang, another student organizer, who along with Zhou, was among those the government blamed for the weekslong protest.
“We have obligation and responsibility to establish this memorial exhibition,” he said, “to uphold the truth of history and to counter the CCP is attempt to erase historical memory.”
Exhibit organizers decided to house the collection of memorabilia in midtown Manhattan — not in Chinatown — to make the history more accessible to the broader population.
Earlier this year, Hong Kong officials jailed three organizers of a now-defunct pro-democracy group that had organized vigils each June commemorating the 1989 unrest. They were convicted of failing to comply with requests by national security police to provide certain information.
The vigils drew tens of thousands of participants. But the yearly observances stopped after 2019 — the 30th anniversary of the student uprising in Beijing — because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the government has not allowed the event to resume.
Over seven weeks in 1989, pro-democracy students converged at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to protest corruption and push for a fairer and more open society — a demand that would have meant the Community Party would have to voluntarily give up its authority over education, employment, family planning and many other aspects of life.
While it was the most serious upheaval in China since the Cultural Revolution, the student-led movement failed to succeed and was eventually crushed when the People’s Liberation Army rolled in with tanks and armed troops who forcibly removed the protestors. It remains unclear how many died.
Under British control, Hong Kong residents had freedoms unknown to their counterparts in communist China. After the United Kingdom relinquished its rule over Hong Kong, Beijing allowed many of those freedoms to continue. But over the years, it has shown less patience with dissent, launching crackdowns that have led to the arrests of dissidents.
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Voters in Iowa have already begun filling out their ballots in the 2022 midterm elections. One of the choices they will make this year is whether to send Republican Chuck Grassley back for an eighth term in the U.S. Senate. National Democrats have mostly given up on Iowa, which was long seen as a competitive between the two major political parties. Grassley, though, is running in the closest race he has had since his first election to the Senate in 1980.
"This is my 99th county meeting I've had for the 42 year in a row," Grassley said to a round of applause from a friendly mid-day crowd in the rural southwest Iowa town of Bedford in late August.
Sen. Grassley likes to tout his annual tours of Iowa's 99 counties, which are a mix of public and private events that some say are hard for his critics to attend. Grassley has been re-elected for decades to represent this state that many have long seen as purple.
"As things have gotten more polarized, so have people and so you should expect a lot of states that were purple to start to shift one direction," explained political science professor Megan Goldberg at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. "[Iowa] has the demographics that like to push us in the rightward direction, not the leftward."
Like so many places in the country, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade energized supporters of reproductive rights in Iowa. Democrats see Sen. Grassley's role on the Senate Judiciary Committee as a key player in that eventual ruling. Grassley blocked former President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland ahead of the 2016 presidential election and then shuttled former President Trump's nominee of now-Justice Amy Coney Barrett through nomination hearings ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
A handful of protesters turn out almost every Friday in the small northeastern Iowa town of McGregor holding signs that say things like "Abortion is Healthcare" and "Women: Vote Like Your Life Depends on it... Because it Does."
"We're barreling towards 2024, which really seems like the last chance we have to stay a democracy," protester Erin Cubbon said. "It's scary."
Cubbon says it's hard to believe Iowa helped launch former Obama's rise to the White House and was among the first to legalize same-sex marriage. It's also the same state Sen. Grassley has been representing in Congress for nearly a half-century.
He has been reelected easily partly because he presents himself as a moderate. But the 89-year-old has learned to embrace Trump like Republican voters have in the state. Grassley accepted his endorsement at a Trump rally in Des Moines last year.
"I was born at night but not last night so if I didn't accept the endorsement of a person that's got 91% of Republican voters in Iowa," Grassley joked to thousands of cheering Trump supporters on the Iowa State Fairgrounds "I wouldn't be that smart."
Republican support is not hard for Grassley to find. That means, though, that he's often facing questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election on the campaign trail. Typically, these questions come from voters concerned about the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
NPR asked Grassley recently why he pivots to talk about election policy instead of pushing back on Trump's false claim about a stolen election.
"I shouldn't have to repeat that. It's a fact that what I said on [December] the 14th, when the electoral votes were counted."
It's clear Grassley is an institution in Iowa but a new Des Moines Register Iowa poll suggests voters might be ready to move on even as this state becomes redder. Grassley is just three points ahead of his Democratic challenger, retired Navy Admiral Mike Franken.
In comparison, Iowa's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds enjoyed a 17 point advantage over her Democratic challenger, Deirdre DeJear.
Franken is hoping to catapult that public opinion advantage in a reddening state into the U.S. Senate. HE recognizes, though, it is an uphill climb.
"There's a portion of Iowa that will not vote for me because I'm a Democrat, that will not change. I will hold office and I will support them to the best of my ability," Franken said. "That's completely different than the Republican perspective on this state, where it is support your own and to hell with the rest."
Many had written Franken's campaign off after a police report surfaced saying he kissed a former staffer without consent. National Democrats are not engaged in Iowa either. Grassley has the cash advantage but Franken raised twice as much money as Grassley in the last fundraising quarter. Franken is also hammering Grassley on abortion, hoping that will drive Iowans to the polls.
Megan Goldberg at Cornell College says Franken may have a very narrow path to victory.
"Where Republicans go in and they vote for Republicans, for governor, for the House of Representatives and they skip voting in the Senate race, because they're not interested in voting for Grassley," Goldberg said. "But they can't bring themselves to vote for a Democrat."
Expect Franken to highlight Grassley's extensive tenure in Washington in the last days on the campaign trail as he attempts the seemingly impossible task of unseating a titan of Iowa politics.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee State University for so long has been best known in athletics as the place where Olympic gold medalist Wilma Rudolph and the Tigerbelles made track history and produced NFL talent like Super Bowl champ Ed “Too Tall” Jones.
Now the university that’s also the alma mater of Oprah Winfrey is taking a big step as the first historically Black college and university to introduce ice hockey.
The school on Wednesday announced plans to have a men’s team playing at the club level in 2024, with a goal of fielding Division I men’s and women’s teams “in the near future.”
“It is our hope that while TSU is the first HBCU to start an ice hockey program, we certainly won’t be the last,” university president Glenda Glover said at a news conference before the NHL draft.
The Tennessee State program has been created in partnership with the National Hockey League, the National Hockey League Players’ Association and the Nashville Predators. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat in the front row for the news conference at Bridgestone Arena, which is 4 miles from TSU.
Athletic director Mikki Allen said the program will help diversify hockey with a partnership helping embrace inclusivity and diversity. Allen noted TSU has a full complement of other sports including a football program currently coached by former NFL star Eddie George.
Now they will use TSU’s history, Nashville and this partnership to grow hockey from the ground up, and Allen believes the Tigers will be attractive to recruits nationally. The mighty Southeastern Conference has many members who field club hockey teams.
“I want the next P.K. Subban, I want the next Ryan Reaves, the next Willie O’Ree,” Allen said.
Since 2017, the NHL and the players’ union have sponsored feasibility studies for U.S. colleges and universities interested in exploring the addition of Division I men’s and women’s programs.
Sean Henry, president of the Predators, said they were talking about helping raise $1 million in scholarship funds in a month when the subject turned to ice hockey in January 2020. He said the announcement gives him goose bumps thinking of how this could change hockey.
The next step will be the women’s team, then getting to Division I for both teams. The first team will practice at one of the rinks opened and operated by the Predators in recent years around Nashville.
“And 10, 20, 30 years from now, my kids or grandkids are going to look at this and say: ‘Wow! Look what we did right here in Nashville,” Henry said. “It’s pretty exciting.”
Tennessee State is following a trend of HBCUs adding sports outside their more traditional offerings of football, men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s track and field. Earlier this year, The Associated Press contacted 46 Division I and D-II HBCUs and five conference offices about the trend. Twenty schools responded, saying they had added at least 42 NCAA championship or emerging sports since 2016, including at least 32 sports since 2020 alone.
In 2022-23, Fisk University became the first HBCU to offer women’s gymnastics. Morgan State will become the only HBCU offering Division I men’s wrestling this coming school year. Glover said this is part of TSU’s commitment to provide new opportunities to areas where students had limited or no access.
Anson Carter, the former NHL player announced Tuesday as a co-chair of the new Player Inclusion Coalition aimed at diversifying hockey, played collegiately at Michigan State. The Toronto native, who is Black, said he would’ve looked closely at the chance to play at an HBCU for the cultural opportunity.
“To have the ability to even open up the HBCU in the hockey space … it really is a game-changer for young kids playing hockey in the United States and Canada,” Carter said.
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The Transportation Department is rolling out a “dashboard” to let travelers see at a glance which airlines help families with young children sit together at no extra cost.
The announcement Monday comes as the department works on regulations to prevent families from being separated on planes.
It’s the latest salvo in the Biden administration’s efforts to clamp down on what it calls “ junk fees ” and to put pressure on airlines to improve service.
The dashboard rewards airlines with a green check if they guarantee that an adult family member can sit next to their young children if seats are available. On Monday, only three of the 10 U.S. airlines listed on the website received a green check: Alaska, American and Frontier.
The site also includes links to each airline’s customer policies.
“Parents traveling with young kids should be able to sit together without an airline forcing them to pay junk fees,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a release announcing the dashboard. He gave his department credit for pressuring airlines, “and now we’re seeing some airlines start to make this common-sense change.”
Airlines say they try and usually succeed at seating families together, but they have stopped short of making iron-clad promises. This year, several carriers have pledged to make changes in their seating policies.
Last month, Frontier Airlines said it would automatically seat at least one parent next to any child under 14.
Last week, American Airlines updated its customer-service plan with a guarantee that children 14 and under would be seated next to an accompanying adult at no extra cost.
United Airlines said it would let families with children under 12 to pick adjoining seats at no extra cost starting in early March in certain fare classes. The announcement seemed to fall short of Transportation standards however, because the department issued a notice last July that it intends to ban extra charges to have a family adult sit next to children up to age 13. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-in-junk-fee-fight-us-details-airline-family-seating-rules/ | 2023-03-06 23:59:43 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/ap-in-junk-fee-fight-us-details-airline-family-seating-rules/ |
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(THE CONVERSATION) Over recent months there has been an orchestrated pushback against investors and insurers who integrate the risks of climate change into their business models. That pushback – emanating from Republican-led states – is having an impact on how companies speak publicly. But whether it will affect their efforts to respond to climate change is less clear.
The latest targets have been global insurance companies, and their responses offer some insight.
Under pressure, several major insurers, including AXA, Allianz, Lloyd’s and Swiss Re, have pulled out of a United Nations-organized alliance committed to a global goal of net-zero emissions by mid-century. There’s a word for companies going quiet in the face of orchestrated attacks: “greenhushing.”
But while the insurers’ departures from the alliance might look like a victory for politicians and political donors who want to delay action on climate change, the companies say leaving doesn’t change their business decisions.
I have worked with businesses globally on sustainable development for over 20 years and follow both what they say and what they do. The insurance industry has obvious reasons to care about climate change and efforts to slow it, starting with the fact that disasters cost them money and the risks are rising.
The assault on protecting the climate
Republicans began targeting ESG investors – those who incorporate environmental, social and governance performance standards in making investment decisions – a few years ago as ESG-managed assets grew into the tens of trillions of dollars. Texas led the way in 2021 with a law prohibiting state entities from investing with firms that cut their investments in fossil fuel industries.
In 2022, Republican state attorneys general began to go after the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, or GFANZ, an umbrella body for insurers, banks, asset owners and asset managers. The influential group had a starting membership of over 400 financial institutions representing over US$130 trillion of assets under management.
One line of attack accuses GFANZ members of breaking antitrust rules, claiming that when companies participate in groups committed to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, competitors are cooperating in ways that affect prices in violation of U.S. law.
“Net-zero” is shorthand for taking steps to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, an international goal to prevent increasingly severe climate damage that is fueling severe storms, heat and wildfires. Clubs have formed across the financial value chain to find solutions. Among them is the U.N.-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a group of some of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers. Members commit to transitioning their insurance and reinsurance underwriting portfolios to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
In a letter on May 15, 2023, 23 Republican attorneys general took their criticism further and attempted to blame the insurance alliance – rather than the rising cost of disasters like wildfires and hurricanes – for economic ills from rising insurance premiums, fuel prices and inflation.
Facing the threat of lawsuits, whether viable or not, and the potential for reputational harm, several mainly European-based insurers and reinsurers with substantial investments in the U.S. left the group.
The attacks have dampened the public discussion on evolving practices in net-zero pathways and ESG investing, even for those who stay. Fewer firms are keen to draw attention to their progress because, in a global market, the backlash from the U.S. threatens any of them.
GFANZ has stated that the “political attacks are now interfering with insurers’ independent efforts to price climate risk, which will harm policyholders, main street investors and local economies.”
Silencing climate voices, but not actions
However, while the insurers might not be speaking out, their assessment of climate trends hasn’t changed, nor has the impact of those trends on their businesses.
When Lloyd’s pulled out of the alliance in late May 2023, the London-based insurance and reinsurance company made clear that it remains “committed to delivering our sustainability strategy including supporting the global economy’s transition.” It said it continues to support the U.N.’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance and Sustainable Development Goals.
Swiss Re also stressed that it has kept its sustainability strategy the same and that its pullout doesn’t reflect a lesser commitment to climate policies. It remains a member of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance.
Swiss Re Group’s data clearly shows the reason why. In 2021, some $270 billion in losses were attributable to natural catastrophes worldwide. The $111 billion of those losses that were insured represented the fourth highest payout since Swiss Re Institute, the insurer’s research arm, began keeping records in 1970.
The World Meteorological Organization reports that weather and climate disasters such as floods, heat waves and forest fires have increased fivefold in the past 50 years. These disasters have caused environmental harm, the loss of more than 2 million lives and more than $3.64 trillion in economic damage.
Not talking about these risks doesn’t help homeowners and businesses that rely on insurance, and doing nothing to stop climate change worsens the threats. Some consultants and auditors have started sounding the alarm that increasing natural catastrophes could collapse the insurance market model we know today.
An economy-wide problem
The insurance industry plays a crucial role in the overall functioning of economies. It promotes resilience by providing a safety net against unexpected events, helping individuals and businesses to recover more quickly. It facilitates commerce and trade; for instance, marine insurance covers the risks of shipping goods, ensuring that trade flows smoothly. It also encourages risk-management practices.
Without insurance, disaster costs would fall heavily on individuals and businesses, hindering economic growth and stability.
Already, as climate risks increase, some regions are becoming increasingly uninsurable. State Farm and Allstate cited wildfire risks when they recently announced they would stop selling new home insurance policies in California, putting pressure on outdated regulation of the insurance industry.
Looking ahead
As the United States heads into its long election season, the ESG backlash risks pushing more companies’ transition pathways into the quiet zone and slowing much-needed regulation.
The world is at an inflection point in its climate transition efforts. Capital is shifting to low-emissions technologies and, in some cases, reshaping industries faster than imagined.
Insurers have the ability to accelerate the transition through their underwriting practices and promoting risk mitigation through their substantial investment portfolios. They also recognize that, to protect their balance sheets and for the sake of the planet, society needs to pick up the pace in the transition to net zero.
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After making the cut at the last two major tournaments, Tiger Woods said he will sit out this month’s U.S. Open in hopes of returning in time for the Open Championship next month.
Woods made the cut at the PGA Championship but withdrew before the final round after shooting 79. It was Woods’ second tournament since returning from a serious car accident in 2020.
“My body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf,” he tweeted. “I do hope and plan to be ready to play in Ireland.”
Woods said he was feeling “sore” after the third round of the PGA Championship.
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BOISE, Idaho and NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Truckstop today announced a Rate Insights integration with GoodShip, an all-in-one platform for transportation procurement and operations teams to optimize freight spend and on-time performance while streamlining workflows and strengthening carrier relationships.
GoodShip will utilize spot market rate data from the Truckstop™ Rate Insights tool within its smart recommendation engine, providing shippers with contextualized, actionable insights about their carrier network's performance and cost. GoodShip users will also be able to run procurement events in-platform and compare incoming bids to current and predicted market rates provided via the Truckstop API.
"We are excited to partner with GoodShip to put more pricing data in the hands of logistics decision makers and enable more agile, resilient supply chains," said Julia Laurin, chief product officer, Truckstop. "We believe that our rates offering provides analysis of load details that is currently unmatched in the industry which makes for a more accurate output."
Truckstop's Rate Insights is the only spot market rate tool using machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide highly accurate, same-day rate estimates at the load level. Carriers, brokers, and shippers can access daily market rates specific to load attributes, including equipment type, location, and dates.
"In a market as volatile as freight, resilience and agility are one and the same," said Ryan Soskin, chief executive officer, GoodShip. "The ability to gather, interpret, and instantly action data is what transforms supply chains from a cost center into a competitive advantage. Layering in market insights from providers like Truckstop with GoodShip's procurement and negotiation tooling presents a clear, transformative win for shippers."
About Truckstop
Truckstop is a trusted partner for carriers, brokers, and shippers, empowering the freight community through a platform of innovative solutions for the entire freight lifecycle to increase efficiency, automate processes, and accelerate growth. As one of the industry's largest neutral freight marketplaces, Truckstop provides the customer service as well as scale of quality loads and trucks to give customers of all sizes, whether on the road or in the office, the transparency and freedom to build lasting relationships and grow their businesses. To learn how Truckstop is helping move the freight community forward, visit https://truckstop.com.
About GoodShip
GoodShip is the multiplayer platform for shippers and carriers to digitally procure, measure, and optimize contract freight. GoodShip is the command center that unifies data from a shippers tech ecosystem — TMS tender data, contract award data, location data — enriches it with market pricing data, then provides the tools to make that information instantly actionable directly from the platform by facilitating rate renegotiations, managing carrier performance conversations, and reducing spot exposure. Service and price are optimized in a systematic, data-driven way that enhances collaboration with carriers by establishing clear expectations and a real-time scorecard for ongoing alignment.
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Performance Highlights:
- During the reporting period, the revenue was RMB 43.952 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 12.66%; the net profit after deducting extraordinary gain or loss attributable to owners of the parent was RMB 3.873 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 18.17%;
- The revenue from new products and sub-new products including Han Li Kang, Han Qu You, Comirnaty, Jie Bei An, Su Ke Xin, Han Si Zhuang accounted for more than 30% of the revenue from the pharmaceutical manufacturing segment, and the revenue structure continued to be optimized;
- The revenue in regions outside the Chinese Mainland and other countries was RMB 13.938 billion, accounting for 31.71%, and the global operation capability was further improved.
SHANGHAI, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 27, 2023, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd.* ("Fosun Pharma" or "the Group", Stock Code: 600196.SH; 02196.HK), a global innovation-driven pharmaceutical and healthcare industry group deep-rooted in China, announced its 2022 annual results today (the "Reporting Period").
During the Reporting Period, Fosun Pharma achieved steady business growth, mainly driven by the revenue growth from new and sub-new products and the effective control of sales expenses. In 2022, Fosun Pharma achieved a revenue of RMB 43.952 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 12.66%; the net profit after deducting extraordinary gain or loss attributable to shareholders of the listed company was RMB 3.873 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 18.17%; the net cash flow from operating activities was RMB 4.218 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 7.1%. The Company has achieved remarkable results in R&D innovation and transformation, and the international operation capability was further improved to achieve long-term sustainable development.
Continuously Increased R&D Investment with Remarkable Results in Innovation and Transformation
Fosun Pharma is a patient-centered, clinical demand-oriented, and innovative R&D driven company. Through independent R&D, cooperative development, licensing introduction, and in-depth incubation, Fosun Pharma continued to enrich innovative product pipelines, improved the research and clinical development ability of FIC (First-in-class) and BIC (Best-in-class) drugs, and accelerated the research, development, and transformation of innovative technologies and products.
Focusing on core therapeutic areas such as tumors (solid tumors and hematologic tumors), immunology, central nervous system, and chronic diseases (liver disease/metabolism/kidney disease), Fosun Pharma continued to increase its investment in innovative R&D, with a total R&D expenditure of RMB 5.885 billion for the year, with a year-on-year growth of 18.22%, among which, the R&D expenses amounted to RMB 4.302 billion, with a year-on-year growth of RMB 0.465 billion or 12.12%. The R&D expenditures in the pharmaceutical manufacturing business amounted to RMB 5.097 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 13.62%, and the R&D expenditures in the pharmaceutical manufacturing business accounted for 16.54% of the revenue from the pharmaceutical manufacturing business, among which, the R&D expenses amounted to RMB 3.552 billion, accounting for 11.53% of the revenue from the pharmaceutical manufacturing business.
During the reporting period, 6 self-developed innovative drugs (indications), 4 license-in innovative drugs (indications), and 27 generic drugs (indications) of Fosun Pharma were approved for launch in Chinese Mainland/Hong Kong, China/United States; 7 innovative drugs (indications) and 30 generic drugs (indications) had applied for launch (NDA) in Chinese Mainland; and 22 innovative drugs (indications) were approved for clinical trials (IND) in Chinese Mainland.
In 2022, multiple innovative products and indications of Fosun Pharma were approved for launch, benefiting more patients worldwide. Among them, Fosun Pharma's first self-developed biopharmaceutical innovative drug, Han Si Zhuang (Serplulimab Injection), has been successively approved for three indications, Microsatellite Instability-high (MSI-H) solid tumors, Squamous Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (sqNSCLC) and Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) in Chinese Mainland; the indication of Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) was granted with Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. FDA and the European Commission (EC). The innovative indication Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) of Han Li Kang (Rituximab injection) has been approved for launch and included in the 2022 National Reimbursement Drug List.
Both the monovalent COVID-19 vaccine COMIRNATY (30 mg per dose) (also known as BNT162b2 or COMIRNATY Original) and COMIRNATY Original/Omicron BA.4/BA.5 bivalent COVID-19 vaccine (also known as COMIRNATY Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine) were officially registered in Hong Kong SAR and approved as a regular imported vaccine by the Macao SAR. The related dosage forms for children and infants have also been granted the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR, respectively, and included in the local immunization programs; Azvudine Tablets jointly developed by Fosun Pharma and Genuine Biotech obtained the emergency use authorization from the National Medical Products Administration in July 2022 for use in the treatment of adult COVID-19 patients with moderate symptoms.
Keverprazan Hydrochloride Tablets (trade name: Bei Wen), the first potassium ion competitive acid blocker (P-CAB) independently developed in China, jointly developed by the Group and Carephar and exclusively commercialized by the Group, was approved for launch in Chinese Mainland in February 2023 for the treatment of duodenal ulcer (DU) and reflux esophagitis (RE); Han Qu You (Trastuzumab for Injection), independently developed by Fosun Pharma and licensed to Cipla, has been approved for launch in Australia, and its approved indications cover all approved indications of the branded drug in the local market.
As the first CAR-T cell therapy product approved for domestic launch, Yi Kai Da (ejilunsai injection) from Fosun Kite, the cell therapy platform of Fosun Pharma, was further improved in drug accessibility. As of the end of 2022, Yi Kai Da has been included in the urban customized commercial health insurance of 70 provinces and municipalities and over 60 commercial insurances, while the number of treatment centers on record ~exceeded 130. As of the end of January 2023, nearly 300 patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma lymphoma had been treated with Yi Kai Da.
As of the end of the Reporting Period, the revenue from new and sub-new products accounted for more than 30% of the revenue from the pharmaceutical manufacturing business, which is mainly due to the revenue contribution of newly launched products, namely Han Si Zhuang and Jie Bei An, as well as the growth contribution of sub-new products, namely Han Qu You and Su Ke Xin, promoting the sustained and steady growth of business.
Adhered to Globalization with Continuously Improvement in Global Operation Capability
Relying on years of industrial experience, investment in innovative R&D and expanding of global channel network, Fosun Pharma has the industry-leading global two-way licensing capability to maximize the value of self-developed products and cooperative innovative products. During the Reporting Period, Fosun Pharma's revenue outside the Chinese Mainland and other countries amounted to RMB 13.938 billion, accounting for 31.71%.
In 2022, Fosun Pharma and Amgen's subsidiary formed collaboration on the exclusive licensing to commercialize two innovative drugs, namely Otezla® (Apremilast Tablets) and Parsabiv (Etelcalcetide) in Chinese Mainland (excluding Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, and Taiwan region), further enriching Fosun Pharma's innovative product layout in the non-tumor field; Shanghai Henlius, a subsidiary, successively granted a number of product licenses to Getz Pharma, Eurofarma, Abbott, Organon, and other companies in order to cover the incremental markets with the help of international leading partners. In addition, Gland Pharma, a subsidiary, proposed to acquire Cenexi, a European CDMO company, with a maximum total amount payable of up to EUR210 million, so as to strategically lay out its CDMO business in the European market and construct localized manufacturing capacity in Europe.
Fosun Pharma has taken the United States as a breakthrough in overseas markets, actively promoted the launch of generic drugs and Han Si Zhuang (Serplulimab Injection), and continuously improved the commercialization capacity in the U.S. market. At the same time, Tridem Pharma and Gland Pharma have established their own sales teams in Africa and India respectively, and will further improve the promotion and sales of products in other emerging markets in the future.
Continuous R&D Innovation for the Benefit of the Public and Active Practice of Social Responsibility
R&D innovation is the most important responsibility for Fosun Pharma's sustainable development. Over the years, Fosun Pharma has adhered to R&D innovation, with a number of innovative achievements continuously implemented and a number of innovative drugs and new indications included in the latest version of the National Medical Insurance Drug Catalogue, further improving the accessibility and affordability of innovative drugs and benefiting more patients in China.
At the same time, Fosun Pharma has also given full play to its own advantages and vigorously promoted the construction of basic medical and health systems in developing countries and underdeveloped areas to help solve the problem of drug accessibility. In 2022, a subsidiary of Fosun Pharma was licensed under MPP to produce and supply two high-quality and affordable oral COVID-19 drugs to low- and middle-income countries in the globally agreed regions; as of the end of 2022, Fosun Pharma's Artesun® (Artesunate for Injection), a self-developed antimalarial innovative drug, was adopted to treat more than 56 million severe cases of malaria worldwide.
Fosun Pharma received many awards for its outstanding performance in ESG management, social responsibility, and other sustainable development fields. In 2022, Fosun Pharma was upgraded to A level in the ESG rating published by MSCI, an international index authority. Fosun Pharma has released CSR reports for 15 consecutive years to show stakeholders its practices and achievements in the field of social responsibility. Experts of the rating team of the China CSR Report Rating Expert Committee are of the view that Fosun Pharma's CSR report is excellent and has awarded the Company with a five-star rating.
"Looking forward to the future, Fosun Pharma will adhere to the mission of promoting human health, and the business philosophy of 'Innovation for Good Health', guided by the '4IN' (Innovation, Internationalization, Intelligentization, Integration) strategy." Mr. Wu Yifang, Chairman of Fosun Pharma said, "Driven by the rapid growth of the vast pharmaceutical market in China, the mainstream markets in Europe and the United States, and some emerging markets, the Company will adhere to the development strategy of 'Innovation Transformation, Integrated Operation and Steady Growth' in the belief of creating value for shareholders, continuously strengthen independent R&D and external collaboration, enrich product pipelines, strengthen global layout, and improve operational efficiency. In the process of pursuing sustainable development, Fosun Pharma will make greater contributions to the construction of a healthy China and the improvd health and well-being of people worldwide."
About Fosun Pharma
Founded in 1994, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd.* ("Fosun Pharma"; stock code: 600196. SH, 02196. HK) is a global innovation-driven pharmaceutical and healthcare industry group deep-rooted in China. Fosun Pharma directly operates businesses including pharmaceutical manufacturing, medical devices, medical diagnosis, and healthcare services. As a shareholder of Sinopharm Co., Ltd., Fosun Pharma expands its areas in the pharmaceutical distribution and retail business.
Fosun Pharma is patient-centered and clinical needs-oriented. The company continuously enriches its innovative product pipeline through independent research and development, cooperative development, license-in, and in-depth incubation. Fosun Pharma improves the research and clinical development capabilities of FIC (First-in-class) and BIC (Best-in-class) new drugs as well as accelerates the R&D and launch of innovative technologies and products.
Guided by the 4IN strategy (Innovation, Internationalization, Intelligentization, and Integration), Fosun Pharma will uphold the development model of "Innovation Transformation, Integrated Operation and Steady Growth", with the mission of creating shareholder values through strengthening its independent R&D and external cooperation and enriching its product pipelines, as well as promoting the global networks and enhancing operational efficiency. Fosun Pharma will actively promote the digital and physical business layout in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry and is committed to becoming a first-class enterprise in the global medical and health market.
For more information, please visit our official website: www.fosunpharma.com
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- First quarter revenues of $2.1 billion, a decrease of 5.8 percent from last year
- First quarter net income of $66.2 million, a decrease of 44.7 percent from last year
- Accrued patronage dividend to shareholders of $88.4 million, a decrease of 34.8 percent from the first quarter of 2022
- Ranked the #7 best franchise in the world according to Entrepreneur Magazine
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ace Hardware Corporation ("Ace" or the "Company") today reported first quarter 2023 revenues of $2.1 billion, a decrease of $127.4 million, or 5.8 percent, from the first quarter of 2022. Net income was $66.2 million for the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of $53.6 million from the first quarter of 2022. Excluding the $21.4 million, gain on sale of the former Gainesville, Georgia retail support center ("RSC") from the first quarter of 2022, net income decreased $32.2 million. The revenue decline was primarily the result of the mild winter across most of the U.S., combined with the late arrival of spring-like weather, which led to declines in the sale of winter and spring goods. Net income was also negatively affected by incremental expenses related to the expansion of warehouse space, higher payroll wage rates and higher health insurance costs.
"We believe an unusually cold, wet winter in California, a particularly warm, mild winter in the Midwest and Northeast, and the significant reduction in direct stimulus payments to individuals by the government were the primary drivers of our first sales and profit decline in nearly six and a half years," said John Venhuizen, President & CEO. "Despite those headwinds, we continue to invest for future growth as evidenced by our two newest Retail Support Centers in Georgia and California."
The approximately 3,600 Ace retailers who share daily retail sales data reported a 4.4 percent decrease in U.S. retail same-store-sales during the first quarter of 2023, which was the result of a 3.0 percent decrease in same-store transactions and a 1.4 percent decrease in average ticket.
Revenues
Consolidated revenues for the quarter ended April 1, 2023 totaled $2.1 billion. Total wholesale revenues were $1.9 billion, a decrease of $119.0 million, or 5.8 percent, as compared to the prior year first quarter. Decreases were seen across many departments with outdoor power equipment, outdoor living and lawn and garden showing the largest losses. Wholesale merchandise revenues to new domestic stores activated from January 2022 through March 2023 contributed $54.7 million of incremental revenues during the first quarter of 2023, while wholesale merchandise revenues decreased $10.0 million during the first quarter due to domestic stores whose memberships were cancelled. Wholesale merchandise revenues to comparable domestic stores decreased $182.4 million for the quarter. The Company's Ace International Holdings, Ltd. subsidiary experienced a $1.4 million decrease in wholesale revenue versus the first quarter of 2022, while Ace Wholesale Holdings LLC reported a $13.4 million decrease in wholesale revenues from the first quarter of 2022.
Total retail revenues for the quarter were $148.2 million, a decrease of $8.4 million, or 5.4 percent, as compared to the prior year first quarter. This decrease is partially due to the closure of The Grommet during the third quarter of 2022, resulting in the absence of any revenues from Ace Ecommerce Holdings LLC ("AEH") in the first quarter of 2023 compared with $3.6 million in the first quarter of 2022. Retail revenues from Ace Retail Holdings LLC ("ARH") were $148.2 million in the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of $4.8 million, or 3.1 percent, from the first quarter of 2022. The Westlake Ace Hardware ("Westlake") chain experienced a 3.8 percent decrease in same-store-sales while the Great Lakes Ace Hardware ("GLA") chain experienced a 6.8 percent decrease in same-store-sales in the quarter. The new stores opened by Westlake and GLA since the first quarter of 2022 contributed $3.6 million of incremental revenues during the first quarter of 2023. Westlake and GLA together operated 230 stores at the end of the first quarter of 2023 compared to 210 stores at the end of the first quarter of 2022.
Ace added 50 new domestic stores in the first quarter of 2023 and cancelled 16 stores. The Company's total domestic store count was 4,901 at the end of the first quarter of 2023 which was an increase of 111 stores from the first quarter of 2022. On a worldwide basis, Ace added 52 stores in the first quarter of 2023 and cancelled 19, bringing the worldwide store count to 5,779 at the end of the first quarter of 2023.
Gross Profit
Wholesale gross profit for the three months ended April 1, 2023 was $252.6 million, a decrease of $9.4 million from the first quarter of 2022. The wholesale gross margin percentage was 13.0 percent of wholesale revenues in the first quarter of 2023, up from 12.7 percent in the first quarter of 2022. The increase in wholesale gross margin percentage was primarily due to a decrease in LIFO expense driven by lower vendor prices.
Retail gross profit for the three months ended April 1, 2023 was $70.0 million, a decrease of $3.0 million from the first quarter of 2022. The retail gross margin percentage was 47.2 percent of retail revenues in the first quarter of 2023, up from 46.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022. The increase in retail gross margin percentage primarily resulted from the exclusion of The Grommet in 2023. For ARH, retail gross profit is based on the Company's wholesale acquisition cost of product, not ARH's acquisition cost which includes a markup from the Company.
Expenses and Other
Wholesale operating expenses increased $16.5 million, or 10.2 percent, from the first quarter of 2022. The increase is due to greater lease expense driven by the expansion of our warehouse space, higher health insurance expenses and higher bad debt expense. Wholesale operating expenses as a percent of wholesale revenue was 9.2 percent, up from 7.8 percent in first quarter of 2022.
Retail operating expenses increased $2.4 million, or 3.5 percent, from the first quarter of 2022. This increase was primarily driven by an increase in store payroll and expenses incurred related to the new stores added since the first quarter of 2022; partially offset by the closure of The Grommet during the third quarter of 2022. Retail operating expenses as a percent of retail revenue increased to 47.4 percent in the first quarter of 2023 from 43.3 percent in the first quarter of 2022.
Other income, net decreased $22.0 million, as a result of the $21.7 million gain on sale of the Company's RSC located in Gainesville, Georgia during the first quarter of 2022.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Receivables decreased $34.3 million from the first quarter of 2022 due to lower sales volumes.
Inventories decreased $68.6 million from the first quarter of 2022 due to an increase in the LIFO reserve caused by inflation.
Long-term debt, including current maturities, decreased $13.4 million versus the first quarter of 2022. At the end of the first quarter of 2023, long-term debt consisted of $96.2 million outstanding on the revolving credit facility, $39.4 million outstanding on the Westlake credit facility, and $43.4 million owed to former retailers.
About Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with over 5,700 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 60 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in Ningbo, China; and Santa Catarina, Mexico. Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and known as the place with the helpful hardware folks. For more information, visit acehardware.com or newsroom.acehardware.com.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BLUETTI, a leading company of clean energy storage systems, has recently launched a crowdfunding initiative on Indiegogo for its newest flagship product AC500. At the time of writing, BLUETTI has raised $5 million in two weeks under the aegis of 1,300+ backers. The crowdfunding is expected to hit a record high by the end of October 15, 2022.
Stretch Goals & Gifts
BLUETTI AC500 has received tremendous support as it pulls in $2 million in the first seven hours. In response to the passion, BLUETTI has set its stretch goals shortly. When the funding reaches the following values, backers will get some gifts for free.
$6 million: Travel coffee mug
$8 million: BLUETTI T-shirt
$10 million: 1-year extended warranty (4-year in total)
$12 million: 2-year extended warranty (5-year in total)
As it hits $4 million now, a 100W USB-C Charging Cable is available for every backer.
The price of BLUETTI AC500 on Indiegogo is tiered and adjusted over time. Due to the limited sales quota, the earlier orders are placed, the better the prices can be. There are discounts on Indiegogo ranging from 40% to 13% off. Moreover, freight cost and consumption tax are exempted for backers from the US and Japan. People who spot and seize the opportunity will benefit from the early bird prices.
With modular design, this 5,000W solar generator allows users to expand its capacity to a staggering 18,432Wh (connected with 6*B300S batteries) to satisfy different needs. Featured with the split phase bonding function, two AC500 units can be combined to generate a massive 10KW output power when integrated into the home grid (Home Integration Kit is also added into this sale), making it a reliable home backup for unexpected blackouts, such as the recent power outage in Bullhead City, which left nearly 40,000 residents in the dark.
Foldable Solar Panel PV400
This 420W solar catcher is BLUETTI's recent masterwork in solar power system. Made of monocrystalline silicon and coated with ETFE, it can achieve a high cell efficiency of up to 23.4% and 95% light transmittance. With a fold-and-go style, it can be easily transported from place to place, converting sunlight wherever and generating power whenever needed.
About BLUETTI
From the very beginning, BLUETTI has tried to stay true to a sustainable future through green energy storage solutions for both indoor and outdoor use while delivering an exceptional eco-friendly experience for everyone and the world. BLUETTI is making its presence in 70+ countries and is trusted by millions of customers across the globe.
For more information, please visit BLUETTI online at https://www.bluettipower.com/
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, May 11, 2022
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone pollution in the Houston, Galveston, and
surrounding areas on Wednesday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by
sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work,
avoiding drive through lanes, conserving energy and keeping your vehicle
proper tuned.
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Boaters stumbled across an unusual sight off the coast of the Florida Keys on Saturday: a pod of orcas.
Mike Slaughter and his friends found the orcas feasting on what appeared to be a shark.
“At one point, one of the orcas came out of the water and had a huge piece of meat in his mouth, you could smell it, it was really cool," Slaughter said.
A marine heat wave has been driving Florida water temperatures into the high 90s this summer, and orcas generally prefer colder waters — so how did they end up in the Keys?
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A local marine biologist explains that it's not every day you see an orca in Florida — but it is possible.
"It's not like it never happens, but it's rare," Gerard Loisel said. "It's unusual for them to occur this far south."
It's even more unusual to see an entire pod of orcas, he said.
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"The cases I've heard of before, where there were orcas spotted in the Keys or off the coast here, those were, like, individual, you know, animals," Loisel explained.
Orcas can be spotted "pretty much anywhere in the ocean," he says, but finding an orca near the equator is relatively rare.
Recently, though, encounters between orcas and boats have occurred near the coasts of Portugal and Spain more frequently.
"There was an usually high number of those kinds of incidents recently," Loisel said.
The incidents have been described as attacks by some, Loisel explained, but others believe that the orcas were behaving playfully and did not intend to harm the boats.
If you do happen to be snorkeling or swimming and stumble upon an orca, "you should get out of the water," he added.
Orcas almost never come near the shore and are more often found in deeper waters.
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Spread of election lies in Florida’s Spanish-speaking communities is ‘fracturing democratic institutions,’ advocates warn
By Donie O’Sullivan and Geneva Sands, CNN
With voting already underway in this year’s midterms, election lies and QAnon conspiracy theories are circulating among Spanish-speaking communities, raising alarm bells for advocates that it could discourage Latinos from voting and further divide communities.
The impact of disinformation has been especially acute in south Florida with its large Spanish-speaking community, foreign-born population, and significant political influence. A longtime battleground that’s been moving toward Republicans — former President Donald Trump carried it in 2020 — the state is home to a gubernatorial and Senate contest this year.
Ahead of the midterms, the main false narrative is about alleged widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to Tamoa Calzadilla, managing editor of the Spanish-language fact-checking website Factchequeado.com. (There is no evidence of such fraud.)
Disinformation is often similar in English and Spanish, Calzadilla said, but her team has identified specific subjects particularly targeted at the Latino population, including falsehoods that the Biden administration is a socialist, communist regime, which is sensitive for people who came from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua because of those countries’ histories, she said.
The spread of misinformation and disinformation in Spanish, some of it coming directly from politicians and partisan media outlets, has plagued social media platforms for years and has helped to sow doubt about the integrity of elections in the United States.
“[I]t’s something that is fracturing our democratic institutions. It’s affecting our families. It’s dividing our families,” Evelyn Perez Verdia, a Democrat and chief strategy officer for We Are Más, a consulting firm focused on intercultural communications and countering disinformation, told CNN.
False election-related content online has created “a lot of distrust” among Spanish-speaking voters and voters from other diaspora communities, Verdia said.
Bowing in part to public scrutiny, platforms like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter have sought to come up with ways to slow the spread of misinformation about elections over the years. In some cases, platforms remove false claims entirely; in other cases, they label the claims as false and point users to accurate information.
But on WhatsApp, the same kind of labels and fact-checks are not possible. WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook (now called Meta), is an encrypted messaging service — meaning no one, not even Meta, is supposed to be able to see the messages users are sending to each other.
Encryption is a key selling point of WhatsApp. In a world of increased surveillance, people want privacy. But that poses a challenge for slowing the spread of misinformation — a challenge WhatsApp’s parent company Meta has said it’s committed to.
Some Democratic Latino activists in South Florida recently described to CNN how their family WhatsApp groups had in recent years become overrun with election misinformation.
Verdia, who has worked with Hispanic, Latino and diaspora communities in Florida for 20 years, said she’s seen Republicans with who she used to “break bread” radicalized by the spread of false information and “peddle” that information themselves.
There have been lies about election fraud, socialism, communism and distortions about people running for office, Verdia said, adding that she also witnessed the spread of misinformation on WhatsApp group channels.
Meanwhile on Telegram, a platform with lax rules that has become a hotbed of conspiracy theory and right-wing hate, QAnon channels dedicated to translating the conspiracy theory into Spanish have tens of thousands of followers.
The misinformation posted in these channels is very “sophisticated” with a focus on specific accents and subcultures, Verdia said, acknowledging that she does not know where the false information originated.
In September, supporters of QAnon celebrated what they saw as Trump’s renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory after Trump shared a meme on social media — a sign to followers of QAnon that they were onto something and that Trump was sympathetic toward them.
What QAnon followers believe varies, but it encapsulates everything from conspiracy theories about a deep state, child-sacrificing cabal to lies about the 2020 presidential election.
“We can try to explain” that Trump lost his cases challenging the 2020 presidential election results, Calzadilla said, but people are “hearing” the spread of disinformation about the “big lie.”
Calzadilla, a former Univision journalist, fled Venezuela about seven years ago with her husband who is also a journalist, after it became too dangerous for them to work in the country, she said.
Trying to combat misinformation
Over the past year or so, election officials raised to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency the need to help non-English speaking communities address the risks of disinformation, according to CISA’s Senior Election Security Adviser Kim Wyman.
“We know that disinformation can come in many forms and languages, which is why we have provided translations of a number of our products on the risk of mis- and disinformation,” she said in a statement to CNN.
CISA recently released “Tactics of Disinformation,” an online pamphlet in both Spanish and English.
However, CISA has not translated its election-specific “Rumor vs. Reality” website, designed to address election security rumors, into Spanish.
The agency, Wyman said, “will continue to amplify local election officials as the primary source for accurate information on how elections are conducted.”
A coalition of civil rights, Latino leadership and consumer advocacy organizations recently sent a letter to several social media companies, including Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, urging them to take steps ahead of the 2022 midterms to do more to combat hate and disinformation on their platforms.
“Disinformation to disenfranchise Latino voters is a risk that can no longer be overlooked,” the letter from the Spanish Language Disinformation Coalition says.
“Unless election disinformation is tackled, our community will once again be at risk of those seeking to silence and harm us,” the letter says, noting that Latinos comprise nearly 20% of the US population.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, Democrat of Texas, said as the Spanish-speaking share of the electorate grows, the “unchecked spread” of Spanish-language misinformation and disinformation on social media “threatens our community’s ability to participate in democracy,” in an October press call with the coalition.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus wrote to the chief executives of four major social media companies — Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube — to request meetings about misinformation and disinformation targeted at and about Latinos, Castro said.
“We’ve had productive conversations, but executives have not moved fast enough to implement the reforms that will keep social media companies from becoming an even greater threat to democracy in this year’s midterm elections,” Castro said.
Calzadilla called on social media platforms to do a better job at flagging false posts in Spanish.
“Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, YouTube … all the social media platforms are doing their work countering disinformation with fact checking platforms in English, for example, but in Spanish — it’s not enough,” she said.
A spokesperson for Meta, the parent company for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said two-thirds of its US fact-checkers review content in Spanish on Facebook and Instagram.
The company has made improvements to its Spanish misinformation models in the US, which are now working at a level of precision similar to English, according to the spokesperson.
However, when it comes to WhatsApp, Meta doesn’t believe private messaging — in any language — should be monitored on WhatsApp or on any other platform people choose to use for their private communications, Meta spokesperson Dani Lever said in a statement.
“But unlike many of those other platforms, we’ve taken serious steps to address misinformation on WhatsApp by limiting forwards, partnering with fact-checkers to run tip lines in Spanish, and empowering people with tools to access accurate information, including in Spanish,” Lever added.
For example, WhatsApp set forwarding limits and developed privacy settings to help users decide who can add them to groups, according to Lever.
Maria Cornia Vegas, an attorney based in Miami, was recently sent a WhatsApp message from a family member that echoed QAnon-style conspiracy theories about pedophilia and the Democratic party.
Vegas said political misinformation has taken “a personal toll” on the way she interacts with family and friends.
“I’ve tried very hard to not have it be the case,” she said, but sometimes you need to create a “little distance” between people that believe in conspiracy theories.
Vegas, who volunteered for the Biden campaign in 2020, also told CNN that Democrats have to do more to pushback against conspiracy theories, saying, “If you stay silent, you concede.”
The Democratic National Committee told CNN that it is tracking misinformation targeted at Hispanic and Latino communities in both English and Spanish and working with social media companies and fact checkers in English and Spanish to push for action.
Earlier this year, the DNC also announced the launch of Adelante, an outreach program to Latino voters.
“It shouldn’t be incumbent on one political party to ensure voters are getting factual information,” Maca Casado, DNC Hispanic media communications director, said in a statement.
Juan Carlos Planas, a Cuban immigrant and former GOP member of the Florida House of Representatives, said he became a Democrat the week after the November 2020 presidential election, “when I saw that Republicans were in denial about what was a free and fair election.”
Planas, an attorney who now lectures on the electoral system at St. Thomas University in Miami, told CNN he’s lost friends because they were posting “complete and utter” fabrications online.
“I think people have lost the ability to appreciate democracy,” he said. “Democracy is like a marriage. And I don’t think people realize that. If you take your spouse for granted, if you don’t listen, if you don’t pay attention at the end of the day, if you don’t come home and listen to stories, your marriage will end.”
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Xavier vs. Kennesaw State Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total - NCAA Tournament First Round
Friday's contest features the Xavier Musketeers (25-9) and the Kennesaw State Owls (26-8) facing off at Greensboro Coliseum in what is expected to be a lopsided matchup, with a projected 80-70 win for heavily favored Xavier according to our computer prediction. Game time is at 12:40 PM ET on March 17.
Based on our computer prediction, Kennesaw State is a good bet to cover the point spread, which currently sits at 12.5. The two sides are projected to come in below the 154.5 total.
Xavier vs. Kennesaw State Game Info & Odds
- Date: Friday, March 17, 2023
- Time: 12:40 PM ET
- TV: truTV
- Where: Greensboro, North Carolina
- Venue: Greensboro Coliseum
- Line: Xavier -12.5
- Point Total: 154.5
- Moneyline (To Win): Xavier -750, Kennesaw State +525
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Xavier vs. Kennesaw State Score Prediction
- Prediction: Xavier 80, Kennesaw State 70
Spread & Total Prediction for Xavier vs. Kennesaw State
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Kennesaw State (+12.5)
- Pick OU:
Under (154.5)
Xavier has compiled a 16-14-0 record against the spread this season, while Kennesaw State is 19-9-0. The Musketeers are 19-11-0 and the Owls are 17-11-0 in terms of going over the point total. The teams score 156.7 points per game, 2.2 more points than this matchup's total. Xavier has a 5-5 record against the spread while going 6-4 overall in the past 10 games. Kennesaw State has gone 5-5 against the spread and 8-2 overall in its last 10 contests.
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Xavier Performance Insights
- The Musketeers are outscoring opponents by 7.3 points per game with a +250 scoring differential overall. They put up 81.4 points per game (12th in college basketball) and give up 74.1 per contest (295th in college basketball).
- The 34.8 rebounds per game Xavier averages rank 35th in the country, and are 5.9 more than the 28.9 its opponents grab per outing.
- Xavier makes 7.6 three-pointers per game (154th in college basketball) at a 39.5% rate (second-best in college basketball), compared to the 7.5 its opponents make while shooting 35.9% from beyond the arc.
- The Musketeers rank 16th in college basketball by averaging 101.4 points per 100 possessions on offense, and defensively are 199th in college basketball, allowing 92.2 points per 100 possessions.
- Xavier forces 11.5 turnovers per game (214th in college basketball) while committing 12.4 (231st in college basketball play).
Kennesaw State Performance Insights
- The Owls' +216 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 6.4 points per game) is a result of putting up 75.3 points per game (91st in college basketball) while allowing 68.9 per outing (142nd in college basketball).
- Kennesaw State is 203rd in the country at 31.4 rebounds per game. That's similar to the 30.5 its opponents average.
- Kennesaw State knocks down 8.3 three-pointers per game (74th in college basketball) at a 36.8% rate (48th in college basketball), compared to the 7.3 per game its opponents make, at a 33.4% rate.
- Kennesaw State has typically won the turnover battle this season, committing 12 per game (200th in college basketball) while forcing 13.9 (53rd in college basketball).
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dr. William Novick and his team have performed more than 10,000 emergency heart surgeries on children in war-torn countries since the Memphis pediatric cardiologist started his international work more than 30 years ago.
On Nov. 23, Novick, 68, will receive the Hamdan Award for Volunteers in Humanitarian Medical Services; he will be one of 14 people or organizations that will be honored in Dubai for work that has eliminated human suffering around the globe.
Novick left Memphis Oct. 15 for Iraq, where he will be doing heart surgeries with an international team for several weeks. He is scheduled to be in Lviv, Ukraine, in early December before returning to Memphis several weeks later.
The work of his team is funded by the Novick Cardiac Alliance, his Memphis-based foundation that raises money, recruits medical volunteers and coordinates the shipment of surgical supplies to the countries where the team works.
“We were in Benghazi when the civil war started,” Novick said early this week by video teleconference from the children’s hospital in Basra, Iraq. “We were in Iraq when ISIS was invading. We were in Tripoli when the government of Eastern Libya decided they were going to fight the government of Western Libya.”
In 2014, he was also in Crimea when the Russians took over the Donbas region.
At that time, Novick was part of the International Children’s Heart Foundation. Its board was pressuring him to get out of the region and do work in places that were safer, including South America where Novick had led missions for years.
“The clinical staff revolted,” Novick said. “They said, ‘You guys don’t know anything about heart disease in low- and middle-income countries. If you want us all to sign a waiver that our families are not going to come after anybody if we get blown up, we’re happy do it. We’re not stopping.’”
Novick started his own foundation to cover the costs of the work.
Novick got his first taste of how important his work would be as a surgery resident at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, when he was part of a team operating on a child from Africa.
“She was too old. ... Her body had adjusted to the defect,” said Elizabeth Novick, his wife. “So, they were going to be able to do a palliative operation to help her oxygenation be better, help her feel better, but she would still likely die young.
“Her mother was over-the-moon grateful. That really hit him hard. He says, ‘If I had been able to get to that kid as even a toddler, we would have been able to fix her, and she would have lived to be old.’
“From that point on, he has always had this in his mind,” Elizabeth Novick said.
“He believes he has been given a gift and that doing this work is an obligation for him. He’s duty-bound to do it because he can.”
Dr. Novick, who holds the Paul Nemir Jr. Professorship of International Child Health at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is often gone 10 months of the year. The pandemic slowed it to six months. He now is working principally in Libya, Ukraine, Lebanon, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“Dr. Novick has recently gone back to Ukraine to do some work. He actually started working there in the 1990s,” said Dr. James Eubanks III, chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at UTHSC and chief of pediatric surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
“He’s been a great contributor to our global outreach efforts at the Department of Surgeries/Global Surgery Institute since its founding in 2018. He’s an example of what global surgery and global outreach in wars in disadvantaged areas is supposed to look like.”
The Hamdan award, which includes a cash prize, is part of the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Awards for Medical Sciences. The sheikh was deputy ruler of Dubai and minister of finance and industry of the United Arab Emirates. He died in 2021.
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Updated December 9, 2022 at 7:00 AM ET
SAN ANTONIO — WNBA star Brittney Griner has landed on American soil after 10 months detained in Russia.
Griner landed at Kelly Airfield in San Antonio at 4:29 a.m. local time. She was brought to Brook Army Medical Center, where she'll undergo evaluation and reunite with her wife, Cherelle Griner.
The 32-year-old Houston native was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony earlier this year after authorities there found cannabis oil in her luggage, sentencing her to nine years. The Biden Administration negotiated her release in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Griner's secure return achieved a top goal of President Biden, but he received criticism for failing to win freedom for another American, former Marine Paul Whelan, who has been jailed in Russia for nearly four years.
In a Thursday press conference, Biden said he spoke by phone to Griner and that she was safe and relieved but deserved privacy and rest. U.S. officials said she would receive specialized medical services and counseling.
Reporter Jia Chen of member station TPR reported from San Antonio. Emily Olson contributed reporting from Washington D.C.
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Actress and 'Toddlers and Tiaras' alumna Kailia Posey, who many knew without realizing it from a viral GIF, has died at 16, her mother said Monday.
"I don’t have words or any thoughts," Marcy Posey Gatterman wrote. "A beautiful baby girl is gone. Please give us privacy as we mourn the loss of Kailia. My baby forever."
Posey's cause of death was not released as of Tuesday afternoon.
Posey appeared in just one episode of TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras", a long-running reality show documenting the world of child beauty pageants around the U.S. Her mother said on the show that Posey started competing in pageants at 3 years old, exhibiting her talent as a contortionist.
But one moment on the episode left a lasting impression on the internet. A GIF showing the then 5-year-old smiling and scrunching up her face while looking to the side has been popular for years. The GIF, dubbed "grinning girl", made her recognizable even outside the TLC show's fanbase.
According to Posey's Instagram, she continued to compete in pageants into her teenage years and became Miss Teen Lynden WA USA in February 2022. Her personal Instagram page was flooded Tuesday with comments mourning her loss.
She also recently competed in Miss Teen Washington USA. According to the pageant's website, she planned to study aviation in college and become a commercial pilot. As well as being named to her school's Dean's List, the pageant said she had performed contortion with Cirque du Soleil.
She also appeared in the Netflix horror film "Eli".
Posey's mother shared several images of her daughter, including one with a halo and angel wings. Days ago on Saturday, Gatterman had posted photos of Posey and her friends dressed for prom. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/toddlers-and-tiaras-star-kailia-posey-dead/507-46d66819-8c68-412e-9a45-5d71887970bd | 2022-05-03 21:38:38 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/nation-world/toddlers-and-tiaras-star-kailia-posey-dead/507-46d66819-8c68-412e-9a45-5d71887970bd |
Guangdong Province in South China is seen as a pacesetter of the country's reform and opening-up.
BEIJING, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- During his inspection tour of Guangdong from Monday to Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of remaining steadfast in comprehensively deepening reform and expanding high-standard opening-up, and urged the province to take the lead in advancing Chinese modernization.
'National treasure'
On Monday President Xi visited Zhanjiang City in Guangdong Province and learned about its efforts in strengthening the protection of mangrove forests at Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve, the biggest single mangrove forest in China.
Calling mangrove forests a national treasure, Xi said, "We should protect mangrove forests like we protect our eyes."
As the country is advancing the progress of "ecological civilization," protecting wetlands, including the mangrove forests, is increasingly in the spotlight. According to official data released by the Chinese Ministry of Natural Resources, about 55 percent of the mangrove wetlands in China are under state protection, higher than the world average of 25 percent.
Data also shows that China's mangrove forests have increased from 22,000 hectares in 2001 to 27,000 hectares today, against the backdrop of global shrinkage.
China will build an international mangrove center in Shenzhen, President Xi said in a video speech at the opening ceremony of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14) last November.
'The door of China's opening-up will never shut'
On Wednesday, President Xi visited LG Display's manufacturing base in Guangzhou where he learned about Guangzhou's efforts to promote high-level opening-up and advance high-quality development in manufacturing, and how local enterprises boost innovation and build their own brands.
Amid sluggish global economic growth, China has accelerated the construction of a new development paradigm and improved its business environment, Xi pointed out, adding that China's market advantages will become more obvious.
He voiced the hope that foreign investors will seize the opportunity to come to China, to Guangdong and to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, to be deeply rooted in the Chinese market and to create new glories for business development.
Under the policy of high-standard opening-up, China has issued a series of measures to level the playing field, so that foreign companies can enjoy a better business environment in the country.
Last year, China renewed the Catalogue of Industries Encouraged for Foreign Investment, which implemented provisional import tax rates lower than that of the most-favored nations for 1,020 commodities, and further reduced the most-favored-nation tariff rates for 62 IT products. Its overall tariff level will drop from 7.4 percent to 7.3 percent after the adjustment.
China has established various platforms to reach overseas companies, such as the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the China International Consumer Products Expo, and the China International Fair for Trade in Services.
In 2022, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland, in actual use, increased by 8 percent year on year to $189.13 billion.
When visiting a research and development center of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd., Xi also stressed China's reform and opening-up policy will remain unchanged for a long time and the door of China's opening-up will never shut.
"We are willing to meet halfway all countries that are willing to cooperate with us for a win-win outcome to promote the common prosperity and development of the world economy," said the Chinese president.
'Solid step by step'
President Xi also pledged solid efforts to advance the country's modernization drive during this inspection tour.
He visited a lychee orchard and a longan and lychee cooperative on Tuesday to learn about local efforts to develop a distinctive planting industry and advance rural revitalization at Baiqiao Village in Genzi Township, Gaozhou City of Maoming.
"To advance Chinese modernization, we must comprehensively promote rural revitalization and solve the problem of unbalanced development between urban and rural areas," Xi noted.
The integration of agriculture, e-commerce and tourism is a breakthrough for Baiqiao Village to realize rural revitalization. By 2022, the per capita income of villagers is estimated to be around 51,000 yuan ($7,410).
Xi told researchers, entrepreneurs, workers and representatives from the overseas-funded enterprises that Chinese modernization is based on China's realities, in line with its national conditions and with clear goals, plans and strategies.
"We shall work steadily, step by step, to move forward [Chinese modernization]," said Xi at the research and development center of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd., adding that Chinese modernization is fundamentally different from the Western one, and China cannot take the path of Western modernization, which he said features polarization and plundering of other countries, since it will not work.
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Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Cat 4
HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian is nearing Cuba on a track to strike Florida as a Category 4 as early as Wednesday. One emergency management director says “this is not a drill.” Tampa and St. Petersburg are among the most likely targets for their first direct hit by a major hurricane in a century. Ian is already getting stronger and is forecast to move quickly over Cuba's western tip Monday. Then it will turn northward and slow down over warm Gulf of Mexico waters, conditions ripe for brewing the strongest hurricanes. Forecasters say the storm surge could reach 10 feet. Hundreds of thousands of people could face mandatory evacuation orders.
Putin's call-up fuels Russians' anger, protests and violence
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Five days after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization to call up hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in Ukraine, the move has triggered outraged protests across Russia, a fearful exodus of men of fighting age from the country, and acts of violence. There have been demonstrations — not just in the usual places like Moscow and St. Petersburg — but also in the remote far north province of Yakutia and in the poor, southern region of Dagestan. A gunman opened fire in an enlistment office in a Siberian city and gravely wounded the military commandant. One analyst says Putin is risking a lot because of the mobilization and is losing some support.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative lawyer who aided former President Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 election results and who has been repeatedly referenced in House hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol said in a court filing Monday that federal agents seized his cell phone last week.
John Eastman said the agents took his phone as he left a restaurant last Wednesday evening, the same day law enforcement officials conducted similar activity around the country as part of broadening probes into efforts by Trump allies to overturn the election.
The move underscores federal investigators’ interest in the unsuccessful schemes advanced by Trump advisers to help keep the Republican president in power in the period between the November 2020 election and the riot at the Capitol two months later, when Trump loyalists stormed the building to halt the certification of the election results.
Eastman said the agents who approached him identified themselves as from the FBI but appeared to be serving a warrant on behalf of the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General, which he contends has no jurisdiction to investigate him since he has never worked for the department. He said the cell phone that was seized contains emails that have been the subject of a months-long dispute between him and the House panel.
“That litigation has received extensive media attention, so it is hard to imagine that the Department of Justice, which apparently submitted the application for the warrant at issue here, was not aware of it,” wrote his lawyers, Charles Burnham and Joseph Gribble.
The action was disclosed in a filing in federal court in New Mexico in which Eastman challenges the legitimacy of the warrant, calling it overly broad, and asks that a court force the federal government to return his phone. He says the warrant does not specify any particular crime for which evidence from the phone might be relevant.
The filing does not specify where exactly agents seized his phone, though the warrant was signed by a federal magistrate judge in New Mexico and footage of the seizure aired by Fox News on Monday night describes it as having occurred in the city of Santa Fe. Lawyers for Eastman did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
Federal agents investigating the run-up to the Jan. 6 riot last week served a raft of subpoenas related to a scheme by Trump allies to put forward alternate, or fake, slates of electors in hopes of invalidating the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. Also that day, agents searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, a Trump Justice Department official who encouraged Trump’s challenges of the election results.
A spokeswoman for the inspector general’s office declined to comment.
Eastman, who last year resigned his position as a law professor at Chapman University, has been a central figure in the ongoing hearings by the House committee investigating the riot at the Capitol, though he has not been among the witnesses to testify.
The committee has heard testimony about how Eastman put forward a last-ditch, unorthodox proposal challenging the workings of the 130-year-old Electoral Count Act, which governs the process for tallying the election results in Congress.
Eastman pushed for Vice President Mike Pence to deviate from his ceremonial role and halt the certification of the electoral votes, a step Pence had no legal power to take and refused to attempt. His plan was to have the states send alternative slates of electors from states Trump was disputing, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
With competing slates for Trump or Biden, Pence would be forced to reject them, returning them to the states to sort it out, under the plan.
A lawyer for Pence, Greg Jacob, detailed for the committee at a hearing earlier this month how he had fended off Eastman’s pressure, and another witness, retired federal judge Michael Luttig, has called the plan from Eastman “incorrect at every turn.”
The panel played video showing Eastman repeatedly invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination while being interviewed by the committee.
Eastman later sought to be “on the pardon list,” according to an email he sent to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, shared by the committee.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's longtime Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette resigned on Friday, saying he was leaving with a “heavy heart” three months into his 11th consecutive term in office after he watched the office be stripped of its power over the past 50 years.
Gov. Tony Evers appointed former Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, who ran for U.S. Senate last year but lost in the primary, to fill out the four-year term. Wisconsin's secretary of state has not been in charge of elections since 1974 and has almost no official duties.
“It is with a heavy heart that I submit my resignation,” the 82-year-old La Follette said in his resignation letter. “After many years of frustration, I've decided that I don't want to spend the next three and a half years trying to run an office without adequate resources and staffing levels.”
He did not immediately return a telephone message left seeking comment. In his resignation letter, La Follette said “I must now focus on my personal needs.”
La Follette won reelection in November over a Republican who wanted to shift election duties to the office.
Evers, also a Democrat, thanked La Follette for his decades of service and named Godlewski to replace him.
“In a critical position that has seen no turnover in decades, maintaining continuity with a leader who’s prepared and committed to fulfilling this office’s constitutional obligations could not be more important—and there’s no one more uniquely qualified or better suited for the job than Sarah," Evers said in a statement.
Godlewski, 41, was 1-year-old when La Follette began his current consecutive run as secretary of state.
Godlewski said she was humbled by the appointment. She becomes the third woman to hold the position in state history. She served one term as treasurer, from 2018 to 2022. She lost the Senate primary to Mandela Barnes, who went on to lose to Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
“To become just the third woman in our state’s history to hold this office is the honor of a lifetime," Godlewski said. "I know how important this role is and my responsibilities are, and I’m looking forward to getting to work.”
La Follette — a distant relative of “Fighting” Bob La Follette, a progressive governor and 1924 presidential candidate — was first elected secretary of state in 1974. After a failed try for lieutenant governor in 1978, he won the office in 1982 and has won reelection 10 times.
Republicans have gradually stripped the office of almost all its duties and staff and relegated La Follette to a cramped office in the Capitol basement. However, since the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have been mulling shifting oversight of elections to the secretary of state.
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This story corrects the number of times La Follette has been reelected from nine to 10. It also clarifies that La Follette was in his 11th consecutive term when he resigned. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/wisconsin-democratic-secretary-of-state-la-17845659.php | 2023-03-17 18:24:37 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/wisconsin-democratic-secretary-of-state-la-17845659.php |
Provides $7 million to scale up production capacity for pioneering sodium-ion battery
developer to tap emerging oilfield carbon reduction market
HAMILTON, Bermuda and SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nabors Industries Ltd. ("Nabors") (NYSE: NBR), a leading provider of advanced technology for the global energy industry, today announced that it has invested $7 million in Natron Energy, Inc. ("Natron"), a global leader in the manufacturing of sodium-ion batteries.
Natron plans to use the funds to accelerate the production of its sodium-based battery technology at its Michigan facilities, concentrating on industrial power and energy transition markets. Natron and Nabors are evaluating the introduction of sodium-ion batteries as an energy storage solution for drilling markets.
Natron's batteries, which store sodium ions in electrode materials based on Prussian blue materials, offer higher power density, longer service life, and unique safety characteristics over other battery technologies. Natron leverages existing lithium-ion manufacturing facilities for production, and its supply chain requires zero lithium, cobalt, copper, nickel, or other difficult-to-obtain minerals.
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Anthony G. Petrello, Nabors Chairman, CEO and President, said: "As businesses accelerate the electrification of operations, the need for reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy storage solutions is greater than ever before. Natron can provide a safe, cost-effective battery solution for various industrial applications. Together, Natron and Nabors will target drilling operations where Nabors has already started to combine energy storage solutions with traditional fuel-powered generators to lower emissions and fuel consumption. Following our investment in geothermal energy, emissions monitoring, and ultracapacitors, we now welcome Natron to our energy transition venture portfolio. We are excited to add to our clean energy initiatives while leveraging our existing competencies and global scale to help accelerate the commercialization of this exciting technology within the oil and gas industry."
Colin Wessells, Ph.D., Natron Co-Founder and CEO, added: "We are excited to team up with Nabors. Their investment dramatically accelerates Natron's entry into oil and gas markets. Having the global power of Nabors backing us is a game-changer that expands access to the carbon reduction initiatives in the oilfield. With this support from Nabors, Natron is accelerating the rate at which it brings its Michigan factory online for the world's first mass production of sodium-ion batteries."
About Nabors Industries
Nabors Industries is a leading provider of advanced technology for the energy industry. With operations in more than 15 countries, Nabors has established a global network of people, technology and equipment to deploy solutions that deliver safe, efficient and responsible energy production. By leveraging its core competencies, particularly in drilling, engineering, automation, data science, and manufacturing, Nabors aims to innovate the future of energy and enable the transition to a lower carbon world. Learn more about Nabors and its energy technology leadership: www.nabors.com.
About Natron Energy
Natron Energy manufactures sodium-ion battery products based on a unique Prussian blue electrode chemistry for a wide variety of industrial power applications ranging from critical backup power systems to EV fast charging and behind-the-meter applications. Natron's mission is to transform industrial and grid energy storage markets by providing customers with lower-cost, longer-lasting, more efficient, safer batteries. Natron's products are UL 1973 listed, offer higher power density, faster recharge, and significantly longer cycle life than incumbent technologies. Natron builds its batteries using commodity materials on existing cell manufacturing lines in Michigan, USA. Learn more about Natron and its sodium-ion technology: www.natron.energy.
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Brian Brooks
+1 281-775-4370
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William C. Conroy
+1 281-775-2423
william.conroy@nabors.com
Kara Peak
+1 281-775-4954
kara.peak@nabors.com
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Robert Rogan
Chief Business Officer
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Men’s soccer team plays Iran at the World Cup. The winner will move ahead and the loser will go home.
There are of course political overtones to the match, especially as Iran is facing a crisis, with protests continuing for months after a woman was detained for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly and died in police custody.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong talks with James Montague, journalist and the author of the book “When Friday Comes: Football revolution in the Middle East and the road to the Qatar World Cup,” about soccer in the Middle East and what it reveals about societies there.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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LOVELL, Maine — After contacting the town and the state, Roy Butler of Lovell is nearly at his wits end on how to combat a severe spongy moth caterpillar infestation.
At the Butler’s home in Lovell, spongy moth caterpillars, which were previously called gypsy moths, are everywhere.
They are littered around the yard and cover all sides of their house and have become a rather scary nuisance, according to Roy’s wife, Geri Butler.
“I honestly feel that with the sheer number of them, they’re going to come in at night and smother us,” she said.
The overwhelming presence of the caterpillars has made it hard for the Butlers to do much of anything around their property,
“They’re falling in your food and everything else. The trees, the leaves and everything on my property are completely gone” Roy Butler said.
This is the couples third go-around with this caterpillar problem that has left their trees nearly bare. The Butler’s claim to have spent around $6,000 taking down trees and tending to other damages.
Geri Butler noted that just a couple weeks ago the trees were green, but now they are mostly bare because of the ravenous larval insects.
With the problem growing worse, Roy Butler said he wants the state to “step up.”
“[The state has] to do some spraying here” he said.
The state of Maine does not have plans to spray the Butler’s home, according to officials, because of the amount of labor it would take and the nearly insignificant impact that spraying would have at this time of year. Forested areas like where the Butler’s live would require crews of trucks to spray a large swath of trees to be truly effective.
Roy Butler said that when he looked into the cost of treating his property with pesticides, it could cost him $40,000 or more to start battling the creatures. | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/06/15/news/central-maine/a-central-maine-home-is-being-overrun-by-caterpillars/ | 2022-06-16 22:34:33 | 0 | https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/06/15/news/central-maine/a-central-maine-home-is-being-overrun-by-caterpillars/ |
Pennsylvania cannot keep a cache of weapons seized from the parents of a gunman who killed one state trooper and permanently disabled another eight years ago, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The parents of Eric Frein sued after authorities refused to return 25 rifles, 19 pistols and two shotguns that were taken from their home in September 2014, days after Frein ambushed the troopers outside a state police barracks in the Pocono Mountains.
Eugene Michael Frein and Deborah Frein were not charged in their son’s crime — for which he was convicted and sentenced to death — and none of their weapons were used in his deadly late-night assault.
The Pike County district attorney, who was named as a defendant in the parents’ suit, had argued that authorities had the right to hold the seized weapons, saying they might be needed as evidence during Eric Frein’s state and federal appeals.
The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, saying in its ruling Tuesday that state authorities never used Michael and Deborah’s guns as evidence at their son’s trial and violated the parents’ constitutional rights by holding onto them indefinitely.
Curt Parkins, the Freins’ attorney, called the seizure a “terrible case of government overreach.”
“It’s really the government being vindictive,” Parkins said in a telephone interview. The Freins, he said, were “punished for being the parents of Eric Frein.”
State police declined to comment on the ruling, which overturned a lower court decision to dismiss the parents’ lawsuit. A message was sent to the district attorney seeking comment.
The state seized the Freins’ property without compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment, and hindered their ability to keep firearms in violation of the Second Amendment, the appeals court said.
“The police understandably seized the parents’ guns in 2014 while a killer was still at large. But he has long since been captured and convicted, and his conviction has been affirmed,” the panel wrote in its decision. “The judicial warrant does not authorize keeping the guns past this point.”
The state would have to get another warrant to justify keeping the parents’ property, which the district attorney’s office conceded was unlikely because of a lack of probable cause, the court said.
Prosecutors have said Eric Frein was hoping to start an uprising against the government when he opened fire with a rifle on the Blooming Grove barracks. Cpl. Bryon Dickson II, a Marine veteran and married father of two, was killed in the late-night ambush, and Trooper Alex Douglass was left with devastating injuries.
Frein was captured after a 48-day manhunt. He was convicted and sentenced to death, though Pennsylvania has a moratorium on executions. | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/ap-court-pennsylvania-cant-keep-guns-in-trooper-ambush-case/ | 2022-09-23 03:07:50 | 0 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/national-news/ap-court-pennsylvania-cant-keep-guns-in-trooper-ambush-case/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials celebrated in early September when top allies agreed to back an audacious, never-before-tried plan to clamp down on Vladimir Putin’s access to cash as he wages war on Ukraine.
The idea sounded simple enough: The countries would pay only cut-rate prices for Russian oil. That would deprive Putin of money to keep prosecuting his war in Ukraine, but also ensure that oil continued to flow out of Russia and helped to keep global prices low.
A month later, the Group of Seven, representing some of the world’s leading economies, is still figuring out how to execute the plan — a far more complex task than it might seem at first blush — and the Dec. 5 deadline to marshal participants is fast approaching.
In the meantime, the war grinds on. The Kremlin is mobilizing 300,000 more troops to join the invasion of Ukraine and Putin has annexed four Ukrainian regions after Kremlin-orchestrated referendums that the West denounced as shams.
And while the U.S. and European countries have levied thousands of financial and diplomatic sanctions on Russia, including recently announced penalties, Treasury leaders say a price cap on oil could deliver the most effective blow to Russia’s economy, undermining its greatest revenue source.
Pushed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the price cap plan is testing the bounds of statecraft and capitalism. Yellen made her reputation as a Federal Reserve chair who helped steer the U.S. into the longest expansion in its history. Now she’s trying to use global energy markets as a vise to stop a war and keep oil prices from rushing upward this winter.
Yellen and her team at Treasury have been lobbying their international counterparts on the price cap since at least May. The U.S. has already blocked Russian oil imports, which were small to begin with.
“This is an entirely new way to use financial measures against a global bully,” Elizabeth Rosenberg, Treasury’s head of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, said at a recent congressional hearing.
“A price cap coalition requires unprecedented coordination with international partners, as well as close partnership with global maritime industries, and exceptional resolve in the face of hostile Russian bluster and threats, including the risk that Russia may seek to retaliate,” Rosenberg said.
The risks of this new form of economic warfare are immense to the global oil supply. If it fails or Russia retaliates by stopping the export of oil, then energy prices worldwide could skyrocket. U.S. consumers could feel the ramifications in another spike in gasoline prices.
“I don’t have a crystal ball. I don’t know exactly what Russia will do here. There are a lot of different options,” Ben Harris, Treasury’s assistant secretary for economic policy, said during a recent Brookings Institution presentation. He added: “The price cap provides an opportunity for a bit of a release valve and the hope that these Russian barrels will find the market, but at a reduced price.”
The Dec. 5 deadline for setting the price for discounted oil comes just before a year-end wider European embargo on seaborne Russian crude oil and a complete ban on shipping insurance designed to prevent Russian oil from reaching non-European buyers. The embargo and insurance ban could eliminate up to 4 million barrels a day from the world’s daily supply of petroleum, a loss of roughly 4%.
Treasury’s hope is that the price cap kicks in first and allows some of that oil to keep flowing via exceptions to the embargo and the insurance ban, albeit at prices lower than market rates.
While Treasury officials and leading economists express confidence that the plan will work — and already is working — some oil analysts are wary of trying to implement it before winter, in a global economy already scarred by supply shocks, and a Europe facing fast-rising inflation.
The unknowns are too many, they say.
“The wildcard factor to me is what the Russians do, because the Russians have made abundantly clear that they do not want to play along with price caps,” said Helima Croft, global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
“We should prepare ourselves at least,” she said, “that they may withhold oil.”
Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citi Group, said at the Brookings Institution recently: “It’s an experiment that’s never been done in world history. I think it is a poor judgment call to do this at this time.”
Oil is the Kremlin’s main pillar of financial revenue and has kept the Russian economy afloat so far in the war despite export bans, sanctions and the freezing of central bank assets that began with the February invasion.
Before the war, Russia exported roughly 5 million barrels of oil per day as one of the world’s biggest oil exporters. That figure — accounting for roughly 9% of the world’s crude exports — has largely been unchanged despite all the sanctions.
Russia has vowed to take retaliatory measures to offset the impact of the price cap. Last week, Kommersant, a Russian business newspaper, reported that the Kremlin is considering raising $50 billion in additional revenue from taxes on exported energy, in response to the plan.
Analysts are hopeful the Russians are bluffing. Deutsche Bank recently assigned a “low probability” to Russia stopping its exports and cut its forecast for the price of crude by 10%. The German bank cited the U.S. Treasury’s announcement that India could have flexibility to buy from non-EU providers if it doesn’t join the price cap coalition, among other factors.
And while it’s assumed China and India won’t be part of an official coalition on the price cap, lower prices paid to Russia by these nations would help accomplish the coalition’s goal, Treasury officials say, getting more oil on the market with less revenue for the Kremlin. Already, Russia is locking in long-term contracts to limit the loss of potential oil revenues.
Raoul LeBlanc, vice president of energy at S&P Global Commodity Insights, said in some ways the discounts Russia is already providing countries show that a price cap could work.
LeBlanc said the complete loss of Russian oil on the global marketplace “would be catastrophic to the world economy” and losses would most heavily affect Latin America and much of South Asia.
Many European countries are already seeing major impacts of the war on their economies without a price cap in effect. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development last week said the global economy is set to lose $2.8 trillion in output in 2023 because of the war.
On other energy matters, European Union energy ministers on Friday levied a tax on fossil fuel companies’ windfall profits, but could not agree on a natural gas price cap.
Treasury is navigating a host of tricky questions as it works to implement the oil price cap plan. Among them: figuring out the size of the discount the G-7 and others would force on Russian oil, how the price cap would interact with the coming embargo and insurance ban, how companies would conduct their business as they try to avoid sanctions and how to stop Putin from getting around any cap.
Ben Cahill, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said he believes the price cap is “better than the status quo” — the expected European embargo on oil and ban on maritime insurance. But, Cahill adds, it will create complexities in the market that could drive up the cost of doing business.
“It’s a big gamble,” he said. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/politics/ap-allies-aim-for-risky-russian-oil-price-cap-as-winter-nears/ | 2022-10-02 10:49:12 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/politics/ap-allies-aim-for-risky-russian-oil-price-cap-as-winter-nears/ |
PHOENIX, Ariz. (KNXV) — Twenty-one-year-old Kaiya Armstrong is on her way to Washington, D.C.
Armstrong lost her sight when she was 14 years old.
She spent months learning to fly a plane so she could make the cross-country trip.
“There’s so many people out there that don’t realize that they don’t have limitations,” said Kaiya. “I want this flight to prove to everyone, to the world, to stop limiting yourself.”
The Foundation for Blind Children is helping Armstong realize her dream, pairing her up with a sighted co-pilot.
“The very first time we went up we spent a lot of time just listening to the engine itself, and learning what the different speeds sound like so I’d be able to find them on my own,” said Armstrong. “He’d have me put my hands on the controls and steer us into small turns and larger turns giving me a feel of both.”
She’d quickly take the controls, flying by feel under Tyler Sinclari's watchful eyes.
“She’s flying the whole thing. I’m just there to kind of talk her through it. I barely touch the controls,” said Sinclair.
Armstrong and Sinclair will make several stops on their way to D.C. They are expected to arrive in the nation's capital on Thursday.
This story was originally reported by Cameron Polom on abc15.com. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/blind-pilot-flying-from-arizona-to-washington-dc | 2022-10-10 19:12:32 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/blind-pilot-flying-from-arizona-to-washington-dc |
- Geek+ has deployed its AMR technologies in major markets across the continent, reaching this milestone in under three years
- The Geek+ Europe team is expanding rapidly to support the company's growing European client base
STUTTGART, Germany, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geek+, the global leader in AMR technology, has now successfully deployed its smart logistics technology in 16 countries in Europe. Having recently seen the installation of a Geek+ goods-to-person solution for an e-commerce retailer, Hungary has become the latest European country to benefit from world-leading goods-to-person technology.
Since arriving in Europe in 2019, Geek+ has successfully completed automation and modernization projects with some of the continent's best-known companies. Household names such as ASDA, Leroy Merlin, and DB Schenker have all turned to Geek+ technology to upgrade their logistics and supply chain operations.
Over the course of the past three years, Geek+ Europe has grown by leaps and bounds. The company's European headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany was originally staffed by a team of three revolving around Geek+ Europe president Jackson Zhang, but is now the home base for over 120 employees. This team offers the full range of Geek+ services including, sales, engineering, solutions innovation, marketing, customer support, and implementation.
Reflecting on his experience, Zhang said: "Europe has always been a key market for Geek+ and represented a unique and exciting challenge. I'm very proud of the team we have built here and everything that they have achieved. Having successful projects in 16 countries in three years is a testament to their hard work."
Geek+ today offers a full range of warehouse solutions developed through years of research and hands-on experience. These include world-leading goods-to-person mobile robots for retail, e-commerce, and apparel logistics; parcel sorting robots used by major couriers and postal services; and high-density storage solutions for racks and pallets.
Geek+'s success has not gone unnoticed. The company's solutions have been awarded several awards in recognition of the advances in innovation that they represent. Geek+'s RoboShuttle high-density picking solution was awarded the 2021 European Product Design Award in the industrial robot category. At this year's Semaine de l'Innovation du Transport & de la Logistique (SITL) in Paris, the 8-meter tall version of RoboShuttle won over the jury and took home the Innovation Award in the Intralogistics, Robotics, and Automation category.
This week, members of the Geek+ Europe team and senior management will be at LogiMAT, where they will be presenting PopPick, a next-generation goods-to-person solution that represents the culmination of Geek+'s experience and expertise. Visit Booth D51 in Hall 7 to see the solutions and consult with Geek+ experts.
About Geek+
Geek+ is a global technology company leading the intelligent logistics revolution. We apply advanced robotics and AI technologies to realize flexible, reliable, and highly efficient solutions for warehouses and supply chain management. Geek+ is trusted by over 500 global industry leaders and has been recognized as the world leader in autonomous mobile robots. Founded in 2015, Geek+ has over 1500 employees, with offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore.
For more information, please visit: https://www.geekplus.com/
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Zayne Davis scored twice as Timberline remained unbeaten with a 6-1 win against Eagle on Tuesday in 5A Southern Idaho Conference play.
Zach Taylor, Jake Anderson, Anton Wold and Patrick Kane all scored for the Wolves (6-0-1, 3-0-0 SIC).
CALDWELL 4, RIDGEVUE 0: Axel Gonzalez scored twice as Caldwell won an early-season matchup between the final two 4A SIC unbeatens.
Sam Yeakley also scored for the Cougars (5-0-0, 3-0-0 SIC), while Jaden Pineda converted on a penalty kick.
David Galvan had two assists and Horacio Hernandez made three saves to secure the shutout.
BISHOP KELLY 12, EMMETT 1: Andrew Nguyen, Brayden Thomas, and Andre Ruplinge each scored two goals as Bishop Kelly (2-2-1, 1-1-1) picked up its first SIC win of the season.
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RIDGEVUE 6, CALDWELL 2: Tyleigh Quarders-scored three goals, leading Ridgevue to a 4A SIC victory.
Isis Villafane, Mercedes Fernandez and Avery Braun each added goals for the Warhawks (3-2-2, 2-1-0).
Shaelyn Olsen scored twice for Cadwell (2-3-0, 1-2-0).
BISHOP KELLY 10, EMMETT 0: Taylor Deitzel had three goals and Madeline Ramsey scored one to go with three assists as Bishop Kelly rolled to a SIC win.
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Kate Silvers, Gwen Peterson, Maggie Avey, Margaret Smock and Gracie Rhodes all scored for the Knights (3-0-1, 3-0-0).
VOLLEYBALL
EAGLE 3, OWYHEE 1: Madi Hauskins had 12 kills and nine digs and Delaney Bub finished with a double-double recording 10 kills and 10 digs as Eagle won 22-25, 25-15, 25-20, 27-25 in 5A SIC play.
Rhys Layton led Eagle (1-0, 1-0) with 32 assists.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN 3, CENTENNIAL 0: Kinsley Kollmann recorded a double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs as Rocky Mountain won 25-13, 25-17, 25-13 in SIC action.
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CAPITAL’S GARUS SETS TIMBERSTONE COURSE RECORD TO WIN JACK JONES
Capital junior Trevor Garus set a TimberStone Golf Course record, shooting an 8-under 63 on Monday to earn individual medalists honors at the Jack Jones Invitational.
Boise boys team won the team title.
Timberline’s Ella Arnzen won girls individual medalist honors, shooting a 72, while Bishop Kelly won the girls team title. | https://www.idahopress.com/sports/highschool/golf/prep-roundup-timberline-beats-eagle-6-1/article_904f61e4-28e0-11ed-8d90-c31af4494cc1.html | 2022-08-31 06:14:31 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/sports/highschool/golf/prep-roundup-timberline-beats-eagle-6-1/article_904f61e4-28e0-11ed-8d90-c31af4494cc1.html |
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 27.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 40.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 31. Highs 40 to
47.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 31.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs around 45.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 28. Highs
40 to 45.
$$
CAZ521-231200-
White Mountains of Inyo County-
Including Westgard Pass and Bristlecone Pine
1141 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 11 to 21.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Highs 26 to 36.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Near steady temperature in the mid
20s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Not as cold. Highs 34 to 44.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows 23 to 31.
.WEDNESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 43.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 27.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 41.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 31. Highs 41 to
47.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 28 to 33. Highs
42 to 47.
$$
CAZ520-231200-
Owens Valley-
Including Bishop, Independence, Lone Pine,
and Olancha
1141 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust through the
night. Lows 24 to 27.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Highs 43 to 46.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust in the evening.
Lows 29 to 32.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 50 to 53.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 35.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs around 54. Lows
34 to 37.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 52.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Clear. Lows around 36. Highs 53 to
56.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows 33 to 36. Highs
53 to 56.
$$
CAZ522-231200-
Death Valley National Park-
Including Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells,
and Shoshone
1141 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust. Lows 23 to
26 in the mountains...around 42 at Furnace Creek.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Highs around 40 in the
mountains...around 65 at Furnace Creek.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 30 in the mountains...
around 41 at Furnace Creek.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 45 to 48 in the mountains...around 68 at
Furnace Creek.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 30 to 33 in the mountains...around
41 at Furnace Creek.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs 49 to 52 in the
mountains...66 to 69 at Furnace Creek. Lows around 34 in the
mountains...around 42 at Furnace Creek.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 50 in the
mountains...around 66 at Furnace Creek. Lows around 34 in the
mountains...around 42 at Furnace Creek.
$$
CAZ523-231200-
Western Mojave Desert-
Including Barstow, Daggett, and Fort Irwin
1141 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Patchy blowing dust. Lows 32 to 35.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Highs 50 to 53.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 35.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 54 to 57.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 36.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs around 60. Lows
around 37.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs 59 to 62. Lows
36 to 39.
$$
CAZ524-231200-
Eastern Mojave Desert-
Including Baker, Mountain Pass,
and Mitchell Caverns
1141 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust. Lows 31 to
34.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Highs 49 to 52.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 32 to 35.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs 52 to 55.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 33 to 36.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs around 60. Lows
around 37.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Highs around 61. Lows
36 to 39.
$$
CAZ525-526-231200-
Morongo Basin-Cadiz Basin-
Including Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley,
Twentynine Palms, and Vidal Junction
1141 PM PST Sun Jan 22 2023
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY...
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Patchy blowing dust. Lows 36 to
39 in Twentynine Palms...31 to 34 around Yucca Valley and near
Joshua Tree.
.MONDAY...Sunny. Patchy blowing dust. Highs 54 to 57 in
Twentynine Palms...around 50 around Yucca Valley...around 51 near
Joshua Tree.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40 in Twentynine Palms
and around Yucca Valley...around 35 near Joshua Tree.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows 36 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...Clear. Highs 62 to 65 in Twentynine
Palms...around 60 around Yucca Valley and near Joshua Tree. Lows
around 40.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs
63 to 66 in Twentynine Palms...59 to 62 around Yucca Valley and
near Joshua Tree.
$$
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WASHINGTON — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.
The numbers issued Tuesday by the U.S. Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office's previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs were to fraudsters, particularly during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
The inspector general's report said “at least 17 percent of all COVID-EIDL and PPP funds were disbursed to potentially fraudulent actors.” The fraud estimate for the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is more than $136 billion, which represents 33 percent of the total money spent on that program, according to the report. The Paycheck Protection fraud estimate is $64 billion, the inspector general said.
In comments attached to the report, a senior SBA official disputed the new numbers. Bailey DeVries, SBA's acting associate administrator for capital access, said the inspector general's “approach contains serious flaws that significantly overestimate fraud and unintentionally mislead the public to believe that the work we did together had no significant impact in protecting against fraud.”
The SBA inspector general had previously estimated fraud in the COVID-19 disaster loan program at $86 billion and the Paycheck Protection program at $20 billion.
The Associated Press reported June 13 that scammers and swindlers potentially swiped about $280 billion in COVID-19 emergency aid; an additional $123 billion was wasted or misspent. The bulk of the potential losses are from the two SBA programs and another to provide unemployment benefits to workers suddenly unemployed by the economic upheaval caused by the pandemic. The three initiatives were begun during the Trump administration and inherited by President Joe Biden. Combined, the loss estimated by AP represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has so far disbursed in COVID relief aid.
The federal government has now reported $276 billion in potential fraud, a figure that aligns with the AP’s analysis.
Gene Sperling, a senior White House official overseeing pandemic relief spending, said in a interview Tuesday that 86% of the fraud, or potential fraud, in the emergency loan programs happened during the first nine months of the pandemic when President Donald Trump was in office.
“$200 billion is a very big number, but this, again, should be remembered as potential fraud,” Sperling said. “We think the amount of likely or actual fraud is significantly less, significantly under $100 billion, perhaps around $40 billion."
But he added, "whichever it is, it’s unacceptably high.”
The SBA inspector general, Hannibal “Mike” Ware, said in a statement Tuesday that the report "utilizes investigative casework, prior (inspector general) reporting, and cutting-edge data analysis to identify multiple fraud schemes used to potentially steal over $200 billion from American taxpayers and exploit programs meant to help those in need.”
Ware, in an interview with The Associated Press earlier this month, said these latest fraud figures won’t be the last ones issued by his office.
“We will continue to assess fraud until we’re finished with the investigations on these things,” Ware said. That could be a long while. His office has a backlog of more than 90,000 actionable leads into pandemic relief fraud, which amounts to nearly a century's worth of work.
SBA issued its own report Tuesday detailing anti-fraud measures it has adopted. The agency’s administrator, Isabella Casillas Guzman, said in an emailed statement that the report outlines “the effective measures added to fight fraud and hold bad actors responsible.”
SBA previously told The Associated Press the federal government has not developed an accepted system for assessing fraud in federal programs. Previous analyses, the agency said, have pointed to “potential fraud” or “fraud indicators” in a manner that conveys those numbers as a true fraud estimate when they are not. For the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, the agency said it's “working estimate” found $28 billion in likely fraud.
Fraud in pandemic unemployment assistance programs stands at $76 billion, according to congressional testimony from the Labor Department's inspector general, Larry Turner. That’s a conservative estimate. An additional $115 billion mistakenly went to people who should not have received the benefits, according to his testimony.
The Biden administration put in place stricter rules to stem pandemic fraud, including use of a “Do Not Pay” database. Biden also recently proposed a $1.6 billion plan to boost law enforcement efforts to go after pandemic relief fraudsters.
Bob Westbrooks, a former executive director of the federal Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, said in an interview the $200 billion number is “unacceptable, unprecedented and unfathomable.” Westbrooks published a book last week, “Left Holding the Bag: A Watchdog’s Account of How Washington Fumbled its COVID Test.”
“The swift distribution of funds and program integrity are not mutually exclusive,” Westbrooks said Tuesday. “The government can walk and chew gum at the same time. They should have put basic fraud controls in place to verify people’s identity and to make sure targeted relief was getting into the right hands.”
The fraudulent payouts have consequences, said John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business,.
Griffin and colleagues said i n a new paper that pandemic relief fraud inflated house prices.
The study found that people who fraudulently obtained Paycheck Protection loans were more likely to buy a house than people who got legitimate loans, and housing prices increased 5.7 percentage points on average in ZIP codes with high amounts of fraud during the pandemic, even after controlling for other factors that affect home prices such as land supply, prior house price growth and the ability to telework. For a $400,000 house, that would add $22,800.
The study also found increases in consumer spending in ZIP codes where people received high amounts of fraudulent funds, which may have fueled inflation more broadly, Griffin said Tuesday.
“If you paid too much for your house because fraudsters pumped up the house prices in your ZIP code and then your house price ends up going down, you could be the victim of an unintended consequence of fraud,” he said in an interview. “It’s another reason why we should care about fraud.” | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/stolen-covid-aid/507-d89721eb-fb91-4c37-8b86-de51608cb689 | 2023-06-28 00:45:49 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/nation-world/stolen-covid-aid/507-d89721eb-fb91-4c37-8b86-de51608cb689 |
The latest on the search for Athena Brownfield
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - 7News is on the ground in Cyril working to keep the public informed on the disappearance of Athena Brownfield.
New details in the investigation:
- Athena allegedly has limited verbal skills.
- She may have been missing since Friday, Jan. 6, according to flyers distributed by Cyril police.
- The FBI is reportedly working with OSBI in the investigation, but is not physically present at the scene.
Athena Brownfield was reported missing Tuesday around 2 p.m. after her 5-year-old sister was found near their home at 225 Nebraska Ave by a postal carrier, according to OSBI. The carrier reported it to Cyril police, who requested assistance from OSBI.
Athena is about three feet tall and 45 pounds with light brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink butterfly sweater and pink pants, according to an Endangered Missing Advisory from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. OSBI confirmed she has limited verbal skills.
Initial reports set her age at three years old. While OSBI updated her age to 4 on Wednesday morning, OHP officials and flyers distributed by the Cyril Police Department continued to say she was 3 years old. The flyers also said Athena had allegedly been missing since Friday, Jan. 6.
7News crews saw Athena’s home on Nebraska Ave. being cordoned off with crime scene tape around 9 p.m. on Tuesday. The next morning, OSBI PIO Brook Arbeitman said the crime tape was not an indication of a crime, but rather a precaution to keep people out of the home.
OSBI is asking anyone with a doorbell or home camera to check it for Athena, and to search their own property. However, they ask people not to self-deploy in search efforts without checking in at their command post at Family Life Church.
Numerous law enforcement agencies, fire departments, volunteer organizations and search and rescue dogs are at the scene. 7News reporters confirmed with officials Wednesday that the FBI is working with OSBI on the case, but is not physically present.
If you have any information about Athena’s whereabouts, contact the OSBI tipline at (800) 522-8017 or email tips@osbi.ok.gov.
A press conference is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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SAVINES-LE-LAC, France (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron launched a broad plan on Thursday to ensure that France has sovereignty over its water resources, growing increasingly scarce because of climate change, challenging farmers, drying lakes and leaving some households without water running from their faucets.
The water problem is urgent, he said, affirming that climate change will deprive France of 30% to 40% of available water by 2050.
Macron’s trip to a town in the Hautes-Alpes region of southwest France that that has suffered water shortages gave him a chance to change the topic and briefly escape the daily criticism and protests triggered by his decision to revise the pension system and increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. It also was an opportunity to address climate change, a topic that concerns youth. Students and other youth have been increasingly present at protest marches, but have enlarged their demands to address an array of topics like ecology and climate change.
The speech notably comes after a weekend of pitched battles in a field in rural France between security forces and militant ecologists that shocked the nation, turning the pastoral countryside into what looked like a war zone. The militants are opposed to a water basin being created to help farmers irrigate their fields.
Acknowledging the social unrest, Macron said before his speech that “this doesn’t mean that everything must stop … So I am carrying on with my job.”
He laid out 50 measures to put France on track this summer and beyond, stressing that water is precious and France has thus far failed to strategize effectively to save water. To ensure citizens use it sparingly, he announced gradual price increases for use of water for “comfort.”
Major sectors, from nuclear to energy and industry, must be adapted to improve water management.
France suffered from a major drought in 2022 and winter drought in February, an alert for the years ahead.
In France today, less than 1% of used water is treated for reuse, Macron said.
“That’s 10, 15, 20 times less than certain” other countries. He said that 10% of water would be recycled and reused by 2030.
Macron’s choice of a venue to address his water plan, in Savines-Le-Lac — in the southern Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur — is on the edge of Serre-Poncon lake, a man-made water reservoir and one of Western Europe’s largest. With rising temperatures, parts of it are currently bone-dry. | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/macron-unveils-plan-to-save-water-amid-climate-change-toll/ | 2023-03-31 10:56:14 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/international/ap-international/macron-unveils-plan-to-save-water-amid-climate-change-toll/ |
Pfizer, Moderna could soon charge for vaccines, boosters
COVID vaccines and boosters could start costing people more than $100.
Vaccine maker Moderna said once their government contract ends, it is considering charging between $110 and $130 per dose.
The Biden Administration announced last year that the federal government would no longer be paying for the vaccines. This comes as cases of the virus are on the rise in the Rio Grande Valley, and nationwide.
"In general, our region is seeing another uptick in positive covid cases." Dr. Christopher Romero with Valley Baptist Medical Center Harlingen said. "The percent positivity for the molecular testing here in the State of Texas is over 20% positive, and really a number that we want to have is less than five percent."
In Hidalgo County, 940 new COVID infections were reported Tuesday over a three-day period that ended on Monday; 10 virus related deaths were also reported.
Moderna is not the only vaccine maker that could be charging, Pfizer is also looking to make a similar move. | https://www.krgv.com/news/pfizer-moderna-could-soon-charge-for-vaccines-boosters | 2023-01-12 04:45:34 | 0 | https://www.krgv.com/news/pfizer-moderna-could-soon-charge-for-vaccines-boosters |
Louisiana carbon monoxide law goes into effect Jan. 1
Published: Dec. 26, 2022 at 11:22 AM CST|Updated: 5 hours ago
(KPLC) - One or two-family homes sold or leased after Jan. 1 will be required to have a carbon monoxide detector.
The change is a result of Act 458 of the Louisiana Legislature, which goes into effect on New Year’s Day.
Louisiana Uniform Construction Code Council changed the International Residential Building Code (IRC) for CO detectors to be placed in residences effective on Jan. 1, 2023.
Louisiana carbon monoxide law:
- Every one or two-family house/dwelling sold and/or leased after Jan. 1, 2023, shall have at least one operable, life-long, sealed battery carbon monoxide (CO) detector.
- The detector packaging should feature phrases including life-long or 10-year and sealed battery or a sealed-in lithium battery.
- The device can be in combination with a smoke detector.
- One or two-family house/dwelling is defined as a building containing not more than two dwelling units in which one or each dwelling unit is occupied by members of a single family with not more than three outsiders, if any, accommodated in rented rooms.
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Six people arrested
ANGOLA — The following people were booked into the Steuben County Jail after they were arrested by police on Thursday. Formal charges are filed in court by the Steuben County Prosecutor’s Office.
• Nicholas J. Gaetz, 62, of the 6500 block of West S.R. 4, Ashley, arrested at the jail on a misdemeanor charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated — endangerment.
• Alexandria L. Hall, 23, of the 500 block of East Wabash Street, Wolcottville, arrested at the jail on a misdemeanor warrant alleging failure to appear.
• Malachi T. Landis, 28, of the 6800 block of West Orland Road, arrested at home on a felony charge of domestic battery with a prior unrelated conviction for battery against the same victim.
• Charles K. Larson III, 19, of 500 Lane, Lake James, Fremont, arrested at home on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery.
• Jared M. Lesher, 26, of the 7900 block of West 768S, Hudson, arrested at the jain on a fugitive warrant.
• Jemeire V. Stiles, 33, of the 100 block of Indianapolis Drive SE, Kentwood, Michigan, arrested at the jail on a felony fugitive warrant alleging failure to return to lawful detention. | https://www.kpcnews.com/heraldrepublican/article_cf4d1513-f960-561c-9e4e-2a1fbcc53699.html | 2023-05-27 00:47:35 | 1 | https://www.kpcnews.com/heraldrepublican/article_cf4d1513-f960-561c-9e4e-2a1fbcc53699.html |
Israel is holding over 1,000 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2003, an Israeli human rights group said Tuesday.
Israel says the controversial tactic, known as administrative detention, helps authorities thwart attacks and hold dangerous militants without divulging incriminating material for security reasons. Palestinians and rights groups say the system is widely abused and denies due process, with the secret nature of the evidence making it impossible for administrative detainees or their lawyers to mount a defense.
HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said that as of April, there were 1,016 detainees held in administrative detention. Nearly all of them are Palestinians detained under military law, as administrative detention is very rarely used against Jews. Four Israeli Jews are currently being held without charge.
"There is no sense of when the nightmare will end," said 48-year-old Manal Abu Bakr in Dheisheh, a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Her 28-year-old son Mohammed lost his four college years to administrative detention. Her husband, Nidal, a journalist and radio presenter, remains in custody. He has spent 17 years behind bars in the past three decades, more than half of it without charge, according to a prisoner’s rights group, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club.
The hearing on the renewal of his detention is set for September. "I’m exhausted," Manal said. "It's hard even to hope."
HaMoked says 2,416 Palestinians are serving sentences after being convicted in Israeli military courts. An additional 1,409 detainees are being held for questioning, have been charged and are awaiting trial, or are currently being tried.
ISRAEL’S NETANYAHU AGREES TO HALT JUDICIAL REFORM FOR NOW AS MASS PROTESTS CONTINUE
Among the 76 Palestinians incarcerated in the last month, 49 are administrative detainees. Administrative detention orders can be issued for a maximum of six months, but can be renewed indefinitely.
"The numbers are shocking," said Jessica Montell, the director of HaMoked. "There are no restraints on the use of what should be a rare exception. It's just getting easier and easier for them to hold people with no charge or trial."
A widespread military crackdown on Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank has helped fuel the sharp rise in administrative detentions.
Israel's campaign of raids into Palestinian cities and towns following a string of deadly Palestinian attacks last year led to the arrest of over 2,400 Palestinians since March 2022, according to the Israeli military. Israel's Shin Bet security service did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the latest administrative detention figures.
Israel describes the ramped-up raids as a counterterrorism effort to prevent further attacks. Palestinian residents and critics say the operation only further stokes the cycle of bloodshed, as the incursions ignite violent protests and firefights with Palestinian militants.
ISRAEL CALLS UP ARMY BATTALIONS AS SERIOUS VIOLENCE HITS WEST BANK FOLLOWING MURDER OF ISRAELI BROTHERS
Nearly 90 Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed by Israeli fire this year, according to an Associated Press tally. Palestinian attacks against Israelis have killed 15 people in the same period. Israel says most of the Palestinians killed were militants, but the dead have included stone-throwing youths and bystanders who were not involved in violence.
The last time Israel held this many administrative detainees was in May 2003, HaMoked said, in the throes of a violent Palestinian uprising known as the Second Intifada.
"The numbers always increase when there are heightened tensions on the ground," said Sahar Francis, a director of Addameer, a Palestinian prisoners’ rights group . Administrative detention "is an efficient tool for the arrest of hundreds of people in a short time."
The West Bank has been under Israeli military rule since Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want it to form the main part of their future state.
The territory’s nearly 3 million Palestinian residents are subject to Israel’s military justice system, while the nearly 500,000 Jewish settlers living alongside them have Israeli citizenship and are subject to civilian courts. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/israel-is-holding-more-than-1-000-palestinian-detainees-without-charge-the-highest-number-since/article_5db2d150-67ba-57d2-b155-96121f8a16ae.html | 2023-04-04 20:13:17 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/israel-is-holding-more-than-1-000-palestinian-detainees-without-charge-the-highest-number-since/article_5db2d150-67ba-57d2-b155-96121f8a16ae.html |
Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day
Published: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:00 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Election Day is approaching quickly for Americans, but the question is: are you registered to vote?
The fourth Tuesday of September is National Voter Registration Day.
The National Association of Secretaries of State started the event in 2012.
Hundreds of thousands of people participate each year. It’s a coordinated effort from local, state and national organizations to urge people to register to vote.
Each state has different registration requirements.
You can find out more about your area at Vote.org.
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BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – A woman has been arrested after abandoning her children and dogs inside of a Bedford home, according to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.
On Sept. 15, the Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Social Services responded to a student’s residence when the student was not attending school, authorities said.
When deputies arrived at the home, they said it was heavily overgrown and heard sounds of dogs barking along with extreme odors coming from the residence.
During their investigation, the Sheriff said they learned the mother abandoned the two children at the house, and the Criminal Investigation Unit responded to assist.
Animal Control also came to the house and found very thin and deceased animals at and inside of the home, authorities said, many of which were transported to Riverside Veterinarian Clinic to be treated.
Authorities said that 38-year-old Colleen Lagines was arrested on Sept. 16, and charged with four counts of felony child abuse and neglect.
Lagines is currently being held without bond, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation is ongoing, and all allegations and other charges may be sought once the investigation nears completion, authorities said.
The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office said that the animals that were rescued will require additional care and treatment.
Authorities said that the public is welcome to help by donating to the friends of the Bedford County Animal Shelter. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/09/19/bedford-county-sheriff-woman-arrested-after-abandoning-children-dogs/ | 2022-09-20 02:14:03 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2022/09/19/bedford-county-sheriff-woman-arrested-after-abandoning-children-dogs/ |
- New contact lenses filter 60% of blue-violet light*1
- Designed to lock in moisture for visual clarity and all-day comfort1,2
- Multifocal lenses for presbyopic patients provide crisp, clear vision at all distances and in all lighting conditions plus all-day comfort3
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.,† a global leader in eye health and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech,‡ today announced the launch of its newest innovation, ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-DAY contact lenses and ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day MULTIFOCAL contact lenses for presbyopia. Designed with an unprecedented combination of new technologies to help meet the needs of digitally intense lifestyles: TearStable™ Technology and OptiBlue™ light filter.1 TearStable™ Technology is designed to maximize tear-film stability and lock in moisture for exceptional all-day comfort.1,2 The OptiBlue™ light filter has the highest level blue-violet filter in the industry at 60%§,* to reduce light scatter for exceptional visual clarity, day to night.2 In addition, ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day lenses block 99.9% UVA rays and 100% UVB rays.**,††,4,5
"Life has changed, post-pandemic. With more time spent on digital devices,6 we designed these contact lenses by listening to patients and eye care professionals' feedback to address lifestyle requirements and help prevent dry and tired eyes from becoming normalized," said John Buch, OD, Senior Principal Research Optometrist, Johnson & Johnson Vision.‡‡ "Our new ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day contact lenses help reduce discomfort by providing visual clarity with new technologies to filter blue-violet light,* which comes from many sources, including digital screens and travels in short wavelengths and scatters more which can lead to eye discomfort and quality of vision."7
Adults are now spending 13+ hours a day on digital devices, a 35% increase since 2019.6 When looking at a digital screen, you blink 60% less, which can destabilize the tear film, impacting comfort and vision.8,9 Blue-violet light scatters from digital screens, fluorescent/LED lights and the sun, which can impact visual clarity. 7 These demands are even more troubling for aging eyes. While digital screen use destabilizes the tear film at all ages, the tear film breaks down 50% faster by age 50 and may exacerbate the feelings of dry eye and impact consistency of vision.10 Meanwhile, light scatter doubles by age 60, resulting in increased visual artifacts (starbursts, halos), impacting distance vision, and contributing to decreased ability to drive at night or read in dim light.11
For patients with presbyopia (a condition that happens to everyone around age 40 negatively impacting near vision, particularly in dim light), ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day MULTIFOCAL contact lenses provide crisp, clear vision at all distances and in all lighting conditions, as well as all-day comfort.3 The lenses combine the same two powerful technologies – TearStable™ Technology and the OptiBlue™ light filter – plus PUPIL OPTIMIZED DESIGN technology, which tailors 100% of parameters to pupil size variations across both age and refraction compared to less than 2% for the leading competitor, for exceptionally effortless vision.§§,3,12 This is the same technology that is available across all ACUVUE® Multifocal contact lenses.12
"I've witnessed more patients facing symptoms related to a destabilized tear film such as dryness and inconsistent vision due to our increasingly digital lifestyles. It's important for all contact lens users to have the latest innovative treatment options available to help address comfort and clarity to meet their lifestyle requirements," said Luis Rojas, OD, co-founder of DeNovo Eye.*** "ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day uses innovative technology, designed to maximize tear film stability and reduce light scatter to maintain increased visual clarity and all-day comfort."*,†††,1,2,13
ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day builds on the ACUVUE® OASYS portfolio of products, which is unbeaten in comfort across 31 clinical trials.‡‡‡ In clinical trials of ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day, 90% of wearers reported all-day comfort and a reduction in tired eyes from digital devices, with nearly 100% reporting clear, reliable vision.2
Earlier this year, ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day and ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day MULTIFOCAL received U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clearance, Health Canada approval and completed CE Mark activities for its latest contact lens innovation.
The lenses are available now in spherical and multifocal. To find an ECP and schedule an appointment, please visit here. For more information and to stay informed of product availability, please visit: https://www.jnjvisionpro.com/oasys-max-family and for Instructions for Use, please click here.
About Johnson & Johnson Vision†
At Johnson & Johnson Vision, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health around the world. Through our operating companies, we deliver innovation that enables eye care professionals to create better outcomes for patients throughout their lives, with products and technologies that address unmet needs including refractive error, cataracts and dry eye. In communities with greatest need, we work in collaboration to expand access to quality eye care, and we are committed to helping people see better, connect better and live better. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn, and @JNJVision on Facebook.
About Johnson & Johnson MedTech‡
At Johnson & Johnson MedTech, we unleash diverse healthcare expertise, purposeful technology, and a passion for people to transform the future of medical intervention and empower everyone to live their best life possible. For more than a century, we have driven breakthrough scientific innovation to address unmet needs and reimagine health. In surgery, orthopedics, vision, and interventional solutions, we continue to help save lives and create a future where healthcare solutions are smarter, less invasive, and more personalized.
Important Information for Contact Lens Wearers:
ACUVUE® Contact Lenses are available by prescription only for vision correction. An eye care professional will determine whether contact lenses are right for you. Although rare, serious eye problems can develop while wearing contact lenses. To help avoid these problems, follow the wear and replacement schedule and the lens care instructions provided by your eye doctor. Do not wear contact lenses if you have an eye infection, or experience eye discomfort, excessive tearing, vision changes, redness or other eye problems. If one of these conditions occurs, remove the lens and contact your eye doctor immediately. For more information on proper wear, care and safety, talk to your eye care professional and ask for a Patient Instruction Guide, call 1-800-843-2020, or download the Patient Instruction Guide (https://www.acuvue.com/patient-instruction-guides).
Cautions Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding ACUVUE® MAX 1-Day. The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. and/or Johnson & Johnson. Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: uncertainty of commercial success; challenges to patents; competition, including technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; manufacturing difficulties and delays; changes to applicable laws and regulations, including global health care reforms; changes in behavior and spending patterns of purchasers of health care products and services; and trends toward health care cost containment. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, including in the sections captioned "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors," and in Johnson & Johnson's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. Neither Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. nor Johnson & Johnson undertakes to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments.
* Filtering of HEV light by contact lenses has not been demonstrated to confer any health benefit to the user, including but not limited to retinal protection, protection from cataract progression, reduced eye strain, improved contrast, improved acuity, reduced glare, improved low light vision, or improved circadian rhythm/sleep cycle. The Eye Care Professional should be consulted for more information.
† Johnson & Johnson Vision represents the products and services of Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., and the affiliates of both.
‡ Johnson & Johnson MedTech comprises the surgery, orthopaedics, vision and interventional solutions businesses within Johnson & Johnson's MedTech segment.
§ Versus publicly available information for standard daily use contact lenses as of July 2022.
** Helps protect against transmission of harmful UV radiation to the cornea & into the eye.
†† WARNING: UV-absorbing contact lenses are the NOT substitutes for protective UV-absorbing eyewear such as UV-absorbing goggles or sunglasses because they do not completely cover the eye and surrounding area. You should continue to use UV-absorbing eyewear as directed. NOTE: Long-term exposure to UV radiation is one of the risk factors associated with cataracts. Exposure is based on a number of factors such as environmental conditions (altitude, geography, cloud cover) and personal factors (extent and nature of outdoor activities). UV-blocking contact lenses help provide protection against harmful UV radiation. However, clinical studies have not been done to demonstrate that wearing UV-blocking contact lenses reduces the risk of developing cataracts or other eye disorders. Consult your eye care practitioner for more information.
‡‡ John Buch, OD is an employee of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. with oversight as Senior Principal Research Optometrist of the Vision Care organization.
§§ Compared to competitor's designs, technology optimized for both the parameters of refractive error and add power.
*** Luis Rojas, OD, is a paid consultant of Johnson & Johnson Vision, Inc.
††† Versus ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day.
‡‡‡ ClinicalTrials.gov is a website maintained by the NIH. The 31 clinical studies evaluated subjective comfort as a primary or secondary endpoint for ACUVUE OASYS Brand 2-weekly family and for ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology Brand family contact lenses. Review conducted as of April 29, 2022.
1 JJV Data on File 2022. TearStable Technology Definition.
2 JJV Data on File, 2022. CSM Subjective Responses ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day Contact Lenses- Retrospective Meta-analysis.
3 JJV Data on File 2022. Subjective Stand-Alone Claims for ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day MULTIFOCAL Contact Lenses - Exploratory Meta-analysis.
4 JJV Data on File 2022. Material Properties: 1-DAY ACUVUE MOIST, 1-DAY ACUVUE TruEye, ACUVUE OASYS 1-Day with HydraLuxe Technology and ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day with TearStable Technology Brand Contact Lenses.
5 JJV Data on File 2022: Master Brand Claims on Clinical Performance and Overall Material Properties for ACUVUE Brand Soft Contact Lenses.
6 COVID-19: Screen Time spikes to over 13 hours per day according to Eyesafe Nielsen estimates, published 3/28/20, https://eyesafe.com/covid-19-screen-time-spike-to-over-13-hours-per-day3.
7 JJV Data on File 2022. Blue-Violet Filter Utilized in ACUVUE® OASYS MAX 1-Day Contact Lenses.
8 Tsubota K, Nakamori K. Dry eyes and video display terminals. N Engl J Med. 1993;328(8):584. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199302253280817.
9 Patel S, Henderson R, Bradley L, et al. Effect of visual display unit use on blink rate and tear stability. Optom Vis Sci 1991;68(11):888-892. doi: 10.1097/00006324-199111000-00010.
10 Mostafa Y, SaifM, Saeed M, and ElSaadanyS. The Effect of Age and Gender on Tear Film Breakup Time. Egyptian Journal of Medical Research. 2021;2:137-148.
11 Van Den Berg TJ, Van Rijn LJ, Michael R, et al. Straylight effects with aging and lens extraction. Am J Ophthalmol2007;144(3):358-363.
12 JJV Data on file 2022. CSM- ACUVUE PUPIL OPTIMIZED DESIGN Technology: JJVC contact lenses, design features, and associated benefits.
13 JJV Data on File 2022. Effect on Tear Film and Evaluation of Visual Artifacts with ACUVUE OASYS MAX 1-Day Family.
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Campaign will showcase Duke's fight against "Big Mayo" in the wrestling ring
as Maryland and NC State battle on the football field
RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke's Mayonnaise, the feisty underdog of condiments, will debut its exciting Mayo Mania campaign during the 2022 Duke's Mayo Bowl. The campaign takes its passionate fans on a fun-filled journey featuring tv, online and social where they can "Join the Fight" against "Big Mayo" and send a free 8oz jar of Duke's to anyone.
Duke's will air two spots during the game – during the second and fourth quarters. The :30 spots will feature Duke's taking on "Big Mayo" with moves inspired by pro wrestling such as "The Jar Opener," "The Bread Spreader" and "The BLTKO". Duke's will also air the campaign during the Gator Bowl. The campaign will be live on December 28 at dukesmayomania.com
"Duke's is synonymous with football and tailgate – especially in the south," said Rebecca Lupesco, Duke's Brand Manager of Mayohem. "We love our fans and can't wait for them to see this new campaign. We think they'll get a laugh and get involved by joining the fight and sending Duke's to a friend or family member that might not know about our winning mayo," Lupesco continued.
The Maryland Terrapins will take on the NC State Wolfpack on December 30, 2022 during the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC. Game time is 12:00pm EST and will be broadcast on ESPN.
The winning coach will take the field at Bank of America Stadium where he will be honored with a mayonnaise dump.
Familiar Creatures, an advertising agency based in Richmond, VA, created the Mayo Mania campaign. "People can be very passionate, and quite frankly, fired up about their mayonnaise," said Dustin Artz, Co-Founder of Familiar Creatures. "Duke's fans are ready for a throw down with all the "other mayos". How better to do this then by taking this passion to the wrestling ring, with some fun, charming, nods to professional wrestling? When mayonnaise competes, Duke's wins," Artz continued.
Duke's Mayonnaise was created in 1917 in Greenville, S.C. by Eugenia Duke. For over 100 years, Duke's has been adding southern flavors to make good things better. In addition to the flagship mayonnaise, which is still made according to its female founder's original recipe, Duke's offers light, olive oil, and flavored mayonnaises, tartar sauce, sandwich relish and regionally inspired Duke's Southern Sauces, dressings, and mustards. Duke's is the Official Condiment of the Tailgate and title sponsor of the Duke's Mayo Classic & Duke's Mayo Bowl. For more information, visit dukesmayo.com or follow @dukes_mayonnaise on Instagram.
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BERWYN, Pa., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RM LAW, P.C. announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased Latch, Inc. ("Latch" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LTCH) securities during the period from May 13, 2021 through August 25, 2022 inclusive (the "Class Period").
Latch shareholders may, no later than October 31, 2022, move the Court for appointment as a lead plaintiff of the Class. If you purchased shares of Latch and would like to learn more about these claims or if you wish to discuss these matters and have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights, contact Richard A. Maniskas, Esquire toll-free at (844) 291-9299 or to sign up online, click here.
According to the complaint, on or about June 3, 2021, Latch became a public entity via business combination with TSIA. On August 25, 2022, after the market closed, Latch revealed that it would restate financial statements for 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 due to revenue recognition errors related to the sale of hardware devices. Specifically, the Company stated that "certain revenue recognition errors occurred as a result of unreported sales arrangements due to sales activity that was inconsistent with the Company's internal controls and procedures." On this news, Latch's stock fell $0.13, or 12.2%, to close at $0.95 per share on August 26, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
Throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, defendants failed to disclose to investors that there were unreported sales arrangements related to hardware devices that would result in the Company improperly recognizing revenue throughout fiscal 2021 and first quarter 2022. This material weakness in Latch's internal control over financial reporting related to revenue recognition required Latch to restate financial statements for fiscal 2021 and first quarter 2022.
If you are a member of the class, you may, no later than October 31, 2022, request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff of the class. A lead plaintiff is a representative party that acts on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed lead plaintiff, the Court must determine that the class member's claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class. Under certain circumstances, one or more class members may together serve as "lead plaintiff." Your ability to share in any recovery is not, however, affected by the decision whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff. You may retain RM LAW, P.C. or other counsel of your choice, to serve as your counsel in this action.
For more information regarding this, please contact RM LAW, P.C. (Richard A. Maniskas, Esquire) toll-free at (844) 291-9299 or by email at rm@maniskas.com or click here. For more information about class action cases in general or to learn more about RM LAW, P.C. please visit our website by clicking here.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator and two subsidiaries agreed Friday to plead guilty to negligently discharging oil off the Southern California coast in connection with a pipeline break that covered beaches with blobs of crude.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement that Houston-based Amplify Energy and two subsidiaries agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and pay a $7 million fine and nearly $6 million in expenses incurred by government entities, including the U.S. Coast Guard. The companies would also install a new leak detection system for pipeline and train employees to identify and respond to potential leaks, the statement said.
“Our nation’s environmental laws are designed to protect our communities and oceans from hazardous pollutants, including oil,” said Scot Adair, special agent in charge of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s criminal investigation division in California. “Amplify Energy’s agreement to plead guilty today demonstrates that companies that negligently violate those laws will be held responsible for their crimes.”
The plea agreements still need to be approved by U.S. District Judge David Carter.
Amplify Energy, which owns the pipeline that ruptured, said the company has been cooperating with the investigation into the spill and is committed to operating safely.
“We believe this resolution, which is subject to court review and approval, reflects the commitments we made immediately following the incident to impacted parties,” Martyn Willsher, Amplify’s president, said in a statement.
The October 2021 leak in a pipeline that ferried crude oil from offshore platforms to the Southern California coast spilled about 25,000 gallons (94,600 liters) of oil into the Pacific Ocean.
While less severe than initially feared, the spill about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) offshore shuttered beaches in surf-friendly Huntington Beach and nearby communities for a week and fisheries for more than a month, oiled birds and threatened wetlands the region has been striving to restore.
“The Orange County oil spill was devastating for our environment, our community and our local businesses,” said state Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, who represents the area, in a statement.
U.S. prosecutors charged the companies late last year with the illegal discharge of oil and failure to respond to eight leak detection alarms over a 13-hour period that should have alerted them to the spill. The leak detection system alarm first sounded late in the afternoon on Oct. 1, but workers believed it was triggered by a change in the concentration of produced water in the pipeline earlier in the day, according to a copy of the plea agreement.
The alarm sounded repeatedly throughout the night and workers shut down the pipeline to investigate, then restarted it again. Before dawn on Oct. 2, a boat went out and traveled along the course of the undersea pipeline with flashlights but didn’t see signs of a leak, according to the agreement.
It wasn’t until a boat went out after daybreak that the spill was identified, the papers said.
In the plea agreement, Amplify contends that two ships dragged their anchors across the pipeline and damaged it during a January 2021 storm, but they weren’t notified until after the October 2021 spill. Without this damage, Amplify, which has filed a civil claim against the ships, has argued that the spill would not have happened. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/business/ap-pipeline-operator-agrees-to-guilty-plea-in-california-spill/ | 2022-08-27 05:01:16 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/business/ap-pipeline-operator-agrees-to-guilty-plea-in-california-spill/ |
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to environmental advocate Ed Lorenz about a toxic materials cleanup in Michigan, and how residents near an Ohio train derailment can advocate for their community.
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Johnny Lujack was one of the faces of Notre Dame’s golden age, the second of three Irish players to win the Heisman Trophy in the 1940s and the quarterback of three national championship teams.
“Even by Notre Dame standards, you always felt he was larger than life,” said John Heisler, who has written a dozen books on the history of the storied program where he was once was an associate athletic director. “Part of that comes with winning the Heisman Trophy, part comes from being a quarterback at Notre Dame and part comes from the sheer force of his personality.”
Lujack died at age 98 in Naples, Florida, on Tuesday following a brief illness. His granddaughter, Amy Schiller, said he had recently entered hospice care after having been in good health until a couple of weeks ago.
“He was not only a legend in Notre Dame football and the sports world,” Schiller said, “he was a legend as a father and grandfather and great grandfather.”
Lujack is considered one of the greatest Notre Dame players of all time. He was a two-time unanimous All-American who won the Heisman in 1947 and led the Irish to national titles in 1943, 1946 and 1947. He also lettered in baseball, basketball and track.
Lujack was ahead of his time as a passer and posted a 20-1-1 record as starting quarterback for coach Frank Leahy. The native of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, played for the Irish in 1942 and ‘43, served two years in the Navy during World War II, and returned to Notre Dame for the 1946 and ’47 seasons.
He was The Associated Press athlete of the year in 1947, when he was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Bears. He played four seasons for the Bears, leading the team in scoring each year before retiring at age 26.
While Lujack had plenty of offensive highlights at Notre Dame, he is best remembered for a play he made as a defensive back in an era when players stayed on the field for nearly every play.
A standing-room-only crowd of about 75,000 packed Yankee Stadium in 1946 to see No. 1 Army — the two-time defending national champions — face then-rival Notre Dame, which was ranked No. 2. Lujack made the game-saving tackle against Doc Blanchard in a 0-0 tie in what is frequently referred to as the game of the century.
With the ball at the Army 44, Blanchard broke through the line and had open field down the left sideline before Lujack came from the other side to make a diving, shoestring tackle at the Irish 36.
“Understanding that people were playing both ways in that period, in some ways it’s ironic a guy who was a quarterback, and a great one, is remembered for that one play,” Heisler said.
Lujack downplayed the tackle of Blanchard, who won the Heisman in 1945.
“You were back there,” Lujack said. “You were supposed to make the tackle.”
Lujack finished third in Heisman voting in 1946 before he won the award as the college game’s outstanding player the next year, when he led the Irish to a 9-0 record and their second straight title.
Lujack intercepted eight passes as a rookie with the Bears and in 1949 he threw for 468 yards and six touchdowns in a 52-21 win over the Chicago Cardinals. He played in the Pro Bowl his final two seasons before retiring. He later owned a car dealership in Davenport, Iowa.
Lujack maintained strong ties to his alma mater. Though he spent much of his post-football life in Iowa, California and Florida, it was not uncommon for him to show up in South Bend for games and other functions. He still held eight season tickets as of last season.
When he lived in Indian Wells, California, Notre Dame’s glee club flew out to sing for him on his 90th birthday, a moment that moved his late wife, Pat, to tears.
“He epitomizes what it means to be a Notre Dame man — family man, generous, kind,” said Beth Hunter, a senior associate athletic director who came to know Lujack during her time as executive director of the school’s Monogram Club.
Lujack was an avid golfer who recorded eight holes-in-one and continued to ride around courses on his cart long after he quit playing. He liked to tell people about the time he spilled a milkshake on his most famous golf partner — former President Gerald Ford.
“He was a celebrity and enjoyed it, very comfortable in his own skin,” Heisler said.
Heisler said it would be difficult to rank Lujack among greatest Notre Dame quarterbacks, let alone college quarterbacks.
“Those post-war years, and not just at Notre Dame but particularly at Notre Dame, there were unbelievably talented teams,” Heisler said. “If you were successful during the 1940s, you had to be pretty darned good because there were so many other great players you were rubbing elbows with. He was one of them.”
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The award, presented by NFL Legend Peyton Manning, recognizes partners who drove significant revenue growth, cloud adoption, and the success of companies worldwide by leveraging their relationship with Pax8 and its innovative Marketplace.
NEW YORK, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sourcepass, an innovative IT Services and Cybersecurity provider, announced it has received the first-ever Pax8 Beyond Partner of the Year Award during Pax8's Beyond conference. The awards program recognizes partners who drove significant revenue growth, cloud adoption, and the success of companies worldwide by leveraging their relationship with Pax8 and its innovative Marketplace.
"We view Pax8 as a strategic partner and a key contributor to helping us provide clients an excellent experience," said Ken Varrone, Chief Product Officer of Sourcepass. "We are proud of this acknowledgement and look forward to our continued growth journey together."
Held in Denver, CO, from June 11 – 13, Beyond 2023 provided Pax8 partners three days of immersive learning and innovation. Attendees gained critical business insights through keynote presentations from industry leaders, custom-built breakout sessions, and an expo hall with over 80 sponsoring vendors. 22 awards were presented during the final day of the conference, showcasing the incredible transformation, impact, and success these partners are having on the channel ecosystem through their partnership with Pax8.
"Our partner community is significantly impacting the channel through their dedication to enabling small-midsized business worldwide with cloud technology," said Rob Rae, Chief Vice President of Community and Ecosystem at Pax8. "It was exciting to celebrate their achievements alongside their peers at our inaugural Beyond conference. These awards recognize their continued focus on empowering their customers with advanced solutions, which is driving their business and transforming the industry.
About Pax8
Pax8 is the world's favorite cloud marketplace for IT professionals to buy, sell, and manage best-in-class technology solutions. Pioneering the future of modern business, Pax8 has cloud-enabled more than 400,000 enterprises through its channel partners. The innovative company has ranked in the Inc. 5000 for five years in a row. Join the revolution at pax8.com.
About Sourcepass
Sourcepass is positively disrupting the way businesses consume IT, putting you in control of your digital universe so you have the power to transform your business. For more information on how Sourcepass is revolutionizing the IT space through M&A and innovative client service delivery, please visit www.sourcepass.com.
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Updated January 7, 2023 at 1:43 AM ET
There might not have been more dramatic television late Friday night than the events unfolding on the House floor at the U.S. Capitol, in which Kevin McCarthy's protracted fight for the speaker's gavel came to an end after the California Republican eked out a victory in the 15th round of voting.
McCarthy had been in tense negotiations for days with a small but critical group of far right conservative lawmakers who made extended demands for concessions that would essentially make it easier to depose a speaker and weaken the powers of the speaker's office to drive the legislative agenda and assign committee posts.
After McCarthy failed to secure the speakership in a 14th round of voting late Friday night, the House squashed a motion to adjourn until Monday and instead opted to continue voting in a 15th — and ultimately final — round of balloting.
McCarthy emerged victorious after Republicans Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona and Bob Good of Virginia voted present, which lowered the threshold of support the GOP leader needed to win.
Path to McCarthy's victory
Progress for McCarthy was slow earlier in the week, but he gained momentum in a Friday afternoon vote when 14 of his 20 detractors flipped to vote for him after four days and 12 rounds of balloting.
McCarthy projected confidence ahead of a planned 14th round of voting late Friday night, pledging to reporters: "We're going to get it done tonight."
But then McCarthy failed once again to reach the threshold needed to assume the gavel. McCarthy needed a majority of all members voting to win, which can fluctuate depending on who shows up. Of 432 votes cast in the penultimate round, McCarthy had 216. Two Republicans voted for Jim Jordan of Ohio, and two Republicans voted for Andy Biggs of Arizona. Democrats voted for Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
At least two McCarthy supporters, Ken Buck of Colorado and Wesley Hunt of Texas, traveled back to Washington, D.C., to cast their votes Friday evening after missing votes earlier in the day for personal reasons back in their districts.
Kevin McCarthy confronts Matt Gaetz during 14th House Speaker vote. #118thCongress pic.twitter.com/nMa9bm0KSN
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Republicans Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Matt Gaetz of Florida, two strong critics of McCarthy, voted "present" in the final vote. But it wasn't enough as four other Republicans voted for someone else. McCarthy either needed another member to vote present or for someone to flip to an affirmative vote.
McCarthy walked to the back of the chamber and appeared to push Gaetz and Boebert, who were seated next to each other, to change their minds. Other Republicans swarmed Gaetz and engaged in seemingly heated discussions after McCarthy walked away.
Now McCarthy talking to Gaetz - trying to get him to change his vote - chamber is pretty quiet
— Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrekwalsh) January 7, 2023
someone on D side says "on your knees" and Republicans yell "order"
The concessions McCarthy offered during the course of negotiations included making it easier to oust the speaker, an agreement to institute a 72-hour window for members to read bills before they get a vote, and a pledge to vote on legislation to institute term limits for members of Congress.
"I think I can speak for generally all of us: It is the framework of an agreement in good faith that allows us to keep moving forward," Pennsylvania Republican Scott Perry, a leading McCarthy critic, told reporters after the 12th ballot in which he voted in favor of McCarthy for the first time.
We’re at a turning point. I’ve negotiated in good faith, with one purpose: to restore the People’s House back to its rightful owners. The framework for an agreement is in place, so in a good-faith effort, I voted to restore the People’s House by voting for @gopleader McCarthy.
— RepScottPerry (@RepScottPerry) January 6, 2023
Along with Perry, the McCarthy holdouts who flipped in his favor on the 12th ballot included: Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Michael Cloud, Chip Roy and Keith Self of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Byron Donalds and Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Mary Miller of Illinois, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Andy Ogles of Tennessee and Victoria Spartz of Indiana. Republican Andy Harris of Maryland joined them on the 13th ballot.
The relief in the chamber was palpable as each dissenter shifted their support in favor of McCarthy, with Republicans bursting into applause and offering standing ovations to their colleagues who moved the needle closer to resolution.
"I never thought we'd get up here"
"That was easy, huh?" McCarthy quipped upon receiving the gavel around 1 a.m. EST. "I never thought we'd get up here," he laughed.
McCarthy gave a speech calling on the importance of checks and balances.
"It's time for us to be a check and provide some balance to the president's policies," he said.
"We commit to stop wasteful Washington spending, to lower the price of groceries, gas, cars, housing, and stop the rising national debt."
McCarthy also joked to Jeffries, who received unanimous support from Democrats: "I've got to warn you — two years ago, I got 100% of the vote from my conference."
McCarthy also committed to Jeffries that "our debates will be passionate and they will never be personal."
For his part, Minority Leader Jeffries delivered a passionate speech about the accomplishments of the Democratic Party under the Biden administration, including the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act.
"It was one of the most consequential congresses in American history, President Biden gets the job done, and the 'd' in Democrats stands for deliver."
Jeffries also acknowledged the "iconic, heroic, legendary speaker emerita Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi."
"Without question in my mind, speaker emerita Pelosi will go down in history as the greatest speaker of all time," he said. "Throughout her time in Congress, she's been a legendary legislator, a fabulous facilitator and a no-nonsense negotiator."
Making history
The high-stakes impasse is historic: It is the first time in a century that an election of a House speaker took multiple ballots to complete. The longest vote in U.S. history took place in 1855, lasting 133 rounds over two months.
The drama of not electing a speaker has very real consequences. The House cannot conduct any business, including swearing in new members, until a speaker is chosen.
Without a speaker, lawmakers can't form committees, advance legislation, or participate in intelligence briefings.
On Wednesday, a group of House Republican veterans held a news conference on the speaker standoff, which they referred to as being held hostage.
"This group has now managed to kind of snatch defeat from the jaws of victory - and the victory was this Republican majority," said Florida Republican Michael Waltz, referring to the group of Republicans who did not support McCarthy. "There's negotiations and then there's holding the rest of us hostage and 20 don't get to do that to 201 [members-elect]."
On Friday, the White House emphasized it was eager for the House to resolve the speaker stalemate soon, but downplayed the impact to national security.
"We have vehicles to continue to communicate with both chambers of Congress, and that communication will continue throughout the foreseeable future," said John Kirby, spokesman for the White House national security council. "There's no particular worry or concern that national security will be put at significant risk here."
The impasse likely foreshadows the chaos expected during the next two years of divided government on Capitol Hill, where Republicans hold a very narrow majority and the conservative Freedom Caucus has shown its willingness to hold the rest of the Republican conference hostage to its demands.
In the shadow of attack on U.S. Capitol
Friday's standoff coincides with the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, when supporters of then-President Trump breached the building with the aim of stopping Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden.
The anniversary comes just weeks after the House committee investigating the attack concluded its investigation and released its full report. In it, they recommend the Ethics Committee investigate McCarthy for his refusal to comply with the panel's investigation.
Many of the House Republicans who spurred on gridlock of the speaker elections this week were supportive of Trump's effort to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election. The fact that Trump's endorsement of McCarthy--which he reiterated on Wednesday--did not shift significant support from those members suggested the former president's influence over them is waning.
California Democrat Pete Aguilar mentioned the attack during his speech Friday night after nominating Democrat Hakeem Jeffries for speaker.
"If we are forced to be here this evening because of the chaos and crisis on the other side, it's only fair to point out, Madam Clerk, that the same individuals who fanned the flames of Jan. 6, who told their followers and their followers' followers that they needed to fight back, and who challenged the swearing in of members based on a bogus claim of fake electors may well be in charge of the People's House, if they can ever agree on who can lead them," Aguilar said.
Three Democrats introduced a resolution to federally recognize Jan. 6 as "Democracy Day," encouraging state and local governments and civil groups to engage in pro-democracy programs and activities. It was sponsored by Democrats Dan Goldman of New York, Dean Phillips of Minnesota, and Jason Crow of Colorado.
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Authorities in Ecuador arrested the leader of a national Indigenous group on Tuesday, alleging that he was responsible for violence during anti-government protests.
Leónidas Iza, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, was arrested in Pastocalle, in the Andean center of the country, according to police.
The confederation had called for protests to demand a reduction in the price of gasoline, the setting of a minimum price for agricultural products and a moratorium on the extension of mining and oil projects.
Suspected protesters recently destroyed police vehicles, attacked and damaged private vehicles, broke into private flower farms in the center of the country, and destroyed public property in the center of the capital, authorities said.
Iza had also called on followers to topple the government of President Guillermo Lasso.
“The arrests of the masterminds and perpetrators of these violent acts have begun,” Lasso said. “Now it’s up to the prosecution and the judiciary to act, because no one is above the law.” | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ecuador-indigenous-leader-is-arrested-over-violent-protests/ | 2022-06-15 15:33:13 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ecuador-indigenous-leader-is-arrested-over-violent-protests/ |
SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST:
It's been three years since schools closed their doors in the United States, as they did all over the world, to try to slow the spread of COVID. Back then, Anya Kamenetz was covering education for NPR, and her reporting turned into a book about the impact of the pandemic on children and their families. It's called "The Stolen Year." And we invited her back to talk about what we now know and what comes next. Anya, hi.
ANYA KAMENETZ: Hi, Sacha.
PFEIFFER: We're now able to measure the impact of the pandemic on kids in schools. We know there was significant learning loss, now being reflected in test scores. An AP investigation found that almost a quarter-million children across 21 U.S. states are missing entirely from schools. And the CDC says teen mental health is worse than ever. Do we know how much of that is due to school closures versus all the other havoc that the pandemic wreaked on us educationally, personally, professionally?
KAMENETZ: Yeah, it's a good question. When you're talking about the loss of learning or children even going missing from school entirely, I think researchers would say that's a direct result of remote learning just not being an adequate substitute for in-person school for most children. It disconnected them physically from all the support in their schools. And the continued absence of children from school, that also may be connected to all the absenteeism that happened because of quarantines, even after schools reopened. The downturn in teen mental health, though, that started before the pandemic. And clinicians tell me, yes, the social isolation of lockdowns didn't help. We also have to understand, though, that this was a pandemic where more than a quarter-million American children have lost a parent or caregiver. So it was never just about closing schools.
PFEIFFER: Anya, you've been checking in with some of the families and teachers you profiled in your book and for NPR. So you've been able to track them over time. What are you hearing?
KAMENETZ: It's really heartbreaking, Sacha. Debby Rosenthal Harris, she's a veteran teacher originally from Guatemala who teaches in the bilingual program at Buena Vista Horace Mann, which is an elementary school in San Francisco that serves a really largely low-income immigrant community. And she was putting in 12-hour days when I first talked to her, translating her kindergarten class into online videos. When I talked to her recently, I was really surprised to hear her say...
DEBBY ROSENTHAL HARRIS: We worked so hard and it didn't make a difference. We should have stayed in school.
PFEIFFER: Does that mean, Anya, that she, at one point, supported the school closures and now questions whether they were worth doing?
KAMENETZ: When I first talked to her, she was very concerned about her own safety. Now she agrees the decisions were made with a lot of uncertainty and fear. And San Francisco, of course, had some of the longest closures in the country. Now she's seeing this terrible toll in her students who are now in third grade. They need even more support than before. They have even more struggles with basic needs than they did before and with mental health. And Rosenthal Harris says they just don't seem acclimated to the classroom in the same way.
ROSENTHAL HARRIS: I have two kids that walk out of my room at any given point when they just don't feel like doing something. I never experienced that.
PFEIFFER: Anya, my husband is a seventh-grade science teacher, and that story that teacher just relayed reflects or sort of echoes some of the stories he's been coming home with. He feels like COVID changed his students in a fundamental way. So I assume that what you're hearing is kind of common around the country.
KAMENETZ: It absolutely is. And, you know, certainly, there are kids who are resilient, who are thriving. We should recognize that. But the levels of challenges are just a lot higher than they were before.
PFEIFFER: Anya, how do we emerge from all this?
KAMENETZ: Well, Sacha, I'm out there ringing the bell that we don't stop paying attention to this. A huge, huge emphasis I'm hearing is on mental health and well-being for children and for healing burnout in their caregivers and their teachers. Debby said that many of her colleagues have left, some in the middle of the year. And we see schools making efforts, you know, to invest in mental health, in social and emotional well-being, but they can't do it alone, I mean, especially when you think about the community-level effort that's going to be required for these children who are still out of school, who may be drifting into paid work. So it's really all of us who have to take a role in supporting kids and mentoring them and getting them back on track.
PFEIFFER: Anya Kamenetz used to cover education for NPR. Anya, thank you.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Woodrow “Woody” Baird, a dogged, straight-talking and skilled journalist who covered everything from Elvis Presley to panda bears for The Associated Press in the Memphis region for 27 years, has died. He was 77.
Baird had suffered a stroke a week before he died April 11 in Memphis, said Mary Baird, his wife.
Baird worked for the AP in Memphis from 1982 to 2009, when he retired. He was a prolific writer who covered every type of news, from the criminal trial of former state Rep. John Ford to the annual migration of fans to Graceland for Elvis’ death anniversary.
Baird also covered Memphis-based shipping giant FedEx Corp., Mother Teresa’s visit to Memphis, the arrival at the Memphis Zoo of two panda bears from China, a child custody battle that changed Tennessee law on the rights of parents, the Shannon Street shootout in which an officer and seven alleged cult members were killed, and former mayors Willie Herenton and A C Wharton Jr.
Wharton answered questions from Baird when Wharton worked as a lawyer in federal court. Wharton also lived near Baird and called him a friend. He called Baird the epitome of a “tough, hard-nosed” reporter.
“When it came to his reporting duties, he was just like Jack Webb on ‘Dragnet’— just the facts, just the facts, man,” Wharton told The Associated Press in a phone interview Wednesday. “He just wanted the truth. ... We might have a beer later, but give me the news right now.”
Colleagues considered Baird tough and unafraid, a reporter who did not hesitate to ask direct questions to get to the heart of the story. They recall his ability to produce perfect copy under the pressure of reporting important news.
“I can describe taking dictation on a breaking news story from Woody,” retired AP journalist Paul Randall Dickerson said. “He always dictated a lead (paragraph) that would arrest the reader’s attention and follow it with great detail that one would think came from an hour’s self-editing, but in reality, simply flowed from Woody into a publishable story.”
At his retirement party in 2009, Baird’s AP colleagues presented him with an audio tribute with each staffer imitating his barking signature line with his loud voice when he called the AP bureau from the scene of breaking news: “This is Woody! Give me the desk!”
“When you would be chatting with him and tell him something funny or odd, his reply was almost always, ‘Well, there you go,’” Dickerson said.
Baird joined the AP in New Orleans in 1977 after working as a reporter and managing editor of The Daily Iberian in New Iberia, Louisiana. He left AP to become the paper’s editor in 1981 but returned the following year as a newsman in Memphis.
Baird is survived by Mary Baird, a daughter from a previous marriage and four grandchildren.
Former AP news editor Teresa Wasson recalls how Baird shaved his head long before it became commonplace. He usually wore the same thing to work — jeans, a black shirt, a vest and a hat.
“Woody was a real stickler for accuracy, and he took to heart the AP admonition to be first, but first be right,” Wasson said. “I always felt confident when Woody was working a hot story on deadline that his reporting was factual and fair.”
Former AP reporter and author Lucas L. Johnson II called Baird “an old school, dogged reporter, a true AP newsman.” Johnson recalls meeting Baird not long after Johnson started at the AP, and he was a little intimidated because “Woody didn’t bite his tongue.”
“But I came to appreciate that about him because I knew when he gave me a compliment about a story I wrote, he meant it,” Johnson said. “I learned a lot from him, and I became a better journalist as a result.”
Baird was born in Summerville, South Carolina, and grew up nearby in Monck’s Corner, Mary Baird said. He served in the Air Force as a medic and later graduated from the University of South Carolina.
Mary Baird said her husband “worked hard and loved what he did.”
“He said just what he thought. He was a good man,” she said. “He could be really soft, but he would correct you if you were wrong.”
After the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Baird took up gardening in his backyard. She said they spent the Saturday before he suffered the stroke visiting nurseries and spending the day out, a rarity for them after the pandemic struck.
“He absolutely loved it,” Mary Baird said of his gardening, adding that later in life he was “getting downright warm and fuzzy.”
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Former Associated Press journalists Paul Randall Dickerson, Lucas L. Johnson II and Teresa Wasson contributed to this story. AP staffer Adam Yeomans also contributed. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/woody-baird-longtime-ap-memphis-newsman-dies-at-17910143.php | 2023-04-21 09:15:27 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/woody-baird-longtime-ap-memphis-newsman-dies-at-17910143.php |
Sources: Trump is eyeing November campaign launch
Published: Nov. 4, 2022 at 2:31 PM CDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
(CNN) - Former President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to announce a presidential bid for 2024 later this month.
Two sources close to Trump say Nov. 14, shortly after the midterm elections, is a possible date for the announcement.
One source says the timing of the announcement could depend on how Republicans do at the polls.
Some top advisers have told Trump to make his declaration in a battleground state that he closely lost to then-candidate Joe Biden in 2020.
Others say Trump should stay put and make his statement in the Sunshine State, where he has strong support from GOP voters.
A Trump spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.
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WATCH: NYPD officer shoves woman while taking man into custody
(CNN) - The New York Police Department released bodycam footage of an officer shoving a woman to the ground.
Police say officers were attempting to take a man into custody Tuesday when 19-year-old Tamani Crum approached the scene.
Crum and the officer exchanged shoves and slaps during the incident.
WARNING: Video used may contain graphic content.
She was taken into custody and later released.
The officer identified as detective Kendo Kinsey, received a total of six complaints levied against him between 2011 and 2015.
The complaints against the officer included abuse of authority, force and offensive language.
Two of the complaints were substantiated, while an additional two were dismissed and two others were marked closed due to a lack of witnesses.
Crum is due back in court in October, while the officer remains the subject of an internal investigation.
The New York Police Department declined a request for comment from the officer.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S. senator on Thursday said he hopes Serbia would adopt Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, telling the Balkan country that “there is no future” in an alliance with Moscow.
“Russia’s invasion has been an absolute disaster and my belief is that Russia is ultimately going to lose this conflict,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) told reporters in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Serbia is the only country in Europe that has not imposed any sanctions on Russia.
“The future for Serbia is with the European Union and with the United States not with Russia,” Murphy said. “There is no future with Russia. They (Russia) are going to be devastated, a permanent pariah internationally after this invasion.”
Though Serbia is formally seeking EU membership and has condemned the invasion at the United Nations, Belgrade has maintained its historically friendly relations with Moscow.
Murphy’s visit to Belgrade came as Serbia’s staunchly pro-Russian intelligence chief Aleksandar Vulin travelled to Moscow for a security conference. Serbia is also one of few countries with direct air links to Russian cities and is almost completely reliant on Russia for energy supplies.
Asked about Vulin’s visit to Russia, Murphy replied that “obviously Russia is searching for friends these days,” but that it is not ”constructive” for any nation to stand by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“What Russia has done in Ukraine is unacceptable,” said Murphy. “I really hope that Serbia’s future is with the European Union, it is connected to the United States and the quicker that we can have better, more close alignment on Russia policy the better.”
Murphy, along with senator Gary Peters. met in Belgrade with Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic. The meetings also focused on Western efforts to push forward normalization of relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
The senators’ week-long visit to the region also featured visits to Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
In Belgrade, the senators paid respects to the victims of Serbia’s first-ever school shooting in early May when a teenager took his father’s gun to open fire on fellow students and a school guard, killing ten people. Another mass shooting took place a day later in a rural area south of the capital, stunning the nation and triggering a gun crackdown.
“I hope that Serbia respond differently than the United States, as the United States has become numb to these mass atrocities,” said Murphy. “Serbia has an opportunity to show the world that indifference is not an option.” | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-us-senator-hopes-serbia-adopts-russia-sanctions-as-serb-spy-chief-travels-to-moscow/ | 2023-05-25 19:12:48 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/ap-us-senator-hopes-serbia-adopts-russia-sanctions-as-serb-spy-chief-travels-to-moscow/ |
September 22, 1950 – July 24, 2022
A gathering of friends and family for Thomas “Tom” Alan Mills will be held at 12 pm, Saturday, October 1, 2022 at the Coos Bay Yacht Club.
Tom was born September 22, 1950 in Coos Bay to John Brewer Mills and Lola Dale (Lody) (Pickens) Mills. He died July 24, 2022, at his home on South Tenmile Lake.
Tom attended Coos Bay Schools, graduating from Marshfield in 1968, and from Linfield College, in 1984. This March he and his wife Anjo (Brelage) Mills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their children and grandchildren. Tom enjoyed the outdoors and his years as a local home builder. He was an active, 40 year member of the Coos Bay Yacht Club. He loved the camaraderie and competitive sport of sailing and enjoyed sharing his knowledge with those wanting to learn. Many summer vacations and lifelong memories were centered around sailing regattas in Canada, Washington, Montana, Oregon, and California. He was active in SWOYA as a coach (soccer, volleyball, and basketball) for his three children. As a member of Forest Hills Country Club in Reedsport and the Chapala Country Club in Mexico he had many sunny days of golfing. He and Anjo spent winters in Central Mexico and enjoyed exploring the area with family and friends.
He is survived by his wife, Anjo Mills; his three children, Lisa Dickover (Jason) of Winston, Tim Mills (Ilana) of Portland, and Laura Mills Stevenson of WA; granddaughters, Amy and Ally Dickover (Lisa), Alice, Lucia and Ana Mills (Tim) and Gwendolyn Shumaker (Laura); siblings, Kay Mills, and Jim Mills (Trisha); and 10 nieces and nephews.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Coos Bay Yacht Club Foundation: P.O. Box 296, Coos Bay, OR 97420 or the ALS Association of Oregon and SW Washington: online donations can be done on their website: https://secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/SPageServer/?pagename=OR_homepage or checks can be mailed to: ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter 825 NE Multnomah St. Suite 940, Portland, OR 97232.
Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-tom-mills/article_f6e901a0-2249-11ed-bf7c-b7da3902915f.html | 2022-08-22 21:49:06 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/thomas-tom-mills/article_f6e901a0-2249-11ed-bf7c-b7da3902915f.html |
LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss’ resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday triggered another leadership race — the second in just four months — for the U.K.’s fractured and demoralized Conservative Party.
Truss, who quit after just 45 days in office, said her successor will be chosen in a leadership contest to be completed by the end of next week. Graham Brady, a senior Conservative lawmaker who oversees the party’s leadership challenges, said each candidate must secure 100 nominations from legislators to run and that the race will conclude by next Friday.
Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, ex-Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace are among those considered credible contenders for the top job. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson may also return. Jeremy Hunt, who has been brought in as new Treasury chief to steer the economy, has ruled out running.
Whoever wins will become the fifth British prime minister in six years.
Here’s a look at the potential runners and riders:
RISHI SUNAK, FORMER TREASURY CHIEF
Sunak, 42, came second to Truss in the last Conservative leadership race, gathering 60,399 votes compared to her 81,326.
He quit as Treasury chief in July, in protest against then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership. In the contest to replace Johnson, Sunak positioned himself as the candidate who tells hard truths about Britain’s public finances. He argued that climbing inflation must be controlled first, and called promises by Truss and other rivals to immediately slash taxes reckless “fairy tales.”
Sunak was proved right when Truss’ unfunded tax-cutting economic stimulus package tanked the British pound and triggered chaos in the markets in September.
Sunak became Treasury chief in 2020 and steered Britain’s slumping economy through the coronavirus pandemic. He oversaw billions of pounds in government handouts to help businesses and workers hard hit by COVID-19.
Sunak was regarded by many as the Conservatives’ brightest rising star. Born to Indian parents who moved to Britain from East Africa, Sunak attended the exclusive Winchester College private school and studied at Oxford. Some see his elite education and work for the investment bank Goldman Sachs and a hedge fund as a liability because it makes him seem out of touch with ordinary voters.
In the past year he faced heavy criticism for being slow to respond to Britain’s cost-of-living crisis. His reputation also took a hit after he was fined by police for attending a lockdown-flouting birthday party at Downing Street in June 2020.
Some also criticized him following revelations that his wife, Akshata Murthy, avoided paying taxes on her overseas income.
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PENNY MORDAUNT, HOUSE OF COMMONS LEADER
Mordaunt, 49, came third after Sunak and Truss in the last Tory leadership race, when she ran with a campaign named “PM 4 PM.” Mordaunt did not hold a senior post in Johnson’s Cabinet, and she positioned herself as offering a clean break from his scandal-tainted government.
A former international trade minister, Mordaunt is popular among Conservative lawmakers. Some believe she could be the right candidate to help heal the party’s divisions. But she is largely an unknown figure to most Britons, and outside Conservative circles she remains best known for appearing on the 2014 reality TV show “Splash!”
Mordaunt played a prominent role in the pro-Brexit campaign. She was the first woman to become British defense secretary in 2019 — though she was removed by Johnson after just three months in the post because she had backed another candidate for party leader, Jeremy Hunt.
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SUELLA BRAVERMAN, EX-HOME SECRETARY
Braverman, 42, resigned as Home Secretary late Wednesday, with a scathing letter criticizing Truss’ “tumultuous” premiership. Her move kicked off a chaotic night in British politics that ended in Truss’ resignation hours later.
A former barrister who became England’s attorney general in 2020, Braverman was the first to put her hat in the ring during this summer’s leadership race to replace Johnson.
During her short tenure as Home Secretary, a top government post overseeing immigration and counterterrorism, Braverman vowed to crack down hard on asylum seekers, saying it was her “dream” to see a flight deporting those seeking refuge in Britain to Rwanda. She also wanted to pull the U.K. out of the European Convention on Human rights.
She made headlines — and was mocked by opponents — when she complained recently in Parliament that travel disruptions caused by trade union strikes were to be blamed on left-wing, “tofu-eating wokerati.”
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BEN WALLACE, DEFENSE SECRETARY
Wallace, a 52-year-old army veteran, is popular within the Conservative Party. He has won admirers for his straight talk, particularly among Conservative lawmakers who pressed for the U.K. to increase its defense spending.
Wallace has raised his profile as a key government voice in Britain’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. But he recently said he wanted to remain in his current job. Earlier this week, he reportedly said “I want to be the Secretary of State for Defense until I finish” when asked if he wanted the top job.
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BORIS JOHNSON, FORMER PRIME MINISTER
There was intense speculation Thursday that Johnson, 58, may return and put himself forward as prime minister again — just weeks after he was forced out of office by a series of ethics scandals.
Within hours of Truss’ resignation, several Conservative allies of Johnson’s voiced their support for him to return.
“The only person who has a mandate from the general public is Boris Johnson,” said one lawmaker, Marco Longhi. “He is the only person who can discharge the mandate from the people.”
Johnson led the Conservatives to their biggest win in decades in the 2019 general election, largely on the back of his promise to “get Brexit done.”
But his time in office was overshadowed by scandals over alcohol-fueled parties held at his official residence while national COVID-19 restrictions were in place. He still faces an ongoing investigation by Parliament’s privileges committee into whether he lied to lawmakers about COVID-rule breaking at Downing Street.
He was forced to announce his resignation on July 7 after former allies in his Cabinet joined a mass exodus of government officials protesting his leadership.
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LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas — Deputies have identified the 16-year-old girl found shot to death on the side of the road in Liberty County Sunday.
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office identified her as Emily Rodriguez-Avila.
Investigators said an autopsy was completed Tuesday but they'll are still waiting for complete results to determine other factors as the investigation continues.
There are still no suspects in custody in this case.
What happened
Rodriguez-Avila's body was found dumped along a rural road just east of Plum Grove. Investigators said she was shot to death and found wearing a restaurant uniform with a blue "Niko's" cap. Sources told KHOU 11 News that the teen worked at the Niko Niko's location in Memorial.
Investigators are working to collect surveillance footage from the parking lot. She was last seen at the restaurant Saturday around 10:45 p.m. KHOU 11 spoke to the restaurant’s manager. He said he can't comment on the case but said it's a tragedy.
Sources told KHOU 11 News that her family came to pick her up but she sent them a text saying she had already left with friends. The next day, around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, her body was found in Liberty County. Someone passing by called 911 to say they saw her lying on the side of CR 3550 near CR 5708.
Who is she?
Some friends of the victim said the girl was originally from Central America (Guatemala) and had been in the United States for 10 years. They said she was a hard worker and wasn't currently going to school.
She had been living and working in Houston at the Niko Niko's restaurant and a McDonald's on Gessner Road near Westview Drive.
On Tuesday, the friends went to the spot where Rodriguez-Avila's body was found. They marked a spot for a cross on the side of the road where she was found.
The investigation
Liberty County Sheriff's Office Captain Ken DeFoor said the area in which Rodriguez-Avila was found is a growing part of the county. The area is east of Plum Grove where streets are lined with lots that are waiting to be developed.
“She was just left on the roadside between the ditch and the surface of the road itself," DeFoor said. “We don’t know whether she was actually killed there or somewhere else and brought in ... but that’s part of the investigation now."
Liberty County only sees a few murders each year, but the area where Rodriguez-Avila was found has caught the attention of law enforcement before.
“We have had some instances up there of other shootings and murder and so forth. It is an active part of the county," DeFoor said.
There aren't any businesses with cameras for miles, and that's why investigators are focusing their energy on Houston. They're thinking cameras outside of Niko Niko's might have captured what vehicle she left the restaurant in.
“Eventually, we will find who did this," DeFoor said.
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Abscam figure sent back to prison in ballot stuffing case
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former congressman from Philadelphia who went to prison over the 1970s-era Abscam scandal was sent back to prison Tuesday at age 79 in a ballot stuffing case. Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael J. “Ozzie” Myers was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison by a judge who questioned whether he had learned any lessons over the years. Myers admitted he had worked with election officials to pad the vote tallies of his political consulting clients. Some were running for city judgeships. A defense lawyer said there was no evidence the crimes changed the outcome of any elections. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/09/27/abscam-figure-sent-back-to-prison-in-ballot-stuffing-case/ | 2022-09-27 23:43:08 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/09/27/abscam-figure-sent-back-to-prison-in-ballot-stuffing-case/ |
KIOWA HAPPENINGS: Chairman SpottedBird discusses American Indian Exposition, turning Hobart into a smart city
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Kiowa Tribe Chairman, Lawrence SpottedBird, joined 7News to discuss the current Kiowa happenings.
The American Indian Exposition will be taking place in Anadarko from August 2 through 5. It will take place at the Caddo County Fairgrounds. Everyone will be welcome and there will be parades on the 2 and the 5 featuring tribes from all over.
There will also be a horseback relay race involving a native rider beginning on foot and hopping onto a horse bareback to complete a full lap around the track to jump off of the horse and complete the cycle until the completion of the race. There will also be a sheep race for kids.
Officials from the Kiowa Tribe visited the city of Pharr in Texas, a designated smart city. The tribe has plans to work with city officials in Hobart to convert Hobart into a smart city. They plan to meet with Hobart officials as well as the mayor of Pharr, Dr. Ambrosio Hernandez, to discuss turning the city into a smart city from scratch.
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Hurricane Ian struck a large swath of Florida on Wednesday. Evacuations were ordered ahead of the tropical system, but some travelers got stuck trying to leave; other residents decided to try to ride out the storm.
Here are some of the stories and scenes from Florida and beyond, as slow-moving Ian affected millions of people in the United States after pummeling Cuba.
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Clearwater resident Erik Moon lives in an evacuation zone but decided to stay in his apartment after he was unable to find plywood to secure his home. For now, Moon is staying put in his two-level unit with his cat, Gonzo, and his dog, Dallas.
Moon, 36, lives about half a mile from the beach, and while he’s concerned about storm surge, he said Wednesday that he thought it would likely present a bigger danger to property than his own life.
Moon, a DJ at a club in Tampa, said he doesn’t have renter’s insurance but is counting on the building owner’s insurance to cover things. His main worry was the health and well-being of his Florida friends, but he wasn’t second-guessing his decision to stay.
“Sometimes you just want to be around where you are from,” Moon said. “Now, I paid attention, and I would have evacuated if I really felt it was that much of a danger to my life. But I think I made the right choice.”
– Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Columbus, Ohio
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Jackson Boone gathered with some of his employees and their pets at his law firm in Venice, Florida, to ride out the storm. They gathered in an interior part of the building and tried to follow officials’ guidance.
At one point Wednesday, Boone opened the door. The wind howled. Rain was pelting horizontally, he said.
“We’re seeing tree damage, horizontal rain, very high wind — I think it’s a 100 plus sustained outside right now,” Boone said, via text message. “We have a 50-plus-year-old oak tree that has toppled over.”
Boone left his two-story home closer to the coast, where surges were expected to crest 10 feet (3 meters) or more.
“We never want to deal with water. Water when it gets to that high is extremely dangerous, no matter how high your house is,” said Boone.
– Bobby Caina Calvan, New York
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Dozens of passengers were stranded Wednesday at Orlando International Airport after their flights were canceled and the airport closed mid-morning.
An airport employee went around to clusters of passengers, telling them to move to the food court, where they would be directed to buses that would take them to shelters.
Amidou Kone had traveled to Clearwater for a weekend vacation with his two daughters. When his flight out of Tampa was canceled, he tried Orlando. Now, he’s stranded: “We came for a weekend trip, and now we are stuck.”
Paula Bowles was visiting family in Orlando and decided to head home to Atlanta, but her flight was canceled, too. “Being stranded is a feeling like nobody cares,” she said. “It’s scary.”
Paul and Brittany Inglesby found themselves stranded with their infant. They were able to find a flight for Friday morning, but now they must get by until then.
“It kind of sucks because we only planned for so many days, so we’re a little bit low on diapers and stuff like that,” Paul Inglesby said, “but we’ve got enough for now, hopefully.”
His wife added: “When you have a little kid with you, he takes top priority. So when he starts running low on stuff, that’s when it gets kind of terrifying.”
– Mike Schneider and Daniel Kozin, Orlando
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Robert and Debbie Gruver of Port Charlotte, Florida, stopped Wednesday afternoon at a South Carolina rest area. But they are not fleeing the storm; they are driving back to their west Florida home from a trip to Buffalo, New York.
The couple said they have lived in Florida for 25 years and recalled Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm that hit the state in 2004. They were on their trip when they learned of the threat from Ian.
The couple’s plan is to wait things out in Savannah, Georgia, for a day or two, then head down to Port Charlotte to survey any potential damage.
“We have a new roof so hopefully it’s still there,” Debbie Gruver said.
“We planned on being back at this time, but we didn’t plan on a hurricane,” her husband said.
-James Pollard, Orangeburg, S.C.
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At the Hilton Garden Inn in Fort Myers, guests — including some forced to evacuate their homes — sought refuge from the raging storm.
As of Wednesday morning, all 126 rooms were booked, and people were still trying to find a room at the hotel, near the Southwest Florida International Airport.
“There was a definite influx,” said Kerry Collins, who works at the hotel’s front desk.
The hotel is in a flood zone and had to switch to a generator after the power went out.
“Anybody who is staying with us has to sign a waiver saying we are not responsible for anything,” she said.
– Steve LeBlanc, Boston
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After evacuating unnecessarily five years ago for Hurricane Irma, Suzanne Meirink and her husband, Tom, decided to stay put a mile from the coast in Sarasota County and ride out Hurricane Ian.
Their adult children weren’t happy with the decision. First, Suzanne’s daughter in St. Louis called urging her to leave. Then her son in Denver, who hardly ever calls, did the same. Next came a daughter-in-law’s urgent text and a call from a grandson in Washington.
But the couple didn’t plan to budge from their condo. Instead, they filled buckets of water, did laundry, stuffed their freezer full of food, and waited.
“We are doing fine,” Suzanne Meirink said. “This is the first time I’ve disobeyed my children. You’re allowed to do that once.”
– Mike Schneider, Orlando
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“The flamingos are having a hurricane party in the bathroom; eating, drinking, & dancing.”
That was the tweet from Sunken Gardens, a botanic attraction in St. Petersburg, Florida. A photo showed the gardens’ flock of flamingos being sheltered in a restroom during Hurricane Ian.
St. Petersburg was hit with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains during the storm, but seemed as of Wednesday evening to have been largely spared the major effects to the south.
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Department of Transportation worker stabbed to death by ex-wife at worksite, authorities say
MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (KFVS/Gray News) - The ex-wife of an Illinois Department of Transportation worker is accused of stabbing him to death at a work zone, according to authorities.
Illinois officials said IDOT worker Edward Stallman was in an altercation with his ex-wife, 41-year-old Alexis Stallman, when she stabbed him, resulting in his death.
In a release, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said it had investigated what was first thought to be a crash death at a work zone in Murphysboro, Illinois, on July 20.
The officers reportedly determined Edward Stallman’s death was a murder later based on the injuries to the victim’s body.
Jackson County State’s Attorney Joseph Cervantez told KFVS both Alexis and Edward Stallman had reportedly been in a virtual family court hearing before the ex-husband’s death.
Cervantez said the evidence shows that Alexis Stallman drove out to the worksite, where she and her husband got into an altercation. He said there was some confusion in whether it happened in the vehicle or at the job site.
What’s not confusing, Cervantez says, is how Edward Stallman died. An autopsy revealed he’d been stabbed in the chest with some kind of blade.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said Alexis Stallman has been charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated domestic battery.
She is being held at the Jackson County Jail with bond set at $2 million.
Alexis Stallman is scheduled to make a first appearance before the court on July 22.
If convicted, she faces up to 60 years in prison.
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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
Today, we'd like to introduce you to a young woman named Sara Roshan.
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SARA ROSHAN: Hi, my name is Sara.
KELLY: Sara is a student at West Adams Preparatory High School in Los Angeles. She is originally from Herat Province, Afghanistan.
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SARA: I had a long journey that changed my life forever, and it was my journey to the U.S.
JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:
That journey is the subject of a podcast she created. It tells of her family's decision to leave Afghanistan and the central role that education played in that decision.
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SARA: My mom did not want me to have the same destiny as hers, where she was the same age as me but banned from school, so she left her parents behind.
SUMMERS: Sara tells of the millions of girls and young women who were denied education in her home country. She knows that while she has left, many remain.
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SARA: I hear this a lot, when people go, like, you're lucky for coming here, or I'm glad you made it out of there. Well, thanks, but I wasn't really glad at first - that guilty feeling of making it out of there while watching others being left behind. Obviously, I can't make big changes, but I can study harder for myself, for my friends and for all the people in my country.
KELLY: Hers is one of more than 3,300 entries our education team received this year in the fifth annual NPR Student Podcast Challenge. Sara's was one of 13 chosen by our judges as high school finalists.
SUMMERS: And as always, we received a broad mix of podcasts from different backgrounds, places and experiences - from moving, personal stories like Sara's to deeply-reported projects, like an entry from students in Maryland exploring the fentanyl crisis that has affected their school system.
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UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #1: For reference, fentanyl is 50 times more lethal than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #2: It's a really big problem in schools, and there have been overdoses really near to us - in some of, like, our neighboring high schools.
UNIDENTIFIED STUDENT #3: People are actively dying. There's someone overdosing right now.
SUMMERS: Three students from Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Md., interviewed local experts and educators at their school about the disturbing jump in overdoses in recent years.
KELLY: Well, this year we got a lot of podcasts about gaming and sports. The judges singled out this one as a finalist.
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AYAH AL-MASYABI: I'm in the kitchen cleaning dishes after school. As I scrub away at the plates in my hand, one of my many favorite soccer podcasts is blasting out loud. Like most American soccer fans, I watch, listen and learn from these pundits. But sometimes, their comments on soccer in America can seem a bit off, which begs the question - has soccer in America changed over the generations? If so, why? And what does the future of American soccer look like?
KELLY: That is 16-year-old Ayah Al-Masyabi, a high school student in Branson, Colo., who confidently sets out to answer that question. Along the way, she weaves in the story of how, when she was younger, an older boy taught her the fundamentals of the game.
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AYAH: Since the moment that boy taught me how to play, soccer has been my life - through many miserable 90 minutes and overwhelming moments of joy, but, more importantly, memories with those I love.
SUMMERS: And sadly, we got quite a few student podcasts this year about gun violence and mass shootings, including this one from Natalie Martinez, a student in the After School Matters program in Chicago, who survived one of these incidents at a local mall.
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NATALIE MARTINEZ: It was March 26, 2022, when I heard six gunshots and ran to the back of the store. Suddenly, I felt terrified, aghast and petrified. While I was sitting and crying, I called my family and friends, telling them I'll miss and love them to the moon and back, because I thought I was going to die.
SUMMERS: Natalie interviewed a Chicago police officer for advice on what students should do in such a situation.
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UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER: No. 1 is to always be aware of your environment and any possible dangers that might be around you. No. 2 is...
KELLY: As always, many of our student podcasters explored their own identities - their places in the world. Two of this year's high school finalists are by and about transgender students. Dylan McDonald is a student at Marblehead High School in Marblehead, Mass.
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DYLAN MCDONALD: Hi. My name is Dylan, and I am a transgender teen.
SUMMERS: For his reporting, Dylan interviewed his mom. He says she has been the person in my corner. And his podcast concludes with this message.
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DYLAN: Kids like me are why we need to fight these anti-trans bills. Nobody should be stripped of their health care and bodily autonomy. Again, I think my mom says it the best.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: To be a mom of a transgender kid is the same as anything that you're fighting for your kid for, right? So as a mama bear, like every mama bear, you're going to make sure that your child receives everything they possibly have out there that's an option to them that could make them content and happy and feel like themselves.
KELLY: That is Dylan McDonald and his mom. He's a high school finalist in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. On Morning Edition, we will announce our grand prize winner in the middle school grades. And tomorrow, on this program, we'll have our high school grand prize winner.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A fight broke out and punches were thrown during the game between the Orlando Magic and Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.
Five players were ejected following the brawl, which started in front of the Orlando bench late in the third quarter. Minnesota guard Austin Rivers and Magic center Mo Bamba were the initial players involved, and it spilled over to include several others on the court.
Rivers, Jaden McDaniels and Taurean Prince were ejected from the Timberwolves. Jalen Suggs was tossed along with Bamba for Orlando, which went on to win 127-120.
“This isn’t like a cool moment for me,” Rivers said after the game. “I feel embarrassed. I’m the oldest on the team. I consider myself the leader of the team, or one of the leaders of the team. It was a weird game, and I don’t think that helped at all. If anything right now, I’m just (ticked off) that we lost, and that I had (something) to do with that. It doesn’t make me feel good.”
Bamba and Suggs were not available for comment after the game.
“You obviously want to have your teammate’s back and at the same time, you’ve got to be a professional,” said Orlando center Moritz Wagner, also involved in a skirmish with Detroit in December.
“So, that’s a challenge for a young team like us. I think this time around we did a good job compared to last time. So, yeah, I don’t really know. It’s a weird dynamic. You don’t really want to be in those situations and it’s not really the best look. You want to be professional. At the same time, there is something in me that appreciates the team sticking together like that.”
Wagner appeared to get knocked out in that fight with the Pistons in Detroit. Wagner and Detroit’s Killian Hayes and Hamadou Diallo were all ejected.
On this night, the fight began with Rivers right in front of the Magic bench as play was ongoing at the far end of the court. Bamba came off the bench and Rivers threw punches at him. Suggs later pulled Rivers away and swung him to the court. McDaniels and Prince joined the scrum.
“Their guy came off the bench and threw a punch,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “Pretty egregious. Then it’s a melee, and somehow our guys get punished a lot worse. One guy got sent for not being a peacekeeper. I just looked at the film, and I didn’t see any difference between what their guys were doing and what our guys were doing.”
The altercation seemed to stem from talk from the Magic bench, particularly Bamba. A few moments earlier, Rivers missed a 3-point attempt in front of the Orlando bench, and Bamba and Markelle Fultz could be seen reacting to the miss.
Rivers said he approached the 7-foot, 231-pound Bamba about his comments.
“I’m not gonna snitch on the dude or whatever, but I just didn’t like the way he was talking to me,” said Rivers, listed at 6-4 and 200 pounds. “For no reason, too. I don’t even know that dude. I don’t know anything about him. Obviously, I just know he’s a player for the Magic. And he proceeded to talk, so that next possession, when I went down there, I just said, pretty much, ‘Just keep it respectful, bro.’”
Rivers later added: “I went up to him and I pressed him, and at that point, it can go one of two ways. I didn’t think we were going to get in a fight. But when you stand up that fast and put your hands up — he threw a punch and missed, thankfully. At that point, I’ve got to protect myself. Ain’t no one worried about him.”
The fight came one night after an on-court altercation between Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks and Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell.
Brooks swung and struck Mitchell in the groin area during the third quarter Thursday after the Grizzlies guard had fallen to the floor. Mitchell retaliated by throwing the ball at Brooks and then shoving him.
Both players were ejected from Cleveland’s 128-113 win. Afterward, Mitchell accused Brooks of being a dirty player.
The NBA announced punishments for both players Friday, with Brooks getting suspended one game without pay and Mitchell fined $20,000.
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(The Hill) — In an impassioned speech just after a school shooting in Texas left at least 19 children and two teachers dead on Tuesday, Golden State Warriors’ head coach Steve Kerr criticized the U.S. Senate for failing to vote on background check legislation.
“There’s 50 senators, right now, who refuse to vote on H.R. 8, which is a background check rule that the House passed,” Kerr said ahead of his team’s game versus the Dallas Mavericks in remarks that went viral. “There’s a reason they won’t vote on it: to hold on to power.”
“So I ask you, Mitch McConnell, I ask all of you senators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and supermarket shootings … I ask you, are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children, and our elderly and our churchgoers?”
“When are we gonna do something?” Kerr added. “I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. … I’m tired of the moments of silence. Enough!”
Kerr, a longtime gun safety advocate whose father was assassinated in a shooting outside his office in Beirut in 1984, referenced a bill known as the Bipartisan Background Checks Act that would expand federal background checks required for gun purchases.
Currently, federal law does not require that unlicensed gun sellers operating online or at gun shows conduct background checks prior to the purchase of arms.
H.R. 8, which passed the House in March 2021, would close loopholes in gun purchases, requiring a background check for all gun sales.
Twenty-two percent of Americans reported that they purchased their most recent gun without any background check, according to Everytown for Gun Safety.
Background checks have effectively blocked 4 million sales “to people prohibited by law from having guns,” the group said.
Still, H.R. 8 and another proposal to strengthen background checks have stalled for over a year in the Senate, where 10 Republican votes are required to overcome a filibuster.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has begun the process of getting those bills on the upper chamber’s calendar.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), however, has said H.R. 8 is too far-reaching. The centrist Democrat has instead pushed to vote on a narrower plan that exempts transfers and sales between family and friends, a proposal he negotiated with input from the National Rifle Association (NRA) in 2013.
“It’s astonishingly frustrating,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said of the process. “These are things that most gun owners want and yet this rabid god-damned NRA won’t let the Republicans move.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/heres-the-gun-control-bill-nbas-steve-kerr-called-on-senate-to-pass/ | 2022-05-25 15:57:10 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/national/heres-the-gun-control-bill-nbas-steve-kerr-called-on-senate-to-pass/ |
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They're known as “family photos,” the images of world leaders posed in faux relaxation during global summits.
And like portraits of a family that has isolated a dysfunctional member, recent “family photos” from the G7 and G8 — the world's most industrialized nations — show how Russian President Vladimir Putin has been outcast.
The Russian president has faced unprecedented international isolation since his nation invaded Ukraine in February 2022. An International Criminal Court arrest warrant hangs over his head and clouds his prospects of traveling to many destinations, including those viewed as Moscow’s allies.
It was only 10 years ago when Putin stood proudly among his peers at the time -– former U.S. President Barack Obama, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — at a Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland. But Russia has since been kicked out of the group, which consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States, for illegally annexing Crimea in 2014.
Images from the G7 summit this year show leaders of the same governments, minus Putin. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/world-summits-family-photos-show-putin-s-18111455.php | 2023-05-22 00:07:41 | 0 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/world-summits-family-photos-show-putin-s-18111455.php |
NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR).
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According to a filed complaint, Twitter, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Twitter knew about security concerns on their platform; (2) Twitter actively worked to hide the security concerns from the board, the investing public, and regulators; (3) contrary to representations in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Twitter did not take steps to improve security; (4) Twitter's active refusal to address security issues increased the risk of loss of public goodwill; and (5) as a result, defendants' statements about Twitter's business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers Energy today is announcing it will provide $25 million to homes and businesses, a meaningful effort to help customers who are facing challenges with their energy bills.
The contribution, approved today by the Michigan Public Service Commission, is being delivered through $15 million in automatic bill credits to all Consumers Energy electric customers and another $10 million in assistance for financially vulnerable households.
In all, Consumers Energy has provided over $37 million in help for energy bills and basic needs since the start of last year.
"Consumers Energy cares about Michigan and our customers, and we consider it our mission to look out for the households and businesses that count on us every day," said Garrick Rochow, Consumers Energy's president and CEO. "We are putting dollars directly in the hands of our customers, particularly for those who need help staying warm and safe in their homes this winter."
Consumers Energy is making this new promise as many Michiganders cope with the effects of last year's inflation and increases in energy costs. In December, Consumers Energy provided another $7.25 million to nonprofits to help customers in need. And the energy provider serves customers every day by working to keep bills as low as possible.
Homes and businesses that receive electricity from Consumers Energy will start automatically receiving $15 million in bill credits for the next 12 months based on their energy use. Customers do not need to take any action to receive those dollars.
People who need help should contact 2-1-1, a free service that connects Michiganders with nonprofits to find help with basic needs, from energy bills to food and shelter. Consumers Energy customers also should call 800-477-5050 if they are facing challenges with their bill.
"We want to make sure that everyone knows not only that Consumers Energy is helping, but that they can take steps today to get access to those dollars," Rochow said. "Assistance is only a phone call away."
Many people can manage their winter bills by starting with tips at home or work. Learn more at ConsumersEnergy.com/coldweather.
- Have your heating system tuned and inspected by a service professional. Heat losses from a poorly maintained system can range between 1-2 percent a year.
- Clean or replace your furnace filter often during the heating season. If your furnace can "breathe" more easily, it will use less energy.
- Dial your thermostat down at night and add an extra blanket for warmth.
- Make sure your attic, basement, garage and exterior doors are closed to prevent cold drafts from getting in and heat from getting out.
- Turn on your ceiling fan. Ceiling fans set at a slow speed push warm air away from the ceiling and move it around the room without creating a chilling breeze.
Consumers Energy, Michigan's largest energy provider, is the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS), providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state's 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.
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BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prenatal alcohol exposure is a leading preventable cause of birth defects and neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the United States. On September 9 each year, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) recognizes International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day as a reminder that there is no safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy.
FASD refers to an array of lifelong physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. These can range from mild to severe and contribute to a variety of issues such as learning disabilities, speech and language delays, visual and hearing problems, problems with vital organs, and social challenges throughout a person's life.
FASD is preventable. As the ninth day of the ninth month of the year approaches, please join NIAAA in spreading the word about the importance of avoiding prenatal alcohol exposure.
NIAAA offers resources about alcohol and pregnancy, including a newly updated trifold brochure titled Alcohol and Your Pregnancy. Copies are available to download or order for free.
Spanish and American Indian versions of this publication are also available.
For more information about alcohol and its effects on health, visit: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov.
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Mother charged after 3-year-old killed in house fire, authorities say
CARSON CITY, Nev. (Gray News) - A Nevada mother was arrested after her 3-year-old daughter was killed and her 2-year-old son was injured in a house fire. Authorities say she left the children at home alone.
Washoe Tribal Police arrived at the scene of a house fire at 12:12 p.m. Tuesday in South Carson City, Nevada, to find the home “engulfed,” according to a news release from the Carson City Sheriff’s Office. Officers could not enter the home due to the smoke and fire.
Neighbors told officers that two children, who were allegedly left alone by their mother often, may be inside.
First responders mounted a rescue operation and got a 2-year-old boy and 3-year-old girl out of the house. Both were unresponsive but breathing, and they were taken to the hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
The 3-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the 2-year-old boy was in serious condition due to smoke inhalation. The sheriff’s office said he is expected to survive.
While firefighters were battling the flames, investigators say the children’s mother, 23-year-old Samantha Paulino, arrived. She allegedly told officers she left the children home while she went to register for college classes.
Paulino was immediately taken into custody for suspected child abuse and neglect. She was later booked on charges of open murder and child abuse causing substantial bodily harm, according to the sheriff’s office. She is being held without bail.
The sheriff’s office said the children’s father was working at the time of the fire.
Investigations into both the 3-year-old girl’s death and the cause of the fire are ongoing.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The death toll from an accident when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue in a village south of Rotterdam rose to six Sunday and police said a further seven people are in hospital, including one in critical condition.
Three men and three women were killed, ranging in age from 28 to 75, police said.
Police spokeswoman Mirjam Boers said the truck driver, a 46-year-old Spanish man, is suspected of causing the accident that happened early Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland. His identity was not released, in line with Dutch privacy laws.
The large truck the man was driving left a small rural road and careered down the bank of the dike and plowed into the village gathering. Boers said the driver was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.
“We are investigating what could have happened,” Boers said.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima said in a tweet that they were shocked by the accident that they said caused “an unimaginable sadness in this close-knit community. The affected families are in our thoughts and we wish the injured strength on their way to as good a recovery as possible.”
Forensic investigators worked into the night Saturday around the truck where it stopped at the bottom of the dike. Later, a crane and a tow truck hauled it back onto the road.
Photos of the scene showed bunting hanging between trees and chairs scattered around trestle tables with plates still on them.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte also expressed sorrow in a tweet, saying, “My thoughts go out to the victims and next of kin of this terrible drama. I wish them much strength.”
Local Mayor Charlie Aptroot visited the scene Saturday night.
“My condolences go out to the victims, their families, eyewitnesses and first responders,” he said in a statement.
He added that he had spoken to many of the people at the scene and expressed “appreciation for the way in which people are there for each other.” | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-dutch-police-6-dead-after-truck-hit-community-barbecue/ | 2022-08-28 20:48:39 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-dutch-police-6-dead-after-truck-hit-community-barbecue/ |
Revenue of $375 million generated during the third quarter of 2022, up 12% sequentially from the second quarter of 2022
Net income of $24.7 million & Adjusted EBITDA of $62.8 million during the third quarter of 2022, representing sequential increases of 70% and 32%, respectively
Acquired Breakwater Energy Partners, LLC ("Breakwater"), a leading provider of contracted water recycling and infrastructure solutions focused in the Permian Basin on November 1, 2022
Acquired Bakken Shale water gathering pipeline and disposal assets from Cypress Environmental Services, LLC ("Cypress") on November 1, 2022
HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) ("Select" or the "Company"), a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry, today announced the acquisitions of Breakwater and certain water gathering pipeline and disposal assets from Cypress, as well as its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.
John Schmitz, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, stated, "Our strong third quarter results, combined with our recent acquisitions, display our ability to execute on our strategy to improve and bolster the base business, advance our technology, sustainability and diversification efforts, and execute on strategic M&A. We progressed each of these initiatives while also commencing our previously announced regular quarterly dividend program. Reinforced by a steady activity backdrop, a challenging labor market and a tight equipment supply environment, we continue to capture market share and see pricing improvements across each of our segments. During the third quarter we achieved 12% sequential revenue growth and 59% incremental gross margins, resulting in significantly improved profitability with Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA growing 70% and 32%, respectively, quarter over quarter.
"Our Chemicals segment continues to produce record revenue and margins, we continue to improve efficiencies and gain market share in our Water Services segment, and our Water Infrastructure segment achieved quarterly revenue more than 10% above our previous pre-pandemic peak level. Overall, I'm very pleased with our financial and operational execution and believe we are well positioned to continue to improve the profitability of the business in the quarters to come.
"In addition to these improvements in the base business, we identified and completed the acquisition of Breakwater, a core Permian infrastructure, recycling and logistics business, to further our growth, consolidation and sustainability strategies, while our Cypress transaction adds to our infrastructure scale and development opportunities in the Bakken. With these additions, we have meaningfully enhanced our Water Infrastructure and Water Services footprints, and significantly expanded the capacity and reach of our sustainable recycling solutions. We expect to see immediately accretive benefits from both acquisitions and believe we have a meaningful opportunity to invest organically around the acquired operations and asset footprints as well.
"In Breakwater, we are acquiring one of the market leaders in advanced water recycling, infrastructure and logistics solutions focused in the Permian Basin. Importantly, we're also adding significant operational leadership depth to the organization and welcoming more than 300 new employees to the Select family. With a strategic portfolio of highly contracted recycling assets in the core of the Midland Basin, we believe Breakwater has developed one of the leading recycling footprints in the U.S. today. This footprint expands Select's recycling capabilities to nearly 3 million barrels of total daily capacity across fixed and mobile capabilities, while adding a number of new strategic customer relationships and strengthening existing relationships with new recycling opportunities. During the third quarter, we exceeded our full year 2022 target for produced water recycling volumes established in our sustainability-linked credit facility, while this acquisition positions us to quickly meet and meaningfully exceed our future targets as well. These recycling facilities also offer significant network flexibility via geographic and infrastructure interconnectedness, currently allowing for approximately 10 customers at any given time to deliver produced water and receive recycled water as demand ebbs and flows with their own activity needs, while reducing capital outlays and operating expenses for our customers.
"Through the Cypress acquisition, we've added a portfolio of strategic wastewater disposal facilities in North Dakota at an attractive value, further consolidating the Bakken region following our previous Agua Libre Midstream and Nuverra acquisitions. With more than 60% of the current volumes being delivered to these assets via contracted pipelines, we believe there is continued opportunity to expand and network the assets with our existing infrastructure footprint in the region.
"Additionally, I'm very confident in the strategic and clear financial benefits of these acquisitions. On a combined basis, the acquired operations from Breakwater and Cypress are expected to generate approximately $110 – $115 million of revenue and more than $30 million of Adjusted EBITDA on a 2022 full year basis, with a strong trajectory and room for growth in 2023.
"Ultimately, I am very pleased with our financial performance, supported by our recent acquisitions, pricing improvements, organic growth opportunities and our other strategic investments. I look forward to building upon our recent positive results, while meaningfully expanding our free cash flow generation in the quarters ahead. Supported by these factors, I am proud to have recently announced our first ever quarterly dividend payment of $0.05 per share for the third quarter of 2022. Returning capital to shareholders remains a core component of our overall capital allocation strategy and this represents an important commitment for Select," concluded Schmitz.
Consolidated Financial Information
Revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was $375.1 million as compared to $335.9 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $204.6 million in the third quarter of 2021. Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $24.7 million as compared to $14.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 and a net loss of $14.2 million in the third quarter of 2021.
For the third quarter of 2022, gross profit was $58.8 million, as compared to $35.7 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $9.0 million in the third quarter of 2021. Total gross margin was 15.7% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 10.6% in the second quarter of 2022 and 4.4% in the third quarter of 2021. Gross margin before depreciation and amortization ("D&A") for the third quarter of 2022 was 22.8% as compared to 19.3% for the second quarter of 2022 and 15.6% for the third quarter of 2021.
Selling, general and administrative expense ("SG&A") during the third quarter of 2022 was $29.8 million as compared to $26.7 million during the second quarter of 2022 and $22.0 million during the third quarter of 2021. SG&A during the third and second quarters of 2022 and the third quarter of 2021 was impacted by non-recurring transaction costs of $0.7 million, $0.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively.
Adjusted EBITDA was $62.8 million in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to $47.7 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $15.1 million in the third quarter of 2021. Adjusted EBITDA during the third quarter of 2022 was impacted by a $3.3 million bargain purchase gain adjustment, $1.0 million of non-recurring transaction costs, $1.6 million of non-cash losses on asset sales, $0.1 million in lease abandonment costs, and $0.2 million in other adjustments. Non-cash compensation expense accounted for an additional $3.8 million adjustment during the third quarter of 2022. Please refer to the end of this release for reconciliations of gross profit before D&A (non-GAAP measure) to gross profit and of Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP measure) to net income (loss).
Business Segment Information
The Water Services segment generated revenues of $221.2 million in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to $196.0 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $112.5 million in the third quarter of 2021. Gross margin before D&A for Water Services was 22.8% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 19.4% in the second quarter of 2022 and 15.8% in the third quarter of 2021. Revenues for this segment improved 12.9% sequentially, supported by continued pricing improvements, resulting in strong 49% incremental gross margins before D&A. Looking at the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company expects to see relatively steady revenue and gross margins before D&A, as partial quarter contributions from Breakwater partially offset normal seasonal impacts to the base business.
The Water Infrastructure segment generated revenues of $74.4 million in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to $60.3 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $36.8 million in the third quarter of 2021. Gross margin before D&A for Water Infrastructure was 27.2% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 25.5% in the second quarter of 2022 and 22.5% in the third quarter of 2021. Revenues improved 23.4% sequentially, with 34% incremental gross margins before D&A, driven by significantly increased volumes at our recycling and disposal facilities, which more than offset modest decreases in our traditional water sourcing activities. For the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company anticipates low double digit percentage revenue growth, with gross margins before D&A in the high-20 percent range, as partial quarter contributions from our recent acquisitions complement our existing base business.
The Oilfield Chemicals segment generated revenues of $79.4 million in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to $79.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $55.4 million in the third quarter of 2021. Gross margin before D&A for Oilfield Chemicals was 18.8% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 14.6% in the second quarter of 2022 and 10.5% in the third quarter of 2021. While revenues held relatively flat sequentially, this segment generated significant margin improvement as the Company expanded its manufacturing focus on its higher margin, proprietary products to meet customer demand, while ceasing the manufacturing and distribution of several lower margin commoditized products. For the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company anticipates mid-single digit percentage revenue growth and relatively stable margins for the Oilfield Chemicals segment as the segment continues to perform well at its recent high water mark levels.
Cash Flow and Capital Expenditures
Cash flow from operations for the third quarter of 2022 was $5.4 million as compared to $11.1 million in the second quarter of 2022 and ($2.5) million in the third quarter of 2021. Cash flow from operations during the third quarter of 2022 was significantly impacted by a $54.2 million use of cash to fund the working capital needs of the business resulting from growing revenues and the systems integration efforts of recent acquisitions.
Net capital expenditures for the third quarter of 2022 were $16.1 million, comprised of $19.8 million of capital expenditures partially offset by $3.8 million of cash proceeds from asset sales, including the divestment of underutilized equipment and real estate from recently acquired businesses. Cash flow from operations less net capital expenditures was ($10.7) million during the third quarter of 2022.
Cash flow used in investing activities during the third quarter of 2022 included an incremental $2.5 million investment in ICE Thermal Solutions, LLC, while cash flow from financing activities accounted for $0.3 million of cash outflows.
Balance Sheet and Capital Structure
Total cash and cash equivalents were $13.2 million as of September 30, 2022 as compared to $25.7 million as of June 30, 2022. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under its sustainability-linked credit facility as of September 30, 2022 or June 30, 2022 or its prior credit facility as of December 31, 2021.
As of September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, the borrowing base under the sustainability-linked credit facility was $254.4 million and $216.5 million, respectively. The Company had available borrowing capacity under its sustainability-linked credit facility as of September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, of approximately $231.5 million and $195.6 million, respectively, after giving effect to $22.9 million and $20.9 million of outstanding letters of credit as of September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022.
Total liquidity was $244.7 million as of September 30, 2022, as compared to $221.3 million as of June 30, 2022. The Company had 94,014,963 weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding and 16,221,101 weighted average shares of Class B common stock outstanding during the third quarter of 2022.
Breakwater Acquisition
On November 1, 2022, Select completed the acquisition of Breakwater Energy Partners, LLC through a stock-for-stock transaction. In connection with closing, Select issued a total of approximately 9.2 million shares of Select Class A common stock and repaid or assumed approximately $12.6 million of outstanding indebtedness and other obligations, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.
Breakwater is a leading provider of water infrastructure, recycling, transfer and disposal solutions to leading E&P customers in the Permian Basin, with complementary water logistics operations in the Eagle Ford Shale. Breakwater operates four commercial recycling facilities, supported by a portfolio of long-term contracts, with 0.6 million barrels per day of operational capacity. Breakwater has an incremental 1.4 million barrels per day of permitted recycling capacity available for development across its four currently operating fixed facilities as well as a fifth facility location yet to be developed. Additionally, Breakwater currently operates nine active modular recycling facilities with 1.5 million barrels per day of throughput capacity. These facilities are supported by 46 miles of gathering and distribution pipelines, 70,000 barrels per day of wastewater disposal capacity and 4.7 million barrels of storage capacity, with an additional 3.7 million barrels of permitted storage capacity available for development.
BofA Securities, Inc. acted as financial advisor and Vinson & Elkins acted as legal counsel to Select. Jefferies LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and Locke Lord LLP acted as legal counsel to Breakwater.
Cypress Asset Acquisition
On November 1, 2022, Select completed the acquisition of a portfolio of water gathering pipeline and disposal assets in the Bakken Shale from Cypress Environmental Services, LLC. As consideration for the transaction, Select issued approximately 950,000 shares of Select Class A common stock. Cypress's water solutions operations consist of eight saltwater disposal facilities with daily permitted capacity of 85,000 barrels per day across North Dakota. The acquired business currently receives more than 60% of its daily volumes via pipelines and is supported by a number of long-term contracts with key customers in the region.
Conference Call
Select has scheduled a conference call on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time / 10:00 a.m. Central time. Please dial 201-389-0872 and ask for the Select Energy Services call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time of the call, or listen to the call live over the Internet by logging on to the website at the address https://investors.selectenergy.com/events-and-presentations/current. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through November 17, 2022 and may be accessed by calling 201-612-7415 using passcode 13733891#. A webcast archive will also be available at the link above shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.
About Select Energy Services, Inc.
Select is a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry. These solutions are supported by the Company's critical water infrastructure assets, chemical manufacturing and water treatment and recycling capabilities. As a leader in sustainable water and chemical solutions, Select places the utmost importance on safe, environmentally responsible management of oilfield water throughout the lifecycle of a well. Additionally, Select believes that responsibly managing water resources throughout its operations to help conserve and protect the environment is paramount to the continued success of the Company. For more information, please visit Select's website, https://www.selectenergy.com/.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this communication other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements which contain our current expectations about our future results. We have attempted to identify any forward-looking statements by using words such as "could," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "intend," "project," "will," "estimate" and other similar expressions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected, and the assumptions or bases underlying our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results, events or financial positions to differ materially from those included within or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the risks that the benefits contemplated from our recent acquisitions may not be realized, the ability of Select to successfully integrate the acquired businesses' operations, including Breakwater's employees, and realize anticipated synergies and cost savings and the potential impact of the consummation of the acquisitions on relationships, including with employees, suppliers, customers, competitors and creditors. Factors that could materially impact such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the severity and duration of world health events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a negative impact on our business; the global macroeconomic uncertainty related to the Russia-Ukraine war; actions by the members of OPEC+ with respect to oil production levels and announcements of potential changes in such levels, including the ability of the OPEC+ countries to agree on and comply with supply limitations; operational challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus, including logistical challenges, protecting the health and well-being of our employees, remote work arrangements, performance of contracts and supply chain disruptions; the level of capital spending and access to capital markets by oil and gas companies, trends and volatility in oil and gas prices, and our ability to manage through such volatility; and other factors discussed or referenced in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and those set forth from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. Investors should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, unless required by law.
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Comparison of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit before depreciation and amortization (D&A) and gross margin before D&A are not financial measures presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("GAAP"). We define EBITDA as net income (loss), plus interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus/(minus) loss/(income) from discontinued operations, plus any impairment charges or asset write-offs pursuant to GAAP, plus non-cash losses on the sale of assets or subsidiaries, non-recurring compensation expense, non-cash compensation expense, and non-recurring or unusual expenses or charges, including severance expenses, transaction costs, or facilities-related exit and disposal-related expenditures, plus/(minus) foreign currency losses/(gains) and plus/(minus) losses/(gains) on unconsolidated entities less bargain purchase gains from business combinations. We define gross profit before D&A as revenue less cost of revenue, excluding cost of sales D&A expense. We define gross margin before D&A as gross profit before D&A divided by revenue. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit before D&A and gross margin before D&A are supplemental non-GAAP financial measures that we believe provide useful information to external users of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies because it allows them to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis across periods by removing the effects of our capital structure (such as varying levels of interest expense), asset base (such as depreciation and amortization) and non-recurring items outside the control of our management team. We present EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, gross profit before D&A and gross margin before D&A because we believe they provide useful information regarding the factors and trends affecting our business in addition to measures calculated under GAAP.
Net income (loss) is the GAAP measure most directly comparable to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. Gross profit is the GAAP measure most directly comparable to gross profit before D&A. Our non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. Each of these non-GAAP financial measures has important limitations as an analytical tool due to exclusion of some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. You should not consider EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA or gross profit before D&A in isolation or as substitutes for an analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and gross profit before D&A may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definitions of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.
The following table presents a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to our net income (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure for the periods presented:
The following table presents a reconciliation of gross profit before D&A to total gross profit (loss), which is the most directly comparable GAAP measure, and a calculation of gross margin before D&A for the periods presented:
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks sent forward Matt Nieto to Colorado for a second stint with the Avalanche in a four-player trade.
Nieto and former first-round defenseman Ryan Merkley are headed to Colorado in the deal completed Wednesday for defenseman Jacob MacDonald and forward Martin Kaut.
Nieto had eight goals and seven assists in 45 games for San Jose this season and is also a strong penalty killer. After beginning his career with the Sharks in the 2013-14 season, Nieto was claimed off waivers by Colorado in 2017.
He had 34 goals and 47 assists in 251 games over three-plus seasons with the Avalanche.
Merkley was a first-round pick by San Jose in 2018 but never found a role in the NHL. He had one goal and five assists in 39 games last season but has been in the AHL this season where he had 14 assists in 30 games.
The 29-year-old MacDonald has appeared in 76 games with Florida and Colorado, posting two goals and 10 assists. Sharks general manager Mike Grier said McDonald will add depth for the Sharks.
The 23-year-old Kaut has split time with the Avalanche and their AHL affiliate this season. The 2018 first-round pick has one goal and two assists in 27 games in the NHL, to go along with five goals and three assists in 10 games for the Colorado Eagles.
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AP NHL: www.apnews.com/hub/NHL and www.twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/sharks-trade-forward-matt-nieto-back-to-avalanche-17742588.php | 2023-01-26 03:44:59 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/sharks-trade-forward-matt-nieto-back-to-avalanche-17742588.php |
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