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Pray for rain: Spanish farmers hold unique Mass amid drought
By EMILIO MORENATTI
Associated Press
L’ESPUNYOLA, Spain (AP) — In drought-stricken Spain, around 250 villagers brought back the faded practice of a special Mass and procession to pray for rain. It’s been years since they reached out to Our Lady of the Torrents, a local virgin associated with rainfall in L’Espunyola. Some farmers in this mountain village north of Barcelona say they can’t remember a time of such widespread drought. One farmer fears that if there’s no rain in the next two weeks, the harvest might be ruined. Very low rainfall and high temperatures over the past three years have officially put Spain into long-term drought. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/03/26/pray-for-rain-spanish-farmers-hold-unique-mass-amid-drought/ | 2023-03-26 19:57:45 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/03/26/pray-for-rain-spanish-farmers-hold-unique-mass-amid-drought/ |
2022 YTD Highlights
- $2.3 million in cash as of June 30, 2022
- Working capital surplus of $1.7 million as of June 30, 2022
- Announced project economics for the Calgary Scale Up Facility
- Announced positive results from second independent life-cycle assessment for Calgary Scale Up Facility, demonstrating potential for 60% carbon dioxide savings
- Received Brokering License from Metro Vancouver to enable collection of tipping fees at Empower Pilot Facility
- Completed $500,000 non-brokered private placement at $0.40 per share in August 2022 with Renewable U Energy Inc.
- Continue to improve production efficiencies at the Empower Pilot Facility in Delta, BC
- Continue to advance long-term off-take negotiations with international customers for the Calgary Empower Facility
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ROOF) (OTCQB: ROOOF) ("Northstar" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed its second quarter 2022 unaudited financial statements and management's discussion and analysis on SEDAR for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. These documents are also available on the Company's website at www.northstarcleantech.com. The Company has scheduled a virtual investor webcast to discuss these financial results and to provide a business update to the investment community today Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 2:00 pm PST / 5:00 pm EST. Details are provided below.
- April 2022 - Announced preliminary project economics for its planned Calgary scale up facility (the "Calgary Empower Facility") based on the front-end engineering design ("FEED") and detailed internal management-prepared financial analysis of the planned facility. Highlights include $7.6 million in estimated annual revenue per facility(1), $4.9 million in estimated annual gross profit per facility(1), and $4.0 million in estimated annual EBITDA per facility(1)(2). Numerous potential upside opportunities were identified, including achievable targets for asphalt pricing, sustainability or 'green' premium, operational performance improvements, carbon credit revenue, tipping fee revenue, and operating assumptions.
- May 2022 – Announced the positive results from a second independent life cycle assessment ("LCA") for the Calgary Empower Facility, demonstrating a potential 60% reduction in carbon dioxide equivalent emissions compared to the base case of disposing asphalt shingles in landfill and replacing with virgin production.
- May 2022 – Announced refocused expansion plans, including focusing on bringing its asphalt shingle reprocessing facility in Delta, BC (the "Empower Pilot Facility") into commercial production; executing construction of the Calgary Empower Facility; and reducing corporate costs.
- August 2022 – Announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Empower Environmental Solutions Ltd. ("Empower") received its brokering license (the "Brokering License") from Metro Vancouver. The Brokering License allows Empower to handle recyclable material, specifically asphalt shingles, at the Empower Pilot Facility and to collect 'tipping fees' on the deposit of "end of life" or "post-consumer" asphalt shingles.
- August 2022 – Announced the completion of a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") with Renewable U Energy Inc. ("Renewable U") for 1,250,000 common shares (the "Shares") at a price of $0.40 per Share for gross proceeds of $500,000. Concurrent with the Private Placement, the Company and Renewable U signed a non-binding and non-exclusive term sheet covering the Company's phase 1 expansion program of three asphalt shingle reprocessing facilities. With this stand-alone strategic equity investment, Renewable U agreed to a twelve-month hold period, during which time the Shares may not be traded. There were no finder's fees payable in connection with the Private Placement.
- August 2022 – Announced an update on operations at the Empower Pilot Facility and other corporate initiatives. The Company continues to focus its efforts on ramping up from steady state production to commercial production at the Empower Pilot Facility. The Company continues to operate in steady state production at the Empower Pilot Facility, reprocessing feedstock of asphalt shingles into liquid asphalt, aggregate and fibre. The amount of shingle feedstock processed has been steadily increasing and the Company expects to achieve production in the range of 50 to 75 tonnes per day by the end of Q4 2022. Steady state production has given the Company an opportunity to make operational strides in three main areas: (i) identifying key areas of improvement, (ii) feedback from product specification analysis, and (iii) engineering development work.
Mr. Aidan Mills, President & CEO and Director of Northstar, commented, "In Q2 2022, we continued to build on momentum required for an ESG business to thrive, having demonstrated (i) value in our intellectual property, (ii) the functionality of Northstar's technology, (iii) the ability to scale, and (iv) a commercialization strategy. The critical development in 2022 to date has been the improving operational performance at our Empower Pilot Facility in Delta, BC. Operational, customer and equipment manufacturer feedback has enabled us to take significant steps forward in operational performance. The production at the Empower Pilot Facility, combined with the customer feedback on our product specification, has sought to demonstrate that our technology works. The target for the balance of the year is now to ensure we both increase production levels and rigorously test the ongoing process improvements for their incorporation into the detailed design for the Calgary Empower Facility. Securing the Brokering License for the Empower Pilot Facility is also an important step toward revenue generation, and we expect to commence collection in September upon installation of the weigh scale."
"Engagement also continues with potential customers in the paving, shingle manufacturing, and roofing system manufacturing sectors. These customers are continuing their ongoing testing of our products and we continue to advance discussions for offtake agreements. Northstar hopes to secure commercial agreements as the year progresses. The results of the LCA demonstrate that our process does indeed produce low carbon products. Accordingly, we believe this to be a compelling competitive advantage and highly motivating business case for our potential customers, all which have corporate mandates to reduce their carbon footprint," continued Mr. Mills.
Webcast URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9016497132073/WN_huHe01fYSJiwddHlDZhF_Q
Approximately two hours after the Q&A session has ended, an archived version of the webcast will be available via the webcast URL above.
Notes:
- Based on anticipated first full operational year.
- Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") is a Non-GAAP financial measure and refers to earnings determined in accordance with IFRS, before depreciation and amortization, interest expense (finance costs) and income tax expense. EBITDA should not be construed as alternatives to net income/loss determined in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). EBITDA does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. The Company believes that EBITDA is a meaningful financial metric as it measures cash generated from operations which the Company can use to fund working capital requirements, service future interest and principal debt repayments and fund future growth initiatives.
Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. is a Canadian-based clean technology company focused on the sustainable recovery and reprocessing of asphalt shingles. Northstar has developed a proprietary design process for taking discarded asphalt shingles, otherwise destined for already over-crowded landfills, and extracting the liquid asphalt for usage in new hot mix asphalt, shingle manufacturing and asphalt flat roof systems, and aggregate and fiber for usage in construction products and other industrial applications. Focused on the circular economy, Northstar plans to reprocess used or defective asphalt shingle waste back into its three primary components for reuse/resale at both its Empower Pilot Facility in Delta, British Columbia and its first commercial scale up facility in Calgary, Alberta. As an emerging innovator in sustainable processing, Northstar's mission is to be the leader in the recovery and reprocessing of asphalt shingles in North America, extracting the recovered components from asphalt shingles that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
For further information about Northstar, please visit www.northstarcleantech.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Aidan Mills
President & CEO, Director
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The TSXV has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
This press release may contain forward‐looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, which forward‐looking information reflects the Company's current expectations regarding future events. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the words "may", "would", "could", "should", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements concerning any projections or anticipated financial results of the Company, the scheduled virtual investor webcast, Northstar's production range per tonne per day by the end of Q4 2022, the anticipated timing of collection commencement following the completion of the weigh scale installation, the ability of the Company to secure of commercial offtake agreements, that Northstar will play a pivotal role in the circular economy of the asphalt industry, its belief that the FEED design can be deployed across expansion facilities, that its products can enter the circular economy while diverting waste from landfills, the Company's ability to generate future revenue from carbon credits, tipping fees and from the sale of its end-use products, and its projected project economics for its proposed Calgary Empower Facility. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance or developments to differ materially from those contained in the statements, including risks related to factors beyond the control of the Company as well as those risks and uncertainties which are more fully described under the heading "Risk Factors" in the final prospectus of the Company dated June 18, 2021 and in the Company's annual and quarterly management's discussion and analysis and other filings with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities under the Company's profile on SEDAR. The novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, and ongoing dispute between the sovereign state of Ukraine and Russia also pose risks that are currently indescribable and immeasurable. No assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if they do occur, what benefits the Company will obtain from them. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update such forward‐looking information whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required by applicable law.
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Although the Company has attempted to identify important risks, uncertainties and factors which could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be others that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended and such changes could be material. The Company does not intend, and do not assume any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.
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A Long Island cable repairman allegedly helped an armed suspect hide in his company van from police officers looking for him. But that choice is also what led to both men getting arrested — because the work van had a camera inside that recorded their entire conversation.
The dramatic getaway from Suffolk County police was captured on camera on June 22. Officers conducting surveillance during an unrelated shooting investigation approached the suspect, Borndivine Jackson, in the parking lot of a deli in Shirley. The 26-year-old Jackson took off running.
"While running from police, he ran through a wooded area and discarded a gun before exiting the other side of the woods and entering a residential area," said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney.
In that neighborhood is where Jackson ran into Danyel Anderson, an acquaintance, who was driving an Optimum Cable van. Anderson told him to get in the back of the van, and the pair continue to talk very candidly — seemingly unaware they were being recorded. As the mounted camera filmed, Jackson explained that police were looking for him after they saw his gun.
"The only reason they got out [of their vehicle] is because they saw me put my grip on my waist," he can be heard saying from the back of the van as Anderson drove. "[I was] about to go in the store, so I guess they thought I was about to rob that s--t or something."
Jackson then made a phone call, and asked the other person on the line to find the gun before police would be able to. He described the look of the gun and the location where he got rid of it.
"It was a ghost gun. I wasn't supposed to have that," he tells the other person on the phone.
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Anderson drove Jackson to Mastic, where he got out and thanked him. The cable repairman then called a friend and told him about what just happened.
"I'm like, at first, I didn't know who it was. I'm like, oh I'm just try to help this [censored] out, wherever he needed to o because like I'm, I ain't got no work right now. I got to wait until 2," he says on the phone.
Jackson was later arrested and faces weapons charges.
Anderson faces charges for helping Jackson. His father and girlfriend were in court to support him, and his lawyer said Anderson has been a Marine in the reserves for the past two years.
"He has no prior convictions and at this time he maintains his innocence," said attorney Natasha Bellinger.
Jackson's bail was set a $1 million cash. He faces a minimum of 5-15 years in prison.
The district attorney said Anderson was fired from his job at Optimum and was given supervised release. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cable-repairman-allegedly-helps-suspect-hide-from-cops-but-onboard-camera-busts-both/3928862/ | 2022-10-29 06:42:10 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cable-repairman-allegedly-helps-suspect-hide-from-cops-but-onboard-camera-busts-both/3928862/ |
While Democrats were celebrating a stronger-than-expected midterm performance across much of the U.S. this week, New York was emerging as a notable exception where losses and lackluster results prompted a round of soul-searching and finger-pointing inside the party.
Republicans flipped four congressional seats, including one held by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who ran the House Democrats’ campaign arm. Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who took over last year when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned, won her race against Republican Lee Zeldin by single digits. It was the closest governor’s race in the state since 1994 when incumbent Democrat Mario Cuomo lost to Republican George Pataki.
There were signs of Republican inroads even in the U.S. Senate race. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is broadly popular in New York and makes a point of visiting each of the state’s 62 counties every year, faced his closest reelection since 1998. While he’s won typically won reelection by at least 30 points, Schumer’s win over Republican Joe Pinion was less than half that Tuesday.
“We did worse than Democrats nationally,” said Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president and a Democrat. “I don’t think you can blame Joe Biden for what happened in New York State.”
Both Democrats and Republicans pointed to a confluence of issues behind the results: Lackluster campaigning and a slow response from Democrats to the way Republicans harnessed fears about violent crime. A redistricting plan was supposed to help Democrats, but backfired. The GOP also made some notable inroads in suburbs and diverse urban neighborhoods.
Democrats were braced for setbacks elsewhere this week, particularly in Florida, a onetime swing state that has become more reliably Republican. But the New York challenges were especially disappointing because they happened in a state where Democrats have twice as many registered voters as Republicans.
“It’s one thing for the Florida Democratic party to be an absolute neutered disgrace. It’s another thing to have deep problems in the Democratic Party in a state like New York,” Democratic strategist Jon Reinish said.
The first warning sign for Democrats came in the spring with the state’s redistricting process, which Reinish called “a complete disaster from beginning to end.”
The state’s new political maps drawn by the Democratically-controlled Legislature would have given Democrats an advantage in 22 of 26 House races, but were thrown out by a court. The court sided with Republicans who said the maps were unconstitutionally gerrymandered and hired an expert to draw a more competitive map.
Republicans who hold 8 of 27 House seats this year are on track to have at least 10 of New York’s 26 House seats starting in 2023. Two other tight races are too early to call, but the GOP’s victories included the trophy ousting Maloney.
Zeldin, a Long Island congressman, was initially expected to face long odds against beating Hochul. His alliance with former President Donald Trump and vote as a member of the House against certifying the 2020 election results were expected to be too toxic in New York, which had not elected a Republican governor in 20 years.
But the congressman came close to succeeding, prompting a frustrated, late-stage scramble from Democrats.
While Republicans are disappointed they didn’t win the governor’s race, the New York GOP is the most energized it’s been in decades, said Chapin Fay, a former Zeldin adviser who ran a political action committee this year working to build Republican inroads with Hispanics, Asian Americans, Eastern Europeans, Jews and African Americans in New York City.
“New York is more purple than anyone would have suspected,” Fay said.
Zeldin tapped into fears about crime and campaigned aggressively with frequent appearances in liberal New York City to spotlight shootings, stabbings and incidents of subway violence.
Hochul, who is the first woman to serve as New York governor, had focused her campaign on defending abortion rights and portraying Zeldin as too extreme. But when polls showed him closing in on her in the final weeks, the governor began speaking more frequently about public safety.
New York crime rates are not near the gritty highs of decades past, but they have increased since the pandemic. A string of high-profile violent incidents, including some shootings and fatal shoves onto the tracks of New York City subways, have heightened the fears.
“I don’t think we should parrot Republican demagoguery on this but we have to tell a compelling story about what we’re doing to make the city and the state safer,” Levine said. “We pretty much entirely ceded the issue to the other side and they ended up being able to define the terms.”
Jay Jacobs, the chair of the New York State Democratic Party, defended the party’s campaigning and said many critics were sitting on the sidelines.
He said the party was hurt by the redistricting result and said the original, Democrat-drawn maps were “a well-intentioned effort that was an overreach.”
Jacobs said the party was damaged in the minds of independent voters by efforts to portray it as beholden to its most progressive members, along with a tough political environment.
“We are a blue state,” he said, “that had a particularly unique set of challenges in this election, which happened to come in a very tough political year for the incumbent party.”
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This story has been updated to correct that the overturned redistricting maps would have given Democrats an advantage in 22 of 26 races. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-new-york-emerges-as-exception-to-strong-election-for-dems/ | 2022-11-11 21:46:47 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-new-york-emerges-as-exception-to-strong-election-for-dems/ |
Public health has been top of mind for many the last couple of years, but a public health problem has largely flown under the radar: a growing rate of sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
The number of STD and STI cases among Americans has been rising steadily each year since 2014. Even the pandemic, which trapped millions inside their homes, didn't make a dent in those numbers, and it might have worsened.
These rising numbers have led many health officials to raise an alarm and urge action. Many experts believe one of the causes behind this problem is the lack of knowledge about the basic principles of safe sex, typically taught in sex education classes.
In fact, a Centers for Disease Control survey from 2019 showed that nearly 46% of sexually active high school students did not use a condom the last time they had sex. That's a huge problem considering the fact that out of all new STDs reported to the CDC each year, half were among young people aged 15 to 24.
The numbers show there were 2.4 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2020, which is the most recent year of data.
Chlamydia is currently the most common STD in the U.S., with 1.6 million cases reported to the CDC that year. While its numbers saw a slight drop from 2016, the CDC notes that the drops are probably not really because of an actual drop in infections. Since chlamydia is usually asymptomatic, case rates are heavily influenced by screening coverage, which the pandemic worsened.
Although overall cases of STDs and STIs fell in the pandemic's early months, the CDC acknowledges that's likely due to the reduced frequency of in-person health care services, resulting in fewer screenings. STD test and lab supply shortages, the diversion of health workers to pandemic response teams, and lapses in health insurance due to unemployment also contributed. Plus, the pandemic came after years of cuts to public health funding.
As anticipated by many experts, numbers picked up again at the end of 2020, with other diseases like gonorrhea and syphilis surpassing 2019 levels, according to CDC data. Preliminary data from 2021 shows there were more than 2.5 million reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in that year, meaning STDs and STIs continued to increase during the second year of the pandemic too, with no signs of slowing.
The CDC says it's likely, "...we may never know the full impact of the pandemic on STDs. What is clear, however, is the state of STDs did not improve in the United States. Prevention and control efforts remain as important as ever."
But, the country's prevention and control methods need work. Comprehensive sex ed programs would be a start on prevention among the most commonly affected age group, but robust public testing and information campaigns could help all Americans. Public health funding, however, has faced slashes for years, taking a toll on STD screening and prevention efforts.
"Public funding cuts will prevent the public health system, the safety net, of being able to track down people's partners so that your index patient doesn't get reinfected because their partner was also treated appropriately," said Dr. Anna Maya Powell, co-director of the Johns Hopkins HIV Women's Program. "It's easy to say, 'People should take personal responsibility and come in for care,' but I think the picture is much more complex than that."
Only 2.5% of all U.S. health spending— about $3.8 trillion — is spent on public health and prevention programs. Last year, the Biden administration did announce a $1.13 billion investment to strengthen the disease intervention specialists (DIS) workforce at the CDC. Still, much of that funding seems to be for the agency's pandemic response.
Still, there's a reason for some optimism: There has been progressing on STDs and STIs since the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 90s. The STI spread rapidly in the country then, especially among certain groups, like men who have sex with other men.
Years of public information campaigns and research into treatment brought numbers down through the early 2000s and to a stable level by 2013. More recent figures may seem to hint at further progress on the overall HIV cases during the early pandemic, but those figures are also misleading because of the sharp drop in testing.
Plus, many experts have criticized the focus of historic HIV treatment and prevention efforts as largely being focused on treating rich, white, gay men and transgender groups, leaving out many lower-income Americans, people of color and women.
Women generally face a greater burden when it comes to sexual health. Many studies have established that women have a higher biological risk for contracting many STIs and HIV than men, with a higher probability of transmission from men to women.
"Women tend to be more asymptomatic for a lot of a lot of the conditions we're talking about," Dr. Powell said. "Not having symptoms maybe gives people a false sense of security, and then they don't come in to get the routine screening that they might have otherwise if things were open and accessible."
Black women, in particular, suffer higher numbers of both HIV and other STDs like herpes, and many experts say public prevention efforts have failed to address these groups adequately. Overall, inconsistent access to health care and prevention programs across different demographics throughout the country has affected our national battle against STDs and STIs.
"We have had data that shows consistently what we need to be doing in the sexually transmitted infections, those cases in reproductive health," said Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, director of health for the city of St. Louis, Missouri. "We need to make sure that those policies are as standardized as possible so that they're easily implementable and therefore easy to track data, data that then feeds back into the funding."
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Officials: Loud ‘boom’ heard in north Utah likely a meteor
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Officials say a loud “boom” was heard across areas of northern Utah and was likely a meteor. Reports of the loud noise circulated at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, with people from Orem to southern Idaho posting that they heard it. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tweeted that his office confirmed it was not related to any seismic activity or Utah’s military installations. The National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office wrote in a tweet that its lightning detection mapper likely picked up the meteor’s trail/flash, which officials said seemed to be confirmed by witness video in Roy. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/13/officials-loud-boom-heard-in-north-utah-likely-a-meteor/ | 2022-08-13 23:33:51 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/13/officials-loud-boom-heard-in-north-utah-likely-a-meteor/ |
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent.
It’s the first trial of its kind in the U.S., and legal scholars around the world are following its potential addition to the small number of rulings that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
The trial comes shortly after the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed measures favoring the fossil fuel industry by stifling local government efforts to encourage renewable energy while increasing the cost to challenge oil, gas and coal projects in court.
By enlisting plaintiffs ranging in age from 5 to 22, the environmental firm bringing the lawsuit is trying to highlight how young people are harmed by climate change now and will be further affected in the future. Their testimony will detail how wildfire smoke, heat and drought have harmed residents’ physical and mental health.
The plaintiffs’ youth has little direct bearing on the legal issues, and experts say the case likely won’t lead to immediate policy changes in fossil fuel-friendly Montana.
But over two weeks of testimony, attorneys for the plaintiffs plan to call out state officials for pursuing oil, gas and coal development in hopes of sending a powerful message to other states.
Plaintiff Grace Gibson-Snyder, 19, said she’s felt the impacts of the heating planet acutely as wildfires regularly shroud her hometown of Missoula in dangerous smoke and as water levels drop in area rivers.
“We’ve seen repeatedly over the last few years what the Montana state Legislature is choosing,” Gibson-Snyder said. “They are choosing fossil fuel development. They are choosing corporations over the needs of their citizens.”
In high school, Gibson-Snyder was an environmental activist who was too young to vote when she signed on as a plaintiff. The other young plaintiffs include members of Native American tribes, a ranching family dependent on reliable water supplies and people with health conditions, such as asthma, that put them at increased risk during wildfires.
Some plaintiffs and experts will point to farmers whose margins have been squeezed by drought and extreme weather events like last year’s destructive floods in Yellowstone National Park as further evidence that residents have been denied the clean environment guaranteed under Montana’s Constitution.
Experts for the state are expected to downplay the impacts of climate change and what one of them described as Montana’s “miniscule” contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions.
Lawyers for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, a Republican, tried repeatedly to get the case thrown out over procedural issues. In a June 6 ruling, the state Supreme Court rejected the latest attempt to dismiss it, saying justices were not inclined to intervene just days before the start of a trial that has been “literally years in the making.”
One reason the case may have made it so far in Montana, when dozens of similar cases elsewhere have been rejected, is the state’s unusually protective 1972 Constitution, which requires officials to maintain a “clean and healthful environment.” Only a few other states, including Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York, have similar environmental protections in their constitutions.
In prior rulings, State District Judge Judge Kathy Seeley significantly narrowed the scope of the case. Even if the plaintiffs prevail, Seeley has said she would not order officials to formulate a new approach to address climate change.
Instead, the judge could issue what’s called a “declaratory judgment” saying officials violated the state Constitution. That would set a new legal precedent of courts weighing in on cases typically left to the government’s legislative and executive branches, environmental law expert Jim Huffman said.
Still, such a ruling would have no direct impact on industry, said Huffman, dean emeritus at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.
“A declaratory judgment would be a symbolic victory, but would not require any particular action by the state government. So the state could, and likely would, proceed as before,” he said.
Economist Terry Anderson, a witness for the state, said that over the past two decades, carbon dioxide emissions from Montana have declined, but that’s in part due to the shuttering of coal power plants.
“Montana energy or environmental policies have virtually no effect on global or local climate change because Montana’s GHG (greenhouse gas) contributions to the global total is trivial,” Anderson said in court documents.
He argued climate change could ultimately benefit Montana with longer growing seasons and the potential to produce more valuable crops.
Supporters of the lawsuit predicted an overflow crowd when the trial starts Monday in Helena. They rented a nearby theater to livestream the proceedings for those who can’t fit in the courtroom.
The case was brought in 2020 by attorneys for the environmental group Our Children’s Trust, which has filed climate lawsuits in every state on behalf of young plaintiffs since 2011. Most of those cases, including a previous one in Montana, were dismissed prior to trial.
A ruling in favor of the Montana plaintiffs could have ripple effects, according to Philip Gregory, Our Children’s Trust attorney. While it wouldn’t be binding outside Montana, it would give guidance to judges in other states, which could impact upcoming trials such as one in Hawaii, Gregory said.
Attempts to get a similar decision at the federal level were boosted by a June 1 ruling allowing a case brought by young climate activists in Oregon to proceed to trial in U.S. District Court. That case was halted by U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts on the eve of the trial in 2018.
From 2011 through 2021, Our Children’s Trust brought in contributions of more than $20 million, growing from four employees to a team of more than 40 attorneys and other workers and about 200 volunteers, according to tax filings and the group’s website.
Founder Julia Olson said securing the trials in Montana and Oregon marked a “huge step” forward for the group.
“It will change the future of the planet if courts will start declaring the conduct of government unconstitutional,” she said.
While Montana’s Constitution requires the state to “maintain and improve” a clean environment, the Montana Environmental Policy Act, originally passed in 1971 and amended several times since, requires state agencies to balance the environment with resource development.
Lawmakers revised the policy this year to say environmental reviews may not look at greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts unless the federal government makes carbon dioxide a regulated pollutant.
A key question for the trial will be how forcefully the state contests established science on human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, said Jonathan Adler, environmental law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. If the state doesn’t deny that science, the trial will deal with the question of whether courts can tell governments to address climate change.
“I’m skeptical about that,” Adler said. “It really pushes the boundaries of what courts are capable of and effective at addressing.”
To Gibson-Snyder, now a student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, the court system became the only avenue to make change as a 16-year-old.
Since then, “I’ve become maybe a bit disillusioned,” she said. “The question is not only can we create sustainable policy, it’s how can we dismantle the policy that’s actively harming Montana?”
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BURBANK, Calif., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Walt Disney Company announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2022 Disney Accelerator, a business development program designed to accelerate the growth of innovative companies from around the world. The program, now in its seventh year, is expected to begin in July and conclude with a Demo Day in the fall. Applications are due by May 13, 2022.
Building on Disney's near century-long history of leveraging technology to deliver unparalleled storytelling and immersive experiences to audiences around the globe, the 2022 Disney Accelerator is open to growth-stage companies with a vision for making an impact on the future of technology and entertainment. Participants will be connected with the creativity, imagination and expertise of Disney and receive exceptional mentorship and guidance from the Company's leadership team. For this year's program, the Disney Accelerator team is interested in companies innovating in: artificial intelligence (AI), data and analytics, immersive experiences, machine learning (ML), personalization, robotics, sports tech, and web3.
"The Disney Accelerator introduces us to visionary companies that are leading innovators in their respective industries," said Bonnie Rosen, General Manager of Disney Accelerator. "We are looking forward to this year's program and can't wait to connect with the next generation of talent that will help us make bold decisions and identify new opportunities for innovation at The Walt Disney Company."
Since the launch of Disney Accelerator in 2014, numerous companies that have been part of the program continue to collaborate with various divisions of the Company while making great strides in their industries, including:
- CAMP, the Family Experience Company, participated in the 2021 Disney Accelerator program and just announced its newest themed experience: "Mickey & Friends x CAMP: An Extra Big Adventure," which will debut on May 28th at CAMP's 5th Avenue flagship store. This interactive, larger-than-life collaboration is the first of several Disney-themed experiences that CAMP will launch in 2022 and will travel to other CAMP locations later this year and beyond.
- Mojo Vision, a company that is developing the first augmented reality smart contact lens, participated in the 2021 Disney Accelerator program, and just announced its new prototype of Mojo Lens, which incorporates numerous industry-first features, including the world's smallest and densest dynamic display, low-latency communication, and an eye-controlled user interface.
- Kahoot!, the global learning and engagement platform company, participated in the 2017 Disney Accelerator program. Since then, Kahoot! has collaborated with Disney Publishing Worldwide to create engaging Disney, Marvel and Star Wars learning content.
- Epic Games, developer of Unreal Engine, was a participant in the 2017 Disney Accelerator and has since worked with numerous divisions of the Company, including Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Walt Disney Imagineering.
The Disney Accelerator team is looking forward to hearing from innovative companies around the world. For more information and to apply for participation in the 2022 Disney Accelerator program, visit http://DisneyAccelerator.com.
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Kirsten Underwood
Disney Accelerator Communications
Kirsten.Underwood@disney.com
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BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.
T-Mobile said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the breach was discovered Jan. 5. It said the data exposed to theft — based on its investigation to date — did not include passwords or PINs, bank account or credit card information, Social Security numbers or other government IDs.
“Our investigation is still ongoing, but the malicious activity appears to be fully contained at this time,” T-Mobile said, with no evidence the intruder was able to breach the company’s network. It said the data was first accessed on or around Nov. 25.
T-Mobile said it has notified law enforcement and federal agencies, which it did not name. It did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
The company has been hacked multiple times in recent years. In its filing, T-Mobile said it did not expect the latest breach to have material impact on its operations. But a senior analyst for Moody’s Investors Service, Neil Mack, said in a statement that the breach raises questions about management’s cyber governance and could alienate customers and attract scrutiny by the Federal Communications Commission and other regulators.
“While these cybersecurity breaches may not be systemic in nature, their frequency of occurrence at T-Mobile is an alarming outlier relative to telecom peers,” Mack said.
In July, T-Mobile agreed to pay $350 million to customers who filed a class action lawsuitafter the company disclosed in August 2021 that personal data including Social Security numbers and driver’s license info had been stolen. Nearly 80 million U.S. residents were affected.
It also said at the time that it would spend $150 million through 2023 to fortify its data security and other technologies.
Prior to the August 2021 intrusion, the company disclosed breaches in January 2021, November 2019 and August 2018 in which customer information was accessed.
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(Motor Authority) — Toyota is set to reveal a redesigned version of its Crown sedan on July 15, and the automaker has released the first teaser shot.
The teaser shot shows a design similar to what we saw in patent drawings depicting a high-riding Toyota sedan (or possibly hatchback), which surfaced in June.
On a microsite for the redesigned Crown, Toyota poses the questions, “Sedan?” and “SUV?” and then ends with the statement, “Discover your Crown.” This suggests there will be more than one body style to choose from.
Further confusing the matter, Reuters reported in April that Toyota will unveil a redesigned Crown this summer, followed by a Crown SUV a year later. The SUV will reportedly include hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions that will be exported to the U.S. and China beginning in mid-2023. An electric version of the Crown SUV is also reportedly planned, but it may not be sold in the U.S.
Toyota introduced the Crown nameplate in 1955, on its first passenger car developed and built entirely in Japan. The nameplate is currently into its 15th generation and features on a large sedan closely related to the Toyota Mirai and Lexus LS. The Crown is currently not offered in the U.S., but elsewhere it serves as Toyota’s mainstream flagship (the automaker also has the exclusive Century sedan that sells for Bentley money). | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/reviews/br/automotive-br/new-toyota-crown-to-debut-july-15/ | 2022-07-09 17:30:39 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/reviews/br/automotive-br/new-toyota-crown-to-debut-july-15/ |
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) selected his close ally Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) to be chair of the Elected Leadership Committee, resurrecting the role within GOP leadership.
The selection was made official at Wednesday’s House GOP Conference meeting, according to a GOP source. Punchbowl News first reported McCarthy’s selection of Graves on Thursday.
The Elected Leadership Committee chair is an ad-hoc position that has not been filled in more than a decade. But resurrecting it has previously been floated as a fallback opportunity for rising stars in the House GOP. Former Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) was last appointed to the role by former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in 2010.
In selecting Graves, McCarthy is increasing the number of his allies in House GOP leadership after making many concessions throughout a prolonged Speakership election battle at the start of the year.
Graves was part of a small group of key negotiators, along with members like Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) and French Hill (R-Ark.), who helped craft a deal to sway 20 McCarthy detractors to support him for Speaker after multiple failed ballots.
Punchbowl News reported that Graves will work to put further restrictions on earmarks, which were brought back in the last Congress as “community project funding” after a decadelong ban. Many members who opposed McCarthy pushed to again eliminate earmarks, but the House GOP Conference overwhelmingly rejected a resolution to ban the practice in November.
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Getting access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as "food stamps," may be easier for older and Hoosiers with disabilities under a new law going into effect July 1.
For many who are elderly or have a disability, experts and advocates say complex SNAP application and reapplication requirements can be a barrier to receiving these often small, but critical benefits. It's especially hard for those without transportation or broadband, advocates say.
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 334 last week. The new law will create an alternative, simplified SNAP application for those groups and reduce application requirements to every three years rather than every two.
That two year reapplication requirement was already longer than the annual requirements for non-elderly, non-disabled beneficiaries, which are not affected by this new law. Seniors and people with disabilities on SNAP would still have to report their income to the state annually or whenever their income changes.
Lawmakers hope the change will prevent people from falling off the program and into food insecurity.
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The bill’s author, Sen. Shelli Yoder (D-Bloomington), emphasized the bill doesn’t affect eligibility or the application process for non-elderly, non-disabled Hoosiers.
“This just eases the application process for a vulnerable population. And it's a program that is covered 100 percent with federal dollars and perhaps will even be a cost savings in the administration of the program at the state level,” Yoder said. “Food secure individuals with disabilities and seniors are healthier Hoosiers, physically and mentally”
According to the latest available federal data from 2020, only 33 percent of Indiana's SNAP households included someone who is elderly or has a disability. And the average monthly SNAP benefit for such families was less than $200 a month while households with children averaged about double that. The bill also doesn’t change benefit amounts.
And SB 344 includes a provision requiring Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration to provide information on how to apply for SNAP to anyone on Medicaid. FSSA already does that, Yoder said, this provision in the bill is just intended to codify that practice in state law.
Overall, the new law doesn’t directly change much for most applicants. But advocates say it may free up resources that will allow social service organizations and the state to better serve all applicants.
Indiana’s percent of food-insecure households declined in 2019-2021 compared to previous three-year averages in USDA data. Many states saw similar declines.
That decline is reflected in the share of marginal food insecurity among the state’s elderly residents. According to estimates from Feeding America, 9.8 percent of older Hoosiers were marginally insecure in 2020, down from 12.7 percent in 2019.
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Pininfarina will unveil a limited-edition model this summer to mark the fifth anniversary of the launch of its automotive division, whose first product is the Battista electric hypercar.
A teaser shot released by the company on Tuesday hints at the new model being a version of the Battista, perhaps similar to the Battista Anniversario that is limited to just five units. The Battista Anniversario was unveiled in 2020 to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Pininfarina design studio.
The cloaked car appears to have the same leading edge shape as the Battista, as well as the same rear wing design. The number one also appears on the shroud covering the car, perhaps hinting it’s the first of a series of limited editions—something backed up by comments made by Pininfarina CEO Paolo Dellachà.
“We are committed to delighting even more clients in the future, and our team is excited to present the first in a series of spectacular new cars we have prepared for our growing client community this summer,” he said in a statement.
Deliveries of the Battista started last year, including in the U.S., where most of the 1,874-hp electric hypercars are expected to end up. A total of 150 examples are destined for production, a tally that includes the five Battista Anniversarios and possibly any additional limited-edition versions.
Pininfarina is known to be working on additional vehicles with higher volumes than the Battista. One of these is an SUV, which Pininfarina previewed to potential customers a few years back with its Pura Vision concept car. However, Pininfarina hasn’t provided any concrete information on the SUV apart from a projected 1,000-hp output.
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PHOENIX — The House of Representatives took the first major step Wednesday to stave off a nationwide railroad strike that could cripple the economy and cause prices to skyrocket.
The legislation could solve a months-long standoff between the railroads and union workers over issues like getting paid sick time.
President Joe Biden helped broker a deal between the two sides back in September that included a 24% pay raise. However, it was rejected by four unions because they felt it did not address time off concerns.
Railroad workers are set to walk off the job on Dec. 9, 2022.
The impact of such a strike would likely cause more issues with the supply chain and cause prices of many goods to go up.
Congress can stop a strike thanks to the 1926 Railway Labor Act. Members of both parties have expressed support for measures that would prevent a shutdown.
Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed two bills. One piece of legislation is the already brokered deal, while a second bill would guarantee seven days of paid sick time.
“It would make a world of difference,” Rich Andrade, a state lawmaker and railroader for 28 years, said.
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“Railroad runs 24/7,” Andrade said, “We don’t shut down on weekends. We don’t shut down on holidays.”
Andrade said when he first became a railroader in 1994, he had 14 days of unpaid time off. However, as the number of workers downsized, railroads implemented attendance guidelines to keep the trains running.
The system puts workers essentially on call around the clock and can penalize them for taking time off.
“We, as railroaders, have zero paid time off,” Andrade said.
Andrade said while the money brokered by the Biden deal is nice, the focus has always been on getting more time off away from the tracks.
“It wasn’t about the money for us. It wasn’t about the raise. It was about the time off.”
The two house-passed proposals now go to the Senate, where the future of the legislation is still unclear.
12News reached out to Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema about where they stand on the bills but did not get a response.
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WASHINGTON, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) announced today that it has appointed Feroz Dewan to its Board of Directors and to the Board's Science & Technology Committee. This addition expands the size of Danaher's Board from thirteen to fourteen members.
Mr. Dewan is currently CEO of Arena Holdings Management, a global investment business. From 2003 to 2015, he worked at Tiger Global Management, most recently as Head of Public Equities. Prior to that, Mr. Dewan was a private equity investor at Silver Lake Partners.
Mr. Dewan earned his B.S. in Engineering with a Certificate in Applied and Computational Mathematics from Princeton University.
Steven M. Rales, Chairman of the Board of Danaher Corporation, said "We are very pleased to welcome Feroz to the Board. We expect that his financial acumen and technology expertise will be a tremendous benefit to Danaher as we strive to continue building sustainable, long-term value for all of our constituents."
Danaher is a global science and technology innovator committed to helping its customers solve complex challenges and improving quality of life around the world. Its family of world class brands has leadership positions in the demanding and attractive health care, environmental and applied end-markets. With more than 20 operating companies, Danaher's globally diverse team of approximately 80,000 associates is united by a common culture and operating system, the Danaher Business System, and its Shared Purpose, Helping Realize Life's Potential. For more information, please visit www.danaher.com.
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Recognizing pharmacies' expanded healthcare role, DocStation provides the industry with the tools of the future.
AUSTIN, Texas, June 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DocStation, a leading provider of innovative pharmacy software solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its groundbreaking Auto-Billing functionality, a revolutionary feature that transforms revenue streams for pharmacies. With this cutting-edge AI-powered technology, DocStation empowers pharmacists to unlock new financial opportunities while delivering exceptional patient care.
Pharmacists are now essential healthcare providers, offering vital clinical services to their communities; however, the challenge of billing insurance for services has hindered pharmacies from capitalizing on their contributions. DocStation's Auto-Billing feature addresses this issue, providing a seamless experience to streamline workflow and maximize revenue from clinical services.
"Auto-Billing is a huge leap forward for the pharmacy industry," says Samm Anderegg, CEO of DocStation. "By harnessing the efficiencies of workflow automation powered by AI, we're making it easy for pharmacies to tap into clinical revenue streams and enhance their role in healthcare. This is the first of many solutions we'll be releasing to help pharmacies grow revenue exponentially and expand service offerings."
DocStation Auto-Billing is the first-of-its-kind and revolutionizes the way pharmacists bill for clinical services. Unlike traditional methods involving manual administrative processes, DocStation automatically identifies clinical opportunities and triggers a workflow to bill for services at the time they are rendered which has reduced administrative burden by 80%.
One of its key advantages is its ability to integrate dispensing and clinical workflows into one streamlined experience, allowing pharmacy team members to focus on providing patient care.
The feature also bridges the gap between pharmacy and medical benefit by automating the medical billing process. Leveraging advanced algorithms, it provides a confidence in payment on specific services considering factors such as patient coverage, billing codes, and reimbursement rates. This integration enables pharmacies to unlock the full potential of their business, capturing revenue for specialty products and direct patient care activities.
The DocStation Auto-Billing is already impacting pharmacies across the country. One notable success story comes from a community pharmacy in Austin, Texas. Upon implementing the new solution, the pharmacy successfully billed outpatient encounters, earning over $19,000 in the first month. With automation in place, the pharmacy continues to generate significant revenue and is estimated to earn over $100,000 in net new revenue in their first year on DocStation.
The introduction of the Auto-Billing feature reflects DocStation's commitment to empowering pharmacies as front-line healthcare providers. By simplifying billing processes, streamlining workflows, and unlocking new revenue streams, DocStation is revolutionizing how pharmacies provide care.
About DocStation
DocStation is a leading provider of innovative pharmacy software solutions, dedicated to empowering community pharmacies to deliver exceptional patient care. With a focus on leveraging technology to optimize pharmacy operations, DocStation offers a range of advanced features and functionalities that streamline workflows, enhance revenue generation, and improve patient outcomes.
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Many outsiders associate Wawa, the popular convenience store brand, with the state of New Jersey.
The company is giving them yet another reason to do so with the opening of its newest Garden State store.
Wawa opened a new location at 600 White Horse Pike in Egg Harbor City on June 30.
This marks the company’s 14th New Jersey store to open in 2022.
In April, Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens told the Philadelphia Business Journal the company wants to operate about 1,800 locations by 2030 — doubling its current store count.
The convenience chain most recently opened Garden State stores in North Bergen and Vineland.
Additional stores will open in Frankford Township, Hamilton Township, Orange, Union, and Voorhees, but opening dates have not been announced.
Wawa is popular for its hoagies, coffee, snacks and drinks.
The Egg Harbor City store offers gas as part of its fuel court, like many other Wawa stores throughout the state.
There are currently more than 270 Wawa locations in New Jersey and more than 900 stores throughout the East Coast.
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STOCKHOLM, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Catena Media has recorded its strongest ever launch period for a US state launch of licensed online sports betting after reporting all-time-high revenue from new player registrations in Ohio, which legalised online sports betting on 1 January 2023.
According to preliminary data, strong player engagement surpassed the highly successful launch of Catena Media's online sports betting affiliation in New York in January 2022, notching more transactions in the first two days than any previous state go-live. While initial post-launch indications may not necessarily be representative of future trends, Ohio will be a major US market for Catena Media going forward.
Ryan Harper, Catena Media Vice President North America, commented: "This is without doubt our strongest state sports betting launch period to date. We're delighted to see strong traffic on our websites in relation to the Ohio launch. Player engagement in licensed sports betting has been very solid."
The successful start puts the group in a strong position for the upcoming sports-heavy first quarter, which includes the Super Bowl and March Madness, two of the biggest betting events in the annual sports calendar.
With a population of nearly 12 million, Ohio is the seventh most populous US state and is now Catena Media's fourth largest market by population. The group conducts affiliation operations in Ohio via its national brands such as LegalSportsReport.com, GamingToday.com, TheLines.com and Lineups.com, as well as through strong regional websites such as PlayOhio.com.
Ohio is the sixth North American market launch in the last 12 months after New York, Louisiana, Ontario, Kansas and Maryland. Forthcoming launches are likely to include Massachusetts, which has a population of 7 million and is currently expected to open in the first quarter of 2023.
Catena Media is a leading marketing affiliate for online sports betting and casino in North America. The group is active in over 20 regulated states or provinces, and the region is today the group's core market following rapid expansion in the last few years. On 30 September 2022, the rolling 12-months North American revenue was around EUR 80 million and representing growth of 33 percent, while the total group's adjusted EBITDA margin stood at 43 percent.
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Catena Media is a global leader in generating high-value leads for operators of online casino, sports betting and financial trading platforms. The group's large portfolio of web-based affiliation brands guides online users to customer websites and enriches the experience of players worldwide. Headquartered in Malta, the group employs over 450 people in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Oceania. The share (CTM) is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap. For further information see catenamedia.com.
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Appeals court reverses nearly $3 million award, renders a take-nothing judgment
HOUSTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas 14th Court of Appeals has reversed a $2.7 million judgment against the Houston-based cosmetics company GHP Nail Systems, granting a take-nothing judgment against the Netherlands-based cosmetics distributor Benelux.
Benelux and GHP entered into an Exclusive Distribution Agreement in 2013, with Benelux agreeing to distribute, market, sell, and advertise GHP's Haute Polish gel nail polish products in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Benelux later claimed the nail polish bottles were defective, and after failing to reach a resolution in the dispute, Benelux terminated the agreement in 2015.
GHP filed suit claiming breach of contract and misappropriation after Benelux began selling its own brand of gel nail polish products.
Benelux countersued for breach of contract and violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, among other claims, and was granted the $2.7 million award in 2019. However, the Court of Appeals has now ruled that the trial evidence was "legally insufficient to support a finding that Benelux suffered any damages," reversing the judgment in its entirety.
Robin Harrison and Amanda Goldstein, of Houston law firm Hicks Thomas LLP, represented GHP in the trial and appeal of the case.
"There were a number of claims where we thought Benelux's proof had fallen short during the trial, and the Court of Appeals agreed," said Harrison. "We're pleased with the outcome for our client."
Founded in 1997, Texas-based Hicks Thomas LLP is a premier litigation firm representing plaintiffs and defendants across the nation. With offices in Houston, Austin, Beaumont, Amarillo, and Sacramento, California, the firm provides in-depth experience in cases involving oil and gas, environmental, complex commercial, toxic tort, construction, products liability, corporate governance, securities, banking, insurance coverage, transportation, trade secrets and business litigation. Visit the firm at http://www.hicks-thomas.com.
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Indiana received a No. 4 seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament and will take on 13th-seeded Kent State out of the Mid-American Conference, in the tournament's round of 64 this week, the selection committee announced.
The Hoosiers (22-11) have their highest seed since 2013, when they were a No. 1 seed and reached the Sweet 16 with wins over James Madison and Marquette before falling to Syracuse. This is the first time the Hoosiers have received a bye through the First Four and into the round of 64 since getting a 5-seed in 2016.
Kent State coach Rob Senderoff is a former Indiana assistant. He was with the Hoosiers from 2006 to 2008 and resigned as part of the recruiting scandal which also brought down then-Hoosiers head coach Kelvin Sampson. Senderoff received a show-cause penalty from the NCAA for his role in the recruiting violations. If Indiana reaches the Sweet 16, it could face the region's No. 1 seed: Houston, led by Sampson.
Senderoff has been at Kent State since shortly after leaving Indiana. He was originally hired in 2008 as an assistant coach and took over as the head coach prior to the 2011-12 season. Since then, he has led the Golden Flashes to eight 20-win seasons, including a 28-6 mark this season. This is his team's second appearance in the NCAA Tournament, following a loss to 3-seed UCLA as a No. 14 seed in 2017.
This year's Kent State team is a fast-paced group which also plays excellent defense. The Golden Flashes are 61st nationally in scoring at 76.6 points per game, but 19th in opponent field goal percentage at 40.3%. No one in their rotation is taller than 6-foot-9, meaning they will have to devise a plan of defense against Indiana All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis.
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MARIANNA, Ark. — The Marianna Police Department has asked the Criminal Investigation Division of Arkansas State Police to investigate a shooting that happened on Saturday night.
According to reports, at around 11:00 p.m., police were called with reports of a shooting in the O'Reilly Auto Parts parking lot on Chestnut St.
When they arrived, officers found several people who had been shot.
37-year-old Olanda Bender of Jonesboro was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.
A 36-year-old, 27-year-old, and 20-year-old were also taken to a nearby hospital and are all in critical condition.
A 31-year-old was also airlifted to a hospital in Memphis and his condition remains unknown.
The body of the deceased has been taken to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.
The details of what happened are limited at this time but we will update with more information as soon as it becomes available.
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Congressman Greg Steube was seriously injured after falling off a ladder while cutting a tree at his home in Sarasota, Florida.
A representative for the congressman wrote a series of tweets on Steube's official account. They state that someone witnessed the Florida representative falling approximately 25 feet and called 911.
Steube spent the night in the intensive care unit, but his condition is reportedly not life-threatening at this time.
"He is making progress and in good spirits," one of the tweets states.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy stated that he spoke with Steube and his wife Thursday.
"I informed him he will serve on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and he is eager to get back to work," McCarthy tweeted.
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West Lafayette Public Library Director Nick Schenkel reviews Justin Spizman's and Keanon Lowe's "Hometown Victory: A Coach's Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home," an autobiographical tale of Lowe's return to his hometown to coach high school football. | https://www.wbaa.org/2022-book-reviews/2022-10-13/book-revew-hometown-victory | 2022-10-13 21:22:46 | 1 | https://www.wbaa.org/2022-book-reviews/2022-10-13/book-revew-hometown-victory |
One four-minute stretch in the first quarter all but put Minnesota to bed early Sunday afternoon at Target Center.
The matinee with Golden State was knotted at 15-15 a few minutes into the game. Then the Warriors flexed their muscles and essentially ended the contest.
A 25-2 run highlighted a first quarter Golden State won 47-27. Minnesota never really challenged from there en route to a 137-114 defeat.
“Obviously, that was everything,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “Then you have to make all the great plays, all the shots, and get all the calls and all the 50-50 balls and all that. And then they’re just one or two shots from breaking the game open again. So that was pretty much the story of the game — they blew us out in the first quarter.”
Minnesota made mini-pushes throughout the remainder of the contest, as NBA teams are expected to do. But the Wolves would trim the deficit to 14 or 15, only to have Golden State bury another key triple.
The Timberwolves cut Golden State’s advantage to 10 midway through the final frame — for the first time since that first-quarter run — only to have the Warriors hit three triples in succession to balloon the lead back to 19 in a blink of an eye.
“Guys need to defend. We need to defend better. We’ve got to be better. We gave them 50 points in the first quarter, man,” said Austin Rivers, who started in place of an ill Jaden McDaniels. “I don’t know how many games you’re going to win, no matter who you play if you’re doing that, let alone that team — the best team in the NBA. I don’t care what their record is, they’re by the far the best team. We can’t give a team like that a 25-point head start. We’ll be better tomorrow.”
Minnesota travels to the nation’s capital Monday to play the Wizards. Everything will need to be different. Because while Golden State did shine Sunday, Minnesota made it easy for the Warriors to do so. Anthony Edwards tried to write off the first-quarter explosion as supreme shot making — “What are we supposed to do?” the guard asked.
But a number of the Warriors’ first-quarter makes were products of easy buckets scored in transition — sometimes off Wolves’ makes. Golden State plays fast, but the Warriors’ starting lineup also isn’t full of young, athletic phenoms. The Warriors are a veteran-laden group who simply knew the scouting report against Minnesota is to run, and let the easy buckets come from there.
“Obviously they know we have two bigs – it’s obvious. Teams are going to try to run and go fast paced and that’s what we’re doing, and we’re struggling with it a little bit,” Rivers said. “I think getting back is just crucial right now, especially the three guards. When that shot goes up, I mean they crushed us tonight in the fast breaks. They had leak outs, they were running the floor, they got anything they wanted. Especially the first quarter was disgusting.”
Golden State shot 58 percent from the field for the game, and 43 percent from deep. The Warriors had six players score in double figures, led by 25 from Steph Curry and 24 from Jordan Poole, while Draymond Green added 19 points and 11 assists.
“If you clean up that first quarter, we’ve got a ballgame,” Rivers said. “The rest of the game, we looked really good, so that tells you we can do it. That tells you we can get back, we did it for three quarters. We’ve got to continue to get better every day.”
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- Idefirix® is the first and only product approved for use in highly sensitized patients waiting for a kidney transplant in the Czech Republic1,2
- Availability of Idefirix® for eligible highly sensitized patients to begin January 1, 2023
LUND, Sweden, Jan. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hansa Biopharma, "Hansa" (NASDAQ Stockholm: HNSA), a pioneer in enzyme technology for rare immunological conditions, today announces that it has attained reimbursement in the Czech Republic for its first-in-class treatment, Idefirix®, for the desensitization treatment of highly sensitized adult patients prior to kidney transplant from a deceased donor.1,2
Between January and October 2022, a total of 386 kidney transplants from deceased donors were performed in the Czech Republic, while approximately 400 patients remained on the kidney transplant waiting list.3 Highly sensitized patients have antibodies with a broad reactivity against a wide pool of potential donors,4 so finding a matched organ for these patients is particularly challenging. As a result, highly sensitized patients end up spending a longer than average time on transplant waiting lists with an increased risk of dying while waiting for a compatible donor.5,6 The decision to implement Idefirix® marks an important milestone for highly sensitized patients in the Czech Republic as they may now be desensitized using Idefirix® to enable kidney transplantation.
"We welcome this important decision and look forward to the positive impact that Idefirix® is expected to now make in clinical practice" says Professor Ondrej Viklicky, Head Transplant Center, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague. "Highly sensitized patients are often left with no option but to remain on long-term dialysis, which lowers their quality of life and increases the risk of mortality and hospitalization. For those less likely to receive an organ offer due to their immunological status, there is now the opportunity to be treated with Idefirix® to enable kidney transplant, freeing them from dialysis."
"We are very pleased to see that Idefirix® is now reimbursed in the Czech Republic for the treatment of highly sensitized kidney patients. These patients have a serious disease burden and unmet needs and this decision is a significant milestone for them", says Søren Tulstrup, President and CEO, Hansa Biopharma. "For Hansa, this decision is well aligned with our vision: A world where patients with rare immunologic diseases can lead long and healthy lives."
For more information:
Klaus Sindahl, Head of Investor Relations
M: +46 (0) 709 298 269
E: klaus.sindahl@hansabiopharma.com
About Idefirix® (imlifidase)
Imlifidase is an enzyme derived from the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes and has the ability to specifically target and cleave all classes of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies.7
Imlifidase is a promising new strategy for desensitization of transplant patients with donor-specific anti-HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigens) antibodies (DSAs).8 Highly sensitized patients have high levels of these preformed antibodies that can bind to the donor organ and damage the transplant.9 Once they are inactivated with imlifidase, there is a window of opportunity for the transplant to take place. By the time the body starts to synthesize new IgG, the patient will be receiving post transplant immunosuppressive therapy to reduce the risk of organ rejection.
The efficacy and safety of imlifidase as a pre-transplant treatment to reduce donor-specific IgG was studied in four phase 2 open-label, single-arm, six-month clinical trials.8,10-12
Hansa is now collecting further clinical evidence and will submit additional efficacy and safety data based on one observational follow-up study and one post-approval efficacy study. Idefirix® was reviewed as part of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) program, which supports medicines that may offer a major therapeutic advantage over existing treatments or benefit patients without treatment options.13
Idefirix® was granted conditional European Marketing Authorization from the EMA in August 2020 for the desensitization treatment of highly sensitized adult kidney transplant patients with a positive crossmatch against an available deceased donor. The use of Idefirix® should be reserved for patients who are unlikely to be transplanted under the available kidney allocation system, including prioritization programs for highly sensitized patients.13 Conditional approval allows the Agency to recommend a medicine for marketing authorization in cases where the benefit of a medicine's immediate availability to patients outweighs the risk that not all the data are available yet.
About kidney failure
Kidney disease can progress to kidney failure or End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), identified when a patient's kidney function is less than 15%.14 ESRD poses a significant health burden, affecting nearly 2.5 million patients worldwide.12 A kidney transplant is the treatment of choice for suitable patients with ESRD because it offers improved survival and quality of life benefits, and is cost savings compared to long-term dialysis. There are approximately 80,000 kidney patients on transplant waiting lists across the European Union.15
Full product information can be accessed via the initial Summary of Product Characteristics found here.
About Hansa Biopharma
Hansa Biopharma is a pioneering commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to develop and commercialize innovative, lifesaving and life-altering treatments for patients with rare immunological conditions. Hansa has developed a first-in-class immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody-cleaving enzyme therapy, which has been shown to enable kidney transplantation in highly sensitized patients. Hansa has a rich and expanding research and development program based on the Company's proprietary IgG-cleaving enzyme technology platform, to address serious unmet medical needs in transplantation, autoimmune diseases, gene therapy and cancer. Hansa Biopharma is based in Lund, Sweden, and has operations in Europe and the U.S. The Company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker HNSA. Find out more at www.hansabiopharma.com.
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Series Engages in Open and Curious Conversations Exploring 3,000 Years of Human Thought
SANTA FE, N.M., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- St. John's College, the third-oldest college in the U.S. and considered the most contrarian college for its distinct and steadfast approach to the liberal arts—reading and discussing 3,000 years of Great Books across multiple disciplines over the course of four years—is launching a 20-episode podcast and web series examining the mysteries of who we are as humans and why we see each other and the world as we do.
Titled 'Continuing the Conversation,' St. John's invites listeners who are curious about the books and authors that have influenced civilization for millennia to engage in discussions where questions are more important than answers. Using Great Books spanning western and eastern thought on science, philosophy, mathematics, and literature as guides, the series explores ideas that have shaped human history.
From January 19 through June, alternating hosts and St. John's tutors (faculty) Sarah Davis, Zena Hitz, Louis Petrich, and Krishnan Venkatesh will be joined by guest tutors to discuss and connect over the profound and the personal. Conversations explore the conflict between the ideals America was founded upon and the lived reality of life in America; the centrality of family conflict in dramas from Ancient Greece to modern Japan; the relationship between sports and war; and the tension between philosophical ideals and political realities, among other thought- and conversation-provoking topics.
Produced by the College's Communications Office in partnership with 12FPS and Awarehouse Productions, Continuing the Conversation is available at http://www.sjc.edu/continuing-conversation, YouTube, and on most podcast platforms including Spotify and Apple podcasts.
St. John's College holds a distinctive position among American colleges and universities. Its strong commitment to collaborative inquiry and to the rigorous study of original texts by great Western and Eastern philosophers, scientists, writers, mathematicians, musicians, and astronomers—from Homer, Plato and Confucius to Bach, Einstein, Woolf, and DuBois—makes St. John's College a unique, vibrant community of learning.
Located on two campuses in historic state capitals—Santa Fe, N.M., and Annapolis, Md.,—St. John's is the third oldest college in America. The College offers interdisciplinary B.A. and M.A. degrees in the liberal arts on both campuses; the Santa Fe campus also offers an M.A. in the Eastern Classics. www.sjc.edu.
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CLEVELAND (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Ohio Lottery's "Rolling Cash 5" game were:
06-17-33-37-38
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LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: RILY) ("B. Riley"), a diversified financial services platform, today announced that certain of its affiliates led the financing to support Harrow Health, Inc.'s ("Harrow") (Nasdaq: HROW) recent acquisition of the exclusive commercial rights to five FDA approved ophthalmic products. B. Riley provided $59.75 million in debt financing to Harrow in January 2023 upon consummation of the acquisition, and as part of a fully backstopped $125 million commitment. The B. Riley loan was repaid in full on March 27, 2023 in connection with Harrow's recently announced $100 million credit facility with a large global investment manager.
In connection with the financing, B. Riley Securities also served as lead left book-running manager in Harrow's related equity and senior notes offerings in December 2022 which raised $65.25 million in aggregate gross proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price of Harrow's acquisition.
Bryant Riley, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of B. Riley Financial, commented: "We congratulate the Harrow team on this landmark transaction which extends its leadership in the U.S. ophthalmic pharmaceuticals market. Our participation in this transaction reflects our continued advocacy of our clients and ability to utilize our balance sheet to enable their success. We remain committed to support our clients amid a challenging period for credit markets and throughout the next stages of their growth."
Mark L. Baum, CEO of Harrow, commented: "B. Riley has been a consistent and reliable partner to Harrow as we have executed our growth strategy, creating significant value for our shareholders and more fully meeting the needs of our customers. We are grateful to Bryant Riley personally, and the entire B. Riley team, for their leadership and support throughout the process of this transaction."
Harrow is a Nashville, TN-based eyecare pharmaceutical company exclusively focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative ophthalmic therapies. Its completed acquisition of the five FDA-approved ophthalmic products represents its second transaction with Novartis and complements Harrow's current portfolio of ophthalmic prescription products.
About B. Riley Financial
B. Riley Financial is a diversified financial services platform that delivers tailored solutions to meet the strategic, operational, and capital needs of its clients and partners. B. Riley leverages cross-platform expertise to provide clients with full service, collaborative solutions at every stage of the business life cycle. Through its affiliated subsidiaries, B. Riley provides end-to-end financial services across investment banking, institutional brokerage, private wealth and investment management, financial consulting, corporate restructuring, operations management, risk and compliance, due diligence, forensic accounting, litigation support, appraisal and valuation, auction, and liquidation services. B. Riley opportunistically invests to benefit its shareholders, and certain affiliates originate and underwrite senior secured loans for asset-rich companies. B. Riley refers to B. Riley Financial, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries or affiliates. For more information, please visit www.brileyfin.com.
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PhantomStrike provides superior battlespace situational awareness at half the size and weight
ARLINGTON, Va., May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will outfit Korea Aerospace Industries' FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft with the new PhantomStrike radar. PhantomStrike is a fully air-cooled fire-control radar designed to provide long-range threat detection, tracking and targeting. Working with the United States Government, PhantomStrike was approved to be exported as a Direct Commercial Sales product to KAI.
PhantomStrike is a first-of-its-kind, compact AESA radar that is smaller, lighter and requires less power. It is designed for a wide range of platforms including light-attack aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft, uncrewed aerial vehicles, and ground-based towers.
"Outfitting the FA-50 with the PhantomStrike radar upgrades the capability of a critical aircraft, providing unparalleled performance in a compact, affordable package," said Annabel Flores, president, Global Spectrum Dominance at Raytheon Technologies. "All while keeping these jets fast, agile and easy to maintain."
PhantomStrike combines two Raytheon Technologies specialties — a gallium nitride-powered array and the compact high-reliability integrated receiver/exciter processor, or CHIRP — to match the capability of modern AESA radars. The upgrades provide capabilities including digital beam forming and steering, multimode functionality, and interleaved ground and air targeting.
"Threats on the battlefield always evolve, and PhantomStrike makes it possible for KAI to offer high-performance fire control radar capabilities that can integrate with U.S. and international weapon systems, so FA-50 customers maintain air dominance," said Flores.
Production of the radars will take place in Forest, Mississippi; Tucson, Arizona; and Scotland, with support from Raytheon UK. Initial deliveries are expected in 2025.
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Sierra Armstrong
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About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies is the world's largest aerospace and defense company. Our global team of 180,000 employees pushes the limits of known science and redefines how we connect and protect our world. We are advancing aviation, building smarter defense systems and creating innovations to take us deeper into space. The company, with 2022 sales of $67 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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CALGARY, AB, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX: CPG) and (NYSE: CPG) plans to report its second quarter 2022 financial and operating results via press release prior to the opening of markets on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Crescent Point's management will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. MT (12:00 p.m. ET) the same day to discuss the Company's results and outlook.
Participants can listen to this event online via webcast. Alternatively, the conference call can be accessed by dialing 1‑888‑390‑0605.
The webcast will be archived for replay and can be accessed on Crescent Point's conference calls and webcasts webpage under the invest tab. The replay will be available approximately one hour following the completion of the call.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CRESCENT POINT ENERGY, PLEASE CONTACT:
Shant Madian, Vice President, Capital Markets, or
Sarfraz Somani, Manager, Investor Relations
Telephone: (403) 693-0020 Toll-free (US and Canada): 888-693-0020 Fax: (403) 693-0070
Address: Crescent Point Energy Corp. Suite 2000, 585 - 8th Avenue S.W. Calgary AB T2P 1G1
Crescent Point shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CPG.
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Campaign Dates Announced
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) announces that Drowsy Driving Prevention Week® 2022 will be November 6-13. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the campaign.
NSF encourages everyone to prioritize sleep and drive when alert and refreshed. NSF's annual campaign goal is to reduce the number of drivers who choose to drive while sleep deprived. Drowsy driving is responsible for more than 6,400 U.S. deaths annually. Fall asleep crashes are often caused by not getting the sleep you need.
NSF's drowsy driving prevention resources are available on www.theNSF.org. Drowsy Driving Prevention Week 2022 sponsors include Schneider National and Waymo. Higi is also helping to promote NSF's sleep health messages. NSF independently produces Drowsy Driving Prevention Week and all related official educational content.
Sleep health resources for the public are available at www.theNSF.org.
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving health and well- being through sleep education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the NSF is committed to advancing excellence in sleep health theory, research and practice. theNSF.org │SleepHealthJournal.org
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Chris Christie is sharpening his attacks on his former friend and ally Donald Trump as the ex-New Jersey governor considers challenging the former president for the GOP nomination in 2024.
Christie, famous for his acerbic remarks, knows the former president well and is comfortable going on television with ready-made sound bites about Trump that make headlines.
On Monday, he said the GOP field needed a candidate who would go after Trump and do what Christie did to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in a 2016 debate, when he questioned Rubio’s lack of experience and mocked the senator for using the same “25-second memorized speech” over and over.
“You better have somebody on that stage who can do to him what I did to Marco [Rubio], because that’s the only thing that’s gonna defeat Donald Trump,” Christie said during a town hall at Saint Anselm College on Monday.
“And that means you gotta have the skill to do it,” he added. “And that means you have to be fearless because he will come back and right at you.”
A week earlier, Christie made news describing the endless “circus” surrounding Trump as the former president predicted his own arrest, showing off an ability to cut down the former president.
“The circus continues. I mean, look, he only profits and does well in chaos and turmoil. And so he wants to create the chaos and turmoil on his terms. He doesn’t want anybody else’s terms … he wants it on his terms,” Christie said on ABC’s “This Week.”
Christie appears to be seeking out a lane in a potential primary race as a candidate willing to go toe-to-toe with Trump where others are not, with many of the would-be challengers dancing around criticizing Trump directly. The former governor has wide name recognition, and his perch as an ABC News commentator gives him a way to remain in the news by weighing in on each new Trump controversy.
“[Trump] loves a good fight. Well, so does Chris Christie,” said Jim Merrill, a New Hampshire-based Republican strategist and former senior adviser to Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign. “I think his comment last night about ‘you want me on that stage,’ it would be must-see TV, that’s for sure.”
Christie’s last run for the White House did not go well and ended with him jumping to Trump’s side. He had an on-again, off-again relationship with Trump for the next four years.
The former governor led Trump’s 2016 transition team, but was fired over bad blood with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Christie was a contender to become Trump’s chief of staff in late 2018 before taking himself out of the running. And the former governor again aided Trump’s campaign in 2020, assisting him with debate prep. Christie contracted COVID-19 in the process and spent time in the hospital as a result.
But he has since become a full-blown Trump critic after the former president’s term ended, and he has signaled he will decide by this summer whether to run in 2024 himself.
There is deep skepticism among some Republicans that Christie can break through in a field that has so far been dominated by Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — who has not officially announced a campaign — and Trump’s team has shrugged off the former governor’s latest attacks.
In response to Christie’s diatribe against the former president on Monday, a Trump campaign spokesperson sarcastically responded, “Who’s he?”
A former Trump White House official waved away any concern about whether Christie could damage Trump’s standing in a Republican primary, arguing the former governor is more likely to siphon support from the likes of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence or New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu. Of those three, only Haley has officially declared her candidacy for 2024.
In a Quinnipiac University poll released March 15, Christie polled at 1 percent in a survey of 1,795 adults, which included 677 Republican and Republican-leaning voters. Trump led that poll with 46 percent support, followed by DeSantis at 32 percent.
It’s also unclear what Christie’s ultimate endgame is as other potential presidential hopefuls, like DeSantis and Pence, create their own campaign-in-waiting apparatuses.
“There’s not an organizing apparatus around him. He’s not raising money yet, so it’s sort of hard to give a full read at this point,” said Republican strategist Doug Heye, noting that it is still early in the primary season.
At the same time, Christie has the benefit of having run for president in 2016.
“He knows a lot of the folks in the early states,” said Matt Mowers, who served as Christie’s New Hampshire state director in 2016. “He doesn’t necessarily need the same type of apparatus that a first-time candidate needs at the outset. He’s got plenty of time to build one if he decides to run.”
There are also questions about whether an anti-Trump message will resonate in a GOP primary, let alone in an early primary state like New Hampshire.
“I think New Hampshire appreciates pugnacious candidates who are tough and hard-nosed — we’ve shown that in the past,” Merrill said. “But that’s a pretty tall mountain for him to climb.”
Others argue that Christie’s comments and presentation on Monday evening were not necessarily Christie putting on a show ahead of a campaign, but him being himself.
“He speaks his mind. He doesn’t hold back his feelings or his thoughts on anything,” Mowers said. “I wouldn’t over-speculate on how he’s positioning or what lane he’s looking for. He’s just going out there being him.” | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/christie-ups-profile-with-acerbic-attacks-on-trump/ | 2023-03-29 13:56:12 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/hill-politics/christie-ups-profile-with-acerbic-attacks-on-trump/ |
NEW YORK — The first words from the greatest voice that baseball ever might have been mama and dada back in the day in the Bronx.
Broadcasting legend Vin Scully, who died Tuesday night at age 94, was born in the borough. He grew up in Manhattan, but returned to the Bronx to attend high school at Fordham Prep and college at Fordham University.
The Yankees honored Scully before their Wednesday’s game at Yankee Stadium with a moment of silence that was followed by cheers from the crowd.
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Baseball fans everywhere loved Scully, who was the voice of the Dodgers for 67 amazing years, the first eight when they were still located in Brooklyn from 1950-57 and then 59 more in Los Angeles from 1958-2016.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone spent part of his childhood in Southern California after his father, former big-league catcher Bob Boone, was traded by the Phillies to the Angels in December 1981.
He, too, became a big Scully fan.
“Growing up in this game … growing up as a fan of this game, I have a romantic relationship with the radio and baseball,” Boone said before the Yankees and Seattle Mariners’ series finale. “I like to drive my car and now with satellite radio. Driving home, I’ll turn on a local team’s broadcast and I love listening to them paint that picture.
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Following his playing days, Boone tried to do the same thing during his years as an ESPN broadcaster.
“I remember being part of the broadcast for my first radio game and I was like, ‘This is my opportunity to paint that picture,’” he said. “I grew up falling asleep at night (in Philadelphia) listening to Harry Kalas and Richie Ashburn paint the picture for me. And I think nobody’s painted the picture better than Vin Scully in baseball, but obviously he’s a giant in all sports broadcasting.”
Boone says he met Scully several times and it was always a thrill.
“I think anyone that had the pleasure of coming across him or meeting him, as I was fortunate enough to do many times, his kindness jumped out at you, resonated with you and stuck with you,” he said. “That’s what I’ll remember. Obviously it’s a sad day, but I think more an opportunity to celebrate a great man and a giant in sports.”
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LONDON (AP) — A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin has admitted spying for Russia and faces up to 14 years in prison.
David Ballantyne Smith, 58, pleaded guilty to eight charges under the Official Secrets Act. Prosecutors say he gave Gen. Maj. Sergey Chukhurov, Russia’s military attache in Berlin, information about the activities, identities, addresses and phone numbers of British civil servants.
Smith also collected intelligence, some of it classed secret, on the operation and layout of the embassy, which prosecutors said would be useful to “an enemy, namely the Russian state.”
Smith admitted guilt during a hearing last week at London’s Central Criminal Court, but the pleas were covered by reporting restrictions until Friday, when prosecutors dropped a ninth charge that Smith had denied.
Prosecutors say Smith was motivated by a hatred of Britain and its embassy, where he had worked for eight years, and had expressed sympathy with Russian authorities. They claim he was angry that the embassy flew the rainbow flag in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
Smith’s lawyer, Matthew Ryder, said his client denied prosecutors’ description of “why he did what he did and the seriousness of the allegations.” He said Smith did not have “a negative intention towards the U.K.”
Smith was arrested by German police at his home in Potsdam, southwest of Berlin in August 2021 and extradited to the U.K. in April.
He will be sentenced at a later date and faces a maximum 14-year sentence. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ex-guard-at-uks-berlin-embassy-admits-spying-for-russia/ | 2022-11-12 11:34:05 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-ex-guard-at-uks-berlin-embassy-admits-spying-for-russia/ |
A cooling center will be open for one month in an agreement made between Chico and nonprofit Safe Space Winter Shelter, according to a city press release Wednesday morning.
“All are welcome, including pets,” the press release said.
The cooling center is managed by Safe Space Winter Shelter and will be open 2 to 8 p.m. from Tuesday, Aug. 16 until Sept. 16 located at 1601 Hemlock St. in the fellowship hall of the Chico Friends Meeting.
The City Council authorized funding to pay a flat monthly stipend to the Safe Space Winter Shelter to hold cooling centers in the summer and warming centers in the winter, according to the press release.
Chico normally deploys cooling centers and warming centers when weather forecasts reach specific conditions — the cooling center requiring temperatures of at least 100 degrees, and the warming center requiring temperatures below 32 degrees with no rain, below 40 degrees with three quarters inch of rain or wind speeds 15 mph or above.
But the agreement between the city and Safe Space Winter Shelter provides shelter to be open more often as needed during inclement weather months, the press release said. | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/08/17/chico-partners-with-safe-space-to-open-cooling-center-for-one-month/ | 2022-08-17 20:00:13 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2022/08/17/chico-partners-with-safe-space-to-open-cooling-center-for-one-month/ |
GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of countries and international institutions on Monday pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from devastating summer floods that the United Nations chief called “a climate disaster of monumental scale.”
The flooding killed more than 1,700 people, destroyed more than 2 million homes, and covered as much as one-third of the country at one point, causing damage totaling more than $30 billion, U.N. and Pakistani officials say. Large swaths of the country remain under water, with millions living near contaminated or stagnant waters, the U.N. says.
Wrapping up a day-long conference at the U.N. offices in Geneva, Pakistani Deputy Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said the final tally came in above a target for the international community to meet half of the estimated $16.3 billion needed to respond to the flooding. The rest is expected to come from the Pakistani government itself.
“Taken as a whole, these commitments total more than $9 billion and from what we know so far, these are all additional commitments from what was already given in terms of humanitarian assistance, etc., from both bilateral and multilateral partners,” she said, adding that a number of delegations had also offered in-kind support.
U.N. pledging conferences often draw promises of big sums from governments, international organizations and other donors, but those don’t always get fulfilled entirely. The Pakistani government has announced plans for independent, outside monitors to make sure that the funds go where they are needed.
The conference shaped up as a test case of how much wealthy nations would pitch in to help developing-world countries like Pakistan manage the impact of climatic swoons, and brace for other disasters.
Achim Steiner, the head of the U.N. Development Program, which helped organize the conference, said Pakistan’s government knows contributors will be looking for outcomes such as in the accountability, clarity, efficiency, transparency and effectiveness of the programs that will be funded.
“There is no free money. And everybody who pledged their contributions today will come with certain expectations,” Steiner said in an interview. While the needs are urgent now, Pakistan’s recovery and resilience projects should be built to last for this era increasingly marked and threatened by climate change, he said.
“I think the hardest part, in a sense, is yet to come because the urgency, the desperation are acute,” he said, adding that governments and international institutions will face a challenge: “How do we quickly deliver in an unbureaucratic fashion, but not by simply doling out money? These are investments that should last for a generation. They need to be well-planned.”
Earlier, Pakistani Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted that top donors included the Islamic Development Bank, at $4.2 billion; the World Bank, at $2 billion; the Asian Development Bank, at $1.5 billion. She said the European Union had pledged $93 million, Germany $88 million, China $100 million, and Japan $77 million.
The United States announced another $100 million on top of a similar amount already committed to Pakistan. Saudi Arabia’s envoy laid out a pledge of $1 billion.
Steiner said the big pledges from international financial institutions testified to pressure and expectations “growing almost daily” for them to do more to respond to the challenges of climate change, decarbonization, and energy transitions.
The conference drew Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in-person, while other world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part virtually.
“Today’s meeting is an attempt to give my people another chance at getting back on their feet,” Sharif said. “We are racing against time” to help the victims amid a harsh winter, and in the worst-affected areas where schools and health systems have collapsed, he added.
Guterres said people in South Asia are 15 times more likely to die from climate impacts than elsewhere, and his “heart broke” when he saw first-hand the devastation from Pakistan’s floods — calling it a prime example of the impact of climate change.
In November’s U.N. climate talks, countries agreed to set up a fund for loss and damage caused by climate change. The details will be worked out by a committee this year. Vulnerable nations like Pakistan would be expected to receive compensation from the fund.
Many scientists, policymakers and others say emissions of heat-trapping gases, mostly by industrialized countries, over generations are largely to blame for a warming global climate.
Many countries already helped Pakistan in the immediate follow-up to the flooding. Monday’s conference, attended by 44 countries as well as a dozen international financial institutions, aimed to complement and build on previous outlays.
Thousands of Pakistanis are still living in open areas in makeshift homes and tents near the stagnant water in southern Sindh and in some areas in southwestern Baluchistan, the two worst-hit provinces.
Julien Harneis, the U.N. resident coordinator in Pakistan, said an estimated 5 million people were living near the stagnant waters, making it difficult for residents to have a normal life. He predicted little change in the situation until March.
The U.N. says funding raised so far for Pakistan’s flood victims will run out this month, and an emergency appeal launched in October has garnered only about a third of the $816 million sought. UNICEF, the children’s agency, says only 37% of a $173.5 million target for supporting flood-affected Pakistani women and children has been met.
Pakistan plays a negligible role in global warming and emits less than 1% of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, but like other developing countries, it has been vulnerable to climate-induced devastation, experts say. The country has seen extreme heat, glacial melt and rising sea levels in recent years.
Climate scientists found that the floods in Pakistan were worsened by global heating although economic, societal and construction-oriented factors also played a role.
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Munir Ahmed reported from Islamabad.
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This story has been corrected to show that Erdogan is Turkey’s president, not prime minister. | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-un-gathering-seeks-aid-for-pakistan-after-devastating-floods/ | 2023-01-09 23:41:48 | 0 | https://www.localsyr.com/news/international/ap-un-gathering-seeks-aid-for-pakistan-after-devastating-floods/ |
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The head of the nation's largest veterans organization is calling the bipartisan agreement by Senate leaders to assist veterans who have been exposed to environmental toxins "historically impactful."
"The work is still not yet complete, but the agreement between Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., and ranking member Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is proof that Democrats and Republicans can achieve great things for veterans when they work to put country ahead of partisanship," American Legion National Commander Paul E. Dillard said. "The Honoring Our PACT Act would deliver needed benefits for up to 3.5 million veterans who were exposed to the poisons of war due to the prevalence of burn pits, radiation, contaminated water, Agent Orange and other toxicants during deployments and military assignments. The House of Representatives deserves great credit for passing this legislation, and I am confident that with the continued support of The American Legion, the Senate will now follow suit. This is an historic opportunity for the 117th Congress to pass the most meaningful veterans legislation in a generation. I am asking all Americans to tell their senators to vote for the Honoring Our PACT Act."
The American Legion is dedicated to the motto of "Veterans Strengthening America." Chartered by Congress in 1919, The American Legion is committed to advocating for veterans, promoting a strong national security, sponsoring wholesome youth programs and Americanism. Legionnaires in more than 12,000 posts across the nation and regions overseas serve their communities with a devotion to mutual helpfulness.
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Troy Hillman
Published 4:44 pm Thursday, November 3, 2022
Troy Hillman (56) passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 after a courageous battle with bladder cancer.
Troy Dean Hillman was born on December 28, 1965, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. He grew up and received his schooling in Northwood and Des Moines, Iowa. He spent his whole adult life “twisting wrenches.” He spent the last 14 years as owner/mechanic of his shop, Shellrock Repair in Gordonsville. On February 14, 2014, he was united in marriage to Robyn Rask in Cocoa Beach, FL. On October 6th, 2015 they welcomed their twins Ella & Bentley. The couple made their home in Gordonsville, MN.
Troy was baptized and a member of First Lutheran Church in Glenville. He served 4 years on the Shellrock Township board and was a member of the Glenville Legion. Troy loved spending the summer weekends camping, boating and fishing. His favorite trip was taking his motorhome to Colorado this past spring with his family. He often referred to himself as a “gear head.” He loved watching anything related to cars. Some of his favorites were NHRA, NASCAR and Mecum auto auctions. Troy was a family man and had the biggest heart.
Troy is survived by his wife, Robyn; children Ella, Bentley, Tyler (Zach), and Katie; siblings, David (Kelli) Nelson and Angie (Lance) Keltner; in-laws, Bill and Kay Rask; sister-in-law, Sarah (Andrew) Hagen; aunts and uncles, Lynette (Ron) Wolff, Sandra (Dennis) Fredrickson, Arlington (Carol) Hillman, Jim (Judy) Becker, Audrey Hillman, Jon Johnson, Mary Groe; nieces and nephews, Cole (Kyla) Keltner, Kailee Keltner, Garrison Nelson, Cora Evan, Maeve Hagen; grandchildren, Alastair, Holden and Oliver Hillman.
Troy is preceded in death by his mom, Cynthia Nelson; dad, Kenneth Nelson; aunt, Starla Johnson; uncles, Terrance Hillman, Chuck Groe; nephew Wyatt Hagen
Funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Monday, November 7, 2022, First Lutheran Church in Glenville, MN. Visitation will be held from 2 PM to 5 PM on Sunday, November 6 at Bayview Freeborn Funeral Home in Albert Lea and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery in Glenville. | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/11/troy-hillman/ | 2022-11-03 22:23:39 | 1 | https://www.albertleatribune.com/2022/11/troy-hillman/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Lloyd Webber is saying goodbye to his last remaining show on Broadway and welcoming another.
The musical theater icon announced Monday that his retooled version of “Cinderella” will land in New York at the Imperial Theatre in February with new songs, a new leading lady and a new title.
“Bad Cinderella” — borrowing the title from a key song in the show rather than using London West End’s blander name “Cinderella” — will star Linedy Genao in the title role. She’s had ensemble roles in “Dear Evan Hansen” and “On Your Feet!” Carrie Hope Fletcher played the title character in London.
Lloyd Webber hopes his fairy tale has a better ending on Broadway than it did in London, where “Cinderella” closed less than a year after opening and suffered heavy losses, particularly when COVID-19 scrambled its run.
The composer at a press conference outside the theater noted that the show will officially open — and the reviews will be posted — on March 23, a day after his 75th birthday. “It’ll be a treat to see what kind of birthday present I get,” he said.
Genao then used a cannister of spray paint to spray the word “Bad” over the show’s original logo. “I have one thing to tell you,” she said. “I’m not your Cinderella. I’m your bad Cinderella.”
The stage musical features a brand new score from Lloyd Webber with a book by Emerald Fennell and lyrics by David Zippel. JoAnn M. Hunter choreographs with direction by Laurence Connor.
Lloyd Webber is closing his “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway in 2023. A fixture on Broadway since 1988, it will close Feb. 18, a day after previews begin for “Bad Cinderella,” meaning a Lloyd Webber musical will have been performing on Broadway every single playing night since September 1979.
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Glassdoor Users Can Now Search for Companies by Workplace Factors or Demographic Group Ratings
43% of Employees Have Witnessed or Experienced Discrimination at Work; 1 in 5 (21%) Plan to Quit Their Job in the Next Six Months
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glassdoor, the worldwide leader on insights about jobs and companies, today launched advanced filters for Company Explorer, a tool that allows people to easily search for companies based on location, industry, company size, overall company rating and more. With the new advanced filters, users can customize their job search by workplace factor ratings such as Work/Life Balance, Culture & Values, Diversity & Inclusion and more, or by overall ratings from demographic groups including Race/Ethnicity, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and more. The advanced filtering capabilities allow job seekers to easily search for companies based on millions of insights publicly available on Glassdoor.
According to a new Glassdoor survey conducted by The Harris Poll1, 43% of U.S. employees have witnessed or experienced discrimination (e.g., racism, ageism, sexism, homophobia) at work and 30% say their current employer does not match their values. When it comes to searching for a job and company to work for, 36% of employees ages 18-44 say diversity & inclusion policies/practices are an important factor. Glassdoor's new advanced filtering capabilities can help match job seekers with companies that align to their unique experiences and values.
"Glassdoor is deeply committed to leveraging our products and resources to help achieve equity in and out of the workplace," said Christian Sutherland-Wong, Glassdoor Chief Executive Officer. "We know that each individual job seeker has different values driving their job search, from healthier work/life balance to career growth, to being able to compare ratings of different employee demographic groups. The new advanced filters for Company Explorer aim to make it easier for people to uncover companies that align with their unique values and experiences, and can help them make even more informed decisions about where to work."
The advanced filters come at a time when more than 1 in 3 employees (35%) believe it would be difficult to find an employer that aligns with their values. These advanced filters help job seekers expand their company search in two core areas:
- By Workplace Factor Ratings: Glassdoor users can search for companies by filtering Glassdoor's workplace factor ratings. These workplace factor ratings include Overall Rating, Career Opportunities, Compensation and Benefits, Culture & Values, Diversity & Inclusion, Senior Management or Work/Life Balance. These advanced filters by workplace factor ratings are available in the U.S. and across all 23 Glassdoor global domains.
- By Employee Demographic Ratings: Glassdoor users can search for companies by filtering overall ratings from demographics groups. These demographic groups include Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Parent of Family Caregiver, People with Disabilities, Sexual Orientation or Veterans. These advanced filters by overall ratings from demographics groups are only available in the U.S.
When users apply the advanced filters to their search, the results will display the companies that closely match their search criteria. For instance, if filtering companies by LGBTQ+ employee ratings, the results will display companies that are highly rated according to LGBTQ+ employees and also have a high number of current job openings on Glassdoor.
According to the Glassdoor survey, nearly 3 in 4 (71%) of employees say work/life balance is an important workplace factor when it comes to searching for jobs and companies to work for, and we're seeing companies like Salesforce, Johnson & Johnson and Hubspot rank highly for work/life balance when using these advanced filters. The survey also revealed that 70% of employees say compensation & benefits is an important workplace factor when searching for jobs and companies to work for, followed by career growth (58%) and company culture & values (44%).
To explore companies based on millions of ratings from employees, visit https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/index.htm
Glassdoor is revolutionizing how people everywhere find jobs and companies they love by providing deeper workplace transparency. Professionals turn to Glassdoor to research ratings, reviews, salaries and more at millions of employers, and to Fishbowl by Glassdoor to engage in candid workplace conversations. Companies use Glassdoor to post jobs and attract talent through employer branding and employee insights products. Glassdoor is a subsidiary of Recruit Holdings, a leading global technology company, and a part of its fast-growing HR Technology business unit. For more information, visit www.glassdoor.com.
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1 This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Glassdoor from September 8-12, 2022, among 2,013 adults ages 18+, among whom 1,064 are currently employed full or part time. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data is accurate to within +/- 2.8 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact pr@glassdoor.com.
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FAYETTEVILLE — Redshirt senior offensive lineman Brady Latham is one of the more versatile Razorbacks and it’s showing this spring.
Latham is the returning starter at left guard, but has also lined up at both tackle spots this spring. Latham talked about how that is by design with Sam Pittman and Cody Kennedy with three starters from 2022 now gone.
“So Coach Pittman and Coach Kennedy have been moving everyone around trying to see what works and what doesn’t work,” Latham said. “I’ve played guard and then both tackles spots. I’ve enjoyed it and I think everyone’s kind of having fun at the new positions.”
In addition to the need for three new starters on the offensive line, Latham and the Hogs have a new offensive coordinator. Dan Enos replaced Kendal Briles in the offseason.
“I’ve really enjoyed it so far,” Latham said. “It is different than our last offense, but it’s still football and things are still similar. We’ve been working on it and running it really well and it’s been working really good out at practice. It’s still inside zone, outside zone, stuff like that, but just a little bit different twist. So we do a little bit of everything. We do fast tempo, we do slow it down, we huddle some. I think you’ll see a mix of all of it.”
While he has proved his versatility the one thing that Latham hasn’t done is play center.
“I snap a little bit before practice, but Beaux (Limmer) is pretty good at center,” Latham said. “So I think we’re good there.”
Two offensive linemen who have lost a lot of weight are E’Marion Harris and Devon Manuel. Both were around 370 or so and now are close to 300.
“So I think both of them came in really heavy and they worked really hard to kind of get that bad weight [off] them,” Latham said. “They are both looking really good and moving really good. They’ve both had great springs, but I think now they have gotten the weight off of them, they have been working with the strength coaches trying to put on good weight back, and they have been doing a good job of that.”
Among the younger offensive linemen who has impressed is sophomore Patrick Kutas. Pittman has heaped a lot of praise on Kutas and he has caught Latham’s eye as well.
“Kutas has been having a great spring,” Pittman said. “He’s been balling out. He’s a young guy, but you wouldn’t know it watching him on the field. He’s super physical and really strong. He has great hands, and so I think they’re really trying to find him a spot, and he’s been playing great. He’s been at guard and tackle a little bit, and he’s a young guy, but you wouldn’t know it. He plays really well.”
Latham and Limmer are the two returning starters on the offensive line. They have been joined by such talent as Kutas, Harris, Manuel, Andrew Chamblee, TyKieast Crawford, Joshua Braun and Josh Street as well as others.
“So we’re really lucky to have a pretty close offensive line room,” Latham said. “It is kind of weird being an old guy and one of the oldest in the room, so I think it is good for me to use my experience to help them and show them how to become better football players, but we have a really close offensive line room that gets along pretty well, so it’s nice.”
Taurean Carter is one of the defensive line’s key players on the other side. He has battled Latham in practice and has plenty of praise for him.
“Right, his versatility first off,” Carter said. “It’s hard for an offensive lineman to play each individual position, except for the center. I’m sure he could probably play center, but Beaux’s got that on lockdown. His technique, he’s more technique sound. Like, he’s more fundamentals. He’ll make you have to react like you need to lock in on his hands because he’s going to shoot them. It’s just little stuff in the game in the trenches that he picks up on that others may not. Others may struggle with that.”
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Best iced coffee makers
For many people, mornings are easier with some fresh coffee first thing. Hot coffee is great in the winter, but warmer weather inspires the desire for colder beverages. Iced coffee can be made as quickly and easily as regular hot coffee — you just need the right brewer. Once your coffee is ready, pour it over ice, add your favorite sweetener or creamer and get a great start to your day.
Iced coffee vs. cold brew
Iced coffee and cold brew are often discussed synonymously, but they are not the same. The process and the product are unique to each other.
Brewing process
Iced coffee is brewed hot just like regular coffee, then chilled and iced. Cold brew is made using only cold water but requires a brewing time of 12 to 24 hours, much longer than iced coffee.
Caffeine
Cold brew is more caffeinated than iced coffee. A higher amount of caffeine is extracted from the bean during the longer brewing process, so it may require dilution. Iced coffee, however, is brewed similarly to hot coffee and packs the same punch.
Flavor
Cold brew has a stronger flavor, so if you take your coffee black, you may prefer its taste. However, there are several ways to improve the flavor of your brewed beans. You can use filtered water to bring out the finer notes or add your favorite creamer and sugar to enhance the experience.
Manual vs. automatic
Manual iced coffee makers: Whether you like a pour-over coffee maker or a french press, manual options are simple to use and very affordable. Easy to care for, they can be stashed away in a cupboard to keep your counter clear.
Automatic iced coffee makers: If you want iced coffee in a hurry, these models are regular coffee makers that include a setting for iced coffee. With the press of a button, the machine knows how to make the precise strength and amount of coffee needed to go over a cup of ice. However, they can take up precious counter space and be challenging to keep clean.
How to make iced coffee
If you’re ready to make yourself an amazing iced coffee, gather a few things first.
- Coffee beans
- A coffee grinder
- An iced coffee maker
- Ice
- Water
- Creamer
- Sugar
- A spoon
- A glass or mug
Prep
Coffee must first be prepared before it can be brewed, but in just a few steps, you’ll have a delicious caffeine drink.
- Grind: Use a grinder to expose all of the flavors in your coffee beans. Even if you have pre-ground coffee, you can use a grinder to make it even better. Once the coffee has been chopped up just right, scoop the desired amount and place it in the coffee maker.
- Water: Fill the maker with enough water to be compatible with the amount of coffee grounds you’re using. Most makers will come with instructions for how to fill it.
- Mug: Put ice in your glass, so it is ready to go once your coffee has been brewed.
Brew
Turn the iced coffee maker on and let it do its thing. If the coffee is not strong enough for your needs, you can use the first batch of brewed coffee like water and brew it again. Double-brewed coffee is bolder and more bitter but will definitely get you fully caffeinated for the day ahead.
Stir
Pour your coffee into your pre-iced glass and add more ice if needed. If you are using granulated sugar, you may want to add the sugar to the glass before the ice. This will let it melt and sweeten your drink evenly. After the ice, sugar and coffee are in the glass, add your creamer. Stir the mixture together, taste and add more if needed.
Best iced coffee makers
Manual iced coffee makers
Ovalware Airtight Cold Brew/Iced Coffee Maker
This well-designed, modern coffee maker brews hot and cold tea or coffee and features a borosilicate glass carafe with a handle for easy pouring. It also includes an airtight seal to ensure your beverage stays fresh.
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Compact and easy to use, this attractive model from Oxo features a borosilicate glass carafe with a cork stopper. Its “rainmaker” system on the brewer allows the water to be more evenly distributed over the coffee grounds. If you want iced coffee, use this first to make a batch of cold brew and then add cold water to dilute it.
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Automatic iced coffee makers
This coffee machine makes hot or cold coffee in multiple cup sizes with the push of a button. Press the “Iced” function, and it will select the proper brew strength and amount of coffee, which you can then pour over a glass of ice. It also tells you when maintenance is needed.
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Ninja Hot and Cold Brew System
Use the “Over Ice” function to brew cold coffee and tea with this single-touch programmable machine. It can also froth milk for your drink in seconds and includes a removable water reservoir for easy refills.
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What you need to buy to make iced coffee
Cuisinart DBM-8 Supreme Grind Automatic Burr Mill
This is a popular and durable grinder for whole coffee beans. It has 18 unique grind cycles and automatically shuts off when the cycle is complete.
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This set of silicone trays makes 1.25-inch-thick ice cubes that you can remove individually. They come in several fade-resistant colors and are dishwasher safe.
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Yotipp Stainless Steel Mixing Spoon
These eco-friendly and stainless steel stirring spoons can be used for iced coffee or other beverages. They are thin, long and will not rust from moisture.
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Coffee-Mate French Vanilla Creamer
Want a creamer that pours and blends smoothly into your coffee? This 10.2-ounce bottle of sugar-free powdered creamer fits the bill. It’s also gluten-, lactose- and dairy-free, making it completely vegan.
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Contigo Vacuum Insulated Travel Mug
Have your iced coffee on the go with this travel mug that will keep it cold for up to 12 hours. It stays sealed to prevent spills, but sips can be taken easily by pressing the button on the side.
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Texas: The Issue Is - Secretary of State John Scott discusses voting integrity ahead of midterm election
This week’s Texas: The Issue Is focuses on the midterm election here in Texas.
Since 2020, election officials have been under a microscope. FOX 4's Steven Dial sat down with Texas Secretary of State John Scott to talk about voter confidence and the early vote turnout ahead of this midterm election.
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John Scott: It's going to count and nobody is doing anything to take their vote away.
Steven: People like Heider Garcia, in Tarrant County (election administrator), they have received death threats, there’s been more public records requests, challenging elections results. First off, as the Secretary of State for the state of Texas, was there a secure and safe election in 2020.
John Scott: I don’t think there is anything we are going to find in our audit of the 2020 election that would have changed anything about it. Joe Biden won the election back then and he still would have won the election, and Donald Trump won the state of Texas and I don’t think there will be something that shows that that was anything different than what it was.
Steven: How has early voting been in the state of Texas? I know we compare it to 2018, but would you say 2018 is an outlier when it comes to early voting in Texas?
John Scott: Steven, it was. In 2018, we had a highly contentious Senate race between Beto [O’Rourke] and Ted Cruz and I think we ended up with about 52%. If you look back at other midterm elections, the normal turnout is somewhere in the mid 30 percentiles, I would expect this to be more in the normal range 35-37%.
Steven: The first week of early voting in Texas, nearly 3 million voters, is that a good number? Is that a low voter turnout? Or is that a typical Texas midterm turnout?
John Scott: It would be very consistent with what would be a typical one. We are seeing mail ballots coming in lower, compared to a 2020 which was a presidential and unique event because it was during COVID.
Steven: There's been some concern, social media talk, about your offices actions, specifically in Harris County. What's going on down there where you felt the need to send some observers. I don’t want to say intervene, but Harris County is being looked at different than Dallas County.
John Scott: What we found [from the 2020 election] there are 14 of those mobile ballot boxes or MBBs that did not have the same chain of custody that we saw with the others, and therefore we raised that issue with them in person, but we also wanted to elevate and make sure that this coming election that they focused on chain of custody so we don’t have those questions.
Steven: Are you able to say this isn’t just looking at Harris County because it’s a large, populous Democrat leaning county, this isn’t you picking on Harris County?
John Scott: Literally, we would have…were we having these issues in Loving County, the smallest county and probably all Republican, we would be sending those letters to them.
Steven: What would you say to someone who is still not confident that when they go vote for whoever they want to vote for on November 8th that their vote will be counted properly.
John Scott: There’s 254 counties with people who are spending their existence making sure people have safe elections that’s also true at the state level. There are so many eyes, so many ears watching our elections. We feel very confident this is the safest, most transparent election we will ever have conducted in the state. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-the-issue-is-secretary-of-state-john-scott-election | 2022-11-06 23:44:56 | 0 | https://www.fox4news.com/news/texas-the-issue-is-secretary-of-state-john-scott-election |
DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years — in hopes of better fighting the tick-borne threat.
Lyme is a growing problem, with cases rising and warming weather helping ticks expand their habitat. While a vaccine for dogs has long been available, the only Lyme vaccine for humans was pulled off the U.S. market in 2002 from lack of demand, leaving people to rely on bug spray and tick checks.
Now Pfizer and French biotech Valneva are aiming to avoid previous pitfalls in developing a new vaccine to protect both adults and kids as young as 5 from the most common Lyme strains on two continents.
“There wasn’t such a recognition, I think, of the severity of Lyme disease” and how many people it affects the last time around, Pfizer vaccine chief Annaliesa Anderson told The Associated Press.
Robert Terwilliger, an avid hunter and hiker, was first in line Friday when the study opened in central Pennsylvania. He’s seen lots of friends get Lyme and is tired of wondering if his next tick bite will make him sick.
“It’s always a worry, you know? Especially when you’re sitting in a tree stand hunting and you feel something crawling on you,” said Terwilliger, 60, of Williamsburg, Pennsylvania. “You’ve got to be very, very cautious.”
Exactly how often Lyme disease strikes isn’t clear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites insurance records suggesting 476,000 people are treated for Lyme in the U.S. each year. Pfizer’s Anderson put Europe’s yearly infections at about 130,000.
Black-legged ticks, also called deer ticks, carry Lyme-causing bacteria. The infection initially causes fatigue, fever and joint pain. Often — but not always — the first sign is a red, round bull’s-eye rash.
Early antibiotic treatment is crucial, but it can be hard for people to tell if they were bitten by ticks, some as small as a pin. Untreated Lyme can cause severe arthritis and damage the heart and nervous system. Some people have lingering symptoms even after treatment.
Most vaccines against other diseases work after people are exposed to a germ. The Lyme vaccine offers a different strategy — working a step earlier to block a tick bite from transmitting the infection, said Dr. Gary Wormser, a Lyme expert at New York Medical College who isn’t involved with the new research.
How? It targets an “outer surface protein” of the Lyme bacterium called OspA that’s present in the tick’s gut. It’s estimated a tick must feed on someone for about 36 hours before the bacteria spreads to its victim. That delay gives time for antibodies the tick ingests from a vaccinated person’s blood to attack the germs right at the source.
In small, early-stage studies, Pfizer and Valneva reported no safety problems and a good immune response. The newest study will test if the vaccine, called VLA15, really protects and is safe. The companies aim to recruit at least 6,000 people in Lyme-prone areas including the Northeast U.S. plus Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.
They’ll receive three shots, either the vaccine or a placebo, between now and next spring’s tick season. A year later, they’ll get a single booster dose.
“We’re really looking at something that’s a seasonal vaccine,” Anderson said, so people have high antibody levels during the months when ticks are most active.
Volunteers can be as young as 5 and should be at high risk because they spend a lot of time in tick-infested areas, such as hikers, campers and hunters, said Dr. Alan Kivitz who heads one of the study sites at Altoona Center for Clinical Research in Duncansville, Pennsylvania.
In his own practice, “not a single day goes by that someone either has a concern about Lyme disease, could possibly have Lyme disease,” Kivitz said.
This new candidate is different from a previous Lyme vaccine that GlaxoSmithKline pulled off the market in 2002 amid controversy and low sales. With about 75% effectiveness, that old Lyme shot got a lukewarm endorsement from vaccine experts, wasn’t tested in children and drew unsubstantiated reports of joint-related side effects.
While the new Pfizer-Valneva vaccine also targets the OspA protein, it’s engineered somewhat differently than its predecessor and also targets six Lyme strains in the U.S. and Europe instead of just one.
The Pfizer study will span two tick seasons to get answers — but it’s not the only research into new ways to prevent Lyme. University of Massachusetts scientists are working on a vaccine alternative, shots of pre-made Lyme-fighting antibodies.
And Yale University researchers are in early stages of designing a vaccine that recognizes a tick’s saliva — which in animal testing sparked a skin reaction that made it harder for ticks to hang on and feed.
Since different tick species carry many diseases other than Lyme, ultimately “we’re all hoping for a tick-bite prevention vaccine,” Wormser said.
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Former co-founder and CEO of embattled biotech firm Exicure, David Giljohann, has been named CEO and board member at Ann Arbor-based pharmaceutical startup Evoq Therapeutics.
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Categories cover six areas of liver disease
FAIRFIELD, N.J., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners from the American Liver Foundation's 2023 Liver Health Poster Competition were announced today. This competition showcases posters and a brief video created by early career healthcare professionals from across the country on six areas of liver educational focus: disparities in liver disease, fatty liver disease, liver cancer, liver transplantation, pediatric liver disease, and rare liver disease. Competitors are tasked with translating complicated medical information into a poster and video which can be easily understood by patients or the public.
"Helping patients, families, caregivers and the public better understand liver disease is no easy task," said Lorraine Stiehl, Chief Executive Officer, American Liver Foundation. "Getting a diagnosis of liver disease can be very scary and it's so important to have the most up-to-date information available in a format that a lay audience can understand. That's why this poster competition is so important, and we are grateful to all the participants and congratulate this year's winners."
The 2023 Liver Health Poster Competition category winners are:
- Tanisha Ronnie, MD, Loyola University Medical Center for her presentation on liver disparities. Dr. Ronnie was mentored by Jonah Rubin, MD, Loyola University Medical Center.
- Sachiko Oshima, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC for her poster on liver transplantation, Dr. Oshima was mentored by Kara Wegerman, MD, Duke University.
- Cindy Jiang, MD, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics for her poster on pediatric liver disease. Dr. Jiang was mentored by Swati Antala, MD, Mount Sinai.
- Danny Kwon, MD, Loyola University Medical Center, for his poster on rare liver disease. Dr. Kwon was mentored by Jonah Rubin, MD, Loyola University Medical Center.
- A team from Case Western Reserve University/Metrohealth for their submission on liver cancer. The team included Benjamin Liu, MD, Samantha Mathialagan, MD, Linda He, MD and Cindy Hsin-Ti, MD and they were mentored by Kamran Qureshi, MD, St. Louis University.
- A team from Houston Methodist won for their poster on fatty liver disease, The team included Sneha Ajit, MD and Rajdeepsingh Waghela, MD and they were mentored by Sudha Kodali, MD, Houston Methodist.
In addition to the category winners, Sachiko Oshima, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC received the People's Choice Award for her poster on liver transplantation, Hep C NAT+ Liver Allografts: Shorter Wait, Similar Outcomes. The People's Choice Award is determined through voting by the public.
Senior liver experts guided the competitors throughout the poster/video creation process and posters were reviewed and scored by a formal panel of judges comprised of ALF National Medical Advisors, patients, caregivers and volunteers.
"American Liver Foundation's Liver Health Poster Competition is an excellent opportunity to showcase early career healthcare professionals all while providing mentorship from senior liver health experts," said Sudha Kodali, MD, MSPH, transplant hepatologist and medical director of the liver cancer program at Houston Methodist Hospital. "What I particularly love about this initiative is that the competition charges healthcare professionals with explaining complicated science and translating it for a lay audience—a skill that will be necessary throughout their medical careers. The residents and fellows that I have worked with for this competition thoroughly enjoy the entire process and I really appreciate ALF leading this very important initiative to help empower patients." Dr. Kodali has served as a Poster Competition mentor since 2021.
"When I was informed that I needed a transplant, I was overwhelmed," said Evelyn Rivera of New Mexico, a liver transplant patient and judge for the 2023 Liver Health Poster Competition. "Having educational materials that convey complex information in a way that is easy to understand would have been very helpful. This competition is important because it enables future professionals to communicate to patients with empathy."
To learn more about the 2023 Liver Health Poster Competition or view all the submissions, visit: alfevents.org/poster-competition. If you are a medical professional looking to become involved with American Liver Foundation, please visit liverfoundation.org/medical-professionals
About the American Liver Foundation
The American Liver Foundation is the nation's largest non-profit organization focused solely on promoting liver health and disease prevention. The American Liver Foundation achieves its mission in the fight against liver disease by funding scientific research, education for medical professionals, advocacy, information and support programs for patients and their families as well as public awareness campaigns about liver wellness and disease prevention. The mission of the American Liver Foundation is to promote education, advocacy, support services and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease. For more information visit liverfoundation.org or call:1 800 GO LIVER (800-465-4837).
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Rays' Ramirez delivers winning hit in 10th to beat Bucs 4-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Harold Ramirez scored Vidal Brujan with a game-ending pinch-single in the 10th inning, lifting the Tampa Bay Rays over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Friday night.
Brujan took second as Tampa Bay's automatic runner and stole third against Yerry De Los Santos (0-1) before Ramirez's hit.
Jason Adam (1-2) got the win.
Luke Raley and Jonathan Aranda, playing in their first games for the Rays, drove in runs with singles to put the Rays up 2-0 in the second, and a balk by Pirates starter Mitch Keller made it 3-0.
The Pirates tied it with three solo homers off starter Jeffrey Springs. Michael Chavis hit his eighth homer in the fourth, and Diego Castillo followed two batters later with his sixth. Hoy Park led off the fifth with his second homer.
Springs struck out nine in six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits. The Pirates struck out 17 times against five Rays pitchers.
Keller pitched five innings, giving up three runs on five hits.
Pirates rookie Oneil Cruz failed to drive in a run after having an RBI in his first six major league games, a franchise record and one short of the major league record set by Detroit's Dale Alexander in 1929.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: OF Ke’Bryan Hayes had a sore left shoulder after a collision at home plate while scoring the winning run Thursday, but he hopes to play this weekend. ... LHP Dillon Peters and RHP Duane Underwood will throw live batting practice Saturday to IF Tucupita Marcano and OF Jack Marisnick. All four are on the injured list and will be re-evaluated for rehab assignments.
Rays: SS Wander Franco (right quad strain) was scheduled to DH in his final rehab game for Triple-A Durham on Friday night, then return to be evaluated by Rays trainers on Saturday. ... OF Manuel Margot was moved to the 60-day IL, but his diagnosis isn't as bad as feared. Tampa Bay worried he had torn his right ACL, but he was instead diagnosed with a right patellar tendon strain. He will not return until late August at least. ... RHP Drew Rasmussen, who has missed two starts with a left hamstring strain, will pitch three innings in a simulated game in Port Charlotte on Saturday.
BOTTOMING OUT
The bottom six hitters in the Rays injury-depleted batting order had a combined .164 batting average and a total of 500 games of major league experience. That included Raley and Aranda, who were called up from Triple-A Durham on Tuesday.
LONG-DELAYED DEBUT
Pirates manager Derek Shelton, who served as Tampa Bay’s hitting coach from 2010 to 2016, managed against the Rays for the first time Friday night.
The Pirates were scheduled to open against the Rays in 2020 in what would have been Shelton’s managerial debut, but COVID-19 shut down that season until late July and those games were cancelled.
UP NEXT
Coming off his first win of the season, RHP JT Brubaker (1-7, 4.11) will pitch for the Pirates on Saturday against RHP Corey Kluber (3-4, 3.46).
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Adames homers during rehab assignment, Timber Rattlers fall in ten innings
Published: Jun. 4, 2023 at 6:46 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Brewers shortstop Willy Adames went deep in his lone rehab game with the Timber Rattlers, but Wisconsin fell to Peoria in ten innings.
Adames was working out with the Brewers minor league affiliate on Friday and Saturday while on the concussion injured list. Sunday he went 2-4 with a double and home run as the designated hitter for the Rattlers.
A week earlier Adames was hit in the head by a foul ball while he was in the dugout during a game against the Giants.
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▶ Watch Video: Georgia grand jury seeks testimony from 7 Trump allies Republican Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia has been subpoenaed to appear before a special grand jury in his state investigating former President Donald Trump’s behavior after losing the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis issued the subpoena on June 29, and Hice revealed its existence in a filing in state court on Monday, informing a judge that he is challenging the order in federal court. In his federal filing, Hice argued that his “inquiries into alleged irregularities” in the 2020 presidential election fell within his authority as a member of Congress. The subpoena had requested Hice’s appearance before the special grand jury on Tuesday. The special grand jury was impaneled in May following more than a year of investigation by Willis’ office. Hice challenged Georgia Republican Brad Raffensperger in the primary for secretary of state this year, but was defeated. Hice was endorsed by Trump, whose Jan. 2, 2021, phone call with Raffensperger is a focal point of the investigation. Trump told Raffensperger on the call, “I just want to find 11,780 votes.” Trump lost the state to President Biden by that margin — an outcome that was affirmed by several recounts. Raffensperger and several other top Georgia Republicans have already appeared before the special grand jury. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is scheduled to provide recorded video testimony on July 25. Hice is the second member of Congress to challenge a special grand jury subpoena in federal court. On July 13, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham challenged a subpoena he received earlier this month. A hearing in that matter is scheduled for Wednesday. A representative for Willis did not reply to a request for comment. Others subpoenaed in the investigation included former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and campaign attorneys Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesebro and Jenna Ellis. | https://www.wsgw.com/gop-rep-jody-hice-subpoenaed-in-georgia-prosecutors-trump-investigation/ | 2022-07-19 18:48:05 | 0 | https://www.wsgw.com/gop-rep-jody-hice-subpoenaed-in-georgia-prosecutors-trump-investigation/ |
Democrat Ami Bera wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 6th Congressional District
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Ami Bera wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 6th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Ami Bera wins reelection to U.S. House in California’s 6th Congressional District.
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Rochelle Nguyen’s mailbox has been inundated with glossy campaign mailers. Because her household includes registered Republicans as well as Democrats, the materials run the gamut of hot-button topics under discussion in the midterms.
But one thing is different this election, the Nevada assemblywoman said: “I can tell you, everything from social media messaging to mailers – I’ve never received so much in Vietnamese.”
The pile of political mail sitting in Nguyen's home in Las Vegas is one indicator that Asian American communities have emerged as a critical constituency for both Republicans and Democrats, particularly in key battlegrounds like Nevada's 3rd Congressional District — one of the most expensive congressional races in the country.
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the United States and make up more than 10% of the population in five states, including Nevada, which has large Filipino and Chinese American populations. The state's Asian American voting age population is roughly 350,000. President Joe Biden won in 2020 by about 34,000 votes.
Both parties are testing whether their campaign messaging about crime, inflation and abortion resonates in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, including the region's largest, neighborhoods west and southwest of the Las Vegas Strip.
The GOP’s Congressional Leadership Fund has spent $10.9 million to campaign in the Las Vegas area district — more than any other in the nation. The Democrats’ House Majority PAC has spent $3.4 million, according to data aggregated by California Target Book, which tracks federal campaign finance filings.
U.S. Rep. Susie Lee spent an afternoon this week visiting Las Vegas' Chinatown Plaza to talk to business owners about how she and other Democrats have worked to ensure they have the resources to withstand skyrocketing costs and the scars the pandemic inflicted on the nation's economy.
The second-term Democrat said her district's Asian American community has always been a focus, but Lee's eleventh-hour push comes amid unprecedented efforts from Republicans in Nevada, including her opponent, April Becker, to direct the party's economy-focused message toward Asian American voters.
“I continue to remind people that, yes, inflation is affecting all of us; it’s causing us to hurt at the gas pump and in the grocery store. But there’s one party that has taken action to take on inflation and there’s one party that wants to use it as a talking point,” Lee said, noting that Asian American business owners often thank her for supporting economic relief throughout the pandemic.
Becker declined to be interviewed for this story.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature prioritized uniting the Asian American community into the 3rd District when they redrew the state's political maps last year without Republican support. Asian Americans now account for 21% of the voting-age population.
On paper, the district now leans bluer than it did previously, but the new boundaries could backfire.
After outperforming their expectations in 2020 with Asian Americans, Republicans are working to further their inroads in places like southwest Las Vegas, where the Republican National Committee opened an “Asian Pacific American Community Center” to headquarter their outreach efforts six months ago.
More than ever before, they say, Republicans are publishing campaign materials in Chinese, Hindi, Korean and Vietnamese and advertising in community newspapers like the Philippine Times of South Nevada and the Asian Journal of Las Vegas, where RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel published an op-ed last month titled: "Filipino Americans Strengthen Our Country. Democrats Don't."
Similar outreach tactics have for years been employed by Democrats to get out the vote in Asian American communities. This year in Nevada, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is running abortion and hate crime-focused ads, including in Tagalog, to draw contrast between Lee and Becker. They're running ads in the same community newspapers as Republicans as well as in the bimonthly Korea Times Las Vegas and on the Filipino radio station PHLV.
Though Asian Americans historically have leaned Democratic, Republicans hope to narrow the margin.
“It’s not going to be winning the AAPI vote outright, it’s going to be the GOP earning more votes while Democrats keep losing Asian voters. They’re going to be the margin of victory in close races, whether that’s in Nevada, whether that’s Texas, Arizona or Georgia,” said Nainoa Johsens, the RNC’s AAPI outreach director.
“We’ve made inroads in places that people in the past didn’t traditionally think the GOP would,” he added.
Amid a spate of anti-Asian hate crimes, Republicans have said their emphasis this year on public safety will resonate in Asian American communities. They also hope turnout will be encouraged by the experience of Asian American students in college admissions, which is at the center of a high-profile affirmative action case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Janelle Wong, a University of Maryland professor who co-directs the research group AAPI Data, said both parties have contacted more voters than in elections past.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are a diverse group linguistically, economically and politically, yet survey data show the group — in comparison to other demographics — is relatively united around certain issues, including in support of access to reproductive health care.
Though Democrats have made abortion a centerpiece of their midterm campaigns since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, if Republicans are able to motivate voters around issues such as crime or a sluggish economy, their efforts could be decisive in races that come down to a few thousands of voters.
“If their goal is to eat away at the Democratic bloc and if the past is any indication, they could be successful,” Wong said.
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Photo taken: May 31, 2022, at Steptoe Butte
Photographer’s description: “Made the trip to Eastern Washington from our home on the Olympic Peninsula. After researching different areas of the Palouse to photograph, I knew one of the places I wanted to photograph was Steptoe Butte. After spending most of the late afternoon on top of the butte with mostly flat light, we began to make our way down the road when this light happened. So thankful to witness light like this, considering we were only there a few days. Shot with a Fuji X-T2 and 55-200 mm lens.”
Critique: “The Palouse in the spring is one of my favorite sights/sites in all of the Northwest, and this definitely does justice to the area’s reputation for stunning beauty. I’m glad you caught a break with the light, as the colorful softness of it fills the entire frame. I also like the pop of contrast that the massive wind turbines provide, but this is all about that sweet, sweet light. Nicely done, and thanks for thinking of Reader’s Lens!”
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LONDON (AP) — A retired judge opened a public inquiry on Tuesday into how Britain handled the coronavirus pandemic, saying bereaved families and those who suffered would be at the heart of the proceedings.
Former Court of Appeal judge Heather Hallett said the inquiry would investigate the U.K.’s preparedness for a pandemic, how the government responded, and whether the “level of loss was inevitable or whether things could have been done better.”
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed to hold an inquiry on his government’s handling of the pandemic after pressure from bereaved families. COVID-19 has left more than 204,000 people in Britain dead in one of the worst death tolls in the world.
Hallett said her main aim was to produce recommendations before “another disaster strikes.”
“I have a duty to the public to conduct a thorough, fair and independent inquiry for the whole of the U.K. and I intend to do so,” she said.
She added that the inquiry would not “drag on for decades, producing reports when it is too late for them to do any good.”
The probe will have the power to summon evidence and to question witnesses under oath. Potentially hundreds of thousands of people are expected to share their experiences through a “formal listening exercise,” which was established so people can take part without physically attending a hearing or give evidence in a formal setting.
Addressing some bereaved families’ concerns that they will be “sidelined” in the investigation, Hallett said she would not be able to cover every issue in as much detail “as some may wish.”
The inquiry’s opening has been delayed for months, frustrating families. It is expected to last at least a year, with the first evidence sessions starting in spring 2023. | https://www.qcnews.com/health-care/ap-ex-judge-opens-covid-inquiry-into-uk-handling-of-pandemic/ | 2022-10-05 10:43:27 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/health-care/ap-ex-judge-opens-covid-inquiry-into-uk-handling-of-pandemic/ |
Bed, Bath & Beyond releases store closure list
(Gray News) - Bed, Bath & Beyond has released an updated list of the stores it will close this year.
The document named more than 50 stores designated for closure so far this year. The list was included in the company’s news release on Thursday giving details about when its second quarter earning results will be released.
The national retailer announced at the end of last month it will close about 150 stores and lay off about 20% of its workers in an attempt to improve the company’s performance.
Bed, Bath & Beyond has been hurt by a slump in sales. It also faced challenges brought on during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the temporary closure of stores and supply-chain issues, the Associated Press reported.
As of May, it operated 955 stores, including 769 Bed Bath & Beyond stores, 135 buybuy Baby stores and 51 stores under the names Harmon, Harmon Face Values or Face Values. The retailer had about 32,000 employees in February.
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Selection by Volkswagen's CARIAD as its direct LiDAR supplier for automated vehicles cements Innoviz's Tier 1 status
TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: INVZ) (the "Company" or "Innoviz"), a Tier-1 supplier of high-performance, solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, today provided updates on commercial traction, technology leadership, and corporate development and reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Management Commentary
"We are pleased with the team's execution on our strategic priorities, as we meet or exceed each one of our 2022 milestones. The most important of these milestones, and the foundation of our vision for Innoviz, was to become a Tier-1 supplier in the automotive market. We are proud to have achieved this through our selection as Volkswagen's CARIAD SE ("Volkswagen CARIAD") direct LiDAR supplier for automated vehicles within the Volkswagen brands. This is a testament to our premier products and innovative technology, aligned with our vision to be a world-wide, leading Tier-1 supplier for LiDARs and Perception Software in a fast changing and new automotive world," said Omer Keilaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz.
"In addition to the milestone Volkswagen CARIAD decision, I'm confident that our Tier-1 capabilities, including our ability to manage mass production manufacturability, automotive-grade quality, hardware validation, and computer vision validation will serve as a differentiating factor as other OEMs select their direct LiDAR supplier. Beyond the automotive industry, we have made important progress to expand our footprint in new geographies and use cases, and have further invested in our technology and perception software."
Commercial Progress
1. Selection by Volkswagen's CARIAD as its direct LiDAR supplier for automated vehicles within the Volkswagen brands.
- Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Innoviz will provide InnovizTwo LiDAR sensors and perception software to several Volkswagen brands and integrate its perception software with CARIAD automated driving stack, serving the different brands. The new design win increased Innoviz's forward-looking order book to $6.6 billion from $2.6 billion.
- This nomination marks Innoviz's second deal of LiDAR and Perception Software for series production of passenger vehicles by a leading German carmaker; the first being BMW.
- Innoviz is now servicing two of the world's leading German carmakers which together represent 15% of the entire automotive market.
- This nomination is Innoviz's first deal as a Tier-1 supplier for a passenger vehicles program and Innoviz's first deal for its second-generation LiDAR, InnovizTwo.
2. Momentum on multiple world-wide opportunities in the automotive space:
- Expanding our reach to other regions in the world, Innoviz is currently managing 12 automotive RFIs and RFQs at different stages where almost all of them are for passenger vehicle programs, in regions such as US, Asia and EU. Innoviz is offering its solution as a direct Tier-1 supplier.
- Several yearlong opportunities are in discussion and Innoviz expects a decision by 2-3 OEM's in the next 6 months, with the rest to follow in the next 12 months.
3. Ecosystem events:
- Innoviz is hosting an event for partners, customers, and analysts on September 19, 2022. The event will include keynotes speakers, a tour of Innoviz's facilities, including InnovizTwo automated production and test lines, and driving demos. Keynote speakers will include:
- Mr. Alejandaro Vukotich, VP of Automotive Product Management at Qualcomm. Qualcomm provides the SnapDragon Ride Platform which has been selected for use by several leading OEMs and Tier-1s.
- Dr. Richard Rau, VP of Autonomous Driving, Sensors, Integration Platforms and Cooperations at BMW Group. - Innoviz and Nvidia were selected to host a 3D perception workshop during the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), a premier event that will run from October 23-27, 2022, in Tel Aviv. Innoviz and NVIDIA's workshop will discuss the unique challenges and advantages associated with the use of 3D data for autonomous driving and identify key requirements for perception software to process large, complex LiDAR datasets.
4. In the second quarter of 2022, Innoviz also expanded its global market share beyond the automotive industry:
- The Company entered into a cooperation with Joowon Industrial, a distributor and supplier of world-class testing equipment, for Joowon to serve as a distributor of a wide range of Innoviz applications across a number of industries, including industrial machinery and heavy equipment in the Korean and other markets.
- Japan Post, a special private company under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, selected InnovizOne LiDAR sensors to construct digital maps on postal delivery cars, paving the way for next-generation smart city services such as autonomous driving and unmanned delivery. The InnovizOne equipped delivery vehicles will generate detailed digital maps that gather information that include changes in roads and buildings along delivery routes.
Technology Leadership
Innoviz remains focused on investing in technology and perception software. This quarter, the Company made further improvements to its next-generation product, InnovizTwo.
- Innoviz is in process of ramping up the InnovizTwo B1 sample, which is designed to increase performance and volume production. Ramp up, allowing the availability of additional InnovizTwo B1 samples, is targeted for the beginning of 2023.
- Innoviz360 B sample integration is planned for the end of third quarter 2022, and Innoviz expects to demonstrate the first samples of Innoviz360 by the end of this year, as planned. Innoviz360 will help Innoviz expand its market outreach and its total addressable market (TAM).
Corporate Development
In the second quarter 2022, Innoviz announced a series of management team appointments to bolster its sales leadership experience and support its continued growth. The Company named Tali Chen as Chief Business Officer, Scott Craig as Country Manager, U.S., and Brijesh Shukla as Country Manager, Japan.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Revenues for the second quarter of 2022 were $1.8 million, compared to $1.0 million in the second quarter of 2021. The Company expects InnovizOne sales to continue to increase and it's also targeting to sell the first samples of InnovizTwo later this year.
Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2022 were $28.8 million, a decrease from $70.7 million in the second quarter of 2021. Operating expenses in the second quarter of 2022 included $4.4 million of share-based compensation compared to $49.9 million of share-based compensation in the second quarter of 2021. The decrease in operating expenses in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the second quarter of 2021 was primarily due to a decrease in share-based compensation, partially offset by an increase in headcount during the second quarter of 2022.
Research and development expenses for the second quarter of 2022 were $21.9 million, a decrease from $32.1 million in the second quarter of 2021. Research and development expenses in the second quarter of 2022 included $2.7 million attributable to share-based compensation compared to $17.6 million attributable to share-based compensation in the second quarter of 2021.
Innoviz maintains a high liquidity level with approximately $246 million in cash, short term deposits, restricted cash and marketable securities, as of June 30, 2022.
Guidance
Innoviz is reaffirming its 2022 guidance:
- The Company expects to increase its order book by more than 30% by the end of fiscal year 2022.
- The Company has achieved its expected stated goal to secure 10 pre-production programs during 2022. To date, the Company has participated in 12.
- The Company currently has 12 prospective customers in at different RFI and RFQ stages.
- The Company expects to drive material revenue by the end of 2023 from previously announced series wins with BMW and an L4 autonomous shuttle program, as well as from non-automotive end markets.
Conference Call
Innoviz management will hold a web conference today, August 10, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time (6:00 a.m. Pacific time) to discuss these results. Innoviz CEO Omer Keilaf and CFO Eldar Cegla will host the call, followed by a question-and-answer session.
Investors are invited to attend by registering in advance here. All relevant information will be sent upon registration.
A replay of the webinar will also be available shortly after the call in the Investors section of Innoviz's website for 90 days.
About Innoviz Technologies
Innoviz is a global leader in LiDAR technology, working towards a future with safe autonomous vehicles on the world's roads. Innoviz's LiDAR and perception software "see" better than a human driver and reduce the possibility of error, meeting the automotive industry's strictest expectations for performance and safety. Operating across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, Innoviz has been selected by internationally-recognized premium car brands for use in consumer vehicles as well as by other commercial and industrial leaders for a wide range of use cases. For more information, visit innoviz-tech.com.
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This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the services offered by Innoviz, the anticipated technological capability of Innoviz's products, the markets in which Innoviz operates, Innoviz's forward-looking order book, and Innoviz's projected future results. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. "Forward-looking order book" is the cumulative projected future sales of hardware and perception software based on current estimates of volumes and pricing relating to a project. Many factors could cause actual future events, and, in the case of our forward-looking order book, actual orders, to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this announcement, including but not limited to, the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, the ability to convert design wins into definitive orders and the magnitude of such orders, the ability to identify and realize additional opportunities, and potential changes and developments in the highly competitive LiDAR technology and related industries. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in Innoviz's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022 and other documents filed by Innoviz from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Innoviz assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Innoviz gives no assurance that it will achieve its expectations.
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The food we eat and its impact on climate change
How we grow food, consume it and waste it may play a big role in whether the world can avert a climate catastrophe, environmentalists and climate change analysts say. One big obstacle to changing the most damaging practices is that many of them are in fact encouraged and financially incentivized by countries — including the U.S. — possibly pushing us faster toward a world that’s too dangerously warm.
“If we do everything right — if we reduce energy-related emissions [and] transportation-related emissions as much as we all need, and we don’t address emissions from agriculture, we are still not going to avoid a climate catastrophe,” said Scott Faber, senior vice president for government affairs at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group.
The global food system — the growing, processing, transporting, distributing, consumption and disposal of food — makes up a third of greenhouse gas emissions every year. From cutting down trees for grazing cattle, to food waste in landfills, each stage of the food system creates greenhouse gases: a study published in March estimated that emissions from food production and waste alone could push global temperatures up by as much as 1.1 degrees Celsius (1.98 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century.
Methane is the second biggest greenhouse gas producer after carbon dioxide, and it’s 25 times as powerful as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Overall, high-methane foods are on track to make up more than 80% of food-related warming by 2100. Livestock and agriculture are big methane producers — particularly cattle and rice. Manure and gas from cows is rich in methane, as are rice paddies, which emit the gas after they’re flooded.
In the U.S., perhaps the most influential factor in agriculture policy affecting climate change is the farm bill, a massive, contentious measure that sets agriculture policies and regulations. It’s passed by Congress every five years and is up for renewal this year.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) published an analysis of U.S. agriculture spending from 2017-2020, a period during which the environmental quality incentives program of the farm bill provided more than $3.6 billion of funding to farmer. But EWG found that just 23% of incentive payments “were for practices that mitigate climate change,” according to the Agriculture Department’s own list of “climate-smart practices and enhancements.”
Some of those climate-smart practices include converting manure into organic fertilizer, improving soil health by increasing plant diversity and minimizing soil disturbance.
But implementing new and climate-friendly practices may be costly and adversely affect yield, cutting into farmers’ bottom lines and making their crops or herds less attractive to investors and buyers. That reality, according to the World Economic Forum, has resulted in a cycle in the U.S. that rewards “the systems that are least regenerative, emit the most greenhouse gases, and result in the most land degradation.” These damaging systems, the World Economic Forum said, “are the most likely to have access to capital.”
The EWG analysis found that the majority of environmental quality incentives program practices funded by the farm bill were for structures, equipment or facilities that were not even on the department’s “climate-smart” list, and further some of the items receiving the most funding, like waste storage facilities, which are used for manure, actually increase methane emissions, a point that has been acknowledged by the Agriculture Department. The department has a list of climate-friendly alternatives for managing cattle waste, among them, the use of microbes to anaerobically digest manure or composting, but all of these approaches come with attendant costs or labor.
Globally, leaders have agreed to dramatically decrease agriculture sector emissions. In 2021, 111 countries, making up 45% of global methane emissions, signed an agreement to reduce methane emissions 30% by 2030, and 145 countries signed on to reverse deforestation — which is mostly caused by cattle ranching — by 2030.
In 2015,196 parties adopted the international Paris Agreement to keep global average temperatures from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as compared to pre-Industrial times. But since then, average global temperatures have already increased by at least 1.1 degrees Celsius; meaning, emissions related to our food system alone would push warming past the agreement’s ceiling.
“When people think about climate the focus usually snaps to fossil fuels, renewable energy, and that makes sense because it’s the leading driver [of emissions], but food is this super underappreciated part of it. We eat three times a day, so it’s something that we can actually do something about,” said Richard Waite, senior research associate of the World Resources Institute’s food and climate programs.
The role of the global food system in producing greenhouse gas emissions has not been fully recognized by much of the world. Only a third of the 194 countries that signed the Paris Agreement reference food-system mitigation measures in their climate goals.
There have been climate-focused food system bills passed in Washington outside of the farm bill. In January, President Joe Biden signed the Food Donation Improvement Act, which promised to reduce food waste and insecurity. But the bill, Faber said, is just one example of congressional action that is too “incremental.”
Amanda Little, a food systems expert at Vanderbilt University agrees that more action is required beyond the Food Donation Improvement Act, but she praised the legislation in a Bloomberg opinion piece, as an important step toward resolving “the gross contradiction between food excess and food scarcity in America.”
She pointed out that the new law will make it much easier for businesses, schools, farms and markets to donate their large surpluses of food directly to communities that need it by relieving them of liabilities related to food quality or spoilage. Previously, Little points out, they were required to make their food donations indirectly — to food banks that might be far away — and the food bank would then redistribute the food, a practice that in many cases was so impractical that it was just easier to throw away the extra food, instead of dealing with the logistics of donating it.
The U.S., historically the world’s largest emitter, does not mention curbing food waste in its latest emissions targets, even though nearly 40% of all food is wasted here. The U.S. should be leading the way on this issue, says Pete Pearson, of the World Wildlife Fund: “We’ve got to have food loss and waste linked to our climate goals, period.”
And environmentalists worry that change is not happening fast enough, says Wait. He said that in some cases, mitigation measures need to be moving “five to six times” faster than current trends in order to meet global climate goals.
Last year, the World Resources Institute published a study that examined the world’s progress in meeting climate goals. In the food and agriculture sector, WRI found that ruminant meat productivity trends — that is, the meat of cattle, sheep and goats — were “off track” and greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production were moving in the “wrong direction.”
Meat consumption is on the rise across the globe. As more wealth is created in emerging economies, such as China and Brazil, more meat is eaten, and the U.S. consumes more meat than any other country.
For years, studies and media reports have encouraged more plant-heavy diets and less red meat, arguing the shift could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A study published in Nature found that if diets globally were limited to one serving of red meat per week and all other animal protein to two servings per day, global warming due to food consumption would decrease by 0.19 °C by the end of the century. | https://www.wsgw.com/the-food-we-eat-and-its-impact-on-climate-change/ | 2023-04-05 21:10:23 | 1 | https://www.wsgw.com/the-food-we-eat-and-its-impact-on-climate-change/ |
KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the Russian private army Wagner says his force lost more than 20,000 fighters in the drawn-out battle for Bakhmut, with about 20% of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in the 15-month war dying in the eastern Ukrainian city.
The figure was in stark contrast with widely disputed claims from Moscow that it lost just over 6,000 troops in the war, and is higher than the official estimate of the Soviet losses in the Afghanistan war of 15,000 troops between 1979-89. Ukraine hasn't said how many of its soldiers have died since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Analysts believe the nine-month fight for Bakhmut alone has cost the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, among them convicts who reportedly received little training before being sent to the front.
Russia’s invasion goal of “demilitarizing” Ukraine has backfired because Kyiv’s military has become stronger with the supply of weapons and training by its Western allies, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an interview published late Tuesday with Konstantin Dolgov, a pro-Kremlin political strategist.
Prigozhin also said the Kremlin’s forces have killed civilians during the war, something Moscow has repeatedly and vehemently denied.
Prigozhin, a wealthy businessman with longtime links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is known for his bluster — often spiced with obscenities — and has previously made unverifiable claims, some of which he later backtracked on.
Earlier this month, his spokespeople published a video of him shouting, swearing and pointing at about 30 uniformed bodies lying on the ground, saying they were Wagner fighters who died in a single day. He claimed the Russian Defense Ministry had starved his men of ammunition and threatened to give up the fight for Bakhmut.
He also said in Tuesday's interview it was possible that Kyiv’s anticipated counteroffensive in coming weeks, given continued Western support, might push Russian forces out of southern and eastern Ukraine as well as annexed Crimea.
“A pessimistic scenario: the Ukrainians are given missiles, they prepare troops, of course they will continue their offensive, try to counterattack," he said. "They will attack Crimea, they will try to blow up the Crimean bridge (to the Russian mainland), cut off (our) supply lines. Therefore, we need to prepare for a hard war.”
The Ukrainian General Staff said Wednesday that “heavy fighting” is continuing inside Bakhmut, days after Russia said that it completely captured the devastated city.
Bakhmut lies in Donetsk province, one of four provinces Russia illegally annexed last fall and only partially controls.
The head of Ukraine’s ground forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Kyiv’s forces “are continuing their defensive operation” in Bakhmut, and have attained unspecified “successes” on the city’s outskirts. He gave no further details.
Ukrainian officials have insisted the battle for Bakhmut isn’t over.
A Ukrainian commander in Bakhmut told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Ukrainians have a plan to push the Russians out of all occupied territory.
“But now we don’t need to fight in Bakhmut, we need to surround it from flanks and block it,” Yevhen Mezhevikin said. "Then we should ‘sweep’ it. This is more appropriate, and that’s what we are doing now.”
Elsewhere, Russian forces shot down “a large number” of drones in Russia’s southern Belgorod region, a local official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow announced that its forces crushed a cross-border raid in the area from Ukraine.
The drones were intercepted overnight over the province, Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a Telegram post, and another one was shot down Wednesday just outside the local capital, also called Belgorod. He said that no one had been hurt, but unspecified administrative buildings, residential buildings and cars were damaged.
Ukrainian officials made no immediate comment.
Gladkov, the regional governor, said Wednesday he had “questions for (Russia’s) Defense Ministry” following the attack that reportedly sowed alarm among locals and embarrassed the Kremlin.
During a Q&A session with residents on social media, Gladkov agreed with a participant who said that the Russian military’s actions in Belgorod “raised some questions.”
In Moscow, Russia’s defense chief, Sergey Shoigu, vowed to respond “promptly and extremely harshly” to such attacks in the future.
Russia said the previous day that it beat back one of war’s most serious cross-border attacks, with the Defense Ministry saying that more than 70 attackers were killed in a battle in the Belgorod region that lasted around 24 hours. It made no mention of any Russian casualties.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that local troops, airstrikes and artillery routed the attackers.
Twelve local civilians were wounded in the attack, officials said, and an older woman died during an evacuation.
Details of the incident in the rural region, lying about 80 kilometers (45 miles) north of the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine and far from the front lines of the almost 15-month war, are unclear.
Moscow blamed the incursion that began Monday on Ukrainian military saboteurs. Kyiv described it as an uprising against the Kremlin by Russian partisans. It was impossible to reconcile the two versions, to say with certainty who was behind the attack or to ascertain its aims.
The region is a Russian military hub holding fuel and ammunition depots. Moscow officials declined to say how many attackers were involved in the assault or comment on why efforts to put down the attackers took so long.
The Belgorod region, like the neighboring Bryansk region and other border areas, has witnessed sporadic spillover from the war, which Russia started by invading Ukraine in February 2022.
At least three civilians died and 18 others were wounded in Ukraine on Tuesday and overnight, the Ukrainian presidential office reported Wednesday, including in the southern Kherson region where two elderly people died in air strikes.
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Yuras Karmanau contributed to this report from Tallinn, Estonia. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/russia-drones-border-raid/507-e2d606f4-e045-48dd-b9e5-fdfa1cf39a52 | 2023-05-24 14:22:38 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/russia-drones-border-raid/507-e2d606f4-e045-48dd-b9e5-fdfa1cf39a52 |
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: B.A.] and Alder Fuels today announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) around the world. Using Boeing airplanes, the companies will test and qualify Alder-derived SAF, advance policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy in aviation, and grow the amount of SAF for the global aerospace market.
Alder Fuels' proprietary technology enables the efficient conversion of abundant, sustainable forest residues and regenerative biomass into a low-negative carbon "greencrude" for jet fuel conversion. The Alder product is suitable for conversion into drop-in SAF, meaning it can be produced by existing refineries with their current equipment and infrastructure. Alder expects completion of its first plant in 2024.
"As we work toward the civil aviation industry's commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, we know that 700 – 1,000 times more SAF is needed in order to meet this goal," said Sheila Remes, Boeing's vice president of Environmental Sustainability. "We also know that according to the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. forestry and agricultural residues alone could provide enough biomass energy to generate enough SAF jet fuel to displace 75 percent of U.S. aviation fuel consumption. Partnerships like those with Alder enable us all to advocate for and scale SAF supply."
Boeing will support testing and qualification of Alder-derived SAF including flight demonstrations to ensure readiness. According to the Air Transport Action Group, an industry coalition focused on sustainability, the single largest opportunity to meet and go beyond the industry's 2050 goal is the rapid and worldwide scaling up of sustainable aviation fuel and new energy sources.
In January 2021, Boeing committed to deliver 100% SAF-capable airplanes by 2030 and is also using SAF in its own operations while working across the globe to scale up the supply of SAF.
"Alder's technology offers a future of gathering energy to power aircraft, instead of drilling for it, by converting widely available sustainable biomass into a sustainable product for refining into SAF," said Alder Fuels CEO Bryan Sherbacow. "We can now scale up supply to meet the aviation industry's demand. This partnership with Boeing will expedite SAF availability around the globe, advance policies that ensure sustainability and foster environmental justice, and cultivate local economies."
Prior to founding Alder Fuels, Sherbacow developed and led the world's first SAF refinery in Paramount, California. The Alder Team has been at the forefront of developing new methods for producing SAF, commercializing its use, developing public policy for the sector, and leading efforts for widespread industry adoption.
Boeing has been a pioneer in making SAF a reality. The company has worked with airlines, engine manufacturers and other industry leaders to qualify and conduct biofuel test flights in 2008 and gain approval for commercial use in 2011. In 2018, the Boeing ecoDemonstrator flight test program made the world's first commercial airplane flight using 100% sustainable fuels with a 777 Freighter, in collaboration with FedEx Express. In addition, Boeing partnered with U.S. government customers on SAF initiatives which include SAF flight tests with the U.S. Navy on an F/A-18 Super Hornet and with an in-depth fuel study with the Air Force as part of their efforts to certify the C-17 Globemaster to use SAF.
About Alder Fuels
Alder Fuels, founded by biofuel and aviation industry entrepreneur Bryan Sherbacow, is a process technology and project development company in the low-carbon energy industry. Alder is commercializing a process to produce greencrude that is carbon negative, scalable and cost-competitive with the petroleum it replaces. To meet the need for rapid and global scalability, the conversion process is compatible with existing petroleum refining and logistics infrastructure. The company's collaboration with United Airlines and Honeywell UOP is expected to propel the use of new forms of biomass to power commercial aircraft, reduce fossil fuel consumption, and commercialize technologies benefiting the flying public.
Alder's research is supported by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Energy (DOE), and through a partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is focused on developing technology to process organic waste and sustainable, non-food plant material into carbon-negative transportation fuels. For more information about Alder Fuels, visit http://www.alderfuels.com/.
About Boeing
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Join our team and find your purpose at boeing.com/careers.
Learn more about Boeing's sustainability commitments, partnerships and efforts in its recently released 2022 Sustainability Report and on Boeing's sustainability website.
Boeing Contact
Lisa Maull
Global Enterprise Sustainability
+314-614-4583
lisa.a.maull@boeing.com
Alder Fuels Contact
Ian Plunkett
Chief Communications Officer
iplunkett@alderfuels.com
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Top Player Prop Bets for Maple Leafs vs. Panthers NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 1 on May 2, 2023
Matthew Tkachuk and Mitchell Marner are two of the players with prop bets available when the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs meet at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday (at 7:00 PM ET).
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Maple Leafs vs. Panthers Game Info
- When: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, SportsNet, CBC, and TVAS
- Where: Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario
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NHL Props Today: Toronto Maple Leafs
Mitchell Marner Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +165, Under Odds: -204)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -145, Under Odds: +115)
Marner has been a major player for Toronto this season, with 99 points in 80 games.
Marner Recent Games
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William Nylander Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -164, Under Odds: +135)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: +150, Under Odds: -185)
William Nylander is another of Toronto's offensive options, contributing 87 points (40 goals, 47 assists) to the team.
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Auston Matthews Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +140, Under Odds: -175)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -110, Under Odds: -120)
Auston Matthews' season total of 85 points has come from 40 goals and 45 assists.
Matthews Recent Games
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Matthew Tkachuk Props
- Points Prop: 1.5 (Over Odds: +150, Under Odds: -185)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -115, Under Odds: -115)
Tkachuk's 109 points are important for Florida. He has put up 40 goals and 69 assists in 79 games.
Tkachuk Recent Games
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Aleksander Barkov Jr. Props
- Points Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -233, Under Odds: +190)
- Assists Prop: 0.5 (Over Odds: -120, Under Odds: -110)
Aleksander Barkov Jr. is a key piece of the offense for Florida with 78 total points this season. He has scored 23 goals and added 55 assists in 68 games.
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New to electrification? Try a plug-in hybrid first
Posted/updated on: March 20, 2023 at 10:10 am(NEW YORK) -- Let's be honest: electric vehicles can get a bad rap.
Maybe it's range anxiety. Or the scarcity -- and uncertainty -- of public charging stations. Both are valid reasons why some Americans are dubious of electric vehicles.
More industry watchers are now arguing a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) may be the "ideal" powertrain of choice for those wanting to try out EVs. Plug-in hybrids have a gasoline engine, at least one electric motor and a battery pack, which can be charged via regenerative braking or a plug. Some PHEVs can even travel up to 60 miles in electric mode.
They were once seen as a temporary solution to EV adoption. Not anymore.
"The reality is electric vehicles won't work for everyone -- not now, not in the next five or even 15 years," Robby DeGraff, an analyst at AutoPacific, told ABC News. "There will always be people living in apartments or homes who don't have a place to plug in. We should not be forcing EVs on people."
DeGraff said the EV charging infrastructure lags in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he lives. He can count the number of level 3 chargers in the city, adding that many are often broken or offline. He attributes the excitement around EVs to Tesla, the top-selling EV automaker in the U.S., noting that the "Tesla buzz" hasn't stopped even with the increased competition.
"If you're a consumer toying with the idea of an EV ... you look at the Tesla charging network, which is fantastic," he said. "Teslas are still very desirable and hot."
Last year 186,400 PHEV units were sold in the U.S. versus 774,000 battery electric vehicles (BEV). AutoPacific predicts sales of plug-ins to hit 305,000 this year and 425,900 in 2024. There are currently 51 PHEVs (including cars, SUVs, crossovers and one minivan) on the market and 61 BEVs. DeGraff said consumers would buy more PHEVs if they were aware of the benefits of owning one.
"They're more affordable than a common electric vehicle and operate like a traditional hybrid when the electric range is out," he said. "They have more flexibility ... I think they're perfect."
The No. 1 selling PHEV in the U.S. is the Jeep Wrangler 4xe, which launched in 2021. The Wrangler 4xe now accounts for 24% of all Wrangler sales and more than 43,100 units were sold in 2022. (The 4xe is available in Willys, Sahara, High Altitude and Rubicon models.) Jeep then debuted the Grand Cherokee 4xe in late 2022.
The Wrangler 4xe gets 21 miles of electric range; the Grand Cherokee 4xe tops out at 25 miles. Jeep, part of the Stellantis automotive conglomerate, will introduce even more electrified models by 2025.
"By 2030, more than 50% of Jeep brand sales in the United States will be fully electric," a spokesperson told ABC News.
Japanese automaker Toyota will add the latest generation of its Prius Prime this spring following the success of the RAV4 Prime sport utility vehicle, which has an EPA-estimated electric range of 42 miles.
"The demand for our Prime vehicles exceeds our ability to manufacture them," a Toyota spokesperson told ABC News. "Almost every RAV4 Prime is pre-sold before they hit the lots. With the design and features of our all-new 2023 Prius Prime, we expect the same customer demand when it goes on sale."
Toyota, a pioneer of hybrid technology, recently said it would focus more attention on BEVs, a significant shift for the company. Plug-in hybrids, however, will still be available to drivers who prefer them.
"Our strategy will continue to evolve as we work to meet customer demands but PHEVs will continue to be a piece of that strategy," the spokesperson said.
Karl Brauer, executive analyst at iSeeCars.com, said plug-in hybrids have "zero downside" for owners, especially since they can be easily charged with a standard, 110v outlet -- no pricey external charger required.
"With a PHEV you're not at the mercy of the public charging infrastructure, which is still pretty lacking," he told ABC News. "You will never face lines or deal with non-functioning chargers."
Many PHEVs can qualify for state and federal tax credits, too. PHEVs may weigh more than non-hybrids but the instant torque from the electric motor will immediately satisfy drivers, Brauer said.
"PHEVs are the most complex type of car and the tech keeps getting better and better," he said. "Battery packs are getting more efficient and lighter. The newest versions won't suffer weight penalties as earlier models did."
Mitsubishi Motors has been producing a plug-in version of its Outlander for a decade. The electrified SUV was a hit globally and landed in the U.S. in 2018. The niche automaker recently unveiled an updated Outlander PHEV with boosted electric range (38 miles), a third row and improved styling and handling.
"We essentially invented the segment," Cason Grover, Mitsubishi Motors North America director of product planning, told ABC News. "The Outlander was a huge success for us, surprising a lot of people. It set us on a really good path."
Grover touted the "surprising acceleration" of PHEVs, adding that electrification "brings lots of benefits." He agreed that pairing a gasoline engine with an electric motor eliminates the fears drivers share about EVs.
"It's nice to have that ability to drive long distances with an internal combustion engine," he said.
Luxury automakers like BMW, Porsche and Bentley have also been making PHEVs for years. BMW recently added the XM, a high-performance plug-in hybrid SUV that produces a combined 644 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque from a twin-turbo V8 engine and electric motor.
The modish SUV can travel for 30 miles as EV before the 4.4-liter engine kicks in. Plus, the battery charges from zero to 100% in 3.25 hours, BMW says.
Bentley pairs a turbocharged V6 engine with an electric motor in its plug-in hybrid Bentayga and Flying Spur. The vehicles are powered by a 18.0 kWh lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in as little as two-and-a-half hours. The electric-only range on the Bentayga hybrid is at least 28 miles; the Flying Spur hybrid gets 25 miles in EV Drive mode.
German automaker Porsche sells more plug-ins overseas but the company's all-electric Taycan has actually boosted interest in the company's hybrids in the U.S., according to a spokesperson. Porsche launched the Panamera E-Hybrid in 2013 followed by the Cayenne E-Hybrid a year later.
"The Taycan has acted as a lighthouse and drawn the attention of non-traditional Porsche customers to the availability of a PHEV model range," the spokesperson told ABC News.
The E-Hybrids have an EPA-tested range of 15 and 14 miles.
"In the real world, drivers found they would get 20% more range than listed," the spokesperson said.
Plug-ins are starting to revolutionize the supercar world as well. Ferrari's SF90 Stradale pairs a twin-turbocharged V8 with three electric motors, giving the car aphrodisiac qualities and mind-blowing acceleration.
McLaren's Artura, the British's marque new plug-in hybrid, delivers sleek styling, scintillating performance and insane speeds with minimal to no emissions. Owners can drive in silence for 19 miles before the twin-turbo V6 engine awakens.
Nicolas Brown, president of McLaren the Americas, said customers are not demanding a pure EV quite yet.
"Our focus is on high-performance hybrids," he told ABC News. "This hybrid ticks all the boxes and the driver experience isn't compromised. The battery technology isn't there yet to have a true, all-electric track car."
Brauer expects the electric range of PHEVs to increase in the coming years, with 100 miles a real possibility. Now, automakers have to do more to educate motorists about these vehicles, he argued.
"It's unfortunate the average consumer isn't more aware of plug-ins," he said. "If you look at all the pros and cons of drivetrains, PHEVs would be that much more popular."
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ARLINGTON, Va., June 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) published updates to the Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023 (Standards of Care) on the use of teplizumab in delaying the onset of type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects millions of people worldwide, and its incidence is increasing. Teplizumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets the immune system and has been shown to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes in high-risk individuals. The updated recommendations reflect recent clinical trial results and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of teplizumab and provide healthcare professionals with new guidance on the use of teplizumab to delay the progression of the disease.
Section 2, "Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes," of the Standards of Care has been updated to refine the diagnostic criteria for type 1 diabetes screening in presymptomatic individuals. Individuals testing positive for autoantibodies may meet criteria for intervention with teplizumab in order to delay development of diabetes.
Section 3, "Prevention or Delay of Type 2 Diabetes and Associated Comorbidities," of the Standards of Care has been updated to reflect the addition of teplizumab to delay type 1 diabetes in certain adults and children at high risk for developing the disease. The section title has also been updated to account for prevention or delay of type 1 diabetes.
"Teplizumab has the potential to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes and improve the lives of those at high risk for the disease," said Dr. Robert Gabbay, Chief Scientific and Medical Officer at the ADA. "The updated guidelines provide clinicians with the most recent evidence-based recommendations on the use of teplizumab to delay the progression of the disease."
"Type 1 diabetes is a devastating disease that affects millions of people worldwide, and there is a great need for effective treatments," said Nuha El Sayed, MD, MM Sc, chair of the Professional Practice Committee and overseer of ADA's Standards of Care in Diabetes.
The Standards of Care provides the latest in comprehensive, evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in children and adults; strategies to prevent or delay diabetes; and therapeutic approaches that reduce complications and positively affect health outcomes.
The Standards of Care are reviewed and updated annually by the' ADA's Professional Practice Committee (PPC). The committee is a multidisciplinary team of leading U.S. experts in the field of diabetes care and includes physicians, nurse practitioners, diabetes care and education specialists, registered dietitians, pharmacists, methodologists, and others with experience in adult and pediatric endocrinology, epidemiology, public health, cardiovascular risk management, microvascular complications, preconception and pregnancy care, weight management, diabetes prevention, behavioral and mental health, inpatient care, and use of technology in diabetes management.
The Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023 is freely accessible online and is published as a supplement to the January 2023 issue of Diabetes Care®. The online version is updated when new evidence or regulatory changes merit immediate incorporation through the "Living" Standards of Care process. The ADA fosters broad dissemination through a shortened version of the guidelines, known as the Abridged Standards of Care, for primary care providers in its journal Clinical Diabetes® and offers a convenient Standards of Care app as well as a Standards of Care pocket chart. Other resources, including a webcast with continuing education credit and a full slide deck, can be found on the ADA's professional website, DiabetesPro®.
About the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the nation's leading voluntary health organization fighting to bend the curve on the diabetes epidemic and help people living with diabetes thrive. For 82 years, the ADA has driven discovery and research to treat, manage, and prevent diabetes while working relentlessly for a cure. Through advocacy, program development, and education we
aim to improve the quality of life for the over 133 million Americans living with diabetes or prediabetes. Diabetes has brought us together, what we do next will make us Connected for Life®. To learn more or to get involved, visit us at diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-3422383). Join the fight with us on Facebook (American Diabetes Association), Spanish Facebook (Asociación Americana de la Diabetes), LinkedIn (American Diabetes Association), Twitter (@AmDiabetesAssn), and Instagram (@AmDiabetesAssn).
Contact: Rebecca Fisher – 703-253-4918
press@diabetes.org
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Blackstone Inc. (BX) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $557.9 million.
On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had net income of 75 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.07 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 96 cents per share.
The investment manager posted revenue of $1.7 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $2.34 billion, which did not meet Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.62 billion.
For the year, the company reported profit of $1.75 billion, or $2.36 per share. Revenue was reported as $12.59 billion.
Blackstone Inc. shares have increased 20% since the beginning of the year.
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Prime assemblage at 1656-1680 Alton Road and 1677 West Avenue slated to elevate Miami Beach commercial real estate standards to global stage
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SHVO, the luxury real estate development and investment firm, closed on an assemblage including 1656-1680 Alton Road and 1677 West Avenue at the nexus of Lincoln Road. This significant site is targeting developing 250,000 square feet with over 300 feet of prime Alton Road exposure, grand terraced outdoor rooms, and panoramic views.
Joining a significant portfolio of Miami Beach assets including the famed Raleigh Hotel, this acquisition builds upon an established SHVO commitment to Miami Beach. In partnership with Deutsche Finance America, the acquisition closed June 3rd for $39.3 million.
SHVO plans to develop unique Class A commercial space with renowned design firm Foster + Partners, recognized internationally for conceiving state-of-the-art office space. The first Foster + Partners office building in Miami Beach, this development builds upon SHVO's collaboration with Foster + Partners at Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco. Kobi Karp Architects will reinforce this vision as local veteran expertise. The Alton is slated for an emphatic commitment to quality, sustainability, and a conscious initiative to elevate the standard of Miami Beach office space.
Lord Norman Foster, Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners, said "Our design is inspired by the climate and vegetation of Florida to create a protected courtyard and to merge the workplace with nature and the outdoors. The Alton will be a model of healthy lifestyle and sustainability."
"The Alton is an exceptional opportunity to elevate office space to a global audience and cultural significance— featuring an above and beyond sustainability commitment, tailored super prime office space and quality unparalleled in Miami Beach," said Michael Shvo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Outdoor space is a vital amenity and signature to the proposed setback massing. The site embraces high-design and execution potential slated to raise Miami Beach commercial space standards.
SHVO is committed to high-performance and high-design commercial properties as demonstrated by additional portfolio assets 711 Fifth Avenue and 530 Broadway in New York, and 333 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago.
SHVO is a real estate development and investment firm built on the vision of Chairman & CEO Michael Shvo to create culture-defining experiences in iconic properties.
Headquartered in New York City with offices in Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago, SHVO owns and operates a national portfolio with more than $8 billion in assets under management and 4.5 million square feet across commercial office and retail space, hospitality, and luxury residential assets. The firm's selective portfolio of architecturally significant properties, from innovative ground up new developments to revitalized landmarks that define skylines in the world's leading cities, includes the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, 333 South Wabash Avenue ('The Big Red') in Chicago, Mandarin Oriental Residences at 9200 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue in New York City and the AMAN New York Hotel and Residences at the Crown building.
Renowned for its expertise, SHVO is fully integrated with highly diversified industry experience in every aspect of acquisitions, finance, development, design, sales, leasing, property management, hospitality, and sustainability.
Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted in sustainability, which was founded over fifty years ago in 1967 by Norman Foster with his late wife, Wendy. Since then, he and the team around him have established an international practice with a worldwide reputation for thoughtful and pioneering design, working as a single studio that is both ethnically and culturally diverse. The studio integrates the skills of architecture with engineering, both structural and environmental, urbanism, interior and industrial design, model and film making, aeronautics and many more – our collegiate working environment is similar to a compact university. These diverse skills make us capable of tackling a wide range of projects, particularly those of considerable complexity and scale. Design is at the core of everything that we do. We design buildings, spaces and cities; we listen, we question, and we innovate.
The studio has established an international reputation with buildings such as the Hearst Headquarters in New York, 30 St Mary Axe, popularly known as The Gherkin, in London, Millau Viaduct in France, the German Parliament in the Reichstag, Berlin, The Great Court for the British Museum, Headquarters for HSBC in Hong Kong and London, the ME Hotel in London, Commerzbank Headquarters in Frankfurt, the Metro Bilbao, the Carré d'Art Nîmes, the sustainable Masdar development in Abu Dhabi, and research centres for Stanford University, California. Recent work includes the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Samson Pavilion for CWRU and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Duo Central Park in Sydney, Apple's headquarters in California, Bloomberg's new European headquarters in London and the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia. Currently, the practice is involved in projects such as the New Slussen Masterplan in Sweden, Kuwait International Airport, and 425 Park Avenue in New York.
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A California bill would offer residents a rebate of up to $2,000 to convert an existing internal-combustion car or truck to an EV.
Spotted by Green Car Congress, California Senate Bill 301 would establish a Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project (ZACP) with up to $2 million in annual funding for EV conversion rebates to supplement California’s existing rebates for new EV purchases and leases. To qualify, converted EVs would need a range of at least 100 miles.
The bill is sponsored by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), the automotive aftermarket trade group best known for its massive annual trade show in Las Vegas and for lobbying efforts on behalf of vehicle modifications.
While its origins are in the hot rodding scene, EV conversions have become more common at the SEMA show in recent years. The group sees them as important to the future of the aftermarket industry, saying in a press release that the bill “preserves California’s diverse and deep-rooted car culture” while providing a way to keep classic cars on the road.
Such an incentive addresses an inconvenient truth: That as rapidly as the state shifts new vehicles away from gasoline and diesel, it still has to wait for that fleet of vehicles to be retired. California is targeting 35% EV sales by model year 2026, and a ban on sales of all new vehicles with combustion engines except plug-in hybrids by 2035, but it will take much longer for existing gasoline and diesel vehicles to be retired.
However, a $2,000 rebate might not put much of a dent into the cost of an EV conversion.
It’s not unusual for EV conversions to total more than $30,000, not including the cost of the donor vehicle. The cheapest one we’re aware of is the $3,000 DIY Mini Cooper done by YouTuber Rich Benoit, but that took some impressive hacks and plenty of Benoit’s own labor.
A French company called Transition One has claimed to have the conversion cost down to about $5,500 per vehicle, with just a four-hour conversion process and modular components. As of 2019, the company was primarily focusing on the small hatchbacks popular in Europe, but perhaps such a concept could be expanded to the U.S.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s security agency said Friday it had detained three Israeli settlers on suspicion of involvement in mass rampages through Palestinian towns in the occupied West Bank this week following the killing of four Israelis.
While rights groups welcomed the arrests, the small number of suspects — given the scale of the attacks — revived criticism of the wider lack of accountability for Israeli settlers.
“The rule is impunity from justice,” said Roy Yellin, of the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency did not identify the three detained Israelis.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters he hoped “that there will be enforcement, that there will be law.” He said he expected police to make more arrests.
Over the past three days, Jewish settlers have torched and vandalized dozens of Palestinian homes and cars throughout the West Bank in retaliation for Wednesday’s Palestinian shooting attack that killed four Israelis. Their ferocity echoed a deadly settler rampage in February in the northern Palestinian town of Hawara. Some Israeli settlers were detained following that attack, but swiftly released without indictments.
The Israeli rights group Yesh Din on Friday described the arrests as “a drop in the ocean.” The group has documented the burning of at least 30 Palestinian homes, 60 cars, a gas station, multiple shops, a mosque and school throughout northern West Bank villages this week. The number of homes and cars burned or vandalized, it acknowledged, is probably higher.
The group’s director, Ziv Stahl, alleged that the Israeli military’s inability or unwillingness to prevent settler attacks was “part of an intentional policy rather than a mistake.”
“(The army) had four mounts after (the attack in) Hawara to study how to deal with this and stop it,” she said. “But everything happened in broad daylight. They didn’t detain anyone on the scene. They allowed the settlers to do whatever they felt like doing.”
The Israeli military acknowledged that it had failed to prevent the waves of Israeli settler reprisals against “innocent Palestinians.” Hagari called Wednesday’s rampage through the typically sleepy and well-to-do Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah a “horrible event.” He said the military was beefing up forces in the area.
“It’s a severe event that we should prevent, and we failed to prevent it,” Hagari told reporters, adding that security forces had expected extremist vigilantes to descend on Palestinian towns after the funerals of the killed Israelis. “We did not succeed because the force wasn’t large enough to prevent it.”
The surging violence in the West Bank has created a test for Israel’s far-right government, which has vowed take a hard line against the Palestinians and expand Jewish settlements in the territory, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war.
On Friday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Eviatar, an unauthorized settlement outpost in the northern West Bank that was evacuated by the previous Israeli government in 2021. Addressing a crowd of young ideological Jewish settlers, he pressed for a more aggressive military response to Palestinian attacks.
He exhorted the settlers to “run to the hilltops,” referring to Israel’s unauthorized outposts on West Bank hilltops. He demanded the government “take down buildings and eliminate terrorists.”
“Not just one or two,” he said. “But dozens and hundreds, and if needed, thousands.”
Wednesday’s violence particularly traumatized residents of Turmus Ayya and Urif, the hometown of the two assailants who carried out Wednesday’s shooting, leaving residents fearful for their safety. Confrontations erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinian residents who hurled stones and fireworks, killing a 27-year-old Palestinian and wounding at least a dozen others.
Security footage of the attacks that circulated on social media Friday drew further outrage. Closed-circuit television footage from Urif on Wednesday authenticated by Yesh Din showed a masked man with a dog on a leash violently ripping out all the pages of a Quran, and flinging the pages into the street.
Mustafa Shehadeh, head of the medical team in Urif, said the man broke broke the door of the village mosque, let his dog loose in the prayer room and grabbed at least 10 Qurans. “He ripped them up in front of me and threw all of them into the trash,” he said. Settlers also hurled stones at homes with children inside, he said, wounding at least 40 people, many of them in the head.
“The attacks were painful in a way I will not forget,” he said.
Other videos from Turmus Ayya show a group of young vandals shooting, apparently at random, in the direction of Palestinian homes.
Vigilante violence against Palestinian towns continued late Thursday, with residents reporting settlers throwing stones at Palestinians in villages north of Ramallah and south of the city of Hebron, wounding at least six people.
The attacks have also put increased pressure on the Palestinian Authority, which exerts limited autonomy in parts of the West Bank. During Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh’s visit to the ruined homes and charred cars of Turmus Ayya, residents demanded that the authority do more to protect its people, either by deploying security forces or giving them weapons.
A member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee, Bassam al-Salhi, appealed on Friday for the creation of an armed Palestinian national guard to fend off settlers in Palestinian towns vulnerable to settler attacks.
Palestinian officials dismissed the idea but said authorities were considering the formation of village watch teams and other civilian committees to alert Palestinian residents to settler rampages and mobilize self-defense.
“This is really something necessary,” said Ahmad Majdalani, the minister of social development. “The Palestinian people are defenseless and must protest peacefully against this aggression.”
Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, urged restraint. When asked what his message would be to Palestinians under Israeli security control who are worried about future settler attacks, he said that Israeli security forces are “doing the best effort that we can.”
“We are in charge of this area,” he said. “It’s part of our job.” | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/israel-arrests-3-settlers-suspected-in-violent-attacks-in-palestinian-towns/ | 2023-06-24 04:24:57 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/world/israel-arrests-3-settlers-suspected-in-violent-attacks-in-palestinian-towns/ |
Kid Wind national winners from Kansas invited to Kansas Statehouse
Teams tasked with designing wind turbines in project
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Student innovators were welcomed to the Kansas Statehouse Wednesday morning by Lt. Governor David Toland. The student teams competed and received national honors in the National Kid Wind challenge in May held in San Antonio.
Each team was tasked with designing a wind turbine and teams were judged on performance, knowledge and presentation.
The winners from Kansas are team Hutch Stem Blue from Hutchinson, team Wind Chill from Dighton, and team Gerald La Turbina from Beloit. The teams say they are glad to see their hard work pay off.
“We were there snow days, weekends, off times,” said team Hutch Stem Blue. “We were there a whole bunch, two days a week we were working on this. It takes a lot of hard work.”
“It feels really great,” said Westin from team Wind Chill. “Just to see what we started with and for what we are at now and it just amazes us what we can do and how much we have grown with it.”
After meeting with the Lt. Governor the teams were taken on a guided tour of the Capitol and were then provided lunch.
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell 53 cents to $75.88 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for April delivery fell 67 cents to $82.17 a barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for March delivery was unchanged at $2.45 a gallon. March heating oil fell 5 cents $2.90 a gallon. March natural gas fell 1 cent to $2.46 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold for April delivery fell $12 to $1,930.80 an ounce. Silver for March delivery rose 1 cent to $23.62 an ounce and March copper fell 2 cents to $4.09 a pound.
The dollar fell to 128.65 Japanese yen from 128.77 yen. The euro fell to $1.0908 from $1.0979. | https://kion546.com/news/2023/02/02/closing-prices-for-crude-oil-gold-and-other-commodities-377/ | 2023-02-02 21:06:22 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/2023/02/02/closing-prices-for-crude-oil-gold-and-other-commodities-377/ |
The German digital sector will smash its previous record for turnover in 2023, predicts the country's leading digital industry association.
BERLIN, Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital is doing extremely well in Deutschland. That's the conclusion of a study by industry organization Bitkom. It calculates that digital business in Europe's largest economy will be worth EUR 203.4 billion this year. That represents a year-on-year increase of 3.8 percent. It would be the first time turnover has passed the 200-billion-euro mark.
Bitkom also predicts 4.8 percent global growth in the sector, with total value reaching more than 4.3 trillion euros. The United States currently dominates digital industry with 35.7 percent of the world market. It's followed by China, Japan, Britain and Germany.
"The digital sector in Germany continues to enjoy stable growth and is excellently positioned internationally," says Asha-Maria Sharma, digital expert at Germany Trade & Invest, the country's international business promotion agency. "The sector is at the heart of climate protection solutions, and new markets are opening up in a variety of areas, including mobility, health and production. Software and in particular artificial intelligence are two pillars. So there are many reasons for both international and domestic companies to expand."
Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic promotion agency of the Federal Republic of Germany. GTAI supports German companies setting up in foreign markets, promotes Germany as a business location and assists foreign companies setting up shop in Germany.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Southern California teenager killed this week alongside her father in a shootout with law enforcement was with him a day earlier when he fatally shot her mother, police said Thursday.
Savannah Graziano, 15, was in the back of her father’s pickup truck when he gunned down her mother, Tracy Martinez, on Monday, according to Fontana police. Witnesses and two videos — one from a bystander and another from a doorbell — show she stayed still as her mother screamed.
“She’s just sitting in the backseat,” Sgt. Christian Surgent said in a phone interview Thursday.
Authorities had previously said the teen was somewhere else during her mother’s killing and was later abducted by her father, Anthony Graziano. But the two videos obtained Wednesday showed her inside the truck between 30 and 60 seconds before the gunfire began, police said.
Witnesses did not report seeing Savannah get out of the vehicle, Surgent said, as Martinez tried to escape and Graziano — her estranged husband — jumped out wielding a handgun.
Graziano, 45, shot Martinez multiple times and also turned and fired on a nearby car. No one else was hurt.
Martinez was able to identify her killer as Graziano before she died, Surgent said, but never mentioned her daughter being there. Neither video showed the shooting.
Savannah and her father were both killed a day later after a long chase along an desert interstate east of Los Angeles in Hesperia — about 35 miles (56.33 kilometers) north of the homicide scene. Rifle shots were fired at the pursuing officers from Graziano’s pickup truck, which became disabled after driving off the highway. The shooter put several rounds through a patrol car’s windshield and later disabled a second pursuing vehicle, authorities said.
Graziano died in the truck while Savannah, wearing tactical gear and a helmet, was fatally shot as she ran toward deputies amid a hail of gunfire. Authorities are investigating whether she was shot by deputies, her father, or both.
The California Department of Justice is reviewing the teen’s death under a state law requiring the agency to investigate police shootings involving the death of unarmed civilians. Meanwhile, detectives in Fontana still have not determined a motive for the slaying.
Investigators later searched the family’s Fontana home — which Graziano and his daughter moved out of weeks prior — and Graziano’s storage unit. Inside the storage pod they found numerous AR-15-style rifles, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, smoke grenades and other tactical gear, Surgent said.
The firearms were legally owned by Graziano, who was not or probation or parole. Savannah’s younger brother told investigators that the siblings grew up around guns.
Authorities have said they have police video showing the freeway shootout but have not made that public, nor did they release the two videos showing Savannah in the pickup truck just before her mother was killed. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-police-teen-saw-father-shoot-kill-mother-in-california/ | 2022-09-30 20:01:18 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-police-teen-saw-father-shoot-kill-mother-in-california/ |
NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX).
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If Vegas oddsmakers are correct — and there’s a reason those casinos are huge and luxurious — then football fans are in for a treat this weekend.
The NFL’s conference championship weekend is here: The Philadelphia Eagles will host the San Francisco 49ers for the NFC title while the Kansas City Chiefs host the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC. Both games are Sunday.
The gambling odds are tight for both games, though both home teams have a slight edge. The Eagles are a 2 1/2-point favorite while the Chiefs are favored by 1 1/2 points, according to odds from FanDuel Sportsbook.
The winners will meet in the Super Bowl on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
All four teams have legitimate reasons for confidence Sunday:
— Let’s start with the Chiefs. Kansas City has arguably the top quarterback in the sport with Patrick Mahomes under center. He’s battling a high ankle sprain that he suffered during last week’s win against the Jaguars, but the All-Pro selection went through a full week of practice to prepare for the Bengals.
“It’s about being a competitor,” Mahomes said this week. “You want to be out there, especially in these games.”
Mahomes gets a lot of the publicity, but he also has help. Tight end Travis Kelce is among the game’s elite while defensive tackle Chris Jones had 15 1/2 sacks this season.
— Now we move to the Bengals, who are coming to Kansas City with loads of hard-earned confidence. The two teams are playing for the fourth time in under 400 days and Cincinnati won the previous three meetings — all by three points.
Quarterback Joe Burrow has been at his best against Mahomes, including his comeback win in last year’s AFC title game. He’s coming off a season in which he set Bengals records for completions (414), pass attempts (606) and touchdown passes (35).
The Bengals haven’t lost since Halloween, winning 10 straight.
— Over in the NFC, the Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts have had a dream season. Hurts is having a breakout, MVP-caliber year and its hard to top the pass-catching duo of A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, who both easily topped 1,000 yards receiving. Linebacker Haason Reddick leads the defense with 16 sacks.
Also, the game is in Philadelphia. That’s a place where fans can get a little — what’s the polite word — enthusiastic?
Hurts is battling a sore throwing shoulder, but it didn’t seem to be a problem in last week’s dominant win against the Giants.
“I’ve felt better, but it doesn’t really matter,” Hurts said. “I’ve got to get it done.”
— And finally, the 49ers. They have won 12 straight games, including seven in a row since rookie Brock Purdy, a seventh-round draft pick, took over at quarterback after Jimmy Garoppolo was injured.
Purdy is set for perhaps his toughest test yet Sunday, when he faces an Eagles defense that led the NFL with 70 sacks and must deal with an imposing road environment. But Purdy isn’t easily rattled and the 49ers have a loaded roster that includes running back Christian McCaffrey and defensive end Nick Bosa.
Here are some other things to know during the postseason:
WHAT’S THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE?
SUNDAY
San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles, 3 p.m. EST, Fox
Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs, 6:30 p.m. EST, CBS
NO NEED FOR NEUTRAL
The AFC title game would have been played in Atlanta next weekend if the Buffalo Bills had beaten the Bengals, under a rule adjustment approved by NFL owners.
The league decided on the unique conference championship neutral site setting because the Bills (13-3) finished the season a half-game behind the Chiefs (14-3) after their game at Cincinnati was canceled on Jan. 2 when Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field.
Hamlin has since been making a remarkable recovery and attended Sunday’s game in Buffalo, waving to fans from a stadium suite.
In the end, all the Atlanta hypotheticals weren’t needed. That’s because the Bengals and Burrow are rolling. Cincinnati beat Buffalo 27-10 and is one win away from playing in a second straight Super Bowl.
“Better send those refunds,” Burrow said, referring to the 50,000 or so tickets already sold for a game that will never be played.
WHAT’S THE FORMAT FOR PLAYOFFS?
This is the third straight year of the current playoff format, which included the top seven teams from both the AFC and the NFC.
The four division winners in both conferences automatically get the top four seeds, regardless of record, and then the top three teams with the best record that didn’t win their division are the wild-card selections. That’s why it’s fairly common for a wild-card selection to have a better record — but worse playoff seeding — than a team that finished as a division winner.
The No. 1-seeded team in each conference gets a bye into the second round — that’s the Chiefs and Eagles — while No. 2 hosts No. 7, No. 3 hosts No. 6 and No. 4 hosts No. 5 during the wild-card weekend.
The NFL re-seeds teams after each playoff round. That means no matter how the bracket started, the lowest-seeded team always travels to the highest-seeded team.
There are four rounds to the playoffs: The wild-card round was Jan. 14-16, the divisional round was last weekend, the conference championship games are this Sunday and the Super Bowl is scheduled for Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona, at the home stadium of the Arizona Cardinals. | https://www.koin.com/news/nfl-playoffs-vegas-believes-some-classics-could-be-coming/ | 2023-01-29 18:27:22 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/nfl-playoffs-vegas-believes-some-classics-could-be-coming/ |
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Representantes: Fallece el cómico mexicano Xavier López “Chabelo” a los 88 años.
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CLEVELAND — Oswaldo Cabrera hit a tiebreaking, two-out double in the ninth inning off Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase and the New York Yankees survived a nerve-racking finish for a 4-3 win over the Guardians on Wednesday.
Yankees closer Clay Holmes loaded the bases in the ninth on a hit batter and two walks before striking out Rosario for the final out and his fourth save. Wandy Peralta (1-0) pithed a hitless eighth for the win.
New York has won its first four series for the third time in 20 years, taking two of three in each.
The series finale included Yankees manager Aaron Boone being ejected in the first inning following a confusing and controversial play, and second base umpire Larry Vanover getting struck in the face by a relay throw in the fifth.
Franchy Cordero homered again for the Yankees, his fourth of the season tying the score 3-3 in the seventh. Cordero was signed by New York at the end of March after Baltimore released him.
New York’s Aaron Judge went 0 for 3 but drew a walk to extend his on-base streak to 44 games, the longest in the majors since Paul Goldschmidt’s 46 games for St. Louis last season.
Cleveland rookie Peyton Battenfield made his major league debut, starting against baseball’s most storied team after being recalled from Triple-A Columbus when Aaron Civale went on the injured list.
His day got off to a rough start when rookie Anthony Volpe doubled off the wall on the right-hander’s second pitch. But Battenfield struck out Judge, retired Anthony Rizzo and Giancarlo Stanton on grounders, coasting into the fifth inning with a 3-0 lead.
New York touched him for two runs in the fifth, when Vanover’s scary injury sent a chill through Progressive Field.
With two on, Kyle Higahioka hit a double off the wall. Center fielder Myles Straw quickly got the ball to All-Star second baseman Andrés Giménez, who spun and fired a throw toward the plate that struck Vanover, between second and the mound, on the left side of the head.
The impact knocked Vanover off his feet, sending his hat flying and sprawling him across the infield grass. Giménez was visibly shaken as Vanover was checked by a trainer before slowing walking off the field.
There was no immediate word on the 67-year-old Vanover’s condition.
Earlier, Vanover was involved in the heated discussion with Boone, who was tossed for the first time this season and 27th of his career.
Cleveland had runners at second and third with one out in the first when Josh Naylor hit a looper to center field that Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks appeared to catch with a sliding grab. Hicks threw to second for a force-out and an apparent inning-ending double play.
However, as both teams were in their respective dugouts, a replay was shown on the giant left-field scoreboard of Hicks failing to make the catch. It wasn’t immediately clear if Guardians manager Terry Francona had requested a challenge in the allotted 15 seconds.
Vanover huddled with the other three umpires for several minutes and first spoke to Francona, who appeared satisfied with what he was told.
That brought out Boone, who was upset because he felt the Guardians had taken too long to request the challenge. After some gesturing and finger pointing, Boone was tossed but returned to the field at least three more times for an explanation.
Following the review, and a nearly 10-minute interruption, the umpires ruled that Naylor’s ball dropped in for a base hit and an RBI. The Guardians further capitalized on the overturn when first baseman Josh Bell hit an RBI single to give Cleveland a 2-0 lead.
HOO-RAYS
The Yankees didn’t expect to be in chase mode this early in the season.
But Tampa Bay’s extraordinary start — the Rays were 11-0 entering Wednesday — has New York playing from behind.
“Wow, what a start,” Boone said of Tampa Bay’s season-opening sprint, just the seventh double-digit win streak to begin a season.
“I’m not surprised,” Boone continued. “I thought heading into this year that they were really good from a pitching and where their roster is at position-player wise. I don’t think you ever expect anyone to start 11-0, but we also know they’re an excellent team.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: INFs DJ LeMahieu (quad) and Gleyer Torres (hip flexor) were both rested as they deal with injuries the team wants to ensure don’t become more serious.
UP NEXT
Yankees: Open a 10-game homestand with rookie RHP Jhony Brito (2-0, 0.90) starting the series opener against Twins RHP Joe Ryan (2-0, 3.75).
Guardians: Following a travel day, Cleveland opens a three-game series vs. the Nationals with Cal Quantrill (0-1, 6.52) starting Friday’s series opener against Trevor Williams (1-1, 4.35).
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British supermarkets are brimming with packages of coronation cupcakes, hoppy coronation ale and coronation crisps seasoned to taste like king prawn cocktail. There are even Jack Russell-themed cakes in honor of the king and queen consort’s rescue dogs, Bluebell and Beth.
The royal couple likely won’t eat any of it. King Charles III and Queen Camilla lean heavily on fruit and vegetables, preferably organic and from their own gardens. She loves fish and salads. For breakfast, he requires a selection of six honeys and a special mix of muesli, and to end a meal, a plate of local cheese. To lower his carbon footprint, the king goes vegetarian two days a week and gives up dairy on another.
But can Britain’s first green-minded monarch persuade a nation that loves Sunday roast, chips and chicken tikka masala to embrace the locally grown, organic, climate-friendly diet that he follows?
There is undoubtedly power in how a nation’s leaders and their families eat. Jacqueline Kennedy installed a young French chef from New York in the White House kitchen, ushering in a new frontier of sophisticated dinner-party diplomacy. The Obamas planted a vegetable garden and used it to promote local food and healthier school lunches. President Donald Trump served a fast-food buffet to a championship football team to underscore his fight with Democrats over a government shutdown and to burnish his populist image with what he called “great American food.”
When it comes to making lasting change in a nation’s food culture, the king has an edge that American presidents don’t, said Jamie Oliver, the English chef and television personality who tackled unhealthy school lunches. He has worked with Charles on a number of projects and shared a few meals and several “lovely cups of tea” with him.
“People in the public eye come and go, but not the crown,” Oliver said, “so he’s been very important for progress in the U.K. That consistency and relentlessness has extraordinary value, because his secret weapon isn’t just being king; it’s time.”
Charles was an early adopter of organic agricultural practices back when it was novel enough to get him a good drubbing from the press and even members of his own family. It didn’t help that he was an advocate for talking to plants and playing music to make milking a calmer experience for his cows. He even converted his blue 1970 Aston Martin, a gift on his 21st birthday, to run on bioethanol derived from surplus English white wine and whey left over from making cheese.
But if there is a royal last laugh to be had, he had it. Charles turned 1,100 acres next to Highgrove House, his estate west of London in Gloucestershire, into an organic farm that eventually supplied meat and produce for Duchy Originals, a company he founded in 1990. It has become a multimillion-pound food brand in a lucrative partnership with the upscale grocery chain Waitrose. Profits go to charitable causes, and it is likely that the king’s elder son, Prince William, will take over.
Small farmers in Britain see Charles as a champion, and his views on climate change and regenerative farming have made him a hero among some in the agricultural progressive class.
“When you shake hands with him, you will understand what I mean when I say he has farmer’s hands,” said chef and cookbook author Romy Gill, who lives about a 20-minute drive from Highgrove House.
Influencing farming practices is one thing. Convincing the dining public is another, as evidenced by the current outrage over a royal recipe for quiche. (More on that below.)
“There are, as you can imagine, some slightly different views on the royal family here,” said Calum Franklin, a British chef and author who rose to fame as a craftsman of meticulously researched and intricately designed traditional savory pies at the Holborn Dining Room in London.
Franklin is contributing his own dish to the coronation food madness. He has worked for nearly a year to develop a limited-edition Crown Jewel Celebration Pork Pie in collaboration with the pie maker Dickinson & Morris, which will make 500 of the intricately designed pastries by hand using British-bred pork and breast meat from pheasant, the king’s favorite game meat.
To lend it a bit of drama, Franklin fashioned the top crust after the sovereign’s orb, a golden jewel-encrusted globe and cross from 1661 that is presented to each new monarch as a reminder that their power derives from God.
Savory pies have played a pivotal role in British tradition. “Pies have been up and down in popularity based on royal banquets, and we can see that through history,” Franklin said. The term humble pie, for example, comes from pies made with umbles, or scraps of meat and offal that fed peasants who were seated far away from royalty at banquets.
The royal family encouraged Britons to cook for a series of street parties throughout coronation weekend. The main event, called the Coronation Big Lunch, came a day after the new king was crowned.
Menus included everyday food like sausage rolls, scones and finger sandwiches, but Buckingham Palace sent out suggested recipes for home cooks, including roasted rack of lamb with an Asian-style marinade, hard-shell shrimp tacos with pineapple salsa, and grilled eggplant with a dressing of mango chutney, yogurt and curry powder.
But the real attention-getter has been the coronation quiche, the official dish selected by the king and queen and developed in the Buckingham Palace kitchen by chef Mark Flanagan. (The last time a monarch was crowned, in 1953, the official dish was coronation chicken.)
The new dish, which was quickly nicknamed Quiche Le Reign, is built with spinach, tarragon, broad beans (called favas in the United States) and cheddar, a nod to the cheesy eggs the king sometimes likes for breakfast. The crust is made with lard — that’s just one small part of the controversy — but the royal chefs advise that store-bought is fine.
As a culinary offering, the dish has drawn mixed reviews. Dame Prue Leith of “The Great British Bake Off” declared it “a really good quiche.”
Others pulled no punches. “It’s about as unimaginative as it gets,” said Franklin, the pie chef.
“A huge country full of unique cuisines and THIS is the crap you choose??” one Twitter user commented. “It’s 2023, not 1973. Are we having vol-au-vents and cheese with pineapple on a stick with it?”
The recipe’s reception quickly devolved into a political beef. The Reform Party called the dish “foreign muck” and said pie would be a more patriotic choice. The Socialist Party asked whether the quiche would be available at food banks.
The recipe prompted some to chide Charles and Camilla for suggesting an egg dish in the wake of a national egg shortage brought on by avian flu.
Others simply pointed out that food prices were soaring. “Read the room, poshos,” one woman tweeted. “People can’t afford their weekly shop anymore.”
Perhaps the crown won’t have as much of an impact on British food culture as the green king might have hoped — at least not right away.
“Normally, I would say yes, there would be quite an influence,” said Darren McGrady, a British chef in Dallas who traveled with and cooked for Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana and other members of the royal family in the 1980s and ’90s.
“The only thing putting a damper on it right now is the economy,” he said. “A lot of people are hurting. When it comes to buying food to nourish and fill the belly or buying organic, they are going to choose filling bellies.”
Whether the king will remain a vocal advocate for progressive food and agricultural policies is up in the air. His mother maintained a strict political neutrality, and Charles knows he will have to temper his impulses to be outspoken.
“I’m not that stupid. I do realize it’s a separate exercise being sovereign,” he said in a BBC interview in 2018. “The idea that somehow I’m going to carry on exactly in the same way is complete nonsense.”
Still, people who have seen in him a champion for environmental causes believe he won’t go quietly into the royal night.
“He is in a completely unique position to change how so many people eat every day,” said Alice Waters, the California restaurateur and agricultural reformer, whom Charles once taught to weave a hedgerow. “If he didn’t talk about regenerative agriculture and climate, I would be shocked.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-king-has-definite-ideas-about-food-but-will-britain-dig-in/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-05-08 15:20:17 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-king-has-definite-ideas-about-food-but-will-britain-dig-in/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
(KRON) — The Nevada State Assembly has approved $380 million to help the Oakland Athletics build a new stadium in Las Vegas. The bill passed Wednesday is slightly different than the bill passed on Tuesday in the state senate.
The bill will now be returned to the Nevada Senate for concurrence. If that goes through, the bill will go back to the Nevada governor for signature and then will need final approval from Major League Baseball.
The bill’s passage in the state assembly comes the day after A’s fans staged a “reverse protest,” with over 27,000 fans showing up at the Oakland Coliseum for the team’s 2-1 win against the Tampa Bay Rays.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.kron4.com/news/as-stadium-bill-passes-in-nevada-state-assembly/ | 2023-06-15 00:35:30 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/as-stadium-bill-passes-in-nevada-state-assembly/ |
2 ‘old farts’ set up at park to give out free advice
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - Two men in Georgia say they are giving out free advice along with a few laughs.
Kevin Shotsberger and Razz Jenkins are self-proclaimed “old farts” who say they are sharing their advice with those who join them at Forsyth Park in Savannah.
“Our advice is free. So, you get what you pay for,” Shotsberger said.
The Chicago natives attended the Forsyth Farmers Market last year and are now returning to the park for three weekends starting Saturday.
“It’s OK to make fun of yourself while connecting with people,” Jenkins said.
Shotsberger and Jenkins said they are bringing their typical nonsense, obscure tidbits, dubious advice and more once again this year.
“We just want people to come out, have a good time, enjoy themselves, and have a good laugh at our expense,” Shotsberger said.
The two said a guest chair will also be available during their upcoming park visits where others can join in on the fun.
According to Shotsberger and Jenkins, they plan to be at Forsyth Park starting at 9 a.m. local time.
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Belani Brings Decades of Expertise in Commodities and Derivatives to Firm
NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akshay N. Belani, a well-known and highly respected derivatives attorney, has joined Troutman Pepper's Corporate Practice Group in New York as a partner. Belani joins the firm from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
Belani focuses his practice on the application of derivatives in trading, structured products, and capital markets. He represents corporations, funds, banks, institutional investors, broker-dealers, and other financial institutions in all aspects of their securities, futures, derivatives, and commodities trading.
"Akshay offers our clients in-demand expertise around the transactional and regulatory issues associated with derivatives, complex finance, and structured products," said Mason Bayler, chair of the firm's Transactional department. "His skillsets pertaining to NFA and CFTC rule and regulations, securities financing, futures and derivatives contract negotiations and reviews, and related Dodd-Frank questions are similarly sought after."
"It's rare to find an attorney with Akshay's level of derivatives experience," added Steven Khadavi, managing partner of Troutman Pepper's New York office. "We are delighted to welcome him to the firm and know he will have an immediate impact on our clients."
Belani is a member of several industry associations and has an active pro bono practice, previously handling matters with Emma's Torch, Kids in Need of Defense, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and Teens for Food Justice. He earned his JD from St. John's University School of Law and bachelor's degree from Tufts University.
"Troutman Pepper is known for its high-performance teams and providing superior client service," Belani said. "I'm looking forward to partnering with my new colleagues as we seek to deliver even more value for clients."
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper's corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance.
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm's litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients' most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform.
The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members.
The council members, who provided images of the email from Twitter to The Associated Press, spoke on the condition of anonymity due to fears of retaliation. The email said Twitter was “reevaluating how best to bring external insights” and the council is “not the best structure to do this.”
“Our work to make Twitter a safe, informative place will be moving faster and more aggressively than ever before and we will continue to welcome your ideas going forward about how to achieve this goal,” said the email, which was signed “Twitter.”
The volunteer group provided expertise and guidance on how Twitter could better combat hate, harassment and other harms but didn’t have any decision-making authority and didn’t review specific content disputes. Shortly after buying Twitter for $44 billion in late October, Musk said he would form a new “content moderation council” to help make major decisions but later changed his mind.
“Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council was a group of volunteers who over many years gave up their time when consulted by Twitter staff to offer advice on a wide range of online harms and safety issues,” tweeted council member Alex Holmes. “At no point was it a governing body or decision making.”
Twitter, which is based in San Francisco, had confirmed the meeting with the council Thursday in an email in which it promised an “open conversation and Q&A” with Twitter staff, including the new head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin.
That came on the same day that three council members announced they were resigning in a public statement posted on Twitter that said that “contrary to claims by Elon Musk, the safety and wellbeing of Twitter’s users are on the decline.”
Those former council members soon became the target of online attacks after Musk amplified criticism of them and Twitter’s past leadership for allegedly not doing enough to stop child sexual exploitation on the platform.
“It is a crime that they refused to take action on child exploitation for years!” Musk tweeted.
A growing number of attacks on the council led to concerns from some remaining members who sent an email to Twitter earlier on Monday demanding the company stop misrepresenting the council’s role.
Those false accusations by Twitter leaders were “endangering current and former Council members,” the email said.
The Trust and Safety Council, in fact, had as one of its advisory groups one that focused on child exploitation. This included the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Rati Foundation and YAKIN, or Youth Adult Survivors & Kin in Need.
Former Twitter employee Patricia Cartes, whose job it was to form the council in 2016, said Monday its dissolution “means there’s no more checks and balances.” Cartes said the company sought to bring a global outlook to the council, with experts from around the world who could relay concerns about how new Twitter policies or products might affect their communities.
She contrasted that with Musk’s current practice of surveying his Twitter followers before making a policy change affecting how content gets moderated.
“He doesn’t really care as much about what experts think,” she said. | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-musks-twitter-dissolves-trust-and-safety-council/ | 2022-12-13 16:56:06 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-musks-twitter-dissolves-trust-and-safety-council/ |
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioArctic AB's (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) partner Eisai announced today that they have initiated submission of data for Biologics License Application (BLA) to the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) of China for lecanemab (development code: BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody.
The registration category of lecanemab was designated as a Category 1 drug (innovative biologics not approved in China or any other countries). The data submitted in this package includes data from the Phase IIb clinical trial (Study 201) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed Aβ accumulation in the brain and the top-line data of the large global Phase III Clarity AD study. Eisai will submit additional data including full data of the Clarity AD study, as directed by the NMPA.
Lecanemab selectively binds and eliminates soluble, toxic Aβ protofibrils that are thought to contribute to the neurodegenerative process in AD. As such, lecanemab may have the potential to have an effect on disease pathology and to slow down the progression of the disease. The large global Phase 3 study, Clarity AD, of lecanemab in early AD met its primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints with highly statistically significant results. In November 2022, the results of the Clarity AD study were presented at the 2022 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) conference, and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine, one of the world's most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals.
In the U.S., lecanemab was granted Breakthrough Therapy and Fast Track designations by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June and December 2021, respectively. In July 2022, the FDA accepted Eisai's Biologics License Application (BLA) for lecanemab under the accelerated approval pathway and granted it Priority Review. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date is January 6, 2023. Eisai aims to file for traditional approval in the U.S. and for marketing authorization applications in Japan and Europe by the end of the first quarter 2023.
Eisai serves as the lead of lecanemab development and regulatory submissions globally with both Eisai and Biogen co-commercializing and co-promoting the product and Eisai having final decision-making authority. BioArctic has right to commercialize lecanemab in the Nordic under certain conditions and is currently preparing for commercialization in the Nordics together with Eisai.
This release discusses investigational uses of an agent in development and is not intended to convey conclusions about efficacy or safety. There is no guarantee that such an investigational agent will successfully gain health authority approval.
The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact person below, on December 23, 2022, at 00:30 a.m. CET.
For further information, please contact:
Oskar Bosson, VP Communications and IR
E-mail: oskar.bosson@bioarctic.se
Phone: +46 70 410 71 80
About lecanemab (BAN2401)
Lecanemab is an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody for Alzheimer's disease (AD) that is the result of a strategic research alliance between BioArctic and Eisai. Lecanemab selectively binds and eliminates soluble toxic Aβ aggregates (protofibrils) that are thought to contribute to the neurodegenerative process in AD. As such, lecanemab may have the potential to have an effect on disease pathology and to slow down the progression of the disease. Currently, lecanemab is being developed as the only late-stage anti-Aβ antibody that can be used for the treatment of early AD without the need for titration, enabling full treatment effect from day one.
The Clarity AD open-label extension is underway with treatment initiated after completion of the Core period to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of lecanemab. In addition, the lecanemab Phase 3 clinical study AHEAD 3-45 is ongoing for individuals with preclinical (asymptomatic) AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of brain amyloid. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer's Clinical Trial Consortium, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, and Eisai. In 2021, lecanemab was selected for the Tau NexGen clinical study for Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer's disease (DIAD), as a background anti-amyloid treatment when exploring combination therapies with anti-tau treatments. The study, which is ongoing, is conducted by Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Furthermore, Eisai has performed a lecanemab subcutaneous dosing Phase 1 study and the subcutaneous formulation is currently being evaluated in the Clarity AD open label extension study.
About the collaboration between BioArctic and Eisai
Since 2005, BioArctic has a long-term collaboration with Eisai regarding the development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The most important agreements are the Development and Commercialization Agreement for the lecanemab antibody, which was signed in December 2007, and the Development and Commercialization agreement for the antibody BAN2401 back-up for Alzheimer's disease, which was signed in May 2015. In March 2014, Eisai and Biogen entered into a joint development and commercialization agreement for lecanemab. Eisai is responsible for the clinical development, application for market approval and commercialization of the products for Alzheimer's disease. BioArctic has right to commercialize lecanemab in the Nordic under certain conditions and is currently preparing for commercialization in the Nordics together with Eisai. BioArctic has no development costs for lecanemab in Alzheimer's disease and is entitled to payments in connection with regulatory filings, approvals, and sales milestones as well as royalties on global sales.
About BioArctic AB
BioArctic AB (publ) is a Swedish research-based biopharma company focusing on disease-modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and ALS. BioArctic focuses on innovative treatments in areas with high unmet medical needs. The company was founded in 2003 based on innovative research from Uppsala University, Sweden. Collaborations with universities are of great importance to the company together with its strategically important global partner Eisai in Alzheimer disease. The project portfolio is a combination of fully funded projects run in partnership with global pharmaceutical companies and innovative in-house projects with significant market and out-licensing potential. BioArctic's Class B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ticker: BIOA B). For more information about BioArctic, please visit www.bioarctic.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I worked in men's clothing and created this look on the job," said an inventor, from Cincinnati, Ohio. "The POCKET SPARK offers a trendy and stylish design that could garner a great deal of attention when wearing a suit, sport coat, or tuxedo."
The patent-pending invention provides an ornate pocket square or scarf for a suit, sport coat, or tuxedo. In doing so, it offers an attractive and finished appearance. It also could complement and contrast with the colors of ties and shirts. The invention features a fashionable and eye-catching design that is easy to position and display so it is ideal for men and women. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CCT-4757, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NHL teams won’t wear theme-night jerseys next season after players’ Pride refusals caused distractions
(AP) - NHL teams won’t wear special jerseys for pregame warmups during themed nights next season, the result of a handful of players refusing to use rainbow-colored Pride jerseys this past season and causing unwelcome distractions.
The league’s Board of Governors agreed Thursday with Commissioner Gary Bettman’s view that the refusals overshadowed teams’ efforts in hosting Pride nights that in some cases included auctioning off the warmup jerseys. All 32 teams held Pride or Hockey is for Everyone night.
Bettman, in an interview with Sportsnet following the Board of Governors meeting in New York, said he suggested teams stop having special warmup jerseys because themed nights were being undermined by chatter over certain players declining to participate.
“That’s just become more of a distraction from really the essence of what the purpose of these nights are,” Bettman said. “We’re keeping the focus on the game. And on these specialty nights, we’re going to be focused on the cause.”
Teams will still celebrate Pride and other theme nights, including military appreciation and Hockey Fights Cancer. They’re also expected to still design and produce jerseys to be autographed and sold to raise money, even though players won’t skate around with them on during warmups.
You Can Play, which has worked with sports and leagues – including the NHL – to help them grow more inclusive for members of the LGBTQ+ community, said it was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision.
“Today’s decision means that the over 95% of players who chose to wear a Pride jersey to support the community will now not get an opportunity to do so,” the organization said in a statement. “The work to make locker rooms, board rooms and arenas safer, more diverse, and more inclusive needs to be ongoing and purposeful, and we will continue to work with our partners at the NHL, including individual teams, players, agents and the NHLPA to ensure this critical work continues.”
Bettman defended the league and teams’ handling of the situations at NHL All-Star Weekend in February, saying tolerance of varying viewpoints was part of being “open, welcoming and inclusive.”
“You know what our goals, our values and our intentions are across the league, whether it’s at the league level or at the club level,” Bettman said at the time. “But we also have to respect some individual choice, and some people are more comfortable embracing themselves in causes than others. And part of being diverse and welcoming is understanding those differences.”
Seven players, citing various reasons, decided not to take part in pregame warmups when their teams donned Pride jerseys before games. A few teams also decided not to have players wear them after planning to do so.
Ivan Provorov, a Russian defenseman then with Philadelphia, was the first in January. Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion and was defended by coach John Tortorella.
James Reimer, a goaltender for San Jose, and brothers Eric and Marc Staal of Florida, who are Canadian, also cited religious beliefs. Russian players Ilya Lyubushkin of Buffalo, Denis Gurianov of Montreal and Andrei Kuzmenko of Vancouver also opted out of their teams’ Pride night warmups.
Lyubushkin cited an anti-gay Kremlin law as his reason, which was also why the Chicago Blackhawks decided against Pride night jerseys. The New York Rangers and Minnesota Wild earlier opted against the jerseys after previously advertising they would have them.
Sergei Bobrovsky, who is Russian, took part in warmups the night the Staal brothers declined and in the aftermath of several countrymen deciding not to wear Pride jerseys.
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Putin signs law expanding LGBT ‘propaganda’ restrictions
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that significantly expands restrictions on activities seen as promoting LGBT rights in the country. A 2013 law banned what authorities deem to be spreading “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” to minors. The new law Putin signed Monday expands that ban to spreading such information to people aged 18 and older. The new law outlaws advertising, media and online resources. books, films and theater productions deemed to contain such “propaganda.” It also broadens the existing restrictions by banning information about gender transitions to be spread to minors and bans information considered to be propaganda promoting pedophilia. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/12/05/putin-signs-law-expanding-lgbt-propaganda-restrictions/ | 2022-12-06 14:10:11 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/12/05/putin-signs-law-expanding-lgbt-propaganda-restrictions/ |
Beshear weighing executive action on medical cannabis
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Governor Andy Beshear said in a tweet that if the general assembly does not pass legislation, he is weighing taking executive action to provide access to medical cannabis for those suffering from chronic pain or veterans suffering from PTSD.
His message comes ahead of a third town hall set to be held by the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee tomorrow in Hopkinsville.
Gov. Beshear said that 90 percent of Kentucky adults support the legalization of medical cannabis. At the latest town hall in Frankfort, state representative Al Gentry, D-Jefferson County, said his surveys reflect that.
“This question about medical cannabis is almost always on my survey and over the last five years has drawn between 85 and 91 percent approval,” said Gentry.
Gentry says he’s been a primary co-sponsor on these pieces of legislation since arriving in Frankfort in 2017. A Republican-led bill passed the house in the most recent session. But it never was heard in committee in the senate, despite overwhelming public support for the change.
“It is my belief that the intent of the constitution was to put the power in the hands of the people and there’s no way you can exercise that if you don’t engage in the process,” Gentry said.
As Kentuckians engaged in the town hall to voice their opinion, multiple veterans were on hand - a group Beshear says he’d like to bring access to.
”I hope I’ll be able to say someday that I haven’t broken the law for the past 50 years,” said one veteran in attendance.
Whether it could be counteracting PTSD, chronic pain or another ailment…this veteran and many others are calling for change.
” A lot of people talk about supporting veterans. One thing that you can do to support our veterans is to allow the people to use this… and not have these men die as criminals.”
The committee says it wants to hear from all sides of the issue, and some groups and legislators are still opposed to the legalization of medical cannabis.
During the last legislative session...Senator Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, acknowledged the widespread support but still came out against it.
Senate president Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, believes there could be benefits but says he wants to see more Kentucky-based research.
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Critical Careers: CNC Machinists
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) –Our country continues to face a crippling shortage of skilled workers. Another industry that’s impacted? Machinists.
Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) Machinists are a vital part of the manufacturing chain. Their work influences tens of thousands of products and devices we use every single day from cell phones and vehicles, to medical devices, aerospace, military and defense. Without CNC Machinists our society would not function.
Gone are the days, though, of the gritty factory jobs. At companies like Fastenal in Winona CNC machinists combine mechanical, technical, math, and computer programming to produce products that impact our lives.
CNC machining is about innovation. It’s a career that allows creative people to see a product through each phase of creation, from the initial design to the finished product.
Willi Lubahn is a manufacturing recruiter with Fastenal. “We need good folks who want to do hands-on work, and it doesn’t have to be repetitive work. That’s what we wanted to show.”
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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria celebrated 60 years of independence from France on Tuesday with nationwide ceremonies, a pardon of 14,000 prisoners and its first military parade in decades.
Opposition figures and pro-democracy activists called the elaborate celebrations an effort to distract attention from Algeria’s economic and political troubles by glorifying the army, and called for the release of political prisoners.
The events mark the country’s official declaration of independence on July 5, 1962, after a brutal seven-year war that ended 132 years of colonial rule. The war, which Algerian officials say killed around 1.5 million people, remains a point of tension in relations between Algeria and France.
Russian-made warplanes whizzed overhead, armored vehicles rolled through central Algiers, and warships were decked out in the city harbor. Algerian flags flew from buildings across the country, and patriotic songs rang out from loudspeakers.
“A day of glory for a new era” was the official slogan of the celebration, which includes concerts, sports events, lectures and photo exhibits retracing the horrors of the war.
Previous presidents abandoned holding military parades, but President Abdelmadjid Tebboune revived the tradition for this anniversary, for the first time in 38 years.
The military show of force took place amid growing tensions between Algeria and Morocco over the disputed Western Sahara region, and with a resurgent threat from Islamic extremists in the Sahel region on Algeria’s southern edge.
Tebboune began the ceremony by laying a wreath at a monument to “martyrs of the revolution,” and inaugurated a monument dedicated to foreigners who joined the fight for Algerian independence. He then mounted a military vehicle and greeted representatives of Algeria’s armed forces while waving to crowds who chanted: “One, Two, Three, Long Live Algeria!”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Hamas and the presidents of Tunisia, Niger, Congo and Ethiopia took part in Tuesday’s anniversary events, standing on a platform erected in front of the Grand Mosque of Algiers.
In a speech, Tebboune underlined that “the Algerian army, heir to the National Liberation Army, constitutes the protective shield of Algeria.”
Opposition figures, and those involved in 2019 protests that helped overthrow Tebboune’s long-serving predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika, weren’t invited to the ceremonies.
The country’s oldest opposition party, FFS, issued a statement saying that, “60 years after independence, we are seeing more disappointments than fulfilled promises. We are facing the same problems of political instability, economic fragility.”
Journalist Karim Tabbou, active in the Hirak pro-democracy movement, said Algerians’ freedoms “are under constant threat.” Tabbou has been repeatedly arrested and is currently under court supervision.
“All the spectacles of illusion, all the cosmetics can’t hide the reality of a country eaten away by the corruption of a political system that considers that management by security alone is the only way to govern Algerians,” he said on independent broadcaster Radio M.
The president signed decrees Monday announcing pardons for thousands of prisoners, primarily those convicted of common crimes suffering severe illnesses or who are registered for exams aimed at improving their education.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether political prisoners would be among those freed.
More than 300 Hirak participants, journalists and political activists are currently held in Algerian prisons, according to the National Committee for Freedom of Detainees, a group of volunteer lawyers campaigning for their release.
The presidential statement announcing the pardons mentioned measures for the benefit of “young people prosecuted and detained for having committed acts of assembly and related actions.” The official news agency APS cited a presidential official as saying that included Hirak activists arrested during protests or for posts online deemed as “threatening public order.”
The presidential statement also mentions a draft law under development that would allow for the release of political activists or jailed journalists, as a result of Tebboune’s outreach consultations in recent months with various political players.
APS said the law would also concern certain Algerian figures in exile, and people in prison since the “black decade” of the 1990s, when security forces fought an Islamic insurgency in a conflict that left hundreds of thousands dead. Such a measure could include Islamist figures who have fled Algeria or who are serving prison terms for terrorist crimes committed in the 1990s.
Louisa Kanache, whose journalist husband Mohamed Mouloudj has been detained since September on charges of threatening state security and diffusing fake news on Facebook, said she was excited by the president’s statement, but uncertain whether her husband would be freed.
“Even lawyers don’t know how to read the presidential statement,” she said. “I’m torn between hope of seeing the end of the tunnel, and worry.” | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/algeria-marks-60-years-of-independence-with-military-parade/ | 2022-07-05 20:01:32 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/algeria-marks-60-years-of-independence-with-military-parade/ |
Kabob Land specializes in Persian cuisine and mouthwatering kabobs, but owner Payam Nassirpour wants everyone to know these kabobs are not your typical Mediterranean kabob – they’re better!
“That’s due to the texture of the kabob, the marination,” Nassirpour said, and they’re bigger!
Kabob Land is located on Nees and Cedar and they’ve got everything you need to satisfy a big crowd or just yourself.
They offer take out and Friday specials featuring much more traditional Persian dishes, so the Central Valley can expand their palates beyond kabobs.
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NASSAU, Bahamas , Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannaverse Technologies, the creator of CANNALAND™, the world's first cannabis Metaverse and pioneer in cannabis product marketing, manufacturing, and merchandising, announced today they have officially partnered with pax.world, a leading blockchain Metaverse platform that allows users to build their own digital world, to develop their Web2 and Web3 strategy in creating the world's largest cannabis community.
The partnership will leverage pax.world's cutting edge and innovative technology bridging the best of Web2 and Web3 to create a truly immersive experience serving both the B2B and B2C markets in the world's first comprehensive cannabis community platform. Using pax.world's pioneering technology, CANNALAND will provide an enhanced user experience offering consumer and e-commerce services including:
- Virtual retail venues where companies and brands can showcase their products to consumers.
- Residential and commercial properties within virtual neighborhoods and commercial zoned areas unique to customers and their business.
- A vast selection of business services including legal, marketing, finance, testing services, and agriculture.
- Interactive and immersive experiences that take the audience to a level that far surpasses its physical world counterpart.
- Unique curriculums based on the top cannabis science and research from leading universities around the world.
- Community forums, conferences and numerous other cannabises related activities.
"Cannaverse Technologies could not be more thrilled about our new collaboration with pax.world," said Matt Morgan, Co-Founder of Cannaverse Technologies' CANNALAND™. "We both see the same future for Web3 technology, which was a driving factor to work together. Especially as we see a continued rise in interest for immersive technology experiences."
The partnership will allow Cannaverse Technologies to utilize pax. world's cutting-edge technology to offer their B2B and B2C community to share, learn, discover, and have fun experiencing all things cannabis regardless of geographic location.
"We are delighted to be partnering with Cannaverse Technologies to provide innovative technology that will enhance the user experience and enable commerce, education, and community to flourish in the Metaverse. This partnership presents an opportunity for more businesses to enter Web3 and to build a digital environment that provides seamless real-world experiences that are truly inclusive and accessible," said Frank Fitzgerald, Founder of pax.world.
For more information about CANNALAND, please visit: https://cannaland.xyz
Cannaverse Technologies, the creator of CANNALAND™, the world's first cannabis Metaverse and pioneer in cannabis product marketing, manufacturing, and merchandising with an innovative blockchain payment system, is empowering cultivators, growers, testing labs, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, medical dispensaries, and consumption lounges with the ability to scale and monetize their brands while directly addressing the existing gaps in the cannabis industry. Cannaversetech™'s meta marketplace on the blockchain revolutionizes the global cannabis industry by connecting every facet of the cannabis and hemp communities in a Metaverse environment.
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pax.world is an open multi-purpose Metaverse, aiming to provide the widest possible user experience, maximizing opportunities to learn, socialize, play, discover and earn, and connecting communities around the world. pax.world allows users and brands to host and attend educational learning classes, business headquarters, live shows, concerts, team building events, private functions, gallery exhibitions and so much more.
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Navy and Marine Corps F-35 jets undergoing inspection with 'high priority' after possible ejection seat issue
The Department of the Navy is inspecting all of the Navy and Marine Corps' F-35 jets before their next flights
Every Navy and Marine Corps F-35 jet is undergoing an inspection with "high priority" after a possible issue with their ejection seats.
A spokesperson for the F-35 Joint Program Office told Fox News Digital that the Department of the Navy leadership decided to inspect all F-35 jets that are used by the Navy and Marine Corps.
"Earlier this week, Department of the Navy (DoN) leadership decided to inspect all Navy and Marine Corps F-35s jets in compliance with the 90-day Time Compliance Technical Directive. Rather than spacing the inspections out over a full 90 days, DoN decided to compress the 90-day inspection timeline to having each aircraft inspected prior to its next flight. All inspections are being conducted in an expedited manner with a high priority," the spokesperson said.
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A report states that the jets are being inspected due to parts on their ejection seats that could be defective.
According to the report, the issue stems from ejection seats made by Martin-Baker, as some production lots of explosive cartridges used in the seats were determined defective and need to be replaced. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/navy-marine-corps-jets-undergoing-inspection-high-priority-possible-ejection-seat-issue | 2022-07-30 01:51:07 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/navy-marine-corps-jets-undergoing-inspection-high-priority-possible-ejection-seat-issue |
SAN ANTONIO — Police are searching for a suspect who stabbed a man following an argument outside of a southeast-side store early Thursday.
It happened just before 1:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of Goliad Road near Hot Wells Boulevard.
The victim, who is in his 40s, says he got into an argument with the suspect near the Dollar Store. The suspect then stabbed him on his left side and ran off.
He was able to walk to a car wash to ask for help.
He was taken to University Hospital with a one-inch stab wound in stable condition.
Police searched the area on the ground and using SAPD Eagle trying to find the man who they say was wearing a gray sweater.
They did not locate him.
This is a developing story.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense chief on Saturday ordered troops to activate missile interceptors and get ready to shoot down fragments from a North Korean satellite that may fall on the Japanese territory.
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said earlier this week that its first military spy satellite that will be launched at an unspecified date.
North Korea has test-fired about 100 missiles since early last year, saying it was responding to joint U.S.-South Korean military drills that it calls an invasion rehearsal. Several of the missiles flew over Japan or landed off the northern Japanese coast.
Last week, North Korea test-launched a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada on Saturday instructed troops to ready PAC-3 surface-to-air missiles in southwestern Japan, including Okinawa and nearby islands, in an area believed to be under a flight path of a North Korean rocket that will carry the satellite.
He also ordered the deployment of destroyers equipped with SM-3 ship-to-air missiles to coastal waters, according to a ministry statement.
“We are making the necessary preparation because of a possibility of issuing an order to destroy ballistic missiles and other objects,” the ministry said.
An order to fire missiles has to be approved by the prime minister.
North Korea is expected to carry out more weapons tests as the United States and South Korea continue their joint air exercise into next week. | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/japan-gets-ready-to-shoot-down-n-korea-spy-satellite-debris/ | 2023-04-23 15:43:04 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/japan-gets-ready-to-shoot-down-n-korea-spy-satellite-debris/ |
Northeast braces for more heavy rain after deadly weekend flash flooding
On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued dozens of Flash Flood Warnings and even a few Tornado Warnings as nearly 60 million residents from Virginia to Maine faced the risk of flooding rainfall and severe weather.
NEW YORK – The Northeast is again bracing for more flooding starting on Tuesday after at least five people were killed in flash flooding in eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday and nearly a week after deadly flooding soaked areas from the mid-Atlantic to New England.
On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued dozens of Flash Flood Warnings and even a few Tornado Warnings as nearly 60 million residents from Virginia to Maine faced the risk of flooding rainfall and severe weather.
Waterlogged Northeast at risk of flooding again
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"We’ve had back-to-back weekends where half the weekend wasn’t even just a washout – it was laced with severe weather and flash flooding," FOX Weather meteorologist Britta Merwin said. "So, kind of a notch above that. We are going to get a break today, but tomorrow, the weather is going to create some scattered thunderstorms that will produce a flash flood threat."
Flash flooding will be possible across portions of the mid-Atlantic through the Northeast and New England, including in Philadelphia and New York City. However, not everyone will be at risk.
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"It’s a level 2 out of 4 warning, and the thing about tomorrow is that (the flooding) is more pocket-y," Merwin said. "So, a lot of folks are going to be a complete miss. You’re just dealing with the heat and humidity. In fact, I think most of the I-95 corridor will be missed tomorrow. But parts of New York and Pennsylvania have to look out for that."
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"The soil is really wet," she added. "We have our rivers running high. So, we do have to look at each wave as it moves through. The next wave is tomorrow."
Many people will not see rain on Tuesday, she added, meaning there will be more localized concerns of mostly street flooding when the thunderstorms pop up during the afternoon hours. | https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/northeast-new-england-flood-threat-july-2023 | 2023-07-17 16:36:11 | 0 | https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/northeast-new-england-flood-threat-july-2023 |
SAN DIEGO, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Pace Financial, Inc. the nation's leading C-PACE advisory firm announced the closing of $95.3 Million in C-PACE approved construction and bridge financing. The company delivered the ideal C-PACE financing solutions for a 120 Unit Multifamily complex, a 110-bed memory care facility and a mixed-use spa, hotel plus luxury condominium project.
SAN JOSE, CA, 120 Units – $18.9M C-PACE plus $30.9M C-PACE approved senior financing. The developer engaged Green Pace Financial, Inc. during COVID to maximize low interest, non-recourse C-PACE financing. As restrictions lifted and construction costs stabilized the company closed the C-PACE financing along with a national debt fund providing the C-PACE approved senior construction loan.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA -`$10.9M C-PACE plus $11M C-PACE approved senior financing. The developer engaged Green Pace Financial, Inc. to arrange C-PACE financing to recapture three years of energy savings improvements. The recently completed 110 Bed memory care facilities construction loan was coming due, so our team went to work maximizing the C-PACE proceeds along with a new senior lender to provide the needed proceeds to lease and stabilize the project.
CARLSBAD, CA – $10.6M C-PACE plus $13M C-PACE approved senior financing. The developer engaged Green Pace Financial, Inc. to utilize C-PACE on a premier coastal mixed-use project including a luxury spa, hotel plus condominiums. Our team maximized the C-PACE proceeds while executing with a qualified senior lender to get the project off the ground.
"We are excited to be arranging financing nationwide on all commercial project types of any size. Our experienced team of advisors are working hard to meet our clients' financing needs while creating essential jobs by advancing energy saving projects" stated Shawn Heyl, CEO of Green Pace Financial, Inc.
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Green Pace Financial, Inc. the nation's leading C-PACE advisory firm structures complete capital stack solutions up to 85% Loan to Cost for all commercial project types utilizing our Construction Plus C-PACE program. The company executes for their clients by negotiating the best C-PACE pricing and terms while also securing the most qualified C-PACE approved senior loan. The result is the highest leverage, lowest interest, non-recourse construction financing available in the industry.
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BERLIN — A majority of Swiss citizens on Sunday voted in favor of a bill aimed at introducing new climate measures to sharply curb the rich Alpine nation's greenhouse gas emissions.
Final results released by public broadcaster SRF showed that 59.1% of voters were in favor of the bill, while 40.9% voted against.
The referendum was sparked by a campaign by scientists and environmentalists to save Switzerland's iconic glaciers, which are melting away at an alarming rate.
Campaigners initially proposed even more ambitious measures but later backed a government plan that requires Switzerland to achieve "net zero" emissions by 2050. It also sets aside more than 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.357 billion) to help wean companies and homeowners off fossil fuels.
The nationalist Swiss People's Party, which demanded the popular vote, had claimed that the proposed measures would cause electricity prices to rise.
Backers of the plan argued that Switzerland will be hard-hit by global warming and is already seeing the effects of rising temperatures on its famous glaciers.
"The supporters have reason to rejoice," Urs Bieri of the GFS Bern Institute told SRF. "But by no means everyone is in favor of the law. The argument with the costs has brought many 'no' votes."
Greenpeace Switzerland welcomed the result of the referendum.
"This victory means that at last the goal of achieving net zero emissions will be anchored in law. That gives better security for planning ahead and allows our country to take the path toward an exit from fossil fuels," said Georg Klingler, an expert on climate and energy at Greenpeace Switzerland.
"The result of the vote shows that the citizens of our country are committed to the aim of limiting global warming to 1.5 Celsius in order to preserve as much as possible our glaciers, our water reserves, our agriculture and our prosperity. I am very relieved to see that the lies disseminated by the opposite camp during the campaign did not sow the seed of doubt in people," he added.
Swiss glaciers experienced record melting last year, losing more than 6% of their volume and alarming scientists who say a loss of 2% would once have been considered extreme.
Experts such as Matthias Huss, a glaciologist at the Swiss Institute for Technology in Zurich, have taken to posting dramatic snapshots of retreating glaciers and rockslides from melting permafrost on social media to highlight the changes taking place in the Alps.
"Let's act as long as we can still prevent the worst," he recently wrote on Twitter.
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Governor says FEMA denying too many requests for assistance
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky’s governor says the Federal Emergency Management Agency is denying too many requests for assistance in flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky.
Gov. Andy Beshear urged those getting turned down to take their cases directly to agency representatives in the region.
Surging waters swept away homes, inundated communities and led to at least 38 deaths.
The governor said Thursday that “better outcomes” are needed for more people applying to FEMA for assistance to help them recover from the devastation.
A FEMA spokesman says the agency “will get this right.” He says officials are meeting with residents to help with applications and documentation submissions. | https://www.wtvq.com/governor-says-fema-denying-too-many-requests-for-assistance/ | 2022-08-12 15:52:20 | 1 | https://www.wtvq.com/governor-says-fema-denying-too-many-requests-for-assistance/ |
Aug. 31, 1930 - Jan. 14, 2023
CHAMPAIGN — Patricia Ann (Tucker) Neef was born in Champaign, IL, August 31, 1930. She passed peacefully on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at home with her family around her.
Pat met and then married the love of her life, Paul Lee Neef on March 13, 1948. They had two children, a daughter, Paula and a son, Tim. Pat was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. Her family and faith were everything to her.
Pat worked as secretary to the head of the Sociology Dept at the University of Illinois and later as secretary to the head of the Theater Department a Illinois State University, for nearly 25 years. She enjoyed reading, puzzles, knitting and playing canasta with her son.
Pat was proceeded in death by her son (in 2018) and husband of 71 years (in 2019). She is survived by her daughter, Paula; and grandsons: Bryan and Brent (Janel); and three great-grandchildren: Kylie, Carter, and Keira.
Cremation rites have been accorded per her request. A private celebration of her life will be observed later.
The family suggests memorials be made to a charity of the donor's choice.
She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
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SAN DIEGO, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the acceptance of seven key oncology research abstracts authored in collaboration with Illumina at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting taking place June 3 – June 7 in Chicago. In addition, Illumina will host a related event, "Unlocking Precision Medicine: The Transformational Impact of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling," featuring Chief Medical Officer, Phil Febbo, MD; Kevin Keegan, Vice President and General Manager, Oncology; and a panel of leading oncologists from select community and academic programs.
"At Illumina, we are seeing increased adoption of comprehensive genomic profiling in both in-house pathology labs and centralized labs to inform and enhance patient care," said Keegan. "Through our involvement in this year's ASCO, we look forward to learning more about and exploring the comprehensive genomic profiling experiences of leading oncology researchers to help inform this important work moving forward."
Illumina's mission in oncology is to save lives by enabling personalized cancer care through genomics. This includes increasing enablement for pathology labs to perform comprehensive genomic profiling for cancer tumors.
Comprehensive genomic profiling is a next-generation sequencing (NGS) approach that uses a single test to assess hundreds of genes including relevant cancer biomarkers, as established in medical guidelines and clinical trials, for solid tumor therapy guidance. CGP is being increasingly adopted by pathologists and oncologists to enhance their abilities to identify actionable biomarkers, which can lead to better matches between patients and precision therapies and clinical trials. Studies show that patients who receive a genomic match to biomarker-driven targeted therapies or immunotherapies experience improved clinical outcomes.
"For a physician, the priority is finding the best course of therapy for the patient as quickly as possible," said Dr. Febbo. "With a rapidly growing catalogue of targeted drugs and immunotherapies for many cancer types we are increasingly able to prescribe more and more personalized treatments. In addition, pan cancer markers identify an important group of patients that benefit from targeted therapy regardless of their tumor's tissue of origin."
Collaborations across the oncology field are vital to increasing clinical utility evidence for comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP). Illumina is proud to present the following results of joint studies at ASCO:
Identification of Clinically Actionable Biomarkers via Routine CGP Across a Large Community Health System, is an abstract summarizing data from a joint study between Illumina and Providence Health System. The results show the improvement in identification of clinically actionable biomarkers via routine CGP versus conventional testing methods (clinical actionability: 45% CGP vs. 19% small panel, p<0.001 and clinical trial eligibility: 49% CGP vs. 23% small panel, p<0.001). This highlights that adoption of CGP over conventional testing across a large community health network enables better patient access to highly effective cancer therapies.
Pathogenic fusion detection in solid malignancies utilizing RNA-DNA based CGP testing is a poster presentation, also a result of the collaboration between Illumina and Providence Health System. The results show that the 523-gene, combined DNA and RNA assay used at Providence Health System identified actionable fusion targets across tumor types in 7% (N=216) of patients. Of the patients with pathogenic fusions, 29% were actionable to a targeted therapy, and 31% eligible for 1 of 3 basket clinical trials. Conventional testing methods, namely FISH and DNA-only targeted panels, have technical limitations that prevent the detection of all relevant fusion partners. This potentially leads to false negatives, which would leave these patients without eligibility to highly effective therapies in absence of a combined DNA- and RNA-based CGP assay.
Blood-based CGP analysis is an emerging area of growth and interest as a complement to tissue-based tumor profiling or other alternatives when tissue is unavailable. In a poster session at ASCO, The National Cancer Institute will present data generated in collaboration with Illumina. The abstract is entitled Blood-based detection of actionable alterations from NCI-MATCH patients with no tissue results. As part of The Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) study, it evaluated the blood-based detection of actionable alterations from NCI-MATCH patients with no tissue results. Pathologists observed variants in the blood samples consistent with what was reported in tumor tissue samples from the larger NCI-MATCH study cohort. Using liquid biopsy provided valuable mutation information for these patients and could have resulted in up to an additional 75 patients being eligible for treatment selection based on their mutation profile.
In addition to these, the following abstracts, authored in collaboration with Illumina, will be published.
Effective biomarker testing rates in a large U.S. oncology practice - Abstract presents data from real-world clinical utility study of CGP testing with Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.
Assessing homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) in ovarian cancer - Optimizing concordance of the regulatory-approved companion diagnostic and a next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay kit - Study data resulting from collaboration with Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Merck, AstraZeneca and Myriad Genetics.
Prototype precision oncology learning ecosystem: Norwegian precision cancer medicine implementation initiative - Data resulting from national CGP trial in Norway - IMPRESS (Improving public cancer care by implementing precision medicine in Norway).
Actionability of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) compared to single-gene and small panels in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC): A real-world study - Illumina in partnership with Syapse are presenting an abstract from a study assessing advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (aNSCLC) patients.
Illumina continues to expand its broad portfolio of oncology partnerships with industry leaders, aimed at advancing cancer diagnostics and precision medicine. Most recently, in collaboration with Bayer, Illumina launched the first companion diagnostic claim for the TruSightTM Oncology Comprehensive (EU) test enabling targeted therapy with Bayer's VITRAKVI® (larotrectinib) for patients with NTRK fusion cancer. Also recently announced was a collaboration with Allegheny Health Network to evaluate the impact of in-house comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) to enhance patient care.
"There is growing engagement and awareness around CGP and we will work with our partners to continue expanding the evidence to help broaden reimbursement and drive awareness across provider communities for this testing," said Dr. Febbo. "We are fully committed to improving outcomes by enabling personalized cancer care through genomics."
Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit www.illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
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