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Rep. Codi Galloway, R-Boise, who is running for the state Senate, has canceled her planned “Daddy-Daughter Dance” campaign fundraiser tomorrow at a public school in the West Ada School District. “The Daddy Daughter Dance will no longer be held at Centennial High School,” Galloway told the Idaho Press via email this afternoon.
West Ada School District spokesman Greg Wilson confirmed that Galloway canceled the event via an email to the high school. The move came after questions over the legality of holding a political campaign fundraiser at a public school, in light of a 2018 Idaho law forbidding exactly that. Galloway also requested, and the school district sent out, more than 700 electronic flyers advertising the “Daddy-Daughter Dance” to households with students at the Spalding STEM Academy in the district. A small line at the bottom of the flyers said, “*Event hosted by Codi 4 Idaho,” and below that, “Our district approves flyers from organizations as a community service and does not imply sponsorship nor endorsement of this program or event.”
School district records showed Galloway had reserved space at Centennial for a similar event in April, but Galloway said the April dance was canceled and she never sold any tickets for it.
She is running for a state Senate seat in District 15, after defeating five-term Sen. Fred Martin, R-Boise, in the GOP primary; she faces Democrat Rick Just on the November ballot. Earlier this week, Martin endorsed Just for the seat, a first for him as far as endorsing a Democrat over a Republican.
As of Friday afternoon, all references to the event had been removed from Galloway’s Facebook page and campaign website. Galloway is a first-term state representative.
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell. | https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/lawmaker-calls-off-plans-for-political-fundraiser-at-public-school/article_85285efa-360b-11ed-b8b5-d7a94af8be14.html | 2022-09-17 00:23:52 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/eyeonboise/lawmaker-calls-off-plans-for-political-fundraiser-at-public-school/article_85285efa-360b-11ed-b8b5-d7a94af8be14.html |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Petersburg Collegiate High Schools will open a new academy devoted to biomedical engineering technology (BMET) at the St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus in Fall 2023. BMET Academy students can complete an Associate in Science in Biomedical Engineering Technology while simultaneously earning their high school diploma – completely free of charge.
Funded by a Future Florida Critical Workforce Needs Grant, the A.S. degree trains students to meet the growing need for biomedical equipment repairers, who maintain the sophisticated medical devices that patients' lives depend on. The BMET Academy will help build a pipeline of personnel for health care, industry, research and educational institutions.
"Employment opportunities for technicians are expected to expand greatly in the next decade," said Natavia Middleton, Dean of Natural Sciences and Engineering at SPC.
Academy graduates will be prepared for careers in a hot job market, where they can earn an average salary of $49,910 in the United States, $47,130 in Florida, and $46,620 in the Tampa Bay area.
"It's called 'critical needs' for a reason, and these are good-paying jobs," said Jackie Skryd, Vice President of Workforce Development & Corporate Partnerships at SPC. "Our medical device field is upward of $47,000 with just a certification. If they get a four-year degree and some experience, it's double that."
The new academy joins St. Petersburg College's lauded Collegiate High Schools ecosystem, which opened its first charter school in 2004 at the college's St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus. A North Pinellas County option in Tarpon Springs, Florida, was opened in 2019, and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math High School at the college's Downtown Center in St. Petersburg launched in Fall 2022.
"We are really excited about creating this opportunity for our students to pursue career opportunities through education or advance their education opportunities through a career pathway," said Ryan Halstead, Principal of Collegiate High Schools North Pinellas.
The A.S. degree includes three optional stand-alone certificates, depending on the student's focus, and transfers to SPC's bachelor's degree in Technology Development and Management or the Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Engineering Technology Management at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.
Visit spchs.spcollege.edu/bmet-academy.
This material was fully funded by the $9 million federally funded CRRSA ESSER II – Future Florida Critical Workforce Needs Grant.
For more information, contact Rita Farlow, AVP, Marketing and Strategic Communications, 727-302-6526.
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WASHINGTON — Top White House and Republican negotiators on Saturday reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt limit for two years while cutting and capping some government spending over the same period, a breakthrough after a marathon set of crisis talks that has brought the nation within days of its first default in history.
Congressional passage of the plan before June 5, when the Treasury is projected to exhaust its ability to pay its obligations, is not assured, particularly in the House. Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber, and right-wing lawmakers who had demanded significantly larger budget cuts in exchange for lifting the borrowing limit are all but certain to revolt.
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But the compromise, which would effectively freeze federal spending that had been on track to grow, had the blessing of both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, raising hopes that it could break the fiscal stalemate that has gripped Washington and the nation for weeks, threatening an economic crisis. The two spoke by phone Saturday evening to resolve final sticking points.
In a tweet, McCarthy called it “an agreement in principle that is worthy of the American people.”
The plan was structured with the aim of enticing votes from both parties, although it has drawn the ire not only of conservative Republicans but also Democrats furious at being asked to vote for cuts they oppose with the threat of default looming. Still, it gives Republicans the ability to say that they succeeded in reducing some federal spending — even as funding for the military and veterans’ programs would continue to grow — while allowing Democrats to say they spared most domestic programs from significant cuts.
The deal, which was still being finalized and written Saturday night, would raise the borrowing limit, which is currently $31.4 trillion, for two years — enough to get past the next presidential election.
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According to a person familiar with the agreement, the deal also would impose new work requirements for some recipients of government aid, including food stamps and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. It would put new limits on the amount of time that certain recipients of food stamps — people under the age of 54, who do not have children — could benefit from the program. But it also would expand food stamp access for veterans and the homeless.
The tentative deal also claws back some unspent money from a previous pandemic relief bill, and reduces by $10 billion new enforcement funding for the IRS to crack down on tax cheats. It includes measures meant to speed environmental reviews of certain energy projects.
The work requirements and the environmental review reforms were among the last details the two sides worked out Saturday.
Negotiators — working around the clock at the Capitol, in the White House and virtually — pushed the resolution nearly to the last minute, increasing pressure on lawmakers to accept a solution likely to be unpopular with both parties’ bases. Economists and Wall Street analysts warned that a default would be devastating and potentially lead to a global economic meltdown.
To avert a default, the House and the Senate must pass the deal and send it to Biden for his signature. That promises to be a heavy lift for both McCarthy and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, who must now cobble together a coalition of Republicans and Democrats.
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McCarthy has repeatedly said he believes a majority of his conference would vote for the deal, but it is not clear yet how many Republicans will back the compromise — and how many Democrats might be needed to vote for it to make up for GOP defections.
A vote is expected within days, though lawmakers will have to be called back to Washington from a weeklong Memorial Day break. McCarthy had promised Republicans that he would adhere to a rule allowing lawmakers 72 hours to review legislative text before a vote. And the path could be rocky in the Senate, where quick action requires bipartisan support and conservatives have signaled they are unwilling to go along.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, has vowed to use “every procedural tool” available to slow down any measure that does not contain substantial fiscal changes.
Republicans have refused for months to raise the debt limit unless Biden agreed to spending cuts and reduce future debt — risking a default to wield their leverage. The final agreement accomplishes their goal, but only modestly. A New York Times analysis of the spending caps at the center of the agreement suggests they will reduce federal spending by about $650 billion over a decade.
The cuts in the package are almost certainly both too modest to win the votes of hard-line conservatives, and too stringent to win the votes of progressives in the House. Lawmakers in the House Freedom Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus had already begun to fume about the emerging contours of a deal before negotiators finalized the agreement.
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The deal would impose caps on discretionary spending for two years, though those caps would apply differently to spending on the military than to the rest of the federal budget. Spending on the military would grow next year, as would spending on some veterans’ care. Spending on other domestic programs would fall slightly — or stay roughly flat — compared with this year’s levels.
White House officials privately described discretionary spending outside of defense programs as roughly equivalent to what would have been spent if Congress had failed to agree on new funding bills for the next fiscal year and instead continued government operations at the same funding levels as this year.
The announcement came after months of political brinkmanship. Biden and congressional Democrats initially insisted that House Republicans raise the debt ceiling without conditions, but relented after McCarthy marshaled his conference to pass a bill to increase the nation’s borrowing limit in exchange for cutting government programs by an average of 18% over a decade. Republicans purposefully avoided laying out exactly which programs they planned to cut, but the bill’s passage forced Biden to do what he had said he never would: negotiate over raising the debt ceiling.
The deal was ultimately struck by a group led by Biden’s counselor, Steve Ricchetti; his budget director, Shalanda Young; and two of McCarthy’s closest confidants, Reps. Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina and Garret Graves of Louisiana. They agreed to use some creative accounting maneuvers in the deal to help provide both sides political cover.
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But McCarthy was still likely to face a revolt from the hard-right lawmakers in his conference whom he empowered as part of the concessions he made to become speaker in January, after a bruising 15-round election.
Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, an influential conservative, had urged Republicans on Thursday not to “tuck tail, take the first exit ramp” from negotiations “and walk away.”
“Republicans must hold the line and rally around each and every purposeful reform in the Limit, Save, Grow Act and not allow these reforms to be abandoned or watered down in the quest for a ‘deal’ with Biden,” Roy wrote in a separate opinion essay, referring to the name of the debt-limit bill that House Republicans passed.
Progressives, too, had vented their unhappiness before the deal was even announced.
Lindsay Owens, the executive director of the liberal Groundwork Collaborative in Washington, criticized the deal for forcing budget cuts in domestic programs — and in particular, for reducing enforcement money for the IRS.
“Conceding to Republican demands to hamstring the IRS’ ability to go after wealthy tax evaders is a losing proposition for Democrats,” she said. “It undermines an important policy initiative, drains a good source of revenue and requires the caucus to vote down a policy that is incredibly popular with the public.”
This article originally appeared in The New York Times. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/28/nation/white-house-gop-strike-debt-limit-deal-avert-default/ | 2023-05-28 06:20:57 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/28/nation/white-house-gop-strike-debt-limit-deal-avert-default/ |
RICHMOND, Va. -- Time is running out to sign up for the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K presented by Kroger this Saturday.
The in-person run on Saturday, April 22 is dubbed "RVA’s favorite spring tradition."
"Year after year people from around the Richmond region and beyond gather to share in the journey of crossing the 10k finish line. The 10k is a day about togetherness, and we know so many of you have very personal reasons for participating," event organizers with Sports Backers said.
Be sure to look for the CBS 6 Cheer Station in the median at Monument and Tilden. Some of your favorite CBS 6 friends, as well as Storm Rider 6, will be on hand to motivate you.
We'll also be streaming LIVE coverage from our cheer station starting at 8:27 a.m. on our the CBS 6 Streaming App and WTVR.com/LIVE2. Our app is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV. Just search "CBS 6 Richmond" in your app store.
So be sure to stop by and give a shout-out to your friends and family.
And it's not too late to take part. If you're interested in running or walking the Monument Avenue 10K, click here to sign up.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas — has quit amid investigations into alleged corruption among officials in various parts of the government.
Tareck El Aissami’s announcement Monday was shocking on multiple counts. He was seen as a loyal ruling party member and considered a key figure in the government’s efforts to evade punishing international economic sanctions.
And he led the state oil company PDVSA in a Venezuelan business sector widely considered to be corrupt — in a country where embezzelment, bribery, money laundering and other wrongdoing are a lifestyle.
“Obviously, they are giving it the patina of an anti-corruption probe,” said Ryan Berg, director of the Americas program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank.
“Rule of law is not being advanced here,” Berg added. “This is really a chance for the regime to sideline someone that it felt for some reason was a danger to it in the moment and to continue perpetuating acts of corruption once particular individuals have been forced out of the political scene.”
Hours after El Aissami revealed his resignation on Twitter, President Nicolás Maduro called his government’s fight against corruption “bitter” and “painful.” He said he accepted the resignation “to facilitate all the investigations that should result in the establishment of the truth, the punishment of the culprits, and justice in all these cases.”
Venezuela’s National Anti-Corruption Police last week announced an investigation into unidentified public officials in the oil industry, the justice system and some local governments. Attorney General Tarek William Saab in a radio interview Monday said that at least a half dozen officials, including people affiliated with PDVSA, had been arrested, and he expected more to be detained.
Among those arrested is Joselit Ramirez, a cryptocurrency regulator who was indicted in the U.S. along with El Aissami on money laundering charges in 2020.
Corruption has long been rampant in Venezuela, which sits atop the world’s largest petroleum reserves. But officials are rarely held accountable — a major irritant to citizens, the majority of whom live on $1.90 a day, the international benchmark of extreme poverty.
“I assure you, even more so at this moment, when the country calls not only for justice but also for the strengthening of the institutions, we will apply the full weight of the law against these individuals,” Saab said.
Oil is Venezuela’s most important industry. A windfall of hundreds of billions in oil dollars thanks to record-high global prices allowed the late President Hugo Chávez to launch numerous initiatives, including state-run food markets, new public housing, free health clinics and education programs.
But a subsequent drop in prices and government mismanagement, first under Chávez’s government and then Maduro’s, ended the lavish spending. And so began a complex crisis that has pushed millions into poverty and driven more than 7 million Venezuela to migrate.
PDVSA’s mismanagement, and more recently economic sanctions imposed by the U.S., caused a steady production decline, going from the 3.5 million barrels a day when Chávez rose to power in 1999 to roughly 700,000 barrels a day last year.
David Smilde, a Tulane University professor who has conducted extensive research on Venezuela, said the moves by Maduro’s government are more than just an effort to clean its image.
“Arresting important figures and accepting the resignation of one of the most powerful ministers in a case that involves $3 billion does not improve your image,” he said. “It is probably because the missing money actually has an important impact on a government with serious budgetary problems.”
The Biden administration recently loosened some sanctions, even allowing oil giant Chevron for the first time in more than three years to resume production. Maduro’s government has been negotiating with its U.S.-backed political opponents primarily to get the sanctions lifted.
U.S. congressional researchers saw El Aissami as an impediment to Maduro’s goals.
“Should Al Aissami remain in that position, it could complicate efforts to lift oil sanctions,” a November report from the Congressional Research Center said.
The U.S. government designated El Aissami, a powerful Maduro ally, as a narcotics kingpin in 2017 in connection with activities in his previous positions as interior minister and a state governor. The Treasury Department alleged that “he oversaw or partially owned narcotics shipments of over 1,000 kilograms from Venezuela on multiple occasions, including those with the final destinations of Mexico and the United States.”
Under the government of Chávez, El Aissami headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was appointed minister of oil in April 2020.
“El Aissami was a key player in the Maduro government’s sanctions evasion strategy. We’re talking about someone who knows where all the bodies are buried, so it will be key to watch where he ends up,” said Geoff Ramsey, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council focused on Colombia and Venezuela. “If El Aissami ends up being implicated himself, it could have serious implications for the entire power structure.”
In September, Maduro’s government renewed wrongdoing accusations against another former oil minister, Rafael Ramírez, alleging he was involved in a multibillion-dollar embezzlement operation during the early 2010s that took advantage of a dual currency exchange system. Ramírez, who oversaw the OPEC nation’s oil industry for a decade, denied the accusations.
In 2016, Venezuela’s then opposition-led National Assembly said $11 billion went missing at PDVSA in the 2004-2014 period when Ramirez was in charge of the company. In 2015, the U.S. Treasury Department accused a bank in Andorra of laundering some $2 billion stolen from PDVSA. | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/venezuela-oil-czar-in-surprise-resignation-amid-graft-probes/ | 2023-03-21 21:43:54 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/international/ap-international/venezuela-oil-czar-in-surprise-resignation-amid-graft-probes/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Minor league players reached a historic initial collective bargaining agreement with Major League Baseball on Wednesday that will more than double player salaries, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details were not announced.
As part of the five-year deal, MLB agreed during the contract not to reduce minor league affiliates from the current 120.
The sides reached the agreement two days before the start of the minor league season and hours after a federal judge gave final approval to a $185 million settlementreached with MLB last May of a lawsuit filed in 2014 alleging violations of federal minimum wage laws.
Union staff recommended approval, and about 5,500 minor leaguers were eligible to cast ballots in a vote expected Thursday. MLB teams must also vote to approve and were likely to do so over the next week.
Minimum salaries will rise from $4,800 to $19,800 at rookie ball, $11,000 to $26,200 at Low Class A, $11,000 to $27,300 at High Class A, $13,800 to $27,300 at Double A and $17,500 to $35,800 at Triple-A. Players will be paid in the offseason for the first time.
Most players will be guaranteed housing, and players at Double-A and Triple-A will be given a single room. Players at Low A and High A will have the option of exchanging club housing for a stipend. The domestic violence and drug policies will be covered by the union agreement. Players who sign for the first time at 19 or older can become minor league free agents after six seasons instead of seven.
Minor leaguers players will receive four weeks of retroactive spring training pay for this year. They will get $625 weekly for spring training and offseason training camp and $250 weekly for offseason workouts at home.
Beginning in 2024, teams can have a maximum of 165 players under contract during the season and 175 during the offseason, down from the current 190 and 180.
The union will take over group licensing rights for players.
Major leaguers have been covered by a labor contract since 1968 and the average salary has soared from $17,000 in 1967 to an average of $4.22 million last season.
MLB raised minor league minimum salaries in 2021 and last year began requiring housing for some minor leaguers.
The Major League Baseball Players Association took over as the bargaining representative of the roughly 5,500 players with minor league contracts last September after a lightning 17-day organization drive.MLB agreed to accept the union rather than force players to ask the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election.
Negotiating for players was led by Tony Clark, Bruce Meyer, Harry Marino, Ian Penny and Matt Nussbaum. MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem headed management’s bargainers.
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Kaprizov’s 3-point game leads Wild to 5-3 win over Oilers
Published 1:45 pm Friday, December 2, 2022
ST. PAUL — Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists to extend his career-best point streak to 10 games, and Joel Eriksson Ek added a goal and assist, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.
Kaprizov has a goal in four straight games after scoring his 14th of the season. He also has nine straight games with an assist, and eight goals and 11 assists in his last 13 games.
“When you start winning, when the team starts winning, your game comes easier, you play better, you score more,” Kaprizov said through an interpreter. “Everything starts working well when you do that. That’s kind of what’s happening right now.”
Frederick Gaudreau, Sam Steel and Mats Zuccarello also scored for Minnesota, which has won four of five. Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves.
“They’re still dangerous,” Fleury said of the Oilers playing a back-to-back. “They weren’t getting much shots in the first couple of periods and they still had two goals and some chances. You always have to be careful with these guys because they can always score. We defended well and played well for 60 minutes. The power play was good. The PK was good.”
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl extended goal streaks for Edmonton, which had won three in a row.
Draisaitl opened the scoring in the first period with his 16th goal, scoring for the fourth straight game. McDavid scored a goal for the third straight game.
“They were desperate tonight, more desperate than we were,” McDavid said. “I thought they played well, give them credit.”
Klim Koston scored with four seconds remaining and Jack Campbell stopped 25 shots for the Oilers.
“Our guys gave it everything they had, but we just made a few too many small errors that ended up in the back of our net,” Edmonton coach Jay Woodcroft said. “It was too big of a hill to overcome.”
Minnesota took two early penalties, a difficult task against Edmonton’s sixth-ranked power-play unit.
The Wild killed off the first, but Draisaitl scored from a wide angle on the second power play, shooting before Fleury could get across the crease on the cross-ice pass.
Eriksson Ek scored with the man advantage just 1:51 into the second period, tying the game at 1. Kaprizov’s initial shot was wide and bounced off the end boards right to Eriksson Ek.
McDavid had the first even-strength goal of the game for an Oilers’ lead, but the Wild scored twice before the end of the period. Gaudreau’s go-ahead goal was his fourth of the season with 6:01 left in the second.
After the early penalties, Minnesota clamped down on Edmonton’s explosive offense. The Oilers had just 10 shots through two periods and were outshot 30-21 in the game.
“We were really committed to looking after our end and certainly early we did that,” Wild coach Dean Evason said. “So, we did the right things. Obviously, we got off to a tough start with the PK, with giving them two right in a row. But we were fortunate to get out of it with just one.”
POWER ON DISPLAY
The power play was important for both teams. Three of the first four goals in the game were scored with the man advantage.
Edmonton finished 1 of 3 on the power play. Minnesota, which entered the game with the league’s 13th-ranked power play, was 2 of 3.
FLEURY TO FOURTH
With his ninth save of the game, Fleury moved past Tony Esposito for the fourth-most saves in NHL history. Fleury now has 24,778 saves in his career. Up next in third place is Patrick Roy with 25,800. Martin Brodeur (28,928) and Roberto Luongo (28,409) are first and second, respectively.
UP NEXT
Oilers: Return home against Montreal on Saturday.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation after a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night Instacart delivery. Police closed the case without consulting the state attorney’s office.
No one was injured by the gunfire in an upscale Fort Lauderdale suburb, but it is the latest in a spate of similar shootings across the U.S. where people have mistakenly turned onto the wrong property or gotten in the wrong car. One person has been killed and others seriously wounded. In this case, the shooter told police the car was being driven erratically, struck his leg, and made him fear for himself and his son.
Broward County State Attorney Harold Pryor issued a statement saying police investigators never contacted his office about the April 15 shooting in Southwest Ranches that put at least two bullets into the car driven by 19-year-old Waldes Thomas Jr., who was with his 18-year-old girlfriend, Diamond Darville.
Pryor said his staff members were unaware of the shooting until they were contacted Friday by a reporter from WTVJ-TV, who interviewed the couple. The Davie Police Department has a contract with Southwest Ranches to provide service.
“I contacted the Davie Police Department to request a full investigation,” Pryor said Friday, adding that his prosecutors will decide whether charges should be filed.
Davie police declined to comment Sunday but released the lead detective’s report. He wrote that without any video, he couldn’t determine whether either the shooter or couple committed a crime.
“Each party appeared justified in their actions based on the circumstances they perceived,” the report concluded.
The shooting happened on an unlit street in a semi-rural neighborhood at a home sitting on two acres.
According to the police report, Thomas and Darville got lost while delivering groceries for Instacart shortly before 10 p.m. They were on the phone with their customer when Thomas turned their 2014 Honda Civic into an area where the shooter stores equipment for his excavation business. The address they were looking for is across the street.
The shooter and the couple gave investigators conflicting reports about what happened next.
The homeowner told officers he asked his 12-year-old son to tell the driver to leave but soon heard the boy yelling for help. The father said he saw the car driving erratically, banging into logs and boulders, and so he told his son to run.
He said the car then drove toward him and ran over his foot. Saying he feared for his life and his son’s, the man drew his handgun and fired at the car’s tires, but it sped away. He called police.
An officer found Thomas and Darville parked nearby. When he asked what happened, they replied, “We just got shot at.” He said that Darville was crying and that Thomas appeared “extremely nervous and scared.” The officer said that there were two bullet holes in the car’s bumper and that one tire was flat.
The couple told police they thought that they were at the right house and tried to leave after the boy told them they weren’t. Thomas said he put the car into reverse and hit a boulder, which was when the shooter approached “aggressively.” That’s when Thomas said he heard shots and drove away. Darville said she saw the shooter pull his gun and fire.
“I said, ‘We got to go, we got to go,’” Darville told WTVJ. “I was scared, I’m not going to lie.” She didn’t respond to a phone call or emails from The Associated Press.
The AP isn’t naming the property resident because he hasn’t been charged with a crime. His phone rang unanswered, and he did not return a text message Sunday seeking comment.
Police say they returned the shooter’s gun after closing the case. __
An earlier version incorrectly said the statement was issued Sunday, not Friday. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/probe-ordered-after-florida-shooter-fires-at-delivery-driver/ | 2023-04-24 12:39:45 | 1 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/probe-ordered-after-florida-shooter-fires-at-delivery-driver/ |
MOSCOW, Idaho — The King Road home in Moscow where four University of Idaho students were murdered will remain a preserved crime scene until at least Feb. 1, according to newly released court documents.
The pause comes after the suspect's public defender Anne Taylor filed a motion to preserve the crime scene and evidence.
A judge in Latah County signed the order on Dec. 30, the same day 28-year-old suspect Bryan Kohberger was arrested in connection to the murders. This means the house will be preserved as a crime scene for the purpose of collecting evidence.
"This motion is made so that Defense Counsel may take a view of the scene in order to effectively and constitutionally represent Mr. Kohberger," Taylor wrote in the motion.
The house located on King Road in Moscow will be locked and crime tape will remain around the property until Feb. 1, 2023, or until further order of the court.
The house outbuildings, trailers, vehicles, and curtilage will also remain preserved as part of the investigation.
On Dec. 30, Moscow Police Department (MPD) announced that a professional cleaning company would start cleaning potential biohazards and other harmful substances in the house used to collect evidence and that the house would be returned to the property management company. However, crews had to pause the cleaning the same day due to the preservation order.
The suspect in the murders made his first appearance in court on Thursday morning after arriving in Idaho on Wednesday night. He will remain in jail without bail and will be back in court for a status hearing on Jan. 12, 2023, at 10 a.m. He was also given a no-contact order that prohibits him from having any contact with the victims' families, friends and the surviving roommates.
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NEW ORLEANS – A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he misspent $4 million.
The latest complaint against Bob Dean Jr. was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge and alleges he violated federal regulations.
Dean already lost state licenses and federal funding for crowding residents of seven nursing homes into an ill-prepared facility in the town of Independence, Louisiana, roughly 70 miles (110 kilometers) northwest of New Orleans. Authorities said they found sick and elderly people bedridden there after the storm, with patients on mattresses on the wet floor. Some were crying for help and some lying in their own waste.
The new complaint focuses on four of the nursing homes, the corporate entities Dean formed to operate them and federal regulations that applied to the organizations as businesses with federal mortgage insurance.
The litigation alleges Dean required the nursing homes to make payments to the warehouse, which he owned, “supposedly to serve as an evacuation center,” according to a government statement. “The rent, which totaled more than $1 million, was paid to one of his corporate entities. Rather than using the funds to prepare the warehouse for a hurricane, he funneled much of that money to his personal bank accounts,” the Justice Department said in a news release.
Later, prosecutors allege, Dean transferred more money from nursing home facility accounts to his personal accounts.
The federal complaint says the government is entitled to damages totaling twice the amount of the money misspent. Officials are seeking a trial by jury.
Dean had not filed a response as of Friday afternoon. The Associated Press emailed requests for comment to attorneys who have represented him in other matters. | https://www.clickorlando.com/health/2023/01/13/nursing-home-owner-faces-new-lawsuit-in-ida-storm-evacuation/ | 2023-01-14 16:35:47 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/health/2023/01/13/nursing-home-owner-faces-new-lawsuit-in-ida-storm-evacuation/ |
The alleged Buffalo shooter, age 18, had no problems buying his semi-automatic rifle. Some states have tried to limit sales to those under 21. A new generation of conservative judges stand in the way.
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The alleged Buffalo shooter, age 18, had no problems buying his semi-automatic rifle. Some states have tried to limit sales to those under 21. A new generation of conservative judges stand in the way.
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It didn't take long for Israel's most controversial new cabinet minister to touch off international reaction with a visit to Jerusalem's most sensitive religious site.
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It didn't take long for Israel's most controversial new cabinet minister to touch off international reaction with a visit to Jerusalem's most sensitive religious site.
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It's all the small things that make Travis Barker one special dad.
At the age of 19, Landon Barker remains in awe of his rock star father. And while some kids at his age may want to distance themselves from their parents, Landon cherishes the special bond they have.
"He's always in my corner," he told E! News in an exclusive interview. "He's always there for me as I am for him."
It certainly was the case when Landon headed to The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles on Oct. 16 to deliver a special concert event. During the show, the Blink-182 drummer came out onstage to perform an unreleased collaboration with his son.
The gesture means even more to Landon as he watches his dad enter a new chapter of his career.
"I guess the best way to say it is he's making s--t happen and doing things that he genuinely enjoys," Landon explained. "If that's putting Blink back together, if that's being in the studio, whatever it is, I feel like he's prioritizing what he wants and people are impressed by it and people enjoy it."
The singer added, "I feel like he's really just doing what makes him happy."
But perhaps the same can be said for Landon. In addition to creating music and performing in iconic venues, he's also making a name for himself in the fashion world. One look at his Instagram and you'll instantly spot a signature style.
When asked to describe his looks, Landon said they are "just me."
"I just wear what I like and whatever I see that speaks to me, I'll wear it," he said. "Some things will and some things don't. I feel like it's just me being myself. I feel like that's really how I developed my style."
And if you're not impressed, you can keep your comments to yourself.
"If they don't like what I wear, I don't care," Landon said. "I like it and that's all that matters."
Another thing Landon loves is decompressing and escaping into the gaming world of Fortnite. Just in time for the holidays, Landon partnered up with Timex to celebrate the "Race Against TimeX" in Fortnite.
@landonbarkerr I had so much fun playing the new “Race Against TimeX” in Fortnite creative mode Island Code: 1359-6287-8998 #timex, #RaceAgainstTimeX ? Aesthetic - Tollan Kim
"I've been playing Fortnite probably since I was 14 or 15," he shared. "I feel like video games in general are somewhat therapeutic because you can take all your thoughts and get away from all your other negative things that you're consistently thinking about and just focus on something else."
And if you're curious to hear of Landon's top competition, it's likely not his dad.
"My dad doesn't play video games, but my little sister plays Fortnite," he revealed. "I feel like it's become such a worldwide game." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1355035/landon-barker-shares-rare-glimpse-into-his-relationship-with-dad-travis-barker?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories | 2022-11-18 14:03:54 | 0 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1355035/landon-barker-shares-rare-glimpse-into-his-relationship-with-dad-travis-barker?cmpid=rss-syndicate-genericrss-us-top_stories |
At 1757 Monmouth St.
NEWPORT, Ky., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BenchMark Physical Therapy opened an outpatient clinic today at 1757 Monmouth St.
The clinic is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. To make an appointment, call 859-217-2401 or visit benchmarkpt.com.
BenchMark offers in-clinic and telehealth options for outpatient orthopedic physical therapy, including manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance, total joint replacement, concussion management and vestibular rehabilitation programs.
Clinic director Tyler Ferrell earned a bachelor's degree from Baldwin Wallace University and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of St. Augustine.
Ferrell is an orthopedic clinical specialist, a graduate of the Upstream Rehab Institute orthopedic residency program and is certified in dry needling. His special interests include outpatient orthopedics, sports rehabilitation and injury prevention.
BenchMark's other clinics in the greater Cincinnati area comprise Fort Mitchell, Florence-South, Burlington, Hebron and Union. Overall, the company has more than 20 clinics in Kentucky.
BenchMark, part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, offers access to care within 24 hours and works with all insurance types.
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BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Streetsense, an experience-focused strategy and design collective, is pleased to today announce the acquisition of Pure Grey, Marriott International's in-house food and beverage concept and operations consultancy.
Pure Grey is a leading expert in food and beverage operations, hospitality-based consulting services and concept development. The firm delivers unmatched experiences across all hospitality segments, including licensing its own restaurant brands internationally, such as Spice Market and Market Kitchen. Pure Grey has developed many memorable restaurants and bars, from internationally acclaimed brands to bespoke concepts, including Revel & Rye at the New York Marriott Marquis, Laurel Brasserie & Bar at The Grand America Hotel (SLC), Spice Market at Live Aqua San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and the launch of the Market Kitchen brand at the new W Algarve in Portugal.
"The Pure Grey team members are masters of their craft, bringing deep expertise of restaurant and bar concept design and operations to their new roles at Streetsense," said Brian Taff, CEO of Streetsense. "Streetsense's well-established Eat & Drink studio combined with Pure Grey's operations and concept development capabilities will provide our clients the opportunity to imagine, create, build and operate leading hospitality and hospitality-led food and beverage brands and places worldwide."
"Streetsense is a long-term collaborator with deep knowledge of Marriott's 30 hotel brands, our food and beverage operations and our mission to deliver exceptionally well-executed experiences that resonate with guests and our hotel owners," said Matthew Von Ertfelda, Senior Vice President, Global Operations, Marriott International. "We are thrilled for Streetsense to expand on Pure Grey's expertise and continue to provide innovative food and beverage concepts and experiences to guests worldwide."
Streetsense is also excited to welcome Ed Viita, Pure Grey's Senior Director, as its new Managing Director of Hospitality. Under Viita's leadership, Pure Grey has become a leading hospitality, culinary and food and beverage consulting firm managing entire creative and operations teams. Viita has also developed independent restaurants, bars and hotels, including the world-renowned Artesian at The Langham Hotel and has relaunched the iconic SAVOY hotel in London.
The acquisition of Pure Grey reinforces Streetsense's continued commitment to creating amazing hospitality-driven experiences for places and brands globally. For more information, visit www.streetsense.com/hospitality/.
Streetsense is a global creative collective. We're placeshapers, brandbuilders, storytellers. For two decades, we've been creating places and brands people love—vibrant streetscapes and local gathering spots, big ideas and bespoke concepts, communities both physical and virtual. Our consultants and creatives make space for great experiences and shape what's next.
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Bank Files Applications with Intent to Open Three Branches in 2023
WESTERLY, R.I., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Trust Company has recently submitted applications to establish branch offices in the following three locations:
- 236 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
- 1917 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02909
- 371 Putnam Pike, Smithfield, RI 02828
All of the locations are subject to Federal, State, local, and regulatory approvals. The Bank anticipates 2023 branch openings.
"We're thrilled to announce our intention to expand our branch footprint and serve the broader Rhode Island community," stated Edward O. "Ned" Handy III, Washington Trust Chairman and CEO. Handy added, "Our retail and business customers value the personal service and attention our local branch teams provide, along with the conveniences our digital banking services offer."
In August Washington Trust opened a branch at 1900 Mendon Road in Cumberland, RI. Handy noted, "Our Cumberland branch has been exceptionally well received by residents and businesses in the Northern Rhode Island community."
Washington Trust currently has 24 Rhode Island branches, the State's third-largest branch network behind Citizens Bank and Bank of America.
Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and one of the Northeast's premier financial services companies. Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking and wealth management and trust services through its offices located in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: WASH). Additional information on Washington Trust and its subsidiaries can be found at https://www.washtrust.com/.
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Jeffrey Goldberg, experienced biotech executive, appointed president and CEO; further strengthened senior management team with appointments of chief medical officer and chief product officer
$57.3 million of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities, and restricted cash as of December 31, 2022, which is expected to fund operations into the fourth quarter of 2023
AUSTIN, Texas, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGLE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a new generation of human enzyme therapeutics as innovative solutions for rare metabolic diseases, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2022, and provided program updates.
"Since joining the company, I have been impressed by the programs and the potential impact that they may have on patient lives. In 2023, we are highly focused on execution, specifically the generation of data from our pegtarviliase Phase 1/2 clinical trial in Classical Homocystinuria and, assuming success with those data, preparations to advance into a potential pivotal trial," said Jeffrey Goldberg, president and chief executive officer of Aeglea. "We are also continuing to work with our partner Immedica Pharma AB to support the EMA [European Medicines Agency] review process for the Marketing Authorization Application for pegzilarginase for the treatment of Arginase 1 Deficiency. A decision by the EMA regarding the approval of the pegzilarginase Marketing Authorization Application is expected in late 2023. By delivering on these objectives, I believe we will be in a strong position to bring forward solutions that can positively impact the lives of our patient communities."
Program and Corporate Updates
Pegtarviliase in Homocystinuria
- Received Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Fast Track Designation is designed to expedite the FDA's review of innovative, new drugs that demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical need.
- Announced in late November 2022 the completion of dosing of two patients in the third cohort of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial. Patients in the third cohort receive 1.35 mg/kg of pegtarviliase administered subcutaneously once weekly.
Pegzilarginase in Arginase 1 Deficiency
- Transitioning patients who participated in the PEACE Phase 3 long-term extension (LTE) and Phase 1/2 open-label extension (OLE) studies into one simplified open-label trial. The PEACE LTE and Phase 1/2 OLE studies were closed in the first quarter of 2023.
- Continuing to progress the review of the Marketing Authorization Application submission with the EMA for the potential approval of pegzilarginase. EMA approval can facilitate possible patient access and regulatory approval in many other geographies, including Latin America and the Middle East.
Corporate
- Appointed Jeffrey Goldberg, a highly experienced executive with strong operational and rare disease background, as president and chief executive officer.
- Strengthened senior management team with the promotions of Linda Neuman, MD, MBA, to chief medical officer and Cortney Caudill, MBA, to the newly created role of chief product officer. Ms. Caudill will serve as a strategic leader and team supervisor of Aeglea's clinical programs.
- Implemented changes to corporate structure to increase operational efficiency. Additionally, the company halted preclinical work on Cystinuria and other unnamed pipeline programs. The company will evaluate potential strategic options for these programs in order to maximize their value.
Upcoming Events
- ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah
Fourth Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Aeglea recognized development fee revenues of $0.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, as a result of its license and supply agreement with Immedica Pharma AB for the commercial rights to pegzilarginase in Europe and several countries in the Middle East (License and Supply Agreement). The revenues recorded in the fourth quarter of 2022 are related to manufacturing services. Aeglea recognized $3.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 in development fee revenues.
Research and development expenses totaled $14.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and $16.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily related to a decrease in Biologics License Application (BLA) activities for pegzilarginase and reductions in headcount and recruiting activities.
General and administrative expenses totaled $5.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and $7.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. This decrease was primarily due to a reduction in commercialization activities for pegzilarginase and a reduction in headcount and related expenses.
Net loss totaled $18.8 million and $20.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively, which includes non-cash stock compensation expense of $1.4 million and $2.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Full Year 2022 Financial Results
As of December 31, 2022, Aeglea had available cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and restricted cash of $57.3 million. The company expects its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will enable it to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the fourth quarter of 2023.
Aeglea recognized development fee revenues of $2.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2022, as a result of its License and Supply Agreement. The revenues recorded in the year ended December 31, 2022 are primarily related to the PEACE Phase 3 clinical trial and the submission of the BLA. Aeglea recognized $18.7 million in license and development fee revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Research and development expenses totaled $58.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $57.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase was primarily associated with activities involved in closing the PEACE Phase 3 trial and initiation activities for the new open-label study for the treatment of patients with Arginase 1 Deficiency and Investigational New Drug-enabling activities conducted for AGLE-325 in the first half of the year. These increases were partially offset by decreases due to the completion of non-clinical toxicology studies for pegtarviliase and a reduction in preclinical lab activities.
General and administrative expenses totaled $28.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $27.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This increase was primarily due to an increase in commercial capabilities and infrastructure expenses in the first half of the year.
Net loss totaled $83.8 million and $65.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, which includes non-cash stock compensation expense of $7.1 million and $8.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
About Pegtarviliase in Homocystinuria
Pegtarviliase is a novel recombinant human enzyme, which is engineered to reduce elevated levels of total homocysteine circulating in the plasma by degrading the amino acid homocysteine and its dimer. Pegtarviliase is currently being studied in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of patients with Classical Homocystinuria, a rare inherited disorder of methionine metabolism that results in elevated levels of total homocysteine. Homocysteine accumulation plays a key role in multiple progressive and serious disease-related complications, including lens dislocation, skeletal abnormalities, vascular complications and neurologic effects, as well as the potential for sudden and early death. In preclinical studies, pegtarviliase improved important disease-related abnormalities and survival in a mouse model of Homocystinuria. Pegtarviliase has received both U.S. and EU Orphan Drug Designation as well as U.S. Rare Pediatric Disease and Fast Track Designations.
About Pegzilarginase in Arginase 1 Deficiency
Pegzilarginase is a novel recombinant human enzyme engineered to degrade the amino acid arginine and has been shown to rapidly and sustainably lower levels of the amino acid arginine in plasma. Aeglea is developing pegzilarginase for the treatment of people with Arginase 1 Deficiency (ARG1-D), a rare debilitating and progressive disease characterized by the accumulation of arginine. ARG1-D presents in early childhood and patients experience spasticity, seizures, developmental delay, intellectual disability and early mortality. The PEACE Phase 3 clinical trial met its primary endpoint with a 76.7% reduction in mean plasma arginine compared to placebo. Additionally, 90.5% of pegzilarginase treated patients achieved normal plasma arginine levels.
About Aeglea BioTherapeutics
Aeglea BioTherapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company redefining the potential of human enzyme therapeutics to benefit people with rare metabolic diseases with limited treatment options. Aeglea is investigating pegtarviliase in an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial for the treatment of Classical Homocystinuria. Pegtarviliase has been granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation. Aeglea's other clinical program, pegzilarginase, achieved the primary endpoint of arginine reduction in the PEACE Phase 3 clinical trial and has received both Rare Pediatric Disease and Breakthrough Therapy Designations. The Marketing Authorization Application for pegzilarginase is currently under review with the European Medicines Agency. For more information, please visit http://aeglea.com.
Safe Harbor / Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "goal," "seek," "believe," "project," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "future," "likely," "may," "should," "will" and similar references to future periods. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what we expect. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding our ability to achieve further cost-savings and organizational efficiencies, the timing of announcements and updates relating to our clinical trials and related data, including the clinical data for our Phase 1/2 trial of pegtarviliase in Classical Homocystinuria, the timing and success of our clinical trials and related data, including the potential initiation of a Phase 3 trial of pegtarviliase in Classical Homocystinuria, the timing and expectations for regulatory submissions and approvals, including the Marketing Authorization Application for pegzilarginase in Europe the expected impact of macroeconomic conditions, including inflation and rising interest rates, our ability to obtain regulatory approval for, and commercialize, pegzilarginase, recognize milestone and royalty payments under our agreement with Immedica, our ability to enroll patients into our clinical trials, the expected impact of macroeconomic conditions, including inflation and rising interest rates, on our operations and clinical trials, success in our collaborations, the length of time that we believe our existing cash resources will fund operations, the number of possible treatment candidates in potential addressable markets of our product candidates and the potential therapeutic benefits and economic value of our product candidates. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect our business and its financial results are detailed in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and our other reports as filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Financials
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NEW YORK, March 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Rollins, Inc. (NYSE: ROL) resulting from allegations that Rollins may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Rollins securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2735 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On October 28, 2020, Rollins disclosed that a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation had been initiated and believed the SEC's focus to be how accruals and reserves were established at period ends and their impact on reported earnings going as far back as January 2015.
Then on February 26, 2021, Rollins announced that an internal investigation into the same matters found "a significant deficiency in the Company's internal controls relating to the documentation and review of accounting entries for certain reserves and accruals." On this news, Rollins share prices fell $0.87, or 2.5%, to close at $33.17 per share on February 26, 2021, damaging investors.
Then on April 18, 2022, the SEC announced that Rollins agreed to pay $8 million to settle the charges that Rollins made unsupported reductions to its accounting reserves to improperly boost its earnings per share. On this news, Rollins share price fell $0.55, or approximately 1.7%, to close at $34.29 on April 18, 2022, damaging investors.
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Dog saves puppy from coyote attack
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) - A family’s surveillance video caught the moment a dog saved his younger furry brother from a coyote attack in California.
The puppy’s cries and heart-stopping pleas for help can be heard on camera, moments before a tiny furry hero zooms to the rescue.
“I knew he was fearless, but I didn’t understand how fearless,” Erin Macaluso said.
The security cameras captured the moment Vinny, a 10-pound Maltese mix, took on a coyote.
GRAPHIC WARNING: The video in this story includes content that may be disturbing to some.
“Vinny’s a superhero. He’s always been a scrapper. He’s just not afraid of anything,” David Macaluso said.
Erin and David Macaluso couldn’t help but gush over the bravery of Vinny, who has become the protector of his younger, but slightly larger, fur-brother Harley.
“He was a rescue, you know, when we first got him. We think he was in a puppy mill so, you know, he didn’t know anything,” David Macaluso said. “We had to teach him how to play, you know, and how not to growl.”
It’s something that may have come in handy when Vinny went into stealth mode.
“It just saw a white blur towards it, and it said, ‘I’m out of here,’” David Macaluso said.
The attack happened a few weeks ago in the backyard of their Mission Viejo, California, home.
After walking the dogs, the Macalusos forgot to close the dog door immediately, and Harley ran out when he heard a noise.
The noise was two coyotes looming by the back gate.
One of them leaped through in a flash and chased Harley before grabbing him by the neck until Vinny heard his cry.
“He just chased them. I think he had a low-level growl that, I think, it shocked the coyote,” David Macaluso said.
At 11 years old, the Maltese doesn’t have much physical fight in him, but his heart was clearly on display.
“It does look like he jumped on him. and he darted this way. And then that gave Harley an opportunity to flip over and run the other way,” Erin Macaluso said.
The aging pup has three teeth and can’t even chew, much less bite a coyote, but that didn’t stop him.
“I am, I’m looking for a doggie cape because I think he deserves one. I would give him a steak, but he has no teeth, so,” Erin Macaluso said.
As for Harley, he had 20 stitches and a recovery that wasn’t easy.
“They think that he was bitten three or four times is what the doctor said, and he had a bite on each shoulder,” Erin Macaluso said.
But he had Vinny and, of course, his humans, who are now sharing their story so others don’t make the same mistake.
“You hear that coyotes take, you know, dogs off leashes and, you know, come in peoples’ backyards, but we’ve never had one in our backyard, and we’ve been here 30 years,” Erin Macaluso said.
So, for now, their dog door will stay closed. And they’ll never underestimate the spirit of their aging rescue pup who risked it all to rescue his brother and then lived to tell the tale.
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ATLANTA, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INROADS College Links is a college and career readiness program for high school students. Each year, it culminates with the National Career Academy (NCA), a weeklong virtual training conference for career exploration and skills development. This esteemed program provides students with professional and soft skill tools, goal setting and planning skills, and access to career immersion activities. The virtual event took place June 13-17, 2022.
The rise in technology enrichment for families has caused an increasing growth in popularity in the INROADS program. The high school scholars participate in STEM workshops and professional development programs to create an interactive learning experience. This year's theme was Level Up Leadership in order to Aspire, Achieve, and Ascend. Students participated in a number of activities to exercise their knowledge in technology and leadership, such as creating vision boards, coding activities, Environmental Justice Team Showcase Challenges, and a senior salute to celebrate our graduates.
"LINGO lessons are hands-on coding projects that help learners discover their true potential. This summer, students will gain exposure to the internet of things (IoT) and explore the intersection of sports & technology while creating their own game. LINGO lessons are designed to further enhance their critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and creativity. We are honored to play a role in preparing the next generation of leaders with the skills and confidence they need to lead in a digital world," said Aisha Bowe, founder and CEO of LINGO.
For years, INROADS has offered students the opportunity to enhance their technological and leadership abilities for the societal and economic growth of underrepresented people. Its goal is to prepare the next generation to be game changers in every area of their career.
"INROADS' mission is to cultivate the brightest and most diverse minds for the future. The National Career Academy achieves this by providing training and development for economic and social impact," said Forest T. Harper, Jr., president and CEO, INROADS.
"I am excited to have this opportunity to participate in such an enriching experience. INROADS NCA is providing me a leadership advantage that will pay off in the classroom and professionally," said Danielle Rhodes, INROADS College Links scholar from Atlanta, GA.
Learn more about INROADS and its programs at http://INROADS.org.
INROADS was founded more than 50 years ago. Inspired by the famed I Have a Dream speech, Frank Carr founded INROADS to remove career barriers to corporate opportunities for people of color. It is the largest nonprofit organization committed to leadership and career development for underrepresented talent in the world. INROADS has prepared more than 154,000 diverse leaders with pre-employment skills and graduated more than 30,000 alumni into full-time professional positions with more than 1,000 corporate partners. Currently, INROADS serves 800-1,300 interns and 200 corporate clients. Learn more at http://INROADS.org and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn: @INROADSInc.
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SHANGHAI, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd ("Nisun" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: NISN), a provider of innovative comprehensive solutions through an integration of technology, industry, and finance, today announced updates on its use of proceeds from its December 2021 underwritten public offering of approximately $77 million of its Class A common shares and pre-funded warrants to purchase Class A common shares ("Offering").
Since the completion of the Offering, the Company has invested approximately $32 million of the net proceeds into its two subsidiaries, NiSun Ocean (Qingdao) Supply Chain Investment Co., Ltd. ("Nisun Ocean") and Zhumadian NiSun Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. ("Nisun ZMD") for general corporate purposes, repaid approximately $1 million of related party debt, paid approximately $0.5 million in professional fees and held the remainder in its accounts for potential business and operational opportunities. More detailed allocations are as follows:
- Nisun Ocean has received investments of approximately $25 million and has used approximately $3 million primarily in electronics purchases under its strategic cooperation with Shanghai Bailian Group("Bailian"). Nisun facilitated merchandise purchases from suppliers with payment terms desirable to Bailian who can access working capital quickly and at a lower cost. Nisun Ocean earned supply chain solution service fees when Bailian received their financings. The balance of the investment remains in Nisun Ocean for future operations.
- Nisun ZMD has received approximately $7 million investments, nearly all of which has been used to purchase household products from a major online retailer in China for Nisun ZMD's strategic cooperation with Beijing Zhiyuan Zhonglian Industrial Co., Ltd ("Zhiyuan Zhonglian"). Zhiyuan Zhonglian also provided a deposit of approximately $1.6 million to secure its performance of its payment obligations with respect to the household products purchased for its account.
"We are pleased to discuss our recent business development activity," Mr. Xiaoyun Huang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nisun International, commented. "The Company will continue to leverage its advantages and utilize its capital proceeds to invest and improve the supply chain dynamic while expanding scale. We remain committed to providing our clients with effective, high-quality supply chain solutions."
About Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd
Nisun International Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd (NASDAQ: NISN) is a technology-driven, integrated supply chain solutions provider focused on transforming the corporate finance industry. Leveraging its industry experience, Nisun is dedicated to providing professional supply chain solutions to Chinese and foreign enterprises and financial institutions. Through its subsidiaries and controlled companies, Nisun provides users with professional solutions for technology supply chain management, technology asset routing, and digital transformation of tech and finance institutions, enabling the industry to strengthen and grow. At the same time, Nisun continues to deepen the field of industry segmentation through industrial and financial integration, by cultivating and creating an ecosystem of openness and empowerment. Nisun has built a linked platform that incorporates supply chain, banking, securities, trust, insurance, funds, state-owned enterprises, among other businesses. Focusing on industry-finance linkages, Nisun aims to serve the upstream and downstream of the industrial supply chain while also assisting with supply-side sub-sector reform. For more information, please visit http://ir.nisun-international.com.
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Artist-owned cooperative leads the industry in supporting artists, paying the highest rates, and promoting authentic, inclusive and diverse stock media.
VICTORIA, BC, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Stocksy, the royalty-free stock media cooperative specializing in diverse and authentic media, today celebrates ten years in business. Founded by veterans of the stock media industry in 2013, Stocksy is an artist-owned cooperative that disrupts the traditional stock media model by paying artists the highest rates in the industry while delivering high quality photography, video, and illustrations at competitive prices. To celebrate the milestone, Stocksy reflects on ten years of creativity in Stock media with a special 10-day campaign. Visit the campaign page.
"What we see in media matters. It reflects what we value as a society. We need the media industry to change and we're proud to be a catalyst in that change. It's phenomenal to be a connector brand that helps both our clients and our artists tell stories and reflect the real world"," says Christina Minshull, Head of Marketing & Design at Stocksy.
Stocksy licenses premium stock photos, videos, and illustrations to a global clientele serving more than 50% of Fortune 500 companies to date including companies like Meta. As an artist-owned cooperative of 2,000 members in over 80 countries, we're on a mission to change the face of visual media with a commitment to ethically and sustainably paying creators for their work.
"We've grown in exciting ways, not only through expanding and diversifying our membership, but also in evolving the vibrance, substance, and depth of our collection," says Jen Grantham, Head of Content. "We've grown from representing 40 countries to over 80; representing more female, non-binary, and BIPOC artists, all who are co-owners of our business due to our Co-op model."
Stocksy is a royalty-free stock photo ,video and illustration cooperative specializing in conceptual and authentic imagery that reflects the modern world. Guided by our brand values, we commit to providing an equitable platform that empowers and supports the creative class' pursuit of meaningful work. Created as a multi-stakeholder platform cooperative, we pay the highest royalties in the industry, with 50%-75% of all licenses going to our global membership.
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CRANFORD, N.J., April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Citius" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CTXR), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class critical care products, today announced that it has advanced its clinical trial for Mino-Lok®, an antibiotic lock solution to salvage catheters in patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections. Of the 92 events required to complete the trial, the Company estimates that 85 events have been achieved to date. The trial has enrolled 190 patients, of which 16 patients are in active treatment or pending study completion data review, which may result in additional events. The multi-center Mino-Lok® Phase 3 trial continues to recruit patients at 35 clinical trial sites in the U.S. and India.
"We are encouraged by the progress of our Phase 3 Mino-Lok® trial in 2023. Last year, we announced the addition of multiple trial sites in India to expedite trial completion. With an estimated 85 achieved events to date, we believe we are nearing the finish line," stated Leonard Mazur, Chairman and CEO of Citius.
Mino-Lok® Phase 3 Trial Design
The Mino-Lok® Phase 3 pivotal superiority trial (NCT02901717) is a multi-center, randomized, open-label, blinded study to determine the efficacy and safety of Mino-Lok® (MLT), a novel antibiotic lock therapy that combines minocycline with edetate disodium. The primary endpoint for this study is the time (in days following randomization) to a catheter failure event between randomization and TOC (Week 6) in the Intent-to-Treat (ITT) Population. Additional secondary outcome measures include overall success, microbiological eradication, and clinical cure, among others.
Patients diagnosed with catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSI/CLABSI) and who meet all necessary criteria for the study are randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either Mino-Lok® therapy or standard of care antibiotic lock therapy.
Patients in the Mino-Lok® arm receive one MLT dose daily with a dwell time of two to four hours for a total of seven doses. For subjects in the Control arm, the investigator determines the antibiotic used in the lock, dose, dwell time, and number of days of administration based on institutional standards or Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines.
About Mino-Lok®
Mino-Lok® is an antibiotic lock solution to treat patients with catheter-related blood stream infections that Citius has licensed from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Citius believes Mino-Lok® provides a superior alternative to removing and replacing a central venous catheter (CVC), leading to a reduction in serious adverse events and cost savings to the healthcare system. If approved, Mino-Lok® would be the first and only FDA-approved treatment that salvages central venous catheters that cause central line-related blood stream infections.
About Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Citius is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of first-in-class critical care products, with a focus on oncology, anti-infectives in adjunct cancer care, unique prescription products, and stem cell therapies. The Company's diversified pipeline includes two late-stage product candidates, Mino-Lok®, an antibiotic lock solution for the treatment of patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections, which is currently enrolling patients in a Phase 3 Pivotal superiority trial, and I/ONTAK (E7777), a novel IL-2R immunotherapy for an initial indication in CTCL, for which a BLA is under review by the FDA. Mino-Lok® was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA. I/ONTAK has received orphan drug designation by the FDA for the treatment of CTCL and PTCL. At the end of March 2023, Citius completed enrollment in its Phase 2b trial of CITI-002, a topical formulation for the relief of hemorrhoids. For more information, please visit www.citiuspharma.com.
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This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements are made based on our expectations and beliefs concerning future events impacting Citius. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as "will," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "plan," "should," and "may" and other words and terms of similar meaning or use of future dates. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated are: risks relating to the results of research and development activities, including those from existing and new pipeline assets, including Mino-Lok; the estimated markets for our product candidates and the acceptance thereof by any market; the ability of our product candidates to impact the quality of life of our target patient populations; our ability to commercialize our products if approved by the FDA; our ability to obtain, perform under and maintain financing and strategic agreements and relationships; uncertainties relating to preclinical and clinical testing; the early stage of products under development; our need for substantial additional funds; our dependence on third-party suppliers; our ability to procure cGMP commercial-scale supply; market and other conditions; our ability to attract, integrate, and retain key personnel; risks related to our growth strategy; patent and intellectual property matters; our ability to identify, acquire, close and integrate product candidates and companies successfully and on a timely basis; government regulation; competition; as well as other risks described in our SEC filings. These risks have been and may be further impacted by Covid-19 and could be impacted by any future public health risks. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Risks regarding our business are described in detail in our Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on December 22, 2022, and updated by our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in our expectations or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.
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(The Hill) – Republican Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) deleted a tweet Thursday that accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of allowing CNN, or as Steube put it the “Communist News Network,” to build a TV set in Statuary Hall. CNN had actually used a green screen displaying that section of the U.S. Capitol.
“In case you forgot the sham #January6thcommitteehearings are purely for TV ratings, Pelosi let The Communist News Network build a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln’s desk once stood,” Steube wrote.
Steube’s tweet attached a picture of CNN anchor Jake Tapper and others discussing the third publicly released hearing by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in front of the Statuary Hall green screen.
The hearing, televised during prime time Thursday evening, explored tensions between former President Trump and former Vice President Pence over Trump’s pressure campaign to get Pence to throw out the results of the 2020 election.
Trump and Pence experienced a rift when Pence resisted Trump’s urgings for the then-vice president to block the certification of electoral votes that elected President Joe Biden to his office, an action that lawyers told the Trump administration was unconstitutional.
Pence was the target of threats and insults during the Jan. 6 insurrection, when people marched on the Capitol chating “hang Mike Pence.” The committee said he was “unwavering” in his resistance to Trump’s belligerent calls to abuse his position.
“We’re fortunate for Mr. Pence’s courage on January 6th,” said committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) in the hearing. “Our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe.”
Trump and Pence have experienced further turbulence in their relationship since the end of the Trump administration, which came to head when both figures supported opposing candidates in the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary.
Both men have also been rumored to be planning 2024 presidential runs, pitting them against one other to a new extent. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/gop-lawmaker-deletes-tweet-blasting-cnn-for-full-tv-set-inside-capitol-that-was-actually-a-green-screen/ | 2022-06-17 16:50:36 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/gop-lawmaker-deletes-tweet-blasting-cnn-for-full-tv-set-inside-capitol-that-was-actually-a-green-screen/ |
UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center almond water stress trial shows Acadian Organic® beneficial for water use efficiency, representing a significant boost for growers in the west coast region
DARTMOUTH, NS, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today, Acadian Plant Health™ (APH) announced the first results of its California almond water use study, which offers promising news for tree nut growers and the almond industry in the drought-affected growing region.
In 2021, the University of California study found that applications of Acadian Organic were beneficial for reducing plant stress under limited water conditions, and that when used properly, seaweed-based biostimulants have the capability to help combat drought induced changes in plants. Both findings represent a significant boost for growers looking for sustainable agriculture solutions in the face of drought challenges.
"Acadian Plant Health is focused on delivering solutions that perform in the field and offer increased survivability and productivity for growers in challenging environments," said Dr. Sarah Maude, Vice-President, Technology at Acadian Plant Health. "These trial results, which are fantastic news for growers, show that biostimulant treatments are a potential new way to aid growers in water management by increasing the plant system's resiliency and reducing crop productivity losses due to stress – particularly where sustainable solutions to help crops thrive with limited water are key."
Extension specialist Dr. Giulia Marino, along with her team at the 350-acre Kearney Agriculture Research and Extension Center, the University of California's largest off-campus agricultural research facility, applied four treatments to selected almond trees. A weekly assessment of midday stem water potential (SWP) was performed, alongside the weighing of nut yield at harvest. Applications of Acadian Organic delivered significant improvements in SWP and increased tree water status in fully and deficit irrigated trees throughout the season, showing increased kernel weight, both fresh and dry. Trees less impacted by water stress showed improved productivity in the current year, and the research will continue to demonstrate the benefits of multiple years of applications of Acadian Organic.
Almonds are California's top crop by value, and the state is home to more than 1.33 million acres of almond orchards. Water use is a hot topic of debate in the region, with the active water reduction program put in place by the local almond industry aiming to reduce water use by an additional 20% by 2025. Some of this will be accomplished by improving efficiency, however, irrigation water restrictions are a harsh reality for growers. Restrictions on water can lead to reduced plant growth and yield, leaving many growers looking for more sustainable ways to grow almonds with limited water.
Results from the study independently validate APH's research, demonstrating they are ready with a solution for the region's growers. APH continues to work alongside its partners to enhance modern agriculture production and ensure a sustainable future for food production. APH will continue to grow its portfolio of complete solutions for crop abiotic stress management worldwide.
A renewable and sustainable resource, the company's innovative seaweed portfolio offers a solution to help combat plant stressors. This solution is both compatible with and complements sustainable crop production practices in line with the UN's sustainable agriculture goals, including supporting farming methods that promote soil health.
For more information on Acadian Plant Health's innovative crop care solutions, visit www.acadianplanthealth-NA.com.
Acadian Plant Health™ is a division of Acadian Seaplants Limited. Acadian Plant Health™ is the world leader in biostimulant solutions, sustainably sourced, and scientifically proven to increase crop yield and quality. Acadian's products are used in soil and foliar inputs on over 70 crops in more than 80 countries world-wide.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials say a deal on a U.N. plan to unblock the exports of Ukrainian grain amid the war and to allow Russia to export grain and fertilizers will be signed Friday in Istanbul.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said that he, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres and officials from Russia and Ukraine will oversee the signing ceremony. It did not provide further details.
“The grain export agreement, critically important for global food security, will be signed in Istanbul tomorrow under the auspices of President Erdoğan and U.N. Secretary General Mr. Guterres together with Ukrainian and Russian delegations,” Erdogan spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in a tweet.
Guterres has been working on a plan that would enable Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain stockpiles that have been stuck in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports due to the war — a move that could ease a global food crisis that has sent wheat and other grain prices soaring. At least 22 million tons of grain are stuck in Ukraine due to the war.
Last week, the sides met in Istanbul, reaching a tentative agreement on the plan. The plant foresees joint controls of ships as they leave and arrive at Black Sea ports and a mechanism to ensure the safety of the transfer routes, Turkish officials said.
A coordination center for the shipping of exports would be established in Istanbul and would include U.N., Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the fact that Guterres was traveling to Istanbul means “we’re moving ahead” on the deal. U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, whom Guterres put in charge of the Ukraine side of the deal, and Rebeca Grynspan, head of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, in charge of the Russian side of the deal, were already in Istanbul.
“We’ve been working around the clock with intense behind the scenes talks with countless moving parts,” Haq said.
With the growing global food crisis, Haq said if an agreement is reached “we can potentially save hundreds of thousands, potentially millions of people, from having food be priced out of their reach.”
Russian and Ukrainian officials have blamed each other for the blocked grain shipments.
Moscow accused Ukraine of failing to remove sea mines at the ports to allow safe shipping. Russia has also insisted on its right to check the incoming ships for weapons.
Ukraine has sought international guarantees that the Kremlin wouldn’t use the safe corridors for grain shipments to attack Ukraine's key Black Sea port of Odesa. Ukrainian authorities have also accused Russia of stealing grain from its eastern regions to sell and deliberately shelling Ukrainian fields to set them on fire.
The Kremlin spokesman declined to comment on the Turkish announcement. Dmitry Peskov said it was a question “for the (Russian) military.”
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The prints were scanned by scientists and confirmed to be about 100 million years old. They belonged to two Sauropods, known for their long necks and tails. They also had huge appetites.
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The prints were scanned by scientists and confirmed to be about 100 million years old. They belonged to two Sauropods, known for their long necks and tails. They also had huge appetites.
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Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after feeling lightheaded
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who suffered a stroke during his campaign last year, was hospitalized Wednesday night after feeling lightheaded while attending a Senate Democratic retreat, his office said.
Initial tests at George Washington University Hospital did not show evidence of a new stroke, Fetterman’s communications director, Joe Calvello, said in a statement issued Wednesday night. Doctors were running more tests and the senator remained at the hospital for observation, according to the statement.
“He is in good spirits and talking with his staff and family. We will provide more information when we have it,” Calvello said.
Fetterman, 53, succeeded Republican Sen. Pat Toomey after a hard-fought contest against Republican nominee Mehmet Oz. He defeated the celebrity heart surgeon by 5 percentage points and flipped a seat that was key to Democrats holding the Senate majority. More than $300 million was spent during the campaign, the most expensive for the Senate in 2022.
His campaign was derailed on May 13 when he suffered what he later called a near-fatal stroke. He refused to drop out and spent much of the remaining months of the campaign in recovery, refusing to release his medical records or allow his doctors to answer reporters’ questions.
Oz made an issue of whether his opponent was honest about the effects of the stroke and whether Fetterman was fit to serve, but the Democrat insisted his doctors said he could have a full recovery.
In an Associated Press profile just weeks after his victory, Fetterman was described as still suffering from auditory processing disorder, a stroke’s common aftereffect. The disorder can leave a person unable to speak fluidly and quickly process spoken conversation into meaning.
The effects of the stroke were apparent in Fetterman’s uneven performance during the fall campaign’s only debate. He struggled to complete sentences and jumbled words, causing concern among Democrats that his election was doomed.
On election night, he told cheering supporters he ran for “anyone that ever got knocked down that got back up.”
Fetterman, a presence at 6-foot-8 with a clean-shaven head, a goatee and known for wearing hoodies and shorts, was the state’s lieutenant governor from 2019-2023. He served as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2006-2019.
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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said a search is underway for two people who may have drowned in a lake Saturday.
According to a news release, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said they began receiving calls about two adults who are believed to have drowned around 5 p.m.
The PCSO Marine Unit and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) are conducting a search for the two missing adults at Lake Eloise in Winter Haven.
Law enforcement is asking the public to avoid the Lake Summit boat ramp and Lake Summit and Lake Eloise until further notice.
No other details have been released. | https://blackchronicle.com/search-underway-in-polk-county-for-2-adults-who-may-have-drowned-in-lake/ | 2023-05-04 21:21:33 | 1 | https://blackchronicle.com/search-underway-in-polk-county-for-2-adults-who-may-have-drowned-in-lake/ |
ESPN sold its majority stake of the iconic X and Winter X Games to MSP Sports Capital on Wednesday.
The private equity firm – which also has stakes in McLaren Racing and a handful of European soccer teams – is run by Phoenix Suns minority owner Jahm Najafi. Najafi rose to prominence last month when he publicly called for Robert Sarver’s removal as majority owner of the NBA franchise.
Terms of the sale were not released, but ESPN is expected to continue to televise the events and will remain on as a minority partner.
The extreme sports series burst on the scene in 1995 with the first-ever X Games. The Winter X Games debuted two years later and the events have only continued to take off over the past three decades.
They’ve given rise to stars like Tony Hawk and Shaun White and proved that extreme sports, such as skateboarding, snowboarding and BMX belong on an international stage such as the Olympics.
According to the Associated Press, the sale is intended to hand over the logistics and business operations to MSP Sports Capital to allow ESPN to dedicate more time to their coverage.
The next competition is the Winter Games, set for the end of January in Aspen. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/espn-sells-x-games-to-group-managed-by-phoenix-suns-minority-owner/3106865/ | 2022-10-26 21:26:19 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/espn-sells-x-games-to-group-managed-by-phoenix-suns-minority-owner/3106865/ |
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced its first batch of judicial nominees in the more than two months Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has been absent.
Committee members passed seven nominees with bipartisan support, while declining to do so for several others who will need the support of Feinstein to proceed. Democrats hold an 11-10 advantage on the panel, but it has been deadlocked at 10-10 while Feinstein has been away from the chamber.
“We wish our colleague, Sen. Feinstein, a speedy recovery and return,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said. “We hope she’ll be back in the Senate very soon. Today’s agenda includes a number of judicial nominees who have been sitting on the agenda for some time. Some have bipartisan support. There’s nothing to prevent us from calling and voting on these nominees today.”
The panel voted on the district court nominations of Mónica Ramírez Almadani (California), Wesley Hsu (California), Jeffrey Irvine Cummings (Illinois), LaShonda Hunt (Illinois), Michael Farbiarz (New Jersey), Robert Kirsch (New Jersey) and Orelia Eleta Merchant (New York).
The key Republican backing all those nominees was Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the committee’s ranking member. He argued that the panel can still continue to work effectively with an evenly-divided number of senators.
“Sometimes we just can’t agree, and that’s just part of life,” Graham said.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) also voted for several nominees.
Headlining those who have still yet to receive committee votes are Michael Delaney to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals and Charnelle Bjelkengren to be a district court judge in Washington.
Delaney’s confirmation is in hot water over his handling of a sexual assault case at a boarding school in New Hampshire. Bjelkengren is the target of GOP opposition after she stumbled over questioning during her confirmation hearing. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/hill-politics/judiciary-democrats-advance-first-judicial-nominees-during-feinstein-absence/ | 2023-04-20 18:35:11 | 1 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/hill-politics/judiciary-democrats-advance-first-judicial-nominees-during-feinstein-absence/ |
MONTREAL (AP)Patrice Bergeron broke a tie with 2:55 left and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.
Following a faceoff in the offensive zone, Bergeron hopped on a loose puck in the slot and beat Samuel Montembeault with a wrist shot.
”I grew up a Nordiques fan coming from Quebec City but I do understand and recognize the tradition, everything has been through, and all the legends that have been wearing that jersey,” Bergeron said.
”For me, it’s a lot of pride to play for the Bruins with that same kind of tradition and legends of the game and be a part of it. So, I always try to enjoy and make the most of it.”
Taylor Hall and David Krejci also scored for Boston in the first game of the season between the rivals. David Pastrnak had an empty-netter in the final minute and added three assists.
Jeremy Swayman made 19 saves to help the Bruins improve to 38-5-4.
Kirby Dach scored twice for Montreal, and Montembeault made 25 saves. The Canadiens dropped to 20-25-3.
”I’m proud of the guys tonight,” Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. ”We fought, we played a good game. They’re tough to play against but we were there, we were engaged. We didn’t get the result but you need to be careful with how you measure success.”
The Canadiens opened the scoring on a power play at 9:11 of the second period, with Dach beating Swayman with a wrister.
Boston scored on a power-play goal of its own with 5:48 left in the second. Montembeault saved a shot that deflected off of David Savard, but Hall pounced on the rebound to tie it.
The Bruins took the lead midway through the third when Kreijci deflected in Pavel Zacha’s shot. Dach tied it at 2 with 8:29 left, banging in his career-high 10th goal.
UP NEXT
Bruins: At Tampa Bay on Thursday night.
Canadiens: Host Detroit on Thursday night.
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No. 23-4-01572-2
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE
In re the Matter of the Estate of:
KASHANNA ILIN HENDERSON,
Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Bonnie L. Holland has been appointed and qualified as Administrator of the above-entitled Estate on July 19, 2023, that all persons having claims against said deceased are hereby required to serve the same on said Administrator, Bonnie L. Holland, and Judson C. Gray, attorney of record, at the address stated below and file an executed copy thereof with the clerk of the above-named court within four (4) months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four (4) months after the date of the filing of the copy of said Notice to Creditors with the clerk of the court, whichever is the later, or the same shall be barred except as to claims coming within the provisions of RCW 11.40 et seq.
Date of First Publication: July 26, 2023
Notices can be mailed to Judson C. Gray at 4142 6th Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406.
DATED this 24th day of July, 2023.
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MTA bus crashes into Baltimore building, leaves at least 17 injured: report
The MTA bus crash in Baltimore is under police investigation, according to reports
A Baltimore area bus crashed into a building Saturday afternoon, causing mass casualties, according to reports.
The bus reportedly crashed into a building at 500 W Franklin St. in central Baltimore.
Emergency responders are reporting an initial 17 injured in need of care and requesting an additional five medics, according to Baltimore Metro News.
The scene has been declared a Level 1 Mass Casualty Incident (MCI), and emergency responders are requesting additional resources, according to local reports. Police are investigating the incident.
This is a developing story and will be updated as information becomes available. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/mta-bus-crashes-baltimore-building-leaves-least-17-injured | 2023-06-17 16:26:39 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/mta-bus-crashes-baltimore-building-leaves-least-17-injured |
STRAIGHT OUT, I’m a baseball guy...have been practically all of my life.
As a player and coach, I’ve been part of teams that have won city and state championships and part of teams that have come close, but lost, so I do know the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
As a Dad, I watched our sons (we have no daughters) enjoy much success as they played baseball. As a grandfather, I watched our grandsons experience the same.
Reason for their success? Really good coaching at all levels supported by boards of directors that spared nothing in an effort to help the players experience that success.
After watching our granddaughters play softball, that sport is quickly moving up my list. Unfortunately, based on what I’ve seen over the past several years, I doubt it will enjoy the same level of success experienced by our sons and grandsons.
The main reason: GOOD PITCHING (or lack of it). Too many times my wife and I have sat and watched young girls struggle to consistently put the ball over the plate.
As a player and coach, I fully understand the expression that “good pitching will stop good hitting every time.” And, with few exceptions, truer words have never been spoken. From what I have seen in youth softball, many players at this critical position lack the needed skills — and there’s a reason.
Bluntly put, baseball has always been thought to be a guys’ sport while softball has been for girls. As a result, softball has never received the attention and support that baseball has enjoyed. Hopefully, that will change.
The combined record of Manchester’s high school softball teams for the season just completed? Three wins and 33 losses! Let that sink in for a moment. Our four high schools won a total of three games!
Though Central and Memorial each have well over 600 females, they still had to combine to have enough players to form a team. Combined, West and Trinity had more than 600 female students yet they, too, had to link-up and do the same.
That’s a total of more than 1,800 female students, but it wasn’t enough for each school to field a team of their own. That’s not only sad, it’s also unacceptable and the level of participation needs to change to create a winning atmosphere.
Manchester’s City Athletic Director Christine Pariseau-Telge has done her part by encouraging more participation through the creation of middle-school teams in both baseball and softball. Though not all the schools participated, at least it’s a start. Kudos to Christine and to the middle school coaches and assistants!
Kudos also to the volunteers presently running the local girls softball programs. Change begins with local commitment. There’s more we can do:
Colleges could offer instruction by running clinics using both staff and players. St. Anselm and Southern New Hampshire University are combining in an effort to provide clinics in July and August this summer (details below).
High school coaches and players from Central, Memorial, Trinity, and West could offer mini-clinics to the city’s youth softball leagues, especially since they could also serve as “feeders” to their own programs.
There are a number of adults, particularly women, who have played the sport during high school and college. If invited to participate, a significant number of them could volunteer their skills to better educate our city’s girls, it would benefit their overall skills.
Parents/brothers/relatives/friends/neighbors all should take some time to play catch and hit pop flies and ground balls to their daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces, and/or neighborhood girls. Maybe even serve on a board of directors and/or volunteer to help in the concession stand.
I realize that “travel ball” may sound more enticing. “She’ll get better coaching, play more games, play better competition,” it’s said. While that may be true, considering the total cost will be $500 to $5,000, is that something the average Manchester family is able to afford?
Maybe the better question is, is it worth it? Research completed by the NCAA has revealed that only 5.6% of female high school softball players go on to play college softball and only 1.8% play at the D1 level. Girls softball has lacked the attention and support for too long. It’s about time we step up as a community and help them. Will you?
The St. Anselm/SNHU Softball Clinic #1 is on July 18 and Clinic #2 is August 1. For more information, email SNHU head softball coach Deb Robitaille at d.robitaille@snhu.edu for the details. | https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-eds/ted-menswar-jr-manchester-girls-softball-needs-your-help/article_30deeb3d-4e5b-5a5f-a598-128f47bd447d.html | 2023-06-30 05:47:04 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/opinion/op-eds/ted-menswar-jr-manchester-girls-softball-needs-your-help/article_30deeb3d-4e5b-5a5f-a598-128f47bd447d.html |
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- If you're reading this, you know companies need to keep up with increasingly stringent regulations like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) new rules on data disclosures. There is now a de facto standard for complying with these regulations called diagramming as code (DAC).
Diagramming as code is the process of creating a set of diagrams that accurately represent the "internal structures, processes and procedures" of a piece of software or, in this case, your organization. The code is used to generate diagrams that act as a blueprint for the rest of your organization to follow.
The DAC methodology provides some serious benefits. First, it creates diagrams that are readable by humans and machines. This makes it easy to turn a PCI-DSS-compliant network diagram into an easily auditable checklist. Then, when an update is required, adding, or removing an object in the code updates visual diagrams and checklists simultaneously. This keeps auditable diagrams and procedures accurate and compliant. Finally, this makes it easy to share diagrams.
How much time is wasted inside standard flowchart software redrawing diagrams either found online or in old presentation decks? With code-based diagrams, in a language such as PlantUML, it is easy to share, alter, and use tried and true diagrams. To help with this effort Unified Compliance is launching a Bubble template that uses the PlantUML language to draw diagrams as code and share them. This app connects to UC's federated Gateway allowing users to build, borrow, and share their diagrams as code.
Go to theucf.info/PlantUMLApp for a first look at UCs new Bubble Template.
Check out theucf.info/DAC for a DAC primer.
Try theucf.info/PlantUMLSyntax for a peek at UC's syntax guide.
Unified Compliance (UC) provides the world's most vetted compliance. Unified Compliance Framework® (UCF®) is the world's most extensive library of interdependent regulatory compliance documents and the only commercially accessible compliance framework. AWS, Verizon, Google, JPMorgan, NASA, US Treasury, and hundreds of other organizations across industries rely on UC's patented processes and APIs. The UCF incorporates artificial and augmented intelligence to simplify compliance processes, ensuring greater ease of attestation and success. It helps compliance professionals gather the evidence they need to prove compliance in the most cost-efficient method available. Detailed information is at unifiedcompliance.com.
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- Compiles "NX-Pharma Global Quality Manual" and Appoints Head of NX-Pharma Global Quality -
TOKYO, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., based in Tokyo, has compiled the NX-Pharma Global Quality Manual, applicable as of Sunday, January 1, 2023, to unify and standardize pharmaceutical logistics quality standards on a global basis.
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The Nippon Express Group has positioned the pharmaceutical industry as a key industry in its "Nippon Express Group Business Plan 2023 -- Dynamic Growth" and has acquired Good Distribution Practice (GDP), CEIV Pharma and other certifications for pharmaceutical logistics at 34 business locations in 24 countries/regions to meet increasingly stringent and diverse pharmaceutical logistics needs as the Group develops a safe and secure worldwide pharmaceutical logistics network centered on these certifications.
To provide high-quality pharmaceutical logistics services to customers in the pharmaceutical industry, the Nippon Express Group has been working to establish a globally unified and standardized quality management system and has recently compiled the NX-Pharma Global Quality Manual. In addition to further improving the quality of its existing transport, storage, and other services, the Group is striving to build a pharmaceutical logistics platform that creates new value.
Furthermore, the Group has newly established Pharmaceutical Logistics Global Quality Assurance Division within the Global Business Headquarters and appointed Head of NX-Pharma Global Quality to bolster the quality management system on a global level.
NX-Pharma Global Quality Manual
https://www.nipponexpress.com/industries/pharma/quality.html
The Nippon Express Group remains committed to providing logistics support to customers in the global pharmaceutical industry by building a reliable and secure global pharmaceutical logistics platform and thereby contributing to the health of people around the world.
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Peoria Little League team's championship hopes end in California
SAN BERNARDINO, CA — The Sidewinder Little League team didn’t win the Little League West Regional Baseball Tournament. They won’t be going to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The Honolulu Little League earned the title and the trip, defeating Peoria-based Sidewinder Friday night by a 9-2 score.
“We’re proud of our boys,” said manager Troy Silva. “This is a big deal. We beat Southern California and Northern California.
“This is an experience they will remember for the rest of their lives. They were competitive against a team who could win the whole thing.”
After losing to Northern California in the opening game of the double-elimination tournament on Saturday, Arizona had a come-from-behind 7-6 victory against Southern California representative Glendora American.
“In the first game we were kind of flat because we hadn’t played a game in a while,” Silva said.
Sidewinder earned their way to the final with a victory over Northern California representative Tri-Cities on Wednesday night. A highlight of that contest was inducing Brandon Williams, who had hit two home runs and was walked intentionally four times, to hit into a double play.
The only drawback with that victory is it left Sidewinder’s Troy Tewers ineligible to pitch on Friday because he had thrown too many pitches and had only one day of rest.
Silva, who pitched for six years in Cleveland minor league system, understands the need for pitch counts more than most people. He was drafted in the 15th round out of Lewis and Clark State in Idaho, but had two arm injuries and never got above High-A baseball. He was drafted as a pitcher although he was an infielder in college.
Silva has a private academy teaching baseball. This is the only year he coached Little League because his youngest son, J. J. Silva, is playing. J.J. Silva played third base and hit a homer to left in the third inning.
“I understand the need for good technique,” he said. “I’m 100 percent in favor of pitch count limits.”
Starting pitcher Erik Lopez allowed a leadoff home run to Hawaii's Kekoa Payanal. He walked two other batters in the inning, but escaped the situation by striking out the final two batters
In their next turn at bat, Honolulu Little League cashed in their opportunities. With one out, catcher Kaeo Nouchi doubled down the right-field line. Cohen Sakamoto, Payanal, and Luke Hiromoto walked. Jaron Lancaster’s double to left brought in two runs to give Honolulu a 5-0 lead. Lancaster scored on Kama Angell’s double, and pinch-hitter Esaiah Wong brought home the final run with a single to left.
“Erik (Lopez) is normally in the zone and doesn’t walk a lot of batters,” Silva said. Jaxon Clubb, who relieved Lopez in the second, allowed only two runs in the final three innings.
Honolulu Little League, the West Region representative, will play Bonney Lake, WA, which won the Northwest Regional earlier Friday on the same field. That game will start at 4 p.m. Arizona time and will be televised on ESPN. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/2022/08/12/peoria-little-league-teams-championship-hopes-end-california/10317078002/ | 2022-08-13 06:43:02 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/2022/08/12/peoria-little-league-teams-championship-hopes-end-california/10317078002/ |
Nearly 40 million American are under heat alerts Tuesday as two zones of excessively high temperatures roast portions of the Lower 48. Parts of the Southern Plains from Texas to southern Missouri continue to cook, as they have most of the summer. But for the Pacific Northwest, the arrival of this sweltering heat is more of a shock after a relatively cool summer thus far.
Throughout the Pacific Northwest, temperatures are forecast to be the highest of the summer and aren’t predicted to drop until the weekend. In Seattle and Portland, this heat wave could approach records for longevity. Both cities are under excessive heat warnings until Thursday evening. Seattle may see the mercury hit 90 on four consecutive days through Friday, while Portland may get afternoon temperatures hovering near 100.
The National Weather Service issued heat alerts for millions on Tuesday as the Biden administration unveiled Heat.gov, “a new website to provide the public and decision-makers with clear, timely and science-based information to understand and reduce the health risks of extreme heat.”
The heat wave in the Pacific Northwest comes a little over a year after all-time records were smashed in Seattle and Portland, with high temperatures of 108 and 116 degrees, respectively. That same event established an record high in Canada, where Lytton, British Columbia, soared to 121 degrees. The town burned to the ground the next day.
Forecasters in Seattle and Portland stressed that this year’s heat wave, while not nearly as intense as last year, is notable for its longevity.
“It’s the duration that’s really noteworthy for this event,” said Colby Neuman, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Portland. “The most consecutive days of 95 degrees at Portland on record is six, and we’ll certainly be in the running to approach, tie or exceed that record. The next few days, we’re going to be right around 100.”
Portland International Airport hit 98.6 degrees on Monday, and after a predicted high of 101 degrees on Tuesday, the city is slated to be in the upper 90s through Friday. Saturday’s projected high is 95 degrees. At present, the city is forecast to tie the record.
“When we see highs up around 100, hospital visits with heat-related illnesses are definitely much higher than background levels,” Neuman said. “And with covid still being around, there’s a limit to the capacity of hospitals, and these events exacerbate that.”
Access to air conditioning is a complicating factor that amplifies risk in vulnerable populations such as the elderly and homeless. In Portland, 78 percent of households have air conditioning, but that number drops to 44 percent in Seattle.
Seattle made it to 85 degrees Monday — the average high this time of year is 79 degrees — but each day through Friday should peak at or just above 90 degrees. Heat waves, defined as intervals of three consecutive days of 90 degrees or greater, are somewhat rare in Seattle; this will mark only the 24th since World War II. Half of those heat waves have occurred in the past 15 years, highlighting the role of human-caused climate change in making outlier heat events more frequent and intense.
Officially, the record longest duration for a heat wave in Seattle is five days, which occurred in both 2015 and 1981. That record won’t be beaten this time around.
“Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside,” the Weather Service in Seattle said. “When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening.”
The agency called attention to Washington’s public service phone hotline, reachable at 2-1-1, which can provide callers with information about cooling shelters and other services.
A particular concern is elevated nighttime temperatures, which will keep dwellings without air-conditioning uncomfortably warm. Temperatures in Seattle briefly dipped below 70 Tuesday morning.
No relief from the heat. Sea-Tac's temperature dropped below 70° around 4:50 AM and it's already back up to 70° at 6:25 AM. pic.twitter.com/73RfaNgXtM
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In Portland, the low temperature Tuesday was 69 degrees.
“There’s a large part of the population here that doesn’t have air conditioning,” Neuman said. “In the past, people would rely on opening up their windows to cool off their residences. They can’t this time around.”
Through the end of the week, the most extreme heat is set to occur Thursday and Friday in eastern Washington, where highs could top 110 degrees, particularly in the lowlands of the Columbia River Basin.
Kennewick, Wash., about 50 miles east-southeast of Yakima, could climb to 112 degrees on Thursday and 110 on Friday. Yakima proper will flirt with 110 degrees Thursday before a relative easing to 108 on Friday and 105 for Saturday.
Temperatures in the 100-to-110-degree range will be common in interior and northern Oregon. Medford tied a record high of 107 degrees on Monday, while Dallesport, Wash., on the border with Oregon, soared to a record-tying 108.
The heat is originating from a ridge of high pressure, or “heat dome,” that’s parked in the northeastern Pacific west of British Columbia. It’s deflecting the jet stream north into Canada along with any inclement weather and storminess. Instead, the weather in the Pacific Northwest is characterized by clear skies and hot, sinking air.
Jason Samenow contributed to this report. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/26/pacific-northwest-heatwave-seattle-portland/ | 2022-07-26 17:41:56 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/26/pacific-northwest-heatwave-seattle-portland/ |
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats pressured Republicans on the increasingly menacing debt ceiling impasse Thursday, focusing on what they say will be painful reductions in government services if a bill the GOP recently pushed through the House becomes law.
Republicans responded that they know the legal limit on government borrowing must be raised to avert a possible default. But they're insisting it be coupled with cuts in what they consider bloated federal spending.
No one expects that the House bill, which would increase the nation's borrowing authority as well as cut spending, will reach President Joe Biden's desk. The Democratic Senate won't let it.
Many Republicans admitted so when passing the measure. But they said the House action was necessary to get Biden to the negotiating table with Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy. A meeting at the White House with congressional leaders of both parties is set for next week.
Despite the legislation's certain demise, Democrats are eager to tie Republicans, particularly in swing districts and states, to various provisions in the bill. Those include one that would cap next year's spending at 2022 levels and allow it to rise only 1% annually in ensuing years, much below the rate of inflation.
That spending limit, which would account for most of the Republicans' projected $4.8 trillion in savings, could have severe impacts on programs such as Head Start and Meals on Wheels, cancer research and veterans' health care, Democrats say.
“If Republicans won’t level with the American people about their terrible bill, Senate Democrats are going to do it for them,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said.
It's just the latest jousting in Congress over the debt limit, a legal limit to government borrowing that has been raised repeatedly in recent years as the nation's debt has swelled past $31 trillion. Urgency around the issue intensified this week as the Treasury Department announced that the “extraordinary measures” being used to avoid a devastating government default could run out on June 1 — giving lawmakers just a few weeks to find a solution.
Republicans described the Democratic effort as a distraction that won't change their position: Biden must negotiate on spending reductions in exchange for increasing the debt ceiling.
“It's showboating to badmouth the fact that the only thing that's been done on the debt ceiling and on the budget is what Republicans have done,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the committee. “Now the ball is in the court of the president to negotiate, and they want to distract from that.”
Grassley said it would be up to Congress to decide how to meet the spending caps that the House bill would put in place, and “nothing in the legislation mandates cuts to defense, veterans' health care, border security or other activities that Republicans have already prioritized.”
The House bill would reduce deficits over 10 years by, among other things, clawing back unspent COVID aid, removing the clean energy tax credits that Biden signed into law last year and reversing Biden’s student debt forgiveness and repayment plan.
But those spending reductions could come at a cost. Moody’s Analytics estimates the Republican bill would cause 790,000 job losses next year.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said the timing of the spending cuts that would occur through the House bill would “meaningfully increase” the likelihood of a recession. Economic growth, he projects will be about 2.23% should Congress pass a clean debt ceiling, versus 1.61% if the House Republican legislation becomes law.
“We need to end this drama as quickly as possible," Zandi said of the debt ceiling impasse. “If we don't, we're going to go into recession and our fiscal challenges will be made even worse.”
Republicans have argued that reduced spending is necessary to curb the inflation that has increased the cost of fuel, food and housing. They also say the House bill would put the country's finances on a more sustainable path.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, mocked that rationale. House Republicans care about the debt “sporadically,” he said, pointing to $7 trillion in debt that was added under President Donald Trump and $3 trillion under President George W. Bush.
“They seek to cause chaos," he said.
Meanwhile, the White House insisted anew Thursday that the onus is on Republicans in Congress to raise the debt limit. Budget Director Shalanda Young said, "Tomorrow, they could put a bill on the floor to make sure we won’t default. I could probably write the bill for them in five minutes. It’s pretty easy.”
But that logic works both ways, some witnesses and Republican lawmakers said.
Brian Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, told lawmakers that Congress has a long history of attaching efforts to reduce deficits to debt ceiling lifts. He said the nation’s debt, now more than $31 trillion, means all legislative avenues should be open to addressing it.
Excluding defense programs and veterans' health benefits from the cuts when enacting future spending bills would put more pressure on other non-defense spending approved by Congress each year. Such spending would fall to 2% of GDP by 2033, the lowest level since at least the early 1960s. Such non-defense spending does not include mandatory funds for Medicare and Social Security.
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., said he is one of two senators to have attended Head Start schooling, and warned that the House bill would eventually lead to dramatic cuts in that program. He said his participation in Head Start allowed him to learn, socialize and receive healthy food while his parents could stay in the workplace.
“That sounds like good economic policy to me,” Lujan said.
Two other witnesses called on lawmakers to keep provisions passed into law last August designed to curb global warming and boost clean energy production. House Republicans propose rescinding most of the energy tax credits and spending in that bill, reducing deficits by more than $500 billion over 10 years.
Those tax breaks have spurred billions of dollars in private investment across the country, according to Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association. She said that some 40 new electric battery manufacturing sites are coming to states such as Michigan, Arizona and South Carolina. Companies are also expanding their battery plants in states such as Oklahoma and Alabama, while wind-power manufacturing facilities are coming to Iowa, Georgia, Texas and others.
“Any threat to the IRA," she said, referring to Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, “is a threat to these factories and these jobs.”
Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, called on lawmakers to maintain a charge on excessive methane emissions from U.S. oil and gas facilities that the House bill would repeal. He said swift cuts in methane could slow the rate of global warming by 30%, plus provide important health benefits to Americans near oil or gas sites because other pollutants, such as cancer-causing benzene, are emitted alongside methane.
"Congress was right to enact (it), our health and the environment will benefit because of it, and it should be left in place to do its job," Krupp said.
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White House reporter Josh Boak contributed to this report. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/debt-limit-deadline-looms/507-4586fcd3-47e4-471e-ae2f-67f3bda0f74b | 2023-05-05 05:50:14 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/debt-limit-deadline-looms/507-4586fcd3-47e4-471e-ae2f-67f3bda0f74b |
DURANGO, Iowa (AP) — Deb Zenner’s business might involve producing maple syrup and honey. But for her, the sweetest parts of the job are her interactions with customers at local farmers markets where she sells her wares.
“I enjoy talking to people about my products, teaching people, listening to them and how they include my products in their meals and dishes,” she said.
Deb and her husband, Tony Zenner, launched Timber Range Farm in 2016. On their wooded Durango property, they tap maple and walnut trees and process the sap into syrup and sugar. They also raise bees and harvest honey and beeswax, selling the products at many area markets.
“There’s a lot of outdoor work involved in it, and that’s what I like about it,” Tony told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
In 2016, their first year making maple syrup, the Zenners started small.
“We tapped 25 trees that first year, and I think we cooked (the sap) up in a turkey fryer,” Deb recalled.
The following year, the couple tapped 50 trees. Now, they tap up to 300 per year using a system of pipelines to run the sap down the hillside into large tanks that can hold up to 800 gallons. They employ a reverse osmosis process to remove about 50% of the water from the sap, which then is boiled in a large machine called an evaporator.
Tony and Deb usually begin tapping their trees in February, but the exact date is entirely weather-dependent, Deb said.
“The high temperature has to go above 40 (degrees) but then below freezing at night. That’s what starts the sap running in the trees,” she said.
The sap season can last from two to eight weeks, depending on temperatures. As soon as the trees begin to bud, taps must be pulled so that the tree can use the sap for its spring growth, Deb said.
The Zenners also tap walnut trees on their property, but walnut sap has more pectin than maple sap and runs much more slowly. From 300 maple trees, the couple can end up with about 130 to 150 gallons of finished maple syrup, while more than 100 walnut trees might yield only two to three gallons of syrup.
Although the syrups are certainly popular items at Tony and Deb’s market stands, customers also are drawn to the snacks they make from the maple products, including granola, maple nuts, candies and cotton candy.
“Maple syrup isn’t just for pancakes anymore,” Deb said, noting that she has customers who will mix the sweet syrup into meats or top their popcorn with maple sugar.
Timber Range Farm is a small operation compared to other local maple syrup producers, Tony said. But the couple focuses on quality rather than quantity, and their work has paid off. At an international maple syrup conference in 2019, the Zenners earned third place for their maple syrup in one of the contest’s categories.
“We aren’t about producing a lot in terms of maple syrup, but for us, it’s plenty,” Tony said. “We try to produce the best product possible … and we’re always trying to stay up on the latest and the greatest.”
The Zenners’ initial desire to raise bees wasn’t necessarily for the honey the insects produced, but rather for their ability to pollinate the apple trees on the couple’s property.
“That’s how we started, and it just went crazy from there,” Tony said.
Today, they have more than 20 beehives on their property and at several other locations.
Tony usually harvests honey in August and September, after the colonies have grown throughout the summer. He will remove the upper boxes of the beehive — which the bees have filled with honey — then use a specialized piece of equipment called an extractor to spin the honey out of the frame.
Despite the limited harvest season, beekeeping is a year-round project. Tony checks the hives regularly, treating them for diseases and mites and making sure none are becoming overcrowded. He also hangs boxes called “swarm traps” on nearby trees so that, if a hive decides to swarm and fly away, the bees could make their home in the box and he won’t lose the entire hive.
“One thing about beekeeping — there is no right and wrong way,” he said. “You’ll ask three beekeepers and you’ll get nine answers, and none of them are wrong.”
Ensuring the insects survive through the winter is particularly challenging. The Zenners add sugar and food patties to supplement the bees’ winter store of honey and prevent them from starving. They typically close up the hives for the winter in late November and don’t reopen them until April to keep the bees as warm as possible. Deb said bees cluster together to keep the hive’s temperature around 80 degrees, but an early thaw can lead them to separate too soon, and a spring cold snap can be deadly.
“Many (beekeepers) are thrilled with a 50% survival rate,” she said.
In addition to honey, Timber Range Farm also sells beeswax, which Deb said has been growing in popularity.
In fact, she has noticed an increased local interest in all homegrown products in recent years, which she attributes in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and area residents’ desire for nutritious options.
“People are very much into natural food and eating healthy and using local (products) and things like that,” she said. “It’s been good.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/E-Iowa-couple-enjoy-sweet-work-producing-maple-17222188.php | 2022-06-12 05:32:04 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/E-Iowa-couple-enjoy-sweet-work-producing-maple-17222188.php |
ALBION — To reach the highest level felony charge possible for possession of methamphetamine — a Level 3 felony — a person has to have at least 28 grams of the highly addictive stimulant.
Authorities allege an area couple were quite the overachievers.
Danny Wilson, 44, of Churubusco and Celia Patrick, 27, of Kendallville were formally charged Wednesday in Noble Circuit Court with multiple felonies after a Monday traffic stop initiated byu Kendallville police led to the seizure of 88 grams of methamphetamine.
Wilson was charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 3 felony; and possession of cocaine, a Level 6 felony.
Wilson’s bond was set at $50,000 by Noble Circuit Court Judge Michael Kramer.
Patrick was charged with possession of methamphetamine, a Level 3 felony; possession of cocaine, a Level 6 felony; and possession of a narcotic drug, a Level 6 felony.
Patrick’s bond was set at $25,000.
Kendallville Police Department Sgt. Justin Beall stopped a Chevy pickup for allegedly speeding in the 1900 block of Dowling Street Monday evening.
Wilson was identified as the driver of the vehicle. Patrick was the passenger.
Beall used his K-9 partner Frodo to perform a free air sniff around the vehicle, according to court documents. The police dog alerted to the alleged presence of illegal narcotics.
While searching Wilson, Beall allegedly observed a small plastic bag in Wilson’s hand that Wilson was attempting to conceal. Inside the bag, there was 2.44 grams of a white powdery substance that field tested positive for cocaine.
During a search of the pickup, a black zippered bag was located in the bed of the pickup.
Inside the black-zippered bag police allegedly located 4.93 grams of cocaine and 88 grams of methamphetamine.
In a pink bag inside the cab of the pickup, police located a pill which tested positive for fentanyl. Patrick allegedly told police the pink bag was her’s.
Patrick allegedly admitted the pill contained fentanyl.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed in the case, Wilson allegedly told investigators he was unaware of a black bag being inside his truck. He also said he had taken the plastic bag containing the suspected cocaine from Patrick, his girlfriend.
Patrick told police she acquired the black zippered bag containing the methamphetamine and cocaine while in Fort Wayne the previous day.
Patrick also allegedly told police the couple had consumed methamphetamine that had been gotten from the black zippered bag earlier on Monday.
Beall’s decision to walk his dog around the vehicle was critical to the arrests, as was his thoroughness in investigating.
Kendallville Police Chief Lance Waters expressed his appreciation for Beall’s productivity, particularly when it comes to the battle against illegal drugs.
“Beall does an outstanding job,” Waters said. “He’s diligent.”
Beall is the third shift supervisor. Under his leadership, Kendallville’s night shift officers have been putting a major dent in the drug trade.
“They’re working these narcotics (investigations) hard,” Waters said. “They are just knocking it out of the park.” | https://www.kpcnews.com/newssun/article_45e542fa-1b95-5cee-ab16-76e497345759.html | 2023-03-23 22:51:24 | 0 | https://www.kpcnews.com/newssun/article_45e542fa-1b95-5cee-ab16-76e497345759.html |
Integrated commerce solution helps food service distributor streamline operations and boost customer satisfaction
CRANBURY, N.J., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Visionet Systems, the leader in digitally enabled solutions to drive global business that innovates, designs, and delivers products and services built in the cloud, announced today the successful launch of a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce implementation for Y. Hata & Co., Limited. The large, family-owned food service distributor in Hawaii required an integrated commerce platform for its cash-and-carry division, ChefZone. The new unified platform improves managerial productivity and overall output, resulting in increased scalability and customer satisfaction.
"Y. Hata & Co., Limited has been a mainstay in Hawaii for over 109 years, so we were honored to provide a solution to their challenges and ensure their continued success," said Ali Zubairy, Senior Vice President, Digital and Head of Europe and UKI of Visionet Systems. "Visionet takes pride in offering our clients a comprehensive approach to business and inventory management. By integrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 into their already existing systems, the ChefZone team now has unified productivity and complete visibility over all aspects of operations."
Prior to adopting Visionet's highly integrated commerce solution, ChefZone had 14 separate business management solutions and lacked a centralized system, which led to inefficiencies in communication standards, operating procedures, and information sharing.
"Our subsidiary ChefZone was facing multiple challenges and required a technological suite that could enhance its overall performance," said Brian Marting, Chief Financial Officer of Y. Hata & Co. "Our quest for digital transformation led us to reach out to Visionet and Microsoft."
ChefZone gained a 360-degree customer view and a robust solution with advanced warehouse-management (WMS) capabilities after the implementation. Visionet also enabled the seamless integration of digital price tags for over 6,000 products, which led to a six to eight percent increase in worker efficiency, as well as the implementation of a point-of-sale (POS) system that enhanced credit-limit checks. Additionally, with ChefZone modernizing its legacy systems, Y. Hata & Co., Limited increased scalability, resulting in greater accuracy and faster order fulfillment. Overall, this unified shopping experience across all internal and external channels improved brand loyalty and customer satisfaction.
About Visionet Systems
Visionet is a premier digital technology solutions company built on the premise of disruptive innovation. For over 27 years, our innovation-centric and engineering-first approach has unlocked digital-driven success to over 350+ global enterprises across CPG, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing & Distribution, and Life Sciences industries.
Our strategic technological alliances with Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, Adobe and AWS, as well as accolades like Microsoft Partner of the Year 2021 and EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021, are a testament to our expertise in delivering seamless digital transition.
To learn more, visit www.visionet.com.
Media Contact
Bolt Public Relations
Visionet@boltpr.com
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A Louisiana jury Thursday convicted a career criminal of raping a police informant who had been sent into a drug house in a sting that went unmonitored and unprotected by law enforcement.
Jurors in Alexandria looked away at times as prosecutors played graphic footage of a sexual assault that happened as the woman went undercover to buy methamphetamine. She wore a hidden camera that recorded Antonio D. Jones forcing her to perform oral sex on him — twice— but the device did not transmit the attack in real time.
Jones, 48, was found guilty of two counts of third-degree rape. He had been scheduled for trial last month but skipped bail and was later captured in Mississippi.
“We think justice was served,” Rapides Parish District Attorney Phillip Terrell told The Associated Press. “He is an incorrigible, violent criminal and we think the community is much safer now that he’s going to be going to prison.”
The conviction came two months after the attack on the woman was reported in an AP investigation that exposed the perils such informants can face seeking to “work off” criminal charges in often loosely regulated, secretive arrangements.
The woman testified against Jones during the trial, later telling AP in a text exchange “it was not easy but was rewarding.” AP does not typically identify victims of sexual assault.
Despite the woman’s cooperation, she was charged anyway just three weeks after the recorded assault with possession of drug paraphernalia. But prosecutors said late Thursday they plan to drop the pending charges against her.
“We certainly do not intend to prosecute a rape victim,” Assistant District Attorney Brian Cespiva said in a telephone interview.
Jones’ defense attorney, Phillip M. Robinson, said he will appeal Jones’ conviction and earlier asked for a mistrial because the jurors were looking away from the video in disgust. The lengthy footage showed Jones forcing the woman into sex as she cried and said “no,” and he even stopped at one point to conduct a separate drug deal.
Jones is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 12. Cespiva said he will ask that Jones be sentenced to 50 years in prison. Jones faces a separate trial next year on drug distribution charges.
The victim, meanwhile, is undergoing drug treatment.
“I’m convinced she’s on her way to sobriety,” prosecutor Terrell said.
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Webcast Replay of the Analyst Day is Available on the Company's Website
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) today announced that at its 2022 virtual analyst day event held earlier today, the company raised its full year revenue guidance and provided a continued revenue growth outlook for 2023.
"Based on our continued strong bookings growth across both Dice and CJ, we are increasing our full year 2022 revenue guidance and now expect total revenue to be in the range of $148 million to $149 million, representing growth of between 23% and 24% year over year," commented Kevin Bostick Chief Financial Officer of DHI Group, Inc. "We continue to expect third quarter total revenue to be in the range of $37 million to $38 million, representing growth of between 20% and 23% year over year and will continue to operate the business to Adjusted EBITDA margins at or near 20% throughout 2022 as we continue to balance our strong financial performance with increased sales and marketing investment to drive continued double-digit revenue growth.
"While we are not yet providing specific long-term guidance for 2023, DHI intends to maintain its investment strategy in sales and marketing to capture incremental market share for each of its brands' total addressable market. As a result, DHI intends to stay within the Rule of 40 in 2023, with a bias to driving bookings and revenue growth, and anticipates maintaining Adjusted EBITDA margins of approximately 20%. As such, DHI expects to drive bookings and revenue growth in 2023 approaching or near 20% year over year. We anticipate that DHI's business model will see margin expansion approaching approximately 30% Adjusted EBITDA margins over time, however, the near-term focus will remain on investing to drive top-line growth."
DHI's 2022 investor day, with its theme "Where Tech Connects" was hosted by Art Zeile, President and Chief Executive Officer, with presentations by senior management that included details on:
- The tech hiring market and DHI's market opportunity
- The company's products and client needs
- The company's sales growth strategy
- The company's brand and awareness strategy
- The company's view on marketplaces that serve security-cleared talent
- The company's financial model and outlook
Speakers during the event included:
- Art Zeile, Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Farnsworth, Chief Technology Officer
- Arie Kanofsky, Chief Revenue Officer
- Michelle Marian, Chief Marketing Officer
- Evan Lesser, President and Founder of ClearanceJobs
- Kevin Bostick, Chief Financial Officer
Management also hosted a real-time question and answer session at the end of the investor presentation.
A replay of the event is available in the investor relations section of the DHI website at www.dhigroupinc.com.
Investor Contact
Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers
MKR Investor Relations, Inc.
212-448-4181
ir@dhigroupinc.com
Media Contact
Rachel Ceccarelli
VP of Engagement
212-448-8288
media@dhigroupinc.com
About DHI Group, Inc.
DHI Group, Inc (NYSE: DHX) is a provider of AI-powered career marketplaces that focus on technology roles. DHI's two brands, Dice and ClearanceJobs, enable recruiters and hiring managers to efficiently search for and connect with highly skilled technologists based on the skills requested. The Company's patented algorithm manages over 100,000 unique technology skills. Additionally, our marketplaces allow technology professionals to find their ideal next career opportunity, with relevant advice and personalized insights. Learn more at www.dhigroupinc.com.
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By THOMAS ADAMSON
AP Fashion Writer
PARIS (AP) — Balmain’s pearls and crystals dazzled Paris Fashion Week Wednesday in its stylish ode to the ’80’s. Meanwhile, geopolitical activism met tuxedo jackets when one vocal Ukrainian designer put on a show paying homage to her country and team of over 20 people currently working in Kyiv.
Here are some highlights of Wednesday’s fall-winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear collections:
UKRAINE’S LITKOVSKA GOES “ON AIR”
“From the war zone with peace,” read the ticker outside Paris’ Grand Rex cinema, a model of New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
Inside, guests gathered in the Art Deco auditorium for a show by Ukrainian designer Lila Litkovska that continued with a radio theme.
Titled “On air,” it was a metaphor for the unpredictable way life in Ukraine is unfolding by the minute. The soundtrack of the ready-to-wear show flicked between radio stations, in constant interruption. Litkovska’s collection reflected this sense of haphazardness by mixing up styles in a generally loose and oversized display.
There were the more commercial looks, such as a black tuxedo coat worn over a floppy black slit skirt and sneakers, alongside more abstract plays in shape, like a black coat wrapped on the midriff with long sleeves to create an intentionally off-kilter silhouette.
Simple menswear suits were the nicest in what was ultimately a low-key show, with long sashes from the silken undergarments fluttering elegantly behind like a train.
But it was not just about fashion. A video link beside the runway showed a live shot of Litkovska’s team in Ukraine’s capital.
UKRAINE’S FASHION ACTIVISM
Litkovska fled to Paris with her 2-year-old daughter when Russian missiles started pounding Kyiv in February 2022. But the bright-eyed and optimistic designer, who launched her eponymous brand 14 years ago and shows at Paris Fashion Week, pressed on creating her “made in Ukraine” designs by relocating studios to a safer location within the country.
“In the first week of the Russian invasion, we relocated to Lviv in the west of Ukraine. But we came back (to Kyiv) at the beginning of summer with our productions and with everyone there,” she told The Associated Press.
Litkovska said that now “it’s the same factory the same office, the same team,” as before the war and she has even “extended (the size of) our team during the first year of the war because our orders are up.”
By organizing activist fashion events with other Ukrainian designers over the last year, including pop ups in Paris, Berlin, Munich and Milan, she has raised about 50,000 euros ($53,000) that has gone toward buying medicine, as well as to supporting Kyiv’s biggest children’s hospital and the armed forces. She asked for 30% of profits to go to Ukraine.
“It’s an amazing process,” she said, describing how one of her initiatives involved selling little angels.
The fashion community is key to raising awareness — and money — for the war effort as it “has a big following, millions and millions, and they can attract their audience for what’s going on,” Litkovska said.
BALMAIN’S ’80s SPARKLE
VIPs such as Jessica Alba negotiated screaming crowds outside Le Carreau du Temple to enter Balmain’s world of calm, wafting perfume and champagne-serving waiters.
This fall, Olivier Rousteing channeled his disco ball realness for an infectious collection — featuring all-pearl shades, iridescent archive bell-skirt dresses and blinding crystal-embellished jackets that unfurled like flowers.
The designer said he was inspired by the “New French Style,” attributed to house founder Pierre Balmain, with the collection’s glamorous post-war styles, flying saucer hats, nipped waists and bell silhouettes.
The collection was also just an excuse to sparkle. Bold 1980s looks stunned guests — including kinky black sheeny gowns, giant textured jackets made solely of pearl, and huge cranberry knife pleats that shot out from a skirt.
There were screams when the designer came out to receive applause.
DRIES VAN NOTEN, GENDER BENDER
The Belgian master of contradictions subverted the feminine with menswear for his fall collection, breaking it up with lashings of flowers and flashes of gold. They were touches that gave the sumptuous collection both softness and edge.
Soft silk trim peaked out of the hems of a charcoal pinstripe men’s suit jacket, while another pinstripe style — this time double breasted — was worn atop a silk printed foulard skirt that hung on the bias. Subtlety was the name of the game.
Even glam rock elements, such as a gold leather coat, were handled carefully. The coat had a vintage feel with little wrinkles and was worn on a bare chest.
UNDERCOVER MAKES CONTRASTS
Jun Takahashi, founder and designer of the Japanese streetwear-infused brand Undercover, once cited British designer Vivienne Westwood, who died in December, as an inspiration.
Whiffs of Westwood’s signature punk were in the air as Takahashi displayed a funky collection with eccentric flourishes and contrasts galore.
Sheeny gray bubble material became a parachute-like shawl with contrasting bib that looked regal. It was worn over Formula One-style wader boots and a black and white racing check motif at the crotch.
This high versus low musing continued in a frayed bomber jacket made of posh tweed and kinky boots in bright violet. Sartorial suits came in acid tones.
Gloves on one hand, and a hand motif on pants that seemed to want to creep spookily up the leg added this season’s must-have gimmick.
LAGERFELD BOOK
Fashion insiders gathered by the Musee d’Orsay to celebrate a new book about former Chanel front man Karl Lagerfeld, whose death in 2019 at age 85 still leaves a shadow over Paris Fashion Week.
To mark the global launch of “Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld,” author William Middleton conversed with magazine editor Elizabeth von Guttman about the genesis of the book.
Middleton said his biography talked about the German-born couturier’s business acumen — beyond his design artistry.
“When Karl joined Chanel in January 1983, the house was on the verge of bankruptcy,” Middleton told AP. “When he died, it was a $11 billion powerhouse. That was Karl’s business sense, of course, but it was also his strength as a designer.”
Champagne-clinking VIP guests discussed the enduring legacy of the man, whose decades-long stewardship of both Fendi and Chanel made him one of the late 20th century’s most influential designers. | https://wtmj.com/entertainment/2023/03/01/balmain-show-sparkles-ukraine-designer-evokes-life-at-home/ | 2023-03-02 22:44:10 | 0 | https://wtmj.com/entertainment/2023/03/01/balmain-show-sparkles-ukraine-designer-evokes-life-at-home/ |
Windy and warm today; severe storms possible this evening
High temps this week will be in the 70s and 80s.
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – A shift in our weather pattern this week is bringing summer-like warmth to the region as temperatures are going to be ten to 20 degrees above the seasonal average. A strong southeast wind today is working to pull in some of that warmth ahead of a cold front that is approaching from the west. We’ll have occasional sunshine and clouds today with southeast winds reaching 45 miles per hour at times until the late afternoon. A Wind Advisory will be in effect until 4 PM for portions of the local area around Rochester and for points to the west. High temperatures will be in the upper 70s which is more than ten degrees above today’s seasonal average.
A few thunderstorms will be possible during the day with strong to severe storms potentially igniting during the early evening hours. Large hail, damaging winds, and a tornado or two will be possible as the cold front edges its way through the area after 6 PM. Clouds will clear off by midnight with a light breeze and overnight low temperatures will be in the mid-50s.
A weak disturbance will produce a few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two on Tuesday, mainly in the afternoon. We’ll have sunshine and clouds throughout the day with high temperatures in the mid-70s and a light north breeze.
Warmer air will build in for the middle part of the week starting Wednesday when a warm front works its way north through the Upper Mississippi Valley. We’ll have a mostly sunny sky with high temperatures in the low 80s and a southeast breeze. A few thunderstorms will be possible late in the afternoon and in the evening hours, a few of which may produce damaging wind and hail.
After a sunny Thursday with summer-like high temperatures in the mid and upper 80s, a cold front will trigger scattered thunderstorms Friday with high temperatures in the upper 70s.
There will be a chance for a few isolated thunderstorms on Saturday with high temperatures in the mid-70s. A few showers will also be possible during the day Sunday behind a cold front. High temperatures will be much more seasonable Sunday afternoon as readings in the 60s are expected.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Conor Daly ended the 2021 IndyCar season without a job and unsure where his racing career was headed. Just about a year later, he's brought a new sponsor to motorsports that not only shored up Daly's future but now has him prepared to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut.
Daly will enter his first career Cup race next week on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he'll drive for The Money Team Racing.
The No. 50 Chevrolet is owned by retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and will be sponsored by BitNile Holdings, Inc., a a diversified holding company Daly persuaded to back an IndyCar program over cocktails in Las Vegas.
(NOTE: The video in the player above is an interview with Conor Daly before the 2022 Indy 500 Victory Celebration.)
BitNile agreed to a multiyear deal to sponsor Daly in IndyCar for Ed Carpenter Racing and has so enjoyed its first season that executive chairman Todd Ault approached Daly after the Laguna Seca season finale to see if he was interested in running a Cup race.
Was he ever.
“I've always lived a life of you never know what's going to happen tomorrow and there's a lot of crazy things that have happened in my career for sure,” Daly told The Associated Press. “But realistically, I have a guy behind me in Todd Ault and everyone at BitNile that are truly, truly enjoying the motorsports business and what it does for them.
“And as a driver, that's your dream. Look at (NASCAR driver) Aric Almirola and (sponsor) Smithfield. Those guys would go to bat for Almirola every time. This is obviously Year One of my relationship with BitNile, but it is providing me an opportunity that I have never had before.”
Daly was in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week first for a seat fitting and then a Friday session in the Chevrolet simulator. It will be the fourth race for Mayweather's upstart team, which used driver Kaz Grala in the Daytona 500, at Circuit of the Americas and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Grala finished a season-best 23rd on Charlotte's oval and has not finished lower than 26th.
Daly made one Xfinity Series start in 2018, followed by one Truck Series start in 2020 and again in 2021. He just completed his eighth season in IndyCar and the most stable year of his career. The 30-year-old Indianapolis native had pieced together partial schedules and seasons split among teams before BitNile funded a full 17-race program for him at Carpenter.
Mayweather, meanwhile, has yet to make an official appearance at the track and his new NASCAR team has fallen short of early season-predictions to run upwards of 15 races. He said in a statement that Daly's entry at The Roval is part of TMT's growth.
“We’ve come a long way in a short amount of time and I know that the future is very bright for us,” Mayweather said. “With hard work and dedication, we’re going to continue to climb the ladder in this sport. This is an exciting step and I can’t wait to see what’s next.” | https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/motor/conor-daly-to-make-nascar-cup-debut-at-roval-with-floyd-mayweathers-team/531-e9f4e180-e2fb-4306-9d8a-8e2312be26f5 | 2022-09-30 18:07:52 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/motor/conor-daly-to-make-nascar-cup-debut-at-roval-with-floyd-mayweathers-team/531-e9f4e180-e2fb-4306-9d8a-8e2312be26f5 |
Experts Share Insights on Current Practices in College and University Admissions
LOS ANGELES, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "In Conversation with…" is the UCLAxOpen seminar series focused on the changing landscape of college admissions. This inaugural program brings together influential industry professionals, thought leaders, a New York Times best-selling author, and other experts starting on Thursday, June 16. Sessions are moderated by UCLA Extension instructors and the seminars are offered at no cost.
Guest speakers will examine the college admissions landscape and Covid-19's impact on parents, students, and access to higher education. Topics include: Careers, admissions criteria, assessment/testing, college and university options, financial aid, diversity and inclusion, online learning, COVID-19 disruption, and admissions bias.
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June 16: Eric Hoover, Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 30: Adam Ingersoll, Founder and Principal, Compass Education
July 7: Michael Vilardo, President/Co-Founder, Subject, E-Learning Provider of High School Curriculum
July 21: Jeffrey Selingo, Journalist and New York Times Best Selling author, "Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions"
July 28: Dr. Angel B. Perez, CEO, National Association of Admission Counseling (NACAC)
"This new UCLAxOpen series presents valuable insights from influential leaders in the world of college admission. This series provides a roadmap for parents, future students, and those interested in counseling careers," said Jennifer Mandel, Program Director at UCLA Extension. "UCLA Extension serves as a resource for higher education and college admissions professionals globally. This program spotlights the value of up-to-the-moment knowledge, training, and best practices in this field, exactly the kinds of topics we teach in the online College Counseling certificate."
According to Statista, There were approximately 18.99 million college students in the U.S. in 2020, with 13.87 million enrolled in public colleges and 5.12 million students enrolled in private colleges.
The "In Conversation with…" speaker series runs from June 16 to July 28 with sessions accessible via Zoom. Each session features a Q&A with speakers. Registration is required for the no-cost sessions. Reserve a space here.
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Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers
ANAHEIM, California (AP) — The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a way to track pastors and other church workers credibly accused of sex abuse and launch a new task force to oversee further reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
The vote came three weeks after the release of a blockbuster report by an outside consultant on the long-simmering scandal, revealing that Southern Baptist leaders mishandled abuse cases and stonewalled victims for years. Thousands of Southern Baptists are here in Anaheim for their big national meeting.
The vote fell short of what some survivors of abuse in Southern Baptist churches sought, such as a compensation fund for victims and a more robust and independent commission to monitor its churches’ handling — and mishandling— of abuse. And it also met opposition from some who contended the crisis was overhyped and that it interfered with Baptist churches’ independence.
But Bruce Frank, who led the task force that recommended the reforms, made an emotional plea for church representatives to accept them as they gathered here at the start of their two-day annual meeting. He called the steps the “bare minimum.”
“It will take a few years to change the culture and direction,” he said. “But without action to act differently, there is no repentance.”
He challenged those who would say these steps interfere with Baptists’ focus on missions, saying that “protecting the sheep from the wolves” is essential to mission.
“How are you going to tell a watching world that Jesus died for them ... when his church won’t even do its very best to protect them?” Frank asked.
He acknowledged that executing these recommendations would cost “a lot of money.”
“But it’s not going to cost nearly as much as survivors have paid,” he added.
During debate, some Baptists criticized the consulting firm that conducted the report, Guidepost Solutions, for its recent tweet in support of Pride month, which goes against the SBC’s view that homosexuality is sinful.
“I didn’t like their tweet either,” Frank said, adding that it is important to recognize that the company’s perspective on sexuality and gender is simply different from a Christian denomination’s views. “The issue is not, what does Guidepost think of LGBT? The issue is what do Southern Baptists think of sexual abuse.”
The report, focused on how the denomination’s Executive Committee handled abuse cases, also revealed that it had secretly maintained a list of clergy and other church workers accused of abuse, even after long claiming it couldn’t do so without violating congregations’ autonomy. The committee later apologized and released the list, which had hundreds of accused workers on it.
Frank also reiterated the need for a database of abusers, which he said has been discussed by the SBC for more than a decade. He said a database is crucial to ensure abusers are not going from church to church, hurting more vulnerable people.
Brad Eubank, senior pastor of Petal First Baptist Church in Petal, Mississippi, urged messengers to approve the recommendations. Eubank was sexually abused as a child by a minister of music at a Southern Baptist church in Mississippi. He said these recommendations should serve as a “starting point.”
“As a pastor I’ve talked to countless survivors and victims,” he said. “The world is watching. This is not everything that needs to be done, but it’s a starting spot. Please, let’s start the healing process today.”
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Smith reported from Pittsburgh.
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MASSAPEQUA, NY (PIX11) — Long Islanders in Massapequa will have to wait one more day to see their hometown little leaguers compete in the Little League World Series because the game was postponed.
Fans planned a watch party at John Burns Park in Massapequa. It was cleared out after storms in Williamsport, Pennsylvania forced the league to postpone Sunday’s game until Monday morning.
The Massapequa Coast lost their game on Friday night and they have to win their next game – or they will be eliminated from the series. PIX11’s Eileen Lehpamer has more in the video above. | https://pix11.com/sports/little-league-world-series-game-postponed/ | 2022-08-21 23:57:27 | 0 | https://pix11.com/sports/little-league-world-series-game-postponed/ |
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been in contact with a Russian official suspected of war crimes as it works for the return of Ukrainian children who were deported to Russia.
The ICRC’s contacts with Russian children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova marked the first confirmation of high-level international intervention to reunite families with children who were forcibly deported.
ICRC spokesman Jason Straziuso said Thursday the organization is in contact with Lvova-Belova “in line with its mandate to restore contact between separated families and facilitate reunification where feasible.”
That goes beyond the engagement of other agencies. The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said it has also been in contact with Russian officials about the children, but spokesman Kurtis Cooper told The Associated Press that UNICEF “has not received feedback on our offer to facilitate reunifications processes." Refugees International denied any contact with the Russians — despite Lvova-Belova's claim it had contacted her.
Deportations of Ukrainian children have been a concern since Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. The International Criminal Court increased pressure on Russia when it issued arrest warrants on March 17 for Lvova-Belova and Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing them of abducting children from Ukraine.
An AP investigation revealed Lvova-Belova’s involvement in the abductions and found an open effort to put Ukrainian children up for adoption in Russia.
Lvova-Belova told an informal U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday that the children were taken for their safety, not abducted — a claim widely rejected by the international community.
Lvova-Belova spoke by video link at a meeting called by Russia and opposed by Western countries that sent low-level diplomats instead of their ambassadors. Representatives from four countries — the U.S., UK, Albania and Malta — walked out when she began her remarks.
She said Russia has had no official communication with Ukrainian authorities about the children, but added her office has met with representatives of the ICRC, UNICEF, and Refugees International, and provided “all available information about the situation of children.”
ICRC spokesman Straziuso on Thursday confirmed its contact with Lvova-Belova.
Straziuso said the reunification process includes tracing family members, establishing and maintaining contact, “obtaining relevant consents and documentation, reuniting families, and seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of those who remain missing.”
For the ICRC to move forward, he said, families must first file a tracing request with details about the child with the Red Cross.
The exact number of Ukrainian children taken to Russia has been difficult to determine, and numbers from the warring countries differ vastly.
A statement posted Wednesday on Twitter by Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said more than 19,500 children had been seized from their families or orphanages and forcibly deported.
Lvova-Belova said that since February 2022, Russia has taken in more than 5 million Ukrainians, including 700,000 children — all with parents, relatives or legal guardians except for 2,000 from orphanages in the eastern Donbas.
To date, she said, about 1,300 children have been returned to their orphanages, 400 were sent to Russian orphanages and 358 were placed in foster homes. She claimed no Ukrainian children have been adopted. ___ Associated Press writer Jamey Keaten contributed to this report from Geneva | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/red-cross-confirms-contact-with-russia-about-17885259.php | 2023-04-07 21:33:39 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/red-cross-confirms-contact-with-russia-about-17885259.php |
DALLAS (AP) — The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series "M-A-S-H" sold at auction Friday for $125,000.
Alda held onto the boots and dog tags for more than 40 years after the show ended but decided to sell them through Heritage Auctions in Dallas to raise money for his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better.
The buyer's name wasn't released.
Alda, 87, said he wore the boots and dog tags for the 11-season run of the show about a Korean War medical unit. His character, Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce, was a talented surgeon who helped ease the stress of working in a war zone with quips and practical jokes. The show's final episode, which aired in 1983 and was written and directed by Alda, was the most watched TV show in U.S. history.
The boots and dog tags, given to him by the costume department, “made an impression on me every day that we shot the show,” said Alda, who won five Emmys for his work on the sitcom.
Alda said auctioning off the dog tags and boots now made sense. “I saw this as a chance to put them to work again,” he said.
The money raised from the auction will go to the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York, which aims to help scientists and doctors communicate better through the use of improvisational exercises and other strategies.
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PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a revolutionary hair care product applicator that could appeal to a mass market by cutting across gender, multi-cultural and diverse demographics with both consumer and commercial application," said one of two inventors, from Madison, Ala., "so we invented the HAIR CARE APPLICATOR/ SCALP MASSAGER. Our design complements and provides an easy, mess-free and pocket-friendly solution for applying any hair care product of choice."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to apply hair care treatments to hair. In doing so, it saves time and effort and it helps to reduce messes. It can also be used to massage the head and scalp. The invention features an effective design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for consumers and commercial salons. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Birmingham sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-BRK-4118, 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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Framework for Improving Software Supply Chain Security Announces Stable Release, Helps Secure Builds Against Supply Chain Attacks
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is proud to announce the release of version 1.0 of Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA, pronounced "salsa"). SLSA is an OpenSSF project that provides specifications for software supply chain security, established by community expert consensus. SLSA's framework is organized into a series of levels that describe increasing security rigor, designed to give confidence that software hasn't been tampered with and can be securely traced back to its source. SLSA is a supply chain security language that everyone can speak to help identify where software stands and how to mature their security posture.
"The OpenSSF is working hard to put more rigor into the software development process," said Brian Behlendorf, General Manager of the OpenSSF. "The stable release of SLSA v1.0 is an important milestone in improving software supply chain security and providing organizations with the tools they need to protect their software."
Supply chain attacks are an ever-present threat, exploiting weak points in the process of building and distributing software to interfere with it. SLSA provides a framework to prevent source code and build system tampering. The specification set by SLSA is useful for both software producers and consumers: producers can follow SLSA's guidelines to make their software supply chain more secure, and consumers can use SLSA to make decisions about whether to trust a software package.
SLSA offers:
- A common vocabulary to talk about software supply chain security
- A way to assess your upstream dependencies by evaluating the trustworthiness of the artifacts you consume such as source code, builds, and container images
- An actionable checklist to improve your own software's security
- A way to measure your efforts toward compliance with forthcoming Executive Order standards in the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)
SLSA aims to create a comprehensive, adaptable framework that addresses critical pieces of software supply chain security. The SLSA v1.0 release makes a significant conceptual change in the division of SLSA's level requirements into multiple tracks, with each focusing on one area of the software supply chain, such as build, source, and dependencies. Previously, there was a single track, but this new division makes SLSA adoption easier for users. SLSA v1.0 starts with the Build Track, which establishes a robust foundation on which to expand the framework to address other critical aspects of the Software Delivery Lifecycle. SLSA Tracks help end users, whether they are open source project maintainers or companies, better understand and mitigate the risks associated with software supply chains, and ultimately develop more secure and reliable software.
There are many benefits of adopting SLSA for:
- Software producers, such as a software vendor or a team writing first-party code for use within the same company. SLSA gives you protection against tampering along the supply chain to your consumers, both reducing insider risk and increasing confidence that the software you produce reaches your consumers as you intended. For open source projects and ecosystems, SLSA provides a framework to demonstrate that your releases contain source code and dependencies that haven't been tampered with. Since many open source projects are volunteer-run, tools are available to easily add SLSA to existing projects.
- Software consumers, such as a development team using open source packages, a government agency using vendored software, or a CISO judging organizational risk. SLSA gives you a way to judge the security practices of the software you rely on and be sure that what you receive is what you expected.
- Infrastructure providers, who provide infrastructure such as an ecosystem package manager, build platform, or CI/CD system. As the bridge between the producers and consumers, your adoption of SLSA enables a secure software supply chain between them.
The stable release of the SLSA 1.0 Build Track lowers the barrier of entry for improvements, helps you focus efforts on improving your build, and reduces the chances of tampering across a large swath of the supply chain.
To begin using SLSA, visit https://slsa.dev/.
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ActiveState
In development, you can't optimize what you can't measure, and this is why SLSA is exciting; it provides auditable data, in machine-readable form, that validates the chain of custody from code authors to the binaries deployed in production systems. It gives us the provenance of binaries used in sensitive operating environments, so we can make informed decisions on whether or not to trust and incorporate certain packages into builds. These are foundational concepts to actually achieving what has largely been a buzz-phrase; supply chain security. At ActiveState, we make it easy for technical teams to enact SLSA by allowing our customers to identify and trust good faith components with the most complete provenance, automatically available in our platform as attestations and SBOMs.
- Scott Robertson, CTO, ActiveState
Chainguard
The evolution of SLSA since our original proof of concept in 2021 has been remarkable, positioning it as one of the most accessible frameworks for implementing software supply chain security practices today. The release of SLSA v1.0 represents a significant step forward in building trust between software consumers and producers, as it provides a well-established framework that outlines how software is protected and developed based on software supply chain security principles. At Chainguard, we are invested in advancing SLSA as a critical industry standard while adhering to its core principles to ensure the integrity of our offerings and the open-source community projects we maintain. We support the OpenSSF's ongoing efforts to further develop SLSA, enabling more organizations and community projects to achieve their security objectives.
- Kim Lewandowski, Head of Product and Co-Founder, Chainguard
SLSA 1.0 is a major milestone in the journey to secure our software supply chains. It is the culmination of two years of collaboration with the open source community, and it builds on Google's experience protecting production workloads for a decade. SLSA provides a common framework for assessing the security of software supply chains, and it will help organizations to make informed decisions about the software they use. I am excited to see the impact that SLSA will have on the security of our software supply chains.
- Abhishek Arya, Engineering Director, Google Open Source Security Team
IBM
At IBM, belief in the power of Open Innovation is driving our current actions and future plans. That is why we have been actively contributing to the Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) v1.0 specification. By openly collaborating with the OpenSSF community to provide build integrity clarity, package consistency, and adopt-ability at scale, we are certain this framework will help software developers restrict tampering, improve integrity, and better secure packages and infrastructure in software supply chains.
- Jamie Thomas, General Manager, Infrastructure Strategy & Development IBM
Intel
In today's interconnected world, software supply chain security is crucial to ensure the safety and reliability of the software we use. With the increasing complexity and interdependence of software systems, any compromise in the software supply chain can have severe consequences for individuals, organizations, and society. SLSA is a major milestone in building this common framework aimed at solving a very real problem and hard to tackle. I am excited to have SLSA as a common ground enabling the reusability and composability of the software economy with a trustworthy software supply chain foundation.
- Bruno Domingues, CTO - Worldwide Financial Services and Principal Engineer, Intel
Kusari
As a member of the SLSA steering committee, I am thrilled to see the release of SLSA 1.0. This milestone signifies the collective efforts of the SLSA, OpenSSF and the broader open source security community in creating a critical framework that enhances the security of our software supply chains. At Kusari, we are committed to adopting and promoting SLSA as a key piece in the cybersecurity picture. Together, we're driving innovation while safeguarding the future of the technology we all use.
- Michael Lieberman, CTO, Kusari
Microsoft
Being an active member and contributor within the OpenSSF allows Microsoft to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more… securely. By contributing to OpenSSF's Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) v1.0 Build Track, our commitment to empowerment and the ability to do more, securely, is on display with true partnership in mind. In conjunction with the consumer-focused Secure Supply Chain Consumption Framework (S2C2F), also developed openly with the OpenSSF, the release of the producer-focused SLSA is a testament to what can be accomplished when we come together towards the creation of a first-of-its-kind collaborative and trusted framework. Through this collaboration, we are able to produce the most up-to-date and scalable security controls and maturity levels which strengthen our software and supply chain security.
- Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO and Technical Fellow, Microsoft
Red Hat
At Red Hat, we understand that product security can be a complicated issue for companies of all sizes. That's why we are committed to simplifying it by supporting initiatives like the SLSA and OpenSSF. We believe that transparency is essential in protecting our customers' interests. As we continue to pursue our goals in supply chain security, we will use SLSA and other industry standards to provide customers with greater visibility into our security initiatives. As an open-source company, we value collaboration and SLSA is a perfect example of what can be achieved when people come together to create widely accepted criteria to strengthen software security.
- Emmy Eide, Director, Red Hat
VMware
SLSA's 1.0 specification brings a shared system of expectations around open source project security posture. The initial three levels enable more robust conversation and reasoning across the ecosystem's complex producer-consumer networks. VMware sees SLSA as a positive contribution toward ever improved trustworthiness both in the open source artifacts we create and from the community projects which underpin and accelerate our own offerings.
- Tim Pepper, Principal Engineer / VP, VMware
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GitHub
As we continue to enhance the security of how npm packages are built, the SLSA framework has served as a launchpad for us in determining what capabilities to provide. It has been instrumental in moving forward the security of open source packages in a way that makes sense for users, open source maintainers, and vendors.
- Zach Steindler, Principal Security Engineer, GitHub
About the OpenSSF
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) is a cross-industry organization hosted by the Linux Foundation that brings together the industry's most important open source security initiatives and the individuals and companies that support them. The OpenSSF is committed to collaboration and working both upstream and with existing communities to advance open source security for all. For more information, please visit us at openssf.org.
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world's infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, OpenChain, and more. The Linux Foundation focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A tropical cyclone nearing Australia is forecast to be the most powerful storm in eight years to hit the country, bringing wind gusts of up to 315 kilometers (196 miles) per hour as it crosses the northwest coast, meteorologists said Thursday.
Cyclones are common along the sparsely populated Pilbara coast of Western Australia state and fatalities are rare, but authorities fear that Cyclone Ilsa’s extraordinary wind speeds could take some in its path by surprise.
Ilsa reached the highest Category 5 intensity Thursday over the Indian Ocean and is expected to maintain that destructive level as it crosses the Pilbara coast by early Friday, Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology said.
Category 5 cyclones have mean wind speeds exceeding 200 kph (124 mph) with gusts exceeding 280 kph (174 mph). They typically cause widespread destruction, the bureau said.
The last Category 5 storm to cross the Australian coast was Cyclone Marcia in 2015. Marcia caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in the east coast state of Queensland.
In 2019, Category 5 Cyclone Veronica did not cross the Pilbara coast, but damaged infrastructure and disrupted the region’s mining and offshore gas industries.
Ilsa is expected to cross the coast somewhere in a 220-kilometer (137-mile) span between the iron ore export town of Port Hedland and Wallal Downs Station, a 200,000-hectare (500,000-acre) cattle ranch to the east.
Those close to where Ilsa makes landfall will experience gusts of up to 315 kph (196 mph), the bureau said.
The storm’s expected landfall is near the remote Pardoo Roadhouse and Tavern where manager Will Batth planned to shelter.
“We haven’t had any as strong as this in many years. This is a big one,” Batth said. “There’s no point in worrying. I can’t stop it.”
On Thursday, police closed the highway along the Pilbara coast between Port Hedland and the tourist town of Broome, 610 kilometers (380 miles) to the northeast, to prevent motorists from risking the worsening conditions. Authorities expect the North West Coastal Highway will be impassable due to flooding before Ilsa passes.
Port Hedland and Broome are the largest population centers in the Pilbara region with 16,000 and 15,000 people respectively.
Bidyadanga, home to around 700 people midway between Wallal Downs Station and Broome, stocked enough food and fuel by Thursday to last a week in case the community is isolated by floodwater. Bidyadanga CEO Tania Baxter said maintaining the community’s electricity would be critical to how they weather the storm.
“Without power, we haven’t got water and possibly even communications,” Baxter said. “So if we can maintain power supply, then we’ll be fine. We’ll manage everything else that comes with it and any damage that comes.”
Many in the cyclone’s path have evacuated in recent days. In Port Hedland, from which the world’s largest bulk export port sends Australian iron ore around the globe, evacuation centers have opened to people whose homes might not withstand the storm, Mayor Peter Carter said.
“Everyone is on edge,” Carter said. “They understand that cyclones are what they are. They’re very, very unpredictable.”
Long-term Port Hedland resident Julie Arif, who has experienced several cyclones, said she was concerned for those in Ilsa’s path.
“They’ll be prepared and riding it out. But it is still terrifying, absolutely terrifying,” Arif said. “When you’re inside in a house and there’s just the roar of the wind outside and thumping and banging and crashing. And cyclones happen at nighttime. You don’t know what it is and it’s frightening.”
The weather bureau warned of damaging winds, flooding rain and abnormally high tides along the Pilbara coast as Ilsa passes.
Many people in the Pilbara region are involved in the mining and cattle industries or are tourists taking advantage of the school vacation period that began this week.
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Cyberwrite's dedicated cyber insurance technology solutions provide HSB with data and cyber risk analytics on hundreds of thousands of companies each year as well as monitoring and alerting
NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyberwrite, global provider of the patented AI cyber insurance risk technology 4SEEN® and cyber insurance technology solutions, and specialty insurer HSB today announced an extension to their partnership as part of HSB's ongoing strategy to better leverage data and technology in its cyber insurance underwriting and portfolio management.
Since 2018, HSB has been using Cyberwrite to assess the cyber risk for any business on demand and in real time to enable data-driven underwriting, quantify the potential financial impact of cyberattacks, manage aggregated risk, and provide ongoing monitoring and alerting to insureds. HSB uses the Cyberwrite platform to assess risk across its large portfolio of insured organizations.
"Cyberwrite's technology helps our customers reduce the risk of cyberattacks and protect their essential data," said Tim Zeilman, HSB's VP and Global Product Owner for Cyber. "The strength and reach of Cyberwrite's platform helps us keep up with emerging exposures in this rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape."
As the impact of cyberattacks grows globally, underwriting that leverages AI-driven solutions enables insurers and reinsurers to reduce costs and achieve record-low loss ratios in the cyber insurance market, which is projected to reach $63.62 billion by 2029. Leveraging Cyberwrite's technology solutions, HSB underwriters can instantly receive a risk report for any company. This report includes a one-page risk summary, financial impact assessment, underwriting recommendations, regulatory gap analysis, and recommendations for the business on how to reduce risk.
"We are honored to continue our collaboration in helping one of the world's leading insurance companies and reinsurers to analyze, calculate, and communicate cyber risk clearly and quickly to improve underwriting and enable their customers to understand their exposure," said Nir Perry, founder and CEO of Cyberwrite. "Using the Cyberwrite technology, HSB demonstrates the potential of leveraging AI-driven solutions with cyber insurance in helping businesses to understand and reduce their risks and get the protection they need."
About Cyberwrite
Founded in 2017 by cyber and insurance industry veterans, Cyberwrite's products are used globally by leading insurers, reinsurers, agents, and brokers to grow cyber insurance sales, reduce loss ratios, and decrease underwriting and risk management costs. The company's flagship 4SEEN® platform monitors more than $20 billion in cyber insurance risks. Cyberwrite is a Gartner Cool Vendor, Frost & Sullivan Excellence Award Winner, and a graduate of the FinTech Innovation Lab New York in partnership with Accenture. For more information, visit: www.cyberwrite.com.
About HSB
HSB, part of Munich Re, is a multi-line specialty insurer and provider of inspection, risk management and IoT technology services. HSB insurance offerings include equipment breakdown, cyber risk, specialty liability and other coverages. HSB blends its engineering expertise, technology and data to craft inventive insurance and service solutions for existing and emerging risks posed by technological change. Throughout its 150-year history HSB's mission has been to help clients prevent loss, advance sustainable use of energy and build deeper relationships that benefit business, public institutions and consumers. HSB holds A.M. Best Company's highest financial rating, A++ (Superior). Connect with HSB on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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1 hurt after motorcycle crash in Pierce County
SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP, Wis. (WEAU) -One person is hurt after a motorcycle crash in Pierce County Wednesday evening.
According to a media release by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, on June 22 around 8:18 p.m., the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a motorcycle crash on Highway 128 near 770th Avenue in Spring Valley, Wis. in Spring Lake Township.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office says in their media release a 17-year-old man from New Richmond, Wis. was driving a motorcycle northbound on Highway 128, when he lost control while negotiating a curve and slid into a guardrail.
The 17-year-old was taken from the scene by Life Link III to Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn. with “undetermined injuries.”
Assisting the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office were the Elmwood Fire Department, Elmwood Area Ambulance Service, Spring Valley Fire Department, Ellsworth Area Ambulance Service and Life Link III Helicopter.
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CHASIV YAR, Ukraine — Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers labored Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed into apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 15 people. More than 20 people were believed still trapped.
The strike late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories.
On Sunday evening, rescuers were able to remove enough of the bricks and concrete to retrieve a man who had been trapped for almost 24 hours. Rescuers laid him on a stretcher and he was quickly taken to a hospital.
Ukraine's Emergency Services said the latest rescue brought to six the number of people dug out of the rubble. Earlier in the day, they made contact with three others still trapped alive beneath the ruins.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region that includes Chasiv Yar, said an estimated 24 people were believed still trapped, including a 9-year-old child.
Cranes and excavators worked alongside rescue teams to clear away the ruins of one building, its walls completely shorn off by the impact of the strike. The thud of artillery on the nearby front line resonated just a few miles away, making some workers flinch and others run for cover.
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Valerii, who gave only his first name, was desperately waiting to hear news of his sister and 9-year-old nephew, who lived in the collapsed building and had not answered his calls since Saturday night.
"Now I'm waiting for a miracle" he said, as he stood before the ruins and started to pray, hands clasped together tightly.
"We do not have good expectations, but I am avoiding such thoughts," he said.
Kyrylenko said the town of about 12,000 was hit by Uragan rockets that are fired from truck-borne systems. Chasiv Yar is 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Kramatorsk, a city that is a major target of Russian forces as they grind westward.
However, later Sunday, Viacheslav Boitsov, deputy chief of emergency service in the Donetsk Region, told the Associated Press that four shells hit the neighborhood and they were likely Iskander missiles.
Residents said they heard at least three explosions and that many people were badly wounded in the blasts. A group of neighbors sat Sunday in a courtyard quietly discussing who was wounded and who was still missing.
"There was an explosion, all the windows blew out and I was thrown to the ground, said 45-year-old Oksana, who gave only her first name. She was in her third-floor apartment when the missiles struck.
"My kitchen walls and balcony have completely vanished," she added, struggling to hold back tears. "I called my children to tell them I was alive."
At least one resident plans to stay in the neighborhood
Irina Shulimova, a 59-year-old retiree, recalled the terror. "We didn't hear any incoming sound, we just felt the impact. I ran to hide in the corridor with my dogs. Everyone I knew started calling me to find out what had happened. I was shaking like a leaf," she said.
Front doors and balconies were torn apart in the blast, and heaps of twisted metal and bricks lay on the ground. Crushed summer cherries were smeared on shattered window panes.
A 30-year-old technology worker named Oleksandr said his mother was among those injured in the explosion.
"Thank God I wasn't injured, it was a miracle," he said, touching the crucifix around his neck.
Although the home he shares with his mother is now shattered, he said he doesn't plan to leave the neighborhood.
"I only have enough money to support myself for another month. Lots of people are fed up already of refugees coming from the east — no one will feed or support us there. It's better to stay," said Oleksandr, who declined to give his surname.
Another resident who gave only his first name, Dima, had lived for more than 20 years on the ground floor of one of the buildings that was hollowed out in the attack. He walked back and forth across the rubble.
"As you can see, my home is lost," he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russians of intentionally targeting civilians.
"Anyone who orders such strikes, everyone who carries them out in ordinary cities, in residential areas, kills absolutely consciously," he said in an address to Ukrainians on Sunday night. "After such hits, they won't be able to say that they didn't know or didn't understand something."
Saturday's attack was just the latest in a series of strikes against civilian areas in the east, even as Russia repeatedly claims it is only hitting targets of military value.
This isn't the first strike to hit civilian buildings
Twenty-one people were killed earlier this month when an apartment building and recreation area came under rocket fire in the southern Odesa region. Another at least 19 people died when a Russian missile hit a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk in late June.
There was no comment about the Chasiv Yar attack at a Russian Defense Ministry briefing on Sunday.
The Donetsk region is one of two provinces along with Luhansk that make up the Donbas region, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014. Last week, Russia captured the city of Lysychansk, the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk.
Russian forces are raising "true hell" in the Donbas, despite assessments they were taking an operational pause, Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said Saturday.
After the seizure of Lysychansk, some analysts predicted that Moscow's troops likely would take some time to rearm and regroup.
But "so far there has been no operational pause announced by the enemy. He is still attacking and shelling our lands with the same intensity as before," Haidai said.
He later said Ukrainian forces had destroyed some ammunition depots and barracks used by the Russians.
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$50,000 Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire for Monday drawing
$50,000 Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire for Monday drawing
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$50,000 Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire for Monday drawing
One lucky person finally won the Powerball jackpot that topped $2 billion.They did not buy the ticket in New Hampshire, though there was one big win in the Granite State.A ticket worth $50,000 was sold for Monday's drawing at Foods Plus on Plaistow Road in Plaistow, lottery officials said.The winning numbers were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56, with a Power Ball of 10 and a Power Play of 2X.Players who match four numbers plus the Power Ball win $50,000.The grand prize winner was in California. There was also a $2 million winner in Florida and 22 $1 million winners in several states, including Massachusetts.
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One lucky person finally won the Powerball jackpot that topped $2 billion.
They did not buy the ticket in New Hampshire, though there was one big win in the Granite State.
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A ticket worth $50,000 was sold for Monday's drawing at Foods Plus on Plaistow Road in Plaistow, lottery officials said.
The winning numbers were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56, with a Power Ball of 10 and a Power Play of 2X.
Players who match four numbers plus the Power Ball win $50,000.
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MADRID, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eternalplanet is a consumer-oriented independent brand of energy technology under Canadian Solar, a leading provider of solar energy solutions. On February 21 at the Genera 2023: International Energy and Environment Fair held in Spain, Eternalplanet launched EP Cube, a residential energy storage system for the European market. This marks a new step for EP Cube's global strategy since its successful landing in the American market last year.
EP Cube is an integrated residential energy storage system. The system integrates a hybrid inverter and modular lithium iron phosphate batteries, allowing users to manage energy production, consumption, and storage at home in a smart manner. Besides, the system boasts an attractive and compact design, easy installation, customizable storage capacity, remote control, and safe and reliable operation. "After the release at the fair in Spain, EP Cube will be available successively in Italy, UK and Germany", said Eternalplanet GM Andy Yin.
Flexible Expansion of Storage Capacity
With a stackable and modular storage design, the capacity of a single battery module is approximately equal to 3.3kWh, weighing 35kg. This design makes the product easy to transport and install. Each unit can stack with 2-6 battery modules. The whole unit is available in five sizes offering with capacities ranging from 6.6kWh- to 19.9kWh in total. The modules are available in five sizes and can meet various residential energy demands.
Stylish and Compact Appearance
Different from traditional storage units in the form of a thick, heavy, and big ironmetal box, EP Cube is thin and compact, taking up less space. Its gray metal shell looks streamlined and stylish, making the product more appealing, and a perfect match for different home decor styles.
Safe and Reliable Battery Technology
EP Cube has always placed safety at the top of its agenda. The system focuses on delivering long-term energy solutions that meet high safety standards. Its batteries are made with lithium iron phosphate that which has excellent thermal and chemical stability, and has acquired a series of certificates from IEC. The product is IP65 rated with a ten-year warranty.
Perfect Compatibility
EP Cube integrates a hybrid inverter and supports 2 MPPT connections and max. 16 Amp photovoltaic (PV) DC input. It can also store DC electricity from existing PV systems and the grid. In addition, EP Cube can be connected with max. 7.4kW EV chargers. This strong compatibility will reduce the cost of home rewiring.
APP Smart Monitoring
The operation and management of EP Cube is highly intelligent. It can connect to WiFi and Ethernet. EP Cube APP allows you to monitor your residence's energy production, storage, and consumption of your residence remotely. When harsh weather is coming, EP Cube's APP will remind you to store energy in advance. In addition, it also allows OTA(Over-the-Air)firmware upgrade.
Facilitate a Greener Life
EP Cube can make full use of solar power to store energy, thus relying less on the grid, helping users to save electricity bills, and effectively cutting carbon emissions. The integrated design, modular batteries, and strong compatibility lower the cost of installation and management cost, and therefore reducing the waste of resources.
As many regions in Europe face challenges brought by energy transition, such as constantly rising electricity bills, and unstable power supply caused by extreme weather, more and more home owners are eager to seek more economical, reliable, and cleaner home energy solutions. "Using solar power and home energy storage batteries to produce and manage energy is one of the best solutions to realize home energy independence. We hope, in the future, every house can be energy self-sufficient and people can use clean energy for free," said Eternalplanet GM Andy Yin.
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Japan considering development of new nuclear reactors
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has instructed his government to consider developing safer, smaller nuclear reactors, signaling a renewed emphasis on nuclear energy years after many of the country’s plants were shut down. Kishida made the comment at a “green transformation” conference on bolstering the country’s efforts to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. Japan has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Anti-nuclear sentiment rose sharply in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, but the government has been pushing for a return to nuclear energy amid worries of power shortages following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a global push to reduce greenhouse emissions. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/08/24/japan-considering-development-of-new-nuclear-reactors/ | 2022-08-24 10:29:27 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/08/24/japan-considering-development-of-new-nuclear-reactors/ |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - As his Ankle Game progressed, Patrick Mahomes limped and winced more often. He would run-hop after plays, a kind of forced gallop letting you know that, despite some of his sensational throws, he ached in ways that pain medication and clever taping techniques could not sufficiently restrain.
He's the quarterback of a football team, after all. Playing eight days after suffering a high-ankle sprain could only mean exacerbating the injury. On Sunday night, with a Super Bowl berth at stake, Mahomes threw 43 passes, braced himself to absorb three sacks from Cincinnati Bengals defenders and crashed to the Arrowhead Stadium turf several more times as the Kansas City Chiefs tried to defeat the one team that had repeatedly solved them during their showstopping era.
It took an extraterrestrial effort for Mahomes to play - and play well - in the AFC championship game. But the Chiefs kept needing more from their superstar to hold back the Bengals, a glowing-hot team led by the coolest franchise quarterback in the NFL. And just when it seemed Mahomes might not have enough to outlast all of the challenges, he attempted to do the one thing he hadn't shown all week.
He ran.
On one good leg, he ran.
He ran for the sideline, he ran for the AFC title, and considering the fragility of his movement, it seemed as if he ran for his life, too.
With eight seconds remaining in a tie game, he reached the sideline after a five-yard gain that secured a first down. After he strained to get out of bounds, Cincinnati defensive end Joseph Ossai knocked him over and received a 15-yard penalty for the late hit. The error put the Chiefs in field goal range, and Harrison Butker made the 45-yard kick to deliver Kansas City the AFC title with a 23-20 victory.
Of all brilliance Mahomes has unfurled in five seasons as an NFL starter, that hobbling, game-clinching display of determination says the most about him. It has been clear for quite some time that Mahomes is the most gifted quarterback in the NFL. He might have the most awe-inspiring toolbox of any quarterback in the sport's history. But this time, he showed his guts. He didn't need to prove anything to anyone, but after a performance such as this, he verified that there's more to his greatness than his athleticism.
The NFL is still in the Mahomes era. Joe Burrow is right there, pushing him. Josh Allen isn't too far behind, and when healthy, Lamar Jackson still flashes his old MVP form. But Mahomes is the league's defining young quarterback. Like a great boxer, he continues to embrace the challenge of every contender, and even though he has had a few setbacks, his early-career résumé eclipses them all.
On Feb. 12 in Glendale, Ariz., Mahomes will play in his third Super Bowl, this time taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Now 27, he has led the Chiefs to a championship, and he also has been humbled by Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defense on the big stage. But Mahomes persists. He keeps coming at the league, showing new dimensions, and his fight has never looked more impressive than it does now.
"At some points in games, you've got to just to put it all on the line," Mahomes said. "The defense gave us a couple chances to get in field goal range; we didn't get there. The defense got another stop for us, and I knew I was going to get there somehow."
Said Chiefs owner Clark Hunt: "Superman got his cape on and got it done for us."
For the game, Mahomes completed 29 of 43 passes, amassed 326 yards and threw for two touchdowns. He managed to outplay Burrow, who threw for 270 yards and a touchdown but had two interceptions. Both impressed with their toughness. Burrow kept his team in the game after a brutal start in which he was sacked four times in his first nine dropbacks. And Mahomes, with the world's most-talked-about ankle, turned out to be fine. Okay, functional.
Of course he was. As a football talent, Mahomes is an alien. For five seasons, we have seen him throw the ball differently - from the most unfathomable angles, after the most remarkable escapes and at the most critical moments - than anyone ever has. Now he's a historically fast healer, too. It would be miraculous if it weren't so unsurprising.
"He lived in the training room," Chiefs Coach Andy Reid said. "I'm sure he went home, and his wife was probably working on him, too."
Leading up to the game, Kansas City defensive end Frank Clark marveled at Burrow's composure. He gave Burrow the highest compliment, but Mahomes shares the same traits.
"He's got that Peyton Manning in him," Clark said of Burrow, comparing him to the Hall of Famer as a pocket passer. "No matter how many times he gets hit, no matter how many times he gets knocked down, he's getting back up [and] he's controlling, bringing and pulling his offense back together and making the adjustments and making the right plays."
Mahomes doesn't always get credit for his resourcefulness because he's such a highlight reel. But with Burrow on the other side, it was easier to see the side of Mahomes that grinds through difficulty.
Mahomes completed 13 of his first 16 passes. By halftime, he had 165 yards and a touchdown. The Chiefs had a 13-6 lead. It wasn't as comfortable as the 21-3 cushion that they built early against the Bengals in last year's AFC title game, but with the quarterback's injury concerns and the Bengals on a 10-game winning streak in which they often jumped on teams early, it felt like a big deal that Kansas City controlled the first half.
But then the game got hard. So Mahomes hardened himself. He didn't succumb to his throbbing ankle. He recovered after losing control of the football while setting up to pass and committing a turnover that led to a Bengals touchdown.
Mahomes kept doing what he could. The Chiefs had a solid game plan, employing quick passes to compensate for Mahomes's limited mobility. He fed tight end Travis Kelce, who had his typical game: seven receptions, 78 yards and a touchdown. Mahomes also turned to Marquez Valdes-Scantling. He was the star of the receiving corps, catching six passes, gaining 116 tough yards and scoring a touchdown. He ran precise routes and made stunning grabs. He rewarded Mahomes for finding a way to deliver.
"He's one of the most competitive guys I've ever been around," Valdes-Scantling said.
Mahomes is a quarterback prodigy already comfortable in his legend. He admits taking success for granted upon bursting into stardom in 2018, but he knows better now. Championship opportunities are rare and fleeting. He understands the Chiefs won't be great forever. They must maximize their window while it's still open.
"I appreciate [success] way more," Mahomes said. "It all happened so fast. I won the MVP. I won the Super Bowl. I thought that was just how it happened. Now that I've dealt with failure - losing in AFC championship, losing in the Super Bowl - I know how much hard work and a daily grind that it takes."
He knows how one play - one blow to his right ankle - can put all those dreams in jeopardy. And he knows how to keep dreaming anyway.
"People don't realize how hurt he was," Chiefs General Manager Brett Veach said. "It just adds to an already great legacy."
The superhuman quarterback just won as a mortal. He did it on one leg, against his most formidable QB rival and in the face of a politician who went too far in making a joke that Burrow was Mahomes's daddy.
"Know your role!" Kelce exclaimed as the Chiefs celebrated their AFC crown, clapping back at Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval. "And shut yo' mouth!"
Kelce couldn't resist, but he didn't need to defend Mahomes. His doughty performance, punctuated by that final dash to victory, spoke the loudest. | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/patriots/patrick-mahomes-has-all-the-tools-his-guts-got-the-chiefs-to-the-super-bowl/article_2a940ebf-847d-5b37-9219-446326fff482.html | 2023-01-30 15:49:23 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/sports/patriots/patrick-mahomes-has-all-the-tools-his-guts-got-the-chiefs-to-the-super-bowl/article_2a940ebf-847d-5b37-9219-446326fff482.html |
Summer-Ready Margarita, Watermelon Margarita and Paloma Cocktails Made With Real Fruit, Now in a Portable and Sustainable Carton
AUSTIN, Texas, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Dulce Vida Tequila announces the launch of three new ready-to-drink cocktails in Tetra Brik® Aseptic 1000 Square cartons. Available in Margarita, Watermelon Margarita and Paloma, each Dulce Vida cocktail is crafted using real fruit juice, all natural ingredients and Dulce Vida Blanco Tequila as a base for a premium, portable, cocktail experience with none of the hassle, but all of the taste.
Offering sustainability benefits at each stage of its life cycle, Tetra Pak® cartons are made primarily from paperboard, a renewable, plant-based material, and are recyclable, making them a natural choice in packaging for Dulce Vida. Since its inception, Dulce Vida Spirits has focused on sustainability. All Dulce Vida Tequila is produced in collaboration with a community of agave farmers. Following the requirements of the National Organics Program (NOP) and earning USDA Certification for all of their 80 and 100 proof tequilas, Dulce Vida is an early pioneer in the development of organic spirits.
"Dulce Vida is produced intentionally as part of our dedication to crafting the highest-quality organic tequila with sustainable practices. This extends to our packaging, which is why we are working with Tetra Pak® cartons for our line of ready-to-drink cocktails. We're excited to give our fans these three classic tequila cocktails, now packaged in a fully portable and sustainable carton - ready for all adventures ahead," says Eric Dopkins, CEO and chairman of Milestone Brands.
Dulce Vida RTD Cocktails in Tetra Pak® cartons are 15% ABV and ideal to grab on-the-go and share with friends - just add ice for a delicious Margarita, Watermelon Margarita or Paloma. For more information on Dulce Vida Spirits, or to find products near you, visit their website at www.dulcevidaspirits.com.
About Dulce Vida
Dulce Vida is tequila, pure and simple. With a core range of tequilas made with 100% Blue Weber agave and USDA-certified organic, the premium spirits brand was founded in Austin, Texas in 2009 and is produced in Jalisco, Mexico in the village of San Ignacio Cerro Gordo at Campanario (NOM 1443). Sustainability and attention to detail are inherent at every step, from harvest through distillation and aging. The expansive portfolio includes a core range of Blanco, Reposado and Añejo tequila - produced at both 80 proof and 100 proof - plus a 100-Proof Extra Añejo. Dulce Vida is also recognized for their flavor infused tequilas, made with real fruit including Pineapple Jalapeño, Lime and Grapefruit. Additionally, Dulce Vida offers ready-to-drink cocktails including Paloma, Margarita and Watermelon Margarita varieties. Please visit https://www.dulcevidaspirits.com/ for more information.
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‘Sadomasochistic conduct’ — NJ man in Air Force admits sharing child porn
A Camden County man has admitted distributing videos and images of child sexual abuse, including those that, "depicted prepubescent children and sadomasochistic conduct."
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- 33-year-old Ryan Osinski of Cherry Hill pleaded guilty in Camden federal to one count of distribution of child pornography.
- The Courier-Post says he was an Air Force non-commissioned officer at the time of his arrest in January 2021.
- Osinski now faces five to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger's office says,
In December 2020, law enforcement officers interviewed Osinski after receiving information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that images of child sexual abuse were shared from an IP address assigned to Osinski’s residence. During and after the interview, law enforcement officers lawfully reviewed the contents of Osinski’s cell phone, which contained numerous images and videos of child sexual abuse. They found links and folders on a cloud storage website controlled by Osinski that Osinski transmitted to others using a social media application on his cell phone.
Officials say those links and folders, "contained numerous images and videos of child sexual abuse, including materials that depicted prepubescent children and sadomasochistic conduct."
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LORDSTOWN, Ohio, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lordstown Motors Corp. (Nasdaq: RIDE), ("Lordstown Motors"), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of electric vehicles focused on the commercial fleet market, today announced that it will release its second quarter 2022 financial results before market open on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The company will then host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
The call can be accessed via a live webcast accessible on the Events page of Lordstown Motors' Investor Relations website at https://investor.lordstownmotors.com/. An archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call.
Lordstown Motors is an electric vehicle (EV) innovator with a mission to develop high-quality, light duty commercial fleet vehicles, with the Endurance all electric pick-up truck as its first vehicle being launched in the Lordstown, Ohio facility. Lordstown Motors is also the primary development partner with Foxconn for MIH based vehicles in North America through its recently established joint venture. Lordstown Motors has corporate, engineering, and research and development facilities in Lordstown, Ohio, Farmington Hills, Mich. and Irvine, Calif. For additional information, visit http://www.lordstownmotors.com/.
This release includes forward looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as "feel," "believe," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "intends," "should," "is to be," or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein due to many factors, including, but not limited to: the need to raise substantial additional capital to execute our business plan, achieve our production targets for the Endurance in 2022 and beyond, achieve scaled production of the Endurance, to continue ongoing operations and remain a going concern, and our ability to raise such funding on a reasonable timeline and with suitable terms; the cost and other impacts of litigation, regulatory proceedings, investigations, stockholder letters and claims and availability of insurance coverage and/or adverse publicity with respect to these matters, which may have a material adverse effect, whether or not successful or valid, on our liquidity position, business prospects and ability to obtain financing; our limited operating history and our ability to execute our business plan, including through our relationship with Foxconn; our ability to raise sufficient capital in order to invest in the tooling that we expect will enable us to eventually lower the Endurance bill of materials cost, continue design enhancements of the Endurance and fund any future vehicles we may develop; the rollout of our business and the timing of expected business milestones, including our ability to complete the engineering of the Endurance and Foxconn's completion of the conversion and retooling of the Lordstown facility, to establish and maintain appropriate supplier relationships, to successfully complete testing, homologation and certification, and to start production and delivery of the Endurance in accordance with our projected timeline; our ability to successfully identify and implement actions that will lower the Endurance bill of materials cost; supply chain disruptions, inflation and the potential inability to source essential components and raw materials, including on a timely basis or at acceptable cost, and their consequences on testing, production, sales and other activities; our ability to obtain binding purchase orders and build customer relationships; the risk that our technology, including our hub motors, does not perform as expected and our overall ability to deliver on the expectations of customers with respect to the pricing, performance, quality, reliability, safety and efficiency of the Endurance and to provide the levels of service and support that they will require; our ability to conduct business using a direct sales model, rather than through a dealer network used by most other OEMs; the effects of competition on our ability to market and sell vehicles; our inability to retain key personnel and to hire additional personnel; the ability to protect our intellectual property rights; the failure to obtain required regulatory approvals; changes in laws or regulatory requirements or new or different interpretations of existing law; changes in governmental incentives and fuel and energy prices; the impact of health epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, on our business; cybersecurity threats and compliance with privacy and data protection laws; failure to timely implement and maintain adequate financial, information technology and management processes and controls and procedures; our ability to remain in compliance with our debt covenants, our ability to repay the obligations when due, and the risks associated with having pledged significant assets as collateral for recently obtained indebtedness; and the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, geopolitical, business and/or competitive factors, including the direct and indirect effects of the war in Ukraine. In addition, the transactions entered into with Foxconn are subject to risks and uncertainties. No assurances can be given that we will successfully implement or that we will realize the anticipated benefits from the recently completed transactions with Foxconn, including the contract manufacturing agreement and the joint venture to jointly develop additional EVs for launch. If we are unable to maintain our relationship with Foxconn or effectively manage outsourcing the production of the Endurance to Foxconn, we may be unable to ensure continuity, quality, and compliance with our design specifications or applicable laws and regulations, which may ultimately disrupt and have a negative effect on our production and operations. The success of the joint venture depends on many variables, including our ability to utilize the designs, engineering data and other foundational work of Foxconn, its affiliates, and other members of the MIH consortium to commercialize, industrialize, homologate and certify a vehicle in North America, along with variables that are out of the parties' control, such as technology, innovation, adequate funding, supply chain and other economic conditions, competitors, customer demand and other factors that impact new vehicle development. If we are unable to develop new vehicles for ourselves and potentially other OEM customers, our business prospects, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected. We will need additional funding to execute our 2022 business plan and achieve scaled production of the Endurance. As we seek additional sources of financing, there can be no assurance that such financing would be available to us on favorable terms or at all. Our ability to obtain additional financing in the debt and equity capital markets is subject to several factors, including market and economic conditions, the significant amount of capital required, the fact that our bill of materials cost is currently, and expected to continue to be, substantially higher than our anticipated selling price, uncertainty surrounding regulatory approval and the performance of the vehicle, meaningful exposure to material losses related to ongoing litigation and the SEC investigation, our performance and investor sentiment with respect to us and our business and industry. Additional information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of the Company and its forward-looking statements is included in its most recent Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. 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SAO PAULO – Brazilian soccer great Pelé is improving, doctors said Tuesday.
The 82-year-old Pelé has been hospitalized for a week to treat a respiratory infection aggravated by COVID-19. He is expected to leave the hospital when he fully recovers from the infection.
"(He has) stable vital signs, is conscious, and with no new complications,” the Albert Einstein hospital said in a statement.
Pelé, a three-time World Cup winner, is also fighting cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.
In Qatar, the image of a young Pelé celebrating goals and lifting trophies with Brazil’s national team appeared on the shirts, flags and banners of Brazilian fans gathering Monday before a World Cup match against South Korea.
Pelé had said he would be watching the match from the hospital. Brazil won 4-1 to reach the quarterfinals.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican lieutenant governor has apologized after revelations that he interacted on social media to nearly nude photos of a young gay model as well as other posts by the man and other LGBTQ personalities, even as the lawmaker has led a Senate that has passed bills targeting the LGBTQ community.
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With Lt. Gov. Randy McNally as its speaker, Tennessee's Senate has advanced and passed bans this year on gender-affirming care for transgender youth and restrictions on where certain drag shows can take place.
The 79-year-old told WTVF-TV on Thursday that he's “really, really sorry if I’ve embarrassed my family, embarrassed my friends, embarrassed any of the members of the legislature with the posts.”
“It was not my intent to (embarrass them), and not my intent to hurt them,” said McNally, who added that he befriended the man on Facebook, then on Instagram, but that they have not met in person.
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The Tennessee Holler, a progressive website, first brought attention to the posts on Wednesday, calling McNally's repeated comments on the various posts hypocritical.
For instance, McNally responded to racy social media posts by 20-year-old Franklyn McClur.
McClur told WMC-TV that he knew it was a “cool opportunity” that the lieutenant governor was commenting on his posts. He said that he asked McNally if there were any open positions in his office, and McNally seemed “very willing to help me out.”
McNally voted to send the finalized drag show bill to the governor. He was not on hand when the transgender youth bill passed, and has largely stayed quiet about that bill. The missed vote came days after a heart-related health scare.
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Shortly after McNally's online interactions were publicized, his spokesperson, Adam Kleinheider, said McNally is a great-grandfather and a “prolific social media commenter” who frequently posts encouraging messages to many of his followers, even if he may not always use the “proper emoji at the proper time.”
During a press gaggle Thursday, McNally said he is “not anti-gay” and said the bills in question “try to limit certain things, and I think there are safeguards in those bills.”
He noted that he spoke out against a 2020 law that assures continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if those organizations exclude LGBTQ families and others based on religious beliefs.
“I try to encourage people on my posts and I try to support people,” McNally said. “Just because he (McClur) is gay — I also have friends that are gay, and I have friends that are relatives that are gay. But I don't feel any animosity toward gay people. I think that's fairly clear.”
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McNally said he "still kind of" feels that marriage should be between a man and a woman, but said he has gay friends who are married and “has to abide by” the Supreme Court's precedent on gay marriage.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee has already signed the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth under the age of 18, as well as the legislation that keeps certain drag shows off public property or anywhere else a minor could see them, if authorities deem them to fall under obscenity laws.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has said drag shows do not inherently fall under the law's narrow definitions, which include extreme sexual or violent content without artistic value. But the ACLU and other advocates for LGBTQ rights fear that officials could use the law subjectively to censor drag artists.
In the subsequent TV interview, McNally said he initially was "not very kind" to the LGBTQ community.
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“As I learned some things and met some people in that community, I realized that they are still individuals and they still have value,” McNally said.
Asked if he is thinking about resigning, McNally said, "I think that's really up the members of the Senate." He said he has heard from some fellow lawmakers who still support him.
“I think I’ll be a lot more careful about using social media,” McNally said.
McNally, who is from Oak Ridge, became lieutenant governor in 2017. He has been a state lawmaker since the late 1970s. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/gop-leader-s-lgbtq-social-media-activity-called-17832523.php | 2023-03-10 21:54:44 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/gop-leader-s-lgbtq-social-media-activity-called-17832523.php |
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A grand jury has indicted the son of a former Alaska lawmaker on charges of murder, manslaughter and evidence tampering in the death of his father, former state Rep. Dean Westlake.
Tallon Westlake was arrested earlier this month. The indictment, released by the state Department of Law, was dated Monday.
Tallon Westlake initially faced charges of manslaughter and evidence tampering.
A charging document filed by the department Aug. 21 said police learned that Tallon Westlake had been staying in a building that is owned by Dean Westlake’s girlfriend and had not been paying rent. Dean Westlake planned to evict him, police said they were told.
According to the charging document, police found blood on Dean Westlake’s hands and feet, and his face was bruised and bloodied. Police also described a “heavy bleach smell” in the apartment and wet floors that appeared to have been recently mopped, the document said.
An email seeking comment was sent to the attorney listed on an online court records system as representing Tallon Westlake. | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/grand-jury-indicts-son-in-death-of-former-alaska-lawmaker/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2022-08-31 01:40:32 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/grand-jury-indicts-son-in-death-of-former-alaska-lawmaker/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
The Biden administration is planning to send cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time. The weapons, which are banned by more than 100 countries, are controversial because of their potential to harm civilians.
Missy Ryan of the Washington Post tells us more.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Scattered storm chances will continue through the evening hours Saturday. A few storms could be on the strong to severe side with strong winds and hail as the primary threat. The storms are slow moving, so localized flooding could also cause some issues.
Sunday will start off dry and sunny, with storm chances returning by the afternoon and evening hours. Northwest Arkansas is under a level 3 risk for severe storms, with the rest of Arkansas is under a level two risk. Strong winds and damaging hail will be the primary threats. The tornado risk is low.
After Sunday, sunny and dry weather looks to return on Monday with temperatures warming into the mid 80s. Rain chances return on Tuesday with temperatures remaining in the mid 80s. Temperatures will continue to warm by mid week with highs back in the 90s under mostly sunny skies.
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UK tabloid group admits it unlawfully gathered info on Harry
LONDON (AP) - The publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mirror has acknowledged and apologized for unlawfully gathering information about Prince Harry in its reporting, and said it warrants compensation, at the outset of the prince’s first phone hacking trial Wednesday.
The admission was made in court filings outlining Mirror Group Newspapers’ defense.
The group continued to deny that it hacked phones to intercept voicemail messages, and said that Harry and three less-well-known celebrities brought their claims beyond a time limit.
But it acknowledged there was “some evidence of the instruction of third parties to engage in other types of UIG (unlawful information gathering) in respect of each of the claimants,” which includes the Duke of Sussex. It said this “warrants compensation” but didn’t spell out what form that might take.
“MGN unreservedly apologizes for all such instances of UIG, and assures the claimants that such conduct will never be repeated,” the court papers said.
The publisher said its apology was not a tactical move to reduce damages but was done “because such conduct should never have occurred.”
The trial is Harry’s opening salvo in his legal battle against the British press. Harry and the other celebrities are suing the former publisher of the Daily Mirror for alleged invasion of privacy.
The case is the first of the duke’s three phone hacking lawsuits and threatens to do something he said his family long feared: put a royal on the witness stand to discuss embarrassing revelations.
The activities in question stretch back more than two decades, when journalists and private eyes intercepted voicemails to snoop on members of the royal family, politicians, athletes, celebrities and even crime victims. A scandal erupted when the hacking was revealed.
Harry is expected to testify in person in June, his lawyer has said. It won’t be his first time in the High Court, following his surprise appearance last month to observe most of a four-day hearing in one of his other lawsuits.
He did not show up for opening statements in the trial. Harry breezed through London for Saturday’s coronation of his father, King Charles III, before leaving immediately after the ceremony to fly back to California to be with his family for his son’s birthday.
The prince has waged a war of words against British newspapers in legal claims and in his best-selling memoir “Spare,” vowing to make his life’s mission reforming the media that he blames for the death of his mother, Princess Diana. She died in a car wreck in Paris in 1997 while trying to evade paparazzi.
Harry has also sued the publishers of the Daily Mail and The Sun over the phone hacking scandal that metastasized after a year-long inquiry into press ethics in 2011 revealed that employees of the now-defunct News of the World tabloid eavesdropped on mobile phone voicemails.
Harry has outlined his grievances against the media in court papers, saying the press hounded him since his earliest days and created a narrative that portrayed him as “the ‘thicko,’ the ‘cheat,’ the ‘underage drinker.’” His relationships with girlfriends were wrecked by “the entire tabloid press as a third party.”
“Looking back on it now, such behavior on their part is utterly vile,” he said in a witness statement in a similar case.
His lawsuits could further roil family relations that have been strained since Harry and his wife, Meghan, left royal life in 2020 and moved to the United States after complaining about racist attitudes from the British press.
Mirror Group Newspapers and other publishers have primarily defended themselves by asserting that Harry failed to bring his cases within a six-year year time limit. The duke’s lawyer has argued that an exception should be applied because publishers actively concealed the skullduggery.
In a stunning revelation last month that dredged up an embarrassing chapter in his father’s life, Harry blamed his delay in bringing suit, in part, on his family.
He asserted he was barred from bringing a case against The Sun and other newspapers owned by media magnate Rupert Murdoch because of a “secret agreement” — allegedly approved of by Queen Elizabeth II — that called for reaching a private settlement and getting an apology.
“The reason for this was to avoid the situation where a member of the royal family would have to sit in the witness box and recount the specific details of the private and highly sensitive voicemails that had been intercepted,” Harry said in a witness statement against News Group Newspapers.
“The institution was incredibly nervous about this and wanted to avoid at all costs the sort of reputational damage that it had suffered in 1993,” he said, alluding to a transcript of a leaked recording — published in the Sunday Mirror — of an intimate conversation his father, then Prince of Wales, had with his paramour, now Queen Camilla, in which he compared himself to a tampon.
Harry said his brother, Prince William, had quietly settled his own hacking claims with News Group for “huge sum of money” in 2020. He also claimed his father had directed palace staff to order him to drop his litigation because it was bad for the family.
Murdoch’s company denied there was a “secret agreement” and wouldn’t comment on the alleged settlement. The palace hasn’t responded to requests for comment.
Harry has alleged that reporters at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People used illegal methods to gather material from his family and friends for nearly 150 articles. The newspaper has said he is wrong about how its reporters got information, saying they used legal methods for many articles.
In 2015, publishers of The Mirror printed a front-page apology for phone hacking and tripled its fund to 12 million pounds ($15 million) to compensate victims.
Mirror Group said more than 600 of some 830 claims had been settled. Of the remaining 104 cases, 86 were brought too late to be litigated, it said in court papers.
“Where historical wrongdoing has taken place, we have made admissions, take full responsibility and apologize unreservedly,” a spokesperson for Mirror Group Newspapers said in advance of the trial. “But we will vigorously defend against allegations of wrongdoing where our journalists acted lawfully.”
The lawsuits were combined as a test case that could determine the outcome of hacking claims also made against Mirror Group by former Girls Aloud member Cheryl, the estate of the late singer George Michael, and former soccer player Ian Wright.
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Members of Township Committee on Wednesday celebrated the life of Samuel S. DeVico, who served as mayor of the community from 1975 until 1983.
He died Sunday at the age of 90.
Members of the current governing body honored DeVico for his work on behalf of the township.
“Sam was a good man. He did a lot of things for our town. He will be missed,” said Committee member Theron “Ike” Gandy. He said DeVico had deep roots in the community.
According to DeVico’s obituary, he was decorated for his service in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He moved to Middle Township in 1940, and was a 1950 graduate of Middle Township High School. He was first elected to Township Committee in 1961.
The DeVico Senior Center in Cape May Court House bears his name.
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DeVico is survived by his daughters Janet R. Pagnam and Karen P. Smith and her husband, Bruce; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; and his brothers, Anthony Jr., and Frank J. He was predeceased by his wife of 48 years, Betty Riggins DeVico.
A viewing is planned from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, followed by a funeral service at at the Radzieta Funeral Home, 9 Hand Ave., Cape May Court House. Interment will be in the Cape May County Veterans Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Animal Welfare Society of Cape May County, 40 Route 47 South, Cape May Court House, 08210. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/middle-remembers-former-mayor/article_13552c82-45b4-11ed-9267-834bfa9aa57c.html | 2022-10-07 11:23:49 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/middle-remembers-former-mayor/article_13552c82-45b4-11ed-9267-834bfa9aa57c.html |
BROOKVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southeastern Indiana man allegedly shot and critically wounded his wife before later shooting at an officer as the suspect walked outside in the bitter cold carrying a child, police said.
Gregory C. Guilfoyle, 31, of Brookville, was charged in Franklin County with two counts of attempted murder and one count of neglect of a dependent stemming from Friday’s incident, Indiana State Police said Monday.
Police said a preliminary investigation indicates Guilfoyle allegedly shot his wife Hannah M. Guilfoyle, 23, at a residence, where deputies found her with an apparent gunshot wound. She was taken to a Cincinnati hospital in critical condition.
After the shooting, police said Gregory Guilfoyle left the home early Friday on foot with a 23-month-old girl and began walking about 30 miles northwest of Cincinnati.
A Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy received a report that Gregory Guilfoyle was walking near the intersection of U.S. 51 and Indiana 1 while holding a small child amid temperatures near zero.
Police said Deputy Arin Bowers drove to the area but when he tried to speak to Gregory Guilfoyle, Guilfoyle pulled a handgun and fired it at Bowers. The deputy was struck by at least one round but was not injured thanks to his protective body armor.
Bowers returned fire, striking Gregory Guilfoyle with at least one round. He was taken to a Cincinnati hospital with serious injuries.
The child was not injured. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Police-SE-Indiana-man-shot-wife-shot-at-cop-17680005.php | 2022-12-27 22:48:58 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Police-SE-Indiana-man-shot-wife-shot-at-cop-17680005.php |
More than 600 MSU students get degrees Saturday
More than 600 students walked the stage during Midwestern State University’s commencement ceremony at the Kay Yeager Coliseum Saturday. The ceremony included students who graduated in August.
Students graduating with the highest grade point averages from each of the six academic colleges were honored with the President’s Medal for Excellence. Recipients received their medals from MSU Texas President JuliAnn Mazachek.
Graduates heard words of encouragement from MSU Texas leaders and alumni.
The Faculty Award recipient was also announced. This honor is given by MSU Texas faculty to a full-time faculty member for teaching excellence and service to the University. The first recipient of the Faculty Award was Arthur F. Beyer in 1977. The winner is selected by the faculty at large and kept secret until commencement. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/12/12/msu-graduates-more-than-600-students-saturday/69715502007/ | 2022-12-12 19:15:51 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/12/12/msu-graduates-more-than-600-students-saturday/69715502007/ |
(The Conversation) – When Politico published Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that would undo Roe v. Wade, a number of commentators observed how hard it would be for women in states that had made abortion illegal to safely travel to abortion clinics elsewhere. Their phones’ location histories would give them away, or maybe their search histories would. Even their texts might do so.
If people want to travel incognito to an abortion clinic, according to well-meaning advice, they need to plan their trip the way a CIA operative might – and get a burner phone. As a cybersecurity and privacy researcher, I know that wouldn’t be good enough to guarantee privacy.
Using a maps app to plan a route, sending terms to a search engine and chatting online are ways that people actively share their personal data. But mobile devices share far more data than just what their users say or type. They share information with the network about whom people contacted, when they did so, how long the communication lasted and what type of device was used. The devices must do so in order to connect a phone call or send an email.
Who’s talking to whom
When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden disclosed that the National Security Agency was collecting Americans’ telephone call metadata – the Call Detail Records – in bulk in order to track terrorists, there was a great deal of public consternation. The public was rightly concerned about loss of privacy.
Researchers at Stanford later showed that call detail records plus publicly available information could reveal sensitive information, such as whether someone had a heart problem and their arrhythmia monitoring device was malfunctioning or whether they were considering opening a marijuana dispensary. Often you don’t have to listen in to know what someone is thinking or planning. Call detail records – who called whom and when – can give it all away.
The transmission information in internet-based communications – IP-packet headers – can reveal even more than call detail records do. When you make an encrypted voice call over the internet – a Voice over IP call – the contents may be encrypted but information in the packet header can nonetheless sometimes divulge some of the words you’re speaking.
A pocket full of sensors
That’s not the only information given away by your communications device. Smartphones are computers, and they have many sensors. For your phone to properly display information, it has a gyroscope and an accelerometer; to preserve battery life, it has a power sensor; to provide directions, a magnetometer.
Just as communications metadata can be used to track what you’re doing, these sensors can be used for other purposes. You might shut off GPS to prevent apps from tracking your location, but data from a phone’s gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer can also track where you’re going.What the sensors in your phone do and how they add up to a lot of data about you.
This sensor data could be attractive to businesses. For example, Facebook has a patent that relies on the different wireless networks near a user to determine when two people might have been close together frequently – at a conference, riding a commuter bus – as a basis for providing an introduction. Creepy? You bet. As someone who rode the New York City subways as a young girl, the last thing I want is my phone introducing me to someone who has repeatedly stood too close to me in a subway car.
Uber knows that people really want a ride when their battery power is low. Is the company checking for that data and charging more? Uber claims not, but the possibility is there.
And it’s not just apps that get access to this data trove. Data brokers get this information from the apps, then compile it with other data and provide it to companies and governments to use for their own purposes. Doing so can circumvent legal protections that require law enforcement to go to court before they obtain this information.
Beyond consent
There’s not a whole lot users can do to protect themselves. Communications metadata and device telemetry – information from the phone sensors – are used to send, deliver and display content. Not including them is usually not possible. And unlike the search terms or map locations you consciously provide, metadata and telemetry are sent without you even seeing it.
Providing consent isn’t plausible. There’s too much of this data, and it’s too complicated to decide each case. Each application you use – video, chat, web surfing, email – uses metadata and telemetry differently. Providing truly informed consent that you know what information you’re providing and for what use is effectively impossible.
If you use your mobile phone for anything other than a paperweight, your visit to the cannabis dispensary and your personality – how extroverted you are or whether you’re likely to be on the outs with family since the 2016 election – can be learned from metadata and telemetry and shared.
That’s true even for a burner phone bought with cash, at least if you plan on turning the phone on. Do so while carrying your regular phone and you’ll have given away that the two phones are associated – and perhaps even that they belong to you. As few as four location points can identify a user, another way your burner phone can reveal your identity. If you’re driving with someone else, they’d have to be equally careful or their phone would identify them – and you. Metadata and telemetry information reveals a remarkable amount about you. But you don’t get to decide who gets that data, or what they do with it.
The reality of technological life
There are constitutional guarantees to anonymity. For example, the Supreme Court held that the right to associate, guaranteed by the First Amendment, is the right to associate privately, without providing membership lists to the state. But with smartphones, that’s a right that’s effectively impractical to exercise. Unless you’re working in remote parts of the nation, it’s nearly impossible to function without a mobile phone. Paper maps and public payphones have virtually disappeared. If you want to do anything – travel from here to there, make an appointment, order takeout or check the weather – you all but need a smartphone to do so.
It’s not just people who might be seeking abortions whose privacy is at risk from this data that phones shed. It could be your kid applying for a job: For instance, the company could check location data to see if they are participating in political protests. Or it could be you, when the gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer data gives away that you and your co-worker went to the same hotel room at night.
There’s a way to solve this chilling scenario, and that’s for laws or regulations to require that the data you provide to send and receive communications – TikTok, SnapChat, YouTube – is used just for that, and nothing else. That helps the people going for abortions – and all the rest of us as well. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/impending-demise-of-roe-v-wade-puts-a-spotlight-on-a-major-privacy-risk-your-phone-reveals-more-about-you-than-you-think/ | 2022-05-28 14:31:03 | 0 | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/impending-demise-of-roe-v-wade-puts-a-spotlight-on-a-major-privacy-risk-your-phone-reveals-more-about-you-than-you-think/ |
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- College Consensus, a unique college ratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews, has published its ranking of the 10 Best Online Law Degree Programs of 2023 and the 50 Best Law Schools of 2023.
With nearly 200 law schools in the U.S., finding the right law school can be a challenging and time-consuming process. College Consensus' recently published rankings can help ease the burden.
"Despite their controversial nature, law school rankings continue to be a vital part of the search process for students. College Consensus's unique approach combines the results of all the most respected law school rankings, offering students a more accurate view of a school's overall standing in the rankings eco-system and a great place to begin their research," said College Consensus founder Jeremy Alder.
The 50 Best Law Schools of 2023 is a consensus ranking of the best law schools in the U.S. Programs were ranked by averaging published scores from the most respected law school rankings, including U.S. News & World Report, Above the Law, Shanghai Rankings, and Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In addition, editors prioritized programs where graduates reported higher incomes.
The top five on this list are as follows:
- The University of Chicago
- Duke University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Yale University
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For those who need a high-quality law degree program with great flexibility, College Consensus created the 10 Best Online Law Degree Programs of 2023. Editors began with a list of all online and hybrid law degree programs accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). The list was further distilled by taking into account educational quality, market reputation, and rewarding income.
The top five on this list are as follows:
- The University of New Hampshire
- Syracuse University
- Seton Hall University
- Loyola University Chicago
- University of Denver
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NEW HYDE PARK, Long Island (PIX11) — There aren’t many people who would say thank goodness for COVID. But for one toddler from Long Island, the virus may have actually saved his life.
Alexandra and Michael Long are grateful their son William is okay. The two-and-a-half-year-old toddler is fortunate to be alive. At eight months old, he was diagnosed with COVID, which led to symptoms including a high fever that triggered a seizure.
The concerned parents rushed Williams to Cohen Children’s Medical Center, where he was admitted. An MRI revealed a lesion of the right temporal lobe in February 2021. At first, doctors thought that William’s seizure was brought on by cortical dysplasia, a common condition in babies, where brain cells fail to reach the parts of the brain. However, after a series of follow-up tests, doctors discovered that the lesion had grown into a tumor, the size of an egg in June 2022.
William underwent surgery last December. Dr. Rogers pointed out the hippocampus on each side of the brain (which houses memory). The tumor occurred on William’s Right hippocampus. The empty cavity is filled with fluid after everything is removed. William’s memory is now located on the left side of his brain.
Now William has a clean bill of health, but Doctors will continue to monitor him every six months for the next ten years. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/long-island/covid-reveals-brain-tumor-in-toddler-on-long-island/ | 2023-02-10 00:27:59 | 0 | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/long-island/covid-reveals-brain-tumor-in-toddler-on-long-island/ |
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Elon Musk said Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site to return until it sets up procedures on how to do that, a process that will take at least a few weeks.
That would mean people banned from the site for violating Twitter's rules for harassment, violence, or election and COVID-related misinformation will not be able to return before next Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections.
The pledge came after Musk, who took control of the social-media site last week after buying it for $44 billion, said in a tweet that he had met with a handful of civil-society leaders "about how Twitter will continue to combat hate & harassment & enforce its election integrity policies."
Those attending the meeting Tuesday asked Musk not to restore the banned users ahead of the midterms, said Jessica González, an attorney and co-CEO of the advocacy group Free Press who attended the meeting.
The attendees — including leaders from the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League and Color of Change — also requested Twitter have a transparent process on how it plans to restore accounts. Musk has publicly said that he would let former President Donald Trump back on the site, though Trump — who routinely touts his own platform Truth Social — has given no indication as to whether he will return.
González said the attendees also requested Twitter enforce election-integrity measures that are already in place, and encouraged him to hear from a diverse array of people — particularly racial minorities and those who've been targeted by hate and harassment campaigns.
"He agreed to all of those things in our meeting, but actions speak louder than words," González said. "I've had a lot of meetings with tech CEOs. And I've been made a lot of empty promises. And with Elon Musk in particular, he's shown himself to be inconsistent, saying one thing that one day and another thing the next. So we fully intend to hold him accountable to these promises and more."
The NAACP, for its part, said in a statement that it expressed to Musk its concerns about "the dangerous, life-threatening hate and conspiracies that have proliferated on Twitter" under his watch. The organization cited a report about a spike in hate speech on Twitter in the hours following the Musk acquisition, saying a failure to take action will "put human lives at risk and further unravel our democracy." It also said any account that perpetuates misinformation about elections should not be allowed on the platform.
"As long as hate, misinformation, and disinformation spread across Twitter, the bird cannot be free," the organization said. After taking over Twitter last week, Musk tweeted "the bird is freed," a reference to the site's logo. In a separate letter to Musk on Tuesday, the NAACP, along with the National Urban League and the National Action Network, said they were alarmed by the rise of racial and religious hatred on Twitter and accused the billionaire of unwittingly unleashing "the worst of human nature."
Musk said last week he won't make major decisions about content or restoring banned accounts before setting up a "content moderation council" with diverse viewpoints. He reiterated that point on Wednesday, adding the council he's assembling will include "the civil rights community and groups who face hate-fueled violence."
No group representing the LGBTQ community was present during Tuesday's meeting and Twitter did not immediately reply to a request for comment on whether Musk plans to meet with one. The billionaire Tesla CEO has said in the past that he supports transgender people, but has criticized the use of different pronouns. In a tweet this summer referring to Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, who was locked out of his account following a post about transgender actor Elliot Page that seemingly violated Twitter's rules, Musk said the platform was "going way too far in squashing dissenting opinions."
A spokesperson for the advocacy organization GLAAD said the group remains in communication with Twitter and expects to continue to provide feedback and research about LGBTQ safety on the site, as it does with every other leading platform.
Twitter and other social media platforms have long been awash with misinformation about voting and elections, as well as the COVID-19 vaccine. The platform is retaining its misinformation labels for the 2022 midterms and attempting to debunk tweets that contain misinformation with links to credible information.
In one part of the meeting on Tuesday, González said the group told Musk — who posted and deleted an article over the weekend that contained misleading claims about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband — that he needs to set the tone for what he expects on the platform.
Some of the groups in the meeting were part of a coalition that sent an open letter to top Twitter advertisers on Tuesday, calling on them to commit to halting advertising on the site if Twitter under Musk undermines community standards and guts content moderation. In his own open letter to advertisers, the primary source of Twitter's revenue, Musk said last week that he would not let the site become a "free-for-all hellscape" in his quest to promote free speech.
Meanwhile, David Cruz, the national director for The League of United Latin American Citizens, said Sindy Benavides, who seemingly represented the Hispanic civil rights organization at the meeting, was not a member of the organization. In an email, Cruz called Benavides "a rogue, former respected leader who has decided to place herself above the organization that trusted her." | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/11/02/twitter-musk-banned-accounts | 2022-11-02 19:08:24 | 0 | https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2022/11/02/twitter-musk-banned-accounts |
SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A timelapse showed a storm surge hit Sanibel, Florida, on Wednesday as Hurricane Ian came ashore.
A traffic camera captured the video of high winds and floodwaters completely submerging an intersection on the island. The timelapse shows Periwinkle Way and Casa Ybel Road in Sanibel. Twitter user @BirdingPeepWx said the camera recorded conditions deteriorating over a period of 30 minutes, from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Another Twitter user shared this video of the storm surge impacting Marco Island.
Storm surges are often considered the greatest threat to life and property during hurricanes, according to the National Hurricane Center. Of the roughly 1,500 people who died during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the NHC says many lost their lives directly or indirectly as a result of storm surge.
The NHC explains that storm surges are “an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides.” They can cause extreme flooding, like that seen in Naples where cars were submerged and a child was reportedly almost swept away.
Surges form as winds from the storm push water toward the land, causing it to pile up. Because of their complexity, the NHC says even the slightest changes in the storm – whether it be intensity, speed, size, central pressure, or approach to the coast, or the shape and features of the coast – can alter a storm surge.
Hurricane Ian made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa, bringing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. It’s one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamping city streets with water and smashing trees along Florida’s western coast.
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Industry Offers Alternative Financing for Clean Energy and Economic Development
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- C-PACE Alliance (CPA), the national association focused on clean energy and economic development financing through Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) programs, announced today the honorees of its C-PACE Alliance Awards in six categories. C-PACE financing is an alternative form of financing that enables property owners to pay for energy-efficiency improvements and renewable energy equipment. To date, C-PACE financings have topped $4.9 billion in thousands of commercial projects.
- C-PACE Environmental Impact Deal of the Year: Hotel Marcel in New Haven, CT, financed by Nuveen Green Capital and developed and designed by Becker+Becker, is the first anticipated net-zero hotel and passive house-certified hotel in the United States. The hotel utilized C-PACE to finance a large-scale solar array that will generate its own electricity with lifetime energy savings exceeding 160,290 million BTUs and 7,854 tons of CO2.
- C-PACE with ESG Benefits: Small Transaction Category: The PAE Building in Portland, OR will be the largest urban commercial "Living Building" in the world; fulfilling the seven aspects of the Living Building matrix. The building features cutting-edge design possibilities to inspire clients to adopt these practices. PACE Loan Group funded the project.
- C-PACE with ESG Benefits: Large Transaction Category: The historic Armory in St. Louis, MO underwent a $60 million renovation and now is a successful venue for people to gather, eat, drink, and play. Efficiency measures in the building will save $43 million. The financed by Twain Financial Partners and administered by Michigan Energy Initiative.
- C-PACE Deal-of-the-Year. The Black Desert Resort in southern Utah, financed by Petros PACE Finance, is the largest C-PACE transaction to date. As part of a $820 million development, the 580-acre resort used $153 million in C-PACE proceeds demonstrating that investors and property owners are comfortable using C-PACE in large complex projects.
- Innovation in Efficient Financing Award. In 2022, PACE Equity, under the leadership of Beau Engman, CEO, launched a new product, CIRRUS Low Carbon™, to encourage improvements in building designs that push beyond current building codes to a higher level of energy efficiency. CIRRUS Low Carbon™ rewards developers/owners with a significant interest rate reduction if their designs meet a lower carbon design specification.
- C-PACE Policy and Program Improvements: Michael Yaki has written or co-written C-PACE legislation in several states, including Washington, Tennessee, and Nevada. In 2022, several transactions closed in Washington, and the first transactions closed in Tennessee. Michael led the campaign to open C-PACE in Clark County in Nevada. Michael is one of the C-PACE industry's most knowledgeable experts, and he is always helpful in sharing his expertise.
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Controversial housing ordinance passed in KCMO Council despite protest
By Betsy Webster
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A loud protest in the middle of a Kansas City Council vote Thursday failed to stop the vote.
Protestors held signs in silence for hours, waiting for the measure to come up for debate and vote.
The acts of civil disobedience from a group called KC Tenants began the moment the first yes vote was cast at about 5:30 p.m.
A woman ran up from the audience.
“I have something to say,” she shouted.
“Keep calling the roll,” the mayor said.
“How dare you!” she yelled.
The voting continued, though it was hard to hear, as police forced the woman out of council chambers.
Once the vote was over, a sit-in began with protestors chanting, “The rent is too d— high.”
There were other items on the agenda, but the mayor adjourned the meeting, leaving the rest to be discussed at the next meeting.
The ordinance that sparked the outrage involves restrictions on developers who want to get city tax incentives for construction of apartments with 12 units or more.
The new ordinance, like a previous one, requires that 20% of the units be set aside for below-market rents. The new ordinance, however, changed the formula for the maximum rent in that portion of the units.
The new figure is $1,172/month for a one-bedroom apartment.
Opponents say nearly $1,200/month is hardly affordable for people in many job categories.
“I’m opposed to this ordinance because I can’t afford this ordinance. Like, if I have to move into a place that’s built on this affordability criteria, I won’t be able to afford to live there,” said KC Tenants member Kaylove Edwards. “For me, in my opinion, about $500, maybe $600, for a one bedroom is what would be appropriate.”
Most of the city council debate took place during a hearing in committee the day before the vote of the full council.
Supporters of the ordinance said the previous version with lower rent caps brought no interest from developers, even with incentives. They said at least this creates some options in the middle.
“We’re not building the low end, we’re not building the median end, and all we’re building is high end right now. We need to do more in Kansas City. That’s what these proposals are about,” said Mayor Quinton Lucas, who voted in favor of the new ordinance. “We have a mix where we get the low income in from our own Housing Trust Fund, so the middle end is going to be key for us to produce even more.”
The no votes came from Councilmembers Bough, Bunch, Ellington and Hall.
At Thursday’s meeting, Councilwoman Melissa Robinson clarified before the vote that she was voting yes because she wanted to see more middle income housing in her district on the city’s impoverished east side. She also noted that the Housing Trust Fund helps address the need for rent in the lower tier.
“We have many tools in our toolbox,” she said. “This will address the decline in housing in the Third District.”
Councilman Brandon Ellington, who represents the same district and has been a vocal opponent of the changes, pointed out that nothing in the ordinance ties it to zip codes or census tracts. He scoffed at the idea that developers would focus on the east side. He also took issue with the formula being based on regional median income.
“We’re talking about median income in the city of Kansas City at $55,000. Black folks are making $25,000 to $30,000. Poor white folks is making $30,000,” he said of the segment of the city where help is most needed.
“There’s a lot of Black people who make more and would love to live in the third district but there’s no housing available to them,” Robinson fired back.
The ordinance uses the Housing and Urban Development’s area median income (AMI) figures for the Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
The new ordinance sets maximum rates for 20% of the units at what HUD considers Fair Market Rent for people making 60% of AMI.
The previous ordinance set aside 10% of units for people making 70% of AMI (labeled as “affordable) and 10% of the units for people making 30% of AMI (labeled as “very affordable”).
KC Tenants organizer Gabe Coppage said he was disappointed in the outcome of the vote, but he contended the protest was not a failure.
“I do still think the action was effective and necessary. You know, we were able to bring the crisis to its creator,” Coppage said. “City Council brought up this policy and it does not actually help us at all. It helps developers and it protects buildings, but it does not protect tenants in Kansas City like they claim it does.”
Financing the Housing Trust Fund will be on the ballot in November. The city is seeking to borrow $50 million for it by issuing bonds and needs voter approval to do that.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s defense minister hosted his counterparts from Iran, Syria and Turkey on Tuesday for talks that were part of the Kremlin’s efforts to help broker a rapprochement between the Turkish and Syrian governments.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the talks focused on “practical steps to strengthen security in the Syrian Arab Republic and to normalize Syrian-Turkish relations.”
Moscow has waged a military campaign in Syria since September 2015, teaming up with Iran to allow Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government to reclaim control over most of the country. Turkey has backed armed opposition to Assad throughout the 12-year Syrian civil war.
While the bulk of Russia’s armed forces have been busy fighting in Ukraine, Moscow has maintained its military presence in Syria and has also made persistent efforts to help Assad rebuild fractured ties with Turkey and other countries in the region following the civil war that has killed nearly 500,000 people and displaced half of the country’s prewar population.
In December, Moscow hosted a surprise meeting of the Turkish and Syrian defense ministers, the first such encounter since Syria’s uprising-turned-civil-war began in 2011. And earlier this month, senior diplomats from Russia, Turkey, Syria and Iran met in Moscow for two days of talks intended to set the stage for a meeting of the four countries’ foreign ministers.
The efforts toward a Turkish-Syrian reconciliation come as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under intense pressure at home to send Syrian refugees back amid a steep economic downturn and an increasing anti-refugee sentiment. He faces presidential and parliamentary elections in May.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its readout of Tuesday’s talks that the parties “reaffirmed their adherence to the preservation of Syria’s territorial integrity and the need to step up efforts to allow a speedy return of Syrian refugees.”
The Turkish Defense Ministry issued a similarly worded statement, noting that the four ministers discussed the issue of strengthening security in Syria, the concrete steps that can be taken to normalize ties between Turkey and Syria, the fight against terrorist and extremist groups on the Syrian territory and efforts for the return of Syrian refugees.
The statement said the sides also emphasized the importance of the continuation of the four-party meetings “to ensure and maintain stability in Syria and the region as a whole.”
On Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also hosted Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and his counterparts from Syria and Iran for separate bilateral talks.
Turkey has de facto control over large swathes of northwestern Syria, and Assad’s government has described the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syrian territory is a prerequisite for a normalization of ties.
Syria’s Defense Ministry said that Tuesday’s talks in Moscow focused on the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syria as well as the reopening of the M4 highway. The west-east highway cuts through government-controlled coastal regions and passes through the rebel-held northwest all the way to Kurdish-controlled areas in the northeast.
Russian and Turkish troops have conducted joint patrols over the past years on the highway, which links the Mediterranean with the Iraqi border, but repeated protests in rebel-held areas have prevented the return of traffic to normal.
The vital highway has been partially closed since 2012. The decision to reopen it was part of a truce reached in March 2020 between Russia and Turkey that ended a monthslong Russian-backed government offensive on the rebel-held northeast.
But even as Turkey has supported Syrian opposition fighters in the north, Ankara and Damascus are equally dismayed over the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria’s northeast. Turkey-backed opposition fighters have clashed with the SDF in the past, accusing them of being an arm of Turkey’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. The PKK has for decades waged an insurgency within Turkey.
Assad’s government has cast the SDF as a secessionist force that has been pilfering the country’s wealth while controlling Syria’s major oil fields.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that during Tuesday’s talks “special attention was given to countering terror threats and fighting all groups of extremists on Syrian territory.”
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday defended a deal to stop migrants from entering the European Union until their chances of getting asylum have been reviewed, arguing that the bloc’s existing arrangement is “completely dysfunctional.”
Speaking to lawmakers in Berlin, he said the compromise reached earlier this month by the EU’s 27 member states after years of negotiations was a “historic agreement.”
Human rights groups have criticized the deal, saying migrants, including families with children, will be held in camps while authorities check whether they are likely to be granted refugee protection inside the EU. The details are still to be worked out in negotiations with the European Parliament, which must approve the change to EU migration rules.
“I know that the agreement isn’t without controversy in this house,” Scholz told parliament. “Everyone had to make compromises, including Germany.”
“But it was the right thing to do in the interest of Europe’s unity and ability to act,” he added. “It was right, because our current system is completely dysfunctional.”
In the period from January to May, a total of 135,961 people applied for asylum in Germany, up 76.6% over the same period last year, according to the country’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
Most of them came from Syria, Afghanistan or Turkey.
In 2022, 12,945 rejected asylum seekers were deported from Germany. However, according to German authorities, there were 304,308 people in Germany as of December 31, 2022, whose asylum plea had been rejected but who have not yet been deported, German news agency dpa reported.
The reasons for the delay in deporting them are manifold, running from health issues to bureaucratic hurdles. It often takes years until a final decision on an asylum application has been made because applicants can appeal through the courts if their claim is turned down.
In addition to asylum seekers, more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees came to Germany in 2022, looking for shelter from Russia’s attack on their home country. Ukrainian refugees don’t need to apply for asylum; they get immediate residency in Germany.
Scholz noted that many migrants don’t apply for asylum until they reach Germany, even though the country is surrounded by other EU member states that would have had to register them first under the bloc’s existing rules.
“Those who only have a very slim chance of being recognized as refugees will go through a swift asylum and return process at the (EU’s) external borders in the future,” he said. “Those who have good chances of getting protection in Europe, however, because they come from war zones or are politically persecuted, will be registered and able to enter the EU in the future.”
Scholz said the new system would ease the burden on Germany, which has seen more than 2 million asylum applications over the past decade.
He stressed that countries which refuse to take in their share of refugees would in the future have to make a financial contribution toward the cost borne by others.
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Scorching heat, tropical humidity hold for a few more days
After a bit of a break Tuesday, today will bring a return of intense heat coupled with tropical humidity.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Our First Alert will continue through Friday as that upper-level ridge of high pressure holds strong.
- Mid to upper 90s today through Friday
- Dangerous Heat Index values up to 110 degrees
- Big break comes over the holiday weekend
For the most up-to-the-minute updates, download the WBTV Weather App.
After a bit of a break Tuesday, today will bring a return of intense heat coupled with tropical humidity. Afternoon temperatures will return to the mid to upper 90s and heat indices of 105 degrees - if not slightly higher – will be common for all neighborhoods outside of the mountains. A few stronger storms will fire up late in the day, so make sure you have your WBTV Weather app alerts on before you head out the door.
Sultry conditions – with perhaps a few lingering thunderstorms – hold on tonight with lows only dropping back into the 70s.
Thursday and Friday will feature more of the same, with afternoon high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and heat index values near or above 100 degrees. There will be daily chances for scattered thunderstorms on both Thursday and Friday.
A cold front will move through the Carolinas Friday night, bringing welcome relief from the heat this weekend. Saturday will still be hot with high temperatures around 90 degrees, but it will not be as muggy. Sunday will be a great outdoor day, with daybreak readings in the 50s for many neighborhoods and Father’s Day high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s with a drier feel to the air.
The break from the torrid heat and tropical humidity may be short-lived, however, as the ridge is forecast to reestablish itself closer to the Carolinas, prompting an unwelcome return of intense heat and humidity. Highs will jump back to the upper 90s by midweek!
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- Strong balance sheet of ~$373.1 million cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2022 is anticipated to fund planned operations into 2026
- Planning regulatory update on potential registration-enabling clinical trial for darovasertib / crizotinib combination in MUM following scheduled FDA meeting in Q1 2023
- Targeting mid-year 2023 darovasertib / crizotinib clinical efficacy update with approximately 20 first-line MUM patients, including confirmed ORR and median PFS; program goals are >20% confirmed ORR and >5 months median PFS
- Targeting interim clinical efficacy update from ongoing investigator sponsored trial for darovasertib as neoadjuvant therapy in UM in 2023
- On track for first-patient dosing of IDE161 in Q1 2023 in Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients having solid tumors with HRD
- Anticipating IND submission for Pol Theta Helicase DC in Q2 2023, in GSK-sponsored Phase 1/2 trial, and potential $7 million milestone upon IND-effectiveness
- Targeting selection of Werner Helicase DC in 2023 in collaboration with GSK, with potential for $3 million milestone in connection with IND-enabling studies
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDYA), a synthetic lethality focused precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, provided a business update and announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2022.
"We are excited about our maturing portfolio as we start 2023. We now have three potential first-in-class clinical-stage programs which are wholly owned or controlled – darovasertib (PKC) in late Phase 2, IDE397 (MAT2A) in Phase 2 monotherapy expansion, and IDE161 (PARG) in Phase 1 dose escalation. A fourth potential first-in-class program, our Pol Theta Helicase development candidate, is advancing into the clinic with IND submission planned in the second quarter of 2023, and the Werner Helicase development candidate nomination is targeted for this year, both in collaboration with GSK. This diverse pipeline of precision medicine therapeutics is unique among our peers and positions us as a leader in precision medicine oncology," said Yujiro S. Hata, President and Chief Executive Officer, IDEAYA Biosciences.
"We are developing darovasertib, our most-advanced clinical program, with a strategy that could broadly impact ocular melanoma – including as neoadjuvant monotherapy for primary uveal melanoma with the goals of avoiding enucleation and/or preserving vision, as adjuvant monotherapy after primary interventional treatment, and as a first-line metastatic therapy in combination with crizotinib," said Dr. Darrin M. Beaupre, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of IDEAYA Biosciences.
"We are also continuing to invest in our preclinical synthetic lethality pipeline and platform capabilities, reflecting our commitment to discover and develop transformative and potential first-in-class precision medicine oncology therapies," added Dr. Michael White, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of IDEAYA Biosciences.
IDEAYA is advancing darovasertib, its most advanced clinical program, toward a potentially registrational Phase 2/3 clinical trial. Darovasertib is a potential first-in-class small molecule oral protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor being developed for patients having ocular melanoma, including metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) and primary uveal melanoma (UM).
The company is targeting a regulatory update on the potentially registrational clinical trial design for darovasertib in combination with crizotinib in MUM, following receipt of FDA minutes from its meeting with the FDA, which is scheduled in the first quarter of 2023. IDEAYA is enrolling additional first-line (1L) MUM patients into its ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the darovasertib / crizotinib combination, and is planning for a mid-year (second or third quarter) 2023 clinical data update, including clinical efficacy (e.g., confirmed overall response rate (ORR) and median progression free survival (PFS)). The program objective is to observe a confirmed ORR of 20% or greater and a mPFS of 5 months or greater, where historical clinical efficacy reported in MUM have been an ORR of 0 to 5% and a mPFS of 2 to 3 months.
In primary UM, IDEAYA is starting a company-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate darovasertib as a single-agent neoadjuvant therapy prior to enucleation or radiation therapy and as adjuvant therapy following such interventional treatment. IDEAYA is targeting an interim clinical data update from the ongoing investigator sponsored trial (IST) for darovasertib as neoadjuvant therapy in UM in 2023.
The IDE397 clinical development strategy includes Phase 2 monotherapy expansion in select indications and a planned Phase 1/2 evaluation of IDE397 in combination with AMG193, the Amgen investigational MTA-cooperative PRMT5. The IDEAYA-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trial is evaluating IDE397 as monotherapy in a basket of MTAP-null Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Esophagogastric Cancer and Bladder Cancer.
IDEAYA is collaborating with Amgen on a planned Amgen-sponsored Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination in patients having solid tumors with MTAP deletion. The company is prioritizing the AMG 193 clinical combination and at this time is discontinuing enrollment into the IDE397-001 clinical trial cohorts evaluating IDE397 and chemotherapy combinations. This approach is based on favorable preclinical combination efficacy and tolerability data observed with the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination, and on the proposed target enrollment and budget for the planned global clinical trial pursuant to the Amgen Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement (Amgen CTCSA). Pursuant to the Amgen CTCSA, Amgen is the sponsor of the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination study and will execute the clinical trial. Amgen will supply AMG 193, IDEAYA will supply IDE397 and each party will pay for fifty percent (50%) of the external third-party costs of the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination study.
IDEAYA's clinical pipeline also includes IDE161, a potential first-in-class Phase 1/2 PARG inhibitor, for patients having tumors with HRD, including BRCA1/2-mutant breast and ovarian cancers. The IDE161 monotherapy clinical focus will include ER+ / Her2- breast cancer with HRD, representing approximately 10% to 14% of breast cancer. The company is targeting first-patient-dosing of IDE161 in the first quarter of 2023.
The company's preclinical pipeline includes several potential first-in-class synthetic lethal therapeutics advancing toward the clinic. IDEAYA is, in collaboration with GSK, targeting an IND submission in the second quarter of 2023 for a GSK-sponsored Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate its Pol Theta Helicase inhibitor development candidate (DC) in combination with niraparib for patients having tumors with HRD. The Werner Helicase program continues in collaboration with GSK toward a development candidate nomination in 2023.
Program Updates
Key highlights for IDEAYA's pipeline programs include:
Darovasertib (PKC)
IDEAYA continues to advance its Phase 2 clinical trials evaluating darovasertib (IDE196), a potent and selective PKC inhibitor. The company is pursuing a clinical strategy for darovasertib to broadly address ocular melanoma, including in combination with crizotinib, a cMET inhibitor, in metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) in a Phase 2 clinical trial, IDE196-001 (NCT03947385) and as neoadjuvant / adjuvant monotherapy in primary UM in a company-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trial, IDE196-009, and, separately, through an investigator sponsor clinical trial (IST).
IDEAYA owns or control all commercial rights in its darovasertib program, including in MUM and in primary UM, subject to certain economic obligations pursuant to its exclusive, worldwide license to darovasertib with Novartis.
Darovasertib / Crizotinib Combination Therapy in Metastatic Uveal Melanoma (MUM)
IDEAYA is continuing patient enrollment into the darovasertib / crizotinib combination arm of the Phase 2 clinical trial in MUM under clinical trial collaboration and supply agreements with Pfizer, with continued emphasis on enrollment of first-line MUM patients. Highlights:
- Planning regulatory update on potential registration-enabling clinical trial for darovasertib + crizotinib in MUM following scheduled FDA meeting in Q1 2023;
- Potential registration-enabling trial for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination in MUM will be sponsored by IDEAYA, subject to FDA feedback and guidance, in collaboration with Pfizer under a clinical collaboration and supply agreement;
- Targeting mid-year (second or third quarter) 2023 clinical data update with approximately 20 first-line MUM patients, including clinical efficacy (e.g., ORR, PFS), for the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the darovasertib and crizotinib combination in MUM;
- IDEAYA presented interim Phase 2 darovasertib and crizotinib clinical combination data in September 2022. The reported data, based on an unlocked database with a data analyses cutoff date of June 26, 2022, showed robust clinical activity. These investigator-reviewed data by RECIST 1.1 include, as of the data analysis cutoff date:
- In November, 2022, the U.S. FDA granted Fast Track designation for evaluation of darovasertib in combination with crizotinib in adult patients being treated for MUM. Under the Fast Track designation, the darovasertib / crizotinib development program in MUM is eligible for various expedited regulatory review processes, including generally more frequent FDA interactions (e.g., meetings, written communications), potential eligibility for rolling review of a New Drug Application (NDA) and potential accelerated approval and priority review of an NDA; and
- In April 2022, the U.S. FDA designated darovasertib as an Orphan Drug in Uveal Melanoma, including MUM. Under an Orphan Drug designation, IDEAYA may be entitled to certain tax credits, exemption from user fees, and subject to FDA approval of a marketing application for darovasertib as a designated orphan-drug product, seven years of statutory marketing exclusivity.
Darovasertib – Neoadjuvant / Adjuvant Uveal Melanoma (UM)
IDEAYA is evaluating the potential for darovasertib in neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant uveal melanoma. Highlights:
- Reported preliminary clinical proof-of-concept data in September 2022 with observed clinical activity supporting potential darovasertib use in the neoadjuvant uveal melanoma setting. As of a data cut-off date of August 19, 2022, these data include observed reductions in tumor size based on ultrasound, PET or MRI by investigator review of primary ocular lesions in 5 of 5 (100%) UM or MUM patients treated as monotherapy or in combination with crizotinib and observed improvement in visual symptoms in the affected eye in two MUM patients having intact primary tumors;
- Initiating a company-sponsored Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate darovasertib as a single-agent neoadjuvant therapy prior to enucleation or radiation therapy and as adjuvant therapy following such interventional treatment;
- In the neoadjuvant setting, the Phase 2 clinical trial includes a first cohort of UM patients with large tumors who would, without neoadjuvant treatment, otherwise undergo enucleation as a primary interventional treatment, and a second cohort of UM patients with small or medium tumors who would otherwise undergo radiation therapy, such as plaque brachytherapy;
- Each of the neoadjuvant cohorts will be treated with darovasertib prior to a primary interventional treatment until maximum benefit or six months, at which time they will undergo a primary interventional treatment. Neoadjuvant endpoints for the small- or medium-sized tumor cohort include (i) reducing the radiation dose that the patient received, relative to the radiation dose they would have otherwise received without the neoadjuvant treatment, and (ii) functional vison preservation;
- In the adjuvant setting of the Phase 2 clinical trial, each of the two neoadjuvant cohorts will be treated with darovasterib after the primary interventional treatment for up to six months as follow-up adjuvant therapy. Adjuvant endpoints for this portion of the clinical trial include relapse free survival and useful vision;
- Supporting evaluation of darovasertib as neoadjuvant / adjuvant therapy in primary UM in an ongoing investigator-sponsored clinical trial, or IST, captioned as "Neoadjuvant / Adjuvant trial of Darovasertib in Ocular Melanoma" (NADOM) led by St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney with participation of Alfred Health and the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne; and
- Targeting an interim clinical data update from the ongoing IST for darovasertib as neoadjuvant therapy in UM in 2023.
Darovasertib – Other Potential Indications
IDEAYA is currently prioritizing neoadjuvant and adjuvant primary UM as an expansion opportunity for darovasterib. The company has, however, also considered and/or evaluated the potential for darovasertib in other oncology indications, including (i) darovasertib in combination with crizotinib in cMET-driven solid tumors such as HCC or NSCLC, and (ii) darovasertib in combination with a KRAS inhibitor in KRAS-driven solid tumors.
IDE397 (MAT2A)
IDEAYA is clinically evaluating IDE397, a potent and selective small molecule inhibitor targeting methionine adenosyltransferase 2a (MAT2A), in patients having solid tumors with methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) deletion, a patient population estimated to represent approximately 15% of solid tumors. IDEAYA is continuing clinical development of IDE397 in its Phase 1/2 clinical trial, IDE397-001 (NCT04794699).
IDEAYA owns all right, title and interest in and to IDE397 and the MAT2A program, including all worldwide commercial rights thereto. Highlights:
- Patients are being identified by next generation sequencing (NGS) or by MTAP immunohistochemistry (IHC) assay, with potential confirmatory NGS;
- Focusing IDE397 clinical development strategy as monotherapy in select indications and on IDE397 combination with AMG193, the Amgen investigational MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor;
- Initiated and enrolling patients into monotherapy expansion cohorts, with a focus on squamous cell NSCLC, esophagogastric cancer, and bladder cancer, consistent with preclinical efficacy and translational data; continuing to enroll patients in parallel into the monotherapy dose escalation portion of the clinical trial with a goal to determine the dose limiting toxicity, or DLT; advanced combination dose escalation cohorts for combinations of IDE397 with chemotherapy agents, including pemetrexed and taxanes;
- Collaborating on planned Amgen-sponsored Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate IDE397 in combination with AMG 193, the Amgen investigational MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitor, in patients having solid tumors with MTAP deletion, pursuant to a Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with Amgen (Amgen CTCSA). The combination of IDE397 with AMG 193 is a novel and potential first-in-class synthetic lethality combination which targets two distinct and mechanistically complementary nodes of the MTAP methylation pathway – MAT2A and PRMT5, providing a complementary approach for targeting MTAP-deletion tumors. The company is prioritizing the AMG 193 clinical combination, and at this time is discontinuing enrollment into the IDE397-001 clinical trial cohorts evaluating IDE397 and chemotherapy combinations. This approach is based on favorable preclinical combination efficacy and tolerability data observed with the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination, and on the proposed target enrollment and budget for the planned global clinical trial pursuant to the Amgen CTCSA;
- Pursuant to the Amgen CTCSA entered into in July 2022, Amgen is the sponsor of the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination study and will execute the clinical trial. Amgen will provide AMG 193, IDEAYA will provide IDE397 and each party will pay for fifty percent (50%) of the external third-party costs of the IDE397 / AMG 193 combination study;
- In August 2022 GSK waived its right to exercise its option to obtain an exclusive license to further develop and commercialize IDE397, as well as other IDEAYA compounds, if any, directly targeting MAT2A; and
- Demonstrated IDE397 clinical tumor pharmacodynamic modulation based on ctDNA Molecular Responses observed in thirteen evaluable patients with liquid biopsy samples available at baseline and after first treatment cycle, including:
PARG
IDEAYA is clinically evaluating its poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) inhibitor development candidate, IDE161, in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial, IDE161-001, in patients having tumors with a defined biomarker based on genetic mutations and/or molecular signature. IDE161 is a potential first-in-class PARG inhibitor development candidate for patients having tumors with homologous recombination deficiencies (HRD), including BRCA1 and BRCA2, and potentially other alterations, in solid tumors such as breast cancer or ovarian cancer. PARG is a novel target in the same clinically validated biological pathway as poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP).
IDEAYA owns or controls all commercial rights to IDE161 and its PARG program, subject to certain economic obligations pursuant to its exclusive, worldwide license with Cancer Research UK and University of Manchester. Highlights:
- An IND application for clinical evaluation of IDE161 in solid tumors was submitted to and, in the fourth quarter of 2022, was cleared by the U.S. FDA following completion of its safety review;
- Initiating the Phase 1/2 clinical trial to evaluate IDE161, a PARG inhibitor, for the treatment of patients having solid tumors with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD), such as BRCA1/2-mutant breast and ovarian cancer patients;
- IDEAYA plans to initiate dosing of a first patient in the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of this clinical trial in the first quarter of 2023, with a planned initial starting dose of IDE161 in the dose escalation of approximately one-half of the projected human efficacious dose, based on preclinical studies; and
- Phase 1/2 clinical trial will evaluate IDE161 as monotherapy with a clinical focus on a cohort of breast cancer patients having tumors with HRD which are estrogen receptor positive (ER+) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (Her2-). This patient population of ER+ / Her2- breast cancer with HRD represents approximately 10% to 14% of breast cancer. The Phase 1/2 clinical trial will also include a cohort of ovarian cancer patients having tumors with HRD, and a basket cohort of other solid tumors with HRD.
Pol Theta
IDEAYA's DNA Polymerase Theta, (Pol Theta) program targets tumors with BRCA or other homologous recombination (HR) mutations or homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). IDEAYA and GSK collaborated on preclinical research and, following selection of the development candidate, GSK will lead clinical development for the Pol Theta program. Highlights:
- Selected a potential first-in-class Pol Theta Helicase inhibitor development candidate (DC) in collaboration with GSK;
- Observed tumor regressions in preclinical combination studies of Pol Theta Helicase DC with niraparib in multiple in vivo PDX and CDX HRD models;
- Targeting an IND submission, in collaboration with GSK, in the second quarter of 2023 to evaluate Pol Theta Helicase inhibitor DC combination with niraparib for patients having tumors with HRD; and
- IDEAYA is eligible to receive total development and regulatory milestones of up to $485 million aggregate from GSK, with up to $20 million in aggregate for advancing a Pol Theta Helicase inhibitor from preclinical to early Phase 1 clinical. These include up to $10 million aggregate through IND effectiveness, of which IDEAYA received a $3.0 million milestone payment for achievement of the first preclinical development milestone in connection with IND-enabling studies to support evaluation of Pol Theta Helicase Inhibitor DC, and has the potential to receive up to an additional $7.0 million for advancing the Pol Theta Helicase Inhibitor DC through IND effectiveness.
Werner Helicase
IDEAYA is advancing preclinical research for an inhibitor targeting Werner Helicase for tumors with high microsatellite instability (MSI). IDEAYA and GSK are collaborating on ongoing preclinical research, and GSK will lead clinical development for the Werner Helicase program. Highlights:
- Targeting selection of a Werner Helicase development candidate in 2023, in collaboration with GSK, with potential for $3 million milestone in connection with IND-enabling studies; and
- IDEAYA is eligible to receive future development and regulatory milestones of up to $485 million aggregate from GSK, with potential for up to $20 million in aggregate for advancing a Werner Helicase inhibitor from preclinical to early Phase 1 clinical. These include up to $10 million aggregate through IND effectiveness – $3 million in connection with IND-enabling studies and up to an additional $7 million through IND effectiveness.
Other Synthetic Lethality Pipeline Programs
IDEAYA is advancing additional preclinical research programs to identify small molecule inhibitors for next-generation, potential first-in-class synthetic lethality programs for patients with solid tumors characterized by proprietary biomarkers or gene signatures.
General
IDEAYA continues to monitor Covid-19 and its potential impact on clinical trials and timing of clinical data results. Initiation of clinical trial sites, patient enrollment and ongoing monitoring of enrolled patients, including obtaining patient computed tomography (CT) scans, may be impacted for IDEAYA clinical trials evaluating IDE397 and darovasertib; the specific impacts are currently uncertain.
Corporate Updates
IDEAYA's net losses were $58.7 million and $49.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2022, the company had an accumulated deficit of $235.4 million.
As of December 31, 2022, IDEAYA had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $373.1 million. IDEAYA believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund its planned operations into 2026. These funds will support the company's efforts through potential achievement of multiple preclinical and clinical milestones across multiple programs.
Our updated corporate presentation is available on our website, at our Investor Relations page: https://ir.ideayabio.com/.
Financial Results
As of December 31, 2022, IDEAYA had cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities totaling $373.1 million. This compared to cash, cash equivalents and short-term and long-term marketable securities of $368.1 million as of December 31, 2021. The increase was attributable to receipt of aggregate net proceeds of $86.1 million from the sale of shares of IDEAYA common stock in an underwritten public financing in September 2022 and net proceeds of $8.8 million from the sale of shares of IDEAYA common stock under an at-the-market offering program during the year ended December 31, 2022, partially offset by cash used in operations.
Collaboration revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2022 totaled $4.0 million compared to $3.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021. Collaboration revenue was recognized for the performance obligations satisfied through December 31, 2022 under the GSK Collaboration Agreement.
Research and development (R&D) expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2022 totaled $24.7 million compared to $16.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021. The increase was primarily due to higher clinical trial, external research and personnel-related expenses.
General and administrative (G&A) expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2022 totaled $5.8 million compared to $5.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021. The increase was primarily due to higher operational, consulting and personnel-related expenses.
The net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was $24.2 million compared to the net loss of $18.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021. Total stock compensation expense for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was $3.0 million compared to $2.1 million for the same period in 2021.
The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $58.7 million compared to $49.8 million for the same period in 2021. Total stock compensation expense for the year ended December 31, 2022 was $11.6 million compared to $8.2 million for the same period in 2021.
About IDEAYA Biosciences
IDEAYA is a synthetic lethality focused precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics for patient populations selected using molecular diagnostics. IDEAYA's approach integrates capabilities in identifying and validating translational biomarkers with drug discovery to select patient populations most likely to benefit from its targeted therapies. IDEAYA is applying its research and drug discovery capabilities to synthetic lethality – which represents an emerging class of precision medicine targets.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to (i) the extent to which IDEAYA's existing cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities will fund its planned operations, (ii) the timing of a regulatory update for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination, (iii) the timing and content of an efficacy update for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination, (iv) timing of an interim clinical efficacy update for the darovasertib IST as neoadjuvant therapy in MUM, (v) the timing of first-patient dosing with PARG inhibitor, IDE161, (vi) the timing of IND submission for Pol Theta Helicase DC, (vii) the timing of selection of a development candidate for a Werner Helicase inhibitor, (viii) the receipt of development and regulatory milestones, (ix) the potential medical impact of IDEAYA therapeutic products, (x) the clinical evaluation of IDE397 in combination with AMG 193, and (xi) the impact of COVID-19. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause IDEAYA's preclinical and clinical development programs, future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainties inherent in the drug development process, including IDEAYA's programs' early stage of development, the process of designing and conducting preclinical and clinical trials, the regulatory approval processes, the timing of regulatory filings, the challenges associated with manufacturing drug products, IDEAYA's ability to successfully establish, protect and defend its intellectual property, the effects on IDEAYA's business of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and other matters that could affect the sufficiency of existing cash to fund operations. IDEAYA undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of IDEAYA in general, see IDEAYA's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 7, 2023 and any current and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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3 mountaineers die, 12 injured in Ecuador after falling nearly 200 feet while climbing volcano
Carihuairazo volcano is located near the city of Ambato in Ecuador’s central Andean valley
A group of mountaineers climbing the Carihuairazo volcano in Ecuador fell nearly 200 feet on Saturday morning, resulting in the deaths of three and 12 others being injured, rescue officials said.
Rescuers were alerted just after 9:30 a.m. that 15 climbers were involved in the fall, ECU911 rescue services said in a statement.
"A 47-year-old woman and two 45- and 50-year-old men died in this emergency," officials said. "Due to weather conditions and nightfall, the bodies of the three deceased persons could not be evacuated."
Six women and six men, aged between 39 and 58, were rescued from the mountain and hospitalized with varying injuries.
OREGON RESCUERS RECOVER BODY OF MT. HOOD CLIMBER WHO DIED AFTER FALLING 200 FEET IN MARCH
Rescuers said some of those injured suffered headache symptoms while others had polycontusions and fractures.
Crews worked to recover the bodies of the deceased on Sunday.
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UppaBaby has recalled its All-Terrain Ridge Jogging Stroller after a child lost a fingertip. The stroller's rear disc brakes have openings that are big enough to get a child's fingertip caught in them while the stroller is rolling, according to the recall notice. This can cause amputation or laceration.
Around 14,000 of the $600 strollers were sold at BuyBuyBaby, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Pottery Barn Kids, Amazon and other baby stores between October 2021 and August 2022.
The serial numbers of the recalled strollers begin with 1401RDGUS, which you can find on the stroller frame above the rear wheels.
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — With fireworks about to go off across the country this holiday weekend, veterans are reminding people that the celebrations can be extremely difficult for those who have served our country and are struggling with PTSD.
Brent Larsen, a Marine Corps veteran who has lived with PTSD, spoke about his journey and why fireworks can be so damaging for veterans experiencing PTSD.
Larsen served for more than five years. He was part of the invading force into Afghanistan in September of 2001 and was in the country for eight months.
“I served in Afghanistan with some very brave men and women,” he said. “We served in combat and saw our fair share of things. I got out in late 2003.”
When he got back, he said he was struggling with school, jobs and relationships.
“I was just angry at others and angry at the world,” he said. “And angry at the system. I was able to coast on that for a little bit.”
It wasn’t until his son was born that he finally realized he needed help with his PTSD. He said that “just changed it all,” and “caused a level of vulnerability” he didn’t anticipate.
“Even the birth of my son brought back things from my military service in Afghanistan,” Larsen said. “So all of that triggered and snowballed in my life.”
He went through trauma treatment, which he described as extremely difficult. It can be very painful for veterans, as the therapy focuses on the memory of the traumatic events. Eventually, Larsen said he started to get better.
“I started to see the changes in my life,” he said. “I started to be able to engage in my kids’ lives. I started to be able to go out and do things.”
Larsen said he received treatment alongside other veterans, learning from them, as well. He soon realized he wanted to help his fellow veterans, too.
“Having that recovery with my peers was like, ‘OK, I want to help you do this,’” he said.
For a decade since, he has helped other veterans going through PTSD as a peer support specialist at the Battle Creek VA. He recently started a new position at the medical center as an administrative officer for medical services.
“You go there, you will be surrounded by other veterans,” he said. “You’ll be able to hear their stories, not just of what they’ve been through, but what they’ve done to recover, what they’ve done to grow.”
Larsen said it’s about “learning their stories, learning what they’ve been through, and how they struggle.”
“It’s really intimate work,” he said. “It’s difficult work. But at the same time, it’s been the most rewarding work I’ve ever done.”
Brent Larsen, a Marine Corps veteran, served for more than five years. He was in Afghanistan for eight months. (Courtesy Brent Larsen) Brent Larsen, a Marine Corps veteran, served for more than five years. He was in Afghanistan for eight months. (Courtesy Brent Larsen)
‘UNEXPECTED ONES ARE THE WORST’: THIS FOURTH OF JULY, BE COURTEOUS
With the Fourth of July weekend approaching, Larsen wants to remind people that for veterans with PTSD, fireworks can trigger traumatic events from their past.
“It brings you back there,” he said. “The sights, the smells, the memories. It doesn’t just bring you back there, it brings you back to the most horrific things that you’ve ever experienced.”
Larsen said veterans obviously expect fireworks on the Fourth of July when it starts to get dark out. But it’s especially difficult when the fireworks pop at unexpected times.
“The late-night ones that wake you out of your dead sleep, when you can’t be prepared for it, those are unbelievably triggering,” he said. “What happens isn’t something you can think and control.”
When a PTSD episode happens, Larsen says it’s not something you can just sleep off.
“Those types of events often bring back higher swings of PTSD,” Larsen said. “They can bring back periods of depression. It’s not just an overwhelming state that simply goes up and goes away, it can last periods of time.”
Larsen emphasized that veterans fought for people’s freedom and they don’t want to restrict the Fourth of July celebrations.
“But at the same time, it is good to have respect,” he said.
Larsen is asking people to be courteous if there’s a veteran in your neighborhood. Some have signs in their yards indicating that.
“If there’s veterans that are in the area that have those signs up, be a bit respectful,” he said. “It doesn’t mean you don’t have them. But consider when you light them off. Those unexpected ones are the worst.”
Also, if you are setting off fireworks in your neighborhood, don’t do it too late at night.
“When you’re local and fireworks are going off, or the stadium fireworks are going off, those are great times,” he said. “That is a great time of day. That was very considerate of them when they planned those. I would follow that same rule of thumb in your area.”
For veterans struggling with PTSD, there’s always help available.
“You can’t keep avoiding,” Larsen said. “It will run your life if you do.”
If you are a veteran experiencing PTSD, help is available at the Veterans Crisis Line by calling 1.800.273.8255. You can also send a text to 838255.
“It saved my life,” Larsen said of his decision to get help.
“It made me a better father, a better husband, a better friend,” he added. “It brought back who I was in the core, who I felt on the inside.” | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/it-brings-you-back-there-for-veterans-with-ptsd-july-fourth-can-be-difficult/ | 2022-07-03 12:47:52 | 0 | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/it-brings-you-back-there-for-veterans-with-ptsd-july-fourth-can-be-difficult/ |
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Doctors are warning you to keep an eye out for ticks as we head into the summer months.
May is Lyme Disease Awareness month, so we are looking into ways to protect you and your kids from ticks.
Lyme disease is a tick-born illness. Doctors say it's really important to check yourself, your kids, and your pets for ticks after spending time outside.
They say it's crucial to catch Lyme disease early on.
Richard Barrington battled Lyme disease for years and is sharing his story to raise awareness.
“I mean, I became debilitated when I was 16, and for probably like four years or something like that I didn't know what was wrong with me,” Barrington said.
He battled Lyme disease for years before he was officially diagnosed and on a treatment plan. After losing so many years to Lyme disease, he wants his story to save someone else.
Dr. Shirley Hartman explained what happened to Barrington can happen to anyone if they don’t catch Lyme disease early.
“When people are undiagnosed with Lyme, they typically get sicker and sicker as a general rule,” Dr. Hartman said.
She explained that prevention is key. Dr. Hartman said it's crucial to catch Lyme disease early and be aware of the dangers that exist with ticks.
“A single tick bite can actually change your life,” Melissa Bell, the President of the Florida Lyme Disease Association, said.
Ticks generally live in wooded or grassy areas.
There are a few tips to prevent a tick bite as we head into the summer.
Dr. Sponaugle said, “You really need long pants. You should tuck the cuffs in and you always have to check yourself for ticks.”
When you get back from spending time outside, get the kids in the shower and throw their clothes in the dryer. That will get rid of any ticks that may have latched onto their clothes.
Dr. Sponaugle said to do a thorough tick check on both you and your kids after spending time outside. Check under the arms, behind the knees, and the groin.
Bell explains what to do if you do find a tick on your skin.
“The first step is to remove it properly; you want to use fine tip tweezers and grasp the tick to as close to the skin as possible and put straight out, without twisting,” Bell said.
She explained it doesn't stop with just removing the tick. Dr. Hartman suggests going to the doctor if you were bit by a tick and getting antibioticks to fight any potential infections.
“In my opinion, everybody who has a tick bite should get a month of treatment for Lyme and co-infections,” Dr Hartman said.
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MIAMI, Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) (the "Company") today announced that it has closed its private offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The Notes will mature on January 15, 2030, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to repay principal payments on debt maturing in 2023 and/or 2024.
The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by RCI Holdings LLC, which owns 100% of the equity interests of certain of the Company's wholly-owned vessel-owning subsidiaries.
The Notes were offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States, only to certain non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release relating to, among other things, the offering and sale of the Notes constitute forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited, to the intended use of proceeds of the offering of the Notes. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "driving," "estimate," "expect," "goal," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "seek," "should," "will," "would," "considering," and similar expressions are intended to help identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations, are based on judgments, are inherently uncertain and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the impact of contagious illnesses on economic conditions and the travel industry in general and the financial position and operating results of our Company in particular, such as governmental and self-imposed travel restrictions and guest cancellations; our ability to obtain sufficient financing, capital or revenues to satisfy liquidity needs, capital expenditures, debt repayments and other financing needs; the effectiveness of the actions we have taken to improve and address our liquidity needs; the impact of the economic and geopolitical environment on key aspects of our business, such as the demand for cruises, passenger spending, and operating costs; incidents or adverse publicity concerning our ships, port facilities, land destinations and/or passengers or the cruise vacation industry in general; concerns over safety, health and security of guests and crew; further impairments of our goodwill, long-lived assets, equity investments and notes receivable; an inability to source our crew or our provisions and supplies from certain places; an increase in concern about the risk of illness on our ships or when travelling to or from our ships, all of which reduces demand; unavailability of ports of call; growing anti-tourism sentiments and environmental concerns; changes in U.S. foreign travel policy; the uncertainties of conducting business internationally and expanding into new markets and new ventures; our ability to recruit, develop and retain high quality personnel; changes in operating and financing costs; our indebtedness, any additional indebtedness we may incur and restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates, the impact of higher interest rate and food and fuel prices; the settlement of conversions of our convertible notes, if any, in shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, which may result in substantial dilution for our existing shareholders; our expectation that we will not declare or pay dividends on our common stock for the near future; vacation industry competition and changes in industry capacity and overcapacity; the risks and costs related to cyber security attacks, data breaches, protecting our systems and maintaining integrity and security of our business information, as well as personal data of our guests, employees and others; the impact of new or changing legislation and regulations (including environmental regulations and tax regulations, such as the adoption by the member states of the European Union of model rules seeking to impose a 15% global minimum tax) or governmental orders on our business; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; the effects of weather, natural disasters and seasonality on our business; the impact of issues at shipyards, including ship delivery delays, ship cancellations or ship construction cost increases; shipyard unavailability; the unavailability or cost of air service; and uncertainties of a foreign legal system as we are not incorporated in the United States.
Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as predictions of actual results. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
About Royal Caribbean Group
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) is one of the leading cruise companies in the world with a global fleet of 64 ships traveling to approximately 1,000 destinations around the world. Royal Caribbean Group is the owner and operator of three award winning cruise brands: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises and it is also a 50% owner of a joint venture that operates TUI Cruises and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Together, the brands have an additional 10 ships on order as of December 31, 2022.
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NEW YORK, April 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the common stock of Lumen Technologies, Inc. f/k/a CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: LUMN, CTL) between September 14, 2020 and February 7, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important May 2, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Lumen common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Lumen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12736 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 2, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) various headwinds were impeding the Company's ability to invest in and grow its Quantum Fiber brand; (2) the Company's Quantum Fiber business was not progressing as was represented to the investing public; (3) the Company's management was reassessing its strategic priorities and had placed a hold on the plans to quickly scale up the Quantum Fiber brand; and (4); as a result of the Company's decision to delay expansion to Quantum Fiber, the Company's results and metrics were negatively impacted and the scaling up of Quantum Fiber would not occur until, at the earliest, the end of 2023; and (5) as a result, defendants' statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Lumen class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=12736 mailto:or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Ketchup helped him survive weeks lost at sea. Now Heinz wants to buy him a new boat
The sailor who spent weeks lost at sea in January, surviving largely off of ketchup, could have a new, state-of-the-art boat coming to him.
And the handsome gift would be thanks to Ketchup giant Heinz, which is trying to locate Elvis Francois.
The company posted a callout to social media on Feb. 14th, hoping to track down the elusive Dominica sailor. According to Heinz's social media, they've already reached out to the government of Dominica, the island nation where Francois is from, as well as the Colombian navy, which rescued him northwest of Colombia's Puerto Bolívar.
But so far, none of the attempts to find Francois have panned out, says Heinz.
So the ketchup retailer is now "asking the general public to try and help with the hunt," according to a statement shared with CNN over email.
"We're also asking for any credible leads to contact Elvis so we can help cover a new boat equipped with full navigational technology to avoid another disaster in the future," added the company.
Heinz also suggested fans use the hashtag #FindTheKetchupBoatGuy to amplify their search.
Video: Florida diver lost at sea for hours rescued
Francois, 47, was repairing his boat near the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin in December when his boat was pulled out to sea. He told Colombian authorities that he lacked the navigational knowledge to return to shore and spent 24 days at sea. He survived off a bottle of ketchup, garlic powder, and Maggi stock cubes, which he mixed with water.
He was rescued after a plane spotted his sailboat with "help" engraved into the hull, according to Colombian authorities. | https://www.wesh.com/article/ketchup-helped-him-survive-weeks-lost-at-sea-now-heinz-wants-to-buy-him-a-new-boat/43069842 | 2023-02-26 15:37:22 | 0 | https://www.wesh.com/article/ketchup-helped-him-survive-weeks-lost-at-sea-now-heinz-wants-to-buy-him-a-new-boat/43069842 |
Leody Taveras Player Prop Bets: Rangers vs. Orioles - May 27
Published: May. 27, 2023 at 4:24 AM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
On Saturday, Leody Taveras (.436 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 61 points above season-long percentage) and the Texas Rangers play the Baltimore Orioles, whose starting pitcher will be Dean Kremer. First pitch is at 4:05 PM ET.
He racked up three RBI (going 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk) in his last game against the Orioles.
Leody Taveras Game Info & Props vs. the Orioles
- Game Day: Saturday, May 27, 2023
- Game Time: 4:05 PM ET
- Stadium: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Orioles Starter: Dean Kremer
- TV Channel: MASN2
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +950)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +240)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +155)
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Leody Taveras At The Plate
- Taveras is hitting .310 with eight doubles, a triple, two home runs and 13 walks.
- Taveras will look to extend his six-game hitting streak. He's batting .444 with one homer over the course of his last outings.
- Taveras has had a hit in 25 of 37 games this year (67.6%), including multiple hits 10 times (27.0%).
- In 37 games played this year, he has gone deep in just two of them.
- Taveras has driven home a run in 11 games this year (29.7%), including more than one RBI in 13.5% of his games and producing three or more of his team's runs on three occasions..
- He has scored in 17 games this season (45.9%), including five multi-run games (13.5%).
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Orioles Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Orioles has a collective 9.2 K/9, the ninth-best in MLB.
- The Orioles have the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.15).
- Orioles pitchers combine to surrender 64 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (to rank 21st in the league).
- Kremer (5-1) takes the mound for the Orioles in his 11th start of the season. He has a 4.61 ERA in 52 2/3 innings pitched, with 43 strikeouts.
- In his most recent time out on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, the right-hander tossed 5 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering nine hits.
- This season, the 27-year-old ranks 56th in ERA (4.61), 65th in WHIP (1.481), and 52nd in K/9 (7.3) among qualifying pitchers.
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LANSING, Mich., Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) will issue its second-quarter earnings release before the opening of the market on Thursday, January 5, 2023. Executives from the company will host a webcast and conference call later that morning, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time, to discuss the financial results.
The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1.844.757.5681 (U.S.) or 1.412.317.5297 (International) and requesting the Neogen Corporation Second Quarter FY23 Earnings Call (Conference ID: 10173804).
The live webcast can be accessed through Neogen's Investor Relations webpage, neogen.com/investor-relations, under the "Events & Presentations" subheading.
A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly following the conclusion of the call, and can be accessed domestically or internationally by dialing 1.877.344.7529 or 1.412.317.0088, respectively, and providing the entry code 3554631, or through Neogen's Investor Relations website at neogen.com/investor-relations.
Neogen Corporation develops and markets comprehensive solutions dedicated to food and animal safety, operating with the intention to "Every day, protect the people and animals we care about." The company's Food Safety segment markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect foodborne bacteria, natural toxins, food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases, and sanitation concerns. Neogen's Animal Safety segment is a leader in the development of genomic solutions along with the manufacturing and distribution of a variety of animal healthcare products, including diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, veterinary instruments, wound care, and disinfectants, as well as rodent and insect control solutions.
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For kids heading back to school, Tastykake promises to "make their day tasty" in its new campaign.
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tastykake® brand, the iconic line of snack cakes, pies, and donuts, is making back-to-school days tastier this year with a new campaign titled "Make Their Day Tasty." The campaign spans across radio, digital and social media, and is the brand's first with its new agency of record (AOR), PPK.
"Back to school means hectic schedules for the entire family. With this campaign, we want to make sure parents remember to pack with purpose and add some sweetness to their kids' lunch to make their entire day TASTY," said Penny Patterson-Smith, Senior Vice President of Snacking at Flowers Foods. "PPK has done a great job with this inaugural campaign and we're looking forward to many more successful executions."
"Our evolving partnership with Tastykake is a shining example of how PPK has grown over the years – by providing incredibly thoughtful client service and results-driven strategic creative solutions to our clients leading to natural, organic growth," said Garrett Garcia, President of PPK.
"Those who cherish a uniquely sweet treat know there is nothing that satisfies a hectic micro-moment better than Tastykake, especially during back-to-school time," said Ashley Hornsby, Brand Manager of Tastykake. "This year's back-to-school campaign is meant to capture and convey the back-to-school rush that every parent goes through, whether it's school science fairs, practice at the field or ballet recitals."
To view the campaign video on Facebook, click here.
PPK is also AOR for Wonder® Bread and produces work for several other brands owned by Flowers Foods, including managing social for Mrs. Freshley's® and Evangeline Maid.
ABOUT PPK
Established in 2004 in Tampa, Florida, PPK is one of the Southeast's most decorated Independent Advertising & Production Agencies founded on the belief that sound, strategic creative strategy and communications plans coupled with true partnership and client collaboration will always deliver results. It's not about egos. It's about rolling up our collective sleeves and putting in the time, energy and effort to drive the bottom line, regardless of the business challenge we face. Because at the end of the day, regardless of what category you're in, or what brand you represent, there are a series of business challenges that stare you down every single day. PPK is here to help you overcome those obstacles and take your brand to the next level. For additional information visit www.uniteppk.com.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A former American Airlines passenger has been sentenced after prosecutors say she assaulted two people on an airplane and deployed its emergency slide.
Cynthia McKnight, 24, was a passenger on an American Airlines flight scheduled to depart from Buffalo Niagara International Airport in Upstate New York on April 19, 2022. Prosecutors said McKnight, from Rochester, New York, walked to the front of the cabin while the plane preparing to depart, where she got into a “verbal altercation” with a traveler.
She also spat on a third passenger, prosecutors said.
“The plane was preparing to actually take off and the pilot was forced to return based on this passenger’s unruly behavior,” said Niagara Falls Transit Authority Chief of Police Brian Patterson at the time. “There was an attempt to calm her down and that attempt failed, at which point she then opened the emergency exit door.”
Furthermore, McKnight attempted to open the emergency door while the plane was still in motion, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of New York.
Prosecutors say McKnight also pushed a flight attendant who tried to stop her. Once the door was open, the emergency slide automatically deployed.
After she exited the aircraft, McKnight was “combative” and spat at the responding officers, and ultimately needed to be restrained, according to Patterson.
“Several agencies have been involved in this case. On the transit side, charges were filed for a litany of offenses,” Patterson said at the time.
McKnight was ultimately convicted to simple assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. A district judge sentenced her to time served and three years’ probation.
WIVB’s Sarah Minkewicz contributed to this report. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/judge-sentences-american-airlines-passenger-who-spat-on-passenger-assaulted-crew-member-before-deploying-emergency-slide/ | 2023-06-02 17:05:23 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/judge-sentences-american-airlines-passenger-who-spat-on-passenger-assaulted-crew-member-before-deploying-emergency-slide/ |
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