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ALHAMBRA, Calif. (AP) — A weekend celebration at a Southern California dance ballroom was hailed by organizers as the latest sign of healing within the Asian American community following the Lunar New Year shooting that killed 11 people at a nearby dance studio.
One of the hosts of Saturday’s event at Lai Lai Ballroom in Alhambra was Brandon Tsay, who on Jan. 21 famously wrestled a semi-automatic weapon away from the gunman who had earlier shot up Star Ballroom Dance Studio in neighboring Monterey Park.
Tsay, whose family has owned Lai Lai Ballroom for years, said the celebration is an example of the community standing strong and moving forward after the tragedy.
“If you have these strong connections with one another, you’ll be able to support each other, lift each other up, even through times of crisis such as what happened earlier this year,” Tsay said, according to ABC 7.
The event, part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, featured dancing, live music performances and traditional food. It was organized by the legal-aid nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California.
Investigators haven’t determined a motive for the massacre at Star Ballroom, which also left nine mostly elderly people wounded. The 72-year-old gunman later killed himself in a van he used to flee the Lai Lai Ballroom after being disarmed by Tsay.
The carnage, during what should have been joyful Lunar New Year celebrations, sent ripples of fear through Asian American communities in the neighborhoods east of Los Angeles. | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-celebration-at-california-dance-ballroom-a-sign-of-healing-following-lunar-new-year-shooting/ | 2023-05-22 20:46:45 | 0 | https://phl17.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-celebration-at-california-dance-ballroom-a-sign-of-healing-following-lunar-new-year-shooting/ |
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — William Byron took advantage of a late restart to earn a Cup Series victory, just like last weekend.
Kyle Larson was the victim of Byron’s late restart prowess, just like last weekend.
It was a strange bit of déjà vu at Phoenix Raceway, as Byron won his second straight Cup race by beating out his Hendrick Motorsports teammate in overtime on Sunday.
“I don’t love winning races that way, it’s very stressful,” Byron said, grinning. “A lot of tactics going on with the restarts.”
Late restarts may add to Byron’s stress, but they’re also adding to his win total.
His No. 24 Chevrolet got a great start in overtime with two laps left, and just like he did a week earlier at Las Vegas, he overtook Larson for the win. He also had to hold off Ryan Blaney, who finished second in his Penske Ford, while Tyler Reddick was third in the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing.
Byron’s victory also denied Kevin Harvick his 10th win at Phoenix. Harvick’s Stewart-Haas No. 4 Ford passed Larson for the lead with 44 laps remaining, taking advantage of the long run under green-flag conditions that favored his car all afternoon.
But a yellow flag with 10 laps remaining dashed Harvick’s hopes.
Several drivers changed just two tires on the ensuing pit stop, but Harvick took four, falling back to seventh place for the restart with three laps left. He finished fifth.
Another caution immediately after the restart sent the race to overtime.
Larson — whose No. 5 Chevrolet was the fastest during Friday’s practice and also during Saturday’s qualifying — was fading after Harvick’s pass, but the late yellow flags gave him a chance until Byron snatched away the victory.
Larson finished fourth, capping a frustrating finish.
“Restarts are just tough,” Larson said. “I felt like I ran William up pretty high and was expecting him to lose some grip. But he did a really good job of holding and cleared me down the backstretch.”
All four Hendrick cars were inside the top 10. Alex Bowman was ninth while Josh Berry — filling in for the injured Chase Elliott — was 10th.
Harvick was attempting to become the sixth driver in Cup history to win 10 times at one track, an exclusive club that includes Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt and David Pearson. The 47-year-old has said this will be his final season.
Byron and Larson had the fastest cars for most of the race. It continued a dominant stretch by the two Hendrick drivers, who were 1-2 for much of the Las Vegas race.
Byron won the first stage, leading 59 of the first 60 laps. Larson won the second stage.
HARVICK’S CONSISTENCY
Harvick’s attempt at a 10th win at Phoenix understandably attracted the most attention, but the race was also his 20th straight top-10 finish at the track. That streak dates back to 2013 and is the most top 10s in a row at one track in Cup history.
NOT ALL ROSES
Hendrick Motorsports is on a roll, but the team’s week in Phoenix wasn’t totally filled with good news.
NASCAR officials took the hood louvers from the four Hendrick cars Friday and will bring them to the NASCAR Research & Development Center in North Carolina for inspection. Any potential penalties would be announced next week.
If that caused any distractions, it certainly didn’t show on Sunday.
“It’s a test of mental strength,” Byron’s crew chief Rudy Fugle said. “That’s what it takes to win in this series.”
HEAT CHECK
It was one of the hottest days of the year so far in Phoenix, with the temperature climbing around 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
That made for some uncertainty about how the cars would handle, particularly since the weather was much cooler for Friday’s practice and Saturday’s qualifying.
NASCAR was also debuting a new rules package for short tracks and road courses, limiting the downforce that helps gives the cars traction. Byron said he wasn’t sure the changes led to better racing.
“I thought it was really difficult to drive,” Byron said. “From an objective standpoint — I know we were competitive — but I didn’t think we could pass any better. So there’s still some work to do there.”
ODDS AND ENDS
Green-flag pit stops around the 120-lap mark led to pit road speeding penalties for multiple drivers, including Kyle Busch, Michael McDowell, Erik Jones and Austin Cindric. Busch was also penalized on the same stop for an uncontrolled tire on pit road. He recovered to finish eighth. … Elliott is expected to be out at least another month because of a broken leg suffered while snowboarding. Berry’s 10th place finish came in his second Cup start. … Phoenix Raceway is the once again the site of the Cup championship in November.
UP NEXT
The three-race West Coast swing is over. NASCAR moves to Atlanta Motor Speedway next weekend.
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ICYMI: Justin Turner shakes off rough month with two homers in Dodgers win
Plenty of Dodgers hitters have swooned in June but few more dramatically than Justin Turner, who hit .209 with no homers and eight RBIs in his first 24 games of the month.
But that didn’t shake manager Dave Roberts’ confidence in the veteran third baseman. Roberts kept plugging Turner into the middle of the order because of his ability to produce in the clutch, citing Turner’s 38 RBIs, fourth-most on the team, and .286 average with runners in scoring position entering Thursday night.
Roberts’ faith was rewarded in the opener of a four-game series against the National League West-rival San Diego Padres when Turner hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking two-run shot in the seventh inning, to lead the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory before a sellout crowd of 53,094 in Chavez Ravine. | https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/liveblog/dodgers-san-diego-padres-live-updates-score-start-time-mlb-news | 2022-07-01 19:12:54 | 1 | https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/liveblog/dodgers-san-diego-padres-live-updates-score-start-time-mlb-news |
Sparta High School student killed in crash Thursday night
The fatal single-vehicle crash happened about four miles northwest of Sparta.
TOWN OF SPARTA (Monroe County), Wis. (WEAU) - A 16-year-old boy is dead after a single-vehicle crash Thursday night near Sparta.
The teenager, identified as incoming Sparta High School junior James Dean Olson, who went by J.D., died in the crash, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
In a release, the Sheriff’s Office said that around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Olson’s vehicle left the roadway near the intersection of County Highway BC and Fairway Road, about four miles northwest of the City of Sparta. The vehicle rolled over and stopped in a shallow creek at the bottom of the embankment. Friends and family began looking for Olson once he did not arrive to where he was headed and found the crash at 10:50 p.m. Thursday. First responders were called to the scene of the crash, where they pronounced Olson, who was still in the vehicle, dead at the scene.
The Sparta Area School District released a statement about the crash, stating that they will be providing support for other students at Sparta High School.
“The Sparta Area School District would like to extend our deepest and sincerest condolences to J.D.’s family, friends, and all who knew him,” the statement said. “As a District, we will be establishing a support plan that we will be sharing with families to assist students during this tragedy.”
The Monroe County 911 Communications Center, Sparta Area Fire District, Sparta Ambulance, Wisconsin State Patrol and Monroe County Medical Examiner assisted the Sheriff’s Office with the crash. County Highway BC was closed for about three hours due to the crash, which remains under investigation.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jeff McNeil thinks he’ll adapt quickly to baseball’s big shift — really, an anti-shift.
“I’m playing a normal second base now instead of in short right field. I’ve been playing second base my whole life so it shouldn’t be too hard to adjust to,” the New York Mets All-Star infielder and big league batting champion said.
Spring training opens Monday in Florida and Arizona for players reporting early ahead of the World Baseball Classic, and the rest of pitchers and catchers will start workouts two days later.
Following an offseason of record spending in which the New York Mets approached a $370 million payroll, opening day on March 30 will feature three of the biggest changes since the pitcher’s mound was lowered for the 1969 season:
— Two infielders will be required on either side of second base and all infielders must be within the outer boundary of the infield when the pitcher is on the rubber.
— Base size will increase to 18-inch squares from 15 inches, causing a decreased distance of 4 1/2 inches.
— A pitch clock will be used, set at 15 seconds with no runners on base and 20 seconds with runners.
“This has been an eight-year effort for us,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday, thinking back to when the first experiments were formulated. “I hope we get what our fans want — faster, more action, more athleticism.”
Spring training started a month late last year because of the lockout, and many players scrambled for deals as camps opened. This offseason has proceeded more normally and some of the focus will be on stars with new homes: Jacob deGrom (Texas), Justin Verlander (New York Mets), Trea Turner (Philadelphia) and Xander Bogaerts (San Diego).
Some teams also have new bosses in Bruce Bochy (Texas), Matt Quatraro (Kansas City), Pedro Grifol (Chicago White Sox) and Skip Schumaker (Miami). What they face is far different from the challenges thrown at John McGraw and Connie Mack, or even Earl Weaver and Billy Martin.
Baseball’s timelessness spanned a century and a half in a sport obsessed with its sepia-toned history of flannel-clad pioneers.
“In baseball, there’s no clock,” Richard Greenberg wrote in his Tony Award-winning play “Take Me Out.” “What could be more generous than to give everyone all these opportunities and the time to seize them in, as well?”
Turns out, all those dead minutes became an annoyance in an age of decreased attention spans and increased entertainment competition.
The average time of a nine-inning game stretched from 2 hours, 30 minutes in the mid-1950s to 2:46 in 1989 and 3:10 in 2021before dropping to 3:04 last year following the introduction of the PitchCom electronic device to signal pitches.
“Pitch clock, I’m thrilled about,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. “Speed the game up. They get too long. If we’re playing the Red Sox or playing the Yankees, they turn into four-hour ballgames.”
Use of a slightly stricter clock in the minors (14/19 at Triple-A and 14/18 at lower levels) cut the average game time from 3:03 in 2021 to 2:38 last year.
“My guess is in April you’re going to probably see some incidents. It’s inevitable,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. “Hitters are going to step out or somebody’s going to get a ball.”
With the rise in shifts and higher velocity pitches, the batting average dropped from .269 in 2006 to .243 last year, its lowest since the record of .239 in 1968. Batting average for left-handed hitters was .236 last year, down from .254 in 2016, when lefties were one point below the big league average.
Defensive shifts on balls in play totaled 70,853 last season, according to revised totals from Sports Info Solutions. That’s up from 59,063 in 2021 and 2,349 in 2011.
“I think for left-handed hitters, we’re trying to put the game back where it was historically,” Manfred.
McNeil, a lefty batter, is the big league batting champion and likely to benefit from infielders repositioned back to where they were before the Analytics Era.
“When they do shift me, I just hit against the shift. And when they don’t shift me, I just hit,” he said. “When they do give me a giant hole somewhere, then I’m going to pad to get the ball through there and try to get my single.”
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Deputies searching for missing person last seen in Denham Springs area
Published: Jun. 20, 2022 at 4:40 PM CDT|Updated: 40 minutes ago
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for help to find a missing man last seen on June 16, 2022 along Highway 1019 in the Denham Springs area.
The sheriff’s office said family members are worried about the safety of the Rudolph Landry, III. The family is working closely with law enforcement.
Landy is being described as 5′9″ and weighing about 160 Ibs. The sheriff’s office said he was last seen wearing cut-off blue jean shorts, a brown t-shirt, and a bandana on his head.
If you know anything that can help law enforcement locate Landy, you’re being urged to call LPSO at 225-686-2241 x1.
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Most candidates for top election posts say no to hand counts
The majority of candidates running this year for the state posts that oversee elections oppose the idea of hand counting ballots. The laborious and error-prone process has gained favor among Republicans who have been inundated with unfounded conspiracy theories surrounding voting machines. But an Associated Press survey of major-party secretary of state candidates in the 24 states found broad skepticism about hand counting. Of 23 Republicans who responded to the survey, 13 clearly said they opposed implementing a statewide hand count of ballots. However, GOP secretary of state candidates in two politically pivotal states — Arizona and New Mexico — want to shift to hand counting.
Supreme Court clears way for Graham testimony in Georgia
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation.
Shareholders who purchased shares of APYX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 12, 2021 to March 11, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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If you’re shopping for kitchen items this holiday season, check out these gifts. Numerous top-selling products any home chef would love are available at prices sure to impress. Whether you’re looking for a cookware set for a serious chef, an air fryer for someone who likes to simplify meal time or a sous vide cooker for the culinarian who has it all, we’ve found gifts for the cooking enthusiasts on your list.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of CareDx, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of CDNA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased CareDx common stock between February 24, 2021, and May 5, 2022.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had engaged in a variety of improper and illegal schemes to inflate testing services revenue and demand, including pushing a surveillance protocol through inaccurate marketing materials, offering extravagant inducements or kickbacks to physicians and other providers, and improperly bundling expensive testing services with other blood tests as part of the Company's RemoTraC service for remote, home-based, blood-drawing; (2) these practices, and others, subjected CareDx to an undisclosed risk of regulatory scrutiny; (3) these practices rendered the Company's testing services revenue reported throughout the class period artificially inflated; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: July 22, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/caredx-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29517&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of CDNA during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 22, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Campaign To Focus on The Independence Fund's Revolutionary Track Chair Program
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Independence Fund, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting our nation's veterans, today announced the launch of its new Independence and Empowerment Campaign this July. The campaign will focus on sharing stories of independence and empowerment for the Veteran community, highlighting The Independence Fund's revolutionary Track Chair program.
"Our Track Chair program, where we provide all-terrain, electronically-powered chairs to Veterans with mobility challenges, has become a signature initiative for The Independence Fund and represents everything we stand for," said Sarah Verardo, CEO of The Independence Fund. "The program is designed to provide these Veterans the freedom to explore and navigate the world, which enables them to regain their independence and experience life to the fullest. These chairs are specifically engineered for Veterans to overcome obstacles like sand, snow, and inclines, and join their families in access places previously thought out of reach."
During July's campaign, The Independence Fund will actively promote the Track Chair program to raise awareness about this life-changing initiative. The organization plans to work closely with local communities, Veteran support organizations, and corporate partners to identify more deserving Veterans who would benefit from the Track Chair program.
The Independence Fund's Track Chair program is for Veterans of all eras who have suffered a severe mobility loss from a service-connected catastrophic injury or illness.
Individuals and organizations are encouraged to visit The Independence Fund's website at www.independencefund.org and donate to support this campaign. By contributing to the Independence and Empowerment Campaign for July, individuals can help this transformative program provide Track Chairs to deserving Veterans and enable them to regain their independence.
About The Independence Fund:
The Independence Fund is a nonprofit organization that empowers wounded Veterans and their families through various programs and initiatives. Since its inception, The Independence Fund has strived to provide mobility solutions, adaptive sports opportunities, and other support services to Veterans across the United States. To learn more about The Independence Fund and its initiatives, please visit www.independencefund.org.
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Vince Pedican
Director of Communications
C: 704.941.7966
v.pedican@independencefund.org
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RICHMOND, Ind. — The grandmother of Richmond Police Ofc. Seara Burton is sharing the officer's story as her family continues to pray for a miracle.
It's been five weeks since Burton was shot in the line of duty during a traffic stop. She has been in hospice care for more than two weeks, after she began breathing on her own after she was taken on life support
"I believe the fact that she started breathing on her own was one of His miracles already," Burton's grandmother, Jacque, told WDTN. "I tell Him every day, over and over again, 'I know you can, if it's your will.'"
Richmond Police Chief Michael Britt said on Facebook Friday that there was no change in Burton's condition.
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Jacque said her granddaughter's career started at the Wayne County Jail before she took a job with the Richmond Police Department four years ago.
Jacque Burton said her granddaughter is more than just the badge she wears each day and that being a police officer is a passion for her.
“I just really want other people to understand that even though she is an officer and very proud of being one, she’s just another human being too,” she said.
Seara is the oldest of Jacque's three grandchildren. She said she grew up playing basketball and has a great sense of humor.
"She loves dancing, she loves laughing, she loves music," Jacque said.
She said this year, her granddaughter was the happiest she's ever seen her.
“She got to be a K-9 officer, which was a huge goal of hers, and then she got engaged and they were planning their wedding and their honeymoon and just their future together,” Jacque said. “She was absolutely on cloud nine.”
Jacque said Seara being shot in the line of duty shouldn't have happened. The suspect in the shooting, 47-year-old Phillip Lee, has an extensive criminal history that stretches over three decades, according to court records obtained by 13News.
She said she has reached out to state lawmakers asking for laws to be strengthened to prevent it from happening to other police officers. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/richmond-police-officer-seara-burtons-grandmother-shares-officers-story/531-2ed344bc-c580-45d9-9cf3-a661bcdda6b6 | 2022-09-17 02:47:25 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indiana/richmond-police-officer-seara-burtons-grandmother-shares-officers-story/531-2ed344bc-c580-45d9-9cf3-a661bcdda6b6 |
NYC Mayor Eric Adams labels county exec who blocked asylum seekers as ‘racist’ and ‘antisemitic’
County and local leaders in New York's Orange and Rockland counties have pushed back against Adams’ plan to send over 300 migrants there
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday slammed Rockland County Executive Ed Day as "racist" and "antisemitic" after the official issued a restraining order blocking the Democratic mayor from sending busloads of asylum seekers.
Adams tried to distance himself from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, telling reporters that New York City was footing the bill and only taking volunteers. He stressed that his office has been in communication with Rockland and Orange county officials — an assertion the counties have challenged.
"When you look at the County Exec [Ed] Day, I mean this guy has a record of being antisemitic, you know, his racist comments," Adams said, without providing examples. "You know, his thoughts and how he responded to this, it shows a lack of leadership."
Adams’ office pointed Fox News Digital to past reports which portrayed Day’s remarks as pitting voters against a bloc of Hasidic and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities.
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Day shot back at Adams, telling Fox News Digital, "the mayor can call me every name in the book to deflect the reality of this clear disregard for our laws. And maybe he can explain his own documented ‘racist comments."
Day was referring to comments Adams, a former police officer, made before he became mayor, in which called White cops "crackers." Adams later apologized for those remarks.
Adams’ Thursday comments came as his plan to move several hundred asylum seekers to hotels in New York's Orange and Rockland counties moved forward.
Leaders in Orange and Rockland counties have pushed back against Adams’ plan to send over 300 migrants to Rockland County's Armoni Inn & Suites hotel in Orangeburg, and Orange County's The Crossroads Hotel in Newburgh, the latter of which saw migrants arrive on Thursday.
Rockland County successfully obtained a temporary restraining order from a state Supreme Court judge on Tuesday, after arguing that the move violated local zoning regulations.
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Adams said Thursday the city would not be deterred by legal challenges.
"You can’t use the court to deny people to move around the State of New York," Adams said. "We’re going to challenge all of the legal obstacles that are attempting to be placed in our way because it would set a bad precedent if someone was saying in the State of New York that you are not allowed to come here."
Fox News’ Michael Lee contributed to this report. | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-labels-county-exec-who-blocked-asylum-seekers-racist-antisemitic | 2023-05-11 22:53:35 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-labels-county-exec-who-blocked-asylum-seekers-racist-antisemitic |
DALLAS, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tailwater Capital LLC ("Tailwater"), an energy and growth infrastructure private equity firm, recently announced a partnership with Ash Creek Renewables ("Ash Creek" or the "Company"), a platform dedicated to developing renewable fuel feedstock solutions to meet the demands of the growing renewable fuels market. The company serves North American renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel producers through its feedstock marketing, distribution, pretreatment and logistics operations.
Ash Creek is led by Chief Executive Officer John Cusick, who has over 20 years of experience in the low carbon fuels sector. Previously, Cusick was an Owner of The Jacobsen, the leading consultancy for the renewable fuels industry. Prior to The Jacobsen, Cusick held senior positions at Renewable Biofuels, Inc., Glencore and Morgan Stanley.
"We are thrilled to partner with Tailwater as we embark on this exciting new chapter," Cusick said. "Pairing Ash Creek's deep industry knowledge, capabilities and multi-decade relationships in the renewable fuels industry with Tailwater's experience in downstream-adjacent infrastructure creates an ideal partnership to execute our strategy."
"Ash Creek will make an incredible addition to our portfolio and aligns well with our growth infrastructure expertise that has been developed through over a decade of investing in the downstream-adjacent infrastructure, renewable fuels, and logistics sectors," said Edward Herring, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tailwater. "We are excited to partner with Ash Creek as they continue to develop meaningful solutions for renewable fuel producers."
About Ash Creek Renewables
Ash Creek Renewables is a platform dedicated to developing renewable fuel feedstock solutions to meet the demands of the growing renewable fuels market. The company serves North American renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel producers through its feedstock marketing, distribution, pretreatment and logistics operations. For more information, please visit www.ashcreekrenewables.com.
About Tailwater Capital
Dallas-based Tailwater Capital is an energy and growth infrastructure private equity firm with a well-established track record of working constructively with proven management teams to deliver value-added solutions. Tailwater has raised more than $4.4 billion in committed capital since inception and the team has executed more than 100 transactions representing over $23 billion in value. For more information, please visit www.tailwatercapital.com.
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Jill McMillan
Managing Director, Communications & Public Affairs
Phone: 214-489-7047
Email: jmcmillan@tailwatercapital.com
John Schaufele
Managing Director, Investor Relations & Fundraising
Phone: 214-489-7043
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Minnesota senator makes shirtless vote during Zoom meeting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state senator became a reluctant star on social media after he voted shirtless while lying in bed during what should have been a routine legislative commission meeting.
In a video streamed on YouTube, Republican Sen. Calvin Bahr, of East Bethel, can briefly be seen voting — with a School House Rock “I’m Just a Bill” character on the wall behind him — during a Zoom call on Monday with the Legislative Audit Commission.
After voting, Bahr quickly turned the camera off, leaving a black screen showing just his name.
A GOP Senate spokeswoman said Bahr, a truck driver, worked until 4:45 a.m. and then went to bed before Monday’s meeting. She said he would not comment on the vote or the video. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
The video prompted several memes and social commentary before comments were turned off.
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(NewsNation) — After working at McDonald’s since he was 14, Nimi Rama says he has “ketchup in (his) veins.”
Now 35 and a director of operations for McDonald’s franchises in Florence, South Carolina, Rama worked his way up to his current position by starting as a teenage crew member at a McDonald’s in Jefferson, Wisconsin.
“Twenty-two years in, and ‘I’m lovin it,'” he said, quoting the McDonald’s slogan.
After being a crew member, he became a shift manager, then assistant manager. From there, Rama got the chance to hold a number of other leadership positions as McDonald’s sent him across the country, from Chicago to Miami, where he was made a general manager. In Miami, Rama even won the Ray Kroc award, which is given to the top 1% of McDonald’s general managers worldwide.
Through his time in so many places, Rama says he was able to build a lot of relationships and explore other places — something he’s always wanted to do.
“I worked my butt off, did a lot of hours, and really embraced McDonald’s at that point,” he said.
Rama is no stranger to working at a restaurant. His father owned a family-style restaurant in Jefferson where his mother also worked. At 7 years old, Rama said, he was doing dishes there.
When a teenage Rama told his dad he took a job at the Golden Arches, though, his father didn’t mind the move to a big company.
“He’s like, ’Yeah, do it. Have fun,’” Rama recalled.
Rama attributes his passion for the restaurant industry to his father, who came to America from what was then called Yugoslavia (now Albania) with nothing.
“He was always a tough guy,” Rama said of his father, who died in February. “He just pushed (my brother and me) every day to be better than yesterday.”
“The fire is lit from my dad, my mom really,” he added.
It was that drive that helped Rama on his journey through the McDonald’s ranks.
As a 14-year-old, Rama said, all he wanted was enough money to buy his own Nokia phone. As he progressed, though, he started to really want to impact people.
“I use McDonald’s as a platform, and understanding leadership has been a big passion of mine, understanding how you can be a servant-leader, and understanding being empathetic,” Rama said. “It’s all about leadership. It’s all about community involvement. It’s getting to know your employees and its people-first culture.”
Even when things were stressful, especially through the COVID-19 pandemic, Rama focused on turning a negative situation into a positive one.
“I consider my employees customers,” he said. “I want them to go home and be like, ‘Hey I had a good day at work.’”
Everyone has a different experience and perspective, Rama said, and it’s his job to understand that.
“As I progressed from a crew member to where I am today, because I’ve taken that journey, I can understand what that crew member’s going through, because I had to deal with it,” Rama said.
Looking back on his career, Rama says, he wouldn’t change a thing.
“I’ve been so blessed to see so many different markets and work with some really great people,” he said. “If you stay dedicated, and you really are focused on what your goal at the end of the day is, that can definitely happen.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/lovin-it-mcdonalds-director-started-at-fry-station-at-14-and-worked-his-way-up/ | 2022-09-12 22:04:09 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/national/lovin-it-mcdonalds-director-started-at-fry-station-at-14-and-worked-his-way-up/ |
(summary: XanEdu partners with Stand for Children Leadership Center to provide publishing and classroom set fulfillment for new Great First Eight Curriculum, a project headquartered at the University of Michigan)
LIVONIA, Mich., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XanEdu, Inc., a provider of education content and curriculum services for K-12 and higher education, announces partnerships with the University of Michigan and Stand for Children Leadership Center to provide support services around the instructional materials required within the groundbreaking OER Great First Eight Curriculum. With development headquartered at the University of Michigan, supported by philanthropic funding, the Great First Eight Curriculum is a groundbreaking, full-day, open educational resource (OER) curriculum being developed for children birth through eight.
The development project is led by renowned early literacy expert Dr. Nell K. Duke, with nationally lauded co-directors Dr. Claire Vallotton for infant through preschool and Dr. Marisha Humphries for preschool through grade two. Named one of the most influential education scholars in the U.S. in EdWeek, Dr. Duke has assembled a diverse team of among the greatest minds in early education and a vast network of partners, including XanEdu, to develop, pilot, and implement the curriculum. Designed for classrooms with a number of children from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, Great First Eight provides children with the education they need to thrive and create a more just and caring society.
XanEdu will provide the critical support of copyright research, content licensing, book publishing, sourcing instructional materials, print production and fulfillment services along with district order management and fulfillment support.
"This is an exciting partnership for the Scholarus Learning portfolio of companies to partner with organizations doing great work for children from underrepresented groups," said Brett Costello, Chief Business Development Officer for Scholarus. "XanEdu's expertise in OER, publishing, and fulfillment at national scale uniquely positions us to produce and deliver these exceptional materials into the hands of teachers and students in an efficient and cost-effective way. We are thrilled to be part of Great First Eight's launch.'
"Partnerships, like the one with XanEdu, are critical to the successful implementation of Great First Eight" said Nell Duke, Executive Director of Stand for Children's Center for Early Literacy Success and Professor at the University of Michigan. "XanEdu's unique suite of solutions allowed us to quickly and efficiently provide the materials that schools need to implement Great First Eight successfully. XanEdu will continue to work with Great First Eight as we expand implementation to other age/grade levels to scale highly effective curriculum materials."
To learn more about the Great First Eight Curriculum, visit www.greatfirsteight.org.
To learn more about how XanEdu's services for content creators and business partnerships can benefit your organization, visit www.xanedu.com.
To learn more about Stand For Children and their mission to support education and equity, visit https://stand.org/.
To learn more about Innovation Partnerships and other technologies developed by UM researchers, visit https://innovationpartnerships.umich.edu/.
ABOUT XANEDU
XanEdu is a provider of educational content and curriculum services for K-12 and higher education. XanEdu spreads the knowledge of innovative content ideas by offering custom development and fulfillment services across K-12 and Higher Education. Our experts partner with educators on each unique project to build and deliver engaging print and digital custom solutions and courseware content that addresses curriculum gaps and key initiatives for K-12 and Higher Education leaders while maintaining our commitment to affordability and accessibility for all learners. XanEdu is part of the Scholarus Learning portfolio of companies headquartered in Livonia, MI. Please visit www.xanedu.com to learn more.
ABOUT SCHOLARUS LEARNING
Scholarus Learning is a portfolio of companies serving the K-12 and higher education markets. Scholarus offers educators an industry-leading range of products and services in key areas of instructional systems design and school improvement consulting, surveys and diagnostics, content customization, and publishing and distribution. The Scholarus Learning portfolio includes XanEdu, Education Elements, Tripod and PLC Associates. Together, Scholarus companies serve more than 1,700 schools in over 350 districts along with thousands of colleges and universities in all 50 states. Our products and services impact more than 4 million students each year. For more information, please visit www.scholarus.com.
ABOUT GREAT FIRST EIGHT
Developed by an extraordinary group of renowned researchers, teachers, and other experts, the Great First Eight Curriculum is fully research- and standards-aligned, comprehensive, and strengths-based. Designed for classrooms with a number of children from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds, Great First Eight provides children with the education they need to thrive and create a more just and caring society. Please visit greatfirsteight.org to learn more.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
A top-ranked public university, the University of Michigan has a tradition of excellence in research, learning and teaching, sports and the arts, and more. The School of Education and Innovation Partnerships, a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research, have been assisting the Great First Eight development team and XanEdu Inc. to increase the impact of this project. Please visit https://innovationpartnerships.umich.edu/ to learn more.
ABOUT STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER
Stand for Children is a unique catalyst for educational equity and racial justice, to create a brighter future for us all. Please visit https://stand.org/ to learn more.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold and Gemstone Mining, Inc. (OTC: GGSM; "the Company"), acquires Charter boat Saranya to meet tourism pent-up demand we continue to see for cruise vacations.
"We are excited about the addition of Saranya to our fleet, which reflects the strong position that GGSM has established in the U.S., the pent-up demand we continue to see for cruise vacations, and the overall plans by GGSM to optimize capacity and growth in key markets," said Rudi Khelces, CEO
Tourism Market to Reach USD 16.9 Trillion By 2030; The Emerging Notion of Adventure Tourism Reflects Strong Growth - Globe Newswire article Feb. 24, 2023
GGSM recently acquired the Saranya, a 10-passenger, plus 4 crew member liveaboard vessel to its fleet. The additional charter boat will allow the Company a greater ability to meet consumer demand for ocean expeditions.
The fully equipped, comfortable accommodations long-range motor yacht can deliver clients to the many locations along the archipelago that clients have requested.
Rudi Khelces, CEO, said, " Passengers were eager to get back to sailing the high seas; we are just beginning to continue our rapid pace of long-term potential double-digit sales increase of the Company."GGSM acquisitions of Yacht and Charter Boat expands our fleet and passenger capacity, for significant growth and solid revenue performance.
ABOUT GGSM CORPORATION
GGSM is a publicly-traded company engaged in the charter boat business in the Mentawai Islands and Beyond. The Kuda Laut's charter vessel is a Mentawai Surf Charter vessel to the World-Famous Mentawai Islands. The Kuda Laut has been chartering to the Mentawai, Telos, Nias, and Banyak Islands for over 25 seasons. From the Lagundri Bay in Nias, the Hinakos, the Bay of Plenty in the Banyaks, the Telos long rights, and the famous waves in the Mentawai, such as Rifles, No Kandui, Ebay, etc., in the Playground, to Telescopes, Bintang, Lances Right.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements that can be identified by terminology such as "believes," "expects," "potential," "plans," "suggests," "may," "should," "could," "intends," or similar expressions. Many forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results implied by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to continue to enhance our products and systems to address industry changes, our ability to expand our customer base and retain existing customers, our ability to effectively compete in our market segment, the lack of public information on our Company, our ability to raise sufficient capital to fund our business, operations, our ability to continue as a going concern, and a limited public market for our common stock, among other risks. Many factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements speak only as to the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.
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The streets of London have been filled with color as the U.K. capital marked 50 years of Pride. A vibrant crowd of hundreds of thousands turned out to either take part in or watch the festivities.
They formed a spectacle of rainbow flags, glitter and sequins. The parade came after two years of cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic and a half-century after London's first march to celebrate Pride in 1972.
Saturday's procession took on a similar route to the original. It started outside Hyde Park and toured the streets towards Westminster. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/pride-parade-returns-in-london-on-50th-anniversary | 2022-07-02 17:27:01 | 0 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/national/pride-parade-returns-in-london-on-50th-anniversary |
Renting for a cause
LOS ANGELES, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yanni Raz announces a new collaboration with two of the most powerful nonprofit organizations in California, committed to finding a home for low-income families and individuals. Brilliant Corners and PATH.
Raz, also known as "The King of Hard Money," said that renovations are under way in a 16-unit building in the heart of Montebello. CA. The units are also already being shown to individuals in federal, as well as local housing vouchers that will call this place home.
With these efforts we are not just offering shelter, we are creating permanent housing for people that otherwise would end up on the streets, said Yanni Raz, a Hard Money Lender and Real Estate Investor, that is concerned about the homelessness situation in our State. The reason I decided to join PATH and Brilliant Corners, is because they are not just interested in finding a place for low-income residents, they go above and beyond in their efforts to provide a safety net for people with mental health and other diagnoses. My vision, Raz added, is a safer community for everyone.
Committed to help the community, Raz will soon break ground on three other projects in the San Fernando Valley, a multi-million-dollar development that will have the capacity to house at least 50 families and individuals.
Yanni Raz is the CEO of HML Investments a Hard Money Lending company founded in 2014 and is based in the San Fernando Valley.
Media Inquiries:
Mirthala Salinas
mirthala@hmlinvestments.com
818-434-1333
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Updated May 7, 2022 at 3:58 PM ET
Greg McMichael, a retired investigator convicted in the chase and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, allegedly spoke on the phone multiple times with the local district attorney in the days and weeks after the killing, according to a court document obtained by NPR.
A court document filed this week describes 16 calls between McMichael's and Johnson's phone numbers that began on Feb. 23, 2020 — the date of the shooting — and ended on May 5, 2020. Many of the calls lasted less than a minute, but a call from Johnson to McMichael on April 30, 2020, lasted just over 21 minutes.
A day after the shooting, then-Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson allegedly called McMichael in a conversation that lasted more than nine minutes, prosecutors said in the misconduct case against Johnson.
"The evidence shows that Johnson showed favor and affection for McMichael throughout the pendency of the case – including when she was making decisions as the DA over his case," the filing reads.
Johnson was indicted by a grand jury last year on a felony charge of violating her oath of office and on a misdemeanor count of hindering a police investigation, according to the Associated Press.
Johnson has said she recused herself from the investigation, according to the AP. Attorneys for Johnson have asked a judge to dismiss the charges, claiming "there is not a scintilla of evidence" that Johnson interfered with the police investigation, the AP reported.
Johnson lost her race for reelection in November 2020.
John Ossick, Johnson's attorney, did not immediately respond to NPR's phone call for comment on Saturday.
Prosecutors outline alleged calls and voicemails involving Johnson
About an hour after the shooting, McMichael allegedly made two phone calls: one to his wife and another to Johnson. He left a 39-second voicemail for Johnson, according to the court document:
"Jackie, this is Greg. Could you call me as soon as you possibly can? Um...we're um...my son and I have been involved in a shooting and I need some advice right away. Could you please call me as soon as you possibly can? Thank you. Bye."
Prosecutors say when Johnson became aware of the shooting, she called George E. Barnhill, district attorney for the nearby Waycross Judicial Circuit. When she couldn't reach him, she called his son, George F. Barnhill, assistant district attorney for Glynn County, where Brunswick is located.
Johnson eventually got in touch with George E. Barnhill, according to the filing, and the two spoke on the phone for nearly 22 minutes. Johnson asked Barnhill to review the shooting and advise Glynn County's police department.
In a meeting the day after Arbery was killed, Barnhill determined "the shooting was justified," according to the document filed this week. On Feb. 27, Johnson allegedly called the attorney general's office and told a paralegal that Barnhill accepted the case.
"Johnson failed to disclose, however, that Barnhill had already reviewed the case and declared the case to be self-defense," court documents say. "Thus, Johnson effectively chose the outcome of the case despite having a conflict."
The final call court documents identify was made on May 5, 2020. It came after video of the killing was posted online. In a voicemail, McMichael thanked Johnson for a referral.
"He's gonna run interference for me right now, and that's damn good advice, and I appreciate that very much," he said.
Two days later, Greg McMichael and his son were arrested on murder charges.
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South Carolina is working to help people there cope with the intense heat. Daniel Rickenmann, mayor of Columbia, S.C., joins the program to discuss how he's trying to address the issue.
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Rangers vs. Devils Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NHL Playoffs First Round Game 4
The New York Rangers host the New Jersey Devils Monday in Game 4 of the NHL Playoffs First Round, starting at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, SN360, TVAS, MSG, and MSGSN. The Rangers have a 2-1 lead in the series. The Devils are underdogs (+140) against the Rangers (-165).
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Rangers vs. Devils Predictions for Monday
Our computer model for this matchup predicts a final score of Rangers 4, Devils 2.
- Moneyline Pick: Rangers (-165)
- Computer Predicted Total: 6.1
- Computer Predicted Spread: Rangers (-1.4)
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Rangers Splits and Trends
- The Rangers are 47-22-13 overall and 10-14-24 in overtime games.
- New York is 11-9-11 (33 points) in its 31 games decided by one goal.
- In the 12 games this season the Rangers registered just one goal, they went 2-8-2 (six points).
- New York has scored exactly two goals in 22 games this season (4-7-11 record, 19 points).
- The Rangers have scored at least three goals 49 times, and are 43-5-1 in those games (to register 87 points).
- In the 33 games when New York has scored a single power-play goal, it went 23-7-3 to register 49 points.
- When it has outshot its opponent, New York is 28-15-4 (60 points).
- The Rangers have been outshot by opponents in 37 games, going 21-6-10 to register 52 points.
Devils Splits and Trends
- The Devils (52-22-8 overall) have posted a record of 14-8-22 in matchups that have required OT this season.
- New Jersey has earned 42 points (19-6-4) in its 29 games decided by one goal.
- This season the Devils scored just one goal in 13 games and have gone 1-11-1 (three points).
- When New Jersey has scored a pair of goals this season, they've earned 11 points (5-6-1 record).
- The Devils have scored three or more goals 60 times, earning 100 points from those matchups (47-7-6).
- This season, New Jersey has recorded a single power-play goal in 43 games and picked up 64 points with a record of 31-10-2.
- When outshooting its opponent this season, New Jersey is 35-17-6 (76 points).
- The Devils' opponents have had more shots in 26 games. The Devils finished 17-7-2 in those contests (36 points).
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- When: Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
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- Where: Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York
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5 Takeaways from ASU men's basketball performance at the Legends Classic
The Arizona State Sun Devils notched a signature victory when they upended No. 20 Michigan 87-62 in the championship game of the Legends Classic Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. It marked the largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent not just in the Bobby Hurley era, but in the history of the program.
Michigan's 25-point loss tonight was its largest margin of defeat in four years under Juwan Howard.
It also marked the sixth win over a ranked out-of-conference opponent in the eight seasons under Hurley. To put that in perspective, the school had just six in the previous 37 seasons combined before he arrived.
Nevada transfer Desmond Cambridge was named tournament MVP, after dropping 20 points, which included four 3-pointers in the title game.
Our takeaways from that showing by the Sun Devils (4-1).
Poor start overblown
There was some angst in the fan base after the Sun Devils struggled in beating Tarleton State 62-59 in the season opener and even more when they lost to Texas Southern 67-66 in overtime Sunday. This is a team counting on a lot of newcomers and it can take several games for the team to gel. Last season it took 20 or so games, definitely longer than Hurley had hoped. Hurley is still looking to see what combinations work best together and right now he doesn't even have his full complement of players.
This team has depth
Hurley used nine players to play a balance of the minutes on Thursday and that was even without Marcus Bagley and Jamiya Neal who are out injured and Enoch Boakye who was ill. The last few games Hurley has gone with a starting lineup of brothers Devan and Desmond Cambridge, 7-footer Warren Washington and guards Frankie Collins and D.J. Horne. When those players came out and others were inserted there was not a dropoff in the level of play. Collins has been the star early in the season but he had an off game for him with just four points, which equaled his turnovers. He transferred from Michigan so perhaps he was putting too much pressure on himself wanting to do well against his former team. But the team won in convincing fashion with him not at his best. ASU had a whopping 33 points off the bench in the most recent win.
True freshmen are stellar
Hurley has two true freshmen who he signed in the last class in forward Duke Brennan and point guard Austin Nunez, and both are seeing significant minutes. Nunez, out of San Antonio, Texas, had 15 points, two assists and a steal in 22 minutes off the bench. He was 3-for-5 from long distance and plays with the poise of a veteran. Brennan, out of Hillcrest Prep, had four points on his only two field goal attempts in 16 minutes and is fearless around the rim.
Rebounding is improved
Last season the Sun Devils were 323rd in the nation and 10th in the Pac-12 in rebounding margin. It was a significant issue from start to finish but that appears an area in which ASU has made significant strides. It outrebounded a bigger Michigan team 35-30 and now stands 112th out of 352 Division I programs. It has finished with the edge in rebounding in four of five games this season, the exception being the Texas Southern game. The length and athleticism also shows up in protecting the rim and the Sun evils are averaging 6 blocks a game, 28th best in all of Division I. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2022/11/18/5-takeaways-from-arizona-state-mens-basketball-win-over-michigan/69659449007/ | 2022-11-18 21:46:12 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/college/asu/2022/11/18/5-takeaways-from-arizona-state-mens-basketball-win-over-michigan/69659449007/ |
RYE, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unified Door and Hardware Group, LLC ("Unified"), a portfolio company of Dunes Point Capital, LP ("DPC") has acquired Eaton Door and Frame, LLC ("Eaton"). Located in Salem, New Hampshire, Eaton is value-add distributor of doors, frames and hardware for commercial, education, residential, healthcare, and other end market sectors.
About DPC: DPC is a family office and private investment firm, pursuing control investments in companies operating in the general industrial and business services sectors. DPC targets companies with enterprise values of up to $1 billion. For more information, please visit www.dunespointcapital.com.
About Unified: Headquartered in Pennsauken, NJ, Unified is a value-add distributor of doors, frames and hardware for commercial, multi-family, healthcare, hospitality, government, education, public, and industrial end market sectors. Unified has 24 locations throughout 10 states in the U.S., predominately in large metropolitan areas, and employs more than 1,000 people. For more information, please visit www.udhgroup.com.
About Eaton: Eaton is a value-add distributor of doors, frames and hardware for commercial, education, residential, healthcare, and other end market sectors.
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CARFAX Honored by The Washington Post and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CENTREVILLE, Va., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Team CARFAX has earned "Top Workplace" honors from both The Washington Post and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, based entirely on employee feedback.
This is the ninth win in a row from The Washington Post for the Centreville, Va., headquarters. CARFAX is one of only 13 companies in the Washington, D.C., area to receive this prestigious recognition every year since the award began in 2014. This year also marks the first win for the CARFAX office in Columbia, Mo., from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"The continued recognition as a Top Workplace is a testament to our employees," said Bill Eager, CEO at CARFAX. "I am grateful to come to work every day with great people who embody the CARFAX spirit and the pride we take in delivering on our mission of helping millions of people. Being a top workplace is an honor and true team effort – when we work together, we win together!"
CARFAX is known for its unique culture that emphasizes teamwork, transparency, and making work fun. It's a one-of-a-kind blend of a high achieving, high-energy workforce with a laid-back setting that values a strong work-life balance. As part of that balance, CARFAX is again offering four-day summer work weeks in 2022.
CARFAX was founded in Columbia, Mo. in 1984. The company has more than 1,100 employees throughout the U.S. and in Canada, with offices in Centreville, Va., Columbia, Mo., and London, Ont., and more than 220 new team members joined Team CARFAX in 2021. CARFAX is a leader in consumer-information technology with a database of more than 28 billion vehicle records. Millions of consumers every year trust CARFAX to help them shop, buy, service, and sell used cars.
Selection for The Washington Post and The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplaces lists is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous survey administered by Energage, LLC, which measures aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution, and connection.
Find your career at CARFAX by visiting www.carfax.com/careers.
CARFAX, part of S&P Global Mobility, helps millions of people every day confidently shop, buy, service and sell used cars with innovative solutions powered by CARFAX vehicle history information. The expert in vehicle history since 1984, CARFAX provides exclusive services like CARFAX Used Car Listings, CARFAX Car Care, CARFAX History-Based Value and the flagship CARFAX® Vehicle History Report™ to consumers and the automotive industry. CARFAX owns the world's largest vehicle history database and is nationally recognized as a top workplace by The Washington Post and Glassdoor.com. Shop, Buy, Service, Sell – Show me the CARFAX™.
S&P Global Mobility is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets.
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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Cole Snyder threw for three scores and Buffalo broke it open with three touchdowns in the second quarter en route to a 34-7 win over UMass on Saturday.
Buffalo (4-3) posted its fourth straight win and third straight road win.
Snyder threw a 4-yard touchdown to Quian Williams four seconds into the second quarter to complete a seven-play, 80-yard drive and a 10-0 lead. After UMass went four-and-out, Al-Jay Henderson raced 84-yards through the middle of the Minutemen line for a 17-0 advantage.
UMass got on the board when Ellis Merriweather ran it from the 5 capping a 10-play, 75-yard drive. On Buffalo's ensuing drive, the Bulls sealed it when Snyder threw a 49-yard scoring pass to Justin Marshall with five minutes left before halftime.
Kay’Ron Adams ran for 11 yards on 65 carries for UMass (1-6).
It was the first meeting between the teams since 2015 when UMass was a member of the Mid-American Conference. The Bulls have won three of the four meetings between the teams since both schools joined the FBS ranks.
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ala., Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TRM Equity II ("TRM"), the Michigan based private equity fund, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Innovative Hearth Products ("IHP"). With production facilities in Russellville, AL, and Auburn, WA, IHP is a leading manufacturer of indoor and outdoor fireplaces, free-standing stoves, gas logs, fireplace inserts, venting products, and accessories for the specialty retail, residential, new construction, and industrial markets. The transaction was completed on January 26th, 2023. IHP generated ~$87 million of revenue in 2022 and employs approximately 350 people.
Jeff Stone, Managing Director for TRM, commented: "IHP is a well-established brand in the hearth industry. Despite the recent record inflation and supply chain disruptions, customer interest in IHP product lines is strong, and the Company's order book reflects that. IHP has invested in upgrading its product line in recent years, and we will continue to invest in ensuring that IHP delivers top-of-the-line products to its customer base. We are excited to bring our operational and manufacturing expertise to the business to address the Company's recent challenges and to carry on the Company's legacy of product innovation. As a result of this transaction, IHP will have a strong balance sheet and be well positioned to deliver outstanding products and service to its customers in the coming years."
TRM Equity is a private equity firm that seeks controlling investments in situations where the experience of our team can assist companies with operational improvement or transformation. The Firm's core team has worked and invested together for over 15 years, applying a consistent approach in targeted manufacturing industries, and has a demonstrated track record of above-market returns.
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'A day of joy:' Brittney Griner set to open 1st WNBA season since her detainment in Russia
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For the first time since last season, Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard opened her pregame comments without announcing how many days Brittney Griner had been jailed in Russia.
Griner has been free since December when she was part of a high-profile prisoner swap. She hit the court for warmups about 90 minutes before the Mercury's WNBA season opener against the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night.
"Until the day we got the news in the morning that she was on her way home, no one thought that it was going to happen," Nygaard said. "We did our jobs probably with less joy than professional athletes do. It was heavy every day."
Not anymore.
"Today is a day of joy," Nygaard said. "An amazing, amazing thing has happened."
Griner scored 10 points in 17 minutes in an exhibition loss to the Sparks last week. It was the 32-year-old center's first game action since she was arrested at a Moscow airport in February 2022 after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.
"We brought back this Black, gay woman from a Russian jail and America did that because they valued her and she’s a female athlete and they valued her," Nygaard said.
"Just to be part of a group that values people at that level, it makes me very proud to be an American. Maybe there’s other people that that doesn’t make them proud, but for me, I see BG and I see hope and I see the future and I have young children and it makes me really hopeful about our country," the coach said.
Since her release, Griner has used her platform to advocate for other Americans being detained abroad. She was already an LGBTQ+ activist since publicly coming out in 2013.
"She stands for so many people, so many different kind of people who can be undervalued in our society," Nygaard said. "She stands with pride and confidence and has never once has shied away from who she is."
Griner announced in April that she is working with Bring Our Families Home, a campaign formed last year by the family members of American hostages and wrongful detainees held overseas. She said her team has been in contact with the family of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being detained in Russia on espionage charges.
"She’s an amazing person on and off the court," Phoenix guard Moriah Jefferson said. "I think her energy just inspires everybody every single day to show up and be the best version of themselves."
With all that has happened off the court, it’s easy to forget Griner had arguably her best season in 2021. She finished second in the MVP voting after averaging 20.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and nearly two blocks per game. She was a major reason the Mercury reached the WNBA Finals before losing to the Chicago Sky.
Some fans arriving early to Crypto.com Arena wore T-shirts with Griner's name and jersey number on them. She is expected to receive a warm reception in Los Angeles and other WNBA arenas across the country this season. She received a standing ovation before the Mercury’s preseason game last week. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/sports/a-day-of-joy-brittney-griner-set-to-open-1st-wnba-season-since-her-detainment-in-russia | 2023-05-20 03:52:14 | 0 | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/sports/a-day-of-joy-brittney-griner-set-to-open-1st-wnba-season-since-her-detainment-in-russia |
LONDON (AP) — British detectives met with representatives of the BBC on Monday over allegations that a leading presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. But police said they had not opened a criminal investigation, and a lawyer for the young person denied anything inappropriate had happened.
The U.K.’s publicly funded national broadcaster has suspended the male star, who has not been named, over allegations he gave a youth 35,000 pounds ($45,000) starting in 2020 when the young person was 17.
Though the age of sexual consent in Britain is 16, it is a crime to make or possess indecent images of anyone under 18.
London’s Metropolitan Police force said detectives were “assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further enquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed.”
“There is no investigation at this time,” the force said.
The Sun newspaper, which first reported the allegations, said that the young person’s mother had complained to the BBC in May but that the presenter had remained on the air. The parents then went to the tabloid with the story.
In a further twist, a lawyer for the young person — who also has not been named — told the BBC that “nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between our client and the BBC personality.” The lawyer said the allegations reported in The Sun were “rubbish.”
The newspaper defended its actions, saying it “reported a story about two very concerned parents who made a complaint to the BBC about the behavior of a presenter and the welfare of their child.”
“Their complaint was not acted upon by the BBC. We have seen evidence that supports their concerns. It’s now for the BBC to properly investigate,” the newspaper said.
The BBC has been scrambling to stem a growing crisis since the claims were first published by The Sun over the weekend. It said in a statement Sunday that it “first became aware of a complaint in May,” but that “new allegations were put to us on Thursday of a different nature.”
The broadcaster said that “the BBC takes any allegations seriously and we have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations.” It said the corporation had also been in touch with “external authorities,” but did not specify whether that was the police.
“This is a complex and fast-moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps,” the BBC said.
“We can also confirm a male member of staff has been suspended.”
The presenter’s name has not been disclosed because of British privacy laws. But that has not stopped fevered speculation on social media about the man’s identity.
Several of the BBC’s best-known stars spoke up to say it wasn’t them and even threatened to take legal action against online accusers.
Radio host Nicky Campbell said it had been “a distressing weekend, I can’t deny it, for me and others falsely named.”
“Today I am having further conversations with the police in terms of malicious communication and with lawyers in terms of defamation,” Campbell said on his BBC radio program.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman, Max Blain, said the allegations were “concerning,” but that the government had been “assured that the BBC is investigating this matter quickly.”
“The first thing to do is establish the facts and ensure they are set out at the appropriate time,” he said.
The situation comes weeks after commercial U.K. broadcaster ITV faced its own scandal when Phillip Schofield, a long-time host on the channel’s popular morning show, quit in May, admitting he had lied about an affair with a much younger colleague.
ITV executives were summoned to Parliament to answer questions about whether the broadcaster had a “toxic” work culture and had covered up misconduct by stars.
The BBC faces greater scrutiny than other broadcasters because of its status as a national institution funded through an annual license fee of 159 pounds ($203) paid by all households with a television.
It has been hit by several scandals involving its stars over the years, most notoriously when longtime children’s TV host Jimmy Savile was exposed after his death in 2011 as a pedophile who abused children and teens over several decades. | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-british-police-assessing-information-from-bbc-over-claim-a-presenter-paid-a-teen-for-explicit-photos/ | 2023-07-11 13:58:26 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/news/international/ap-british-police-assessing-information-from-bbc-over-claim-a-presenter-paid-a-teen-for-explicit-photos/ |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An argumentative Orlando police officer was fired after authorities said he fled from a traffic stop in his police cruiser.
Seminole County deputies say Officer Alexander Shaouni was on his way to work at the Orlando Police Department around 12:15 p.m. on June 6 when he was caught going 80 mph in a 45 mph zone. Deputies said they had to drive over 90 mph just to catch up with Shaouni as he blew past them.
After several failed attempts to stop the officer, deputies pulled alongside Shaouni’s cruiser and ordered him to pull over through the passenger-side window.
“What? I am going into work, my man,” Shaouni can be heard shouting in a body camera video released by the sheriff’s office. “Why are you trying to pull me over as I am going into work?”
“Because you are going 80 in a 45,” one deputy responds. “Let me see your driver’s license.”
“No,” Shaouni fires back before climbing back into his cruiser and driving off.
Deputies easily identified Shaouni via his badge and police cruiser number. Shaouni was charged with reckless driving, fleeing or eluding police with lights and sirens active, and resisting an officer without violence. His bond was set at $9,000.
In a statement to Nexstar’s WFLA, the Orlando Police Department said, “Officer Shaouni has been relieved of duty pending the Seminole County Sheriff’s criminal investigation and OPD’s Internal Affairs investigation.” | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/watch-florida-police-officer-drives-off-after-hes-stopped-for-speeding/ | 2023-06-13 23:44:12 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/watch-florida-police-officer-drives-off-after-hes-stopped-for-speeding/ |
New Gateway to the Future Initiative Aims to Make Culture More Accessible and Engaging in the Era of the Metaverse
BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global technology brand HONOR today announced Gateway to the Future, an initiative designed to enrich cultural heritage through the power of technology. Launched during its IFA 2022 keynote, HONOR challenged two popular artists to creatively reimagine the Wasserschloss, an iconic landmark located in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site using augmented reality (AR). Set against the backdrop of surging interest in the metaverse and the growth of hybrid tourism, the project aims to inspire global creative talent to leverage innovations such as AI, AR and Spatial Audio to connect communities with culture in more immersive ways and support the global tourism rebound, as the world embraces the connected future.
"As a global technology company, HONOR is committed to developing smart device technology which enables people to celebrate and experience cultural treasures from the past while also discovering the possibilities of the future," said George Zhao, CEO of HONOR Device Co, Ltd. "We predict the rise of AR and AI technologies being used to create even more phy-gital experiences for smartphone users around the world, contributing to the hybrid tourism boom. Beyond tourism, this technology has the potential to benefit a number of other industries and communities. It really is the Gateway to the Future."
Celebrating Cultural Heritage in the Metaverse
Renowned for being Germany 's "Gateway to the World," Hamburg evolved from a port city to a thriving metropolis by embracing a longstanding culture of community, collaboration and innovation. Inspired by the city's history of transformation, HONOR chose Hamburg as the pilot location for the project, with the aim of contributing to the digital cultural boom and inspiring people from all around the world to reimagine cultural treasures in the metaverse.
To bring the project to life, HONOR partnered with ARLOOPA, an AR and VR development company, and celebrated artists Yunuene and Timo Helgert, who creatively transformed the famous Wasserschloss building in AR.
Yunuene's contribution to Gateway to the Future, entitled "Sailing Through Time" pays tribute to the evolution of the city's port, showing how innovation in marine logistics transformed over time with her signature visual aesthetic. Timo Helgert's experience "Blooming Future" takes a more futuristic approach, playing on Hamburg's status as one of the greenest cities of the world and creatively imagining what the Wasserschloss would look like in a green future where beautiful plants and endangered species can thrive, taking this historic landmark into an otherworldly realm.
Unlocking Immersive Experiences through the Power of AI and AR
Through the experience, HONOR also contributes to hybrid tourism, an emerging trend following the global tourism rebound, whereby travelers are expecting digital advances made during the pandemic to benefit and augment physical travel experiences. The AR experiences at the Wasserschloss bring the digital and physical worlds together, allowing travelers to experience culture a totally new way. HONOR has been consistently investing in technologies including AI Space Identification, Spatial Audio and AR to enable enhanced immersive experiences fit for the digital revolution.
"The Warehouse District was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2015 with the aim of protecting and preserving the history and culture of one of the world's largest trading ports. Through the advent of emerging technologies including augmented reality, it is now possible to educate and engage future generations about cultural heritage in new and exciting ways. We were therefore proud to be able to help HONOR's Gateway to the Future initiative, which not only offers a celebration of the district's significance to Germany, but also its exciting future as a global metropolis," said Bernd Paulowitz, Head of UNESCO World Heritage Hamburg.
"With tourism soaring to new heights following years of global lockdowns, it's great to see brands like HONOR bringing new and enriched experiences to people as they start to explore the world again. This summer, our city saw again the same level in visitors as in summer 2019, which in part has been due to new interactive cultural attractions enabled by technology. Inspired by Hamburg's status as the Gateway to the World, we're thrilled to partner with the Gateway to the Future initiative, which we are confident will allow visitors and residents of Hamburg alike to connect with the UNESCO World Heritage Speicherstadt in more immersive ways. We are witnessing a huge demand for hybrid experiences, with travelers increasingly expecting a virtual layer to their interactions with cultural landmarks. This is the right time to harness the power of technology in tourism to create magical experiences for tourists around the world," said, Guido Neumann, Head of PR of Hamburg Tourism Board.
Reimagine Your Community with HONOR Talents
Launched as part of the HONOR Talents Global Design Awards, Gateway to the Future also aims to inspire creative talent from all around the world to harness technology and reimagine their own communities in the era of the metaverse. For the first time, HONOR Talents is introducing a dedicated AR Interactive Artwork Design category, and is now accepting applications for digital art that transforms local neighborhoods, including digital overlays for buildings, walls, parks, and other public spaces. Artists interested in the contest can find more information here: https://www.hihonor.com/honor-talents/en In addition to Gateway to the Future AR experience, HONOR has partnered with the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in China to create a new AR artwork titled "INFINITY". The art is available at HONOR's IFA booth through the ARLOOPA app.
AR Experiences are Now Live
Available from today until the end of the year, the Gateway to the Future AR experiences can be accessed through the dedicated HONOR page on the free to download ARLOOPA app. Users have the option to experience the AR artworks on site in Hamburg, or anywhere in the world. The on-site experience is anchored to the Wasserschloss building, and can be viewed from the Poggenmühlen-Brücke, the bridge opposite the landmark. Users who are not in Hamburg can select "experience on any surface" on the app and follow the on-screen instructions to virtually check out the AR experience on a flat surface nearby[1].
About HONOR
HONOR is a leading global provider of smart devices. It is dedicated to becoming a global iconic technology brand and creating a new intelligent world for everyone through its powerful products and services. With an unwavering focus on R&D, it is committed to developing technology that empowers people around the globe to go beyond, giving them the freedom to achieve and do more. Offering a range of high-quality smartphones, tablets, laptops and wearables to suit every budget, HONOR's portfolio of innovative, premium and reliable products enable people to become a better version of themselves.
For more information, please visit HONOR online at www.hihonor.com or email newsroom@hihonor.com
[1] For the best experience, users are recommended to use an ARCore- or ARKit-compatible smartphone.
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ROSH HANIKRA MARINE RESERVE, Israel (AP) — Between the cliffs and crags of Israel’s submerged prehistoric coastline, a Mediterranean ecosystem is surging back to life.
Giant groupers flourish among the rocks, a psychedelic purple nudibranch sea slug clings to an outcrop, and a pair of rays skate along the undisturbed sandy bottom.
Israel is blazing forward with a plan to protect sections of its 118-mile coastline, a measure experts say is crucial to maintain biodiversity and shield ecosystems from humanity. Rosh Hanikra, just south of the Lebanese border, is the centerpiece of this effort, providing what scientists believe can be a blueprint for rescuing seas ravaged by pollution, overfishing and climate change.
Climate change, invasive species and explosive human activity are threatening what remains of the eastern Mediterranean’s severely impacted ecosystems. Scientists warn that without protection, remaining marine ecosystems will be devastated.
But there is a glimmer of hope. In recent years Israel has taken steps to better protect critical habitats along its Mediterranean coast, like the Rosh Hanikra Marine Reserve, and researchers say key species have bounced back even after just a few years of protection.
“If we won’t maintain the resilience and the functionality of the ocean, it will collapse,” said Ruth Yahel, a marine ecologist at Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority. Conservationists say the best way to do that is creating zones where human impact is reduced.
Last month, an Associated Press team joined park rangers diving beneath the waves off Rosh Hanikra, which Yahel calls “the jewel in the crown” of Israel’s marine protected areas, where commercial fishing, drilling and sewage runoff are prohibited. An underwater canyon and sloping hills — vestiges of the Mediterranean coastline submerged by rising seas at the end of the last Ice Age — provide oases for underwater life to gain a foothold.
Since 2019, Israel has increased these protected areas from roughly 0.3% of its coastal waters to around 4%. Another roughly 4.5% are earmarked for protection.
While those measures fall short of the international target of 10% by 2020, and broader global efforts to protect sea-life have faltered, it shows Israel has started taking the issue more seriously.
Last year, Israel signed on to U.S. President Joe Biden’s 30 by 30 initiative of “ conserving 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.” Around 24% of Israel’s land area is now designated as nature reserves, along with just over 2% of its total maritime territory, including its Exclusive Economic Zone stretching some 200 kilometers beyond its territorial waters. This summer the government declared a fishhook-shaped 175-square-mile (450-square-kilometer) protected area that’s home to a deep-sea ecosystem several dozen miles off the coast of Tel Aviv outside its territorial waters.
These protected areas are not just lines on a map. Marine rangers patrol them along Israel’s Mediterranean coastline and “protect an ecosystem that is supposed to be less disturbed by humanity,” said Eyal Miller, one of the rangers.
But that ambitious target faces major obstacles due to Israel’s fast-growing population, limited available land, offshore gas exploitation, commercial fishing and shipping, and military use.
Tamar Zandberg, the country’s outgoing environmental protection minister, said a main challenge is Israel’s lack of an overarching government strategy concerning the Mediterranean.
“This is a very sensitive ecosystem that can very easily change from a solution to a problem if we don’t conserve it,” she said, expressing worry that environmental issues have become politicized and that Israel’s incoming government may abandon them.
The Israeli government has faced criticism for its climate inaction. Dov Khenin, head of the Israel Climate Forum, recently summed up a 2021 state watchdog report on Israel’s climate policies as “setting low targets and not meeting them.” Just 8.2% of Israel’s energy was produced from renewable resources in 2021, with the bulk of production coming from newly exploited natural gas reserves off its Mediterranean coastline, the Electricity Authority said.
The Mideast as a whole is expected to be heavily affected as global temperatures rise, and the eastern Mediterranean is no exception. It is warming faster than most other bodies of water around the globe, putting its already heavily battered ecosystems at risk.
“We are like the canary in the coal mine for what might happen to the West and North as the climate keeps changing and water keeps warming,” said Gil Rilov, marine biologist at Israel’s Oceanographic and Limnological Research institute.
Israel’s coastal waters are home to dozens of invasive species, from venomous lionfish and algae-marauding rabbitfish to enormous swarms of jellyfish, many of which originated in tropical waters and migrated to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.
“It’s a complexity of conditions that the marine reserve mitigates by giving extra protection from human activity,” said Yahel of the parks authority.
Yahel and her colleagues have conducted biomass surveys every other year since 2015 to gauge how effective the protected areas are. She says the zones have shown their effectiveness.
Algae, sponges and other invertebrates are all proliferating in the reserves, and commercial fish species like groupers have three times the biomass of those in unprotected waters. They’re bigger, there are more of them, and as predators near the top of the food chain it’s a sign of a healthy ecosystem, she said.
Not everyone is pleased by Israel’s growing maritime protected areas, especially its dwindling number of commercial fishermen. Israel severely tightened regulations on its fishing industry in 2016, including a fishing ban during the spring spawning season and the use of bottom trawlers that destroy seafloor habitats.
Nir Froyman, head of Fisheries and Aquaculture at the Agriculture Ministry, said the measures were aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability.
But many fishermen see it as yet another step by the government to curtail their livelihood.
“It’s forbidden to fish, but it’s allowed to lay infrastructure for the gas rigs and for oil ships and polluters to enter the marine reserves,” said Sami Ali, spokesman for the Israel Fisherman’s Union. “There’s an inherent contradiction here.”
His organization represents Israel’s 900 commercial fishermen, including those in the village of Jisr al-Zarka, 20 miles (33 kilometers) south of Haifa, where a dozen small boats bobbed offshore as a giant gas rig loomed.
Ali decried what he called hypocrisy, saying the environmental damage caused by fishermen is a drop in the ocean “compared to those polluting monstrosities,” pointing at the gas platform.
“The truth is that we overfished our oceans,” said Yahel, looking out over the waves in Rosh Hanikra. “If we won’t allocate big chunks of area in order to protect it, we will lose the entire wonderful ecosystem of the sea.”
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LONDON (AP) — Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be staged in Britain, organizers announced Monday, after concluding it is too risky to hold the much-loved pop extravaganza in the designated host country, Ukraine.
The U.K. said the 2023 event would be a celebration of Ukrainian culture and creativity.
Ukraine won the right to host the glitzy pan-continental music competition when its entry, from the folk-rap ensemble Kalush Orchestra, won this year’s contest in May. Britain’s Sam Ryder was second.
The European Broadcasting Union, which runs Eurovision, said it had concluded that “regrettably, next year’s event could not be held in Ukraine for safety and security reasons.” It said Britain’s BBC had agreed to broadcast the show on behalf of Ukrainian broadcaster UA:PBC.
“The 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will not be in Ukraine but in support of Ukraine,” said Mykola Chernotytskyi, head of the managing board of UA:PBC. “We are grateful to our BBC partners for showing solidarity with us.”
The fate of the 2023 contest had featured in talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Johnson said the two had agreed that “wherever Eurovision 2023 is held, it must celebrate the country and people of Ukraine.”
“As we are now hosts, the U.K. will honor that pledge directly — and put on a fantastic contest on behalf of our Ukrainian friends,” Johnson said.
Ukraine has won the contest three times and hosted Eurovision in 2005 and 2017. The competition has been held in Britain eight times, most recently in 1998, the year after the U.K. last won.
The BBC said bidding to be the host city for the 2023 contest will open next week. London, Manchester and Sheffield all said Monday that they would apply.
Founded in 1956 to help unite a continent scarred by World War II, Eurovision has grown to include more than 40 countries, including non-European nations such as Israel and Australia.
Organizers strive to keep pop and politics apart — banning overtly political symbols and lyrics — but global tensions have often imposed themselves on the contest. Russia was kicked out of this year’s competition because of its invasion of Ukraine in February.
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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra announced on Thursday its appointment of 29-year-old Jonathon Heyward as the orchestra’s music director, concluding an extensive search that commenced following the exit last August of its longtime director, Marin Alsop. (In an email, Alsop wrote that she is “Thrilled for Jonathon — thrilled for Baltimore!”)
Mark Hanson, named CEO of the orchestra in April after tenures leading the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra, heralded the selection of Heyward — unanimous among a search committee made up of BSO musicians, staff and community members — as “incredibly inspirational and aspirational” in a statement.
“We are inspired by his artistry, passion, and vision for the BSO, as well as for what his appointment means for budding musicians who will see themselves better reflected in such a position of artistic prominence,” Hanson wrote. “At the same time, he is a star on the rise, and his vibrant talent, bold programming, and fervent commitment to community engagement will continue to grow our relationship with the many communities across Maryland.”
The BSO has made its search for a new conductor something of a public affair, with a string of guest conductors stepping in to lead the orchestra over the course of its past two seasons, a presumable short list that included Heyward, Rune Bergmann, Robert Trevino, Kevin John Edusei, Peter Oundjian, Kwamé Ryan, Matthias Pintscher and Christian Reif.
Heyward made his debut in March of this year, leading a program that included Hannah Kendall’s “The Spark Catchers,” a run through Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and the BSO premiere of Shostakovich’s 15th symphony — a performance described by percussionist and Players’ Committee Chair Brian Prechtl as “magic.”
“Jonathon’s unique programming, strong communication skills, and ability to push the orchestra with new ideas demonstrated some of the most important musical traits we’ve been looking for in a music director,” Prechtl wrote in a statement.
Heyward has also previously been featured in the BSO’s ongoing digital series “BSO Sessions.”
Originally trained as a cellist starting at the age of 10, Heyward embarked shortly thereafter on his conducting life, when a substitute teacher pulled his name from a hat to lead his school’s orchestra. He has previously served as assistant conductor of the Manchester, England-based Hallé Orchestra, and has made well-received appearances Stateside with the Atlanta, Detroit and San Diego symphony orchestras, with forthcoming debuts in Houston and St. Louis. Heyward made his Wolf Trap debut this month leading the National Symphony Orchestra in a program of Beethoven, Bologne and NSO composer-in-residence, Carlos Simon.
“The Baltimore Symphony’s irresistible artistry, energy, and optimism were clear to me from the first moment we rehearsed together earlier this year,” Heyward wrote in his own statement. “We shared a special chemistry then and in the concerts we have given since. I look forward to seeing where that can take us in the years ahead.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/07/21/baltimore-symphony-jonathon-heyward/ | 2022-07-21 16:22:52 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/07/21/baltimore-symphony-jonathon-heyward/ |
Organic Chickpea Snack Company Creates Four Far-Out Minions-Themed Pack Designs in Support of Illuminations New Film, Minions: The Rise of Gru
NEW YORK, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HIPPEAS®, Organic Chickpea Snacks, is spreading The Peas & Love with the launch of its Minions-themed snacks for the summer! The launch of HIPPEAS® product in support of the new Illumination film, Minions: The Rise of Gru (in theaters July 1), will be available in limited-edition packs of HIPPEAS® Organic Chickpea Puffs in four far-out flavors and a variety of sizes – perfect for on-the-go travel and summer entertaining. HIPPEAS® limited-edition Minions-themed snacks will be available at HIPPEAS.com and on Amazon as well as nationwide in-store in club, mass, drug and conventional retailers from May through August 2022.
HIPPEAS® has replaced its iconic chickpea smile graphic on-pack with a Minion character for each flavor – both Minions and HIPPEAS® share a similar yellow hue, which could not be more perfect for a collaboration. Consumers of all ages will love the fun packaging and parents will love the product attributes of the Organic Chickpea Puffs.
"Minions are a global pop-culture phenomenon, and we could not be more thrilled to collaborate with Illumination on this limited-edition release of our HIPPEAS® Organic Chickpea Puffs," said Paul Nardone, HIPPEAS® CEO. "The combination of these two iconic and colorful brands – HIPPEAS®, known for its bright yellow bag, and Minions, the beloved mischievous yellow scene-stealers – feels so joyful and fun. We can't wait to share these snacks with consumers of all ages this summer."
HIPPEAS® Organic Chickpea Puffs have 4 grams of plant-protein, 3 grams of fiber and only 170 calories per 1 oz. serving. They are USDA Certified Organic, certified gluten-free, vegan/dairy free, nut and soy free and totally delicious.
HIPPEAS® limited-edition Minions-themed snacks will be available nationwide at HIPPEAS.com and on Amazon as well as in-store at Whole Foods Market, Kroger, Sprouts, Stop & Shop, Shoprite, Price Chopper, Fresh Thyme, Giant Eagle, Big Y, Roche Brothers, Shaw's, Harris Teeter, Giant Martins and Giant Food from May through August 2022.
The Minions-themed 4oz bag of Organic Chickpea Puffs will be available in Vegan White Cheddar, Nacho Vibes, Sriracha Sunshine and Bohemian Barbecue. The Minions-themed 10oz bag, 14oz bag and a six-pack of 1oz bags will be available in Vegan White Cheddar Puffs. For more information, please visit HIPPEAS.com.
This summer, from the biggest global animated franchise in history, comes the origin story of how the world's greatest supervillain first met his iconic Minions, forged cinema's most despicable crew and faced off against the most unstoppable criminal force ever assembled in Minions: The Rise of Gru.
Long before he becomes the master of evil, Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Carell) is just a 12-year-old boy in 1970s suburbia, plotting to take over the world from his basement.
It's not going particularly well. When Gru crosses paths with the Minions, including Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto—a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please—this unexpected family joins forces. Together, they build their first lair, design their first weapons, and strive to execute their first missions.
When the infamous supervillain supergroup, the Vicious 6, oust their leader—legendary martial arts fighter Wild Knuckles (Oscar® winner Alan Arkin)— Gru, their most devoted fanboy, interviews to become their newest member. The Vicious 6 is not impressed by the diminutive, wannabe villain, but then Gru outsmarts (and enrages) them, and he suddenly finds himself the mortal enemy of the apex of evil. With Gru on the run, the Minions attempt to master the art of kung fu to help save him, and Gru discovers that even bad guys need a little help from their friends.
Featuring more spectacular action than any film in Illumination history and packed with the franchise's signature subversive humor, Minions: The Rise of Gru stars a thrilling new cast, including, the Vicious 6: Taraji P. Henson as cool and confident leader Belle Bottom, whose chain belt doubles as a lethal disco-ball mace; Jean-Claude Van Damme as the nihilistic Jean Clawed, who's armed (literally) with a giant robotic claw; Lucy Lawless as Nunchuck, whose traditional nun's habit hides her deadly nun-chucks; Dolph Lundgren as Swedish roller-skate champion Svengeance, who dispenses his enemies with spin kicks from his spiked skates; and Danny Trejo as Stronghold, whose giant iron hands are both a menace to others and a burden to him.
The film also stars Russell Brand as Young Dr. Nefario, an aspiring mad scientist, Michelle Yeoh as Master Chow, an acupuncturist with mad kung fu skills, and Oscar® winner Julie Andrews as Gru's maddeningly self-absorbed mom.
Steered by the franchise's original creators, Minions: The Rise of Gru is produced by visionary Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborators Janet Healy and Chris Renaud. The film is directed by returning franchise filmmaker Kyle Balda (Despicable Me 3, Minions), co-directed by Brad Ableson (The Simpsons) and Jonathan del Val (The Secret Life of Pets films), and features the iconic voice of Pierre Coffin as the Minions and a killer '70s soundtrack courtesy of legendary Grammy-winning music producer Jack Antonoff.
HIPPEAS® is on a mission to shake things up. HIPPEAS® is calling all snackers to #GivePeasAChance® while also doing good in the world. HIPPEAS® Organic Chickpea Snacks are USDA Certified Organic, certified gluten-free, non-GMO and vegan. Chickpea plants release nitrogen back into the earth, so they're naturally good for the planet. True to their mantra of Peas, Love & Giving Back, HIPPEAS® is proud to support local Feeding America food banks across the country by donating food and aiding in disaster relief efforts. HIPPEAS® can be found at premium retailers including Whole Foods Market, Target, Wegmans, Sprouts, Stop & Shop, Shaw's, Safeway/Albertsons, Kroger, Starbucks, Amazon, Thrive Market as well as select CVS, Publix, Walmart and Costco locations. For more information, visit HIPPEAS.com and follow along on Instagram @hippeas_snacks
Illumination, founded by Academy Award® nominee Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry's leading producers of event-animated films, including Despicable Me, the most successful animated franchise in cinematic history. The company's releases include two of the top 10 animated films of all time, and its iconic, beloved franchises—infused with memorable and distinct characters, global appeal and cultural relevance—have grossed more than $6.4 billion worldwide.
Illumination, which has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures, is the creator of the world of Despicable Me. The franchise includes Minions, the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time and the most profitable film in Universal's history, as well as the Academy Award®- nominated Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3, which made more than $1 billion at the global box office.
Illumination has launched two additional original franchises that have captivated audiences worldwide. The first Secret Life of Pets film achieved the best opening for an original movie, animated or otherwise, in U.S. history, and the studio followed that success in 2019 with The Secret Life of Pets 2. Illumination's smash hit, Sing, has now became the studio's latest global franchise with Sing 2 in December 2021. In addition, Illumination's Dr. Seuss's The Grinch continues to hold the record for the biggest opening weekend of any Christmas-themed movie in history. Illumination's upcoming films include Minions: The Rise of Gru on July 1, 2022 and a new Super Mario Bros. film in April 2023.
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NEW YORK (AP)Detroit Red Wings forward Michael Rasmussen was suspended for two games without pay by the NHL on Friday for high-sticking Boston Bruins forward David Krejci a night earlier.
Rasmussen was assessed a minor penalty for high-sticking midway through the second period in the Red Wings’ 5-1 loss in Boston. The suspension will cost him $15,784.
The 6-foot-6 Rasmussen has a goal and four assists in seven games this season.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a reopened case arising from prior NAD decisions, The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs determined that SmileDirectClub, LLC's claim that its treatment costs "60% less than Invisalign," without further qualification, was overly broad. Therefore, NAD recommended SmileDirectClub (SDC) modify the claim to clearly and conspicuously disclose that SDC aligners do not correct the same range of issues that might be addressed with Invisalign.
The claim at issue, which appeared on several of SDC's webpages, was challenged by Align Technology, Inc., maker of Invisalign clear aligners.
2020 Challenge
In a 2020 challenge brought by Align, NAD had recommended that SDC's "60% less than braces" and "60% less than other brands" claims both be discontinued. Based on NAD's recommendation, SDC agreed to discontinue those claims.
2021 Challenge
In 2021, SDC petitioned to reopen the matter pursuant to NAD/NARB Procedures. NAD granted the petition to re-open based on its review of a new survey of 200 practicing orthodontists conducted by a third-party market research company to address the concerns NAD had expressed in the prior decision.
NAD determined that SDC's survey constituted reliable evidence. However, NAD determined that without additional information, a consumer could take away an overly broad and potentially misleading message from the advertiser's "60% less than braces" claim. Therefore, NAD recommended that the advertising should be modified to:
- Make clear that SDC consumers may not obtain the same results as those that could be obtained from braces.
- Clearly disclose the basis of the price comparison, including that the average typical price was derived from a survey of orthodontists asking the price for treatment of mild-to-moderate malocclusion with braces as well as the additional services included in the average typical price (i.e., costs associated with diagnostics and exams).
- Make clear that the SDC price being compared is its one-time single payment price, not the higher SmilePay monthly payment price, and does not include the cost of any additional services, such as retainers.
Further, NAD recommended that SDC discontinue the claim "60% less than other brands" because its survey did not ask respondents which brand of aligners they prescribe, making it unclear how much of the market is represented by the responses.
In its advertiser statement, SDC agreed to comply with the 2021 decision.
Reopened Proceeding
Subsequently, SDC commissioned a new survey (Second Survey), which was modified to address the concerns raised by Align in the 2021 reopened matter. SDC then launched new advertising claiming "60% less than Invisalign," with a disclosure stating:
"60% less than Invisalign" claim is based on Single pay vs. average fees (including diagnostics and in-person exams) for treatment of mild-to-moderate malocclusion with Invisalign as reported in a national survey of practicing dentists and orthodontists. Price comparison does not include additional costs, such as retainers. As treatment is highly individualized, results may not be the same.
Because of this new advertising, Align initiated a compliance challenge against SDC and SDC responded by petitioning to reopen both the 2020 and 2021 decisions so that NAD may consider its new evidence. NAD agreed to reopen this case to review the new evidence and consider whether SDC can support the express claim that its treatment is "60% less than Invisalign."
NAD determined that the methodology of SDC's Second Survey was reliable. However, NAD found that without further qualification, reasonable consumers can take away an overly broad message from the advertiser's "60% less than Invisalign" claim.
Further, although NAD recognized that SDC's disclosure was intended to follow guidance from the 2021 decision, NAD concluded that the disclosure is inadequate to inform consumers that SDC aligners will not correct the same range of issues that might be addressed by Invisalign. NAD explained that merely stating that treatment is individualized will only alert consumers to the fact that everyone may see different results, not that the 60% less comparison is comparing two services that differ in the malocclusions that they treat.
Therefore, NAD recommended that SDC modify the "60% less than Invisalign" claim to clearly and conspicuously disclose that SDC aligners do not correct the same range of issues that might be addressed with Invisalign.
In its advertiser statement, SmileDirectClub stated that "it will comply with the NAD's recommendations." The advertiser further stated that while it "disagrees that its qualified '60% less than Invisalign' claim sends any overly broad messages . . . as a strong supporter of the self-regulatory system, SDC will modify its disclosure to comply with the NAD's recommendations."
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DALLAS, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invesco Real Estate Income Trust Inc. ("INREIT"), an institutionally managed, public non-listed REIT, announced today two self-storage portfolio acquisitions consisting of five properties located in Bend, Oregon and Clarksville, Tennessee. The combined purchase price was $42 million, bringing INREIT's self-storage portfolio to over $128 million.
"Self-storage continues to be a strategic sector for INREIT given the ability to increase cash flow relatively quickly," said R. Scott Dennis, President and Chief Executive Officer for INREIT. "These properties exhibit strong demand and are well-located in their respective markets. We look forward to providing quality self-storage solutions for the growing populations in Bend and Clarksville."
Bend Self-Storage Portfolio
INREIT acquired two single-story, drive-up self-storage properties located within a mile of each other in Bend, Oregon, totaling 62,805 square feet across 674 units. Both properties benefit from the greater Bend's strong population and income demographics.
- 20230 Powers Road is a 49,523 square foot, 550-unit property located in a commercial district. The facility is 98.7% occupied.
- 345 Cleveland Avenue is a 13,282 square foot, 124-unit facility located in the commercial district and in close proximity to a multifamily complex. The facility is 100% occupied.
Clarksville Self-Storage Portfolio
INREIT acquired three single-story, drive-up self-storage properties totaling 204,425 square feet across 1,347 units, which should benefit from strong population growth over the next five years.
- 1280 Parkway Place is a 67,350 square foot, 505-unit facility located in a residential area with a strong military presence. The facility is 95.6% occupied.
- 4351 Guthrie Highway is an 80,275 square foot, 471-unit facility located close to the Kentucky border, benefitting from close proximity to recently built Google and LG facilities. The facility is 96.6% occupied.
- 117 Old Excell Road is a 56,800 square foot, 371-unit facility located near new residential developments with strong military presence. The facility is 97.8% occupied.
These investments mark the fourth and fifth self-storage transactions for INREIT, which continues to scale in the sector across growth markets nationally.
For more information about this investment and other INREIT properties, please visit https://www.invesco.com/inreit/investments.
About INREIT
Invesco Real Estate Income Trust Inc. ("INREIT") is an institutionally managed, public non-listed, monthly NAV REIT investing in a diversified portfolio of high quality, income producing properties located throughout the United States. Its thematic approach to investing focuses on where people consume, live, innovate and connect. INREIT seeks to invest in properties with resilient income and appreciation potential. INREIT expects to diversify its portfolio over time, including on a global basis. INREIT is managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc., a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. and the registered investment adviser for Invesco Real Estate, the real estate investment center of Invesco Ltd. For more information about INREIT, please visit www.inreit.com.
About Invesco Real Estate
Invesco Real Estate is a global leader in the real estate investment management business with $92.0 billion in real estate assets under management, 592 employees and 21 regional offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia (as of March 31, 2022). Invesco Real Estate was established in 1983 and today invests across the risk return spectrum, from core to opportunistic; in equity and debt; listed and direct; locally and globally. Invesco Real Estate is a business name of Invesco Advisers, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. Invesco Ltd. is an independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. NYSE: IVZ; http://www.invesco.com.
Contact: Jamie Braverman, jamie.braverman@invesco.com, 212-278-9630
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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday said it was “undemocratic” for the Montana statehouse to move to censure state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) over her remarks about gender-affirming care for minors.
“When you see these types of things, silencing an elected representative, in an attempt to suppress their message is a denial of democratic values. It is undemocratic,” Jean-Pierre said, adding that the Biden administration stands with transgender and LGBTQ leaders.
All House Republicans in Montana voted to censure Zephyr — one of the state’s first openly transgender lawmakers — which bars her from the House floor for the rest of the legislative session. The vote came after she claimed her colleagues who voted for a bill to ban gender-affirming care for minors would have “blood on your hands.”
“We’re seeing devastating pieces of legislation across the country, in state houses, aimed at taking away freedoms,” Jean-Pierre said, referring to the bill that passed in the Montana state House.
The move to restrict Zephyr’s voice in Montana made national headlines. Zephyr said in an interview with The Associated Press that the move by state House Republicans to censure her has brought “many more eyes.”
All 68 House Republicans in the state voted to censure Zephyr, while all 32 Democrats voted against it. Though banned from the House floor and gallery, Zephyr has the option to participate remotely, but only for votes.
President Biden also called the censuring of the “Tennessee Three” — over a gun violence protest — earlier this month undemocratic.
Biden on Tuesday hosted state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, the two Tennessee lawmakers who were once expelled from the state’s legislature, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, who was subject to expulsion, at the White House to discuss their recent protest to call for gun control. | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/white-house-calls-censure-of-montana-transgender-lawmaker-undemocratic/ | 2023-04-27 20:46:43 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/white-house-calls-censure-of-montana-transgender-lawmaker-undemocratic/ |
Australia to purge Chinese-made cameras from its defense department
By Angus Watson and Wayne Chang, CNN
Australia’s defense ministry will remove Chinese-made cameras from its offices over spying concerns, the country’s Minister for Defence Richard Marles has said.
The concerns were raised by Senator James Paterson of the opposition Liberal Party, who said Wednesday that he had conducted an “audit” of Chinese-made security devices in use on Australian government premises.
The audit found 913 devices, including cameras, access control systems and intercoms, made by Chinese-state owned enterprises Hikvision and Dahua, Paterson noted.
“These companies have a very close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party, and they are subject to China’s National Intelligence laws, which require all Chinese companies and individuals to secretly cooperate with Chinese intelligence agencies if requested,” Paterson said in a radio interview Wednesday.
“There have been vulnerabilities identified with these cameras in the past, where third parties could take full control over them and get the audio and video collected by them.”
Defense minister Marles responded: “I don’t think we should overstate [the seriousness], but it’s a significant thing that’s been brought to our attention and we’re going to fix it.”
In a separate radio interview, Marles said his department was “doing an assessment of all the technology for surveillance within the defense estate. And where those particular cameras are found they’re going to be removed.”
Asked about the Australian government’s concerns over Chinese-made cameras, a spokesperson for Beijing’s foreign affairs ministry said China opposes “generalizing national security, abuse of state power and acts that discriminate and suppress Chinese companies.”
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ian strengthened into a hurricane on Monday morning and is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it nears Western Cuba Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said.
Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and said they will begin evacuations Monday as Ian was forecast to strengthen before reaching the western part of the island on its way to Florida.
A hurricane warning was in effect for Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of Isla de Juventud, Pinar del Rio and Artemisa. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Ian should reach the far-western part of Cuba late Monday or early Tuesday, hitting near the country’s most famed tobacco fields. It could become a major hurricane before a likely landfall in Florida around the middle of the week, possibly the state’s western coast or Panhandle
Cuba state media outlet Granma said authorities would begin evacuating people from vulnerable areas early Monday in the far-western province of Pinar del Rio. Classes there have been suspended.
At 5 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph), about 90 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Grand Cayman, according to the center. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).
In Florida, much of the Tampa Bay area, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Sarasota and Manatee counties, is under a Hurricane Watch, according to the NHC. This means those in the area could see hurricane conditions in the next two days. The watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, the NHC said.
There is also a storm surge watch in effect for much of the area, which could see 5 to 8 feet of storm surge in over the next 48 hours.
The storm is expected to near the Cayman Islands on Monday, then strengthen into a major hurricane when it nears Western Cuba Monday night.
The forecast track shows the storm emerging over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday, according to Storm Team 8 Meteorologist Leigh Spann. The hurricane center said it should pass west of the Florida Keys late Tuesday, and approach the west coast of Florida on Wednesday.
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for:
- Florida Keys from the Card Sound Bridge westward to Key West
- Dry Tortugas
- Florida Bay
- Anclote River southward to the Card Sound Bridge,
- Tampa Bay
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for:
- Englewood to the Anclote River, including Tampa Bay
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for:
- Little Cayman and Cayman Brac
- Englewood southward to Chokoloskee | https://wgntv.com/news/ian-now-a-hurricane-heading-toward-cuba-florida/ | 2022-09-26 12:37:55 | 1 | https://wgntv.com/news/ian-now-a-hurricane-heading-toward-cuba-florida/ |
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Getting a good night’s sleep is one of the keys to good health. When it comes to ensuring a solid night’s rest, every aspect of your sleep environment matters — like having great sheets. Poor sleep is shown to reduce happiness and can raise your chances of mental and physical problems.
When shopping for sheets, you want a set that’s soft and comfortable, not stiff or scratchy. You also don’t want something that won’t heat your body temperature, causing you to sweat, or ride up and pop off the mattress. And when you’re sending a kid off to college, you want the same for them — after all, they may not have the perfect climate control options in dorm rooms.
But beds in college dorms are of a special size to accommodate adult-sized students in a small space. These beds are 5 inches longer than the regular twin-size beds many children grow up using. Thus, the beds require twin XL sheets. You’ll want to make sure your student’s new sheets keep them comfortable throughout long school years away from home.
Mellanni Twin XL Sheets
Right now, Amazon has Mellanni Twin XL Sheets on sale for $44.97. The highly-rated twin XL-sized sheet set comes with 1 flat sheet (102 by 66 inches), 1 fitted sheet (for 80 by 39 by 21-inch mattresses) and 1 pillowcase (20 by 30 inches) — a size that’s ideal for college dorm mattresses up to 21″ deep.
Due to its four deep edge pockets, the fitted sheet will cover layered, inflatable, box-spring or waterbed mattresses that are topped with with memory foam and other comfort-enhancing pads. It offers elastic around the entire border, rather than just the corners, to help it stay firmly in place.
The double-brushed microfiber helps keep the sheets breathable, soft, and moisture-resistant. These sheets are Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in the Kids’ Sheet & Pillowcase Sets category and the rating says it all.
More than 300,000 people have reviewed these sheets, which come as twin XL sheets and in other sizes too, giving them an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars. Features customers rated highly include softness, comfort, durability, quality of materials and wrinkle- and stain-resistance.
One reviewer said they’d been afraid to try microfiber sheets fearing they’d be too hot in the summer and cold in the winter. But they said, “I was wrong; these sheets are what I’ve been looking for, for many years.”
Another happy customer claimed the sheets to be “‘literally’ the best sheets ever” and said they are “super soft.” Others liked the deep pockets on the fitted sheet and said the set is a great bargain. The sheets’ thinness makes them easy to air dry, according to one reviewer, who also said, “If one likes the feeling of soft sheets, silky, smooth, flowing, then these may be your favorites.”
This sheet set is easy to care for. Simply wash in cold water and tumble dry on low. The company offers a Lifetime Promise, which means if you aren’t satisfied with your purchase, you can return it for a full refund. Coordinating a set with your design aesthetic will be easy with 40 different color and pattern options to choose from.
Happy shopping!
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Equipped with a longer clean time, faster charge time and a sleek, hydrodynamic design, the new Seagull SE represents Aiper's next generation of industry-leading pool cleaners
ATLANTA, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aiper, the global creator of innovative, cordless robotic pool cleaners, today introduces the next generation Seagull Series suite of products, starting with the new Seagull SE. Designed for pool owners looking to not only "feel the change" of a cleaner pool, but also in their everyday routine with an easy and convenient pool cleaning solution. The Seagull SE features upgraded capabilities like longer-lasting clean time, shorter charging time, and larger surface cleaning capacity so pool owners can spend more time actually enjoying their pools instead of cleaning them.
It's hard to enjoy a pool party or a relaxing day poolside if the water is dirty. The Seagull SE can clean flat-floored, above- or in-ground pools and is equipped with upgraded technology including a run time of 90 minutes, which is perfect for cleaning pools up 850 square feet. Its sleek, hydrodynamic design allows it to glide over a pool floor's surface with less water resistance, thus increasing its power conservation and limiting the amount of time pool owners have to deal with sand, dirt, leaves, or any other fun-spoiling debris.
Additional features include an efficient battery charging time of approximately 2.5 hours, dual drive motors, and bottom scrubbers for effective, deeper cleaning as well as convenient self-parking capabilities, LED indicators to easily check on the battery life status, and a nylon holding tray for dirt, grime, and other particles that users can simply rinse out and use again thus eliminating the need of re-purchasing replacement bags or baskets like other models require. The Seagull SE is also optimized with a lithium battery that makes the product an eco-friendly alternative to other forms of robotic pool cleaners.
"The Seagull SE is just the first of what will become a new series of hero products that represent Aiper's next generation of innovative, cordless, robotic pool cleaners," said Richard Wang, CEO and Founder of Aiper Global. "We put technology at the forefront when designing this product, and whole-heartedly believe the Seagull SE will pave a new path for pool cleaning technology – and the products we plan to unveil alongside it next."
Starting on November 1, Seagull SE will be available for $249.99 online at www.Aiper.com and Amazon.com, and via specialty retailers in the US. Additional products in the Seagull Series line will be announced in 2023.
For more information on Aiper's cordless robotic cleaning products, visit www.Aiper.com.
About Aiper
Aiper is the leading global creator of eco-friendly, cordless robotic pool cleaners on a mission to create simple, smart cleaning solutions. After doing a deep dive into the pain points of traditional pool cleaners – and the overall hassle of keeping a pool clean – the company embarked on a path to merge smart technology with innovative solutions to create the world's most easy-to-use robotic pool cleaner. Unlike other products on the market, each Aiper product is guaranteed to minimize the time and money spent laboring, and more time enjoying quality time with friends, family by the pool. Through that, Aiper has earned its place as the world's best cordless robotic pool cleaner since its launch in 2017.
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The Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board customer lobby and drive-thru will be closed for customer and employee safety upgrades until approximately July 29.
During the lobby closure, customers will be able to access customer service representatives at the Water Board Service Center in the eastern entryway door opposite the main lobby to make payments or for any customer account maintenance needs. The location of the temporary entrance will be clearly marked. Service center hours will remain Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Customers will also be able to make payments or service their accounts by calling the office at (541) 267-3128 or by accessing their website www.cbnbh2o.com. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/water-board-lobby-to-remain-closed/article_36156540-fc97-11ec-b5bd-cb0405998228.html | 2022-07-07 13:29:32 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/water-board-lobby-to-remain-closed/article_36156540-fc97-11ec-b5bd-cb0405998228.html |
ODELL — The Hood River County Fair, 3020 Wy’east Road, opens today, Wednesday, July 27, and fairgoers will notice a change in admission pricing.
New this year, general admission to the fair does not include concert admission. Both fair and concert tickets are priced $10 adults, $5 children 6-12 and free for those 5 and under.
The fair will see the usual carnival rides, open class exhibits, 4-H and FFA events, vendors of all kinds and midway entertainment such as Godfrey the Magician, Pirate’s Parrot Show and pony rides.
Hit Machine will perform beginning at 7:30 p.m. July 28, Los Dinamicos del Norte & Banda Protrero at 8 p.m. July 29, and Rodney Atkins on July 30 at 8:15 p.m. All concerts take place on the mainstage, located on the Wy’east Middle School football field.
The fair runs through Saturday, July 30. | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/lifestyles/entertainment/new-fees-at-hood-river-county-fair/article_4b7d405a-0d23-11ed-b353-3b79596151e8.html | 2022-07-26 22:53:48 | 0 | https://www.columbiagorgenews.com/lifestyles/entertainment/new-fees-at-hood-river-county-fair/article_4b7d405a-0d23-11ed-b353-3b79596151e8.html |
On March 10th at 12:30 a.m. the Coos County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a call regarding an overdue motorist. As a result the Myrtle Point Police Department had Tyler Brandies of Myrtle Point listed as an overdue/missing person.
After receiving the call, Officers checked Hwy 42, Slide Creek and other reported areas Mr. Brandies may have taken his dogs to play in the snow. Mr. Brandies was not located and an attempt to locate was placed out to all local law enforcement agencies.
At 7:00 a.m. this morning Dispatch received a 911 call from Mr. Brandies stating his vehicle had become stuck in heavy snow and he needed assistance getting out. The 911 call provided Dispatch with Mr. Brandies geographical coordinates showing he was on Upper Rock Creek Road about 4 miles up.
Sgt. Smith and Deputy Gray responded to Upper Rock Creek to attempt to locate Mr. Brandies. Mr. Brandies and his three dogs were located uninjured, however his vehicle was stuck in deep snow and mud. Sgt. Smith and Deputy Gray were able to free Mr. Brandies vehicle by utilizing a winch on the front of their patrol truck. Once Mr. Brandies vehicle was freed he drove home with his pups without further incident.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public, if you are going out in winter conditions please ensure someone knows your route, destination of travel and expected time of arrival. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/man-rescued-in-the-snow-at-upper-rock-creek/article_b07d2c2a-bfae-11ed-b6c7-fb87007fb8a3.html | 2023-03-11 04:15:18 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/man-rescued-in-the-snow-at-upper-rock-creek/article_b07d2c2a-bfae-11ed-b6c7-fb87007fb8a3.html |
MUNICH, June 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CORNEX New Energy Co., Ltd. ("CORNEX"), a global new energy company committed to the innovation of lithium-ion battery technology, showcased its flagship products, including the Conergy π314Ah large battery cell and CORNEX 215kWh liquid cooling outdoor cabinet, at The Smarter E Europe 2023, the largest platform for the European energy industry, held from June 14 to 16 in Munich, Germany.
Conergy π314Ah large battery Cell: stable performance with longer battery life
The Conergy π 314Ah large battery cell has tackled the technological bottlenecks of long circulation and safety issues, its single-cell energy is up to 1,004Wh with cycle times reaching 12,000 times. Through the optimization of the electrolyte design formula and pole lug structure, it has lowered internal resistance by 15 percent and temperature rise is decreased by 10% percent.
Additionally, the main material of positive and negative electrodes is modified in structure, coupled with special coating treatment and granulation process to ensure the stability of the material structure of the battery in the long-term cycle process, extending the battery cell life.
CORNEX 215kWh liquid cooling outdoor cabinet: an all-in-one solution for multiple application scenarios
CORNEX 215kWh liquid cooling outdoor cabinet is applicable to industrial and commercial scenarios. The flexible, all-in-one product has adopted an integrated plug-and-play design supporting multiple parallel connections.
It's a greener solution that utilizes large surface cooling technology to control the system temperature within 30 degrees Celsius and ensure a system temperature difference within 2 degrees Celsius to achieve constant temperature control of the cell.
It's also a safer design with IP55 grade protection, and an intelligent product with functions including full-range monitoring in real-time, safety warning, fault diagnosis, smart operation, and maintenance, while supporting automatic grid switching.
CORNEX has also developed a fast and efficient after-sales service system that provides full life-cycle support and management to meet the needs of global clients, that includes field service, remote monitoring, safety systems, training, quality improvement, supply chain management, customer service, and financial management.
About CORNEX
As a new energy innovative high-tech enterprise, CORNEX NEW ENERGY CO., LTD. ("CORNEX") focuses on the R&D, manufacturing, sales and services of energy storage batteries, EV batteries and energy management system, and is committed to providing the world-class solutions, products and services for new energy applications worldwide.
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NEW YORK — Idris Elba may go head-to-head with a lion in “Beast,” but the action flick was no match for the latest “Dragon Ball” movie at the North American box office this weekend.
“Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” topped the charts in its first weekend in theaters, with $20.1 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates on Sunday. “Beast,” meanwhile, settled for a second-place debut with $11.6 million.
Crunchyroll released “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” on 3,900 screens in North America, marking the widest-ever opening for an anime. The Toei Animation production was directed by Tetsuro Kodama, who had the support of “Dragon Ball” creator Akira Toriyama. The Dragon Ball universe is almost 40 years old, and includes manga, television shows, movies, games and toys.
“We’re absolutely thrilled that Dragon Ball fans could come together to experience and enjoy this amazing film in theaters,” said Mitchel Berger, senior vice president of global commerce for the distributor, in a statement. “Crunchyroll thanks all of the fans, whether or not you are a ‘super’ fan or a newcomer, and we hope they come back again and again.”
According to PostTrak, the “Dragon Ball Super” audience was heavily male (79%) and 44% between the ages of 25 and 34.
“Beast,” meanwhile, opened on 3,743 screens in North America. The film, directed by Baltasar Kormákur (“Everest”) stars Elba as a widowed father of two teenage girls, played by Iyana Halley and Leah Jeffries, who find themselves on the run from a bloodthirsty lion during a trip to South Africa.
Including international showings, “Beast” has made $21.8 million so far.
“I think this is a terrific start for ‘Beast,’” said Jim Orr, Universal's head of domestic distribution. “I believe we will have a great run at the box office.”
Elba also has another film opening in theaters next weekend — George Miller's fantasy epic “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”
Sony's “Bullet Train," meanwhile, landed in third place after two weekends at No. 1 with an estimated $8 million, bringing its domestic total to $68.9 million. Paramount's “Top Gun: Maverick” placed fourth in its 13th weekend in theaters with an additional $5.9 million. “Top Gun" has made over $683 million in North America to date, which was was enough to overtake “Avengers: Infinity War” as the sixth highest grossing domestic release of all time. “DC League of Super-Pets” rounded out the top five.
Paramount also released “Orphan: First Kill” on Paramount+ and in 498 locations this weekend. The Esther origin story made an estimated $1.7 million from theaters.
The weekend overall saw about $77 million in North American ticket sales — up over 168% from the same weekend last year— bringing the year to date to $5.2 billion, according to Comscore. But the summer movie season continues a wind down that may last deep into the fall.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero," $20.1 million.
2. “Beast,” $11.6 million.
3. “Bullet Train,” $8 million.
4. “Top Gun: Maverick,” $5.9 million.
5. “DC League of Super-Pets,” $5.8 million.
6. “Thor: Love and Thunder,” $4 million.
7. “Nope,” $3.6 million.
8. “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” $3.5 million.
9. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” $3.2 million.
10. “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” $2.4 million. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/dragon-ball-super-bests-beast-at-box-office/507-f606c08c-a437-4ba1-a902-047763b679dd | 2022-08-22 04:34:59 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/dragon-ball-super-bests-beast-at-box-office/507-f606c08c-a437-4ba1-a902-047763b679dd |
Under a proposal just one step away from Gov. Eric Holcomb’s desk, infants who are surrendered under the state’s safe haven laws could get to adoptive families more quickly.
But some lawmakers fear its provisions could violate the rights of regretful or unaware biological parents. New anti-vaccine provisions also snarled debate.
“This is probably the best thing that we have ever done,” said bill author Travis Holdman, R-Markle, of Indiana’s 20-year-old safe haven law.
He told lawmakers earlier this month that it saves infants and can help desperate biological parents.
The law allows people to relinquish infants anonymously – as long as there are no signs of abuse – and lays out procedures for safe surrenders and legal custodies.
Holdman’s Senate Bill 345 defines a safe haven infant as one 30 days old or younger and who’s been voluntarily left by a parent with an emergency medical services provider or in a newborn safety device often called a baby box.
The Indiana Department of Child Services has taken surrendered infants into custody for the last two decades. The legislation would let licensed child placing agencies do the same.
“DCS, it sort of gets bogged down in the bureaucracy,” Holdman told the Capital Chronicle. “I believe it’s just another opportunity for a licensed child placing agency to stand in the place of DCS, and just to provide more options for those families that are interested in adopting infants.”
Holdman’s proposal attempts to skip foster placements in favor of adoption. It tasks the outside agencies with placing infants into pre-approved adoptive homes “without unnecessary delay.”
One infant was in DCS custody for 22 months, said the bill’s House sponsor, Joanna King, R-Middlebury, on the floor recently. She said getting placing agencies involved could get children “placed with their forever famil(ies) much sooner.”
The goal is to “minimize the number of moves that a child’s going to have. We want to provide security as soon as possible,” Adoptions of Indiana leader Meg Sterchi told lawmakers at a hearing.
That placement doesn’t mean biological parents can’t return and assert their rights, she said. But the legislation makes it easier and faster to eliminate those rights.
Senate Bill 345 requires DCS and the outside agencies to file petitions – within 15 days of taking custody – to terminate the legal relationship between surrendered infants and their biological parents.
The proposal lays out what that petition should include and how to give public notice on it, so that parents who regret the surrender or didn’t know of the infant can take the child back.
But if they don’t respond to the public notices or ask for custody within 28 days, the legislation says they’re “irrevocably” implying consent to the ending of their parental rights.
Multiple lawmakers of both parties – most of them lawyers by trade – said the time period was too short and that biological parents should get more opportunity to go to court.
Sen. Susan Glick, R-LaGrange, noted in a hearing last month that it’s an “irreversible decision to terminate parental rights.” Later, she expressed concern for fathers who don’t know of their children.
“We’re talking (less than) 30 days for them to discover that they have a child and come forward without any more information than ‘Baby Boy X has been surrendered,’ ” Glick said.
Sterchi countered that fathers have the entire nine months of the pregnancy in addition to the proposed time period.
“Having sex with a woman is notice enough that there could be a pregnancy,” Sterchi said. “There has to be some responsibility on the part of the father to engage.”
Lawmakers also inserted a provision blocking the placing agencies from “discriminat(ing) against” prospective foster and adoptive parents who don’t have unspecified vaccines.
“The issue is we want to make sure that a family is not discriminated against based on their vaccination status,” King said on the floor recently. The amendment came directly from House leadership, she said during a committee hearing. It was easily adopted with oral consent – not a roll-call vote.
That’s already DCS policy, spokeswoman Noelle Russell told the Capital Chronicle in an email. The department declined to comment on the rest of the bill.
But the changes apply to all placing agencies and for all foster and adoption decisions – not just those pertaining to infants surrendered under the safe haven law.
There are exceptions for “medically fragile” children and for “biological parental preference.” But there’s little detail on how sick is sick enough, or how parents might communicate that preference, if their identities are even known. King did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
“I rise on this issue because of this bill and a series of other bills before this body that are designed to reduce the use of immunization in this state. That’s what’s going on here,” said Rep. Ed DeLaney, D-Indianapolis.
He cautioned that some highly effective vaccines can prevent diseases with serious consequences, like the irreversible paralysis of polio, the birth defects of rubella and the sterility of mumps.
“I think we have to take a stand that we favor vaccinations – that we don’t want to play around with it, that we think it’s important,” DeLaney said. “It saves lives and health and money.”
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Teenager dead after shots fired at vehicle in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WBRC) - Deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting that happened at the intersection of Overlook Place and Hillside Drive in Fairfield on Monday afternoon.
According to Lieutenant Joni Money, a vehicle was shot at. When deputies arrived on scene, they found the passenger, a 17-year-old girl, with gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead after being taken to UAB Hospital. The girl has not yet been identified.
Another person suffered minor injuries from the incident.
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation of the shooting and encourages anyone with information to reach out to 205-325-1450. To submit an anonymous tip, call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
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BELLEVUE, Wis. (WFRV) – Friday is ‘National Dog Day’. While it’s a great day to celebrate our four-legged family members, it’s meant to highlight something more.
“She is one of the best dogs I’ve ever owned, and I’ve had puppies and many other rescues,” said Kathy Beltz of Bellevue, talking about her dog, ‘Birdie.’
It’s not hard to get people to talk about their dogs, especially on a gorgeous summer day at the dog park in Bellevue.
“Anytime you have a bad day or something, they catch up on it. They’re right there by your side,” Casey Shea said.
Rose Weiler agrees, saying her dog “loves people, so it’s so fun to get out here to the dog park, but it’s awesome having a small business and we have clients come in and people can interact with her.”
Whether it was playing fetch, or lounging in the shade, those wet noses bring joy to so many people. National Dog Day celebrates all of them and is a reminder that many more need homes.
The ASPCA estimates that around 6.1 million animals enter a shelter each year. Of that, it’s a pretty even split. Three million of those are dogs, the rest are cats.
It’s an issue the Wisconsin Humane Society knows all about.
“We have some wonderful animals at the rescue. A lot of them come in and we don’t know a whole lot about them, we just know what we see, but then some that come in that were in a family before,” said WHS Event Coordinator Lori Nachtwey.
For the millions of dogs waiting for their next home, and the millions who already have one, this day was made for you.
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TRENTON — Superior Court Judge Robert Lougy will issue a decision Friday to determine if the at-large City Council race is over or not.
City Clerk Brandon Garcia determined that there would be no run-off for the at-large seats, which meant the top three vote-getters would be part of the next Trenton City Council in January. Yazminelly Gonzalez, Crystal Feliciano, and Jasi Edwards were the top three in the nine-person race for three open positions.
A motion was filed by the at-large runners up, Kadja Manuel, Tai Terry-Wilson, and Alex Bethea, to reconsider that result to allow for a run-off election, saying that the wrong formula was used to determine what constituted a majority in the election. The statute guiding how to determine a race like this with multiple seats open has two formulas, one if the municipality is able to tally the ballots cast in that race, and a different formula if the municipality cannot determine which ballots cast have at least one vote for that position.
Garcia called the contest based on the second formula and could not provide the number of ballots that had votes for the at-large race.
Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello was, however, able to produce those numbers. She was able to get the report from Dominion, the company that built and services the voting machines used in Mercer County. Trenton had 9,248 voters city-wide, with 1,211 ballots cast with no vote for City Council At-Large, leaving 8,037 ballots cast with votes for the race in question.
This would allow the city to determine a winner with the first formula, 50% plus one vote of the total ballots cast for that contest. The second formula, used when that specific information is not available, is to tally the votes, divide them by twice the number of seats available, and that would be the number to beat.
According to the first formula, 4,019.5 would be the number to hit for a majority (50% of the total, plus one vote), which no candidate reached.
The second formula would mean the total votes cast, 16,749 would then be divided by twice the number of seats available (three seats, so divide by six) which means the threshold is 2,791.5, which both Gonzalez and Feliciano surpassed with 3,675 and 3,044 respectively. Third-place finisher Edwards almost hit that number as well with 2,702 votes, but the statute just requires at least one candidate to reach that threshold, then the top three finishers would be elected.
If Judge Lougy rules with the plaintiffs in the complaint, the city will have to schedule a run-off election for just the at-large race, since the run-off for North Ward and South Ward are already set for Dec. 13 and ballots have been printed, some already distributed to mail-in voters.
At-large candidate Kadja Manuel told The Trentonian previously that he and the other candidates were pushing for the run-off on principle, since the city knew what the primary formula needed, so they should have been prepared to get those numbers.
Manuel said Thursday after the County Clerk provided the specific numbers, “Ultimately the court will decide but since we have numbers they get to use the first formula.”
Gonzalez’s attorney, Scott Salmon said, “Our position is that the numbers speak for themselves, and it’s clear that Ms. Gonzalez received the overwhelming support of the voters in Trenton.”
“From our understanding of what occurred,” Salmon said, “the City Clerk made the correct decision based on the information he had available at the time, but if the numbers warrant a run-off election, we will of course abide by that decision.”
Judge Lougy is expected to issue a decision at a hearing Friday at 3 p.m., setting the stage to either work out logistics for a run-off, or give the go-ahead for the top three candidates to prepare for inauguration in January.
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Frost & Sullivan reconfirmed and strengthened Dstny's position as one of the top leaders in their new 2022 UCaaS Frost Radar™ report
BRUSSELS, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Frost Radar is an industry analysis that reviews the European Hosted IP Telephony and UCaaS market. In a field of more than 120 European industry participants, the industry analysts identified 22 industry growth and innovation leaders in the report.
"Dstny is shaking up the European cloud unified communications as a service market by breaking the status quo of traditionally monolithic business communications practices. The world has changed significantly recently, with business leaders recognizing the imperative ability to pivot quickly. Accordingly, Dstny focuses on delivering mobile-first solutions that enable organizations to address shifting customer demands effectively," says Robert Arnold, Industry Director – Connected Work Research at Frost & Sullivan.
The 2022 Frost & Sullivan UCaaS Radar report highlights several key strengths for Dstny, including:
- Proprietary platform and technologies within Business Communications, Business Analytics, Customer Engagement, and Business Integrations.
- Enhanced portfolio with omnichannel conversational AI and simplified third-party integrations.
- The native mobile UCaaS as one of the key differentiators.
- The inherently excellent positioning and rapid growth; organically, with service providers, and coupled with an ambitious M&A strategy.
A leading pan-European UCaaS provider
The Frost & Sullivan report highlights Dstny's great position to scale rapidly and gain additional market share as one of the leading pan-European UCaaS providers. A mobile-first approach can position Dstny as the preferred wholesale partner for European telecom operators seeking to become more agile and leverage their 5G networks to gain a competitive edge in the UCaaS market, according to the report.
"Dstny being one of the few players improving their innovation ranking compared to 2021 speaks to the constantly increasing customer expectations we as an industry are facing. We are delighted to see that our efforts in bringing technologies together, increasing the pace of innovation, and simplifying people's everyday lives are recognized," says Johan Dalstrom, CPO at Dstny.
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Dstny is a leading European provider of cloud-based Business Communications. The company simplifies the everyday lives of more than 3 million Dstny Powered People today: the interactive tools in Business Communications are delivered as–a-service and bring employees and customers together across all communication formats (voice, video, chat, and other).
The Dstny tools are natively mobile-first, locally adaptable, easy to use, and easy to integrate, for companies, partners, and service providers. By combining innovative technology with close relationships with partners and service providers, and with strong local teams, Dstny can deliver the best possible user experience and make the latest applications accessible to companies across Europe.
Headquartered in Brussels, Dstny has 800 employees in 7 European countries (Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, UK) and an annual turnover of nearly €190 million in 2021.
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VANCOUVER, BC and Erie, Pa, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - ImagineAR (CSE: IP) (OTCQB: IPNFF) an Augmented Reality Company that enables businesses to instantly create their own mobile phone experiential AR campaigns, is pleased to announce the signing of a reseller agreement with Blayney Partnership, a digital creative technology agency based in the UK. Clients include The Kia Oval, Gtechniq, USA Cricket, EBC Brakes International and Lacoste.
Ozz Blayney stated "We are incredibly excited about the recent partnership. AR technology is the latest media that will expand our expertise. 30% of our portfolio sits within the International Cricket sector and AR technology can now bring dynamic team updates, club merchandise and star player messages directly to any fan whilst watching live matches at both sporting venues or live on TV by just scanning location hotspots or a TV with their mobile device. Incredible technology for the modern world. Thank you ImagineAR."
"Blayney Partnership is a forward-thinking dynamic agency that leverages advanced technology to deliver dynamic client solutions. As we focus on expanding around the world, we are optimistic Ozz Blayney and his team will create exceptional immersive experiences using the ImagineAR platform for his clients" stated ImagineAR CEO and Founder Alen Paul Silverrstieen.
An Award Winning Creative Agency based in Northampton, United Kingdom.We're a multifaceted, all-round creative studio that has been alive and kicking for over 30 years. We've worked with some household names, and some exciting local start-ups for over 3 decades, producing unforgettable solutions. With an in-house team of 8 carefully curated creative breeds, and a network of external support, we have the tools and the team to cater for all of your creative needs.
Imagine AR Inc. (CSE: IP) (OTC: IPNFF) is an "AR-as-a-Service" platform that enables sports teams and businesses of any size to create and implement their own instant mobile AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience. Every organization, from professional sports franchises to small retailers, can develop interactive AR campaigns that blend the real and digital worlds using ImagineAR. Customers simply point their mobile device at logos, signs, buildings, products, landmarks and more to instantly engage with videos, information, advertisements, coupons, 3D holograms and any interactive content, all hosted in the cloud and managed using a menu-driven portal. Integrated real-time analytics means that all customer interaction is tracked and measured in real-time. The ImagineAR mobile app is available in the IOS and Android mobile app stores. The platform is available as a native mode SDK to integrate into any native mobile app.
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BOISE, Idaho – Investigators seized stained bedding, strands of what looked like hair and a single glove — but no weapon — when they searched the Washington state apartment of a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, according to newly unsealed court documents.
The search warrant for Bryan Kohberger ’s home and Washington State University office was unsealed by a Washington state judge on Tuesday. Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in connection with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the neighboring town of Moscow, Idaho.
Investigators did not find anything noteworthy in Kohberger's office at WSU, where he was a teaching assistant and graduate student studying criminology. They took 15 things from his on-campus apartment, including a nitrite-type black glove, cuttings from a pillow with a reddish-brown stain, and a stained mattress cover.
The Washington State University Police Department searched the apartment Dec. 30, the same day Kohberger was arrested at his parent's home in eastern Pennsylvania.
The Nov. 13, 2022, slayings of the four University of Idaho students left many in the community shaken and worried about the possibility of a repeat attack. Police released few details for weeks but repeatedly said they had not located the weapon used to commit the crime.
After Kohberger was extradited to Idaho, documents filed in the murder case showed that police found the sheath of a large knife near one of the victims. The knife itself, however, was nowhere to be found.
Investigators did not seize any weapon from Kohberger's apartment, according to the search warrant. They did take several strands of “possible hair,” including one identified as a “possible animal hair strand.” They also took some store receipts, a tag from a company that makes coveralls and other work apparel, and two store receipts. The dust bin from a vacuum cleaner, a computer tower and a “Fire TV” stick were collected as well.
In the application for the search warrant, Moscow Police Sgt. Dustin Baker said investigators were seeking several kinds of potential evidence, including images of the stabbing victims or their home, data that might indicate an interest in planning murders or violence, anything with DNA and dark clothing and knives.
The court documents do not reveal if the items collected from Kohberger's home contained any evidence related to the murder case.
Kohberger has not yet had the opportunity to enter a plea, and Latah County Magistrate Judge Megan Marshall has placed the attorneys and other people involved with the case under a sweeping gag order.
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7 shot near Virginia theater holding graduation celebration, officials say
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - Police in Richmond are on the scene of a reported shooting incident outside a theater holding a high school graduation celebration.
According to WWBT, Richmond Public Schools confirmed a shooting happened outside the Altria Theater after Huguenot High School’s graduation ceremony in Monroe Park.
In an alert to students Tuesday afternoon, Richmond Police and the VCU Police Department responded to the reported shooting and advised students to stay indoors.
Richmond Police said in a press conference around 5:15 p.m., officers were inside Altria Theater running security when they reported hearing gunshots outside. Officers on traffic detail found “multiple victims.”
Acting Police Chief Rick Edwards says a total of seven people were shot, with three people suffering from life-threatening injuries and four with non-life-threatening injuries.
Six other people sustained injuries unrelated to the gunfire: three people reported needing to be transported to the hospital for anxiety, two people were injured from falls, and one person was hit by a car as they were running away from the area.
Police also say they have two people in custody and there is currently no active threat to the community.
The district says they have canceled Thomas Jefferson High School’s ceremony scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight and plan to reschedule their graduation soon.
The district also says all Richmond Public Schools will be closed Wednesday out of “an abundance of caution,” according to a message sent to families.
Sources told WWBT that at least five people may have been shot, although police haven’t confirmed that yet.
Traffic in the area will be impacted and several roads in the area will be closed while police continue to investigate.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will press forward Friday with a midterm campaign promise by voting on legislation to give parents greater say in what is taught in public schools, even as critics decry the “parents’ rights” bill as a burdensome proposal that would fuel a far-right movement that has resulted in book bans, rewrites of history curricula and raucous school board meetings across the country.
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made the bill — labeled the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act — a top priority during the early weeks of his tenure atop the House. It will be an early test of unity for the chamber’s 222 Republicans, who have a thin majority.
Even as House Republicans returned this week from a retreat where they insisted they are unified, lawmakers have proposed a score of potential changes to the bill, adding a degree of uncertainty to Friday’s vote.
It showed how the adoption of an open amendment process in the House — a concession McCarthy made to win hardline conservatives’ support for his speakership — holds the potential to send legislation down unpredictable twists and turns. House Freedom Caucus members attempted to add amendments to the bill that amounted to a far-reaching dream list: a call to abolish the Department of Education, a requirement that schools report transgender athletes who participate in women’s sports and an endorsement of vouchers that would send public funds to private schools.
“Some of this stuff will sink the bill,” said Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska on Thursday evening, adding, “You’re taking a bill that is generally unifying and you’re making it more partisan than it needed to be and that’s what I worry about.”
Even if the House passes the legislation, it has little chance in the Democratic-held Senate, where it would need 60 votes to pass. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised it faced a “dead end” in his chamber and skewered it as evidence that the House GOP has been overtaken by “hard right MAGA ideologues” — referencing former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
In the wake of the pandemic and racial justice protests, conservatives’ intense focus on parental control over public school classrooms has migrated from local school board fights to Republican-held statehouses and now to the floor of the U.S. House.
“Parents want schools focused on reading, writing and math, not woke politics,” Rep. Mary Miller, an Illinois Republican, said during House debate Thursday.
Public school education in the U.S. has long invited concern among some parents — usually conservative — over what children are taught. Historically, the term “parents’ rights” has been used in schoolhouse debates over homeschooling, sex education and even the teaching of languages other than English.
Recently, Republicans have tapped into frustrations over remote learning and mask mandates in schools, as well as social conservatives’ opposition to certain teachings on race that are broadly labeled as “critical race theory.” Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, won election in 2021 on the slogan “Parents matter,” and other political action committees poured millions of dollars into school board races nationwide.
McCarthy made the “parents’ bill of rights” a plank in his midterm election pitch to voters to give Republicans a House majority. But the GOP’s expectation of a sweeping victory never materialized, and even in school board races, conservative groups’ goal of electing hundreds of “parents’ rights” activists largely fell short.
But McCarthy pressed ahead with the bill as a priority, making a public appeal earlier this month at an event that featured a chalkboard, schoolchildren and parents who have been on the frontlines of the cause.
McCarthy chose the bill’s number, H.R. 5, because children enter kindergarten at age five, and the legislation is built on five pillars: parents’ right to examine curricula and school library books, meet with educators at least twice each school year, review school budgets and spending, be notified of violent events in their child’s school and have elementary and middle schools to get their consent to change a child’s gender designation, pronouns or name.
“It’s about every parent, mom and dad, but most importantly about the students in America,” McCarthy said at the introduction event.
Democrats like Oregon’s Rep. Suzanne Bonamici labeled the bill as the “Politics over Parents Act,” arguing it would seed enmity between parents and educators and empower conservative activists who want to weed out books that delve into teachings on race and sexuality. Bonamici offered alternative legislation that she argued would foster parental involvement, encourage collaboration with educators and make schools welcoming places to families, including those with LGBTQ students.
“We want parents to be involved — peacefully,” Bonamici said.
Democrats also raised alarm that the bill as written would force schools to out LGBTQ students to their families, which can sometimes lead to abuse or abandonment.
“We’ll fight against this legislation. We’ll fight against the banning of books, fight against the bullying of children from any community, and certainly from the LGBTQ+ community,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said.
Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries surged to their highest number in 2022 since the American Library Association began keeping data 20 years ago, according to a new report the organization released this week.
The bill’s supporters described it as common-sense legislation to foster opportunities for schoolchildren by encouraging parents to have greater input into what their children learn in school. They also insisted it does not ban any books, even though conservative activists have used similar legislation from state legislatures to press school boards to remove books that teach about the country’s racist history or LGBTQ sexuality.
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx said, “Our bill is meant to give parents their God-given rights to be involved with their children’s education.”
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AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Christian Pulisic covered his face as he walked off. Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie and Kellyn Acosta gathered for a group hug. Tim Weah, DeAndre Yedlin and Sean Johnson sat on the field in a small circle with their cleats off.
“It hurts after a tough loss like that when we feel like we could have had more,” Pulisic said, managing a voice only just above a whisper. “We don’t want to feel like this again.”
The United States’ return to the World Cup ended with a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands on Saturday in the round of 16. While the Oranje extended their unbeaten streak to 19 games and advanced to a quarterfinal with Argentina, the Americans contemplated how far they came and how short they fell.
Defensive lapses gave the Dutch a treat as Memphis Depay scored in the 10th minute and Daley Blind in first-half stoppage time.
U.S. hope revived when Pulisic’s cross hit the trailing foot of second-half substitute Haji Wright and popped over goalkeeper Andries Noppert and into the net in the 76th. But Denzel Dumfries, named after actor Denzel Washington, scored on a volley in the 81st after assisting on the first two goals.
“The American public should be optimistic,” said Gregg Berhalter, the first person to play for and coach the U.S. team at a World Cup. “When you look at the way we wanted to play and did play, it should be positive.”
The U.S. hasn’t reached the quarterfinals since 2002 and was eliminated in the first knockout round, just like in 2010 and 2014.
After the American failure to qualify for the 2018, Yedlin was the only holdover on a roster that was the tournament’s second-youngest, averaging just over 25 years.
“Now they know that feeling of what it’s like to lose after putting so much into it,” the 29-year-old defender said, “and the feeling of defeat from the past can only fuel success in the future.”
The U.S. is winless in 12 games against European opponents at the World Cup since 2002 and has won once and lost seven in knockout rounds since the championship launched in 1930.
“This tournament has really restored a lot of belief, restored a lot of respect to U.S. soccer and to soccer in our country,” McKennie said. “I think we’ve shown that we can be giants eventually. Maybe we may not be there yet, but I think we’re definitely on our way.”
Before a crowd of 44,846 at the renovated Khalifa International Stadium, Pulisic had a chance to put the U.S. ahead in the third minute. McKennie knocked a poor clearance back into the penalty area, but Noppert blocked his point-blank shot with his left thigh.
“I thought I was way offside when it happened, but I still hit it and he made a good save,” Pulisic said.
The Dutch went ahead when Cody Gakpo played the ball to Dumfries on the right flank. Depay sprinted into the penalty area as Adams failed to track him, and Dumfries one-timed a cross that Depay redirected inside Matt Turner’s far post for the first goal against the U.S. during the run of play in the tournament.
Blind scored in the first minute of stoppage time. Following a throw-in, Dumfries got a cross around Adams and Blind beat a late-arriving Sergiño Dest to the ball at the penalty spot for his first international goal in eight years.
Wright entered in the 67th and scored his second international goal on the unusual touch from three yards out, sparking U.S. hopes. But Dumfries was left unmarked by Tim Ream and Antonee Robinson and scored off Blind’s cross from six yards for his sixth goal.
“When you play a team with so much quality like that and you give them three, four chances, they’re going to put three or four away,” Adams said. “We can show that we can hang with some of the best teams in the world, some of the best players in world, and that’s a lot of progress for U.S. soccer.”
Players didn’t want to leave the field at first, wanting more time together.
“Just putting perspective and reflecting on the journey,” Yedlin said. “Just giving thanks to the Earth. After every training and game we try to do a thing called grounding. It just helps put in perspective to come, good or bad.”
Others absorbed the defeat without words.
“Just looking around that locker room, the silence is deafening,” Turner said. “We all want to create moments for people back at home to fall in love with the game and tonight was not one of those nights, unfortunately.”
MOVING UP
Depay took sole possession of second in the Dutch career scoring list with 43 goals, trailing only Robin van Persie’s 50.
UP NEXT
The Americans begin the 2026 cycle with a match against Serbia on Jan. 25 in Los Angeles.
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Company also announces new Cync Wafers, Matter launches and Schlage integration
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GE Lighting, a Savant company, is excited to announce the expansion of its smart home ecosystem, Cync™, with several new products debuting at CES 2023. Expanding its recent entry into the entertainment space for the first time, Cync will be introducing its full Dynamic Effects entertainment line-up that features 16 million colors, pre-set and custom light shows, on-device music-syncing and more. In addition, Cync will be expanding its Wafer light fixture line following a successful launch last year. As with all Cync products, they can be controlled via the Cync app, powered by Savant. Also, Cync will be adopting the new Matter smart home standard with several compatible products set to launch this year and rolling out an integration with Schlage.
"We're looking forward to launching additional Cync Dynamic Effects products that expand our immersive, innovative smart home ecosystem to bring even more personalization and fun for the home," said Kara Perdue, Vice President of Product Management at GE Lighting, a Savant company. "Our new Cync products work seamlessly together in a single app and feature the same premium quality and attention to detail for which all GE-branded Cync products are known."
Following the launch of Cync Dynamic Effects Indoor and Outdoor Smart Light Strips late last year, the new family of entertainment lighting options is expanding with the introduction of Cync Dynamic Effects Smart Hexagon Panels, Cync Dynamic Effects Smart Neon-Shape Lights and Cync Dynamic Effects Smart Bulbs in Aline and indoor floodlights. Featuring the ability to control using the Cync App, powered by Savant, with no hub or bridge required, the Cync Dynamic Effects line provides the ultimate entertainment and enhanced gaming experience. Each new product features multi-color light shows, on-device music syncing and vivid light effects that display 16 million colors and white tones, including multiple colors simultaneously. This high-end family of smart products instantly elevates entertainment lighting both inside and out.
Cync Dynamic Effects Indoor and Outdoor light strips are available today at Best Buy and Lowe's stores, and bestbuy.com and lowes.com, starting at $89.99. Extensions are also available for purchase. The roll out of the four new Cync Dynamic Effects products will begin March 2023 and prices range from $19.99-199.99.
With on-trend smaller sizes, high ceiling, and gimbal wall wash solutions, new Cync reveal® HD+ Wafer Downlights feature industry leading brightness, as well as 16 million colors and adjustable white tones, including the exceptional clarity of reveal® light. Designed for easy installation, products also feature quick connectors and wire clamps, as well as slim profile and remote junction box for tight spaces. In addition, accessories available for purchase will include compatible square, decorative and wall wash trims for customization and integration into any décor and a mounting template for a rough-in installation option.
Easy-to-install and connect via the Cync app, powered by Savant, Cync reveal® HD+ Smart Wafers combine an extremely high quality of light with the convenience of smart home control through touch and voice. Scheduled to be available in Q3 2023, pricing and retailer information will be announced closer to launch.
GE Lighting, a Savant company is excited to bring Matter compatibility to its product lineup throughout 2023. Following through on its participation in the CSA's Matter Working Group, the Cync Full Color Direct Connect Smart Bulb and the Cync Indoor Smart Plug will be the first products to transition to Matter compatible versions, with more products to be upgraded soon afterwards. These Matter-compatible products will replace previous versions as they hit store shelves. Previously produced Cync products are not planned to receive retroactive Matter updates at this time.
To continue building on the success of the Cync app, powered by Savant and provide consumers with more whole home smart home security solutions in 2023, GE Lighting, a Savant company is pleased to announce a new integration with Schlage, a brand of Allegion and leading provider of home security and access solutions. The solution will give users an easy-to-install and control experience that delivers enhanced safety and security at home. An integration, made possible via the award-winning Cync app, powered by Savant, will connect the growing portfolio of Cync smart lighting products with the Schlage Encode™ Smart WiFi Deadbolt and the Schlage Encode Plus™ Smart WiFi Deadbolt to set automations that tie lock activity to lighting actions. Additional information on the solution will be available later this year.
To learn more about all the CES announcements and new products, visit the Cync website. You can also find assets and information here.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for murdering, mutilating college student
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) - The Michigan man who pleaded guilty to killing and mutilating a college student has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Mark David Latunski was sentenced Thursday. He pleaded guilty to homicide open murder and to disinterment and mutilation during a plea hearing Sept. 22.
Latunski pleaded guilty to brutally killing 25-year-old Kevin Bacon, a student at the University of Michigan-Flint, in December 2019. Latunski met Bacon through a dating app.
Bacon was found murdered inside Latunski’s Bennington Township home on Dec. 28, 2019, after going missing on Christmas Eve.
“He was a generous and kind person, and he would want everybody to move forward and do what they had to do for their goals and dreams,” said Pamela Bacon, Kevin Bacon’s mother, after Latunski’s sentencing. “And I’m going to say it like my daughter said, ‘Please be careful on the internet because you never know what’s going to happen.’”
After Bacon’s body was found, authorities said Latunski admitted to police he killed Bacon and ate part of his body. Latunski told police he used a knife to stab Bacon in the back then slit his throat, according to court records.
During a 2020 hearing, grisly details emerged about what happened in Latunski’s home that night.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Grace Berger became an instant Indiana favorite thanks to a gritty playing style and an endearing personality.
Her accomplishments prove she’s one of the top players on perhaps the Hoosiers’ best team.
No. 2 Indiana clinched its first Big Ten regular-season title in 40 years and earned one first-place vote in this week’s Top 25. But Berger insists this is no time to take a victory lap. In Berger’s world, there’s always more work — much more.
“Obviously, it’s a cool moment,” a wistful coach Teri Moren said when asked to describe the net-cutting ceremony after last Sunday’s victory over rival Purdue. “Grace Berger, she continues to tell us we haven’t done anything yet and that goes through my mind, right? I told her when she came off the floor, ‘We haven’t completed the task yet, but we have secured the championship.’”
Even if the unflappable guard didn’t immediately acknowledge the significance of the 83-60 win over the Boilermakers.
Teammates and coaches insist this is no act and have the stories to prove it.
When Berger opted to return for one more season, she asked a teammate to inform Moren. When she made her final departure in her last regular-season home game, she was so focused she needed a reminder about the title-winning scenario. And when asked whether the new championship attire fit, she joked the hat was a little big.
Berger has never found any goal too large to pursue.
It explains why the Kentucky 2018 Miss Basketball Award finalist and 2018 Louisville Courier-Journal Female Athlete of the Year bypassed the opportunity to join stronger, more established programs such as her hometown Cardinals, her home-state Wildcats or Michigan to play between those borders at Indiana.
Even then, Berger knew Moren was building something she wanted to be part of. Now, everyone is reaping the rewards, thanks in large part to the 6-foot guard that has given her heart and soul to the program she loves.
Berger’s value cannot be underestimated by those inside or outside the program.
“Three’s no one more heady on a basketball court than Grace Berger,” Purdue coach Katie Gearlds said in offering the kind of complement any basketball player would embrace.
Sydney Parrish, Indiana’s 2020 Miss Basketball, also learned about Berger’s presence after transferring home from Oregon.
“ She means everything to this program,” Parrish said. “People give a lot of credit to other people, but a lot of it goes to Grace and coach Moren and Mackenzie (Holmes). They built this program. You can credit some of the newer girls, but they’re the ones who did this. They built it from the bottom, a program that wasn’t much at the start.”
While Berger credits others for helping the Hoosiers’ steady ascent — those who came before her arrival and those who followed her to Bloomington — few have a stronger legacy.
She enters Sunday’s game at No. 6 Iowa ranked ninth on the Hoosiers’ career scoring list with 1,763 points and second in assists (545).
She’s a three-time first team all-conference selection, a two-time member of the conference’s all-academic team, a 2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and a 2022 all-tournament team selection. In fact, Indiana’s only loss this season came at Michigan State when Berger was out with what some initially feared might be a season-ending knee injury. She missed eight games.
Berger takes more pride in other defining moments like breaking the school’s attendance record four times this season and producing the first home sellout in program history.
Or matching the school record with a 15th consecutive victory in front of another sellout crowd this Sunday at Iowa (22-6, 14-3) and possibly locking up Indiana’s first No. 1 NCAA Tournament with ESPN’s Gameday crew in town. Indiana (26-1, 16-1) claimed its first outright title when the Hawkeyes were routed Tuesday night at No. 7 Maryland.
Berger’s goals probably don’t end there.
Though she’s kept her aspirations relatively private, Berger & Co. are already fielding questions about a first Final Four trip and even adding a sixth national championship banner to the Assembly Hall collection. The men’s team has won five titles.
Until then, Berger will continue pushing her teammates to cast aside the current accomplishments and focus instead on what can be added next.
“It’s really special,” she said Sunday when asked about the conference crown. “But I came back to do more than win the regular season. We still realize that a lot of our goals are ahead of us. We’ll enjoy this one today, but we still have a lot more work to do.” ___
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SAULSALITO, Calif. (AP) — Under intense scrutiny from Washington that could lead to a potential ban, the top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance defended the social media platform’s plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China.
“The basic approach that we’re following is to make it physically impossible for any government, including the Chinese government, to get access to U.S. user data,” said general counsel Erich Andersen during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press at a cybersecurity conference in Sausalito, California, on Friday sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation and Aspen Digital and featuring top government officials, tech executives and journalists.
ByteDance will continue to develop its new app called Lemon8, Andersen said.
“We’re obviously going to do our best with the Lemon8 app to comply with U.S. law and to make sure we do the right thing here,” Andersen said, referring to the new social app developed by ByteDance that resembles Instagram and Pinterest. “But I think we got a long way to go with that application — it’s pretty much a startup phase.”
ByteDance’s most known app, TikTok, is under intense scrutiny over concerns it could hand over user data to the Chinese government or push pro-Beijing propaganda and misinformation on its behalf. Lemon8 was introduced across app stores in Japan in April 2020 and has been rolled out in more countries since then. It’s available for download in the U.S. and could face similar scrutiny to TikTok.
Leaders at the FBI, CIA and officials at other government agencies have warned that ByteDance could be forced to give user data — such as browsing history, IP addresses and biometric identifiers — to Beijing under a 2017 law that compels companies to cooperate with the government for matters involving China’s national security. Another Chinese law, implemented in 2014, has similar mandates.
To assuage concerns from U.S. officials, TikTok has been emphasizing a $1.5 billion proposal, called Project Texas, to store all U.S. user data on servers owned and maintained by the software giant Oracle. Under the plan, access to U.S. data would be managed by U.S. employees through a separate entity called TikTok U.S. Data Security, which is run independently of ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
Some lawmakers have said that’s not enough. But despite skepticism about the project, TikTok says it is moving forward anyway.
“We’re investing in a system where people don’t have to believe the Chinese government and they don’t have to believe us,” Andersen said.
He also wondered if the skepticism was being driven by something else.
“Where are we falling short here?” he said. “At some point you get beyond the cybersecurity risk assessment, etcetera, and you get to ‘We don’t like your nationality.’”
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has said the company started deleting all historic U.S. user data from non-Oracle servers this month and expects that process to be completed this year. During a congressional hearing held last week, Chew said migrating the data to Oracle will keep it out of China’s hands, but also acknowledged China-based employees may still have access to it before the process wraps up.
TikTok maintains it has never been requested to turn over any kind of data and won’t do so if asked. But whether those promises, or Project Texas, will allow it to stay operating in the U.S. remains to be seen.
The U.S., as well as Britain, the European Union and others, have banned TikTok on government devices. And the Biden administration is reportedly threatening a U.S. ban on the app unless its Chinese owners divest their stakes in the company.
On Friday, Andersen said a ban would be “basically giving up”.
“Banning a platform like TikTok is a defeat, it’s a statement that we aren’t creative enough to find another way,” he said.
China has said it would oppose a possible sale, a declaration that makes it more difficult for TikTok to position itself and ByteDance as a global enterprise instead of a Chinese company. In 2020, the country had also come out in fierce opposition to executive orders by then President Donald Trump that sought to ban TikTok and the messaging app WeChat.
“They were clear about their point of view back in 2020 timeframe when we faced an existential challenge from executive orders under the Trump administration,” Andersen said.
Courts blocked Trump’s efforts, and President Joe Biden rescinded Trump’s orders after taking office. The company has since been in talks about privacy concerns with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a multi-agency panel that sits under the Treasury department.
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been pushing bills that would effectively ban TikTok or give the administration more authority to do so. One bill by U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was blocked this week by Sen. Rand Paul, the only Republican who has come out in opposition to a TikTok ban. A small number of progressive lawmakers have also said they would oppose a ban, and argued the U.S. should implement a national privacy law to curtail the problem.
Andersen said Friday TikTok would support broad-based privacy legislation.
“Our view is that we would really welcome broad-based legislation that applies broadly and evenly,” he said. “What we don’t like, frankly, is legislation that is sort of targeted at one company.”
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- Confirmed overall response rate (ORR) of 45%, disease control rate (DCR) of 90% and median PFS of ~7 months in 20 evaluable First-Line MUM patients
- Based on FDA meeting, initiating Phase 2/3 registrational trial in Q2 2023 in First-Line HLA-A2 negative MUM, with median PFS as primary endpoint for potential accelerated approval
- Confirmed overall response rate (ORR) of 30%, disease control rate (DCR) of 87% and median PFS of ~7 months in 63 evaluable Any-Line MUM patients
- Confirmed overall response rate (ORR) of 35%, disease control rate (DCR) of 100% and median PFS of ~11 months in 20 evaluable Hepatic-Only MUM patients
- Historical % ORR and median PFS by other therapies in MUM have been low, ranging from ~0% to 5% confirmed ORR and ~2 to 3 months median PFS
- Neoadjuvant PoC: Ocular tumor shrinkage in 9 of 9 (100%) UM / MUM patients, including a neoadjuvant UM patient with a partial response at 1 month and a second neoadjuvant UM patient who was spared enucleation with ~80% tumor shrinkage at 4 months
- Investor webcast and call with management and key opinion leaders scheduled for Monday, April 24, 2023, at 8:00 am ET
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDYA), a precision medicine oncology company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, announced further interim results from its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating darovasertib and crizotinib combination in metastatic uveal melanoma (MUM) patients (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03947385).
"The observed efficacy in first-line metastatic uveal melanoma patients – including confirmed ORR of 45% and median PFS of ~ 7 months – is clinically significant and represents a potential paradigm shift for treating MUM patients. The interim data for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination treatment in MUM suggests a compelling clinical efficacy and tolerability profile," said Dr. Meredith McKean, M.D., MPH, Director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute.
"These clinical data, considered with the FDA's guidance from our recent Type C meeting, provides IDEAYA with a registrational trial design in first-line HLA-A2 negative MUM patients which includes a path to potential accelerated approval based on median PFS as the primary endpoint," said Dr. Darrin Beaupre, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, IDEAYA Biosciences.
There are currently no FDA approved therapies for MUM patients with HLA-A2*02:01 (HLA-A2) negative serotype. Current therapies for MUM have relatively low confirmed overall response rates and short median progression free survival (PFS), highlighting the high unmet medical need. The historical overall response rate (ORR) in MUM clinical trials has generally been reported with a confirmed ORR ranging from approximately 0% to 5%. The historical median PFS in MUM clinical trials has been reported ranging from approximately 2 to 3 months.
Darovasertib (IDE196) is a small molecule, potential first-in-class protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor. IDEAYA is evaluating the synthetic lethal combination of darovasertib and crizotinib, a small molecule cMET inhibitor, in MUM pursuant to a clinical trial collaboration and drug supply agreement with Pfizer.
Clinical Data Update – Darovasertib and Crizotinib Combination in MUM
The company observed encouraging clinical activity in the Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the darovasertib and crizotinib combination in first-line and any-line MUM patients. The reported Phase 2 clinical data are based on twenty (20) evaluable first-line and sixty-three (63) evaluable any-line patients enrolled in the darovasertib and crizotinib combination study at the expansion dose of 300 mg twice-a-day darovasertib and 200 mg twice-a-day crizotinib as of September 22, 2022. Reported data are preliminary and based on investigator review from an unlocked database as of the data analyses cutoff date of March 8, 2023. Enrollment in the darovasertib and crizotinib combination expansion dose cohort of the Phase 2 clinical trial is ongoing.
In the twenty (20) evaluable first-line MUM patients in the expansion cohort, the investigator-reviewed data by RECIST 1.1 include:
- 45% confirmed Overall Response Rate (ORR) in First-Line MUM: 9 of 20 evaluable patients had a confirmed partial response (PR)
- 90% Disease Control Rate (DCR) in First-Line MUM: 18 of 20 evaluable patients showed disease control, including 9 confirmed PRs, 1 unconfirmed PR and 8 stable disease
- ~7 months median Progression Free Survival (PFS) in First-Line MUM
In the sixty-three (63) evaluable any-line MUM patients at the expansion dose, the investigator-reviewed data by RECIST 1.1 include:
- 30% confirmed Overall Response Rate (ORR) in Any-Line MUM: 19 of 63 evaluable patients had a confirmed partial response (PR); the Any-Line MUM patients were heavily pre-treated, with 63% of patients having received 1 or more prior lines of treatment and 43% of patients having received 2 or more prior lines of treatment in the metastatic setting
- 87% Disease Control Rate (DCR) in Any-Line MUM: 55 of 63 evaluable patients showed disease control, including 19 confirmed PRs, 4 unconfirmed PRs and 32 stable disease
- ~7 months median Progression Free Survival (PFS) in Any-Line MUM
- Observed median PFS increased versus median PFS of ~5 months previously reported in September 2022 with thirty-five (35) evaluable Any-Line MUM patients
There were twenty (20) evaluable hepatic-only MUM patients, including first-line and pre-treated patients with only hepatic metastases, for whom the investigator-reviewed data by RECIST 1.1 include:
- 35% confirmed Overall Response Rate (ORR) in Hepatic-Only MUM: 7 of 20 evaluable patients had a confirmed partial response (PR)
- 100% Disease Control Rate (DCR) in Hepatic-Only MUM: 20 of 20 evaluable patients showed disease control, including 7 confirmed PRs, 1 unconfirmed PR and 12 stable disease
- ~11 months median Progression Free Survival (PFS) in Hepatic-Only MUM
These data demonstrate robust clinical efficacy of the darovasertib and crizotinib combination in first-line and any-line MUM patients.
The darovasertib and crizotinib combination has a manageable adverse event profile in MUM patients (n=68), with a low rate of drug-related serious adverse events (SAEs). Patients reported predominantly Grade 1 or 2 drug-related adverse events (AEs): 31% of patients reported at least one Grade 3 AE; no patients observed a Grade 4 AE; and one patient observed a Grade 5 AE. Four (6%) patients discontinued treatment with either darovasertib or crizotinib due to a drug-related adverse event.
FDA Guidance in Type C Meeting Supports Initiation of Potential Registrational Trial
IDEAYA is targeting to initiate a potential registration-enabling Phase 2/3 clinical trial in Q2 2023 in first-line HLA-A2 negative MUM patients. The Phase 2/3 clinical trial design incorporates guidance and feedback from the FDA following a recent Type C meeting.
The protocol includes an integrated Phase 2/3 open-label study-in-study design in first-line MUM patients with an HLA-A*02:01 negative serotype. The clinical trial design employs a Phase 2 portion with median PFS as a primary endpoint for potential accelerated approval. Patients enrolled in Phase 2 will continue on treatment within the same clinical trial and will be considered together with additional enrolled patients to evaluate OS in support of a potential Phase 3 registrational trial.
In the Phase 2 portion of the clinical trial, approximately 230 patients will be randomized on a 2:1 basis for treatment with the darovasertib and crizotinib combination in the treatment arm or investigators choice in the control arm, selected from a combination of ipilimumab (ipi) and nivolumab (nivo), PD1-targeted monotherapy or DTIC. The treatment arm of the Phase 2 portion includes a nested study to confirm the move forward combination dose for the integrated Phase 2/3 clinical trial – including cohorts at the Phase 2 expansion doses of (i) darovasertib 300 mg BID + crizotinib 200 mg BID and (ii) darovasertib 200 mg BID + crizotinib 200 mg BID. Under the nested study design, patients enrolled in the cohort at the move forward dose will be included within the Phase 2/3 registrational clinical trial. The Phase 2 portion of the clinical trial contemplates an efficacy and safety data set of approximately 200 patients randomized 2:1 with the treatment arm at the move forward dose to support a potential accelerated approval based on median PFS by blinded independent central review (BICR) as a primary endpoint.
Patients enrolled in Phase 2 at the selected dose would continue on treatment and be included in the Phase 3 study analysis, supplemented by enrollment of approximately 120 additional patients into the Phase 3 portion of the clinical trial with 2:1 randomization on the same basis as the Phase 2 portion. Efficacy data from the Phase 3 could support potential approval using median OS as a primary endpoint.
Clinical Data Update – Darovasertib in (Neo)Adjuvant Primary UM
The company observed further evidence of encouraging clinical activity for darovasertib as neoadjuvant therapy in primary uveal melanoma (UM), including responses in primary ocular tumor lesions. Data was reported from an ongoing investigator sponsored trial (IST) evaluating darovasertib in (neo)adjuvant uveal melanoma, from compassionate use protocol(s) and from the company's Phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating darovasertib as monotherapy and in combination with crizotinib. Best ocular tumor response is reported based on maximal percentage reduction in measured apical height or longest basal diameter.
Collectively, these data further substantiate clinical proof of concept (PoC) for the use of darovasertib in the (neo)adjuvant uveal melanoma setting:
- Ocular tumor shrinkage by investigator review in 9 of 9 (100%) UM (n=6) or MUM (n=3) patients treated as monotherapy or in combination with crizotinib, including a neoadjuvant UM patient treated with darovasertib with a partial response at 1 month, and a second neoadjuvant UM patient treated with the darovasertib and crizotinib combination with ~80% ocular tumor shrinkage at 4 months who was spared enucleation, as described below.
- A UM patient who was already blind in one eye from vascular disease developed a large uveal melanoma lesion in his other eye and sought neoadjuvant treatment with a goal to avoid enucleation and potentially preserve vision in the affected eye to prevent blindness. This patient, who remains on therapy, was treated with darovasertib and crizotinib combination under a compassionate use protocol. The preliminary clinical data showed:
"These additional clinical data underscore the potential for darovasertib as a (neo)adjuvant approach for the treatment of uveal melanoma patients. If clinically validated, this approach could significantly improve current primary treatment paradigms, which typically include radiotherapies and/or enucleation of the eye," said Prof. Anthony Joshua, MBBS Ph.D. FRACP, Head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent's Hospital/Garvan Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia.
IDEAYA is initiating a company-sponsored clinical trial to evaluate darovasertib as monotherapy in (neo)adjuvant uveal melanoma and is evaluating potential near-term clinical neoadjuvant endpoints such as organ preservation (avoiding enucleation) for large ocular tumors and reduction in radiation dose and/or vision preservation for small or medium ocular tumors.
IDEAYA is also supporting St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited, which has initiated an ongoing IST captioned as "Neoadjuvant / Adjuvant trial of Darovasertib in Ocular Melanoma" (NADOM) (NCT05187884), to evaluate darovasertib monotherapy in a neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting in primary UM patients.
Addressable Patient Population in MUM and UM
The potentially addressable patient population for metastatic uveal melanoma is estimated to include approximately 4,500 patients across U.S. and Europe, based on estimated annual incidence, and approximately 14,000 patients in total prevalence in the US and Europe. (Neo)Adjuvant UM represents a significant expansion opportunity for darovasertib – with a potential annual incidence of approximately 8,700 patients aggregate in U.S. and Europe, and approximately 100,000 patients in total prevalence in the U.S. and Europe.
IDEAYA owns or controls all commercial rights in darovasertib, including in MUM and in UM, subject to certain economic obligations pursuant to the Novartis exclusive, worldwide license.
IDEAYA Investor Webcast and Conference Call
IDEAYA will host an investor webcast and conference tomorrow morning, Monday, April 24, 2023 at 8:00 am Eastern Time (ET), to present the further darovasertib and crizotinib Phase 2 clinical efficacy and tolerability data in metastatic uveal melanoma, and the potential registrational clinical trial design based on guidance and feedback from the recent FDA Type C meeting. The company will also provide a clinical data update for darovasertib in neoadjuvant uveal melanoma.
Presenters at the investor webcast and conference call will include Dr. Meredith McKean, M.D., MPH, Director, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Prof. Anthony Joshua, MBBS Ph.D. FRACP, Head of the Department of Medical Oncology, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, St Vincent's Hospital/Garvan Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, and Prof. Mark Shackleton, MBBS, Ph.D., FRACP, Professor of Oncology, Monash University, Director of Oncology, Alfred Health, Chair, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials, Melbourne, Australia, each of whom are key opinion leaders and clinical investigators. Yujiro S. Hata, Chief Executive Officer of IDEAYA Biosciences, and Darrin Beaupre, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of IDEAYA Biosciences, will also present.
IDEAYA's darovasertib investor webcast presentation, as well as an updated corporate presentation, which incorporates the updated darovasertib clinical data as well as IDE397, IDE161 and Werner Helicase program updates from AACR 2023, will be available on the company's website, at its Investor Relations portal (https://ir.ideayabio.com/) in advance of the investor webcast presentation at approximately 6:00 am ET.
Corporate Updates
IDEAYA had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of approximately $373 million as of December 31, 2022, which it currently projects will be sufficient to fund its planned operations into 2026.
About IDEAYA Biosciences
IDEAYA is a 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
Certain statements contained herein are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (the "Company") or its industry to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential" or other comparable terminology. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward-looking, including, but not limited to, statements related to (i) the timing for initiation of and trial design for the darovasertib and crizotinib combination Phase 2/3 registrational trial, (ii) the timing and content of the IDEAYA investor webcast and conference call, (iii) the potential clinical benefit of darovasertib as a (neo)adjuvant therapy, and (iv) the potentially addressable patient population for MUM and (neo)adjuvant UM. The company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While the Company believes these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's control. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainties inherent in the drug development process, including the Company'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, the Company's ability to successfully establish, protect and defend its intellectual property, the effects on the Company'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. These and other important factors may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date hereof. 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 the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and any current and periodic reports filed thereafter. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements or to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in the Company's expectations.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vymo, the leading Sales Engagement Platform for Financial Institutions, has been recognized in the Gartner Market Guide for Sales Engagement Applications for the second time. The 2023 report provides objective insights to CXOs, Business, and IT leaders about how emerging sales & distribution technologies can benefit them.
Vymo solves over 18 industry-relevant use cases with AI nudges & industry playbooks.
Gartner notes, "Sales engagement applications streamline how sellers orchestrate sales activities and deal workflows at scale. They optimize seller productivity by combining three key capabilities into a single interface: multichannel engagement, workflow execution, and time-saving AI/automation."
Vymo has emerged as the technology front end for financial institutions. It integrates with core systems and provides a 360-degree view of the customer in a single window. Vymo captures sales engagement activities automatically and learns what top-performing salespeople are doing. It identifies winning behaviors and creates engagement playbooks to build sales cadence at the organizational level. It unlocks the potential of your customer data and enables your salesforce to delight customers during every interaction.
Based on the report, "Vymo is recommended for distributed sales organizations operating in the banking, financial services, and insurance industries demanding a remote-first experience. "
Get complimentary access to the full research: https://www.gartner.com/reprints/?id=1-2D1XXC4O&ct=230328&st=sb
"We are thrilled that Gartner has recognized us. Improving sales orchestration and execution has emerged as a big differentiator among top financial institutions to win new customers, build stronger relationships, and drive business profitability. We are proud to work with the largest banks and insurance companies in the world and continue to build the sales engagement category further," says Yamini Bhat, CEO of Vymo.
In less than six weeks of going live, Vymo delivers tangible benefits to frontline agents, managers, and sales leaders. As a result, the Daily Active Usage (DAU) is 75%, which is comparable to even top consumer applications such as Instagram and Slack. Today, Vymo works with over 65 banks, insurance companies, and financial services institutions, including -
- Top 20 banks in the world to double their growth in customer acquisitions;
- Asia's #1 Insurer: 5.4X increase in customer engagement;
- Fortune 500 Life Insurer: 26% increase in lead conversion within a week
For more information, read Gartner, Market Guide for Sales Engagement Applications, By Dan Gottlieb, Keith Jones, Roland Johnson, Amy Jenkins, Guy Wood, 27 March 2023.
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About Vymo
Vymo (www.vymo.com) is the Sales Engagement Platform of choice for 350,000 salespeople across 65+ Global Financial Institutions such as AIA, Berkshire Hathaway, Generali, AXA, Sunlife, and HDFC Bank. The platform drives productivity bottom-up through nudges and interventions across the customer lifecycle.
Vymo is recognized as a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave for Sales Engagement.
Vymo has raised over $45M in funding from Sequoia Capital, Emergence Capital, and Bertelsmann India Investments.
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The Central Springs community and students have planted the seeds for a new program this year: FFA.
"It doesn't feel like work when you're able to have a community of people that circle around you," said Central Springs AgEd Boosters Director Laura Cunningham. "It's really small town at its finest."
The National FFA Organization is dedicated to make "a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education," according to its website. The program is for all students, not just for those interested in agriculture careers.
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The Central Springs School Board set its legislative priorities for the 2023 session of the Iowa Legislature at the July 12 meeting.
According to Iowa Farmer Today, one in every five Iowans are employed in agriculture and ag-related industries, accounting for nearly 400,000 jobs. Cunningham, who is a farmer, said she and others know how vital it is to give students agriculture learning opportunities.
"We need great people in our industry to keep problem solving and figuring out how to raise more food with less resources," said Cunningham.
It has been over 50 years since Central Springs last had an FFA chapter. When word got around students were interested in FFA two years ago, the community started an effort to revive it.
"We had a student that was running for state office that came from Forest City and gave a guest presentation. The house was packed. There was probably 35 people in that school board meeting, which there's never 35 people in a school board meeting," said Cunningham.
At that point in time, there was little opportunity for it and work was needed in order to make FFA work, according to Cunningham. COVID-19 put the brakes on reviving the program, but community members would later sit down with the school board and administration to design a plan.
"It was probably, with COVID-19 in the middle, an 18-month process to just figure out what we need to do to get start," said Cunningham. "Then we started sharing the story."
The community established Central Springs AgEd Boosters, a nonprofit, to channel energy and donor support. Students supported the process by surveying classmates, attending meetings, and emailing the school board about FFA.
"The kids have been talking about why they want it and the work that people put into this to get this going," said school board vice president Lori Meacham Ginapp. "I just commend their desire, their passion, to not accept no, continuing to fight and go through it. They did it with the kids best interest at heart."
"In my belief, it is strong partnerships like this that are going to let us thrive in rural America. But in particular, rural Iowa and more importantly rural North Central Iowa," said Superintendent Darwin Lehmann to attendees at the AgEd Booster Fundraiser Barbeque on Sept. 7.
The school board approved the Central Springs FFA Membership Application at the Aug. 15 meeting. The interested students laid out the groundwork for the chapter over the summer, establishing leadership and creating a 150-page activities document.
"The program activities is a nice long document that has all of our planned activities for the year," said FFA Advisor Derek Straube. "We've had some of our first activities and we have to go back and revisit their goals, see if they met them."
At the start of September, over 40 students had their first official FFA meeting. Straube said it will be a working progress throughout the year for student leadership to understand their duties and completing activities. He added the program appreciates FFA President Aubrey Hoeft, who has prior experience from being a part of Charles City FFA.
"Our theme for this year is mission to grow tradition. So pretty much just building the foundation and learning everything that's new, that's in FFA this year, and then getting everyone excited about it," said Hoeft.
Central Springs AgEd Boosters is working to fund raise $400,000 for the program and keep it stable for five years. After that time period, the district steps in to support it financially. The nonprofit started raising funds in April and is currently at the halfway point, according to Cunningham.
Funding goes towards instructional support, activities, and classroom supplies geared for plants and raising livestock. Another big goal with the money is to make sure all students are able to join no matter their financial situation.
"This is kind of the starting grounds and they're getting started. It will help them build and then it should be up and running," said Cunningham.
"That's the only way as a district when we looked our forecasting and finances, it is the only way we felt we could take that on with the lack of funding we are getting out of Des Moines," said Lehmann to fundraiser attendees.
Numerous donors and community members have ties to FFA from their high school days, including Cunningham and Straube. Many of the donors had their blue jackets on display and recounted their FFA days at the fundraiser barbeque.
Central Springs High School marching band members were back in formation for the first time …
"There are a select few that were involved in that early start in the 1960's that love to share stories, as we all do from our FFA experiences. But there's even more folks that were 'I wish I had this when I was in school,'" said Cunningham. "That's a bigger percentage of some of the comments and things that are influencing the support."
School board director and AgEd Booster member Joe Rowe said the development of the FFA program will aid the ag industry, the "backbone" of the region and Iowa. Rowe said it will help with the tech industries that are developing, like the autonomous robotics field.
"Ultimately, that brings industry, it brings stability, it brings community, and it keeps us vibrant. This is a course that enables us to do that for our kids, which enables them to come back here in a viable career and grow a family of their own some day," said Rowe.
Hoeft and the other FFA members are thankful for the community and the donors for making the program happen.
"I hope that our donors can look back and think that this was a good decision supporting this," said Hoeft.
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Palm Beach County to open cold weather shelter Friday
Published: Dec. 23, 2022 at 11:30 AM EST|Updated: 32 minutes ago
Palm Beach County is preparing for an arctic cold front, which is forecast to impact the area beginning Friday evening through this weekend.
Palm Beach County officials announced Friday that the Belle Glade Transitional Shelter and Lake Village at the Glades located at 341 NW 11th St.will open at 7 p.m. The shelter will close as necessary based on weather conditions.
Palm Tran Connection will begin bus pickups at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. for the Glades Region only.
For more information on the cold weather shelters or bus pickups, click here or call the Palm Beach County Division of Emergency Management at (561) 712-6400.
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
05-26-28-37-42, Lucky Ball: 10
(five, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-seven, forty-two; Lucky Ball: ten)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Lucky For Life" game were:
05-26-28-37-42, Lucky Ball: 10
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Nearly 1 in 5 Americans regularly or occasionally use sleep medication, survey finds
Nearly one in five American adults say they turn to medication either occasionally or regularly to help them sleep, according to new research shared by U.S. health officials — which also showed use is more common among women compared to men.
The research, published this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, is based on data from the National Health Interview Survey in 2020.
Taking sleep medication was defined as any medication, both prescribed and over-the-counter, to help fall asleep or stay asleep "most days" or "every day" in the past 30 days.
In 2020, 6.3% of adults said they took sleep medication every day in the last 30 days, 2.1% took medication most days, and 10% took medication some days, according to the data brief.
A total of 81.6% of American adults said they hadn’t taken sleep medication.
FILE - Man’s feet sticking out from under the bed sheets. (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)
The researchers also noted that women (10.2%) were more likely than men (6.6%) to take medication for sleep across all age groups, and the use of medication generally increased with age.
Furthermore, the percentage of adults who took medication for sleep every day or most days was the highest among White adults (10.4%), followed by Black adults (6.1%) and Hispanic (4.6%) adults, the data brief said. The lowest percentage was among Asian adults.
Sleep medication use also decreased as family income increased, from 10% of adults with an income below the federal poverty level to 8.2% among those making two or more times the federal poverty level, the researchers said.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recommends that adults should get seven hours or more of sleep per night on a regular basis for optimal health. But previous research has indicated that many adults struggle to get enough sleep and turn to sleep aids as a result.
Sleeping medication can include over-the-counter drugs, and dietary supplements — all of which can affect people in different ways, the AASM says.
FILE - A night scene with a selection of medication and a glass of water. (Photo by: Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
"Each medication targets a specific part of the brain. It is the brain that controls when your body sleeps and when it is awake. This is a complex process that also involves your heart, lungs and muscles," the AASM states.
While some sleep medications can be helpful tools to get a better night’s rest, they can also cause dependence when taken long-term and result in a tolerance to the medication or withdrawal symptoms, the AASM says.
Tips for getting better sleep
FILE - Man lying on a bed at night in a dark room checking his smartphone. (Credit: Getty Images)
Having good sleep habits can help people get better rest. This includes having a consistent sleep schedule, even on weekends or during vacations, according to the CDC and AASM.
It’s also important to make sure the bedroom is quiet, dark, and at a comfortable temperature.
Avoid eating large meals and drinking both caffeine and alcohol before bed, experts suggest. Meanwhile, limit exposure to bright light in the evenings and particularly electronics.
Exercise can also help with better sleep. Being physically active during the day can help one fall asleep more easily at night, the CDC says.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that its flagship classroom technology subsidiary Promethean continues to be a global leader for Interactive Flat Panel Display (IFPD) technology, according to Futuresource Consulting's Q2 2022 report on the World IFPD market. As schools closed out the 2021-2022 school year, administrators set their sights on a successful upcoming year by purchasing the right edtech for their classrooms. Significant demand and investment in education technology increased market share for Promethean's ActivPanel.
Promethean maintains its global K-12 education sector IFPD market leader position from 2018 to 2022 collectively, excluding sales in China. From July 2021 to June 2022, Promethean achieved a 24.2% volume share of the total IFPD market. In that same 12-month period, Promethean remained the number one brand in the United States, United Kingdom & Ireland, and Germany. Most recently, in Q2 2022, the company continued strong growth in the United States, achieving a 30.2% volume share of the IFPD market.
Promethean rounded out Q2 2022 with the launch of the all-new ActivPanel 9 with ActivSync, which delivers the most robust, seamless, and secure user experience to teachers, students, and IT administrators. After listening to more than 1,300 customers across the globe, Promethean designed the interactive panel to navigate a changing learning environment. The ActivPanel 9 is the only interactive panel with ActivSync, Promethean's patented technology which eliminates digital barriers between devices and enables increased connectivity, customizable settings, and enhanced mobility so teachers can move around freely. In addition, teachers can record lessons, including classroom voices and panel content, to be shared with remote and absent students and parents through any platform. Promethean also announced a strategic alliance with artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Merlyn Mind, where Promethean will distribute Symphony Classroom™, the AI solution that brings the Merlyn digital assistant to teachers powered by voice-activated AI, in the US market.
"As we lead the way to Q3 2022 and beyond, it is clear that Promethean continues to accelerate our commitment to bringing innovative, market-leading technology to teachers, students, and IT administrators," said Chris Hand, Chief Revenue Officer at Promethean. "With the all-new ActivPanel in use, classrooms are now outfitted with interactive panels that are more secure, user-friendly, and interoperable with other technologies."
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About NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited
NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) is a global leader in building internet communities with a long track record of developing and scaling multiple internet and mobile platforms that impact hundreds of millions of users, including previous establishments of China's first online gaming portal, 17173.com, and China's most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless.
Established in 1999, NetDragon is one of the most reputable and well-known online game developers in China with a history of successful game titles including Eudemons Online, Heroes Evolved, Conquer Online and Under Oath. In recent years, NetDragon has also started to scale its online education business on the back of management's vision to create the largest global online learning community, and to bring true integrated blended learning solutions to every school around the world.
About Promethean
Promethean is a leading education technology company working to transform the way the world learns and collaborates. From our founding in Blackburn, England, more than 25 years ago to our global operations in 22 countries today, we've continued to explore, innovate, and inspire—designing learning and collaboration tools that are built for breakthroughs. Our award-winning interactive display, ActivPanel, and lesson delivery software, ActivInspire and ClassFlow, were designed to engage students, connect colleagues, and bring out the brilliance in everyone. With headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and offices worldwide, Promethean is a subsidiary of the NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) group of companies. Visit us at PrometheanWorld.com.
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RICHLAND, Miss — Police in Central Mississippi shot and killed an Arkansas woman who was holding another person hostage in a Walmart store as she said she needed help and demanded to speak to a news anchor.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the shooting happened Wednesday evening in the Jackson suburb of Richland. The person killed was Corlunda McGinister, 21, of West Helena, Arkansas, department spokeswoman Bailey Martin said Thursday.
A video posted to social media showed a woman holding a gun in one hand and using the other hand to hold onto a person wearing a Walmart employee vest. The woman with the gun yelled that she needed help and wanted to talk to a news anchor. Another video on social media showed police telling the armed woman to put her hands up. The woman yelled that she was not trying to hurt anybody.
Richland police Chief Nick McLendon told WAPT-TV that no one else was hurt in the shooting.
"It's devastating for all parties involved — the officers, everybody that was involved in this situation," McLendon said. "You know, with the Christmas season coming, mental health is a big deal because of the stress involved in the Christmas season."
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'Trying to get a little better': St. Mary's Springs remains unbeaten with big win over WLA
FOND DU LAC – The St. Mary’s Springs high school football team executed a nearly flawless game plan Saturday as it steamrolled to a 37-0 victory over Winnebago Lutheran Academy at Fruth Field.
The Ledgers (5-0 overall, 3-0 Flyway) accounted for 190 total yards offensively in the first half, while the Vikings could only muster 33 yards against the Springs defense. The second half saw much of the same dominance on the Ledgers’ part, controlling both the time of possession and field position battles throughout the contest.
“It was pretty much what I expected,” Springs head coach Bob Hyland said. “We’re getting better. The whole performance was unemotional on our part.”
WLA (3-2, 1-2) started the game with the ball but on the first play from scrimmage Springs sophomore defensive lineman Noah Moul sacked quarterback Sam Loehr, which set the tone.
The Ledgers began their opening possession with a 17-yard run from Levi Huempfner, which culminated in a 1-yard touchdown carry by J.T. Koenigs to cap an 11-play scoring drive that included five first downs.
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An interception by senior defensive back Gavin Jahns shut down one of the Vikings’ longest drives shortly into the second quarter, which set up a 37-yard touchdown pass on fourth down from Cullen King to Lucas Rameker giving Springs a 14-0 advantage.
Following a three-and-out for WLA, the Ledgers continued to pound the ball on the ground. Jonathan Korb ripped off a 23-yard run to precede another 23-yard carry, this one to the end zone courtesy of Koenigs for his second score.
It took three plays for Springs to increase its lead and, according to Hyland, those big plays along with stifling defense were the key to their success.
“We pretty much totally shut down their run. When we get teams to throw, our defensive backfield is as strong as we’ve ever had, the four or five of them that are back there. It's really tough to throw against them. It’s one of the things that we’re pretty proud of. They’ve worked hard, and all of them are basketball players, so they’re tall, long, lanky kids,” Hyland said.
The Ledgers’ lone miscues came toward the end of the half. Loehr earned some revenge on his counterpart by picking off a pass from King at the Vikings’ 16-yard line with a little more than two minutes to go. Despite the turnover, however, Springs drove WLA back into its own end zone for a safety collected by the combination of John Coon and Jacob Holmes.
“We had that nice drive in the first half, (but) we needed to capitalize to tie the score,” said WLA head coach Kevin Loehr. “Then that didn’t happen and like I told the boys, the train starts moving and we were unable to stop it. There were some spots we played really well, there’s no doubt. The guys played hard. It’s just that we were outmatched. Now we’re moving on, trying to run the rest of the Flyway. We’ll do our thing and see what happens.”
Springs opened the third quarter by losing four yards, but the next play Huempfner sprinted 76 yards to put the Ledgers up 30-0.
“That felt great,” said Huempfner, who had nine carries for 125 yards. “I was quiet the first half, which was alright. We had some guys do most of the hard work. I had some great blocks, and it was just wide open field so it felt good.”
With the game mostly in hand, Springs put in backup quarterback junior Max Bauer and he seized his opportunity by delivering a 50-yard touchdown run.
After pitching a shutout, Hyland was asked what the team could possibly do to improve on its performance.
“Nothing in particular,” Hyland said. “What you see is what you get from us. You can’t work on getting more physicality when you don’t have it. So, we’re just going to continue to try to eliminate errors, get our emotions up and play better football. Every week is trying to get a little better.”
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ATLANTA, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The government of Costa Rica has selected DEKRA to operate the country's vehicle inspection program. The decision was announced by the President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, in a press conference on Wednesday, August 26. DEKRA is expected to begin conducting inspections in late September.
DEKRA will operate the Inspección Técnica Vehicular vehicle inspection program for two years, including management of 13 physical stations and 3 mobile stations across Costa Rica. DEKRA plans to employ approximately 450 local personnel in 2022, in order to conduct an average of 2 million vehicle inspections each year. Inspections are required annually for all vehicles in Costa Rica, including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, taxis, and motorcycles. Required inspections include safety components, such as performance of brakes and shocks, as well as emissions testing.
President Chaves highlighted DEKRA's extensive experience in vehicle inspection and global reputation for excellence as part of its winning bid. Eleven bids from national and international companies were considered in the competitive tender.
"Each day and in every action we take, DEKRA is committed to creating a safer and more sustainable world," said Bert Zoetbrood, President and Chief Regional Officer of DEKRA Americas. "We are proud to be the vehicle inspection partner for the government and people of Costa Rica, making roads safer and air cleaner with each inspection that we conduct."
Costa Rica will be the fifth country in the Americas where DEKRA conducts vehicle inspections, joining existing programs in the United States, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil. In the past 18 months, DEKRA has established new vehicle inspection business in five countries, including three in the Americas, bringing the total to 25 countries globally. DEKRA is the world's leading vehicle inspection company and, with the addition of Costa Rica, will perform nearly 30 million inspections annually.
"DEKRA's technical expertise in the field of periodic vehicle inspection is in demand worldwide and is winning over more and more markets," says Christoph Nolte, who, as Executive Vice President, is responsible for DEKRA's Vehicle Inspection business field. "Technically safe vehicles that are regularly inspected according to recognized standards are a basic prerequisite for road safety."
DEKRA North America protects people, assets, and our community by providing comprehensive testing, inspection, certification and consulting services around the globe. DEKRA NORTH AMERICA is a service unit of DEKRA S.E., a global leader in safety since 1925 with over 47,000 employees in 60 countries across six continents.
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LONDON (AP) — British government debt rose to the highest level in almost 60 years last month and retail sales slumped, underscoring the scale of the economic challenges facing whoever replaces Prime Minister Liz Truss after her administration imploded under the weight of its failed financial plan.
Public borrowing rose to 98% of economic output in September as rampant inflation increased interest payments on what the government owed, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. That’s higher than at any point since 1963, when Britain was still paying off debts accumulated during World War II.
Deepening the sense of gloom were figures showing that retail sales fell for a second straight month and are now 1.3% below pre-pandemic levels.
“Today’s weaker-than-expected public borrowing figures … are a reminder that amidst the current political turmoil, the tough task facing the government of demonstrating its fiscal credibility lie immediately ahead, rather than behind,” said James Smith, research director at the Resolution Foundation, a think tank focused on improving living standards for low- and middle-income people.
Britain has begun the process of picking its third prime minister in less than four months after Truss was forced to resign Thursday following weeks of turmoil sparked by her economic plans.
The new leader’s first task will be to restore credibility after Truss’ decision to announce 45 billion pounds ($50 billion) of tax cuts without saying how she would pay for them fueled concerns about spiraling government debt that unnerved investors and voters and forced emergency intervention by the Bank of England.
Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt, who took office last week, has reversed most of Truss’ program and pledged that debt will begin falling as a percentage of gross domestic product within the next few years. That has steadied financial markets after Truss’ plans sent the pound plunging to record lows, threatened the solvency of some pension funds and pushed borrowing costs higher for the government and millions of homeowners.
But people are watching closely to see how Hunt and his new boss — whoever it may be — achieve those goals at a time when the demands on government are rising.
The government has already promised to spend 60 billion pounds to shield homes and businesses from high energy prices, and demands are growing to boost welfare benefits and public pensions with inflation running at a 40-year high of 10.1%. The National Health Service, schools and public transportation providers also are seeking more money to cover soaring costs.
Rising prices are squeezing consumers, with sales of food, motor fuels, furniture and other non-food items all falling in September, the Office for National Statistics said. The overall decline was driven by a 1.8% drop in grocery store sales.
“In recent months, supermarkets have highlighted that they are seeing a decline in volumes sold because of increased food prices and cost of living impacts,” the ONS reported.
The rising cost of living also is squeezing government finances by increasing the cost of servicing the nation’s debts.
Interest payable on the government’s debt rose to 7.7 billion pounds in September, or about 2.5 billion pounds more than during the same month last year, the ONS said. That was due primarily to rising payments on inflation-linked bonds, which are pegged to the retail prices index.
Retail price inflation accelerated to 12.6% in September from 4.9% a year earlier, ONS figures show. The retail prices index tends to be higher than the consumer prices index because of differences in the way the two numbers are calculated.
All of this comes against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has driven up prices for food and energy and fueled demands for an increase in defense spending.
Government borrowing increased to 20 billion pounds in September, 2.2 billion pounds more than in September 2021 and 5.2 billion pounds more than forecast in March by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, the ONS said.
Hunt said this week that the government would have to raise taxes and reduce spending to restore faith in the public finances, but he refused to say what programs would be affected until he delivers his new economic plan to Parliament on Oct. 31. The plan will be accompanied by analysis from the Office for Budget Responsibility showing how it is likely to affect public borrowing.
“That means decisions of eye-watering difficulty,” Hunt told the House of Commons after taking over. “But I give the House and the public this assurance: every single one of those decisions, whether reductions in spending or increases in tax, will prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/New-UK-leader-to-face-highest-government-debt-in-17524357.php | 2022-10-21 11:29:50 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/New-UK-leader-to-face-highest-government-debt-in-17524357.php |
Iowa City Marketplace, home to Planet Fitness and Dollar Tree, is up for auction next month
Iowa City Marketplace will go up for auction next month.
Bidding for the shopping center formerly known as the Sycamore Mall and home of the state’s first Ollie’s Discount Market will open at $5 million and run from July 17-19, according to a listing on the RI Marketplace website, an online commercial real estate auction house. The starting price is nearly $10 million less than the purchase point last October.
The marketplace, located on Sycamore Street in southeast Iowa City, includes stores like JoAnn and Dollar Tree, Planet Fitness, and Marcus Theatres. A future purchase will include nearly 21 acres of land and 250,000 square feet of space. The listing says that 81% of the center is occupied and provides an opportunity to add value to the purchase by leasing additional portions of the property.
The building was purchased for $14.2 million by Brookwood Capital Advisors, a real estate development firm in Fredricksburg, Virginia, last October. Brookwood founder Ben Hamd told the Press-Citizen last year that the intent was to redevelop the property and bring back a large retail store.
Hamd told the Press-Citizen on Thursday that they have achieved that goal by bringing the state’s first Ollie’s location, which he described as a fusion of stores like T.J. Maxx with a grocery side. It is expected to open later this year.
“To have Ollie’s select the first store in Iowa, of all the places they could pick, [it was] not Cedar Rapids, not Davenport, not anywhere else, they picked Iowa City,” Hamd said. “It is like a big, big nod to the strength of the University of Iowa and the strength of the community of Iowa City in general.”
The opening price of $5 million is far from the true selling price at auction, Hamd said. He expects the final sale price to land between last year’s purchase price of $14 million and $20 million.
Hamd called Iowa City home for more than a year after graduating college and immediately recognized the property's value when Brookwood had the opportunity to purchase it.
“I bought this because I used to live in Iowa City and I knew the value and we unlocked even more value by bringing in that lease,” Hamd said, referring to the introduction of Ollie’s Discount Market. “But there's still a bunch more value to be unlocked.”
Brookwood works “only on redeveloping shopping centers,” according to its website, which includes finding empty sites and leasing those to full capacity. The company helps lure occupants, touting a more than 40% rise in property occupancy rates.
Hamd, who has lived in Iowa City, previously told the Press-Citizen he was familiar with the Iowa City Marketplace. He wants to see the building thrive.
“It's always been an interesting piece of the Iowa City retail landscape, Iowa City in general. I mean, this space should not be vacant. Iowa City in general is a really, really good market, decent income, it's good demographics, growing population base,” he said. “So it really just takes a hands-on owner that knows retail to do something with that box, which is where we come in.”
The company touts at least 10 "completed" projects in Indiana, Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and Minnesota.
Ollie’s signed a seven-year lease with the property, according to the property listing, and is set to open later this year. The discount store has more than 400 locations nationwide, but its closest location is more than 100 miles away, in Peoria, Illinois. The local business will occupy the “anchor” spot, the dominant retail store, on the property. Von Maur previously held that title before it moved its location to Coralville's Iowa River Landing one decade ago. Lucky’s Market also occupied the space for a few years before closing in 2019.
The marketplace brings in roughly $1.8 million per year in Net Operating Income, NOI, the listing says. NOI is calculated after operating costs, property taxes, and other expenses are subtracted from revenue.
Hamd said he was familiar with the marketplace from his time in town and hopes it stays in local hands.
“We'd love to see local money because when local money gets invested in something like this, they'll get a higher return than what they're used to,” Hamd said. “They're going to be just as invested as we were and probably add even more tenants and make this building worth even more in the future, and bring more cool businesses there.”
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Ukrainian man has been arrested on federal cybercrime charges in an alleged scheme that for years used malware to steal information from millions of people around the world, U.S. prosecutors announced Tuesday.
An indictment unsealed this month charges Mark Sokolovsky, 26, with renting out the Raccoon Infostealer program to people who used it to steal emails, passwords, financial data and other personal information from more than 2 million people.
Sokolovsky was arrested by authorities in the Netherlands in March and is appealing to a court there to stop his extradition to Texas for trial, prosecutors said. Court records do not list an attorney for him in the U.S. and his Dutch lawyer could not be immediately identified.
Sokolovsky is charged with four counts, including conspiracy to commit computer and wire fraud. Prosecutors allege that starting in 2018, he began developing and then leasing out Raccoon for about $200 a month in cryptocurrency. His clients would then use email phishing and other ruses to get people to install the program on their computers and then use it to steal their information, according to court records.
Investigators have identified more than 50 million unique pieces of information — including credit card and bank account numbers — that they say were stolen with the program. Prosecutors say they have yet to uncover the full scope of the operation.
The FBI has set up a website where people can check whether they may have been a victim of a Racoon attack: raccoon.ic3.gov. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Ukrainian-man-charged-in-US-with-Raccoon-17534055.php | 2022-10-25 22:36:00 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Ukrainian-man-charged-in-US-with-Raccoon-17534055.php |
BENI, Congo (AP) — At least five people, including two policemen, were killed in an attack on a prison in which about 750 inmates escaped in Congo’s eastern Butembo town, local officials said Wednesday.
Rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces attacked the Kakwangura prison early Wednesday during a transfer of prisoners, said Capt. Anthony Mwalushay, spokesman for the Congolese army in Beni. Three ADF attackers burned to death in the assault, he said.
The rebels launched the attack based on information that women prisoners associated with their group would be transferred from Beni to Butembo, he said.
“We call on the population to remain calm,” he said.
Butembo mayor Mowa Baeki-Telly told The Associated Press that the prison held more than 800 prisoners and that only about 50 remain.
“We are tracking the ADF rebels and detaining them in town,” he said, adding that they will have a more official count by the end of the day.
In October 2020, another rebel attack on the Kangbayi prison, caused about 1,300 detainees to escape in Beni in the North Kivu province.
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The 84 Lumber Recruitment Call Center will be open on National Hire a Veteran Day
July 25 – from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. EST
EIGHTY FOUR, Pa., July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 84 Lumber, the nation's largest privately held building materials supplier, is proud to take part in National Hire a Veteran Day, which will be observed on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
84 Lumber is hosting a special Recruitment Call Center event, adding a personal touch for potential associates to ask questions and learn about opportunities throughout the 84 Lumber network without having to travel to a specific location. Callers can speak to 84 Lumber associates from a variety of backgrounds.
The Call Center will be open on Tuesday, July 25 – National Hire a Veteran Day – from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. EST. Call 724-228-1885 to speak to a live recruiter.
"At 84 Lumber, veterans play a significant role in the company's success. Their leadership, discipline, and commitment to excellence are qualities that align with 84 Lumber's culture and values," said 84 Lumber Owner & CEO Maggie Hardy.
"When someone retires from the military, they're typically used to a very structured, hard-working environment where they can grow and move up the ranks. That's why veterans tend to thrive at 84 Lumber and become some of our most successful associates," said Hardy. "On the other hand, 84 Lumber absolutely benefits from the hard-working values that our military has learned. These traits aren't always easy to come by, and we sure do appreciate those who have them."
Veteran Phil Dollman: Finding a Like-Minded Career and Purpose at 84 Lumber
Before joining 84 Lumber last June as a Recruiting Talent Acquisition Specialist, veteran Phil Dollman was unsure of what his next career move would be. Upon leaving his six years of active duty in the United States Air Force (USAF) Security Forces, followed by 18 years as a police officer, he had a tough time finding a job that offered the same structure and comfort level as he had in the military and police department.
"Finding a stable career path that gives veterans like me the same structure as we had in the military was important," said Dollman. "When you're used to having a clear rank structure of leaders who are required to do their job in a professional manner, transitioning to a civilian job that has poor or inconsistent leadership can be a tough adjustment, and opportunities seemed sparse."
During his time at USAF, Dollman, who retired as an E-5 staff sergeant, provided law enforcement and security services to military personnel and resources vital to national security; he was frequently in charge of a post, fire team, or some other group of airmen charged with an important duty related to the security of national defense. His attention to detail, duty, and high standards are what attracted him to 84 Lumber after his follow-up stint as a police officer, as he felt the company respected this experience.
"People who have honorably separated from the military have shown that during that period of their lives, they were held to a high standard as they performed their duties," said Dollman. "I have found 84 Lumber to be a no-nonsense company. 84 Lumber puts heavy value on being a team player who is reliable and doesn't make excuses."
"I get along with other field recruiters who also have a military background, and we find we bring our personal values to our job," said Dollman. "And as a recruiter, I frequently speak with and hire veterans. There is usually a familiarity when we speak because of similar shared experiences."
Why Veterans Thrive at 84 Lumber
Dollman found his way to 84 Lumber after discovering a family member worked for the company, and after more than a year in his role, he is happy he did. He says the qualities that he gained through his military experience, such as teamwork, reliability, ownership, and leading by example, are qualities that have helped him succeed at 84 Lumber and why he encourages others to join the company.
For those veterans in a similar situation to Dollman who may be seeking a new career, he highly suggests 84 Lumber. "As service members transition from military life whether through separation or retirement, many of us seek new careers to apply our skills in the civilian world," said Dollman. "If you can carry the intangibles learned in the military over to the company, you will likely excel quickly."
National Hire a Veteran Day – Tuesday, July 25, 2023 – aims to inspire employers to recruit and hire veterans by recognizing the unique skills and values that former soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen bring to the workforce.
No experience or degree is needed to join 84 Lumber. The company offers top-of-the-line training and development programs, so associates are prepared to move up quickly and become leaders at the company. To apply, visit 84lumber.com/careers.
Since 84 Lumber was founded almost 70 years ago, the company has had a strong commitment to US military members. It offers a year-round 10 percent discount for all military personnel, purple wounded warrior parking spots at all stores nationwide, and hosts an annual "Operation Appreciation" month every May to show special appreciation to the military. 84 Lumber associates who are veterans or active-duty members are given an extra paid day off to use on a veteran-related holiday, such as Veteran's Day or Memorial Day, each year. Each associate nationwide also is given a custom Operation Appreciation t-shirt. To learn more visit www.84Lumber.com or Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
ABOUT 84 LUMBER
Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, 84 Lumber Company is the nation's largest privately held supplier of building materials, manufactured components, and industry-leading services for single- and multi-family residences and commercial buildings. The company operates 310 facilities which include stores, component manufacturing plants, custom door shops, and engineered wood product centers in more than 35 states. 84 Lumber also offers turnkey installation services for a variety of products, including framing, insulation, siding, windows, roofing, decking, and drywall. A certified national women's business enterprise owned by Maggie Hardy, 84 Lumber was named one of America's Largest Private Companies by Forbes and also made the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies in 2022. For more information, visit 84lumber.com or join us at Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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Who doesn’t love rock n' roll? If you just thought that was an outrageous question, then you’re in luck!
A museum in our community is dedicated to a legendary rock star. It focuses on the man known as the King of Rock and Roll. If you didn’t guess by now, we’re talking about none other than Elvis Presley.
Out of all the fun and exciting places to visit in our area, the Elvis Barbershop Museum goes above and beyond to preserve the history of when the King of Rock' n' Roll spent time in Arkansas.
You and your family can take a trip to the Elvis Museum at Fort Chaffee in Fort Smith. While you’re there, emerge yourself into the late 1950s.
The Barbershop Museum is known for doing the “haircut heard around the world." Why? Elvis’ haircut was major news during that time. After being drafted into the Army, his fans thought things wouldn’t be the same once his hair got cut.
Don’t believe us, then you’ll just have to read the letter sent to President Dwight Eisenhower by a fan saying she’d “just die” if his hair was cut.
A bit dramatic, yes, but the museum has everything from barbershop chairs used in that era to the exact camera and microphone used by the media!
Fun fact: the microphone on display was used by a news reporter from Channel 22, which you now know as Channel 5!
Once you get your Elvis fix, you can just walk right across the parking lot to learn about the history of Fort Chaffee.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming recession — a standard GOP argument going into the November elections.
But inflation is even worse in major Texas cities than across the nation as a whole. Government figures show inflation is 10.2% in the Houston area and 9.4% around Dallas, higher than the latest national average of 8.5%.
Abbott and other GOP leaders are making a paradoxical argument that the U.S. economy has slumped into a recession, but Republican-led parts of the country are still booming. Those officials are blaming Biden's policies for sky-high gasoline and food prices, while taking credit for the job gains those same policies helped spur.
The Texas governor tweeted on July 28: “The U.S. economy is in a recession under Biden. Meanwhile, Texas was #1 in the nation for job growth in June & more Texans have jobs today than ever before in our state’s history.”
The Associated Press found a familiar pattern in 15 Republican-led states in which governors on Twitter would praise job growth in their states, while senators would simultaneously say the national economy as a whole was crashing. These seemingly conflicting claims were also repeated in public remarks.
GOP leaders say state policies such as low tax rates and keeping business open during the pandemic helped to fuel hiring and investment. But their claims tend to ignore how job growth was also boosted by a historic injection of federal money that began in March 2020 and continued under Biden with last year's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Biden and his fellow Democrats have acknowledged the pain caused by inflation that hit a 40-year high this summer. But the president has stressed that the United States has avoided a recession because of the low 3.5% unemployment rate. He argues that global factors such as the pandemic, fragile supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused prices to jump — and that he’s meeting the public’s needs with the economic and climate package signed into law on Tuesday.
“Too often we hand the biggest microphone to the critics and the cynics who delight in declaring failure while those committed to making real progress do the hard work of governing,” Biden said in a swipe at the GOP.
Multiple surveys do show that voters have a sense of foreboding about the economy and that most people fault the president. Researchers said there's not a lot of academic analyses to show why many voters seem willing to blame inflation on White House policies and give a pass to statehouses, as inflation had been low in recent decades and less of a factor in elections than jobs.
Andrew Reeves, a political science professor at Washington University in St. Louis, said most voters likely judge the local and national economies by different standards. When it comes to state and local officials, voters form opinions through what they observe in their daily lives. But they often gauge the national economy through hard numbers and political ideologies.
“The ‘national economy’ is this nebulous thing that none of us actually experiences,” Reeves said. “It’s an abstract concept. We may be more willing to let our partisanship shade how we see what is going on nationally. Joe Biden is well into his term, so the honeymoon is over and he owns this economy — whether his policies are directly responsible for it or not.”
Republican governors such as Florida's Ron DeSantis and Georgia's Brian Kemp are largely unscathed on inflation, even though consumer prices are significantly above the national average in both of those states. Inflation is 10.6% in the Miami area, 11.2% in Tampa and 11.5% in Atlanta.
What many voters in Republican states are hearing is an economic argument similar to what Biden has attempted on a national scale — that job growth and government finances are strong enough to insulate people from a downturn.
DeSantis dismissed Biden’s claims that the U.S. economy remains healthy, calling that "Orwellian doublespeak.” The governor said at Florida’s Airports Council conference on Aug. 1 that his state’s budget surplus could insulate it from a downturn.
“We're not immune to the inflation, we're not immune to the energy prices,” DeSantis said. “Because Florida has been open, because Florida has excelled economically, we're in the position where we're going to be able to meet those needs of the state regardless of what Uncle Joe throws at us from Washington, D.C."
Job growth has been broad across the country. Data released Friday by the Bureau of Statistic s found that employment increased in 43 states and was essentially unchanged in seven states over the past 12 months.
But the bipartisan research group EIG analyzed job growth in the three major Republican states (Texas, Arizona and Florida) and the three major Democratic ones (California, Illinois and New York). It found that the GOP areas have fully recovered and exceeded their pandemic job totals, while the recovery has been slower in Democratic states.
What seems to be the much more overarching priority among voters is not jobs but inflation, said John Lettieri, EIG's president and CEO. At a time of political polarization, it’s striking to him how fears about prices are crossing generational, class, regional and partisan lines.
“There is strong unanimity that the economy is an issue, inflation is the No. 1 problem and Biden is to blame,” Lettieri said. "This cuts across all the divides. All those different ways we slice up the electorate, they’re all responding to this to one degree or another in strong ways.”
Inflation appears to be an inescapable challenge for Biden, even as other issues such as abortion rights appear to be rallying Democratic voters. Republicans are able promote job gains to say why they would be better at leading the economy, without having to list, as Biden has stressed in speeches, their own policies for reducing consumer prices.
Gabriel Lenz, a political science professor at the University of California Los Angeles, said the “best measure of what voters are personally experiencing” is a metric known as real disposable personal income. That figure looks at how much money people have after adjusting for taxes and inflation. Its changes over the past two years mirror those of Democratic political fortunes.
When Biden signed pandemic relief into law in March 2021, people's real disposable income climbed 28.7% from a year ago. The aid helped the economy recover while some notable economists warned it could also be inflationary. As prices rose over the past year and much of the aid expired, real disposable income has tumbled 3.5% over the past 12 months as a result.
Based on that number, Lenz concluded: “It's no surprise that people are gloomy."
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two Republicans and an Independent taking part in a boycott that has stalled hundreds of bills in the Oregon Senate, including measures on abortion and gender-affirming care, were disqualified Monday from reelection under a new constitutional amendment aimed at stopping such walkouts.
The GOP-led walkout of the Democrat-dominated Senate has stretched to 10 days, though some participating lawmakers have rotated in and out since the boycott began May 3. Each of the three affected senators accumulated 10 unexcused absences, making them ineligible to serve in the Legislature for the period after their terms expire under a ballot measure voters passed overwhelmingly last year.
“The majority of Senate Republicans continue to walk off the job that the voters elected them to do, in which our Constitution compels them to attend,” Senate President Rob Wagner said from the Senate podium. He added in an email: “Three senators have now unnecessarily disqualified themselves from a subsequent term in the Legislature.”
Sen. Tim Knopp, the Senate Republican Leader, said Monday that during weekend negotiations to end the boycott, he had told Democratic leaders that the Republicans would end their boycott “to pass substantially bipartisan budgets and bills that are lawful and constitutional.”
Wagner earlier said the sweeping abortion rights-gender affirming care measure was not negotiable. Republicans want it off the table.
Knopp said all 12 Republican senators took part in the boycott on Monday “in solidarity” with the three senators facing disqualification. He blasted Democrats for pursuing an “extreme” agenda.
“Let it be abundantly clear: this is just the beginning of the fight,” Knopp said in a statement.
The three boycotting senators who reached the 10-day limits for automatic disqualification are Republicans Dennis Linthicum and Daniel Bonham and Independent Brian Boquist, a former Republican.
Ballot Measure 113 was passed by almost 70% of voters last November as a method to end walkouts that have plagued the Legislature for several years. It is now written into the state Constitution.
The Constitution now says missing 10 or more floor sessions “shall be deemed disorderly behavior and shall disqualify the member from holding office as a senator or representative for the term following the election after the member’s current term is completed.”
But left unclear is whether they can run for office as candidates.
The test will perhaps come when the window for filing as candidates in the 2024 election opens in September.
Ben Morris, spokesman for the secretary of state’s office, earlier said the courts have interpreted elections statutes to state that the Elections Division can’t allow a candidate on the ballot if it knows the candidate won’t qualify for office.
But an explanatory statement for Ballot Measure 113 says a disqualified candidate “may run for office … and win, but cannot hold office.”
Court challenges are expected. Boquist said in an email Monday that he believes he’ll be allowed on the ballot if he offers himself as a candidate in 2024.
“The Elections Division has no authority on the absence clause of the Oregon Constitution,” Boquist said. “They will avoid it completely.”
Bonham and Linthicum didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on their disqualifications. Linthicum’s seat is also up for election in 2024, Bonham’s in 2026.
In a May 9 email to constituents, Bonham accused Democrats of ignoring a long-forgotten 1979 law that said summaries of bills need to be written at an eighth-grade level — a law which was resurrected this month by the Republicans.
Bonham also blasted the abortion-protection bill as an assault on parents’ rights because it lacks a requirement for girls to notify their parents of their decision to have an abortion.
“I will not sit by and help move along the majority party’s extreme and unconstitutional agenda — especially with their complete and obvious dismissal of the law,” Bonham wrote.
On Monday, only 16 senators were present, four short of the quorum. Wagner pleaded with them to return. Under Oregon law, a quorum in the Senate or House is two-thirds of members being present.
“There is still time for senators to come back and do their job — 41 days before the end of the 2023 legislative session,” Wagner said. “We have very important work before us this session. We are here to fund our schools, to support our seniors, to repair our infrastructure and our bridges, and make Oregon a great place to live and raise families.
He reminded lawmakers that the Legislature must also approve a biennial state budget before the end of June.
Meanwhile, Senate committees and joint committees, where quorum is reached with 50% attendance, continued on Monday, with some Republicans in attendance.. | https://wgntv.com/news/ap-top-headlines/extended-boycott-disqualifies-2-gop-senators-1-independent-in-oregon-senate-from-being-reelected/ | 2023-05-16 03:41:16 | 0 | https://wgntv.com/news/ap-top-headlines/extended-boycott-disqualifies-2-gop-senators-1-independent-in-oregon-senate-from-being-reelected/ |
Over 70,000 Donors in South Korea Signed Up to Give Blood
NEW YORK, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volunteers in South Korea were listed in the Guinness World Records for having the most people sign up as blood donors online within one day. On October 1st, 71,121 volunteers from the group We Are One completed online blood donation applications within a 24-hour period, from 8:00 am on October 1st until 8:00 am on October 2nd. The new record is about seven times the previous world record of 10,217 registrations (within 8 hours) held by India.
We Are One intends to raise awareness about the importance of donating blood to address the blood shortage stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts are part of the youth organization's 'Life On Youth On' blood donation campaign.
According to the Global Status Report on Blood Safety and Availability published by the World Health Organization (WHO), blood supply shortages have impacted all countries during the pandemic. In January 2022, the American Red Cross announced that the United States was facing a national blood crisis – its worst shortage of blood in over a decade.
Mr. Junsu Hong, the head of We Are One, said, "It was possible not only because of the volunteers, but also the Korean Red Cross officials working at the forefront to solve the blood shortage, and the IT company that developed an efficient blood donation application system. In that sense it has great significance. I believe COVID-19 can be defeated when we are all one."
We Are One, which recently launched in July, has been running the 70,000 blood donation campaign since August 27th. To date, over 43,811 people have already donated blood, and the remaining volunteers plan to donate by November.
The official record is accessible on the Guinness World Records website.
Around the world and even in New York, volunteers are participating in the We Are One blood donation campaign. New York-based members will donate blood for a week through October 22nd at the New York Blood Center.
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To Meet Industry Demand, National Physician Recruiting Firm Expands Services to Include Recruitment of C-suite and VP-level Healthcare Leaders
IRVING, Texas, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adaptive Medical Partners, a leading physician recruiting firm based in Irving, Texas, announces the launch of a new division specializing in healthcare executive search. The new division, AMP Executive Search, will be led by Steve Korinek, Managing Director. Korinek, along with Robert Pondrum, and their team will focus on recruiting top talent among C-suite roles for healthcare administration and leadership, such as CEO, CFO, and COO, and other key executive roles at VP level, director level, or above.
"We've completed executive searches for our partners and clients over the past ten years, on an ala carte basis, and with the growing market demand, we feel that it's the right time to dedicate the resources to officially launch AMP Executive Search as its own vertical of the AMP brand," said David Fontenot, president and CEO of Adaptive Medical Partners (AMP).
"While there has been an intense focus on clinicians the past couple of years, and rightfully so, the healthcare industry's immense challenges have also been shouldered by the executives and administrators. Healthcare leaders were faced with immensely stressful decisions and difficult obstacles, and we now aim to help these unsung heroes of healthcare progress to achieve their future success and goals too," he added.
"Steve Korinek and Bob Pondrom bring a wealth of experience in healthcare recruiting and executive search to the new division, and we look forward to providing this much-needed, highly specialized service to our clients nationwide," Fontenot concluded.
AMP's new Executive Search division is timely, as 2022 has been a year of intense market demand for talent, and healthcare executive attrition has increased to unprecedented levels. While turnover rates for hospital CEOs remained steady at around 16% during the pandemic of 2020-2021, turnover rates for 2022 are on track to nearly double that rate of previous years.
"As hospital CEO exits have nearly doubled this year, many of our clients have come to us for assistance with CEO recruitment and other executive leadership needs, so it makes sense for us to devote the resources to this important niche within healthcare recruiting at this time," said Korinek.
Established in 2010, AMP has historically focused on providing recruiting services to help healthcare employers hire physicians and advanced practice clinicians. Health systems and hospitals across the country partner with AMP to obtain top clinical talent that meets the unique needs of their system and their patients.
To learn more about the AMP Executive Search division, visit www.AMPexec.com, or contact Steve Korinek directly at skorinek@adaptivemedicalpartners.com.
From small private groups to rural access hospitals, FQHCs, regional hospitals, large multi-specialty groups, to major health systems, Adaptive Medical Partners has helped hundreds of organizations find the right talent.
Co-founded by David Fontenot and Scott Edwards in 2010, AMP has provided recruiting services to healthcare employers nationwide to find and hire the best healthcare talent, including physicians and advanced practice clinicians of all specialties. Additionally, Adaptive Medical Partners is the creator of the AMP Score, the industry's only free online tool to help employers rate the "recruitability" and competitiveness of their physician jobs as compared with other provider openings nationwide.
For more information, visit www.adaptivemedicalpartners.com.
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The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline.
That's according to new figures released Wednesday by a research group that supports abortion rights.
The Guttmacher Institute counted about 930,000 abortions in the U.S. in 2020.
That's up from about 862,000 abortions in 2017 when national abortion figures reached their lowest point since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide.
The institute found that one in five pregnancies ended in abortion in 2020.
The report comes as the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn that decision.
Guttmacher conducts the nation's most comprehensive survey of abortion providers every three years.
Medication abortions accounted for 54% of U.S. abortions in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a part in some states that saw fewer abortions.
In New York, abortions increased from 2017 to 2019 but decreased by 6% between 2019 and 2020.
In Texas, there was a 2% decrease between 2019 and 2020.
But some states saw an increase, which may have been due to the expansion of Medicaid access to abortion.
In Illinois, abortions increase by 25% between 2017 and 2020. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/us-abortions-rise-1-in-5-pregnancies-terminated-in-2020 | 2022-06-15 18:25:25 | 1 | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/us-abortions-rise-1-in-5-pregnancies-terminated-in-2020 |
Chipotle to give 3,100 fans free burritos for a year — here's how to win
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Chipotle launched a new customer rewards park called "Freepotle" this week, and to celebrate, it’s giving 3,100 fans the chance to win free food for a year at all U.S. restaurants.
The new Chipotle Rewards perk "Freepotle" gives members up to ten free food drops throughout 2023, the chain said. Existing Chipotle Rewards members will be automatically enrolled in the new program, and non-members can enroll here by March 6.
Chipotle said current members will get their first free food drop, a side or topping of guacamole with a purchase of $5 or more, through Jan. 15. New members who sign up before March 6 will also get a free side or topping of guac dropped into their account with a $5 minimum purchase, the chain said. Chipotle said the other free food drops throughout the year will include rewards like free Queso Blanco, free drinks, free chips, and double protein on an order.
"Freepotle" is a new Chipotle Rewards perk that gives members up to ten free food drops throughout 2023. (Credit: Provided / Chipotle Mexican Grill)
How to win free Chipotle for a year
To promote its new rewards perk, Chipotle is awarding 3,100 "free Chipotle For a Year" prizes, which equal one free regular entrée item per week for a year, or a total of up to fifty-two regular entrée items.
Chipotle rewards members have multiple ways to enter the contest through Jan. 15, and can only enter once per day:
- At Chipotle restaurants, rewards members who make a $5 minimum purchase and scan their Chipotle Rewards member ID at the register in-person will be automatically entered to win Chipotle for a year.
- Chipotle rewards members who are signed in to their account and also make a $5 minimum purchase on the app or Chipotle.com will also be automatically entered to win.
FILE - Food is served at a Chipotle restaurant on Oct. 25, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo Illustration by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A third way to win is through the "Freepotle" Prize Wheel on TikTok Live and Instagram Live, which will award two viewers with free "Chipotle For A Year" each day through Jan. 13 at 12 p.m. ET. Fans can enter this way simply by tuning into either live video and commenting "Freepotle."
From there, commenters selected at random to spin the wheel to win and try to land on the silver burrito, which wins free Chipotle for a year.
"If it doesn't land on the silver burrito denoting 'free Chipotle For A Year,' the host will move on to the next commenters and continue this sequence until a pair of participants win free Chipotle For A Year," the chain said.
Earlier this week, Chipotle also announced a partnership with Snapchat and is hosting an exercise and meditation challenge that leads to free guacamole upon completion.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has called on four county officials to resign after they were caught on tape allegedly making violent and racist remarks and jokes.
"There is simply no place for such hateful rhetoric in the state of Oklahoma, especially by those that serve to represent the community through their respective office," Stitt said in a statement, according to The Associated Press and other outlets. "I will not stand idly by while this takes place."
His statement came in response to the release of audio recordings by the McCurtain Gazette-News, a local newspaper that said it recorded the comments at a public meeting.
The recordings, which haven't been authenticated by NPR, reportedly include the voices of McCurtain County Sheriff Kevin Clardy, Commissioner Mark Jennings, sheriff's investigator Alicia Manning and jail administrator Larry Hendrix.
McCurtain Gazette-News publisher Bruce Willingham said he left a voice-activated recorder in the room following a county commissioners' meeting on March 6 because he suspected officials were continuing to conduct businesses after the meeting in violation of the state's Open Meeting Act, the AP reported.
Audio captured by the recorder appears to include the officials discussing burned bodies falling apart, hitmen they knew and lynching.
According to a transcript of the recordings, Jennings appears to say that "back in the day" someone could take a "a damn Black guy and whoop their ass and throw him in the cell," he said.
"Take them down to Mud Creek and hang them up with a damn rope. But you can't do that anymore. They got more rights than we got," Jennings added.
The governor called for the resignations of Clardy, Jennings, Manning and Hendrix.
Leslie Berger, press secretary for the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office, told NPR in an email that the office was investigating "the situation in McCurtain County."
A message sent to Jennings' district email address was not immediately returned. NPR also left a message with the McCurtain County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said the recordings were illegal and may have been altered
On Monday, the sheriff's office posted a lengthy statement to Facebook in which it said the recordings were obtained illegally and may have been altered.
"In addition to being illegally obtained, the audio does not match the 'transcription' of that audio, and is not precisely consistent with what has been put into print," the sheriff's office said.
Felony charges may be filed in the case, the sheriff's office added.
A McCurtain County Commission meeting on Monday morning was attended by dozens of protesters, including Idabel Mayor Craig Young, KOSU reported. Idabel, which is located nearly 200 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, is the seat of McCurtain County.
Young and others called for the resignations of officials who were heard speaking on the recordings.
"Listen, the story that you guys heard, it does not represent McCurtain County. We have good folks in McCurtain County. If we were so racist, it would not be such a diverse group here," Young said, according to KOSU.
"Somebody made a mistake. We're here to ask that they pay for they mistake," he added.
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — Textron is recalling some of its golf carts because of a crash and injury hazard.
According to a recall alert posted to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website, Textron’s Model Year 2022 and 2023 Freedom and Valor E-Z-GO RXV personal transportation vehicles are being recalled because a part of the steering column can break during or after an impact, resulting in a loss of control and creating crash and injury hazards.
According to the alert, Textron has received 335 reports of incidents of the steering knuckles and A-arms on the PTVs breaking, including one incident that resulted in two reports of abrasion injuries.
The recall impacts vehicles with serial numbers in the range of 5656874 through 5656886 and 5659215 through 5700741, according to the alert. The photo below highlights the location of the serial number on the vehicles.
Anyone who owns a vehicle included in the recall can contact Textron Specialized Vehicles for a free repair at 888-525-6040 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at jcook03@textron.com, or online at https://ezgo.txtsv.com and click on “Recall Information” or https://ezgo.txtsv.com/resources/recall-information for more information. | https://who13.com/news/national-news/golf-carts-recalled-over-crash-and-injury-hazard/ | 2022-10-04 14:32:38 | 1 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/golf-carts-recalled-over-crash-and-injury-hazard/ |
Full Swing is the only brand trusted in his preparation at The Old Course
CARLSBAD, Calif. and ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At The Old Course at St. Andrews, where golf began, one of the game's greatest players is turning to state-of-the-art technology to help him conquer The 150th Open Championship. Tiger Woods had his Full Swing KIT launch monitor on the practice range Wednesday, as he has at both The Masters and PGA Championship earlier this season, to prepare for the season's final major - the ultimate test for players coming together from every tour around the globe.
The KIT was developed for Tiger after years of him using Full Swing's industry-leading indoor simulators. Given his positive experience with the simulator, he challenged the Full Swing team to develop a launch monitor that he could trust just as much while out on the range. The device features an industry-first 5D AI Micro-Doppler Radar with digital processing to provide golfers with absolute accuracy across 16 points of club and ball data.
"Full Swing always delivers, it's that simple," said Woods, "Every software upgrade to the simulator over the years has always exceeded what I was looking for. I wanted them to take the launch monitor industry to a new level, and they did."
Woods utilizes all of Full Swing's products at home as part of his practice routine. By combining his extensive use of the Pro Series Simulator, Virtual Green (which allows him to practice every possible putting scenario), and the KIT, he is able to gain reliable data and performance feedback under any and all circumstances.
Golfers around the world can get the same technology that is being trusted on the biggest stage for only $3,999 (with financing options available) by purchasing at FullSwingGolf.com with a 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.
Full Swing, a proud part of Bruin Capital, is the brand responsible for the industry-leading sports technology innovation chosen as the Official Licensed Simulator of The PGA TOUR, GOLF Channel and Topgolf Swing Suites. As the only simulator brand with patented dual-tracking technology providing unmatched real ball flight on the world's most iconic courses and across 13 dynamic sport experiences, they offer the most complete indoor experience.
The Full Swing KIT launch monitor, has been tested and trusted by Tiger Woods to give golfers 16 points of club and ball data with high-resolution video included so golfers can complement the indoor simulator experience with the most innovative launch monitor outdoors.
Among Team Full Swing's impressive roster of champions are PGA TOUR stars Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Jordan Spieth, the LPGA's Brooke Henderson, and the NBA's Steph Curry.
Head to fullswinggolf.com for the latest product offerings and news.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A series of pre-Christmas weapons inspections in a small town in northern Greece has turned up hand grenades, assault rifles and decades-old unexploded ordnance, police said Tuesday.
The inspections occurred over 20 days through Dec. 22 in Florina, a town of fewer than 18,000 inhabitants, and the surrounding area, leading to 14 arrests, mostly on charges of illegal weapons possession.
Police said dozens of unlicensed shotguns and handguns were seized along with 14 assault rifles, eight grenades and eight bayonets, a stun gun, and thousands of rounds of ammunition during searches of private homes and storage areas. Ordnance “of various types,” 8.8 kilograms (19.5 pounds) of gunpowder and two submachine guns were also discovered.
Rural areas in Greece have a high prevalence of licensed gun ownership, primarily for hunting, but there are also illicit gun collections, often preserved as trophies and with little practical use.
The Florina region also borders Albania, where an illegal arms trade flourished in the 1990s following the collapse of hard-line Communist rule and a series of subsequent political upheavals.
Police said the inspections were continuing in the region to “reduce crime and strengthen citizens’ sense of wellbeing and security.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-weapons-checks-in-greek-town-turn-up-grenades-machine-guns/ | 2022-12-27 18:42:23 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-weapons-checks-in-greek-town-turn-up-grenades-machine-guns/ |
Military identifies slain World War II soldier from Ohio
Published: Jun. 13, 2022 at 11:49 AM EDT|Updated: 41 minutes ago
ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — The remains of an Ohio soldier killed while fighting in France during World War II have now been positively identified. Pfc. Sanford Keith Bowen of Ashland, was part of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. The unit that was attempting to secure terrain near Reipertswiller, France in January 1945 when they were surrounded by German forces. Only two men from his company made it through German lines, and the rest were captured or killed. The 26-year-old Bowen’s body could not be immediately recovered, due to the heavy fighting. Historians with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency say their scientists used anthropological analysis to identify Bowen. | https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/06/13/military-identifies-slain-world-war-ii-soldier-ohio/ | 2022-06-13 16:32:23 | 0 | https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/06/13/military-identifies-slain-world-war-ii-soldier-ohio/ |
BUFFALO, N.Y., May 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Austin Air Systems, North America's premier manufacturer of clinically tested HEPA and carbon air purifiers, announces the launch of a comprehensive toolkit that will provide the necessary resources to effectively prevent, detect, and address mold-related issues in the home and the workplace.
Mold growth can be a serious concern that is known to cause property damage and create severe health risks including allergy symptoms, immune system suppression, hormone and weight changes, asthma attacks and neurological symptoms. But there are ways to address concerns and prevent unwanted mold exposure.
Key features of the Austin Air Systems Mold Toolkit include:
- Education on the types of molds, where they grow, and how prevalent they are;
- The health impacts and signs and symptoms associated with mold exposure;
- The mold testing that is available and the best way to remediate;
- Detoxification methods to rid your body of mold spores and mycotoxins.
"Mold can be incredibly challenging to deal with, invading your home and business and exposing your family and workforce to severe health risks," said Lauren McMillan, president of Austin Air Systems. "This toolkit combines our expertise in high quality air purification with resources for families and businesses. Our goal is to educate the community on recognizing the signs of mold growth, preventing it from spreading, and creating overall healthier environments."
A HEPA air purifier is a valuable device for preventing and eliminating mold. Austin Air's medical grade HEPA technology combined with activated carbon has been proven to remove 99.9% of all airborne contaminants including viruses, bacteria, dust, dander, allergens, chemicals, gases and odors. The company's HEPA technology has been studied by Johns Hopkins, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the University of Washington, and Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.
For more information on Austin Air's toolkit, visit www.moldtoolkit.com.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
07-09-13-15-17-18-22-26-29-30-31-35-41-56-57-59-65-67-71-77, BE: 57
(seven, nine, thirteen, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-five, forty-one, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-five, sixty-seven, seventy-one, seventy-seven; BE: fifty-seven) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17219189.php | 2022-06-04 04:49:37 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17219189.php |
SUGARCREEK TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WDTN) — A search warrant at an apartment in Sugarcreek Twp., resulted in multiple local and federal law enforcement agencies being called to the scene.
On Wednesday, May 5, members of the FBI, SWAT and Dayton Bomb Squad responded to Surrey Trail in Sugarcreek Twp. Police were at the scene to execute a search warrant, which was court-authorized, a representative for the FBI tells 2 NEWS.
At the time the warrant was conducted, ‘suspicious devices’ were found.
“Out of an abundance of caution, adjacent apartments were evacuated, and the Dayton Police Bomb Squad was contacted to provide support,” the FBI says.
The investigation is ongoing and the apartment has been cleared of any dangers | https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/fbi-swat-finds-suspicious-devices-in-sugarcreek-twp/ | 2023-05-03 21:29:25 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/fbi-swat-finds-suspicious-devices-in-sugarcreek-twp/ |
LUND, Sweden, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunovia (NASDAQ Stockholm: IMMNOV), the diagnostics company that has launched the world's first blood test dedicated to the early detection of pancreatic cancer, today announced that it has appointed Lara E. Sucheston-Campbell as the Head of Clinical and Medical Affairs effective February 1, 2023.
Lara joins Immunovia from Roche Molecular Systems, where she served as Global Director of Clinical Development in Oncology and Genetics. Prior to joining Roche, she spent over 13 years in academia, most recently as a tenured Associate Professor at The Ohio State University. Her lab focused on the contribution of genomics to cancer susceptibility and survival following diagnosis.
Lara brings expertise in designing, implementing, analyzing, and leading large-scale international clinical, biomarker, genomic and epidemiologic studies resulting in national and international scientific presentations and over 130 peer-reviewed publications. Her academic research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense. She has extensive experience in leading clinical science teams and collaborating with key opinion leaders. Lara holds a PhD in Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology from Case Western Reserve University, an MS in Genetic Counseling from The Ohio State University as well as degrees in engineering and economics.
"We are thrilled to welcome Lara to Immunovia. Her broad expertise in study design and execution as well as working with key opinion leaders will help us to bolster the clinical evidence supporting the IMMray™ PanCan-d test, drive further clinician adoption and secure payer coverage," said Philipp Mathieu, CEO and President of Immunovia.
About Immunovia
Immunovia AB is a diagnostic company with the vision to revolutionize blood-based diagnostics and increase survival rates for patients with cancer.
Our first product, IMMray™ PanCan-d is the only blood test currently available specifically for the early detection of pancreatic cancer. The test has unmatched clinical performance. Commercialization of IMMray™ PanCan-d started in August 2021 in the USA and IMMray™ PanCan-d is offered as a laboratory developed test (LDT) exclusively through Immunovia, Inc. For more information see: www.immunoviainc.com.
Immunovia collaborates and engages with healthcare providers, leading experts and patient advocacy groups globally to make this test available to all high-risk pancreatic cancer groups.
The USA, the first market in which IMMray™ PanCan-d is commercially available, is the world's largest market for the detection of pancreatic cancer with an estimated value of more than USD 4 billion annually.
Immunovia's shares (IMMNOV) are listed on NASDAQ Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.immunovia.com
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Philipp Mathieu,
Group CEO and President
philipp.mathieu@immunovia.com
Karin Almqvist Liwendahl
Chief Financial Officer
karin.almqvist.liwendahl@immunovia.com
+46 709 11 56 08
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated Tuesday that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence, saying the decision was not based on political payback but because “integrity matters, and they have failed in that place.”
In the previous Congress, Democrats booted Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona from their committee assignments for incendiary commentary that they said incited potential violence against colleagues.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in a letter sent to McCarthy over the weekend, asked that Schiff and Swalwell be reappointed to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, a prestigious panel with access to sensitive, classified information. There is no “precedent or justification” for rejecting them, Jeffries said.
Unlike most committees, appointments to the Intelligence panel are the prerogative of the speaker, with input from the minority leader.
McCarthy insisted that “this is not similar to what the Democrats did. Those members will have other committees, but the Intel Committee is different. The Intel committee’s responsibility is the national security to America.”
“Hakeem Jeffries has 200 other people who can serve on that committee,” he added.
He sent his formal response to Jeffries in a letter he posted Tuesday night on Twitter.
McCarthy was critical of Schiff’s actions as chairman of the panel during the first impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, asserting he used his position to “lie to the American public again and again.” He also asserted Swalwell couldn’t get a security clearance in the private sector, so “we’re not going to provide him with the secrets to America.”
McCarthy tried to have Swalwell removed from the Intelligence panel in March 2021 based on his contact with a suspected Chinese spy. His resolution against Swalwell, which was voted down in the Democratic-led House, cited information that the suspected spy, Christine Fang, came into contact with Swalwell’s campaign as he was first running for Congress in 2012 and participated in fundraising for his 2014 campaign.
Federal investigators alerted Swalwell to their concerns and briefed Congress about Fang in 2015, at which point Swalwell says he cut off contact with her.
Schiff told colleagues in 2021 that Republican leaders in 2015, including then-House Speaker John Boehner and the then-chairman of the intelligence panel, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, were briefed on the situation with Swalwell and “expressed no opposition to his continued service” on the Intelligence committee.
McCarthy insisted he was putting national security over partisan politics.
“We’re going to make the Intel Committee back to what it was supposed to be. No longer will we miss what happened in Afghanistan. No longer will we miss what’s happening in China, Russia, Iran and others. That’s what this country believes should happen,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy has also vowed to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee. In a joint statement the three Democrats being targeted for removal from committees said “it’s disappointing but not surprising that Kevin McCarthy has capitulated to the right wing of his caucus, undermining the integrity of the Congress, and harming our national security in the process.”
They called their removal part of a bargain McCarthy made with GOP hardliners to become speaker “that required political vengeance against the three of us.” | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/ap-mccarthy-says-hell-block-schiff-swalwell-from-intel-panel/ | 2023-01-25 06:39:30 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/politics/ap-mccarthy-says-hell-block-schiff-swalwell-from-intel-panel/ |
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 4, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
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SEATTLE, July 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Legal Voice, advocates for justice and gender liberation, filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the State of Idaho, alleging that the recently passed 'Abortion Travel Ban', §18-623, offends both the First Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment due process clause, and the right to travel within and between states. Idaho, known for some of the strictest abortion laws in the Nation, is now the first state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor obtain an abortion across state lines.
Legal Voice, along with Stoel Rives, and The Lawyering Project, are representing the Northwest Abortion Access Fund (NWAAF), the Indigenous Idaho Alliance (IIA), and one individual plaintiff, Lourdes Matsumoto, in the lawsuit.
The Idaho law makes it a felony, with two to five years of prison time, for any adult who assists a minor procure an abortion or abortion pills with the intent to conceal the abortion from the minor's parents. The Idaho law would make this a crime even if the abortion happened in a state where the procedure is legal. While there is an affirmative defense to prosecution, even someone with parental consent can still be arrested and prosecuted.
"Idaho's law is the first time a state has tried to criminalize the right to travel for health care," explains Wendy Heipt, Senior Reproductive Health and Justice Counsel, Legal Voice. "It is unconstitutional to forbid citizens from traveling because you disapprove of the reasons they are driving to another state. Idahoans, like all people, should be free to travel within and between states without the specter of prison. Even if they are traveling for a reason other people disagree with. If this stands, what is next?"
Legal Voice also alleges that the law offends the First Amendment by attempting to stop people from discussing abortion with minors and it is unconstitutionally vague.
"Abortion care is a fundamental part of reproductive health care," said Lourdes Matsumoto, individual plaintiff. "The legislature and our governor continue to put up barriers that prevent pregnant people in Idaho from accessing the care they need," added Matsumoto. "People come to me for advice at a moment in their lives when choices and options can be a matter of life or death. I need the legislature to produce laws that honor the liberty of all Idahoans, and that are written in clear and unambiguous terms."
For more information, visit https://legalvoice.org/
About Legal Voice
Legal Voice was founded on the belief that all women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people should be able to live their lives with dignity, safety, and autonomy. We advance justice and build community power by using multiple strategies: litigation, legislative advocacy, and public education. We do our work in partnership with activists, community leaders and organizations to achieve systemic change by supporting movements led by/for BIPOC and marginalized communities. Our overarching vision is to co-create a world where we are each seen in our full humanity and thrive in communities free from oppression and racism.
https://legalvoice.org/
About Stoel Rives
Stoel Rives is a leading U.S. corporate and litigation law firm providing high quality services to sophisticated business clients at every stage of their evolution. With 350 attorneys in seven states and Washington, D.C., Stoel Rives is a nationally recognized leader in the energy and natural resources industries. From deals and disputes to compliance and counseling, clients turn to Stoel Rives for their most complex business challenges. Let's navigate the future together. Learn more at www.stoel.com.
About The Lawyering Project
The Lawyering Project uses the law to improve abortion access and uphold the rights and dignity of people seeking and providing reproductive health care. https://lawyeringproject.org
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