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Evidence-based recommendations support the effective use of TOT in diabetic foot ulcer management, revolutionizing treatment approaches worldwide
CAMBRIDGE, England, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- NATROX® Wound Care, a leading innovator in wound care technology, proudly announces the release of newly published expert recommendations on the use of topical oxygen therapy for wound healing1. The updated guidelines endorse topical oxygen therapy (TOT) as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) 1. With its endorsement by leading experts, this ground-breaking therapy is poised to transform the lives of millions of people worldwide, offering renewed hope for effective healing and improved quality of life.
New IWDGF Guidelines
The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) has just published its 2023 Guidelines. This set of recommended DFU interventions, developed by a panel of renowned experts, serves as a trusted resource for healthcare professionals worldwide.
Notably, among the 29 recommendations highlighted, TOT gained recognition as an accepted intervention when treating non-healing DFUs. "Consider the use of topical oxygen as an adjunct therapy to standard of care for wound healing in people with diabetes-related foot ulcers where standard of care alone has failed and resources exist to support this intervention1." With its inclusion in the IWGDF guidelines, topical oxygen therapy emerges as a vital tool, poised to revolutionize the management and healing of foot ulcers in individuals with diabetes.
In addition, the guidelines note that "evidence on topical oxygen has substantially expanded in the last four years with several new RCTs with a total of ten included in the systematic review for these guidelines (References 100-109) 1", which includes an RCT study published in 2021² which compared the healing effects of using standard care against a combination of standard care plus NATROX® O₂ topical oxygen therapy. In the study, patients completing the therapy experienced 71% greater healing rates² and 73% greater reduction in wound size² with NATROX® O₂.
Experts recommend updating algorithms to include TOT
In the Journal of Wound Care, experts reached a "clear consensus that adjunctive treatments with a solid evidence base, including NPWT and TOT, must be included"3 in each of the four proposed regional guidelines. Most notably, the experts agreed that "all hard-to-heal wounds are likely to benefit from TOT³."
TOT received "A grade" from the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association recently released its "Standards of Care in Diabetes⁴" which not only recommended TOT as an adjunctive therapy for chronic DFUs, but also gave it an "A grade" based on the quality of evidence⁴. The newly published recommendations acknowledge the remarkable potential of TOT⁴.
According to Dr. Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP, FAPWH, FACCWS, renowned authority in podiatric medicine and dedicated wound care advocate for over two decades, "The evidence supporting the efficacy of TOT is now undeniable. It is imperative that healthcare professionals embrace this innovative yet simple approach to achieve improved healing outcomes." After witnessing the positive impact topical oxygen therapy can have on healing DFUs in her own clinic, Windy recently joined the NATROX® team as Director of Global Medical Affairs to further advocate for the integration of topical oxygen therapy in the treatment pathway for chronic wounds.
NATROX® Wound Care CEO, Craig Kennedy, expressed great enthusiasm regarding the recognition and international acceptance of topical oxygen therapy, stating, "We're delighted that topical oxygen therapy continues to gain international recognition, cementing its status as a game-changing treatment in wound care. The inclusion of topical oxygen in the IWGDF Guidelines further validates our mission to transform the quality of life for patients suffering from chronic wounds, particularly those with diabetic foot ulcers."
What is NATROX® O₂ Topical Oxygen Therapy NATROX® Wound Care manufactures an award-winning5,6,7 topical oxygen therapy device known as NATROX® O₂. The compact, wearable device generates and delivers a continuous flow of oxygen directly to the wound bed to promote accelerated healing and foster a healthy wound environment. Its non-invasive nature, coupled with its remarkable effectiveness², offers a significant advancement in chronic wound treatment, even allowing patients to be treated from the comfort of home.
To learn about NATROX® O₂ and request a demo, visit: https://bit.ly/NO2therapy
About NATROX® Wound Care
NATROX® Wound Care is an Inotec AMD brand. The specialist wound care company based in Cambridge, England was formed specifically to introduce new technologies to healthcare professionals around the world to promote faster and better healing to patients. The company's flagship product, NATROX® O₂, is positioned to become an integral part of global wound care treatment regimes in the coming years. To learn more, explore the website: natroxwoundcare.com.
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Former President Trump leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by 4 percentage points for a hypothetical 2024 GOP presidential nomination among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in a new poll.
The CNN survey found 40 percent of the Republican respondents said they’d most likely support Trump, who launched his campaign for another White House term back in November. DeSantis, who hasn’t officially said he’ll run but is widely expected to enter the race, earned 36 percent.
Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, who was the first major Republican to challenge the former president, came in 30 points below DeSantis, with just 6 percent saying they’d most likely support her.
Tied with Haley was former Vice President Mike Pence, who has not announced a bid.
Adding together separate responses, only 22 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents prefer someone other than Trump or DeSantis for the GOP nomination.
The new poll results are in line with a number of other recent surveys showing Trump ahead of DeSantis, but with the Florida governor as a clear major competitor for the former president. DeSantis has hinted that he’ll make a decision on whether to run after his state’s legislative session ends in May.
Trump knocked DeSantis in his first Iowa speech of the campaign on Monday, and has called the governor a RINO, or Republican in name only.
Conducted March 8-12, the new CNN poll surveyed 1,045 Republicans or Republican-leaning independents and had a margin of sampling error of 3.8 percentage points. | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/trump-tops-desantis-by-4-points-in-new-poll-of-republicans/ | 2023-03-14 20:18:33 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/hill-politics/trump-tops-desantis-by-4-points-in-new-poll-of-republicans/ |
I’m in the process of remodeling the bathroom in my pre-war, New York City co-op apartment. Thus has turned out to be more stressful than I anticipated for two key reasons: since it’s Manhattan, it’s ridiculously expensive and since it’s a co-op I can’t really DIY any of it.
After three months of deliberation and getting quotes, I finally hired a contractor about five weeks ago. Since paying my deposit to them and submitting the proposed scope of work to my co-op board for approval, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time picking out fixtures and tiles that I both really like and can afford.
I’ve learned a lot during this process (and I’m a person who grew up helping my dad in all his home improvement endeavors). I’m likely one of the worst clients for a remodeling/construction company because I know just enough about plumbing, tiling, and electricity to be annoying and thus ask a ton of questions.
One interesting thing I learned is that the contractor I’ve hired won’t issue any guarantee for ceramic tile installed on a floor because “ceramic chips so easily.” So of course, I then had to find out what was the difference between ceramic and porcelain and if ceramic would really be much more likely to chip when installed on a floor. I mean, people have been putting ceramic tiles on floors for centuries.
How ceramic and porcelain tiles are made
Both ceramic and porcelain are clay-based products fired in a kiln. Porcelain, however, is manufactured from a denser clay and fired longer and at a higher temperature than its ceramic counterpart. This means that porcelain is indeed more durable. It is also more water-resistant than ceramic because it is less porous. In fact, ASTM standards state that the water absorption rate of porcelain must be 0.5% or lower. All of this makes it an excellent choice for my (well, any) bathroom floor or outdoor area like a patio.
Does ceramic and porcelain tile look different?
If you’re designing your remodeling project this is an important question. Porcelain is smoother than ceramic which, since I gravitate toward a more rustic, distressed aesthetic, I find unappealing. Many of the porcelain tiles I initially saw looked too “manufactured” for my tastes. The designs looked “stamped” on to me.
I did though, much to the joy of my contractor, finally find some porcelain tiles that, while still smooth to the touch, had a distressed look that I liked.
And even one with a pattern on it that I thought might look nice on my floor.
Differences between porcelain and ceramic tile
Porcelain is the same color throughout; a chipped piece will reveal that. Ceramic tile may be a different color underneath the glaze. Ceramic tiles can also have a textured surface like waves or ripples like these by Merola Tile:
Ceramic tile is available in more colors and patterns and is often better for intricate and/or artful installations such as you might want in a backsplash. I almost went with a ceramic tile mural for my walls around the tub:
Ceramic tiles are also lighter since they are not as dense. Consequently, they are easier to cut. Cutting porcelain is more difficult and requires more skill, especially to achieve a smooth cut. And porcelain often costs more.
If you asked my contractor which applications porcelain and ceramic were best for, I’m sure they’d say you should use porcelain on floors and ceramic on walls.
But, sometimes you might want a ceramic tile under your feet as ceramic stays cooler in warm climates. It’s also softer, making it more comfortable to walk on.
Like most things in life, deciding whether to use porcelain or ceramic requires weighing the pros and cons of each. Ultimately, if you’re picking out tile for your own home, you need to go with whatever will make you the happiest in the long run. Especially, because, hopefully, you are only going to do a specific remodel once – which is the one truth propelling going forward with my remodel and preventing a complete stress meltdown. | https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/difference-between-ceramic-and-porcelain-tile-17233188.php | 2022-06-10 19:39:17 | 1 | https://www.sfgate.com/shopping/article/difference-between-ceramic-and-porcelain-tile-17233188.php |
A slew of announced and expected 2024 Republican presidential contenders are headlining the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) annual meeting this weekend in Indianapolis as the nation reels from a string of recent mass shootings.
Former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley and others will be making virtual and in-person appearances at the event to highlight their support for gun rights — an issue that plays well amongst the GOP base but that puts them at a crossroads with another crucial voting bloc: Gen Z and millennial voters.
That’s put Republicans in a tricky position as they juggle aligning themselves on key issues that bode well amongst their base while risking alienating another bloc of voters that have proven they can make or break critical elections.
Polling alone has shown a generational divide over how Americans view the issue of stricter gun laws. The results of a YouGov Social Change Monitor released last month show that while 23 percent of Republicans who are either Gen X, boomers or from the Silent Generation believe gun laws should be more restrictive than they are today, that percentage increased to 39 percent among GOP Gen Z and millennials.
Similarly, a separate Harvard Youth Poll found that 63 percent of American respondents aged 18 to 29 believe the country’s gun laws should be stricter.
But many Republicans and pro-gun advocacy groups aren’t convinced that the GOP needs to change their tune on the issue of guns among Gen Z voters. Tres Watson, a former spokesman for the Kentucky GOP, argued that younger people needed to be more involved in Republicans’ day-to-day politics if they want to sway the party.
“I mean every party has to ebb and flow with [the] base and with its voters, and if the Gen Z wants to influence Republican policy, they need to continue to vote, they need to continue to be active,” Watson said.
“They need to show up to county party meetings. They need to get involved in College Republicans or young Republicans,” he added. “They need to run for party offices. And … that’s the best way you can influence the process. Once you’re on the inside, it’s a lot easier to move the ball. If you’re on the outside yelling, you’re just a guy on a mountain.”
Aidan Johnston, federal affairs director at Gun Owners of America, called the polling among younger voters “disappointing” and suggested that he knew younger Americans whose views didn’t align with those who were polled.
But asked if he believed whether Republican candidates might have to adjust their views on the issue of guns for the GOP to grow their younger electorate, Johnston argued that wasn’t a feasible solution.
“I don’t believe that pivoting and compromising with the Second Amendment is ever a path to victory or something that a politician should do,” he said. “They all take an oath to uphold the Constitution … So I think that that is the only way that our government should treat the Second Amendment.”
But while some Republicans and gun rights groups are digging in their heels on the issue of guns and gun safety when it comes to the issue of Gen Z voters, other members of the party are warning against taking a purist approach among other voting blocs.
John Couvillon, a Louisiana-based pollster who typically works with Republicans, believes GOP contenders will ultimately have to draw support from a wider swath of voters in a general election rather than focusing solely on their base alone.
“I wouldn’t think you would have over 50 percent favoring some restrictions,” Couvillon said of GOP voters. “But since Democrats and independents vote in a general election as well, they are much more inclined to favor restrictions, which means a Republican who takes too much of a purist standpoint on guns may win a few brownie points in a primary electorate, but it will be far more costly in a general election electorate.”
The NRA’s convention, which kicks off on Friday, will take place roughly 115 miles away from
the scene of a deadly shooting that killed five and injured eight at a Louisville, Ky., bank earlier this week.
The site of the convention is also situated less than 300 miles away from Nashville, Tenn., where a shooting inside a private Christian school killed three children and three adult staff members in March.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) called for lawmakers to pass legislation that would make firearm access more difficult for those deemed a threat to the public in the wake of the shooting, while caveating during his remarks that he wanted to preserve the “the constitutional rights of the people of this state” — underscoring the balancing act at hand.
“We can all agree … it is possible, and it is important that we find a way to remove individuals who are a threat to themselves or to our society — to remove them from access to weapons,” he said on Tuesday. “I’m asking the legislature to bring forth thoughtful, practical measures to do that. To strengthen our laws — to separate those dangerous people from firearms, while at the same time preserving the constitutional rights of the people of this state.”
Tennessee lawmakers have come under intense scrutiny this past week, after the state’s Republican-led House voted to expel state Reps. Justin Pearson (D) and Justin Jones (D) for joining protests against gun violence in the aftermath of the school shooting.
Rep. Gloria Johnson also participated in the protest on the floor of the state legislature, but she survived expulsion by one vote. Pearson and Jones were reinstated to their positions this week.
Some gun safety groups have argued that embracing groups like the NRA could be politically toxic among key voting blocs like younger voters and voters of color.
“It’s a doom loop that portends electoral weakness for a generation, for any party that wraps its arms around the NRA because in addition to the suburban voters that are going to be heading to the polls in droves in 2024, you’re talking about alienating young voters, voters of color,” said Peter Ambler, executive director of Giffords.
“These key blocks that are going to be [constituting] winning electoral coalitions in the years and cycles to come,” he added.
The NRA did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
Of course, the issue of guns and gun safety is nuanced — one that polls differently depending on the voter electorate and across the country. Couvillon noted that the issue of guns is similar to abortion — both being complex and nuanced issues that have a base of people who are aligned somewhere in the middle.
Some Republican strategists suggest that the party can take a multifaceted approach to better shoring up their support among critical voting blocs.
“Republicans can bridge the divide on the issue of guns / gun safety by having meaningful conversations with Independents and the younger generation,” GOP strategist Alice Stewart said in an email.
“The focus needs to be on gun violence, not just guns. The way to bring about change is to look at all factors including Red Flag laws, mental health, hardening soft targets, and school resources officers.” | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/hill-politics/2024-republicans-descend-upon-nra-convention-under-shadow-of-mass-shootings/ | 2023-04-14 11:55:28 | 0 | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/hill-politics/2024-republicans-descend-upon-nra-convention-under-shadow-of-mass-shootings/ |
Destrehan, Louisiana couple recognized for commitment to healthy, active living
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SilverSneakers® by Tivity Health®, the nation's leading community fitness program for older Americans, announced today the national winner of its 18th annual SilverSneakers Member of the Year Award. The award honors a SilverSneakers member or members who inspire and motivate other seniors through health, physical activity, and community.
This year's recipient is a couple—Mary and Larry St. Germain of Destrehan, LA. The St. Germains are recognized for their embodiment of wellness through movement, social engagement and community involvement.
Married for 59 years, the couple is committed to staying active through SilverSneakers because of Larry's family history of heart disease and his suffering a heart attack at only 42 years old. The St. Germains have been SilverSneakers members for ten years and attend multiple classes a week at Destrehan Anytime Fitness. The couple attends SilverSneakers classes as a benefit through Humana, their Medicare Advantage plan.
"Mary and Larry St. Germain represent the great group of Member of the Year nominees who inspire and encourage others to improve their health through physical activity. We are thrilled to honor them as SilverSneakers' Member of the Year," said Richard Ashworth, president and CEO of Tivity Health. "The St. Germains exemplify the tremendous strength and commitment our members have to maintain their health and vitality."
Larry loves community engagement and often dresses up as Batman to entertain children at schools and church fairs, even working with Make-A-Wish Foundation to help make a local boy's wish come true. Recently, Mary had a knee replacement. Her doctor attributed her ability to bounce back quickly to her activity with SilverSneakers and encouraged her to get back to working out as soon as she could.
"The past 11 years have meant a lot to us. Experiencing a heart attack at 42 was a wake-up call, and I owe everything to SilverSneakers for allowing me to be as active as I am in my health right now," said Larry St. Germain. "If we can change one person's idea about being active at our age, then we did our job of making a difference."
"It's such an unbelievable, amazing feeling to receive such an honorable award – it really means the world to us," said Mary St. Germain. "Our fellow gym members and teachers are family, and their votes and support made this possible."
The St. Germains will be honored alongside nine other SilverSneakers members who were selected as finalists for the award. A public online vote determined the national winner. Read more about the SilverSneakers Member of the Year winner and finalists: SilverSneakers.com/MOYAward.
Over the past two years, many SilverSneakers members have transitioned to live, instructor-led and On-Demand virtual classes to help them stay connected and keep active while also staying safe. SilverSneakers currently offers thousands of live virtual classes each week in addition to a network of over 22,000 fitness locations nationwide.
Currently, more than 18 million Americans are eligible for SilverSneakers at no additional cost through Medicare Advantage, group retiree and Medicare Supplement plans. SilverSneakers encourages members to participate in health and fitness programs through a wide variety of offerings that include strength training, aerobic workouts, and flexibility exercises designed specifically for a Medicare-eligible population. SilverSneakers members have free access to classes for all fitness levels led by SilverSneakers instructors, as well as opportunities to engage socially to help achieve optimal health.
About SilverSneakers
SilverSneakers®, by Tivity Health®, is the nation's leading community fitness program for Medicare eligible Americans. The program was founded in 1992 and is available to more than 18 million Americans through many Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare Supplement carriers, and group retiree plans. For more information, to check eligibility or to enroll in the program or sign up for a SilverSneakers newsletter, go to silversneakers.com.
About Tivity Health
Tivity Health® Inc., is a leading provider of healthy life-changing solutions, including SilverSneakers®, Prime® Fitness and WholeHealth Living®. We help adults improve their health and support them on life's journey by providing access to in-person and virtual physical activity, social, and mental enrichment programs, as well as a full suite of physical medicine and integrative health services. We continue to enhance the way we direct members along their journey to better health by delivering an insights-driven, personalized, interactive experience. Our suite of services supports health plans nationwide as they seek to reduce costs and improve health outcomes. At Tivity Health, we deliver the resources members need to live healthier, happier, more connected lives. Learn more at www.tivityhealth.com.
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DALLAS, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton Companies, the world's largest privately held independent insurance brokerage firm announced today that Jeff Henningsen will serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Texas P&C business, with teams in Dallas, Houston, Ft. Worth, New Orleans and Birmingham, Ala.
Henningsen has 27 years of industry experience, 21 years with Lockton, and is a recognized leader in serving the complex insurance needs of the private equity community across a broad array of industries. Henningsen is based in Houston, Texas, and has served as President of Lockton's Texas P&C business for several years.
"Not only is Jeff an outstanding insurance professional, but he is also a committed and caring leader," said Tim Kelly, Chairman, Texas P&C. "We are fortunate to have Jeff assume the CEO role for our Texas P&C business and are grateful for his commitment to developing and mentoring our Texas Associates."
"I've had the pleasure of working closely with Jeff for more than a decade and have witnessed first-hand, his leadership and its impact on our culture and on our clients," said Peter Clune, Chief Executive Officer of Lockton, Inc. "I have great confidence in the future of this business under the leadership of Jeff and our entire team of empowered leaders. I also want to thank Tim Kelly for his incredible leadership for the last 22 years, and I am grateful that he will continue to be an advisor to our clients and our leadership team in the years to come."
Prior to joining Lockton, Henningsen worked with a Texas-based merchant bank, which provided an excellent foundation for his career advising entrepreneurs, capital providers and private equity sponsors in the Mergers & Acquisitions space. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri.
About Lockton
What makes Lockton stand apart is also what makes us better: independence. Lockton's private ownership empowers its 9,500+ Associates doing business in over 135 countries to focus solely on clients' risk, insurance and people needs. With expertise that reaches around the globe, Lockton delivers the deep understanding needed to accomplish remarkable results.
For 14 consecutive years, Business Insurance magazine has recognized Lockton as a "Best Place to Work in Insurance." Lockton was named among the 2021 Best Managed Companies by Deloitte and the Wall Street Journal, a program that recognizes excellence and honors private companies for their strategy, execution, culture, and financials. For more information, visit www.lockton.com.
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As part of education effort, Unstoppable will distribute $25 million worth of free NFT domains to Latinas
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unstoppable Domains, founding member of Unstoppable Women of Web3 and a leading Web3 identity platform with more than 2.5 million registered NFT domains, announced today a goal to provide accessible educational materials and resources to onboard over 5 million Latinas into Web3 by 2030. The initiative is being launched in partnership with H.E.R. DAO LATAM, a womxn-led developer DAO championing innovation and diversity in web3, and CryptoConexión, a platform created to close the knowledge gap in the world of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and Web 3 for Latinos. Unstoppable Women of Web3 is a diversity and education group focusing on training the next generation of talent, with a mission to equalize the playing field early in the Web3 era.
Unstoppable WoW3 and CryptoConexión will create and share ongoing online courses on crypto and Web3, which will be free and accessible in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The organizations will also launch workshops and hackathons for Web2 women developers that will provide hands-on training in Web3 development. Finally, Unstoppable Domains and Unstoppable WoW3 will distribute over $25 million worth of free NFT domains to 5 million Latinas to help them build and control their digital identity. As part of this effort, partners will reach out to universities and educational institutions in Latin America to distribute free NFT domains to students. In addition, 23 Latinx organizations will join the educational effort, including Web3 Familia, Surge Women, Bit2Me, Latinistas, NoMore, Crypto Mujeres, Mujeres en Crypto, Cripto Curiosas, WE Evolution, Web3 Equity, Cripto Es Cultura, Latino Startup Alliance, Vital Voices Miami, Blockeadas, Disrupt3rs, Dextera, Aureacode, Valera, Hola Metaverso, Educar+, FitBeaute, Planet Lambo, Tecnolochicas.
"Web3 can empower and uplift people, but in order to achieve that potential, we must ensure everyone has a seat at the table," said Sandy Carter, SVP and Channel Chief of Unstoppable Domains. "Education is the first step to building a more inclusive Web3, and that's why we're committed to expanding access to educational resources for Latinas. We're thrilled to partner with H.E.R. DAO LATAM and CryptoConexión to support and cultivate the next generation of incredible Latina Web3 innovators."
"The organizations coming together to launch this initiative have been doing incredible work to ensure Latinas have access to the information and resources to succeed in Web3," said Monica Talan, Founder of CryptoConexión. "By coming together, sharing our key learnings and leveraging the global efforts of Unstoppable Women of Web3, we know we will have a greater impact towards achieving our shared mission."
"Since our inception in January of 2022,we have been working non-stop to ensure we provide equal access for women to enter Web3. We know the interest, commitment and passion for the ecosystem is there, we see it every time we interact with members, from Mexico City to Sao Paulo in Brazil," said Laura Navarro Muñoz, Governor of H.E.R. DAO LATAM. "However, even though we have been able to open doors to Latin American women to opportunities via scholarships, online programs and other initiatives, we recognize that local needs differ and for us to be able to scale and reach more women, we need to work and empower local leading organizations sharing our purpose and mission. At H.E.R. DAO LATAM, we know that working as one 'We are all going to make it'."
Latinas have been historically underrepresented in the tech industry, with only 2% of computing-related jobs in the U.S. being held by Hispanic women, according to data from BuiltIn. The same applies in Latin America, where women are significantly underrepresented in STEM fields, according to research from IDB. However, data shows that diverse and inclusive teams perform better and are more innovative. Companies that score high in gender diversity on executive teams are 25% more likely to have above-average profitability. When companies have more than 30% women executives, they are more likely to outperform companies that only have between 10-30%. Overall, teams that are gender-diverse are better at making business decisions 73% of the time.
The education initiative brings together organizations and partners who are dedicated to removing exclusivity barriers and building a truly diversified inclusive ecosystem in Web3.
About Unstoppable Domains / Unstoppable Women of Web3
Launched in 2018, Unstoppable Domains is an NFT domain name provider and digital identity platform working to onboard the world onto Web3. Unstoppable Domains offers NFT domains minted on the blockchain that give people full ownership and control of their digital identity, with no renewal fees. With Unstoppable Domains, people can replace lengthy alphanumeric crypto wallet addresses with a human-readable name and log into and transact with more than 200 apps, wallets, exchanges and marketplaces. The company was named by Forbes as one of America's Best Startup Employers in 2022. Unstoppable Women of Web3 founded by Sandy Carter, is a group of female leaders who don't just believe in an equal, democratized, and decentralized future, we're actively building it.
About CryptoConexión:
CryptoConexión is a platform created to close the knowledge gap in the world of cryptocurrencies, blockchain and Web 3 for Latinos. The platform offers content to inform and educate the community, while connecting and amplifying the work of Latino innovators in this space.
About H.E.R. DAO LATAM
H.E.R. DAO LATAM focus on women and non-binary audiences in Latin America.
Their mission is to sustainably diversify the blockchain ecosystem, and enable women to build great products that generate value for the ecosystem and ultimately become the go-to talent incubator to increase equity in the space.
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- Group14 accelerates its strategy to build silicon battery technology infrastructure in Europe to support its automotive customers and partners
- Acquisition of Schmid Silicon, Europe's most technologically advanced silane manufacturer, sets up Group14 to provide for a more secure silicon battery supply chain
- As Group14 establishes operations in Europe, the company plans to open its first offices in Germany
WOODINVILLE, Wash. and SPREETAL, Germany, July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Group14 Technologies, the leading global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, acquired Schmid Silicon Technology Holding GmbH (Schmid Silicon), the most technologically advanced silane producer in Europe, in a landmark move to strengthen the global battery supply chain and meet demand for silicon battery technology worldwide. As part of the acquisition, Group14 will bring online Schmid Silicon's state-of-the-art silane factory in Spreetal (Schwarze Pumpe), Germany, to support its expanding European operations. The milestone serves to insulate Group14's customers and partners from potential supply chain disruptions – particularly in the automotive industry – and sets up the company to localize integrated silicon battery technology manufacturing in Europe.
Group14's acquisition of Schmid Silicon ensures a secure supply of silane gas, a critical precursor for its award-winning silicon battery technology, SCC55™. The acquisition marries Schmid Silicon's proven, ultra-high-purity and low-carbon silane process technology with Group14's commercially proven manufacturing capabilities to deliver high-energy density silicon battery materials – a more sustainable and higher-performing alternative that pushes the boundaries of lithium-ion batteries to keep pace with the global energy transition.
As part of the acquisition, Group14 plans to retain and integrate all current Schmid Silicon employees while also offering training to transition additional hires from traditional energy sectors into clean energy. Once the factory is online and operational, Group14 expects to grow its headcount as much as 5x, and has begun scouting for its first European offices in Germany to establish operations.
"We have successfully scaled our proven process innovation at Group14 for a wide customer base, from consumer electronics to automotive and beyond. Our acquisition of Schmid Silicon's highly energy-efficient process technology and factory was a natural step as we continue to meet the dramatic uptick in demand for advanced battery technology while also supporting the European Union's decarbonization strategies," said Rick Costantino, CTO & co-founder of Group14 Technologies.
Once operational, Group14's silane factory will be a critical foothold into Europe as the company continues to expand worldwide as part of its global roadmap to build modular factories in key markets, positioning the company to meet demand for electrification across all corners of the globe. Today, Group14 is already shipping SCC55™ to customers representing over 90 percent of worldwide lithium-ion battery production from its first commercial-scale factory in Washington State, all while building its second U.S. factory in Moses Lake and completing the commissioning of its joint venture factory with SK in South Korea.
"Group14 has been rapidly growing across critical markets, and now we're looking forward to being closer to our automotive customers in Europe to support the global energy transition," said Rick Luebbe, CEO & co-founder of Group14 Technologies. "Germany has long been the home for many of the world's largest and oldest automakers, and we're looking forward to putting this critical stake in the ground to bring forth a resilient silicon battery supply chain capable of meeting global demand right now."
About Group14 Technologies
Founded to enable the coming electrification of everything, Group14 is the world's leading commercial manufacturer and supplier of silicon battery technology. Group14 currently operates a commercial-scale Battery Active Materials factory, BAM-1, in Woodinville, Washington, with two additional forthcoming factories: a joint venture factory with SK, Inc. in South Korea and a second U.S. factory, BAM-2, in Moses Lake, WA. To date, Group14 has raised over $650 million in financing from notable investors and customers such as Porsche AG, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, OMERS, Lightrock Climate Impact Fund, Decarbonization Partners, Amperex Technology Limited (ATL), BASF, Resonac (formerly known as Showa Denko) and SK Inc. Visit us at www.group14.technology.
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Top 10 historic Sierra snow seasons
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Here is a list of the Top 10 Sierra winters with the most snow in the 77 years since the UC-Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab started keeping records in 1946 northwest of Lake Tahoe near Donner Pass at Soda Springs, California:
TOP TEN HISTORIC SIERRA SNOW SEASONS
1951-52 — 812 inches (2,062 cm), or 67.7 feet (20.6 meters)
2022-23 — 677 inches (1,719.6 cm), or 56.4 feet (17.2 meters)
1982-83 — 671 inches (1,704 cm), or 55.9 feet (17 meters)
2010-11 — 643 inches (1,635 cm), or 53.6 feet (16.35 meters)
1981-82 — 624 inches (1,583 cm), or 52 feet (15.8 meters)
1968-69 — 602 inches (1,529 cm), or 50.2 feet (15.3 meters)
1994-95 — 598 inches (1,519 cm), or 49.8 feet (15.2 meters)
1955-56 — 594 inches (1,509 cm), or 49.5 feet (15.1 meters)
1957-58 — 593 inches (1,506 cm), or 49.4 feet (15 meters)
2016-17 — 573 inches (1,455 cm), or 47.7 feet (14.5 meters)
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Source: UC-Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab; Soda Springs, California; founded 1946. The snow season coincides with the water season that begins on October 1 and runs through the following September 30.
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This story corrects an earlier version to show the total snowfall for 1982-83 was 671 inches.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus Saturday, calling the city “the epicenter” of the outbreak.
The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said as many as 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection. The declaration will allow officials to issue emergency orders under the city health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to help slow the spread.
In the last two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency declaration and the state health department called monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health.”
New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. California had the second-most, with 799.
“We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more doses as soon as they become available,” Adams and Vasan said in the statement. “This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the seriousness of the moment.”
The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23 and San Francisco’s mayor on Thursday announced a state of emergency over the growing number of cases.
The once-rare disease has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades but was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
To date, there have been more than 22,000 monkeypox cases reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo. On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa. Spain reported a second monkeypox death Saturday.
The virus spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing. In Europe and North America, it has spread primarily among men who have sex with men, though health officials emphasize that the virus can infect anyone.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Adolis García was in the on-deck circle with three home runs and one more good chance to try for a fourth while Josh Sborz was making a rare plate appearance for a Texas pitcher.
“Yeah, he had orders not to swing the bat,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said of the right-handed reliever.
Sborz followed those orders, taking three strikes on four 55-plus mph sliders from Oakland infielder Jace Peterson with the Rangers on their way to an 18-3 victory Saturday night.
Looking to match the major league record for home runs in a game, García’s second chance at his fourth of the night ended the same way as the first: a double. The first two-bagger — in the seventh inning — drove in two runs, just as all three homers had.
The 30-year-old slugger from Cuba finished with a career-high eight RBIs to go with his first three-homer game. He has seven homers and 28 RBIs this season.
García launched two-run shots in the first, third and fifth — all at least 400 feet — as the Rangers built a 13-2 lead. The two-run double in the seventh made it 15-2.
García’s 432-foot drive into the second deck in left field came in the first inning of Japanese right-hander Shintaro Fujinami’s fourth career start for Oakland.
After the first homer, García was hit on the left arm by the first pitch from Fujinami in the second inning, a 97 mph fastball. Plate umpire Jordan Baker quickly stepped in front of García, who appeared upset but walked to first base without any words exchanged with the pitcher.
García cleared the center-field wall on a 419-foot drive off reliever Adrián Martinez in the third. Texas’ cleanup hitter went deep off Martinez again in the fifth, 401 feet into the Oakland bullpen in left-center.
It was the first three-homer game for García and the first for the Rangers since Ronald Guzmán connected three times at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 10, 2018.
“It was an incredible night,” García said through an interpreter. “I didn’t expect something like this to happen, but I’m really blessed and thankful for it.”
Sborz had to bat with a runner at first and one out in the eighth because designated hitter Brad Miller had taken over at first base with the game out of hand.
After Sborz did his duty — even though Bochy said the reliever wanted to swing the bat — García saw five of the same pitches at roughly the same speed from Peterson, lining the last one down the line in left field.
“It’s difficult when somebody tries to pitch a little bit slower,” Garcia said. “My timing isn’t very good, but I wanted the home run in that at-bat. The double’s just as good, so I’ll take it.”
The last double from García could have scored Travis Jankowski, but he jogged to third, preserving Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez’s club record of nine RBIs in a game set in 1999.
“We were all waiting in anticipation,” Bochy said of García’s last two at-bats. “He’s got a chance to make history, and it’s pretty cool. You get two doubles, that’s not too shabby, either. Total bases equals the four home runs.”
García went 5 for 5 and became just the third player since 1901 with at least 16 total bases, three homers, eight RBIs and five runs in a game. Washington’s Anthony Rendon (2017) and Brooklyn’s Gil Hodges (1950) were the others.
“You just don’t see that often,” Bochy said. “What he did tonight, it’s impressive. It’s fun to watch great athletes when they get locked in like tonight. We were all pulling for him to get one more.”
García had the second three-homer game in the majors this season. Trayce Thompson of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit three in a 10-1 win over Arizona on April 1.
The previous Texas player with eight RBIs in a game was Nelson Cruz on May 25, 2012, at Toronto. The club record of nine is held by Ivan Rodriguez.
García said he also hit three homers in a Triple-A game in 2018. Oh, and he said he had eight RBIs in that one, too.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IntraFi announced today it has added to its board Brian Argrett, CEO of City First, and Erica Bovenzi, a former deputy counsel at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and former Chief Administrative Officer at Promontory Financial Group.
"I am proud of the addition of these two individuals to our board," said Mark Jacobsen, Cofounder and CEO of IntraFi, a leading fintech that specializes in liquidity management solutions for thousands of financial services firms. "I've known and worked with both for many years and admire the depth and richness of their expertise in banking."
Argrett and Bovenzi join a board that includes several other financial industry experts, such as Camden Fine, the former CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America, and Edward Yingling, the former CEO of the American Bankers Association.
Argrett is currently president and CEO of both City First Bank, the largest Black-led minority depository institution in the U.S., and its parent company, Broadway Financial Corp. Argrett also serves as chairman of City First Enterprises, a nonprofit bank holding company and incubator of social finance solutions in Washington D.C., and City First Foundation. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Western Bankers Association.
"City First has been a longtime user of IntraFi's services, so we know firsthand what an outstanding firm it is and what great services it offers to banks," said Argrett. "I also appreciate its long-standing support for CDFIs and MDIs over the years."
Bovenzi is cofounder of The Bovenzi Group, a boutique consulting firm serving banks, regulatory agencies, and fintechs. She enjoyed a distinguished 15-year career as deputy general counsel of the FDIC and previously worked at the Resolution Trust Corporation. In her FDIC role, she provided legal support for all aspects of the agency's operations, including statutory compliance, governance, and ethics. Additionally, Bovenzi previously served as Chief Administrative Officer for Promontory Financial Group, a global financial services consulting group.
"IntraFi is a special company, providing valuable products for large and small financial institutions and their customers," said Bovenzi. "Over the past two decades, I have observed a consistent focus on innovation and service to meet the needs of an evolving industry. I am excited to be joining the team."
As a trusted partner chosen by more than 3,000 financial services companies, we define success not by the volume of transactions we enable, but by the quality of relationships we form. Our network, established over 20 years ago, connects institutions of all sizes to help participants build stronger relationships with their customers, fund more loans, seamlessly manage their liquidity needs, and earn fee income. The network brings scale, giving each participant access to tens of billions of dollars in funding, the highest per-depositor and per-bank capacity, and the peace of mind of being able to make large-dollar placements.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Spectrum" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: SPPI) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors who purchased the Company's securities between December 6, 2021 and September 22, 2022, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before February 3, 2023.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. Spectrum claimed to investors that the ZENITH20 trial of poziotinib showed positive results for safety and efficacy. The Company also claimed it had begun a phase 3 study to confirm the results. This claim was not true, a fact uncovered when the FDA released a briefing document before meeting the Company regarding poziotinib. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Spectrum, investors suffered damages.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida mother is opening up about her decision to remove her lesbian daughter from a private Christian school with a policy that gay students are not welcome and “would be asked to leave immediately.”
“She was scared she was gonna open her mouth and expose herself, right but she’s not scared anymore,” said the mom, who asked to conceal her identity for fear of harassment.
NBC News first obtained an email from the Grace Christian School administrator in June that outlines the school’s human sexuality policies. It told parents that they had to agree with the policies before their students could start the new school year.
“From what I read it is not a new policy, but that was the first time I was made aware of that policy,” the mom said.
All of her children have attended the Grace Christian School in Valrico, but after reading the email from administrator Barry McKeen, she said she couldn’t send her youngest daughter back there for her junior year.
“I actually respect their opinion,” she said, “but my daughter’s wellbeing, right, and mental health is more important.”
According to the email, the school will only refer to students by their sex assigned at birth. It also states that any form of homosexuality or transgender identity is “sinful in the sight of God and the church.”
“Students who are found participating in these lifestyles will be asked to leave the school immediately,” McKeen wrote.
Neither the Grace Christian School office nor McKeen responded to emails from News Channel 8 asking for comment on why the school decided to reinforce its human sexuality policies for this school year.
“I have to say about that school — there are some loving teachers at that school,” the mother said. “There’s teachers that know a lot of these children are gay for sure and they still love them.”
The mom said her youngest daughter never faced discrimination, but at times she was left out. Before enrolling her daughter at a new private religious school, she said she spoke with the owner.
“I just want to know if it’s Christian based and he said, ‘Yes it is.’ And I said ‘I’m gonna tell you up front my daughter is gay and will that be a problem?’ “He [the owner] said ‘No, God loves everybody.’”
The mother said her daughter is thriving at her new school.
“I am accepting,” she said. “I love my children. I don’t care but there’s families that I know of that really have more than a hard time with their children being gay and it’s sad.” | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/florida-private-christian-school-asks-lgbtq-students-to-leave/ | 2022-08-20 04:16:05 | 1 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/florida-private-christian-school-asks-lgbtq-students-to-leave/ |
How to Watch NASCAR, F1, IndyCar & More: Auto Racing Streaming Live - Sunday, July 30
Published: Jul. 30, 2023 at 6:36 AM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
True auto racing fans know that there's no such thing as too many races. From the starting gun to the checkered flag, you want to see it all. Check out the article below to find out how to watch or live stream the Formula 1, Formula E, Motocross, NASCAR Cup Series, and NHRA Drag Racing action airing on Fubo on Sunday, July 30.
Watch even more auto racing coverage with ESPN+!
Auto Racing Streaming Live Today
Watch Formula 1: Belgium Grand Prix
- Series: Formula 1
- Game Time: 8:55 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Motocross: MXGP Finland - Race 1
- Series: Motocross
- Game Time: 9:00 AM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula E: Round 16: London - Race
- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 11:30 AM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400
- Series: NASCAR Cup Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: USA Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NHRA Drag Racing: DENSO Sonoma Nationals
- Series: NHRA Drag Racing
- Game Time: 4:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Make sure you're following along with racing action all year long on Fubo and ESPN+!
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...Just a Little Nibble: ‘Fish Spas’ Are a Very Vegas Attraction
If the idea of immersing your feet in a tank full of tiny toothless fish tickles you as much as the actual experience, Vegas is the place to take a unique plunge.
So-called “fish pedicures,” wherein small fish – typically red garra or “doctor fish,” native to the Middle East and Western Asia – nibble away dead skin, have been practiced in some regions for more than 400 years. They found renewed popularity in the 2000s in resorts in Turkey, Croatia and Japan.
While actual fish pedicures are not permitted in Nevada (or California), similar fish “spas” or “experiences,” which claim no cosmetic effects or results, have recently proliferated as novelty attractions in a city that prides itself on such outlandish opportunities. Staff at these spas assure safety for both human and animal participants as well.
We took a look at four such fun, family-friendly “fish spa” experiences in Las Vegas.
Fishy Kisses Experience at SeaQuest Las Vegas
Situated inside The Boulevard Mall, SeaQuest Las Vegas is an interactive wildlife attraction that offers experiences like snorkeling with stingrays and getting up-close with otters, an opossum, porcupines, and even a newly arrived wallaby. Its “Fishy Kisses Experience” features large, padded chairs from which participants dangle their legs (rolling up your pants will suffice) into square tanks teeming with finger-sized fish. The usual result is healthy laughter, lots of photos – and something to talk about when you get home! Reservations are required. vegas.visitseaquest.com
Dr. Fish Spa
With locations at Fashion Show Mall, Miracle Mile Shops, and Las Vegas South Premium Outlets, Dr. Fish Spa offers convenient opportunities to literally dip your toes in the (fish-filled) water. Dr. Fish offers 10-, 15-, and 30-minute fish spa experiences, any of which present perfect selfie opportunities – or let the super-welcoming staff snap you for socials. One customer compared the singular sensation to plunging their feet into a champagne bubble bath. For instant converts who can’t get enough, there’s even a monthly membership plan! drfishspa.com
Kisses By Fishes
Located inside Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas and at Hawaiian Marketplace on the Strip, Kisses By Fishes is a prime spot to try a fish spa for the first time. Staff will talk you through the process prior and clean and lotion your feet afterwards. Point-of-view video of your feet in Kisses By Fishes’ blue-lit tanks makes great video sharing content, and customers report walking away with their feet feeling soft and even a little tingly. binions.com
Garra Fish Spas
Garra Fish Spas is a rapidly growing brand with locations in multiple states, including three in Las Vegas: on Las Vegas Boulevard, on Grand Central Parkway, and their latest store at Las Vegas North Outlets. The unique fish spa experience here includes an ionic cleanse which will “help the body feel relaxed and refreshed,” according to their website. Choose from 20- or 30-minute fish spa experiences, a 30-minute ionic cleanse, or an unlimited monthly membership plan. garraspas.com
-Paul Rogers, Vegas Guide Writer | https://www.latimes.com/vegasguide/story/2022-10-19/just-a-little-nibble-fish-spas-are-a-very-vegas-attraction | 2022-10-20 00:30:59 | 0 | https://www.latimes.com/vegasguide/story/2022-10-19/just-a-little-nibble-fish-spas-are-a-very-vegas-attraction |
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has released a new photo of the suspected Chinese spy balloon from a whole new perspective.
The image shows a U.S. Air Force pilot looking down at the balloon as it hovered over the Central Continental United States on Feb. 3, 2023, according to the Department of Defense.
The large Chinese balloon was shot down off the coast of South Carolina a day after the pilot's selfie was taken. The balloon had traveled across North America over the course of several days and U.S. officials said President Biden was advised the best time to shoot it down would be when it was over water.
CNN first reported the existence of the pilot's selfie, with the news outlet saying the image has "already gained legendary status in both NORAD and the Pentagon."
China has claimed that the balloon was merely a weather research “airship” that had been blown off course. The Pentagon rejected that out of hand — as well as China’s contention that it was not being used for surveillance and had only limited navigational ability.
Officials said Friday the U.S. finished efforts to recover the remaining debris from the Chinese balloon. Officials said the initial analysis of the remnants of the large balloon reinforces conclusions that it was indeed a Chinese spy balloon.
While the military is confident the balloon shot down off South Carolina was a surveillance airship operated by China, the Biden administration has admitted that the three smaller objects were likely civilian-owned balloons that were targeted during the heightened response, after U.S. homeland defense radars were recalibrated to detect slower moving airborne items.
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Amazon’s Alexa could soon mimic voice of dead relatives
(AP) - Amazon’s Alexa might soon replicate the voice of family members - even if they’re dead.
The capability, unveiled at Amazon’s Re:Mars conference in Las Vegas, is in development and would allow the virtual assistant to mimic the voice of a specific person based on a less than a minute of provided recording.
Rohit Prasad, senior vice president and head scientist for Alexa, said at the event Wednesday that the desire behind the feature was to build greater trust in the interactions users have with Alexa by putting more “human attributes of empathy and affect.”
“These attributes have become even more important during the ongoing pandemic when so many of us have lost ones that we love,” Prasad said. “While AI can’t eliminate that pain of loss, it can definitely make their memories last.”
In a video played by Amazon at the event, a young child asks “Alexa, can Grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz?” Alexa then acknowledges the request, and switches to another voice mimicking the child’s grandmother. The voice assistant then continues to read the book in that same voice.
To create the feature, Prasad said the company had to learn how to make a “high-quality voice” with a shorter recording, opposed to hours of recording in a studio. Amazon did not provide further details about the feature, which is bound to spark more privacy concerns and ethical questions about consent.
Amazon’s push comes as competitor Microsoft earlier this week said it was scaling back its synthetic voice offerings and setting stricter guidelines to “ensure the active participation of the speaker” whose voice is recreated. Microsoft said Tuesday it is limiting which customers get to use the service -- while also continuing to highlight acceptable uses such as an interactive Bugs Bunny character at AT&T stores.
“This technology has exciting potential in education, accessibility, and entertainment, and yet it is also easy to imagine how it could be used to inappropriately impersonate speakers and deceive listeners,” said a blog post from Natasha Crampton, who heads Microsoft’s AI ethics division.
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Marcus Sasser scored 30 points and top-ranked Houston got its 30th win of the season with a 60-46 victory over East Carolina in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday.
The Cougars (30-2), a sure-bet No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament, have back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time since their Phi Slama Jama era. Houston made three consecutive Final Four appearances from 1982-84, and were national runner-ups in back-to-back seasons — winning 31 games in 1982-83 and 32 the next season.
Sasser, the AAC player of the year, was a starter on the 2021 Final Four team but missed the Cougars' run to the NCAA Elite Eight last year because of a broken bone in his left foot.
Jamal Shead added 12 points for Houston, which won despite shooting a season-low 28.1% (16 of 57) from the field. J'Wan Roberts, who was 0-for-5 shooting and didn't get to the free throw line, had 12 rebounds.
East Carolina freshman forward Ezra Ausar had 18 points and a season-high 19 rebounds in his third double-double this season. The Pirates (16-17) had a season-low scoring total and shot 31.4% (16 of 51).
The Pirates jumped out to an early 9-5 lead by making four of their first five shots before they started to struggle against Houston's tenacious defense. ECU made only four of its remaining 18 shots before halftime, but still only trailed by two because the Cougars were even worse from the field at 25.8% (8 of 31).
After three Pirates turnovers in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the second half, Houston extended its lead to 29-21 when Sasser swished a 3 from the left wing. Another 3 by Sasser pushed the lead to 42-28 with just over 12 minutes left.
BIG PICTURE
East Carolina: Its 16 wins in the first season under coach Michael Schwartz were the most since going 17-17 in 2013-14 — the final season in Conference USA for the Pirates before moving to the AAC. Their 73-58 win over South Florida in the opening round Thursday was their first win in the AAC tournament since 2017.
Houston: The Cougars are the only team in the nation that hasn't lost away from home this season. They were 11-0 in true road games and are now 3-0 in neutral games. Houston has never lost at Dickies Arena on the edge of downtown Fort Worth where the AAC Tournament is played. The Cougars are 10-0 in the building, including the past two AAC Tournaments and regular-season games in each of the past three seasons.
UP NEXT
Houston: Plays Saturday in the AAC semifinals for the fifth consecutive tournament. The Cougars, who are moving to the Big 12 next season, will play fourth-seeded Cincinnati or fifth-seeded Temple.
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- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provided $1.7 million in funding to deploy GKN Hydrogen's innovative hydrogen storage subsystem at the Flatirons Campus of DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) near Boulder, Colorado
- GKN Hydrogen's technology can help balance supply and demand by storing hydrogen for future energy needs
- ARIES = Advanced Research on Integrated Energy Systems, is a platform that conducts integrated research to support the development of groundbreaking new energy technologies
- SoCalGas provided $400,000 of Research, Development, and Demonstration funding to the project. The utility will assist and identify potential commercial use cases
BOULDER, Colo., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GKN Hydrogen and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the companies will work with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on an innovative green hydrogen storage solution. GKN Hydrogen's HY2MEGA can enable safe, long duration clean energy storage without the need for compression. At scale, this combined technology could provide resilient power in case of widespread outages. It also highlights the technologies needed to reach carbon neutrality and accelerate clean fuel initiatives.
Two HY2MEGA hydrogen storage subsystems will connect to an electrolyzer and fuel cell at the ARIES facility on NREL's Flatirons Campus near Boulder, Colorado. The electrolyzer will use renewable sources and produce green hydrogen to be stored in the HY2MEGA. The HY2MEGA stores the hydrogen in a solid state (metal hydrides), under low pressure in a compact footprint. According to GKN Hydrogen, its one of the safest ways to store hydrogen. The fuel cell will then convert the green hydrogen to produce renewable electricity. The two HY2MEGA's will add an additional 500 kgs of hydrogen storage on site. The three-year project is set to launch at the end of this year.
"SoCalGas will leverage the large-scale hydrogen storage capabilities of GKN Hydrogen's HY2MEGA from this project to help accelerate the commercialization and deployment of green hydrogen projects," said Neil Navin, vice president of clean energy innovations at SoCalGas. "Ultimately, green hydrogen generation and storage will help decarbonize the energy system while assuring stability of the electrical grid to enable even higher penetrations of renewable sources of electricity."
"This project is exactly what the ARIES platform was designed for: demonstrate the benefits of a new technology that efficiently stores energy produced from renewable electricity," said Katherine Hurst, group manager and research scientist at NREL. "It brings together a national laboratory, a clean energy technology developer, and a large utility to work on solutions that help decarbonize the power grid. We are looking forward to working with GKN Hydrogen and SoCalGas to advance this technology."
"Collaborations on green hydrogen projects are essential as we tackle this climate emergency," said Frank Wolak, President and CEO of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA). "This project will demonstrate how hydrogen storage can help reduce carbon emissions and is an innovative step towards a clean future for everyone."
Bruno Biasiotta, Chief Executive Officer at GKN Hydrogen said, "We are really honored to be working with great organizations like NREL and SoCalGas to validate and demonstrate green hydrogen as a megawatt scale energy source. To accelerate the energy transition hydrogen cannot just be part of the discussion, it must be part of the solution. This project will demonstrate that large scale green hydrogen storage with HY2MEGA can be used to help decarbonize and accelerate the shift to cleaner fuels."
About GKN Hydrogen
GKN Hydrogen is pioneering safe, emission-free green hydrogen storage to help organizations and societies around the world achieve their carbon neutrality goals today, and in the years to come. By leveraging GKN's world-leading position in powder metal solutions, they are bringing to market green, safe, and compact hydrogen storage solution based on metal hydrides and offering a range of modular HY2 energy systems.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is the largest gas distribution utility in the United States. SoCalGas delivers affordable, reliable, and increasingly renewable gas service to 21.8 million consumers across 24,000 square miles of Central and Southern California. Gas delivered through the company's pipelines will continue to play a key role in California's clean energy transition—providing electric grid reliability and supporting wind and solar energy deployment.
SoCalGas' mission is to build the cleanest, safest and most innovative energy company in America. In support of that mission, SoCalGas aspires to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations and delivery of energy by 2045 and to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply to core customers with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by dairy farms, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for customers. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding company based in San Diego.
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the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including potential vaccination mandates, on capital projects, regulatory approvals and the execution of our operations; the impact at San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) on competitive customer rates and reliability due to the growth in distributed and local power generation, including from departing retail load resulting from customers transferring to Community Choice Aggregation and Direct Access, and the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets and contractual obligations; Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's (Oncor) ability to eliminate or reduce its quarterly dividends due to regulatory and governance requirements and commitments, including by actions of Oncor's independent directors or a minority member director; volatility in foreign currency exchange, inflation and interest rates and commodity prices, including inflationary pressures in the U.S., and our ability to effectively hedge these risks and with respect to inflation and interest rates, the impact on SDG&E's and SoCalGas' cost of capital and the affordability of customer rates; 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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine coast guard commander said Friday that the tragic scenes of death his team saw aboard a gutted ferry, including adults clutching children, had moved them to tears and sparked fears other passengers could be found dead in the still-smoldering ship.
At least 29 of more than 250 people onboard the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 were killed in the blaze that raged through the ferry Wednesday night while it was on an overnight trip from the southern port city of Zamboanga to Jolo town in Sulu province. At least seven passengers, including two army soldiers, remained missing in the country's deadliest sea disaster this year, the coast guard said.
Basilan Governor Jim Hataman initially reported 31 deaths Thursday but later reduced the toll to 29 after search and rescue groups crossed-checked their figures.
All 35 crew members survived, including the captain, who issued an abandon-ship order when the fire hit close to midnight, then ran the ferry aground on an island off Basilan province to give remaining passengers a better chance to survive, coast guard officials said.
Many passengers jumped into the sea in panic without life jackets and were saved by rescuers but at least 11 drowned. When a team of coast guard personnel, including Bureau of Fire officers, boarded the burned ferry on Baluk-baluk island's coast, they discovered the bodies of 18 passengers scattered on the uppermost open-air economy deck and another floor below, coast guard Commander Chadley Salahuddin said.
The passengers, including an adult clutching a child by the railing, could have easily jumped into the sea and survived like many others but failed to do so for unclear reasons. Two passengers, apparently siblings who were among the missing, were found holding each other in a bathroom, he said.
“When I first saw that scene, I was moved to tears with some of my men,” Salahuddin said. “It was a short journey. Why did so many have to die?”
“What if my mother or my other loved ones were the ones who were trapped here? They were just a step away from the open sides but why did they not jump off like the others?” Salahuddin asked.
The passengers, some of them charred beyond recognition, could have been overcome by the smoke and passed out or could have sustained injuries. Some survivors said they heard a series of firecracker-like blasts during the fire but Salahuddin said all of those details could only be assessed by investigators.
He feared more bodies could be found in the lower enclosed decks, which remained dangerously hot and could not be inspected on Thursday by his team.
His team found a partly burned rifle, which may have been left by a police officer who was among the passengers who survived, Salahuddin said, adding that there was no sign of a bomb explosion at least in the upper decks that they managed to inspect.
The steel-hulled ferry could accommodate up to 430 people and was not overcrowded, said another coast guard official, Commodore Rejard Marfe.
According to the manifest, it was carrying 205 passengers and a 35-member crew, Marfe said. In addition, it had a security contingent consisting of four coast guard marshals, who all survived, and eight soldiers.
Threats posed by Muslim insurgents, including those aligned with the Islamic State group, remain a security issue in the southern Philippines, where cargo and passenger ships are provided extra security by the coast guard and other law enforcement agencies in vulnerable regions.
Marfe said officials are investigating whether the 33-year-old ferry was seaworthy, if there were passengers not listed on the manifest, and whether the crew properly guided passengers to safety.
Sea accidents are common in the Philippines because of frequent storms, badly maintained vessels, overcrowding and spotty enforcement of safety regulations, especially in remote provinces.
In December 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker, killing more than 4,300 people in the world’s worst peacetime maritime disaster.
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ODESSA, Texas — Pink the Basin is presenting checks to six hospitals in the Permian Basin area.
Midland Memorial Foundation received funds on Monday.
On Tuesday, Odessa Regional Medical Center and Medical Center Hospital in Odessa each received a check.
Permian Regional Medical Center in Andrews, Reeves County Hospital in Pecos and Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring will also be presented checks over the week.
A total of $620,000 will be going to help women in the Permian Basin receive care when it comes to things like mammograms and other diagnostic services.
Pink the Basin works to promote women's health and fight breast cancer through awareness, education and assistance as well as making care accessible to all, regardless of income.
"Early detection is key. That's part of Pink the Basin, we want to make sure that we do awareness, to make sure that people do get their mammograms. And there's no excuse! Pink the Basin has funds for anyone who doesn't have insurance or has a high deductible, we have the funds so you can get your mammogram," said Carolina Keith, Executive Director of Pink the Basin.
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Previously, O'Donnell served as Head of Private Equity with the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and prior to that was Head of Private and Opportunistic Investments for Kaiser Permanente
CHICAGO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cresset Partners announced today that it has hired Kevin O'Donnell as Executive Managing Director of its Private Funds Group, encompassing private equity, private credit, and venture capital. O'Donnell will lead Cresset's platform for global private investing in external funds, co-investments and related opportunities, in partnership with leading third-party private asset managers.
O'Donnell brings more than 20 years of experience launching and scaling private market investment portfolios for large institutional investors and leading high-performing teams to deliver strong returns and alpha across global private market portfolios.
"I am thrilled to join a firm with such an experienced, deep bench of talent in the private markets space. Cresset's growth in the past five years is inspiring, and its private investing platform is quite remarkable," O'Donnell said.
O'Donnell most recently served as Head of Private Equity with the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, where he led an $80 billion global private markets investment program. Prior to that he was the Head of Private and Opportunistic Investments for Kaiser Permanente, where he created and implemented a $20 billion private market program.
"Kevin brings extensive experience managing the private market investment portfolios for some of the most significant and sophisticated institutional investors in the world. We are honored to have him join the Cresset team," said Cresset Co-Founder and Co-Chairman Avy Stein.
About Cresset Partners
Cresset Partners is a private investment firm focused on providing its investors with direct access to investment opportunities in private companies, real estate, private credit, private equity secondaries, and venture capital. We focus on building outstanding, lasting partnerships by investing long-term capital, resources, and expertise to create sustainable value. We believe that long-term investing creates better alignment and reduces risk and inefficiencies, leading to better outcomes for all shareholders. Cresset Partners was founded in 2018 and has more than $2.4 billion in commitments across real estate, private equity, private credit, and venture capital. Learn more at https://cressetpartners.com.
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The Pillar Falls drowning victim has been identified by the Twin Falls County Coroner's Office.
According to the County Coroner, Cory Grant Collard of Payson, UT, drowned at Pillar Falls in Twin Falls at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30.
Collard, 30, was pulled out of the water by his family, and resuscitation efforts were employed immediately. Collard was transported by ambulance to St. Luke's Hospital, but passed from his injuries later that night around 7:30.
Collard's family witnessed the drowning and was notified of his passing.
The Twin Falls County Coroner’s Office wants to remind the public that while the water at Pillar Falls appears to be calm, there are severe undercurrents that are strong enough to suck a body into the rocks below. Visitors should be careful and aware of their surroundings.
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Audi has saved the most intriguing—and arguably, most American—of its four sphere concepts for last: an electric pickup.
Well, sort of. The Activesphere concept is “a master of metamorphosis,” as Audi puts it—a coupelike hatchback with an elongated roofline, in which the entire rear section folds horizontally, then opens up to a cargo bed that’s large enough for e-bikes or perhaps an ATV. A flush ski rack is integrated into the roof structure, and the suicide-style rear doors mean there’s no middle pillar.
The sphere concepts, presented over the past couple of years, include the Skysphere sports car, Grandsphere flagship, and Urbansphere city-themed aerovan. Altogether the four—one for each ring in Audi’s logo—create a vision of the brand’s future electric vehicle design that also incorporates automated driving.
Design-wise, the Activesphere concept would be the easiest to visualize as a production model. It presents a unique middle ground between sleek and stocky, harnessing what Audi has with the A7 hatchback and shifting it into its electric E-Tron lineup while giving it a rugged Allroad treatment.
“The Activesphere is unique,” said Gael Buzyn, the manager of the Audi Design Studio in Malibu, California, where the concept was designed. “It is a new type of crossover that cleverly combines the elegance of an Audi Sportback, the practicality of a SUV, and true off-road capabilities.”
A new look as E-Tron EVs become the core
Longtime Audi fans will likely at first glance lock onto one of the big record-scratches of the design: The singleframe grille, a brand mainstay, is gone, in favor of a smoother look, albeit with a jagged undercut that lends the design a bit of personality.
The Activesphere is 196.1 inches long by 81.5 inches wide and 63.0 inches high, and it rides on a 116.5-inch wheelbase. As Audi officials pointed out, that’s roughly the size of the upcoming A6 E-Tron—and, perhaps, a more America-savvy take on the A6 E-Tron Avant.
Like that model, the Activesphere is built on the 800-volt PPE platform, and it rides on an adaptive air suspension. Front and rear electric motors make a combined 436 hp and 531 lb-ft of torque. There’s a dedicated off-road mode.
A modularized battery pack with a capacity of about 100 kwh takes advantage of the full width between front and rear axles for a lower height. Audi says advances in charging—developed further from the E-Tron GT and Porsche Taycan—will allow a 5-80% charge in less than 25 minutes, or about 190 miles of range recovered in 10 minutes.
Audi claims a range of more than 373 miles, but it that’s likely on the more lenient WLTP cycle and this is only a concept car.
Cabin built around “mixed reality” moments
Switch to Level 4 automated driving capability and the interior gets reconfigured as a lounge. Four individual seats are suspended as if they’re attached to the dominant center console running the length of the cabin. Overall, the interior design is very clean, and it takes on some of the themes in the Grandsphere but steps deeper into a future of “mixed reality” interface moments.
That interface depends largely on the idea of mixed reality headsets that the driver and passengers will wear to experience the cabin and surroundings and interact with the vehicle. A mix of hardware, software, and super-fast processing and data connections will be needed to make it all work.
In Lounge mode, gesture control will take care of most controls, while the transition to driver control, with the steering wheel reappearing and the interface and info transitioning to become driver-focused, is the “hero moment,” Audi notes.
Will this “crossover study” make it to production? Audi says all of these sphere concepts include some ideas and design themes that are meant for production. As for which ones, the Activesphere is likely hauling a load of them.
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Market drivers include consumer benefits and government action to transition road vehicles away from fossil fuels
BOULDER, Colo., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights explores the market for solar-integrated transportation technologies, including electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations.
With increasing EV sales, consumers have been able to help protect the environment by reducing their carbon footprint. However, much of the electricity used to power these vehicles is still based on fossil fuels. Solar-integrated EVs (SEVs) and charging solutions resolve this problem by enabling drivers to run vehicles on sunshine. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, annual deployments of solar to directly support EV energy demands is expected to surpass 11 GW, reaching a market size of nearly $12.5 billion in 2031.
"Solar-integrated transportation technologies, including EVs and charging stations, have the potential to take a prominent place within the transportation electrification transition," says Karen Marcus, research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "These innovations are contributing to new ways for consumers to think about driving, including an overall energy ecosystem that includes multiple electricity sources such as solar and vehicles as one user of those sources."
Primary factors driving this market are consumer benefits — which include the reduction of range anxiety and control of ambient temperature within the vehicle — and government action taking place around the globe driving the transition of road vehicles away from fossil fuels. An additional factor is the need for the fast deployment of EV charging infrastructure to support the coming wave of EV vehicles that will be put into use in the coming years, according to the report.
The report, Solar-Integrated EVs and Charging Stations Overview, analyzes the global market for emerging transportation technologies, specifically EVs with solar as a supplemental source, EVs with solar as a primary source, and solar-integrated charging stations. The study provides an analysis of the market issues, including use cases, opportunities, and implementation challenges, associated with solar-integrated transportation technologies. Global market outlook for capacity and revenue, by technology segment and region, extend through 2031. The report also examines the technologies related to these solutions and lists key players in the market. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
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NHA TRANG, Vietnam and TAMPA, Fla., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VinFast, the world's first automotive manufacturer to completely switch from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, and IRONMAN, the global leader in long distance triathlon, have announced a global partnership for VinFast to become the first ever naming rights partner of the IRONMAN U.S. Series from 2022. Under the agreement, VinFast will also become the title partner for the 2022 IRONMAN® World Championship and the 2023 IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championship, each continuing through 2025, as well as the Exclusive Electric Vehicle Partner of the IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 Series in U.S., Europe, and Asia through 2025.
Moreover, VinFast will be the Exclusive Automotive Vehicle, Electric Vehicle, Electric Scooter, and Electric Bus partner, providing electric vehicles, including scooters, cars, and buses for IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 events.
As Naming Rights partner for the VinFast IRONMAN U.S. Series, Title partner of the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship, and a Premier Partner, VinFast will be provided with highly visible brand association at IRONMAN events around the globe. It will provide unique direct to consumer experiences onsite at IRONMAN races with opportunities for participants and fans to experience a next generation EV car through test drives and other experiential programming.
The signing ceremony for the partnership was held on July 23, 2022 in Nha Trang, during the Vingroup Elite Vietnam Tour 3, and witnessed by many world-renowned media personalities and industry opinion leaders from North America.
"The IRONMAN Group is delighted to have developed with VinFast a comprehensive and far-reaching partnership, inclusive of our pinnacle IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship events," said Andrew Messick, President and Chief Executive Officer for The IRONMAN Group. "We value the way VinFast pushes the boundaries forward through their smart and eco-friendly electric vehicles to create a sustainable future for all. This is much like the spirit of IRONMAN and our athletes to break through and surpass preconceived boundaries."
As the world's first automotive manufacturer to completely switch from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles, Vietnam's first EV brand, and a pioneer in many innovative areas and technologies, VinFast takes pride in achieving what many people thought could be impossible. VinFast has brought world-class quality EVs to consumers in the outstandingly short time, at a reasonable cost. Providing sustainable transportation, exemplifying the journey of champions is one of many efforts VinFast has made towards the goal to make premium electric vehicles attainable to everyone, contributing to the global electric vehicle revolution, for a greener and more sustainable future.
By associating with IRONMAN and its series of mass participation sporting events that positively affect millions of people around the world, VinFast takes the opportunity to widely promote itself to the global citizens, as well as inspiring on the use of electric vehicles.
Regarding the strategy behind the partnership, Ms. Le Thi Thu Thuy, Vingroup Vice Chairwoman and VinFast Global CEO stated: "Sharing the spirit that 'Anything is Possible,' we are honored to be a Premier Partner of IRONMAN & IRONMAN 70.3 Series. We are proud to be part of the moments that push people beyond their boundaries, and beyond what many have thought is humanly possible. We are certain that our electric mobility will strongly underpin the journeys of IRONMAN athletes around the world to be boundless."
IRONMAN events are globally known for being one of the world's most challenging single-day sporting competitions. Since its debut in 1978, the IRONMAN triathlons are a series of full-distance races composed of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride, and a 26.2-mile run, in that order. Similar to the IRONMAN triathlons, the IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons maintain the structure and format of the original triathlon series but with half-distance triathlons composed of 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, and 13.1-mile run.
With more than 40 IRONMAN triathlon races and 90 IRONMAN 70.3 triathlons worldwide, hundreds of thousands of athletes from around attempt to qualify for the respective IRONMAN World Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship which are known for their grueling course, challenging race conditions, and international media coverage. Receiving significant acclaim and public interest, the live broadcasts and documentary recap specials have earned top honors inclusive of 17 Sports Emmy Awards.
VinFast - a member of Vingroup – envisioned to drive the movement of global smart electric vehicle revolution. Established in 2017, VinFast owns a state-of-the-art automotive manufacturing complex with globally leading scalability that boasts up to 90% automation in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Strongly committed to the mission for a sustainable future for everyone, VinFast constantly innovates to bring high-quality products, advanced smart services, seamless customer experiences, and pricing strategy for all to inspire global customers to jointly create a future of smart mobility and a sustainable planet. Learn more at: https://vinfastauto.com.
Established in 1993, Vingroup is one of the leading private conglomerates in the region, with a total capitalization of $35 billion USD from three publicly traded companies (as of November 4, 2021). Vingroup currently focuses on three main areas: Technology and Industry, Services and Social Enterprise. Find out more at: https://www.vingroup.net/en.
The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN® 70.3® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN® Virtual Racing™ (VR™) Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, the Rock 'n' Roll® Running Series, the Rock 'n' Roll Virtual Running™ Series, IRONKIDS®, World Triathlon Championship Series, premier running events including the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon™ and City2Surf®, UTMB® World Series events including Tarawera Ultra and Ultra-Trail Australia™, Epic Series™ mountain bike races including the Absa Cape Epic®, road cycling events including Haute Route®, and other multisport races. The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world and provides more than a million participants annually the benefits of endurance sports through the company's vast offerings. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN® brand and its first event in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE® by crossing finish lines around the world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with hundreds of events across 55+ countries. The IRONMAN Group is owned by Advance, a private, family-owned business. For more information, visit www.ironman.com/about-ironman-group.
Advance is a private, family-held business that owns and invests in companies across media, entertainment, technology, communications, education and other promising growth sectors. Our mission is to build the value of our companies over the long-term by fostering growth and innovation. Advance's portfolio includes Condé Nast, Advance Local, Stage Entertainment, The IRONMAN Group, American City Business Journals, Leaders Group, Turnitin, 1010data and Pop. Together these operating companies employ more than 17,000 people in 29 countries. Advance is also among the largest shareholders in Charter Communications, Discovery and Reddit. For more information visit www.advance.com.
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Vigilante 4×4 builds an array of classic Jeeps based on custom chasses designed to support power levels ranging up to 1,000 hp.
The Johnson City, Texas-based company specializes in Jeep models sold between 1964 and 1991, often referred to as Full-Size Jeeps, and its latest offering is a prime example of the vehicles it builds.
First spotted by Motor1, the featured vehicle is an original Jeep Gladiator pickup truck that can be ordered with a variety of modern Hemi V-8s. This one is a 1966 model, and it packs a 485-hp 6.4-liter V-8. However, the company is happy to install the 707-hp 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 known as the Hellcat, and there’s also a 1,000-hp option. Buyers have the option of manual or automatic transmissions with each powertrain.
Original Jeep chasses were never designed to handle such high outputs. As a result, Vigilante 4×4 created its own chassis, using 3D scans of original bodies to ensure proper mounting. And in addition to a modern powertrain, Vigilante 4×4 also installs modern suspension and brake hardware.
For the 1966 Gladiator, Vigilante 4×4 added four-link suspension with Eibach coil springs and Fox dampers. Stopping power comes from six-piston Baer brakes, housed within 17-inch wheels.
A full restoration is also part of Vigilante 4×4’s restomod process. The original body is sandblasted and coated, and then rebuilt, using original parts or in some cases new parts made to look like the originals. This particular restomod features a blue exterior with a cream interior. Materials used in the cabin include leather and Alcantara.
Other popular restomods offered by Vigilante 4×4 include the original Wagoneer and Cherokee. For the Gladiator, the starting price is $295,000.
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Kelton Talford's 28 points helped Winthrop defeat South Carolina State 81-67 on Tuesday night.
Talford had nine rebounds for the Eagles (5-5). Chase Claxton scored 14 points and added seven rebounds, three steals, and five blocks. Cory Hightower recorded 11 points and shot 4 for 9, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc.
Jordan Simpson led the Bulldogs (1-9) in scoring, finishing with 12 points and two steals. South Carolina State also got 11 points from DaJuan Bates. Rakeim Gary also put up nine points, six assists and three steals.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Free-speech advocates asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that upheld an Arkansas law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel.
Contractors that don't sign the pledge must reduce their fees by 20%. Republican legislators who drafted the 2017 law have said it was not prompted by a specific incident in the state.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of the Arkansas Times, a Little Rock-based alternative weekly newspaper.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in June that the law does not unconstitutionally infringe on free-speech rights. The full St. Louis-based court's decision overturned a three-judge panel's ruling last year that the law violated contractors’ free-speech rights.
“America was founded on political boycotts, and boycotts are a powerful way to speak and create change,” said Holly Dickson, executive director of the ACLU of Arkansas. "This state legislative majority wanted the government to have power to force people to relinquish their First Amendment rights or pay a penalty, and that is a dangerous step backward for our rights.”
In its plea for the Supreme Court to take up the case, the ACLU called the 8th Circuit Court's ruling a “radical departure” from a Supreme Court precedent that an NAACP boycott of a Port Gibson, Mississippi, hardware retailer was constitutionally protected speech, expression and assembly.
The high court “has long stood for the principle that states cannot suppress politically motivated consumer boycotts,” the ACLU said. It said the 8th Circuit Court ruled that only speech and associations surrounding a boycott were protected, not a boycott itself.
The ACLU also asserted that the 8th Circuit decision was inconsistent with rulings by other federal appeals courts, creating judicial uncertainty.
It also argued that the ruling “gives states a blank check to selectively penalize boycotts that express disfavored messages, as Arkansas did here, and thereby conflicts with the First Amendment’s requirement of content neutrality."
The law followed similar restrictions enacted by other states in response to a movement promoting boycotts, divestment and sanctions of Israeli institutions and businesses over the country’s treatment of Palestinians. Israeli officials say the campaign masks a deeper goal of delegitimizing and even destroying the country.
Similar measures in Arizona, Kansas and Texas that were blocked by the courts were later allowed to be enforced after lawmakers narrowed the requirement to apply only to larger contracts. The Arkansas law applies to contracts worth $1,000 or more.
Citing its anti-boycott law, Arizona last year sold off millions of dollars in Unilever bonds over subsidiary Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Several parties to a wrongful death lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a Black man on the Virginia Beach oceanfront last year have asked a judge to enforce the $3 million settlement agreement announced earlier this month.
The city of Virginia Beach and the family of Donovon Lynch — a cousin of musician and Virginia Beach native Pharrell Williams — announced the settlement agreement Dec. 13. But Lynch’s father, Wayne Lynch, has since told local news outlets that he has parted ways with his attorneys and that the settlement isn’t finalized.
Last week, several parties to the matter filed a joint motion asking a judge to enforce the announced deal.
The joint motion was filed by Thomas Martin and Justin Fairfax, who have served as attorneys for Wayne Lynch, as well as attorneys for the city and the officer who shot Donovon Lynch.
The motion says that an outside party advised Wayne Lynch not to sign the agreement, “which is against the interests of the Estate and contrary to Plaintiff’s prior agreement.”
Court records show that the motion was referred to a judge on Tuesday.
Efforts by The Associated Press to reach Wayne Lynch weren’t immediately successful. But Lynch wrote in an emailed statement on Tuesday that the settlement had not been finalized, TV station WVEC-TV reported.
“I regret that it was publicly disclosed before all non-monetary terms were finalized,” Lynch’s statement said.
He also wrote that Fairfax, a former lieutenant governor, and Martin were no longer representing him. On Wednesday, he filed a motion to substitute Fairfax and Martin with a new attorney, court records show.
Lauren Burke, a spokesperson for Fairfax, said in a statement provided to the AP Wednesday that Fairfax and Martin remain “the attorneys of record in this case.”
“Justin E. Fairfax and Thomas B. Martin have been honored to secure a $3M settlement in the death of Wayne Lynch’s son Donovon Lynch,” the statement said. “This historic settlement for the Lynch family will soon be completely settled in Virginia federal court.”
A spokesperson for the city declined to comment.
Wayne Lynch filed the $50 million wrongful death lawsuit in June 2021 against the city and Solomon D. Simmons, the police officer who shot his son. Simmons is also Black.
Lynch’s shooting occurred on a warm March night near the city’s crowded boardwalk, which is lined with restaurants and hotels. The evening dissolved into chaos after separate outbreaks of gunfire. At least eight people were wounded, and one woman, who was believed to be a bystander, was killed.
In November 2021, a special grand jury found that Simmons was justified in shooting Lynch. Authorities said Lynch had a gun and racked a round into the chamber before pointing his weapon toward a parking lot filled with people and police. | https://www.kark.com/news/national/ap-court-asked-to-enforce-3m-deal-in-police-shooting-lawsuit/ | 2022-12-29 12:24:54 | 0 | https://www.kark.com/news/national/ap-court-asked-to-enforce-3m-deal-in-police-shooting-lawsuit/ |
HERMLEIGH, Texas — A 3.0 magnitude earthquake was reported by the United States Geological Survey Friday afternoon.
According to the USGS, the quake was 9.94 miles northeast of Hermleigh in Scurry County, which is southeast from Lubbock.
A little more than an hour earlier Friday, a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was reported in approximately the same area and early in the day, a 2.5 magnitude was reported by the USGS. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/30-magnitude-earthquake-reported-near-hermleigh/504-9c9a8711-9d45-4d2a-a163-2e07d0286ee5 | 2023-02-03 23:27:57 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/30-magnitude-earthquake-reported-near-hermleigh/504-9c9a8711-9d45-4d2a-a163-2e07d0286ee5 |
NEW ORLEANS, March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed, in the case of Feds for Medical Freedom et. al v Biden, that a lower court correctly entered a nationwide injunction against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers. The ruling agreed that the Biden Administration lacked authority to issue the vaccine mandate in September 2021 for all federal employees.
Feds for Medical Freedom, a non-profit representing over 8500 federal workers who do not wish to be vaccinated or disclose their vaccination status, challenged the mandate in federal court, successfully arguing for an injunction in January 2022 and now prevailing in an en banc hearing of the full 17-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court.
Feds for Med Freedom President Marcus Thornton issued the following statement following the ruling:
"Our members have always argued that federal law does not permit the federal government to force federal workers—or any law-abiding citizen—to inject their bodies with something against their will. In fact, the freedom to control your own body and your own medical information is so basic that, without those liberties, it is impossible to truly be 'free' at all. It was incredibly vindicating to hear the court echo those arguments and to draw clear limits around federal authority as it relates to forced vaccinations and medical freedoms.
"Furthermore, since the COVID vaccine mandate was issued in September 2021, it should be noted that federal employees and contractors who have exercised their right to refuse vaccination have been subjected to workplace harassment, ridicule, demotion, and termination. The court's ruling today demonstrates that treatment was not only unprofessional and immoral, but premised on an illegal Executive Order, as well.
"Today's decision was a big win for our members, but we are just getting started. Feds for Med Freedom intends to file new suits in federal court for violations of our members' rights, including under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the U.S. Constitution. We will be fighting for justice for those whom the vaccine has injured. As this decision makes clear today, many in the government overstepped their legal bounds, and we are going to hold them accountable."
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Cam Johnson has hit the jackpot.
The restricted free agent forward has agreed to a four-year, $108 million deal to remain with the Brooklyn Nets, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Johnson signs the deal following a midseason trade from the Phoenix Suns, who drafted him in 2019.
A 3-and-D specialist, Johnson previously made $18.6 million over four years on his rookie contract. With the Nets and Suns last season, Johnson averaged 15.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.2 steals per gae while shooting 47% from the field and 40.4% from 3-point distance on 5.2 attempts per game.
He'll remain in Brooklyn as a featured part of their rebuild following last season's trades of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. | https://www.wftv.com/news/national/nba-free-agency-2023/E5ZG5AT7NDXZGHL232HXKKCHGU/ | 2023-07-01 00:39:52 | 1 | https://www.wftv.com/news/national/nba-free-agency-2023/E5ZG5AT7NDXZGHL232HXKKCHGU/ |
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published a warning regarding neck floats for babies. The FDA states that parents, caregivers and health care providers should not use neck floats for water therapy interventions, especially with babies with developmental delays or special needs, such as spina bifida, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1, Down syndrome or cerebral palsy.
The warning comes following the reported death of one baby and hospitalization of another related to the use of baby neck floats. The FDA states that caregivers were not directly monitoring the babies when they were injured in both instances.
What Are Neck Floats?
Neck floats are inflatable plastic rings designed to be worn around an infant’s neck. Babies as young as two weeks old and even premature newborns can float freely in the water with specially designed neck floats that cradle a baby’s head.
Some parents and caregivers use neck floats while bathing babies, in swimming pools or as a tool for water therapy intervention for infants with developmental delays or disabilities.
Are Baby Neck Floats Being Recalled?
Currently, there are no government-issued recalls in effect for baby neck floats. However, the FDA wants parents and other caregivers to understand the potential hazards of using them, particularly for babies with special needs.
“The risks of using baby neck floats include death due to drowning and suffocation, strain, and injury to a baby’s neck. Babies with special needs such as spina bifida or SMA Type 1 may be at an increased risk for serious injury,” the FDA wrote in a safety communication about the product. “While the FDA believes that death or serious injury from neck floats is rare, health care providers, parents, and caregivers should be aware that these events can and do occur. It is also possible that some cases have not been reported to the FDA.”
The administration’s recommendations for parents and other caregivers regarding baby neck floats include the following.
- Don’t use baby neck floats for water therapy intervention.
- Be aware that neck floats can increase the risk of neck strain and injury, particularly for babies with special needs.
- Be aware that the FDA has not evaluated neck floats and is unaware of any benefit to using them in water therapy.
Of course, adults should always supervise children around water to prevent drownings, whether or not they use floatation devices.
“They should never replace adult supervision, which should be close, constant and capable,” Dr. Sarah Denny, an associate clinical professor at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, told Motherly.
Anyone aware of a baby injured by a neck float should report it to the FDA to help identify associated risks. You can use the online voluntary reporting form to do so.
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WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware First Health announced today that Bill Wilson has been appointed as Plan President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Wilson brings over 25 years of healthcare and finance leadership experience and nearly 15 years as a managed care executive. Most recently, Mr. Wilson served as the Chief Financial Officer for Managed Health Services, Centene's Indiana health plan.
"Bill is an innovative leader with a proven track record, and we are delighted to have his healthcare expertise at Delaware First Health as we deliver on our mission to help transform the health of our members and local communities," said Gregg MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Markets, for Delaware First's parent company, Centene. "Bill's leadership will be instrumental as we partner with the state and local providers to ensure our members have access to high-quality, comprehensive healthcare."
"I am pleased to join Delaware First Health and build an experienced, local team tailored to meet the unique needs of the members and communities we will serve in Delaware," said Wilson. "I look forward to working with local providers and community partners to improve the health of Delaware residents across the state."
Delaware First Health was recently selected by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services' Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) to administer the state's Medicaid Managed Care Programs, Diamond State Health Plan (DSHP) and Diamond State Health Plan Plus (DSHP+). Delaware First Health's statewide participation in DSHP and DSHP+ is expected to commence on January 1, 2023.
About Delaware First Health
Delaware First Health is a Care Management Organization that serves the needs of Delawareans through a range of health insurance solutions. Delaware First Health is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise. For more information visit www.delawarefirsthealth.com.
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Industry veteran to lead firm's Operational Technology services and advise clients on cybersecurity strategies
PITTSBURGH, Pa. , Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that Susan Howard, CISSP, has joined the firm as Vice President, National Industrial Control Systems Lead. In this role, Ms. Howard will lead Michael Baker's integrated Operational Technology (OT) and related cybersecurity services across all sectors, markets, disciplines, geographies and project life cycles as part of the company's infrastructure, environmental, community and Federal projects.
"As we Reimagine Michael Baker International and further expand our capabilities to serve our clients, we identified the need for this newly created position, which will play a central role in the strategy and growth of Michael Baker's Industry 4.0 cybersecurity ecosystem," said Niek Veraart, Senior Vice President and National Practice Lead – Planning at Michael Baker International. "The national profile of our Operational Technology services enables us to integrate and optimize our services across our organization and incorporate innovative technologies, while expanding our local, regional, national and international expertise. Leveraging her impressive leadership and experience, Susan will integrate these OT services across markets in a way that is cyber-secure, agile and cost-effective, while contributing to sustainability and resilience for our clients in government and industry."
Ms. Howard brings to her new role more than 30 years of industry experience across a broad range of sectors, including healthcare and health sciences, telemedicine and medical devices, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), light rail systems, autonomous vehicles, semiconductor factory automation, electric utilities, water and wastewater utilities, building automation systems and federal facilities. She has supported private sector clients such as Intel and Microsoft, municipal and state water and transportation agencies and Department of Defense (DoD) clients, including the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).
Prior to joining Michael Baker, Ms. Howard held business management, technology development and partnership engagement roles at Jacobs, most recently serving as Director ICS Cybersecurity, Federal and Environmental Solutions. She also held private sector roles with PGE, LTK Engineering Services, the University of New Mexico and Intel Corporation, where she was Intel's first External Connectivity Security Services Technology Manager. Ms. Howard served six years in the U.S. Air Force in Cryptography and Telecommunication capacities.
Ms. Howard holds a Master of Science degree in Telecommunications Engineering and Cybersecurity from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification and Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems Quantitative Analysis from Portland State University.
Michael Baker International is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services spanning four distinct Verticals: Infrastructure, Design-Build Services, Federal Programs and Services and Consulting and Technology Solutions (CTS). The firm's Practices encompass all facets of infrastructure, including design and civil engineering for diverse bridge, highway, water, rail and transit and aviation projects, as well as planning, architecture, environmental and construction and program management. For more than 80 years, the company has been a trusted partner to clients, providing comprehensive services and solutions, delivering expertise and quality, and embracing emerging technologies and the latest innovations – like intelligent transportation, engineered models and public safety software as a service (SaaS).
The firm's more than 3,500 employees across nearly 100 locations are committed to Making a Difference for clients and communities through a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement while Reimagining Michael Baker to become a full-service engineering and consulting firm over the next five years.
To learn more, visit https://mbakerintl.com/.
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Children with obesity are four times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes and twice as likely to die from heart disease. They are also at increased risk of hypertension, depression and early arthritis. Treatment exists, and early diagnosis and intervention can prevent these adverse outcomes.
In the United States, more than 14 million children — nearly 1 in 5 of those under 18 — have obesity. Obesity itself is a considered a chronic disease and is the second-leading cause of preventable death after tobacco use. It’s also a major risk factor that predisposes individuals to a large array of other serious health problems.
According to the AAP’s extensive review of existing research, the most effective initial intervention is intense behavioral modification to change nutrition, physical activity and other lifestyle factors. This is recommended for children 6 years and older considered to be overweight (defined as body mass index between 85th and 94th percentile) or to have obesity (BMI at or above 95th percentile). In some cases, intervention could begin for families with kids as young as 2 years old.
The next step beyond behavioral modification is medical treatment. For the first time, AAP is recommending doctors to consider weight-loss medications for adolescents 12 and above with obesity. Those 13 and above with severe obesity might be evaluated for bariatric surgery.
The guidelines acknowledge that obesity is complex and that there are many contributing factors, including genetics, socioeconomic resources and food environments that facilitate unhealthy diets with sugary sodas and ultra-processed food. Regardless of the cause, however, the end result is a disease that has staggering consequences.
The guidelines are not without controversy. Some are concerned they could increase stigma and “fat-shaming.” To be sure, pediatricians must approach children and families with empathy and sensitivity. According to the AAP, research shows that when administered by trained professionals with active family involvement, behavioral interventions have “no evidence of harm and can result in less disordered eating.”
In my view, medicalizing obesity is key to reducing stigma. If obesity is seen solely as choice, then patients are blamed for their illness.
On the other hand, if it is seen as the consequence of multiple factors for which a combination of lifestyle modification and medical treatments are needed, obesity can be regarded just as we do other chronic illnesses such as diabetes or heart disease. The AAP guidance reinforces this point and emphasizes the importance of insurance coverage for obesity treatment. Insurance plans often restrict such coverage to patients unless they are also being treated for another disease. That needs to change.
This leads me to my only significant criticism of the AAP guidelines, which is that they will be difficult to implement on a population level. The recommended behavioral modifications demands considerable time with patients. The most effective treatments requiring 26 or more hours of face-to-face contact with a multidisciplinary team of providers over a three- to 12-month period.
That’s a huge time commitment for parents and other caregivers who are working full-time jobs, and that’s assuming they are able to obtain this type of multi-specialty treatment and have it paid for by their insurance.
It’s unrealistic to expect that this gold-standard care will become widely available anytime soon. And many families might struggle with the recommendations because they lack access to affordable healthy food and safe places to exercise. The obesity epidemic is a societal crisis that requires major policy changes.
Still, I think the AAP’s new stance is a much-needed reminder of the lifelong consequences of obesity and the need to address it in childhood. As with other chronic diseases, the message should be unequivocal: Don’t wait to start managing a serious medical condition when there is evidence-based and effective treatment.
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“I’m a healthy 44-year-old woman who has never had covid, and I’m wondering what my odds are of getting it this year (or ever?). I’m a high school teacher, so I have 60 to 95 students through my classroom per day, but I wear a surgical mask at all times and don’t eat lunch with others. I also mask in other public places such as the grocery store. I’m up to date on all my vaccinations. Many of my students over the past year and a half of in-person school have been sick with covid, but weekly testing shows that I haven’t been infected. My brother’s wife and three kids all had covid last year, but he never got it. Is it possible that he and I are immune? Or am I just cautious and lucky?” — Meredith from California
There are some people who have not contracted covid-19 because they have taken many precautions. There are others who may have a genetic marker that makes them more immune to the coronavirus. Then there are those aren’t aware that they have had covid.
This last group is probably the largest. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 44 percent of people who think they never had covid actually did. Perhaps they remained asymptomatic or their symptoms were very mild. It’s also possible that a rapid antigen or PCR test missed their diagnosis if they took it before they had a sufficient viral load.
If you want to find out whether you have contracted covid, you could consider taking a specific antibody test. The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibody test will specifically look for prior infection. The test does not detect antibodies produced by the vaccines. You can ask your health-care provider to order it (it’s available at standard laboratories such as Quest and Labcorp).
“My wife and I are over 70 and have had all the vaccines and boosters, including the bivalent. We also have never tested positive for covid. We attend live theater performances three or four times per week and are grateful that the theaters have reopened. Most of the larger theaters require patrons to be masked while in the theater. Recently, we were at one of the smaller houses. They do not require masking any more, and when we sat down, we found we were surrounded by unmasked patrons. Indeed, almost all of the patrons were unmasked. There were no seats we could have switched to where we would have been somewhat distanced or surrounded by masked patrons. Although we were wearing KN95 masks, we decided to leave before the play started because of concerns about the lack of masking. Were we overreacting?” — Tom from Maryland
If your KN95 masks fit you well and you keep it on the entire time during the performance, the risk of contracting covid-19 is very low. Health-care workers treating covid patients are wearing masks like yours and are able to protect themselves that way, even when in close proximity with individuals who have high viral loads and are actively shedding virus.
That said, other factors can reduce risk, too, including going to a theater that is larger, with better spacing and good ventilation. And if other patrons are wearing high-quality masks, that reduces your risk.
“We have a 9-year-old son. No one in our household has any underlying medical condition of note. Given it’s important for kids to develop immunity through exposure to various viruses out in the world, unless and until there is an elevated presence of covid in our area, we have decided it is generally better for our son not to wear a mask when out and about. What are your thoughts?” – Mark from NY
I am doing the same as you with my children, ages 5 and 2. For nearly two years, they rarely had runny noses or coughs because of masks, distancing and other mitigation measures that kept covid and other viruses are bay. Then, after they went back to school without masks in September, they’ve had several rounds of viral infections.
This was the norm before covid and will be going forward, too. For us, and probably for most parents, it’s not a long-term strategy to shield our kids against all viruses.
The Post has also compiled Q&As from my previous newsletters. You can read them here.
What I’m reading
A large study in Portugal, published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, provides further reassurance that hybrid immunity conveys strong protection against covid. Researchers examined a national registry with more than 9.3 million vaccinated people ages 12 years and older. Those with prior infection as well as vaccination were 90 percent protected against reinfection. This fell to about 70 percent after five months and appeared to stabilize at around 65 percent at eight months. This level of protection was between three to four times higher compared to individuals who were vaccinated but had not contracted covid.
Pfizer’s bivalent vaccine is effective in children 5- to 11-years old, according to a new South Korean study in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers evaluated vaccine effectiveness during the time of omicron dominance, and found that protection with the Pfizer vaccine was 58 percent after 15 days, 50 percent after 31 days and 41 percent after 61 days. Importantly, there was 100 percent protection against critical illness for 90 days.
A study in JAMA Health Forum shows that the expansion of mental health services via telemedicine more than offset the reduction of in-person care during the first year of the pandemic. In 2020, the use of in-person services declined by more than 50 percent. But telehealth utilization climbed 16- to 20-fold, with the highest increase among those presenting for anxiety disorders. This study underscores the huge unmet need for mental health care pre-covid and the potential of telemedicine to expand access. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/26/childhood-obesity-guidelines-crucial/ | 2023-01-26 21:45:02 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/26/childhood-obesity-guidelines-crucial/ |
BERLIN (AP) — A group tracking antisemitism in Germany said Tuesday it documented more than 2,700 incidents in the country last year, including 63 attacks and six cases of extreme violence.
In a report, the Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism, or RIAS, said the coronavirus pandemic with its anti-Jewish conspiracy narratives and the Middle East conflict with antisemitic criticism of Israel were the main drivers of the 2,738 incidents it documented.
The incidents include both criminal and non-criminal incidents, the group said.
The German government's commissioner to combat antisemitism, Felix Klein, called the number of incidents — more than seven per day — frightening, but also said that “at the same time, each of the reported incidents is also a step toward reducing the dark figures.”
Right-wing extremists were responsible for 17% of the incidents, but more than half of all the antisemitic incidents could not be assigned to a specific political view, the report said.
Among cases of “extreme violence,” RIAS included an attack on a Jewish participant in a vigil for Israel in Hamburg and a shooting at a Jewish community center in Berlin.
Altogether, 964 people — both Jews and non-Jews — were directly affected by antisemitic incidents, Benjamin Steinitz, the head of RIAS, told reporters in Berlin.
Marina Chernivsky of the Ofek counseling center for victims of antisemitic violence and discrimination called the high number of cases a “background noise” in the everyday lives of Jews in Germany. | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Germany-Over-2-700-antisemitic-incidents-17271025.php | 2022-06-28 14:17:21 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Germany-Over-2-700-antisemitic-incidents-17271025.php |
No conscience exemption of COVID vaccine in SD after house vote
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakotans will not be able to claim a conscience exemption from taking an employer-mandatory COVID-19 shot.
The House defeated the bill, HB 1235, 30 to 39 after about 40 minutes of debate.
Proponents of the bill said that the COVID-19 vaccines were still experimental.
Several said they, loved ones, or friends were made sick by their COVID-19 vaccinations.
“We need the ability to object to this particular vaccine,” said Republican Rep. John Mills from Brookings.
The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Jon Hansen from Dell Rapids, said there was a “false choice” of requiring mandatory employee vaccinations.
He and other legislators said employers could do testing, require masks, or segregate employees instead of requiring an inoculation.
Opponents said the bill violated employers’ rights to set their own work rules in a right-to-work state.
Republican Rep. Neal Pinnow (pen-now) from Lemmon said he was reluctant to oppose the bill, but as a business person, he felt he had to.
“If you’re a business owner, you should have a problem with this bill,” he said. “This will affect small-town businesses. This denies your opportunity to set your own rules if you want to.”
Other opponents said it could put medical and nursing programs at risk as the hospitals and the universities they contract with would face liability if they required students to get the vaccination.
The bill provided for triple damages, costs, and attorney’s fees if a court found the employer required an employee to vaccinate, and they refused.
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TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. (TSXV: WEB) (OTCQX: WEGYF) (FRA: PUQ) ("Westbridge Renewable" or the "Company") is pleased to share an open letter to shareholders from Executive Chairman, Scott Kelly and CEO and Director, Stefano Romanin.
Dear Shareholders,
2022 has been a very busy and successful year of growth for your company, Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. Thank you for your support and confidence.
Our solar PV development portfolio expanded from three projects totaling 735 MWp Solar PV at the beginning of fiscal 2022, to six projects totaling 1,285 MWp Solar PV today.
Our Battery Storage ("BESS") capacity has also grown from 400 MWh at the beginning of fiscal 2022 to more than 1,000 MWh today.
This rapid growth was realized through the successful origination of two new utility-scale Solar PV + BESS projects in Alberta and one standalone BESS project in the United Kingdom. Our development pipeline remains robust in key solar markets, and the macro environment in all three jurisdictions is becoming increasingly favourable for our business.
In November 2022, the Canadian government announced incentives for clean energy technologies, which will include an investment tax credit for solar PV and energy storage systems equivalent to a refundable tax credit equal to 30% of the cost of capital investment into electricity generation systems.1
The U.S. is leading the green energy revolution with the 2022 passage of the Inflation Reduction Act ("IRA"). The IRA calls for the largest clean energy investment in U.S. history, providing for $369 billion in investments in climate and energy funding and placing the country on track to meet its clean energy objectives for 2035 and 2050.2
A high-level summary of our 2022 accomplishments is summarized below:
Our total capacity now sits at 1,285 MWp Solar PV and 553 MW / 1,106 MWh BESS. The development team is progressing our existing portfolio of projects expeditiously through the permitting, design, and monetization processes while originating additional projects.
- Addition of the Dolcy Project with 250 MWp Solar PV, and 100 MW / 200 MWh BESS in Alberta.
- Addition of the Fiskerton Project expanding the portfolio into the UK with its 53 MW / 106 MWh BESS.
- Addition of the Eastervale Project with 300 MWp Solar PV, and 200 MW / 400 MWh BESS in Alberta.
- Received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission for Georgetown Solar PV plant and BESS Project.
- Paid Security Deposit on Georgetown, a critical step in advancing the project to monetization in 2023.
- Started trading on the OTCQB in February and graduated to the OTCQX Best Market in under 9 months on November 30th – a testament to a consistently strong share price performance, increasing access and liquidity to investors and further simplified by DTC eligibility.
- Changed name to Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. reflecting the evolution and direction of the Company as well as its vision for the future.
- Secured $4.8M in project financing to progress the Georgetown Project toward monetization.
- Received 100% of 2021 RTO warrant exercises, bringing an additional approximately $3.4 million into the Company Treasury.
- Grew Market Capitalization by 67% year over year ("YOY"), share price appreciation of 38% YOY – outperforming the TSX and TSXV by more than 38% and 73%, respectively.3
- Strengthened the team to expand the solar portfolio with the expertise of Mr. Pandelis Vassilakakis as Chief Business Development Officer and promoted Mr. Francesco Paolo Cardi to Vice President, Development.
2022 has been the year of growth for Westbridge's portfolio as one of the largest North American developers for solar PV and BESS. We aim for 2023 to be the year we focus on revenue generation through the monetization of one or more of our assets to reach the next stage growth, enhancing value for our shareholders. Below are our planned objectives for the upcoming year:
- Monetize at least one asset in Westbridge's portfolio
- Expand the portfolio in Canada and more aggressively in the U.S.
- Green Hydrogen market entry evaluation
During this critical energy transition, we intend to fast-track our project origination and advancement, by using a flexible monetization approach with an expected combination of asset sales and royalty agreements to maximize shareholder value on a project's exit.
In addition, we are eager to increase our portfolio through project acquisitions and are considering expansion into additional markets within the renewable energy sector.
The support for clean energy accelerated drastically in 2022 due to unprecedented political turmoil that disrupted supply and demand patterns and trading relationships, impacting the global energy system. Countries are realizing the importance of energy independence, in addition to existing, equally important, net zero goals.
We are excited about the growth potential ahead with the essential role of renewables in improving energy security and reducing emissions. According to the International Energy Agency's May 2022 Report3, the world has not been investing enough in renewables in recent years, a fact that left the energy system much more vulnerable to the sort of shocks seen in 2022. A smooth and secure energy transition will require a major uptick in clean energy investment flows.
- Pure-play exposure to solar energy development.
- Solar industry is on the verge of extraordinary growth.
- Deploying a proven business model in lucrative and rapidly expanding markets.
- Experienced management that has done it before, with more than 40% insider ownership.
- Developing sites quickly and efficiently, leading to attractive multiples at exit.
Thank you to all of our shareholders for your tremendous support in 2022. We look forward to 2023 with optimism and wish you all a prosperous and happy 2023.
Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. develops best-in-class, utility-scale solar PV projects. The Company has a portfolio of projects in three key jurisdictions, Canada, the U.S., and the UK. Westbridge Renewable is focused on delivering attractive, long-term returns by identifying, originating, and developing a global portfolio of renewable assets for investors and utilities. Management has a strong track-record with 40+ projects developed worldwide, obtaining, and executing permits on time and within budget. As one of the very few listed pure-play Canadian solar development companies, Westbridge Renewable provides its ESG minded investors with valuable access to greenfield solar projects. This means the Company can invest at the earliest stage of solar energy development benefiting from the full value chain as well as the expected wider adoption of renewable energy going forward. Westbridge Renewable brings together regulators, corporate buyers, and landowners with the goal of delivering clean, sustainable electricity to end users.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain information set forth in this document contains forward-looking information and statements including, without limitation, management's business strategy, management's assessment of future plans and operations. Such forward-looking statements or information are provided for the purpose of providing information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future. Forward-looking statements or information typically contain statements with words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "intend", "estimate", "propose", "project", "potential" or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding future performance and outlook. Readers are cautioned that assumptions used in the preparation of such information may prove to be incorrect. Events or circumstances may cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted as a result of numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company.
This news release contains forward-looking statements about the Company's sale of any of its projects, generation of income, portfolio expansion, consideration of the green hydrogen market, the expansion of Solar PV and BESS capacity, the anticipated Solar PV and BESS capacity, expectations regarding energy investments and the ability of the Company to achieve the aforementioned, if at all, and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on them as actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include general business, economic, competitive, regulatory, policy and social uncertainties, and availability of permits and financing upon terms acceptable to the Company or at all. Applicable risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to regulatory risks, risks related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, changes in laws, market risks, operating history, competition, and the other risks identified under the headings "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual management's discussion and analysis dated March 29, 2022 and other disclosure documents available on the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, except as required by law.
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NEW YORK (AP) — During the height of the coronavirus pandemic in November 2020, when Vienna was shut down and people were allowed outside mainly to walk their dogs, Christian Thielemann was stopped by a police officer in the Heldenplatz.
”What are you doing?‘” he recalled the officer asking.
“I said that I have something to conduct,” recalled Thielemann, who was prepared to pull out a special permission slip.
No explanation was needed.
“`Are you Mr. Thielemann? We come to your concerts.’” the conductor remembered the officer telling him before adding; ”`Go!”
And so Thielemann proceeded to work on recording a cycle of 11 Bruckner symphonies being released through next year — the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Thielemann will conduct the Eighth Symphony at Carnegie Hall on Sunday and at Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley, California, on March 9 as part of the Vienna Philharmonic’s six-concert U.S. tour that opens Friday. The Ninth Symphony was released Friday by Sony Classical, joining Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8, with the others to follow.
Thielemann was home in Berlin, bored with nothing to do, when he received the invitation to record in Vienna. He arrived to desolation.
“I was sometimes the only guest in the Sacher. Can you imagine?” he said, referring to the famous 149-room hotel where the Sacher torte was invented in 1832.
Conditions for recording, however, were optimal. The Vienna Philharmonic supplies pit musicians to the Vienna State Opera, creating a hectic schedule, but the pandemic prompted the postponement of public performances.
‘We would have more rehearsals than ever. We could even go overtime,” Thielemann recalled Thursday during a lunch at Carnegie.
Now 63, Thielemann trained as an assistant to Herbert von Karajan and Daniel Barenboim, worked in smaller German houses and became music director of Nuremberg’s State Theater from 1988–1992.
Thielemann moved on to music director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1997-2004 and of the Munich Philharmonic from 2004-11. He has been chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden since 2012-13, a role scheduled to end after the 2023-24 season.
Thielemann thought back to a review of his U.S. debut at the San Francisco Opera in 1991, leading Strauss’ “Elektra.”
“Somebody wrote, he’s only a kapellmeister,” Thielemann said, using a German word for a musical leader sometimes used in a derogatory manner, “which obviously meant boring, unsubtle conductor who has no inspiration.”
“We see that in a different way,” he said. “A kapellmeister is the same as a maestro, it’s only in German. It is somebody who has to be very aware of what happens in an orchestra.”
Thielemann was 28 when he made his Vienna State Opera debut in 1987. He led his first Vienna Philharmonic performance in 2000. He conducted 154 Vienna Philharmonic concerts heading into the tour and will be on the podium of the famous New Year’s Day concert at the Musikverein for the second time in 2024.
“He is a conductor who is really close to our orchestra because we are an opera orchestra,” said violinist Daniel Froschauer, chairman of the self-governing musicians.
Thielemann has led a record 185 performances at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, joining Felix Mottl as the only ones to conduct all 10 of the composer’s mature operas in the auditorium Wagner designed in Germany.
“Usually in Bayreuth, tempi are swifter,” he said. “Don’t exaggerate in Bayreuth because people will yawn.”
Thielemann did not conduct in the U.S. from 2013 until last October, when he led Bruckner’s sprawling 80-minute Eighth with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Vienna Philharmonic premiered the Eighth on Dec. 18, 1892, and will be playing it for the sixth time at Carnegie after performances with Karajan in 1959 and 1989, Karl Böhm in 1967, Georg Solti in 1993 and Bernard Haitink in 2002.
Theilemann realizes he will be measured against his heralded predecessors. He cautions score markings are a guide, not an absolute.
“Don’t forget that the orchestras were in Bruckner’s times weaker,” he said. “The violin players were not so good as they are now where everybody has also a very good instrument. And now we have different strengths we play with. The brass players are much more powerful because the instruments are better than in the time of Bruckner. So if Bruckner writes fortissimo, be very careful that you don’t do too much.”
Froschauer praises Thielemann for interacting with musicians, deferring in performance to the tempi of former concertmaster Rainer Küchl.
“This was to me was unbelievable,” Froschauer said. “This relationship: giving and taking.”
Thielemann insists dour-faced, shouters like Arturo Toscanini and Fritz Reiner are long gone from podiums, that the fictional conductor portrayed by Cate Blanchett in the Oscar-nominated “Tár” could not exist in the 21st century.
“One has to play the pingpong game,” he said.
Thielemann has not delved as heavily into Mahler, saying: “I’m still looking for a right way.”
“When (Leonard) Bernstein discovered, rediscovered with the Vienna Philharmonic these pieces, he would overdo certain things because he was such an exuberant character.” Thielemann said. “The worst we can do is follow this path and try to be more Bernstein than he was.”
His lesson when he teaches budding conductors is “you have to begin early.”
“I know Karajan said also: `The first 20 times Beethoven 9, you can forget,'” Thielemann proclaimed. “You have to make mistakes sometimes. If you’re always successful, it’s very dangerous. Everybody says you are great, great, and then you don’t have limits.” | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/christian-thielemann-leads-vienna-philharmonic-us-tour/ | 2023-03-04 15:17:00 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/entertainment-news/christian-thielemann-leads-vienna-philharmonic-us-tour/ |
Man accused of trying to kidnap woman: ‘Don’t yell. Don’t scream. I have a knife.’
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (WDTV/Gray News) - A West Virginia man has been charged with kidnapping after authorities say he grabbed a woman and tried to take her cell phone.
A woman walking down the street Feb. 25 in Morgantown, West Virginia, allegedly saw 40-year-old Chad Raddish sitting on stairs leading to a home, according to a criminal complaint.
Authorities say the woman continued walking when Raddish “came up behind her and grabbed her arms,” WDTV reports. He allegedly told her, “Don’t yell. Don’t scream. I have a knife.”
Raddish began pushing the victim down the street and tried to take her cell phone away, according to court documents. He allegedly tried to push her into some shrubs when she began to scream and fight back.
Raddish let the alleged victim go and ran to his parked car. The woman then watched him turn around and drive off.
Investigators later obtained video surveillance from just before the crime showing Raddish stop at a nearby Sheetz convenience store in the same car and walk inside, the criminal complaint said.
Raddish is charged with kidnapping. He is being held at North Central Regional Jail.
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BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China Daily:
On the morning of Nov 16, a freight train loaded with home appliances made by Chinese companies departed from Wuxi of East China's Jiangsu province to Moscow, Russia. Such China-Europe train trips have taken place at the Wuxi West Railway Station Logistics Park twice a month since August.
The products on board included washing machines and dryers produced by Wuxi's well-known local foreign trade company LittleSwan. The company exports about 10 million such machines annually, with 80 percent shipped to Russia, according to Zhu Ping, deputy director of the administrative committee of the logistics park.
In the past, about 90 percent of local foreign trade businesses in Wuxi relied on sea and road transportation to export goods.
"The operation of the China-Europe freight train allows local businesses to dispatch cargoes right on their doorstep, relieving the pressure on export," Zhu said.
In the past two years, foreign trade businesses have been confronted with difficulties in exporting goods due to a short supply of sea transport and high shipping charges. But now the China-Europe freight train has provided local businesses with a timely option.
Zhu said, in comparison with traditional transport modes, the freight train takes about 25 days from Wuxi to reach Moscow or Hamburg, which is half the time required by container ship and costs half of flying by plane.
The China-Europe freight train project was launched in Wuxi early this year, with the first train trip officially departing in August. So far, the trains have completed 15 trips; three to Central Asia, 11 to Germany and Russia and one to Poland. They have transported11,560 metric tons of cargo in 1,156 containers, valued at 320 million yuan (€43.25 million), according to the park.
As one of the major cities in the Yangtze River Delta, an economic powerhouse area of China, Wuxi is an export-oriented economy. Data from the city's commerce bureau showed that from January to October, Wuxi's foreign trade reached 613.43 billion yuan, up 11 percent year-on-year, accounting for 13.5 percent of Jiangsu's total.
Currently, Wuxi is home to more than 1,000 manufacturing businesses, with more than half engaged in producing steel, auto parts and textiles. Of them, many businesses export goods to destinations in Europe and Central Asia.
As a remarkable achievement under the Belt and Road Initiative, the China-Europe freight trains are playing a role in China's high-level opening-up and serve the dual circulation development pattern.
A report on the development of the China-Europe freight trains in 2021 showed that since 2016, the annual number of freight train trips had grown 55 percent on average. Meanwhile, the value of cargo transported in this way increased nine times and its proportion in China-EU trade increased from 1.5 percent to 8 percent.
Taking the lead in expanding opening-up, Jiangsu has accelerated construction in the railway sector to bolster connectivity under the BRI.
So far, the cities of Nanjing, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Nantong and Lianyungang have opened 23 China-Europe freight train routes to nearly 80 cities in Europe, Middle Asia and Southeast Asia. From January to October, Jiangsu conducted 1,625 China-Europe freight train trips, up 11.9 percent year-on-year, local official data showed.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Congress in the coming weeks will consider shoring up voting and election laws — efforts that will reflect the vast gulf between Democrats and Republicans on protecting a foundation of American democracy.
The parties will unveil separate and competing proposals that will have little chance of success in a divided government, but are likely to be used to rally supporters ahead of the 2024 elections.
House Republicans on Monday released a proposal that would tighten voting laws and take a defiant stand against concerns that laws passed in recent years by GOP-controlled state legislatures disadvantage some voters. Democrats, meanwhile, are preparing to reintroduce their own proposals to set federal voting standards and restore protections under the Voting Rights Act.
Even as the country prepares for the next presidential election, the separate measures will underscore how the two major parties have acted with little cohesion and often are completely at odds over voting procedures.
House Republicans said they were sending a message by releasing their plan in Atlanta on the eve of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. MLB withdrew its midsummer game from the city’s suburbs in 2021 over objections to the state enacting restrictive voting laws.
The event also kickstarted a push in the House to pass the GOP’s “American Confidence in Elections Act.”
“This legislation is the most substantive and conservative election integrity legislation that will come before the House in over a generation,” Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil, chair of the House Administration Committee, said Monday at a news conference held at a diner in an Atlanta suburb.
“It works to boost voters’ confidence and uphold the Constitution by ensuring states maintain primary control over elections, not the federal government,” Steil said at a hearing last month. “This is in stark contrast to House Democrats’ efforts in the last two congresses, which would have nationalized our election system and centralized it in Washington, D.C.”
Since the 2020 presidential election, many Republican-led state legislatures have added ID requirements to mail voting, curtailed or banned the use of ballot drop boxes and limited the ability of someone to return a ballot on behalf of someone else.
Republicans in Georgia have touted the state’s sweeping 2021 voting law as a model for national reform, arguing the 2022 midterms and solid voter turnout were a rebuke to concerns the measure would result in voter suppression.
“The Georgia General Assembly has worked to create a system that makes it easier to vote, have results that can be audited and verified, give voters options for their preferred method of voting and build confidence using voter ID,” former Georgia state Rep. Scot Turner, a Republican, told the House Administration Committee during a May hearing.
Critics say voter assistance groups had to increase efforts to counter the effects of the law, spending more money to educate voters and help ensure they could successfully cast a ballot despite facing new hurdles.
The House GOP legislation would encourage states to examine voter lists, conduct post-election audits and enact other checks on voter eligibility. It also aims to make an example of Washington, D.C. voter laws by ending the district’s policy of allowing non-citizens to vote for local offices and prohibiting election officials from sending unrequested absentee ballots.
The Republican legislation also includes provisions to loosen finance reporting requirements and other restrictions on political parties, as well as protect non-profit organizations that engage in political advocacy from disclosing their donors.
It’s all done in the name of “election integrity” and restoring voters’ confidence in the results. But what often goes unsaid by Republicans is that former president Donald Trump inflamed many of those doubts with his baseless insistence that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The House Administration Committee allowed two Republican members of Georgia’s congressional delegation, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mike Collins, to join Monday’s hearing. Greene, a close Trump ally who has echoed his election lies, used her time to rant against “open borders,” U.S. support for Ukraine and “trans ideology.” She also argued that there was a widespread belief among voters that there was cheating in the 2020 election and voiced support for laws that require an ID card to vote.
Collins raised doubts about the security of machines from Dominion Voting Systems — a company that has been the subject of false accusations from the right.
Democrats say the sustained attacks on the voting process by Trump and his allies show that measures are needed to ensure free and fair elections.
“America is under threat from election deniers and extremist anti-voting forces who undermine our democracy,” said New York Rep. Joe Morelle, the ranking Democrat on the House Administration Committee. “In contrast, our agenda offers national standards that ensure every eligible American can participate in accessible, secure and transparent elections.”
Their long-running efforts to enact federal voting protections failed last year after Democrats were unable to secure enough votes in the Senate to overcome procedural rules used by Republicans to block them.
While little has changed since then, Democrats argue it’s important to keep pressing the issue.
“Very soon we will once again move to bring real, much-needed voting rights legislation before Congress,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Monday.
Democrats expect the proposals to closely mirror an updated bill that came together last year with the involvement of Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat. He had sought a compromise that could draw some Republican support, dropping some of the more controversial provisions and pushing to keep state-approved voter ID requirements under certain circumstances.
In the end, Republicans remained united in their opposition, arguing the bill was a Democratic power grab aimed at taking over federal elections. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named in honor of the former civil rights leader and congressman from Georgia who died in 2020, would allow for federal review of voting law changes in certain jurisdictions to resume.
A 2013 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court halted the process known as preclearance, after deciding the formula was outdated for identifying which jurisdictions should be subject to the review.
Meanwhile, states are not waiting for federal action – leading to a wave of election-related bills that sharply diverge based on the state and which party is in control. Where Democrats hold the majority, lawmakers have been focused on expanding access to voting, overhauling the redistricting process and restoring the right to vote for those with past felony convictions.
California, New York, Oregon, Virginia and Washington are among the states that have passed comprehensive voting rights laws in recent years.
In Michigan, lawmakers have been busy passing legislation to implement a 2022 voter-approved initiative that established nine days of early voting, the use of a photo ID or signed affidavit to verify a voter’s identity and the use of a permanent absentee voter list, among other actions. Lawmakers also are weighing a proposal to create a state-level Voting Rights Act that would create a preclearance process for state-level review of local voting changes under certain circumstances.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat in her second term, said Republicans in the U.S. House have so far been unwilling to confront false claims about elections and to embrace voter-friendly policies.
“What we’ve seen from this Congress really over the last six months is — instead of standing up to the lies around democracy — digging into them,” Benson said. “Any legislation that amplifies misinformation or codifies it, instead of debunking it, is going to be contrary to what we really need in Michigan and elsewhere to restore and ensure our voters have confidence in our elections.”
She also called on Congress to provide a sustained level of funding for elections, rather than the scattershot approach that has resulted in a varying amount each year. A recent GOP budget proposal eliminated federal grants for state and local election offices to enhance election technology and security.
At Monday’s House Administration Committee hearing, Vernetta Nuriddin, a Democrat who is a former member of the election board in Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, told lawmakers that changes to local election laws could indeed aid voters, but also warned against advancing partisan proposals. “Voter confidence will grow only with complete transparency and the enactment of election laws reached by consensus and not by party lines,” she said.
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NJASAP accuses luxury jet carrier of suppressing workplace speech
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP), the labor organization representing the 3,000-plus pilots employed by Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) NetJets, Inc., filed a complaint against the luxury jet carrier in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The lawsuit accuses NetJets of attempting to suppress union-related pilot speech in violation of federal labor law.
NJASAP filed the lawsuit yesterday in response to NetJets's threat to discipline or to discharge pilots for referring aircraft owners and customers to the union's www.GenuineQS.com website when they ask questions about contract negotiations. The Union website provides visitors with information about the sustained U.S. pilot shortage, the status of negotiations between the parties and how career earnings at NetJets compare to the airlines.
On March 8, 2023, NetJets Chief Operating Officer Alan Bobo sent an email to NetJets pilots accusing them of violating the carrier's work rules. Union representatives asked NetJets how pilots should respond if they are asked questions about contract negotiations and related issues. But NetJets refused to respond to the union's questions and did not lift the ban on speaking about the website.
"The aircraft owners and customers we fly engage our pilots in conversations every day, including about their jobs and a wide variety of other topics," NJASAP President Capt. Pedro Leroux said. "It is only natural that they would ask us for basic information about our current labor dispute when they see picketers. Referring to a union website is a professional and legal way to respond to their questions. We believe NetJet's discriminatory ban on union-related speech is unprofessional and illegal."
While prohibiting pilots from speaking about the union website, NetJets President of Sales, Marketing and Service Patrick Gallagher, on April 19, sent an email to hundreds of NetJets employees claiming the pilot union's leadership is out of touch with its members.
Gallagher's email, sent the same day that more than 350 NetJets pilots engaged in an informational picket at the air carrier's Columbus, Ohio headquarters, also accuses NJASAP and unions at unnamed airlines of raising safety issues "when negotiations heat up" as part of what he referred to as "the union playbook." In the lawsuit, NJASAP calls these allegations false, reckless, and part of a campaign to undermine the pilot union and its elected leadership in violation of the Railway Labor Act.
"NJASAP stands ready to resolve our disputes with NetJets in the best interest of pilots, the company we work for and the people who depend on us for world class safety and service," Leroux said. "What we will not stand for is an attack on our members' workplace speech rights or their federally protected right to elect union leaders without management interference."
About NJASAP Founded in 2008 as an independent labor advocate, the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) represents the professional interests of the 3,000-plus pilots who fly in the service of NetJets Aviation, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) subsidiary. For more information, please visit our websites, www.njasap.com and www.genuineqs.com, or find us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/njasap, Instagram, www.instagram.com/njasap, and Twitter, @njasap.
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Ferrari on Thursday revealed the Roma Spider as the newest convertible in its lineup.
The car takes over from the Portofino M as the brand’s entry-level droptop, and sees the return of a soft-top roof.
Such a solution hasn’t been used on a front-engined Ferrari since the 365 GTS/4 Daytona dating back more than half a century, a car that arguably was the inspiration behind the Roma Spider’s design.
The five-layer fabric roof takes 13.5 seconds to deploy and can be activated at speeds of up to 37 mph. By eschewing the bulkier retractable hardtop used on the Portofino M, Ferrari said it was able to deliver more trunk space with the roof folded. When raised, there’s roughly nine cubic feet of storage. A hatch between the rear seats allows for longer items to be stored.
To accommodate the new roof, the designers modified the design of the Roma coupe by adding a band matching the body color along the base of the roof’s rear section and leading back to the carbon-fiber active spoiler. A deployable wind deflector was also installed behind the rear seats. Without this, wind would normally be drawn into the cabin.
Some chassis modifications were also required to compensate for the lack of a fixed roof. The key change is the addition of reinforced sills similar to those used on the Portofino M. Overall weight is up by about 185 pounds on the Roma coupe, bringing the car’s dry weight to 3,430 pounds.
That weight isn’t exactly light for a convertible sports car, and the quoted figure is with the car’s available lightweight options, but Ferrari makes up for it with a powerful twin-turbo 3.9-liter V-8 under the hood. The engine is the same as the Roma coupe, delivering a peak 612 hp and 561 lb-ft of torque. Drive is routed to the rear wheels via an 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and Ferrari estimates 0-62 mph acceleration can be achieved in 3.4 seconds. The top speed is claimed to be above 199 mph.
Standard features include 18-way-adjustable heated seats up front, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and digital screens for the instrument cluster and infotainment system. A third screen in front of the passenger can be added. Ferrari’s “manettino” drive mode selector is standard and features five settings including a Race mode.
Ferrari hasn’t mentioned pricing, but the Roma coupe starts at about $250,000 and the convertible will almost certainly sell at a premium.
Timing for the market launch in the U.S. also hasn’t been announced.
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U.S. military seeks to recover debris from Chinese spy balloon
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One day after a fighter jet shot a Chinese spy balloon into the Atlantic Ocean, cellphone video showed U.S. Navy personnel on Sunday with what appeared to be a white, deflated balloon laying across two different boats.
The Pentagon assesses that the balloon was up to 200 feet tall, and its destruction created a debris field roughly 1,500 meters by 1,500 meters.
After the balloon first entered U.S. airspace on Jan. 28, it flew over or near four military sites in Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska and Missouri.
Republicans are furious that the balloon floated over the U.S. for a week.
“He allowed a full week for the Chinese to conduct spying operations over the United States over sensitive military installations,” Sen. Ted Cruz told “Face the Nation” on Sunday.
President Biden said he ordered the military to shoot the balloon down on Wednesday, but military advisers urged him to wait until it was over water.
China claims it was a weather balloon that veered off course, calling the U.S. response “unacceptable” and an “overreaction.”
When asked Monday whether the balloon weakens U.S.-China relations, Mr. Biden said “no.”
“We’ve made it clear to China what we’re going to do,” he said. “They understand our position. We’re not going to back off.”
The White House said similar Chinese spy balloons entered U.S. airspace at least three times during the Trump years — though that wasn’t discovered until after the prior administration left, senior administration officials said. Biden officials would not say how or when they found out about those balloons.
Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, said Monday that the Pentagon has missed Chinese balloon threats in the past, blaming an “awareness gap” that the U.S. has to figure out.
“I will tell you that we did not detect those threats,” VanHerck told reporters.
While China also uses satellites, balloons are easier to maneuver, can stay longer over one area and are cheaper.
Susan Shirk, a former State Department expert on China, said the episode makes Beijing look bad.
“I think it’s more than an embarrassment,” Shirk said. “I think it reveals that certain lack of competence on the part of Xi Jinping’s leadership.”
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Partnership with RC Capital will Support Continued Growth and Capability Expansion
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. and CINCINNATI and RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RC Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm investing growth capital in innovative healthcare companies, announced today that it has closed a growth and recapitalization investment in Cognitive Research Corporation ("CRC" or the "Company"), a leading, full-service, therapeutically-focused Contract Research Organization (CRO) specializing in the Central Nervous System (CNS) sector.
RCC invested growth capital and partnered with management to acquire a majority stake in St. Petersburg, Florida-based CRC. The transaction enables CRC to accelerate its business development efforts, expand the scope of services to better serve its growing customer base, and build out its presence globally, all to meet the incredible demand the Company has experienced over the last few years. Founders Dr. Tom Hochadel and Dr. Gary Kay, along with newly appointed CEO, C.G. Gillooly, and other members of management will retain a significant ownership position in the Company.
Founded in 2006 by Dr. Tom Hochadel, Dr. Gary Kay, Dr. Thomas Crook, and Steven Horohonich, CRC is a full-service contract research organization and technology company that specializes in Central Nervous System (CNS) product development for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. CRC works with sponsors, specialized clinical trial sites, and CNS experts to bring new drugs through rigorous testing to market.
"RCC's expertise and network will bring additional resources and business development opportunities to CRC, and this growth-oriented transaction will help us accelerate the execution of our growing backlog," says co-founder Tom Hochadel. "We are thrilled to be partnering with RC Capital to help CRC capitalize on the massive need from the pharma and biotech market for specialized clinical trial partners to help bring safe and efficacious CNS therapies to market," adds co-founder Gary Kay.
"We are excited to partner with RC Capital to implement a number of strategic initiatives, including further expansion of our services, operations and key hires in the U.S. and globally," says C.G. "Chip" Gillooly, CEO. "We met with many premier private equity firms who operate in the life sciences services space and chose RC Capital because of their impressive track record of working successfully with management of growth-stage healthcare companies to better meet the needs of the markets they serve. We look forward to working with the RCC team to continue to build on the strong 17-year heritage established by CRC's founders. Pharma sponsors, particularly smaller pharma and biotech sponsors are hungry for a CRO partner who understands the unique needs and nuances of their business model and can translate that into world-class customer service and trial guidance. This transaction will further enable us to build a new-age CRO."
"RC Capital seeks to partner with founders and management teams of high-growth companies like CRC that deliver enduring value to the life science and healthcare industries, and ultimately, better health outcomes for patients," says Rob Heimann, Managing Partner at RC Capital. "With a 17-year operating history, hundreds of trials managed across 30+ indications, and dozens of NDA submissions in the CNS field, Tom Hochadel, Gary Kay and the CRC team have developed rare and important domain experience in successfully executing clinical trials for pharma sponsors who are endeavoring to bring novel CNS products to market. We look forward to working with Chip and the entire CRC team in their next phase of growth."
"We are in a new age of biotech innovation in the CNS field, and it's never been more needed," says Patrick Dunnigan, Partner at RC Capital. "After decades with limited innovation from pharma, meaningful progress has recently been made in understanding the structure and functions of the Central Nervous System, leading to significant investments in the discovery of new drugs for the treatment of CNS disorders. Neurodegenerative disorders and mental health disorders, which take a considerable toll on society, have received significant focus. We look forward to helping advance CRC's mission of helping their customers bring important and novel therapies to market for the benefit of patients everywhere."
Heimann and Dunnigan will join CRC's board of directors. Additionally, CRC appointed Jeff Williams as Executive Chairman of the Board. Jeff is a seasoned healthcare executive having previously served as CEO of Mindpath Care Centers, a behavioral health business, and Founder and CEO of Clinipace, a biotech-focused CRO.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McGuireWoods LLP provided legal counsel to RCC and Wyrick, Robbins, Yates, and Ponton LLP provided legal counsel to CRC.
About Cognitive Research Corporation
Cognitive Research Corporation's mission is to support innovative companies developing new medicines and therapies to improve mental health and neurological disorders. As a leading neuroscience clinical research organization (CRO) and cognitive assessment technology company, CRC works with sponsors, specialized clinical trial sites, and CNS experts to bring new drugs through rigorous testing to support FDA submissions and eventual market introduction.
For more information, visit www.cogres.com.
About RC Capital
RC Capital (RCC) is a healthcare-focused growth equity firm endeavoring to partner with high‐potential healthcare companies and healthcare executives. We are dedicated to investing on the right side of healthcare, building companies that enable clinicians to improve the delivery of care and advance the experiences and outcomes for patients everywhere. We seek to be a business partner first and a capital provider second, leveraging a network of deep healthcare relationships assembled over our 28‐year operating history. For more information, please visit www.rccapital.com.
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[Breaking news update, published at 5:25 p.m. ET]
The Louisville Metro Police Department just released bodycam video of officers responding to the Monday bank shooting where five people were killed.
The bodycam video shows the tense moments between police officers and shooter, Connor Sturgeon.
Bodycam footage from Officer C. Galloway shows officers talking about how they can't see the shooter and that he is shooting through windows in the bank.
"Shooter has an angle on that officer!" one officer can be heard saying. "We got to get up there!" he adds.
"Suspect down, get the officer!!" one officer yells as he moves up the stairs and into the bank to investigate further.
[Original story, published at 4:54 p.m. ET]
The Louisville mass shooter legally bought an AR-15-style rifle at a local gun dealership six days before he used it to kill five of his colleagues at a downtown bank, the interim Louisville Metro Police chief said Tuesday.
Currently, "Kentucky imposes no waiting period between the time of purchase and the physical transfer of a firearm," according to the Giffords Law Center. By comparison, some states have waiting periods of 7 to 10 days.
It's still not clear what provoked 25-year-old employee Connor Sturgeon to go on a deadly rampage at Old National Bank and livestream the gruesome attack on Instagram.
Sturgeon had interned at the bank for three summers and been employed there full-time for about two years, his LinkedIn profile showed. The assailant had been notified that he was going to be fired from the bank, a law enforcement source said Monday.
But Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said he doesn't believe the shooter was given a notice of termination. "From what I have been told from an official at the bank, that is not accurate," Greenberg told reporters Tuesday.
Now, investigators are combing through the footage and other evidence to try to understand what led to the massacre that also left several wounded -- including a police officer who was shot in the head.
Officials executed a search warrant at Sturgeon's home, but interim Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel declined to say what was found.
Police body camera footage from the rampage will be released around 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, the mayor said. The footage will first be released to the victims' families so they can see it before the public, a law enforcement source said.
The carnage marked the 146th mass shooting this year with four or more victims, not including a gunman, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
And the AR-15 and its offshoots have been the weapon of choice in many of the most horrific mass shootings in recent memory, including the Covenant school shooting in Nashville just two weeks ago that's reignited a fierce political fight over gun control.
What the livestream video shows
It took just one minute for a gunman to complete his deadly rampage before he stopped and waited for police to arrive, according to footage of the massacre described by a city official to CNN.
The video begins by showing an AR-15-style weapon, followed by a worker in the bank saying good morning to the gunman, the official said.
"You need to get out of here," the shooter is heard saying to the woman on the livestream, which has been taken down by Instagram's parent company Meta.
The gunman then tries to shoot her in the back but can't because the safety is on and the weapon still needs to be loaded, the official said. Once the shooter loads the weapon properly and takes the safety off, he shoots the worker in the back, the official said. Her condition is not known.
The assailant then continues his rampage, firing at workers while they tried to outrun him, the official said. The shooter does not go to other populated floors of the bank, the official said.
Once the shooter is done firing, he sits down in the lobby area that looks out onto East Main Street, apparently waiting for police, the official said.
The killer waits about a minute and a half before police arrive -- a swift response praised by local leaders -- and a gunfight ensues, the official said. The gunman was struck and killed.
The entire incident -- from when the gunman started shooting to when he was killed -- lasted about nine minutes, Louisville Police Lt. Col. Aaron Cromwell said.
After the first bullets flew, "There's a few minutes after that before we get the first call on it. Three minutes after that when we respond to the scene," Cromwell said Tuesday. "And then about three minutes after we respond, the subject is neutralized."
At one point, a Louisville police dispatcher alerted officers: "25-year-old White male, Connor Sturgeon 6 4'. He's texted a friend, called a friend, left a voicemail saying he's gonna kill everyone at the bank. Feeling suicidal," according to Broadcastify audio. The timing of the dispatch wasn't immediately clear.
A heroic rookie officer is fighting for his life
At least two responding officers were injured, including a rookie who is now in critical condition.
Nickolas Wilt, 26, ran toward the gunfire and was shot in the head, Gwinn-Villaroel said. He had graduated from the police academy just 10 days before the shooting.
Wilt underwent brain surgery and was in critical but stable condition, the interim chief said.
Wilt is also a volunteer firefighter with the LaGrange Fire and Rescue Department, Fire Chief Jim Sitzler said. The young officer became a volunteer firefighter in 2016.
Public service is in Wilt's DNA, the fire chief told CNN's Adrienne Broaddus.
"He also worked for Oldham County dispatch as a dispatch and EMS. He had several jobs and volunteered for us," Sitzler said. "He is an asset to the department. He is young and ambitious."
Doctor pleads for more blood donations
Many of the wounded, including Officer Wilt, were taken to the University of Louisville Hospital. The American Red Cross provided enough blood to save some victims' lives -- but much more is needed, the hospital's chief medical officer said.
"We used 170 units of blood yesterday to treat these victims, which far outstripped our hospital capacity," Dr. Jason Smith said Tuesday.
"Donating blood now helps us in the future. The lives that were saved yesterday were because of the American Red Cross, and the blood they had on their shelves."
But the frequency of shootings in Louisville and across the country means more blood is needed.
In Louisville alone, "We have already lost 40 people to gun violence ... this year," the mayor said Tuesday.
Smith urged donors to give blood not once, but consistently.
"It's not just enough to go once," the doctor said. "Going now to donate and continuing to donate is what's going to make a difference."
A manager 'witnessed people being murdered' during a meeting
The massacre started around 8:30 a.m., about 30 minutes before the bank opens to the public.
Staff members were holding their morning meeting in a conference room when the gunman opened fire, bank manager Rebecca Buchheit-Sims told CNN.
She said the massacre "happened very quickly." Buchheit-Sims attended the staff meeting virtually and watched in horror as gunfire exploded on her computer screen.
"I witnessed people being murdered," she told CNN. "I don't know how else to say that."
Four victims died shortly after the shooting: Joshua Barrick, 40; Juliana Farmer, 45; Tommy Elliott, 63; and James Tutt, 64, police said. A fifth victim, Deana Eckert, 57, died later Monday.
Of the nine patients hospitalized shortly after the shooting, four have been discharged and one has died. One still in the hospital is in critical condition, and the other three are in stable and fair condition, a University of Louisville Hospital spokesperson said Tuesday.
'I can't even say how much this doesn't make sense'
Before Monday's massacre, the gunman had not had "any prior engagement" with police, the interim chief said.
Sturgeon graduated in December 2020 from the University of Alabama, where he earned his bachelor's degree and a master's degree in finance, according to a university spokesperson.
After three consecutive summers interning at Old National Bank, he was hired as a Commercial Development Professional in June 2021, according to his LinkedIn profile.
One of Sturgeon's former high school classmates who knew the shooter and his family well said the horrific news Monday came as a "total shock."
"I can't believe it," said the former classmate, who asked not to be identified and has not spoken with Sturgeon in recent years. "I can't even say how much this doesn't make sense."
Victim was an 'incredible friend' and mentor
One of the slain victims, bank senior vice president Tommy Elliott, was remembered by local and state leaders as a close mentor and beloved community leader.
"Tommy was a great man. He cared about finding good people and putting them in positions to do great things. He embraced me when I was very young and interested in politics," said Yates, the state senator. "He was about lifting people up, building them up."
Elliott was also close friends with the governor and Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, who said he spent Monday morning at the hospital with Elliott's wife.
"It is painful, painful for all of the families I know," Greenberg said. "It just hits home in a unique way when you know one of the victims so well."
Beshear remembered Elliott as an "incredible friend" and called the other slain victims "amazing people" who will be mourned by their loved ones.
The city is setting up a family assistance center in collaboration with the American Red Cross to provide support for those impacted, the mayor said.
"To the survivors and the families, our entire city is here to wrap our arms around you," Greenberg said.
'I hope that they all don't have to die in vain'
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear ordered flags across the state to fly at half-staff until Friday evening to honor the Louisville victims. But some Democratic lawmakers worried the expressions of grief won't lead to any meaningful solutions.
"My worry is that everybody will raise their fists in anger and mourn and then in six weeks, eight weeks we go back to doing the same -- nothing," state Sen. David Yates told CNN on Monday. "I hope that they all don't have to die in vain like so many of the other victims of these mass shootings. Maybe something positive can come from it."
President Joe Biden echoed his repeated push for gun reform legislation and called on Republican lawmakers to join Democrats to take action.
"Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives. When will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?" the president tweeted.
The bank sits on the fringe of Louisville's developing downtown business district, said state Sen. Gerald Neal, who represents the district where the shooting happened.
"You wouldn't really expect anything to happen at this location," he said.
Despite the shock of a massacre in Kentucky's most populated city, Neal thinks discussions about gun control in the state will still be an "uphill battle," he said.
"This is not a state that's friendly to those who would think about gun reform ... or gun control in some way or even reasonable, as you might consider, gun steps that we could take in terms of restricting them. This is not that state. However, the effort continues."
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder recently sued leaders of the Richmond university where he works following a public personnel dispute in which Wilder had pushed for the firing of an employee he accused of threatening him.
The controversy began earlier this year when a former Virginia Commonwealth University employee, Jim Burke, sent a series of texts critical of Wilder's ties to Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Wilder, a Democrat and the nation's first elected Black governor, did not endorse Youngkin but criticized Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe and served on Youngkin's transition team.
Wilder, 91, perceived Burke’s words as harassment and expressed dissatisfaction months later, when VCU had not fired Burke, the newspaper reported. At a May meeting of the university's board, Wilder publicly accused a top university official of racism for not firing Burke.
The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court alleges that the school’s leadership has damaged the “political influence” and “historical achievement” of Wilder, who works at the university as a professor in the School of Government and Public Affairs named for him.
A “pattern of racism, discrimination, and retaliation at VCU” associated with Wilder’s tenure there “will become evident as the trial of this matter matures,” the lawsuit said.
Along with Burke, the lawsuit names as defendants VCU President Michael Rao, Provost Fotis Sotiropoulos and university counsel Jacob Belue.
A spokesperson for VCU declined comment to the newspaper. The Associated Press also sent an inquiry seeking comment Tuesday.
Neither Burke, who was the director of the Performance Management Group within the Wilder school, nor his attorney responded to requests from the newspaper or AP for comment.
Burke previously told the Times-Dispatch in an interview that he thought his messages were ranting but not threatening.
An initial text from Burke to Wilder appeared to equate Youngkin's administration to Nazis, according to the lawsuit. Another text to a different university official said if Wilder “tries to make things worse, he will find himself in a bad place," the lawsuit said.
Burke eventually resigned and retired from VCU, the lawsuit says. VCU confirmed to the newspaper Monday that Burke is no longer an employee there.
Wilder was informed that an outside law firm had been hired to investigate and the school was negotiating a settlement with Burke, according to the lawsuit, which seeks $5 million in compensation.
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Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) on Sunday said she will support President Biden if he runs for reelection in 2024 but argued the Democratic Party needs a “new generation” and “new blood” in power.
“He’s the sitting president. If he decides to run again, I’m going to support him. The party’s going to support him. You know, that has a long history in our country,” Slotkin told guest host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But I have been very vocal, including with my own leadership in the House, that we need a new generation, we need new blood, period, across the Democratic Party.”
The White House confirmed last week that Biden “intends” to run in 2024 after he reportedly told civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton that he would seek reelection.
While Biden saw low approval ratings throughout the spring and early summer amid high inflation and several crises, his numbers have since climbed as he has notched several victories.
In the span of a few months, the president oversaw passage of historic climate and health care legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, announced relief for student loan borrowers and declared he would pardon thousands of people convicted for simple marijuana possession.
While some Democrats previously said Biden should not run again in 2024, that message appears to be dimming as his poll numbers climb. About 46 percent of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing, according to a late September poll.
Still, Congress is the oldest it’s ever been, according to an in-depth Business Insider report released last month.
Slotkin on Sunday said Democrats should be seeking younger and more diverse representation in leadership positions, pointing to not just Biden but also Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and others in top congressional spots.
“I would love to see some Midwestern leaders in there,” the lawmaker said. “That’s been important to me, to reflect the middle of the country. We’re here too. … I do think new blood is a good thing.” | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/house-democrat-says-party-needs-new-blood/ | 2022-10-09 20:32:53 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/hill-politics/house-democrat-says-party-needs-new-blood/ |
WASHINGTON — Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside the White House for an event that would have been unthinkable for many Americans the previous year. With the coronavirus in retreat, they ate hamburgers and watched fireworks over the National Mall.
Although the pandemic wasn’t over yet, Biden said, “we’re closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus.” Across the country, indoor masking requirements were falling as the number of infections and deaths plummeted.
Within weeks, even some of the president’s allies privately admitted that the speech had been premature. Soon the administration would learn that the delta variant could be transmitted by people who had already been vaccinated. Masks went back on, then came polarizing vaccination mandates. The even-more-contagious omicron variant would arrive months later, infecting millions and causing chaos during the holiday season.
“We were hoping to be free of the virus, and the virus had a lot more in store for us,” said Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The number of people in the United States who died from COVID-19 nearly doubled, from 605,000 to more than 1 million, over the past year.
That sunny speech one year ago marked a crossroads for Biden’s presidency. The pandemic appeared to be waning, the economy was booming, inflation was negligible and public approval of his job performance was glowing.
As Biden approaches his second Fourth of July in the White House, his standing couldn’t be more different. A series of miscalculations and unforeseen challenges have Biden struggling for footing as he faces a potentially damaging verdict from voters in the upcoming midterm elections. Even problems that weren’t Biden’s fault have been fuel for Republican efforts to retake control of Congress.
The pandemic’s resurgence was swiftly followed last summer by the debacle of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, when the Taliban seized control of the country faster than the administration expected as the U.S.-backed regime collapsed. Then, negotiations over Biden’s broader domestic agenda stalled, only to collapse altogether in December.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February caused a worldwide spike in gas prices, exacerbating inflation that reached a 40-year high. Another blow came last month, when the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion under Roe v. Wade and curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Suddenly a reactive president, Biden has been left trying to reclaim the initiative at every step, often with mixed results. The coronavirus is less of a threat than before and infections are far less likely to lead to death, but Congress is refusing to supply more money to deal with the pandemic.
He signed new gun restrictions into law after massacres in New York and Texas, and he’s leading a reinvestment in European security as the war in Ukraine enters its fifth month. But he has limited tools at his disposal to deal with other challenges, such as rising costs and eroding access to abortion.
“People are grouchy,” said Lindsay Chervinsky, a presidential historian.
The latest poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that his approval rating remains at 39%, the lowest since taking office and a steep slide from 59% one year ago. Only 14% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction, down from 44%.
Douglas Brinkley, another historian, said Biden suffered from a case of presidential hubris after a largely successful run in his first five months in office, which included an overseas trip to meet with allies excited about welcoming a friendly face back to the international scene. He compared Biden’s Fourth of July speech last year to President George W. Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” moment during the second Iraq War.
“He was trying to deliver good news but it didn’t pan out for him,” Brinkley said. “Suddenly, Biden lost a lot of goodwill.”
White House officials reject the comparison, noting that Biden warned about the “powerful” delta variant in his 2021 speech. Chris Meagher, a spokesman, said deaths from the virus are at a record low now, reducing disruptions in workplaces and classrooms.
“Fighting inflation and lowering prices is the president’s number one economic priority, and he’s laser focused on doing everything he can to make sure the economy is working for the American people,” he said. “And we’re in a strong position to transition from our historic jobs recovery to stable and steady growth because of the work we’ve done to bring the pandemic under control. COVID is not the disruptive factor it has been for so long.”
The promise to competently address the COVID-19 pandemic is what helped put Biden in the Oval Office and send President Donald Trump to defeat. From the start of Biden's tenure, his public pronouncements were sober and cautious, wary of following his predecessor in predictions that went unfulfilled. The nation’s vaccination program found its stride under Biden, and by April 19, 2021, all adults were eligible to be vaccinated.
Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, was an adviser to Biden’s transition team. But as the Fourth of July approached last year, he was worried and felt that the administration wasn’t heeding his warnings.
“Everyone was in this position of wanting to believe it was over with, and not fully understanding or appreciating the potential of the variants,” he said.
Even now, a full year later, Osterholm is reluctant to say what the future holds.
“I want answers too,” he said. “But I don’t know what the variants are going to bring us. I don’t know what human immunity is going to look like.”
Biden said the virus “has not been vanquished" in his Fourth of July speech, and he held another event two days later to talk about the delta variant.
“It seems to me that it should cause everybody to think twice,” he said as he appealed to people who had not yet been vaccinated.
Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University, said there’s more reason to be optimistic this year than last. Immunity from vaccines or previous infections is much more widespread, and antiviral treatments are effective at preventing hospitalization and death in vulnerable patients.
“It was premature to declare independence from COVID-19 last year,” she said. “But this year the country is in a totally different place, and in a much better place.”
But Wen said Biden might be wary, given how things went before.
“The administration is hesitant to make those proclamations now, when actually this is the time to do so,” she said.
Biden’s early strategy of underpromising and overdelivering on COVID-19 was part of a concerted strategy to rebuild the public’s trust in government. The resurgence of the virus eroded some of that trust and diminished confidence in Biden’s job performance.
Rebuilding that has proved difficult, especially as the country faces challenges, some, frustratingly for Biden, outside of his control.
“We expect the president to be all powerful and be able to fix every problem,” said Chervinsky, the presidential historian. “It’s a completely unrealistic expectation and, frankly, a dangerous one.”
President Bill Clinton stumbled through his first two years in office, then faced a wave of Republican victories in his first midterm elections. But he later became the first Democratic president to be reelected since Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Chervinsky cautioned that today’s political polarization could make such a rebound more difficult for Biden.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal health officials confirmed Friday that a Nebraska child died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a river near Omaha.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the presence of the naegleria fowleri amoeba in the child, according to the Douglas County Department of Health in Omaha.
Health officials believe the child became infected while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River, a few miles west of Omaha. Authorities have not released the child’s name.
People are usually infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose while swimming in or diving into lakes and rivers. Other sources have been documented, including tainted tap water in a Houston-area city in 2020.
It is the second death in the Midwest this summer from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, an infection caused by the amoeba that has proved fatal in 97% of reported cases. A Missouri resident died of the infection in July after swimming at Lake of Three Fires in southwestern Iowa, health officials have said.
Symptoms of the infection include fever, headache, nausea or vomiting, progressing to a stiff neck, loss of balance, hallucinations and seizures.
The CDC says naegleria fowleri infections are rare, with about three cases in the United States every year. There were 154 cases reported between 1962 and 2021 in the U.S., with only four survivors. Only about 430 cases have ever been documented globally.
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Two Lincoln attorneys have been appointed to open judgeships — one in east central Nebraska and the other in southeast Nebraska.
Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed Jason Bergevin, who has been working as an assistant Nebraska Attorney General in the criminal bureau since 2015, to be a district judge in the fifth judicial district, replacing Platte County District Judge Robert Steinke.
And he appointed David Barden of Adams, who has practiced law at Rembolt Ludtke in Lincoln since 2006 and became a partner in 2012, to be a district judge in the first judicial district, replacing Saline County District Judge Vicky Johnson.
Steinke and Johnson both recently retired.
The first judicial district consists of Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saline and Thayer counties.
The fifth judicial district consists of Boone, Butler, Colfax, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Platte, Polk, Saunders, Seward and York counties.
At the Attorney General's Office, Bergevin, 47, has assisted county attorneys across Nebraska with complex criminal prosecutions and grand jury investigations. He has prosecuted cases involving murder, kidnapping, child sexual assaults and motor vehicle homicides. And he has served as the legal advisor for multiple state agencies.
He also has served as a judge advocate in the United States Air Force since 2010, has been assigned to the Nebraska Air National Guard since 2016 and provided defense services to airmen as the area defense counsel from 2016-2019. Since 2019, he has advised commanders, processed administrative actions, and provided legal assistance to airmen in the role of deputy staff judge advocate.
Bergevin got his law degree from Western New England University School of Law in Massachusetts.
His practice has included municipal and governmental law, water law and civil litigation. He has served as city attorney and assistant city attorney to several Nebraska municipalities and has served as a special assistant Attorney General for the State of Nebraska in various lawsuits.
Bargen’s water law practice has included representing public power and irrigation districts in litigation involving water rights and related matters, natural resources districts on interbasin transfer permits and challenges to integrated management plans in contested hearings at the Department of Natural Resources, and advising on plans for water offset programs.
Bargen got his law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law, where he graduated with high distinction.
An Ohio man caused $7,500 in damage to vehicles parked near the Lincoln Amtrak station on Saturday afternoon after police said he was booted from a train.
Courtney Hubbell had nearly finished crossing the road at 9:20 p.m. Tuesday when she was struck by a 2007 Pontiac G6 traveling east through the intersection, according to the state crash report.
An agreement will allow Lincoln police to use state facial recognition software to help identify possible suspects, a practice that concerns civil liberties groups.
The man walked to the side of her and grabbed the backpack that was attached to her walker with a carabiner, pulling the bag, the walker and the woman across the porch, police said.
Beau Connely was driving his Subaru Impreza west on U.S. 34 near 210th Road at around 7:50 a.m. Tuesday when he veered across the center line and collided with an eastbound semi, the sheriff's office said.
The Nebraska Crime Commission, a panel of police and public officials who review revocations and oversee statewide law enforcement standards and compliance, made Mathew Bornemeier's revocation official on Friday.
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Summer Camping World Truck Series Playoff Race Named the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
DALLAS, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide Express (WWEX) and Richmond Raceway have partnered on the entitlement of the summer NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff race on Saturday, Aug. 13. The official name of the first-ever Camping World Truck Series Playoff race at America's Premier Short Track will be the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation. As part of the entitlement, Worldwide Express will share their gratitude to their freight and parcel carrier partners.
"We welcome Worldwide Express for their first entitlement partnership in NASCAR with the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff race at Richmond Raceway," said Lori Collier Waran, Richmond Raceway President. "As Worldwide Express continues to grow its presence in NASCAR as part of its 30th anniversary, we look forward to introducing their brand as part of the iconic fan experience at America's Premier Short Track."
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"As we deepen our relationship with NASCAR and work toward further involvement in the sport, we are excited to put our name on the race in Richmond," said Worldwide Express President Rob Rose. "Our CEO Tom Madine and I both have ties to Virginia and many of our carrier partners have their homebase in the region, so the entitlement just makes good sense for us. The logistics and supply chain world have been chaotic the past year and our business wouldn't be possible without those carriers, so this is a unique opportunity to say thank you to them leading up to and during the race."
Through its WWEX Racing program, Worldwide Express, along with its sister brands GlobalTranz and Unishippers, earlier this year announced a multi-year partnership with Trackhouse Racing as a primary sponsor on the No. 1 driven by Ross Chastain and No. 99 driven by Daniel Suarez. The brands also serve as the full-season, primary partner with Niece Motorsports on the No. 40 driven by Dean Thompson, the No. 41 driven by Ross Chastain for four Camping World Truck Series races and the No. 42 driven by Carson Hocevar in eight Camping World Truck Series races, which includes the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation at Richmond Raceway. For more information on WWEX Racing, visit www.wwexracing.com.
Founded in 1992, Worldwide Express began as a franchisor with the goal of providing unmatched shipping logistics services to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) community. In the three decades since, the Worldwide Express family of brands has become a top-ranked, full-service logistics provider and the second-largest privately held freight brokerage in North America, with customers spanning from SMBs to the Fortune 100.
Together, Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz and Unishippers offer market-leading solutions for parcel, less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload shipping and managed transportation services delivered through proprietary technology. With the company's unique data assets and business intelligence capabilities, more than 115,000 shippers benefit from enhanced visibility and efficiency for their supply chains. The company will manage more than 35 million shipments in 2022 through its network of carrier partners, including over 65 leading LTL carriers and more than 85,000 truckload carriers. To learn more about Worldwide Express, visit wwex.com.
About Worldwide Express
Worldwide Express, LLC is a full-service, non-asset-based logistics provider offering more than 115,000 customers access to industry-leading small package, truckload and less-than-truckload shipping solutions. With an annual systemwide revenue approaching $5 billion through a network of company-owned, franchise and agent locations, Worldwide Express, combined with its sister brands GlobalTranz and Unishippers, is the second-largest privately held freight brokerage in the country. As the largest non-retail UPS® Authorized Reseller in the US, the company is a local partner for the global supply chains for shippers of all sizes, from small- to medium-sized businesses to enterprise organizations. This, coupled with a selective portfolio of more than 65 LTL and tens of thousands of truckload carriers, provides clients with an unmatched range of options and flexibility to meet their shipping needs. To learn more, visit www.wwex.com.
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Artificial Intelligence technology integrated into existing investment processes providing timely, unbiased asset allocation insights
NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Momentum Global Investment Management (MGIM) has appointed MDOTM Ltd., the global provider of AI-driven investment solutions, as a strategic partner to help it develop AI-driven investment insights and triggers that can be integrated into and enhance MGIM's well established outcomes-based investment process.
The focus of the partnership will be to develop AI-enabled multi-asset investment insights, built around MGIM's outcomes-based investment philosophy, to assist and support portfolio manager decisions. The partnership will be developed as a strong collaboration between the expertise of the investment team at MGIM and the AI specialists of MDOTM Ltd, made up of physicists, data scientists and engineers as well as finance professionals.
The AI technology will provide asset allocation insights by analysing millions of data points and identifying new, differentiated information. By being incorporated in the existing investment process, it will help to compensate for natural human biases without losing the human expertise and touch that cannot be replicated by algorithms alone. AI has the ability to analyse and provide highly adaptive forecasts on asset classes' risks and returns, considering a multitude of variables in the environment, to a much larger extent than traditional human analysis can. MGIM believes that AI-enabled insights will support portfolio managers in building more resilient portfolios. MGIM will leverage MDOTM Ltd's predictive indicators to enhance the strategic and tactical asset allocation choices across its portfolio range and adapt them to potential shifts in market conditions.
Ferdi van Heerden, CEO of MGIM said:
"The strategic partnership with MDOTM Ltd is a key step forward for MGIM on our digitalisation journey. The MDOTM and MGIM teams have aligned well, setting out to explore and challenge the status quo. With MDOTM Ltd's experience and reputation in AI, we expect this partnership to further strengthen our investment process. This should help our portfolio managers to navigate an increasingly uncertain and volatile world more confidently, further assisting them in their asset allocation decisions. By integrating AI technology into our processes and decision-making, it will allow us to gain additional unbiased insights that will complement our existing tools and processes."
Tommaso Migliore, CEO and Co-founder of MDOTM Ltd, commented:
"MDOTM Ltd is excited about our partnership with MGIM. With our investment AI expertise and MGIM's global multi-asset investment expertise, we will be able to provide AI-enabled inputs and insights that will enhance investment outcomes for clients. We are proud to be associated with MGIM and look forward to collectively developing AI investment capabilities with them to support and complement their investment teams and global asset allocation decisions."
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MGIM was established in the UK in 1998 and provides specialist investment management services to institutional clients, financial intermediaries and their clients in the UK and Europe, Asia, Middle East, South America, and South Africa.
MGIM has over £4.5 billion in assets under management and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited, a large South African insurance and investment business, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
MGIM Limited (Company Registration No. 3733094) has its registered office at The Rex Building, 62 Queen Street, London EC4R 1EB
MGIM Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA in the UK, and is exempt from the requirements of section 7(1) of the FAIS 37 of 2002 in South Africa, in terms of the FSCA FAIS Notice 141 of 2021 (published 15 December 2021)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
5-4-3-4
(five, four, three, four)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
5-4-3-4
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Man in critical condition, suspect arrested after shooting on Roosevelt Row in Phoenix
A man was hospitalized in critical condition following a Sunday night shooting at a Roosevelt Row arcade bar, according to Phoenix police.
Police said a man who they believe to be the shooter was arrested after police chased him following the incident.
Just before 11:30 p.m., a shooting occurred between two men in the parking lot of Cobra Arcade Bar, located near Second and McKinley streets, police said. After one of the men opened fire, a Phoenix police car parked nearby was struck by gunfire. The two officers inside the vehicle were not shot and saw a man running away while holding a gun, police said.
Police chased after the man and arrested him. One of the officers received a minor injury while taking the man into custody, police said.
The Phoenix Fire Department took the man who was shot to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The man was in critical but stable condition as of Monday morning, according to police.
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Previously aired video above shows coverage of the fatal shooting before the arrest was made.
CLEVELAND (WJW) — The fugitive wanted for fatally shooting a woman and taking her 7-year-old daughter is now in custody.
Authorities say Joshua Lynch, 35, self-surrendered to Cleveland police on Monday. He was wanted by the United States Marshals Service and the Cleveland Division of Police for homicide, according to a release from the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force.
The 34-year-old victim, Jovon Lynch, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside the passenger seat of a car behind a home in the 16200 block of Huntmere Avenue the morning of Feb. 8, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office stated.
According to investigators the suspect, who is identified as the 7-year-old’s father, allegedly shot the mother and left the scene with the child.
The child was later found at Elyria Police Station after investigators say the suspect dropped her off with family members.
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Special prosecutor steps down in case against Alec Baldwin
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A special prosecutor who doubles as a state legislator is stepping down from her role in the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set.
Baldwin’s legal team in February sought to disqualify special prosecutor and Republican state Rep. Andrea Reeb of Clovis based on constitutional provisions that safeguard the separation of powers between distinct branches of government.
Reeb said in a statement Tuesday that she “will not allow questions about my serving as a legislator and prosecutor to cloud the real issue at hand.”
“It has become clear that the best way I can ensure justice is served in this case is to step down so that the prosecution can focus on the evidence and the facts,” Reeb said.
District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies filed a notification in state district court and declined further comment.
Baldwin and weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed have pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison and fines.
Hutchins died shortly after being wounded Oct. 21, 2021, during rehearsals for the Western film “Rust” at a ranch on the outskirts of Santa Fe. Baldwin was pointing a pistol at Hutchins when the gun went off, killing her and wounding the director, Joel Souza.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled in May to decide whether the evidence is sufficient to proceed to a trial.
Prosecutors say assistant director David Halls, who oversaw safety on set, has signed an agreement to plead guilty in the negligent use of a deadly weapon.
In her role as legislator, Reeb has sponsored several criminal justice initiatives, including enhanced punishments for firearms violations.
The Republican from Clovis steered clear of voting on public spending to prosecute Baldwin and Gutierrez-Reed.
She was excused from a House floor vote in February on a proposed state budget that includes $360,000 for special prosecution expenses in the fatal film-set shooting.
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POMPANO BEACH, Fla., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Auto Finance Company, LLC ("SAFCO") today announced a Chief Financial Officer transition. Jason Person has been named as SAFCO's new CFO.
Most recently, Mr. Person served as the Vice President and Treasurer of Regional Management Corporation, a diversified consumer finance company, where he managed a team responsible for liquidity management, investor relations, and financial analytics. Prior to Regional Management Corporation, Mr. Person served as the Director of Treasury and Capital Markets at Global Lending Services and as Assistant Vice President of Finance for Exeter Finance Corporation. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Anderson University and an MBA from Texas A&M University.
The company's current CFO Gary Stein is retiring after 22 years of dedicated service to SAFCO. Mr. Stein will remain in an advisory capacity for several months to help with the transition.
Commenting on the transition, SAFCO's CEO George Fussell, Sr. conveyed his heartfelt appreciation for Mr. Stein's contributions during his tenure, stating "We owe Gary a great debt of gratitude for his years of service. His remarkable leadership, financial acumen, and mentorship of the team have been instrumental in shaping the very foundation of our company's success. We wish him the best in his well-deserved retirement." Mr. Fussell further stated, "Jason represents a significant addition to our executive leadership team. He brings a wealth of expertise in treasury/capital markets, financial planning, and analytics that will undoubtedly contribute to SAFCO's continued success as we move forward."
About SAFCO
SAFCO is an industry-leading auto finance company with the power to see creditworthiness where others don't. Our proprietary originations system, complete with deep machine learning, enables us to see beyond credit scores and basic alternative data and instead base our decisions on unique, realistic insights that reveal the full credit potential of applicants. SAFCO is headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida.
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HONG KONG — The ex-husband and former in-laws of a slain Hong Kong model and influencer appeared in court Monday on a joint murder charge after police found parts of her body in a refrigerator.
Ex-husband Alex Kwong, his father Kwong Kau and his brother Anthony Kwong were charged with murdering model Abby Choi. His mother, Jenny Li, faces one count of perverting the course of justice. The four were placed in custody without bail.
Choi, 28, was a model and influencer who shared a glamorous life of photo shoots and fashion shows with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. Her last post was Feb. 19, featuring a photoshoot she had done with L'Officiel Monaco, a fashion publication.
Choi went missing Feb. 21, according to a report filed later with the Hong Kong Police.
On Friday, police found her dismembered body in a refrigerator in a house rented by Kwong Kau in Lung Mei Tsuen, a suburban part of Hong Kong about a 30-minute drive from the border with mainland China.
On Sunday, authorities discovered a young woman's skull believed to be Choi's in a cooking pot that was seized from the house. Officials believe that a hole on the right rear of the skull is where the fatal attack struck her.
Choi had financial disputes involving tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars with her ex-husband and his family, police said earlier, adding that "some people" were unhappy with how Choi handled her financial assets.
Choi's friend Bernard Cheng said she had four children: two sons ages 10 and 3, and two daughters ages 8 and 6. Kwong, 28, fathered the elder two, and her current husband, Chris Tam, was the father of the younger children.
Tam said he was very thankful to have had Choi in his life and praised her for being supportive, friend Pao Jo-yee relayed in a Facebook post.
"When Abby was alive, she was a very kind person and always wanted to help people," he was quoted as saying in the post. "I feel anyone who had a chance to be her family or her friend are blessed."
Pao, who is married to Cheng, told The Associated Press that she has known Choi for over seven years.
"She was the type of person that wouldn't have enemies," she said.
Cheng said Choi had very good relationships with her family, and would travel with the families of her current and former husbands together. Choi's current father-in-law is one of the founders of a famous Hong Kong chain of Yunnan rice noodle shops, local newspaper The Standard reported.
The gruesome killing of Choi has gripped many in Hong Kong and across the border in mainland China, as the self-governed southern Chinese city is widely considered safe with a very low level of violent crime.
Her case is one of the most shocking killings Hong Kong has seen since 2013, when a man killed his parents and their heads were later found in refrigerators. In another famous 1999 case, a woman was kidnapped and tortured by three members from an organized crime group before her death. Her skull was later found stuffed in a Hello Kitty doll.
The hearing of the murder case was adjourned to May.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will have arthroscopic surgery on his injured right knee Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Wilson suffered a bone bruise and torn meniscus during the Jets’ second offensive series Friday night in their preseason opener at Philadelphia.
The procedure to repair the meniscus, which will be performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache, will determine how long Wilson will be sidelined. Wilson is currently expected to be out two to four weeks based on initial tests, but there’s a chance he could be out longer depending on the condition of the knee when ElAttrache operates.
“We’re optimistic,” coach Robert Saleh said Sunday after practice. “But he’s not out of the woods until they get in there and make the decision.”
Saleh said Wilson was traveling to Los Angeles on Sunday to prepare for the procedure.
“And then,” Saleh said, “we wait.”
It was initially feared that Wilson suffered a serious — and potentially season-ending — injury when he went down as he tried to juke past the Eagles’ Nakobe Dean. He appeared to injure his knee when planting — without contact — to cut on Philadelphia’s grass field.
Tests after the game indicated the ACL was intact, and an MRI on Saturday morning revealed the bone bruise and torn meniscus.
“Obviously after the game, you could tell he was a little down. But I think considering what happened, I think we got pretty good news,” backup quarterback Joe Flacco said of Wilson. “So I think he’s been in better spirits today.”
There remains a chance Wilson could be play in the season opener against Baltimore on Sept. 11. But the Jets would also want to guard against the second-year quarterback rushing back.
“That’s all going to depend on what happens here with the surgery and the feedback we get from the doctors,” Saleh said, “and gathering all the information before we even come remotely close to making that decision.”
Otherwise, Flacco, who ran the first-team offense Sunday and has had a solid camp, would start in Wilson’s place against his former team — and perhaps beyond.
“When you’re the backup, your emotions are up and down during the course of a game, things like that,” the 37-year-old said. “But yeah, it’s a transition, it’s a difference a little bit. But I think definitely because I’ve had the ability to play so much football that you kind of fall back into sync and get back in rhythm pretty quickly.”
Flacco started one game last season after Wilson was sidelined with a sprained PCL in his right knee. He went 24 of 39 for 291 yards and two touchdowns and no interceptions in a 24-17 loss to Miami in Week 11.
“He’s a pro, he’s a veteran,” Saleh said. “He’s been there, he’s done that. He’s a Super Bowl MVP. He’s a world champion. He’s gotten the big contracts. He’s pretty much checked almost every box you can check. He knows how to play the game. He’s very calm. He’s collected.”
BROWN IN TOWN
GM Joe Douglas said offensive tackle Duane Brown was expected to arrive at the team’s facility to officially sign with the Jets on Sunday night.
Brown agreed to a two-year deal worth $22 million Thursday, a few days after Mekhi Becton, the expected starter at right tackle, was likely lost for the season with a knee injury.
Saleh confirmed Brown, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, will play left tackle for the Jets. George Fant, initially tabbed as the starter on the left side, will slide to the right side.
Saleh previously raved about Fant’s play at left tackle, saying he is “much more comfortable” at that position. But the coach said Sunday that Fant should make a smooth transition to right tackle, which is where he practiced.
“For George, his curse is also a blessing in that he’s extremely versatile, very athletic,” Saleh said. “He’s tremendously talented. And so to give him the opportunity to go play right tackle, obviously he’s a competitor — he just wants a home — but at the same time, he’s the ultimate team guy.”
NOTES: Saleh said Becton, who has a small fracture in his right kneecap, is also visiting ElAttrache for a consultation before determining whether he’ll have surgery. … RB Ty Johnson (hamstring) returned to practice. … CB D.J. Reed (hamstring), S Lamarcus Joyner (illness), DE Vinny Curry (hamstring), CB Brandin Echols (hamstring), OL Conor McDermott (ankle) and OL Chuma Edoga (undisclosed) all sat out.
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is set to deliver the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Thursday.
McConnell and McCarthy in their statement lauded Sanders, who will give her remarks from Little Rock as the nation’s youngest governor and a champion of conservative principles.
“While President Biden keeps repeating old mistakes and failing Americans, a rising generation of Republican Governors are fighting for families, advancing new solutions, and winning,” McConnell said.
McCarthy praised the former Trump White House press secretary for pushing the “conservative agenda outside of Washington” and pressed that “everyone, including President Biden, should listen carefully” to her speech next week.
Sanders said she’s planning to “contrast the GOP’s optimistic vision for the future against the failures of President Biden and the Democrats” in her remarks.
“We are ready to begin a new chapter in the story of America – to be written by a new generation of leaders ready to defend our freedom against the radical left and expand access to quality education, jobs, and opportunity for all,” Sanders said.
The party that’s not in control of the White House selects a speaker, often a rising star within the party, each year to give an on-air rebuttal after the president’s much-anticipated speech to a joint session of Congress.
Last year, McConnell and then-House Minority Leader McCarthy selected Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds to deliver the GOP’s response to Biden’s 2022 State of the Union, citing the governor’s action on top GOP culture war issues after Reynolds banned teaching critical race theory in Iowa schools.
Reynolds was the first woman elected to the Iowa governor’s mansion — and Sanders is the first woman to serve in the top office in Arkansas.
Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the only Black GOP senator, delivered the party’s response to Biden’s address the previous year.
Sanders’ remarks this year will be aired on national television after Biden’s speech, which is set to start around 9 p.m. EST this coming Tuesday night.
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House lawmakers launched the “Congressional Dads Caucus” on Thursday, vowing to advocate for policies that will assist working-class families — including paid family leave and the expanded child tax credit.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) — who drew headlines earlier this month when he brought his baby son, Hodges, to the House floor during the Speaker’s race — led a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday announcing the creation of the caucus.
“The creation of the Dads Caucus sends a powerful message: We want to show not just interest but advocacy on the issues that impact working parents, and change the hearts and minds when it comes to the role of fathers at home and in Congress,” Gomez said.
He was joined by Reps. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) — both fathers — in addition to Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the founder of the Congressional Mamas’ Caucus. Representatives from advocacy groups were also at the announcement.
“With this group here today, and with more members to come in in the future, we’re determined to achieve real solutions by fighting for our national paid family and medical leave program, affordable high-quality child care, and the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty in this country by 40 to 60 percent during the nine months that it was in existence,” Gomez said.
So far, only Democratic lawmakers are members of the Dads Caucus. Gomez, however, said he is “hopeful” some Republicans will join the group — particularly those who agree with their mission.
“If there’s a Republican who believes in a national paid family leave or expanding the child tax credit or affordable child care, let’s have those discussions,” he said.
He has not, however, reached out to any Republicans “just yet,” asserting that the caucus “wanted to start with a core group of dads in the Democratic Caucus as well as mothers in the Democratic Caucus.”
“We’re gonna invite more Democrats to join and then we’re gonna reach out, starting with some key committees,” Gomez added.
Democrats pushed for action on extending the enhanced child tax credit in the 2022 lame-duck session, before the party was set to lose control of the House. That effort, however, failed after both parties were unable to strike a deal on including the measure in the end-of-the-year omnibus package.
The American Rescue Plan, which President Biden signed into law in March, expanded the Child Tax Credit, though the larger monthly payments expired at the close of that year after Congress was unable to renew the program. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the boosted payments brought 2.1 million children above the poverty line.
Democrats have also repeatedly pushed for paid family leave, though the policy was left out of key legislative items last year — including the Inflation Reduction Act passed in the summer of 2022.
Asked about pushing through these priorities in the 118th Congress, when Republicans control the House and Democrats do not have a filibuster-proof majority, Gomez said the newly minted caucus wants to spur conversations on the issues.
“As long as we can have a discussion on just the need, and then some strategies to achieve it, then we can move from there,” he said of paid family leave. “I come from a school of thought that we’re not gonna wait for bipartisanship in order to emerge, in order to start advocating on an issue.”
Lawmakers at the press conference cited their personal experiences as fathers when expressing their dedication to the caucus and its mission.
Goldman, a freshman lawmaker from New York, held up a note his 4-year-old child wrote him while he was on the floor for the Speaker’s race earlier this month. His staff took his children to his office when they started getting “antsy” during the protracted election, the congressman said.
“They started drawing and I want to show you one thing that I’ve kept, which is a note from my 4-year-old that says ‘Hi daddy, I love you, I will give you hugs and kisses when you get home, from Alessia,’” Goldman said, showcasing the note.
“I keep that right by my desk every day, just as a reminder of what really is important in life. And it may be that we are here trying to represent our districts, represent the people of the United States in the best way possible — including advocating for important legislation like the Child Tax Credit, like universal child care, like paid family leave — but what really keeps us grounded and motivated and focused is our children,” he added.
Kim told a story of when he found out he did not have any paid parental leave while working at the State Department.
“When I found out that my wife was pregnant, I went down and talked to HR and I asked them what kind of paid parental leave do I have in the government, and was told you got nothing, zero, zero days. Even though I served my country in Afghanistan and elsewhere, I had zero days,” he said.
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BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them.
Some Orthodox Ukrainians have decided to observe Christmas on Dec. 25, like many Christians around the world. Yes, this has to do with the war, and yes, they have the blessing of their local church.
The idea of commemorating the birth of Jesus in December was considered radical in Ukraine until recently, but Russia’s invasion changed many hearts and minds.
In October, the leadership of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is not aligned with the Russian church and one of two branches of Orthodox Christianity in the country, agreed to allow faithful to celebrate on Dec. 25.
The choice of dates has clear political and religious overtones in a nation with rival Orthodox churches and where slight revisions to rituals can carry potent meaning in a culture war that runs parallel to the shooting war.
For some people, changing dates represents a separation from Russia, its culture, and religion. People in a village on the outskirts of Kyiv voted recently to move up their Christmas observance.
“What began on Feb. 24, the full-scale invasion, is an awakening and an understanding that we can no longer be part of the Russian world,” Olena Paliy, a 33-year-old Bobrytsia resident, said.
The Russian Orthodox Church, which claims sovereignty over Orthodoxy in Ukraine, and some other Eastern Orthodox churches continue to use the ancient Julian calendar. Christmas falls 13 days later on that calendar,, or Jan. 7, than it does on the Gregorian calendar used by most church and secular groups.
The Catholic Church first adopted the modern, more astronomically precise Gregorian calendar in the 16th century, and Protestants and some Orthodox churches have since aligned their own calendars for purposes of calculating Christmas.
The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine decreed in October that local church rectors could choose the date along with their communities, saying the decision followed years of discussion but also resulted from the circumstances of the war.
In Bobrytsia, some members of the faith promoted the change within the local church, which recently transitioned to being part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, with no ties to Russia. When a vote was taken last week, 200 out of 204 people said yes to adopting Dec. 25 as the new day to celebrate Christmas.
“This is a big step because never in our history have we had the same dates of celebration of Christmas in Ukraine with the whole Christian world. All the time we were separated,” said Roman Ivanenko, a local official in Bobrytsia, and one of the promoters of the change. With the switch, he said, they are “breaking this connection” with the Russians.
“The church is Ukrainian, and the holidays are Ukrainian,” said Oleg Shkula, a member of the volunteer territorial defense force in the district that includes the village. For him, his church doesn’t have to be linked to “darkness and gloom and with the anti-christ, which Russia is today.”
In 2019, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, granted complete independence, or autocephaly, to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Ukrainians who favored recognition for a national church in tandem with Ukraine’s political independence from the former Soviet Union had long sought such approval.
The Russian Orthodox Church and its leader, Patriarch Kirill, fiercely protested the move, saying Ukraine was not under the jurisdiction of Bartholomew.
The other major branch of Orthodoxy in the country, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, remained loyal to Moscow until the outbreak of war. It declared independence in May, though it remains under government scrutiny. That church has traditionally celebrated Christmas on Jan. 7.
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Arhirova reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. The Associated Press religion correspondent, Peter Smith, contributed from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- If approved, epcoritamab (TEPKINLY®) will become the first and only subcutaneous bispecific antibody conditionally approved as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) DLBCL after two or more lines of systemic therapy
- The positive CHMP opinion is supported by results from the EPCORE™ NHL-1 Phase 1/2 trial evaluating the preliminary efficacy and safety of epcoritamab in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), including DLBCL
- DLBCL is an aggressive subtype of NHL and accounts for approximately 30 percent of all global cases
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., July 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the granting of conditional marketing authorization for epcoritamab (TEPKINLY®) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after two or more lines of systemic therapy. The final European Commission decision on this indication for epcoritamab is anticipated later this year.
"As leaders in transforming standards of care, we strive to develop innovative medicines that can make an impact on patients facing aggressive blood cancers like DLBCL," said Mariana Cota Stirner, M.D., Ph.D., vice president, therapeutic area head for hematology, AbbVie. "We are pleased with the recent CHMP positive opinion for epcoritamab, as it represents an important step in our journey to develop a potential core therapy for people living with B-cell malignancies, such as DLBCL."
AbbVie's application for the approval of epcoritamab is supported by results from the pivotal EPCORE™ NHL-1 Phase 1/2 open-label, multi-center trial evaluating the preliminary efficacy and safety of epcoritamab in patients with relapsed, progressive or refractory CD20+ mature B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), including DLBCL. The primary endpoint of the study was overall response rate, as assessed by an independent review committee (63.1 percent).1 The most common treatment-emergent adverse event was cytokine release syndrome.1 Updated results were recently presented at multiple medical congresses.
"DLBCL is an aggressive and often treatment-resistant disease with limited therapeutic options for patients whose disease is refractory or who have experienced relapse after multiple lines of therapy," said Catherine Thieblemont, M.D., Ph.D., head of the hemato-oncology department, Paris University, Hôpital Saint-Louis Assistance-Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (APHP) in Paris. "Subcutaneous epcoritamab could become a promising treatment option for the DLBCL community, and I look forward to the European Commission's final decision."
DLBCL is an aggressive type of cancer that develops in the lymphatic system.2 It is the most common type of B-cell NHL worldwide and accounts for approximately 30 percent of all global cases.2 Because NHL affects B-cell lymphocytes, the disease and its subtypes, including DLBCL, are classified as B-cell malignancies.2
Epcoritamab is being co-developed by AbbVie and Genmab as part of the companies' oncology collaboration. The companies will share commercial responsibilities in the U.S. and Japan, with AbbVie responsible for further global commercialization.
About the EPCORE™ NHL-1 Trial
EPCORE™ NHL-1 is an open-label, multi-center safety and preliminary efficacy trial of epcoritamab that includes a Phase 1 first-in-human, dose escalation part; a Phase 2a expansion part; and a dose optimization part. The trial was designed to evaluate subcutaneous epcoritamab in patients with relapsed, progressive or refractory CD20+ mature B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), including large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).3 Data from the dose escalation part of the study, which determined the recommended Phase 2 dose, were published in September 2021.4 In the Phase 2 expansion part, additional patients were treated with epcoritamab to further explore the safety and efficacy of epcoritamab in three cohorts of patients with different types of relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-cell NHLs who had limited therapeutic options.3
The primary endpoint of the Phase 2 expansion part was overall response rate as assessed by an independent review committee. Secondary efficacy endpoints included duration of response, complete response rate, progression-free survival, overall survival, time to response, time to next therapy, and rate of minimal residual disease negativity. The most common treatment-emergent adverse events were cytokine release syndrome (49.7 percent; grade 1 or 2: 47.1 percent; grade 3: 2.5 percent), pyrexia (23.6 percent) and fatigue (22.9 percent). Results from the Phase 2 expansion part of the study were published in December 2022.1 More information can be found on www.clinicaltrials.gov.
About Epcoritamab
Epcoritamab is an investigational IgG1-bispecific antibody created using Genmab's proprietary DuoBody® technology. Genmab's DuoBody®-CD3 technology is designed to direct cytotoxic T-cells selectively to elicit an immune response toward target cell types. Epcoritamab is designed to simultaneously bind to CD3 on T-cells and CD20 on B-cells and induces T-cell mediated killing of CD20+ cells.5 CD20 is expressed on B-cells and is a clinically validated therapeutic target in many B-cell malignancies, including DLBCL, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.6,7
The safety and efficacy of epcoritamab remain under evaluation in the European Union (EU). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved epcoritamab-bysp (EPKINLY™) in the United States, and it is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with R/R DLBCL, not otherwise specified (NOS), including DLBCL arising from indolent lymphoma, and high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL), after two or more lines of systemic therapy. Epcoritamab-bysp is approved under the FDA's Accelerated Approval program based on response rate and durability of response. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
Epcoritamab is not approved in the EU. If approved, epcoritamab will be marketed under the brand name TEPKINLY® in all EU member states plus Liechtenstein, Norway, and Iceland. AbbVie will continue to pursue regulatory submissions for epcoritamab across international markets throughout the year.
EPKINLY™ (epcoritamab-bysp) U.S. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Important Warnings—EPKINLY can cause serious side effects, including:
- Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS). CRS is common during treatment with EPKINLY and can be serious or life-threatening. Tell your healthcare provider or get medical help right away if you develop symptoms of CRS, including fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, dizziness or lightheadedness, trouble breathing, chills, fast heartbeat, feeling anxious, headache, confusion, shaking (tremors), or problems with balance and movement, such as trouble walking.
Due to the risk of CRS, you will receive EPKINLY on a "step-up" dosing schedule. The step-up dosing schedule is when you receive smaller "step-up" doses of EPKINLY on day 1 and day 8 of your first cycle of treatment (cycle 1). You will receive your first full dose of EPKINLY on day 15 of cycle 1. If your dose of EPKINLY is delayed for any reason, you may need to repeat the step-up dosing schedule. Before each dose in cycle 1, you will receive medicines to help reduce your risk of CRS. Your healthcare provider will decide if you need to receive medicine to help reduce your risk of CRS with future cycles. - Neurologic problems. EPKINLY can cause serious neurologic problems that can be life-threatening and lead to death. Neurologic problems may happen days or weeks after you receive EPKINLY. Your healthcare provider may refer you to a healthcare provider who specializes in neurologic problems. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you develop any symptoms of neurologic problems, including trouble speaking or writing, confusion and disorientation, drowsiness, tiredness or lack of energy, muscle weakness, shaking (tremors), seizures, or memory loss.
Due to the risk of CRS and neurologic problems, you should be hospitalized for 24 hours after receiving your first full dose of EPKINLY on day 15 of cycle 1. Your healthcare provider will monitor you for symptoms of CRS and neurologic problems during treatment with EPKINLY, as well as other side effects, and treat you if needed. Your healthcare provider may temporarily stop or completely stop your treatment with EPKINLY if you develop CRS, neurologic problems, or any other side effects that are severe.
Do not drive or use heavy or potentially dangerous machinery if you develop dizziness, confusion, tremors, drowsiness, or any other symptoms that impair consciousness until your symptoms go away. These may be symptoms of CRS or neurologic problems.
EPKINLY can also cause other serious side effects, including:
- Infections. EPKINLY can cause serious infections that may lead to death. Your healthcare provider will check you for symptoms of infection before and during treatment. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you develop any symptoms of infection during treatment, including fever of 100.4°F (38°C) or higher, cough, chest pain, tiredness, shortness of breath, painful rash, sore throat, pain during urination, or feeling weak or generally unwell.
- Low blood cell counts. Low blood cell counts are common during treatment with EPKINLY and can be serious or severe. Your healthcare provider will check your blood cell counts during treatment. EPKINLY may cause low blood cell counts, including low white blood cell counts (neutropenia), which can increase your risk for infection; low red blood cell counts (anemia), which can cause tiredness and shortness of breath; and low platelet counts (thrombocytopenia), which can cause bruising or bleeding problems.
Your healthcare provider may temporarily stop or completely stop treatment with EPKINLY if you develop certain side effects.
Before you receive EPKINLY, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
- have an infection.
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. EPKINLY may harm your unborn baby. Females who are able to become pregnant: Your healthcare provider should do a pregnancy test before you start treatment with EPKINLY. You should use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment and for 4 months after your last dose of EPKINLY. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant or think that you may be pregnant during treatment with EPKINLY.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if EPKINLY passes into your breast milk. Do not breastfeed during treatment with EPKINLY and for 4 months after your last dose of EPKINLY.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
The most common side effects of EPKINLY include CRS, tiredness, muscle and bone pain, injection site reactions, fever, stomach-area (abdominal) pain, nausea, and diarrhea.
These are not all the possible side effects of EPKINLY. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
You are encouraged to report side effects to the FDA at (800) FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch or to Genmab US, Inc. at 1-855-4GENMAB (1-855-443-6622).
Please see the Full Prescribing Information and Medication Guide, including Important Warnings.
About AbbVie in Oncology
At AbbVie, we are committed to transforming standards of care for multiple blood cancers while advancing a dynamic pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of cancer types. Our dedicated and experienced team joins forces with innovative partners to accelerate the delivery of potential breakthrough medicines. We are evaluating more than 20 investigational medicines in over 300 clinical trials across some of the world's most widespread and debilitating cancers. As we work to have a remarkable impact on people's lives, we are committed to exploring solutions to help patients obtain access to our cancer medicines. For more information, please visit http://www.abbvie.com/oncology.
About AbbVie
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
AbbVie Forward-Looking Statements
Some statements in this news release are, or may be considered, forward-looking statements for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project" and similar expressions and uses of future or conditional verbs, generally identify forward-looking statements. AbbVie cautions that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, challenges to intellectual property, competition from other products, difficulties inherent in the research and development process, adverse litigation or government action, and changes to laws and regulations applicable to our industry. Additional information about the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors that may affect AbbVie's operations is set forth in Item 1A, "Risk Factors," of AbbVie's 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as updated by its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. AbbVie undertakes no obligation, and specifically declines, to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements as a result of subsequent events or developments, except as required by law.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A deputy with the U.S. Marshals Service fatally shot a man whom the deputy was trying to serve an arrest warrant, Kentucky police said Saturday.
The shooting occurred Friday morning after an altercation with the man ensued, the Louisville Metro Police Department said on social media. Police said the warrant was for charges of domestic violence, strangulation and assault.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the person who was fatally shot as 25-year-old Omari Cryer of Louisville. The coroner's office described the cause and manner of death as “gunshot wounds/homicide.”
Police say officers on scene rendered aid at the scene, but the man was pronounced dead.
Authorities have not released additional details about the shooting.
Louisville police’s Public Integrity Unit is investigating the shooting at the request of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces an investigation of potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY) resulting from allegations that Sphere 3D may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Sphere 3D securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=15274 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On February 17, 2022, CoinDesk issued an article entitled, "Questions Swirl Around NuMiner's 'Best in Class' Bitcoin Mining Rig." The article reported that "Sphere 3D (ANY), a Toronto-based data management company, announced it was acquiring 60,000 mining rigs for about $1.7 billion from NuMiner Global, a New York-based company that appears to have popped out of thin air. A search on the New York state company registry yielded zero results for "NuMiner." The company claims to be affiliated with NuMiner Technologies Ltd., for which practically no information is publicly available." Several people were skeptical of the deal, the report citing, "Fred Thiel, CEO of one of the biggest publicly traded miners, Marathon Digital, also tweeted that he was skeptical of NuMiner's claims and voiced concern about the cooling technology, or lack thereof." Then, on March 3, 2022, Culper Research issued a report viewing Sphere 3D as a stock promotion. Regarding the deal with NuMiner, the report stated, "The deal is meant to be structured with $29 million in cash, roughly $400 million in ANY-equivalent shares, $1.1 billion in vendor financing (at an abusive rate of 9% interest and 18% of all bitcoins mined), and $185 million in milestone payments. We think this deal is totally contrived and will never happen."
On this news, Sphere 3D's stock price fell $0.28, or 12.23%, to close at $2.01 per share on March 3, 2022.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark – Clean your car for free this weekend at a new Little Rock carwash.
Glide Xpress Car Wash at 10115 N Rodney Parham Rd. is having a promotional event offering Little Rock car owners five days of free washes.
The event is from October 5-9 at the new location.
In a post on Facebook, the company is offering customers its best wash “The Super Glide” at no cost and no subscription is required.
Customers who sign up before Sunday, October 9 can also purchase a 50% discounted ultimate wash plan for $15 a month.
The Rodney Parham location is open Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Internationally recognized Pandemic Health Navigator Program secures PRSA Skyline Award for Community Relations Program of the Year
CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Morreale Communications and the Illinois Public Health Association emerged as winners of the Public Relations Society of America Chicago Chapter Skyline Award in the Community Relations Program of the Year category for their partnership to deliver Illinois' Pandemic Health Navigator Program. Considered the premier award competition in Chicago's public relations industry, the Skyline Awards celebrate creativity and innovation in public relations and showcase business impact and results.
Working with the Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA), Illinois Primary Healthcare Association (IPHCA) and more than 80 community organizations across Illinois, Morreale delivered a statewide communications strategy designed to mitigate the spread of misinformation related to COVID-19 and to connect the hardest hit, underserved populations of Illinois to vital resources.
"We were honored to have been tapped to develop and lead a statewide communications strategy for such meaningful and transformational work," said Kim Morreale McAuliffe, President/CEO of Morreale Communications. "This was mission driven work that our entire team was humbled to be part of. We're honored to be recognized with the Chicago Skyline Award and to deliver advocacy, public engagement and media strategies in our communities."
The Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA) launched the COVID-19 Pandemic Health Navigator (PHN) program to adequately address community needs during the pandemic crisis. For the PHN program to be successful, the IPHA needed to conduct a broad communications and marketing campaign targeting the various communities throughout the state, while also understanding that COVID perceptions differ in different regions.
"When building the Pandemic Health Navigator Program, we knew we needed a communications team that had the experience and relationships to strengthen our program in the state's COVID-19 effort and we turned right away to Morreale," said Tom Hughes, Executive Director of IPHA. "Because of Morreale's deep experience and media relationships, coupled with their data-driven, collaborative approach, our program was able to engage with some of the hardest to reach audiences and effectively address the critical public health issues during the pandemic."
The integrated, statewide community relations program included recruitment, stakeholder engagement, research, branding, and content media relations. Morreale worked with regional leaders and community-based organizations across Illinois to arm navigators with information through building an educational curriculum, designing branded marketing materials, and developing messages to resonate with local communities.
As a result of this integrated and multi-faceted strategy, the Pandemic Health Navigator Program hit a number of achievements in the battle against COVID-19: Over 85 community-based organizations and federally qualified health centers have partnered in the program, more than 500 Community Health Workers hired and trained and most importantly- 10,000 plus residents have been provided resources across the state of Illinois.
Morreale is a leading certified woman-owned business that partners with businesses and organizations during times of change, crisis and opportunities. Driven by the desire to empower clients by activating their voices, clients seek the firm out to deliver fully integrated communications solutions that connect, engage and educate audiences to transform outcomes. With an 100% female and minority leadership team and 86% female and minority workforce, their strength lies in their ability to activate the power, perspective, relationships and experiences of their diverse team. Learn more about the award-winning firm at Morreale Communications.
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CHICO — Plumas Bank is getting ready to open a full-service bank branch in Chico in early 2023.
The California-based bank primarily provided lending services to business and agricultural clients in Chico for the past eight years.
“We’ve developed long-term relationships with several business and agricultural partners in the region, and this next step brings our full scope of personal and business banking services to the area.” said David McAlister, Plumas Bank vice president, commercial and agricultural lender in a press release.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriots are voting Sunday for a new president who they’ll expect to decisively steer the small island nation through shifting geopolitical sands and uncertain economic times that have become people's overriding concern, eclipsing stalemated efforts to remedy the country’s ethnic division.
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The monthslong campaign has been a lackluster affair, primarily because the three leading candidates are all close associates of outgoing President Nicos Anastasiades and so their battles have centered on trying to persuade voters that they’re not all cut from the same cloth.
At the same time, they’ve been angling for votes from across ideological lines by trying to evade the long shadow cast by the right-wing Anastasiades, whose detractors have accused him of enabling corruption to fester through his two-term, 10-year tenure. Anastasiades has vehemently denied the allegations.
From a record field of 14 candidates, the frontrunners include Averof Neophytou, the leader the center-right, pro-business Democratic Rally (DISY) Party, which Anastasiades previously led; and Nikos Christodoulides, a former foreign minister and government spokesman in Anastasiades’ administration. The third main candidate is Andreas Mavroyiannis, a former diplomat and Anastasiades’ lead negotiator with breakaway Turkish Cypriots in peace negotiations.
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Opinion polls indicate that none of the three will muster more than half of the votes — the bar for an outright win in the first round. Instead, the top two will likely move forward to a runoff a week later. Some 561,000 citizens are eligible to vote.
Opinion polls have consistently given Christodoulides a lead of as much as 10 points over Neophytou and Mavroyiannis, meaning he likely take one spot in the runoff, while the others are battling neck-and-neck for the other one.
The ‘Anastasiades connection’ has been a central theme for voters, but also for the president himself, who boasted in a recent interview with leading daily Phileleftheros that he feels “to a measure vindicated” in his leadership by the fact that three of his associates are vying to succeed him.
Neophytou, 61, took DISY’s reins from Anastasiades a decade ago and has campaigned on his reputation as a skilled political operator who can get the job done and shepherd the economy through tough times. His campaign slogan, “Averof Can,” evoking former U.S. President Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” mantra, is built around that message.
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But it’s that reputation that appears to have hurt him at the polls, with many voters perceiving him as too much of a string-pulling insider tinged by the “sins” of Anastasiades’ decade in office, such as the now defunct investment-for-citizenship program that gave rise to allegations of corruption. Neophytou has desperately been trying to consolidate the DISY vote behind his bid since polls indicated that as many as a third of party members back Christodoulides, who got his political start through the party.
A career diplomat with a successful track record, Mavroyiannis, 66, is running as an independent but has the backing of the communist-rooted AKEL party. Although AKEL is the island’s second-largest party, the ill-fated presidential tenure of its late leader Dimitris Christofias 15 years ago that critics said brought the island to near-bankruptcy continues to burden the party and, to a degree, Mavroyiannis himself.
Mavroyiannis is campaigning as the agent of change who unlike his competitors didn’t have a hand in the “10 years that have truly wounded” the country.
Christodoulides is also a career diplomat. At 49 he has managed to carefully groom his image as an effective and modern leader who can confidently rub shoulders with other European Union leaders thanks to his foreign ministry experience. His youth and soft-spoken approach have endeared him to voters who don’t associate him with the ineffectual bombast of the previous political generation. Some DISY faithful, however, view him as a “traitor” for running against the party boss and splitting its votes.
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Who wins will have to contend — like many other EU leaders — with an economy buffeted by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its knock-on effect on the cost of living. Cyprus has posted economic growth, but opinion polls show a widespread public unease over high inflation.
The new president will also need to address a continued massive influx of migrants that has made Cyprus one of the top EU countries in terms of asylum applications per capita.
He is also likely to want to expedite development of significant undersea natural gas deposits inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone amid a renewed search for alternative energy sources triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine.
A swift political settlement resolving the island’s nearly half-century long ethnic division would facilitate that, but prospects look bleak as the sides appear to be farther apart now than at any time since the split occurred in 1974 when Turkey invaded following a coup aimed at union with Greece.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s latest attempt to restrict who can carry a handgun in public and where firearms can be brought was picked apart Thursday by a federal judge, who ruled that multiple provisions in a state law passed this year are unconstitutional.
In a ruling that doesn’t take effect immediately, U.S. District Judge Glenn Suddaby struck down key elements of the state’s hurried attempt to rewrite its handgun laws after the old ones were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
The state can’t ban people from carrying guns in New York City’s subway system or Times Square, the judge ruled, though he said it did have a right to exclude guns from certain other locations, including schools.
Several of the state’s new licensing rules went too far, he wrote, including one that required applicants to be of “good moral character,” and another that made applicants turn over information about their social media accounts.
The end result was a licensing scheme that prohibited people from carrying a handgun for self-defense unless the applicant could persuade licensing officials that they wouldn’t use it to hurt themselves or others, the judge wrote.
“Simply stated, instead of moving toward becoming a shall-issue jurisdiction, New York State has further entrenched itself as a shall-not-issue jurisdiction. And, by doing so, it has further reduced a first-class constitutional right to bear arms in public for self defense … into a mere request,” wrote Suddaby, who sits in Syracuse.
Suddaby, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, put his decision on hold for three days to allow the state to challenge it in a higher court.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office would appeal.
“Today’s decision comes in the wake of mass shootings and rampant gun violence hurting communities here in New York and across the country. While the decision preserves portions of the law, we believe the entire law must be preserved as enacted,” said James, a Democrat.
Legislators rewrote the state’s handgun laws this summer after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated New York’s old system for granting permits to carry handguns outside the home. The high court struck down the state’s longstanding requirement that people demonstrate an unusual threat to their safety to qualify for such a license.
The new law, which went into effect Sept. 1, broadly expanded who could get a handgun license, but it increased training requirements for applicants and required them to turn over more private information, including a list of everyone living in their home. The state also created a long list of places where firearms would be banned.
Suddaby’s ruling upheld the state’s right to exclude guns from certain “sensitive locations,” but only in instances where there were “historical analogues” for such rules, meaning guns have been banned from such places in the past.
Rules prohibiting most people from carrying guns into schools, government buildings, polling places and places of worship were OK, the judge wrote. But the state couldn’t put new bans on people from carrying handguns on public transportation systems, in summer camps or places where alcohol is consumed.
Suddaby also dealt a blow to a provision prohibiting people from bringing guns onto someone else’s property unless the owners give permission — by posting a sign in a shop window, for instance.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat, defended the state’s laws as “common-sense restrictions.”
“While this decision leaves aspects of the law in place, it is deeply disappointing that the Judge wants to limit my ability to keep New Yorkers safe and to prevent more senseless gun violence,” Hochul said.
There have been several federal challenges to the new law from gun rights advocates who argue the legislation violates the Second Amendment and free speech rights.
This lawsuit was bought by six gun owners from upstate New York who claim the law infringes on their constitutional rights. Most of the plaintiffs have licenses to carry and argue the law keeps them from holding a weapon in designated sensitive places like state parks or church.
One plaintiff intends to apply for a carry permit but is unwilling to share social media posts or character references with investigators, according to the federal complaint.
Suddaby telegraphed his ruling five weeks ago when he threw out a previous challenge to the law on technical grounds. The plaintiff in that case then teamed up with five other gun owners and sued again, expanding the list of defendants to include state district attorneys and sheriffs who were charged with enforcing the law.
New York is among a half-dozen states that had provisions of their gun laws invalidated by the Supreme Court.
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BALTIMORE, May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- William F. Regine, MD, FACR, FASTRO, FACRO, President of University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. (FPI), along with University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD announced that Rachel L. Hoover, MS, MBA, began serving as the new FPI Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (EVP/CAO), effective May 1.
Hoover is a healthcare leader with more than 20 years of experience in providing strategic oversight and planning for enterprise-wide initiatives in academic and private health care systems. Most recently she served as Chief Operating Officer for Johns Hopkins Regional Physicians and was previously Director of Global Services for Johns Hopkins Medicine.
"Rachel Hoover brings an extraordinarily deep and diverse portfolio of experience in financial and operational oversight of clinical care, education, and translational and clinical research," said Dr. Regine, who is also the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at UMSOM, the Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair of Radiation Oncology, and Executive Director of the Maryland Proton Treatment Center. "She also has proven expertise in leading strategic planning, program management, and transformation initiatives, which makes her a perfect fit for implementing the new FPI integrated model that involves greater participation from departments."
In this critical leadership position, Ms. Hoover will be responsible for establishing and executing the major objectives associated with FPI's reinvigorated mission as an integrated multispecialty clinical enterprise of excellence, in alignment with University of Maryland Medical Center and Medica System (UMMC/UMMS) and community partners.
"I am honored to step into this important role and to work with such an esteemed group of experts," said Ms. Hoover. "Having spent so many years on the other side of town, I have had the opportunity to admire the work this group does, and I look forward to partnering broadly with teams to achieve sustained growth and to support the expansive, strategic priorities of UMSOM and UMMC/UMMS."
The redesign of FPI, implemented last year, involves an integrated group practice model in which departments have greater participation in the shared business plans and initiatives, and in financial growth, while preserving economies of scale and aspects of the previous "federated" model. Multiple advantages of the new structure include strengthening of FPI's alignment with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System, creating shared decision-making structures, and reducing artificial siloes and barriers.
"Given her experience and previous achievements, I am confident that Ms. Hoover will be successful in building efficiencies and process improvements within FPI," said Mark T. Gladwin, MD, who is also Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor at UMSOM. "She will also develop and implement operational plans to accelerate clinical growth and expand primary and multidisciplinary care in support of UMSOM and its UMMC/UMMS and community partners."
University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. (FPI), is made up of more than 1,200 faculty members from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, providing care for more than 1.5 million outpatients and inpatients every year. UMSOM faculty physicians conduct cutting-edge research and clinical trials and offer care in more than 40 medical specialties. FPI treats patients nearby at more than 60 offices located across Maryland, as well as provides all clinical care at the University of Maryland Medical Center, one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, and some of the clinical care at all other UMMS hospitals.
"I look forward to working with Ms. Hoover in inspiring, motivating, and engaging our FPI team members, UM SOM faculty, and UMMC/UMMS and community partners to achieve goals that will benefit our patients and sustain and support current and new initiatives," said Dr. Regine.
About the University of Maryland School of Medicine
Now in its third century, the University of Maryland School of Medicine was chartered in 1807 as the first public medical school in the United States. It continues today as one of the fastest growing, top-tier biomedical research enterprises in the world -- with 46 academic departments, centers, institutes, and programs, and a faculty of more than 3,000 physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals, including members of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and a distinguished two-time winner of the Albert E. Lasker Award in Medical Research. With an operating budget of more than $1.3 billion, the School of Medicine works closely in partnership with the University of Maryland Medical Center and Medical System to provide research-intensive, academic, and clinically based care for nearly 2 million patients each year. The School of Medicine has nearly $600 million in extramural funding, with most of its academic departments highly ranked among all medical schools in the nation in research funding. As one of the seven professional schools that make up the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, the School of Medicine has a total population of nearly 9,000 faculty and staff, including 2,500 students, trainees, residents, and fellows. The combined School of Medicine and Medical System ("University of Maryland Medicine") has an annual budget of over $6 billion and an economic impact of nearly $20 billion on the state and local community. The School of Medicine, which ranks as the 8th highest among public medical schools in research productivity (according to the Association of American Medical Colleges profile) is an innovator in translational medicine, with 606 active patents and 52 start-up companies. In the latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of the Best Medical Schools, published in 2021, the UM School of Medicine is ranked #9 among the 92 public medical schools in the U.S., and in the top 15 percent (#27) of all 192 public and private U.S. medical schools. The School of Medicine works locally, nationally, and globally, with research and treatment facilities in 36 countries around the world. Visit medschool.umaryland.edu
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military cargo plane crashed Friday, killing at least four crewmembers and leaving several others injured, officials said.
The heavylift Il-76 cargo plane went down in the southwestern Ryazan region. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the plane suffered an engine problem that forced the crew to crash-land it on the ground.
The regional administration said that four of its crew were killed and a further five were injured when the plane slammed into a field just outside the city of Ryazan. Officials said that those injured were hospitalized in grave condition.
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NEW YORK — Sonja Frisell was a 9-year-old growing up in England when she saw still photos of “Caesar and Cleopatra,” a 1945 movie starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains.
So began the path to her lavish staging of Verdi’s “Aida,” the second-most performed production in the Metropolitan Opera’s 140-year history. Her version, featuring a Triumphal Scene with 272 people and four horses, will be seen for the 262nd and final time on Thursday night. A new version by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer is to open in 2024-25.
Frisell had been fascinated by the story of the Ethiopian princess and Egyptian military captain Radamès since childhood.
“I found out that there was an opera on an Egyptian subject, and I finally managed to see a production in London at the age of 16,” Frisell said. “And when I came home, I told my mother it was terrible and I could do it better and I was going to direct opera.”
Frisell began working at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in 1963-64 and assisted on Giorgio De Lullo’s “Aida” production from 1971-73. She directed her own staging in Rio de Janeiro in 1986.
That was the same year Bruce Crawford, CEO of the advertising agency BBDO International, became the Met’s general manager. The company was planning a new Franco Zeffirelli production to open in 1988 and be financed by Sybil B. Harrington. Work was in the design stage.
“It was too expensive because Sybil didn’t want to pay any more money than she had already committed, which was a fairly large amount,” Crawford recalled. “He said that his ambition was to outdo the St. Patrick’s Day parade in terms of the participants, and he was going at it with donkeys and horses.”
“He was just too much trouble,” Crawford added. “So I fired him and I had a search done and found that Sonja had done an `Aida’ in Brazil.”
When Frisell and set designer Gianni Quaranta traveled to the Met and presented their images from Brazil, Crawford said they were similar to Zeffirelli’s ideas. Frisell, who had worked with Zeffirelli at La Scala, said the director had attended her Rio rehearsals while in Brazil to scout locations for his movie “Young Toscanini.”
Frisell said the Met told her Zeffirelli’s designs would cost $5 million to build and would take up too much space in the house, where four productions need to be stored simultaneously.
“It’s so big that we would have to close the Met. We couldn’t play anything else,” she recalled Crawford recounted in his conversation with Zeffirelli. “And Franco replied: If you want Franco Zeffirelli’s `Aida,′ you close the Met.‘”
Frisell returned to her home in Munich, and Crawford called her a few days later with the offer.
According to the Met’s figures, she supplemented the six principal singers in the Triumphal Scene with 150 actors, 94 choristers, 62 spears, 41 swords, 31 staffs, 30 bows with quivers, 26 rope manacles, 16 dancers, 15 shields, 14 standards, eight axes, six herald trumpeters, four whips, four clubs and four feather fans.
Frisell’s version premiered on Dec. 8, 1988, with James Levine conducting Leona Mitchell, Plácido Domingo and Fiorenza Cossotto. Her staging lasted about three times as long as each of the previous three, by Margaret Webster in 1951, Nathaniel Merrill in 1963 and John Dexter in 1976.
Just like for some singers, a farewell announcement was premature. Frisell’s “Aida” made what was thought to be a final appearance in March 2019 and the staging by Mayer, who won a Tony for “Hairspray,” was to premiere in an opening-night gala on Sept. 21, 2020. But the entire 2020-21 season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and Mayer’s rescheduled for a 2024-25 season that opens with Jeanine Tesori’s “Grounded.”
Frisell’s version was brought back for 15 performances this season and is surpassed at the Met only by Zeffirelli’s 1981 version of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” whose total rises to about 550 by this season’s end.
“It’s sort of a great grand opera spectacle that you don’t get to see much anymore,” said Steven Pickover, who has directed the “Aida” revivals since 2007.
Mayer’s staging, partly stored since 2020 in crates in Newark, New Jersey, has sets by Christine Jones with projections by Michael Grimmer of 59 Productions.
“The audience’s natural concern might be after seeing the spectacle of this `Aida’ what’s in store for them in the next `Aida,‘” Met general manager Peter Gelb said. “Christine Jones and Michael Grimmer are creating an underground world for `Aida’ of catacombs and pyramids and tombs, with projection. The set will be animated in a way that will be extremely dramatic and visually appealing. It’s `Aida’ underground as opposed to above ground.”
Frisell isn’t worried about her version’s demise.
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CAUGHT ON CAM: Deer smashes through bus windshield
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO/Gray News) – It was a close call for a bus driver in Oklahoma when a deer came crashing through the front windshield.
It was a typical start to the morning for LATS bus driver Alisha Sutton. But just two minutes into her morning route, a deer smashed through the front window of the bus and landed inside the vehicle.
“My first reaction was, ‘Did that just happen?’ And I was talking to it, trying to calm him down,” Sutton said.
In shock, Sutton immediately stopped the bus and opened the door so the deer could get out.
Sutton and the deer were separated by a plexiglass door, and she said she knows it could’ve been worse. Sutton was not injured and there were no passengers on the bus at the time.
“I was OK until I watched the tape myself and saw how close it was to ending up in my lap with me,” said Sutton.
Ryan Landers, general manager for LATS, says he was impressed with the way Sutton reacted.
“I love the way and really appreciate the way our driver reacted and how she dealt with the whole situation, I will be perfectly honest, I’m not sure if I would have been able to do that,” Landers said.
Landers said he has never seen anything like this in his entire career and will use this video as a training tool in the future.
“Yeah, she handled it perfectly, and we’re going to use this video for a number of years for training purposes,” he said.
The LATS bus that was damaged in the crash was already repaired and is ready to get back on the road.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – NCAA women’s golf championships, Lobos are in the final round of stroke play.
Lobos finish tied for 9th overall. First top ten finish in 25 years.
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SAN ANTONIO — A mother and daughter sat just outside the barrier of yellow police tape as Terrell Hills police combed the scene where their loved one was found shot to death.
“We want justice. We want to know what happened,” said Irene Longoria, mother of the fatal shooting victim, 33-year-old April Longoria.
San Antonio police officers first arrived at the apartment complex at 2005 Harry Wurzbach early Thursday morning where they discovered April’s body inside the residence.
Multiple people were inside the apartment at the time of the shooting, according to authorities.
“The two witnesses that we are talking to right now were inside the apartment, and the two persons of interest were in the apartment we understand, but left, so obviously we’d like to talk to them to figure out what they know,” said Terrell Hills Police Chief Roger Mangum.
Mangum stressed there’s no active threat to the general public as Terrell Hills police work alongside the Texas Rangers on investigating the homicide.
April’s sister Toni Abrams believes one of the witnesses being interviewed by police has key knowledge that could lead to finding out answers. This individual is someone Abrams said April grew to know while working at Little Caesar’s.
“He was falling on hard times and she moved him into the house with her into the apartment to help him out,” Abrams said. “I just want him to speak up, do her a favor and bring it to justice.”
April is being remembered as a bright light who trusted everybody and aspired to become a DJ.
While law enforcement continues their investigation, a mother and daughter are still coming to the realization that April Longoria is never coming home.
“I’m not going to be able to hold her, kiss her, talk to her,” Irene Longoria said.
“She was a fun-loving person who cared about everybody, who would give you the shirt off her back,” Abrams said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-of-april-longoria-demand-answers-fatally-shot-terrell-hills-apartment/273-5f862382-2ab4-4e63-9750-13d12d680baa | 2022-07-28 22:21:30 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/family-of-april-longoria-demand-answers-fatally-shot-terrell-hills-apartment/273-5f862382-2ab4-4e63-9750-13d12d680baa |
NEW YORK (AP) — The twin concerts for Foo Fighters’ late drummer Taylor Hawkins will include Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, Joan Jett, Mark Ronson, members of Queen, The Police, Rush, Kiss, The Pretenders, Motley Crue, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Supergrass and comedian Dave Chappelle.
The shows will take place Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Both concerts will benefit charities chosen by the Hawkins family.
The London concert will have Gallagher, Jett, Chrissie Hynde, Supergrass and Chappelle. The Inglewood concert will have Cyrus, Gene Simmons, Alanis Morissette, Nikki Sixx and Luke Spiller. Both concerts will feature Stewart Copeland, Geddy Lee, Brian May, Mark Ronson, Roger Taylor, Chris Chaney, Wolfgang Van Halen, Alex Lifeson, Hawkins’ cover band Chevy Metal and the surviving member of Foo Fighters.
Hawkins died March 25 during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50.
Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in 1997, first appearing with the band on the tour supporting its sophomore album “The Colour & The Shape.”
He made his recording debut with Foo Fighters on 1999′s “There Is Nothing Left To Lose.” Hawkins played on every subsequent band album, including “One by One” and “In Your Honor,” and on hit singles like “Best of You.” | https://www.fox16.com/entertainment-news/members-of-queen-the-police-rush-to-honor-taylor-hawkins/ | 2022-06-15 22:15:35 | 1 | https://www.fox16.com/entertainment-news/members-of-queen-the-police-rush-to-honor-taylor-hawkins/ |
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Polished.com Inc. f/k/a 1847 Goedeker Inc. (""Polished" or the "Company") (NYSE: POL; GOED). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Polished and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
In July 2020, Polished (then known as 1847 Goedecker Inc.) conducted its initial public offering ("IPO"), selling shares priced at $9.00 per share. Then, on August 15, 2022, after market hours, Polished announced on Form 12b-25 filed with the SEC its inability to timely file its Form 10-Q for its second quarter of its fiscal year 2022 ended June 30, 2022 due to its Board's Audit Committee recently beginning "an independent investigation regarding certain allegations made by certain former employees related to the Company's business operations." Further, the Company announced that "[t]he investigation is ongoing, and the Audit Committee continues to work diligently with independent counsel and consultants to complete the investigation" and that "[t]he Company cannot predict the duration of the investigation, eventual scope, its outcome, or its impact on the Company's financial results." On this news, Polished's share price fell sharply during after-hours trading on August 15, 2022 and pre-market trading on August 16, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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At the start of the 20th century, only the most privileged could afford to go to college. Today millions of students pursue higher education, but collectively they owe $1.7 trillion in debt.
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PARÍS (AP) — Ministra: Alemania no se opondrá a que Polonia le dé tanques a Ucrania.
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SEATTLE, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volpara Health (ASX: VHT) announced today key changes to its leadership team to support its next phase of growth and innovation. After 13 years at the helm, founder Dr. Ralph Highnam is transitioning from Chief Executive to the Chief Science & Innovation Officer. Teri Thomas, a highly experienced healthcare industry executive, has been named Chief Executive Officer.
"For the past 18 months Thomas and Highnam have been close collaborators in defining the company's strategic direction," said Paul Reid, Chairman of Volpara. "Volpara is fortunate to have them moving into key strategic roles that will deliver more value for patients, customers, employees and shareholders."
Thomas has deep US healthcare commercial experience
Thomas is an American, based in NZ. She has a long history of executive management in the healthcare industry, ranging from strategy and operations to running global sales and marketing teams. This includes a successful 20-year career at Epic, a leading healthcare systems provider.
Thomas is also a registered nurse with a Master of Science degree, which gives her a unique perspective on the intersection of IT, clinical workflow, and patient experience. "Volpara is very purpose and values driven. I'm delighted that the board has chosen me to lead the company into a new era of profitable growth, accelerated by innovation." Thomas was a key member of the decision-making team behind Volpara successfully acquiring Harvard spin-out CRA Health in February 2021.
"There's never been a more exciting time for Volpara Health," said Highnam. "I am turning commercial responsibility over to a gifted and experienced leader at a time where we are getting not just closer to early detection but prevention of breast cancer. Teri's experience is ideal to help Volpara achieve its mission by reaching more patients in more ways."
Highnam to focus on application of Volpara's unrivalled dataset
Volpara has analyzed over 56 million mammography images and has assessed the breast composition of more than 13 million women in 39 countries. Highnam will now focus on leveraging this data to develop the next wave of innovative AI enhancements and strengthen Volpara's portfolio for its extensive customer network. These new solutions for leading hospitals and breast care clinics around the world will further the company's purpose of saving families from cancer.
"Over the last decade, we've collated one of the world's biggest datasets of breast images, a team of bright scientists and a diverse set of industry and academic partners," said Highnam. "Our customers are among the most prestigious healthcare institutions in the world. I'm thrilled to focus my 30 years of experience in healthcare AI toward Volpara's innovation engine and developing new revenue streams."
US visit to lay groundwork for new CEO
For the next month, Thomas will be in the US engaging with Volpara's US-based sales, marketing, development, and customer success teams as well as meeting with strategic partners and customers.
About Volpara
Volpara provides an advanced AI software platform that works with a healthcare provider's expertise to enable a high-quality, optimized, and personalized cancer screening experience. From the time a patient enters a clinic to the moment they obtain key results, the Volpara Breast Health Platform collects and analyzes information to better understand a patient's breast cancer risk, while also objectively evaluating image quality and workflow-improvement opportunities. These capabilities are being extended to lung cancer screening. The Volpara Breast Health Platform is supported by numerous patents, trademarks, and regulatory registrations, including FDA clearance and CE marking, and is validated by a volume of peer-reviewed publications unrivalled in the breast health industry. For more information, visit https://www.volparahealth.com.
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Move by Texas, Oklahoma from Big 12 to SEC bumped to 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and Oklahoma are heading to the Southeastern Conference in 2024, a year earlier than originally planned, after Big 12 officials cleared the way Thursday for the storied programs to exit their league.
Texas and Oklahoma will leave behind the $50 million each school would have received over the next two seasons under the Big 12′s media contracts.
Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormak said the league would only agree to an early departure “if it was in our best interest.”
“By reaching this agreement, we are now able to accelerate our new beginning as a 12-team league and move forward in earnest with our initiatives and future planning,” Yormak said in a statement announcing the agreement.
BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston are joining the Big 12 prior to the 2023 football season, giving the league a temporary membership of 14 schools.
The agreement must still be approved the Texas and Oklahoma boards of regents, but that is considered a formality.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement that the schools will become full members of the conference on July 1, 2024.
“We are continuing our preparation for this membership transition, and we look forward to welcoming the conference’s new members and moving into our future as a 16-team league,” Sankey said.
The moves by Texas and Oklahoma have been in the works since 2021, when the SEC invited the Big 12′s marquee programs to join what is already the strongest football conference in the country.
Oklahoma and Texas have combined for 10 national championships as determined by The Associated Press, but none since the Longhorns’ 2005 season championship. TCU, which made it the College Football Playoff championship game last season, joined Oklahoma as the only Big 12 teams to make the playoff.
Money has been a driving factor in the shifting landscape of college athletics realignment. The SEC reported a revenue distribution of $49.9 million per school for the 2021-2022 school year, exceeding by more than $7 million what the Big 12 distributed to its members for the same period.
Adding Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC’s broadcast portfolio is expected to only increase the league’s payout. The addition of BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF will boost the Big 12′s national footprint and push the league into new media markets.
Texas and Oklahoma haven’t already left for the SEC because both schools have been tied to the Big 12 and its other members through a grant of media rights through the 2024-25 school year. That deal ran concurrently with the conference’s television contracts with Fox and ESPN.
“We have always been committed to fulfilling our contractual obligations to the Big 12. The collegiate athletics landscape has continued to evolve rapidly, and working together to accelerate our exit produced benefits for all parties,” Texas President Jay Hartzell said. “The Big 12 has been a respected partner for nearly three decades, and we look forward to a final season of spirited competition with our friends and rivals.”
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ATLANTA , June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Highland, the leading change and transformation consultancy, has announced that Navid Ahdieh, managing director and global leader of Strategy and Management Consulting, and Wayne Messina, vice president and Public Sector lead, have been named 2023 Top Consultants by ALM Consulting Magazine.
The ALM Top Consultants Award honors consultants who are established as trusted advisors by exhibiting an ability to innovate, deliver high levels of client service and affect positive change among their peers, industry and firm.
Navid Ahdieh was honored for his Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). With over 25 years of consulting experience and accomplishments, he's known for challenging internal systems to give consideration and opportunities to underrepresented groups, ensuring that teams avoid legacy thinking and behaviors that stand in the way of achieving equity.
"It is wonderful to be witnessed and recognized for the contributions my team and I am dedicated to achieving in the equity space at North Highland," said Ahdieh. "This award highlights North Highland's commitment to the belief that diverse, inclusive and empowered teams are central to helping clients and communities maximize the benefits they experience from change and transformation."
Additionally, Wayne Messina was honored in the category of Excellence in Client Services. With over 25 years of consulting experience, Messina specializes in helping clients successfully action complex transformations, working closely to optimize processes and collaborating with applicable governing bodies to secure appropriate funding – all while maintaining his people-first approach.
"It is an honor to be awarded because I love what I do every day, and acknowledging my hard work to make change happen has been humbling and rewarding," said Messina. "This recognition equips me with the opportunity to help my colleagues and clients build their own path."
ALM Consulting Magazine hosted the Top Consultants awards dinner on June 15 in New York City, where winners were recognized for their accomplishments. Read the complete list of winners here: https://www.event.consultingmag.com/topconsultants/2023-honorees
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(The Hill) – The first televised hearing of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 took place Thursday evening.
The event, carried live on most broadcast networks and cable news channels, lasted almost two hours.
The testimony was powerful and often raw.
Here are five of the most dramatic moments.
Liz Cheney’s remarks
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has become the GOP’s leading Trump critic since the insurrection.
Her willingness to take on the former president has cost her a senior leadership position within the party. She is also in danger of losing her House primary in August.
Cheney has blasted Trump’s behavior on numerous occasions, but she has rarely done so with such power and precision as on Thursday evening.
The staunch conservative, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, asserted that Trump’s culpability for the attack on the Capitol was crystal-clear.
“Those who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them: that the election was stolen and that he was the rightful president,” she said.
Trump, she added, had “summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack.”
Cheney is one of only two Republicans to serve on the committee, alongside another Trump critic, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.).
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pulled his nominees from the panel after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rejected two staunch Trump allies that McCarthy proposed, Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
McCarthy earlier Thursday gave evasive answers when pressed by a reporter on whether he accepted President Biden as the legitimate victor of the 2020 election.
Cheney aimed one of her sharpest barbs at those in the GOP who retain allegiance to Trump despite the events of Jan. 6.
“There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone,” she said. “Your dishonor will remain.”
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards’ testimony
Edwards, one of approximately 140 police officers injured during the insurrection, recounted her experiences to a rapt hearing room.
Some details of the earlier stages of the riot were powerful because, in retrospect, they seem so incongruously casual.
Edwards laughed as she recalled her comment to a superior when she realized how badly the police were outnumbered.
“Sarge, I think we’re going to need a few more people down here,” she said.
From there on, things turned far more bleak.
Edwards recalled seeing fellow officer Brian Sicknick in distress, which Edwards assumed was the result of having been sprayed by rioters.
“He was ghostly pale…He turned just about as pale as this sheet of paper,” Edwards said, holding a piece of white paper in front of her.
Sicknick died the next day, aged 42, having suffered two strokes — though the District of Columbia chief medical examiner classified his passing as having natural causes.
Edwards’ testimony reached its emotional apex toward its end.
“I can just remember my breath catching in my throat because what I saw was just a war scene,” she said. “I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people’s blood.”
She added, “It was carnage. It was chaos.”
Comments from Ivanka Trump and former Attorney General Bill Barr
The hearing’s early stages were punctuated by video clips of testimony from former Trump officials and aides.
Together, these made the case that Trump and his allies knew the election had been lost and was not fraudulent.
If that’s true, Trump and his inner circle perpetrated a conscious fraud upon his supporters, urging them to act on something that was known to be a lie.
The most striking moments of this phase of the hearing came with an unusual combination — former Attorney General Bill Barr and Ivanka Trump, the former president’s eldest daughter.
Barr was shown in an interview with committee officials reiterating his belief that Trump’s allegations of election fraud in 2020 were “bullshit.”
This was given added force by a short clip of Ivanka Trump saying that she found Barr’s failure to find fraud personally persuasive.
“It affected my perspective. I respect Attorney General Barr so I accepted what he was saying,” she said.
Video footage of the violence at the Capitol
Seventeen months after the attack on the Capitol, the once-searing images of that day may have faded from some Americans’ minds.
They were brought back with fierce power by a compilation of video footage that ended the first part of the hearing.
The chaos and pain of the scenes were undeniable.
The presentation closed with audio of Trump talking in a subsequent interview of “love in the air” on the day.
The footage showed just the opposite.
How Trump’s debate remark spiked Proud Boys’ recruitment
One of the more surprising moments dated back to before the 2020 election.
During a September 2020 presidential debate between Trump and Biden, Trump was asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether he was “willing to condemn, tonight, white supremacists and militia groups.”
Trump said he was willing to do so but insisted, “Give me a name.”
Biden interjected: “Proud Boys.”
“Proud Boys — stand back and standby,” Trump replied.
The comment was deeply controversial even at the time.
But Thursday’s hearing showed testimony from members of the group, affirming that Trump’s comment helped spike recruitment. One contended that membership “tripled” in the wake of Trump’s remark.
This single revelation won’t change many people’s minds about Trump or the events of that day.
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KABUL — One of the most striking sights at the National Museum of Afghanistan these days isn't inside the museum, but by its front gates.
Young, armed Taliban guards protect the entrance, searching visitors before they enter the museum grounds.
The last time the Taliban were in power, at the direction of then-leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, they smashed ancient statues and other objects in this museum that they deemed un-Islamic and idolatrous.
That was in 2001 — the same year the Taliban also blew up two ancient, colossal Buddha statues carved into a cliffside in the city of Bamiyan. By the end of that year, the Taliban were toppled.
And so when they returned to power a year ago, many cultural heritage advocates worried about the fate of the museum and its irreplaceable treasures.
"The National Museum of Afghanistan was, once upon a time, the finest museum in Central Asia, and that is not an exaggeration," says Laura Tedesco, a cultural heritage and preservation specialist with the State Department who has worked with Afghan museum staff over the years.
She recalls visiting when the galleries were full of prehistoric figurines, ancient Buddhist artifacts and life-size human figure statues — all of it capturing the country's diverse blend of cultures over millennia.
"The artifacts on display were exquisite and Louvre-worthy in their quality," says Tedesco. "The diversity of culture evidenced in those artifacts is unique to Afghanistan because it was this cultural crossroads, and armies and thinkers and religions and influencers crisscrossed [it]."
Changes at the museum
After the Taliban seized control of the capital last August, the museum closed. Museum staff and others were uncertain the group would honor its pledge months earlier to protect the country's cultural heritage and prevent the looting of ancient artifacts.
When the museum eventually reopened in December, it was a hopeful sign to cultural heritage advocates that things might be different this time under Taliban rule.
The museum used to draw an array of visitors, from foreign dignitaries to busloads of schoolchildren. Now, with Afghanistan's economy in ruins, few seem to come by anymore. In a recent two-hour visit to the museum, NPR encountered no other visitors.
A museum employee says things are going fine, and with the arrival of the Taliban, "there was no obstacle for our work. Everything is going as normal as it was before." NPR is not naming museum employees for their security.
In walking through the museum, NPR saw displays of centuries-old ceramic bowls glazed in vibrant greens and blues, and ancient urns with Quranic verses meticulously etched into the sides.
There are hoards of coins, some so gold they almost glow. One room features wooden totems from a remote part of Afghanistan, and old weapons embellished with intricate mother-of-pearl inlay.
A large sign in English on the third floor reads "Buddhist Heritage of Afghanistan." But there are only three small, plaster Buddhist heads on display, dating back to 2nd and 3rd centuries.
Much of the rest is labeled contemporary, including a marble coffee table with jasper inlay, and the year 2000 carved into it.
Another employee dismisses it all as "kids' art."
He points to a television. "We used to show a film about the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas on that TV," he says — adding that it's been unplugged since last August.
Ideology isn't the only threat to Afghan cultural heritage
As the Taliban advanced toward Kabul last year, archeologist Gil Stein watched with great trepidation from afar. As the director of the Chicago Center for Cultural Heritage Preservation, he'd had conversations with museum staff over the years about emergency plans, including what to do in case the Taliban took over again.
"One of the first things that [museum staff] did was they took all of the early Buddhist art off display in the galleries, and they put it into the storerooms," says Stein. "The second thing is, they started to be very, very careful in their public communications."
So far, it's hard for experts to know what to make of the Taliban's pledge to protect cultural heritage. In more remote parts of the country, Stein and others worry about the security of less visible sites without the means to take precautions to protect objects.
And ideology may not be the only threat. Looting of ancient sites has caused destruction for decades. And in the case of the massive ancient Buddhist complex at Mes Aynak, about 25 miles south of Kabul, it sits atop a copper deposit believed to be one of the biggest in the world.
This archaeological site was already in danger due to proposed Chinese mining activity that was agreed under a previous Afghan administration. The mining stalled, but this week, the Taliban acting minister of mines and petroleum said officials are "working quickly" to revive and resume the project. For a cash-strapped Taliban government, the lure of business opportunities may overwhelm other considerations.
"One of the biggest risks to Afghan cultural heritage right now is not necessarily the Taliban blowing up or smashing statues, but rather out of the need for economic development, they simply are not going to care about the damage that might be done," says Stein. "It's a perfect storm of risks."
But he says there's reason for hope that heritage can be protected under the Taliban.
"It is possible," he says. "It would be a terrible mistake for the West to write them off completely. There is space to negotiate things. I think that's almost always true in Afghanistan, but we all have to be very cautious on it because, in so many domains, the Taliban have been violating their promises."
Under the Taliban, so far, it seems the museum is being spared the worst from its past. But it's also not clear that it can return to what it once was anytime soon.
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SAN DIEGO, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking Therapeutics, Inc. ("Viking") (NASDAQ: VKTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies for metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced that its chief executive officer, Brian Lian, Ph.D., will participate in a fireside chat as part of the William Blair Biotech Focus Conference 2022. The conference will take place July 12-13, 2022.
Details for this event are as follows:
- William Blair Biotech Focus Conference 2022
Details: Brian Lian, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Viking, will participate in a fireside chat and Viking management will participate in 1-on-1 meetings
Conference Dates: July 12-13, 2022
Fireside Chat Timing: Webcast available starting on Monday, July 11, 2022
Location: The St. Regis New York
A webcast of the fireside chat may be accessed via a link on the Viking Therapeutics website in the Investors & Media section under Webcasts starting on Monday, July 11, 2022.
About Viking Therapeutics, Inc.
Viking Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel first-in-class or best-in-class therapies for the treatment of metabolic and endocrine disorders. Viking's research and development activities leverage its expertise in metabolism to develop innovative therapeutics designed to improve patients' lives. The company's clinical programs include VK2809, a novel, orally available, small molecule selective thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist for the treatment of lipid and metabolic disorders, which is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2b study for the treatment of biopsy-confirmed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis. In a Phase 2a trial for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and elevated LDL-C, patients who received VK2809 demonstrated statistically significant reductions in LDL-C and liver fat content compared with patients who received placebo. The company's second clinical candidate is VK0214, a novel, orally available, small molecule selective thyroid hormone receptor beta agonist for the potential treatment of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). VK0214 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1b clinical trial in patients with the adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) form of X-ALD. The company's third clinical candidate is VK2735, a novel dual agonist of the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) receptors for the potential treatment of various metabolic disorders. VK2735 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The company holds exclusive worldwide rights to a portfolio of five therapeutic programs, including VK2809 and VK0214, which are based on small molecules licensed from Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.
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The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention today took steps toward the release of a secret list compiled of more than 700 ministers accused of abuse uncovered by a report released Sunday.
This morning, members of the committee announced they intend to release the list, though the committee will redact information that might compromise victims or confidential informers identities, or the names of people facing unsubstantiated claims of abuse, members said.
Gene Besen, EC counsel speaking by Zoom conference, said the list will be released “as quickly as possible.”
“Promptly releasing that list is in our best interest,” Besen said. “We’re not going to edit the list, we’re not going to change the list.”
In response to questions, Besen said the process of redacting will not take a lot of work, as many of the names on the list stem from legal proceedings, convictions, media reports and substantiated claims.
The action comes after Sunday’s release of an exhaustive 288-page report that detailed how the church’s leadership stonewalled attempts to investigate allegations of clergy sex abuse for a period of 20 years, while denigrating those who reported incidents or wanted answers.
According to the report, an Executive Committee staffer compiled a secret list of more than 700 ministers accused of abuse, but took no “action to ensure that the accused ministers were no longer in positions of power at SBC churches.”
This revelation came after years of victims and advocates calling for a public database of abusers.
SBC President Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Alabama, spoke with AL.com on Monday, saying the report is “an opportunity” for reform “that we have to take very seriously.”
The seven-month investigation was conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee (EC) after delegates to last year’s national meeting pressed for a probe by outsiders.
“Our investigation revealed that, for many years, a few senior EC leaders, along with outside counsel, largely controlled the EC’s response to these reports of abuse ... and were singularly focused on avoiding liability for the SBC,” the report stated.
In addition, the executive committee, made up by more than 80 members in several states, voted to approve a statement addressing its previous actions documented in the report.
The vote came during a meeting that was originally announced as informational and would not feature voting. However, members decided to approve the statement, which reads:
“As Southern Baptists review Guidepost’s report and the recommendations of the Sexual Abuse Task Force, the SBC Executive Committee would like to address statements it has previously made, including, but not limited to, the September 29, 2006 statement by then-SBC Executive Committee vice president and general counsel, D. August Boto, in which he concludes that a ‘continued discourse between us (the Executive Committee and Survivor advocates) will not be positive or fruitful.
“The SBC Executive Committee rejects this sentiment in its entirety and seeks to publicly repent for its failure to rectify this position and wholeheartedly listen to survivors. Today, in the immediate aftermath of the report’s release, the SBC Executive Committee seeks to make clear that it views engaging with survivors as a critical step toward healing our Convention from the scourge of sexual abuse and working to avoid its continued impact on our loved ones, their families, and our network of churches.” | https://www.al.com/news/2022/05/southern-baptist-convention-moves-toward-releasing-sex-abuser-list.html | 2022-05-24 17:48:04 | 1 | https://www.al.com/news/2022/05/southern-baptist-convention-moves-toward-releasing-sex-abuser-list.html |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — Prominent politicians gathered in Louisville Thursday for the annual Kentucky Ham Breakfast, as they rubbed shoulders with voters who they hope to court for next year's gubernatorial election.
"For the candidates to get a chance to work the crowd, I think that's the bigger thing," said Tres Watson, a Republican strategist from Kentucky.
Watson, who is a supporter of Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles' bid for governor, spoke to LEX 18 about the buzz surrounding Republican contenders who attended Thursday's event.
Among those who appeared were former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft and former governor Matt Bevin, who have both been rumored to possibly enter the gubernatorial race shortly.
"It's definitely notable that [Bevin's] kinda getting out and making the rounds again," Watson said.
Watson said he is not sure what Bevin's path to victory would be, but pointed out that the former governor has the advantage of name identification.
"I think if Kelly Craft gets in and she doesn't really take off and if Ryan Quarles and Daniel Cameron are struggling a little bit and [the filing deadline] comes around, Matt Bevin can sit back and wait," Watson said.
Watson also said Craft's recent public appearances indicate she is getting closer to an announcement of her own.
"It's a fairly well-known statement that this ticket is going to launch somewhere around September 7," Watson said. | https://www.lex18.com/news/ky-gop-gubernatorial-hopefuls-hungry-for-support | 2022-08-26 03:15:20 | 0 | https://www.lex18.com/news/ky-gop-gubernatorial-hopefuls-hungry-for-support |
Cases called included:
Danny R. Bowshier, 39, of 732 Stanton Ave., criminal damaging, innocent, continued, no contact condition of bond, released on own recognizance bond.
James D. Casey, 55, of 2712 Dorothy Lane, theft, innocent, continued, bond $2,000, theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $2,500.
Michael J. Ferrellamar, 26, of 1168 S. Western Ave., flee/elude police officer, continued, bond $10,000.
Markevis L. Fisher, 36, of 453 Selma Road, OVI, bench warrant ordered, bond $2,000.
Christopher A. Giles, 46, of 1522 W. Main St., theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000.
Christopher A. Giles, 46, of 1213 Beverly Ave., theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000.
Christopher A. Giles, 46, of 1203 Beverly, theft, innocent, continued, bond $2,500, theft, innocent, continued, bond $2,500.
Christopher A. Giles, 46, of 1213 Beverly Ave., theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000.
Samantha R. Hamilton, 24, assault, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, criminal trespass, continued, possession of criminal tools, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, theft, continued, theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, assault, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, theft, continued, theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, theft, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000.
Chris R. Johnson, 36, of 1116 Mason St., criminal trespass, bench warrant ordered, bond $1,000.
Shaniece L. Johnson, 24, of Dayton, assault, continued, released on own recognizance bond.
Christopher R. Neal, 41, harassment by inmate, continued, public defender appointed, bond $2,500.
Christopher R. Neal, 41, of 1205 W. High St., bench warrant served deft jailed, guilty, bond $5,000, guilty.
Jimmy L. Pressey, 53, theft, innocent, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000, theft, innocent, continued, public defender appointed, bond $1,000.
Justin S. Price, 45, aggravated menacing, bench warrant ordered, bond $1,500.
Brock J. Raines, 43, of 2182 Ballentine Pike, criminal trespass, innocent, continued, released on own recognizance bond.
Justin L. Wallace Sr., 43, of 1021 Innisfallen Ave., receiving stolen property, continued, public defender appointed, bond $5,000.
Justin L. Wallace Sr., 43, of 241 S. Yellow Springs, Apt. 10, warrant served deft jailed, guilty, bond $7,500. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/clark-county-municipal-court-cases/7OZQBM3Y55CKHLCF44EITFROLM/ | 2023-04-11 12:25:05 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/clark-county-municipal-court-cases/7OZQBM3Y55CKHLCF44EITFROLM/ |
CEO meeting with students, officials and opinion leaders as regional tensions grow
TBILISI, Georgia, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gunster Strategies Worldwide and British University in Georgia are partnering to help educate key decision makers, upcoming leaders and university students on how to use international advocacy to influence change.
Global issue advocacy, if done correctly, can have a dramatic impact on governments, industries, organizations and individuals. Sometimes the stakes are survival itself. Gunster Strategies CEO Gerry Gunster will be a guest at the British University in Georgia to teach elected officials, opinion leaders, decision makers and students.
"Our mission is to become a modern platform for raising future leaders. We want to help transform society by adapting the British academic model to the academic environment of the Republic of Georgia," said Maia Gurgenidze, Rector of British University in Georgia. "Issue advocacy is a global language, and our students and leadership are eager to prepare for what lies ahead – that's why we're inviting Gerry to our capital city."
The one-week visit will include detailed lectures on conducting opinion research, media relations, coalition building, grassroots mobilization and modern day digital architecture.
This education process will be taught using "Issue Advocacy 101," an online course created by Gunster and other political experts and leaders. The class teaches students the process of running a winning national and international campaign, balancing facts with emotion to gain support, the significance of international advocacy and more.
About Gunster Strategies Worldwide
Gunster Strategies Worldwide is a full-service, uniquely independent campaign management firm specializing in running issue advocacy and political communication campaigns, as well as corporate social responsibility efforts. Learn more at www.gunsterstrategies.com.
About British University in Georgia
The mission of our university is to become a modern platform for raising future leaders and contributing to the transformation of society. We believe societies, both locally and globally, require a new generation of future-orientated individuals with flexible leadership skills. We believe that an exchange of experiences is the best way to achieve this goal. Learn more at https://www.britishuni.edu.ge/en.
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